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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENIUG, JULY 19, 1SK rrijr TOT7T3 7J AT -r0rta that "Bhe found an Insect 1 i uncultivated acres assessed at $7, I I LLj J V- J JX.1M -TVXJ , her cell, and there was a cricket that ,'242,350. Thofje twenty owners held a h' isdhpe pknt srwgrArnR. - - - J A SON.... uMi.KW t-Trrf wlh inrrpl 8mda y4 ecrv nilsT ovornlnsr it Tha Jnnrnal BolW " Ira. Fifth an Tamhlll trt Pwtlaoa. Or. , KoiWfil t lb pustoHlr at Portland. Or., fnr tranmlloa, through tba naila etonq jM.hi'HONKg Mala T173: Hum. A-SUS1. - AD department! rbrt b tbeae Burnt". TT1 th mvrntnr what r.rtirrf T" want. . t'l'NKWH ADVKKHSINO KKI'KKSK.NTATl V-K. ,, renmt A Kentoor Co., Brwwwlrk BalMlM. t2i, Fifth itnw, New' Torts 1818 ptoptai aa RnlMlnr. Chlrsro. - 6-jbecrlptk Terms by "Sail or say adUraa. U L'nlted 8Ute or Mexico. : - DAILY. . On roor......,.tS w i On Bioath I -M . ., MJKDAT. . On rr;..;....rJ.V I On mooth -a DAILV AJCTJ HnNTAT. , One fn r IT.Sft I Or mnnth I .6 -S3 He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit; He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail In his salt. -Scott. THE COLONEL'S VIEW IN the latest Issue of the Outlook, Mr. Roosevelt says: ' - j' The fight at Baltimore was not as at Chicago to eliminate the boss es and Incidentally to nominate a cer- V M I tain candidate. It was to persuade the ' by Mes 'te themselves nominating Mr. i Wilson, thus securing the perpetuation i "'of their own control in their several ; t states. Mr. Sullivan of Illinois, Mr. s Taggart of Indiana and others like 'them . V' brought about Mr. Wilson's nomination. Of course; the bosses nominated j'lTV'oodrow Wilson. All those reports r'vLlbont Bryan fighting the bosses in the Baltimore convention are a mis ' 'take. The men who sent out that eort of reports from Baltimore are ' fcAnaniases and nincompoops. M ... . xammany nan wanted Wilson. "..L'Boss Murphy wanted Wilson. BoFs,'and perlls constantly encountered on , Sullivan wanted Wilson. William R. Hearst wanted Wilson. Henry Wat . . terson wanted Wilson. ' Boss Smith of New Jersey, whom i Woodrow Wilson put out of business and whose political machine Wood vjrow Wilson; as governor of Mew Jer " -' ey, smashed, wanted Wilson. It is """'all as plain as day, now that Colonel IJloosevelt mentions it. the bosses at Baltimore knocked Bryan all to flinders. Bryan didn't -""wrlte the platform Murphy wrote ..Mt Bryan didn't write and pass -j the resolution denouncing Ryan and Belmont but Murphy did it. Bryan "t; didn't denounce Murphy, Tammany hall and the New York delegation from the platform amid the deafen- . lng .. cheers of the convention -Murphy did it. Colonel Harvey and Colonel Wat - terson, who made those statements about Wilson refusing Ryan's money, ; are unmitigated falsifiers. In the meantime, Kermlt Roose 'clt Is authority for the statement rrthat "Pop prayed for Clark," the "man for whom all the bosses voted X-until William Jennings Bryan forced Woodrow Wilson's nomination. NOBODY, TO BLAME N' OBODY to blame was the ver diet reached recently when a steamboat pier near Niagara collapsed and twenty persons , were drowned. - " Nobody to blame was the finding , ; 'In a similar accident at New York "the other day In which several per- - f - sons lost their lives. ' f Nobody to blame under the law i J '""was the verdict reached ln a trial to -l!hJJ&TT We n theil 1 ?JS ftt thG bulldlng ln - rhtch 147 persons died tn tho flames or by Jumping nine stories to the -li. street. '""Nobody to blame is a story as old wwfftB man and as deadly as dynamite. ... Officials visit the scene of the wreck, r rw rt... . i ; , 77, v at Washington. In the hope that ...e r that there is no law to it the case. !pul)llc Belcef from the court8 down ' '3y fuln,n' e"' and 18 usual'y ""- sary, fumigated, -'able to point a way for making an! . - " example inai win i . a i 'ic rrent ' against future criminal carelessness.! o J'- i milieu iu uuruj linrfpr tho niprn tho aa in ; the railroad track, the understruc- .iure to deteriorate in the bridges, the foundations to waste away in the 'great dams, and when the function- arles havo Inspected the dead and drive them back to the land, but it lcd on 1,13 c,1arKe ln the circuit . 'the wreckage, they shake their heads may be practicable and desirable tolrourt aild oacaI,otl conviction on ills wisely with the report that, under ; arrange the system of taxation so as;plea thnt the 1,rlbcr dI(l not give the :r.'..the law, nobody is to blame. to make it . -sier for men to get back I brlbe tllat Con('n offered to accept. ' fi' There is always somebody to ' to the land. Judge Tazwoll, candidate for cir- ..;;.blame, and, not for revenge, but for i Advocates of the graduated single 1 cu,t 3u,Re' mURt 1)0 right, "Max rv protection, somebody ought always! tax and exemption amendment say c'ohen la an honest man." , .; ; ' to be blamed. :it is a "back 'o tho land" measure.! . : I Any system of taxation that exempts:, A? T Pr" roffpe hou9e ,s deeP'y -ILILLOWAV JAIL HOllHOKS perr.onal proper! v und improvement ; ,n8nUo'1, 11 1,83 IT'ealed to the pure i T will be remembered that Hallo- rV, " l"u l'u ,M1 l'nson ,0,for men to "get back to the land. D1I1CU IUC BUM liim'llt'il H Pit? COU1- mittea ior tneir var.ous misdeeds, , and where tome of them still lan- j provements ar.d personal property ; guish and will have to stay to the;from taxation, and at the same tl-ne 'nd or thplr son tnncui nninoo . . . , - - ...... 0 ' T TV h ,Uil "roaK-;t!ie .JOB WHIUUWB. ,.; The Tory papers are moan while : ..open to uieir complaints, and pub- Hah them as proofs of the l-.orrors - Of the bastile in whic h the cruel I.ib-!of : eral government has immured these atTri" ,:ora7- . , : Present system t; taxation puts a VC Z? 8 Miy 'rden on the farmer's busl Garf Prlso"rs for eon- 08B. It makes the farmer pay more " ardeFofB1 hls 8hare of tbe cost of ard of London of June 2. The .government ;2m 'in h?Jr lX Bht com"lained of ' The census' returns show that in Ser hot w ,!r b m" r;:ig,t0 havc th0 new popula- wss Jji. kL ? tt,e,lld--hl;tion oi Oregon .has gone mostly to S done. Next morMng she called the cities. In 1900. C7 per cent of ."Ind waVS'r, f m" omcW'."-e Ore,on population wa in tho lll V:' oy cent r;;.: . v. . : ."Q' - .miss rease oemar.ded a cat. It wn :. finished She complained to the n. . v. ncre BllIiaE TOO I 7nr in h nrrfi " burner- and . . S 'Tyf n Tt:t ... - Now for Miss Gargeft, She re- - - Kepi oer: awake an night." ; Also. ..pnbiuftwiBne had to use the washbasin which was In the cell, left over from a for mer prisoner. And these are the worst griev ances of the militant Buffragettes In Jail. AX EXCUSELESS SITUATION T HERE Is not the slightest ex cuse for the present Harrlman -bridge muddle aad'the possible Interruption of traffic that may result from failure of public author ities" and the Harrlman people to agree on compensation to be pa'J by the public for use of the bridge. The const-uction of the bridge has been in progress tor mere than a vear. Fmelnnpro. lrniw hafnra nn. struction, began what the approxl-! !a"8 0n those ower,8 of mate cost would be of that portion6 amounts of land and large on which the public Is to pay a user's fee. There 13 not one reason in the world why m agreement should not have been reached weeks ago. with the public admitted to the use of the Bfntrr thn a- it la t,.a ... J fie. Instead, with the bridge ready for use, we have the spectacle of the county court saying the negotiations for public use have been shifted to the city, and the officers of the city responding, that they know nothing about It. The Journal does not attempt to fix the responsibility, but it does desire to be understood as saying that a competent discharge of pub lic business would have seen this matter all settled, and the public admitted Immediately to use of the j bridge and freed fronKthe congestion the overcrowded bridges. Stripped of foolishness and re- duced to a businesslike effort, there Is no difficult problem ln fixing the terms for public use of the bridge. The railroad company Is entitled to Justice, and the public is entitled to Justice. In private affairs a problem of fairness and Justice is vsually set tied without nonsensical delays Why should public business be ' postponed. Why cannot public bus-1 iness be dIsDatched with the same i promptitude as private business? SCANDAL IN COURTS s IMTJLTANEOTJSLY with the In vestigation of Judge Hanford, the clerk of his court has been convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to two year's. Judge Archbald Is facing impeach ment charges at Washington, and the United States senate is to be the trial court. Seven clerks of federal courts have resigned or been removed since last March for misuse or mlsappro- nriation of fiinrla in tho Vionrlo nf v, courts. They are seven out of a list f",bcrn raclflc ,rarks ln tne wn" of 18 on whom Attorney General I Tttn vaI,cy' The rci)0rt of con Wickersham recently reported as ! lons hy 'ommonoTB Campbell having misapplied or converted toiand Mi,Ier domand th attention of improper use the money of litigants i tho r)atllro1 off,c'a' or the money of the courts. The Rotten tles' def,clent ballast, light clerk of Judge Hanford's court was Us' overSrow track, narrow gauge one of the eighteen so reported by Bplkes cau8P8 of nllei trains, are the attorney general, and his convlc-i tion and sentence of two years on a charge of embezzlement, aro proof of how well the accusation from Wash ington was authenticated. When before has there been so much exposure of rottenness in the federal courts? With the sanrtuar- of Justice contaminated, where in I public' iifo are we to lgok for .corsist-. ' ent parltv7 The stealings of th .hrhtn ! clerks of frvim-ai ,,(. ara io,r f -- ' - - - v. . . W hi v vj MU f i 11 y- H at $500,000, and eleven on the list have not been prosecuted. Why not? There seems need of new blood "BCK TO TllfrTrvri T4Tl3"ry' r'refprred by DeP'3ty District 1AX; Attorney Maguire of the Uhited A. ACK to the land" is the text,Sta,rs clla,rlct C0,-Irt' f g B for many sermons, but few1 of the nrcichers nwnilnn 1 tho relation between taxes land getting back to tho land It is' not desirable to tax mon in nror in 1 on farms and at the same time low- Prs tll0 tax rate offerg an ,ndurempa; ! The tax rate will be lowered bv nnv moR,,rA thnt r.( f ....! raises uy a graduated tax more than amount paid by farmers on th lrir personal nronerlv and imi.rnWm.t.;1 before It collects a cent from farm- ers , Anv mM,r, that Hf. . v. i taxes from the famerg i the farmln hi.h... n-u' ; m the country, something . r, ., ,u '. , . ck to the iand " Be,U"S T hnu., I. - , iiihiiiuUA . iwi usance, 1138 '"'"O Rood land lo pet back lal310.it.Ud 16.0Sft .er in a"d uncu.tivatcd acres. Twenty owners held 30G,48 51 per cent of the total acreage of the county, and 59 per cent of the assessed value of all the. acres In the county. All of that land value was "raw land" value. None of It was a la bor product. ' All of It waa created by the Industrial population. None of It was due to the labor of the owners ,,'The average number of un cultivated acres held by the. twenty owners waa 15.324; and the average raw land-val ue-4o-th-4wenty-owEK era was $341,411. On the 1910 assessed valuation of their uncultivated acres those twenty owners would have paid, under the proposed graduated tax measure, $182,223 in graduated taxes. In addition to the graduated values created by the jeople, forty- eight other owners would have paid $3,548.25 In graduated taxes; and ! ho corporation graduated tax would i ha amf" ? , l'7 ' ' Df if tota " 188'223 ln the Ta(luate1 taes in the county. ,i That would have cut the county tax levy from $230,066.71 to $41, 933.71. Would not such a result be an Inducement for men to go "back to the land?" Wouldn't it make the farming business more profitable and the land speculation business less profitable? Wouldn't It lower i the tax rate and llft the tax burden from the farmer, the small home owner, and the worker? EIGHTY LITTLE COFFINS 0 N a Blngle day In Montreal re cently, eighty babies were burled. So great was the stress 'of infant burials that ona clergyman included four funer als In one burial service. The statement is that the unusual mortality was in the natural course of thrt heated term, largely due to ignorance of mothers as to proper Hcare and proper sustenance for In fant life. They were etehtv little "ff'n13 h8d out by Montreal un- dertakers, portly due doubtless to i?lPpr' ,m"k JB'lpply- They were eighty little headstones reared up ln an enlightened age to the Ignorance of motherhood and public ineffici ency in conservation of human life. Portlnnd may bo thankful that we had a pure milk campaign, and be warned to further endeavor by the tragedy of eighty little coffins and eighty baby burials in Montreal in a single day. BAD RAILROAD TRACKAGE T HE public will be gTateful to the Orepon railroad commis sion for information as to bad conditi-ns in some of the 'ol proor 01 8UUnon emergencies, but 1,1 Krowcn or contlned neglect. It is just as needful to euro con ditions that Invite accident on branch lines ns it. ,3 to provide a first class track, nnd no to keep it, on the main line. Railroad accidents are no re specters, of persons, and the life of the cross roads farmer is us nro- dp,IB ,0 Mm tts ,a tho Bafety of the i passengers on Pall man cars. "This 0UKnl ye ,0 naVB done an( not to havo loft the other undone." TAZWELIAS HOVRST MAN J KDGE TAZWKLL said. "Mar Cohon is an boneet man." Max Cohen has been arrerted by the United States marshal. on a charge of subornation of per- LonPn was ""I'cted by a Mult- K'anu jury on a 'charge of offering to take a bribe "Mi"tii ictzwciis re- Hucst, i"s municipal judge. lie was 1 r, , ., l I I 1 . i. iuwu niiiiiwiiui'h necmiHe a sninnipnt of lry received by It was loaded with sand. How lost to decency was ma" w :0 thus BOUht to ''"P089 on an honest establishment that 1 50,13 t0 a conf!dlnB rubllc coffee lmade of rMroryl i . The Multnomah county central """ w,-i ,,, hmm! to i.e reg- U,ar,Vlei,Ub,iCan' and ra,Is uPn a11 eonimineemen to stand up and be rounto,i' It3 1(lpa that a properly conducted central committee can- nt exst half Republican and half bull moose. A German observer, after a visit here, professes, to see that tho de cline of thf? United States has al ready begun. He did not get far enough west to see the wheat crop In the northwest or to read the fig urea of the building permitB. Without for one moment ques tioning the statement of those at the . L. :. "'u"ll'.v no say tney saw a fivo foot snake Jump . twelve feet into the air, we all hope that what tho boys saw was a real Bnake. Jame Behoorrr-'ft f herman Is the first, vice president to be renomi nated a3 his own successor by the Republican .party. If he should turn out' to be the first one reelected, it would-be a great national surprise. Senator Dixon, field marshal of the Roosevelt campaign, refuses to follow his chief into the third party. His term as, senator expires the 4th of next Marchi .Possibly his deter- . i a x mmauon to remain regular mrows light on the attitude of ' the folks at home. . ' - . ; v " ".' A Pennsylvania clergyman v has quit the pulpit to become a brewer. The probable reason is that his con gregation did not pay him enough salary to meet the constantly mount ing cost of living. 1 The Nevada third party men are to meet in Reno. The fitness of Reno lies ln tie fact that a party divorce or any other kind of divorc can be had while you wait. Letters From tLe People Articles and questions for this page Should be written on only one side of the paper and be accompanied by the writer's name. The name will not be published, but Is desired as an indi cation of good faith. Patenta, Inventions, Discoveries. Portland, July 17. To the Editor of The Journal You cannot too often or too severely condemn the practice of burying patents. We must be made toj realize ruuy tne enormity or mis crime. Tt walls us in and shoves away . good things. It is exactly like monopolists, to Increase burdens, setting fire to in numerable buildings and mountain heaps of food and clothing. Tour articles, too, lead the lay mind to ask what are patents? and If per mitted to be monopolized at all, why not perpetually? Of course, inventions are not crea tions, no more than was America by Columbus. They are new relations. Inventors go not into void, but chaos, and bring; back new combinations for j the benefit of humanity. And govern ments, to encourage explorations, grant short time monopolies. But why not inventors always have exclusive une of their discoveries and power to assign and devise? Because that would Infringe on Jealously guard ed, eights of future generations; cir cumscribe mentality, grant privileges by virtue of being first born. For every thing we use tribute would be exacted, permission charged for use of pens and j paper, for steam, medicine, for everv i combination. It would fasten upon us I a privileged aristocracy based on ages past. Industry for ali time would tie coined to profit those who produced ' not. All because our natural rights to J think thing-s together had ber;n ln- vaded, violating "each generation Is ! heir to all gone before." It would fence off and make private property a portion ! of the domain of mind But we are less solicitous of our more important physical domain. Past generations have fenced off equally natural rights to the earth, and the present pays tribute. And that's the worm In the bud. That's why some re ceive unearned wcaltli and otheis unde served druderry, degradation, want. Until this Initial blunder Is rectified. industrial eruptions not only will con- tiuue, but become more Intense. Always haB this injustice been; but i as a safety valve Europe had America. ' and the untaken lands. The.se now are no more, and blowouts cannot cease until cause Is removed. As Is the men tal domain, so must the eartli bo treated. To do so it Is but necessary that hold ers of patent earth rights pay for their privileges that the people come into discoveries made generations ago. That's the single tax. Any combination of brains and conscience shows its practi cability and Justice. In full operation it would equal discovery of half a dozen present Americas. B. T. S. Roosevelt "and the Trnsta. Portland. Or., July IS.-.T0 the lOdltor The Journal-VVe havo often been leminaea or tne exlstetire.of a man called Theodore Roosevelt by tho state-! merit by himself and others that he is a progressive. If there ls anyone who knows anything Roosevelt has ever done, or declared himself ns favorlmr, that was progressive, except Roosevelt. I will he please, through the columns of;lral dopo n0 longer satisfies us. And '"5 dul"'. KU'uiy inionn us wnat it. .0. o..ru, uy iua own aamissions. I,,r protective tarltr, a syMem wnicn nus allowed special Inter- ehiu 10 amass millions at the expense ttn washed out, and some political par of the people who toil for their dally ties are- Hying to build new lis on bread, a (system of legalized robbery ia broader gauge to meet the requlre favorlng the rich and pauperizing thejlncnts of more, modern thought. And l m,, a,1(J ,lc ;,;, ,na enrontery to call nuiihcii a progressive ana ask the sup- port of tho people. It is an imposition on the honesty und Intelligence of the people for him, or anyone else, to ask tnein to believe that he ls In any sense a progressive. lliero evidently are ' some people who have Roosevelt on tho brarln, but If the destiny of the country and the people has to bi controlled by the votes of that class. God h.'lp us. I have advocated the formation of a new party for the past three years, a rivrty to be made up of the better ele ments of both old parties, not controlled und led by any gang of political office seekers, but by good, honest, true men, who would work and stand for what was best for the greatest number, re gardless of themselves; men who htid the courage of their convictions and could not bo bribed or bluffed into working for whet was not right. Their platform should be, no tariff on any necessary of life, and competition al lowed ln its fullest sense. A law should he passed by congress making it a felony for any man or set of men to gel control of any product to monopolize and advance, prices. In case of a deficit' in revenue's needed to pay government i expense, pay It by general taxation, as we do the expenses of a state, lvliml- mio u niiiiy ui oiiiciais employed to collect and care for the revenue now yielded by the tariff, and save millions' now paid by tho people, which would ; (be use of the upper deck, taking the become a useless expense. To male ltr"t!t f building the upper pai t in con plaln, give us an honest, fair system I fcideration. of nonpartisan government with eounl rights for all. That would control the trusts, Roosevelt to tho contrary not withstanding, who says they are here to stay. If so, thanks to him for it, more than to anyone else. C. P. HADLET. A Serious Condition. Portland, Or., July 18. To the Editor of The Journal I would like, through the. columns 'of your paper, ty commend the action of the state commissioners for condemning the Woodburn branch of the .Southern Pacific between Woodburn and Springfield. Tnls summer I have traveled over this branch and each time doubted that I would arrive at my destination safe. Judging from the way the passenger coaches pitch and roll one would esti mate thut they were traveling 100 milcj an hour Instead of 25 or 30 miles. I can truthfully gny that patrons co'hnot stand on their Teet while the tram ls In motion without holding on to their seats. The condition of the road Is h rttfprsre to the onthrTrTafTfTe, "forTt Is unfit for passenger traffic. ' Home day the coaches will go in the ditch. for the roadbed la unsafe, the ties are COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE , - N . ii. Xrain the harvest fleldi are calling. ' Bleat la Oregon ln warm midsummer day with refreshing breeze. BtlU tha sacrifice "of chlldrm to the automobile juggernaut goes on. - - a. .. -Not enough cleaning up of vacant and even occupied premises is ever done. . ;. a a .- .... Among 'the best people on earth" are some of the quiet, humble ones .right around" ua; a a . ,, - -', Folly continues . to SV the greatest cause of the high cost of living, with many people. a a Americans can beat the world !n run ning in politics and for love, as well as ln Olympic races. a a. A boy who almost habitually carried nfle after he was 8 years old dldh't a mil iiimscn ini ne was 12. L Being rather young, handsome and emofltmtiTefthr Spokane woman who Kiuea ner nusoana was acquitted. i a a .j. - f The expulsion of Lorimer Is a reveal-in- illustration of a remarkable change of political ideals within a few years, a a - - A doctor professes to have discovered a cure not only for all other diseases, but for old age and bad character. Plen ty of senile suckers will believe this. SEVEN FAMOUS DOGS Horace Walpole's "Patapan. Lord Byron pays th dog the follow ing tribute: "The poor dog. In life the firmest friend, The first to welcome, foremost to de fend; Whose honest heart Is still his mas ter's own. Who labors, fights, lives, breathes for Jilm alone." 1 Plr Horace Walpole, the distinguished English author, who became the fourth Earl of Oxford, was a great lover of 5K8. anl during most of his life was surrounded by such companions. He has shown his great love for them by the frequent references he mad to them in his writings. His especial favorites, among the many that he owned during his lifetime, were "Paljapan," a little white dog from Rome, aid "Rosette," a black spaniel. Of these two dogs Walpole wrote as follows: " "Patapan" Is so handsome that he has been named the 'Stiver Flee.ce.' There is a new order of knighthood )to be erected to his honor, in opposition to the golden." In another letter he again refers to the beauty of his pet; "I think I have not said anything to you lately of Tatapan.' He is handsomer than ever, and grows fat; his eyes are charming; they have that agreeable luster which the vulgar moderns call sore eyes, but the Judicious ancients, golden eyes." Again Walpole says: "Tomorrow Patapan sits to Wootton for his picture. He Is to have a triumphal arch at a distance to signify his Roman birth, and his having barked at thousands of Frenchmen In the very heart of Paris." Wootton, the painter mentioned, ,;waa 0os and many of them rotten. Such an accident will force the company to repair the track, but will that jfnake amends for the calamity after It is too late to avert the accident? If the company kills a few people now that the railroad commissioners have reported the track unsafe and in dan gerous condition. It will not only be criminal carelessness but downright murder. D. M. R. Adrift. Bandy, Or., July 7. To the Editor of Tho Journal If you will allow me a little space I would like to explain that I am a small parcel of Republican drift wood. Just broken loose from Its moor ings. I have been drifting along lately on tho sandbars of this political qurs tion. trying to make a landing. There ls Rr niuch political dissension that tho rhn,,,,i I Pttlno- rloird un. and the Domical foe ls trettlns so rliick that nav igation on tho old channel ls becoming dangerous. In view of these facts, kj It uny WO.ndor. that wo, the common peo ple, as Jtoosevelt calls us, should get hinwn ..n nn th hmrhT Tha old unlit the old line politician has lately dlsoov preu that during the last four years tli,.ro has been such a deluge of political 'progress that they find their bridges tho newest line to filo articles of ln corporation ls called the Hoosevelt line, whose only Utility ls scenery. It is to be a line of sublime scenlo attraction to draw them from every other line, j think It is called the Roosevelt Gold Shore line. The schedules and maps will be ready for distribution on August B, I am told. Now this political question, like our single tax, ls one ln which the more I try to unravel It the mm it tangles and balls up. Perhaps I began unrav eling from the wrong end. Hut no mat ter from which end or the single tax question I look, tho oth,er end looks the crookedest. But I have solved this much of single tax, that I am in favor of taxing everything, and the reason I am In favor of taxing everything ls because I haven't anything to tax. K. J. BOYLE. Would Buy tho Steel Bridge. Portland, Or., July 1 8. To the Editor of The Journal Having read the many articles in the newspapers about the rental of I lie railroad bridge, it seems to mc that It is really curious how the city aml countV officials are dllly dallying witn tho railroad To mo and many taxpayers It seems out of proportion to pay such un enormous rental for the accommodation the city and county are to derive from Tho newspapers reported the other day that tho officials of the railroad would gladly sell the old bridge for what It would cost to remove it, $25,000. Now here is a solution In a nutshell. Let the city buy outright the old bridge for $liu,000. Then remove the railroad tracks and so much of the lower part as ls necessary to give It -strength enough; also remove enough on both sides of the draw so smaller vessels can pass. We have then a bridge with out car tracks und safe endugh for wagons, automobirca end pedestrians far several years, for a sunn little more than half what It will cost ln rental for a year on the new railroad bridge. And still the city will own all the steel and machinery. Let us watch and see what they are going to do to cut down taxes, or raise them T W. II. A Chance for Mr. U'Ken. Elwood, Or, July 17. To the Editor of Tho Journal So much la said about single tax. 1 have a proposition for Mr. l"Ren and other agitators of Oregon niy. T Will give a bond "' to"socure them 100 acres of land ln the burn of eastern Clackamau county. AH they have to, do ls to clear the landj with NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS Records In Wallowa county ' show bounties paid on 46! coyotes and 68 wild cats in thay 12 months that ended July 1. " . "Prlnevllle Review, quoting from files of 2( years ago: Don t forget that you can pay your subscriptions t the Re view by delivering wheat at the Prlne viUe Flouring Mills. a -a---" Woodburn Independent: P. It Kenady brought ln a sample of his. wheat crop, I nd iB some wheat. The stalks were sUeetbeightdthrteads - Inches and upwards in length and well filled from bass to tip. Eugene Guard: Now the ladles who are in charge of the working girls' rest room in this city should enlarge the scope of their original plana In order to provide rooms fo homeless girls, who Roseburg Review: It Is probable that the new Moose lodge will erect a building ln ROseburg for lodge purposes, whenever: the Plans for the supreme lodge are completed Jor making loans for such purposes at a very low rate of interest. a Astorlan: While there are 1500 sacks of onions sold annually ln Clatsop coun ty, they are all imported. The average retail price is about 11.75 per sack. Experiment ln the raising of onions is now ln progress with every. Indication a celebrated painter of animals, the Landseer of the period, 1740-60, and his picture of Patapan brought 40 at the final sale of Walpole's effects at Straw berry Hill. Of Patapan's successor Walpole wrote to a friend: "You know I always have some favorite, some successor to Pata pan; the present is a tanned black span iel, Rosetta. She saved my life last Saturday night, so I am sure you will love her, too. I, was undressing for bed. She barked and was so restless and there was no quieting her. I fancied that there was somebody under the bed. but there was not. At last, not being able to quiet her, I looked to see what she barked at, and perceiving, sparks of fire falling from the chimney, found It ln flames. The fire waa easily extin guished." The dog Patapan, says Mr. Walpole, was never weary of bringing his slip pers from his bedroom to the parlor, and of exhibiting other Intellectual achievements as long as he would sug gest new tricks. The ancestry of this dog, the author was proud to note, could be traced back to the Crusader's time. Nor was Sir Horace alone a friend of dogs, but his favorite tabby "Sellns," who was drowned ln a tub of gold fish and Immortalized ln Thomas Gray's verses, "On the Death of a Favorite Cat," was the much esteemed pet of Walpole, The death of 6ellna hap pened about the time, ln 1774, of the making up of a quarrel between Gray and Walpole, and It was an act of grace ful kindness on his own part that the poet consented to write the famous ode. Tomorrow St Bernard Dogs. their own hands and pay single tax on the same from the time they take possession. I will superintend the work without salary. All they have to do is to work and eat. This seems more honorable than work ing for tainted money. If they want to know how Fels' money Is tainted, let them answer by private letter. I C. UNOER. In Memorlam. Camas, Wash., July 18. To the Editor of The Journal I notice you are giving the histories of seven famous dogs lr. your dally this week. Aren't von coin to give us the beautiful lifts and sad death of the famous "Houn' Pawg" be fore you quit? GEORGE) WILLIAMS. Where Life Is Worth Living. From the Detroit News. During the month of June 12 suicides were reported by the coroner for Wayne county, a record that attracts attention for the moment. Still, this little flurry la solf dostruetlon doe not amount to an . epidemic. Suicide ls rare in the United States. The pressue of life ls not so great by half as that ln the con gested centers of Europe, especially beyond the Rhine, where tho suicide rec ord marks the descent from the lugu brious Allemanll, among whom suicide was common. Suicide Is happily extremely rare In this century and ln this country. Self destruction was so common among the Greeks that depopulation was effected ln this way in time of peace. Suicide be came endemlo ln Italy after the advent of the new cults, whose teachings, "Lay not up for this world," led to appalling suicidal epidemics through the cities of Italy, and especially in the capital. The Greek Christians also resorted to self destruction, according to the then ac cepted tenets. It was several centuries after Paul that tho ecclesiastical conn. ell by edict stemmed tho tide of devout suicide, which tho Roman emperors ln vain had tried to quench. War, flood, plague and famine deci mated tho population of Europe at reg ular intervals during the middle ages, so that there was less pressure upon the population, and less suicide. The rise or fall of this barometer marks the pressure of actual conditions of life. In Detroit, where "life is worth living," tho recorded passage of a few unfortu nates but serves to emphasivo the healthy normal tone of a modern Ameri can city. Noblesso Oblige. From the Chicago Tribune. A very pleasant aspect of the Olym pian games at Stockholm is the courtesy and generosity of the Swedes. The Swedish officers refuse to accept any points in tho military events which might be awarded them on strict tech nicality, and managers and competitors aro giving an rxamplo of good manners and warm Hospitality which fills the cable dispatches with praise. we hope our representatives are re sponding In kind. It Is said often that Americans care more for victory than for the game, but we belieyo amateur sportsmanship with us ls on as high a plane as elsewhere. A better Chance to prove it could not be found than at these International contests, where it "should be our pride to prove that the American ls generous iir- victory, just and courage ous In defeat. The Bpirit of theJSwedcs on this occa sion is not at all surprising, for the civ ilization of this people Is genuine and high. A humane and enlightened people must be -generous to the stranger within its gates. A Spring Tragedy. From Judge. I climb upon an open carrh And gently puff on my clgarrh. A chilly breere, Anon I sneere,' I got catarrh and there you arrh. JUVise XTiUd.. Governess Tommie, what Is the fu ture of "I dlagnoso?" Physician's Child "I operate," Miss Brown. Wood row, Wil sen From the Public That . Woodrow "Wilson will make a stronger candidate, and If elected, a "bet ter president, than any of the other men in nomination before the Baltimore con vention, cannot be thoughtfully dis puted; and it is not seriously denied anywhere outside the circles of those whose enthusiasms were otherwise en listed. Bis . independence has 'been proved under the most trying circum stances. His progresslvlsm has endured - tls poputetstrengt wag demonstrated at the primaries to be greater than that ef any. nr of hl adversaries. For purely party purposes, others -might have been preferred, men whose boast it Is that they hav always been loyal to tha Democratlo machine; but for this transition period tn the af fairs of mankind, when old things are passing away and all things political are becoming new, not only ln th United States but throughout til civl- lllztsd world, Woodrow Wilson Is as To few Other man nmlfl. William T Bryan have transferred hia well worn and untainted commission from the democratic Democracy as their leader ln the Irrepressible conflict of masses against classes, with equal confMano ln the new leader's fidelity; to none other could he have done so with as much confidence In the new leader's uiumyii &t uib pviia nexwNovemDer. It remains now for Wilson to execute, Ihal , t - ....... . win. wtitiiuaDjuu Willi arynn av- zsumiul ness and courage. Should he measure up to this standard, he will seour for himself that devotion of the masses which only three Democratlo leadera be sides Bryan have won in the whole his tory pf the United States. Should tu temporize for party's sake or hla own sake with the plutocratic Interests or their political wolves or journallstlo Jackals Bhould he make Mr. Clark'a mistake of falling Into the lap of tha Hearsts, of the MUrphys. of the Sulll- vans, of the Taggarts, of the Ryana, of ; the Belmonts he will be written off as a political asset of democratlo Democ-' racy along with others who have thus fallen by the way. But Wilson's record . so far ln his brief but brilliant and con-1 fidence making career, is the best of guarantees that neither Bryan nor! Bryan's host of confiding frlenda will; regret the hour when Bryan's devotion to Democracy, rising above all inferior' considerations and coupled with un-i exampled political ability and courage, ; made Wilsonhls successor ln the Demo cratlo leadership of the Democratlo party. It Is no empty compliment, that which ' pretty much all the papers but Hearet'a 1 the latter for obvloua and disgusting reasons are paying to William J. Bryan as the Warwick at Baltimore. Few public men of any country or time, hav ing his opportunities for self service, would have undertaken what he accom plished; no other man In our time and country could have accomplished it had he made the effort. The convention had been well put together for a definite j and treacherous purpose. This, purpose contemplated the nomination of Speaker Clark with a .view to his defeat at the polls by President Taft, or of Governor Harmon as second choice with a view to the election of either Harmon or Taft Two things were necessary: First, that the affair should be labeled "progressive"; Becond, that the 'contents of the package should belle the label. Bryan detected the fraud and promptly denounced It. His fight had every ap pearance of a hopeless one. The scheme had been put together so well that tha ( schemers held a majority of the conven tion under their control at first. But back of Bryan were thu "folks at home." : As he pummeled"" away, lonesome In leadership but not ln support, the! treacherous plans of the plutocrats ! slowly disintegrated; and Bryan's fi delity and courage were at last re warded by the convention's nomination, of the one principal candidate to whom I the Interests, from their sad experience , with him ln New Jersey, were unalter ably opposed. Pointed Paragrapks The man who la surs he c&nt never will. Silence la golden when tt la purchased with hush money. . You won't travel very far If you tread on other people's toes. There's many a slip 'twlxt tha aoU talre and the marriage altar. a a Anything you get for nothing la ntm- ally worth a little less. One seldom hears a married man boast that he never made a mistake In his life. A woman never overlooks an oppor-' tunlty to put It all over her neighbors ln some way. If it's true that a husband and wifa, are only one, how does It require two to make a quarrel? a Give some men rope enough In the guise of campaign cigars and they'll vote the other ticket a Nearly every day we read of soma poor man who unexpectedly Inherited a large fortune, but we never met any of them. When a man comes home late at night and barks his shins on a rocking chain you can't make him believe his wife didn't arrange it that way on purpose. A Big Rank Customer. From Banking Reform. The American Farmer has nearly $40, 000.000,000 invested in his business. He produces $26,000,000 of new wealth .every day. , He uses hundreds df millions of dol lars of bank credit every crop season. But, by reason of our antiquated banking system, the farmer bears tha 1 burden of dear money. He pays more for credit than the farmer of any other great commercial nation. The lowest money rates in this coun try are paid by speculators In the finan cial centers; the highest rates are naid jby the farmer. I he higher the rate for agricultural capital, the higher tho cost of produc- 1 tion, the higher the prices of agricul- ' tural products, and the higher the eot of living. The farmer and the buyer of the farmer's products will both gain by aV rcform"bf our banking system. The Wide Northwest. From Leslie's Weekly. The vastness of our territory, the di versity of our products and industries aro a source of safety to our country Floods may destroy crops In one section' drought may wither them iii another but the usual equilibrium Is maintained by other sections with more than a nor mnl yield. It Is a pleasure to hear from Oregon that ln the great northwest they cxpect"a big wheat crop this year. Lat year Washington, Oregon and Idaho produced 65,000,000 bushela The previous record was 65,000,000, but re-1 pertfrtndleftir thariWS'wTir 'exceed "this" by 5,000,000. The enormous total of 70,000,000 bushels allows, the alxe and resources of these thresT great states, an empire In themselves