THE OREGON DAILY TOURNAL. PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8, 131!
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" ' Whw we are young, we are
-Slavishly employed 1 procur
ing something whereby we may
live comfortably when we grow
old; and when wa are -old, w
perceive It is too late to live as
we proposed. Pope. ,
AN ILLICIT PARTNERSHIP
rHAT la the social status when
the property controlled by a
Portland councilman is rent-1
ed for a .bawdy house?
. ,v What is the governmental status
, when there is revenue for Portland
, conncllmen from commercialized vice
and when a police commissioner de
fends In the police cpurt criminals
whom the police are, trying to prose
utef
. . Bawdy house keepers pleaded guil
ty In a Portland court yesterday to
violations of the law in a house con-
trolled by a Portland councilman.
A Portland police official recently
''resigned in the face of charges that
11x9 had used his position to extort
. ijtrlbn to v from keepers of bawdy
l houses. " i --.
?;r lt la time; for the partnership be
tween Portland vice ' arid". Portland
jtovenjment to be destroyed.
5 3
ill.
AN OPTDHST PRESIDENT
OE3" President Taft read the
. newspapers, or is ' he served
with expurgated, editions
fjni which U has been blotted
cut out which might disturb
' I 'the serenity of his view on the best
--of all-possible worlds?
" "I have every reason," said he, "to
J ba r satisfied with political condi
. 4 tioas." He there refers to what he
calls the "trend of the te toward
't'tho Republican party, Its platform
and 1tscandidates." .... Since Gover
, nor Wilson and Mr. Bryan are equal
, I Jy -well pleased, only substituting
t Democrat for Republican In the
trend of the tide, and make no secret
YxA. It, there is mly left the- Progres
sive Colonel and he also says he lg
!LweH. satisfied, being sure to win.
According to the very amusing straw
, ; vote taken on' the same street at
Corvallls- by one trom each party,
"the result entirely depends on who
- collects the votes. "
r-.The president takes off the gloves
J . to "handle two or the colonel's -pet
v measures. Singularly enough, as to
L'the general minimum wage, he con-
:. .densea Governnr Wllsnn'a itomnnt..
tlon the other day that "it would
have a tendency to bring down the
-maximum to the minimum." Is this
- Indeed a "quack nostrum"? The
I "president so classes it.
j ' The Bull. Moose proposition of an
interstate trade commission fares
: J even worse. "I am utterly opposed
f. to it," says the president. "Such a
7 tsontrol,- tecause not guided Ly law,
but by personal discretion, would be
J; both despotic and socialistic." There
tpeaks the lawyer. Governor Wil
ton's objections cover far wider
1 , ; ground. His deeper insight sees in
- ,-rtho Bull Moose proposition that the
, results of regulation of the trusts by
" an appointed commission would mean
- both sanction and perpetuation of
. control by them over the Industries
-of America.
Of course the president must lilt
' at the Democratic candidate on the
S?? ,0,r,eVe?r !lly and res
the careful qualification the governor
made of that oft auoted t.iir-! t...'
those who take frnm m. Tn . i
inosewno take from the shelf Presi-1
Canldi
Fenruary " J? w 11 r"ra TuV
feuruary, iaij, v in reran his rfpm.inf
onstrations to the farmers how thVv
-tould safely dlsnon. Z 7
e farmra h u
THE YAQIINA BAR
HIE sad accident to the new ht '
1
The Pilgrim, in attempting to i
cross in over the Yannina bar !
t--"BL me uvea of the five
men and boys on board, must have
strongly appealed for sympathy to
.the hundreds of visitors who, during
many summers, have watch,! iv, i
the Yaquina headland the eda-, 0f,'nou8P' a dairy laboratory, a depart- j
tun luuj, luneis 01 me j-'aclfic break-
(ing in foam on the bar below ti.
- scrne Is too beautiful to be associated '
(with sudden death. Yet the doru.nn-'
' forces of the ocean were there -in
,the time, lying in wait for the too :
- -"trusting navigator. t
: . Sfhce the work of Improvement of i
the entrance made Itself felt veoaoiJ
varmus eizes ana desrrlntinno ;
have aone safel v in niu,., . .
" "ui. mit ai
ways knowledge of tbe cleared and
; deepened channel, and the following
It; without unceasing deviation, have
been required. : ,4
The danger has ever been, and al-
? ways will be. that famin
contempt. ?: Descriptions of the V-
v r . . j 6 BC-
, v tldent so far received appear to dls-
-- ill IJI t'CIIH
ciose tno cause as lying not in the
,. ba-4airatK-frora-th errr- t,t,rtn '
tha course follow hv th. I
vuo iuuik luauwea rjy ine boat
If this be so a heavy toll has been
r'v1. and a lesson given which should
smt as a warning to those who use
.Jls
not oijly this but airother"lIKe"eTi -
trances along oar coast. There Is
a road of safety, but It must be In -
variably followed, even If the sun be
6hinlng. the winds light, and no dan
gef be in sight
TO KILL COMPETITION
T
HE Tallroad-owned Bailey Gat-
sert has , been-put on the-run
between Portland " and The
Dalles .on the schedule of the
Open-River-owned steamer Teal..
There is evident purpose by . the
railroad to kill off the Open River
line, if possible. It was but yester
day" that the Open' River company
was in the throes of dissolution on
account of lack of patronage. Noth
ing but a rally by shippers; and by
the men who had financed, is losing
enterprise for seven years kept the
boats on the upper Columbia.
It is only usual for railroads to
operate steamboats when It Is their
purpose to kill off river competition.
So high an authority as the inter
state commerce commission is on record-
as declaring railroad operation
of boat lines and railroad ownership
of water terminals to have been the
means by which navigation of the
waterways of the United States has
almost been destroyed.
So eminent an authority as the
congress of the United States has
pas$ed a law prohibiting, the use of
the Panama canal by railroad owned
steamship lines. Under the circum
stances, it is extraordinary for- the
railroad owners of the Bailey Gatzert
to place that steamboat on the
schedule of the Teal.
Will the shippers of Portland and
of the Inland empire permit the
Open River line to be 'driven from
the Columbia?
IS THE FAR3IER "PASSING"?
T
HE writer of an article In the
Atlantic Monthly for October
says that under the new condi
tions of agricultural life the
farmer Is "passing."
He grounds his opinion on several
facts. The first is that under pres
sure to. Increase the products of the
land to meet the Increase.of popula
tion, and the rise of prices therein
involved, Intensive cultivation Is uni
versally demanded. -
He argues that since more laborers
are required for this new method and
are not forthcoming, the farmers,
unable to secure labor,' are gravitat
ing towards the cities in large num
bers. Further, that' the "dangerous
leasing system Is being rapidly ex
tended, and that the ultimate result
will be the application of Big Busi
ness to the farms. He foresees large
areas of land falling Into one owner
ship. The prospect is that capital In
great sums will be provided for the
equipment and working of big under
takings, and that the farmer will dis
appear. But this writer overlooks the im
portant fact that intensive cultiva
tion means that the owner of large
areas, now only half farmed, will se
cure even greater profits and lead
a much more Interesting life when
his" labor and energy is concentrated
on fewer acres. Instead of aban
doning his life work and flying to
the city that Tarmer will he anchored
more firmly on the' smaller acreage,
and have similar tracts to 'sell to
others, who will follow that same
course which epells prosperity to the
Instructed and Interested farmer.
In this process is the Justification
for intensive farming. This means
the coming, not the "passing" of the
farmer. ,
ONE HIGH SCHOOL
F
ROM Oregon to New Hampshire
is a far cry. Yet, in the story
told in a recent bulletin of the
United States bureau of educa
tion of the high school of Colebrook,
New Hampshire, and its develop
ments, there Is much that should
reach us.
Incidentally It may be specially
commended to Mr. Hanley of Har
nPV Br nhnoinir an tf f 1 j
;tion for his efforts for instructed"
' farmers.
. .
vuieurooK JS a nuie town or 2000
people in an aerlcultnral hm !
r many I
SUCcesfulI' filled th nand. I
vQtt. pninnj ui.u .
v U!S'""V1 J,1u cnooi ror
u Bl-U001 t i
""u.raI .erfucatlon- As a result the I
men and -
women, who left the country for the!
city.
j Colebrook academy , was incorpor
i ated a good many years ago into the
.B3iem tu eenera! eaucauon in New j term of punishment. And this test
j Hampshire. It is now seeking to j ing is applied to him not as a bur
adapt its teaching and Influence to ' elar. for instance, but. aa a man
the needs of the community around
it. Its sureess is shown by additions
to its equipment.
This high school has now a treen-
uoni. unH, ana a
workshop, including both a carpen-
8 a ,JiacksmHn "nop.
ComP,ete are given In ag-
rloulUlre an(1 tne domestic arts.
The8 are he vltal ' Inter?8ts of a
large part of the popujatlort of Its
disltrlrf'
1 ( 'ebrook academy announces
v ucwluo a vocational
school.
it remains a ceneral hivh
j school. The state superintendent. of
: New Hampshire says:
j Its purpose Is not primarily to make
j goo.l farmers, or skilled 'mechanics or
professional housekeepers. t, 'pr).
, niary object Is the education of the boy
'and girl to become a sincere and effr-
k ? ? p . an? wom"' caPa-
ble of becoming an educated worker
witn material things. . A tur.
purpose is to educate the strongest
J'wutb twtttd Jihft.Jiu:. ju4flai.4o-a-won
- f'. - "' "I1"1. . towa.'rt. ProfesTT nearly thirty years has been r.im.tLl
slons and business exclusively,
As to the cultural Bide, it is held
In this school, at any rate, that then
just as truly a cultural develop-
"roent":bT' TEe Individual ley or girl
4o be had from competent Instruction
1 In agriculture- and in domestic
, science as from instruction la Latin
and the higher mathematics. ,
ine flepartment emphasizes the
idea that the American high school
must be a distinct source of strength
to the community that supports it.
A-BILL - TO - BEAT -
tnl MM.lrn' 1Viilr tf aPiida
a i w ---".
defends the initiative measure
r which purports to fix the "per-
:,, centage , that freight rates on
lesc man carload lots shall bear to
carloads' and to do other things.
There seemslittle need for reply,
;" ; Herywhere an entrance into jalla and
geraiea spreaa Detween tne car
- i J
load and less than carload classes.
The other plan is In the interest of
certain grocery houses which seek to
establish small exclusive eones for
private exploitation at the expense of
the agricultural and producing class
es of Oregon. '
The bill proposes to cancel the
commodity and special commodity
rates in the state and throw every-
thing under the classification. It
tends to destroy tne commodity
feature which is everywhere applied
I and recognized as a means of ellmi
natlng the known inflexibility of
hard and fast classification
The commodity rate enables traf
fic to move, gives Industries a chance
to live and assist products to reach
markets features not always possible
under inflexible classification rates.
No more important issue arises in
the high,ly technical subject of rate
making, and yet, here is Mr McCune
with the statement that "teamsters
rates" can be made the basis of rail
road rate making
wr. Mcune s Din ouxnt to oe beat-
en. There are many commodltv
- -
rates mat are nigniy important for
communal development. The rates
on grain,, hay, scoured wool, agrl-l"
cultural Implements, potatoes, on-
tone, iruus, cement, iime ana numer-
ous other commodities ought not to
De increased ror tne sole purpose of
giving a few Jobbing houses exclu-
slve territory of their own to ex-
plolt. - ;
WHAT IS CRIMINOLOGY T
c
RIMINOLOGY Is a new science.
the outcome of a new attitude
of society towards crime and
criminals. It had its origin In
the discovery of the possible unlike-
, , . ' "
ness to each other at acts called by
tne same name in codes of law and
also of persons who were allkA onlv
in th. foot n in a.i
uu.awtui bulb iua;
they had committed bore the Baraefstate says-it is "paramount in rate
generlo title.
-. v. . .
vyUD w. iuuu is cutetiy in-
ioicdicu w luv ohcuuiiu siuay or I
crime as a social phenomenon To a
much larfeer class the special interest
io m ciiuiiiiiim bb ouman Demgs.
And so these people ask what are
the phylcal and mental traits of a
criminal what in ha Matni-w
criminal, wnai is nis nistory, what
are and hav beea n,s haDlt8 what
kind of discipline can be imposed
on him which shall protect society,
chance Of restoration.
In the old days conviction of nris-
a ... .. .
oners for any named crime entailed
on an me same punishment. Of
this, deprivation of nersonal llWtv
.... . .
was the least part. The same treat-
mem m yiiBuii ur penuentiary was
involved, submission to the samn
brutal discipline, and requirement oa
Iho ooma ri.oln. J .
"f.cmS ouu uoiuorai-
lzing worK, or worse, degrading Idle- I
ness. '
But the Inquirer asks, nowadays.
u prisoner rsumDer 120 13 a bur-
glar, what kind of a burglar Is he?
Is he a once tempted or a habitual
and professional burglar? Was he
armea, in nis Durgiary, and prepared
to Inflict death to escape arrest'
Whn wrn hla naanHatnu .u. ...1
nis nistory. wnac tne conditions of
his life?
Frnm nrh mwinn in r. tv- a
arv of th imlPtorminat.
acy or the indeterminate sentence
;aiuo. n-i imi ia uui a rougn ana
ready way of vesting in the-judge
wv' rf ,ki,..!
he Is often Toth unp p,
really unable to exercise,
....
ine anting or criminals, the test
ing and trying out of prisoners com
1 ne sitting or criminals,
imUtert - to-the penitentiary.-now -be-
rf wv
gins, not ln Oregon alone but ln a
constantly increasing number Of
elates, wheu the prison doors close
1 behind him who then begins his
The results of the new method
have been described as an effort to
make the punishment fit the crim
inalnot the crime.
And this principle is possible of
the widest application, to
every
grade and kind of violators of the
r tne
law. It should Inspire not only the
judge and ' ie magistrate, but also
1 0 I
the great multitude who, In aeere-
,. ... , ,. . 1 . "Ksre-
gatlon, constitute that public opin-
ion which is of predominant power
in securing desired changes In th
law.
WEIXX)M1C TH K XV. C. T. U.
F
ROM
this
the lith to the 26th of
present month Portland
will entertam.the national con-
uuuu 01 me w. (j. T. U.
These ladies, who will hnn
gathered up from every state in thJfar t0 ln my opln,on: ,f h cn-
. v . ".jf eiaie in me nnl records Dronerlv ehnw hi.
union to make the long Journey to
line racmc coast, are representatives
v11' jv.0 uaD uvea conatan!-
to tfm impress set on it by Its hon-
ored founder, Frances, Wlllard. t " ,
mere is no sphere of human Ufa 1
loreign to the Influence of th w
At ..... - - -
- . . w- n
men's' Christian Temperance Union.'
It enters the school room and has1
fori many years Insisted on having
taught there the destructive and de-
praving effect of .alcohol on every
side of a man. ohvslcal. intellectual.
moral , It collects the children in
leagues of young abstainers and se
I cures the organized Influence ; of
friend
on friend, to hold them
straight when - a clean-start : and a
Ihahlt 9 tiAal liw " m rs A i. M A Ituf.
I ' . V.-. : r . . . 9
means so much..
The W. C. T. U. ,wm one of the
first Jigenclea-wherebylgood women
sought to reach and to rescue both
first victims and confirmed offend
ers among their falling or fallen sls-
L rpv. .. ...i... . ...
prayer and praise
Their emissaries have compassed
the world, and their voices have been
heard in ,well nigh every land,
preaching from the same text, for
the uplifting of the Individual and
the home. " " "
The indirect stake of members
rf th . n m tt i
r.tnBV J , v a , I " T
"8. 5. ?iI.tilan l0"
duilcu iu a ueyai imeut tor iu Biuujr
of such questions. Their represent
atives In this city have repeatedly
been heard, and always In the inter
est of .peace..
It Is a live and vigorous society
that appeals to the citizen's of Port
land to help In the entertainment of
these, visitors and this not for sel
fish reasons, hut that on returning
to their eastern homes these ladles
may all have a good word to say of
their treatment in the Rose City of
the Pacific coast.-
Letters From trie People
(CetDmonicitiona mt n m jmim.i fn
L' -.?rv?.tn n'.tl
vu win; vm hu oi lot papvar. aaouia
TOl wa uu worat in Motto ana mwc t
ndr "ii ; th.Tte" d."ot rTtob.n
MIB allMMI1- M bMi - tt
a rim t R.r
Portland, Or., Oct 4'. To the Editor
of The Journal Will you kindly publish
the following In correction and comment
on yup editorial of October 8, entitled,
A B1U to Beat"?
i ou mate tne interstate commerce
commission has never acted upon the
proposition embodied in the bill. On the
contrary, the interstate commerce com-
mission has passed and is passing con
stantly upon the relationship that
hould obtain between carloads and
hees thaft carload shipments.
It fixed
relationship between carload and less
fi'" hAp,mnts Pn thousands
f articles in the so-called lntermoun-
tain rate cases that in many Instances
establishes a greater percentage than
carried in the initiative bill. Further
fmor. the
which the nunr.mn onnrt nf th TTnlf.
making,' say "the people - may say"
now "railroad rates shall be made," and
what system or nollev ahall h fnltn
i.ie iuriner uia,i primarily ll is a
matter 01 national concern and not of
tSS
carriers receive a reasonable return upon
the value of their property." It also
tate" that "maxlrnui loading fa clear
ly ,n lno interest or. economy, ana a
Unh,ntinv in-r.... minim
Justifies a lower rate." These points
ar th essential features of tbe rate
B ii
Inlonl Hiihlpot ' la ernrnAoitA hv th.
testimony of traffic managers under
oath that thelr ratM ln many lntance
re based nn teamster's rates. There-
?Ar. , ..r W rrL
---v, - -'-" .wuB.o a
knowledge to fix a remunerative rate,
if the testimony of trafflo manager la
n,
the difference at which a thing is pur
chased and at which It is sold, or the
c08t and th pZ?tlti and th,a U aU tn'"
lu rl" ml" URB1S.
It- is a misstatement that "it real
purpose 1 to provide a private railroad
rate for certain grocery jobbing houses.'
J b' LA"!!?, ?19
then fixes a uniform rate for all articles
and does not single out a single line of
DuiLnf" - vl .
aCoompanid by no argument for it
There la no argument against it. There
fore th blH ,nt"rrp,ta ,tMl' roany
of the other bill do. for no argument
1( made pro or cotl(
The bill is essentially an industrial
bill, and under Us provisions hntire
state of Oregon will develop uniformly.
Compared with other states. Oregon Is
dwarfed Industrially, bnly 5 per cent
or tne manuiacturea arucies consumea
1,1 the Btat are manufactured in it,
wherea. if the state Is to be saved
0'or?!!iPt' by their past mistakes, and elect
develop Its manufactures, which can be
done under the provisions of the bill
Any transportation student will ad
mit that Portland will be a side trip for
aH - thrwigh 4raffir between-GaiMfaP-'VJS-0-808-
. .. nsili wJe Vim Thai man aariii crhr Kir 1 a
an0 eastern points when the projected
unrt nontral Oreifon are comDleted anrl
with the loss of Transatlantic steamship
business now in process, unless manu
facturlng is developed, Portland will
lose her prestige. The proposed rate
bill is ihe only thing that will save
Portland, FRANK H, M'CUNK.
Bourne's Tariff Record.
Portland, Oct. 7. To the Editor of
The Journal Regarding the candidacy
of Senator Jonathan Bourne, Jr., to uc
ceed himself in th United State n
oit. T wlah to aav that it look tn m
like an egregloua error on the part of
our aenlor enator to go behind the rt-
turns of the primaries ln Oregon and
claim by his action that he should have
, - l...t t w mt A . r Vt mm D.!H
Deen T, , .1 tilt T V.
regardless of the fact that a majority
0f the Republican votes were clearly
fast for his opponent. The senator is
an undoubted champion of our "Oregon
system," so called, and the primary law
in th state. Then why should he re
fuse to abide by the result of the pri
mary election? Thl would seem a Ht
tie like the Inconsistency of the Roose
velt theory that so, long as the law op
erated In hi behalf it Is all right, but
wrong " "
The real trouble witn Benator Bourne's
candidacy before the . prlmarle is not
t it . was a aliiiDle cua of f.n.,-
on the part of the senator to stand by
"VPJiortof therue JExg-.
W" Pr0 ef leglalatlon in
ti- i 7
'hatit.U 17m bobm
M. Laoiiette, the stalward Progreesive
111 rn" ,J.ni.,,a ai' "nate.'in nis lead-
.Mhin Tiffin nr twm. utnBsueis t .....
' '"'? 2 : :..v. .'T
pbui xur
real revision of ,the inxitt
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANG3
. Bryan ana 'Wilson are evidently etlll
iiarmonioua.
"Infamy"' la still a favorite word of
we .oionere,
'..... s a '.
. It can never be undone, but it needn't
ww Muue agani. - - - -
-F,ve oandldatee for United States sen.
ware ratner more than enough.
niAII ! It V. Aai a mm 1a- aaM.ll H
off ipe. ana lmaj;ln-4t- a -loud, largj
arSlJw!iSln .?,,)r Job but the people
offlcef better men, as a rule, for
U?2rnlany li,ace th campaign ''just
..... ..w r. aa earner.
"" ;
wrJgiri,'ifreintn' flea - of poultry,
repeated advice raise chickens.
of "thl 1S MT'-Jt'- conspicuous caee
the aifuLULlk " compared with
tne airriculty of successful work.
n,n m if llroaa commlsslonas be
faHon : di 'lmPrtant eurv-job Investl
satlon of express charges In Oregon.
States rwf,VTvk4i:'.th United
naoituai Latln-Amerlcan revolutionists.
Helen AnuM . ' "
good. not have done io much
the rebel 'habit miTrda1 useful Te
Nlcar2gmlr1 S0therland'.8wSrkleu,
what was don olid v."l
carnpalgn contributlonsrnav ht near v
SEVEN FAMOUS BIBLES
Tyndale's Bible.
nuam lynuaie. a noted biblical
translator and martyr, was born ln
England, and having become attached
Tarn i . . .
to the doctrines of the Reformation
in the early years of the Sixteenth cen
tury, he devoted himself to the study
or the Scriptures. The open avowal of
nis sentiments and his disputes with
church dignitaries excited much opposl
tlon. He began preaching in London
about October. 1523, where he made
many friends among the laity, but none
amng ecclesiastics.
He was financially and otherwise en
couraged Into the translation of the
Scripture by his friend and patron,- Sir
Humphrey Monmouth. Unable to do so
in England, he set out for the continent,
and appears to have, visited Hamburg
and Wittenberg, but the place where he
translated the New Testament, although
conjectured to have been Wittenberg,
cannot be named with certainty. It is,
however, certain that the printing of
the New Testament ln quarto was begun
at Cologne in the summer of 1526 and
completed at Worm.
When he left England, his knowledge
of, Hebrew, if he had any, was of the
most rudimentary nature, and yet he
mastered the difficult tongue so as to
produce from the original an admirable
translation of the entire Pentateuch,
the books of Joshua, Judges, Ruth, the
two Samuels, the two- Kings, First
Chronicles and the book of Jonah, so ex
cellent, Indeed, that to this day his work
ia not only the basis at Tthose portions
of the authorized version, but consti
tutes one tenth of that translation and
very largely that of the revlaed' version.
The Tyndale translation appeared be
tween 1525 and 1531.
Most of this work was accomplished
during those mysterious years, ln places
of concealment so secure and well cho-j
downward, but it is a well-known fact
that he did not do thla.
While it 1 true that Senator Bourne
V,. J
en to the state an excellent serv
ice ln the senate in many respects, yet
in this very Important particular he
ha failed his constituents, and thereby
does not meet the full measure of a
true Progressive Republican, any more
than does Theodore Roosevelt, the rsc
uou pretender. Beyond doubt the tar
iff question Is the most Important na
tional Issue before our country today,
and the people want to see it settled;
they want to it settled right. that
Is to say, ln a righteous way, so that
the burden will not longer fall so heavi
ly upon the patient masses. Nearly
everywhere, Oregon as elsewhere, In the
union of states, has this temper of the
people been clearly evidenced, and sure
ly Senator Bourne has not overlooked
this- significant trend of publio senti
ment upon the question. But upon his
part it is too late to remedy his mis
take in voting for the iniquitous
Payne-Aldrlch tariff bill a it la too
late for President Taft to rescind his
mistaken action, which will cost him
his defeat. In vetoing the tariff reduc-
tlon bills,
The only hope left for the people be-
I all of the time, will earnestly and hon
8tly '.'stand by their guns" and wage
a fight that is the people's fight against
uamarwTw a, aauaaa av iiiuii sivufiv if J a M 7
people at this Juncture who will relieve
them of any doubt as to his efficient
and tjgh action upon this question, and
many other important public questions,
Iri their behalf, in the United states
senate, 1 our "brave and indomitable
Harry Lane. '
A PLAIN CITIJfEN.
Why He Will Vote for Competition.
Portland. Or., Oct. 7. To the Editor
of The Journal Until recently my nat
ural inclinations were to agree with the
Portland Railway, Light & Power Co.
that competition ln furnishing electric
light to this community would be of no
public advantage, -provided we had a
commission to regulate the present com
pany. But I have changed , by mind,
and a we shall soon have an opportu
nity to vote upon the question, I shall
most decidedly vote to permit competi
tion. I will1 give my reasons.
When the present' company says. It
welcome a commission to regulate pub
lic service corporations, I do not believe
In its sincerity. If It were sincere, it
would start ht before we ,have such a
commission to regulate Itself along the
lines that will be demanded of it . by the
commission. I admit that during the
rush hour tome people will have to
stand in somo of its cars, especially
during the evening between 5 and 6
o'clock. But what shall be said of the
policy of taking off so many Sunnyside
car ln the morning, that aisles of
Mount Tabor cars coming to town at 9
o'clock are filled with atraphanger?
How will those straphangers vote, when
hey-hav-r-baae t" hlt-eomebody'4
head? ..,
- A Montavllla man was telling me why
he, la going . to vot for competition.
Klectriy4lght wire go on his .street
within 20 feet of ht house. He asked
la have his house, connected with), the
wires of -(lh company, and they de
T A'7' :'':'.''' -r,:vr':"M ::.-;
'WaHls'ejH-l fai 4ayaV naj. . rnttfK x-
NEWS IN BRIEF
; OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The first elortrln atn in Wnndhurn
made its appoarance last week, U lureji
a iuncn counter. .
;;iThe Sllverton high eohool now offers
--un, rngusn and German courses.
ins enrollment of 100 student is. ex
have secured the i-ontrant nf rirllllnir the
well at Monmouth for the city .water
Oregon Cltr rnnrUi" Thn avravattn
for the flew Carneala riiihllo library i
well along. It is expected to be finished
and opened for the public in , three
s Iudependence Monitor: A party found
10 acres of mvumm.nt lanrt urrounrl
by good farms near the Newton place
on the Pedee a short tlma aao and hss
Juat-eompleted filing ra-the-traet for
a uomcBieaa. - ; - .Vf'v' ;. k
"Forest "Qrftvi tTTaws Tlms t John
Kanes f Gales Creek has a large stum
puller, which he bought ln Iowa, Th
puller, it Is claimed, will yank out
stump three feet across, v It works by
norse power.
lnts ITeraWrr-Klclintai 'TUn
Lents resident, who has been engaged
in the culture of mushrooms on a smalt
scale, brought a single mushroom to
this office that weighed, one and a half
pounds ana measured, 27 inches in cir
cumierence.
HUIsboro Lndfirifinrtont; Tha nun
street fl usher throws I a stream with
such force that debris Is washed into
the gutters on either side. Pressure
from the mains -compresses air ln the
tank as the water is drawn from .the
nyarant ana mis supplies tne xorce.
Dallas Itemlzere Thlrtv-flva vears
ago Mrs. Sol Blessing bought her hus
band a cigar for a birthday present
Looking through an old trunk last
Thursday, she found It, carefully laid
away and Intact, and Sol celebrated his
sixiy-tnira anniversary by smoking- it.
sen that neither the ecclesiastical nor
diplomatic emissaries of England,
charged to track, hunt down and seise
the fugitive, were able to reach them,
and they are even yet unknown.
Impressed with the Idea that th
progress of the Reformation ln England
rendered It safe tor him to leave his
concealment, he settled at Antwerp in
1BS4 and combined the work of an evan
gelist with that of a translator of the
.Bible. Mainly through the instrumen.
taltty of one Phillips, the agent either
of Henry VIII or of English ecclesias
tics, he wa arrested, imprisoned In th
castle of Vllroorden, tried either for
neresy or treason, or both, and con
vietea; was first strangled and then
ournt in the prison yard, October S;
1040. .
lynaaie never had the satisfaction
of completing his gift of an English
oioie to nia country, but durln his lm
prisonment he may have learned that a
complete translation, based largely upon
hla own, had actually been produced.
The credit for this achievement, the first
complete printed English Bible, Is due
to Miles coverdale. Coverdare had mat
Tyndale abroad and Is said to have a-
' "' me translation or the Fen
tateueli.
"i i name s accomplishment, aava
George P. Marsh in his lectures on tbe
English language. "Tyndale'' - transla
tlon is the most important philological
moment or tne unit half of the Six
teenth Century, ' perhaps I ' should Say of
.ue niiun. iriB ueiween. vnauoer -and
Shapespeare, both as a historical relic
and. as having more than anything els
coruriDuiea io nape and fix the sacred
dialect and establish the form which the
isioie must permanently assume In an
see,
Tomorrow-The Great Bible. -,
manded a minimum, charge of 11.40 per
month. He refused to si an the con
tract. A few months after he changed
ma mum, dui rouna tne price had gone
to $1.76 a month. How do you think
that man will vote? And hla nelghbora?
There seem to be some evil geniua
in tne omces or tne Portland Railway,
Light & Power Co. that la bound tn
ereate hatred toward It just at a time
wnen u neea publio support.
A SUFFERER.
Direct Tax or State Bonds.
Oregon City, Or., Oct. 5. To the Edt
tor of The Journal The stand you take
In discussing the tate aid bills tn The
Journal of the third lnt.. will work
out pretty well in big business, where
large sums of money are being handled
In doing business, but when it coma
iu levying a one mm tax on all the tax
payers of the etate, it J an entir-
.jr ""iweni inmg, ana the effect are
entirely different Every body car.
manage to spare a one mill" tax aeh
year out of his earnings to build road
with nd In this ease, every dollar of
direct tax that he pays. is. j ttt-
putting that dollar out on Interest for
30 years. Some may have -to ecpno-
mf.v .1 le In orler t0 th'"
money, they may not be able to buy
such a fine suit, or such a fin buggy
or quite such a costly car, but If they
did not pay it, the money would not
be put out on Interest, but would sim
ply be used for luxurlpa on f-
uc"l aeeper and deener
hnttTtfT- 'rta one else to
build their roada for them, and at th
time the first bond become, due. Mult
nomah county would be required to
raise more every year to pay her in
terest and sinking fund, than the whole
state would have to raise with a direct
tax. GEORGE HICINBOTHAM
The Old Way.
Portland, Or., Oct. 7.-To the Editor
fn J. 'Jornal-An article In thl. morn
mi ?tTni ((totw 7) under the
o iv - . ;UCky .Dofr" " "markable
only as a demonstration of the mental
strength of the ordinary Republican
Thoae exercising the frinchlse T prlv":
logo are supposed to acquaint them,
selves with the issues fo? which theV
are to contend,- and .upport those thev
fKleo: "H?.. apLoack a in the '70
the Republican whip ha snapped the
enslaved and driven them, into line-
oftn by coercion of the-poor employe
with an implied threat of . dlsohari
un'ce he voted according to the die
tate of hi master. - q. c, n.
, j Who Han This Magazine?
Redmond, Or., Oct. S.To ha m.
of Th Journal.Belng a contnt read-
r vi jour vatuaoie paper, i ask the aid
of your letter column in locating a Mn.
ey magailn' of 1909.1 The only means
of identification a to wliT'v"!
I an article on "Th Lot Blue Bucket
Mine." . contributed by Salem. O?
man hi name unknown to me.
IWwlirbo greatly appreciated it any
reader of The Journal noaaaaaino .v.
rlgbL Dumbei.j3f.ai(Lmagain.wiu
man, hi name unknown to m. - -
- J. W, SHIVELT.
Boy of 14 .hot a comnanlon. h
wounded him badly; c T hi Hroti er of
19' uiiii tt,. .nn.. i,. '. , .Ui
little girl. O' whafanloe plaything for
a half grown boy a guti lat , . '
Ttird Party Coliesica
h (Moody' Magazine.)
That the new-party wlll poll a big
vote this year goe without saying.
But that they will stick together on
any such program at Is outlined in the
platform is absurd. : They may succeed
.In ma.hlng the Republican party and
n time supplanting it, but If. they do
the Jatter their wing, will-be clipped
to a decided : degree, for they can only r
bold permanently together by concen. ';
Ji .on 8me definite and harmonious I
prmciples and not undertaking to throw "
op to.vry orank 4nd-thorlt In the
land. . . - s. . .p : ..
f . But whil w need not take thl. new V
party too seriously tlil fall (except that
J.wlUt "complisiL tn defeat of ik
Mn Taft), there Is a !gniflcanc Ui "
thl movement which hould not be lOBt -..".S:
vEhtt Chlcao gathering was made -up
to th extent -of probably 85 to 90 tJ
Ptwnt-of-formerRepubiioansVWTfie
program ;o.,1 enthuslaUcally adopted J
how, how-remarkably political and -conomlQ
ideas and view hav changed -iU
this country in recent year. Even M
tour year, ago.'" when lit - Hooaavaif.
? m jollwu forcing , through t
. iui9a or nr. xart, there waa-:
.n,, -T!r- ,8ma11 Pontage. - the -Republican
delegate who wr in
tor La Foiietta- ler rh Tnaii ri.r,v ri , rr
but it will be remembered that.h had -
v,,! corporara guard' around him.
NOW we flnrtt hn... .k.. .w. t ..
fabrio of tht "old .Republican party . ia w
permeated , with "radlcallm. . , Who
would hav ben rash nougri to trdict.r"
u?,ur - that "Tim" Woodruff! -
""JUnn. George W. Perkin.nd ,
Frank Muny would b out for th re- S
. I. , JudM8 for woman "uffrage, for
imum "d for the regula- ..
tlon of prices , v.
Urinr y,AM hvn " -''
n hla supporter hav.
hown a profound limnn -
state of public
tne tendencies -developed In th Dmo- W
nBtHPanLaI' would not hav. '
?5ht ' ln8lnloant; but her
nfCmltJi ZL pam m in oia partar, I
rtyVMrigdhtJt6re"t' aDd .Poi5M
Always in Good H
umor
HE HAD THE LAST WORD.
From the Boston Transcript.
A lecturer was annovi h.. .
the audience who lnalataii
. . va takkim tut
asking question. "Sit down, von aaai-
said a second man, Jumping up. "sit
down, you too." cried a third man:
"you are both asses."
"There seem tn ha .
about tonight." put in th lecturer calm
ly: but for heaven's aake lat n. h...
one at a time." ., .
"Well, you go on, then." said tha .
man, resuming hla seat.
FINANCIAL,
Exchange.
T don't know whether it 1 a m .
thing to encourage women to go into
politics or not." said the man with the
furrowed brow. ........
"Surely you do not douht that-
bllltyr '
'Not In the least But think of fh
appalling sum that win ohange hand
If they get to betting hats on elec
tions.' TRAPPED.
From Birmingham Age-Herald.
HI conscience hurt
And he was sad;
He ne'er would flirl
Again, egadl
The reason why? ,
Oh, can't you guess? ... .
With aoulful sigh
The maid aald 'Tea."
RESULTS.
' Exchange.
Advertising i a great thlna." aald
th Cheerful Idiot, a he laid down the
paper.
"How do you figure that out?" askad
the Old Fogy.
"Here's a man who advertised for a
boy on Monday," replied the Cheerful
Idiot, "and on Tuesday hi wlf pre
sented htm with one."
Chicago Record-Herald
Tou're going to the smoker tonlrht.
ren't you?" ,
"Nop.'
"Why, the boy are expecting you."
"Tea. I Intended to be present, but veu
see. wo have th recall ytm In 6ur
family, and my wife ha Just srer.
clsed it."
Pointed Paratfrapns
Th wedding ring I a exoluslve cir
cle.
a
There 1 little doubt that th young:
dl good.
Host people would rather take adrlc
from stranger.
A fool and her money frequently mar
ry Into th nobility.
a a " .
Th straight and narrow path doean't
look good to th rounder.
a
Blessing often come disguised, butF
the wolf at your door never doe.
f
The more Justice some peool mkt thm
less they are Inclined to boast of It,
a a
X algh-prlcad. box at the opera seem -
less expensive to some people than th
cheapest church pew.
A woman I never willing to admit
that she waa In the wrong until after .
the man ha apologized.
a
When Dam Fortune knock at a
man'a door he always "rubber" to e
If the neighbor are looking.
a ' a
And It might be well to take a course
ln .physical training before you start
out to show a man the error of his ways.
. a :
Every mother is firmly convinced
that she Is capable of picking a better
usband for her daughter than she did
for herself.
Warning to tne
Voters of Oregon
Th proposed amendment to the rat
Annstitutlon which will appear, on th- '
official ballot n November a "Noa ;
808-t. " carries, win taKe away from
the people the right to govern them.
.elve in tsaation matter and return
to the legislature and predatory and
nrlvate Interest the power to Wo. -
lals" auu - .uuu measunau I
th inference ...at u,e peop lrs"V I
upon auoh thing at the poll.. jZttY
voter who believe, the peopl. lhou
,ia and who believe, "unequal tavn-
nnr I II -' '-'(--..lil in hn..
in,-"; ""trf-T-Tieireve
that the people at the ballot box .hould
have th. right to pas. upon taxation
rrtea.ure- - om .ff,cUvefc
MT7t I .manVimlt i ' "ug prW
vant the amenumcnt from
''law of Oregon." C. S. JACKSON,
. .Portland, Sept. 10, i2, . vw'ow";
HWjsW jean-asajaVm.i-fc-s