THE OREUON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVEMNO.iiAPRIL J. Will I ' 1 i ..;:J f. Xx m 4 1 THE JOURNAL M4MDBPINDEXT NEWSPAPEB. O. . 7ACKBON Piibllih.r fuMlahrit efrr evenlnc i"p( tunrtyi and m; Siuxlaj nnrolnc it Tlio Journal trana- Istiml it t)) poatofflc t Portland. Or.. f triMBtoaloa Ihnrnfk Ua nail u cond-olaaa a tier. TELKPHONK8 Matn TITS; Home, A-SXBI. All oVpartmrola rached tr tbea nnmhrra. 111 the opfra tor what Jpartmnt you "'. rOREION JDVEKTtSINO REPSESRNTAT1 VIC, Benjamin A Kentnor Co., Hronawiek Hulldlnc , m Fifth avenue. New Tor; 1218 rn!e'a l.a BnUcllnr. (tilMujo. Rained was used to destroy competi tion, create monopoly, and, lnciient- ally to ruin Indopendont operators by giving or withholding cars at their sweet will. Big business bold Its own against all protest, and even through the courts until the court of last resort was reached. Now comes the climax of the long story. Justice triumphs In the end, though so lardy a rerlrcss cannot now help the Inde pendent operators who have fought out the tedious battle. Will, aharrlptton TVrma til man or tn anf addnaa la tea United Ijtea. Canada or livsico: DAILI. On rar fs on On month I .54) St NPAT. On ,T-ar 1160 On month 1 .18 DAILY AND SfNDAY. . .Af.ftO I On month I .M On rar. 8wft April' rnsriv a thought ) wedded unt( thee, uh liMrH are wed: Nor shall they fe.il till, to its autumn brought. Life's golden fruit Is shed. Longfellow THRODORE ROOSEVELT WATERED STOCK POUT RATES? SIP- T -Si T UK CONTENTION of the rail roads has been, and still Is, that they are entitled to earn a rea sonable dividend on the full amount of their stock, provided that the rates of freight and passenger service are no more than the traffic will hear. In other words that the payment for the service rendered shall be proportioned to the necessi ties of the passenger or the enhanced value of the freight created by the transportation. The actual Intrinsic value of the railroad property, measured by its cost and taking Intn the account also the price of possible reproduction, has, then, nothing' to do with prices charged for passenger or freight. Many patrons of the railroads deny the Justice, and therefore the lawfulness of this proposition. Hut neither the railroads nor their and higher courts. If tnls decision ia a much' of an Assault on conserva tion. as Is now bollaxed, It will never stand as the law of tho land. If Its effect Is to turn over the Tracy coaI fields to the British smdlea.'e, a sim ilar exposition by other courts would turn over' the Cunningham group to tho Guggonhelms and Morgan. The Tracy. group la tho richest coal field In tho world, and the Cun ningham beds aro r.ext. It Is not justice for monopoly 'to celzg upon and control rheae -.nines that are the hei'.t for . e.)ple's homes and the fu.-l for n nation's comi, erco and Indus try. Nor is It law, for law Is not all for the Guggenheim and Traeys, but partly for the people. WHAT IS THE TROI RI.E INDOOR AIR? WITH tact with whit noople with school and church and town hall and mis slon house. ' 1 On their behalf Father Duncan has negotiated with ministers and presi dents. Ills political Insight has been true. Ills management of his people has been wise. His. .whole life has been absolutely free from selfish ness. He is eminently a healthy man In every sense. To pity him 'for spending on a tribe of Indians on an Island in the Pacific qualities that might have made him a leader of men elsewhere would be absurd. He has won his fight, reached his aim. i 1 a - I aTKrx CXIT A XTT XTCttfCi TT nnmn I - . . ... .. I I i i ! I M ANY DOCTORS have been try- Jng to find out why Indoor air is unwholesome, even though rooms are ventilated from the outside air. They know that sufferers from tuberculosis nnd Anothor step In the emancipation of woman appears In the 'eclslon of a Chicago Judgo who has Iicld that a wife Is not morally or legally bound to shave the back of her hus band's neck. SMALL CHANGE Those Jefferson Day dollar dinners win serve very well aa cruisers ror me ttooaevcit Danqueta. a So far. nohodv has knocked the recall on the around that it would snake Joe Halley out of the senate. One woulrl think this Mexican In surrection would hnve excited the cur iosity of Jack London at least once. Those Insurreotos rn thank their blooming atura they dldn t have Bal- llnger to force out of the cabinet. OREGON SIDELIGHTS Oreshsm's telephone directory con tain 469 names. J Baker cltlsena are dlscuasinr Diana for financing a Y. M. C. A. organisation, j J. W. Mulr, residing near Freewater, will plant a IS acre tract In canta loupes. Coqullle la soon to have a hospital. o liheapea Land ia ; New York' V From Post s "Public." Chicago. A commission of JO aldermen and 10 unofficial citizens, recently appointed , by Mayor Onynor to make recommenda tions .regarding the congestion of popu lation and overcrowding In New York city and of which ex-Hcnator Jacob A. Cantor Is chairman and Benjamin C. Marsh is secretary, lifts reported at length and In minute detail. Its report atorle." bin Sw .mo2 2 tW merous recomnH-ndu.lon. ' re- atonea, bungalow stylo. gardlng building operatloiia. tenement Letters From the People Milton la entering unon an era of street ImDroVementa. the betterment Chsiincev M ran anend the rent of I to Include Btralrhtnnlnar widening and hie life brsirglnir about what a -tisrd KradlnaT. time thev hnd neltinr a man to fill hla I Place. With several hundred dollars In the trAHflirv. ttiat Raltf flra HAnlHmnt In Iilnnsaur footprints are-nunted In the I nlnnnlnir to entahllah ilonirtmoni hn. miifieum market at tftOrt nplece. Don't eflt fund. IHEODORE ROOSEVELT Is i national tonic. The conspicu ous feature of his career, Is the Influence ho has exercised for healthy national life. The early years or nis presidency sav an awakening of the civic eonsclence sweep over the country. It had Its patrons nor the Interstate commerce beginnings in the preachments of commission have, so far, been wll otLers, but It was Roosevelt who, ling to try out this very complex and from his commanding position in difficult question the White House touched the move- Both the Washington Times and ment into vitality. It quickened pub- the Philadelphia North America He conscience, stimulated the desire draw attention to a little case jus for better government and const!- decided by the commission tutes the most notable performance The Washington, Alexandria & In the career rf Mr. Roosevelt. Mt. Vernon Railway company ha Theodore Roosevelt Is a builder, charged 15 cents for a ticket between The reclamation system of the United Washington and certain Virgin! States felt the Influence of his hand, stations, and passengers, disputln i ne power or; his administration waB the reasonableness of the charg iuiuwu mui me usuai noosevt man carriea me question netore the com vigor Into that activity and with an mission. The company's attorney . effectiveness not seen since he upheld the charge by alleging that quitted the White House. He real- the company had never made more lzed the need of land for the land- than two per cent on Its capital tesc, measured the value to the coun-1 stock. Before passlrig on the ques try of making waste lands produc-ftlon the commission inquired Into live, and unreservedly threw the the probable cost of the railroad prestige of the presidency into lead- property. It found that it was cap- jersnip ror reclamation. ThouLands italized for $207,000 a mile, and ot thrrfty homes' where there was that the actual cost of the road did - I 11 I t - . a . . . ...... vuij , Bnruie auu Buiuuues oeiore, i not, proDaDiy, exeeea JaU.OOO a are the product of the movement. mile. On a sum of $1,000,000 the Theodore Roosevelt will be his- road had earned 16 per-cent in the loncany associated with the great- last 12 months. And the commls est engineering -achievement this slon cut the passenger rate from 15 world Is ikely to see,.. It was In hla cents to i0 cents. I o 4..aV A 1 r ' I ...... . muc inai.me ranama canai was win trie decision be allowed to launched as a nat.onal project, and stand, in the hope that the case i It was in his presidency that; all th-3 too trivial to base on it a principle power of the White House was applicable to the great railroads of thrown In favor of the plan. It'has the country? Or is the risk too been claimed that be everstapped tho great to let it go without challenge nomas m discretion, but ther reply ivad appeal is that the canal is mote' than half m completed and will shortly le the IT GALNS FORCE AS IT GOES worlds greatest monument to the II F EVER HE OLD saying Is true It is bo in view of the national arbitration movement. It surely gains force as It goes. It started With the United States and Gret Britain. Already France and Japan seem to be running a race as to who power of mu. It required In the White House a man of the reckless courage of Theodore Roosevelt to tfrt the great enterprise along its way. This trio of actualities in the Rooseveltlan period at the Wh te House is a notable record. If there shall be the next recruit. Tho turn were fuss and storms In Ms making, I of other European powers comes the big .fact is that the record stands next. Norway and Sweden, Italy and and cannot be erased. Critics chal- Denmark and the rest will surely lenge it and enemies de?ry it, but fa" In Hne they cannot blot it out. It and other " Is a blessing that the first, works of Theodore Roosevelt give which is also the crucial, agreement hin; a standing and charccter of '8 ,n tne hands of such capable and which national annals will take am- sane negodators as Secretary Knox plo and kindly note. and Ambassador Ilryce. For there Colonel Roosevelt is in Portland are rocks ahead. To Judge by some pneumonia must sleep in the (pt air as one of the first and Importan steps towards recovering hut th knowledge has come by experlmen not reasoning. Dr. Luther If. Gullck, the schoo children's friend, has appealed, I a letter recently addressed t Science, New York, for authorlta tlve Information on this point. II thinks tho nlr breathed In buildings and especially in schools, has much to do with children's sufferings fro .tiieimms anu oiner tnroat com plaints. lie points out . that the blood of children In open nlr schools shows greater increase In number o red blood corpuscles In '.he school term than In vacation. While al the best manuals of the heating and ventilation engineers oppose the opening of windows as being i source of danger, yet. says Dr. (Jul ick, children In rooms open to the air escape the distressing complaints referred to. Tho final questions are, "does any one know In what respect our pres fin scnemes or ventiintion are wrong, why delicate children anJ tuberculous persons get well out of doors, and fail to do so indoors, and what we peed to do to make Indoor living as healthy as outdoor living? Answers, reliable answers, to these questions affect all the house dwell ers In the civilized world. THE PARSONS P for a day. He is among those who have always given him heavily of their friendship. He received a far larger plurality than was ever be stowed or a presidential candidate in Oregon. He is among people who esteem men of the courageous and fighting type, iney aamire him for some of the enemies he has made, and find pleasure in according to him a wel come such as befits a citizen who has been accorded more of the world's honors than' ny man of his time. A SLTIiKME COURT DECISION A VERY FINE LINE has Just been drawn by the federal su preme court between what a railroad company mav and may not do, as between itself and a subsidiary company in which the railroad holds all or a controlling in terest in the stock. Chief Justice White laid down the new principle, namely, that the rail road company may use the power of Its stockholding for the benefit and In the administration-of the manu facturing or producing or trading company as a bona fide separately administered entity. But it may not use its stockholding to destroy the Individuality of the producing cor poration and commingle the affairs of the two so as to make the two corporations virtually one. In the case before the supreme court in which the decision ORTLAND WILL resist the claim of FarBon & Sons for re turn of the $23,000 deposited with their bid for Portland bridge bonds. The mayor has very properly notified the bond buyers that If they want the $25,000 they win have to collect it at the end of lawsuit. . The mayor and other city authori ties are perfectly justified In their attitude. If the deposit had any end to serve, it was to hold the city harm- ess against the bad faith or irre sponsibility or hidders. It was to save the city from loss on account of failure of tho buyers to make their bids good. The Farsons rejected the bonds. alleging them to be illegal. They of fered at one time to be convinced that the issue was legal If the city would pay an additional $2000. Not having arguments of that kind to ffer, the city did not pay the $2000 nd the Farsons declared the Issue faulty. the grounds on whlrh Farsons' lawyers urged Illegality are that the bonds were sold below par. This, after thousands of issues of bonds have been floated at a discount, is example of the . Farsons' attitude throughout the whole process. It It was. to protect the city against such trifling that the deposit of the $25,000 was required. The city au thorities should continue to hold the deposit as forfeited until the courts ordain otherwise. of the speeches reported arbitration agreements between nations are to be like quack medicines warranted to cure all complaints. The sugges tion of Sir Oliver Lodge, the English scientist, Is a case in point. He cau- tlons us thU the Aermlcan-Brltish agreement must exclude affairs like the actions of the United State: in Mexico, or Home. Rule for Ireland, or tho position of France in Egypt. Who dreamed that any one In his senses would imagine it could be so far stretched? Judge Hanford's words in the Alaska coal lands decis ion are In point, "it is the duty of the court not to misconstrue the law, nor stigmatize the congress which enacted it, and the president 'who ap proved and signed it by imputing to them a lack of either sense or honesty." The arbitration agreement will uuvei uiny causes or aurerence oe- iiibtory and Builders." The first ween tho two parties who make it, Ivolumn is in accord with the title arising from their relations with I liberallr construed. The first 14 each other affairs will be as much their own business as they are now. Let us shows that tho nrelevt of ii.. i ... .. . I entitled i-i.niM.. a iuihuu. in an errort to (but has v.. .v., k,. u la,i ui lUB mm in i cmim wuat the lndusrial community has tho present transaction. I crested the rental value of land? And certainly no one should romnlaln If ih. Stoculntors vs. Improvers. Portland, Or., April 4. -To (he JCdllor of The Journal. -vln a recent letter to The Journal. A. I. Clark misses tho point I made In rofrard to land specula tors and their part In preventing the development of Oregon. I mentioned the rase of a young man who wished to Rattle In Oregon, but went back to Iowa because speculator tried to hold him up for a high price for "unimproved land." Mr. Clark, to give an example of the good that "speculators" are do ing for Oregon, mentions a rase in whlrh an old farm waa bought, highly Improved by the purchaser, and then sold n small parcels to erttlers, und (he highly Improved parrels were sold for about one-third of the price per acru that the Kpf-ulr,lors demanded of the Iowa innn for unimproved land. I have no quarrel with the man who Improves land. If he Imiroves and then Hulls, hp Is entitled to a fnlr profit on hla Improvements. Such a man la not Htandlng In the way of (he development nnd et(lcment of Oregon; he la help- ng. and I would like to see all Im rovers enrourngei; by exempting all mprovenirnts and all personal property from taxation. The man who should e discouraged Is the speculator who lOlds land out of use. waiting for In creasing population and Industry to In crease the value of the land, while he adds nothing to the Improvements and nothing to the wealth of the state. The way to discourage hat sort of "business" Is to exempt Improvements from taxation, and tax the unimproved and at the same rate as adjacent land For example, suppose Mr. Clark has SO acres of highly Improved land; Up nlmproved value Is, say, $25 an acre and Into and upon It h has made Im- rovements that average $100 an acre would exempt from taxation the $5000 f Improved vnlue, and would tax It on the unimproved value of $25 an acre, r $1250. Would that be wrona? Now, surpose Mr. Blank has 160 acres f unimproved land, naturally as good a .Mr. Clark's land, worth $25 an acre. r a total of $4001. Should he not be axed at the same rate per acre as Mr Clark? Isn't that a 'square deal?" Is t right that Mr. Clark should bo fined for the Improvement he has added by Is own labor or by the money he hae corned, by his labor? And is it not right nat Doth air. Clark and Mr. Blank lould pay taxes on the land value. 25 an acre, created by the community? it right that Mr. Clark should be ssessed $6250 on 60 acres to which he Imself has added a labor value of 6000, while Mr. Blank Is assessed only 4000 on more than three times as much nd to which he has added nothing? Suppose the tax rate is 9 and seven- tenths mills which Is tho Multnomah county rate for 1910. Mr. Clark's tax under the general property tax would be $4K.8o on the Improvements he has added, and $12.12 on the value given tc the land by the community, or a total of $n.62 In taxeR; while Mr. Blank would pay only $38.80. or $21 R2 les than Mr. Clark. Mr. Clark Is produc ing wealth, and is fined for every day's labor; Mr. Blank, by holding his land out of use, Is preventing the production of wealth, and Is rewarded. Now,, the object of the single tax la not to : unlsh men but to encourngr Industry. Supose '.he exemption of ner- sonal property and Improvements maker u necessary to double the tax rate. In that case Mr. Clark's tax would be $24.25 or $.16..'J7 lews than he now pays, while Mr. Blank. laying on the same value per acre, would pay $77.60. or Just double vhat he now pavs. Would not that be fair Mr. Blank would complain, perhaps, but would he u Just complaint? He Is to what he nrodii ne any sort of rhrht to you wish your ancestors had had sense enough to raise uluoxaurs? Onvrrnnr Baldwin of Connecticut says an newspapers print lies. And dldn t Colonel Roosevelt once say that Gover nor Baldwin did something worse than print em 7 a :at liooowln Is forbidden to marrv again, but the Inhibition In of force In only one state. It looks us If nothing snort or a reaeral divorce act could stop that man. Manuel de Zamcona y Inclan has be-n appointed ambassador to the United Htatea. No matter about the rest of his name "Inclan' elx letters makes him aonu wirn tne headline writers. 1 hat Connecticut widow vim fmiml $3t)00 In her husband's old clothes after ins aeatn proven how much better It Is to let your money pile up In the bank a long time and then draw It out all a iui In imp. Proud of having Invented the word boom." back in 188., the fit. Louis ( lobe-Dprnnrritt nana it va in , .. t ' o n with presidential candidacies. Tak- I vote appropriated the $J?8. which It had Myrtle Tolnt's water system ha an Inflow of 100.000 gallons a dav nlua amount used, and there Is no more fear of water famine. March 30 was the hottest dav. at The Dalles. In 36 years, according tn Weather Observer 8. L. Brooks, the thermometer going up to 80. The mini- mum temperature was 40. The old sawmill at Palm, formerly operated by the Clatakanle Lumber company. Is undergoing transformation rrom a lumber mill to a shingle mill. It will be equipped to cut 250,000 a day. ' LakevUw Examiner: The Indians on the hill eaat of town have had some fine feasts on awan during the oaat week. The birds were brought up from the lake by some of the local sportsmen and the Indians lost no time In gather ing them In for a few good "eata." Astoria Budget: The regatta com mittee at Cathlamet held a meeting a few days ago nnd by a unanimous ng tne use or the word as a test, th evidently minxg there Is class to Woodrow Wilson as a possibility. jo supply a long felt want: The worn in "omilimic. not '-1)1(111111110" It Is u word whose derlvlnir wn dHK. erate and premeditated, though not ma- .. I I. " "'Parable Into "bttif and i, ' ,.""'" come rrom words elg- .....i.iK jim-ii ana stone. And now .... . rl mo worn can pro nounce It. on hand, to the town sanitary board to be used In preventing the threatened epidemic of scarlet fever and dlph- (herla. Astoria Budget: The erection of the new steel bridge across tne isecanlcum river on the Klk creek road, will prob ably be completed during the coming week and work will then be commenced on the bridge across me Kiassanine river near Olney, the steel for which la now at the site. SEVEN INFAMOUS WOMEN Catherine II. Although Catherine II of luissla did for St. Petersburg what Augustus did for Home, made it a magnificent city, vet all the splendor with which she en dowed her capital was accomplished at such a sacrifice that, from a human! ha ve PORTLAND, ITS HISTOIIV DULDKHS AND J 8 2: OSEPH GASTON, an old nnd well known citizen of Oregon, has published a huge work. In three volunins of 650, 796 and pages, entitled, "Portland. Its community recognizes Mr. Clark's right to an that pe produces, and his right to be exempt from taxation on the pro duct of his labor. Mr. Clark says that "people are buy ing land with the understanding and be lief that the people of Oregon have too much Intelligence to fine' a man any mora for producing wealth bv tllitnir the soil, thnn if he produced the same wealth In a factory." I hope that is true; I believe It Is true. I believe the people of Oregon are so intelligent that they will vote to quit "fining" men by taxation for having or producing wealth uiier on a rami or In a factory; and that is precisely the object of the sin gle tax to encouVage Industry on farms in factories nnd everywhere else by exempting wealth and labor from taxa t Ion. tarlan standpoint. It waa far from wort me price, use many other women o her character, Catherine has no doubt left an Imperishable name In history, even a commanding one. but a enrefu perusal of her life leads to censui' and condemnation far rather than praise and commendation. Diderot compared the empire of Catl erine to a rrult rotten before It was ripe, and Joseph of Austria called 11 "Colossus of brass on pedestal of clay." The luxury and waste of her llf and tre consequent profusion of ex penEe, sustained by doubling and trch ling the taxes, have no parallels. Upon her favorites she lavished diamonds by handfula and coin like pebbles, but this harvest of wealth sprung from the star vation and baggery of thousands. The private character of Catherine was open nnd defiant, and her profligacy Increased with years. Strange as It may appear, this woman, whose political crimes were so colossal and whose pri vate vices so detestable. In her personal deportment and In the circle of her court, was kind, easy and good humored. She never hositated at any atrocity, cruelty or Injustice which would pro mote her designs or secure her power; yet she could forgive a personal affront and jseldom punished even when pro vulsrj. A a woman Catherine was a dismal failure; as a ruler ahe Is to be ranked emong the greatest. An Amazon In stature, strength and mental tempera ment, In character she was devoid of true womanhood, cruel, unscrupulous nnd apparently Indifferent to moral val ues. She has well been called the "Se- maramls of the North." It Is true that -Catherine II found Russia at the low water mark of na tional greatness and left it one of the first powers of the world. Iij spite of uiu iciiiuie iiitrusnioH sue lorceo upon her people, RubkIs forged steadily ahead for 35 years and paused not In Its for ward march until death removed the queen. Catherine was born Princess Sophia of Zerbst, Prussia. When the Empress Elizabeth of Russia was looking for a wife for her nephew, the Grand Duke Peter, who was to succeed her, ahe se lected Sophia. She Invited the young Prussian to Russia, where she attracted attention by her blonde beauty and com manding grace. She found Peter an at tractive youth, who fell at once a victim to her charms. By a strange fatality. Juat previous to the wedding, the grand duke was taken with smallpox of the worst type. When he recovered all .his youthful strenglh was gone, his form was witn ered and hla face hideously marked When Catherine saw him after his Ill ness, urgent entreaties were needed t' gain her consent to the marriage, and H was her ambition that finally allowed her to become the bride of the unfor tunate Peter. Soon after the wedding Elisabeth died and Peter canio to the throne. Ab- solute hatred had taken the place of love between the two. All that was vile and base In his nature showed It self when he had absoluto power. Cath erine lived In a fear of exile to Siberia. and when she had proof that this was certain, she formed a conspiracy, do throned the czar and seized the throne. Some of the conspirators killed Peter. I and the shadow of this crime will al ways rest upon Catherine. Those who were guilty were never punished, but received honors and rich gifts. Catherine boasted late In life that she had founded 246 cities, but In read- ng the list the searcher may look In vain for them In conauest she was nvarlably successful, so much so that she is not Infrequently referred to aa tne isapoleon of women." While she was meditating the destruction of Sweden, and preparing all the resources of her realm for one more stupendous war, apoplexy smote her from life, on November 17, 1796. Her son Paul was crowned emperor. She had hated him. urrounded him with spies and de- trnved fellows that he should not fullv feel remorse at the actions of bis reso- ute mother, and when he came to the throne he was little less than a wretched maniac, lie shortly came to a terrible end, being murdered In bis bed- 1, V, ' and factory regulations, area of dwelling apartments and rooms, conditions of la bor, parks, playgrounds, schools, sani tation, outdoor relief. Immigration, eto Tha most Important practical measure recommended will be found on pngo five of the report, as follows: () That the rate of taxation upon" all buildings be hair the rate of taxa tion upon all land, (fnd that this reduc tion be secured by an equal change !n each of five consecutive yeara. y (b) The question of recommending an unearned increment (ax has been s(rong- ly advocated before the commission. The principal argument advanced In aup port of the Imposition of such a tax ia that In nearly every Instance where real estate values have Increased, such Increases have been due wholly to pub lie Improvements and to the general de velopment of the city and In no way to action on the part of the property owner. Some members of the commis sion hare strongly urged that this com mission should advocate such a tax to be levied annually on the Increase In the assessed valuations of land the proceeds of the tax to constitute a fund to be uaed exclusively for th construe tlon of rapid transit undertakings. The commission has refrained from making such a recommendation because they believe that the subject requires greater I study and Investigation than they hava I been able to give It, and because there IsV a division fit nntnlnn Mnmn th. In.m. A bera as to the expediency ef auch a tax at present. The commission, how ever, refers this question to the offi cers of the city government, with the request that It be examined and consid ered by thorn, and that public hearings be had In order to determine what action, If any. should be taken by the city with respect to this tax. (c) That aa a means of ascertaining the true price of land and of taxing it Justly, the true price be required to ho registered when the property la sold, o that the taxing officials may have definite Information upon which to base their assessment. Tanglefoot By Miles Overholt a m r in i ATM U i "llmmy" hands this In: There are some men who would easily mount tho ladder of success if there waa a piece of pie at the top. chamber. Tomorrow Jean Du Barry. advertising under tlve caption, "For Rent Mouses." expect to make "Ta- coma grow" by having their neighbors move from one home to another? If advertising is an index and only one fifth of the empty houses Were adver tised, would 2500 empty houses be an Inducement for tourists to stop and make Tacorrm their home? Have the real estate men and the Ledger lost their sense of logic? Would they oper ate on a golden hen for a tiny vellow egg in embryo: nave these men no longer the Interests of Tacoma In their hearts? Is It not one of three things they want- the small commission, the good will of the landlord, or to keep newcomers from an empty city? Is the policy of the Ledger to advertise Ta- ogerated In bonds, and a certain Bos ton banking house, acting as ita agent, bought all the bonds offered at $1 apiece, without regard for denomina tions. Such quantities of bonds were offered that the bankers soon declined to make any fnore purchases as they strongly suspected that counterfeiters were at work. LITTLE LESSONS IN VAUDEVILLE. Pick Well, I se ttle spring bowers have begun to bow. the plowers have be gun to plow, nnd the " Nick There, that'll do. There's enough of that spring poetry stuff In circulation without your little offering. P Poetry? No: why that l verse. Tell me. Is there any any worse? N Say, what's the matter with you? P When nature clothes herself In green; fairies frollo then, I ween. N Juat a moment till I call up the come-and-get-'em-wagon. You're dotty. P No, I am filled with spring vi tality. N Well, don't spring any more of It. It's at least 10 years old; besides It's rotten. P Rotten? Well, maybe so if lfs 10 yeara old It must be "decade." Haw, haw. N Be reasonable, mutt. I Juat been t th' tailor. P Juat bent the tailor, eh. Lucky you didn't break him. N Sir! You don't think I'm a sponge, do youT P Oh, no; a sponge aoaka p water. Yeu never do. N I'll soak you In a minute. P It you did you'd aoon squeeze me dry. N How much do I owe youT P You life, your future, $ and a postage stamp. Give me the stamp and we'll cancel the debt. inai reminae me tftat I ran I against a lamp post on my war home I l.l 11.. T . . I mm. iiiriii tna i mi my iace severely. apply the "sense and honesty" with which the governments engaged are to be credited. AGAINST A Sivcu ui rtaiuu is mat ine railroad I Alaska e.xept as express! v covered company may not lawfully trans-1 in the law of 4 904. By the decision j port in Interstate commerce the coal there Is nothlre tn k BuosiBiary roai company In which tho railroad owns all or a controlling majority of the4 slock, - nt which Is not managed bona fide aa Independent of the railroad. The most Important words In the decision are "bona fide." They will Dot automatically govern the future operations of the two corporations. '. TJ benefit to the public will depend coma on the front pace to. the owner land with the classified ads. knock" her lit nrwl tr.Tim. . I 1 11.. K...,n..a ineir private national par es is devoted to a preliminary i '"unity belong to the community, not I Such audacious extensive publication Sketch of the history tf Orctmn I "- '"""vmuai; the wealth created 1 01 empty nouses will defeat the best In terests of any city. During the last six months the writer lias been In 12 values created by the community every different states studying the condition year aro ample for the Dublie n'. eila o . of towns and cities, but no nlaee has he, the community. It Is evident that Mr. j found (except Tacoma) where the busi Clnrk's letter was bagpd on a mlsun- ness men with the leading paper, for a dei standing of the purpose and effects penny, today- would -knock their own of the Klhgle tax, for he snvs, or In-! -lty'B future welfare o'f'tomarrow. Is tlmates. that he Is in . favor of exempt- " not a fBct that the life, energy and lug wealth from taxation. Km th. Industry of a citv are shown hv rh value added to land by (be Industrial ' classified advertising of Its leading pa cornmunity is not "wealth." If Mr 'pers? And Is It not a faet that tin Clark believes that exemption of person- traveling public reads the classified ... i"iiciij anu improvements of all wealth from taxation would encour age Industry, he should advqx-ata (he fingle tax pn the unimproved value of W. Q. EQGLE8TON. IU)OSi;KLT VATIOX CONSKK- LASKA LAND experts areue that Judge Hanford's decision at Seattle sweeps away all limitations on the entry or whs manner of entry of coal claims, In 'I Vl T. KLI11 ........ J'lfr u ,hr n Buh:!vLu,:,rtVth:'crt vvffi with Portland, but including much int' resting description' of. tho legis lation, school nyptoni, indi itries and commerce of the state. The other two volunins continue with sketches, of a multitude of old and new citi zens, past and present, illustrated with the customary photographs. FATHER DUNCAN. OF METLA K AH TLA War Talk. By Louela N. Wallace. It almost makes one tired to listen to them roast. About the war In Mexico and all along the coast. I wonder If those critics know exactly Where they stand When they think It such an easy task to whip old Uncle Sam. We pick up the evening paper and there. In glaring lines. We read about some expert that's away behind the times When he says Japa,n could easily steam tight up to our forts. And capture everything In sight in any of our ports. Here's an article Just written by some noted German Count . Who says there's Japs enough right ! here to hold three states, about; They are working here as servants and ' -laborers, too. . I But ready to take up arms against our; oiu rea, wnite and blue. P Well, don't tell me your troublea Sa go to the postmaster. He attends to aff j! ine post marked male, still, you're second class, and I can't see much hope for you. N Huh. I'm going to take my air ship and fly up to the sun. P It's a long ways from here. Sup. pose you should run out of gasoline? N Why, then, my dear friend and brother, I shall hitch a pair of sun docs to it, see? 8 P You might hitch it to a star. N I hitched my buzz wagon to a star once. She turned to a comet and I guess she's going yet. p The footlights got you too did they? N No, It was the light foot. P and N: We will now endeavor to entertain you with -our little balladette entitled: "When women's hats are made like men's, there won t he no more wimmen." Coming Legislation. From the Washington post It Is understood that as noon an' con. gress convenes Cy Sullowav win fntro dure-a bill giving a pension to all the maneuver veterans. Talking Too M ucn N' T HIS MAX, vigorous In mind and body at 79, belongs to a type of missionaries' who have done great work in the world, and land. on the continuous and "bona fide" maintenrnce or the distinction now drrwn. , It will be. "remembered that the coal rnads of 'Peneylvania acquired ownership and control of various coal mining corporations served by Ihett linen. . Then the v: power so coi porations from acq-ihing all tho coal lands in Alaska. The theory that mt joraior must me ror t!is own use die content. David Livingstone and ! is swept aside. The decision practl- , i Robert Moffat in the last generation i rally admits that dummy, entries may j and Dr. Grenfell of Labrador in this be used legally. age are bright examples. The con-' It ts recalled that ajl along Judge , structive missionary dwells In the Hanford has been a violent partisan , seen as well as th .,nUOO i of Mr. Ballinger. He has been prom-.-and lives to raise his people by per incnt as rn enemy of Roo:;eveIt-Pin- sonal Influence more than bv chot conservation. He was consplc- j preaching and teaching uous in The proceedings of the Xa- To this man alone it 'is dua that ...uai .,,,. u.ugr ai .,)OKane,tDe Metlakahtla Indians have been iobl irai ituu wa a venemcnt Dog Poisoners. Portland. Or., April 4 To the Editor of The Journal. The dog poisoner Li mostly in people's minds. Salmon heads left where dogs have access to n,m are sure death. The tfh peddlers throw many a head along thei streets, hence the much abused "dog poisoner." F. B. FIN LEY. Mr. Gregory Advises Tacoma , rrn!uUnri r - Apr" 4 To th Editor . ...- juuinai. it is enough to make a over of Tacoma weep to know what paes ror tnat very purpose? The writer is hopeful to advise in such cases where reform Is a financial gain to those concerned, and hopes these reniarKS will not De In vain. S. I). GREGORY". Confederate Currency Swindle. From the Boston Transcript! The Boston police have discovered that the venerable confederate bill swindle has not lost Its vitality, though it la more than 45 years since the war was over. A newly-landed Immigrant is Its latest victim, exchanging;, good money he had brought with him for. the promises to pay of the "lost cause' He is not the only man by thousands who have found, themselves Jn the same. (Uiiitrlbute,! to Toe Journal by Walt v., (be fnmona Kan.aa poet. Uia regular featur. uf thi, SilS' 'V,,1 ? re There may be more truth than poetry ,our,Ml- w about their "hot air" spiels, ' " But it s mostly notoriety they want to He talked too much when he went tn But Ifo'rlght down to war. wliM, a'nT! h4,n which It will In time, thev sav. ' ..whT." .i, d Slle out They'll get a good sound drubbing from h0 , ttn" she wore a gloomy frown our good old U. S. A. , For Klrls are human, as all men know' Nor many fortifications along our west- U11' tne Kcow,8 c"r,le ll0m'- He talked em coast; t much when he went to work and But when It comes to gunners to use speedily he was fired; the mernhont . v nv.i, niu. xvutv me uiHmeaest elixir Just nut a Jan for a t a rent nH t ... 1 tu r ...i, JT v.r ' ""j i iiihuh uu my pa irons tired ' v..i iu a. iirercnunt a mn. ask one shot. Cascade Locks. April 3, 1911. Its eadlnrpaner 1- Soi. .7 .Wl? Predicament, though a large proportion silent i tn VL JL, , to Hof tne 8"erer9 I've abroad and say surnAsed llS2" ..thr" L ? thln We have heard little about ex-: chanced In 3 0 vears frnm GOI'Q era a s t ponent of Balllngerlsm when the late a' low iype into a tribe of self gov- ffn ! Kh,f iDteMr 'aS UDder er"W' nC wholesome fire In -that body. Hvlnc- n..i.- ,, Happily there, are otLer Judg-s . number. InK.e,i of 1.J "V at " Ier and surprised and provoked to see In what manner Tacoma'a business men con tinue to advertise the beautiful Tacoma. In the Sunday Ledger of re cmt date- there were over 600 houses advertised for rent, not Including apart- oir, established j'eaJ catau flrain ' ...... - .. . ... .' " . confederate tuns lately, but about 15 years ago ther .was a lively specula tion r In all confederate Issues which was engineered y a syndicate atFrank-fort-on-the-Maltt This syndicate had the "point" that the United States was about to make some arrangement with the hoUl at the confederal de.Lt. u : :::.v:.:::v ' .: r T . Offering Bribe to Policemen. , From the Tacoma Ledger. Hi Gill, until recently mayor of Se attle, has advanced the remarkable prop osition that It Is no crime under the laws of this stale to offer a bribe to a policeman. Gill Is attorney for the keeper of a Turkish bathhouse, who Is charged with offering $10 to Patrolman Thompson for "protection." We don't know whether there la anything In GIll'Ji contention or not. butlf there Is, cer tainly the next legislature should amend the. criminal code.. . ..- .,J,;. ,.),.4. . ? Yt u For folks merchant's m, harirolna In nnlain ,i . ..u wind; so chase yourself from my humble door and' lot all your talk be tinned." ,e talked too much on the village street, and his thoughts were always stale; he talked too much where the sages meet, and be talked too much j jail. He talked' ocrp, ne ta Wed' and talked .11 the livelong day, andujked when he was asleep. And now o'Jthe pqorho.use path he wends, and nnr,r, for me and your for well never p up ny grass, my frlejids, if uiklng la all Wi do. - " Copyright. 119. by ' A fw " . Caaorge ,MstUr Adatav M2tUXUMMt j .. :'. 'At'' : -'