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OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. FRIDAY EVENING, . NOVEMBER 4, 1310.
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(it jear $3.00 I One month........ .60
SUNDAY.. '.. . ,
One rear , r.l'-.30 ( One month. .1 .55
DAILY AND 8CXDAY. : ,
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il 1 1 15 WATER MAlX AMENDMENT
V If OW NEW -water mains shall be
TJ paid, for Is a question that con
P 3 cern3 every taxpayer of the city
or rortiana. mtTW is uaugsi
that many voters, because not under
standing its effect, -will be led to
support an amendment to chango
the method of payment," to be -voted
on next Tuesday; .
; By this amendment tho cost' of all
future bonds for the Bull Run pipe
line and reservoirs would be shifted
to the water consumer. This burden
is now borne by general taxation a'nd
" should remain there, because this Is
an Improvement of transcendent ben
eflt and adds value to all the propi
crty of the city. . , , , v t . 1
Under (his amendment unim
proved property would bear none of
the cost of water mains, but holders
of such property would be prompt to
advance the price or tneir noiamgs
as soon as mains were constructed In
front of their property. The man
who buys the lot from, the- specular
i in . in. i n .n.i
tor win V-J uii lucicjiacu tum nun
then pay for the main over again
.from the water rates.- -.
The . proposed . change would , not
be for the benefit of the poor, man
la the", newer jectlonsT of the city,
as might at first glance be supposed.
Buch consumers would be called on,
nqt ony. Jo pay their share from the
water fund, but would keep on pay
ing as other extensions are made In
ever-growing greater Portland, and
would be made to- pay the greater
part of the cost of big fire ; protec
tion mains In the business district.
. Meantime, , be It remembered, the
water consumer would in all prob
ability be paying increased' rates be
cause of the new burdens, thrown
upon the water fund and he would
also be paying the Interest on ohe
bonds proposed Jo be Issued to pay
for new mains and redeemed from
the water fund, , '
The amendment would entrust to
the "judgment of .the waterboard?
the 'discretionary power to lay mains
la new dlstrlcts'wheh it believes the
revenue would equal .6 ' per cent M
the original cost .This provision' is
elastic and , it might easily be abffsed
, to favor certain property owners and
certain . districts. ' -
Tho present law' on water main
payments is good. The most of the
cost; should be borne by abutting
property and the remainder distrib
uted to general taxation or the wa
ter fund. As the law stands,Lpart
.of the cost of any main, pf any size,'
can be- paid from the water fund.
Bond issues were expressly author
ized two years ago to pay for mains
10 inches and over from the water
fund.
The fact that the present adminis
tration has seen fit to throw all the
burden on abutting property and has
no eyened ; up .inequalities as it
the system. The .law as . it la em
bodies the correct principles. It
might have, done, is not the fault of
would be a mistake to reverse , en
gines and go to the. other extreme.
The proposed ' amendment would
play into the hands of lot specula
tors, nonresidents 'and would mean
higher water rates." Vote no.
RAILROADS AND WATER
TRAFFIC
THE INCREASE in Chicago's pop
ulation frpm 1900 to 19lft was
from 1.698,575 l.to-S,185,383,
- 2 8, per cent This was a smaller
' percentage of growth than for any
decade since Chicago was 'a! village
of less than 100 people in 1823. The
decrease in the percentage bf growth
a writer In the Chicago Tribune at
tributes to the decrease of lake traf
fic due to : the out of date docki
wharf, warehouse and harbor f acin.
tles.jiTo regain hcr iost percentage
or growm, xni3 writer :say8, Chicago
must regain her lost percentage in
lake traffic, and the harbor must
be" built to "accommodate not only
present . but future1 needs. Other
great lake cities, Cleveland, Milwau
keer and Detroit, are cited.' They
liavft erient larp-n hum in j.
velopment and the gain in popualtlon
for Milwaukee was 30 per cent, of
Cleveland much greater and of De
troit 63 -per cent -though much of
.tne latter's gain is due to the cen
tralizing of the automobile manufac-
tunnsr industry there.
Chicago'' growth has been inti
mately associated and has kept near
ly even pace with - water
tation- development all through its
history. For instance, in I8fift-7n
vwhen. the Illinois, & Michigan canal
. was most , extensively . used, . the In
crasa in population was 174 npr
cent. . A great increase occurred also
in 1880-90, due to the coming of new
trunk railroads, but the railroad v.v
luonopolization of the lake front,
have since handlcaDDcd develonment
tonnage has Increased only 9 per
r-nt, and is, now only two and a
1 r.lf tiiaca ns much as it waa40
; i r n 'J. The railroads seek to mo
k; "'.j the tiafflo an nearly as pos-
TRYING T6 RUB
ffl
R. BOWERMAN is an assenv
blyite. But he wants people
to forget It. He is a pioneer
and pillar of assemblyism.
But
he is trying to hide It from
voters. , '
Mr. Bowerman started the ball
rolling for assemblyism at the last
legislative session. "I would rather
vote for a convention candidate than
for a, direct primary candidate," he
said In his senate speech. That speech
was a first gun for the assembly. It
was a first blow; at the direct pri
mary, It was made while Mr. Bow
erman was urging the passage of the
Mariner bill for killing the direct
primary by legalizing assemblies. It
was an. effort to "put the knife" to
the direct primary and the "knife to
the hilt.", ; - .
That was the birth of assembly
ism. That was the ' baptism and
christening of assemblyism. That was
a speech over which the aesemblyite
boys in the senate and In the lobby
clapped their hands. "I would rather
vote for a convention candidate than
for ; a direct primary candidate,"
sounded good to them. '.' It had the
ring of , the bid convention days; It
had a Bound : that tho machineftes
and the corporations love. ' - ,
And. the assembly came. ; Bower
man bossed It. - Bowerman owned it.
Bowerman ran it. He made a speech
In It' "This looks like we are get
ting hack to representative govern
ment," he said. He meant that it
looks like we are jotting back to the
old conntIo'ii'days.:.-.'If:.I. am elect
ed governor, we will have representa
tive government," he added. And the
boys shook the rafters of the '.build
ing with their applause. They sang
the Bowerman song. .They Jubilated
and, felicitated, : They shouted, they
smiled and whooped her up for Bow
erman. It .was a red letter day "for
assemblyism. It was a melancholy
prospect for the direct primary.
All this Mr. Bowerman wants far
gotten, . He ; wants the . record ex
punged. He.. is. seeking to hide the
truth. He is'strlving to cover up the
fact that he - fought the direct pri
slble, though lake transportation, it
there" were ample harbor- and dock
facilities, is far cheaper.. Owing to
railroad dominance' of the lake front
"wharf equipment is inadequate," re
ports Commissioner of Corporations
Herbert Knox .Smith. "There; is no
belt line system,' and little coordin
ation between rail and water. The
city owns only street ends and about
2500 feet of wharves on the south
branch of the Chicago river. MoBt
of the frontage is owned by railroads
and Industrial concerns. ;
Probably the greatest ' deterrent to
water terminal advance In the Uni
ted States la the present adverse at
titude of rail lines toward,, independ
ent water traffic In their exclusive
control of frontage, in refusal o neg
lect to coordinate with general wa
ter traffic, and In "refusal to prorate
generally with water lines In through
movement of traffic." : V
Read - that last sentence again,
and note tba it was written official
ly by a man' having full and expert
knowledge of the subject, and then
apply, the fact locally, and consider
whether-Portland desires her, future
growth retarded and her commerce
handicapped Tby,;' continued railroad
ownership of the waterfront and Its
wharves and docks. This .writer In
the Tribune concludes: "The time
has come when ' the railroads will
hurt, not help, Chicago's growth' un
less they can be persuaded to coop
erate with the water transportation
f acilitles." -.-.. -
The time has come for Portland
to act, to move definitely and de
cisively toward the release of a por
tlon of its waterfront and docks from
railroad and other private thralldom
Only thus can Portland grow as It
may and should grow. -
, . A GOOD AMENDMENT
THE PROPOSED' amendment to
the constitution providing- for
a verdict of three fourths of a
jury in civil cases, ana mtenaea
to decrease the number of appeals, is
a" very i meritorious proposition, and
worthy ot a majority of affirma
tive votes. Objection is made that
It IS "loosely drawn," is "indefinite,"
and so on, and np doubt lawyers can
find, all sorts of . flaws in it. But
these are greatly needed' reforms
and a beginning must be made some
how, and at some -time. There is
no: hope that, legislatures will ever
adopt the necessary resolutions to
present these rerorms to the people,,
so it Js necessary for them to act
for themselves, through the initia
tive. The proposed changes, if sin
cerely carried out by " the courts,
would greatly decrease litigation and
the expense thereof. Vote 862, yes.
'''- " A CANXOXITE ' -r '" - '-.
CONGRESSMAN HAWLEY is an
" assemblyite. He is a standpat
V j ter. He is a bourbon. He is
. o annoaue, tie js an Aiancn-
lte. He is a cog in the Cannon-Aid
rich machine. He is out of harmonv
with th snirft. of-the ,wif-, tT la
out of tune with the spirit of Ore
gon Republicanism. . ;.i,
Mr. Hawley voted for the Aldrich
Vreeland currency act He voted
away 11.100.000 for carryina; ocean
mall for the benefit - of steamfshin
barons. He voted for an increase of
$2,700,000 to the railroads for car
rylng malls when the postmaster
general in a renort said that the rail
roads' allowance should be reduced
consolidating coal entries in Alaska
to ice extent or z60. acres in.eacn
grant, as desired by the Guggen
helms. He voted for the Payne-Aid
rich tariff bill, an act for which Mr
OUT HIS RECORD
mary, that he helped concoct the as
sembly, and hat-he Is at the head of
the-ticket, not as a Republican, but
as an assemblyite. He is shrieking
about Bourne. " His shrieks about
Bourne axe the proof that he is try
ing -to rub out his own Assembly rec
ord. : j
; Yet,1 to vote for him is to Indorse
assemblyism. ' It Is an indorsement
of the Mariner bill legalizing assem
blies.'.' It is an indorsement of the
Brooke-Bean bill making direct, elec
tion of senator a crime. ; it is an in
dorsement of the Buchanan bill. It
is an Indorsement of opposition to
Statement One, for -Bowerman never
took Statement One in his life, but
always ; ridiculed and' reviled that
measure. . It ' would be an Indorse?
ment of the constitutional conven
tion to be held for scuttling the In
itiative and referendum.
Bowerman's election would be an
indorsement, of Bowerman's refusan
to vote for the Oswald West bill re
storing to. the public domain $1,
006,000 worth of Oregon tide. lands
now claimed by the Harriman rail
roads. : It would be an indorsement
of Bowerman s. vote, against the 14
hpur bill for railroad men: It would
be an indorsement of Bowerman's act
as "Joinder" in kiUIng th,e Jacksdn
bill which tfie Oregonian says , de
prived Judge Marquam of x his last,
chance for recovering his property
from the Ross bank. It . would be
an indorsement of Bowerman's act
in defeating the Miller bill which the
Oregdnian, says enabled J. Thorburn
Ross to get a deposit of 13 9 570 00 of
school funds In his title Guarantee
bank without paying interest .there
on. It would be an Indorsement of
conventions, for. Mr, 'Bowerman said,
In his speech In the senate, "I would
rather vote for a convention candi
date than for a direct primary 'can-'
didate. - . . . ; --s ;'f;-;"'..-,
s No wonder Mr. Bowerman Is try
ing to rub out his record, It is no
surprise that he wants "It forgotten.
It is explanation Of why he shrieks
about Bourne. "v Since his record Is
there and stands unchangeable, what
else can he do? . .
Bowerman - Is denouncing. Senator
Bourne. He voted for the ship sub
sidy, a bill in the direct Interest of
millionaire steamship owners and
against the best interests ot the peo.'
pie of -Mr. Hawleys district . v
- Mr. Hawley makes ho promise that
he will change has attitude. Mr.
Hawley offers no pledge that lie will
change his course in congress. He
says he will not' vote for Cannon
for speaker,' but everybody knows
that Cannon is, down and out .and
will not be a candidate. Mr. Haw
ley does not say that ' he will- not
vote for a Cannonlte for speaker, for
that la acUy the' kind pf speaker
he will support. He is 4 himself. 'a
Cannonlte 'from choice, from - con vio
t ion and from purpose. His election
will simply be one . more congress
man saved for Bervice In the Cannon-Aldrich-Guggenheim
' cabal at Wash
ington.' - J
WHY IT DOESN'T KNOW SPLATN
THE OREGONIAN says It never
heard of , Hugh .McLaln. Then
why worry about the candidacy
of Mr. McLaln for railroad com
missioner? .Probably the reason the
Oregonian never heard of Mr. Mc
Laln ! is because he was not nom
inated by the assembly.-1 It .Is only
the candidates nominated by the as
sembly, on Its ; own ticket that it
seems to have heard of and in truth,
there Is hut one of these that It is
nterested In. electing In fact, as Its
editorial columns this morning show,
it is not only not supporting the
Statement" One ' candidates on Its
ticket, but Is actually "putting the
knife" to them, "and the knife to
the hilt." - '.
Ot course, It is gently supporting
Mr. Frank Miller,, the assemblyite
nominee for 'railroad commissioner,
who is Hugh McLaln's opponent It
says every Doay nasineara or Mr.
Miller, and that Is true. Mr. Miller
was secretary of the old Oregon Hill-
road commission which was abol
ished . by the people of Oregon be
cause It. was so Harrimanized that
it was a waste of time and money to
keep It in existence. . , . . . . .
"ABE"
IN A BPEECH on the street last
night Mr. Lafferty said his name
is his own and that ho can change
n as oiten as ne pieases. certain
ly, but it really does not look well
for men . who claim to be congres-
slonal timber to. have one name to
day and another tomorrow, The ef
fect is, to lead the public to behove
that the man of , many names is not
of congressional stature. , - ' '
It seems that after coming to Port
land three years ago, Mr. Lafferty
registered as. Arthur.: W. Lafferty,
Shdrtly afterward, in his biography
In Bench" and' Bar, he styled himself
Amldon W. Lafferty. . Later, In Mis
souri, he was known as W. A. Eaf
ferty. '.!...-
He is now kngwn as Abraham W,
Lafferty and his request to ,hls
friends is to, call ?. him. "Abe" for
short The question Is, in view of
these, rapid fire 'changes of - name
would Mr. Lafferty, if elected, leave
Portland as our "Abe," and by the
time he gets to Washington -hlossom
out as Areth'usa Augustus?..-: -c
The French cabinet has' resigned,
But that happens often, not only In
France, but In other southern Euro-
Ipeancountrie?.t.,pnlyafesjarl-
Ile to create a crisis" over there;
Secretary of Commerce and La
bor Nagel, discussing federal expend
ttures, said:' "It is true money has
been spent
nut a great part ofjjthe
j vfa J VWAUWSU - W a V V J
Interesting to learn how the federal
government gets any money to spend
except by ' taatiofl, : of one Iclnd or
another.' - V r
The Oregonian advises voters .to
vote In favor of a constitutional con
ventlon.';Thls Is wanted by the pred
atory corporations, and all enemies
of the initiative, referendum, recall
and Statement One, and by all the
old discarded politicians. Vote 305,
No.
. Normal Schools. ; '
To the Editor of ,Th Journal! We
are asked to restore the normal schools,
especially the one at Monmouth. ; But
why?- No doubt to some extcht they
benefit the town and city schools, but
of what benefit are they to the country
fcchoola? Not often do; we if Ind, teach
ers educated at the normal school teach
ing in country schools. And If wet do
find one occasionally her ' and there,
what better is he aa a teacher than are
other teachers?- .What rpdre, thai the
brandies of study taught in our schools
are taught In the' normal? 'is not the
work In the normal schools simply acad
emic, ' nothing more than that taught
In: our high schools, ( colleges and the
state university. If so, why simply, mul
tiply, schools?. Are not these so-oalled
normal v schools . largely local high
schoolst The county high school fund
is In force In Lane county and In Linn
county, v Doubtless It will .soon be
adopted In. Benton; Marlon, Polk, Coos,
Umatilla and six others.: Will not this
enab!e our children to get the educa
tion at home that will fit them to teach
In our country schools at least? Why,
then, go farther and reestablish' tha
normal schools that will be of little.
or no benefit, to our country schools? -
. As I : understand It, these normal
Schools have a three or four " years'
course of study and -nothing less to
graduate. - This educates -the graduate
in branches beyond what is : taught In
the country schools. : The result Is that
the graduates go to teach la the town
and city schools or Into other callings
than teaching. Wo could See eur way
more clearly, to vote for these normal
schools, one or more, if they really edu
cated their pupils In the theory, and art'
of teaching and In governing' schools
as well aa In knowledge of the branches
taught In our schools, and also grad
uated pupils In one and two year
courses of study? that would take the
graduate but little, If any, .beyond the L
ninttt : or tenth grade branches with a
corresponding education In thai theory
and art of teaching and in school gov
ernment v Perhaps then our country
schools would receive the benefit from
the normal schools that we are entitled
to. , So fa? as education In the common
branohes is- concerned,' all our country
teachers need is a top dressing or
rounding out of the work done in the
country school, and this can be ob
tained In our town and city 'high
schools, as heretofore. --:- -f
. . . . COUNTRY VOTER,-
Dr. Cndllpp for Prohibitloiu "-2
. To the Editor of The Journal In last
night's Issue Of The Journal. November
1, there is a report of an address, de
livered by Sidney Story, at Oakland, Or.,
In which, he declares that Dr. Cudllpp
of Portland, is not- In sympathy with
the prohibition, movement Such, a state
ment Is false.- I am in sympathy with
this movement and am doing all in
my power for Its triumph on -election
day. Already, five addresses have been
delivered In my church and another Is
scheduled for next Sunday night Mr.
Story must not quote me in defense of
bis position, J, ll CUDLIPP.:
- The Versatile Roosevelt. .
from the New York Evening Post
From Beveridge to Lodge was a flying
leap which would have taxed the agility
of an ordinary politician, but tho Col
onel took It with . the greatest, ease:
Here were : two men, both friends and
supporters of his, who stood for dia
metrically opposite policies on the tariff
and other things, but Why let that cause
hesitation? The thing to do was, 'not to
choose -between them, or attempt ' to
draw anyv nice distinctions "whatever,
but Just to give, a slam-bang endorse
ment of the pair of them, and declare
that nobody . but' a crook could vote
against either. Having successfully got
through this feat the - Colonel essayed
one even harder. He proceeded to at
tack Mr. , Foss, the Democratlo candi
date for governor of Massachusetts, on
the ground of being; a rich man who
spent large sums of money in politics. It
would be a sad day for the Old Bay
State, declared the Colonel. -If it made
such a man chief magistrate. He- said
this without : once, so far as reports
go, cracking ' the ' famous "Roosevelt
smile. but this was possible onlv be
cause he did not venture to look at Gov
ernor Draper, beside him on the plat
form. It will. be news to Massachusetts
folk that it was towering political abil
ity, ana.; not his millions, that led to
the seleotlpn of Draper for , governor.
But, vof course, none of these little in
consistencies ' trouble the Colonel. He
snaps them as easily as Samson his
green "withes, and then look's around
with triumph to declaim that he says
exactly the same thing , wherever -. he
speaks. He is the new embodiment of
Infallibility and universality, "semper,
uDique -et ab omnibus.", ,
Arizona. 1
- Prom Collier's Weekly. . '
Shortly after the Arisona statehood
bill .became a law : some men closely
Identified: with President Taft Postmas
ter General Hitchcock, and the national
Republican machine seoured control of
various papers in the territory and made
a fight for standpat Republican contrel
of the constitutional convention. Their
most jperslstent argument was a threat
that if Arizona should adopt any pro
gressive Oregon ideas looking to direct
legislation and direct nominations, Pres
ident Taft' would. veto tha constitution,
ana statehood would be delayed. The
American voters of Arizona, as a nwvn
In Globe wrUes," "are very Independent,
and are accustomed to determining mat
ters ror tnemseives." In their resent
ment they elected 4 convention of which
four fifths are Democrats pledged to
direct primaries and the direct nomina
tion of United States senators oti the
Orogon plan. It would reoulre a strong
statement of reasons from president Taft
to justiry him in carrying out the Im
plied threat of hi friends.
,J Nonpartisan Ballot. '
; v. From the Detrolf Kews.
The elimination of the ' party names
from the municipal ballots -will neces
sarily be accomplished within a very
short time. , The impetus already gained
by municipal, reform will not be spent
until so mlschlevtous and obsolete - a
device is discarded. W. B. Thompson,
Who has, declared for the non-partisan
ballot Is- not the discoverer of this
rrtnctpie.everthelesr-iris-srgnlflcajht
that he, has made it a lesser issue lS
the campaign. There Is no argument ta
he sustained nor objection to be cOm-J
oatea. uneap warq pontics alone main
tains me siraignt ticket and when the
people get around to it they will make
'- a thing of he. past in this. city.
Letters From tLe People
COMMENT AND
. - 6MAI.L CHANGE
1 7 i
A hobble bat might not be so bad.
Oregon needs more hogs and hens.
' . " ' -. "
Party has ceased to be the principal
thing. '.).''..
. .
Rain and sunshine, sunshine and -rain;
November Is also all .right. . -
ixr ?i"Z: !.-,. - ' :''f. ' 'V'''':.: "j V'
. Albahy Democrat: The Oregonian la
a liar and a political thug.
fialem Stateoman would support a
"yellow dog- If on "the ticket." -
The knives for Statement No. 1 have
not been destroyed; only concealed.
"Rallies" are numerous. . But it is
only . a small minority of voters that
"rally." , . '. ; h ... v
The abuse of Chamberlain by the cor
poration organs is likely to be boomer
anglsh. ' - r ,.. . ,. .
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. Study the initiative and referendum
measures, and be prepared to vote
quickly. . t
. '"':' vr,:.,: f, U-.k
In attacking Bourne, Bowerman has
to slap Hawley and Kills , hard. What
do they think of that?
. .
Now bowerman has taken to writing
letters to the public. But he answers
none of tnose 13 cfuestjons. . .
Men. whos were for the assembly a
month or two lago and pretend , to be
against It now, are to be suspected. . ,
' Ia Hammond, Clatsop county. ' where
not over 100 rounlen 11v. tS hnh1p
were born In one week. Perhaps Urban
Hester snouia be sent oown mere to in
vestigate, and find out if there has not
been some kind of a oonspirary among
the married people. 5-
An .Arleta man married only three
months, threatened to whtp'" his wife,
she says because, .he said, her biscuits
were not fit for a dog to gnaw 'on. He
is probaoiy an, unreasonable fellow:
perhaps ,his wife had attended, cooking
school.
Measures to Increase
Remuneration ok Attorney ancl Engineer Involved
Among four measures to be voted on
at the -special, city election next
Tuesday, two relate to ' the salaries. of
city attorney nd city engineer. Each
Of these propositions is a charter
amendment which will give the city
counpil authority to fix the salaries of
those officers,, if . the people give the
amendments a majority, ''iiit::
At the present time, the salary of the
city attorney is '2400 a year, This is
exceedingly low in comparison with
many other cities. Such a low salary,
it is urged,' fails to attract an attorney
after he has gained a good practice.
The city has many difficult and highly
Important legal questions, which, de
mand the -best talent In the, profession.
The duties .of this officer are growing
heavier each day " . - '
! City Attornsfs Duties.
He has control of all. actions, suits,
and proceedings In t which the city Is
legally Interested. - He approves all eon
tracts, draws - allt supply - contracts,
approves all . bonds, . drafts Tall or
dinances, Inspects all franchises and
legal phases pertaining .thereto, and
personally attends all council and ex
ecutive board meetings, and commit
tee meetings of these two bodies. Opin
ions on legal questions involving the
city ara written, of which these will
average foul av week. Personal legal
advice is given, many times a day- to
city officers and -employes, and be is
requested to give audience to persons
wisujig to consult him over contracts
and other city business from, a legal
standpoint Besides this line of work,
his office must handle-proseoutlons In
the municipal court and all ' oases in
the circuit and supreme courts wherein
the city Is a party to the suit v
J..-1: Salaries , raid , Blsewherei ';;;
The city attorney at Seattle receives
J4800 a year, and, has 10. assistants.
The chief assistant city attorney, re
ceives f 350 a month, and there are three
assistants who -receive 300 a month.
The city- attorney 'of San Francisco re
ceives $6000. He has three deputies
who receive 14800 a year, and four that
receive JS800 a year. Spokane pays
fSSOO a -year, Tacoma $2400 and Los
Angeles $4800. '' y.v.
The salary of the efty attorney was
fixed at - 12400- In 190$ and has re
mained so ever since. " In fl90 an
amendment was proposed raising : the
salary to $$600 and' was overwhelm
ingly defeated. "In 1909 the council sub
mitted an amendment allowing the
council to fix the salary and providing
it should not be less than $2400.. This
November '4 m History
On November' 4, 1847, Felix Mendels
sohn, one of the greatest ot all musi
cal .composers, died at Leipzig. Con
sidering the great amount of work
he , accomplished, ; it seems - little less
than marvelous " when t considering
that he was only$8 years old at the
time his life's work was brought to
close, f : But most : musicians ; and
composers ,A begin ' young ; and' : Felix
was . only seven years of age when
he was placed under ; instruction by
an experienced teacher, his mother
having given him ' his preliminary
knowledge of the art He made his
first appearance in publio at the age
of nine, and at J2 he began to com
pose .reguiariy.r Aside : from;,the - im?
mense amount of work he aooomplished
na . mHaT H rpt ttt: :'r at " lllS death hS
UsfV behind him close' to ; 200 i works,
many of them of great iengtn, ' ,
It was this hard and constant work
that was responsible for Mendelssohn's
death at the- age ' when most men are
in the1 prime of life. When ho had re
turned from his summer vacation in
September of 1847, his friends found,
muchito tnels surprise, that it had given
him no benefit He looked aged, pale
and weary, i He complained of the oppressive-air
of the city. He grew grad
ually worse, relapsed into unconscious
ness on November and died the follow
ing day, - ' : '- ' : ' ' - . J'
The great regard 'In which Mendels
sohn was held is shown in the fact
that 'during his last Illness the public
feeling was Intense. - Bulletins were
issued and the house was besieged by
inquirers. . After his death it was as
if every one In the town had received
a blow and sustained a personal loss.
"It is lovely weather here," wrote a
young. English student . 'to the York
Courant "but an awful stillness pre
vallsly e,Jl a" if the king were dead.
Clusters of people are - seen speaking
together on ; the streets." The streets
were placarded at'the corners with offi
cial announcements of his death, as if
he had been a great officer of state.
"November 4 was a Thursday, and on
Fridaf and Saturday the publld were
composer. ; On Sunday, the 7th, it was
taken to the Pauliner, church at Leip
zig. A band preceded the hearse, play-L
itg the , -Song Without Words.' In.,. E
minor, instrumented by Moscheiesj and
after this came a student of the Cn
sevvatoiium with a cushion, . on which
lay a silver crown, , formerly presented
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDEUGHTS - -
Grain acreage will be 'larger than
usual. a
Two members of tie U. of O.' Glee
Club are Chinsmen. -
Eujrene's October postal receipts show
a gain of. 6.6 per cent - ,-
,.,,;.',.!..,. ...,..,.. r-' '
An VvtFltA man : Vlllo A PftWVAV
whose skin measures 8 feet in length,
Medford's pontof flee receipts for Oc
tober are 56 per cent more than a year
ago. . :.,'..' .
A Corvallls man who can not work
on account of rheumatism has six moth
eiiesshlldren under 12 years of age.
.-, . .. .... .'.,' . .,
Astoria Budget: The present fall fishing
season thus far has been the best In
many years and the run of sllversides
still keeps up. All the packing plants
which are running have done well ami
im to the last evenlnar the Cooperative
racking company had canned over 20,-j
uuu ases of siiversiaes. All or tnese
fish have been sold and the market is
such that much more can readily be
disposed of. , ( .
The women of lower Nehalm valley
have sent In a protest to the rocul
officials because of the impassible con
dition of the road between lower and
upper town, says the Enterprise. . They
claim It is a nerve-racking .experience to
attempt to' go to church (on Sundays
and more-especlally i when they .try to
keep an even temper; because they lose
that spirit of meeknens . In going
through the mud and therefore can not
appreciate the church services-as they
would like to. . ' ' ' r
. .':.' , : - ' - i'-
At an earlv hour on Sunday morning,
the cltizeus of ABtoria were again dis
turbed by the needless blowing of
whistles by steamers along the water
front, says the Budget -This nuUance
is becoming altogether too common and
It Is about time an example was made
of some of the offending captains, In
addition to the state laws neainst dis
turbing the neace. there is a federal reg
ulation which provides that the license
of a ship master shall be revoked for
an offense of thta-kind. .
T wo City Salaries
was also' defeated. , .The plan now sub
mitted Is the same as the ohe rejected
two years ago, except that no minimum
la fixed..- . ., .: ..:'", :":Z. .:;
, Conncil Tavors Znorease. X" :':
The general opinion of members' of
the 'council and city official Is that
the salary should be increased, 'j The
amendment - would give, authority ' to
raise or Slower at the pleasure of the
council. . The vargument of those oppos
ing the amendment is that good talent
has- been secured for the present salary.
'J. P, Kavanaugh was .reelected-ln 1908
and .served until he was promoted to
the circuit bench. Frank S. Grant his
chief assistant ; then became head of
the department - Some bf those who
favor an increase object to giving au
thority to the council to regulate the
amount ;,:';: . - ," v . - ".'
The argument tor" the amendment re
lating to the city engineer rests on prao
tically the same ground and meets the
same opposition! - The salary - of that
official ia now $2400. . 1 Friends t of the
amendment say thia is much too low.
The work Is growing each year and the
city engineer Is being called on to solve
bie problems. The present salary was
fixed in 1903. and exactly the' same ef
forts Have been made to change it.as in
the case of the city attorney.; .
::';;):, Save Toted 'Against Znoreage-
Tn 1907 the people voted down a prop
osition to Increase the pair to $3600 per
year. Two years later the people re
jected an amendment giving the council
authority to lx the salary,, but provid
ing It must not be less -than $2400.
.-With the 'vast amount of improve
ment street work,, sewer ' construction
and building of all kinds, the office of
city engineer is called upon for a man
Of wide experience and ability. Tacoma;
a much smaller city,: allows the city
engineer $3000 a year. Salt Lake gives
S3600 to the "engineer, and $2400 to the
principal assistant Seattle : - allows
$7500 a year to the engineer and $4200
to the principal assistant and $250 a
month to two assistant engineers, Los
Angeles allows the city -engineer $5000,
the principal assistant engineer $3000
a year, and 12 assistant engineers each
$I7S t a month. . Ban Francisco allows
the city engineer $7000 a year, the
principal assistant $4200,' a consulting
mechanical engineer $6000, and five as
sistant engineers $3t00 a year. '. .
Nos. 106 Tes and 107 No; ere the ballot
numbers for. the amendment on 'the
city attorney's office, and Nos, 104 Tes
and 105 No are the ballot numbers for
the- city engineer. - - '
- - FeKx MendelssoLn
to Mendelssohn by his pupils, and his
order "pour le metlte.'-'
VThe pair was borne by Moseheles.
David Hauptmann and Cade; the pro-4
feasors and pupils of the Conservator-
lum.vthe members of the Gewandhaus
orchestra, the chief functionaries Of the
corporation- and the university, and sev
eral guilds and societies. In the church
two numbers from his oratorio 'St Paul'
were sung, the sermon was preached by
Herr 'Howard,--then pastor - of ho Re
formed Congregation, and the service
closed with the concluding chorus of
Bach's: 'St Matthew Passion.' '
'At 10 p. m. the. coffin was conveyed
to the Leipzig station and transported
by rail to Berlin. The funeral party ar
rived at Berlin at 7 o'clock the follow,
ing morning, and after more funeral
ceremopies was deposited in the Inclosed
burial place of the family in tho church
yard of the church where Mendelssohn
once' worshiped." y
Mrs. Austin,:' who was art Intimate
friend of the composer, pays, the fol
lowing tribute to htm: "His Is one of
the rare characters which . cannot be
known too Intimately. Of him there
is nothing to tell that is not honorable
to his memory, consoling to his "friends,
profitable to all kin, If I admired him
as an artist I was not Jess struck by
his childlike simplicity and ,BDortlve-
ness, his deference to age, his readiness
to bend his genius to give pleksure, to
the humble and Ignorant; the vivacity
and fervor bf his admiration for everv -
thing good and great, his oultivated in
tellect refined tastes and noble senti
ments. . , i -,;The
regret at. the death of Mendels
sohn was world-wide. In all the large
cities memorial services were held. In
which his works were performed.
Among , the very numerous letters of
condolence addressed to his widow were
those from Queen Viotorla, the king of.
Prussia and . the .Icing of ; Baxony.. '
''Today is the date of the marriage of
William and Mary, at St James nalace.
in in ir it is tne nirtnaay" of William i
in or ngiana tie60; Thomas John-
r - , 8 vwrnor r Maryland
;:i2?;!:. ?1!e" MontKomery. the poet
i i,'"BMJZ 1 a ;"- '"'
uncian nouinson, iwnw York , states -
man, tlSlO); and Samuel N.
TAlr unit .S1CK.lt T . j.-.i.
c f'r ' uwfll"
tivo); .. faui eiarocno the celebrated
painter (1856);' and George Peabody,
American philanthropist JtlS69), :
TANGLEFOOT
By Miles Overholt
"Tell me a . story, papa dear," said
William Faversham Devere.
.."All rtsht" says "pop. "Once on a
time a kid like you picked up a, dime,
but an honest cop " The boy turned
pale, and said, "Don't spring a fairy
tale.'" ..-' . " .-v - t i ,'
OUR WEEKLY JOKC . 4 ,
There's the "hot dog." the tamale sta'nts,
that tends to warm man's inner.
Hot coffee . too's dispensed from Stands
and preachers warm thasinner,
In spite of these, the hotteBt things
e re peddled on tho streets
V7ere handed o'er the counter from the
stand of old John Diets.
. . From the Chicago Pest. "
wnat js Tneodore Roose,velt? ' Xs he
the natlon's greatest menace, or its most
precious human asset? Does he work
evil or good?. - u ,
' Never since the flghtlngr crisis' of the
Roose;elt administration have these
questions been more earnestly argued
than, tha aa r i . . a .
wv'w.nwvu worw ispunt upon inn isaut
n1a ShlAh - . . . .
First .wi have'M. Woolsey Stryker.
n.aM..t : . ,1. ... .. .. ,
c.tucu. . vi. xiaiiwuon couege ana a
former Chicago-clergyman, speaking as
follows: . . ,
"I resent Roosevelt as a national or
state issue. I have had enough of him.
He is a mighty hunter, but he' cannot
have W pelt He is an attltudlnixer .
and uses the American people as his
.: ''His recbrd ahowa great taok of eth
ical 'perspective and fundamental disre
gard Or law. Hl n-nawA nlll...
?- ---- u.i... ,i. jS o. iimi musician.
no piays a line oia tone, 'i am it His
text is always his own Infallibility. Ha
icgmua miiisen aa an irreproacnaoie ex
ample ' of Immaculate" rectitude. j
"In New York he Is one thins ana In
Kansas another. In Masswhusetta he
embraces Lodge, In Indiana he puts his
arms around Beveridge. Mn New York
he talks against bosses, and la Cincin
nati he kisses them.
"There may be one who' thinks he
would be a good Dias, but few of us
would make good Mexicans. He has
bften IM-imhtrikr lqn,i..n.at.f f .v. a ...
. - -e .vj.....awui.uk v eu-
preme court the final bulwark of Jour
liberty." J
And ambngythe dlsorlmlnatlons, thu
made are some which Mr, Roosevelt's
close friends are making against him to-
'wi ' i3 vciuiui oa. luaiory
Overlook thwtk ' . , ' , 'V
Yet look now upon th other sSd of
tna TiiCTTiirB. AnrtTnop rriirao-A nimrms.
a man of the finest sincerity and the
broauest humanity, Dr. Frank W. Gun
saulus, said last night; - -
."The new nationalism In America la
the hope, not only of this country but of
the world. - .
"Not fnly the eyes' of Europe but of
the orient are nn jtmiriAi )iii.
what we will ilo witir the idea. Europe
la In, a ferment She Is watching de
velopments here in the hope that Urs
light may -be dawning. She regards
Roosevelt as the prophet of a. new eta.
om tiw. wna am xaacuiauon ror-ner as
the leader of American thous-ht tht hi
passage tfiroug her kingdoms eclipsed
every other event ' ' - v
"What la true of Europe is true of
the orient Japan and China are only
waitlnir for a Lincoln ; , " . ' .
s "We have given birth to the new nn.
tldnalism, a new Idea to transficriire and
ennoble the lives of men: We have
stamped upon it the seal of our belief,
and we are led to it by our greatest
and best.'
Somewhat of a contrast in these two
speeches; In one a Diaz, In the oher a -
juincoin. in the first an assailant of
"the flnal bulwark of our liberty;" in -the
-other "the hope not only of this
country but of the world." '
' Senator Chamberlain," - ;''
' ' FfOin the Albany" Democrat"
Albany people rake a special interest"
la Senator Georgo E., Chamberlain's ca
reer. It has been a notable one, and our
people are. proud of 'the SDlendid rantHni
of tha senator, because of the fact that
he made his start ', in Oregon at this
cltv. ' Comlna' hra a vntins' mil
complete stranger, he made , his wav
upward, through, the country school
house, the county clerk's office: a: in w
office., the state legislature, district at-V
If ice, governor'! , office twice,, Into ; tha
united states senate,; the greatest dis
tinction politically that can be accorded
a resident of our' state: It took anma.,
thing to do that - Not Werely his per-
sonal popularity was enough., . Back of
It was a sterling integrity, reliability
and natural ability that hove never de
serted him.. Some have thrown mud at
hlm,-jyiMthas spattered back, and an
investigation bus always spoken -in his
favor. The people of Oregon like him
because he Is close to- them, ' and they
know It Their confidence in him is
stronger tdday than ever regardless of .
the peanut thrusts ef those; trying to
Uear down tha Oregon, system, that haa
giv'en Oregon. a sending in the naUon.
. 'A Texas physlolan says that drupken-
ness can bemred by surgery. Amputa
tion of the caput, perhaps - -.
The Stovepipe . Seasori
- (Contributed to'Th Journnl by Wlt Mason,
.the turnout ,Kant voat, U pro3-poe;ni ar a
regular (eatur of this column la Ilii Dally
Journal).' ... ,-;' ..'., '.''''' .V. -f '
. The time has come for- stovepipes, snd
all the genial wits will get off things so
funny we'll laugh till we have, fits.-The
sad and weary nustand -is pictured ort a
"l"' J V ImKZ V.T " r enea
wi? .T, 1 "e ft,r' Tbs orn
1 ft"d. strt?ken housewife is giving good
advice, the while her husband begs her
to nines her head On 1rn : Vnn'o.
the old,, old fitory in 50 comic sheets;
each budding jester springs it, each
autumn, and repeats. 'Tie but' a weary
fable: it is not true to life;' the stove
pipe Job rejoices your uncle: and his .
wife. .It is a glad occasion, a' festal
day. of glee, when all the happy neigh
bors and. friends come In to see. Your
uncle takes a stovepipe" and' sticks it in-
tne noie, ' ana Binge a cheery rondeau -that
captivates the soul? lie fusses with?
the damper nd m6nkeya with th wire. !
and all the time he's .singing and twang--
ing on hir lyre. . He tinkers with the'
elbows, he riddles with the stove, and;
.chants of valiant lovera who found their
neeimgi . ine pipes are soon in place,
i and If a. trade of sorrow 1 (in Von, iini
I ria'a' faeo' and, if ' fldnrt hi. Lhii.
. ' ........ ..
r it's
'CRUe
tho stovepipe seHson don't , last through-
out the yenrl v. ,;.,...,.,,,,:-. .t.,:; ,-,. ,,.,,;...,.
ropjtight, mio. ir" ' A;": '
aurg IfatUieir Adsroa. Mttljk'
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