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THE -OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY- EVENING, NOVEMBER 5. 1912. THE JOURNAL ; AH INDKPltNDRNT 'itKWSrAPEn.' r ;.. a. "'Jackson. .Publlba l iilimiiert cTrf (Tuning rpt Sunday) and i-rmry Kundr DKirnliiv it Tb Ion rati Build in. TU aoa Yauiblll at., FortlanS Of. l.nirrwl at th p(if(lr t Portland. Or.. tranamiaaloa throuxb th stall ' matter, " ,, , . . Hn.mioNKs uin 7aj Hom. -m. AI1 oVparUiiratt reached by th Bomber. . 3VI1 lb operator what department fo wmt. o:tKiq ADVKHTlSIMI ItBHRESKNTATlVB. H-oJaml koutoor Co., llrunawlHi Building. '"fa Klftb trenti. New Xotkj Ult J'opl it Building, Chloaso. fciibacrlntloB TnM by omtl or to 7 4drM U lb Lulted RtdM or Mexico. hi. ' -On iMf..,,,. PAIMf. fS.no On month.. BI'NDAT. TIJiOO "7 Onis month.,.. . Observe tH rules at the Inad of the called Upper Dead Ox Flat. If water people's column, and tlie correspond-1 could be pumped 100 to ISO feet In ent'a department an continue to be (elevation, vhy not to5 between 200 the Interesting feature that It jhas always been. - v-, ; v -" THE POLICE MEASURE. "Ori Ji'uZ: tj DAILY AND SCNOAT. On fit,,. tT.no On month., ...I .05 i Genuine morality 1 Preserved i ) only In the school of adversity; ; a put rf eotrtinuous prosperity mjr easily, prove a quicksand to ;' virtue. -Schiller. t ' ii. si CARIUlvJ), nUT T HIE vote for the official charter was 12,340. The. vote against was , 13,140. The majority against was 800.. ' , The vote for the short charter was 3625. The vote against was 21, OS5, The majority against was 17, 40. : j:The 8625 votes cast for the short charter were by people who wanted commission government. They were votes that would have been cast In J the .main. for, the official charter If the short charter had not been on the ballot.; Those who Insisted that I tft'o charters should be submitted ' brought about the defeat of commls- Bpn - government. The vote for the official charter ;wns 12,340. The vote for the short j charter was 3625. Combined, they taake a total of 15,965 votes for com nitssion government, or a majority of 2525.' : " ; r.'We are still living in Portland : under the old form. But last Satur-. flay, we, saw the, people protest by . a majority of 2825 against that fon with Its divided responsibilities, with Us; pooled officials hiding behind good officals, and with lta many faults and follies,- ft system which ex-Mayor Lane says is losing the city Jl.'OOO.OOO a year." l From the ilrst, The .Journal In sisted that the submission of two charters would confuse the issue, di vide t"he commission vote, and con tinue the present menagerie, gorern- , ment. Us prophecy has come to pass, fltid wlth-the slender margin of only . f t) 0 ...lotesthe - off icial i charter is . -l-eaten. - it is beaten in the face of THE voU for removal of the po lice from civil service was 6015. The vote against was 19,573. The majority jgalnat it was 111 558, or more than three to one. The overwhelming vote was a pro test against any step, back ward. It is example of how an electorate will vote for the best possible government whenever the issue is squarely pre rBcntedr: : : : " : The members oLthe force should not misinterpret the verdict. Tho purpose ... of. last . Saturday will be a constantly; lt.croaBinj purpose for clean government. ItwlU moro and more crystaltze Into a demand for every officer to do his duty. The good men on the force know perfectly who-are .the-unfite in the department. The should now be gin a systematic and porslHtcnt move ment to bring the department to the high Standard Saturday's verdict shows that the people decirs? Unfits should bo weeded out. Tho fits on the force should help to weed them'out. The standard should ho set so high that there will be lees and less complaint and less and less ground' for complaint. Saturday's verdict is not to be mistaken for a vote of confidence in all the members of the force. It was a demand by. 10,073 voters for conditions and safeguards to enable the7orce to advance in efficiency. The department should be both warned and encouraged by the re sult : L .... ... . and 800 feet If power to do the great work could bo found f .The Jayette river. Joins the Snafce opposite these lands on the west of the greater river, flowing with a force and volume that would give, If harnessed . to that ' service, all the necessary; power, A NEW PAGE IX HISTORY "A' T the gates of Constantino ple," is the remarkable cli max to two weeks of such tremendous fighting as the world has seldom seen. Freely have tho victorious Bulgars paid the fulf price of victory. Their regiments have been decimated, their hospitals are overflowing with thflf wounded.' Their homes are full of mourners for. those galjan.t men who represented the supreme effort of the nation to cut forever the bonds that held their- neighbors and com patriots in cruel servitude. It' la said that Turkey has fallen victim to, her unpreparodness. The sudden wreck of her armies had an earlier and more certain cause.-1 In the long role of Abdul Hamld, the cruel despot, who united tho craftl- Now the necessary legal formali ties to secure rights to that power have, It is stated, been secured. Ac cording to the account published in The Journal of yesterday's date, be tween ,6000 and 8000 horsepower .wiiibeYaJ!ibieJor jtbJa IwJuolesalej pumping, -mere are more than 17, 00 acres to be supplied as the pre mium on the success of this bold en terprise. ;;;- ; ::r;;'":;:;,.. ;.;;;,. No better testimony could belslven to tho vuluq of irrigated land in eastern' Oregon" than thar Such an undertaking can be proposed , with every prospect, that the needed funds will be forthcoming for its comple tion. TIM: AUDITORIUM T HE vote for, a bond Issue of 1200,000 for purchase of an auditorium site was 9587. The vote against it was 14.673 The adverse majority was 5086. It is 17 months slnco the audita rlum commission was named by May or Simon. It is 16 months since authority to expend $600,000 in the construction of an auditorium,-was conferred by vote of the people upon the body. Saturday's verdict was a vote of inctruttlons. The sum to bo applied on the auditorium Is $600,t)00r The modification of the Zelgler amend ment apparently removes difficulties that figured in selecting a site. . Presumably, the commission will now take up its work and push the structure to completion. It should do so. LESSON'S FOIL THE PUBLIC. T besa of an Armenian nmthn tr th , , , . , , v.. lv W1D iqe ibci mac rortiana is urea or thft 'brutality of a Turkish' father, ' and present system and-wants a change., murdered, not by ones or tens but , . The verdict Is a rebuke to those ; by thousands, thoso of his haplm boinsMfld of ln. Mjjjjg . commlsjtaa goyjcrnmanUtentten to revolt. -an d-it?t.ti firry-unit ,CV(?S- n 18 a Protest against the : outrage, raplne and de80a'tlori d8 hi8 prejent system. - policein those years the downfall me pmeU situation Will not long ;0f the Turkish rule in Europe was ftiftiiu. .. A. majgnty. OI ina CILIZGDS i nrAnflrorT . Even In the waFof 1878 the Turk- -want commission. - govercraent, and they should have it, . . . I ' ' LJm PARCELS POST MAPS i N edition ,is-being prepared by theirft 'ed Stater geologtcal t survey of 125,000 maps of tho " v United SUtea, "divided into .. sa'aares ot thirty minutes each. One ofsuch -maps will be provided for ' eyery postofflce a necessary pre paration for the Introduction of thq . : " The quadrangles so shown will bo t,alB of eoatinuing despotism were ft-a iinlta rr ftrna nn which th nn.fot - oruarous massaeres and ish armies were moved, and fought, not at the.oxders of the generals in the field, hut At the secret command of the sultan and his favorites in the palace by the Bosphorus. It was vainly hoped by Europe that the revolution of the Young Turks, who unseated the shivering Abdul, meant a new Turkey, with real government under the consti tution then, adopted. The forms of t ree4om -were- there.-htit the csseir-l .rates. to every posioffice In the xoun- try will be based for, as 'every one knows nowrthe system of zones wilt lawless cruelty In hapless Albania and Macedonia. ThetniL hu r cojnimel tod aobii. ni-irm.i th chnreea, la- whlchnoti Ii??niSi enSl.olibfwhole ,Wfirll only the welaht of the narcfti hut thIwouTdforbld the reconstruction of - distaraeHinriJohit of dritverv witt4 the dominion, that the brav men HERE, has been a constant stream of visitors to the Tuber culosis exhibit from tho minute the doors opened until they closedreaching to nearly 3000 a day. Both the eye and the ear have been appealed to, in:' photo graph, and picture and diagram. In maps and figures, and -in the Im pressive addresses of medical ex perts and of sympathizers In the saving and healing work. Dangers of infection have been dealt with most forcibly, and will surely sink deep In every visitor. Such are lessons for the individual. The other questions raised are not so simple. What are the rights, and what the duties of the com munity? ' - - drafting - and estimating - construc tion costs, f .:"?'": rt-, ' ';:::..- --:ti;,i - The girls and young women enter ing are doming from all quarters of the- United States and from every walk In life. One is a daughter of a St Louis millionaire, another the daughter of a United States senator. The Master Builders' association of New-York has borne all the re sponsibility and cost of the undertak-f lng. It is said that some of their most valued assistants are women They have been handicapped by want of practical knowledge, and this Is now to be sunnlled. Some of the students may continue practical workr But many are seek ing 'to better oualifr themselves as Inspectors, superintendents and1 con tractors' assistants. "-!-;.,:',: . The immediate rosponse - to the notification of the new opportunity Is, .sal d lioji.ayf . beep itl "$ urpr!set0. those in charge. But facts show that those who planned the new school were-JweUadYlsed A ONE OF THE FRUITS WOMAN was triod 1" Portland last week for homicide. In an altercation with her husband, she killed him with a knife. The testimony showed that she was an employe ln a north end re- Bort in1 which there Is a cheap thea tre. It was her business to canvass among the patrons for drinks. ' It was shown that she received 30 cents on a dollar's worth of drinks sold and 60 cents for sale of a bottle of wine.' - - - Such la "tha rtm " It la a nart of Portland's commercialized vice Its fruit was a homicide, and a costly court trial. - A limited few make money out of the vice,- But it Is a costly business for the general taxpayer. Letters From tKe People The' duty has been, laid on the physicians of Oregon to report cases of the disease which they meet In their dally practice. So only shall tbeacte-b-kae-wa demand4ng-OTVHytaaTcam' 5,fyrr-Presr-cTr be the determining factors. " It ,1s suggested that on due pres sure being applied by senators and representatives, the government might - be Induced to issue a very large popular edition of this map. nit ,1s one ..of lhe strongest . accusa-4 tlona against the express compan iles that the ordinary and occasional patron could not tell without going to the express office what the charge " levied on him would be. Neither did :,the average man know whether the 'express office charge was right or "wrong. One of the great advantages of the new system is its simplicity. But all our knowledge in advance must of the Balkans have pulled - down about Turkish ears. THO da CORRUPT PRACTICES HOUGH the air is thick and for days has been thick, with charges and counter charges ui vioiauons or the corrupt practices act, no official seems to seek for evidence or attempt enforce ment of the legal requirements. What are officials for, anyway? Who is to seek out violations of law. If officials do not do it? if it Is not the business of district attor neys, sheriffs, constables, detectives and the others ln the long list of law finfnrPPm tn ana UKMilnnmn f .,. . -------- lucM. Iltvvs Rre -v - oueyea, wnose business is If in the whole legal machinery of uregon, no statute is more whole some in its purposes, than is the corrupt practices act. If officials oon t enrorce it by punishing those who violate It, they should be re called. lie succor, and public expenditure, and which may protect the com mu n ity from perl 1 of Infection. The duty of the state "In refer ence to tuberculosis sufferers Is very plain. - They are drawn from "every rank ln life, and the majority come from the poof, or, at any rate from those unable to bear the expense of removal-toTianatoTtaaHd "of "months of treatment there. From the mo ment JhatjhejstatejtJiroughL its I. offi cers, is advised of the existence and condition of a patient the" relation of guardian and ward Is established. It becomes the duty- of the state to provjde such . special -treatment, such expert care "as shaTTglveevery patient-the-bestpossiblo-thancH "Of life and health. This has Teen recognize expense of such a map for general distribution must be considerable, but U will be money well spent. AX APOLOGY - HjlHE JOURNAL gives alt a hear I ing, on any side of lany ques I tlon- t There are times when the de mands of contributors exceed the : physical power of the paper. It has been so for two or three weeks past. Ah enormous volume of contributed mjatter flooded the office. There was not a sufficient force of printers and machines to set it. Tp.T was , not adequate editorial farce to read and arrange it. There ; was not space enough ln the paper . toj have given it room. i iDernands yesterday for space in a i nVs way were appalling. Because .'ft J was the Jast day before election, candidates -, and , others presaed for publicity td b extent that can hard ly be .expressed. ' - The Journal la sorry to have been disappointing to its friends. But it was case Of physical Impossibility, and that Is the paper's apology. ...,,lrana;hila,..,wU-the-9teettOtt"ver today, the oldtlme policy: of giving all a hearing in the people's column, win be resumed. The only. request Is. make jour contributions brief, i IRRIGATION BY PUMPING F OR years past men have cast greedy eyes on the great ex panse of level land In Malheur county, called Dead Ox Flat The plateau is bounded on the east by the waters of the Snake. The land . was fertile, and imagination J ft Sk 1 . .t yu-mreu uuuureas or prosperous rarms, n only lire giving water could be supplied." But the great river noweo by its eastern boundary a hundred feet and more helow. Could It be possible to lift sufficient quan- uues. io tne Highest point of Dead -v vn . , ux nat, Dy pumping, to fill th canals and ditches needed for those future farms? It seems that to the Irrigator of today the word "Impossible" Is un known. Within the last i? n,nth. wterfted-fronnhe- SinaSeT Oho such successful effort tempta io anoiner. , Still higher, than bead. Ox Flat lies another plateau of fertile land n tne state sanatorium at Salem, which compares favorably ln all respects with the best of those shown on the walls of the recent exhibit. If all Its beds were filled It would become the duty of the state promptly to provide more,, for this is a matter of life and death. If there are vacancies, "and if there are scores of tuberculous patients In Oregon who need to be and should be cared for there, it Is a question of gathering them ln from every county of the state. i Just such a campaign as ours Is in progress at Detroit. A week or so ago the health officer told a meet ing there of 1500 persons that "the mortality from 'tuberculosis ln De troit had been reduced by 28.2 per cent within the last ten years. He urged his hearers to still greater earnestness. He stated that there was, in his opinion, no reason why the plague should not be entirely obliterated from their great city wl'.hin twenty-five, years. The public conscience both in, America anil "In Engltnd has been roused to the conviction that the sufferer must be tended and the In fection stayed, not as a matter of charity, but of simple Justice to the patient and safety to the com m unity. FEMININE BUILDERS OMEN are now entering yet anotner field hitherto sup posed to be the exclusive province of men. A large building has been erected at WInfleld, Long Island, for the practical instruction of women In the building trades, and . will" be opened in a few weeks. It accom modates 135 students, but; so great added, to sneiter I' (JO in all. The course Is to cover two years and instruction will be given in bricklaying, plastering, car penterine. plumbing, steam heating,1 Iron work, fCoamunletttooa Dt to Tb Journal . for ptrhltratkm In tbl dtpartmrat bold b wrHua. on enlf oo tld of tb ppr. aboold aot ncted 800 wordi In tonctb and Dual h croaipanlrd br tb nam and ddrn of tb trader. If tb writer doe not dlr to sir tb am pubuabwi, t ahw'Jld cut. People's Judgment Justified. Portland, Nov. '4. To the Editor of The Journal The result of the city spe cial election was great. The officials responsible for calling It at 0 expense of about 120.000 should feel the rebuke. not Initiative measurea for which there not initiative measures, for which there waa any senerat demand but the nro- lets -ef-specially- interested gToupsv There were a few excfiptlons, but the voters, althoug-h very inadequately in formed, picked these out and passed mem. 1. It proves, beyond doubt, the ca pacity of the people to vote IntelllEjent- ly on legislation much more so than they can on candidates. The ballot title la inucif more informative to the votora than a candidate's name. 2. It proves them to be the most re- llatle, conservative and loyal exponent , of the general interest (their own). 4t-piwn-t- ne nly wav to ; unite tho people ln a friendly whole without bitterness. All the recommenda tions made were frank, aincer and overlapped so that It waa Impossible, on tnem to divide the people Into op- 1 COMMENT, AM) N UMALL CHANG!. '.: ;,'j;V.'V' . 'v .:..",'':.::;. - Campaign slanders are usually boom erangs. . , . -, k It's quit while, but not long enouth,' till 11. . -.. ,. .. r .. .' , .:";t':; y ,-';,; -'i - No nartv fr nntlflrol nnttMaa linrt The hlah ettnt tit nf f r,--a-tlrtk U otan t , - 9 . W i . . .. I ..May the aufcessful ones not forget wwr nn promises. . ..." ,.' :, '-. -i,' Soma rrien will hnt nn th' tmnnaalfsla ' invj van ;ei long uuus, t, , ' mtktiT'iirmm'irtnitnirtKiz: suits of the election be as nearly satis. yvu can., -,..;,. Manv Tiromlnpnt mnn Mln at an ntrr when they should be li their ;riffo .prjltnu, awi, vw-vt 1CQUU1H, ' t. If thr-V fliprVfrt Thnnlt-lvln Aav in- immBrr- stairs "wtwia nave ins nigi test Turkey ever carved.;,.,,, , ,' The harvester trust itinrtn terns nf rnii' Uonii-ut nrtHSOnahl ni-ftrli-tlmt - K imiuurs invuiyniaruy paia. - - ';' A Somewhat frtmlAaA nnlltlr'fti '' ntn. palan did not eJieck the increasa of uusinesa oi an Kinas in 1'oruana. All who knew hi tn aarree that t)r- sonally the late vice nresltient waa in truth-"aunny," a very likable man. Thirty volcanoes have broken out In an island off Australia; sort'of Inter nal rebellion againtft Mother Nature, " " ,i The country Is too busy and nrosner. ous to yield to any attempt to pull off i panic on account or democratic vie . For a short.- aharo and annnrflntlv d. cislve war. that of the Balkan etuien and Greece against Turkey -beata all records. - t - - T, . ... ..i. .. Nobody la ever punished for shooting man for a d0r nr anvthlna should a man be punished for shooting a pheasant by mistake for a rabbit? . . Evervbodv wishes Vrs. nmvtr Omi. land, soon to chahae her name, manv yoars it health and happiness; that sh, may always fee! as good as she looks. 'OREGON SIDELIGHTS ' Huntington News.The arc - Vffhts win soon De installed ana ruing ion will be in dnrknese no more. Then we oan disourd that much desplsad, lantern ana go to our nomes in sareiy. r The Librarv association at Coauille haa-erranged with the city council so to modify the plans of.the new city hall as to provide quarters for a public read ing room ana city uorary, . , v J. E. Keefe Jr., who reeently resigned from the secretaryship of the Pendleton Commercial ' aasoclatlon, the Round-up and the Westerh Trl-Btate league, haa gone south to join a minstrel aggrega-Uonju..cDacUyjlLinUBlcai.iaJr.etttor,H.,:7 1 Pendleton ' Kaat Oresonlan. Alexsn der's groeery is eahibltlna; two aqua shea which for slice and weight challenge the world., one weighs iod pounos ana ine ot her 87. They were grown, by J ulius uuaei'um on, nis Mcn.ay cieen nav r K amth .Herald;.;. According to T, E. Buribll, Fort Rock valley- bids fair to develop Into a great potato raising coun try. Mr. Burrell, aa.va one of his neigh iwrs experimented mis year " ri"is potatoes wtth'sithoO&TesuHs that next year many others will put tn crops, AstortaTBudget Practlclly all ; the nmiiii atnrk of the' ClutsoD county Co operative Cheese association is saiu to have been SUDSCnoea. i nn aireuvor Will erect a two story building, 4Q by 2 feet, and have ordered a complete battllnc. cheese making and pasteuria Ing outfit v , Silver Lake Leader: Mike Suit sent a hn of hio- red annles to George Mar vln a few days aao which are equal to any raised ln Hood River or any otner wace, ror size, imvor or cuir, Sumnjer Lake is fast galniag a repu tation for Its fruit and. beirles. The trees are not affected by any of the posts found elsewhere. . , . . . Eurene Register. The .crew at work on the Notl tunnel on the wniameue Pacltlc haa now reached a depth of 1160 feet and is working right along at a good rate. Tne crew i iua portal has not got entirely under ground h..t or rirht ud to that point. When 'the two crews get to i WOrMn iakM each other they -will soon cut ih. riiai,n tn be excavated. It is probable they wlU not be able to fin- isn it umu i GREAT AMERICAN LEGENDS Legend of the Salt Lakes of New Mexico. By Cella K. Huslk. A long time ago whan the salt lakes of New Mexico wefe of fresh water, inhabited by numerous fishes end other living thttiffs, there lived within their depths tho wicked old lake man. Once there came by an Indian hunter in search of "game. Him the lake man ad dressed and said: , . 'Come and live with me. for I have plenty of food and shelter for you and for your family." And so It came about That ttie young fndtarrTnrnter with fctsTarife: and tittle son came to live with the lake mnn. It waa not I6hg after their arrival that the old man plotted against the hunter and put him out of the way. When the boy grew up the lake man decided that he too must go. Soon an opportunity presented Itself to carry out his wicked design. The young- Indian's mother became. very TIF and in order to aave her life she must have -some ice from the Lake of the Sun. Thua tho young man was sent upon a journey east to th Lake of the Sun from Whioh no man waa ever known to return. But the Trues, who are the goda that watch over all. were Kind to mm. Alter meeting many h&rdshlps and Undergoing the many severe tests to which the gods subjected him he obtained the precious piece of Ice and returned to tne lake. On beholding the youth return, the wicked lake man was beside himself with wrath, and once more Bent the youth upon a perilous journey to the south, feeling sure that this time he would never return. One day as the old man was looking out over the lake he beheld the young Indian re turning. It was a dark and cloudy day. the sky was overcast, and great forks of lightning were leaping over the wa teiw. Just as the youth was approach ins home a flash struck the wicked; man and tore him asunder. ... '. The youth then took his mother, Who had been mourning for htm as dead, and departed forever. Ere he departed he prayed to the Trues that they may curse the lakes. They harkened to his prayer, and from that day to thla the lakes remained accursed. Their waters arejoalty, and jw living thing exist in them. , ltal and labor were divided anion them selves moro than against each other. There was only one real division, the public interest and the Special Interest, and of course the public interest won. 4. It proved there Is no "nrniotaHaV' something else; On day last week, The Journal contained a good, illuminating j editorial upon movement to stimulate tne appetite or in people or Oregon iQr mat noble rruit which grows so sound- penalize tne taxpayer with bonds. The alleged proletariat stepped in aa the con servative element and saved the inju dicious taxpayer from the evil of his own proposals. The strUBrtllne- nnnr tyonservat4vftrreyhavt mi - - - i w ue, iney can not airord to experi ment. They fear th results of bad public measures more than any other ciass. imy are on tne suffering and hi iii), line. J J. B. ZIEGLER. antly hero, and which Is now at lta beat-j place to receive company, and ln conse the apple. There -is no need to urge the people of Oregon to eat apples. Especially Is (at least of any consequence) seeking to 1 here no need to urge the people of Portland to eat apples; and more espe cially is -there no need to urge the children bless them! to get any bet ter appetite for' apples than they now have. 'Normal children in the north problem. Tha average "lady of the houae" wants her hired girl ln the Mu2ehiJ0LJ.!!cJpj aooner; tiuT aTTne same time, ahe makes no provision for the girl to have a temperate ton r areHrarrr -wtt h- Fttppg- stoyeewdaeti The American School Svatem. 4'ortiano. or.,Oct.ii. To-the Editor The Journal As a s t ron r t tt. isrtr aiieniion to me reports of able writers In the Ladles' Homo Journal for i.. awv. WeaTr6ufseTves the greatest nai.un in uie woria. Whv. China .nrf give mejr cniidren more thor ouijn eaucation-tnan wa do. We have imncrru ourselves mat We lr. a f... and Independent nation. No one doubts that who visits us, for the fact is, we are too free and Independent for our future good. I Respecting the elementary courses for yuung pupus, some of these whom I have tested ln leading, seem to be very glib ln going through their-lessons. One needs but to start them with the first word, and away they go for whole pages. But stop them In the middle of a sentence and ask what such a word is, ana they cannot answer, nor nm. nounco it after they have put the let ters together. And why? Because they ' luufini. vy note, or hearing, or sound. Memory does the rest. Th. are not even taught the alphabet, to make thtm distinguish the letters, nor to pronounce by syllables. I know what I have stated are facts; and yet, parents think all is going well because the youngsters can, like parrots, go through their lessons. Such is our American school ;.t.m For another thing: there la a nnntin,,i changing of books. I suppose we mnt call that "educational graft," for want. vi tuiuuicr name, ueiore a nnnll through with the first series, anothur la substituted. And so we go on, and. as those ahu writers ask, how many of them are fitted for the high grades? Onlv .vn out of every hundred get to college from mo elementary courses; and even then, half of it Is "note" crammed-into thom and memory does the balance -And the teachers have to go by suoh systems, too. The fact la, the principle we en nn In our American schools is to cram all we can into the pupil's memory in a given time, and shortly he has for gotten what he has memorised.- Look at the number of books some of them hare to read up ln and after the teach ers ara so busy they have no tim hear recitations. But it's all right. The children are studying this and that and going to grauuaie toon. Those writer in the Horn Journal are perfectly correct in their criticism of our methods of education. a. O. .YATES. ..-.About Eating Those Apples. V casaTi Oet. SI. To tha Editor or iiio journal in xne Journal 6f Sun ttte for apples, because they require them to build healthy, clean blooded bodies for" themselves. . .;''.'.;.. Let us see how that appetite can be gratified, right here ln the heart of the richest fruit country on the round earth. Suppose you are .a wage worker on the average earnings, say, of motorman or conductor, with a family of four or five growing boys and girls, at juut the age toJiaye- an.lnsatlableappetite for f rutF especially or "apples." "Suppose you have tog m any places for your money rentr or payments on your place, insurance premiums, school books, shoes and clothes. Children are always out of shoes, etc. So you couldn't spare the dollar and a half or two dollars at any one time for a .box of apples." What could you do? Tou could buy them on quence the girl and her company have to meet downtown and go J-sme- place of amusement, so as to visit with each other, when, often enough, the girl would prefer to spend the evening at home If she had some other place to spend it ln besides the kitchen. This Is one very good reason so many girls prefer to work 1th department On to Constantinople . i.' From' the Detroit' Ntws .- . "Before Contantlnople!" la the Balkan cry, though the stout Bulgars and Serbs, under the masterful guidance of King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, accounted , the . ablest monarch in Europe, have not yet surmounted the snag at Adrlanople, and are still wjtftln. a few day ot the proud . capital of til Turks. t Constantinople, next to Rome, Is un- doubtedly the most remarkable "city In ' the, world's histor; For 1JS0O years " it has been the capital either of Chris- . tendom, or of Mohametanlsm. For 1500 years it has been the vortex of religious -conflict, and its soil Is stained deep witn-ths-htooa-bretrantiesff thousands'" of martyred! Mahometans and Chris-- UanS.'"' ., -H.y. Constantinople was the first capital of the whole Christian world, founded, in- S30 by--thflrt" Chrlsttan-emperot' of the Roman world,' Contantlne, This once pagan, but now Christian, emperor made himself - maSter - of "ths" western -empire, then of th Greeks, and was the -first to spread the Roman eagle from , the banks of Euphrates' to the Cheviot . hills in England. Rome ort tho Tiber was no longer tha center of Roman sway, hence the need of a new capital on the banks of the Bosphorus. Rome still held to the worship or - Jupiter, when Constantino, himself a. Roman, crowned ln tha Roman garrison at York, England, set up the banner ot the cross th Constantinople. Even while he saw in a. vision, wbeh ' lead ing Ms soldiers through the Balkans, the sign of the". cross and the mottcr, "In Hoc Slgno Vtnees," ana adopted It aa the symbol of the Roman banner, Rome was yet pagan. Tha Roman 'sen ate had not yet taken that Immemorial ballot on the formal queatlon whether the religion of Rome should be that of the old God,. Jupiter. or of the new Semitic God, Jehav, which latter fortu nately carried. Constantino, in fact, had himself never set toot in Rome, ln whose streets ths grass was growing. On the banks of ths Bosphorus rose tha city which was to outshine Rome., Constantinople . became the . eenterz of learning, of art, of religion, and of population. 4The Greek, rather than the Roman, predominated. Here were threshed out ths great issues of ths early church. Here were thundered the" edicts against Athanaslua. In Its sub urbs met the. great Council of -Nice, which formulated the Christian creed. Here the great Julian, the apostate, turned the Roman world upside down and back to paganism. Hera the still greater Justinian restored the prestige of ths church and codified the laws of the empire. It war from the courts of Constantinople, hot from those of Rome, that the Roman laws were administered to Europe, Asia and Africa for cen turies. - One good reason why the history and importance of the Graeeo-Roman cap ltal of Constantinople is unappreciated today Is tha willful suppression Djrhls- : torlans of the significance of these events because It haa falln Into Ma- hometan hands. " Constantinople, rather than Rome, witnessed the disputes over Icons. It was the Roman emperors of Constanti nople who shaped the creed of Europe, It was through her that the Greek in fluences permeated into the doctrines., Constantinople waa the true heir to the spirit of pagan, art, literature and sp-c- -ulatlon. It was through her gates that the crusaders poured on their way to Jerusalem. And when the Turk came, it was Contantlnople that bore the brunt p the fights She long resisted the in- roads of the lnvadera from the Turkea tan plateau, but when the emperor of the east was hurled from his throne, th , Turk became master ef eastern Europe, and extended his sway along the coast oXAfricaj, threaUnlnge-Cltyiiif-Jtoms! the many reasons which may lead to girls going "wrong." SAMUEL GREENLEAF. Church's Relation to Politics. Portland. Or., Nov. . To the Editor-! of The Journal Maybe I. do ot under stand clearly tho functions of the.. Chriib tfee-ehurehi-fcut "ltsem tomths apply . fchrfslfan principfe djrectly to thesQclalland moral forces of our time, it is primarily a religious organ ization for people of all classes, and cannot consistently, where temperance and morals are not directly involved, take sides and advocate thla policy or that. To do this Is to make thehurch the fruit stands at five cents each, for I JfT? tool In the hands of contending big ones, or twenty cents a dosen for tltne, apples are rotting on the ground by the ton, within a radius of twenty mllesfronv 4he city apples that there are children enough ln Portland to eat up if they could only get at them. What Is the trouble? The trouble is, the "dangerous crimi nal" on Front street, who stands be tween the producer and consumer, buy ing devilishly low of the producer if he can and Selling abominably high to the retailer or the ultimate consumer; and worse destroying good food prod-, ucts if there seems likely to be enough of them to seriously lower Ms price. The result of this is that some child ren ln Portland hardly know the taste of . fresh fruit, and it is safe to say that not more than half the apples are eaten that would be if these crlmi nals, who are permitted to carry on their "illicit, traffla at the expense of the health and comfort of the commun Ity, did not stand in the-way with their diabolical scheme or extorting profits from both producer and consumer, whom they serve not at all, It la a shame that people are going without, because fruit la beyond their reach In price, when nature is so prodl gal In her production.- Good fruit is one of the essentials Of good health and good morals. It Is worse than Insanity to produce goo fruit in lavisn quantl ties, which .Is needed .by the people for food, only to be burned up in the city Incinerator or dumped into th river. to suit the greed of a few commission men who are doing more injury to the health and good morals of th city than all the burglars who have ever operated here. 'v - . When w becom sufficiently lucid ln our mental processes to realize that fruit Is grown to add to the health and happiness and efficiency of human beings and not to put dollars into the pockets of a few men who do nothing in the way of service to th community thst It -could not do better for Itself, Portland will not disgrace herself and discourage homemakers from settling here by charging mpre for apples than they . would -cost in the desert a thou- C. E, CLINE. New" Police Station Delayed. Portland, Or., Nov. 4. To the Editor of The Journal It seems" to me it is about tlm the olty administration waa punched some. Take, for Instance, the new police station to be built at Second anri -Oak streets. - The lot has lain there since April or May and-no sign of a building as yet. The building ought to bo finished by this time, if ther were any head TO the nunm,nt nt m affairs. . .v. a Taxpaywp opens with "Our Most Dangerous Crim- - EVE. lnals Who Can't Be Caught." Apropos - " . Of , something else, to which I wish to Rights of the -tk'rvnnt Girl. refer'.' let me add. that our most dan- Portland, Or., Nov. 4; To the Editor g6ruu" ,?km l Vr,.not cSnll a of The Journal I would like to call the such, either by-th law, br aoclntv nr .,i,iui- ,,antinn . . hy. themselyes, and ; that bftlngs ms to I tory condition as . regards ths servant Too Many Congressmen. From the Portland Spectator. Then congress meets In sixty-third session" he'itt Mare'h, 440 representatives will begin drawing at the rate of $7600 a year each. I would save you the trouble of figuring out th amount of this payroll, but fear to stagger you with the enormous total. The salary is but a portion of the overwhelming sum that our house of representatives costs the people. ' v . Each congressman receives mileage at the" rate of 20 cents a mile, each way. The railroads charge cents a mile1 it is not too much to say that the re mainder ls-ra-f-fe-Eaoh congressman la allowed ,1500 a year-for ,,ur some congressmen do not engage secre taries, and packet the allowance. This is thrift Each congressman makes requisition for Innumerable articles from pencils to cutleryThese ar4 perquisites. Many congressmen send . , -..vs. i,.uRt - wmcn is a species of petty larceny. Each con gressman costs the peopl about f 11 000 a year, which makes him our most 'ex pensive luxury.'" -. .. , . There are too manv rnnVr.a'i. w.. half Th .u V ' '""" "T frai oong that many congressmen do Htfi- Than draw their salaries, and rarely an" ... ma nana ui legislation," the house. .would be overcrowded. r t, seats for 391 representatives. u..r.. .roc . g 01 COD8TeBsional repre titattorr wm B"lnoioi,iouststiYn(lt.r n gives to congested territorv in l cities more representatives than all Oregon has. This crowded territory does not need congressmen sO much jib It rieeds policemen., Conaress dhoti M Ha asked to amend Itself, with a view to' uecmiauun, itself. In 1453 the Turks came into complete possession of Constantinople, and ths Christian cathedral of St. Sophia was turned into the Mahometan mosqus of- St. Sofia. - Turkish rule has been a blight; nevertheless, Constantinople, with its million inhabitants, Is still one of the greatest of the world's cities, greater still because of lta scarcely par alleled Importance In history. Al ways in Goo J Humor NOWADAYS. "What are you going to do with that ' mask and those gum shoes. Surely you ;- are not going ln for burglary?" "Shi" responded Mr. Custin Btax. "I am, tri'tngjo. slip a contribution into a CllilU iUil VO UllWiBU XUUU 1TUilVUV.illl &j . -ii 1' nn vtf .t - - s Knowing Miyuimi wm iu naau, . tngton Star. : LUCK. - - Hokus I wonder, how it was that old Methusaleh lived so long. Pokus Probably some woman had married him for his money. Judge. JUST FADED A WAT. ' "So you've broken off your engage ment with Miss Smarts" asked the In - qul"sltlvefrlehar ' ' ' ' z ills victim shook his head. , , "No," ha replledlX-dlan't break It on: , "Oh; then she broke It off r "No," answered the young man, enjoy lng his friend's growing wonder "But It is broken off, Isn't It?" per sisted the curios one. "Oh, yes!" explained the young man gently. "She told me what her dress maker's yearly bill was, and I told her. what my Income was. Then our en- , gagement' gently dissolved. Answers. Pointed Paragraphs The more tho trusts want th lcts the common people get. ' ... ' ! It seems perfectly natural tor soma women to be artificial. ' r -. .. The average .splnBterJnslsts-.tUat.4iU is because sh wants to be. ' You can always' get a lot for your money If you " patronise a reat-esyater dealer. v r. They admit it themselves hv tL wlBer nd-quits wearing so man nlng from attending tiiiertlnKf llrhe "dnlty of-her walst line, sress. If it . were not for th fact , ' : ' '. " !. . ' ' Tfc self mad man Is unable to aee where he could have made any Improve ment on his work. -l - , . Many a boy has acquired some very good habits by not following in the footsteps of his father, ' , '; '" ' , AH young widows are not merry, but some of them will be If the men say "yes" before leap year ends. As a girl grows older she becomes wiser and -quits wearing so many pins It is a popular belief among chorus girls that if you give a bald-headed ' man a good show he is bound to get to' th front.. . - x "When a woman, has occasion lojur ciiubb a vur,f iuiji! in a Iirst-CUSS store she explains Jhat she ,1s buying it for a friend. . ' .: .'. ".-!;' jv 1' : ' ' ' ;y '- , " ' Her is the reclps for making Wall Street eohsomm: Take a little common stock, and seven times as much WaU-r then catch your lamb, , - A it