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; Good deeds are very fruit-'
tnl; out of one good action of
. ourg the Lord produces z a :
thousand, -the harvest where
of Is iierpetual.- Bishop Hall. '
CBLiMBEKLAETS PRISON' POLICT.
rHE DAT that the Cakes, In the
effort to make political capital
for themselves, attacked Gov-
ernor Chamberlain's adminis
tration : of the state prison, they
made a colossal , blunder.' . If there
is one thing more than, another that
is creditable to Governor Chamber-
lain, and creditable to-Oregon. and
to the people of the state, it is the
reformed prison and Mr. Chamber
lain's part and purpose therein. His
prison policy Is one that appeals to
all men. ; Many a poor devil Is ready
to lead a better life If some kind
hand Is extended at the crucial mo
ment to help him. -When the steel
gates of the prison swing ajar and
he goes back to the world, the con'
vict Is without hope, if the news of
his deliverance i together i with i his
photograph be, aent broadcast: f The
world shuts its door in his face, and
hunger Itself drives him back to
theft and back to prison. r The ob
viation of this, and the giving, of the
released convict a chance for his life
and honorable citizenship is one of
Mr. Chamberlain's reforms. The
discontinuance tot..' flogging; ' and .the
giving of the dying a chance to die
outside of a steel cage are others,
- They are a sample of alL .There
have been but few Instances. In which
the plan has not worked with perfect
satisfaction.'; It is a policy In line
with the best thought pf the time,
and it has the sanction of all familiar
with. the facts.
But In their greed to bolster up a
tottering candidacy and reckless of
results, the Cakes, by publication of
lists of convicts sent. out. by pardon.
parole and otherwise, have undone
all the good work of several years.
Men who were leading respectable
lives, .'-with ; their life : secret deeply
buried, were at one -relentless stroke
disgraced. Hundreds of friends of
these victims were shocked and hun
dreds more outraged. Men who had
been out of prison a dozen or 20
years, and had- meantime built up a
respectable name and had the confi
dence of communities, and who were
pardoned by the governor to restore
them to citizenship, were suddenly
plunged, Into disgrace by this act of
- the Cakes, committed in. a wjIdJbope
to get votes. )Tbls making merchan
dise out' of public , humanity has
turned a heavy tide of sentiment to
ward Governor Chamberlain, and is
one of the worst of the many blun
ders the Cakes have made.' '',- r
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THE T-TtfATTLLA PROJECT.
YESTERDAY . OCCURRED the
; formal opening of the gates of
the Umatilla irrigation reser
voir, and the official, inaugura
tion ' of - the project of reclaiming
thousands of acres of land adjacent
to the Umatilla river near Hermis-
ton and Echo. This is an Important
' event, not only in itself but in what
' it chows and suggests of the reclama
tion policy of the government. Only
a .few of these great projects have
been thus , far completed, and put
Into operation, but in a few years
there will be in consequence of them
- many millions of acres of reclaimed
arid land, of land until now worth
less, of no appreciable use to hu
manity, but thenceforth very valu-
able, yielding tens of millions of
' dollars' .worth of products annually,
and supporting in comfort tens of
- thousands of people. And as the
lands are cultivated and paid for, the
money expended to reclaim them
will flow, back; Into, the government
treasury, to be Used over and over
again -for the same purpose," until
all the irrigable arid lands, of the
country, estimated t over 100,000,-
000- acres, are reclaimed, changed
from a state of barrenness to one of
productiveness. For - this , vastly
beneficial policy the country Is in
. debted largely ,t to President. 'Roose
velt, .who supported It earnestly
when . be had -. more Influence over
congress than he has now. . It . is
well for the country that this policy
was adopted and gotten fairly under
way before this; perverse, r people-
defying congress came ' Into exist
ence, else, along with everything else
beneficial to the people It would have
- teen tossed Contemptuously aside..
The people of western ; Umatilla
county In particular, and those of
all that region and of the state, are
to be congratulated upon the. com
pletion to this extent of this project
r It, along with similar private en
terrrlfes in that vicinity, will make
tlbf a populous and very properous
.ilo?-.y. Ou tcris of thousands of
acres where erstwhile only the sage
brush flourished in the sand, boon
tif ul crops of. alfalfa, grain.' fruits
and vegetables will hereafter be pro
duced, and the Jack rabbits and coy
otes of the . forjmer' days vill i give
place to domesticated animals and
fowls. Vs What, for,, ages . has : been,
desert is beginning ; now ; to bear
large and profitable crops, and to
furnish homes for many people. How
lAuch better are ten million dollars
thus expended; to benefit and enrich
the country and provide new homes
for people, than expended In & war
ship, for which there will in all prob
ability never be any use, and which
inside of a decade will be obsolete
and worthless. But if we must have
the warships, give the people the
reclamation - reservoirs and canals
too. In one- case the government is
throwing millions away; in the other
it is adding tens of millions to the
permanent wealth of the country,
and Is expending comparatively
nothing. . . '
BRYAKISM AND BYANISM.
H'
ERB is a sample of the argu
ments made constantly by the
New York . World, a strong
anti-Bryan paper:
Pennsylvania , has been a strong Re
publican stats In national elections alnce
tha cfvil war,, but Bryanlam baa mads
It impragnable. Tha plurality against
Tllden In 1876 was onlr, 17,94, and
Cleveland lost tha sUte In 1893 by C3,
74T. Up to that time thera waa a strong,
aggressive Deiaocratio party In Penn
sylvania. Bryan In 189 Increased the
Republican plurality to 295,075, nearly
fivefold. Four year later It was 188,
431, and In 1904 Roosevelt bad a plu
rality of 805,519. Twelve years ef
Bryanlam have all but exterminated the
Democratic party In Pennsylvania. How
many more years of It will be required
to. reduce the Democratic party In the
rest of the northern and eastern States
to the same condition?
But Bryan was not a candidate in
1904, when the Republican majority
of , 1900 was doubled. Why not be
fair and say that if Bryanlsm did
badly for the Democratic party, Par
kerism, which the World stood for,
did much worse. The Democratic
vote declined because the Demo
cratic party was Bplit. One part
of" it would not support Bryanlsm,
but a far larger portion of the party
would not support any candidate rep
resenting Morgan-Ryan Ideas and
policies.':. Bryan has been beaten, but
a Democrat acceptable , to the inter
ests i would have been ; beaten , far
worse. , Bryan may , be beaten again
next November, but he will get hun
dreds, of thousands, If not millions
more votes than any candidate would
who is known to be favored by "Wall
street" and the World.
A DAY'S WORK IN THE SENATE
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N a nearly all day session Monday
f the senate did nothing whatever
except to prevent "Senator Bever-
idge from calling up his bill to
compensate government employes In
ured In the course of their duty.
This is one of the measures that
President Roosevelt has repeatedly
recommended, but which congress
refuses wven to consider. If there
had been a bill to benefit few trust
multimillionaires. It might have re
ceived consideration, but this bill, to
do an act of simple Justice to obscure
working people, could not get a hear
ing. " Properly, Senator Aldrich led
the opposition to the consideration of
this bill, and he was supported by
most Of the senators of his party, so
that after a session of several hours
the senate adjourned, without having
done anything whatever.
This is the sort, of a senate the
country has under the system of
electing senators by the state legisla
tures. This is illustrated by beauty
and perfection of representative gov
ernment. Think of Aldrich, Piatt,
Depew, Elklns, Burrows, Hemenway,
Flint,, and a lot of others, as repre
senting the people. Is it any wonder
that the people are not only strug
gling to elect their senators, but are
also breaking over party lines and
seeking to elect a different class of
senators, those who will truly repre
sent, and serve the people?
And the people of Oregon have an
opportunity now to point the way, to
set an example. The election by the
people of a man like Chamberlain
will be a veritable beacon light of
hope and encouragement to the mis
represented and outraged common
people all over the country.
YES, SUPPORT ROOSEVELT.
I
T IS Insisted that Mr. Cake should
be elected to sustain . Roosevelt's
administration. This Is a plea
made to catch the unthinking.
the unobservant.- There Is not a
particle of evidence that Mr. Cake
would be more or indeed as much in
acoora with a Rooseveltian admin
istration as Chamberlain would.
With almost everything of up-to-date
importance or interest that Roose
velt advocates and ures, Governor
Chamberlain cordially and sincerely
agrees, and has done so, and aald so,
for years, In fact,' most of Roose
velt's support in the senate now
comes from Democrats, very little of i
it, from Republicans.. - .
Where would Cake line up In the
senate? Who knows? What Is there
in anything he has ever done or said
to show? ;; What assurance can there
be that he would not meekly obey
the thumbs-up command of Aldrich?
A a local Standard Oil attorney,
this might be expected. ' ,
v When and where did Mr. Cake'
ever declare hlmsejf specifically and
forcefully on any of the Roosevelt
measures--control of railroads and
other "corporations, restriction, of in
junctions,: employers' liability . law,
income tax. Inheritance tax, parcels
post, postal savings banks, govern
ment ownership of coal fields? Gov
ernor Chamberlain has been out
spoken in favor, of these policies for
years .on every , proper occasion, but
If Mr. Cake has made them the prin
cipal planks of his platform in. this
campaign , we have, not beard of it.
His plea . is, rather; Elect me be
cause I ' am a Republican and the
majority of the senate is -, Republi
can. But what sort of a Republican
is he? When ' he takes his seat
Roosevelt will be out of. office, but
Aldrich and Elkins and the rest of
the gang will be there yet. Is he
to be one of their sort of Republi
cans? With Roosevelt gone, won'
the Roosevelt policies, almost lg'
nored now, be utterly despised or
forgotten? - i
If the people of Oregon want a
senator whom they can depend upon
to courageously and forcefully advo
cate and support these Rooseveltian
policies, the only sure way they can
secure one is to elect Chamberlain
They know where he stands, and
that he wont flop. What party
name he goes by Is immaterial; what
is wanted Is a senator who can be
depended on to support the Roose
velt policies. Chamberlain Is the
man. " '' . '
MR. CAKE'S CLAPTRAP CLAIMS
A'
LL over Oregon, Mr, Cake , is
chirruping the claim that Gov
ernor Chamberlain could not
accomplish anything in the
senate. That is the same song .that
was sung when Chamberlain was
first nominated for governor, It
was howled from the house tops, and
bawled from . the byways that the
Lewis and Clark exposition was U
be held and that It wouldn't do for
Chamberlain to be governor during
that time. He was governor, the ex
position was -held, and it was the
most successful exposition financial
ly, artistically and materially that
was ever held in the country. It
was a credit to the atate, and Cham
berlain'B official presence at public
functions connected with it were
notable for the favorable impression
made upon distinguished visitors
from abroad and his people at home.
It was chorused from the hills and
bugled . from the meeting places
that President Roosevelt was
coming to Oregon, and that Cham
berlain as governor could not meet
and welcome him properly. But
Chamberlain as governor met him,
the state was proud of him as Cham
berlaln t was of the state, and the
president was delighted with both.
The incident was the beginning of a
warm f rien dship between president
and governor, that has made the gov
ernor a warm supporter of the presi
dent, and that has given Chamber
lain immense influence with the ad
ministration and the departments at
Washington.
It was trumpeted from the tree
tops and cuckooed on the corners
that Chamberlain, was "weak" and
couldn't say "no," and that the state
government, if he should be elected,"
would go to wreck and ruin. He be
came governor, and instead of being
weak" one, he has been the
strongest and most resolute gover
nor the state ever had. " 1
i He - has -not only completely, ex
ploded every prediction made against
him, but he has ; found , excellent
things to do, and has done them, that
nobody expected any governor could
do, for example, the suit against the
Willamette locks corporation." .
Mr. Cake's amuBing little . claim
that Chamberlain couldn't do things
in the senate but that he (Cake),
can, is like all the test. It grows. Of
course,' out of ' the fact that , Mr.
Cake wants the job, and therefore,
let him pipe his little piece in peace.
"Mr. Patrick, Cudahy has been at
Seattle, and tells the Times that
Seattle is going to be the big 'city,
the New York of the Pacific coast.
But if Cudahy is going toVbulId a
big packing plant out here, he, will
not do so at Seattle, but will follow
Swift & Co. .and . Schwartzschild . ft
Sulzburger to; Portland. -1 ; y-
m aa M-aaaa aaaaiaaawaaaa ' f, .
Go out to. the governor' meetings
and show. by. your, presence, at least,
what yon think of the pald-for cal
umnies that a subsidized Journalistic
neuter has to the extent of its ability
circulated about hlnM The people,
regardless of party, j owe It to him
to resent these purchased slanders.
Voters by thousands who - other
wise might have felt inclined to Tote
for Cake should. now vote for Cham
berlain, as a protest against the false
and vicious attacks made upon him,
notwithstanding his most acceptable
and valuable ' service .of the people
as governor. .
That Foraker1 and ' little f me-too-Dlck
are going to try to stampede
the Chicago convention J fof Roose
velt Is probably another of Walter
Wellman'e pipe dreams. - If there la
going to be any such stampeding, it
will be pulled oft by Senator Bourne
see? , - '
Don't forget that the main propo
sition is: Shall the; people elect
their senators? All who are for that
will vote for Chamberlain and State
ment No. 1 candidates for the legis
lature. ,-f ' ,'':rx ;. . , t" ' .
:. It is quite appropriate ,that a law
yer who was Sired to Invent slanders
against Chamberlain should be the
object of disbarment proceedings by
the government for mrpractlce.
Small CHange
The question is:
be tooled? . , n
Can enough voters
This month, almost deserves to- be
peuaa Aiee. - t
' Oh, out those) burdocks, and clean up,
...... t e -' ?
' Bet there'll bs plenty of roses for the
. . . " .
. At least nobody has asked Tt Islt.
Bv the xvair. Anturdav will tw .iMtii.ii
uuiiuay juecorauon aar.
Cake la sttll for Statement Nn 1 anil
apuaw muun( ji enecuve. ..
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Almost anvtwvl v rauM trim M W
nat-r-wun a pair oz shears. . -' v .
There's somethlna- wmnar ' -arith that
jjmgiey lann; loon at u price or wool.
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As a Standard Oil attorner. Mr. r.ka
wouiu oe warnuv weicomeo in tne sen.
ate.
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"Piatt disgraces the United States
senate," says a Kw York state paper.
n m.rm noi quite sure OI mis.
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Tha ovartkrnw tit tha whnla nrimm
law, and , of the initiative and refer
endum, la wnat is contemplated. -
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B3ecttns Statement No. 1 ntmban of
the leriaiature is the only war to a-et
Kuua oi seaators oy . vne people.
If Rarrr Is to be keot a war from her
ana sne can nave a lot or nis income,
c-vnjrn aoesn i care aoont a cuvorce.
To favor a thins: and at tha same
lime suDDort toe men : and . menus
pledged to ill! It is a new feat In poll-
ICS. ...' . f
If the weather man were a candidate
for office almost anybody could beat
him though after all he hasn t done so
Daoiy..
An -Idaho man clalraa to hare raised
275 bushels of wheat per acre. He must
have Imagined that he was telling a
fish story.
A French scientist says ootatoes are
the ideal brain food. Glad of it. just
now; they are the cheapest things to
eat to oe naa.
The sailors must be careful when in
Seattle to call It Mount Rainier, and
When In Tacoma, Mount Tacoma else
there will be serious trouble. "
There's no use in Retting dlscourajred;
there must be some disappointments,
even In Oregon." Probably there won't
be another May like this for 100 years.
a a
If it were to do over attain' Fulton
would beat Cake by thousands. - The
people prefer a candid opponent of what
they want to a pretended supporter who
changes front,
The leatillv dry area down south
keeps on Increasing.. Now the governor
or jNortn uaroima can i au me gov
ernor of South Carolina to come over
and take a drink.
a 9
M akin a; old "interest" Senator Bur
rows chairman of the national Repub
lican convention may appease the in
terests a little, but how about the. rest
of the Republican voters?
Oregon Sidcliglits
Berries are late, but will be fine and
abundant. jVi ; ?".?,;.-"';,st ...'
Bend Is sttll confident of getting, a
railroad before long. I
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Brownsville has hones of beoomina
Quite 4 railroad .center, - t
Dourlas county is sure to to dry. pre
dicts the Myrtle Creek Mail.
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It la exoected that 1.500.000 sounds
of wool will be stored at Vale. .
a - - -; v
Five Dersons in the little-town of
Phoenix snstalned severe bruises of the
limbs, four from runaway horses and
the fifth, an. old woman, was knocked
down by a larara dotr. and her left
limb broken In the hip joint.
Abel Adv has started suit aralnst
the Klamath Lake railroad for $63,000
damages for injuries received In a
wreck on -said road near Thrall about a
year . ago. . Francis . 3,. Heney tha fa
mous fraud prosecutor, Is his attorney.
Madras Pioneer f" Farmers throughout
this section are jubilant over the time-
down-oour last week, ana the ooin-
ion Is expressed on all sides that the
rain insures a good crop ror tne com
ing: season. , Since the rain the weather
has turned warmer, which Is additional
cause for-rejolcln j. : : ; ..
An Albany man captured 'a ' vounar
coon, and it was placed - with three
young kittens, and while at first the
foster mother refused to have a thing
to -do With her adopted charge, now the
cat and coon have grown much attached
to one. another and tne little coon is
apparently cared for equally well with
me tnree kittens. - . V- ;r "-
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Lands In Wood river vallev have been
changing hands in the past month and
tne prices oata snow a nig increase in
values in the past few years, says the
Klamath Falls Republican. A little
over a year ago Henry Gordon sold his
place of 249 acres for about $20 per
acre, and a short time ago he bought
the same piece of property at about 1)0
per acre. -; . , ,-
Preparatory to the comlns- of EL TT.
Harriman and family and a company of
friends many improvements are being
made at Pelican Bay, says the Klamath
Falls Herald. Several thousand pounds
of machinery and material have Just
beeh shipped to the lodge. In the ship
ment was a 20-horsepower gasoline en
gine, a 12,000-gallon water tank, 25 bar
rels of cement. bath tnbs, dynamo,
pumping machinery, heating apparatus
and numerous other things to be used
in making the lodge with all of its
buildings thoroughly modern in. every
respect. . .-. ;- :-- . r -"-..
k--- This Date in Ilistory. '
160 Oeorre I of Enarland born. TXiut
une 10. 1727.
ITS-Washington ' Oefettet : Jnmon.
rille at Great Meadows.
1780 Thomas Moore, Irish ooet. born
ta Dublin. Died February 25, 1852.
1843 Noan weoster died. Born Octo
ber 18, 1768. ," . : -.,
1856 Britisn,-envoy to the -united
States ordered to quit Washington.
1871 rail or ine i-ans commune. '
1878 Lord John. Russell died. Born
August 18, 1T2. .. . -
1888 winiam ta. uiaastone curled in
Westminster Abbey.. :f.
1904 senator Matmew b.-- (jcay or
Pennsylvania, died. Born September 10,
1833. ,x ...v-.
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' Empress of Japan's Birthday, f
The .present - empress of Japan was
bora May XS. 1850, and was the daugh
ter of Prince Ichljo, Who was one of
Japan's great men during the previous
regime. She- 'was the Princess Haruke
when she wedded the emperor of Japan
and was raised to the inrperlal dignity.
The wedding took place February t,
1850," et Tokio. Besides the Crown
Prince Yoshlkito, the empress has borne
five daughters, who have all been cre
ated imperial princesses by the Imperial
edict of the mikado. The empress has
also three grandchiliM-en. She is splen
didly educated, speaking English and
French, which is more than the emperor
himself can accomplish. Devoted to her
household affairs, the empress of Japan
is also noted for her activities In chari
table work. She has given great aid to
the Red Cross movement Jn Japan. - . i
I : LETTERS FROM THE PKOPTE - I
' Justice of Amendment.
Portland, Or May 81. To the Editor
of Tha Journal In your issue of tha
26th T. C Humphrey asks a good many
questions of tha undersigned, 'some of
which are "Irrelevant, Immaterial and
incompetent and not -pertaining to the
.case at r issue." as our lawyer friends
say. Ho proceeds principally upon the
wieory mat taxes snouta oe leyiea ac
cording to the citizen's ability to pay,
regardless of the services rendered by
the government to him, or the speoiat
frlvllegea enjoyed. Tha contention of
he single taxer is that the government
is a business organisation of the entire
fteopie rendering certain services to tha
ndividuaJ, and. that those services
should be paid for as a man pays for
shoes, sugar or bootblacking, not ac.
cording to his ability to pay but ao
oordlng to value- received. In carrying
on business interminable confusion and
injustice would arise if ability to pay
was the v standard Instead at vain nt
service.':' . i :
If friend Humphrey goes to one of
the large -office bulldlnn ta n)
suite of rooms he will pay a certain
fixed Drlce baaed on loeatinn nil nat
of services oerformed. Hi mav nut
into bis suite of rooms a-soap box or
a Louis XIII parlor, sot; he can gild
peanut sneeis or sell mining stock; he
may desire to reserve one or more of
the rooms for his sons who are going
to graduate from college: he may look
the rooms un or ooounv than, Mnn.,,.
ally; he may use the elevator and other
accessories and conveniences or not.
Hm ."."J1 Pl" but be will pay the
rent If he retains possession. The state
0LOr?on anould proceed upon the same
principle and charge a man who occu
pies piece o land not aooordlng lo
What an asaeaaor mav wimM.. .
able to pay, but according to the valua
of . his location in the sUte which he
desires to exclusively occupy. " , 7
The assumption that assessors can
ne made under our nrauni .
assess Justly Is without foundaUon? U
1 SI A w h V s i a a 1 t aiw. w. a 1 1 i a- -
;-.,t T ""pv"'o7 10 assess
tu"!:r.Jan3r klnd ot property that can
be hidden, removed -if.. .a
?hniy WuV " by
toftvh.1nMt'..,tne belpless'or the foot
With the cattleman or the manufacturer
l.,,"a.bvue,; Those communities
throughout the civil ltt nrM vZZ
exempt them find It pays to do so, and
works no injusUce. Baltimoro exempts
".""f'cturlng plants from UxaUon!
and Is determined, to do so because ft
brings , in mora lan A ai. .u"
"n. i machinery and buildings.
Ontario exempts livestock and fa ma
chinery to a very large degreefrom
taxation, and the farmers knowthat It
is to their hanarlt c..." , ..!".'!
l-t.hm KSSL ,Ptltioned for the sin"
farmers and to keep themjhere pro
ducing grain and dairy products, build
ing up a arrest cnmmnnwiK r
that the writer knows of has pictured
conditions there as ideal, but the fact
tnat t.uuu American farmers went there
last year and are not rnmii, .
t .-to. t more" of-theirJ neiahborsr
would Indicate that they have good
reasons for their actions. "
.i Tf17BAr n.ow "eed on his ouU
tlva ted fields In Oregon five or six
times the sum levied against ths idle
land around him -has no redress under
the law. He Is told by tha bnard n
assessors or equalisation that having
made Improvements to that value he
must pay accordingly. With the amend
ment passed, however. It would be dlf.
ferent All Improvements are exempt
and any assessor could be compelled to
assess the Idle land the same as the
Improved land. Whether tha idle land
was raised in assessment or the im
proved land lowered and both- would
proua.Dly. Uke place the user would
pay 4ess. tne speculator more thanat
present, ' - , .
ine ncn man improving land next
to POOr neighbors Is a daalrahla ltl-
ten in any community. Many loenlm,a
are paying out good money to induce
men to come to, Oregon and do that
very thing.- - . - i ,
Any system of taxation that encour
ages poor farmers to hold, out of us
land which they do not want, also en
courages Speculators ; to dabanch mir
public officials and legislative bodies, to
gain possession or vast tracts of tim
ber, mineral, awamp. agricultural and
grazing lands, which thev can . mora
easily bold out of use than the small
farmer. The demonstrations of New
Zealand show , that with exemptions
from taxation embracing all - improve
ments and personal property specula
tion in land to hold idle for a rise is
practically unknown. New South- Wales
has Investigated and followed New Zea
land. In Edmonton, Northwest Canada,
the business men and officials all unite
in saying the- city Is - prospering and
rapidly enlarging with po tax on Im
provements. . ... i '. i-
The writer holds ISO acres of land
Idle which be would be glad to pay an
Increase of taxation upon of II to 25
per cent if any man would improve the
adjoining property and demonstrate that
it was adapted to vaiuaoie crops and
suitable for a borne. The writer could
then, if no taxes were levied upon his
Improvements , and industry, proceed to
make une of it himself and from his la
bors still further Improve and utilize,
making him a free man instead of a
wage worker. . The poor man with a lit
tle idle land has nothing to fear from
any application of the single tax, but
tne man witn vast iana values sugntly
utilized : certainly will be considerably
induced to use . or let -. others use in
order- to render to the state the In
creased ' demand ; which " Will b made
upon him for play In t dog-in-the-manger.
The - palace occupies, valuable land,
the "rich feller" generally gets so by
some form of monopoly, and land mo
nopoly is encouraged, perpetuated, pro
tected by our present system of taxa
tion. "Idle acres make rich men." And
surely as any mathematical demonstra
tion can be made Increasing taxes on
Idle land and decreasing them on prod
ucts of labor - tends to do away, with
land monopoly. Idle acres and Idle -men.
; Woman Suffrage. -
Oregon City, May 1 8. To ths Ed
itor of The Journal I hardly know
how to begin to express ; my : mind in
regard to woman suffrage In order to
make . it most ' effective in ' preventing
our pur and loving and lovable women
of the present day from striving to
enter Into this cursed school of rot
tenness and vice, which a portion of
them are blindly striving to be enrolled
In. There is nothing In the world that
I admire and love mors than I do a
pure and noble woman,, a woman who
exerts all her powers ror some good
and amiable purpose, and for the bet
terment and advancement of the human
family in general. When I read of
a woman of that kind I love her, even
before I see ner and every man that
knows her cannot help but love and
admire her, and they think it an honor
to De - ama . vo ou lunieminK iu ueip
her and protect her. But what is io
lng to be the Inevitable - result of a
few generations of training in this
school of rottenness and , vice, as It
exists on every side of us nowT From
the very moment this great responsibil
ity is voted upon them, they begin a
retrogade . movement and the high re
gard ana esteem in wnicn iney nave
been held by the opposite sex will
gradually grow less. To be sure there
always will be some among them that
will fight against rottenness and vice,
just the same that there are among
the . men of the present day. But a
wife will be just as likely to be an
opponent and in direct opposition to
her husband's Interests, in a great
many things, as she will to be a loving
and confiding wife, and the complete
confidence which - now exists between
husband and wife will gradually grow
less In a great many 'xases. Where
there la great difference In. their po
litical opinions, It will be a very un
pleasant thing In a family.
Then another thing, ths ' Interest
which almost every man now takes
In looking out for the Interests and
protection of women, both in the courts
and out of the courts, will gaduallyi
grow less, and their love and admira
tion for women, as loving and com
panionable beings . will - gradually
change, and strife and ( hatred : will
Jradually lnorease. until it gets to be
ust like it is now among the men.
and women will be employed in doing
all kinds of dirtx work in politics, just
une me men are now. we, neea an
element among us that Is free from
political aspirations. I don't like to
tnink of the time when our quiet, lov
ing homes will be turned into dens cf
political aspirants, when love and unity
will , eease in the family. ? and ' when
our mothers and wives, .our sisters and
daughters will be looked upon as noth
ing but political tools and aspirants,
when they will be hunted out by the
cunning political leaders to do some
sly, dirty work In political matters. Oh!
won't that be a glorious day? We will
not neea any neaven tnen, eann win
be a oerfect heaven ot itself. Take ml
advice mothers and - wives, sisters and
oaugnura, ana aon i ao it; you wm oe
happier in the sphere you now occupy
than you will ' then, and you can have
more Influence for rood In your pres.
ent sphere than you can then,. Ask
your husbands and fathers, brothers
and -sons to vote against it for your
own - good and for the -happiness of
your families. - and v for the rood of
society. - GEORGE) , H1CINBOTHAJI. ,
-Means life of University.
Portland. Mar 3t To the Editor of
The Journal In yesterday's ' Issue of
your valuable paper, Eugene palmer of
Albany makes a number of statements
about tha University of Oregon and the
pending; appropriation bin which can
not be) substantiated.- Tha University
of Oregon Is now receiving the smallest
appropriation for maintenance of any
state university in the union, notwith
standing Mr. Palmer's statement to the
contrary and , bis quotations from the
report ot the commissioner of educa
tion made several years ago.
- mho income or tne university or ueor
la amounts to $255,935, and not to
31.500 par year, as Mr. Palmer would
have us believe.- Incidentally, the Uni
versity of Georgia has -an enrollment
smaller than that of tbo University of
Oregon, and the state of Georgia also
suports a , first class agricultural col
lege. The income of the University of
South Carolina Is also larger than that
of the University of Oregon, notwith
standing the contrary .statements of
Mr, Palmer. : The total income of the
University of California amounts to
nearly 31,000,000 per year, as com
pared with the scant 360,000 of
our own university. - Mr. Palmer has
told us that the University of Califor
nia reoeivea an annual appropriation of
only 1300,000, but I am reliably Informed
by a recent graduate of that institution
that in addition to the above -mentioned
amount the University - of Cali
fornia receives several nundrea thou
sand dollars for buildings at each ses
sion of the legislature, and also has a
large income from a permanent endow
ment California also supports a branch
agricultural college and four normal
schools. '
I a(5Hs to me that the opponents of
tne university oi uregon appropriation
bill . have gone out . of their way , to
misrepresent the facts and hoodwink
the , voters of the- state. -They have
endeavored to embroil the university
with the . Oregon Agricultural college
and with the independent colleges of
the state. They have appealed to sec
tional Jealousies. They have endeavored
to create the Impression tiiat the atate
university is a rich man s school and
they have not squarely met the real
Issue, which is, "Shall we have a state
university V It is an undisputed fact
that tha life of . the University of Ore
gon Is at stake and that if an adverse
vote la cast-next Monday, th Institu
tion at Eugene) might as well close Its
aoors. '
The men who have been ooooainB and
misrepresenting the university for - the
past year and wh will vote against it
at the polls, ought to be ashamed of
tnemseives. - ney ' are so lacking in
state pride that they would have the
news go forth to the world next Tues
day morning that Oregon Is willing to
inrotua ner leading educational, msti
tutlon and to allow her sons and daua-h
ters to be educated at the- universities
of other states.
The people of Oregon are liberal. In
telligent and broad minded. They are
not going to bo fooled by the misrep
resentation of Mr. Palmer and the other
opponents or tne university. They are
going to the polls on eleotion day and
roll up a big majoritv for the pending
Dill. U. Hi. Jtt-AKItlUU.
Mrs. Duni way's Sentiments.
Portland. May 27. To the Editor of
The Journal Will you kindly, allow
me a little space to say to the many
readers ; of your Valuable paper who
may not be In touch with, the '. stats
Press at large, that tha svndlnata'artl.
cles now going; out wlih checks as ac
companiments from Mrs. Ralph Wilbur
and Rev. Clarence True Wilson who
call themselves the , "Association Op
posed to ths Further Extension, of ths
ounrage to women," afford no cause
ur aiarm I j
Every voter who nan 'raaif ha nam
phlet sent out to him by the secretary of
state, even the few who cannot read any-
imng uui we pictures or tne eminent
men who tccompasy the "Open Letter
to Voters" issued by our own state
equal suffrago committee (backed by
pur 40.000 woman adherents who take
life too seriously to be willing to
'ur iia maniiHi auties ax tne pons
or anywhere else), should understand
that there is no cause for - alarm. - -
We do not? say that every good and
well meaning, man will be wise enough
to vote yes on 'our amendment But
we do know and so do these two lead
ers -of hostile forces, : that every man
Whose Wife BUDDOrts "him. ever ' man
who whips his - wife, and every tramp
ana criminal ana aruntc vaganona will
vote no. - Otrraqual suffrage amendment
was flnanoed. - circulated, alarned . and
certified by men and this is a men's
campaign for women. .
We stand Unballoted In the onen 'and
are looking to men who are not afraid to
trust us witn liberty to open the door
to our Joint inheritance and invite us
to enter and be free. Behold we stand
at the door and knock.
ABIGAIL: SCOTT ' DUNIWAT.
Mother of native sons and president .
or - tne uregon etate uquai suf
frage association. . . ,
Lincoln County Prosperous.
Toledo. Oi.. May ,24.To the Editor
of, The Journal Belleviag your paper
desires to deal fairly wUh all, so in be
half of the good people of Toledo who
feel that they have been grossly mfa.
represented, I ask space to correct the
misleading statements of your special
correspondent from Newport, who wrote
under the headlines, "Newport Tired of
Prohibition."
Whila we concede he has tha right to
give away tha methods of the liquor
men, "who have been quietly working
to renew their lost footing In Lincoln
county." he Is dense in his estimate of
the "antis" being fooled, as their meth
ods are ancient In origin and coarss In
execution. As we knew to the day the
time of -their sending their money Into
the county to corrupt? the poor voters
and looked ' with ' orlde at their agent
hying himself to the placid water of the
biieix ana rounaing up the Indians upon
the range, and convincing them with
silvery arguments what la best for our
homebuilders and school . boys. 'It
worked, end there is great hilarity In
the wet camp. Their methods and plana
are anown, ana we are reaoy to give
S raise where pralss Is due. But draw
le line when he says all the business
men of Newport are cowvinced that pro
hibition is not suited to a summer ra-
SOrt. - - : . v.,
-e facts are, every business house
and hotel know and say ths years 1906
and 1807 were the best in the history
of the place, more people and more busi
ness. Four additions, to Newport have
been laid out in less than one year,
more buildings have gone up and or
dered. Newport is really alive in spite
of its .defamer. ; s . - ., -AN. ANTL , ,
lkcREALn V
When She lias the Bines. '-' -
I
T is not every woman who has time
to have the blues. - It's rather an
expensive occupation and needs lot- .
' sure for its full enjoyment.- Yet
1 there ars regular ' Indulgera, those
whose existence would be miserable if
they could not by occasional spr,ees of
the megrims - get rid of their , super
fluous 111. nature,v and so manage. to
keep along In a sort of half way con
tent with life, : -
'Neither Is It the mother of many
small . children - whose ever-pressing '
needs give her' no time for selfish
brooding, nor the woman of affairs who
nas Dusiness engagements to keen, nor.
ths wrorking woman whose days are
planned for her by tha-Inexorable god
necessity, who lets down her hair and
gives herself up to an abandon of grief
over the ill adjustment , of life to tem
perament. '"-, , ,
None of these yet there are plenty
of women who find time and Ihclina-
tion for real blues and who thoroughly
enjoy thein. . ; ..
Thoroughly' to enjoy ' ths
blues, 'a .
woman should hava & kind. ' indiilrent
snouia nave
husband, one who is very much a man
of business and who fatuously imagines
because he takes good oars of her, gives
ner plenty ot money, takes ner to tne-
atraa nnclniallv h,in V, . nii.t.
Sected presents and pays her bills with
ut protest, that he is living up to his
part of the contract and' that she should
be happy, i , - ,
Any one with a a-raln -of sense can
see why she must have this - kind of
husband In Order to enjoy having the'
blues. . It gives her a chance to go off
Into a fit of weeoina because there is
no poetry in her life. 'Because it la all
numarum, uocausa he fancies that all
she desires Is to be comfortable and
to be netted, and makes no -allowance
for that supremely poetic and soaring
spirit of hers, which longs for some
test oz ner aixeciion or some saoruiee
in order to . demonstrate its auoarior
quality., ; 'l;; ,..,. -y- '-4.. .
Sha waa one of . those arirls who imag
ined that married life would be all
moonlight walks and -caramels and soul
converse. It gives her a shudder still
to see the matter of fact husband go to
sleep on the lounge when she Dlavs
"The Dream of Love", to him on tho
piano, and prefer the market ' reports
to Browning In those long delightful
evenings when the lamps are lighted.
She is probably a morally unrlght
little woman and she would shrink with
repulsion from the thought of an
amour with any oiner man. Yet it Is
soul stirring to reaa aoout and tne
kind of novels that supply that sort of
aenriousness are seldom aosent irom
ner oouaoir. -
No, she is not a bad woman. ' Not ot
all. She probably teaches her Sunday
school class and makes her husband go
to church when he prefers to-slay at
home. And that Is a - large and . de
serving task: But if she could only,
be persuaded to give up her fits of
megrims and to desist from feeling
herself the put upon, how much hap
pier she would be.
What she needs jls to get outside of
herself and to do something for some
body else. She needs to take a morn
ing walk down to Fourth and Burn
side and watch the little children of all
nationalities gathered into the kinder
garten. She cannot escape being in
terested. Then she may naturally find
out about the Institute club and its
various lines of activity all directed
toward helping some one els. There
will be found a place for her. Or sha
might follow some of these little ones
from the kindergarten . to , the day.
nursery, watch them at their noon "meal
and see them trudge upsta)rs for tbo
afternoon nap. If she is not inter
ested in the work that this aelf-sae-'
rlficing band of Women is doing, In
caring for the children of women who
are at work all day, she is a queer
sort. Or, following the line ot oaby
tending a little further, she may go to
the Baby Home, and by the way, the)
annual tea this afternoon will give her
a good opportunity to ask questions
about that work. - Perhaps a little
baby face and form seen there will ap
peal so strongly to her that she will
decide to give the little one the plaoe
that In vacant in her Own home. A
bsby to love and tend -Is a very good
sunstitute tor tne oiues.
If this is not her particular bent.
let her take the Montayllla car and
o out to the Florence Crittenton-nome.
assure you that no womanly woman
can visit that institution and follow
Its ' work without being moved to her
depths. The poor, ignorant, deluded
girls -gathered - there . need so much the
things that any well brought up
woman can jive them. Some of them
are meeting kindness for - tha first
time In their lives. Of the things thnt
a woman should know they are for the
most part absolutely ignorant. Tney
do not know how to Sew or how to
wash clothes or how to cook. . They are
uncannily out of the world. - Any
woman who desires to bo useful to them
can be. She can teach some of them
how to make a shirtwaist, or how to
cut -out end sew a baby dress. She
can - rind a place in some friend's,
kitchen for one - of - them and follow
ber with kindness and helpfulness.
Perhaps her true usefulness, this wo-.
man who loves to have the blues. Is in
nursing. Perhaps - she would like to
go with one of the-visiting nurses and,
to what s6rt of useful work will be
found for her hands to do. John
wouldn't Ilka UT Oh. John will not
mind If Vou go and take care of soma
poor mother's baby for a morning, and
gcv ine cninrrn luncn, ana give tne
woman herself a decent meal. Ha would
not like you to go into a borne where
there is scarlet fever, but there are
many homes of.-sick-and suffering ones
wnere there is no danger or contagion. .
: Wake un. mv dear sister of the blues. -
and look about you. - See the real trou- ;
bles of the world and consider what you
are doing to help. . Aren't you ashamed ,
to have the blues when you have all.
tne material comrons and many or the-'
finer pleasures- which make life easy
and wholesome? "Not to be ministered
unto but to minister" take that motto
for your own for, awhile and see what.
It will do for you. .- . . $ -.
' '.r: :
' ITcating Irons by Gas,
M'
UCH fuel may be saved by buying
a un . pan large ; enougn to fit
over the number of flatJrona to
bemused. Make a hole in the middle of
ths bottom of the pan and fasten there, '
on the outside, one of the small wooden
knobs to be found at - the'-hardware
stores. Use this pan to cover the Jrons
and they will keen the heat, even with
the gas turned low. It Is easy to re
move the cover, as the handle remains
oool. -Delineator.
Good ' Place for Rubbers; ? .
FTHE coat closet of ,a 'new house
were two rows of pigeonholes of the
proper size to contain each a pair ,
of overshoes. They wore built up from' i
the floor aaalnst one wall of the closet. i
The top board was Just the right height' i
ror nno '.o tit unon wnue putting on I
rubber or overshoes. -Good Housekeep
ing. , " , "
. St
The Daily Menu. L
BREAKFAST. 1 -
' Cereal. - Orange Marmalade. -.
Sausages. Coffee, Buttered Toast.'
LUNCHEON. .,-
Salmon Bafts, i Spinach and Egg Salad
Jelly Calee. Junket. ,.i Tea. ,
' DINNER.
; ' Clam Chowder. ' '
' " Brisket of Veal Breaded. , "
' . Ripe Olives. ; Currant Jelly. .
: f , Creamed Turnips. -,
, j ..." Lettuce, French Dressing. ;
'Gooseberry Fool, Nut Cairo.
. ioir.ee.