The Oregon daily journal., January 21, 1911, Page 4, Image 4

,HE OREGON, DAILY JOURNAL.'' PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVfeNINd l JANUARY 21, ,1011.
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FOREIGN ADVEBTISINO RKPRESENTATIVB.
Pnjimln Kntnor Co., Bronawlrk Building-,
KS Fifth averm. New 1'ork; 1218 People
BuLMlni. Chicago.
' Bubaerlptlon Term hf mall or to any addresa
la tb United State. Canada or Mexico:
DAILY.
One year.
On year.
5.00 I One month. f .80
SUNDAY.
J2.S0 One month 23
DAILY AND SUNDAY.
$7.60 1 One month ..$ .63
One year.
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Nothing Is pleasant that Is
not spiced with variety. Bacon.
ON TRIAL
THE OREGON senate Is on rec
ord as voting down a resoln
tloa commending the Oregon
d1 an of covernment The act
took place at a time when the gov
ernors of many states are urging
"' their own legislatures to copy the
Oregon model. It Is action that will
be twisted by reactionaries at home
and abroad aa evidencing Oregon's
iDDarent dissatisfaction with her
system.
It Is. a record that ought not to
stand. It will . be a misrepresenta
tion of the attitude of the people of
this state. Every time they , get a
chance they vote overwhelmingly in
Indorsement of the present system
The ratio of friends of the system
to Its foes Is not less than four to
- one. The Question presented at
Salem.Is whether the legislature will
represent or misrepresent the peo
ple on this Issue. The legislature it
self Is on trial. -
In the senate there are 18 men
who secured election by professions
of fidelity to the Oregon system. Not
: one. of them would have been elected
to the body except for public confi
dence In his loyalty. Each Is in
bonor bound to place on record a
resolution reversing the action of
last Wednesday.
Senator Al bee, who voted against
. the Kellaher resolution because of
Its phrasing, has introduced one,
.. commending the Oregon plan,' and, in
some form acceptible to the friends
of popular government in the body,
it ought to pass. Let us not have
the spectacle of the Oregon senate
permitting a record to stand that
can be twisted by the . enemies -of
popular rule at home and abroad
into a repudiation, f the Oregon
system.' , It Is not a question of Jon
athan Bourne, but an issue of prop
erly representing the people of
Oregon.
APPLY THE BOND
IS THE PRESENT scandal over
the new garbage incinerator the
explanation - of - why the bid of
one contractor for building the
plant was bo much lower than that
of another? In making the lower
bid did the contractors expect to
sacrifice efficiency as a means of
a lowering the price? After waiting
five years for a garbage incinerator
is the city getting a plant that will
prove Inadequate to the demands
made upon it? The establishment is
now in the midst of its official six
months test At the meeting of the
city health board yesterday many
charges were made concerning its
Inefficiency. The cost of consuming
garbage is so far double that re
" quired under the specifications. The
: maximum consumption of refuse Is
'100 tons per day, while the speclfl
, cations call for 160 tons. The con
tractors are refusing to burn certain
kinds of garbage, which the specifi
cations require shall be burned. " The
old burner has to be used-for tho
destruction of refuse that the con
tractors decline' to burn In the new
one.
Is this the kind of crematory the
city has secured? If It will not do
the work required of It In the midst
of Its official test when Its efficiency
would naturally be at the maximum,
when will it do It?
Sixty thousand dollars has been
paid by the city on the $99,900 the
new Incinerator is to cost Not an
other dollar should be paid until
every requirement of the specifica
tions Is absolutely met The Public
"Works Engineering company con
tracted to driver an efficient plant
. and It should be compelled to meet
its contract to the last letter. Let
the city authorities exact whatever is
natoed In the bond.
MULTNOMAH COUNTY
FEW READERS can be depended
on to go through In detail the
statements Issued by the coun
r tyaudltor of Mulntomah coun
ty,, and printed In the advertising
columns on another page. For the
benefit of those who do not examine
for themselves we note a few points
of interest. .
Expenditures during the last half
of 1910 are covered in this account.
On care of the public health, on
charity, on Indigent soldiers, and on
Ajuupoman nospital the county ex
pended 10.188. On Hill Side farm
and Multnomah farm $25,245 was
, spent, including $7000, on account
"Of building-contract at Multnomah
farm On the Juvenile court and
the. Detention home $7583, includ
ing, we are glad to notice, a part
payment of $1880 for gymnasium at
the Detention Home.
fespecrorcharge and maintenanro
at the jail and 1 he. rock quarry was
$1S,S74a Against this must be set
sate of crushed
The administration of Justice in
courts of all degrees cost $39,15.
Roads hand bridges received
$8841, while $176,565 was paid on
road warrants. The county coro
ner's office cost $3072, the fruit in-1
spector'B $500, the county survey
or's $4264,
It cost $20,762 to operate three
bridges, or .an average of $6878
each, and $23,100 to operate three
ferries, or $7700 each. Ferries,
therefore, were about 1 5 per cent
more than bridges.
The county school superintend
ent's office cost' $2960. On regis
tratlon and elections $34,064 went
out.
in me east wing ol Ahe new
courthouse $137,247 was paid dur
ing the six months and finlshig
contracts to the amount of $56,151
were let during that term.
So the expenditures resolve them
selves, roughly,' Into those for the
health and welfare of individual cit
izens; the care of communities;
the custody of criminals; for duties
of citizenship, such as elections and
courts; and for the orderly admin
istratlon of county affairs, In which
the new courthouse finds place.
A GOOD KILL
A
BILL AT Salem proposes to
take the great salmon Indus
try of tOregon out of politics
and to rehabilitate it by con
structive endeavor. It also attempts
a saner control by law of the game
Interests of the state.
The bill proposes the creation of
a commission of five members to
serve without compensation except
when attending board meetings. The
commission la to consist of the pres
ident of the state agricultural col
lege and four other, members, no two
of whom Bhall be members of the
same political party. Their func
tion will be to give careful study to
the fishing Industry, to recommend
laws relative thereto for passage by
the legislature, to exercise a super
visory control under the law, and
to appoint the game and fish war
dens and necessary deputies.
The rapid decline of the fishing
Industry and the gradual disappear
ance of all kinds of game is evidence
that something ought to be done.
The-problem is one of extreme dif-r
ficulty on account of the conflicting
character of the interests Involved.
There is a natural conflict between
the sport and commercial features of
fishing. There Is conflict between
the lower and upper river fish
ermen. There is conflict and di
versity of interest in every feature
of the game and fishing activity, with
controversy everywhere and always.
The bill at Salem proposes an in
telligent study of the situation, and
an administration removed from po
litical or commercial influences. It
is an expedient that would seem to
afford a thorough and unbiased In
vestigation that would result in re
medial legislation, protecting every
Interest concerned and providing for
a rehabilitation of the industry.
It is a course recommended In his
message by Governor West, whose res
idence at Astoria drew his attention
sharply to the great salmon Indus
try. His faith in the plan ia evi
denced by his willingness to sun-en
der his part in the appointment of
game ..and fish wardens and their
deputies as one step In the progress
for getting these officials and admin
istration of the laws controlling fish
and game on a high plane, beyond
the reach of political or other in
fluences.
GET LAND AND LUMBER
A
VISITING lumber man advises
people who wil need, lumber
soon to lay in a supply now.
He says lumber prices will ad
vance, and are likely to remain high
Reprinting this for whatever it
may be worth, it seems to furnish
reason for reiterating the advice to
build a home now, or as soon as pos
slble. Land in the suburbs Is stead
ily rising in value, and will continue
to advance. The man who gets a lot
or an acre now for a home win nbt4
only be able to stop paying rent
soon but his property will be in
creasing in value all the time.
Life 1b more Independent In a
home of one's own. A tenant Is In
some degree a slave. The man who
owns his own home has an inde
scribable pride in its possession.
The air about it and about him is
one of stability and permanency.
He can have pleasure and pride in
Improving the premises and home
surroundings. The trees, the shrubs,
the flowers, and lawn are the ap
proaches and appurtenances of the
family castle.
The advice of the visiting lumber
man to acquire lumber now Is ex
cellent, especially If the buyer gets
a green spot of land and combines
it and the lumber Into a place where
the family can sit under its own vine
and fig tree.
AT KLAMATH FALLS
N A WEEK of operation, but 12
deposits , have been made In the
new postal savings bank at
Klamath Fails. Several are for
I
$1, and the aggregate is below $300.
If the postofflce authorities had
'sought to find a place that would put
the test of the system at the great
est disadvantage, it could not have
selected better. Klamah Falls is a
prosperous and comparatively new
community. It has liftle or none of
the foreign Industrial population
that distrusts: the average financial
InoHtiiHnn Tf han to.nr nf fit
a noie in tne ground or a tin can
than sound American banking.
Financial stringency has never
loS rptvrom
penetrated the place, and bank fail
ures have never been known. Its at
mosphere is that, characteristic' of
the new and driving community la
the west where the human atom Is
bold and narrowed fears of petty
financial loss not all consuming.
' If a genuine test of 'postal savUBt
banks had really been desired, the
postofflce department could have se
lected far better. An older commun
ity, where the'plnch of bank allures
had been felt, where Industrial pop
ulation was more . numerous and
where there ate more , men and wo
men who. having earned a dollar are
afraid the eagle on it might flap its
wings and fly away, would have af
forded more numerous depositors.
By Its choice In Oregon, Is the post-
office department endeavoring to dls
courage the plan for postal savings
banks?
AX EARLY DECISION
A'
N EARLY. STATUTE of Cali
fornia provided that "no black
of mulatto person or Indian
should be allowed to give evl
dence for or against a white man."
In 1854 a man named Hull attempt
ed to rob a Chinaman, and being re
sisted killed him. The murder was
witnessed by other Chinamen, but
not by any white person. There was
no question of the fact of the hom-
cide, but the defense objected to
the introduction of any Chinese tes
timony, relying on thfs statute. The
court in a long and "learned" opin
ion held that the Chinamen could
not testify, that they were in effect
legally negroes or mulattos or In
dians, or all three, that the law
meant all persons other than white
persons, and so the defendant was
discharged. The court went so far
as to say that if Chinamen could be
allowed to testify in a court they
would soon become voters and par
ticipants in government, which could
never be allowed. The reasoning of
the court might not be' accepted In
full now anywhere, but there Is oc
casionally a more modern decision
that is scarcely less sophistical.
Several people whose long and pa
tient investigations should render
them capable of being safe ad
visees in the matter, say that not
only can flax In large quantities and
of excellent quality be raised in the
Willamette valley, but that allxcon-
dUIpns are favorable for building up
her a large linen manufacturing In
dustry. If they are correct, every
possible encouragement should be
given to . such an enterprise. It
would be another big advertisement
for Oregon.
The Oregon legislature will go on
record as favoring a federal income
tax. There were only "two votes
against It in the senate, Tho rea
sons in favor of such a tax were well
stated by Senator Sinnott, andsothers,
But it still seems unlikely that three
fourths of the legislatures Including
those that voted bn the question last
year, will pass the necessary resolu
tion. Some legislatures, however,
may reverse the vote of last year.
Among many things in which
Portland excels, not the least is in
the Y. W. C. A., which, it is official
ly reported, is the second Boclety of
its kind In the number of its mem
bership and its useful activities in
the world, being excelled only by the
Y. W. C. A. of Los Angeles. The Y.
M. C. A., a larger and more notice
able body, attracts more attention,
bq the Christian young women are
doing their part.
Now it Is reported that Vermilion
county, Illinois, Uncle Joe Cannon's
home county, and especially Dan
ville, his home city, arc a worse hot
bed of vote-buying than Adams
county, Ohio. But It is supposed
that Uncle Joe was looking thdother
way when all this vote-buytig was
going on. He was always reelected;
why should he Interfere?
It Is reported that J. P. Morgan
has expressed his entire satisfaction
with Senator Aldricn s currency
scheme. It was not to be doubted
that the senator would devise a plan
that would.be acceptable to Mr. Mor
gan. But it is not quite certain that
what would suit Mr. Morgan and
men of his type would be advantage
ous to the public.
Some women in woman suffrage
states do not wish to Berve on juries;
others do. In Washington several
Juries have been composed in whole
or In part of women, and so far as
has been observed they performed
their duty creditably. Well, . why
shouldn't they? Some womea will
make excellent Jurors. Some men
do not
Of course Colonel Roosevelt, the
only living ex-president, and various
ly noted otherwise, will be given a
rousing" reception when he passes
through Portland, will be asked to
make a speech, and everybody will
wish him a bully time. When last
here he got soaked; maybe he will
strike sunshine this time.
The probability is that the Califor
nia legislature will submit a woman
suffrage amendment, and it may
carry, as it did In Washington. If
so, Oregon win tie surrounded on
three sides by woman suffrage states
and on the fourth by the deep blue
sea!
Express Companies Superfluous.
Discussing the high express rates. H.
H. Windsor, In the February number of
Popular ..Mechanics Magastne, cites tho
oplnlori of Judge Mabee of the Canadian
railway commission, that express com-i
panles could be dispensed with ati fhAl
""" yuoiiiuno tttincu on saiisiactoniy
iv vim railways instead, ana adds:
mat. wis appears the logical thing
to do becomes more apparent when our
own express companies attempt to ex-
cime their Wish rates on tho grounds of
having to overpay the railroads , for
hauling their cars. In fact, the express
companies .admit having , become audi '
active; bidders against each other, that .
the railroads are receiving; as high as'
65 per cent of the gross earnings, leav- I
Ing only 46 per cent to the express com- . A legislator, always faces deflclen
pany out of which to render service ! clee. -
and pay dividends.. In other words, for
a package taking a rate of $1, the rail
road gets 65 cents for hauling it ia a
car, while the express company for 4$
cents calls for the package, takes It to
the shipping office, enters a record,
hauls to train, at destination hauls from
train to of flee tr delivers to consignee.
and has to stand liable for loss Jn tran
sit The very fac,t that express com
panies- continue to pay big , dividends
uhder such conditions Is a confession
that the rates, to shippers are easily 25
per cent too high, which should stilt
leave the railroads a profitable! nrlcs
for simply hauling lhe car. v
The Garbage Crematory.
Portland, Jan. 19. To ths; Editor ofl
The Journal.'' Just recently vj took the
time to go out and see the new crema
tory, that I have been reading about,
and while I do not know much about
the disposal of garbage, except some
crude Ideas, I certainly liavs some
knowledge of cleanliness and pure air.
There was garbage piled on the floor,
and to unaccustomed nostrils, the sight
was anything but pleasant, to say noth
ing of tho odor. In addition to this, I
was obliged to get out of tho bulldlnar
because of the heavy smoke, and when J
i got out on the driveway and stood for
a while getting a little fresh air, several
of the drivers of the garbage wagons
came out coughing, and for tho same
purpose I had to get some fresh air.
Now. in my own home, at times the
refuse frcm the table Is burned In the
cook stove; and unless tho lids are pot
properly closed, or the draft is poor, a
bad odor wlU coma from tho burning
garbage, and applying the same reason
ing on a larger Bcale, I should say that
there must be something radically
wrong with the draft or there are some
cracks somewhere which should be
closed, to Cause the condition that I saw
out there. And It would not take an
expert to reason that out, either. Of
course. I am totally Ignorant on the
subject, but judging from tho remarks
of these drivers of garbage wagons, the
condition out there is not particularly
pleasing to them, so taking all things
Into consideration, mildly expressed, I
should say the new crematory was not
a success.
Now, to get down to business: Your
paper Is existing from the fact that it
is supported by the people of Portland
and hereabouts, and you are supposed
to be tho organ which champions the
rights of the people. The people, from
whom you secure ypur living, have had
dumped upon them a public building,
which looks all right but utterly falls
to do the work It la- supposed to do;
160,000 of the people's money has been
thrown away on something that is no
good,' and Judging from the dilatory tac
tics cf certain officials, this thing Is
going to dilly-dally along until the other
J40.000 Is liable to slip through the
people's hands, and the first thing we
know w;e will have to vote some more
money "and dig up some more hard-f-arned
cash to repair this utterly worth
less coal consumer.
Now, after this long harangue, comes
your chance. What are you going to doj
about It?""" You are still selling your
papers and getting your money cash
for them Are you going to sit still and
let this thing go through without utter
ing a word of protest? There is-many
a man who cannot get out to the cre
matory and depends upon the newspaper
to tell him the condition. What stand
are you going to take? TAXPAYER.
Roses.
The Rose of Passion, heavy with desire.
And many-petaled, hangs upon the
tree
Miscalled fame of brief mortality,
Whereunder strings are snapped of lute
and lyre
By bleeding hands, the withering Rose's
fee r
By maddened feet, scorched by the
Rose's fire.
The Rose of the World grows by a shin
ing pool
Where lily-nymphs dance daylong on
gold sads.
Crying on man, who brings them with
Dom nanas
All he has found most rare and beauti
To hear the. laughter of the fleeing
bands,
And his own Image cry to him: "Thou
ful-
rooi:
The Rose of Thought ever of woe bo-
Him who still gases on tha unfolding ,
reaves
grace
Of Its dim blossom In a lonely place.
Until Into his Inmost dream he weaves
The starry glory of Its Immortal face;
And no man sees the falling of its leaves.
The Rose of Love, tha Wildest flower,
that grows
By peasant's hovel, and by queen's
nigh bower,
Spends all its life to scatter In -a
shower,
On the gray wind that hither and thither
blows.
The ripe seeds of the Universal
Flower; . -And,
where tho wind wills, thero the
seed It sows.
Klizabeth Gibson, In the Biblelot.
Vital Interest and Honor.
From the Boston Globe.
Upon more than one occasion Presi
dent Taft Jias earned tha rospect and
gratitude of all intelligent and slnoere
advocates o-f International peace. His
words ring true, and they ara consistent
with h!s deeds. Ha has invariably
thrown his Influence with all tha forces
that are working to eliminate wholly-
the necessity for war preparations-
tnat is, with the growing sentiment in
favor of arbitration.
Ko it hvnot surprising to read is the
news dispatches" Mm Washington that
the president is trying to learn whether
the views of the senate committee on
foreign relations have undergone any
change In the past three years in re
spect to article 1 of the arbitration
treaty between the United States and
Great Britain.
That article prohibits tha submission
to arbitration of questions of vital. In
terest to the two parties , or Involving
their honor. In 1908 a largo majority
of the committee was in favor of
that prohibition. Unlimited arbitration
seemed to them an empty dream. If
any of the members have awakened from
their trance, tha president, wants to
know It. for he would 1 Iks to approach
the British government to ascertain if
it is willing to negotiate for an amend
ment to article L
No interest is ao "vital" that it may
not be safely Intrusted to a disinterest
ed court of arbitration, and "honor" be
tween nations la a vague, shadowy.
changeable thing, too often synonymous
with dishonor or with selfishness.
.. . x 1 1 1 -
Whitewashing Won't Go. -From
tha Now York Evening Post
Whatevea rrfay bo tha final outcome in
the Lorlmer .case, the country will be
spared tha disgrace that threatened, of
an easy-going acceptance of tha white
washing report of the majority of the
senate committee. A white-washing rs-
poxUtJfl&yJiftjjaJJed
because, whether orimer oo guilty-or
not, and whether hs be entitled to his
seat or not the report was manifestly
lacking in a proper regard for tha se
riousness of he matter wttb which It
r Letter Frnm f h P
.
COMMENT AND
small; change
9
- Sure, good roads will pay; nothing
better. . - ... .,-
The legislative' economy spasm Is al
ways bric-f. '
- May Yoha Is not overburdened wlt'i
modesty; compares herself to Cleopatra.
Probably there will be talk In 1951 of
putting the state printer on a flat sal
ar. .
The conditions and circumstances of
cats vary about the same as those of
people.
v - ' ;
.. Are any of those cats so aristocratic
that they wouldn't deign to catcif a
mouse if they had a chance, c
.. 'i .
A . girl's red nalr caught fire; but It
was not a case of spontaneous com
bustion; she got too hear an open range.
There have hi. an inAmKAva v 1. n
Islature.ln. times past who dl.l not fare
U1 wnai aina or water was supplied.
Bnijsutiday has figured it out that
King pavld was worth 13.000,000.000.
Kill will never succeed in getting that
Miss Pan kin irttf AvIriAntltf AnAa h
i, ias L.very important personage, to
which estimate she Is encouraged by
irwiucu, .
A great national want, In the esti
mation of some people, is a-natjonal
flower. But none that would suit some
oTOiwua wouia suit all.
Captain Hobson Is still predicting that
ih,i wim capture tne united States.
w uiuoi oo very uncomfortable for a
iu w ue worried mat way all the
....... v,
The spirit of Sir John Franklin has
ouuiiiica vv. t. stead that Peary did
not get anywhere near the pole. Hut
V8. Kt back, which is more than Blr
a vim uiu.
Salem and Eugene should lose no time
ana spare no necessary expense in get-
"'IT." ""PP'y or gooa water.
They owe this to the state as well as
to themselves.
Americans'' are preat patrons of dis
tant mail order hmiaoR T aaiu
yiro uucairo nrm last year amounted
to more than $63,000,000, Z0 per cent
m.v. v man in .
, "epresentatlvs Neuner isN probably
n hib opinion mat tner are too
Bch.?21 koHdays, interfering ser
7L wlt.h "chooi work, bat Tie Is
of them 8UCCSd In abolishing any
Minneapolis woman has seoured a
divorce, because her husband crocheted
on the front lawn, to be seen by
paasersby. ,It'!s becoming hard to tell
what a husband can do that won't be
a ground for divorce.
v.If,er?w !- a -00? deal, of 4alk.smoks
SJw1 that f.w cUy Incinerator, sorne
71 resembling in color and odor the
SS2!!0i.,roT. 5he p,ant Uself- " half
hadit tohK T tr. the rltr has been
oadly Jobbed in this .matter.
The nresent Boston city charter pro
vides for the taking of a vote in the
ZHr or. & mayor's term to ascer
iv? ,,f the citizens desire to recall thacf
orncial and have a mayoralty election.
i,a?-qtlie',t.,.on oes on the baljot at the
state election next November. No mat
tor who is mayor. In the second year
of his service there always must be. a
vote on the recall at a stats election,
.
Automobiles are becoming cheaper, 6r
1 .mo.re L the cheaper kinds
made, and it is said that the man with
from 460 to 1500 to spend upon a
'"ot"iT ,cr has almost as wld a rango
or choice as the -man who feels that
iKnnCr?n ft.rdu t0 Pay from 3500 ,to
JBO00. Yef there are "quite a few"
people who haven't even $450 to spare
for an automobile. . ,
SEVEN FAMOUS OUTLAWS
"
Captain William Kidd.
vptain William Kidd la the most
striking of the outlaws of tha sea. He
plied his business on tha ocean with
very much tha same tactics as Robin
Hood, Jack Sheppard and the rest of
the land pirates and with tha same ef
fective results.
Kidd flourished In the latter part of
me seventeenth century, but was only
one oI who ' those days spoiled
ea commerce and blocked traffic. But
he was the most successful of them
all. And he accomplished his work with
so much picturesqueness and the story
of his burled treasure, which is every
nw and then revived when a search Is
maae to recover it, that his name stands
out prominently at the head of the list
Captain Kidd came to his vocation
of sea pirate In a rather peculiar way,
He was the son ot a Scotch clergyman
and was well reared. Jn earl y Ufa he
gained a thorough knowledge of the sea
and when an effort was started to
stamp out piracy, throughUhe efforts of
the king jof England and wealthy resi
dents of New York, Kidd was chosen
to accomplish tho task.
He undertook the mission no doubt
with much sincerity, but the tempta
tions that offered themselves soon found
him a willing prey, and while he made
several unimportant captures, it soon
became rumored about that tha. "well
beloved and trusty William Kidd" had
himself turned traitor to the cause he
had espoused. In short, he and his
crew, who had gone out to destroy
pirates, became themselves pirates and
began holding up and jobbing merchant
ships.
It Is sure that no pirate ever had mora
dealt. But tho opposition that' a few
senators indicated from the first, and
which was soon powerfully, reinforced
by President Taft's hostility to tha
white-washing program, has how be
come so strong that a thorough thresh
ing out of the matter Is asaured. The
most Important development of the
last 24 hours, is that Senator Root,
after a thorough examination of the
evidence, has decided to speak In op
position to the acceptance of
the committee's report. And Senators
Beverldga and Owen made strong
speeches, attacking the findings of the
committee. But there Is another cir
cumstance embraced in the day's news
which, we feel confident, will also op
erate, very strongly against Lorlmer's
chances; Tha .activity of the XOrimer
lobbyists, It appears,, has taken oir ths
form of scarcely-veiled throats that if
his election Is probed to the bottom,
his ': friends tll . .taka revenge In the
shape of attacks upon the validity of
tha election of other senators. It does
not require aa extremely exalted opin
ion of tha senate to make one fconfi
dan V that resentment against tactics of
this kind will hurt Lorlmer's causa far
more than the fear that the are In
tended to inspire will help It
Same in Oregon. s r
t From the Los Angeles Times. ''
- With all Us unparalleled growth the
Pacific coast is still in need of people.
Few of those who come here from tha
easL.aveiuEetuxniof .-.the aisa -4 ha
ultimate west is like 'the fabled fruit
of the lotus, those whoonca taste of it
forever-linger about the tree.. Yet Cal
ifornia, though hospitable to : excess,
invites as permanent residents nly the
NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
A Bohenjla mines la shipping $1200
n-iuu vio. . ...
Several new; homes hare been-built
at LAcomo. ... -
Mr. W. O. Minor of Hcppner is Still
miming caiuo prises. ' ' r.
A comDanvhan W rani in hni
for oil near Lebanon
, . I
t'.l. .nj V.. t
again-of that asylum. r
v'uwij niiu ic,ier i uw navi hum i n riiiim
',,, "," , ' I
Work on Siuslaw lettv will hn nrnnfl.l
cuted more vigorously from now n.
Beaches in the vlclnltv of TUln tnnnb
win uuuoiiess mast a luvorite summer
resort. ' - -.v:
barmer near Euen , anM s hon
that weighed 190 pounds at 6 cents a
pound.
The Hood River AnnlA nmr' ltn.
ion paa siui.uou 10 orehardlsts -iur-Ing
the three months nommimHnir w.ftii
Doijioniucr. t
Confidently believing that Medford
Will double Its population within ten
years, -A. Welch will build an electric
rauroaa mere.
So great has besn the growth and da-
Vllnnm.nt .n ..illnn... t 1.1...
count? :utTd :t o ;V'f ihaT1 :;:
county outside of Grants Pass that mors
v.ivu mo uciii(T iit-eueu an tne time.
Besides bolnir thn "Jioart nM.gn.
couniy s rich agricultural section." Cot.
tags Grove can boast of the purest and
wHi inuumaun spring water. NO' bolt
ing water here before using It, boasts
n imusr, j
' Min near Island City sold hfs 160 acre
mrm ror .-u,uuo. xt was the first home
stead taken up In. Grand Ronda valley,
being settled on by tha. man who sold It
hi 182. Ho had never had the patent
ICVU1UCU,
..-
In an Alhnnv atnin , n ia b..t(n.
each section containing seven shelves or
fine china from sonio unaocountable
cause suddenly parteH' from tho wall,
uHBiinig ineir contents to me rioor, caus
ma a warn vy oreaaaga or I1VU0.
Tha iivoiinuf nrin!HHn
is the Oregon Editorial aaaneiatinn a
was shown by their annual martin ra.
cently -held at Portland, sarcastically re-
marks The Dalles Optimist There are
ftVOf nf n,nuiSira in lhA .a,A knl
lust nina .mr. f
attended the meeting Indeed there wer
not enough present to fill the offices.
- ,
Accordina to Dr. Wlthvnomha at tha ft
I. C, -Oregon leads in 'fins live atock. ground to indacate that It should be
valued Srils JSa foooiTa'sso jffi?, lonfS 0M man r than to another
valued at XSWS, vLriVEt "e"i0B-
040.400: 2.401.000 sheeo. valued at i9.64!.
000; SS4.0M hogs valued at $3,888,000.
..u ",vv sum,, '" i i"iuv, a
grand total of 4nearly $70,000,000.
. ' i.
mere wm oe a scramDie between the
Oregon Electric and tho Southern Pa-
rlflo'to see which shall reach tho coast
first and the rich territory lvlnir vml
of us and which iws.been bottled up
IT htllftK oyaWwirlbde
made to blossom-as tho rose.. It will
be a great 'thing for western Lane and
me countyai large.
I ,':..
iteierring to ma nroDahie sale of n
large tract of land near Dufur to east-
Am .nto,lA , V, n( ... 1. . J '
the Wlnnirrf S TJiAi Z
anVtlfenDXvaney! ltBDtnat
the-valley will be changed from a wheat
the-valley will be changed from a wheat
growing country Into a fruit ralsinar vai.
ley. - Itmewns that the large farms that
now, support out a lew people will have
a family on every .10 or 20 acres. .It
means uuiur will u eiiancpd from a
town of 700 people to an Inland cltg of
consequence. That the Dufur vatlev
can raise as good apples and peara as
any section of the state, or world for
mat matter, nas rpeen demonstrated.
aristocratic connections than rvn.
iui iu iuo uuiBiari ne naa asi
partner tne King or England, as well
as many of the English noblemen and
tLtltlrLMlrerAl 0t
tfte colonial governors, as well1 as many
vu wcaHuiMi ciusens,
But finally, whan stnri. r.n,,
patrops of hia own piracy, orders wore
Issued for every British and American
port to look out for him. km h.H
of the plan to arrest him as he was
5lS!,"S""f -ln! HPan,8h Maln- He
aorinwiw aauea ror tnia country and
landed in Boston on July 1. 1699. to talk
matters over with his American pro-
rioters. Here he was arrested and sent
to England for trial. Hi, pirate boat
aented air his plunder it was thoutrhtl
uuv u uniy siu.uuu renro.iwa hnhhinii lich, nr. hnmu. m-A
that he must hava burled part of it
There was no real reason to think so
yet this rumor ha. ZTt olmou Van
200 years. . -
and as no specific evidence wa forth.
av4uu wlb iijiitTHfi ii n Trim tvi wrrt n i
VLZCt f !
j - ii. ;t . juouwi, no wo
found guilty of having killed a mutinous
nanui, iiHiueu winiam Moon, and for
this crime he was condemned to dMth
He was banged- on March 24, 1701, with
iniio i uia crew, ot Execution dock.
ionaon. The haste ..and iniustloA nf
his trial have led manv to thlW h,
hia'speetjy execution was necessary in
"u " nusn a pirate scandal that Arizona, it was explained to Mr. Roose
would have Involved the nam nf I velt that the convict should ha m!mh
of the highest men In England and in
tha colonies.
Next week Seven Historical Mys
terles, ' -
d Ze. nT a v v vC0Untr'- For
mu9.uu.rn no use. ene i
vi? jivv yearn ror clergymen who be-
long io the old red sandstone era of
no h fohrTawrvafrr." ,"no!
anvthlnir nnr fnmf 1.1 "
hntrhpa a t anv , - . . ' 1
Dotcnes at any trade, nor for Idlers of
any nature, nor for people Who are
r- . 0 v. v. 11 LllJilK. nor TOr I
anutiess ana worthless, who are' dls-
Satisfied WltH thnmal
factory to everybody else Deoola who I'm .sitting In ;my easy chair before
can neither remain anywhere with ad the ire8l3H'8 cheerful, glare. All mod
vantage, nor get away from any where rn ?omforts ftr at hand; electrio lights
with credit. ' r9 and rauslo canned; ' the triumphs that
But for every man and woman who
baa the will and the nantt.
anything useful there Is royal reward
lio branch of skilled or unskilled labor
no commercial ta:ot or experience, no
art no learned nrofaaainv. ..
wu" i . ih possessor ampler remu-
naratlon and larrer fiM e wl..
Iki. in . t V-? "DI" I
w.ww part ox the country I
, Relative Values.
She took two weeks to choose her winter
Ran here and there and triel on this and
that mis ana
S,.--Bl",ttX.r 5 ,nap nos fcnd lingerie
shoufdhi0" ".weighty things
And when It came to gowns she tJh ' l ,7, S 01 straw at
. dered o'er--' swns, she pon- night, and go to Led at six o'clock, be-
Each tuck and ruffle, bas flounce and caUB5 ""-"ndles are In stock, arid g0
aore. tw nu out doors to get a drink an i.,j
nHafo.l it. -m .......
sleeve. .
' ' ,"v"1 u
She ticked a husband In one moonlit ave.
Commefclal club will be organised at
4V V VUV
TANGLEFOOT
- By lilas OyerWt: '
TO AID A FRIEND.
When a fellow would tell you his troub
, t les, and Vnock on the geezer next
door, - ; .. "
And tells you your bares are but bub-
bles. to be thrown, like your socks,
on the floor, - ; .
When he even forgets to bo truthful
and tells of. the sins at the man.
'Tis then you. become kind and soothe-
Iul- a, numo.r .Mm all that yoU
...
' - crouch" T VV 8
i a m th' in lah j ia. , ..,.11.
Aiding your friend, sir, by holding the
nniinli. . "
I Uo wados in the mire while you're
t' holding his coat;
You do it In klndnpsa. but von'r. nnlv
the goat.
Then he swears, sir. he knows that tha
lenow is vour bitter enemy, too; A
ffi Rnva thnt tit,, mnn'ic titronlr nt voi-l
low Is olaln as can be through and
' throuah; .
And,', of course, , you're i indignant and
wornea; as a KnoiKer some-
' HmaM vm t' ret t,.. I, .
You proceed to get angry and flurried.
and help I1I111 to tarry his groueh
Vor that's whst Is labeled: Supporting
a srniieh. . i .
Padding jour cares like a cheap, showy'
..vnucn; " . '
False friends will' laud you fron dark
I I1CSS till OaWn
And you grin and you bear it, for you'
'are the pawn.
- Land Is tlim Rase.
I By Chief Bchols" pf ttitV Philadelphia
Housing Committee.
Without subscribing ttt ths single tag
theory; it must be obvious to every one
that land values lit a city ara mainly
created by society Itself. It ' Is Inevi
table that soctoty will give mora and
rnoro to demand for' all the people an
Increasing share of these values which
tho people have produced. Tha ultimata
effects of speculative land values
prove that the individual who is al
lowed to enjoy an excessive private
profit is virtually permitted to monop
olize somewhat the light and air, which
1 are supposed to be free. Excessive land
I values mean that little children and
I comrjaratlvelv resouro.elnaa famllUa
shall be . unable to hava about their
dwellings tha lanri nnm ri..lrn.M
prw light and ventilation.
"
Land Is the prtntlpal base of tha
whole housing problem. Land Is not
maae oy labor, mere is nothing In tha
I nature of an Dnlmnmv1 tia n
method by which the Ultimate good of
the whole community is best-assured. J
uweinngn, unuae inuir ounaing sites,
are the products of human toil. Tha
aniaiii.tat a.K...U . laiai .
: " "
11 18 Iand. then, rather than the house
built uon it, whlchshould bear the
hpavlant hiirrinn if tmrntlnn re
land Is treated on this nrlnclnlo. if it ta
LfPfil "t 22
... wo " .cy v iiu II1UIV
houses. For It will be more profitable
to erect rentable buildings on the land
than to merely hold it far a speculative
rise in value. In other words, ia Its
I - - . n'vuiiu VliO
r rpA rmn r nr tinnttpnniAH iriniinj i. .
community should collect through taxa-
a r "hre ofth8 r,8,n VHU
which, it Is itself creating.
The Failures.
Tha hills are bare "of Verdure,-the val-
. leys clogged with snow,
And winds of bltles Winter sweep howl-
Ing to and fro; '
The roads that lured us strongly are
.i . drifted, deep and white,
And peaks that seemed to beckon are
. hidden from, our sight;
The sun. who used to call us. In mrn
comrade wise.
Now glowers. dtril . and sullen, from
gray and sodden skies;
The sea Is black and angry, and flecked
with cruel foam,
Too long, too long we tarried, and now
akjr ill, Jiume
.jaiKea oi wonnrous ventures, our
v - -longues wouia never tire,
Tet "I B,uaJlt.-0Urage slt cl06e be
W..vriw.to hirt tha shrieking of
, blasts that stab and fleer.
i no stir ma coais anu wnisper: Thank
q mat w are nere
Unmindful t
today :
way.
tomorrow, and careless of
Ana though .we drudge or dawdle and
Wa knw our souls "a ,rl'"l
feared to risk the Game,
I . t
w talked of "Joyods freedom but
, .t5Bht' with 11akl.?8( kneS?'
0f rSo.sji" n dl8Unt
gripped with clutching bands.
Th gold great-hearted rovers had
. . wrested from the sands,
K1
We llneered. "llna-ered . MnraraA K.,...
And though pur fortunes flourish, and
we T(urrn in irv:
We'll K ff&ZrU and
cowaras. arter ail!
Breton Braley. in the Popular Maga
sine.
The Murderer's Great Offense.
From theV Popular Magazine.
When Theoddre Roosavali v nr..i
dent he was asked to nardnn a man wfc
had hen sent to the penitentiary In
because, although he. had been shooting
at one woman, nis Dtujet had gone so
rar wiaa or me mark that he had in
stanuy killed another woman.
"Im sorry for the fellow." aM
Roosevelt in disposing of, the case, "but
i mmK nc a oetter stay ia prison. There
be something radically wrong with
a man wno nas as naa an aim as that
ln Ansona.-'
Evening At Home
r. .ii..... . ... n-w. f . . ... ..
v'ii ui,n- w jue unrnni oj wait BIon.
th famous Kama pnet. Hi prose-poems ins a
rgalr tnre of tbl colama In XUe DaU
ou'
Kreat men nave wrought are gathered
my cosy cot.. The neighbor children
gather round, to hear me drivel and ex
pound about the good old; times gone '
by, which I applaud I wooder why? '
I wonder Why old men are prone - to
View the present with ft groan and talk
I ciwf .in cnn-
flren listen while I- toll of times when
.vrvhlnir via wl,.n .i.i .
, Zr, ." were
c ....... " --"I w..v4 iiirn wrrv
saints in nanamedowns. and life waa
to annoy.
one long round of Joy, without a .sorrow
mir ueart 1 m crtn.
" u? , U'"L "mV,7 Umn reueh
my hat, I'd bate like thunder to be
Bwung back to the times When I was
yon8l Pd hate to read -by smoky
I1, ..mm .bj-..ih .mir. nr.. .
IZ.7' I : "ea like
horses in those days, and yet, much to
my own amaae, I brag and brag In
prosa and rhymes, about the good old '
TnillDIICU tllllCBJ
ContrUtbt.-, mio. 1 br
Caucc jiatlavw Adams,
t