f 8 THE' OREGON" DAILY JOURNAL-, PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 1C11. THE JOURNAL C. fACKOK. ....rWtaser rut(ihd avary evetilnr (except Sunday and rrerr SnrxUr morulnf it Tha Journal Build' lK. FUti tad JfmO atweta. rortlaiid. Or. Bntcrod at th pnatoffite at Portland. Or., to trinimlMloa tbrooxk U alalia aa aaeood-claas mutter. ' ' TELErnoNES Mala tlflk Boom. All drMTtuMita reached by tseae Bumbere. TH the epmtor want departmant yoa -want. rottKHOJJ APTE6TISINO REPRKSENTATIVa, fVnJamla Kantirar Co., Hrunewlck Bnlldlne, tJ& f ifth nwrnw. New Vork; lie lsnl'i ( Bulldln. Cblraco. ,- inber-rtpth ttm by n or to ear address in ue imim kuitaa, oraoi or veoce: ,-. . ' ' tAU.f. vV tat rr........f5 00 f One aweta... 40 RUJfDAT. Oat year.. 11.50 t Ona nmtrtb. , DAlL'f AKD iUNDAT, On rear., HM I Ona month. .......I .68 ' Iastead :-f " th ; thorn shall feme up the fir tree, -and in stead of th brier shall -com up. tthe myrtle tree. And they shall build houses and Inhabit them, and they shall, plant vineyards and eat the frui of them. They shall not build and another In habit; they shall not plant and nothar eat--Isaiah. BE BANS Ia ORTLANDERS WILL soon tire of the wrangling over the Port ' of . Portland commission. We : have now a fair prospect of be ing coafronted . with two commis sions. The , old commission inslSts that ft is the only legal body; The ". new commissioners, acting In good faith, have accepted appointment, and naturally presume that they are a legal body. What Is the end to be? When will the end comeT ; There Is aq purpose in these re marks to pass opinion as to legal questions involved In the contro - versy.. It is acknowledged that per feet legality should attend all pro ceeding In which the work -of the 'port la involved. Possibly, there is reason for a suit .to determine legal OuestlonB as -o the organization of the new body. If ao, steps should be at once taken and the business be promptly settled. ',.''. .... A' friendly understanding between the men la the two. bodies should be reached. $ This la- not' a question of the dignity of gentlemen, but" of the welfare of Portland. If there is to port commission and be diligently oc cupied with the affairs of the pdrt This is what the people cf Portland desire. ."--.V, ' ; " ,t''ii 4 . The legislature attempted to pro vide a new commission. " There was strong demand for a change in the method of , selecting commissioners With, wisdom, the legislature pro vided that the body should be ap pointive, although the original Mil made ltelectlve. i Matters are Just now - drifting In that unsatisfactory way that lis liable jto so try public patience that the body will yet' be made elective, a' process that would be very vndeslrable. ,The way to avoid Insanity it to be sane. DEATH IN DUTY Y' ESTERDAY IT WAS reported from Los Angeles that Dr. H. C. Cates, a noted surgeon, lay at the point of death In the Crocker Street hospital from a pin prick received a week ago while dressing a , patient's . wound. Prom the quarantine staff of doctors in New York comes the report of the death of Dr. E. F. Ashley, bacterio logical ; expert, kilted by malignant spinal meningitis,, contracted in an autopsy ; at Swinburne ( Island. Of the five, experts employed, there Dr. Doty, the superintendent writes, one Is dead, another sent away on leave with health completely broken down. The strictest attention to al) known safeguards will not protect the doc tor from contagion when carrying a aick child ashore In his arms," which he 1b frequently called' on to" do. Typhus fever, small pox, cholera. work, fearlessness, enthusiasm, and , self rorgetiuiness are qualities of every day necessity. These men. and .their like, are the forlorn hope In the armies fighting disease and death for the public good. The excite ment of the soldier in face of the enemy's batteries is wanting to spur ? these peaceful warriors on in their heroic tasks. But Imminent danger v w continuously mot. A tX)STLY NUISANCE r rT IS FORTUNATE for 'PnrHnnrf that it is within the water powers of the Cascades -The development of hvdro-cler- tric energy ehouid Worn II nil Trinro eliminate the burning of coal for mo , tive power and result in a corres ponding reduction of the smoke nui sance.' . - Coal smoke In the destruction it brings about, costs Chicago $2 1,830 -000 a year, or about $10 per capita. The money goes to laundries, cloth ing merchants, dyers, bouse reno vators and painters, Ona dark, day recently, 600 pupils In one of the public schools had to be dismissed on account of the gath ered smoke in St. Louis. In oCher schools In the smoke belt rm tw same daV pnpls were ; Entertained with storieg by their teachera during the time it was too dark to study. ,In many large manufacturing cit ies the smoke nuisance has become . one' of thet , great problems. For yoars, the press of Chicago has been thundering at the Illinois Central railroad in effort to secure electrifi- . cation of JhaJ jppwanj.iJIiiea j-ithi the city limits. Not only !slhe prnoke. destructive to wearing :ap rrel and house furnishings, but it is insisted that, where the : atmos- ! u. m.u ! .' . , wawav IUVU LfCUUlrj Am especially'; liable to j diseases ; of t the respiratory system. . ': i.We are told that in Portland elec tric power Is to become' bo cheap that no manufacturing establishment can longer afford ; to ' use the more costly steam power. . The adniisslon to Portland of a second company, that proposes ; to supply electric energy may be a factor to aid in the reduc ing process. If the prediction shall pe realized, Portland will have au tomatically' solved a problem that weighs heavily upon a long Buffering public in otfcer cities. JOHX HAYS . HAMMOND I NASMUCH AS President Taft had an entirely free hand In choosing the special envoy to represent tho United i States- at the coronation of King George in June the selection of John Hays Hammond for that honor will occasion much "remark, His connection with the Jameson raid in South Africa in 1895 and 1896, his death sentence; and. its commutation by President Kruger to a uue 01 i.a.vuu, is quoiea against him, we are told, by Socialists and certain labor leaders la Great Brit ain. But this is -ancient history, and the chances are that General Botha and the other Boer leaders who will 11 kewise be-1ir attendance attnecor- onation, wilt not be ready to raise ob- ectlons to Mr. Hammond on those old scores nor would their objec tions, if made, carry much weight. What will be lh, the minds of very many Americans, however. Is whether one of the adventurous life and varied experiences of Mr. Ham mond, the associate and trusted ad viser of London Stock Exchange and Wall street magnates, the expert in mines from California and Mexico to South Africa and Alaska, Is the best possible successor to those great men whom the nation has delighted to honor for special missions of the order. ' ' - - ; , It Is understood, of course, that this appointment goes by selection, not election, . No one but tie presi dent gains the reflected honor or censure from the envoy he selects. But the special ambassador for .this great nation will be the center mark for eyes of all the peoples. He should be the choicest American of them all, for all are Judged by his personality, his character, and his attainments. RECLAMATION INVESTMENTS HE UNITED STATES reclama tion Service; announces that it is propdsed to expend $48,000, 000 on i reclamation of arid lands within the next four years, or at the rate of $1,000,000 a month. Con trast this beneficent Investment with the battleship appropriations, which will have to lieep a more than even pace, so long aa thejarmlng of the nations shall endure. I The whole course. and: progresa. of tho reclamation system comes nearer to actual creation than any other form of Investment known to ' nian. Given the arid waste, useless lb man or beast Given the distant "water, filling no function of utility, alter nating between flood and fast drying pools. ' The money of the people brings each to bear on each. . And the Immediate result Is in homes provided by the public for the pub-Iic--but for the nubile" through .the Individual. No thought of commer cial, profit enters the transaction. The cost is returned into the treas ury, not to be there lost sight of among the millions, but to Issue again In an unending chain of pure beneficence; , 'y The;whole system is an admirable, lnstanca of paternalism in govern ment No objection can be offered on the ground that public funds are endangered in such Investment since if bonds were issued on the reclama tion their description in the market would be "gilt edged," even without the added security of a governmental guarantee. The restrictions on the acreage or land to be owned b surreh- der of all over a quarter section when land is taken into a reclama tion project, all look the same way. The French warning against dan ger in excess of zeal is the only ad verse comment ever applied to these operations. And they may, for this, be pardoned, since enthusiasm and Imagination are most necessary fac tors when the eye of the government officer ranges over the wild scene of possible development. This great de partment haB grown almost ; uncon sciously to cover the operations In volved in the beneficial use of these many millions. The nation has adopted It, and has long since stopped to analyze the question as to constitutional rights and policies. EXPRESS RATES r T IS NO WONDER that the express compnnlGB hold on to their gold mine like grim death. There is a general iaea mat tne ejrpress ratea are exorbitant, but very little exact knowledge on that point has boon available. A writer in the World's Work' supplies the facta and some deductions. Having investigated Just what are now express charges for an average parcel carried ah average distance, Mr. Keys ascertains that. 45 cents represents that average, and there fore affotdB the basis for the next step in the Inquiry. , Suppose that from 45 cents there be deducted 17 : ceniB for, the .ex cess in railroad rates "over their highest class freight rates, and also cents for the express cornmanv's H'nrrrrrTlVirTliWt or 24 cents for the carriage anoVde nvery or, this average package. , Is 24 cents enough? , LIt would leave the r ft 111-rift t n . it-- A L . a i t . a ' . i ""-.". ei'WK. prom on we irana tiMHot H a ex r press companies to pay a. dividend of 8 per, cent per.ahnum on theit' stock Theiiling upref enormous surpluses would be - ended, but the American people would save,. Mr. "Keys Bays about $60,000,000 annually. - ' It Is hardly necessary to point out that these figures make no allow. ance for the inroads on the express companies': business hr iha Introduc Hon tof the parcels post. It Is not very clear to the average man' why the people at large should not do a reasonable amount of their own: par eels' carrying. Even if an American parcels post- be a larger land harder proposition than has been solved by other countries there, is no essential reason why American enterprise and Intelligence should not meet it v Nor have the express companies earned such popular gratitude as should re quire the leaving bf the business in their hands a single day longer than is needed to provide the postal sub stitute.' ' W'vy? (ft'v, K V: ' DIA2& AND' THE PEASANTS E VEN IN MEXICO land hunger needs be satisfied before land dwellers J will ' support a gov ernment As In Russia at tail very, hour, so in Mexico the powers that bedeck to draw tho peasants" to them by securing them in ownership of the land, where, without that own ership, they are but serfs, east or west- y ' - , In Russia these .' peasant farmed lands form part of th vast Inherit ance of the crown. The czar, has but decree, and -the peasant's inse curity of tenure of bla land is ap- peased. Though there 1 the power that makes cau unmake If it chooses, and if It dares. ; . In Mexico the boon to the peasants can be provided by president, gov ernment, and legislative chamber by more modern methods An issue of national bonds for $40,000,000 Is proposed, to provide the means for purchase of huge estates, to be di vided among the peasant tillers of the soil. This most timely, measure Is at once' an admission of the need of Btllling the spirit of unrest that tends to fill the ranks of the Insur- rectos, and a potent means of satis fying the present owners of the tracts to be acquired by the nation. The recent Journey of the finance minister, Llmantour, to the financial markets of the world' will, doubtless. provide the means. The adminis tration of.Porfirlo Diaz has had, at least, this merit, that Mexican secur ities have been held at tranA iiHcpb on the stock exchanges. . It may be demonstrated once again that In Mexico, at any rate, the power of the purse Is "greater than of the sword. THE AUTO AND THE ROCK PILE : " . I IFTEEN DAYS on the rock pile : is the hilarious prospect opened before auto maniacs .in Port land. It is the sentence ad ministered by Municipal Judge Taz well to on of them who converted busy Washington street Into a speed ers boulevard the other day. Dur ing the period there will be one driver less to whisk around the cor ners or Bail down a crowded Btreet. scattering frightened people in all directions. Breaking rock is a healthful exer cise. It stimulates digestion and af fords time for sober reflection. It takes one away from the busy cares of the world and delivers him from the snares and temptations set for the unwary. After the day.'s work is over, a good meal is In waiting, and after that there is a.vacatlqnal hour for fun and frolic. Judge Tazwell has hit upon ah ex cellent plan Most of the autoists are sane and, safe, but there are a few who are speed crazy. Their sub lime conception of life Is that the streets' were made for them and that everybody must get out of the way. There Is nothing like a rock pile for MiBur.h cases. It is a perfect-antidote. and all the sane autoists and all peo ple will applaud Judge TazwelPa policy. PHILADELPHIA IN THE PRO CESSION s OMETIMES THE EAST Is wil ling to follow in the footsteps of the west. Philadelphia dis patches tell of a new thorough- tare and belt line, to connect all shipping points on both rivers, and to give facilities for the development ocean traffic . centering in the southern portion of the city, where river channels are deep and. wide and free from ice Impediments In winter. . The- river and harbor com mittee havoNa8ked for an Immediate appropriation of ; $500,000 to begin tlje great work. . The key note of all the new efforts along these lines is the same free access to the port for all shipping, deepening and widening of the approaches by water, for ample thoroughfares ana belt railroads to connect. transportation by land and water with the least possible ob structions and liberal appropria tions for these ends. . No objection on the score of outlays so involved has yet appeared in Philadelphia papers. ' r:n4- ,Apropos of Judge tazwell'a an nouncement; and in view of what Mayor Slmoa says the three-handed agreement was, might It not be well for Major Kennedy to announce that he, too. Is for "a Judiciary untram meled by boeses?" i - A .: i , , i,fl n JJ ohnlavsiammfindientiw chosen .. representative of the great republic ' at the British coronation, and ''as such appearing in a most dis tinguished place among the foreign envoys, is a thriller. Where Is the recollection of White, -'JlelcL; James Russell , Lowell and ' other eminent statesmen who haye 'represented us at London t-L-Why-dld 4he-president not , appoint! Guggenheim? Or Bal linger?T!!two"n of the "lame-duck" senators? , ' , ,Incre)ulouB . people are asking themselves how tit happened that a New Jersey cow that gave seven tons of milk in a year dlda't drown her Belf in It. : , . The chances of the Mexican revo lution are much Improved by '.the purchase of a lot of Missouri niules their marksmanship Ja much better. Letters From tLe People The Ex-Abbot. To th Editor of The . Journal It Is. interesting- to . karn through The Journal the ral cause of the recent romantic episode of the ex-Abbot Thomas "An ' affliction of ' the brain from, a brain stroke when quite young-." Father Gregory's homily -in The Journal shows that others are sometimes the Innocent victims of "dementia ameH- na." It would -aTOearr-toov-that-The Journal, unlike Its local contemporaries, is utterly Indifferent to the exploded "bugaboo" of "lese maJeste., A. CONSTANT READER. Two Bonapartes. '. 11 From the Now York World. Former Attorney, General Bonaparte of Baltimore Is panls stricken at the thought of a foreign Invasion. "Any J one of several great powers, today," be says, "could land on our shores tenfold the number of soldiers we have placed on the Mexican border, In - less time than was needed to bring General Ross' brldage across the Atlantic In 1814." r Two hundred thousand men are quite a large army to move by sea 3000 miles or more. To bring them across the ocean would require an immense fleet of transports, an entire navy of war ships to convoy them and a third fleet of vessels to nrovlslon and coal the expedition; ,iv 1 Another Bonaparte, who 1 generally tredlted .with having possessed a little military " talent, conceived the. idea as long ago m 1797 of landing an army in England.- He harbored the plan for some years afterward. In 1803 he as sembled on the coast ofthe English channncl near Boulogne an "imposing army, built a great number of flat transport boats and practiced the In fantry in sea service. ' It was one of the finest and best armies ever at Na poleon's disposal, but he never dared attempt a landing ' In England. The same year the army of 30,000 men that Napoloon sent to Haytl under General Leclerc to quell a negro insurrection was driven from the island. Perhaps Napoleon Bonaparte packed the Imagination of Charles Joseph Bon aparte. It may be thai he lacked the American Bonaparte's knowledge of the science Of war. If only he had had the Baltimore lawyer's help he might haye Invaded and captured England. Moving hundreds of thousands of troops not merely across the channel, but .rBS the Atlantic Is easy for a man who was secretary of the nevy for a few menths. Dairy Industry Growing. From the Pacific Homestead. The dairy industry has been passing thrsogh a crisis for the past year or so and for many months seemed to be giing the downward course In Oregon, but since the flrt of January condi tions have been Improved and creamer ies universally report an increase in the amount of butter fat being received. Two creameries of Portland last week reported an. increase of 25 per cent in the amount of butterfat being churned Over the same month fpr the previous year, and the Increase seems to be uni versal. This bodes well for the future of the industry in Oregon, 'and Indicates particularly that dairymen are paying mora attention to the business' side of the industry and are keeping: only those cows which are yielding more butter fat at an expenditure of the same amount of feed as the unprofitable oows which were formerly kept. There Is an opportunity of still more of this weeding out process before dairying Is put on the basis It should be in the northwest. Get rid of the cows that don't even pay their bill, let alone for the labor pfcarins for them, and tho loss side of your ledger will be wiped out and turned Jnto a handsome profit The Fight With Self. We" all have fights to make with self. And these aro the bitterest fights of all. Worse than the fight for a board of pelf Is the fight to master Our vices small. Worse than the fight on the battle lino Is the struggle that many a man goes through , To rid himself of tho thirst for wine,-; . That he may live as ha wants to do. Temptation knockirajt -the good priest's And fierce is tho struggle within his ' breast, ..-., . . But he kneels and prays till the siego Is o'er,, j i ' And rises a victor In the test. And man and, woman must fight as he Tho things of self that would drag us down. t And over ourselves get tho mastery Else an we gain is a paper c,rown. Oh, the ftpht for? wealth arfd, tho fight The fight' for glory, and world ap- (, Dlause: - - Tho struggle, too, for an honored name, And I'd list tno right for a noble .. cauKO . Aro simple things, if tho- truth were Mivnn , .... .... . .- Compared to tho strtfggle a man goes " through In his fight with self, when he's all alone, ;-. To live a life that Is cleaa and true. Detroit Free Press. r ) -. - .j .'-, Butchery Made Easy.' ' v From tho New Tork World. . :' Senator Timothy D. Sullivan will have to his credit at lease one piece of really valuable constructive legislation If he. secures the passage of his bill for tho regulation of the 'sale of ..re volvers. At present the sale of these weapons is Jn practice promiscuous and irresponsible. Any one can sell them; any one ; can buy them tho drunken man, the hysterical woman, the crank, the criminal. , . Under tho Sullivan bill 'any person who wishes to sell firearms must ob tain a license at a cost of 110 a year, while any ono , who wishes to purchase a firearm capable of concealment upon the person must first secaro tho author ization of the police, based on "an in quiry Into the character and purpose of ibo would bo purchaser. Moreover, any , one- selling: such . a firearm ; must keep a socbrd Of "the Identity and ad dress of tho purchaser! and of the man ufacturers number on th weapon.' S t - Judge Holt Is obviously right in say ing that tno purpose of this bill would not conflict with tho constitutional right totbear arms. , t - ,Fo Real Parcels Post. v . "The present fourth-olass postal rate Is but; little used In this country simply because It is prohibitively High," says Fremont Rider In the World's Work for April. "To send 10 pounds Of merchan Olso from New York to Philadelphia In COMMENT ANO SMALL CHANGS Well, i Grandmother, it breaks hearts, but we've got to lose- you.' our Welt, It was necfc and neok between the , baseball, fan and the electrle fan. "Next Saturday '1sTorwt-bs All Fools' .day. - Think. you're going to bo awe to maae it ati dui onei . a a Got it figured out yet whether you will buy . a ne lawn mower or make the old one .pverT ,rou a better hurry. DIference between Chrltf oatier- On. lumbus, looking for India, and Doocook. hunting ' the Dole: Columbus found something just as good. . - ; v . , . !.-, . -.1.- -v-,..i- a a 'i,,1'' :' r " " ThA nfflrA Pnva'. linlnn at m session last night adooted a basaball excuse warranted to hold do boss and repeat,-Got It yet. Old Man? young Portland sport who onoe thought he couldn't exist without the slot mint The necessaries of life are really vary few. after alL a , a t , AcceirAinr tn tha nfflna knw. all ta a hron rt lta.Vi mtm v.M m - - w .wjo ,11.1 TV, I, I'UITI cleatr ver-tbo-. park-fatvoo-inatoad - of uuuvcigiug ai me gnotnoiea. jnsieaa or exumng, somewhat slyly, over tho alleged extraordinarily good . i -tirgon ciiniaie, wny Bfit aHmlr thor It 1. ..,1. . t cyclical change, and that the Changs the University of Pennsylvania virtuoso Whn IIVI AmaHoan wnmaaw. a-., wva. . a. ( taa and will ruin tho nation: Ho Is not tho uusrauu vi .a aear mtie woman wno, while not very strong, yet does all of her. own housework and denies herself nine-tenths of the things she wants and makes her husband's S2S ? per do tho work of about J38.88. fuu. lu' a - TmnrUnn a wtlif h...t . inAAiATM starve him all tho time and pelt him Whanaver vnil faal ttlra it -Kam loose; then catch him again and try to icano uci Biuiii vi iiiiii. unanoes are, vmi'll hava , ..I anwiKAu J u. : for you while you -re educating him to observe liberty and obedience at one and the same view. That beast lo Mexico, uncle Bam has his coat off. VfavTna r,a i y n A J. W . I And therer-you are, as Fred Funston SEVEN FAMOUS BEAUX Lord Chesterfield. "Chesterfield,- said George II to Lord ftervey, "1b a little tea table scoundrel that tells little womanish lies to make quarrels in families and tries to make women lose Jthelr reputations and make their husbands beat them, without any object but to give himself airs, as if anybody could believe' a woman could like a dwarf-baboon." ' George II was no doubt smarting undet the popularity of the famous cour tier of his realm, for during all his reign the monarch Was compelled to cringe under tho inimitablo . manners, the insinuating; address, the polished wit and tho infinite grace which aro associated with the nam of Chester field. . v '-., .rf But Chesterfield was not merely' a wit and beau, and did not follow tho vocation of these arts, only, but history has written him down as a sound stutesman- and politician, and in the house of lords his speeches were ad mired and extolled. more so than any others of the day. ' Horace Walpole, who tiad .heard all the great speakers of his age, In 1743 declared that the finest speech ho had ever' listened to was one from Chesterfield Dr. John son called him "a lord, among wits and a wit among lords." " ' During most of his lifetime Chester field was undoubtedly one of the finest social figures in the kingdom. Ho was paid, the exceptional, compliment of be ing a man who can pick up a fan or turn1 a comailment better than any oth er fine gentleman of Europe. V The only writings of this accom plished personage that are at all re membered ' were his letters to his nat ural Bon, remarkable for their ease of style and their worldly knowledge, put deficient In the loftier points of moral ity. They were not intended for pub lication. To show how much he count ed upon good manners tor success In life Is shown in the advice to his son In these 'letters, if Manner is , all, )is everything;, it . is only by manner you can please and 7 consequently .rise," "Showlsh and shiny people always get the better of all 'others, though never so solid." -,T owe much more of the success I have In the world to my man ners than to any .superior- degre ' of merit or knowledge," "If you would be a great man in the world when you are old, shine and be showlsh in it wjitle you ar young." ' volves not merely the indefenslblo nui sance of separating it for mall "trans portation into three packages, but " a sharge-ef$l-60. Naturally-insleadthe merchandise is sent in one parcel by express for 6o ents. iAs the work don by tho express company,, it is needless to not, gives them a very handsome profit indeed, it is evident that by far the .larger portion, of the government's $1.80 in this case would be sheer profit if the postofflc wer as fflclently conducted as the express companies. "Of course, wer the postofflc rate from New Tork to Philadelphia real parcels post rate, that is, for example, 20 cents for 10 pounds Instead of 31.10, tiyrt would be 1000 pounds of merchan dise so sent where there is ono sent to day. People will us a parcels post when it becomes cheap enough to bo an economic possibility, and they will us it enormously,, as experience lsewhr has abundantly and conclusively proved." Ilarriman a Progressive. By Otto Kahn at New york Memorial , ' . Service. . .,..., v It Is significant of the tendency of Mr. Harriman'S development ' that, though he had graduated from the "old" school of politics, he grew to hold some heterodox views, and the statesman for whom in his last year I heard him of ten est express admiration and respect was the late Governor Johnson,, the progres sive chief executive of, Minnesota. . : 1 Although regarding him, as an ex tremist in some respects, and disagree ing -with him as to certain measur: in fact, as to certain fundamentals j (Mr. Harrtman 'being a republican and Cjtov arnor Johnson democrat), he used to refer to him as the type of radical who was neither demagogue, hypocrite, self seeker f, nor , itime-aerver, . and whos leadershlpv would be Increasing within lines ; of , safety and sanity,-; a ilncere, courageous and .Just man, open to rea sonlng and conviction, earnestly and painstakingly in search of the right, free from that instantaneous and Intolerant "cock-sureness" in dealing with Intricate economic and other problems, which he looked upon a an Irritating and dam aging characteristic of many reformers whose seal outruns their knowledge,' mental discipline and sense of responsi bility and of proportIon."7T " " . T ii ianaii rtmimm I Wmmm League, of Insurgents. - -From the Indianapolis News.j .' The National Progressive Republican league is not. Its, promoters are careful to say, a new party, but simply an or ganization of Republicans designed to NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDEUGHT3 - Klamath Falls papers are quoting with approval a dispatch from the Sac ramento Bee's Los Angeles correspond ent, tn which Klamath's exhibit at the Western Land and Products Show is given special mention. . T - " ."''. . ' . .o ' a . '. ' ' First cherry blossom for Claud pa vis, substitute mail marrler on route No. 1. out of Forest Grove, who, on Tuesday, March 11', saw early varieties of cherries In bloom "on the Mead place in iua tiu.s.ue section.- 4 , , . -.': - -, a - a :'. : v'"--:-::: Tho Wallowa ; Chieftain s says: "It was estimated last year that there were 10,000 acres of new, land broken in the country tributary to this city. Present indications- are that there will be a still larger amount broken .this, spring." 's Roseburr's real estate men at a moeUng at which the organisation of a realty ooara was considered, took no action, but, according to the Roseburg News, "the meeting was very enthus iastic, and all present seemed delighted over the prospects pf future harmony." "Fruit conditions In the Rogue River valley were never so good," states Pro fessor O'Gara. in the Medford Tribune.' Ho further remarks: "The diseases and blight aro practically all wiped out on the floor -of tho valley and tho trees aro going to bear a record harvest of ap ples" y:: '--a... .: f..a?.-.-.T ., -'. --;, V;?..a Y'-:-T', ' '; ; : PaUcltv of military ardor on the joart of the young men of Salem provokes tho Salem Statesman to the point of open rebuke. One recruit had been the net result up to March 24. ..and - the Statesman' headline writer on that date went so far as to cry "Small pota toes!" . i-.-jV-,.-. .V,.l: - Ashland Is settlnr all the cities of Oreron av worthy tumtil in actual! becoming the city beautiful, says the neighborly Medford Mali-Tribune. It nas a parte system worthy or the name. It is parking the tenter of ita main boulevard. its picturesque location Is being, made the most of for attractive ness. ' , . Medford is hSDPT to state, as ter the columns of 'the Tribune, that "48 bond buying houses of the United States, embracing the' largest institutions In volved In bond dealing.: have anolled to .City Recorder )Telfer for the recent la sue of bonds, amounting to 138,000, is- eua oj i no vuy nc a. receni special elec tion." A call for bids has been ia-mied and it is thought tho bonds will bring a splendid premium. . . j . This, is the advlc Chesterfield gave to his son. ; It was a father trying to instill into his only offspring the things which he himself considered the greatest in the world to tend to success. And to4 these he added many other maxims on dress, and the car of the finger nails and the cultivation of tho bow, which made Carlyl contemptuous and Macaulay find . my lord's .letters "mostly trash : '. - Such advice, if followed, would tend to vanity, but it would not be harmful. But in his letters Chesterfield's advice to Philip was not always what a good father would give his sop. "Sin," said the father in effect, "but sin elesantl v." "Sin In the best company and you niayS sin wun impunity. Avoid vulgar crime." "Accommodate your morals to yur company. Don't, 'for Gods sake,' be so ill bred as to show, or to have, unfash ionable virtues." He placed as a erown-r ing grace to . ."wriggla" into favor by the "manners of a dancing master," Chesterfield was untiring In his ef- forts toiplease women because he said they "put a young fellow In fashion." Imagine, then, his mortification, after all his efforts on his son, to find that the young man could not learn to "loll genteelly," or to compose his ; counte nance to the "respectful, the cheerful, and t)e insinuating," and was in brief, not a whit better than the "respectable Hottentot," to whom he so frequently shudderingly alluded. Chesterfield's whole life was wrapped up 1n following out particular fads and fancies of the character usually ta booed by sincere men. When he was 74 years old he wrote to Major Irwlne: "I have drained Pandora's box, without finding hope at the bottom. The taxes that nature lays upon old age are very heavy." Is ther any confession of a worldling quite so pathetic? Yet to the very , end he believed In the sort of world in which he delighted to live. He lpoked - back, when he was dying, and believed in it He kept up this belief to his last breath. The morning ha died a friend called od him. He. had only strength enough to say, "Give Dayrolles a chair," which were the last words he was heard to speak.- His physician, who was at-his bedside, remarked: "His good breeding only quits htm with life." Tomorrow George Vllllers. v,- :. ...... , bring about certain reforms through the agency of the Republican party. The first thing sought, therefore, is party ontroi, f or ne.proposed reforms can not be ef f eoted unless the Republican organization Is controlled, or at least very profoundly influenced, by the new league. . . ; What will happen if the Republican party refuses to be thus Influenced we are not toldC That, w suppose, is a matter for future consideration, If the next national convention does not meet the wishes of the organised progres sives it will then be time enough for them to decide what they will do. It does stand for progress, and, what la better, for political courage and in dependence. We believe that even its campaign for a generally direct action of the people will accomplish good, for it will rouse the people to a sense of their duty,' ana, will perhaps make the interests 'realise that the day of their empire is passing..! The Republican par ty can stand a good deal of shaking up, for through it connection with the In terests It has become distressingly conservative.- ' . ; ' Advertising Oregon. From the Lakavlew Herald. C. O. Mlsenar "th land man," re turned Iffst week, from a three months'' visit to his' old home in Monmouth, 111. While away Mr. Mlsenar spent a great deal of time advertising Lake county's resources in Chicago, St Joseph, Kan sas City and .other cities and asserts that Oregon and Lakeview are so widely known that all that Is necessary to block the sidewalks of any. city Is to put "Oregon" on your hat, two apple's In one. pocket and two potatoes in the other. '... Rftpresentativ Robert L,' Henry of Texas, who is slated for the chairman ship of th 'important rules committee of the house, waa sent to congress from the Seventh, now the Eleventh, Texas district In 1887, and has served continuously slncef Mr. -Henry Is a na tive of Texas and a graduate of the University of Texas. , . ' 1,1 , ' ' -"!'. T , .J' n . '" M;--v.y,?,.'K..' One . oOhe.. moat, important-decisions regarding the rights of organized labor In the state of Ohio was rendered re cently by Judge Mantonof Toledo, who decided that the boycott was legal. He decided a case brought against the Ho tel A Restautant Employes' Internation al alliance, charged with boycotting a local hotel, against the plaintiff. TLe Big (ity Mdyement From the 'Boston Globe r In at least seven large cities of the country movements for municipal en largement are : either ' being discussed or are. actively under way, The cities are New, York, Pittsburg, San Francisco. Baltimore, Minneapolis, Cleveland and Detxolt, not to mention the mildly co operative, federative plans for Greater Boston. ' ,: : ' ,, ; . , , "i :;:,; . In each Instance an 'effort , is being -made to give a more accun te idea to the world of the potential size of the community... New York will. add Yonk ers, New Rochelle, Mt Vernon and one -or two other srnall places if the reBl dente of those localities vote for an nexation at a special election. , ' The senate of California has Just de feated a measure which would permit San Francisco-to annex Oakland and -suburban towns across the bay, giving ' the city a population of 750,000, but the proposal will be heard from again. Pittsburg Is considering the annexa tion of surrounding, territory having a population of '21S.000, thus giving that city a larger population than either St " Louis, Boston or Cleveland.. The old proposal of - th union of Minneapolis and Srtrpaul ts-atur alive, and Baltl more, Cleveland and Detroit look with- longing eyes - upon adjacent territory. The Disintegration, of the ThPatre. By Montrose J. Moses, in the Forum, J The i theatre In America is passing ' through Its newspaper phase;- la every -department ? it' is being influenced by " those economio forces which try to In flate to market without Improving th product as a commodity rather than as -an art Every Industry is subject to th laws of profit and loss, and th theatr 1 an ever' increasing industry, since the . amusement ; territory is increasing. There is no concentration which would make NewiYork-lheiheatrieat center in the way that London Is the hut. of the United Kingdom. ; Only by the combining or theatrical Interests in the hands of a few dlota- . tors has the theatre settled into some orderly adjustment, exchanging Inde pendence ot seieotlon on the part of the small manager and of the actor, for cer- - tain salaried assuranc. The theatrical " Interests have largely been held In New York, although Chicago Is Increasing in importance, while the road has accepted what it could get the local manager te ing only a dependent with no Incentive or means to give his public what they want, other than what the syndicate might allow them. . " The history of the Theatrical trust is hardly different from the growth of V arty other trust save In respect to the ' personalities of the men behind ' the combination. The magnates who gov ern Wall street know their trade down to the smallest detail; thy know the men with whom . they have to deal, and ' they ar quick to measure the' risk. . The . same may be said for th theatrical manager. But the extraordinary business man ex- eeeds th exceptional theatre man In thla large respect: he understands the way the country is going; he has his hand on the pulse of business condi tions at their greatest energy; he knows how the people are thinking on p-ubllo atf airs. The theatre manager has no suoh penetration; he launches his indi vidual enterprises as a gamble, and de pends upon the physical resources of theatricalism to "boost" his produot , . " T :V -r' Another Wilson Victory. Governor Woodrow Wilson continues to administer his office as If there was to be no Democratic national convention in 1312, and as If he really believes that the people of New Jersey area first con sideration. He refuses to seek a pollt- ' leal isle of safety! and finally he baa showed his . estimation of the machln by ordering its chief spokesman, Nu; gent, out of his office. This spokesman accused him of bribing legislators with patronage, in order that platform pledges of his party may be carried out As a result of Mr. Wilson's Indifference to personal promotion, Jersey will have, before next November, a rational elec tions law, a law that will insure to each male adult one vote freely east and hon estly counted, a consummation contem plated by Republican government Mr. Wilson Is a Democrat, in national poli tics, and there are many of his party dogmas to which we cannot subscribe, but he is something more than a Demo crat; he seems to have the idea that la the matter of law-making a complete- body politic, regardless of affiliations,, must be served. That ho has broken with the machine, from which he had nothing to expect at the outset can be no longer doubted, and that opponents within his own party will do everything in their power to prevent his nomina tion next year Is a certain as any other event contingent upon the future, but he will, have the satisfaction of knowing that he kept his word when he an nounced that he would regard himself, as1 a leader if called to executive office. ' Sometimes in politics a man rises above intrigue and is able to defy it This was true of Cleveland, and history may repeat itself, - ' The Coming of Spring , Here in the town the gipsy spring comes slowly, , j Creeping along with pavement tired - - feet Leaving woodland blossoms in th ven dors grimy baskets, And weaving April sunbeams across the dingy street . v But out on the hillside, she passed me . ,. like a shadow, - - . Arbutus at her girdle, and ite fra grance filled the air; And I heard her . laughing softly by .the ice imprisoned waters, . With silver pussy-willows in her bloa- - som scented hair, - Low o'er the hillsides, before th twi light's falling, , ,.. She swung her silver lantern through . the smoke - filled sunset hase; - . And through the budding birches whero ' her vagrant footsteps wandered, : The first shy wlndf lowers nodded white beside the woodland ways. Martha Hasklll Clarke, in Hampton's Magazine, , . , Tne Knocker 'Ooatrlbitaj U The loxtrrM br Wait sraaoo, th fa moat Katuas poat. ma proae-poami ara a regular taatura . ef toll auluoui tu Ifea Hill Journal). , - ; i ' , i 1 If you taka a gloomy view as ' your, journey you pursu. you will hav a waary Jaunt, getting nothing that you want for th man who always knocks; finds his pathway strewn with rocks. In our village there's a man who has followed up thi- plan, saying, as he Jogged along that all things on earth are wrong; and .the1 gods have weary grown of his dismal monotone, and they surely v make him prance every v time they have a chance. If a thunderstorm' is loose, llghtnii.g hits his cheap ca boose; . if a flood is raging round, he's the only one that's drowned; if the fire fiend Visits town, it will jiurri his" hay- atackr-aownTancrnl-plgr air roam astray, and his hens have ceased to lay, and his daughters all elope, and his heart 4a void of hop. For the man who always, walls of. misfortune , 1 seldom fails to encounter all there la of thaV melancholy bis, J Copyright:, mo. bt 7 IS 'A) I Oaurra llattbaw Aitm.lSJJiJittg v1 I X ' m