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v Neither necessity nor desire,'
but the love of power, is the
true demon of mankind. Fried
rich Xletzshe.
TOMORROWS VOIE ,
IT ' rs JUST as well for " the elx
councllroen who have been vot
ing against the docks ordinance
to perfectly understand what
their " opposition' .'. means.. V. If .. they
make the mayor's veto effective
they will raise one of the biggest
issues this1 town has.- ever seen'. That
issue will be the very decisive Ques
tion of whether the people of Port
land are or. are not bossed, and
whether it is In the sovereign elec
torate or . In six councilmen and a
Little Father In the city hall that
final 'itAWAi Act VActart T-f will n
be a question of docks, but a. ques
tion of rights, and in such an is
sue there will, be but one answer.
It will result In a contest in which
the present 'flimsy excuses and ar
rogations of power at the city hall
will be Bwept away' like chaff. ; It
will be a contest in which the Port
land electorate will not only secure
public docks, but will write in char
acters that even a Portland council
man cannot misunderstand that di
rections from the citizen body must
be obeyed. It will be further es
tablished that every public official
who has set up his will against the
will of the lawful majority of Port
land citizens has forfeited " every
confidence or claim upon this peo
ple for future public position. This
will be the certain sequel if the
conned tomorrow 'sustains the veto
of the mayor. ' ";
Nor will this be all.- The docks
will not be defeated, but only postponed.-
The postponement wjll cost
Portland people many a dollar. The
Increase of land values will roll up
a big sum. For this Increased cost
the refractory councilmen ! will . be
strictly responsible, for" It is In
their power to pass the docks or
& i n a"nceToverlhe executive" veto.
The citizen body, has declared by
lawful vote that the time to, buy is
now. The chamber of commerce
has declared that the present isvthe
time to purchase. The. head of the
Commercial club Insists . that , this
is the opportunity. The Taxpay
ers' league has-: repeatedly urged
immediate action. The common
, sense of every business man , dic
tates this as the opportune -moment.
What a spectacle it will be If, In
the face of such forces, the refrac
tory councilmen continue their de
fiance! -
... a;Hte fHicrs, . ,
THE RED lemonade, the toy bal
loons, the elephant, - the edu-
j cated donkey, the wild man
from Borneo and "the greatest
aggregation of daring performers
ever gathered together under one
tent" are in town. The small boy
is in the dreamland of delight, and
many an old boy remarks that he
feels he .will "have to go to take
the children.' 1 ' " " ' "
; As a boy, many an old man young
studied the show bill for weeks be
fore the latest monster combination
of international shows came, and the
day It arrived got a Job carrying
water to the workmen, feed. to the
animals or rode the mule In the pa
rade for a ticket of admission. His
hair stood on end at the feats of
the daring bareback rider;, and the
world wag a halcyon dream of fun
when the ringmaster cracked his
whip at the clown..' The family horse
and , the barnyard were, for weeks
after, assets of a thrilling amateur
circus with all the neighborhood
boys as dare devil trapezlsts, fear
less riders and fierce men from the
wilds of Africa now In captivity for
the first time. " Six toed Pete,' the'
black rover of the Spanish main," was
in the aggregation, and so was wild
Ike, the untained vacquero of the
Texas plains." All these , events of
the old time are recalled to Pa and
Ma by the bands,, the calliope, the
prancing horses, the caged animals,
the graceful riders and the glamour
of the parade bring youth back to
Pa and Ma and what wonder Is ft
that they must rig out In their store
clothes and. take Johnnie and Jamie
and Arethusa and Gwendolyn. to the
circus? ' 1
COMPEXSATIOJPFOn- PERSONAL
INJURY '
f-iHREfi personal injury suits that
I followed each other -la Judge
5 Gatens' court last week recall
"how far behind we are In laws
for compensation of personal risks
t f workmen. Of the 500,000 toll
ors annually killed or injured In this
VAa-.i of compensation.." Of the f 25,-
CfiO.ooo annually paid in accident in
surance, only 40'- per .cent .goes. tQ in-y-.
i workmen or 'their , survivors,
t. r.:,i!, df-r bring 'frtttsred away
i;i long delayed ' suits for damages
and otherwise.
The New York legislature is tak
ing a step forward ia the promised
passage of a law for compulsory com
pensation to workmen killed or In
jured. It is automatic and provjdes
a method of compensation as swift
and sure as the processes by which
insurance policies are paid. .Every
contingency of - death or injury- Is
provided for, and the rate of com
pensation ist fixed at eight years
half pay for injury and four years'
full pay in' case of fatality.. It doss
away with courts, fees, technicalities
and the jaw's .delays and costs. It
leaves to the employe the choice of
a suit in case he shall bo elect, and
saves employers In large part from
the claims and harassment of bogus
claimants.-- A time will come when
some such law will relieve, the
courts, simplify, the, processes of com
pensation for personal Injury and
promote Justice, between employer
and employe., ' - - ' , . :-
. . .WHAT'S THE USE
IT IMPOSSIBLE' for the assembly-convention
scheme to suc-
ceed. The citizens of the state
have not forgotten convention
days, and will resist the proposed
return to them. They have not for
gotten how Portland bosses used to
send out their orders to the county
politicians and how the county poli
ticians sent out' directions to man
aging men in. the countrV .precincts.
Lists of delegates to the state con
vention, lists of framed up officials
and programs of convention proceed
ings were written out beforehand
and sent ' among the delegates
with orders to vote them. The choice
was never the choice of Jhe public,
but the choice of. a few directing
men, who collected campaign funds,
parceled out offices and controlled
public affairs. Huge fees for state
officials, extravagant appropriations
and held-up legislatures were the er
der, ' -A,"- ": '- ', ' : -v-'' ,; -
' The records of the federal courts
in Portland, and: the roster of. In
mates at the United States peniten
tiary at McNeil's Island are mute
but eloquent tales of what conven
tion methods led to, The land frauds
and the convictions that were the
sequel to them In Oregon 'and else
where were the fruit of convention
politics as revealed by the convlc
tionsof United States, senators, con
gressmen, surveyors general, state
senators, state representatives and
politicians, of high and low degree.
It was to the door of convention pol
itics and to the castles of convention
bosses that the trails of the land
frauds led. It was to the same doors
and to the same "castles . that the
feudism, riot and senatorial dead
locks wlthin : the Republican party
led.'
Back to this disorder1 a$d disgrace
Chairman George apd the tall tower
would lead the Republican party and
the state. . With: honeyed words and
dulcet promises they avow that their
convention will, have a halo over Its
portals and that the acts of its dele
gates will be spotless as the driven
snow. ; But, didn't the Polk: county
statesman say, "What In h l'a the
use of holding an assembly if we
can't handle it?" and, sure enough,
what'e the use? " If the convention
Isn't to run ? things, how afe the
"better officials" Chairman George
promises us to be secured?
A GLITTERING . PROSPECT
IT. IS. APPARENT that the coming
V. Rose ' Festival is to , Bee a great
throng in Portland. The. pros
pect is that the state will be here
almost en masse. The' mails, the
wires and every, breeze that blows
bring tidings of the purpose of every
locality to send a numerous delega
tion.' .
.But It is the visiting east that
promises to be one of the huge fig
ures In the attendance. The low
raes by the railroads and the wide
publicity they have given the festival
through persistent and effective ad
vertising have had .wpnderful effect.
Information Teaching the railroad of
fices, and, assurances earning to the
festival headquarters .are aglow w)th
reports of the multitude that'rwill
journey west for the festival week.
Thousands who will spend their an
nual outing on the coast are making
attendance at the festival a part of
their Itinerary.
What Is best in the situation Is
that the program for the week will
reward all visitors' for their outlay
of time, expense and trouble; Port
lanl roses promise to he in the fall
sweep Of blooming time and to do
their part In the great spectacle. The
spectacular . effects ; of , the various
pageants are to far surpass all for
mer efforts of the festival managers,
even distancing according, to assur
ances, the best creations of the kind
that have been - given In the coun
try. It is a rosy prospect, and ehould
be a source of satisfaction to all
Portland and all Oregon. No more
effective 1 advertising heralds' the
good news of the state, Its chief city,
and all its cities and communities
than this annual festival of the roses.
IS THERE ONE?
THERE is sanity, in the plan to
hold during the Rose Festival
a meeting for promotion of
good roads.. The time will be
auspicious, and the opportunity ex
cellent. More Oregon peonle will
probably be in the city than ever be
fore, and'during a part of each day
there will be .ample leisure td attend
the convention. The proposed meet
ing will help the show and the show
lasm that will come from a view in
the festival displays of the Wonders
of Oregon will, awaken ' enthusiasm
for making Oregon fully accessible.
The presence "of import Eldridge
villi a lifetime of M u.ly of the value
and benefits of improved roads will
attract the attendance of up-state
citizens who misht not otherwise be
Interested. The . hou: the theme
and the purpose are .auspicious,, and
it will be a splendid effoit at splen
did results if the plan shall mater
ialize. Two thousand years ago, thd Ro
mans understood the fundamental
value of good roads and built the
Appian Way. A century ago, Na
poleon, the greatest 6oldler and most
consummate tactician of all time,
grasped the Importance of highways
and laid the foundation of that road
System by which one horse can on
any road in France, haul, more than
three times as great a load as. two
horses can move over some roads in
the United States. For lack of bet
ter roads, Oregon people are losing
$2,000,000., anS the United. States
$300,000, OC every year. How can
any man hesitate or postpone when
there Is , suggestion that we-; try to
better -our roads, and thereby pro
mote oufi comforts, our happiness,
our material fortunes and our lives?
Is there one man In Oregon who
wants bad roads? v - -'
KIERNAMSM
THE GAME of Kiernanism t or
Dunlwayism sciored another tri
umph In Portland yesterday. It
prevented a saie 01 me uroaa-
way bridge bonds, and at the very
moment when right of way for the
bridge over the railroad and Flan
ders properties Is nearlng solution.
But for the Kiernan suit, work would
quickly begin on the bridge, and a
start be made for relieving much of
the congestion on Portland bridges,
for giving Portland one bridge on
which there would be practically no
delays to either bridge or harbor
traffic, and for saving thousands of
busy ..people the Interminable waits
for the bridge draws. v
And why Is It done? It Is not
for any expense the'Broadway bridge
will be to Mr. Kiernan that he Is
plaintiff In this suit Based on his
assessment, his annual sham of the
Interest on the bonds would-be about
$38. If the present suit should only
cost him the low -estimate of $1600,
It would take nearly 40 years, for
Mr. Kiernan to save enough by de
feat of the bridge to pay Dunlway
and the court costs, and It . might
take 60 or 80 years. It Is not the
cost the bridge will be to him. that
leads Mr. Kiernan to compal 100,000
people on the east side to travel
over'TcTOWded and Insufficient
bridges and halt and wait hours
every , day In the, week and every
month in the year .for Interminable
and everlasting draws. . Why does
Mr. Kiernan Inflict' these "" delays,
these waits and . these lost hours on
those who are dwellers In the same
city with hinv-almost his own neigh
bors ?---- "M'v M "'- rZT
Of course, Lawyer Dunlway prof
its from the Bult. 1 He has" profited
much from the Inconveniences, de
lays and obstructions to which he
has subjected the people of Portland.
He held up the Third street Improve
ment for six years, pocketed a enug
fee and 'compelled the people of
Portland.to pay heavy costs. He
hectored and harassed the ' paving
companies of Portland with suits
like the Broadway bridge proceed
ings, and compelled them in order
to, get rid of him to place' him on
their payrolls at a fixed compensa
tion. This salary the paving com
pany had to arn out of the prop
ert owners of Portland, and it Is
these property owners who are' the
real pensioners of this lawyer who
makes of legal technicalities his de
vice for, exacting tribute. . Few, men
for j such purposes , would care to
stand up a city, to harass a people,
to prostrate public endeavor and as
sassinate the public will.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN ICELAND
FOR 30 YEARS unmarried wo
men and widows over 25 who
are householders or self-sup-,
1 porting have had the right to
vote for parish and town, of fleers in
Iceland. Two years ago all married
women In the two principal towns
of that frigid Island were given the
right of municipal franchise and of
membership In the councils. Now
the Icelandic, "National Woman Suf
frage association,".- with l6,000
members, demands full civil and po
litical rights for all women, on the
same terms as men. ' '
,,;iThe women of Iceland are entitled
to this. - So far as we are Informed,
they- have no high society functions,
no women's clubs of our sort, no
Daughters and Granddaughters' or
ganizations. They not onry do their
housework faithfully and thorough
ly, but they help the men harvest
the scant crops that grow In the
brief summer there, and to gather
the larger - harvest of fish,, upon
which- the "people largely , subsist.
They also spin, knit, weave, rear
and educate their, children, . are
faithful in attendance on religious
observances,, and become quite well
educated. They can not only repd
and write, but many of them keep
In touch with the best of European
literature. It Is said that there is
not a single Illiterate woman on the
Island. . And departure from virtue
is almost unknown. 1
Can American : or . British . or
French women show, considering
their incomparably greater advan
tages, " any equal or comparable
claim to the right bf suffrage? They!
haven't even the, possible excuse of
the Icelandic women that they want
to get Into politics to keen warm.
Two Washington state bosses,
with avidious eyes on Alaska; needed
a cabinet officer wit, a secretary
of the interior, yoth are million
aires, and they naturally' want? more
'.""-"' ..
and more Mi;:u.nS, One v,;u a ter
ritorial f.ovc-rnor, th other a state
governor. One is smooth, polished,
educated, gentlemanly, successful;
( the other is coarser, rougher, a
! mixer in lower strata, also success
ful. They are out of politics on the
surface. Neither could carry a coun
ty in Washington. They don't want
to. They wanted a secretary of the
Interior. . They got him and, as
they doubtless figured, a president,
too.
Sing- a song of six
pints,
A pocket full of
v rye,
Another full of
bourbon
"Twill make your
troubles fly.,
NO AISIJ3 FOB
MEN
"Where la the
Isle of Man?" inv
quired the school
ma'am, sure some
' body would know.
"There ain't any."
said Bill. "It's on
women's hats. There
account , of the
ain't any room and the ; men has - to
climb over the eeati." ' 1
And then the teacher kept Bill in for
five consecutive evenings. She owied
a nat herself. V " ;
-V.
'0, you are sweet enough to t ,
; Wfth cream," said PercTval to Kate.
"Oht then I'd die. That would be aweet,
. For, Percy, I would be cream-ate!"
Letters From tke People
Seattle's Area.
Seattle, Wash., May 20 To the Editor
of The JournalHaving observed la the
Portland papers references to the area
of Seattle, it ; has occurred to.ua that
you would be glad to know the accurate
fltrures, up to date, aa furnished by the
office of the city engineer, as follows:
Number of square-miles of land with
in tha city limits, 65.86.. Number of
square miles of water within the city
limits, 29.66. " Total area, land and wa
ter, 85,52. ..."
Aa you no doubt understand, the lerg-e
extent of water surface within the city
la due to the fact that Lake Union and
Greerr lake lie entirely Inside the mu
nicipality, while a considerable extent
of Lake Washington, of the harbor area,
especially between West Seattle and the
business district, and of tha Duwamlsh
river, is also Included.
C. B. TANDELL.
Secretary . Seattle Chamber of
, , ' Commerce. , .
His Prediction Was Right.
McMlnnville. 'Or., May 16. To the
Editor of The Journal Aa we are aoon
to be in the supposed throes of this
most wonderful jjamp.iHalley's comet,
I wish to give my views or ideaaof this
wanderer, most especially the part no
called the tail. This comet, as all other
comets, carVlea Its so called tall on the
side directly opposite the Bun. It mat
ters not which way tha comet ie moving,
it (the tall) la at right angles from the
sun,., Which shows conclusively that Its,
the sun rays of light, are partly obstruct
ed fcythfr fmcleus and othe? substances
which composes the comet' head.- The
sun's rays pass through and around
this mass of electrical force and with
this combination cast a ray of light
through stellar space many millions of
miles.V -, ,-;
- Now to prove my assertion: .If the
so called tail was composed of a hefty
material, or even gases, it could not
travel on the side of the comet and
keep -pace, with the comet's speed of
about 1700 miles to the minute. There
is only one thing, and that ia. the rays
of light could keep up such a speed on
the aide of any moving object, especially
where It reaches out fn space, 20,000.000
miles from the main object-- There Is
nothing to be feared, we'll all be here
on the 19th, kicking as usual.
W. J. GARRISON.
' Tainted News. ' r
Portland, Or., May 23. To the Editor
of The Journal I charge the Oregonlan
with the commission of premeditated
assassination of the cause of truth and
Justice, lp injecting into Its alleged news
columns of this date, on the first page,
an unwarranted and unjustifiable attack
upon the known and proven honesty and
Integrity of Gifford5 Plnchot, and ex
Secretary Garfield; In .injecting into
said alleged newa article, not news, but
an attack apparently Inspired by . the
kno,wn enemies of these two men, whose
honeaty: and purity of motives have
never been successfully questioned; of
debasing the ideals of average decency
in Journalism by Injecting into a bo
called news article an Intentionally ven
omous attack upon private character.
Let those who have heretofore given
the Oregonian credit for some ' slight
sense of appreciation of a square deal in
journalism, read this alleged newa arti
cle, signed by one Harry J. Brown; but
very likely - dictated by some secret
powerful influence, and judge for them
selves how the once mighty In Journal
ism have Indeed fallen. 1
' "THE LOOKOUT."
Suggests Suit for Damages. .
Portland, Or., May 22. To the Editor
of The journal--Don't you ; think $ It is
about time that the east side push clubs
and the citizens of Portland should
brlnit : a: civil ' suit for damages, say
about. 12000 per day, for the toss of
time and unnecessary delay against Mr.
Dunlway, Mr. Kiernan and other inter
ests that ane robbing the people of their
time, money and rights?
J. D. PETERSON.
Crippling the Party. V
From the Woodburn Independent.'
The eo-called -"regular- Republicans'
in congress are materially helping -to
crlople - the Republican party of the
nation. The machine Republicans in
every state having or proposing to have
a direct primary, who are fighting such
prerogative .of the people, are assisting
to kill the party within' their , own com
monwealths and weaken it for a nation
al campaign. ! President Taft in uphold
ing, the lent tariff effort of Aldrich et
al, has placed the Republican party
in great danger 0 defeat in 1912.
Strong as Roosevelt is, he cannot save
the party unless he himself is a candi
date for president, and it Is doubtful
If he would have' It again. One word
by him against the insurgent Republi
cans, and his popularity in this coun
try will wane.
. We Shall Soon Know, ;
From the Uoston Globe.
The commission form of government,
in all sorts of modifications, has been
tried with -varying results at various
points in this country. Nobody knows
yet from mere experience whether it
cprnes nf,fltsr.t0. theJdeal3nuoklpaJ
government than the customary repre
sentative form. Eujt now ' the whole
question. is to be settled out of. hand
once and for all. Next Thursday in
Goc'.dard chapel at Tufts collpge the
subject will he debatort for the Wendell
Phillips prize Bcholarship. .And thn we
KViull know. 1 .
I TANHf .F.FDOT I
I R By Mflca Ovcrholt '
COMMENT Mi ID
That obituary r,clf,m of Klpllns's Tr-mla
as if he did some real hard work writ
ing It. .
'
For a thing that scarcely anybody haa
seen that eompt has caused an immens.e
amount of talk.
There are 32 European princesses of
marriageable age, but American mil
lionairesses have the preference. ,
.....
Land, when taken for public use. is
always far more valuable to the owner
than when he mentions it to the asses
sor.. , -.:.-.
"Frosts are mostly gone," chirps the
Boston Globe of Mav 16. Out in Ore
gon we have forgotten frosts weeks
agone. .
' '" ;" i . .'"'.',.",
Great will be Beverly, this summer, if
Roosevelt visits Taft. Pedestrians and
mere horse, wagons will have to . take to
the fields, perhaps to the .woods.
if Ballinger and Wlckersham had
torn the whole truth at the outset they
would have avoided a good deal of trou
ble and made a more creditable appear
ance, "...' J.-.!' 1 ' , . '
..... , . .v "- ,j ;,;' ' ' ' v
It has been snowing again back Jn
Colorado and some other states. . There
must be a great many people back there,
who have never learned much about
Oregon,
-,':-'' V ',1; ':. ''".'."i-".,4'.1..'-
All Oregon cities have less population,
according to the census, .than they
thought they had, but let them consider
how much faster they are going to grow
during the next 10 years. - -
As far- as has been observed up to this
writing, the tall of Hallev's comnt la
about, as undlscernible and as hear noth
ing as tne "principles" of the Repub
lican or the Democratic party.
.
Owing to the influence of Senator
Bourne, chairman of the senate commit
tee on fisheries, a carload of lobsters
from the .Atlantic Is on the way to the
Pacific coast, to be transplanted, as an
experiment. They are not political lob
sters, however, and will not Join with
the other kind In the assembly movement.
THE CONTENTMENT OF TAFT
Prom tha Philadelphia North American
The Interesting speech of the presi
dent at Passaic was the latest proof of
a- peculiar temperamental , contrast
When Mr.. Taft Is In the easy tonneau
seat of an automobile guided by a chauf
feur whom he trusts he revels in dash
ing ahead, regardless of speed laws or
perils or" Inconveniences" Imposed upon
the people whom he does not Beeand
this see ma to be truwvwhether the ma
chine be of the gasoline or the legisla
tive variety.
But when Mr. Taft, seated m a, chair,
upheaves his bulk to speak to his coun
trymen of his duties and trials and pur
poses and accomplishments he displays
no tendency toward speed or directness
of motion.; Invariably he rambles. '
Placidly, casually, a little vaguely,
but with perfect good humor and com
plete self-approval, he sauntered through
a queer accounting -e his f rr8tyear's'
stewardship In his Passaic address. It
was a speech that no other public , man
but Mr. Taft could make. ' j
i We think It likely to Irritate hia prin
cipal reactionary allies It is likely to
provoke only a wicked grin upon -the
features of the progressive leaders. For
It. Serves to show that President Taft
will be quite content to4 approve any
legislation harided to him provided that
there be retained the caption and few
clauses or the hllTTfamed by his arfHWere stricken out with the consent of
vlsers, recommended by him and con
cerning which support of its entirety
has been proclaimed the test of party
loyalty by Taft's own cabinet officers.
It must ; be remembered that Mr.
Taft's solitary excuse for Identifying
his administration with the Aldrich
Cannon outfit, which the American peo
ple Intended to rebuke. by nominating
and electing Taft, was, that those engi
neers of the congressional machinery
were iwllllng and were the only , Ones
able to enact the entire Taft legislative
program promptly into law-
Maimed and reduced aa that program
has been for many months, let ua reckon
the reward of the president for his sub
mission , to Aldrich and Cannon.
: First, he names the bill to grant
statehood to New Mexico and Arizona,
It Is the fulfillment of a repeated and
specific party pledge, and Mr. Taft,
"very anxious that the party Hhall meet
Its obligations In th(s regard," says. "I
do not think that I Shall be disappoint
ed." Mr. Taft has something of Mark
Tapiey'B disposition.'' For the nominal
sponsors of that bill In Mr. Aldrich's
senate committees have buried that bill
so deep that there is scarcely a chance
of Its being exhumed during1 the present
session,.-'.'. -.. ,;
About the plainly promised postal
savings bank bill, passed by the senate
after the progressives -had scotched the
numerous -"snakes";" it contained, Mr.
Taft can say no more than "how far
the bill can be amended in the house,
or what can be done about It, I am un
able at this moment to say." , -
Th futiir of his net bill to remedy
Injunction procedure President Taft "can
not anticipate." , He minus. u a gooa
bill, In that It does not satisfy the as
sociations of capital jior those of labor.
And in this he doubtless li correct, as
his reasoning is as clear as his lntant is
good. But the chances of Its passage
are about equal to those of tne oblitera
tion of the earth by Halley's comet next
trip. , -
Some months ago the president was
insistent upon the passage of his entire
group of conservation measures during
this session. But now he is satisfied
that "conditions are such as to make
imperative the passage of only one law."
May 24 in History
" A covering for the head was a cus
tom established from very early times,
but the hat, as we understand It today,
was tpvented by a Swiss manufacturer
of Paris, and the first were worn in
that city on May 24, 104. The inhabit
ants of the northern climes many cen
turies ago began wearing a head cover
ing, in those days usually in the form
of a hood made of fur. It was not untlt
the Phrygians had conquered -Asia
Minor that the people of warmer lati
tudes wore any head covering. The
Phrygians were the first to adopt the
fashion, and they did It in order to dis
tinguish themselves from the conquered
race With whom they lived. Their head
dress was a small, closely-fittlrg cap,
which was also soon -adopted, by the
Roman free citizen.
Hats were first manufactured in Eng
land about, 1510, and superseded caps,
or soft headgear, in the reign of Queen
Elizabeth. As the process of felting Is
ascribed by; tradition to Saint Clement,
ne was eariy assumed , as ina pairuu
saint of theo raft and the annual fes
tival of the trade was appointed for the
23d of November. Wool was the mater
ial first employed in forming felt hats,
but in. time, as European, trade with
America developed, tne xur oi tne
bea,YxeinK.r&nd-P.Aercarne.
into use; hence, the term beaver was
long" synonymous with hat. -
Theg rowing scarcity of beaver fur
led to attempts to substitute a cloth
formed of silk plush, drawn over a
pasteboard frame, about 1810. These
were not very successful, and,, hats -of
wool or beaver-felt were common until
III DllilM
A prisoner In the; Woodburn
kirkf-1 a hole through its sule and es
caped. MAny clays the f raU-lit r. shipments
from Central point amount to from
$15u0 to $Ju00.
A. banquet to be held at The Dalles
will consist almost altogether of straw
berries and cherries.
An oil prospector Is seeking options
on 10,000 acres near Woodburn, believ
ing oil can be found there.
It is expected that 1,500,000 pounds
of wool will be in the Heppner ware
houses by-May 21, the first sales day.
The Clatskanie creamery is working
almost at its capacity these days and
the output of 1000 poands last week
was only half enough to fill the orders
received, reports The Chief. ,
Southern Curry Is now in . the throes
of hiKh excitement over the discovery
of natural gas at the mouth of Chetco
river.--The' gas tsr" escaping through the
sand near the water line when the tide
iS lOW. . V
Business is booming on the upper
Willamtna these days, says a corre
spondent. Land buyers, road work,
sheep shearing, wood ; cutting building
and last but not least the whistle of the
saw mill, .',-, -';..-: v.-
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West Union, several 'nlles northeast
of Hlllsboro, claims the distinction of
having the oldest Baptist church in the
state of Oregon. The organization was
rormea in im. and tne original round
ers are all dead.
The Gold- Beach Globe has been In
formed that ten barrels of whiskey and
SO barrels of beer was hauled from
J3andon to Lakeport. to tha Lakeport
ciuo, last ween, inat is going some
ior a ory county,
Coyote' scalp's keep pouring into the
county clerk's office these days n largo
quantities, says ine neppner limes.
Most of the scalps are from young ones
dug from dens. Perhaps 80 per cent of
mem are remaies.
He cites with satisfaction' the probable
enactment of the law to compel pub'icity
of campaign expenditures. But he ex
presses no objection to tne amendment
that will make the etatute scoffed -a
by the' majority of the ' people the
amendment striding out the provisldn
f or- publlcltjr before as - well as after
elections, of which Aldrich's man Fri
day, Burrows of Michigan, made1 this
extraordinary explanation: "If we were
to i give out the lists of contributors
prior to an election, It would mean that
unscrupulous newspapers and - persons
would take advantage of the informa
tion thus disclosed and proceed to de
nounce the candidate on the strength
of the character of the contributions
made to his campaign', v ,
And all else that is left of the pro
gram, for the sake ot; which the admin
istration' aeciared'It, madVthe Aldrich
Cannon deal, la the socalled, railroad
bill, amending the Interstate commerce
law." --; i'--.- -';: '..v- ,'-.-; '-;
;-" In Its present form this measure rep
resents perhaps the finest achievement
of the progressive Republicans during
the present session In purifying the
bill ; of Us various ' provisions while
retaining its meritorious features. It
was ripped to bits,., "Jokers" were elim
inated by wholesale. Entire sections
the cornered railroad congressmen who
favored the original Wlckersham draft
solely , on account of those "snakes''
which would ' have exempted railroads
from the anti-trust laws, legalized, every
past oliense and sanctioned future in
tolerable discrimination by crippling the
interstate commerce commission. . ,
Inese have been killed, and the bill
passed the house with every insurgent
and 14 Democrats lined up solidly for
the measure in its present form,
But the "snakes",.' were dead. And In
view of Mr. Taft's cheerful Passaic as
surance that the measure had, not been
altered in any vital way, we can merely
echo the comment of the Springfield Re
publican:' "President Taft is. certainly an opti
mist: His speech at Passaic on the con
dition of the administration's, railroad
bill in congress shows this more strik
ingly than anything he ever said or did
before. He does not find the measure
seriously damaged, even though most
of its important sections - have been
knocked out either , in the senate or
house. This Is almost equivalent to the
reputed saying of Noah after 40 days
In ' the ark: . Tt was not much of a
shower, after all.' "
' We are glad of the serenity of mind
of our good humored president. In a
way It is gratifying to know that he
has no fixed notions and is quite willing
td accept anything that 1 congress wtU
give him, provided the label that pleases
him be retained.
For no one has ill will, for Mr, Taft,
and his present placid attitude will en
able all to acquit him of conscious re
sponsibility for past or future iniquities
foisted upon; him tfy the forgers of
"Jokers" and the fathers of "snakiaM '
He was candid and straightforward In
his Passaic speech, and he argued logi
cally and earnestly in , praise of the
good features of the several bills pre
served by the efforts of the progressive
Republicans In congress. He Is not on
scious Of his debt to the insurgent, but
for whom bills . would have Bullied
through that would hava disgraced this
administration and wrecked the party.
But that lack of perception doubtless
is the fault of the head and not of the
heart. ' ''
-Introduction of tne Hat
f about 184(1, The high cost -of beaver
at length brought out the improvement
of silk hats to such an extent that the
beaver was entirely superseded, and the
fabrication of silk hats brought to great
perfection. ' -
With the course of fashion hats have
undergone a great variety of changes
of hape. The Puritan adopted the
steeple hat, the Cavalier a lower and
broader crown; the Quaker hat, low In
the crown with a broad ibrlm, dates
from the origin of the sect at the mid
dle of the 17th century. ,v ., .
The Hungarian patriot Kossuth In
troduced into the United States the soft
felt hat. Straw hats began to be worn
in America about 1800, tha first Impor
tations being of the palm leaf variety.
The history of hat making in . the
United States dates back to very early
Colonial days. In 1662 the assembly
of Virginia enacted a law offering ten
pounds of tobacco for every good wool
or-fur hat made in tne colony. Dela
ware, in 1763, offered a prize of 40
Shillings, fnr the neatest and best hat
manufactured In the lower counties.
Soon after the close of the Revolution
the manufacture of hats had become" of
great importance In Pennsylvania, and
from that time the Industry has 'con-miubd-ta-XIaurUh
' , , , ,
-The silk hat, now universally known
as an article of dress, is of compara
tively ' modern use.' It' was known In
Florence ver-': century '.ago, but its
manufacture Was not' Introduced Into
France till about, lo2S, and its develop
ment has taken placs entirely slnee that
time.
ill
NOTi-KU vi-w of tl.e houseclean-
; Jut? pn.hl,-"-, i . t forth in the
fouowli: article by a woman who
u. kj lives In the country and knows
what It means to clean house
without the modern conveniences of the
city..
When you think about, cleaning house
there are two things you must take In
to consideration, yourself and the house,
to say nothing of your family, and al
ways remember that you are of much,
more importance than- any house As .
rto your family, their Interests and yours
are me same. '-...'
To all housekeepers I would say:
Give yourself first consideration. Do
not overtax your strength. Don't take
down all your etoves.a Don't let things
get too dirty but keep as clean as you
Ij-easonably can. Don't clean things that
are not .dirty. Don't forget to keep the
premises sanitary even if you cannot
keep them looking spick and 'span. Don't
go to extremes in any direction but just
do the best you can. , - , -
Do it with as little fuss as you can.
Do a little at a time. Choose fine,
bright days. If you do It yourself,
do one room at a time. If you hire it
ut'uq, leave una i win umuiiuiitfu unill
all the rest of the house is set to
rights. ,
' Now as to the house,- it all depends
on what kind of a house you have.
If it is a. well built one, so that there
are no cracks . anywhere, - if - all your
walls are sealed and painted' or plas
tered and calcimine d, all your wood
work -painted or varnished, " all your
floors smooth and oiled or painted, if
you have plenty of closet and store
room so that everything can be kept
neatly in place all the time, your house
cleaning will be comparatively easy.
But if your house Is none of these
things and if your health Is none of
yie best,' you have a difficult problem
before you; one W no one but your
self can do much towards solving.
. My most earnest advice is, avoid wall
paper, especially In the kitchen and liv
ing room. Where several layers of
paper are already on the walls, put on
no - more until you have removed all
of the old paper. Bough,, discolored
floors and unfinished chambers are dif
ficult 'to contend, with and ehould be
remedied as, soon as possible. : Every
thing, that you do, keep the future in
mind and as far aa possible have your
keep clean. - .
To Be Observed When Cleaning.
Ir IS AN unwise woman who per-,
forms the many . different tasks of
spring cleaning without protecting
her hands and he hair, for the best
kept nails wtir aprar unkempt after,
a icw uj ui cleaning wooien garments
and household articles, that have been
used through the winter, while the scalp
will be unfavorably affected by tha duat
and "lint that such cleaning entails. 11 "
To proteot thehands a pair, ot Old,
heavy men's gloves, -'arge enough to per
mit of the free use of the hands, should
be worn during the house . cleaning
period. Should the gloves be soiled in
side, as sometimes happens,, they must
be Cleaned by dipping Into gasoline. The
kid may be streaked on the outside
from such a bath, but soil within will
have been removed. Care must be tak
en that the fluid is kept from heat dur
ing this cleaning.-, ,.-.'-, ,t.'; r, v, ;
Another1 point to be 'particular about
with the gloves la that one's own hands
shall be clean before putting them on.
for once the fingers are grimy, the
moisture which the kid generates quick
ly takes off the soil, so that when the
gloves are again put on the hands be
come soiled. , ,, - ; . - ,
If there arj no men's gloves some
made of drilling, such as are worn com
monly ,;. by - truckmen, can be bought
cheaply.1 These gloven wash and wear
a long time. ',r.'.,.,.-:K.'t.v-v--'ii-.-v
- To protect the hair and scalo a cloth
or cap should be fastened around the .
head so all 4he hair is covered. This
Is a trifling precaution, and saves a
crisp, dry look that may take weeks to
remove. .. :
t It
Filet Do Sole.."'
FILET DE SOLE looks rather formid.
able when seen' on the menu of a",
fashionable resteurant but it Is only
flounder, after all. -Bone and skin two
pounds of flounder and boil In water
with salt, cayenne, a small onion, a bit
of celery and a half carrot Boil a few
minutes only, then dratn and place 'In
to a long earthenware baking dish. Lay
cooked mushrooms . and some strained
tomatoes around it cover with cracker
crumbs and put on several pieces of but
ter. Bake in an oven 20 minutes, ' ,
Rothe Gritse. ,
This is a German , dish which the
faml'y will enjoy, Tj qne quart of red
raspberries and one quart of , red cur-
rants add two cups of water and boll.
When, done strain and add one and . a
half cups sugar.' Let this come to a ,
boll and add fv,ar i-icant -tablespoons
Cornstarch dissolved In cold water; let
it boll until thick,- remove from the
fire and put Into molds. Serve cold with
rich cream.
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Buying the Wedding Ring.
10'BUY the wedding ring on Monday
I - means a bustling life, full of ex-
cltement, , ,
On Tuesday an easy, life, contented
a ft rl JtAa .. . ,. ...
..On Wednesday, a partner gay and fond -Of
pleasure. - - -
"On Thursday you will gain whatever ,
you wish.' '
On Friday you will sow with toll, but
reap a good harvest. -;
And if purchased on Saturday you '
will always have cause to rejoice.
Cnntrihiir(l tn Th A Jnilrhal li Um.
th fainuus kaoiuii poet. 111a proBt-poeia ire"'
rpfrulftr f,ktnra at this minimi in Ih. Ikll-
JOUNjlll.) - i-..:-. ,. . -'
Some davs are dark nnft mmir
pruney, and all the world seems going
loony, and luck is off its base; and
every little job you tackle just starts off
wrong, and makes vou rnrWn tin mo.
words fill the place. All day your evil
fortune lingers; you stub your toes and
iiiBBii juur iiiijjer, run Buyers in your
brow: and - When vou unit vni
labors you are so mad you whip your
neignoors, ana poison some one s cow,
I've had such days, and I discovered
that evil forYtiriA O'er mil ,lim,.
long as I stayed mad; but always it got ,
up and dusted,, its little dark blue graft
was busted, when J looked bright and
glad: When Old Bad Ltfck comes snoop-'
in g round me. and tries to pester and
confound me, I give my face a jerk,
and spring a smile of seven acres, and
Call Find T.nclf ti w,ipc nf .
buckle down to .work. , Bad Luck" will
linger If you curse It or take It in your
nun iiu nuise ii, ana soak It with
your tears; but if ir sees you lansrh
twin travel, and 1unt V
, , : ' i inn
ing gravel, for forty-seven years!. -
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