THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL'. PORTLAND. -TUESDAY 'EVENING, JULY ' 25 1910.
THE JOURNAL
----AX INnKPKNPKNT- KEWSPAPKlL,..
CTSr J a rK son .,....,. .
runtied ctoTT pTinl8 (except SmxInyV
orrrr fc.iniinv morning atTh. Journal P0''"
(iig, Kifth n ViBhitl trW, Portland, Or.
FjitPrr-rt lit ti rwtnfflce at PortUnil. Or., rr
IrimnuifcHlon through the nwlto i . rconU-cWM
matter. . ' ... . ,.,- 1
TELEPHONES Main 7173; Hom, A-WM-All
depart mmu ivnohrd tvr'theae number
; Trll the operator what department you want.
. I OREIOV ADVERTISING BEPRE8ENTATIVB,
. rVnJaroln hentiior Co., Biinun lelf Butlrtlng.
Vlfth rmw, w Vorkt WU7-M, fof.
. fiullilins, Chlcapo. - f -'-' .- . '
f.iilTlpttn Term hr mail or t any address
. In tbr (jolted. Stttrs, Canada or Mexico! , j
One year........ $5.00 On, wtli,.,:.f "
... ., ' KtNPAY. - ' - : y'-'
One rear. .
fJ.BO I Ope month. .V '.'.. .2
PAtLT AND 8UNPAT." . - ;
. Y...S7.a ! One month. .";.. .$
One j-ear.
1
The wanly part Is to do with
might and main what you can
do. Ralph niliw linerson.
SHALL PORTLAXH DEFY VSCLE
IT IS SUGGESTED that perhaps If
Portland would take the - matter
". Into Its. own hands and go ahead
. ' and close- the bridge draws-morn-.
Ing and' evening when nine tenths of
the people of the J city-want them
dosed, such action might stand and
be tacitly accepted by the federal au
thorities. ' There Is ; an; Impression
that as a matter of tact the war de
partment hasn't as much authority to
1 withstand the will and need of a
; large city in such; a case as It as
sumes and as It has generally .been
conceded to have. Chicago, accord
ing to some reports, underwent a
similar, experience, 'and not beln g
able to get the consent of the war
; department ,;! to close the draws,
passed an ordinance to close them t
certain hours nevertheless, and the
federal authorities have been looking
the other way and saying nothing
ever since,1" Perhaps that will be the
, best course for Portland to pursue,
though the matter needs deliberate
consideration. . , ,
- The unwinders of ' red tape at
Washington are tot the proper per
sons to decide this matter It ia al
most altogether a local question As
to Bhfpplng Interests, ocean and river
vessels, Portland, ; If . given a free
rein, is not going to do anything to
rerlously Injure or handicap them.
Th Is is a river port and a seaport,
and the value and necessity of - the
freest possible use of the river and
harbor are fully understood by the
, people: and the officials of Portland,
They need ..no i Instruction, on , that
score from the government engineers.
But there are, tens of thousands of
people who must cross the, river , by
the bridges dally to be. considered,
nd 4 these ; people 'the government
, officials -appear to regard as an; al
most negligible factor. f To these of
fleers a vessel with a score of peo
pie and a tew tons of freight' is of
; greater Importance than 10,000 bus
iness-anf working people who 'must
i cross the river.! The boat could wait
J a little,' or advance fts-movements a
little, with' not one hundredth part
' the annoyance and damage caused
by delaying these thousands of peo
ple. - The government magnifies the
small 'side of the issue into the larger
side and appears to.become Imper
vious to reason.
Some concessions, however, have
been obtained a partial closing of
the draws in the morning; but there
tshould be a closed period In the eve-;
nlng also. ' This would accommodate
many people much; not to have such
a dosed period accommodates only
a few people, comparatively. Most
.... . river steamers at least-could change
. their schedules a little' without in
' currlng any appreciable loss or in
Jury, Portland must keep up the
fight, and .possibly the test way is
to go ahead and do - as ' we - please i
and see what Uncle Sam would do
pbout it. He would scarcely 6end a )
fleet of cruisers here to bombard
the town." Vjl ). .- '- -".-' i 1-,;H
A UNIQUE TAX SYSTEM
AWHILE ago The Journal com
mented on the eystem of taxa
tion in Vancouver, B. C.,4 fol
lowing far the single tax prin
ciple so ably advocated by the late
; Henry George, but another Canadian
r.ily. Edmonton, capital of the prov
ince of Alberta and 1000 miles
northwest of Winnipeg, has a dif
ferent and a unique tax, system, ac
cording to an article in the World's
. Work. - '
- Improvements land are not
"taxed at'all. A Vacant lot worth
$50,000 is taxed at that sum;. an ad
joining Jot of equal value but with
$50,000 hullding an. itis taxed just
: the same as the other lot But taxes
'- are' not confined to land. There are
'four 'forms of taxation on land.
. business, income and franchises. But
the last is not employed, for the
, franchises are all pwned by the city.
The people up there see no reason
for giving large profits to private
corporations when the profits can
be distributed among themselves.
, ; The Income tax is simple. On the
first , $1000 nothing is paid; each
additional thousand of Income-must
pay at . the regular tax ratelast
year It was $1.45 on each $100. Busi
ness Is taxed nojt upon gales or prof
its, but upon floor space Used. The
assessor fixes a rate per square foot
of each building Used "Tor business
purposes, and then ' fixes a varying
valuation for each kind of business,
yanging from '25 cents per square
foot for a florist, for Instance, to
, $7-50 per square foot for a .banker.
- He takes no account of the cbarac-
ir thr cost. , It i fetncMy an occu
Ht(on and , never an- improvement
tx. A Ivoardlng bouse last, year was
.i"pd HO fonts a square foot, a
ltokl $1, f.a ice. cream parlor and a
millinery store . $2, an undertaker
$2.50. a piano store $3, a drug store
$4, and so on. : A lower floor Is as
sessed higher, than an upper floor.
Land Is assessed at its actual cash
value, regard being had ' to Its sit
nation' and' the purpose for which it
could be' used. ;-. The tax on land,
says the secretary of the board of
trade, "discourages the buying and
holding of unimproved land for spec
ulative purposes. On the other hand.
there Is every Inducement to im
prove, and to improve well, for a
very valuable improvement pays no
more taexs than one of nominal val
ue neither pays any." ...
;' 'Ml) women over ". 2 h- and. owning
property can vote. : In matters; of
bond ' issues, certain "burgesses,"
banks' and , other corporations,1 .can
vote; ; in ' addition to . the J? personal
votes. In certain cases a person may
cast a vote in each ward in which
he owns property. Besides, in, money
raising matters, a voter who owns
property w,orth over $2000 has two
votes; over $5000, three votes; over
$8000,; four votes.;
- The other features of this unique
system of taxation might tot be
adaptable for American .cities, but
the land tax,- exempting ; improve
ments, is likely to come into.yogue
in this country more and more. .
THE STATE PRESS ON. THE AS
SEMBLY '
T
HE JOURNAL has been printing
and will continue to print from
day to day expressions of opin
ion of Oregon newspapers on
the assembly and its ticket, and from
these comments it is evident that a"
large majority of; the Republican
and independent newspapers of Ore
gon whose proprietors and ;; editors
are in almost all cases men who us
ually and,, for the most part vote for
Republicans for office, are opposed
to the assembly method, feel under
no obligations whatever to support
the assembly ticket and will oppose
part of It, at-least, at the primaries
and at the November election If the
nominees should win in the pri
maries. . ......
. Thus .The Dalles Chronicle, after
showing that the delegates to the as
sembly were not In the least repre
sentative of Wasco county Republi
cans, says Kepubiicans are in no
wise bound by the action of the as
sembly, that "the assembly should be
Ignored altogether and the bosses re
pudiated."
The Corvall Is Gazette-Times, an
other paper with Republican lean
ings, says that portions of the ticket
are "a gagging matter"; that the
Multnomah delegation was "fixed,"
and that the head of the ticket can
not win at the polls.
Similar - expressions are numerous
and outspoken in the state press, all
the way from Wallowa i to Curry,
from Malheur to Clatsop.- "And most
of them come from Republican or
near Republican newspapers. .Those
that, support, theassemblyand the
ticket could very nearly betcountea
on the fingers of one's two. hands.
.The etate press undoubtedly; rep
resents and voices pretty fairly the
prevailing sentiment of the people
of Oregon. , If so, more than three
fourths of the people, and more than
half the Republicans of the Btate,
are positively opposed to the assem
bly scheme, and do not regard ts
ticket with favor. Was this the way
to unify and harmonize the Republi
can party? .'''.-- '
NEEDLESS NOISES
THE CRUSADE against needless
city, noises is gaining ground In
-many cities,' especially in -New
York. , As an instance, an or
dinance' was recently passed there
and approved by the health commis
sioner providing that all boats oper
ated by gasoline or similar fuel shall
have mufflers; on their -discharge
pipes, because the chugging of nu
merous motor boats, kept many peo
ple awake. - ..&;;:-,
Unnecessary noises of automobiles
are under discussion In several cities,
and will soon be the subject of re
strictive ordinances. It Is probably
not an exaggeration to affirm that
the night's rest and sleep of millions
of people, many of them ill or ner
vous, are disturbed and shortened by
unnecessary noises of automobiles
driven by thoughtless , chauffeurs.
Automobiles have become a neces
sity, real ;or Jmagined, at night as
well as in the daytime, hut it is the
duty of city authorities to see that
theyare run at night with as little
noise as is compatible with " safety.
Some automobillsts permit the en
ginery to chug and sputter, and ex
pel explosive and startling noises at
all times of night, throughput resi
dence districts; and some of the
drivers seem to' make all the noise
possible, bdbause, presumably,; they
like it; but people in beds don't. ,;
Neither are prolonged, raucous
shrleklngs of whistles, . whether of
automobiles, mills, engines or steam
boats, necessary. These In the hus
tling daytime, flUed with multitu
dinous sounds, are negligible, hut
late at night or early in the morn
ing they become to. a great , many
people a nuisance, an aggravation, an
affliction, a .lessener of happiness
and a shortener of human life.
Madrlz, and other troublesome lit
tle upstarts In the small, febrile Lat
in American states, might do well
to read ' carefully : the amplification
of the Monroe doctrine officially pro
mulgated by Roosevelt while .presi
dent, as follows: ' , . r
- If a nation shows that it knoVg how
to act with reasonable efficiency and
t-j iu BoriHi aim political mailers,
if it keeps order and pays its obliga
tions, It need fear no interference from
the I'nited States. Chronic wrongdoing,
or an Impotence which results in a gen
eral lessening of the ties of civilized
society, may. In America, as elsewhere.
Ultimately require'interventlon by some
rlvillxH nation. nd in th -Weslern 1
hemtsphers the dheremce of the United
States to the Monroe doctrine may
force' the United States, however re
luctantly. In ; flagrant cases of, euch
wrongdoing' or lmpotertce ,to the excr
rise or. n -international ponce puwr.
We would interfere with them only in .
the laat resort, and then only if ;-; tt
became evident that their inability or
unwllltngrneas te do justice at nome and 1
abroad had violated the rlRhta of the j
United States or bad Invited foreign
aprgresnlon, to the detriment of the en-,
tire body of American nations.
AMmiCH AM) RITBTiER
S'
ENATOR BRISTOW in a recent
speech showed that Senator
Aldrlch deliberately manipu
lated the rubber schedule in the
tariff bill and raised the. duty as
he did the cotton goods schedule and
others not only In the interest of
the rubber. trusC his friends and the
people he serves, but to enhance the
value of his own investments.' This
gocsjbeyond tthe service" of " special
interests in which a congressman has
no .personal, pecuniary interest; . It
is official scoundrelism of about 'the
worst type. ' . ' '
The duty on manufactured rubber
under the Dingley law, was' 36 per
cent; Aldfich; raised it to 35 per
cent; so as to give the rubber trust
greater profits and ,; to , plunder all
consumers of rubber; Zand, Aldrlch"
has large personal investments j In ;
rubber manufacture. . As 6opn as the j
duty was raised, a more compact and,
monopolistic r rubber . combine V was
formed, , the : price of rubber was
raised, and in that organization both
Senator Aldrlch and his son are in
vestors and directors. Aldrlch used
his, power, acted in his representa
tive capacity, in the interest of his
craving pocketbook.and against the
interests of 8 0,000,000i people. Pen
rose,. Guggenheim, Burrows, Dick,
Crane, Galllnger and several other
senators are of the same class. ; Is
It these leaders to whom the recent
Oregon assembly ' "pointed - with
pride';? ' , . , ,
Aldrlch, has 25,000 shares in the
rubber trust; to enhance their value
he used his office, his power, his
ability and skill, to rob everybody
pwho uses rubber, from rich men who
buy automobile tires to teething ba
bies of poor workingmen. t And a
lot of other senators and represen
tatlves do the same thing on va
rious schedules at every opportunity.
: Is this the sacred "principle" that
it is so important to maintain?; The
Oregon ; representatives,; of . course,
lined themselves up with' the rub
ber trust and, the other trusts, and
against the people Jthey mlsrepre-
sent. ' r .': ;r-T--
CUMHINS SPEAKS OUT
S'
ENATOR CUMMINS in a Chau
tauqua speech' in Kansas, as
serted that the railroad, regula
tion bill, as it came from Wick-
ersham, and as Aldrlch and Cannon
demanded its .passage ;"was directly
In the interest of the railroads and
not in the Interest of the people of
the country," also that it was "a di
rect repudiation 'of the Republican
party platform of X 9 0 8." This, or
at least the first assertion, is un
doubtedly true. Excep; for the in
surgents and Democrats,' the people
would have been outrageously bun-,
koed. . Yet Ellis and Hawley were
for the Wlckersham hill, and to it
and them the late assembly "pointed
with pride." . ; . '.
Cummins further said: "Cannon
and Aldrlch and men of their .class
seem tb think the Republican party
was .formed to. make ..men rich, ill
think it was born to make men free.
They , think it was born to make men
millionaires;. I believe It was. born
to drive misery out of this country."
Hawley and Ellis hold to the Cannon-
Aldrlch view.1; Do the Republicans
of Oregon, agree with them, or with
Cummins? ., Which conception of the
Republican party was it, it, any at
all, that the assemblyites had when
they "pointed with pride"? ;
w Cummins continued. "I .was born
and always have been a Republican,
but I cannot and will not follow the
leadership of.a traitor to his-party
and the people. I am a recruiting
qfficer for the army that will de
stroy the ik political ; leadership of
Speaker Cannon and Senator Aid
rich." And he. went on in detail to
show how these leaders had' worked
incessantly for a quarter of a century,
for the railroads and against the
people. Yet Oregon's ;' representa
tives follow AWrich an(j Cannon ser
vilely, and. to them the assemblyites
"point with pride."
. Commenting on the recent Assem
bly, the Astorlan says: ."The vital
object attained, to our' thinking, is
the unification of the party; the re
adjustment oi - its ; differences, and
the erection of a newer and sounder
predicate for future action and com
prehensive success." Does the Astor
lan really imagine tnat the party has
been unified? Then why are half or
thereabouts of the 'Republicans de
termined hot to tote the assembly
ticket? Or are they to be regarded
as Insurgents, and not Republicans
any more? , '
l x., .-'-i
The ."Interest" press mendaciously
represents tnat tne progressive lie
publicans and Republican conserva
t'.onlsts are "trying tb discredit
Taft," that they have a malignant
spite - against -the - president, - which
prompts all their political speech and
action. This is too absurd to deserve
much' -. notice. V ' All these men t are
friendly to Taft, and have supported
him cordlally-and loyally in whatever
measures were for the general wel
fare aa against snep.lal interests. Thov
hnv'a rlonnnnnprl tho tariff law thov
woulcTnot stand for the Wlckersham
railroad' bill, they have- demanded
some Robseveltian measures of con
servation, they have Insisted on giv
ing the masses of the people true
service;' If In this they have .been
obliged to oppose the president at
some points, it does not follow that
they are trying to defeat or discredit
him; He means to do the best he
'j M h f vave
can- P"151' l?eb9 mejxx Df
responsiouiues or ineir own to ine
people, not to hlm '
.High Praise for Portland.
Philadelphia. July 21 To th Edi
tor of The Journal Tor nearly a year
now 1 have been in .Philadelphia, and
have fully Intended before this to send
to your paper a message of congratu
lation to Portland on Us advanced grade
of civilization and general excellence
as a city when compared with thelarge
cities of the east,;"-,.-.:.-:,'.:-;:.".'' -;
'We who know and love Portland are
convinced . that . there ia nothing- to be
said by any other city when the ques
tions of climate, water and scenery are
discussed. With great modesty, , how
ever, wo have always been willing to
Concede that naturally W could not ex
pect to pe ia the forefront ranks of the
largo cities, owing t4 the distance from
the ; great commercial and . Intellectual
center of our country, so that in com
ing east for the educational advantages
the large colleges offer to my daughters
r-felt that they, were also to' bave the
benefit of seeing" the very highest type
of modern, ity life; .;;,. : '. i
From the. time wo left Seattle, which
must be placed in the same class as
Portland in many of . lta progressive
features, I began to open my eyes with
stfrprlse at the general lack of "up-to-dateness",
of the, eastern cities. The
streets of Minneapolis are, lighted with
pale gas lamps so many years discarded
by Portland. The homes of St ( Paul
are lighted in the same manner, with
out electricity to be seen ', anywhere
except on a few main business streets.
In Philadelphia ; I have gazed in
amazement at the; stands of all sorts
of food without covering of any kind
in, the streets of the city.. 1 believe
that the people of Portland have great
reason to congratulate themselves, and
to take off their hats to Mrs. Evans
for her work as market Inspector in
that city.- It Is little less than shock
ing to see these foods exposed to the
dust and dirt of the street, and bought
continually by the children, and by
grown people, too,; In this condition.
This is only one item of thi very many
which . I have noted with surprise as
being so far behind our own conception
of modern ? civic methods In Portland,
Some of the Btreetcara in this city
compare very favorably with those dis
carded by us 2r years ago. . In this
connection. I have also been made in
dignant at the fact that no provision
whatever is made for the transporta
tion 1 of school . children on the
streetcars at & ' "reduced rate.
Any" child attending school who finds
it necessary to transfer from one street
car line to another must buy an eight
cent exchange, thus paying 16 cents a
day carfare while attending school.
There is only one girls' high school in
the city of Philadelphia, that is one in
which the regular classical course Is
taught There is a good commercial
high schpol which has a domeslct sci
ence department but the general high
school for girls, is located in the center
, of this Immense city, and you can eas
ily" see how this rate of carfare works
a hardship to thoso living on the out-
BKirts of the city.
To bo sure Philadelphia is a city full
of historical interest, and one can spend
days visiting the points where revolu
tionary and early colonial history, was
made, but Judging by- some of the cus
toms of the city and the-lack of modern
conveniences in the homes, one would
imagine the city waji ynder the Impres
sion that It was sUlf living tn that age.
The weather hereHs hot,, humid and
sticky and the peart of the absent
Portlander yearns for the cool refresh
ing, evening breezes po gratefully, en
joyed all through the glorious summer
weather, as it also yearns for the rosas
nowhere else to . be found comparable
with those of Portland. , ,
- I am in Philadelphia for my own con
venience and do not wish to be un
fair but at least I may say that so far
as may -be seen Portland need not to
fear comparison with any Of the large
cities of tha country so far as keeping
abreast of the time is concerned. Port
land's large department stores : cannot
bo equaled in any city of twice its size
in the east, nor in fact any city outside
,of.the three or four largest nor -are
the hotels and restaurants of Portland
put to shame by comparison with those
oi eastern cities.
I do not wish to be understood to
say that I have seen nothing in the east
that. Is not in advance of our Portland
institutions; but I do mean that I have
seen much more that is far beHin t,m
And excepting only Jn Chicago nowhers
have 1 seen the same wide awa i ap
neas that characterises the cities of the
wiiiu luaat. bo witn loyal heart 1
f uni xorever. " E. J. C.
Tainted News.
. on., July 24. To the Edi
tor of The-Journal. Has the Oregonian
gone money-mad. that it should accept
and publish at so much per line so wUd
an article in its issue of today (Sun
day tjuuif omlnsr f rom -H hHbm rr,.j
gonlan News bureau at Washington up
on Glfford Pinchot and the Insurgents
This article charge that the insur
gents and iPnchot are maintaining .
press bureau- Does the Oregonian think
that its average readers are a a fi.
It is plain that this article doesinot come
" uciea t-ress. Moreover
It 19 a hundred to one shot that its al
leged representative. Harrv R.
wrote it, while the Oregonian publishes
it . Without-his name, in an . Insane at
tempt to befuddle the casual reader.
; Either the Oregonlaa must hav been
well paid to publish this screed, or else
persons intimately associated with the
Oregonian must b pecuniarily int
ed in the Cunningham and Oreen groups'
y v.voi tiauua ill AiaSKO.
Furthermore, '. who is -paying- Harry
B. Brown. for sucb desperately' insane,
as well as tainted news? Not the Ore
gonian. THE LOOKOUT.
Portland Architecture.
Portland,? Or., July 20.-Ato the Edi
tor of The Journal. I read with a good
deal of surprise .an article in the Sun
day Oregonian of July 17. exnreain
tHarry-Adams'; opinion. -Of the, medium
Tpriced homes in Portland. Mr.
certainty stated a fact when ha said,
"the cheap homes of Portland look more
expensive than. In almost any other lo
cation." There are several reasons for
this-self evident when one looks Into
the mattery; Tb -thief - one -Is that the
Portlanders are a homo loving .people,
and spend time, and 'thought on their
homes whether they are inexpensive or
costly-; "Portland, a ;beaiitlful : home
town.": Is what , one hears everywhere.
What surprised me was , Mr. Adams'
somewhat illogical attack on the bunga
low, .-v I am afraid Mr. Adams is rather
1 like , the . old
insiijjneariUJBhcli,
Baptist thinking that whoever Is not
la Los Angeles, my -home, town, as
well as Mr. Adams', there are many
styles'-of architecture the hu"galow
type being,. I think, in the majority. In
the article Teferred to, the sentence: "In
my ewn city, Los Angeles, the bungalow
j Letters Fromtlic People . J
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Thousands should register this, week.
'
i Nobody is betting on who will be
the-next governor or Oregon. r
Yearly the famo of Portland as the
finest convention city grows.
!
But nobody has been reallv nominated
yet, and won't be till September.
More people than Wpn before Jn one
season will come to Oregon this fall. :
Bryan seems determined that Ne.
braska shall not remain .Democratic.
. . ....
Is the S. P. srolntr to be allowed to
use Fourth street foreer for nothing?
. s ......
It Is reported that, norne of 'the va
cationers are very tired, and homesick.
Zeppelin Is the Job of aviators.' But
he doesn't wall about his troubles a4
Job did. . ,
. .. -
Mayor fin'vnor has rinsed seven sa
loons in New York.. ' Rut l:her nre a
few loft . ,'
"Now pllotlnr for balloons , and' aero
planes is bncomlng a proff;sslon--.a new
sort of sky pilots. .-. . .
The poor Democrats are abused be
cause a lot of Republicans sometimes
vote the tame way. j ,' ' ;
An aatnnlKhlnB rnnn Tlnnstf Tie
has peen proving lately that he Could
keep still, after all. -
Eastern neonle who sneml Rom sum
mer days and nights in 1 Oregon, (al
ways want to come back, ,
' ' - ';; ,.;;.; r-.;..-.- ?'. ;.';;.
Every summer, ; and especially every
summer :' Sunday, shows that a good
many-, people ere born to bo drowned.
r::: . - ...... V . ,:r V.:;.V,;
fiomrt nennlft ran h rnther rnm.
fortable and happy especially if thev
uve in Fortiana without going orr on
a vacation. -
Here it Is aEaln: a lov s veari old
was out hunting with a rifle and killed
himself.- Pome people i should neve?
have any children.
... -,
A pin dropping on ra feather bolster
would make a loud noise compared to
that being made these days by Roose
velt at Oyster, Bay, ; , ; ,
The Republican party, like every oth
er live thing, cannot stand - pat and
live; it must move on and vup or be
run over ana crushed "xout of ' exist
ence. . ,
A Seattle man, Intent on self-destruc
tion, went out into the woods armed
with dynamite, carbolic add and chlo
roform. . But the dynamite proved suf
ficient. ' . ..
Th Boston Herald savs Oresron "bids
fair to become a horrlb'o example,' et
The Herald seems to be the - horrible
example" owes $2,000,000 and is in a
receiver's hands. ,. - : .-
Voters of Oreeon who.' If thev were
given the opportunity, would vote for
Cannon and Aldrlch, rather than for
Dolllver and Murdock, will conplstently
vote, lor Hawley ana Kins. .
The president. appointed a negro col
lector or tits ."port ' ,, ex (ieorgetown,
I). , C. There are a good many negro
voters in Ohio,- where -"the party", is in
terror over the prospect of . defeat -
, ,- . . . ,; , , s
The war 'depisrtment Is 'exercising "too
much arbitrary authority ln : the Inter
est of a small minority of people and
certain interests in 'the matter . of the
bridge draws. But it seems to be a
"principle ', to serve tne rew, not tne
many. ,;.: .;-; '; :,v ; .r':.
,: TnAav' la thn date of the death, In
180, of ' one of the most Interesting
f iztirM in the hlstorv of that period.
Among all the gay courtiers who crdwd-
ed . around Charles II. none was more
celebrated for - his conviviality; and 4 wit
than Jo tin vvumox, ine mart oi jw'
ter. He . early displayed remarkable
talent and was much distinguished at
n-itnrA Hail he lived in better times'.
he would probably have graced hlsvbirth;
but after making me grana tour, as
1, -a, am' fall a A Via ram. to rourt at the
early age of eighteen, there quickly tm
become the leader, or every excess.,
i. As the companions of the young arl
found, -his wit was greater at the close
of a l?ng debauch than at the beginning.
It was their amusement u mane
kim .drink rteenlv. and he himself con
fessed that for five years he was never
sober. During these umcs ne was writ
ing satires and squibs upon all around
him. and. as may be supposed, making
himself many enemies. - ' '
In one instance he handed me King
naner which Cliarles opened In tne
expectation- of finding a droll descrlp.
tlon of some ladles, but it proved to
be a witticism upon the monarcn nim-
ae1 nn another nrcBSlon he scribbled
on, Charles' bedroom door the well-known
mock epitaph; - v
"Here lies our sovereign tora me King,
u-hna. vtnrA nr. man relies An: ,
Who never says a foolish thing,. , .
Nor ever noes a wise one. . .v
Tha carl tninerl Charles in" mnnv of
his wild pranks In the streets of Lon
don. At one time ne disappeared irom
tho nurt ' Just then stories -Were circu
lated about a wpnderful physician, ne
cromancer, or Italian mounteoanK, wno
was practicing on Towers jjiiii. Those
tuhn ennmiited him were startled when
they found he disclosed secrets" which
they hoped were known to none but their
most Intimate friends- TheJlfe of' tho
court seemed to be laid bare by his won
derful powers, and nothing, was talked
of for some time, untu ine snrewaer
minds felt sure that, only Rochester's
idc,a has been very much epidemic and
the same general style prevails in all
that are built," caused me much amuse
ment In a town where the colonial
style was predominant ; would Mr.
Adams be surprised .to see the same
"general style'' shown ' In the - houses?
One, cannot build an automobile to re
semtolei a horse, yet they are used for
the same general purposes. ; V
Perhaps this gentleman's travels have
not been very extensive the towns of
the Pacific coast are comparatively new
and for the most part composed; of a
cosmopolitan ; people; naturally the
homes represent varying types of archi
tecture. .But if Mr. Adams' travels are
ever extended to the old -countries lie
will sea whole towns of the eama archi
tecture, and he, will probably lose the
provincial feeling that prompted, him to
say "all ; bungalows are built on . the
same general style,"
The 'monstrosities" are not the re
sult of the clear bungalow type they
are the mixtures seen as the result of
taking the "bungalow motif" and trying.
to mix in a lew, otner laeas, .
;; Bastard architecture Is the curse of
any - city builderrsbould be firm - In
pointing out to their patrons that the
pure style is always the most satisfy
ing in the long ruh. If you want a
colonial house, carry tha Idea through
out If one has a penchant for a Swiss
chalet, build one, but do not try to
finish It in mission " style. - The same
way if one fancies a bungalow. '. Build
t, hut, rln. not, aflrl a... fmu-Qutmn-Anna.
windows or chop several feet; off the
roof, .- . . - , " , -
The home of Mr. Foote al Forty-fifth
and Hancock is of this type -it is a bun
galow pure and simple. Beautiful to
those who like that style It would per,
haps not . appeal .to a commonplace,
inartistic person. And then again, a
NEWS IN BRIEF
5
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The vetch crop is heavy in . Linn
county. -..!. .j
. Iine county green corn ; la in the,
markut. , s
Some onions near Redmond are Vi
feet filgh. -
, A 40-acre tract sear Redmond sold
for 95000.
Mrs. Emma Wade of Bandon, is 100
years old. '
.
Now Eugene also thinks it needs a
Chautauqua. ,' '
-Medford people will organize an Bptl
fly campaign. . - ,
' A record , w Peat crop ' is being har
vested around Echo. , , .
Crops are better In Lane county than
for. several years past , ; .,
- ; -v ; ' ; T ; ; ; .
' EuRene : canhery pavs1 2 - cents a"
pound for wild blackberries.
Apple crop on mountain ranches back
of Atbena is very promising.
- .
" .Eight business 'buildings are .being
pushed to completion in Albany.
' The estimate of surplus peaches In
the city of Hoseburg ls 18 carloads. ;
Five automobiles have been purchased
Lby Merrill people-within six weeks.
A Whcelor county man has taken 154
coyote scalps in 10 months; worth $1.60
each.: 1 . 1 -
The fiscal year past showsi larger
percentage of gain ia the receipts of the
La Grande postof flee than for any pre
vious year, being $3341. or almost 25
per . cent, a-gain of one-fourth in a
year. : , ! - v:'-' ?-;
Eugene Register: Prohibition Is such
a howling success In Lane county that
seven more bootleggers are under ar
rest In Eugene. Oregonian.' And the
Eugene jail door stands open for want
of drunks or any thr undesirables to
occupy it ..'-'
Burns News: The inevitable fate
which follows the voracious grasshop
per has overtaken the plague of them
that lias visited the Warm Springs val
ley, and damaged meadows and crops
there for two years. They are now
carrying tho little red bug or parasite
which is their sure destroyer,' and they
will -.disappear. ( ,;. ;;;; .;:';''
There seems to be an Increase in the
number of vagrants in this vicinity
who riake a practice of asking for the
price of a meal when there is no need
of anyone begging, says the . Nehalen)
Enterprise. Work of all kinds is to be
had 'on the farms in the hay fields at
Very good wages, besides the camps
which are calling' for. more help all the
time. -v , . ,. - , , :.. , . .
George A. Dorrls. of Eugene." intends
to enlarge the scope of operations at his
asparagus cannery In the near future.
Besides canning asparagus,-he will nut
up green beans, corn, tomatoes and, other
vegetable, besides peaches and -many
kinds off fruits. When his plans are
fully matured he expects the, plant to
he running steadily ( from early spring
to late in the fall.
An Athena man, tells the Press, who
bought some supposedly broken mules,
finds thev require two men and a boy
to lead them-to water, and in two in
stances one, of the Missouri warblers
has- broken away and taken , itself
through a bartf-wire fence: One shows
acrobatic proclivities to the extent that
it kicked the owner on the hand, while
h was standing on Its head. At an?
other tlm it maliciously kicked his
Stetson off. ;,., ;,;,;:.;..-..:',
talent could carry on such a game, and
so it proved." At other times he was
Inimitable, as porter, olf begrgar; in
deed he- could personate any character
to perfection 1 , t ' ' -
That he had a spirit for better things,
had, he been wisely directed, is evident
from his Volunteering to Join the Earl
of Sandwich' when he went to aea ln
1065. Durlng-the engagement that fol
lowed it was necessary that a dispatch
should be carried from one ship to an
other in the very heat of the fight and
In an' open boat. Rochester, went' on
the mission at the great risk of his life;
yet the ruff lers of the court used to
taunt him with cowardice in avoiding
the duels which his satires brought upon
him. ' ir C Scrope thus wrote of him:
"Thou canst hurt no man's fame with
-;, -thy: ill--word, i-.i,...!,,,-.,., ...
Thy pen is , full as harmless as thy
sword." 1 t.' . "
vHis - constitution was - not ' strong
enough to , bear his excesses and he
early broke up. Then, convinced of his
past folly, he sent for Dr. Burnet, made
confessions of his reckless life and ne
gation of all religion, and entreated to
have his doubts about Christianity dis
pelled. K
Burnet has left a touching account
of the Unfortunate nobleman's last days.
He desired that all his wicked writings
should be destroyed and longed to undo
the evil he had done by making his deep
repentance known to all tha world.
Rochester died on July 26, 1680, at the
early age of thirty-three. ;
, July 28 Is the birthday of Henry VII,
of England (1466); George Clinton, vice
president of the United States under
Jefferson (1739): Charles Morris, the
distinguished -naval officer of the war
ot 1812 (1784) r Charles XCof ftnrjour
nallst and author (1823); William J.
F4orenco,-the-actorl31) William K.
Mirrlam, director of tho last census
(1849); and it is the date of, the death
of Thomas a' Kerapls (1471), and Sam
Houston (1863). ' . - -
great many people with very artistic
tastes -wUl - prefer entirely t different
types of homes. . But It would' be a very
sad thing Indeed If we all admired grcon
clothes and ware them continually. ": ?;
' The architects and builders of this
city are unusually clever and in some
or their later work especially show abtl.
ity surpassing that of many other cities.
Your small homes, and large ones too,
are beaotiful and are springing up ev
ery where, almost by ; magic it i would
seem. That remlnd's me of something
else I want to say about bungaloWs so
many people seem to entertain the idea'
that "bungalow" necessarily means a
small and a cheap house. , Some of the
largest and most expensive homes' in
southern CallfoVnia are of bungalow ar
chitecture. In India, the home of the
bungalow, one rarely sees a small one.
tiut It is so much better. If one can
afford only- a moderate priced home, to
nave a small house, perfect. In every
: A ! f
wlierl the 11 ..T ' W ""' great! While, the ages whirl
mnlu vlh,- J.. B2iyur Klory hall never fadel'h But hly
much value.- It shows off with such sad heart yearns for the eld.time iri
pleasing relief against the ugly square
cottages of the past - " "".
r:? think this article that I have re
ferred to sb frequently, especially the
first part of It, would be generally mis
leading to visitors and Stranfeers in the
city,: It would give them the idea that
Portlanders are very narrow In their
views and rather Ignorant and against
progress. , I have been in Portland only
th, nnnn.it. ,.T " - 1 J yu cannot rest and the golden vol
pie just trie opposite and ,tt does not . nf lh. fpm.i. .ham . i hoi - ,
.seem fair to them ,to,publlsh'..one--ina'1?f.:f4;!!
lflws as, corroborated by th -neneral
public, MARGARET g. "NELMES.
A Klamath Falls laundry has ' made
Improvements to the extent of J6000; a
mangle rost $3000.
TANGLEFOOT
By Miles Oveilolt
A POOR' EXCI SE, ETC,
"Hennery," ,ald Mrs, Peckhenlngton.
"where -were you last night until after
midnight?"
-"Why, I was at the offlee poring over
the books. Maria," meekly replied hers
for keeps.-1-. ' ; . . .
"What was you poring over them?
Beer, I suppose."
r Anj with that she landed on his lamp
and blackened his chimney before - ha
could file a protest. " ' "
THEY, TOO, WERE TICKLED.
; ."Were , the colored "-people pleased
when Johnsop won the flglit?" inquired
the sporting; writer ' of the -.' southern
gentleman, .,-
"Pleased! ? Huh!- Say, , there Is a
colored graveyard on my plaoe, and I
went out there the day after the fight
to dig a well and, by George. I un
earthed twenty grinning keletons,"'
said the southern planter.
LEFT-HANDED ONE. MAYBE.
A monkey-at the city park
Was frightened stilt when it was dark.
One night he slipped from off a bench,
And it gave that .monk a monkey
, . ; wrench. . -: ,-.v-' v. ''..; ,
'": - ' ;' V foolish. - ;;cv -.;;:
The oolllers went to work at noon. ,i -At
evening they were groggy,- '
At midnight they were down and out.
Their think-tanks, too, were foggy.
A fortune teller, sad and sore, t
Said, plaintively and meekly. ' -"Jus.
let me look 'em over, for
I can read Colliers', weakly."
"Ay there's the rub," remarked Bill
Shakespeare as -he sat ; down in the
shade and studied up a few smart say
ings, while his good wife, bent over the
washtub. , '. ' -
'ip -?. Clothes and the Man. . ; - .
"""There are only four types to which
black Is becoming; ' rogues, fat men,
undertakers, those bowed down wlth
grief or disaster. Shall we ake our
choice?" - . ! ,
With this epigrammatic text, Edmund
Russell, a man of cosmopolitan life and
training, a portrait palnler and oriental
ist holds up to ridicule the present
fashion for men In the August Good
Housekeeping . magazine. ,Here are a
few of his statements: ' ' '
"Don't own anything Mack ' but" an
evening suit and an umbrella. Pne has;
more magnetism in light Black blots
out the figure and destroys tha sense
of flesh and though one may.seem
somewhat smaller,' he also appears less
interesting. - - '" .- -'' ' ;, ,i ;: -
"It Is useless for tailors to draw
gentlemen In trousers without a crease.
It Is useless for them to supply trou
sers stretchers to efface every night all
evidence of. ever having clothed a hu
man limb during the day. '
"Don't pull up the knees of your
trousers in company -it's better, to be
baggy than fussy. .
"Our highest efforts have been in' the
direction of conformity, to the exclusion
of personal expression. Unfortunately,
after dressing like a dummy for some
j years, one begins to feel dummy act
dummy finally be dummy. -.Today,
full breathing Is -lifting the chest to
break its bonds. , '
; "1 predict that even In our time we
shall- see . the greatest exchange, both
in . men's and Women's 'clothes. If will
be. radical, not fanciful. At first It
will come through higher knowledge
of- th,e needs of llfe-thca grow to art.
personal taste, tne joy or individual
expression. j " "
"It has often been said' re .quantity
and quality that one good Suit, is bet
ter than two. poor ones. This is not
true. Two give the benefit of change.
Clothes, like human beings, need rest.
"Fashion Is really the caprice or
trade the lure to buy 'more. : , ,
."Don't confound simplicity and cheap
nesssimple effects may be Very cost
ly, butdon't, think tha costliness Is
essential to good taste when we say
cheap we usually mean crude. Very
smart ; dressing Is often inexpensive. "
- "It" is" customary to - sport a black
frock coat with pearl-gray . underpin
nings, but as light - emphasizes, it is
much . better ' to give character to- the
chest by wearing the coat light and
the trousers dark this Increases per
sonal expression and dignity, though
it if rarely done, '
"Most, men wear the coat three or
four inches too small across the chest.
' "Not long ago a pink shirt was looked
upon as a pathological absurdity, rank
ing with silver backed hairbrushes, a
man's having his nails manicured; now
every color has crept into our haber.
dasher's windows. Even ' when badly
done this Is a promising sign. ' . ,
. "The Influence, of tight .collars tn Im
peding the circulation of ., thebIood , to
the head : by pressing . on the ' Jugular
vein Is well knowrf to military surgeons
with the. troops in India; but the bad
effect of such, pressure Jn cooler cli
mates has been demonstrated by the ob
servations of Professor Forster of
Breslau, who states that 390 cases have
come under his. notice In ,whlch eye
sight has been effected by the disturb
ance of -the -circulation. -'; " -' '
"Most men . are uncomfortable In
gloves. The. dlumsy . fingers of ma-ii
do pot pinch well. . They. make. men.
awkward, solf- conscious, and are a
convehtlonality nf 'which we have -little
need. ' , ; t
''White socks' suggest thinness or
blood, cold feet or extension of under
wear. " "Spats "always look spatty, only be
come broken down .colonels with red
noses and gold headed canes. - - -.
.'"Don't wear patent leather after the
patent has expired." , ' -
(Contributed tn Th Jnnm.l h n-.it vin.nn
th. fimoUt klDSat noet. Hl nrnu.rwiAi, r
regnlar tetur of ,taU columa in Xh. Pally
I know some girls who are strong on
Art 'and they all have lofty brows; and
fhlvv nflfnk I .. , 1. n 1 ,. .. ,
pictures of pea-green cows; and
sad hrart yearns for the old-time (tirl
who dragged -of the bread shr ; made 1
one girl can talk in the ancient Greek.
and prattle of abstruse' things, and my
wnisKers curi and my ncart grows weak,
as 1 list to the lore she springs. I al
ways hand her a bte bouquet, for the
knowledge that she's displayed; but an.
ior tne -gin or an eiaer aay, wno bragged
of the bread she madet ,1 know a -darn-
selhot.j)ays.Il!jejamjan
ce
tlv
skvage breast;; but oft. ; as p she - opens
her face and ahrjeks,' some song of the
highest graae.: i tnmK of the b r with
the freckled cheeks, who bragged of the
hrrad Klin marie.! , .
UopTrlghl. Win, by
(iHrf Matthew Adam.
Some of tKc Gjrh