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4 THE OREGON. SUNDAY ' JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 0. 19l0. THE JOURNAL AX INKLI'kNMkVr MCWSI'ArEB.' S. MK)X. .Publlilirr I'lll'llntied MOIlllir lCVft HtiiMluft nd nrrf Ptmdar hkthIii lit Iti Jmmml Build U t. nru mi iamb II I trrii, 1'orilaud, Or. i.(rr. d at tha tofrlr at IVjrlIil. or., tor 1'.r,au,akm llirouk lb nail at eroud-claM aiianrr. k TrXEI'tlONKS Main 71T; lluine. i-MI. All ilir(mnta r"-l It? Iliraw aumtivra. 'it-II lb oiirrator Wbal dfiartiwnt you want. roRKUi.V APVKKTIHIXO Rfl'RKSKNTATIVK, fc'i'jnmlii , Krutaor 4V, Huriiawt-k Hulltllur. i-'J Hfth arruii. NVar trk; loof-O Uufit )tiilldli, rhlraxo. - , that great preacher, Paul. An anala-.and to fasten upon them the full'shall be sustained, the city will be j In the right way. The state should of convention, are the only moans gou thought la expresBed elsewhere reBponHlblllty for getting Immediate j in position to push ahead with a 'make a liberal appropriation and o getting 'or restoring truly repre In the Question: "If God be with and profitable results. , " 1 vigorous campaign, In the extension I take charge of the work, counties sentatlve government. : -. . . . Huharrtt.llmi Trrn li.r nail ur to n addraaa In Iba Initod Sriti-a. fauada ur MVxIro: PAILV. I'M r.. fr..fK On mouib I .50 r ' 8l'XIAr. Pi far., I1.V) ) On Bicnta., 20 UAILY AXO SI'SDAV. ytr IT.SO On munlb I .as People that make puna are like -wanton buys that' put cop per on the railroad tracka. They mui themselves and other chil dren, but their little trick may upset a freight train of con versation for the nuke of a bat tered witticism. Holmes, "Au tocrat of the Breakfast Table." MORRJKI) IXVKSTIGATORS us, who can be against ust Dellevlng as he dos, the thor ough Christian fears nothing, cannot be crushed, or more than tempor arily dismayed. Everything Is to be made right to the believers, to those of. faith. In the hereafter. They are heirs of the "kingdom of heaven," through the Savior In whom they lelleve, therefore all pains and sorrows and calamities are but "light afflictions which are but for a moment," and are even welcome, for they serve :to "work out a far more exceeding ana an eternal weight of glory." , k'Ianl bad a keen appreciation of ... . .. . . t - . .. - (M ineKiiraaDie vamp to too inui vldual t a -perfect, unquestioning, Inflexible faith In the religion' be preached, and he bad a fine sense of discrimination In terms, Even now, though religion Is not so -engrossing and superlative a matter as It used to be, many a person can understand Just what he meant by being "troubled, yet not distressed;, perplexed, but not in despair; perse cuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed." A religion that causes people to feel this way Is In turn, the health board should of water mains . and improving realize Ita responsibility. Portland 1 streeis. work that the awiA growth Is not a village. The usages and of 'the, city imperatively demands methods of wigwam times cannot be employed today. This city Is a me tropolis and must have the appoint ments and facilities of a metropolis. The system of garbage .Incineration must be comprehensive and effec tive. Nothing less will suffice, and should, proceed.: If the decision be unfavorable, there will be ample time for the preparation 'of a plan that will meet the constitutional re quirements, fpr submission at the No vember election. Mayor Simon and others who are pushing this case are T surely something not to be lightly HE TESTIMONY of Mr. Glavls esteemed, something that has been soeius to have worried the ad- of Inestimable practical value to mll- minlstratlon memhora of the lions of human creatures for anything less the board wll be doing that which Is wise and, pur- i ,a t i Y. - - L. j ! t . n I (.nucfitl . t I , . . neia auieuuuie. rur racu uuiinr iv i'""-' . - , , - , f ... r be spent on 'the project, a dollar's worth of good Incinerator should THE MOUSE PAltDOX PETITION u j nnvuiru. a tii7 luaici ouvu iu approached with, wisdom and be dis patched with Intelligence. With all the celerity consonant with discre tion, the business should be con cluded, 'so that attention may be Withdrawn from this long overdue crematory and be directed to others of the many public problems that presa for solution. A FEBKIARV HE ROMAN year Introduced by Romulus about 738 B. C, was divided Into 10 months, and began with March. In 713 B. C. Numa Pompllitts added January PETITION for the pardon of Charles Wl Morse la being clr culated and extensively signed by prominent men In eastern cities and by many members of con gress. Why Not because Morse was unjustly convicted, .but because he Is a great' financier and stock manipulator, and Is yet wealthy. True, nobody lost any money through his Irregular and illegal methods, but lie violated the law and deserved punishment therefor. So 'several courts, including the supreme court of the United States,, have decided. If he were not to be punished, other bankers and corporation promoters paying a proportion of the cost of roads within; their several boun ' "You can't roly on the people darles. -Other states are pursuing! these days; It's getting so that1 they this system, with sreatlv beneficial I vote just us they darn pleftHe." . So results, and it is about time for Ore-1 says the Kansas City Star. "It means gon- to adopt a similar plan. , . that the "leaders," the politicians, can't rely on the people "falling in THE PASSING IMIOVOfiRAPH ' line'' and "standing shoulder to ' '' ' shoulder" as they used.. to do. The APPARENTLY, the popularity of voters not only of Oregon, but, of the phonograph is on the wane, other states are becoming wiser po- ,The surmise Is suggested' by a litlcally, and more and more of them V recent episode In a New York I will "vote Just as they darn please; corirt, in which Thomas A. Edison I ' . ' ' m-"s: . i succeeded to the practical control of I The ' site of the Reed Institute the Edison Phonograph works. A I having been selocted; there will soon report maae to tne court py the begin to nseu is eupposea, n m Guaranty Trust company stated that stltution that will be of vast and me wisara or electricity bad not lasting benefit ana vaiue io run been able to make the enormous bus-1 land,' and will be one of its greatest Vha REALM FEMININE What U Woman's Next Held? f HAT l woman llkfly to du dur- w HAT l womi I 1 ins 1910? 11 ' , Almost a f f " OVhyT iness lb phonographs pay last year. ana mat .the outlook for this year Is even less encouraging. It was explained that the total profit on and most satisfactory attractions. investigating' committee con siderably, and at their suggestion" several lawyers have been employed la behalf of Secretary Balllnger, Commissioner Dennett and Inspector Kchwarti. There is no objection to this, but it indicates that the or- 8. O. 8.- H' UMAN achievement has had an other triumph. The world must again do obeisance to the busy minds of investigating men. In gans of misrepresentation were not contemplation, it must acknowledge telling the truth when they said that man, too. "moves in a myste- tbat the testimony of Glavls amount- rlous way, his wonders to perform." fd to nothing at all, was not worthy It most, In its headlong pursuit of of any consideration. The Portland its dally concerns, pause long enough organ of the Interests colors add to wonder what will be the next distorts its report of this latest In- achievement with which the restless rident throughout a long, rambling human mind will startle us. With and labored effort. Glavls' testl- becoming modesty, Newton said of mony. It says, has been "mere per- his discoveries that he bad merely tonalities." as if he could testify I .wanted on the sands of the ' sea ' without mentioning any persons at J beach, gathering pebbles here and nil.' And if, as has been repeatedly I there, but that others would follow represented, . Glavls told nothing! who would sail far out on the ocean worth considering, why this great of discovery, and give waiting man- preparation to confute him? Sec- kind many other and greater truths, retary Balllnger was "actuated by His words were true prophecy. And high motives" In whatever he did or the question now is, riot whether declined to do; but the Republican man will discover new truths, but members of the committee don't Bee will his mind penetrate almost to Just how they can bring In a report the throne of the Infinite and lay entirely discrediting Glavis, so they bare all the secrets of the universe, want some lawyers to Jielp them out. The "S. O. S." that came down out Senator Nelson, it Is said, "has seen of the ether on the South Atlantic 'the point," that is, that the testl- coast Friday saved 47 lives from mony of Glavis Is really very dam- probable destruction. The mystic aging to Balllnger, and so has real- letters were the distress call of the lied the importance of the services wireless. "We are sinking" was of some trained lawyers In the sec- the startling tidings that the wlre- ' retary's behalf. a legs instrument qufrkly tlckod off It is naively admitted that "the The message came from the sinking whole handling of the investigation steamer Kentucky, then rapidly fill- heretofore has been unfortunate for ing with water off Cape Hatteras. the administration." Why "unfor-J "We are coming to your rescue" tunate"? Glavls has. been the only was the next message that, without witness so far, and If his testimony wires to guide or batteries to pro- is So worthless as has been repre- pel, was carried to the imperiled eented, what is the administration sailors and to those who listened on worrying about? Or," is It "unfor- shore. It came from the steamship tunate" because Glavls has told bo Alamo, which with all speed hurried much truth that there will be dif- to the scene of the wreck. and February, nlaclng January at i ni manipulators would Infer that the beginning and February at the thV could also violate the law In IUV Ill W T. , v, BVITCi ficulty In covering it up and bring ing in a report excoriating him and whitewashing the others? The committee is represented in Within the space of a few min utes, not only was the Alamo hur rylng to the rescue, but the resources of the United States government this story as being an exceedingly were also applied to the work of helpless lot of men. Glavis, it is relief. A battleship at sea was, by said, is a sharp, trained witness, and the trick of the wireless, sent scur- the, majority-members of the com- rylng to the Bcene. The revenue cut mittee, mostly lawyers, were incapa- ters up ana down tne coast were ble of cross-questioning him, weak- brought into the work of dellver- enlng his testimony, or giving It an ance. All the power of ships and all unnatural shape or color. the efforts of men within a radius The closiBg . paragraph of this of many leagues were marshaled in storv in the morning paper is fairly the endeavor of saving life, and the ! Issue was successful, hours the willing Within a few ether again ludicrous. Speaking of the publica t ion of reports of the hearing, It Is said that a man "Identified with the brought the welcome message that Pinchot press bureau is in constant the Imperiled men were safe on attendance at the hearings, and at board the Alamo, and that a great the ' cIobo of each session he pre- marine disaster had been averted. , pares and dlstrlbutes a lengthy Btory Once the bottle that was cast up -purporting to be a resume, of - the on the. fiea beach was.oftentlmes the proceedings. It is highly colored, only tidings that ever 6&me back and Is a report not accepted by un- from those who sailed feway, The biased papers." scrawled words on the paper inside And this is a newspaper that has told the mournful Btory of death at never given an unbiased, fair or true sea. Sometimes, no message ever report of any phase of the matter, came, and none ever knew how, and never will. The "defendants" where and when the good ship wlth i must certainly have a special man to all on board went down. But the color reports, or at least the Ore-1 "S. O. S." of wireless has lessened gonlan's reporter does so, daily, but he does it very awkwardly. He over 'doeaIt"so much that "the reports betray their own insincerity, one- i fiidedness and falsity. No intelligent reader believes anything that paper prints about the matter any more, unless it be fully corroborated by ' other and reliable reports. . ' If Balllnger is going to rely upon l such open, gross and palpable dis ; tortions, misrepresentations and ; frantic attempts at coloring the facts ' disclosed in the Investigation so far, he will emerge woefully discredited, whatever thickness of whitewash (' the majority of the committee may J, apply. the perils and gives us more tidings of those who go down to the sea In ships. v end of the year. About 452 B. C. February was transposed to the other side of January and made the sec ond Instead of the twelfth month. When, later, the year was again made to begin with March, Febru ary became the last month, but the previous order was again restored and has since been retained through out Christendom. February origin ally had 29 days, and Numa gave It an additional day every fourth year. But In 8 B. C. Augustus Caesar took one day from February and gave It to his namesake, August, so that this month should rank equally with July, named for Julius Caesar. The name February came from Feb ruarla, meaning cleansing, the 15th of this month being the Roman day of purification. Its gem Is the ame thyst, in Greek mythology a favor ite whom Diana turned into a purple tinted stone, to which Bacchus gave the color of wine. February's flower Is the camellia Japonlca. The poet Spenser thus described February personified: Then came cold February, sitting In an old wapon, for he could not ride. Drawn by two fishes, for t he season flttlnr. Which throug-h the flood before old softly slide And awam away; yet had he by his Hide His tlow and harneKS fit to till the ground. And tools to prune the trees. I In many latitudes February is the preparatory month for tho spring's agricultural work. Even In this re gion many things can ordinarily be planted this niontb. and pruning can be done. In the last century Feb ruary had five Sundays three times; the next five Sunday February will occur in 1920,'and thereafter, for two centuries, every 28 years. In cer tain church circles the following are the days of religious observance this month: Feast of the Purification on the 2d Quinquagesima Sunday the 6th. Ash Wednesday the 9th. Lin coln's birthday eomeB on the 12th, Valentine's day the 14th and Wash ington's birthday the 22d. AX IMPORTANT CASK I of They would Suppose that even If convicted in the courts, the federal admlnistra tion would liberate and absolve them. The pardon of Morse would mean the stultification of the courts that adjudged him guilty, and the destruction of confidence in the ad ministration of Justice. It would mean that the highest authority and power in the land had set up one standard of consideration ' for the rich and influential, and another for the poor, and humble. , . Not long ago an eastern judge sen tenced a man to 20 years' Imprison ment for stealing one dollar, We have heard of no petition, signed by millionaires and congressmen, for his pardon. If this man deserved Imprisonment for 20 years fbr the theft of one dollar, how "long should men be sentenced to serve who steal a million dollars, money. Intrusted to them by many ; people, often mostly poor people? Stensland stole far more than a million from thou sands of poor people, causing four of them to commit suicide,' several others to become insane, and brought poverty and hardship to hundreds of homes. Yet he has, been pardoned. The man who at the same time stole only a few dollars .Is yet In Jail. Morse did not steal, , but he vio lated important Jaws, and' he organ ized the Ice trust in New York, and as the head of that trust a New York paper declares that be is responsl ble for the death of thousands of little children and for horrible suf fering of tens of thousands of poor people. It was not lor this that he was convicted, but It is well enough to remember it, when discussing a petition for his" pardon. And still the dairy commissioner cannot tell whether -or not he will the business last year was enjy deputize city milk Inspectors. Ex- 1225,000, with a large bonded debt, cept in matters oi saiarj. me.cuuj- besides a floating Indebtedness " of mlssloner is as uncertain as a BrUteh $600,000 to $700,000. It was also election or a long-distance .weather declared that the future for this sup forecast. , posedly popular Instrument is not at ' ' r ' ii nmmidna i, ..Ma... r ii,. It Is Dresumed, that Mr, B. P. dullness In the business, the Guar- Bchwerin is still of the opinion that anty Trust 'comnanv.nermitted Mr. wireless service at sea Is unnecessary EdiBon to purchase 1440 shares of and useless. the stock for .$155,000, .a figure $63 I share lower than its book: value Letters From tie People The trust company held, the 1440 ' r nythlng. . liecause, jilie , did almost everything- during 10H and therefor Is likely to do lmoat anything that's left ' flu, na lain . . She's out to beat her record, and the annals of, her own achievements prove that aha ran do it. ... . Ttil. I. 1 , 1 . mo aj at aliaWUttl uurvuvn n.iia biicwci erle if consideration be llvnn to tha activities of woman lant year, to tha prenerMl range of her activities, during , lha last decade, to tho declarations of , prominent women leaders and to the possibilities of the future, any a an east ern writer. . - - , . : hare as security on $360,000 worth Cold Ktorage and High Cost of Living Of bonds in favor Of the International Portland, Or., Feb. 4. To the Kdltor GraphOphone company, a bankrupt of The Journal: 'In view of (he pro- mrnsimtfnn posed Investigation by congreaa of the corporauon. ; high cot of living,' and In connection .The wide popularity Of the phono- therewith the cold storage business as graph has been one of the marvels one' of the factors in increasing the of the age. Within the few years cost of living.-we ask that you give ua a.l 4 A ..ai-. Jlfc U.J -v.. V. . - 1 BPSIB III UrACiinQ VI Villi! lipiuw in va. since it was first placed on the mar- w.r.hu.mr.'. aasooia- ket, it has become a'.' familiar house- Jtlon as are engaged In the cold storage uuju Hiiiciv iu tuuiusi evry uuuin. j,u i mo kiicuvudm " - Srtfrcelv vrJ if At all baa an invea- There seems to be a lack of informa- bcaTcejy ever, t ii, nas an invea t)on on mubJect. for some newa- tlon been seized upon and applied to DaD(.ri have nrinted news articles and use or pleasure witn greater rapmuy. editorials appuentiy based on me as T man., tan! nra mnA Hbt-rlhiiHnn I aumDtlon that the CONt Of UVUIg IS en aia) u.nu umvi ui uu m.k,.., taw.wu i - - - , , baneed by cold storage, when the re verse Is the case. within a marvelously few yeara be came "a gigantic Industry involving J At a matter of fact, aold storage helps millions of dollars And thousands of greatly to regulate, the prices of an men. If its passing is foreshadowed Perishable products, including our own in the foregoing court episode. lt-la L' another illustration of the whimsical I figures; and also relieving the market fad ism of humankind. (from unnatural degression when, from overproduction oi aome other cause, ThA AYMMitivA nrrier that no cnv. 1 '"tea mumy u m yvw.i ine executive oraer mat no gov-i tl Th . ld ,torfllce man m ernment employe, Including letter I simply 0ne of the meana of later day MINIMIZING COURT DELAYS carriers, railway mall clerks and for-1 life of preventing the "rainy day" of est rangers ahall make any complaint wanton tf "govern, or me any jjciiiiuu, acai ui oon. ment ln,iury tmU perishable an n In any way for better wages or con- tide as dreased poultry, when properly ditlons, or for or about anything prepared, can be kept In cold storage for whatever, not even In a private letter J..' to a congressman, 1b unnecessary. thttt ..tne necessities of life are being absurd, un-American and smacks Of hoarded for the sole purpose of keeping tyranny. Not only these employes the prices at the Highest poss me- hiif all nrlvatfi citizens have eood Point" Just suppose that no eggs had but all private citizens nave gooa bepn Btored wnen fgta were cneap and reason sto resent and resist such an tne 8Uppiy much greater tjan the de- oMer. A man should not have to be- mand. What do you think egga of come an abject, speechless slave be- fairly good quality wuld be worth dur- " a i ling November. December, and January, cause he is a government employe. h ' not . Jaying and - the "strictly fresh egg'': la : practically We are. now In the last year of the ) flrnt decade of the- twentieth century, and during that decade women have sa-' IIIITiail nnu(,l,. ' Am Jam as tho workaday world la concerned-' the great, blK, battling world of strength and brains that lies outside the walls" of homuw-whlrh they never even con- -sldered a possibility In the days of crln-. ollno and hoop skirts.- ' Prominent obsorvera see yet more surprising things in the future. , . . "Whatever may be our opinion as to . the deilrabilliy of her notoriety."-wrote , Lady Henry Someraet recently, ."It la . quite cerUln'that the opening of this century will be" remembered a one In which woman came Into her own king dom. ' , . , . "Whether It Is, a lawful heritage Of HAt mt.ul ..n.nln . I, a 4 1 n, a K..1 r. a. a. " i.'v .r.i.n.i, .v. w..a controversy, hut that she has firmly planted her feet on the steps of the throne and Is rapidly ascending to take her seat by the side of her lord and reign In perfect equality is quite un doubted." ,. .' Then here cornea Dr. Newell Dwlght Itillls. , pastor of riymouth church, Hrooklyn, with the prophecy that wo mfti will ultimately be the only edu cated persona In the United States, and that women In general will be bigger physically than men, provided present conditions continue. "Women are getting most of the edu cation of today," declared Ur. Illllis, In voicing the prophecy which attracted general attention two mouths ago, "and neiore long, it me men continue to go Into business and get their recreation In the evening with a little ball driven about over a table with a oue,.wbll the women follow Intellectual pursuits, the latter will be thn onlv educated Der- sona In the country." T HE application by Presiding Judge Morrow of a rule expe diting the assignment of cases for trial iij the various depart ments of the circuit court is praise-! worthy. In effect, the rule is one of several proposed by Judge Ga tens as a means of facilitating the dispatch of court business. Any T IS EXPECTED that, within 10 move in the direction of time sav- days there will be at Issue before) ing In the courts is welcome to the the Oregon supreme court all the public. The adjudication of Jaws is questions as to validity of claims a cumbersome business arrangement, contractors for laying -water and at best is costly. Every time- mains under the Portland charter saving device that will cut the cor- amendment. Doubt as to the valid- AVHY NOT': VAWK OF RELIGION I T IS leni P' .REACHING to the Corinthians, Paul, expounding the value "of religion, of faith in and re liance on Christ, said: "We" are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not -hr despair; persecuted, but not forsaken: cast down, but not de Ftroyed." " Whatever one's belief, or lack of belief, every one must admit that the Christian religion has been a 1 1 eiiiendous force in the history of the race, .the most potent influence ever exercised in "the civilized world. And one reason for its mighty in fluence, C a sustaining i comforting, . often a reforming and transforming influence "over '.Individual lives, over tlun, with firm belief and sincere faith. Is indicated in these: words of NONSENSE for the prob of Portland's garbage to drag on Indefinitely. After four years of talk, It is time for ac tion. The accumulating pile of dis ease-breeding refuse is evidence enough to prove that there should be an end to factious futility. There is further proof in the impotency and approaching collapse of the present incinerator, and in the protests of those residents who contemplate en joining the further delivery of ref use at the dump, i , The mayor asks an appropriation of $120,000, by the council for the purposes of the new crematory pro ject. The law provides that the health board shall make the selec tion of the type and appointments of the incinerator. If the mayor be given tne appropriation ana the health board make the selection, the complete responsibility for results will be .fixed. If in cost and effi ciency the new burner shall not be up to standard,' the blame will be on the mayor and health board. It is they and not the council or part of the council that will be held ac countable for failure, if failure there should be in getting an efficacious incinerating plant. In the light of the law ( and the facts, the manifest course of the council seems to be to yield to the mayor and his board' ity of these claims has been a stum bling block that stood in the way of water main extensions. Contrac tors have hesitated in bidding be cause of misgivings on the question of whether or not their pay, when their contract was completed would be assured. The effect was not only to lessen the number of bids, but to Increase the amounts asked for do Ing the work. When a bidder has doubts on the score of his compensa tion, he naturally adds enough to his bid to pay Kim for the risks, fan cled or real. The effect has been ex ceedingly embarrassing both to the city and to contractors, and has ex ercised a large influence in prevent ing a needed extension of water mains. The plan of settling all doubt by an appeal to the supreme court has been urged by this newspaper as a means of clearing the way for a vig orous extension of mains during the summer. The case is the Irving Real Estate company versus the city o; Portland, and It Is so presented as to raise all the questions of validity. It has the full cooperation of all the parties and the assistance of Mayor Simon in an effort to "have it ex pedited in the courts. It was sub mitted without argument in the cir cuit court, where there was a de cision sustaining the" contention of the city 'as, to the validity of the claims. . The attorneys are preparing briefs and expect to be able to pre sent the Issues before, the, supreme court within 10 days. In that tri bunal it is hoped to have the case bo advanced on the docket that a de-oisinn'-mav be secured within 6.0 , days. Maryor Simon ana tne attor neys will, in view of the large and important matters hanging on -the issue, appeal, to. the court . ior a epeedy-. determination, nd it is , be lieved that the request 'will tiot be la vain. It is hoped that when they realize that the water, main ; opera tions in the whole city-of Portland are almost at a standstill by . reason by the uncertainty that.;"existS.ithe supreme - Judges wlH give he, case full right of way.- ' ( - ,.1X the validity of the amendment ners and edges of expense is ef fective for relief. Multnomah county has alnOBt constantly under pay from 60 to 75-Jurors at $3 per day. Whatever expedition the judiciary provides for in the trial of causes counts heavily in minimizing this ex pense. It is effective in the further fact that it postpones the day when there will t be call for additional judges. Any further move that the judges may make that will expedite proceedings w!ll be creditable to that branch of our government which we are all anxious to exalt as the most respectable of our three coordinate contrivances for the conduct of a government by the collective units of society. t Of the high purpose of the great body of our judiciary there is no question. Its drift is' constantly in the direction of higher and cleaner thought. The bar itself Is raising the standard of its ideals, as is ex pressed in its growing tendency fojp weeding out unworthy practitioners and in its widespread demand ior a completely nonpartisan judiciary. It is the laborious and labyrinthian sys tem of procedure that is chiefly re sponsible for the criticisms that sometimes attach to the courts. The utterances of Justice Brewer within the week, the known attitude of President Taft, the expressions by bar associations everywhere all these and many other utterances ate the voice of reform, "calling; for less ofthe law's delay and more facility in reaching final determinations in the courts. It is impossible not to realize that the whole country has its mind made up on the Subject, and any move for greater; expedition, no matter bow small. Is received with favor. . ; ': ,-.' The direct primary, remarks thejmyth? In our own ; city cold storage ti a -iTi-aM 'rMTnnfi I Cares sold for 25 and 35 cents, while the voting is the hope of the country." I if coid storage did not .provide a And it adds that "If the primary sys- means for caring for-the surplus until torn wprn In full ODeration in tho 46 demand arose for it, can you tell us tem were in iuu operation in in ... would haVa. any iower ,)rioa8? Btates today the next president And whftt wouia become of the surplus? would not be a friend of the Aldrich Would it not be a total Iohb? Under tariff, Of a high cost Of living and our system we must produce in one of trusts and monopolies in general. -uSSi The tariff and the trusts and the mo- we have for carrying over the sum- nopolles can control conventions, mer surplus for winter use, the better but they cannot control primaries, protection we shall have against fam- ... ..... x r. , lnes and speculators. in which all the voters have a part. holman transfer co.. The primaries and the abolishment By 8. w. Herman, Pres. February 6 in History Gas as an Illuminant F. A. Wlnsor, an Englishman, is .gen erally recognlied as "the father of mod ern gas lighting." While not the first man to realize the importance of illum inating gas, yet "through his energy he was able to establish' such lighting In England, and its development followed rapidly. By general consent the merit of the discovery and application of artificial gas belongs to Robert Murdock, a Scotchman. Previous, however, to "Mur doch's time there occurred numerous suggestive observations;''! and , experi ments as to inflammable air and its sources. ; Wlnsor was In Paris' In 1801, and while there became acquainted with M. Lebon. The latter had Introduced gas distilled from wood into his home. Wln sor became deeply interested, and upon his return to England he took up the subject With seal and an unwearying patience which led to a recognition of the advantages of the system, and the breaking down of the powerful preju dice which existed In England against the Innovation. He worked on the subject for two years, and finally the flrBt plant was In stalled In the Lyceum theatre In Lon don In 1803, and on' February- 6 that building was illuminated with gas, the first that was used for that purpose In the world. It was not until 1810, how ever, that he succeeded in forming a public company for manufacturing gas. In 1816 gas was common as an Illumi nant In London. As a street Illuminant gas was first Introduced In Saint Margaret's parish in London. Paris was lighted In 1820, and thereafter gas was gradually Introduced In all the large cltfes of tho continent. In the United States the use of illumJ Inating gas was agitated as early as ,1812, but It was first successfully in- j troduced In Baltimore In 1821. in Bos ton in 1822. In New York gradually be tween 1828 and 1827, and In Philadelphia about the same time. Tbis ls'as to gen eral illuminating:, but a number of years previous to this time gas was used in various buildings. The, first gas lights ever seen in America were exhibited by Ambrolse & Co., manufacturers of fire works in Philadelphia, who advertised that In addition to the ordinary fire works of combustible material, they would "show a grand firework by means of light combusted of -lnflkmma-ble air." " - h: The use of a natural gas in China and Persia is said to date back to a very remote period. In . the United States General 'Washington is said to have visited a burning spring on the Great Kanawha river, near the present site of Charleston, W. Va., but the first recorded use of natural gas In this coun try was in 1824 at Fredonia, New York state, where it was p.ped from a well for illuminating purposes. In 1841 it was used in the Great Kenawha valley for heating salt furnaces, but Its exten sive use did not begin until 1S72, at Falrview, Pa, In 1875lt was first used for iron smelting at Etna Borough, near Pittsburg, and In 188 was carried 'to Pittsburg from the Haymaker well, near Murraysville, 19 miles distant. Since then Its use has steadily increased. To classify all things that woman did during 1909 would require a hook about as thick as the catalogues of everything from needles to anchors sent out by the mail order bouses. For woman during 1909 continued to do all the things she has ever undertaken, it being proverbial that shlv never lets go of anything she has once mnle hors In activity's realm, while she added an assortment of new things to her achievements. But we can glance at a. few of the things that woman did in 1909 and can form some faint idert of the extraordi nary versatility, brain, nerve and dash of the modern woman. Our lady of 109. then, lias aeroplaned and motored: she has smoked cigarettes and she has battled for the ballot; she has scratched policemen and she has written books; she has pleaded before courts and has worn divided skirts; she has ridden astride and has nursed the suffering; ahe.luia played championship , gplf. and has pleaded the cause of tem perance; she has shot quail and ridden to hounds; she has preached the gospel from pulpits and she has brought her medical knowledge Into sick rooms; she has held her place In the business world and she has boxed; she has rowed; she has run; she has sailed; she has fenced; she has competed with men In factories; she has sold billions of dollars' worth of goods In the shops of the world; she has tolled iu the fields; she has played and she has worked as do men through out the year from January to December. About the only things she hasn't done are .to go to war, man an Atlantic liner or run trains. News Forecast of doming Week On February 6 5 La Salle discovered the Mississippi river' in 1682; Aaron Burr was born in 1756; Queen Anne was born In 1665; the treaty of alliance was made between . the United States and France In 1778; William M. Evarts, the lawyer and statesman, was born In 1818; the Confederate general , James e. B. Stuart was .born ( 183"3) ; Henry Irving, the celebrated English- actor, was born (1838). and France recognised the Inde pendence of the United States In 1778. Is February 5 Your Birtkday, Too? A'large number of representative men from all parts of North Carolina waited upon the legislature of that state recently and urged, the-appro-. priationof at least ?500,0(l.O for. good roads.vNorth Carollpa already stands at or near, the head of the states in the matter, of. good .road build ing, but its ' people want still .more good roads, and are wining tQ pay tbetr cost. ; They are going about it Jonathan P. Dolliver, Iowa senator and insurgent of the front rank, who was bora in West Virginia, and began the practice of law in the Hawkeye state in 1878, Is 52. Ha never held any polit ical fob -until he went to congress. ; ; George Gould, whose middle name, "Jay." is rarely used, was born In 'New York (City 46 years ago this morning and married Edith Kingdon, an actress, in 1886 when he Was 22. He belongs to none but yacht' cluBs. . Professor Clyde W. . Votaw of the University of Chicago, who expounds New Testament literature, is 46. : He was born In Wheaton, 111., and waa grad uated from Amherst and Yale Ivlnlty School. . .- Rear Admiral Thomas Q. Selfrldge, U. g. -N., retired, was born In Boston 74 years ago today, became a midshipman in 1851.... Ho was aboard the Cumber land when she waa sunk by thi Merri inac and commanded the Cairo when She was blown up- with A torpedo. Henry J. Hardenbergh, architect, who designed Jhe WaldorfMstoria and . Plaza hotels In New York, is 63. He is a na tive of New Jersey, and was -studying architecture in war days. v- . Distinguished men of earlier days Who had their birthday parties on February t werej pope Clement XII (1652), who condemned the Freemasons in 1738; William ' M. Evarts (1818), American lawyer -and politician, who defended President Johnson in the Impeachment trial bfef ore the United States sonata; In 1868, and later waa ' secretary of state under President Hayes; Sir Henry Irv-: Ing .(1838),. English, actor for 60 years,; whose real 'name was John Henry Brod ribb; Aaron Burr J1756), American poli tician, who while vice, president killed A lexander ..! Hamilton In . a duelv Hiram Sibley (1807) j American "financier and first president ot the Western Union, who constructed a telegraph" line across the country to California in 1861 ' ' Washington, ,Feb.' 5. A wide va riety of .interesting events are sched uled to share public attention with the meat boycott, the progress of the Bal-ltnger-Pinchot controversy, the after math of the British elections and the threatened tariff war between the Unit ed States and Germany, in the news of the week. Twenty thousand acres of land, bora dering upon tho Columbia river, about 190 miles cast of Portland, Or., em-'bracJnHhe-th4ru-tHof-Hh'UHKitUl-Irrigatlon project in Oregoni will bo thrown open to homestead entry Thurs-. day morning. , Ambassador Bryce and a number of other notables have accepted invita tions to attend the. opening of a week's celebration to be held at, Tampa, Fla., to commemorate the progress of wotk on the Panama canal. The'Mardl Gras celebrations will at tract, the usual throngs f visitors to New Orleans, Mobile, Fensaoola, Shreve port and, other southern cities. A 'great convention of the milk pro ducers of the United States is to be held in Chicago to form plans successfully to combat combinations of milk dealers and to force the dealers to give them a better price for their product Newspaper editors - and publishers from all- parts of the country will lx much In evidence in New Orleans the latter half . of n the week, the occasiWi being the twenty-fifth anniversary meet ing of the National Editorial association. ' Governor Hughes will preside at the national testimonial meeting to be given Tuesday evening In the Metropolitan opera bouse In New York in honor of Commander Robert E. Peary. The oc slort will bo made notable by tho pre sentation of a; $10,000 nurse to the fa mous polar explorer. , . The municipal prlmarv election in Se attle will attract considerable attention, as the campaign has been the hardest fought In the history -of 'that city. Seven " candidates, four Republicans and three Democrats, .are peeking the mayoralty. The removal of several "undesirable citizens" will contribute to the news of the week. Howard Little? the murderer of six. members' -of the Justis family In Buchanan county, Virginia, is to be put v tft death in the electric chair In Rich mond. In Kansas City the two negroes. George Reynolds and John Williams, are to be executed for criminal assault. - The birthday anniversary of Abraham r Lincoln at the end if the week will fur ' nish the occasion Tor numerous-ralllep,? ' and banquets of republican cljjbs. Presr Went Taft is to be the chief speaker ai thebanquet of the Remibllcan club Inl New York city. "In Ohio, Indiana and I other states there will be conventions of4 the state leagues of Republican clubs, with party leaders df national reputa tion among the speakers. V : Home nnwspapers . are e alre.idv de manding a nane and -safe -Fourth of. July celebration. Some people are hound --to Imve irnubl If they have to look mouths auuad for iu . ...... .