THE, OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,' THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1910.
THE JOURNAL I
!H--IDEPKNDKNT e'lWSPAPSB,
O. t. JACKSON..
.PnbUaaae
aleU with the same sympathies lb ths
common people.' ; ; : ,
' President Wilson's expression
finds fts . proof in the effort of the
lnr,Hrt.a ,wr. .mint teit B-.-ar. Cample foundation tn.ralB. all the
rary mn1r uviilnf at TB J mi run nam.- I - t.
ti. ridk d TuBihUt itrw. furtund. o. colleges and universities In the eoun-
.,(,..! at tha latatnf Ctoa at FWtlaBd. Of tot try -further "and further beyond the
tr.mioi, vummh um aiaiia as iwoBd-eui I feaCh of the taasRes., The. Foundation
has denied the admission to Its pen-
te;. on .lUt,of professors in the College
ru uiv operator, vhi ovparinivBi ....... i ui Aft ft ttui I.UI o Ml, luqt vsjivoioilj ui
American college, must become satur-J governments or both. Jointly, n6ld
control. ; In .interstate streams, at
least.' federal control would .seem
necessary, for the constitutions and
law of two joining slates might not
be alike, or harmonious.' Wftet her
congress or state legislatures can be
more safely trusted to guard tha peo.
pie a Interests against monopoly is
attempted, Portland is counting only
Its own people, but, wants them all
for herself. ' ,', ,
COMENTV AND NEWS IN BRIEF
queauun to wnicn mere is no sure Th(ip- .. tn h , Ilt,M nila.
answer OovernorShafroth thinks a JMemeBt hcre, It ,B not "Countlea,"
.', Jf the I-ans county Republicans are
to be represented In the proponed state
assembly. It ia bo ut time to begin
allowlnr soma clerree, nf actlvlrv In t hut
setting iUHy Alone that line. Kuaeni,:,.?!rlI,foy J?'ft" many-months' no-"
Register.:.: " ; . ' C ' .
J , SMAfIi CHANGE
.Nowhere on earth we- guess,' is there
l 'finer April. . , , ... x
legislature is more trustworthy than
H oRKin advertisino rkpresrntatitk, I Wisconsin ,' because the entrance re-' congress, but one has only fo glance
' ) Benjamin Kntoor Co.. Burnawick Buiiainr. nuirements of the college do Hot at the record of several Colorado leg-
,.SV8 Flfta am.ua. -New ori 10O7-OS Vojf li.." a . ...t..t. ... a-...., ..w "
bulldinc. Chlro.
I meet,' the , arbitrary, standard set up
wwii'iwi jifrraia di mail K w .bt muuvvw i .
-mth unJiad sutra. caaada ar uuicoi i inai me entrance requirements gnaii
T Mr"?""-,a00' L p0 Tortf,,,",,MJ eranted. And yet this college of agrj
. .J-"- . V' ' . .I culture is established for tha lnstrgc.
r..,....,t7M I Oae Dontb... .,.. M
On 'ear;
Then deem' tt not n . Idle thing-v-'A
pleant word to speakt ,' :
The' fee sou1 wear, the thought?
- - - you bring, ... .. t - : . .
V.A heart may heal or htealt. '
'v ' John O. Whittler.;';
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i1I7
1W
i A HOVB. OF MIRTH ;
V1''.'': -i i.V
tlon of farm boys In that practical
education . that Is aid ;to lndlrldual
survival and a crying need in the na
tion. .The farm boys of . Wisconsin
cannot afford the expenditure ; or
spare the time to pass through the
high school before entering college,
and manifold as. Is. the number t of
hicii sriioois thousands or tnese dovs
are 'not within reach of them.; Yet
It ; was ' Bhd ';ia " lor; these "very ' hoys
In the country as well as for the
assembiyites nave rlch .or pporboys in the city that
.a governor ana a majority or this Wisconsin college of agriculture
me legislature in tne saaoie nd mechanic arts was endowed by
4 j r hi oaiem me people or ore-1 the federal government. - It ; was
t ion . will he an Illuminating picture! mud i : .temiv' nrartlcal ( tralnlhe.
I of the penitent , and plucked. - The and "if Went within reach of the
f majesty of the average citizen would masses, more and tnore of the boys
oe anom as majestic as , that or a from the lower levels receive Its. ben
barnyard rooster with his spurs reA ants'.' mare and more of them become
moved,, his comb in tatters and. his Bf.if.Riitinortinr social units, and ' .moire f
nll n A . . ' -W.L .. 1 " ? . . . I
.a,i guue jine legislature an(j more does the nation receive the
would pass a bill restoring conven- hAnpfita for which It makes the en
. tlons. the emergency clause would be wmt" vt hofA r tha ininrac
- attached, the . assembly governor 1 tical theorists in charge of the Car- j der tne d'abollcal operations of tinre-
wuiu oifiu ii, tiuu me giunuuB peur j necle Foundation demanaing xnat t e"vw-' 4,-,auouohu , wunn)uiura,
islatures to doubt this. One of them
elected ; Guggenheim - senator '. for
boodle. Others have proved them
selvea equally and utterly corrupt. In
many states the record Is not much
better.; And there are signs of, Im
provement for the future In congress;
V" Perhaps some measure of harmon
lous Joint "control, as Garfield sug
gests. Is possible JBut 4t la to be ob
served that at.prbsent every prom 1
inent advocate of safeguarding the
people b interests and every foe of
monopoly, in this matter, favors' fed
oral control," and every tool of the
trusts and friend pf monopolization
Is against, federal cntroL' Apparent
ly the. monopoly. schemers prefer to
take chances with state legislatures
especially those of California, Colo
rado, Idado, Montana ' Washington
and Oregon, than with .congress. This
itself "is" significant.' h
that is, the people of thejri gener
ally, that are "getting busy along
that line"; only a few politicians. r
THE BLOT ON THE FLAG - -
Y ALL MEANS, all other busl
. ness in . congress . ought to be
laid aside and an increased tar-
. iff on beef be hurried, through
under suspension of the rules,: Un-r
B
pie as mere, bystanders could, only tnJs practicallzed education be, raised
look on, impotent to interfere, pow-
I eiiess to resist a bound and gagged
5 spectacle or lost rights. The emer
Kency clause would prevent : uso of
J the referendum, and the assembly
ture would laugh in - their sleeves
f would make merry in the , capital
would sing the aoAgs of jubilee and
the people who slept on their rights
while the assembiyites worked their
j. deadly gamewuld only Blink off Into
; dark corners and secluded spots and
sheepishly ruminate over the ques-
i tlon of how they eot sheared
! With the emergency clause at
; tached.j a bill "putting the knife" to
Statement No. 1 vouid be hustled
through the assembly legislature, the
assembly governor would BmileHhe
i bright sweet smile of the blessed
; and with a murmured thankfulness
: to heaven and perhaps a stanza of
poetry; he would affix his official
signature and no power in the heav-
; ens, on the earth or under it, could
prevent the measure from becoming
the law. of the state. Again, there
i would be merry making in the capi-
I toi, the assembly -governor, his lieu
tenants, his sub-bosses, his machine
f lubricators and all the pie- hunters
f and others with the itch -for per-
. j u lsitcs would assemble ln.the corrl-
dors, each would look in the direc
tlon of the people, apily the thumb
to the tip of the nose with fingers
outstretched,' and all. engage in one
great, long-continued and irreverent
; i horse laugh. Again tne people shorn
lambs J9m the country, plucked of
, plumage, stripped of power to refer
i endum, mere pawns: in the game of
public, affairs -could j do nothing
r mre than, tajce a , eneak into the
I darkness, and there in the silence
and solitude ponder.each with him
' eelf.'on how vain and fleeting are the
y things ojf this world.? ; v ';!v V; t "
''V And.' while the shpfn lambs, re
mained in eclipse,; the merrymaking
by the J trlu mphant - assembiyites
would go on, more, bills, more laws
and more measures would be passed,
more appropriations.' would be voted,
more raidson - the treasury ..-be
planned, mors glad jobs, for the glee
fui piemen be enacted, all: with, the
emergency clause attached ; and the
splendid commonwealth of Oregon
would become a house of sadness and
Its capltol a house of mirth.
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- COLLEGE ENTRANCE 'REQUIKE-
Z -v MENTS
out of the reach of the very people
ii was designed to aid, a proposi
tion, so preposterous and so detri
mental to society as to merit; con-
tempt
, The great need of- the country
everywhere is to make practical; utij
itarian education as inexpensive , as
possible, to 'keep it close to , the
masses, to Use every endeavor ana
encouragement to get. the utmost
number of thenf" to avail of it,! and
to resist vigorously every attempt to
take it away from- them by raising It
to a place where only th wealthy
can afford it. '
The Carnegie Foundation and the
educational faddists who trail after it
are, In their present movemept a pos
itive harm to tho'educatlonal system
AT LOS ANGELES
L'
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lT. 18 important to have a reason-'
j able number of educational insti-
imions or me most exalted type,
' embodying all" that is most ad-
TBBcea in numan learning, ana reach
ing oat more and more to convert
;!hfi unknown into the known. But It
Is tolly, to attempt to place all col
- leges and all universities to such a
auuiuara. H would be' utility to
establish a Harvard TnnIvra!tV in mi
cannibanslandB and Ild the natives
to come it and drink at the fount
of knowledge." It is slmilarlfutile to
place ail the colleges and universities
on a pinnacle so high as to be beyond
me reacn or tne American masses.
They are already o high that only 3
or 4 per cent of the people ever
rass into tneir exclusive portal. The
j stem of preliminaries, preparations
ana. side issues is so complex, so
jcngtneasd and so exact! a g that an
average haman being in order to ran
t?s rbole gamut Is advanced in life
If fore ready to begin the life strag-
-ie. His young manhood is behind
hfi before the last examination is
l'ii and hl final credentials rv
K'vol for l AssIng Into an active ca
ttr. It 1 fo long a Journey to this
-z'.r.r're. that few ran afford it,
xr.i we rare the spectacle bt more
i' jo JO per cent dropping out of pn-
? rr t-.e.t'me tr. rijtbtn grade
f ' i ' h i nd !ce ttait S per cnt
"fit t!:NM:f'i the Ieh c boots.
: t :.." ii to dr.y prartlral
f: '. r '.,rt, m to :wtk.
OS ANGELES i8, preparing to
take full advantage of the open
ing of the Panama canal. She
will nave -'low dockage rates,
every modern'contrlvance -for loading
and discharging cargo, ample storage
facility and welcome lor all the new
ly organized and independent steam
er lines that will enten into competi
tive 'transportation with' the over
land raiTroadg'as Boon as-the canal is
opened.' She is going to'butld public
docks so that the - ral'roads cannot
monopolize tbo water front'and Tues-
aay voted a bona ifjsue ot sa.uuo.uuu
for. the purpose; ' The sentiment of
the cify'as so overwhelming for the
publicly owned docks ana aocKage
facilities thatthe ote forjthe bond
issue' was. 12 to 1,5 a verdict 'that
shows how intense Is the deBire of
well Informed people to keep their
water terminals 'unmonopollzea and
their harbors open to .competitive
ransporiauon. i nn u to l veraici
is a-votd for the new steamers, a
vote for the reduced freight ' rates
between Low Angeles and New Or
leans, New York; Boston ; an4 -other
Atlantic ports, a redaction that Ad
mirarobley D. EvanS says, should
make the new rates one third or eVen
one fourth the present rates. Jt is'a
vote for the big sums- ocean liners
always pay out ia port for supplies, a
vote . encouraging -.. the federal gov
ernment to expend greater ? and
greater sums on San Pedro harbor,
and a .. vote that will ' advertise Los
Angeles ttv.the whole 'country as a
progressive city and -a' mighty good
"one to settle and live in.
k-. Happily too, these bonds will be
old and. the money be spent for the
purposes for, which: th voters of Los
Angeles -ordered it' spenU " That cityi
has no assembly -mayor and he does
what the. people directed him to do.
Australian dressed beef has invaded
New York and forced -a reduction of
2 penta per pound, a reduction that
th0 struggling i beef trust can 111 af
ford .'to meet, ; It is a painful spec
tacle to thus have one of our infan?
tile industries thjt Is desperately
struggling to' make,: ends meet, al
most cut down by the - ruthless in
vasion of its field by beef produced
with pauper labor; in the tali;grass
of ,Australia.'.It is audacious that the
heartless consumers., of New ; York
should be thus aided in tlielr wicked
desire for lower; prices and ,the beef
combine be crippled by the vile in
terference of a hated foreign rival. It
Is a blot on' the folds of .the flag
and the good Aldrlch and the noble
Cannon should t suspend the rules,
hitch on the emergency clause, have
the" president Issue a proclamation
and raise the - present measly 1
cents a, pound duty on dressed beef
to at least 50. Then1 no grasping
consumer would again get a chance
to lubricate hlB chops on -Australian
dressed, beef dr. prey upon the neces
sities of our almost-starving beef
trust, which, ' because j of, this same
Australian competition is compelled
to sell Amherlcan beef n England
20 to' 30 per cent cheaper than to
New, York consumers.
TANGLEFOOT
J3y Milee Qverholt
. Vall H'treet felt nunli-lrv Vd,n I. h. a
of. Aldiich'B, rctlromi'iit, .. ,
' .' , '
IloffB are hlrh, but blind pfara' are In
many canes even more expensive. .
- ' . .: . ." ' " '
norae or tne Did eeneton seem able to
jiiiti peiore iney get a Kick, after
A POQQONE PUZZLE.; .
It . was . ralnlna;
5
' ft '.
take
all.
. Of courae. the D. A. R.'s had a row.
The woman suffragists, ; too, ; also of
course. ' '. ..( . r ' . .. "
f""fhe comet Is atrrla-hL"; mm"'
Phnse-t .If.it isn't, what would you do
Rend ell sides of-each proposition t
anil the walks were
muddy. . A fashion-' vote on, and then vote, as Judgment and
man walked, up the
street, , her -' skirts
lifted , trom .-. the
mud, but her hands
were - freo and the
skirts didn't ; seem
to have any visible
means of , support.
.But 5 when-' , she
stopped a. tiny dog
stepped out ' from
among the folds of
her skirt and tha
secret - was . solved.
;;"Thfs ,! pure";-" a
nifty ' purpv ' re-
jmarked 't nn In
front of ' the post
office. "He's hold-
In up trkln .'alnt he? Oh.- welL
he's safe I guess.- It's not a male train.
I notice, too, that he keeps pretty close
to., t ho locomotive department. I guess,
mebbe, he's Kind of tender. ' Still" be
looks Uko a. coach dog; I can't get It
figured out somehow.
A-nd he was still, ruminating just that
way after the lady, had disappears
around a corner.
THEIR LUSTRE ,"1
W
ITH GREAT presence of mind
Congressman Hawley of Ore
gon has wired an Albany
constituent that the senate
amendment carrying $300,000. for
the Oregon City locks will be agreei
to by : the house. ' While the ; new
came late it is gratifying in that it
shows that Mr. Hawley has In some
way neara tnat1 tne senate amended
the house bill by making provision
for the, locks, a provision that was
entirely- overlooked In the body of
which Mr. Hawley; is a member.
most' pleasing feature in the episode
is tne gratifying alertness displayed
by Mr, Hawley in Immediately has
tening to the telegraph; office and
flashing the glad news to Oregon Just
as soon as ne neard it. If to this
dispatch, Congressman Hawley will
soon add another . Informing ; his
waiting . constituency i that a ? bin
granting a :'. pension , of. M-37 per
month to - O Shamus' Gilhooly will
positively pass the bouse, our joy
will knowno brfunds. And, if his col
league, he honorable Mr. Ellis, kill.
as he did on a former occasion, bring
us tpe giad news that "them; pan
cakes in Washington is'awful good,"
there will be universal pratee and
thanksgiving for the lustre her con
gressmen are shedding on. the proud
commonwealth at Oregon.;;.' LtV '
GARFIELD OX WATER POWERS
. MERE ACCIDEXT
t ti. if "'T,v" vT.lTt'.''r are
t!:e t'. " a r. i xr the
W w V. J--- -n. the r-ct
F
ORMER Secretary of the Jnt'er-
lor Garfield, a mjn' faithfully
devoted to the RooReveltlpDli
cies.parttcularly to the Roose
velt -con&ervat Ion policy," a. man
whose . official experience-, .should
make him,. Capable of 'judging; the
Water power situation correctly, said
in' a -speech in Denver Monday eve-njlng;-''!!
1s. certain that an intoler
able .wafer monopoly will be fas
tened upon our pople unless the
'CENSUS enumerator "made his
count af a. certain Portland
'.home Monday. .The family do
mestie was leaving . and a
new one was shortly. to- arrive. The
Former S. P. Dividends. ,
JTor" theoflrst time the, complete and
amazing, story of the devious methods
whereby a railroad pays Its enormous
dividends la revealed In Charles ' Ed
ward 'Russell's article in the' May Issue
of Ifampton's. f ; Mr. Russell Is writing
of the Southern ' Pacific and the? old
Central Pacific -under the guidance of
cgiiis Pj Huntington, Inland Stanford,
Mara ijopklna and Charles Crocker.
They started In .1861 with a total
wealth among them. according to their
sworn statements.-of S108.987.
IniJS year they haa won $J4,898,055
In dividends ;on 1 their 'original enter
prise,, had enjoyed the, almost Incalcula
ble profits arising from mechanical mil
lion making - contrivances such as the
Contract and Finance company, and the
Western ' Development company. ; and
they and their heirs and associates con
trolled 6806 miles of railroad with total
capital stocks of $219,000,000 and bonds
of $335,000,000, a total capitalization o:
$454,000,000 , - , "...
The companies thejr had founded dom
inated the affairs Of 10 states and ter
ritories, and over a great Yart of this
reglop . exercised an absolute rule not
comparable to anything .ever known Un
der the guise of free government and to
be equaled only by going back to the
flays or great conquerors like Tamer
lane, and- Alexander.! ?;. 'wMH
i In California' it' is not too much 4o
i any- iiim tue wiu'-oi. in raureaa - com
imny imy isupereoufii n , law,., lu, gov
ernment,' all asthority, ; and thereafter.
the people were in , an anomalous con
dftion where qn irresponsible and self
created power ruled their affairs. -
The railroad ; monopoly . had become
supreme. NO man could win position,
distinction, or office, without its sanc
tion; too often, tnen found that, except
by combination or . association, they
could not do business, nor make a living
If they antagonised' this great powers
The rates It charged tof transporta
tion were always arbitrary,' and being
perpetuated as "vested rights,'' remain
Roosevelt was going to referee the Jef-
' . ''; '" "' ""' ' '-' ''"
jnoi a census taker has been killed
yt; though some have had skirmishes
n uuga anu laajes. : i
HIP. hlD. hurrah fnr th. trt.n
. - - ... . - ' . niniiu
"""""'i ieam ana me , . others, too
' ,"" - .. . r . ... 1 :''.-'(..
Mr.- Taft. might as well abandon ths
attempt tq convince the .Jflnerlean peo-
nla I las a MMa A I m m i
I"" !., ti iff Buut( VHI UI iUIV, "
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P" or the -comet, the, crops have
i.ru niiiru b jrns nuimx-r. or -times SO
iai uuo jcur uian'ver colore.
May day has no terrora on account
or moving, in Portland, m. it ho. ir.
eastern ; cities. People move here any
So far Roosevelt hasn't mliu iirini-.
j v-ainion 10 meet mm in Europe. But,
n.r-.i, ,io .4iowb inai tney are' very busy
'Tha lararer a hnv rmwi (Via .v .
pense he is: the lararer the-ramiiv tha
greBter4ts expenses; and so It Is with
... ' - J , , '
One 'baseball enthusiast for, many
years will be missed , on thq bleachers
thlsjsprinBw.th8. late' Judge Wtlllanis.
He dearly loved a good game. -
. At last there was really a man tinder
the bed when a woman retired. It hap
pened at Central ; Point, . and she had
not looked under the bed before getting
Into -It, He scared her later, then she
scared him. and thniie-h nhn hm
srrearnlng. h'a Is running yet. Indies,
always look Under the bed." -
fJIJKCJOX SIDKLKiHTS
1 CJoId Mill is to have a :nlsslon furni
ture factory. ,
. i a " ' -
Mnny Dakalans are coming to settl
around JlernilHton...
''.:' ' ". ' ' ' '
There are .85 automohllcs In Corvalll
40 in Ren ton county. .- , ' ,
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'. One pioneer week lias died all thl
spring around Htayton. . ' .
Developments at the Nehalem oil- well
are reported favorable, -
A $15,000 addition will be built to the
HermlMton school house.. ' ,
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. New national bank will begin bust
ness in tianaon tins weea..
' Amity Standard Is an excellent news
paper ror ho small a town. , ,
'" .f :' ''! 'ii'.'' t ..:: 'V'v')' ''''1.':
Crop prospect was 'never better, at .this
ume or year in Morrow county,- - a
, V a,-',---.' I 4 . .. v. ' V
Bantlon 'veneer nlnnt has started, ud
hap all the orders It can fill this year.
.'.... a. : .' '
i, Twelve families near Cleveland, Ohio,
contemplate locating in Douglas county,
Cement rock ' fantorv will i be estab
llshed at uranlte . auarrv. near Grants
i-ass. .
.j'QEALLl
4.aJ.l. ill III llU
1
Klamath countv will undoubtedly de
velop much more this year than-In any
previous year. ... -.:
Starton man came to Portland to buy
an automobile, and bought a threshing
macnine instead. ' c
-i' j.::,. .;.ij..i'.;;ii,.:a .iS';"i-.'JJ',V''".,-i.1;":i'i.'
Medford alves mora . to the; T.: M. C.
A. than any Oregon- pity except Port-
laiia, ana more per capita man I'oruana,
An 'additional' 44.000 acres -of land
In the lower Powder vallev. Baker conn
ty, has been filed off In the land office
bv the state of Orearon and is to De re
claimed under tne varey act.
One - hundred 'nnW autos have becft
shipped Into - Medford so-far this sea
son. and the auto season has onlv be
gun. ,Frobablv another hundred will
have' been received before fall. v The to.
tal number of autos in Medford is now
estimated at 850, or one lor every 26
Vnle nrlnti'o; Millions of acres of the
best land ( jre" Estill . . unoccupied and
awaiting the settler. ' The . oil fields.
ust k few miles; from Vale, are brlng-
ng. many people and much capital to
this city. : This field Is so large that It
Is said, the output will surpass .that of
any other field In the world. , Tho vast
irrigation projects under way will con-
ort 240.(MiO acres tof undeveloped land
Into a veritable, garden spot.
oisesv of the Days News
IV.
l)rcsslnjr for Work,
f ff A.N'V a working alrl ' b'rlnits her
self in lino fyr .unjust criticism
and frequent misjudging bo
Icauso of lier Injudicious -style
ofdrexs. ConservaclNtn in dreas '.
shoftld ho, the stiiudard of every girl ','
who, works and too much, cannot be said.
In condemnation of Ihe extreme styles
so often vorn In office hours. .' - '
'J be. sure the ulrl .who la inrlUi-reet .
In her dress may only be dubbed as silly :
or something of the swt, but it Is far b i
tor - to be .treated with consideration .
than to Place he.aelf in a nn.lllnr. whei-a
she can be made the. hnt nt nttu- '
J""to- i s - , ; . , ..at,....
Along this line comes the storv of a
stenographer who dreBsed her hair In
the latest mode which called for puffs
galore.,1 Her employer, noticing tho ef- j
feet, remarked to his PMrtner. "Ths 1
sausage business muHt be good." The : '
comment was not particularly elegant, ,
but Judging from the exaggerated styles
which many girls In similar nosltlnna-s
affect, it was not unmerited. .Asa mat. '
ter of latercst - that girl received mm
of the smallest -salaries In a large ,of
flee and was snoken nt am a 'C.r.i" an,i , :
- -- " w ,wm i . ."
ninny by others of the staff.
But; her, hair . is not the onlv exar.
gerated style, seen in the ranks of ths . '
working girls. Footwear ia . another '
place where bad ". taste is : disolaved. "
French heels and dressy shoes are de- .
cldedly out of place and if a girl. cannot
afford a selection, she had better wean
a little more common , eense shoe foe
dress than a dress shoe for work. , 1
By Herbert Corey. . '
(Copyright. ,1910, by Kdwln Wildman.)
. Where are the whiskers of ths poll
tlcian pf yester-year 7, Tlma was when
honest yeomanry refused to listen to BIm
unless lie wore $75 worth of natural
hair on his chin At the prevailing rate
of switches. . Nowadays a ' person so
ornamented would bedoing pretty well
to 'get a lop as an i aviary- ajid 'furnish
his own birds. President Taft's cabi
net is as' destitute of fuss as a robin's
egg, while the fashion for denuding the
racial plateau has. reached downward to
tower warns or ornciai life.'' That's
wrongly stated, though. It isn't a fash
Ion. It Is merely that nowadays a uir.
plus of foliage, is, not considered a proof
of ?wltfflomi ..The ?last man' to wmr n
beard that; ho coul.;se':s a sleeping
nag was "tid riggers" Urosvenor of
unio,. ana tne voters failed-' to return
him 'to. congress : when he declined; to
abandon the matutinal ,egg; v,-, ,
s Ana now, Lee McClung. a ' shining
exempiac ot - tne smooth . or glacial
period, has been made ..United States
treasurer,; not because he Is ,- beardless,
but because his refusal to make use of
hirsute drapery Is simply another proof
that he Is up to data. i. Which he is. ills
la young and husky. - a football player.
railroad mart. -polished down to ths
minute, and .wise as a coopful of horned
.!- .. ,.in.t.i.. i .ha uunf is xna.iaxesi aaauion
nfnruX iM, W;Tr kT' P the corps of , young men who have
been placed In positions j. of resoonsl
bUlty In S Washington. , President Taft
of transportation. Mr. Huntington him
self announced the- basis - of its rate
making in one famous phrase;':
"What the trafflo will bear.-T
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There Is .nothing j Ilka ths. tailored
tyle to follow in the worklns-'. world.
Never out of place, tailored styles ar
ideal for the business srlrL Nothln
can ' be more suitable In an ! office, or
other place of ' business than -a . suit
which .Is worn with becoming shirt-.
waists, sensible shoes', good gloves and .
at simple' hat. Many times girls prefer '
dress and there Is certalnlv, no reaaon .-
why such should not be made stvllHh
and becoming without beinar . obtniMiva :
in Its material and style. V, '
When , tha . warm -, days x? summer
come, if tha shirtwaists seem too warm
there is no objection to a nialn1 laun
dered dress, but it must be kept Int-1
maculate and it must be simnls is dn. -
sign. Because a girl is working she is "
not to toe denied the soft., fussy things '
dear to the average woman's heart, but '
they are for wear outside of ihe busl
ness establishment. . ... The girl who Is '
sensibly discreet; about her clothes and 1
makes them smart .but plain attracts
desirable attention to herself by evident
good sense and goort. breeding. , ... . i
T-.E3IAINS of cold veal, half a pound "
of bacon, three tablespoonfuls of "
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' America Getting Well.
These" victories-, of civilisation "' over
disease, mean life and health for mil
lion, and they are but the beginning.
says Walter WeyL , in -"Success Maga
sine." Diphtheria was once a most fatal
disease, and in tens of thousands of
recorded cases tne chanc of flvlnar was
greater 'than that of surviving. .- But an
antitoxin,' a counter-poison.: was dis
covered, '.and the death rate fell from
55 pee . cent , to 16 per : cent and . then
down to 10 and even B. Out of 187
cases In 'a certain hospital treated, the
rtrsii iay , with antitoxin,; -. ever
single casd was ured.-. , In New Tork,
today, Hhe city will -: nd out for you
within IS hours whether you have diph
theria, and will glvs you the antitoxin
frea . Diphtheria Is on the run. 'A .?
Appendicitis, used to be a - fearfulrv
fatal disease,: and millions , of people
died from It even before the name was
invented. , When . surgeons first began
to operate for It, from a fifth to a
third of the patients died; then tha per
centage fell from 20 per cent .to 5 per
cent, and how, , if your surgeon knows
his business, there Is hardly any danger
all--not over , one death , in several
hundreds. ' Thla I Is because we have
learned about aseptics and blood-poisoo-
ng, and the x-ray shows us things that
our forefathers could not. see. These
hinss. and our new anaesthetics, make
possible and easy. a thousand operations
hich a generation ago were unthlnk
wanta men. who can keep their end of
the doubletree .pulled level, -rather than
a squad -of venerable -veterans who are
long on .reminiscence and valuable as
weather prophets, . but considerable of
af net joss when . It comes to hewing
wooa. . Ana Alcciung can do, bis part.
ioim vvor iiib iinances or yaie.
which ' had been ' operated' On ' a before-the-flood-
system, ' snd so modernised
that particular treasury that he could
lay his hand on any given penny in the
aarg. . Tnat -is 'something the sort of a
300 ne is handling in Washington.
'.Tale's men and all other men who
believe that football is tho pink edition
or i sports take : off their hats sad
speak reverently when they-tell of Mc-
ciung, He was a member of the eleven
when Heffelflnger held the center and
Barbour ran the game, s And something
or a nanDaca ne was,, too. H had a
firm but compassionate way of steDDlns
on his opponents that has . kept his
memory green--espectally with the op
ponent. "A little thing like a leg, or an
ulna bone, or a fracture of the jnedylla
oblongata never f eased him. He junt
kept on -limping towards the -goal,' shed
ding a limb here and a' feature' there,
but ultimately reaching his destination.
There were times when an accident in
surance company wouldn't, have under-
X,EB M'CLUNO.
WPlM,n tilm fftr 1 n nat. an n ,V.
value Of the policy, but he always came LIV W'.th " buttered paper
out of the scrimmage better than when "!iJf "auccpan of boilln
fine bread crumbs, One egg, one
teanpoonful bt Powdered '.herbs turn
tabspoonfuU-of stock, salt and pep-1
per. , - , - , i j. i
Chop, the veal and bacon very finely'
or put it through the chopper. Mtr
It with the bread crumbs, salt, ' pepper,
powdered . herbs, one teaspoonful - of
chopped parsley, and mix all with tha
egg, well beateni Then add the stork -and
iorrn lnto small,, thick - roll on
a floured baking board. Tie it In a
Scalded and floured cloth, and
for one . hour, putting; It into boiling !: J
water. . ; , - . 7
When" done, cut Into slices, -arrange '
these, in' two rows on a hot dish, and m
pour ! over a German ; . sauce made in
the following manner: -Melt on heap
ing tablespoonful of butter in a sauce
pan; pmt la one teaspoonful of chopped
onion, and cook till tender, i but .. not
brown .Stir in. one tablespoonful of
iur,! ana' hair a pint -of -stock - and
milk mixed, and stir till it boils, -Add
the yolks of two . eggs, tha strained
Juice of half a lem,on, and . one table-' ,
spoonful of chopped parsley. Btlr until-
tho sauce is thirty but do not let it
boll, or else it wiU curdle. Season to
taste with salt and pepper, and pour i
over the roll. (-., ,; , .. - ".... -..- '.'-.-'-'
m tt sT - 1 .
Boiled Bread and Butter Fnddlna1.
BUTTER a pudding dlBh' and in tha '
bottom, put a layer of jam xr
; marmalade or stewed, fruit of any
kind. Put In soma ivefy thinly cut
slices of bread and butter, and a layer "
of fruit ' or marmalada Add tlirea
tablespoonfuls of sugar, and repeat tha
layers, till the dish is full. Beat Up
two eggs, and add enough milk to them '
to thoroughly moisten the bread in tha
basin. - , iv-vu
he went in
After gfaduatipg
water.- Boll . for two
from Tale he-toured Jj.'"?. Cl8e,y .on' ni the :watep
trs,-. . a.. I during" the time must nevr rt tt th-
tatlon systems o saw, returned to v Bke',.T! turB .thl" P1"11
Knoxviiie, i Tenn., whero. he was born I , . " "'""r
Snd went to rallrOHdlna'. Tn tfmai h I .... '.'?
became assistant to the president of the
Southern Railway' company. v He studied
the game and htic'.:ed the line hard. Just
as he had at Yale. He didn't want to
give up railroading-wnen Tale needed J faces of chests of drawers, tables, etc..
, 0 uiu umun itneiTiMi a cioui wrung out in vinegartand
needed treasurer. He probably isn't tepid water, the Dronortlon h.ina t..i
sorry now. -f , , , . I a gill of vinegar to twa ..a e
He Is. only S9 years" old ' ftow. - but This has th rtt i 1
w..v.. v. jimmiy Aiacvragn, i ruwtuauy ' without injuring tha
When Spring Cleaning Rooms.
WHEN "turning out" a room It will
toe found a. good plan . to ruht
Over . tha nnll.k.J l a.
" " " " "a inai .a.uioji, fooa polish, with ordinary
he knows, no man who Is more thor- furniture cream being, however a necea.
ouahly -equipped for tne , position , of sary sequel. - . '
Vnited States -treasurer, j He doesn't '.'"' R M ' ' '
claim to be 'a financial authorltv. but . " . TiD, i'ii,.
he does know .the .ins and outs of bank
J"g
,1.,, mmh A. , . . u . i mr. niiuuiiin a iuv ninv-ientns
v r of ,u terrors since ths new surgery
uui., tuc vuuiuciaiur, remargins inat I came into use, and operations which
she would probablT.be counted by ""ed to lead io blood-poisoning In from
some other. census functionary, As
he left ths house he . met the. new
maid, inquired as to her Identity, as
certained that . she bad not been
i counted, and placed her on the list
' . 'Tr V" . , .V"!8' th mere ldent of a few sec
serts its. authority , and controls the ' ,v .."!:
use of water, , The use of water for
the development ofN power for stor
age, and for irritation, means of ne
cessity exclusive tie- B --rtain
places, and this use Is readily turned
Into oppressive monopoly unless reg
ulated by government It is ,not
onds of time the case was not over
looked. - -Y.; ''
'' But tha question is, how many
times will mera accident be so fortu
itous, and by similar carelessness of
enumerators how many Portland res
idents will he omitted from the final
list? The episode Is worth the at-
20 per cent to 50 per cent of all 'cases
now result .In blood-poisoning 'In only
one small fraction of 1 per cent of all
cases. -"" ,. ' . . ... .--.',', '.,. ;
enoug to deny a -ater trust U, 1 to
today, ..II elements which go to
make up such a trust are la exist
ence, and tendency toward such cen
tralisation grows stronger day by
day."
Roosevelt and Pinchot saw this
yean ago. Jisnyother wen of keen
observation see a'nd swert it. And
wbst ther assert is not nsreasocsble
or improbable; on the contrary it is
'. What U the Reason?" J: '. .
Under this interrogative tUle' ftiere
appears a pertinent -letter 1i th April
American Magaxlne . which ' is ' here
quoted In its .entirety! - - J , ,
7fow that the cost of living has been
taken up so generally and with such en
ergy. Detroit may be cited a a :dty
which affords a mighty good line on:
what the trouble really Is. Detroit Is
separated from Windsor, Canada, by a
little less than half a mile of river.
Hers Is a little scale of prices: -
Windsor. jtmlt.
Ilutter ,'. ...'... 2e Sle '
Hay...,.,.. ....tllten 114 ton
.'...til b 1Mb.
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Apri2tid History Battleof San Jaciiito
the end that Cae leak in the count
tnsv he stopped. . Every bona fide
resident of Portland and th. at.r. (.J Tobacco.
.....i .,, .va T sama hat
-evregaie, M yrt
every tltiten should exercise a suf- Tfef ame cot)
ficient sorvelHance to See that no pheeae . ..........;.
blunders are rcsde. For once Jet vtork "'
taTe a coopt irat win he a conrrt. wi. r"!.?: '.'!":'!
. 5am salt pf clothes. .
oraiue.ronirifriioriv It U rcrort- "Ab1 thra yp are.
te le
..llSe HHc
. 1C 70c
oe 7r.
II $1.11
us- i:j
I believe this
Fjactlr ia accordance with the trend ! d. are coaotlcg oce of the peorle' ,!,t'' win show t,.t th- tariff.
of ihe times, and what was to have
bta eipcted. rcrtsla Indeed to
lisrren. -
TY e aV.1 eT-"ri ! wpfber
; . .. . - ' j- . ! , - - , - . ( r , v , f . . . .
jof Outers. Terfcaps of Chetialfs and
Vancouver aio.' Eut we draw tfc
Use at eoasUr.g any of tfce reV.derli
cf Port!snd s belerplrg in the Pu
gt toand rr-ctrc; r cs tit ttca
along with th refrlgaratinar bn-lneaa. Is
tn worat t'J n t! bx that our kindly
atem las' at' f-reaetit " preifr, had for
p.-r,r 't i. ba aa litifbuva nn..tici!
Fan , n.
' Although Texas ' ha-- declared her
Independent " of Mexico tt March ; 2,
113. on the anniversary oftthc birth
day of Sam Houston,, Its liberator, i It
remained for the final battle of Kan
Jacinto, which was' fought en . April
21 'following, to fully - establish the
freedom of the new Republic. , , -
Less than a month after the fall of
the Alamo a forca of Americana undari
Colonel Tannin i that had. surrendered
were, by order , f Santa Anna, the
Mexican general, shot dowri in di-flanre
of clviliicd methods., Houston, In the
meantime, was covering the retreat of
fugitives. : Santa Anna was advancing,
and the opposing forces met st Ban
Jscloto. The Americsn war cry : was
"Remember ths Alamo." The battle was
over in ?0 minutes, and more than half
of the Mexican force of 1400 lay dad
on the field. . Only ixTrxans were
killed and 25 wounded. nta Anna
was taken rrlsnner. In' this battle
Houston was ehot through thw ankle
and his horse, after being wound el ten
times, dropped dead. ,
f , An empire hid been won. .
i ' Santa Anna. In the snifcrm of s
common soldier, was trylna to en p
on tbe banks of the bayou. It Was not
until he was brought into camp and the
prisonera shafted "Kl T'eiiUieTHe :
hla Irtentily wa HlfovtrrA.
But fcr Ho'iafn Panta Anna n-.;,1
have'bt-on killed; but we man tut
he was h k"w tt Fn'a At, iiv.
DISH CLOTHS are . of U-n neglected.
They should be kept scrupulously
, Clean,' and In order that h ..a
be so they' should be washed out care
fully, with soap and well rinsed each
time they have been hul ae,. .1.1-
has been done thev maw ha k.,n. i ..
Ir to dry Home people, however. Ilka
-io nave a stone Jar containing a solu
tion of soda by the sink, anrf In
of the Texan republic had been recog
nised, was handed ever to' the invrm-
tnent of the United States who restored
him to a diminished Mciin I
years, when Texa was definitely to be aWn cloths in it when not In use.
annexed to the I'nited States, he ' was I Notes.- . , -
again st ths head "of the - Mexicans.
mis war against the whole United
States, and - not ss before, wltn the
Ingle province of. Texas formed the
bloody end of the strife begun at the
storming of the Alamo. The Mexican
republic loat forever Its lmmcn-ek""Ur. '"" of thla oltxsa In Tfca tllr
northern territory frdni the Gulf to the ,ourn,l) - ,
Pacific ocean, . . I ' . :- ' . .
San Jacmto is the name of a Texas . " oung I wssn t good
river that empties tnte no arm of wt.aa me-all the while
AR'c trospect j
,.ri',1,1",,', ' Tb.JoO"'t r Walt Maana.
veston bay. after course of 1J0 miles I, U'"fL vp "-r'r H the wood that
It wa on ti-a banks of this river that f "' "" N mile. H-. u.ed
the baltle was fuughl, ifesr ths preaer t , '""' , "t;1"!v , ' " . h wore cut
town of Houston. if ever a a.i.r.l f, K' cf 'lm an!l herh: (im.iimM I, a
eliheratcly Ka-ned aUtnghler. Ho iafrn 1 P1' his aho-a: he didn't hwre
d
did st Ssn Jarinto. Jnn a cul-de-sac
he ld bt t ii men and then drew ih
Mexicans fr l,im. After h got tha
Mnlrint,in he. r-t I v. set)t.Iraf
Smith a ii.'u,t nurilun aMn n.; t
the rr-ar Bid tb- nh m-a d-etroyed
Vlnre's t rl :sa. "t rac-t.-ally t):e onlv
mute of - f. r f iti.er army. I'.f
falo f''-o:i. i! ) n!rtJ t-a t.'j-,.
itrti on ene a ?, wia m r..L sm
Jacinto frr. nhi.h bordered It on
that (another a j- j.a (ad and firtxi. yn
tr,e southi and rrt;y to tha ft wa
a mera,a, - v .
7 ra .mi ;r t fn:-a wa worn
"""" " teach. At Usht I uaed
... ,., vu sr,i,ri my vene.,ce
,k;' 1 Tt; "111 p,;nrh that fv,,r
eCd teacher's heed." I U,M t marm;i,
as I a'ej t - r.it now t ,t am :4 ,
and i ay. Id .k to gra.p ttat tf, ti
er's h-nd. and tr-;j Mm ,,., ht,
w-y m.a som.thtrg I can't u -de rat and.
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