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How near must a person
live .to me to.be my neigh
bor? Every person Is near to
yon whom you can bless. He
Is the nearest whom you can
bless most. William Ellery
Charming.
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THE MAYOR WILL STILL FIGHT
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M
AYOR LANE Is, right In re
sisting to the last possible,
limit every attempt to com
pel the payment of those de
tectives who on a technical decision
have been awarded salaries that they
' ever earned.': While stllV on the
force and legally entitled beyond
question to their pay, they were, the
mayor asserts, an Injury instead of
a benefit to the city, vniey drew its
. money, and, he says, stood In with
lawbreakers Instead of .arresting
them. Hence it waa better to be rid
of them, even if the city had to con
tinue to pay them. - So the mayor
removed "them. The courts have de
cided so far that the removal was
Illegal under the civil service law
and that they were entitled to their
pay. And they have the effrontery
to assert that they are still entitled
to it, although they have not been
In. the city's employ for several
years. . ; j
It seems incredible that the courts
will finally i hold that these worse
than worthless men, in the mayor's:
. estimation; are entitled to pay in
definitely, and that there is no way
to get rid of them. Courts are or
ganized and maintained to, do Justice
between men who differ, and surely
no one will pretend that there is
any justice In these men continuing
to draw large salaries for years af
ter , they bad been discharged, " for
good cause, and ceased even the pre
tense of doing any work for the city.
Admitting that the "mayor made ! a
. legal mistake in discharging -these
men summarily .as he did, must it
follow that the city .must be perpet
ually held up by them to the extent
of some $5000 , a year? Can the
law, with Its multitudinous, provis
ions and manifold v Interpretations,
find no way to remedy or prevent
such a manifest and absurd piece of
injustice as this? ,
. There should, if possible, be a fur
ther trial of this case. The mayor
Intimates that it was poorly tried be
fore, owing tothe pressure of work
upon the city attorney. In view of
the palpable absurdity of the situa
tion, the; mayor is to be commended
for regarding the matter as not yet
finally settled, and resisting the pay
ment of these possibly legal grafters
to the utmost. It would be better
to abolish -the whole civil service
'system than to tolerate such a situ
ation, in which a man once employed
as a detective or other officer can
not be discharged, however worth
less or culpable he may be.
LINCOLN'S HUMOR
THE BETTER and indeed the
conclusive evidence is that
I Lincoln was not a relator nor
an enjoyer of obscene or vul
gar stories. That he gained this
reputation was due chiefly to the in
vention of low minded raconteurs
of his own time and later time, who
to attract greater attention to a dirty
story would credit It to Lincoln
Thus, a generation ago, it was quite
a common belief that with all his
great virtues Lincoln delighted in
anecdotal smut and slime. : But this
is not true, and it is a good time
now, If any stilly o believe, to set
him right in this regard.
, Lincoln had aa astonishing gift of
illustrating almost every proposition
that was presented, bowever grave
and Important, by some humorous
anecdote. fc During his earlier career
he had beard many such stories, and
he had a , memory that retained
them; but there was no filth in such
as he was accustomed to recount.
He was no Pharisee w iconoclast,
and doubtless would join in a laugh
at some rather highly seasoned yarn,
and may have occasionally retailed.
In company that It suited, something
of questionable taste; but the whole
tone and tenor or. his life, besides
the testimony of bis best Informed
biographers, contradict the notion
prevalent years ago that Lincoln!
took delight la stories that would
dlsguit retined gentlemen.
Lincoln m . man with a great
sorrow over nl w, from early man
hood; he was one who for many
years before- his call to the presi
dency was intensely studying and
tecltlns to sojve, a great ' national,
fven a worldwide problem: he was
a man after that event who night
and day carried one of the heaviest
bniirns ever borne by mortal; he
was moreover a man q! lnnate-clean
Uness, tenderness and genuine right
eousness; and It is incredible - that
such a man should choose moral rot
and ribaldry for his favorite amuse
ment. - : - . . - "
Lincoln threw off his sorrow and
his burden frequently and tempo
rarily to indulge in humorous lllua
tration and anecdote; , he gained fre
quent momentary respites by jokes
and little stories; nis mmo was 100
broad and generous and kindly and
tolerant and sympathetic to be en
tirely and constantly confined by the
bands of sorrow and the bars of a
nation's woes, and he took recrea
tion in innumerable little quaffs or
sips of humor from an exhaustless
fountain within himself, but we may
be sure that vulgar obscenity was
not one of their ingredients. And
that Lincoln had a large bump of
humor and gave it frequent play was
fortunate , for him and lor the
country.
AS TO CALIFORNIA
THE PRESIDENT'S telegram to
the Californlans Is complete. It
puts the California attitude in
an unfavorable light. Its terms
are so clear and its suggestions so
reasonable that it commands respect
and at the Bame time vastly weakens
the California case before the coun
try. The; record ;are quoted to
prove that" more 'Japanese are , de
parting from than' are entering the
country. The., suggestion, la .made
that a maximum of good results can
be attained through mutuality of ef
fort by this -country and .Japan, and
that the. minimum will come .If the
California' plan be followed. The
further sensible suggestion Is made
that If the national government fails
to secure the ends California wants,
then In-a year or two California can
go about "lt'In her own, way,
All this goes to the heart of the
case. "Tne excess 01 aepanures over
arrivals of Japs in the country ehows
that there is no occasion for the
shrieking, hysteria at Sacramento. It
fills the country with surmise that
the agitation has little basis in fact,
and that it is the old Sand Lot prop
aganda of Dennis Kearney handed
down for latter day agitators to
operate In their own interest. Its
effect is bad for the state and bad
for-thr country.- It will cause no
war, but it is tiresome to the coun
try and vexing to those charged with
administration -of federal relations
at Washington. It is even more un
fortunate in the harmful character
ization It gives to the state of Cal
ifornia. It is a characterization in
which a minority., of "agitates and
hot bloods lead the world at large to
believe that California is a place tp
be avoided, a repute not at all in
harmony with the facts. Oregon Is
to, be congratulated for the fact
that her legislative assembly is en
gaged in no enterprise bo foolish.
HONOR FOR OREGON MAN.
T
HE ESTIMATED VALUE of the
poultry products for the coun
try in 1907 is $600,000,000.
This is more than the value of
the wheat crop for 1907, and exceeds
the value of all the coal and petro
leum produced In 1902. This colos
sal product with the business but
partly developed, shows the enormous
possibilities of the industry. Experi
ment station records disclose that
hens vary in egg production from
250 eggs per year to no eggs. With
the standard -of poultry brought to
.its limit of possibility and with the
no egg producers eliminated, the
extraordinary avenue for creation of
wealth by the industry Is disclosed.
These, and a hundred other facts
incident to poultry husbandry are
set forth in a pamphlet Just Issued
by the department of agriculture at
Washington. In a direct, non-technical
way, the publication gives In
brief a complete resume of all that
is known of the science of poultry
keeping. It is for use as the sylla
bus' for an illustrated lecture on
poultry . keeping, and was; prepared
by direction of the department for
distribution among farmers' institute
lecturers In the various states of the
Union. It is also to be used la the
public schools of some of the states,
and should be adopted .in all, at
least In rural communities. Accom
panying the publication, are 44 lan
tern slides, Illustrative of plants, va
rleties and methods Incident to the
noultrr industry.
The pamphlet is of extreme inter
est on account of thematter it con
tains. It Is of peculiar interest in
Oregon, for the reason that , to an
Oregon man fell the honor of being
selected by the ; department from
among all the poultry experts of the
country to Trepare this work. The
author Is Professor James Dryden,
head of the department of poultry
husbandry ' at the Oregon Agricul
tural college, to whose Investigations
and publications Is due the fact that
be has become a national figure in
the industry. c - .s t-
OREGON GARDEN PRODUCTS.
T
HE Eugene .Register - recently
complained about the lack of
home-grown vegetables, saying
that "many carloads a year of
truck garden stuff were Imported,
while much . land in that -vicinity,
especially along the river bottoms,
excellently adapted to this purpose,
lies unused or used for less useful
purposes. But a. farmer" in reply
asserts that the merchants of that,
city discriminate against home grown
products of this kind, and he cites
this case of bis own: He says he
took a load of onions to town and
could, get oniym cents a pound for
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raise anything more of this sort for
that market.
: If this farmer has represented the
case correctly though ; a .' general
conclusion should .not-'be .'drawn
from a single Instance and it his
onions were equal in quality to the
Imported ones, the blame that ; we
newspapers have been laying on the
non-producing ; farmers Bhould In
part be shifted to the dealers who
discriminate against home products.
It may be answered that the dealers
must please their customers, who
demand imported stuff, and if so
the onus must again be transferred
to the consumer.' So very likely
most people , are - In Borne degree
culpable.
There must h cnnnArntinn all
along tfie line or all around the
circle, to I bring ; about desired re
sults. First, producers should take
pains to bring to market as good
stuff, in season, as can be procured
anywhere,, and this they certainly
can do, and they should not become
discouraged at one disappointment.
Second, dealers should as far as pos
sible give , the preference to home
grown products- and recommend
them to consumers. And third.
consumers should divest themselves
of the childish notion . that the
farther away a thing is produced the
better it is, and should always pre
fer things produced nearest home.
When these three classes or ele
ments of people get in. the habit of
doing this, they will all be better
off, and they will help greatly to
ward making a greater Oregon.
TAXE8
IT is to be hoped that the best
thought in the session at Salem
Is devoted to the subject of tax
ation ana mac me result may
be a sound and sane measure. Ore
gon deserves as much. The prob
lem ought not to be impossible of
solution. We have tried many ex
periments and there' is a rich experi
ence for guidance. We know that
one county will undervalue to the
detriment of others unless there Is
an authority to prevent it. We know
that assessors have temptations to
be partial and that they should be
hedged about with requirements.
We know' that It is human to dodge
taxes and that any law which does
not safeguard the tendency will he
ineffective. We know that the rich
have avenues for escaping taxes that
are not open . to those of small
means, We know that they do
dodge taxes and. that the only means
by ' which-- the state can - recoup its
losses from this source is to tax In
heritances, taking at death that
share of the property that has been
withheld In life. We know that the
most advanced governments and the
mere advanced thinkers are turning
more and more' to this feature of
taxation as a source of revenue, and
that It is important for .Oregon In
her system of taxation to avail her
self In full of this asset.
We know finally that the only
safe basis for valuation Is that which
the property brings In cash In the
market. It is a guide to the asses
sor that if faithfully and Intelligent
ly applied, will provide the largest
possible accuracy. We know that
if accuracy be attained in this re
spect and that if all property .be
reached, the uniformity that the con
stitution requires will be closely ap
proximated. With these fundament
als as a basis the session can, if it
applies rigidity In all provisions of
its tax measure, do much to give
the state a system that will be just
to all and that as such will be re
spected and obeyed by all. One
reason why men dodge taxes Is be
cause the tax laws are so often In
competent, faulty and unfair. If
the session will frame a measure In
which the public will have confi
dence it will be a mighty good thing
for the state and a badge of honor
to each legislator.
A COSTLY BUSINESS
F
IGURES SECURED by Journal
correspondents at Salem throw
added light on the congestion
of business before the Oregon
supreme court. The court was cre
ated by, a law which became oper
ative October 17, 1878, or more than
30 years ago. During 1879 and
1880, the court's worx consisted of
decisions that are contained in 1110
pages of published reports. During
the two years of 1905 and 1906, the
court's work as reflected in the pub
lished reports required 2120 print
ed pages, or almost double that when
the court wag first 'organised. In
1907 and 1908 the court had the as
sistance of two supreme court com
missioners, and It is estimated that
during that period the reports of de
cisions will " cover 8200 printed
pages, or approximately three times
as much' as during , the first two
years of the court's existence. '
In spite of the increased work
done, the. court Is still nearly a year
behind with its business. If the state
in any Important public matter,
wants a decision, it must, If the is
sue cannot be set forward on . the
docket, wait that year for a deter
mination of Its cause. Issues of
great moment,' both poblle and pri
vate, are tans constantly suDjectea
to -costly and vexatious delays.'. It
is a character of method that, Intro
duced In any private enterprise, no
matter how rich, would lead to bank
ruptcy, , swift and certain. What
makes the case the more unusual is
that although still a year behind, the
help of the two. commissioners avail
able for the past two' years will be
tnem, wane, zv cents, were being
paid for California . onions by the
dealers; hence he quit trying to
withdrawn unless provision; ia jmade
at the present session for. the same
or other asslstance.1 .WIth'the state
swiftly peopling, arid 'the volume of
litigation speedily Increasing, : how
far will -the court be behind, and
what will be the cost in loss of time
and loss of money to the state and
to, private .interests by the time an
other legislature meets?
'"Million of. people wanted . and
needed the' law proposed by the Ful
ton bill. It would have been of ad
vantage to the people of the country
generally, and of this coast in par
ticular. It was! manifestly, reason
able and Just. IV was .a, piece of
legislation which no true representa
tlve of the people could have op
posed. If the: people had been rep
resented In congress It would have
passed without opposition last
spring. But Elklns, a "railroad"
senator, has killed it, and a ma
jority of the senate approves of his
action. The . corporation senators
are In thp majority, and nothing for
the .benefit of the 'people can get
through that body. So it has been,
with the exception of a very few
laws, for forty years. . Yet there are
people and. newspapers that are sat
isfied with the senate as It is, and
object to any attempt of the people
to change its character by electing
the senators directly themselves,
The newspapers of Eugene show
narrowness and Ingratitude in op
posing an appropriation ' for the
Crater lake road. The state univer
sity Is a great asset for. Eugene and
the people of the state support It
with large appropriations. - Eugene
should be glad to recriprocate when
a good opportunity like this occurs.
The anti-Japanese California leg
islators are probably more than half
right, but the Japs are not going to
overrun the Pacific coast within a
year or two, and so the president
would better be given a free hand to
settle the question if he can.
Tne German people will treat
King Edward respectfully, but they
take little pains to conceal their
hostility of feeling toward him and
the British. Each nation is grouchy
against the other, but nations don't
go to war on a grouch now.
Letters From tlie People
Lettna to The Jonrnil should b wrlttem om
on aid of the Mpr only, and ahonld b
computed by tie nam and address of , too
writs. Th nam will not tM.nsed If the
writer asks that It be withheld. The Journal
la Dot to b understood aa Indorsing the views
fir atatfmMita of MMresnondpnts. Leiters ahonld
h made aa brief aa Dosslble. Those who wish
their letters returned when, not used shoo Id In
close" postage.;. . ,. - . . - t a
. , OorrasDondents are notified that letter
eeodlna 300 words In length mar, at the dis
cretion of the editor, be cot down to that limit.
No Cold In Curry County.
Gold Beavch, Or Jan. 22. To tb Ed
itor of The Journal I have been read'
Ins so much In the Portland papers
about cold .weather In Eastern Oregon
and Washington that I will tell you what
we are doing in Curry county. Cattle
and- cheep are on the range without hay
or herders, as they always are. I have
not seen any Ice on any tub, bucket or
pan this winter We never have to feed
range stock here. There is a pear tree
In my orchard with third crop of
blossoms on it I saw them today.
Clusters of blooms are on the straw
berries. Cabbages, . beets, carrots and
pannlpj are growing in the garden.
Small streams never freeze here. We
had an inch of snow that went off the
same day. The rainstorms have been
longer than usual. That Is all the
difference we note.' The wild violets
are blooming, the wild currants are
leafing out and the elder buds are
bursting. A SUBSCRIBER.
Singular Hunting Accident.
Central Point, Or.. Feb. 1. To the Ed
itor of The oJurnal I see in your ed
itorial of January 29 a statement of
your views with regard to the acci
dental killing of hunters by other hunt
ers. It is not to be denied that a lot
of careless, reckless shooting goes on
during the hunting season, but I can not
see how it is to be avoided, A number
of good men have been killed in this
community by hunters mistaking them
for game, but in every Instance it was
purely an accident.
Only last year a Mr. Roe, his son and
a neighbor were out deer hunting near
this place when the son was Instantly
killed In a most singular manner. The
neighbo.- was about 150 yards from Mr.
Roe and his son when he fired at
deer, the bullet glancing from two trees
and making almost a right-angle turn
struck the younger Roe In the left
breast and pierced his heart. Would It
be juat to send this man to the peniten
tiary? C. W. JEFFERS.
Waldport Is Favored Spot.
Waldport, Or., Feb. 8. To the Editor
of The Journal I would like to say a
few words about the recent high tides
that did so much damage along the
coast, both north and south of here.
The tides at Waldport were not as high
as last winter by six inches, nor was
there a very heavy surf. We think
Waldport Is one of the best sheltered
places along the coast There has been
no sleet here this winter and only one
inch. of snow. The recent warm rain
has swelled the small streams, but that
is only natural. A READER. ;
The Man to See.
Portland. Or., Feb. 6. To the Editor
of The Journal Will you please , pub
lish the names and addresses of the
parties I would have to see to get a po
sition as conductor on the street rail
way that is being built on Pettygrove
treet. A. C. F. ' '
iApply to the superintendent of the
United Railways company, 72$ Cham
ber of Commerce).
Levi C. Walker.
' ' (8peetal Dtspetck te ! JooraaU
Forest Grove. Or.. Feb. 10. Levi C
Walker, 5$ years of age. died at hi
home here today of pneumonia. He
was the son of Rev. Elkanah and Mrs.
Mary Walker, pioneers of 1(38. Levi
Walker was married in the seventies te
Belle Putnam of Amity. Both he and
hie wife were graduates of Psclflo uni
versity, ' He taught school for three
years at the fillets Indian reservation,
and, with - his wife, for two years at
the Cheraawa IrvAian school. Mr. -Walker
else taaight at Pact fie for two rear.
At the time of hfs eWth' he was
county surveyor ef Washington, and
had -charge of several large govern
ment contracts. He is survived by two
daughters Miss Eva Walker and Mrs.
Kid a, both being engaged in teaching;
three brothers Samuel of Forest
Grove, C. H. of Albany, and'Rev. J.
E. Of Ehaowu. China.
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Five Bills Passed la Four Weeks
ITovldes T,hat Working People Shall Be Paid by the Week; Appro
priations Asked Aggregate Nearly $7,000,000; Public Highways to
Be Kept Clear of All Refuse. . ; . , J ' ' " '
.- ''. f Soeelal ftlsnateh. to Th Jnn-nal
Olympla, Wash., Feb. 1 In the fqur
weeks, that the legislature has been In
session the appropriations have grown
from an estimate of over $5,000,000 to
an actuality of close to $7,000,000. But
nvs dims naa oeen nausea uo to veatei-.
day. ell anoronriatlon measure. h
largest ror ss&.uoo, lor the. expenses of
ins svBBlon. - .-r..
; At this time there 'are 40 appropria
tion bills before, the committees. . The
amount asked for In these measures
aggregates $1,254,138. The smallest
amount la $30 and the largest $208,000.
Then the various state departments ask
for $801,985 for expenses during the
coming two years, this not including
the institutions which have made eiitl.
mates for the. enlarged conditions and
ijicreanea population -expected. ,
The university, the normal anhnnla
the state college, the Soldiers' home,
the Industrial school and other Institu
tions ask for $4,686,686. betnar the larg
est appropriations ever asked for. This
aggregates the enormous sum of $6,7ol,-
i os an tne amount now oeemea neces
sary, for the maintenance of the state
for two years. .. Some of these-amounts
will be shaved slightly, but in addition
there will be needed a. new Inumx a av
ium, which is expected to cost $250,
000. A bill asking for $100,000 tor the
Improvement of the Columbia i rlvr
above Priest Rapids la also nearly ready
AVI vlBV'1'tuii. , ... !; j' ; .
Legislation is expensive in Wash
ington. With five -bills' passed
both houses and siarned liv the
nor, four weeks of time have elapsed.
As it costs over $1000 per day to oper
ate this lawmaking machine, these laws
cost over $5000 each. This is about the
limit of high priced legislation her.
The bills cover, appropriations only
and do not in any way affect the impor
tant legislation wanted by the people.
It is said by men who have served in- a
number of sessions that the net amount
of work done thus far in the session is
tne smallest or any session since the
state was organized. Still, the houses
hsve a full Quota or more of emnlovea
and the attendance has seldom ben
more than a man or two short of the
full number In each house any day o
the seeslon. '.-,.
The attendance has been arood. hut
the effort to prepare and present bills"
in correct- form has been poor. - Most j
Graceful Reading of Richelieu
by Sothern at the Heilig Theatre
By J. F. 8.
If there is one thins that we as a
people outside of a few ultra-Oregon-ians-rdetest.
it is something that stands
still. It is a rule that applies as well to
actors as to streetcars. Recently Mrs.
Brown-Potter returned to New York.
Everybody rushed to see what she had
dona in all these years. . They found aha
had done nothing. She was the same
genial Mrs. Brown-Potter who had left
them to teat the joys of Europe. She
wasn t anv Deuer ana sne wan t any
worse. Result: Dreadful falling off In
talk and Interest.
It was sad but we manage to bear
up under it because it gives suoh a
lovely -opportunity to-remark that. Mr,
Sothern doesn't stand still, whatever
his -brother actors and sister actresses
may do. His Dundreary, silly and tire
some as it was, had for the first act
or so-the flavor of novelty. It wt a
new taste even though it soon developed
Into a bad one. Last night he' showed
ua what he could do with "Richelieu."
It was inevitable. Anyone who has
watched Sothern must have known that
"Richelieu" was on its way to a place
in his repertoire. U couldn't nave
sidestepped - if he had .wanted to of
course he didn't want to. And It proved
to be an unusually, worthy lnterprtaT
tlon. Mr, Sothern disappointed some
because he didn't rant. We have actors
right here in little old Portland who
could rive him cards and spades on
how to do that We have wept aaltr
salt tears as out we digress, on to
Rlchmon Richelieu!
It is probable that Mr. Sothern's pres
entation of the cardinal is tha finest
that we are to see in the next decade.
it to be. Sothern is graceful In spite
of his seriousness and he has an un
usually fine knowledge of the rare art
of speaking the English language with
out an accent, and so as to give the
COUNCILMAN CONCANNON IN LINE
WITH MAJORITY ON CREMATORY
Thinks City Should Build
Hant on Each Stfe
of River.
"My idea in regard to the garbage de
struction problem would be to have two
burners," said Councilman Concannon
this morning, "one on each aid of the
river, both to be as centrally located as
possible. . Most of the garbage cotaem
from the business section, where ho
tels, restaurants and other big garbage
producers are located.
"From what I have been told, I gather
that a modern crematory is not undesir
able In a residence community, as I un
derstand that the latest construction
keeps the evil smells from escaping.
"But if a great majority of the people
do not want a crematory near their
homes, I think the next best thing to do
would be to purchase a site high up in
some one of the canyons that run down
Into the city, say about a mile back
from some county road. - -
"One of the gulches near . Ltnnton
would be a good place for the plant I
think the United Railways will be run
ning a line dowa In that direction short
1" and the garbage could be transported
on electric cars. J think this mode of
transportation would be much cheaper
and better than that of sending the re
fuse down the river on barges.
"In regard to collection of garbage I
think the plan to have the city attend
to that is a good one, and I would ad
vocate small tax on each household
for the service to make it self support
ing. '
THAT ErjERGENCY
CLAUSE STANDS
(By Journal Leased Salem Wire.)
.Salem, Or., Feb. is. The house yester
day afternoon sustained, the minority re
port on the Hart supreme court bill,
keeping the emergency clause in tbe
bill. The measure will now go to. final
passage aa It cam from the senate, pro
viding for the increase of the supreme
court by the addition of two judges.
The vote on the adoption of the reso
lution was a follcws: .
. Yeas Altman. Applegate. s Barrett
Reals, Bean. Bedlllion. Belknap. Bonea,
Brady.,Branclon. Brattaln, Brooke, Bu
chanan, Calkins. Carter, Conyers. Cor
rlgan. Davis, . Dodds, Eaton, Greer.
Hlnes. Jackson, Jaeger. Mahone, Ma ho
ney, Mann, Mariner. McDonald, McKin
ney, Meek, Miller. Muncy. Munkers. Pat
ton. Philpott Ptirdln, McArthur-J 8.
.' Navs Abbott, . Bonebrak. jrJtrvant,
Campbell, Clemens'; Couch, Dlmigk, Far-
Cost $5000 each; Bill Before Senate
of the bills which ihave come up for
consideration on committee reports
have been rereferred for some correc
tion. The real work of the session was
begun when the local option bill was
laxen up last Thursday. - -
. tTrging" that business should be put
on a cash basis the supporters of a bill
before the senate for passage say that
by making payment of wages weekly
Instead of monthly a long step will be
made In the right direction. For this
reason all cities and school districts
in t cities will be required under this
law to pay employes, in cash at least
twice a month. The law will not apply
to country school districts, as it Is
urged that too much trouble would be
placed on the board of directors to meet
and issue the warrants and make deliv
ery to teachers. -
Backlns th bill is the State Federa
tion of abor, and a number of strong
friends of the salaried class. In the
large . cities , hundreds of thousands of
dollars - are paid : out in - wages, out
the monthly pay day gives loan sharks
a chance to reap where they nave not
sown. The weeklv or Dimontniy
ment. It Is urged, would practically put
these fellows out of business. Thou
sands of school teachers would b bene
fited by the enactment of the law. It
will likely pass 'he senate tomorrow
Public highways will no longer be
usea as dumping grounds tor tin cans,
oia snoes ana reiuis oi uu smoi, u
cities and individuals, if a bill whic!
has passed the senate shall make good
with tha house.. Without opposition the
bill passed the senate yesterday after
noon. . . . , .;.;.'-.''. , -
Tha law will provide that the entire
width of a highway is public property,
and as such-cannot be used - for any
purpose but travel, and - that throwing
refuse of any kind, especially- glass,
cans, nails and iron objects, shall be
considered a misdemeanor, and penal
ties of not less than $10 nor more than
$100 are attached.- The idea is tar force
cities-and towns to clean up tha roads
leaainars to tnem ana Keep tnem ciean.
A second uumose Is to prevent auto
mobiles from being cut and punctured
while ' traveling alone: highways. The
automobile men combined with those of
a civie beauty turn and trie Dili re
eetved hearty support.
full value to every word in every line.
But in the very treat momenta of the
play he finds the coveted response with-!
in himself Just put or reach. e ust
rails to attain that satisfying ideal
which he doubtless holds out for him
self. His performance never Jars It
merely leaves with one a tinge of dis
appointment He is a sounder actor
than was Mansfield, but he falls abort
of the greatness -that Mansfield now
and then and often quite unexpected
ly would reveal.
It's useless at this day-to alt down
and take a swat at - poor old "Riche
lieu. . It s what actors call an exceed
ingly "fat" part The star does a tre
mendous amount of talkina. Ha re
cites and talks to himself from first to
last. That is not rood statecraft and
It usually' results in sleep for the au
dience. , It'a an unusual thing- for any
one xo recite ".rucheiieu without see
ing half the house , prepare tot a nice
neD. Even I "-wtisn t sleeoy last nlaht
Mr. Sothern's support was very un.
certain. Gladys Hanson who played
Julie is an unusually good looking
young woman and "played up" to Mr.
Sothern exceptionally "well. Frederick
Lewes did Mauprat without making him
elf as absurd as did Lytton. thereby
snowing gooa sense. . i-towiana buck
stone is one of the most competent
members of Mr. Sothern's company and
was entertaining as De Beringhen. Syd
ney Mather waa kinglike because In
significant Which bring us down to that dear
oia suDiect tne stage settings, xes.
they were "bee-oo-tl-ful," and the ac
cessories showed an attention, to detail
that is seldom found going even to
the -extent or using as incidental mu
sic a sons written by Louis XIII. No
body knew that, but it's a good point, I
think, and I'm glad to speak of It
People who are stingy with their knowl-
edge are apt to vegetate.
Councilman T. J. Concannon.-.
"I am opposed to remodeling the pres
ent crematory. Money spent in patching
uo the old plant would be simply
wasted. - I de not think it economical or
advisable to maintain a crematory at
the extreme northern end of the town,
as it is both expensive and disagreeable
to haul -arbage from one end of the
city to the other."
rell. Ha tteberg. Hawley. Hughes, Jones
(Lincoln), Jones Douglas), Jones
(Clackamas). Letnenweber, Llbby, Me
Cue. Reynolds. Richardson, Rusk 20.
, Absent Orton Smith. . -
STATE PRINTING IS
IX THE AKEXA AGALY
i Salem, Or," Feb. 19. Senator Bailey
has introduced a bill revising the rates
for state printing. The bill meets the
approval of the state printer and those
who are familiar with the working of
the. State printer's office- The rates the
state is now paying for its printing
were established in 18T8 and have been
in force ever since. Because conditions
have changed materially a revision 1
looked upon as. In the interest of tb
state. -
A revision im recommended in th bi
ennial report of the state printer. MrV
fhmtway believes th plan -of revising
he rates, .lowering them in a great
many instances, would be more eco-nnmli-il
th th end . than nuttlnr tha
printer on a flat salary. Tne manage-!
ment or the -office would Be more satis
factory in that qnloker and mors effi
cient . help could be -obtained If i the
printer had vmp1ei charge of the of
fice force, ht j
OIIAGAIII VJITII
tudcc Nnnnnia
; I HULL IIUIUimLO
House Kills One-School Bill
and Three Bills Will
Be Reported. ; f
(By -Journal Lrssed Salem Wire.) ' -
Salem, Or Feb. ; 10. There will be
three normal schools. The house hag
said 60 by a vote of 38 to 21 and tha
ways and means committee's reeonik,.
mendation of one normal at Monmoutiv
has been killed.- AshUuid, Weston und
Monmouth are to live, and be glveu de
cent appropriations by the state, fhtv
bills will be reported, one for each
school providing for maintenance.!; i
There ar two horns to the dilemma'. .
The house -wants three . schools. The
one-school followers forced the ' three
bills, and if that plan is, adopted finally
it will throw each school Individually
open to, the referendum. . Each schooL
in other words, will go out at the end
or the session before the people for
favorable action, should its enemies call
the referendum' upon the appropriation,
-i What the senate will do is unknown.'
but the . friends of the normals have'
rallied and are shoulder to. shoulder for
the three schools. ;
- "Let's, settle the fiuat(nn nnv. .nnns
Sor all:': let's have aood schools and
support them decently,," Is the slogan.
- 9onea wants Three Schools. ; ,.,
Jones of Lincoln and Polk opened the
right,. He said he had always been in
favor of three nermal schools. He lived
under the shadow of Monmouth and It
would be to his benefit to have tho
one achoo ' there.' v Yet he could ' not
stand for a change In his old attitude,
and he wanted the bill sent back and
appropriations made for three schools,
cyie, at Weston, one at Ashland and one
at -Monmouth, as the board of regents
had recommended.
Hawley seconded the motion. He said
th geographical and other peculiar con
ultlons demanded that the report of the
board ; of regents asking for three
achools should be upheld. '
Calkins argued that it would be a
step backward to follow the recommen
dations , of the way and means com
mittee.
No institution should be established
except- on careful consideration. Once .
established they should be maintained!
He was very much opposed to the r.
movai ot -tne west on and Ashland
schools. . - ...
Barrett Vledge trmatUIa.
Barrett of Umatilla did not want ta
see the state take a step backward. He
wanted to call the attention of th leg
islature to the fact that the eastern
Oregon delegations had stood behind all
the educational institutions and the
eastern Oregon counties paid their share
of the taxes and more. Umatilla county
paid more taxes than either of. the other
normal school counties. -The county
waa willing to pay its share and to be
taxed for Its schools and for all achools.
Patton also favored tha motion u
u.u ui jiuw mv. ways ana mesas
committee could disregard the report of?
the board of regents. whlCo. had studied
AIJ . L -
111V quvsuun.
Altman was In favor of the three
schools. The three achools should be
maintained and wall supported.
"One SohooL and a Oood One."
Dlmtck thouarht th commit t. liait
id
siuaied tne - question end it was mo
:
rigm to instruct it. Ha- waa in f.
ir
. i vav nuvui tian. -wsnieo one
school were not so good as they should
un. iuv uiiuir Hciiuuis naa oeen main
tained in the oast. Ha. would h mva An
school, and make It one that th state
should be proud of.
Brandon was with Dlrolck. He said
not It per cent of the graduates taught
school. He thought the students should
be compelled to teach three year after
graduation. -
Reynolds did not want to refer
bill There was no sens In snendina-
ISOO.000 to educste ICS student- Tha
state might be sble to support tin
schools in time, but there was ho rea
son for supporting three schools whan
one could do the work.
Buchanan said the nurnosa of the
normal school was to train students to
teach. He asked how much tralninsr
the students would get if there was
only one school .and that at Monmouth.
It was not theory, but practice that
was needed In th normal work. Ha
was opposed to th ways and means
committee s bill. -"T
TteeMr Member Waats Thr.
Carter waa' also In favnr r r.. re
ferring the bUL His experience as a
teacher made him in favor of ' three
schools. Other states found it neces
sary to have several schools. ' Geo
graphical conditions made necessary an
eastern Oregon, a southern Oreaon and
a Centrally located school. He disputed
Brandon and said 75 per cent of th
teachers of the state were normal grad
uates.. If one school was maintained
there would be few normal a-rmduatea
engaged In teaching, Jn comparison with
tbe present number.
Manone contended that the experi
ence of other states had shown it was
the small school anA tha. small
lege, that did the effective work. The
only trouble with Orea-on normals was
that they did not have sufficient ap-
f ropriatlons for their proper main
enance. If there wis ona nnrmai f
Monmouth, the eastern Oreaon students
would go to Idaho and Washington and
me souinern vregon students to Call
fornia. where there are excellent nor
mal schools.
McCue closed th discussion. It waa
wan
he
uia ,
If
not a Question or tnree schooia h
said, but whether the legislature would
maintain tnree scnooia aecently.
was in favor of three achools. but
did not want them to have to come to
tne legislature every two year beg
ging for sustenance and for life.
: Th Tot em the Xotloa.
Tb Vote on tbe motion to rerafa
waa as follows.'
Yeas Altman, Barrett,,, Bean, Bedll
Hon, Belknap, Bonebrake, Brady, Brat
taln, Brooke,- Buchanan, Calkins. Car
ter, Conyers, Couch, Davis. Dodds,
Eaton, Jla tteberg, Hawley, Jackson,
Jaeger, Jonaa (Lincoln and Polk).
Letnenweber, Mahone. Mahoney, Mann.
Mariner McCue, McDonald, McKlnnev,
Meek. Miller. MiAcy, Patton, Purdln,
Richardson, Rusk, McArthur 11
Mays Abbott. . ADDleaate, . 'naata
Bones, Brandon. -Bryant. Camnhall. .
Clemens. Corrigan, - Dlmlck, FarrelL
Greer, Hlnes, Hughes, Jones (Douglas),
Jones (Clackamas), Llbby, Munkerv
Philpott. Reynolds, Smith 21.
Aosent Ajrton. j.
TEAXS3IISSISSIPH! ; :
i : CONGRESS CALLED
A preliminary program ef subjects
far discussion at the next annual ses
sion. Of th Tranamlsalnalnnl cons-res
ha been received by the Commercial
ciud ror runner recommendation from
Tom Richardson. The subjects include
a discussion of trade with the Latin-
American countries, and the calling of
a Pan-American congress to secure TeW
ter trade relations with Central, and
South -American countries 4n antlclpa- -tlon
of the earlv completion of th
Panama canal; - th matter of better
coast defenses for th Pacific coast, the
maintenance ef an adequate naval fleet
on this coast and the fortification of
Pearl harbor, Hawaii, the merchant ma
rine, publie domain, separate statehood
for New Mexico and Arlsona, the land
laws parcels post. Insurance, immigra
tion and good roads. .
.The congress will meet - In Denver -Augustus
to 11. -and the official call
asking for the appointment of delegate
accompanied the program.
A number of new families are dror
plng in here and very little land Wilt
remain idle this ye(,r that fS tributary
to Ion, eays the Proclaimcr.