THE OREUON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVEMNO.iiAPRIL J. Will
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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completed and will shortly le the IT GALNS FORCE AS IT GOES
worlds greatest monument to the
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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
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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
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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
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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 " .
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