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THE, OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY ! EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1913. OSOMII IS SAID TO SOLVE Present Form of Government Out of Datei Asserts Writer, Who. Hopes to See Change Next Election. Portland. Feb. J. To the Editor of Th Journal-The coming city election should secure- for Portland some defi nite provision to change the present old village form of government into & BnoTfe. adequate system suited to present con ditions, c L..- The present ytem of government, such as we tjave In Portland, was started fix England far back in the early part of the eighteenth century. The governing body of the municipal corporation was a council. , The coun cil consisted of a mayor, recorder, al derman, councilmen and assistants with important executive, legislative and Ju dicial functions vested in the governing bodies, at times. In such a way as to give to th mayor, recorder and alder man both executive and judicial powers. The aldermen and councilmen were chosen ;from among citizens who had long been known to be public-spirited, or whose family history recalled to mind Important public services, or rrom among' persons who could trace their or thai Angles and Saxons. They Owned Country. These aldermen were wealthy men of lslsure, owning vast possessions In farm lands, where competition was hot felt , and where the laborer was the producer under a very. lax supervision, r ; The towns and cities these aldermen governed were small community centers averaging from a few hundred to about 10,000 inhabitants. They were small centers where city life, such as we know, was entirely unknown. They were gen erally large country settlements where everybody . knew each other,. where the aldermen Were the chief ' men of the , towns and their smiles and nods were ' known to everybody. These men served ' the community .without pay .because i they owned the community., It was their business Interest, their life. , Conditions Different How. The present conditions are quite dlf ' ferent. The conditions of the early al t uernmiuu luriiiu ui government nave passed away, A few men no longer own the community under our democratic form of government In order to make the government of modern cities effi cient it becomes necessary to allow of f lciala to make the city government their interest. To give a man Interest in the government means to pay him for his services.;" 60 long as we con tinue to elect intensive business men, ; who already have as much as they can do, to run our government, just so long will our government be administered by disinterested, persons, except is so far as it. affects their immediate business interests, with the result that the gov ernment will remain awkward, unwieldy and inefficient. : -- It should be kent in mind that work : of any kind is entered into primarily far the purpose of money gain, whether it be In the service of a private cor poration or a public .Bervice corpora tion. The human nature Is to manage fo aj to secure ' Sufficient means for livelihood. Asking Too ISuch. In addition persons feel that their first duty to society Is to be self-supporting. They cannot afford to perform great services without proportionate re munerations. -Our city, under its pres ent system, is asking too much of the councilmen, who in addition to their own business, are asked to give their time and attention to the city government which is intensely more complicated and difficult of administration. When we consider the present condi tions and the changed conditions in im- niedlte Interests, and increase in popula-; tlon that have resulted since early days ' It must be declared that a change In j the city, government Is necessary. In America, up to 1900, no, special type manges naa crept in to make for & distribution of duties and powers among . the governing bodies, and with a tend ency to favor paying city officials for theli services so as to secure attention : to duties and Interest and responsibility. Commission Form Praised. Since 1900 we have developed a more , definite type of City government in what 'j known as the commission form of government. This started in Galveston, Texas, in 1901. During the 12 years up to the present time more than 200 cities in the United States have adopted this form of government at an average rate of about 20 cities each year. A complete list of the states and cities Interested can be seen in the "World - Almanac" for 1913, page 71, This form of government seems to'brlng about de- . Hlrable results. It makes the city gov- ' nnment a business, dignifies it and puts it into the hands of well paid offi cials, who give their whole time to the work -and whose duty it becomps to give efficient service. It is a businesslike, government,, organized according to the plan of organization tn. large successful business corporations, and should be well suited to a large city like Portland. EDWIN ANDERS. POUGHKEEPSIE WANTS COAST REGATTA WINNER t (United Pra Letmd Wire. New Tork.-Ke.b. 4-By extendlne an Invitation to the winner of the rowing e Xitilverslty of California and Stan- nro university, on the Oakland. Cal. estuary, the board of strwards of the Intercollegiate Rowing association to- uy pmcunauy assured the appearance . or... :.niL-wt tiam intlia -big. j uunuiwcreia national regatta thi ,; uprlng.,..;:1;;;':-. bsbSue Columbia Co. Directors Re quest Oregon Delegation to Urge Action. ,. '. . .fc.r'J.. "'" ", . v..- 'j (Special toi The Journal. ) St. Helens, Or., Feb. 4. Resolutions urging Oregon's representatives to use all their influence to get the United States government to turn over to Ore gon schools' all lands that may revert to the government by reason of the suit now pending witlr the Oregon & Califor nia Railway company in the event the government wins the suit have just been adopted by the Columbia county school directors. ' ' Another resolution requests State Su perintendent Alderman to prepare and present to the legislature of the state, through Representative W. A. flail, a bill providing for payment by the coun ty of the expenses of two members of each school board tin the county while attending directors institutes. State Superintendent Alderman was the leading instructor at the institute, which was the first of its kind held in the county, yet one of the best held in the state. This movement is one of the aggressive policies of newly elected County Superintendent 'J. B. Wllkerson. . t Modern progress in rural school edu cation, was illustrated in the 4 story of K. E. Nlckerson, who came out of the secluded Nehalem valley country to at tend the institute. Nickerson told the meeting that he had . been school di rector for 21 years , without a break, and that as a result he is becoming pro gressive, - - 1 "When our . teacher came to us this winter and suggested that it would be good to serve hot lunches to the chil dren at noon we said 'All right, old girl, you can have what you want, And we equipped her with pots and pans, and she went to work. The children are being taught table manners. The di rectors also visit the school more of en than ever before. I' wish, all the di rectors in the Nehalera valley could be here at .this meeting."" . POLICEMEN ACCUSED OF COLLECTING BRIBES V s. .-.. ry, M. G, FujU and O. N. Kurobaya, two Japanese Interpreters, have filed a, letter with City Auditor Barbur, accusing cer tain members of the police department of being "bribe panderers," who collect from t to 18 a week from each of half a doxen Japanese restaurants in the north end and In return for the money permit the proprietors of these cafes to sell liquor on Sundays. T..e letter men tions one police officer's name, and gives the locations of five of the res taurants referred to, with' the namei of the owners. ' , More than 20.000 men of the warships of the United States Atlantlo fleet contributed- 25 cents each, for a wedding present to Miss Helen Gould in appre ciation of what she has done for the service. . , ,' - . . :.' ; ; Blood on Fruit Trees Keeps Jackrabbits Away t K Sundale Fruit Man Says He Has Remedy at Last , Sundale, Wash., Feb, 4. To the Edi-i tor of The Journal Jackrabbits and cutworms have done considerable dam age to orchards in Klickitat county in past years. , We have learned, we be lieve, how to save our trees from both these pests. By painting the trees with blood the rabbits are kept away. They are herbivorous only and dislike the blood. , Paint your trees from the ground to the forks. Only one and two-year-old trees, as a rule, are attacked. No doubt this treatment will save the trees from the work of ground squirrels also. The blood can be had from the Union Meat company of Portland, or any slaughter house can furnish it, no doubt. Ten gallon cases cost ma $2.85, delivered. 1 Cutworms for several years have been doing great damage by climbing the young trees at the time the first buds swell and eating, out the tender bud. As soon as the weather gets warm they disappear. For two years past a rem edy composed of bran, molasses, sour beer and Paris green has been widely copied, as coming from some experiment station (not in, Oregon). It Is about as efficient as the old remedy for bed bugs. Catch your bug and tickle it un der the chin till it laughs, then shove a spoonful of poison down its throat After a most thorough trial, I have found three dead worms under a tree, and over 40 live ones. I killed all I put In a can with the . mixture, but there was nothing- else in the can. We now use common ' table oilcloth. A piece 4x8 inches is wrapped around the tree a foot from the ground and pasted under the lap. It is too smooth for the "worm to crawl over. Tin works as well, but is very much more expen sive, and more - difficult to apply, and tends to injure the tree. After the dan ger is past the oilcloth should be re moved. .' 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