THE' OREGON ' DAILY JOURNAL.7 PORTLAND; FRIDAY EVENING, MAY I. Mil.
THE JOURNAL
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rrry Rnatfar sxiralnS at Tba Joaroal Balld-
lag. nrU 4 IibJO etrwce. fortUu. Or,
- --Man at ae HiHrilM at Fertkud. Or., he
traaaaiUela Uroak Ua saaUs aa neoad-claaa
natrar. - ' .
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' . - All aVpartweta ra-t by tha-a aaatbara.
T-D tba pmtor wk.t 4-partmmt y want.
FOR CIO AOVtRTTSI0 Kr RE8KNTATJTE.
ft-njaaita K-ntnor Ob., Branswl-b Butldlna,
aa tlftk aaaaa, Naw Varki JSli Padpla'a
' RulMlnc. Gbloage.
' Suberrtptloa Tarma by mutl ar ta any addrea
la tfca Valla lul Caaada aa aU4et
DAJLT.
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SUNDAY.
Oaa rr ftAO I Oaa awnrb., I .
DAILY AND SUN DAT.
Ooa faa M M I Oaa (aoatk .
cal parasites? Are Portlanderi sat
isfied with the kind of government
they have bwn having? Who are
they going to vote for tomorrow?
Are the rule of private business to
be applied to the public business, or
will enough cltleent stay at home
and let this great, city be governed
by a gang of peanut politicians? -
TUB nitlTISII HOl'SR OF IXRDS
W
ITH THE pannage of the veto
bill through the hoiiBe of
faced if only temporary. Imperfect to Now York for medical ld for the
transportation and distant markets rnnlne. ' Would they take It so much
will not deter when demonstration to heart If It were merely a child
Is offered that the lands are being . with a, sore eye? . ,'
made accessible as fast as men find; im !'"
money s can-do it. Such conditions postmaster General Hitchcock
are mote : than balanced by land confidently expects that We are soon
prices now offered, enabllug pur- to luive penny postage.-; Candidates
chases on terms that are absolutely who t voluminous campaign
attractive to thoHe living on the far , literature to cotjfldlng Voters wait
higher priced lands of extern states. ! with mtert breath for confirmation
More is yet needed to enable thof the news. -
prospective settlers to feel assured.1
!of both prosperous and haony hmies. I,0" Mr- Rushlight point with
COMMENT AND NEWS IN .BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
OREGON SIDKLIQIITS ,
Heat not a furnace for your fo
ao hot
That It do sing yourself, we
may outrun,
By violent swiftness, that which
wo run at.
And lose by over-running. Know
you not,
Tha fire that mounta tha liquor
till It run o'er,
' In securing to augment It,
wastes it?
Shakespeare, Henry VIII.
commons, by a vote of 265 jXo Rala prosperity ,t in not onough 1 Prl(1 to h, record lo the Oregon
to 147, another critical (for th .., trt hm .,,' legislature aa a reason for his also.
point In the controversy between the . nn(, nt tt Th- ,.v. llut h 'tlon?
I Jl. . i II I ti t n J
"uu """'' "ij"mij ... r0arc)j to fio e,ufp and uMnr6 ,hat
the commons has been nafely passed. Iand that the earnJng powori) of lhe
So far the coalition of Liberals. IrlHh ,IPWronier ha haT0 ruU play Ho
Nationalists and. Laborites has held i hm -h,n nnvort M
Into a factory according to the new
lights on the Industry of the farm.
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II1S SILENCE EXPLAINED
iHREE days ago, It was publicly
charged that Oscar Huber,
manager of a paving company
and lobbyist for the Portland
. Railway LlgUt ft . Power company,
. .went to the contractors,. Hurley, Ma
on ft Co., and demanded that Mr.
Rushlight be given the plumbing on
the Portland Railway. Light ft Power
"" company's electric building, notwith
standing the Rushlight bid was
J45IO more, than the lowest bid.
Mr. Rushlight has made no denial.
Mr. Huber has made no denial, Mr.
Rushlight has made no explanation.
; Mr. Huber has made no explanation.
IWhat was the, relation between Mr.
Rushlight ' and Mr. Huber, lobbyist
- for the street car company and one
of our paving magnates? What ser
vice had Councilman Rushlight ren
dered Mr. Huber that caused Mr.
Huber to 'demand a plumbing Job on
the street car company's electric
building at $4530 more than other
plumbers offered to do It for? What
charmed Influence did Mr. Rushlight
exercise over Mr. Huber to cause
the latter to be so deeply Interested
- lit the private business of Mr. Rush
light? ,
- In this nndenied transaction, the
Portland public will fully understand
why Mr. Rushlight has nothing to
ay about the "undesirables" ra the
Portland council. He has studiously
remained silent on the known prac
tice by which some councllmen man
age to make their positions as coun
cllmen helpful to their private busi
nesses. He has refused to say one
word in criticism of the aldermanic
; aystem prevalent in this town by
. which public affairs are so conducted
that private affairs of councllmen
, are made more profitable.
- The only word uttered bv Mr.
Rushlight on the subject has been
In denunciation of Mr. Lombard for
exposing the system. The silence of
. Mr. Rushlight Is explained by the
Interesting Incident of Mr. Huber,
paving magnate and street car lob
byist, going out and soliciting busi
ness for Mr. Rushlight.
together.
Tho last hope of the Tories vsn
lnhed when the preamble of the bill
was accepted and passed. The pre
amble points to a reformed house of
lords, a second chamber with de
fined and limited powers. Tho La
borites demand a one chamber gov
ernment. The essentially conserva
tive British people might be relied
on to defeat so wldo a departure
from the historic Institution of king,
lords and commons, which had gov
erned England for 800 years.
It Is expected that the house of
lords will seek to disfigure the veto
bill with amendments enough to pre
vent acceptance by the majority of
the commons. Then it will go back
to the lords In- its original shape.
The alternative before them will
then be to accept the bill or by re
jecting It set the government and
the commons majority, at defiance.
The interaal oonfllct within the
house of lords will be between the
educated peers of both parties, num
bering probably 100 In all. and the
big majority of about 400 "backwoodsman."
If common sense and patriotism
wins the bill will be allowed to pass.
If pride and prejudice are given sway
the government will suggest, to the
king to create enough new lords to
make a majority for the bill. Since
he Is a contsltntlonai and not an au
tocratic king, George V vlll doubt
less accept the advice of ho minis
ters who hold the popular mandate.
By this quite illogical, but the only
practical, change of the make-np of
the houBe of lords the bill will be
passed.
Whether these formalities will go
through In time for the coronation
Is very doubtful.
There Is, however, many a Bri
tisher who will give up his own way
to get the decks cleared for the cere
mony in Westminster Abbey.
Letters FromUKe People -
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I
flurmtaa aaema luatlftud that TUlllna-Ar I ft. n fowl ntraut' a nton f lint I
nH ok iuwl auvr aii. w iw tuna Tinuf i aeaa at ma noma in fenaition.
cat hire. I a a
i.. 1L, A . I The Lower ColSmbla Rlvar Poultry
If It I thlnkln in bad that ktlla Taow I aaanHatlnn -will Hli nnnlln, .)...
fic. wimi ma uwuir mini asiiiug uiiineii uacam uar.
America Twenty Yean
a i
and thluklnuT
a a t
Pnokan rrocors ara about to or ran
lia baUall tea ma. palivory boya Will
uououaaa ua aiajnea aa piicners.
a a
Any town that la ao awellad about Its
new railroad depot that' It calla It a
"pnaaensnr terminal" know Juat how
lacoina icaia. .
a a
Jin axoarlancad nuraarvman 1a nnnar.
ina to oatabilah a nurserr on tba llar-
miaion (irojacc
aa
Tha ITarmtatnn MinM la rll,Hn
for nubllo llihtlnc. "now that tha
orvaainca nave emu aiaooaad of.
.a ,a . .. ..
Tha Rav. Wank J. Vllnaa nt vtmnAnt
in., naa Man oajiea
tA thm titilnlt o f
nnen ma nainiuo truat pieanaa mat I vna rraeoytariaa oaurcn at randlaton.
An Eilgma,
It waa formed to protact tha publlo from
me rapnrioua piumnora, ilia publlo 8X'
i.iHiiiira, un, apiaan:
a a
For th Monomle aharp: Doaa th
To tha ICdltor of Tb Journal. I ak
This Is laraelr a commercial nrono- ,,'"r ln our WT io propound a
sltion and must be so treated. Not
only must possible, results be shown,
but the ways to reach them must
queatlon that It aaama to ma takaa all
tha patlenca of Job, tha phlloaophy of
nioKrnea.and tha wladom of a Solomon
(o aaawar atlHfiwt nrl l in th nnhiu
be made clear. Let tho Incoming conaumera of light and water. Que
farmer be advised as If he were deal- tlon: Why la It that on peraon usea
lng for some business In the town, "1)r water or lit ht when away tnm
needing business facilities for 1U (??1?I1t l th,..tlT) ,n, w,ntcr or
i.vvu.uuu Piaoea or man bar mnnth
wnen ma guuni now in nrarrena
pltd. " .
ley pioneer of lfttl, haa juat celebrated
hla ninetieth birthday aanlvaraary at
purchase and development.
Speaking generally, the newcomer
should be usured that he will not
be left alone to work out his own
salvation op the new land, but that
provisions for his future have been
looked to ln advance.
"Put yourself In his place" Is the
motto for all seeking to increaso the
farming population of our state by
preparing liter tnre for the guidance
of the newcomer.
AN UNUSUAL LAW IOINT
A
tlma, with three ln th family and th
lawn to Irrigate?, Lat aummer we
were home continually, alao did larr
wanhliiK every week and Irritated th
lawn. Our water bill waa 78 cent Dr
month (except once). Now during th
winter and aprlng, including April, only
one, ppraon haa been at home part of th
time and very lltte waalilng- dona (as
yt't no houaecleanlna), and th water
bill In each month waa 81 cent a My
son rati) mud last m&nUi. I atated th
cane to Mm, and thinking h had gained
th wlnijom of a Solomon, ha very blithe
ly aniwtTCd the question thus: "Well,
If you don't pay th 76 cents by th
ttnth of th following month, th other
10 cents ta charged, and 1 suppose Ja
sum fellow's rake off." I stood aghAt
at th wisdom tliat could even fathom
that th consumer was not going to pay
the water rent until after th tenth of
buyer of a fifty thousand dollar book
or a half million dollar painting rily
put money inio circulation T
Ban Francisco In atrivlne- to mk nl" nom Baker.
nhnlra n f . m Panama NIm a i a .nntlmi.. I
to overlook! th alinpl expedient of out-I .TM. D11'" Commercial and Athletlo
ting out all th sltaa -ut one. Icl? V neciaaa to aiacontlnu on tha
e I athletlo aid and has given up Its club
If anyon had told Dr. Owen that I iu ana win aiapos or apparatus.
Bacon-Khakeaneara atorr ha would tiava I .
lauched at him Aa an Inorntlva tn mn. I Mies Marlorl SaxtOtL. daclamatorv
tlon a hunch Is always better than a 11. SPI1" Tlnn,r " B,kerL w,u represent
a I Baker high, school at Ontario on tha
On excellent ffect of the revolts y 01 lD asurn Oregon field met
or the progresalvea ln both old parties I
will be to out the concreaalonal frrv. I Pendleton Eaat Oraannlan- W r
mander to a beneficial uae or to put It I Tork, the wll known Kllbrlght horse-'
CASE THAT went to the Jury
In Judge Gatens' court yester
day presented an unusual Is
sue of law. A girl employed j t,,e next month; such clever financier-
as stenoaraDher waa Vlllod last Ren- 1 " "roau m w suenoeo. nut
e etenoarapner was kiuea last Bep-, not ,atl8feii yet If a woman la dented
ioluuci iu au eievaior.
In the suit brought for damages.
the defense was ln reality by a cas-
man. writ that ha haakn iha Rt
Oregonlan for II years and hopes to
take It II mora.
e
Hood River Nawa; Tha ahtntrtlnv Kaa
Jwr uia ua urovi cnuroo last' Hun
ay was a decided success. Nearly half
of th sheathlna was cut on and tha
anure roor anmgiM.
a a
Th Astoria Budcat ura-ea art Inn tn
Indue tba treasury officials to make
out of business altogether.
When akyacrapers ar built so high
ii win d necesaary to rill them
with elevators In order to carry th4r
tenants, than th question of th
noignt limit win t answered.
a a
To those who are still pusxled because
the railroads are compelled by law to
oniam permission to reduce rates, th
anawer Is that Uncle Sam haa decreed
mat even tne game or get-away-wlth-U
muni pa piayaa rair.
n . naveao oi a port 09 tn souno, mnts of any rac. "th glory that waa
..CS,mr,;"nif ?S.B?fJl"ehAL-rhJ ' d th. grandeur 'that was
M.tJw mmjm; i mt iirat annual meeting or tn I Roma." Wa ahalt n rod una hera a rim.- K.
"The neroratlon waa nnnMt inni.k m Rai.. rv...ui i..k . 1-1 non"' snan proauo nere a na-
be put la th .ehl rde7a Arth of artleer Ilk. thos. who built
whole nech aeama sincere." Walt and I oelpts. 18141: exDonaes. I740S: balance the cathedrals of Europe, a nation of
aee if th Japs pat It Into their achoollln treaaury, $140. Nearly 100,000 piece painters Ilk thos who filled th art
rata A m ra 7 (haa A 3 i A n..n I . at 1 1 a . I . . . . . J . ...
;., , .' Detroit News. . .- r
' Vibrant " with . splendid sympathies
for our experiment In democracy,, and
for -our destiny aa a masterful nation,
Jamos Bryca, th British ambassador,
gave th highest expression to his op
tlmlsm In saying that within tO years
we will hav reached th climax or
our evolution front th. raw material
of nationhood, that tb. commercial In
stinct will then turn to tb arts, to
education, to culture, to. leisure and to
the humanities. ""' .""
Jlere, Indeed, ta faith and cheerful-'
bees. For 20 years la a short time.
In this view of our swift progress
our children will not llv amid th
crash of material things and th crush
for th dollar, but they will be soft
ened by leisure and tha pursuit of cul
ture. And yet, when one considers
what has taken place within tha last
80 years, who shall say that Mr. Hryc
la over-connuent, ; or premature In his
prophecy?
Th man who ln th street car. In
th public elevator, In th. theatre lobby,
n th restaurant, or In the street Is
by chance overheard to .make a remark
that does not concern Business or sport
s looked upon often with contempt
To sarn ths pity of many persona a
man or woman need only apeak of
something scientific, historic classic.
poetlo, religious, philosophic or eco
nomic, or tnak a remote reference to
them as Indicating any knowledge of
them.
And can this attitude b altered In
10 years as Mr. Bryc so optimistically
prophesies? Materially ao. If not In
10, then In 40. Another generation will
a a a decided transformation of social
Ideals. With th. tremendous vitality
of th. American people ' diverted, to
these ideals tha re la no reaaoa why
Astoria th paying off portfor th of
fleer and CraW Of tha C.Ut tmr Ulnnlnr I Wa oannn annaaa Kara ka anhlava-a
if c . . K'cnmona Peril I of literature were . sent out by club
nuuiun uuaui mm wen go dck to aissing 1 and railroad; Inquiries received, 4714;
itsit anawerea.
OMEXS
lwa.i a
URTHER disclosures at Colum
bus will be awaited with Inter
est. Bribery In the Ohio leg
islature Is as logical as Jackpot
legislation in the Illinois legislature.
The .books of tha Metropolitan Speed
F
the right to the "last word," she can '
have th last thought. Now, this month
I aee that last raonUi's bill was IS :
., 1 , rr.L , . '--iii laiinuuaii j'biu netore in tent n ) , '
ualty company The counsel raised j anu- only 76 con,. rald on ,t mn1 anoth.'; .
the defense that the., stenographer sr, cent water bin for this month, 1 1
was a fellow servant with the man ' ,uf 01,ie fellow, must hav that!
who operated the elevntor The 1 b'cu"e 1 intend paying befor Brown had moved ln th month of
grounds for the contention wPr ' i!'.!,,. -Io,!"mi'- '"n.ah" Ah? M ,nt nou" Prt of
that th. kniMi.. ".lZ'.l.yJ1:" where h had always lived.
v "u.n.iu(, to iw " jnujiciir ui 4V " " A4ug vi eaicu liiUB, BurilfJ ItlllUW
the concern with which the sten-mUBt be st'ns a good rak off. A
premium Knouid tie given to any person
who enn solve this ptixzle satisfactorily
to ottx.rs besides mysplf and neighbors.
Wo arc trying to loslirn ourselves to
our fate,
WHY CONSUMPTION ISNT CURED
From Technical World Magazine.
ographer was an employe.
While pleading that the stenog
rapher and elevator operator were
fellow employe-,, the defense ad
mitted that the elevator is a com
mon carrier as to the general public
By
fall h had contracted tuberculosis. It
wss discovered later that several dif
ferent families who had occupied this
same house In succession fcad lost sev
era! members from tuberculosis. No
and tniend to use aa much 1 attempt had ever been made to disinfect
water as we can, as the bill Is no larger, i tn hous. Brown went to Arlxona.
If ns large, as when we try to aave. i Pitched his tent on a certain spot, and
1'erhnps It would-be n rood Idea to hand ! never mad any change from that one
The case will Drobablv co to the ' ln the news of our dfprture when going Pt until his death. Not that fact.
ta a. ifBUtL WIV PVII UVVf WIUCI! 113
supreme co
Judge Gaten
and elevator man
servants.
urt on lhe rulinz at uy- " the mrtor w111 not mount hlgh-
,k . ruling or er lhan when we are at home u
is thalTThe stenoernpher .
jgrnphe
were not fellow
OFFICIAL FEAULESSXESS
"I
HAVE conducted the office of
city treasurer fearlessly,"
shouted Mr. Werloln in his Al-
Great Lnnding Place for Aeroplanes.
Krom tlie New Tork World.
Longacre Square may have a 11,000,
000 landing station for regular airship
liners.
Henry Erkins whose ecoentrto adap
tations of old Greek and Roman archi
tecture to White Light resorts created
Hurt n I ,'l i ' (' , an Unrniv'a rA Via fata
blna speech. What was the de l Opera, has planned a structure to
Occasion for such transcendent "fpar- ' fulfill the uses to which Madison
essness" In the city treasurer's of-' '"Yl k .en put JFlna.nc11 i free
i arrangements nr hrlnr rnnHnr-ta1 h lrw'
1 ft 7 Wra t hft arKlfn aK.. " t . . .-. . " - " J "rWaaa I - a T a. t mt. .
iio.v a, inaua in iuib. xne open
air treatment Is all right, but it must
1
ficeT
WHAT KIXD OF MEN?
betting bill In the New York legis
lature. Testimony at SDrinefield
showB that $100,000 was spent with
Illinois legislators in the purchase of
votes for Lorlmer.
There Is no denial of ' the ngly
fact that traffic in votes and legis
lation is widespread and everywhere.
More than 1700 indictments were
returned for sale of votes at an elec
tion In Adams county, Ohio.' No-1
were the goblins about to John Ohm,!,, nnri D,iai U Vi ... I , V
Are mere rats and creep- i represent Milwaukee brewing interests
Broadway and Forty
association of flotham ahnnrnri that i
iha nromnlMnn anant CVEAnAA tn get him?
I..;.-": C.JlWu: ".. In things and bumblebees and hull- I Th "t s that of the old BrewstoH
u oumuipi iu ueai iud fluguw anil-: I . ,. .. waifon factory.
.,U6-uk ... yV uau cornuors. , -t.Venth street .at the head of th aquare
threatening invasion of the city : It is iss.7 by 277.2 feet.
treasurer's office? Erkins plans to have In the basement
If so, how fortunate that our near j "jf"ra? wlt nV .?reat "fUng
, , ,, . (capacity, than any other In town
mayor is a fearless" man who can ( Through the center pt the building will
put on a ooia rroni ana noia the j run a grand court, with balconies
slept, night after night, became satu
rated with the accumulated germs
which he expelled in coughing, so that
he was continually, at night, rebrea th
ing into his system th very "seeds"
which caus th disease. He was ra
poisonlng himself nightly, and didn't
know It His system would hav been
able to throw off tha. original "germ
poison" which it contracted, but it
was not strong enough to withstand
a new dose of th poison every night
Had he changed th location of his
tent daily, he could have slept each
night In an atmosphsr practically germ
treasuries of th old world, and a na
tion of writers and poets who know not
th "six best sellers." Ii Greece pro
duced hers In two oanturlaa, w can
produce our In lees.
Apaches and the Safe.
From Harper's Weekly.
Tears ago In th far west, when th
government sent out safes for th us
of Its army paymasters In remote die-
It was th custom for th pay
ee earned out br right methoda All
early cases of consumption which have
failed to recover by outdoor treatment tricta,
must lay th blame to faultv treatmant. master tn cavalrv service to ride in an
Jones, who recovered, you will remem- ambulance with th safe, escorted by a
u-r oia cnange nis location every day. guard of six mounted men.
..amis ua i-ni io Dotner mm inn in r- . i . m -
- I ----- , v.. u.io V-ta.iuii iui.ii gumu wm
r,.". ',7 . me iai4 mistaK or tacked by a large fore of Apache In
uivwii. nuw aooui em mr 1 m ran ji... i.ii.
Aa , . . a I UJiin.. V .l.vril tl . altinu, a i iu kn.
ua U"la " OI l"' sreetest importsnce. Indians captured the ambulanc with
the safe. This safe contained about
18000 In greenbacks, and It weighed
some 400 pounds and had a combination
lock.
Now the Indians In question had never
seen a safe at close quarters until this
one happened along, but they knew that
It contained money. Also, they wanted
that money.
They first pounded off th knob with
stones under tb Impression that th
door could then be pried open. Their
attempt was. of course, a failure. Th
next step was to try their tomahawks
on the chilled steel, ln the hop that a
hole might be cut ln It This moans,
too. proved of no avail; mo they deter
mined to try fire. Accordingly, they
nsa recovered, you will remember.
ana returned to his home feellnr fin
back to what T To the very same Dlarue-
riaaen room in which h had first con
tracted the disease a room reeking with
luoercuiar germ lire, and which had
been occupied, n was learned later, by
five different consumptive at various
limes, ine disease sot a hold on him
second time for th simple reason that
h cam back to the original source of
his disease. He should hav sousht new
quarters, or else the house, and par
ticularly the room he occupied, should
... men aisinrected before being oc
uupiea oy mm or any on else. These
wireo ruses cued are but, typical In
-v-".v". . '"re are inousands upon
fhouaands of Browns. JonniM
Smiths. l!vtn.r .-.a a. save the saf a thr hour roasting.
whos .tory, If told In tts trua llrht Luckl'y for th sovemrpent It was fire
would match exactly the. slmpl. Tut p?.?f- ,ey 'h.rew .bX 'Jf' u?2","
maiory or tries three men.
at
Pe8ky marauders at bav. without . evcn 'loors above the ground floor.
in . . , iwtilcn wui be for store.
ever once calling in the police. How I
V J 1 aa. A 1 A. M 1
PORTLAND was, by the assess- "u"f uow.B l wun" P " VOie
ment roll of 1910, a $274 00 - 86 1 ng and vote-buy,nS he de
000 corporation. It Is a larger grfded m!n ln VermIllon a- -corporation
now. It does a bus- no!!
Bess ln public Improvements and T,,?T0. tlt ,r?m pubIlc Ps,t,0- es
. public activities of 18,000 000. to P8011 from Illative positions, is
$10,000.000 a vear. What vin """W ine purpose or many
. Dusiness men are handling the af-
lairs of this huge corporation?
I' What kind of business men are
6ing to handle the affairs of this
huge corporation during 1911 and
19127
v In private life, the largest anxiety
er owners is to get competent men
tq care for the business. Experts
are sought for tne work. ,The sac
cess of the enterprise is staked on
' the capacity and adaptability of the
controlling agents. Are the owners
olf the great corporation of the city
I Portland looking about for suit
able persons to -manage our $300,
000,000 of capital and properly dis
pose ,gtJthe: millions we pay out
yearly In Various channels? Are we
all looking carefully into the ques
tion of who Is the best mzn for
mayor and the best, men for coun
cllmen,? The people are the stockholders
la the city of Portland. How are
they to get dividends by entrusting I
their public business to Incompetent
hands? Is there an owner of a pri
vate business, large or small, in
Portland who would be haphazard or
Tha balcoriT
i 1 ! H Will na Tor ahn rnn.. U
. . , . , , , - . "hi, iinoa
oiiieuum. iuai mrougn tne aaunuess-j noors above them will contain great
ness of one of our citizens, no perl-na,ls for exhibitions.
lous billygoat going about seeking a"""1? oe an immense gar-
. a. a a , ae"' B. 13K6 -TOr
for city treasurers to devour, was 1 tor-boats
the display of mo-
and with starting and ismt.
AtlA a11rn,Ar1 f A In, n . it i 4 .. 0 I k. I
and dignity of Mr. Werlein's admin- ne levatr will be big- enough to
Iqf-ratlnnT carry, to the, roof an automobile, an ero-
istrauonf plane, a fifty-foot motor boat or 400
We should all be thankful, and in persons.
addition remember ' that ' it waa
men. The business of legislation is
putu ma ii uuwb vut.ii opportunity
and temptation for bribe-taking and
bribe-giving. It is to the Interest
of both vote buyer and vote seller
to observe strict secrecy. The
chance for exposure Is small, and
tho opportunity for profit large. The
public service corporation wants a
concession, and the councilman or
legislator wants the cash. In a hun
dred secret ways the deal can take
place and none be the wlBer.
, In consequence there are disclos
ures of bribery in Ohio, and disclos
ures of bribery In Illinois. There
are revelations of" slush funds in
New York and exposures of grafting
ln San Francisco. It Is a dreadful
story, but a story of which the hun
dredth part has never been told. It
presses home to Portlanders the Im
portant question of honest men for
honest government in this city.
alll
due to "fearlessness" and superior
knowledge of the charter.
THAT BROKEN PLEDGE
If
AIDS TO THE INCOMING FARMER
T
HE FIGURES regarding the
distribution of the newcomers
into Oregon, Just published by
the Dromotion hnrpan nf thA
careiess in selecting men to manage Portland Commercial club, must
his concern? Would he not expect (have come to many as a disagreeable
bankruptcy if he entrusted it to in-j surprise.
competents? What do such owners i Town dweiinra numhor as i9
vi private Businesses inmit or some of j as against country dwellers aggre
the persons, who are offering them-! gating 288,312, according to the cold
nelvea-for official position in this! figures of the census. Oregon has
city?- What else Is to be expected gained 260.239 people in 10 years,
from the election of some of them j But not quite 66,000 have settled on
but v grievances, complaints, loss, the land and nearly 200,000 ln the
.waste, dissipation and demoralization cities and towns. '
of public affairs? j How shall this Inequality be re-
Yet, there will be surprises in j dressed? This is an absolute neces
atore at the ballot box tomorrow, slty for the solid growth of Oregon.
Every man who is a candidate is, Advertising alone will not do It,
going to get votes. Some who are ; If that is confined to general descrip
unflt are likely to get votes enough itlons of soil and rflmate. of nrni.e.
to elect. Enough good citizens are tlons and prices. Already the fame
lauio some to permit the (of Oregon In these respects has over
unfits to secure nomination. It Is sDread the continflnt -
R. RUSHLIGHT Is making glad
promises of what he would do
If elected amyor. Before the
voters is the Indisputable fact
of one pledge that he made and did
not keep. "If elected, I will qual
ify," he declared to the people- of
Multnomah county when 1m? appeared
before them last year as a candidate
for representative In the legislature.
And he was elected.
But he did not qualify.
He did not even go to Salem. He
was needed there to help defend the
Interests of Multnomah county, but
he remained in Portland to attend
to the interests of Rushlight ln his
candidacy for mayor.
Wavering and vacillation as to
pledges by Mr. Rushlight in this con-
Outside View of Portland's Curfew.
From tha Spokan Spokesman-Review.
"The goblin's 11 git you, if you don't
look out!"
That was the song that the curfew
sang to th children of Spokane when
the city decreed that those of certain
age must be at home after an early
hour of night.
But the song of the Spokane curfew
seems to have fallen Into hurtful dis
use, for nothing has been heard of th
law Dcing enforced In quite a while.
So It is all the more refreshing to
hrar curfew ring tonight at Portland.
Minors who do not have their pa
rents' permission to b on th streets
a - . . i
aiirr v uuti, must te made to go
home.
The ordinance is a judicious exer
cise of the police power ln behalf of
public welfare and social morality.
I..ot3 of good children, especially
girls, got their first start to the devil
by being allowed to run loose on the
streets after dark without oversight
from their parents. Boys become en
tangled with vicious comrades before
they know It, and drift into petty
criminality. Girls become acquainted
with bad men hanging aronnd nuhlln
SnlciIOIlS CRA milRt fill Vnfara urtlh
j.,.. . . . , , 1 plnceB to take advantage of their limor-
doubt as to promises he now, makes ; am.e and helplessness. . T
respecting the mayoralty.
GRAYS HARBOR TERMINALS
w
It is a preventive of the berinnlnff of
crime and vice to keep the children off
the Htreets after dark and to enforce a
law to this effect
Ambassador Bryce In the Role of a
Scci.
From Spokane Spokesman-Review.
It Isn't altogether an attractive vis
ion that Ambassador Bryc reveals as
to Greatest New York.
Flaying th part of a seer, he
predicts that ultimately the metropo
Us of America and the western world
will cover the whole or New Jersey
and expand northward half way to
Albany.
This would make a city of over 160
miles long and nearly 100 In width
at Its broadest. Its population would
number between 20,000,000 and 26,-
ooo.ooo.
Fortunately, the prophet's chronol
ogy for this consummation Is as Indef
inite and elastlo as that of Daniel
or Saint John. He dates It to a fu
ture when "the historian will not dis
tinguish between England as a coun
try and the United States as a nation."
Such a future belongs to the millen
nium. .
The elements of such a city already
exist New Tork state, for scores of
miles south and east of th monstrous
municipality and New Jersey for
leagues to the south and west are
commercial and social parts of Greater
New York. Brooklyn 1s one of New
Tork s bedrooms, and at least a mil-.
lion commuters from Connecticut
L,ong Island, New Jersey and New
Tork state earn their dally bread ln
New York city. It is only a question
of time when th Intervening subur
ban and rural districts become built
up solidly and cotermlnously.
It Is to be hoped that by that time
the new art of 'city building will have
seen to it that Greatest New York
Is -a series of olties beautiful.
j, Those Mexican Names.
From th Pittsburg Gasette-Timea
Some of tha words frequently used
m tne dispatches from Mexico are De
nounced as nearly as can be Indicated by
1 - . . a..
icuera as roiiows:
Agua Prleta (Blackish Water) "Ah
gwah Pre-a-tah" both accented en th I ..iv.a .tin hffi
while It was hot; but they were as far
from ths money aa ever. (
Next the Araches dragged the safe
up the side of a mountain and tumbled
It over a precipice 200 feet high. They
expected, of course, to see It burst open,
but the only damage was a slight In-
Jury to one of the wheels. The saf
was left soaking ln the river for three
or four days, and great was tne In
dians' disappointment at finding them-
next to the last syllable
Cludad (City) Pronounced "Swedah,"
" me iaai synaole,
juarei whah-race," accent on first
yuuDia.
Huachuca "Wah-coo-ka."
second syllable.
Chihuahua "Ch-wah-wah."
on second syllable.
mo uranae tureat Rlvarl "n.-
accent on
accent
Then they tried gunpowder, but
knowing nothing of the art of blasting,
they brought about an explosion that
burned half a dosen warriors and left
the safe none the worse.
The Indians worked ovr that safe.
off and on, for a month or more, but
failed to get at the Inside. Finally, ln
disgust, they left it In a deep ravine.
Fourteen months later, when- peace
Grahnde," both Words accented nn ftntLn. lh. mrmv aMotitnlU found th
syllable. mmfM Tt WB wine in the bed of a
Ouadaloupe "Gwah-dah-loo-n an. oir with . ret nlle of driftwood
cent on the next to last syllable. around it. It was a sad looking safe.
m raso (The Crossing) "All Pahso." but when opened showed Its contents
Paso del Norte (The North Crossing, intact,
r Pass) "Pah-so dall Nor-te," all ac-
.-li
HY SHOULD NOT Hill lines! " .
and Harriman lines and the
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget A large bumblebee lay helpless on a
Sound railroad combine to plantain-leaf under the mornlne irlorv
Jointly build and use Grays, harbor ' vines a sad example of th effects of
terminals? Not only win the r.11-1 tiUiSP''W'SS
roads save money by the common and now, past 8 o'clock of a bright June
user, but the spectacle of needless 1 morning, when his fellows had been at
competition will be avoided. Such I Mork for hour- h sprawled, half par
questions are often Vewed as it thelg20 ' t0U1 Pe"
individual railroads and their inter-1 I took a blado of grass and tickled
ests were alone involved. The fact Mm sently in his yellow plush region,
la fnrntton that In the u.t a.,i He raised one leg he was lylns; on his
,1a t. . ,' ' i side and waved It toward me in feeblg
sis, the public is the sufferer. Un- protestation. The gesture spoke plainly!
necessary biockb ana Donas Issued it said, "Uram 'lone, can't yer? Jus'
wanta have 11 1 nap..
A little nap! A little nap, indeed, on
Tin f rftnpnf ntf tvnan nil V. a .1
and common user could be provided j rustling and' bumming and whirring
uieuu, mm interest ana aiviaenfls ana iwuifnnr wun me. That rohln
by railroads to pay for competitive
terminals where union structures
ithe citizen- who stays at home that
y lndjradly aids had government, he-
cause the pettty polittciaa la always
on the Job. , .
How will i. tare with Portland
after tomorrow? i a 1300,000.000
corporation t fall a prey to pollti-
The class that must be reached
and Influenced consists of those
ready to move to the Pacific coast,
if and when convinced that their re
sources win secure for them not only
prosperous but happy homes..
. Comparative .Isolation may be
will be earned and paid on those se
curities and fares and freights will
suffer.
The example in question Is a small
one, but a weighty principle Is dem
onstrated. . . .
The family dog has an affected
eye, and a California couple has hur
ried post haste across the continent
Who was the father of a hungry family
living In the apple tree, was hunting
worms on me lawn; tne portulacas had
bejn open for half an hour ever since
the sun had touched them; the fat toad
who lived nt?ar the" yellow llllea, was
awako'and looking 'about 1 with slyly
twinkling ; eyes- (ha had prabably been
up all night, too); and th morning
glories had been unfolded since daylight
il'lie school bell rang, But I did not hear
it A school bell-on such a mornlngt
No, I did not hear it, . . , I
New Theory of Rheumatism.
From a Baltimore News Dispatch.
Dr. H. E. Peterman, head physician
of th South Baltimore, Eye, Ear, Nose
and Throat hospital, delivered an ad
dress before the medical and chlrurgl
cal faculty tonight ln which he dis
carded the theory that rheumatism is
due to uric acid in the blood.
The responsibility for rheumatism Dr.
Peterman places on the tonsils and the
removal of them, which he declares to
be useless after a person has attained
the age of six years, he says, will ob
viate all rheumailc trouble. After the
ag of six years. Dr. Peterman asserts,
th tonsils ln soma persons gradually
ury up oy me ume in age or XI years
is attained; in others, they become en
larged and then diseased. The rheu
matlc germ, he says, has never been
found.
Dr. Peterman says exposure and urio
acid may b contributing causes, but tf
ths tonsils be removed before the dis
ease has progressed- too far and tho
tissues hav been destroyed the germ
wiU have been eradicated. Dr. Peter
man reported success in six cases he
and so treated.
cented on flrat avllli1
Tierro Blanco (White Land) "Tail
alr.m Tlllknlra Vn,V. a. ..-..a
-w uirwi suuvuiea on sec-
ond to last' syllable.
Guadalajara "Gwah - dah-1ah.hh.
ran, accent on next to last syllable.
OJlnaga "O-heen-ah-gah," accent on
next to last syllable.
Cuchlllo Parado (The Ready Knife)
wwenee-yo r an-ran-do," both accented
oh next to last syllable. ,
Rurales (Countrymen) "Roo-rah-lace,"
accent on next to last syllabi.
Lopes "Lb-pace,"
Gacia "Garshah."
Madlno "Mah-dee-no."
Rlnaldo Diss "Ree-nahl-do Da-ahs."
accent on
on
on
Gonzales "Gon-sah-lals."
second syllable.
Navarro "Nah-vaar-ro." aoeent
second syllable.
Guerrero "Gayr-ra-ro." aoeent
second syllabi.
The general ml, in pronunciation of
ispanisn woras is t accent tha last syl
iaDie ii it enos in a consonant, hut
if it ends ln a vowel, th next to th
ias-ayuaoi is accented.
In the One "Gallus" Country.
From Ltppincott'a Magazine.
A northerner asked a Cracker if he
thought be could get a new pair of sus
penders at the ferry .store. After he had
ridden on. the half-grown son of th
Cracker asked, "Pap, what's them?"
l reexon tney be galluses," was the
reply.
"But, Pap, what's he a-goln' for to git
a par fur? D'ye reek's he's got two par
o' britches?"
That's No Dream,
. From the Cincinnati Commercial
Hell hath no fury like the passenger
who accidentally pays his far twice, :
Some Simple Wishes.
I don't care to be a hero -
And wear medals on my breast:
1 d6n't pin to be a comic
And be famed for quip and Jest;
I don't hanker for a million;
Sordid r'ches ae my dread.
I Just want to be nrnlwlAH
So the flies won't bite my head.
I desire not fame and honor
In th. field of politics. "
I despise th game bytnger.
It's too full of pesky tricks.
I seek not the earth to conquer;
.To-be mighty in. the hunt.
All I want is to eat melon
Without sloshing up my front
No onolever heard me sobbing
To go galling o'er th main.
Z hav been across th water,
But for me oh, not again.
What I'd Ilk to do though, brother
Its my on gret burning Wish
. It to quit my Job each summer
And Just smoke my pipe and fish.
Tm not lik a lot of people
..Who want that and who want this.
Maybe though in feeling this way
There's a lot of thlno-a i mi.
I just crave som simple blessings;
I have mentioned Just a few.
Lastly. let m sleen each morning.
Unmolested, till I'm through.
1 j ' -i Taking No Chances. - -Prom
London Opinion.
Mistress (discussing the maid) Yen,
she's leaving' to get -married. - J asked
her to get the man to postpone it till
I could get another maid, but she said
sh didn't-feel well enough acquainted
to ask him to do thatl
Approaching fie Single Chamber.
From th New York Post
England appears to be on th eve of
constitutional change more important
than any that has taken place sine
18S2, and ln its nature more deep-seat
ed than that brought about by th
great reform bill of that year. The di
rect concrete consequences of the abo
lition of the lords' veto may, indeed, be
far less pervasive and far less immedi
ately manifest than those that attend
ed the popularisation of the house of
commons, but the departure is in its
essence mora distinctly vital. If th
impending change should go through
as proposed, a very fair approach will
have been made to single ohamber gov
ernment, and the approach will be of
such a character as totally to remov
any serious obstacle to the explicit
adoption of practically complete single
chamber government at any time. that
there may be a strong popular' demand
for th additional step.
' Not a Drink.
Rev. Btraiton Arraw Sit down, Colo
nel. Have a glass of les water and cool
off.
Colonel Kaln Tuck Water! Why,
damlt, sun, ain't that the stuff they
put under bridges?
Salting Ttem Down
1111 i '
(Oon tribal,! tu Tho Journal lay Walt Maaon.
the famous Kaata poet Hia proaa-Doama ara a
reaular feature ot tbts column la Tb ball
Journal).
Put seven dollars (17) in the bank I
a,s soon as you can do it; prepare .jfofVi
annnnna lean and lank and vnti -arltl
never rue It. I used to blow my wages
In as fast as I could earn thorn; when
e'er I had soma scads . ox tin, I mad
a rusn to Durn tnem. , jl , bought au
kinds of raiment gay, and shining .jtles
and collars; and then one happy, late
ral day I pickiea seven dollars. ($7), I
put those roubels down tn brine an
Impuse led me to it. . And now Just take
this . hunch of mine: Go thou likewise
and do it, Those seven -bones soon
called for ' more. - and ef tsoons I had
twenty; each week I put In three or
four and soon I'll roll. In plenty. Bine
I began this banking graft my self
respect increases;..! : feel that I'm as
big as Taft, and Just as slick as greaso
Is. I am the young man unafraid,- the
youth with . glad-: kyoodle; . th whole
town wants to get my trade, because
have the boodle. I do not fear tha rainy
day .whereon, the - broke man hollers;
o take my plan go right away and
salt-down evn dollars ($7), - r
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