THE ' OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING,"" MAY" ' 4, 1911.
THE JOURNAL
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as .-ar 9tM I On menta I
DAILY AMD il'NDAT.
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strong support. The free list la the of the Job,' It didn't eost Mm a'red atatement what'does this mean but
TQVOQUAVliWAU SURVEYS OP
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1
hin include hoon and band Iroo and cent. '
steel for haling cotton, and ' wire Obviously, our Mr. Werleln will
tnr hoiinr rwW ond atraw. barbed 1 always feel that If the people of
fence wire, wlreorts or rope, woven I Portland failed to recognize hjm as
wire fencing and Maples, all products a bugle call to glory.' It was pecause
of the Corey mills tnr could not be made to nnaer-
The pnpers motioned denounce atand the Portland charter. If the
rhia infHrrt mnihofi of influencing peonle did not want a mayor who
legislation. They urge the passage would be the charter, the constltu
of the measure in the face of efforts I tlon. 1 the aUndlng army, the- main
of the steel Interest to stay this par- bugle blower and the grand panjan
tlcular Item of tariff reform. ' drum, it is because they hare been
taught to be mossbacks by such old
fashioned mayors as Simon, Lane
and Williams. If they did not want
star Derformances in the city hall
NEED OF OREGON is being wltb nl, honor excommunicating
gradually met. The topograph- eouncilmen. doing war dances on or
leal survey of the states in finances nassed over his veto, an
which great work the geolog- nexina county government by use of
leal survey of the united states ana the military and naval power uad
the state engineer of Oregon will co- making things hot In the old town
operate, Is of the first necessity In generally, then they don't know a
dealing with plans for irrigation ana goofl thing when they see It
for drainage. pHt alas and alack, many a flower
In the Willamette vajley the addl- ) born to Blush unseen and waste
tlon of 400 square miles to be it aweetne on the desert Air.
mapped this season, to the '600 Many a grand man has arrived In
square miles surrounding Eugene, this unfeeling world before bis time.
already surveyed, will make practl-Jonly to be met with a shivering re-
-3 cal various plans for irrigation dls- ceptlon. If Portland Is cold to our
tricts which have been contemplated Mr. Werleln, let him remember that
but are now standing still for want I a has also been cold to the harem
dKurm iNvnnnv in Portland definite facts. The 860 square Bklrt.
that Mr. Rushlight Is Vief,end!ng the
gang, and that the gang la behind
Mr. "RushJIghtt What does it mean
but that, with Mr. Rushlight's elec
tion, the old council manic order
would be' farther strengthened at the
city hall? . - v
COMMENT AN0: NEWS IN BRIEF ;
. SMALL C1L1NGR
.i i,
'Whm Admiral Toco cornea,' Ifobaon
will have a chance to tall him to bis
race, ,
Lorlmer might resign, but If .h "did,
how would ha aver b abla to band back
Uia worth or that 1100,0001
.
Ona of tha tt raaults of tha ahool
A
There ia a certain sense of eternal
f Ureas In the cue of Honorible
Peter Ball of Iola, Kansas,' who has
been sentenced-to two yeart imprls-l'"n pin ahouid ba;to cau city boy
. ,f..i "? a.lrls to quit calling wwntry boys
If he doesn't llie it, he can renect
that those who dance taUBt pay the
piper.
What has brcome Of the old fashioned
rural paator who usad to praach onca a
yrar a sermon son iniant papiiBm mat
the oldeat man in the congregauon
couian't nnaeraianai
It's a lona walk from oohldlana to
o'mnltt,'bul evolutionist aay aerpanta
ware tha ancestors of birds; and so you
Our puraes shall ba prmid. nr
rarmenta poor,
For 'tla .tha mind that maaaa
. tha body rich;
And a tha wun breaks through
tha durkfut clouds.
So honor peereth In tha meanaat
habit
PhakepM.ra.
WHO KNOWS?
who can tell where Mf. Rush- " "f ,7 ,1
llrtt stand, on the commanding .yT n "CRLa, fJ "'J6?..?
Usue of the golnga-on In the city ine, ,DC' BVVS UnTVm -nd
In the valley of the Lower Powder
river.
The . second portion of the work
THE CHILD AND THE FLAT
' council? Is there anybody who can
' tell whether he approves or dlsap
1 proves ' the aldermanki practice of
? getting , Into, the, cou,ncil and iislng
the position to help the private bus-
Ineas of ,a councilman? Ts there
1
R. ROOSEVELT says every
family should have four chil
dren. Chicago has 814,115
children, and Chicago is a
laid out. namely the extension of the c,ty of n,lt Jrs. Tet, not one
taurlnr of the water towers of the of the 814,115 children of Chicago Is
m H.T? r i i nni o i - - - i . ,
r- s?a iN a i anowea 10 live in b uai,
anybody , who can tell why Oscar " Iv . Tha nle nM .ra n
Ruber, manager of the Barber As
So little has been heard the past
day or two- from our near mayor
about how little others Itnow about
the Portland city charter that some Jhoutd treat tha poor old anakea kindly
of his admirers are wondering If vw ;'',."' u
Mr. Worlcln has become lost a a I ' Nothing but tha eonaolatfnna of re
... I Melon can account for tha nubllma ralr-
lun I nation mBnlfBtrt1 bv all thnaa munilM
whose rallroBde war ruined by the In-
According to the chaplain, half !I,tV ,5,JDmrc eommlsslon s recent
the Kansas senate has learned the
Iord'a Draver. If thv only had our Jn the streets In Ban Francisco tast
, ' T , , 1 , . . .. I Saturday the wife of s rnlne superin-
Near Mayor Werleln to interpret It tendent 'had an awful f!aht with tha
for them, the whole bunch would i?ly who doe the cooking at tha mine.
. , ,. No, that waa the whole trouble; the
have known It thoroughly long ago. cook lady was not about to leave.
'
' . . io,si2 cans or condnaei miia, tne uni-
current discussion of whether or not cae;o Tribune permits Itself the term
Bacon killed Shakespeare, is that if Kmft
- 11 a f M a a a a. a k . . . w . .
mbcod rpniiy uiu u, ne was a miguiy i neaaune writer ouani to oe cannea.
mean man. .
oonaia irmBcnii . in rrvmi ,ain
Ballrv ao ao fir ta to rhallenaa his
The wedding of Miss Kilgour to riant to hla seat Stated tersely: A
Bvnaior can rvnian ruiunvii vui ui vt-
surgeon In the army after a court
ship that lasted 80 years can hardly
be described as a ease of love's young
dream.
The children make too much
noise. They run through the halls
and annoy others. They mar the
walls and floors."
And the tenants make complaints
Paying for an Office
My wife is nervous and cannot
stand the children running overhead.
I don't mind the children but my
husband does. I don't object to chll-
a . a . a a a
dltlon to the 10 now under ohser- ' n8 mtie ones are unaw tne nan
I x i... I nf flat nwnnrn Tha nhlArtlons as
ir.KKria, fn, tha Port. J vaiion, is oi aimoBi equal vaiue. no -
owncr' and jMlto" ftre
auw " ' - , a ai ivmti m au. I IlkTA TnARA
- i Hnn ' imimiinn nniiiiniuiiHB rii i ii i -
panr. and an ame ana popular mem. -
her of. the city hall third house, went . " "
to Hurley, Mason & Co. and deraend- "w
ed'tbat Mr. Rushlight be given the The" absolute and official sur
plumblng In the Electric building, vey WH mke practicable many a
. ... mm . . n...i.ii.vi vu wnrthv nroeWt TTow nftan hay
noiwunsianaiDg ine ubii uiu ' Vt 7-1 iv these
was 84530 more than the lowest bid? those Interested been stopped by the I Bf2'.
Mr. Rushlight knows, but he demand or a capitalist ror facts,
won't tell when they were offering posslbill-
Ma lrnAwa that eouncilmen. by ts. Heavy cost of surveys has
. . munr tlmpa ahnnrhad eanital that
virtue or meir pohuom, uwumo - Hrn hnt mr wife does
. . i iMicriir n n ar . . ruinn vsn vnw Brrni i i - - -
treble tne volume or tnoir private a- Th., th chirks r. ontlawad.
. . hi a.a. i vnrr Ann rnpaa orrir 1 mnrvrnvn t
- Business, out ne nas ing w aay. "T """" t"' The hand of the tenant, the hand of
- aside from a personal attack on Mr. one .made stand a. recorda for years or th band Qf Qwnep lg
' Lombard. He knows that by their to come. ,MiBt thnm And Mr Rnnavit
action In the council on pnbllr a After tne aunace or uregon nas
fairs some eouncilmen get mucb . e . . .. Liwoitr n n .hn m h .t itf3io will pay ISO? for the honor and
..... . . j i fa in An inn tha nnwnr inn irnirat nn -t - - , in- knK k e..n.
nrnrireniA nnainnss irura dik miBf """ - ...-, .
.. . . . if, a ti. I nnnnthlllHoa mAAanrad and recorded. I Iour
V" " "A" DiD.f, ,1 the next stetT will be to invest at The real problem Is not how many
. . . " T, v..- what traasnres may lie below he aiir- Children to have, but What
nrn;inXofP3nc o face. 'Tlme.wlll 'very soon be ripe with them after they arrive
;th nnhlie Wines tWe must be 'or the election of a state geologls
.nn mat nf mcHfiM nf the nuhlie and mineralogist, forauch work, too,
f. -n-i ,,. toxoa r thus mad will be of incalculable value to
M-hir. 'ha eost of nubile Inmrove- Oregon.
menta large and the general wel
fare betrayed, but he, has nothing to
ay. ne anows wuy HEN THE Daily Telegraph of
to nuriey, miwa 11 London claims authority to
manaea tae piuBomg job xur uu- yy. Btat8 tnat the new Anglo-
ugni, dbi b ouimug " ' .American neaca conyentlon
flee, but can he reconsider himself in
a grain? Are you ready for the question?
Once there was a little hoy down on
the farm who stopped a city book agent
who was telling about all the things his
"compendium ' wouig teacn. Tne nine
boy butted In with. "And does It reach
you to spiel like thatT" and thereafter
there was one less goat at large.
' OlUCCOIf SIDELIGHT
. ' A delegation from tha Bend Commer
cial club will be entertained by 'the
uurna commercial ciud, aaay ?. .
A' sanitary fountain lies been ' in
stalled In front of tha Capital National
bank, at Salem. There are no oups, the
water llowiog rrom a spouc
, Sk a- . i
On May an election will be held at
Vale for the bonding of tha school dis
trict In' the sum of $2.5.000 to provide
a new acnoot ouiiaing. , . .,.'.,,' t
All the buildings destroyed by fire
at enamoKawa ara oaina renunt ana
will be better , than those deBtroyed.
They will cost In tba nelahborbood of
110,000. - ,
Rosebura News: C. B.- Baker of the
Holdlera1 Home, has aold - one 'of hla
mlnlna claims to a Portland oomnsny
for. i500. Devaiopment work wiu De
glrt at once, . . .
The Dalles Chronicle!' The new 1000
horsepower generator was Installed at
tha white River electric power plant
yesterday and within the next few days
will be In operation. ,
A rural mall route, with trl-weekly
bjtj a -'. vuv v i. aT7ivt una wrwu i vvvm-
mendew by Inspector Durand. The In
spector will alao endeavor to 'expedite
the establishment of, direct service to
Bend from Afadraa, ,
e
Lakevlew Examiner: The first new
f:rader and plow to ba.used In the Det
erment of Lake county highways was
receive yesterday. It Is one of the
five bfr aradera ordered, the others will
probably arrlva next week.
e
The Irrlgnn Irrigator reJoWs. that
the two eyesores, tha coalblntf and
the section men s cara alonas de th
railroad track In the center of town
have both been removed." A beautifl
cation program Is now to be carried out
e
Bums Tim erf-Herald: Tha new post
office, "Loma," has been established
in tne sunset seotion. N. Henney Is
postmaster. Sunset will be , a nsst
numoer in a snorx time, as waa saoaia
Butte when Lawen postofflcawas es-
laoiiinra.
IN THE BALANCE
, From' tie Nsw York World
From Louisville ConrlerJournal.
Lincoln county has been paying a
salary of $200 a year to Its county
treasurer, but It will do ao no longer.
Tha fiscal court a few days ago sleeted Woma, Ballots, Whiskey and Cigar-
a man who agrees to pay tha county ' '
$111 a year for tha privilege of holding ews.
the office. To the Editor of the Journal
Two bank officials, representing An article appeared In The Journal or
rival banks, were the only candidates a DrII 6 containing a very pathetlo
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
for the position when the court met to
hold the election. Candidate No. 1
announced that he would be glad to
fill the office without salary. Koj i
hastened to make the same proposi
tion to the court, whereupon No. 1
said he would pay $100 a year for the
offlca This waa met and be raised
his bd to $150. No. 3 went him one
AoIIaA httAr ind then waa rtnth-
And Mr. Roosevelt ing more doing In the bidding line,
family, whether " flatLthe office was knocked down to No. 2,
THE PEACE .TREATY
If he has nothing to say about ... h . , - rt.tyonRt fnr.
uii i styie ot soiosa n,ght the paper jg yery poSBlbiy on
-could he be expected to Eay, if mayor
of Portland? What would his elec
tion .mean but a, continuation of the
old order? Isn't it time for a new
deal?:
HIS BROKEN PLEDGE
firm ground. When It proceeds to
give a forecast of the provisions of
the document its prophecies may well
be taken with a very large grain of
salt.
The negotiations are in the hands
of men who may safely be trusted
R. RUSHLIGHT promised that not to expose their incomplete work
if ekcted to the legislature, to newspaper criticism on either side
he would qualify, of the Atlantic. It wll be time
But. he broke his pledge, enough to discuss the treaty when It
He did not qualify. He did not even Is simultaneously presented for ac-
go to Salem. He refused to accept ceptance by the senate of the United
tho office to which he had been States and by the British parliament
elected. He did not do as other men The situation differs widely from
would have done, but wavered, that under which the negotiations for
vacillated and finally backed out. Canadian reciprocity were conducted
both of the office and his public I' those were carried to a close wlth-
to do
If we
. . . . . . i J.
y nave mem, mere euouia w a piaco
I mnA a w ril nrrm a trtf thorn If BYinnld
not be a flat where there is no yard,
no spot for a romp and a play. A
flat, is a cage for youth and life in
It 'tor children as unnatural as that
of a caged animal behind tron bars.
It is imprisonment, and would, if
they only knew real life, be as much
hated by the children as they are
hated by flat owners.
Municipal housing Is a far weight
ier problem than race suicide. The
fact would Impress Itself upon the
colcnel, if he would study the re
turns from the child census and the
bousing conditions of Chicago, or
any other great city,
privilege of handling the county funda
for the next two years. This amount
tory of a woman arrested in Denver,
rniv. at th church altar where she
was kneeling for forgiveness, and who
told the following story: "I was for
merly an officer In the W. & T. U.,
but when I entered politics I started
drlnklna. It ruined me. I was once a
power close to the throne in Colorado.
I was worth $100,000 In my own right
Foolishly I entered politics and this
afternoon they are taking me to the
ooorhousa Politics was" my downfall.
Drink caused my ruin and It waa late
the county will receive, and In addition caucuses that placed me In the hlgh
wlll save $400 that It heretofore has ball path. A week ago I decided to ra-
I went 10 tne cnurcn ana aneu
M'
pledge.
There is no atonement for a
broken promise. There is no way
of explaining a mutilated covenant
;There is no apology and but few
apologists for a violated agreement
Mr. Rushlight was urged to go
to Salem. The Journal appealed to
him to go. Multnomah county had
Important Interests there that need
aid a full delegation. The county
baa but two thirds of the represen
tation in the legislature to which it
is entitled. There was a fight on
and help was needed tq secure for
Multnomah the representation pro
vided by the state constitution. Mr.
out premature disclosure it may very
safely be assumed that the same pre
cautions are In force now.
Newspapers in search of a sensa
tlon often rush in where angels
should fear to tread, and the Dally
Telegraph has no special character
for caution to be endangered. Bet
ter wait awhile until unofficial fore
casts are replaced by the treaty's
actual text.
SEEING AMERICA
T
HE MOUNTAIN and Pacific
states have been under the be
lief that they pretty nearly mo-
nonnllzfid tha Rcenlc. attractions
Rushlight could have aided in this of th6 continent. Thev have aound-
and other vital matters, but he de- ed agala agaIn the call See
serted th3 office, turned his back on Europe lf you win but see America
hls pledge and remained at home to firstf and the western railroads
fix up hia mayoralty fences. He la hav9 .jded in invitation. But
now making other pledges and ask- now Baltimore, of all cities, has
ing for another office. taken It up Wnether this is an in-
In all honesty and in all kindness, dependent sign of life, or is due to
lf Mr. Rushlight broke that pledge, the stimulus administered recently
how vain and foolish for him to by Tom Richardson there Is no tell
make other pledges. If he threw ing. Anyway Governor Crothers of
that office back into the faces of Maryland has issued an invitation to
those who gave it ot him, Is he in I the Governors of all states to meot
him at Baltimore in convention In
January, 1912. There each state Is
to supply, with its governor, an ex
hibit of its attractions in travel and
sightseeing, with a view to effective
publicity.
Some imagination will doubtless
have to be added to realities to find
scenic attractions in mai.y of the
intracontinental states. But doubt
less they will be equal to the occa
sion. Happy Oregon, whose beau
ties unadorned will be adorned the
most 1
position to ask another?
THE' STEEL TRUST AND MR.
- UNDERWOOD
been paying for the services of a treas
urer during his two years' term. All
of which, it Is presumed, will be grati
fying to the taxpayers.
The competition in this race, which
resulted so satisfactorily to the fiscal
court and tha county in general was
due, of course, to the fact that two
banks wanted the custody of tha county
money and were willing to pay some
thing therefor. Tne plan smacks some
form.
in prayer. The officer arcested me
and here I am." It waa also said that
she remarked that "the average woman
is a good wife and mother, but a poor
politician."
This was a part, of the article which
also related the fact that a woman
who smoked cigarettes died In ' child
bed. Tha latter caaa la doubtless too
true but the author of the article In
what of putting an office on the auction question forgot to - mention tha thou
block, but as tha two candidates were sanda of children who ara still born or
who drag out, a miseraDie existence
because their father has at one time
or still 1 weakening his physical fibre
through Indulgence In the same vile
habit It Is safe to aay that while one
child dies from having a smoking
mother. 10.000 have suffered from a
able and willing to pay the freight
and there waa no other aaplrant for
tha position It is not apparent that
anyone was prejudiced or discriminated
against thereby. In any event the tax
payers of Lincoln county, who will be
$702 to the good, are not likely to waste
ALL FOR THE TREATY
T
HE NEWSPAPERS of the
United States are practically
unanimous in approval of the
proposed arbitration treaty be
tween this country and Great Brit
ain. All point with satisfaction to
the recent Guild Hall ruceting in
London at wr!ch there was great
unanimity of expression by leaders
of all the powerful forces in the
nation. ,
An impressive sight for the ' peo
ple of both countries is Premier As
quith of the government and Mr.
Balfour, leader of the opposition,
working together in perfect harmony
for the arbitration plan. lagu
they differ widely in their Tiews as
to armaments and military and naval
policies, they are r. unit in the view
of joining Britain and tie United
States in a, t-eaty under the terms of
which all differences shall be settled
by arbitration.
Apart from the benefits to these
two leading nations, the moral ef
fect on other governments and peo
ples will be a tremendous force in
promoting the peace and welfare of
the world. No movement of any
time has promised more for the well
boing of mankind.
transaction.
much time discussing the ethics of the I smoking father. Would It not be in
place to use the papers in warning to
the fathers. '
As to tba W. C. T. U. drinking wo
man who la given aa a warning against
the' woman's ballot I felt sura that
such a notable Instance of the depravity
provoking value of tha ballot could not
have escaped the notice of women of
be-
, The Yonng Man's Chance.
From the Pittsburg Gazette.
If published reports are to be
lieved Howard Elliott, railroad man,
has Just declined a salary of $76,000 a
year. Mr. Elliott la SO years of aee.
He is president of tha Northern Paciflo Denver, and so sent th article In que
railway. The Missouri Pacific people tlon to Mrs. Adrlanna Hungerford ox
wanted him to come over into Macedon- I that city, a woman wno is Known
la. To their cry for help they attached throughout the wh4e country for her
$76,000 per annum, with the assurance sDlendid ability and philanthropies, asx
that Mr. Elliott would not be interfered ing her to locate the woman and give
with by a meticulously-minded board of I me aomefacta with reference to the
directors. The offer is said to have pitiful case. I learn from Mrs. Hud
been rejected. gerford that no such woman haa been
This Incident and certain recent pro- known In Denver, and that it Is simply
motions by the Pennsylvania railroad a newspaper article that la "going th
serve to direct attention anew to the rounds" as a warning against surrrag,
fact that the young man still has alt m now wondering lf the ballot ia
cnance in tne unitea states and a bet-1 suDDOsed to have such a depraving in
ier one man ever. but. aiiiiott never fluenca uDon the on wno wieias it, it
did anything to merit his conspicuous I a republican form of government or
success except worn, ne nas been an- even a limited monarchy is not a mis
much difference in children of the earn
mother that would mak it posaibl
that a bit of paper or th study of th
way to uaa it would dignify one and
degrade th other. Th tJmewlll com
soon when those who have brought for
ward such ailly,. childish arguments
against woman's ballot will fondly
nope tne memory of them will not re
main In th minds of th people who
nave neara or read them.
ADA WALLACE UNRUH.
Bute President of Oregon W. C T. U.
I gent In business: That's an. And at
50 he stands In tha forefront of Ameri
can railway captains, more youthful
appearing than .his years, in the full
vigor or a mannooa tnat is good to
take. If political authority depraves
and degrades, would it not be for th
general welfare to centranxe tnis oe
gradlng power In the hands of on man
that the rest might be saved from Its
look upon and refreshing to meet He I corrupting Influence and thus save to
THE MOFPATT ROAD
r
A
FEW DAYS AGO Mr. Under
wood, the Democratic chair
man of the ways and means
committee of the house, stated
i that the American Steel & Wire com
1' pany had issued orders to shut down
4 its plant at Corey, Alabama, as a
i protest against the bill for placing
j various steel and Iron products on
the free Hat The intention of this
w move was to induce pressure on Mr.
4Underwood from hla own, the Birm
ingham,': district, " to force him to
- abate hla efforts to secure the pas-
tag 'of the bill. - '
The Atlanta Journal, and the
Birmingham
OUR NEAR MAYOR
S
TILL, OUR NEAR mayor will
always be able to point with
pride to the fact that while he
lasted, he was a hummer. Even
News. Influential pa- in the hour of defeat he will re-
tera In the affected district, now re- J member with satisfaction that his
port that the threat pf the steej com- superior knowledge of the Portland
. pany haa been carried Into , effect charter made that of Simon, Lane
- and work, has been dlscontinuejilAt and Williams look like 30 cents. It
the Corey plants But. it is said, that will please him to recall that if he
. the -constituents of Mr. Underwood talked, too much he did it with, his
rvsent these ; tacticg and girt 1dm own bazoo and that, aside from loss
"'. - -r- ' ' ' ;
T WILL BE remembered that the
Denver Northwestern and Pacific
has yet to force its way through
the main range of the Rockies.
Despairing of raising the funds for
the great tunnel through the moun
tains in the ordinary methods of fi
nance many citizens of Colorado pro
posed that the state should provide
the needed funds and lease the com
plete tunnel to the railroad. The
manifest benefit to Colorado from
the direct outlet to the west enlisted
much support for the project. But
it met bitter opposition in the state
legislature. The senate eventually
amended 1 the bill by requiring its
submission to the voters two years
hence by the referendum. In its
amended form the house passed the
bill by a majority of one. ' The de
ciding vote was cast by Mrs. Kerwin,
a woman member from Denver.
A new precedent in Colorado is
thus established since where
there's a will there's a way. In the
interest not less of Colorado than of
the Pacific coast it is to be hoped
that the progress of tnis very costly
road may not be defeated.
Mr. Rushlight assaila Mr. ' Lom
bard because Lombard has (at
tacked the old gang in the . council.
In the absence of other . definite
j is a city boy too, a native of New York.
After a high school and scientific edu
cation, at 20 he became a rodman on
tha home a clean rather as wen aa
clean mother. And I have been thlak-
lng, too. If, the us of, drink so ruins
the Burlington road. For SO years he WOmen (It is supposed that It would
has continued in the railway service.
going from rodman to clerk, then be
coming auditor, then passenger, and
have the same errect upon one wno
had not been a member of the W. C
T. U. aa one who had), that it must
freight agent then general freight agent naVe 'omethirig of the same effect upon
of four lines, then general manager of m6 Then i haVe remembered that
tnem, ana arterwara second vice presi- tne Di00a f these drunken fathers runs
dent of the Burlington. Blnce 1903 he ln veln, of the children as well aa
has been president of the great North- ot tba occasional drunken mother,
era Pacific system. : lf lndee(j, the Home is the great Insti
ll does not appear that Mr. Elliott tu'tlon that th oppos.m of woman's
waa born to poverty; Indeed from the bano, wouid bav us believe (and w
fact that his entlr education was ob- beiieU all that and mor about It),
talned ln classic Cambridge th oppo- would u not b th better part of wis-
fh"d h?r,t 7 WWtory law and thus remove tne great
; , CZ. 7r . " . "r obstacle to the woman's ballot, as wen
V.Vll I- Li 1 II . V. II, M, 1V1 ICIBJIS (.111 WOU1C1
stagger Hercules, it is all tha more
creditable that he was not spurred by
necessities nor driven by desperation
to achieve what he has, but was ani
mated by a spirit of nobler InsDiration
and larger purpose. In any event his
as the greatest danger to th home. Af
ter all, brethren, there can not De so
Doe Not Want Rushlight
To the Editor of The Journal Let
labor seek th elaas that have some re
spect for it and not vot for very Tom,
Dick and Harry that Is put up to it as a
iaoor candidate.
Th council of this city has robbed
th people right and left by htah navina
prices which It permitted corporations
to anovs pn the people, and by aivlna
special rights to the favored few. Who
has suffered by all thlsT Th man who
owns a small home and who has been
compelled to pay a high tax on th pay
Ing of tb street In front of his horn.
and a high rate of taxation to the city.
a certain class who stood solid for
the Interests ruled the council, at th
same time telling th people how much
they loved them, and , what good tbay
were going them.
On of those men Is A. O. Ruahllrht
who for a long Um fooled the people.
and who haa Just lately been found out
He claimed to always vot on the side
of the people, and w now discover that
he haa drawn $600 td $1000 more than
other plumbers on plumbing contracts
don for big corporations Who had an
ax to grind and who wanted his vote In
th council. We always find him grant
ing his vote, to those for whom he did
the plumbing. A kind of an understanding.,
And yet ha comes out for mayor and
tells the man who owns a small horn
how dearly h loves him, and how he
ought to vet for him. and how much
ha loves the laboring man who haa been
compelled to pay thes high rata for
sewers and paving.
I call . thia an insult to th people of
this city. I consider Mr. Rushlight to
be the most under handed man that ever
sat In the council. He has been the
boldest man on the side of th Interests
that this olty ever saw, and I consider
the council as a whol to be the poor
est council Portland ever saw.
Mr. Rushlight's running for mayor ts
a huge Joke. He has no greater qualifi
cations for mayor than has th most
humble man. H will never he able to
win, simply because b haa been found
to be untrue to th very class he is ex
pectd to vote for htm. th majority
or people do not want' him as mayor,
and th working men will refuse to be
fooled. My advice la for th good cltl
sen or tnis .city to reruse such a man
and vot him down. Labor for Its own
sake and for the sake of self respect
should not tolerate Mr. Rushlight who
has shoved himself into the ranks of
labor without .being called.
t SMALL HOME OWNER.
'Of tba 4f states In th union, 10 have
already ratified the Inoome tax amend
ment to th United States constitution.
To iasur Its acceptance SI states are
necessary. Only four states Louisiana,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island and West
Virginia hav declared themselves la
th negative. ',','. . . ',
Of th states still uncommitted on
th constitutional amendment ' through
th failure of on or both branches of
their legislatures to pas upon It . there
remain It. Th legislatures of some of
thos states meet biennially. If only
rlv of th II state vote sooner or later
In favor of the amendment It will be
come a part of the federal constitution.
In th six following states no action has
yet bean taken: Connecticut Delaware,
Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont and Wyo
ming. ;'.".' 1
The New Jersey senate Friday, In th
last hour of th session, failed to fol
low th lead of th assembly In ratify
Ing the amendment In Virginia on
house has rejected If and In New York,
Minnesota, Florida and Massachusetts
one house has passed it
Although It may fall of approval this
spring by the necessary three fourths
of th 41 state. Us ultimate ratlflca
tlon Is now reasonably certain. The re
quired limit baa been ao nearly attained
that th natural tendency among th re
mainlng 1 states will be to lend their
assent, This year, as aX Albany, there
ha teen a decisive change in tha atti
tude of several legislatures. Y '
Tanglefoot
By Miles
Overholt
BUT NOT ', THIS HUNQRY SEVEN.
"Say, dad, what kind of band Is this
liiai riuiim wiw iw.RTf u, ....
Asked Willy Wouldbewlser, with som
sausage In his nana. . .
Thtv. ntnnH at Rrhnelder S market.
wner tney sometimes uptni mwr
tin:
rwhy that" said Willy's father, "le a I
little German nana
Accommodations In the Parks.
Portland, Or.. May 4. 1911. -To tha
Editor or Th journal Whisoer" to "A
Wide Awak Traveler and" tell him
not to go out to th elty park a hot
afternoon, when 4000 thirsty people are
there, witn drinking accommodations
for four people at once without paying
for drinks. Three can drink at the
bubbling fountains, one at th bear
dens and If a person takes a hose along
on more can arinK near tne refresh
ment pavilion. F. B. FINLEY.
German House Keys.
From U. S. Consular Reports,
a.. InfnrAttHnff fantiira nf rtArman Ufa
,v. - . . -w
ginnlnV-r-Tand. a. a light of hope and t "iat la spit, of the tremen
encouragement to American - youths
possessed or grit ana stamina.
Thing's I'd Like to Be.
BASEBALL STAR.
I'd like to be a baseball star,
Tm very sure of that.
I'd like to hear the bleachers yen
When I cam up to bat
I'd like to sea the ball come on
' In swift, deceptive curve;
I'd like to swat It well before
It made Its final swerve.
I'd like to steal a base from first
I'd like to tie the score. '
When, in the ninth, to even up
We need Just one run more.
Td like th Job, when, base fnlL
And two of our men out.
I'd be the on depended on
To put the fo to rout
I'd ltke to knock Just one home run.
I'd ask for nothing more;
Than Just to hear the bleacher rise.
Their hoarse, full-throated roar. '
Td Ilk. to have my picture tho
Upon tha soorting page;
With full details about my life.
My habits and my age.
Then, top, my soul. I must admit -
With wild ambition yearns --
To make the money that I'm told -..
. A baasball player earaa.
doua progress of th country, mediae
val customs are still in evidence here
and there, side by side with all th
adaptations to tha necessities of mod
ern life.
Locksmlthlng in, Germany Is today
as Important a trade aa plumbing.
blacksral thing, or the vocation of tha
barber. The first lock -and key was
introduced Into . Prussia- In the four
teenth century and caused a consider
able sensation at th palace of the elec
tor of Brsndenburg. He found that by
this device he could do away with the
guard at his private doors and thus
materially reduce his household ex
penses. , Since that day the "sehlosser,"
or locksmith, has been a most essen
tial factor In German life.
The present German house key could
be ;used as a weapon of attack and de
fense, besides serving Its original pur
pose. It weigna, on an average about
cne-elghth of a pound; and, '. aa each
person, entitled to carry a house and
corridor key. has nearly a quarter of a
pound of soft Iron Ira his pocket It Is
conservatively estimated .-. that ... the
amount of iron" in circulation in Ger
many in the pockets of men and In the
handbags ot women amounts to JS95
tons, besides an additional 2640 tons far
keys to th Interior of German homes.
Thus something over (000 tons of Iron
are put Into keys of a size to be found
nowbers In America. However- largi
th house or numerous apartments, the
outeraoor is locked promptly at 10
o'clock; and, as th German spends
manyt of hla evenings - out, every per
son carries at least one of these mas
sive keys to effect an entrance. Bells
at th outer doors are uncommon ex
cept at the homes of doctors.
Th modern scientific locks and small
light keys manufactured and used ln
America ought ta appeal to the Ger
man, a business of this sort could
doubtless be developed by the Ameri
can manufacturer. '
Even Rats Are TJsefnL- '.,-)
From a Chicago News- Dispatch. ' j
Deputy United , States 'Marshal Ed'
Ward Marsales started out this morning
to ootam zo live rats to fill an order
from Frank Elbey, connected; with! a
telephone company at Rockford.. The
order finally waa placed with iTtot"
Richard H. Dorney"professor' of rat-
catching. ;, -r ;.::.-,..s
F. H. Lawrence of tha engineering
department of , the Chicago ! Telephone
company -aid-that th rats are used in
placing cables. .
"A rat ia loosed In a Dip through
which a cable la to placed,", he said.
Tnert a string is tied to a ferret
which pursues th rat carrying, -th
string through th pip. On thermal!
string a. larger on Is attached, and on
that a still larger, until a bisr Wirt
cable la pulled through.'-.. v. ,.
Alias W. Lafferty.
From the Spectator.
That political gem of purest ray se
rene, Congressman A. W. Lf f erty ' has I
again changed his name. Mr. Lafferty
changes his name as often as the cha-l
meleon changes its colors. He was A.
W. -Lafferty for a time, but th mod
est Initials allied to the sm He-com
pelling surname did not suit th lucky I
owner. He cnangea to a. wajier. cur
iosity, that did not trouble Itself with I
A. W., was at once aroused as to what I
th "A." stood for, and Mr. Lafferty I
relieved our distress by confiding that I
th "A." meant Awthuh full namel
Awthuh Waltuh' Laffahtyl Sweet? I
Well, yes; Indeed, that waa the nam I
he whispered in the ears of Indignant I
women whom he had tn aunacuy toi
accost on th street
Curiosity as to Mr. Lafferty namel
having been satisfied, died a natural I
death, when on morning a waning I
world was startled to read something!
about Amldon W. Lafferty. Amidonll
accent of course, on the "I" to be In I
harmony with Byron'a "Bride of Aby-
doa" Who I this Amldon W. Laf-
fertvT The question was on everyl
tongue, and when the city wss Just onel
big interrogation point, Mr. uanertyi
tenned forward, aad with nana oni
heart and blush on cheek, sftld: "It'i
me!" Everybody was delighted wlthl
Mr. Lafferty"s versatility; such an ac-l
cumulation of aliases had never been i
seen outald the records of the policel
department The people felt certain!
that Mr. Larrertys mania ana neeai
for changing his name were satisfied,
and settled down to master the pro-l
nunclatlon of his un-Chrlstian Chris
tian nam.
Then Lafferty with the wealth ori
Initials and front pames began his flghtl
for office, and took his Am-l-don into!
8outh Portland. A red-headeff tarrierl
In one of th lumber yards took It lr
hla mouth and chewed a syllable on
of lt Lafferty told the papers that nei
had rechristened himself; he Vasn'i
A." Awthuh. or .Amldon any longer
he was "Abraham" but "boys," hei
said, "sneak o' me as 'Aba' Jist plair
4Abe."' And think or it: Tnis name-
changing, allas-lovlng gentleman was!
elected to congress as Aoranam w.i
Lafferty. Of course, that Is not the!
Strangest -part about It; the height Oft
ahaurditw was reacnea t wnen ne wasi
iacted to congress at all. And nowl
that he is ln congress. 4ie has changed!
hla name again: he is the "Hon. waiter!
Lafferty, representative from the seo-
ond conaresslonai district, Oregon."
Changing his name Is the most not-l
able thing iaiieny nam none iu euui
grss.
A Race for a Cup
"What are those splendid cups therf
Inquired the man ln th Jeweler's shop.
"Those, Sir, are race cupa, vr v
awarded as prises," replied th Jew
alar.
"Well, lf that's the caaa." said thai
atranaer. taking th largest one in hi
hand, "suppose you race me for this
ona!"
Ha started off. with the Jeweler artefl
him, but he stranger won the cup:
, At ike Poorhoiifle j
i Contribute J Ui Th lonmal by Wait Kimb,
k. ,.,- Kanita nmt. Ilia Droaa-noemt at a)
regular fcatnr of tola columtf la Tb Pallri
journal). ,
Beneath a tree the pauper sat a weell
old paper on hla knee. He wore a hen i
nest ff or a hat, and sagely he dls
coursed to me, 'This blame fool; treats
with Janan Will bring tmr nation man
woes." remarked this sad and ancien
man, who had a red and bulbous nose
mv hlood'l bolllna In my veins," M
said, "Taft makes so many breaks;. wha
nii nur soldiers to the plains, - td
roost with owls and rattlesnakes? An
congress roots ana paws arouna , in
most absurd, disgusting way; . ou
statesmen waste in empty sound tn
time they need for baling hay. Wha
think you of these British peers?" th
pauper asked, in accents hurt; and W
had Sanaours in nis ears, ana wora
flour sack for a shirt One time thl
poor old rained man was strong enoug
to wield a spade; ne never tnea nis in
to plan; ha never tried to learn a trade
na : never airuaaiea to aavance. io m
his mind with useful lore, and now ne
wearing county pants, ana sitting c
th poorhouse door, . He always likei
to talk and show hoar Ignorant a roai
can- be; and here- he alts, - his nos
aglow, a week old "paper on bis knea
t
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