THE OREGON DAILY ' JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 27,' 1911." 7s : THE JOURNAL AW l!WKP!UrMT - XCWSPirtB, blUbar ! finnans tt nlb ' loait nl ' , tnrf wnf Bwrnlni, at Th Journal Build- . in, ruth end YjluhlU tfU, fort If d. Of. Katrd at the Doatnftlw at rorttabd. Of., foe traiwalMloa taroash. Ua alla aa aeeoa. ' RI.EPHONCI Mill T17: Hoeaa. A-SUM. . , 1U arnarUwata rMrbad by Bttmhafj. tf tlx ort wbat 4opft t y waat renin fin tDTHTHiK9 F r. p " "J! A.TI, 5 , UB Fifth ee-. Nw Set I lU Peopla'a ' SahefTtrtloe Tkw by wall ee "V adra , b tee UeltaS Staiaa r -. , - DAILY. Om rear.. 4S-oo t One aweta, SUNDAY. ,.....$180 I One Booth.......9 JS DAILY AND Sl'XDAY. tTJtt I One sxratb....... .SB Cm year, ' Oss year. 9' A faloon, towering In her prJda of pls-e, Waa by a mousing owl hawx'd at. and kill'd Shaken peare. THB REAL ISSUE him. His nam wai Aahburner. ionable restaurant at $2000, an ad Durlng hit first year ot work, they vanca tf 8000 per cent As the ear,, aaved mora than hla salary, faimer stood at tba door of the atora Ha hired very ona employed by thijand learned that the proprietors city and saw that they did their paid a rental of 112,000 a year, he work. He bought the ' coat Mia correctly concluded that It (a not bought the material and paved the the farmer, but the huge' colossus ot streets. He bought, material for our j system or , distribution that cltliens to pave their sidewalks, ; Ha makes the prices high.; ran the fire department and made It tha best In the county. Ha kept ,. , BIO FACTS km all 1hm. Mm. I . I ' - ws.n hi. rirattArm of M.rrlre ex- I TWENTT - ONE carloads of beet plred ha was reelected and has been I eauia, part rrom coioraao ana ever since. What the city council X rmr irom oraK, nave did was to ratify his acta, and keep received in r ortiana wunin their hands off. week. , They are brought for eon- Jo Kickers there were. They be- sumption in tne locai maran. longed chiefly to those who wanted f ormerly, uregon snipped Deer to ioh. an,i faiurf to rt them, or who Omaha. Kansas City and other pack- wanted their friends to get Jobs, but ,n centers. Wallowa " and other MDid riot fi it with Aahburner. So "tern Oregon polnta were frequent. thA atirr nn thinm and made him Mppera in that' direction. As late as last year, shipments were sent haa TMtmmA mnA tnn iwtr. elcW aastwar from Burns. from neryous prostration. His ad- " n anoraaiy mai a qeuwu mirra aar that aa fan knew his sys- populated section of the country torn waa on trial as well as himself hould be shipping beef, hogs and he overworked poultry products to sparsely settled Th mnf tl! ii a that anr oneP-'fa""- 'r' ""' I 1 taAAJa4.a1AA f f - al, wti -rw-t-tanttnii -anil wi h -IfWB-w I w trniw in- uw about tha town will recognlie the transaction. The shipping point Is doings . of a maater-hand. Bo be " r" inl " in oi .up- doubUeas got satisfaction. If not ot Chicago, 8t. Lou a, Omaha much money, for his work. "a mn7 oin duk ue"- " nn wiu lav aalda for fntnre mora than strange that Portland, al- referenca this story of a ona horse reaay receiving caiue irom uregon. chooslnif this. practically new art for extended ' teaching and demonstra tion. - , ' ; ; f-y The recent stock ahow. gave proof of tha possibilities of tha early ripen ing for , market of younc cattle reared la ' eastern Oregon a pro cess In which tha stockman a money la turned over mora rapidly and to better advantage by far than la'tha handling of older cattle.. In the near future western Oregon farmers will have tha same opportunity. Tha new bank will supply the means. Tha fertile farms of western Ore gon are specially adapted to ' the rearing of young stock: But the Industry, has been ao far neglected. save in . special cases, ; because re quiring considerable' 'expenditure, both in care and money for its de velopment. COMMENT AND NEWS: IN BRIEF - -ww-. rVkmi k VnTVn 4 mm mm. Kaafnfaftt I tha people of Portland is I . whether or not tnere is to oe i: ". a change In the plan ot gov ernment The paaslng show la evi dence of tha need of a change.' The m ak I vm va Vw vv fAAaa? V k V A J Va tJW mmr aww- rewards of tha mayoralty have not a man wno waa a whole California, Washington, Idaho and ceen suiucieui to oring oui, muivt t tt Montana snonia aaa sua more ale- There is a blessed simplicity about i" w her sources or suppiy. the town a-overnment of Staunton. It is no rami ot uregon. me ataie, - 'Itt a - m a a a vlrHnla for amall cities. at we are lmpouera or iiveaiocn. ine recent uveuiocK mow aemou . Able candidate. 1 Big man were sought for tha of fice, but numbers of them refused. The complexity of tha system and 'the amall chance to give a satisfac tory ' administration deterred them ,lrom " 'acceptance . The' knowledge 'that their efforts might be obstruct ed by. an unworthy council was a . forbidding prospect. RULIXO OUT AERIAL WARFARE strated the splendid poaalblUties of tnis region in proauang premier cat- HE COUNCIL of the lnter-par- tie. At that exhibition, a carload of Ilamentary union, at its last yearling steers from Baker weighed meeting on April 8, held at 16,560, or an average of 1035 Brussels, resolved to raise the pounds. They brought a price of la the present system little credit question of interdicting warfare in I $74.62 per head. roes to tha good official. The work the air at the meeting of the Inter- A carload of 8-year-olda from Ap of the. bad official Is largely lost r Letter From tlie'People No Pare No Ride, Portland. Or., May a . To the Ed llor of The Journal. -Aa a taxpayer somawhat concerned In all mattcra per UlnJng- to the walrara and vital inter eat of our city, j have thought It proper to scan tha various meaaurea about to be voted upon at the com In a" election of Juno S. There la ona measure In par- tlouiar which Impreaaee ona forcibly and Insofar a It la calculated to do much harm. It should be neoeaaarUy crttt elaed. ' ' . v This measure t the propoeed ordhi- anoa by Initiative petition suppoaed to rerulate street car trafzlo and common ly known aa "No aea no ride." Thla measura la vtcloua In Intent, It doea not aerva any purpoee . and It makea con fualon worae confounded by offering ImpoaalWe solution, thereby placing the real remedy at greater distance. It la Impossible to believe that tne company, which has ao many minions of dollara Invested here, ahould be in different to the regulation of Ita buel neaa. The truth la. that tha problem of handling local paasenger transportation In all great cities la very difficult and Intricate and requires all tha ahrewd- , sight of In the shuffle, ; There Is little chance to locate responsibility ' and lees to punish culpability. One ''board, one department or one of ft clal hides behind another , and In the mess, nobody knows who's who, Prudent men hesitate to become a part of an official menagerie Public life is - at best an onerous and nnrequltlng employment.- When as In Portland it Is embarrassed with Inooherency and hedged about with .Incompetency, tha rewards are so few and tha drawbacks ao many . that, discreet, men flee from it. al most, aa from, the plague. . Men of true mayoralty stature do not wish .to become part of a government In whlca" they are likely to be made ' ilowna in aar official circus. It la" auch cond!Uonthat qre- i&tiiTBepaT&mount'iasus inPort land. ? Beside It, the mere question, of which of three men la to be may or Is comparatively unimportant 'A malif , question as to the mayoralty , candidates la which will do tha most - -to ahorten his administration by do ing, what he can to hurry Jn a sane jform of commission government The same Is true of the council, and . It Is by such a test that Portland- ,rs should do their voting ' at the coming, election. AT EDMONTON - - A eda. N INTERESTING use of the power to tax has bocn applied In ' Edmonton, the capital of the province of Alberta, Can It la a city of 30,000. It cov ers an area of 17 sections, or nearly nan a township. y Under an old grant, the Hudson ,.Bay company held, a body of land Tin the heart of the city. The com- rtpany refused to sell a foot of Its -i'holdlttgT Tt"deIInedH6 improve or use it. . ' The city was compelled to build ground it. The land laid Idle like Jan ounce of putty in a dyspeptic '.stomach. AH the public utilities were intolerably strained. Sewers jwater pipes, gas pipes, wires, and streetcar tracks had to be stretched Jaround this unasslmllated center. J The Idle tract at lensrth became i each an Intolerable nuisance that the" city authorities proceeded to , fdeal with .it They invoked the tax- jlng power and applied It under an Increasing schedule. The longer the "pqmpany held the property Idle, the i;j!hl&ber became the tax rate. The vtax last year was $74,445.10. It would have risen in another year to bbout $100,000. The property Is now for sale. The mlague spot' which formed the un sightly center of Edmonton is ran- . Idly passing into individual Instead of, corporate ownership and will 6hortly be sites for handsome im provements, symmetry will take jthe place ot disorder, and beauty fbe substituted for unslRhtiiness. In dustry will be reared on the site of ; Idleness and the wealth created by Ithe common effort will go to citizens fof tbe city instead of to a foreign JjCorporatlon. " y ' The 4etalls of th-j Incident are !s Jtold In an article In the American Magazine for June, and will be re printed In tomorrow's Sunday Jour nal. A discussion of the tax system if Alberta Is also a part of the ar MAaiai mrA at 1 1 manta 1 aumat tf All f mOalt parliamentary conference, to be heldltelope weighed 22,570, or an aver-1 intellectual men. The company ahould in Rome, October 3, next age of 1409 pounds. They were not be hampered In Us task, but rath- The veteran nresldent ' of the sold at $119.76 ner head. w PP' nouia ewena w u a neip- councll. the Belgian statesman. M. A carload of J-year-olda 'from Sitrial.ne? foXauc, Beernaert, will himself report on Baker weighed 22,600, an average an) a degree of moderation. Instead the nueatlon. He waa a renresenta- of 1606. They brought $94.45 Deri of oomneUIng the company to expend tlva of 'Belgium at both of the neace head. money for useless litigation In fighting conference, at The Hague, and Is A carload of 3-year-old. ttomSSS recognizea as a European autnomy rrinevme weignea zs,du, an av-iterment of Muipment and for enUrr on International law of the first erage of 1477, and brought $103.39 ling tha eervloe, Thla la the policy for ...i. lr.o u, I making our city attractive as a field There Is felt to be great-need of These Oregon-produced cattle are g Je,"utmeweVlth mil, ta"'ak!n7tRlr haste lest vested Interests in many tremendous facta. They are evl- inTestments, desire to have reasonable countries should nre-emnt and oc-1 donee of what the state will nermlt orotactlon and aafety. cupy the new field. to be done. If the man will do hla I P Theai inter-parllamentary meet- part "They ahow how unfit It Is l';. "V - chaanela of bualnesa. the mgs nave no power 10 maae treat- mai uregon snouia d aa importer i result of auch a policy need not oe ii SALXL CHANGE : ? - X shorter ballot If surely a desirable Oregon ahould ba a great state for p- .. . - e, -e v ; , , To be a right eapahla, efficient and gooa mayor ox remand la no easy job, . " , . . a . ' The commission form of aavernmant la pretty , surely oomlng , la Portland Over use' of the referendum and, re call will tend bring about their re- Many of tha roees will ba too slow for ina snow again. Hot weather needed, Mr, Observer. ...,;! . , .7J - . r :' aV1;.- vx ." It la tha tlTTia nf vui fa, flna mm. dens, but Mary flardan la antraniln at wMf ina oi year, . ., - .. e e ; ' K'" Always something doing; this and next week are campaign weeks, and than cornea the Rosa wekv r -. , - . . .. . a '"v -. ; . '. Doubtless tha Standard Oil people are unable to see yet how or why - their trust la "unreasonable." , ' - , , , ' . . : ' :- ' '. ' Tha name of organisations for devel opment la not very Important; It la what theydo that la imporunti ' ,, j Not a great number of people will feel fery deeply interested in tha quarrele vi ium (iuiiua reaarve oitioera. ;. V ; . ; OREGON. 6IDLUG1I-J ;i '"Tha Maccabees will picnic at 'Jeffer son, June 1.' . Oervaia Stan Our eulet little town was Infested by a band of gypstea last Friday, but our good marshal gave them tha run early Saturday , morning. A boo re of Roseburg musicians have org an tied a band. with. w. 11. Bowden aa director, and t B. Moore business manager. Mr. Bowden la a fine clari netist. ; ' : t. Ck.rii. Ann. - f.u T- rrr n-.. Waa resigned his ptorataof the Congrega tional churoh. He expeota to engage In evangelical work, hla first work being at Beaverton. , v Mora Observer; Making 10.009 brick of concrete per day la about what 10 How to Male a Clean :;i City; r.(:;;y JM men are doing now at tha high school tha very best quality. campus In this city, and tha brick are It Is very good newa. if true, that tha emperor of German is also for peaoa, ui Kiuninmcui mama owtr. . -i , KOW1 there are aartmlanaa In ' Wvanna C,J,."2,?J.01 carrying jo or lj people, whloh wtU add largely to the llat of air uTi(auD monajiiy, , f . . e , . Tha postal eavinaa banks are nrovlna. aa predicted, a very good thing.- But how lone ft took to get them.. Tha ar- v-oi yu.i win cuuin. ickj, Borne cay. : t , e a. .. Nearly 100 Ocarreea-tn tha ahada In muggy old Washington, D. C last week. No wonder conzresemen want to ad. lourn. Such weather la enough to make mum -nt tor treason, stratagem and spolla," ,,, Prima Minister Balfour of iDnaland goea up safely In an-aeroplane; Prima Minister Monla of Franca la nearly killed, and .tha minister of war la killed, while on tha groand, by a falling aeroplane. Tet the ground, may, aa a rule, ba aafer than the air. One would better view flighta from a safe dlatanoa, however. . Corvallla Oasetta Tlmeal A. N. Har lan has finished a well for Aaron Enoch near the- Cooper place, west of town. At SI feet' so heavy waa the pressure that tha water rose to within 10 feet of tha surface. ..v r r . . 'v. .. , . Albanv Herald: ' An extra ; aanc 'of track hands have been at work in the north end of the yards repairing .the C. at E. wye and making other Improve menta. . It Is rumored that two or three additional sidetracks will soon be laid in front of the dpot- : . People living In College Crest addi tion, Sunset Park, Greenacree- and other additions, south of Eugene, have organ ised a - rural telephone company and have begun tha construction of a line to oonneot with the city, ayatem. v" - a . e . - ' 'Mayor Wallace of Albany, J has ap pointed a commission or it prominent t.t From the June Technical World. Minneapolis Is . blaring a new trail She has found out that 'no 'city that wanta to ba a clean city can neglect Us garbage handling, and aha has 'gone to work to, sera pace for, the rest of ua.. The-real beauty" of It." too,, is that aha has solved tha garbage 'problem or mor nearly solved It than hsa any body else, up to date.' She may be aatd tq stand first In tha list of cities mi America in tne soiuuon or tna aayj ttary disposal of - refuse and othf I towns are : sending delegations 'to In spect this -garbage system, Winnipeg haa ala1ir r.m I, ' ' Nearly four "year, ago thla campaign to handle garbage without nuisance waa started and today It la pronounced an .unquauned success. No more are there foul, maggoty garbage oana and all because a city, ordinance provides that every housewife, shall drain the garbage of all moisture and wrap it in a paper before putting It In the can. Thla not onlylnurs a clean can but tha spacea between the paper allow the air to circulate and keep the gar bage from f reeling and adhering to the- an tn -eold treasons. Injother words, heat, moisture and tha fly fare all eliminated.- Any kind of paper can be used hut as a rule there la plenty of wrap ping paper that comes around packagea from the grocer and butcher, as well as old newspapers, that tha housewife la glad to get rid of. That all thla may be don properly the board of health issues a printed card of directions for the boueewlf and advleee that It ba hung In her kitchen. .v . .But this la only aa Important Intro- cltlaena to cooperate with the . Astoria ductton to tha atory of tha garbage aye from Albany to Astoria on Willamette 1Wn'n, arb "t0 Dar. Aua-uat 17. Euaena. Ouard: A number Of enthusi astic small boys too Impatient to await tne mucn Delated warm waatner. nave been swimming In tha river during tha rast few days, In aplta of the faot that he 'maximum temperature ; haa . not reached TO for over a month. , a : - Eugene Register: "Glen O. Powera killed a large black bear on Tuesday." ear Clifford Flak, the Blur River suae driver. "And thla la the third one be haa killed Inside of a week. ' The Sims boys have alsn killed four big ones In tha same length of time." They seem to be very plentiful thla spring. les or to Impose International obH- of Nebraska cattle. uuuiu ui ..io.uii.uuuo. uub uio; I are highly representative In charte-1 WOODROW WILSON'S OPTIMISM ter, and can and dp exert much In fluence, not only on. governments, but-on, public oplnlon-4he-court tof i ultimate resort .The use of the aeroplane In war 0' lustrated. Sufficient to aay that it will create nothing new, and have the tendenoy to stifle what there la. If tha voter la keenly alive to his beat In terest let him vote 1Z7 X No. JULIUS HEILBRQN. Indorsee George H. Thomas. Portland. Or.. May 17. -To the Editor of The Journal: I heartily Indoree tha candldaer of George H. Thomas for NB OF THB notable character- Istlce -of Governor-Woodrow Wilson is his optimism. Doubtleaa all who heard his la defended on the around of Its addresses In Portland were con nower aa a carrier of death and de-1 vinced that he is politically honest mayor, and urge jny frfenda to support atrucUon, compelling peace by rea- and tremendously alneere. . lnL Jl? S'TJl iimI- IJVSm son of Its fear.inspirlng efficacy, as But there is nothing of the dema- "7 , ,, " ubor f0r his well aa from the enormous damage jgogue about him, and when he says support. I have the firs person to meet It can Inflict. The same argument as be did in Portland that there is was barred out when applied to the I in this country a growth of polltl use of explosive bullet. In war. One cal "wholesomeness," there Is rea evidence of the progresa ot clvfllza-1 son to believe that he really thinks tlon, to say nothing of humanity, so; and that he thinks so la calcu has been to draw In fend diminish Mated to Inspire optimism In those the field for brutality In war. The who hear or read regarding the fn Red Cross Is In service in Mexico, ture of Democratic government in The rights of neutrals to exemp- this country. tlon from death and damage among Political diseases corruption. the hazards of war are Increasingly graft, chicanery, bribery, selfish- protected. Undefended towns, with ness are giving way gradually and nnder various modes of attack, to "wholesomeneets" In the body poli tic. SEVEN FAMOUS FRENCH WOMEN Madame de Mlramlon. "Hope, like the gleaming taper's light. Adorn, and .haarv tha ur.v . Goldsmith. Among tha noble French women, none baa left a name more Indelibly stamped upon tha memory for goodness than' did Madame da Mlramlon. Although reared a French lady of rank and fortune, and having paaaed tha whole of her Ufa near the showy and lloentloua court of Louis XIV, and In the society of Paris, when that society was most devoted to pleas ure, yet she draw Irresistibly to a no bler Ufa and spent tha greater part of her . existence Jn. alleviating: human-an- gulah and founding Institutions whloh have continued the same beneficent) of fice ever since. ' Kne waa not only an heiress, but a beautiful woman. - Losing, her mother when aha waa only nine years of age aadaenad ner lire and made her for a .VU. , V. I .. . 1 ...1 1 . . M t teen her father died, leaving bar In the . - - . --f-. ... .-rrtant aa nuiuiuwui Mini woon ViilJ 7J?..aJirZ oht ooncarning her was to sure of giving ua a good administration. their nnwarllke populations, are supposed to be safe from attack, by International consent. It Is to be hoped that the voice W. H. LESH. Steers by Gyroscope. From the New Tork Herald. Under direction of the Inventor, Elmer A. Sperry, a gyroseoplo . compass la to be Installed this week on the tor pedo boat deatroyer Drayton, at tha New Tork navy yard, it is expected mat De- fore tha end of the week the vessel will be at aea giving the compasa a thorough and systematic test Mr. EDerrr la tha leading authority In tha United Statea on gyroscopes, ana no aaa mint minv vaara nerfectlna tha new i nis cannot do ciear to some, compass, which, ir successful, wui ne ox ventlons due to American citizens. but perhaps Governor Wilson sees Incalculable value to mariners and win of American representatives may be more clearly than . they. One effectively raised,- at all such con- point to the frauds In Ohio and Illl- c&ss will be under tha direct supervi ferences .as they shall attend,. In nols, to Lorlmer, andto various ipub- 4on ot tha -Uniud statea bureau of navl- favor ot ruling out the air as a 1 11c exhibits of political disease, but field fOP warfare by means of in- that these are public exhibits, and the genius of will serve as examples and warn Ings, Is confirmatory of Governor Wilson's opinion. Political condl tions have doubtless been worse in ttiA nnaf. than now. hut never hpfnre HERE ARE those who attempt were the people so aroused to th,e iiJSSSJSSlai to fix the blame for hit-h nrim Jit hono-in. a P dh.,m5rln "Pa?wLU -j i 1. V .uuu.wq vuv... -- pojQ( geograpiuciuiy nurui va uie men- ua ia larmer. aji aruuie in the better, or making pontics and dian, unaffected by magnetio attraction. the Technical world for June public service cleaner and purer. If proves that the farmer Is an lnno- more dirt and slime are visible now cent bystander. than before, it. Is because the po- A farmer from New York State Htlcnl cnrlner hn hnn nrlrreri nn Eave ud fruit ralslne to eo to L, ani rvi tn b n..mna The two gyroscopes to oe placed on n . ... v r , i"rr.. . . " rrr . . r the wwaen OUR COTiOSSIT8 T' Katlbn. which haa .'contraoted iwlth Mft Sperry for tbo lnatalUtlon of hla Inven tion. After tha Installation of the gyro seoplo compaaa on tha Drayton two gyroscopes will be placed on tha torpedo boat deatroyer Worden for tha purpose of solving further ideas ox Mr, fcperry relative to the use or tba instrument. Mr. Brery'a gyroscopic compasa In- her a brilliant match and see her dis tinguished In society. Among tha young ladles of her time there waa none more beautiful than aha and te her charm of face and form was added tha attraction of broad estates and fair chateaux, all her own. She was married, at tba age of sixteen to M. da Mlramlon, to whim aha took a fancy, having aeen him for tha first time at church and observed how at tentive ha was, to his aged mother. Us waa rich and of noble rank and eleven years her senior. v This harmonious marriage Was rude ly terminated at tha end of Six months by tha death of her husband, after an Illness of a week. When aha emerged from mourning a widow ahe waa love lier In face and peraon than ever, and her fortune had been greatly Increased by her portion of her husband's. Lovers again surrounded- her,-hut aha -encour. aged -none W them. Ona lover, mora ardent than the rest, resolved to carry her off In tba ayla of an old-fashioned romanoe, -" He waylaid her carriage, abducted her but ha found her ao obstinate that she was at length replaced In her carriage and set free. Such was tha state of the law of the seventeenth cntury, and such the power of tba nobility, that the per petrators of this outrage eacaped un punished. From thla Incident to tha and of her Ufa Madame da Mlramlon thought no more of lovers. - She economised her large Income so as to have the largest possible sum to expend In- works and Institutions of charity. maam-aTMlranloaaiChr-nrat lady of Europe wbo aver tried sys tematically to reclaim tha fallen of her own sex. She hired a spacious house In Paris, Into which aha received those who wished te reform, and . there she maintained and taught them, and for auch. aa persisted In leading an honest life, aha procured places or husbands. Other , ladles of rank joined bar, and the king assisted. - She also founded a dispensary, wbiol comes . around to collect hla quota ha rind a clean can. he 1a not faced, with wet and dripping '.refuse . and in - cold weather ha - doea not take a nick and batter the can In order to lift tha froflaj en material. ., He merely loads the pre pared garbage into a large steel box. somewhat resembling bath tub, and which has ona hundred 'feet capacity. H haula thla to a central transfer sta tion, where the tanks are lifted off I the wagon truck by means of an elec tric holat and placed upon flat ears which convey them to the crematory or disposal plant A train of several cars aoon reaches tha crematory Just outside the city, where the boxes are Ufted from the oars by an electric hoist, and dumped directly into tha fire. In other words, from tha time tha garbage la rolled In paper by tha housewife un til the aahes are taken from the fire of the disposal plant there Is no neces sity for the refuse to be handled by hand. As tha papas need to wrap the packagea la aa a rule, waata material, thla' too la disposed of and the san itary dondltlon of tha carta and reduc tion iir bulk of the waata, because drained, make tha necessity for collec tion less frequent a saving In money to tha city. . Masculine Fashions. . From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. Wa often talk of tha tyranny of fash Ion over womankinds but man la more the alave of It than she. A woman adapU..hac wearlng.apparel to. the -aaa-. sons and tha weather; most man, seem ingly afraid. of being called unconstant and tickle, know but one change, from thick to thin. , They put on clothes that tha tailor telle them are for winter, and when they swelter In unendurable heat they reluctantly lay aside their four-ply woolen garments for three-ply, which the tailor aays are for summer. On tha other side of the world, when. Jt gets hot. they know enough to put an cool ana diapnanoua .nntranHrtni tr alllr not only supplied thai poor with medUi pongee and linen, but When a man in clnaa, but Instructed a number of worn-1 thla country haa the aense to wear sucn en In tha art of preparing them.' and thlnga outside of the seclusion of his In making of salves and plasters. An own apartments wa call him a freak. axoaUent Institution founded by Mad- and the little boya run after him along amo da Mlramlon was an Industrial tha streets. The United Statea is the aohool for young girls, where they were country for radical experlemnta In leg- taugnt ail manner or uaarui wings, ana i lsiation, but When it comes to matters in ail these eatabiisnments tbia weaitny i material our citizenry are ultracon and reflaed woman labored with her own hands and head, setting an example of devotion and skill to all wbo assisted her. Madame de Mlramlon ' spent her life servatl ve. The man display an unac countable desire to be dressed ail alike, and to ba uncomfortable at any coat, at the axpenae of comfort. The tendency la particularly in evl- In labors Ilka these, devoting herself I dance in the choice of a head covering, and all aha possessed to tha mitiga tion of human woe, reserving literally nothing for her own enjoyment. It an who gave that Impulse to works of charity whloh has rendered Paris tha city of Europe most abound ing in organizations for the alleviation Tomorrow Marie De Rohan.. Apparently some or ua would declare a close season for straw hats except for about three weeka in tha middle of the summer. Ia there any earthly or un earthly reason why a man should not wear a straw bat If be like from tha first of May until the first of October, taking it off at night, of course, or In tne presence oz ladles T The Indicator will point out in lines of a scale the ship's course ana ner varia tions from it This development means abaoluta certainty of apeedy reckonings to the -mariner. getting rid of these corrupting ele ing for the city, children on the ata- ments. . 1 ijiow, STAfNTOX 19 MANAGED S T'ATJNTON IS A small town, of less than 6000 people, in VI r glnla, Ita citizens are progres sive. ? They have a mayor and council to themselves, but they were toot satisfied. -' The Louisville Conr JerVournal tell, us that some were Jfor the Initiative and referendum, ywhlle others advocated , a commis sion form of government 1 ' Finally, they worked oot a solu tion for themaelvea. vThey left the mayor and council alone, but chose business manager, at a sblary that ldnot hurt the town but VaUsfled tlon platform were selling grapes at 2 cents a pound. The wife wanted to buy, but the ex-farmer said no, insisting that It would pay better to buy them after reaching the city. He was horrified when he called for grapes at a New York grocery and found them worth 40 instead of 2 cents a pound. Aa a grape grower he had sold tons at 2 cents. Why this advance of 2000 per cent in the short transition from the country to the city? He sallied out on an errand of In quiry. He found potatoes that brought 85 cents on the .farm selling to the city man at $1.50, an Increase of 300 per cent, of which only 80 per cent went for freight and han dling. Milk for which the farmer got 4 cents the city buyer paid 8 cents for, an increase of 100 per , cent. Pork that brought 4 to 6 cents on the farm sold In the city for 20 to 30 cents, an advance of 600 per cent. Wood that was worth $3 on the farm cost the city man $8, which with 2 for cutting meant an In crease of 100 per cent. - " Eggs for which the country price was 20 to 48 cents a dozen or 3 to 4 cents an egg, brought Jn hotels 30 cents tor two or 16 cents an egg. Cabbage -that brought the -farmer 2 cents each went to Ihe tjityman at lO cents, an Increase of 100 er cent. ' - .;,-;:;,-:;;;,' Beef that brought $50 to $60 per steer to thefacmer went-toJlheJcIty man In the prices paid at a fash- So It may be safely assumed that the country is Indeed making pro gress toward political "wholesome ness," but It Is to be remembered that the price of political health. aa well, as of liberty is' "eternal vigilance." are expected to maintain the stabiUty of the vessel against rolling. With the aid of . tba gyroscopes Mr. Sperry wlU also try to roll tha vessel. so as to learn tha possibilities of free ing a vassal which li stranded by rock ing It THE PORTLAND CATTLE COMPANY A Long Time Farm Leases. , From tha Des Moines Register and Leader. . Tha Iowa land owner at Mineola who lis aivine- his tenants leases that run LOAN for 10 years la setting ottier lowa land owners an example mat uey ougnt to follow. Tha short term farm lease la a ser ious menace to any Individual farm, be cause the man who farms it doea not have interest in the preservation of the soil or the permanent Improvement of the bulldlnga on It Ha is on tha ground for his year or two years to get the most he can out of It; ha doea not care what may happen after be la gone, ao he probably robs the soil and leaves the farm worth leaa than wnen ne came on It Such a farm- can be told almost Invariably by Its unproeperoua appear ance. Its rickety buildings, Its lack of cattle and hogs. Its meager Implement FORWARD STEP of import ance for the stockmen of Ore gon has been taken In the re cent - organization of the new Portland Cattle Loan company. The new company haa been start ed under the strongest financial auspices for the special purpose of providing funds on loan to stock men and farmers on security ot their herds and flocks. It will open to them a new source of Income In pro- equipment and general untidiness. Tiding opportunity for the pur- The short term f-erm lease is a men chase of "feeders," and their rapid ace to the future agricultural proaperlty preparation for the market, lines 2J<5SZ similar In general to those followed shew that many more than a third of by the farmers of Illinois, Iowa, In- the farms of tha state are occupied by diana and Nebraska, What a fa miliar sight it is as one passes through those states In winter, to notice, the groups vof 10 or 20 big steer, round , the corn crlbr putting on flesh for the .Chicago itnaxket. .; It Is. Irne that Oregon farmers cannot ; yet rely on corn as their stand-by in this work. , But the ele ments of successful feeding and fat tening are not confined to corn as many successful experiment, nave shown. We look for the agricul tural -college, -ta-.tnake-tb.is plain-to our farmers 4n ,th ' near : future, tenants. Statistics show further that a majority of these are rented only f or year or two at a time, and not for long periods. The .result is that a vaat pro portion of Iowa's rich lands are not be ing cultivated with a view to preserving their fertility, but with a, view of get ting everything possible out' of, them without putting anything back, ., v '. No MorV Romance. ' " From the Pittsburg Post v "Ob for a drink from the old oaken bucket!" er claimed the early summer boarder.; -"Where Is It?" j '. ' .. f , , "The old oaken bucket waa Unsani tary'' replied the farmer, "We have supplied Individual drinldng-cups - In stead," . . " Has Robbery Been Legalized? From the Rogue River .Courier, Reasonable restraint of trade may bav no crime in the ayes and In the great legal mlnda ef supreme court juatloeav but tha man In Grants Pass f lnda It difficult to choose between rot ten apples. If trade la strangled,- much or uttle. It la strangled Just tha same, and why, ona act la '. proper and tba other a crime la beyond the ken of the average American citizen. And It la the average 'American citizen who made this country what It is and who has a right to demand that Justice ba distributed on an equitable basis. If the footpad robs a pedestrian of half the contents of hla purse, the foot- pad. if caught, will' be aent to prison. Under the ruling of tha supreme court In i the Standard Oil company case, the thug should ba given Immunity, as his" act waa reasonable, In that ha did not take all the wealth of, the, citizen. . Tha supreme court ia charged ' with giving to tha monopolists and reading into tha statutes the very word swollen trust nabobs have long sought to get Incorporated Into tha law. - Their hired j men in the house and senate have striven for some yeara to so amend the Sherman anti-trust law, but have failed,- as the matter was so glaring in Its piracy that the remainder of the statesmen were afraid to lather it Yet the supreme court gratuitously reads . It Into the law and, as an Im mediate result criminal packing" trust officials in Chicago and elsewhere are allowed a new hearing on . demurrer, wherein only last week they were de feated in an effort to have Indictments against them quashed, and were told by the court. that they must coma to trial,' Now that the supreme court haa given -all such gilded thieves a chance to escape Just punishment the pack ers wera Quick to take advantage, and the same federal Judge who. last week told them they, must 'appear for trial, now, In tha light of the supreme sourt's Interpretation of "reasonable restraint of trade," grants them their requests and will listen to argument of their attorneys on their demurrer, -M In ether worden tha lower court- will give them all possible chance to wriggle . away from tha whip of Justice, , Please do Not Trade Me for Merkle. (Copywrlght 1911. National .News As- aoclatlon.) Tha following ballad bids fair tn be tha song hit of the season. Tha words are by Jake Daubert and the music la by Qroundkeeper Murphy. ' , r--' The magnate of the Brooklyn team within tha clubhouse sat Tha moon was alowly rising In tha - - - West) ? - A tall first baseman hurried In, not tak- - Ing off hla hat - - And thumped his fists against bis - manly breast .... "What means this hurried visit? genial - Charley Ebbats asked: - r"ii "1 can alva you no advance todav.f Jake Daubert only sighed, then raised nis neaa in nride And unto Magnate Ebbeta ha did say: . REFRAIN. "Please do not trade ma for Merkle; Please do not send me away. A star I am reckoned, I always touched , second; Right here la the dace I should nlav. I'll piay ior you nonest and zaitnxui. ted. V. - -I--" a TJnl gtrls as ln- . University Facility Commended. Fron tha Spokeaman-Revlew. Two young men studying at the veraity or Oregon disguised and took part In a frollo that waa tended only for girls. The faculty sus pended the bnys, - and sympathisers with them assert that the punishment waa too great for tha offense. The sympathy is misplaced. The fee ulty has the right view of the misde meanor, and ought to have imposed tha sharp punishment that it saw fit to in flict , . ' . .- - . . The performance, on the face ef It, was In poor taste, to say tha least The affair was Intended only X origins, and no- man with the Instincts of a gentle man would have tbiaght for a moment of obtruding his presence Into it -. Between tha lines, however, of tha story told can be read tha suggestion of a story untold. Tha young men and those unwomanly girls who helped them and knew "of their presence have- hurt their own reputation and that of the p jVU IIUUCPH RUU ASM 1M Mil 1 . ka a fiend I will field and will bat; j university. ; Though the prank Is said to nave been a navnuess ene, tne partici pants have exposed their characters to scandal. ', v '-: -pw-;-- The fair fame of a coeducational col lege can not ba too Jealously preserved from suspicion even.- The action of the faculty of the University of Oregon is strong and wise. It ia . In the direction ! of preventing even the seeming of evil. But please do not trade ma for Merkle, xou am t got no rtgnt to ao mat." Aa i magnate of tha " Brooklyn 1 team u( stopped counting up the gate. Two teardrops came into hla kind blue -eyes:' . " . He quickly swept the money from the i- - contribution plate,- , ..-. X Then gazed at hla first baseman with surprise. ,!''..-. wy,r',i.:'' ':' . "Why, dear old boy' ha murmured, "you .- can never leave thla team; , Z wouldn't trade you -not for John . McOrawl'1. :- , -. ,; . v -"Oh, thank you, Charley" Daubert said, - "now I ean aleep- in peaoe; -., "I'm sorry now I sang that chorus - raw: . :. . ' . CHORUS --..- ' "Please do no trade me for Merkle,".to. , 'He Wanted Something Tender. ".. . ? '., From the Mlnneapolla Journal ; At Battle Lake a young man of mild and embarrassed manner proposed to the most - broad gauged, ' determined and commanding woman in tna place ana was Snapped up. Husband made two amall hursts of speed for Independence, lie found his rightful place inside of ten forceful xainutea. All the neighbor- lime (Contributed te Tba Joarnal by Walt Mason, tba famon Kanaaa piieti Bit proae-poeina ara a reruUr featura' of tbls aolooa la The Dill Journal). ..-V't.;-';- v, V rv; "Oh.. it sort or seems to me, as t faoe" eternity, and consider how much work I have in view, that tha biggest earthl I crime is ' this thing of killing timel wnica bo niunj' mie f euows seem u ao, I ms evermore in haste; I have not an hour to waste; I've a million thlnga to do before I die; and tha minutes as they flea are as. precious unto me as tha diamonds that an actress wants to buy,, ; Now he comes, twlth nerve sub lime, ' soma - tired .bore who's killing time,' and -he" baa grist of stories, ha Having His Own Way, ; ' . , v. .From an -Exchange, , !-s The cook aays she Is going to leave." said Mrs. Cross lots, mournfully.' ,,, -"Are you sure she s fn earnestf re sponded her husband. : ( - Tea." - -v 'Nothing will change her mlndr . ' "Nothing." t . 1 """All righfTheh lirgo doVn to Uia kitchen an4-c3acharga her," . wife's control and . wondered how ahe would telUby my. writing desk he stops, did It - 'r-i One night recently his wife gave' him 15 oanta and told him to get some meat, and her parting Injunction was: - .'Dont you rooms home - with meat that Isn't tender or you'll hear J from me." ;J-.:::."-r-Vv- i(:l?f: -ir-'Vv i r The Voung . man : ordered a place of ateak, -,"-.-1 r -la that ateak tender he asked. ' ; ''Tender!'?, replied the butcher. 'Why that's as tender as a. woman's heart!" Thepale young man. shuddered, looked arouna tnasnop ana said: . -. - -"I'll take some sausage meat" ' - - , . : and he gurgles ; and he yawns. . tlU I take an ax and kill him, with a yell. People partial to this crime of annihil ating time might .be pardoned If they'd only , kill their ownj but ,they . murder yours and mine kill Cur moments- as they shine, butcher -minutes which are rightly ours . alone. . Which fa why 1 say In rhyme that the - men who kill our time, should be banished to an Island In the,, aaa, -where, among the leafy bow'rs they can kill a string of hours and not have a chance to. bother you and m. r , " Cofiyribt 181. by A' jfff fiwtrse Matuie kdima. IXlQJJL MatViM