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THE- OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, - FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH U, 1913.
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The world wilt be to each one
of us very much what we make
it. Samuel Smiles.
EXIT SECRETARY WILSON
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NE of the magazines describes
yaniea Wilson, just retired
from the headship of the ag
ricultural department, as a
very poor and fallible politician, but
at a man with a vision, whose work
lias already covered the continent,
lias tiugai .nit, . nuvit) iiauuu iu
Jieed of agriculture, and has set in
. Wtion the wheels ' of its progress,
I So regarded his place will be
fcard to fill.
J .When he took hold at first of the
yeins of his department, 'now so
. many years ago, he faced the prob-
, Jems of the diminishing production
per acre of corn and wheat, and the
, Invasion by the homesteader of the
great , western cattle ranches which
v liad" so largely contributed to the
Ration's food supply,
i The stream of population was al
ready in full flow from the farm to
the manufacturing city. . The great
' problem of an adequate food supply
yvas already rising in importance.,
j The then new secretary saw two
possibilities before him and his de
partment. ' The one to replenish and
diversify the pod plants of the na
tion. - To this end he organized and
developed into a complete corps the
; able explorers and "botanists, who
. )iave covered the earth in continu
ous research for new and useful
plants for the field, the garden, and
'the orchard. -.
To cure the diminishing produc
tion of';. our lands the secretary of
- agriculture ; became i the apostle of
ihe gospel of better farming. The
Agricultural Colleges and Experi
ment Stations had in him their
Strongest supporter. He encouraged
, every- effort-through his growing
department, to instruct all willing
'Jearners, by bulletins, by lectures of
grained experts, through Farmers'
Institutes, He believed In the ap
plied Science of tlie new farm meth
ods, as malting, farm life, more profitable,-
more , interesting and more
. attractive, -; ' ",'
! Jle" has' had the satisfaction of
Seeing this' great work grow and
prosper, ; gaining -f fresh advocates
front the president of the United
States," and the great railroad presi
dents and financiers to the publish
ers of the agricultural papers which
carried the work into every corner
of the land.
-'..The. work this man and his as
sistants have done has grown too
Wg and diffuse and covers too many
fields to continue under the care
and control of one department. The
necessary rearrangement and re-ordering
Is no easy tank for his suc
cessor, j
The good will and recognition of
the nation that he served so long
will follow Secretary Wilson into the
private life of rest that he has
earned.
THE DUTY OF WOMEN
, VOTERS
AS
A MAN or a woman gains phys
ical strength by exercise of
the body and the limbs. Men
4 tal strength is gained by ex
ercise of tbe mental faculties. A
'free people gain civic strength by a
stndy of government and use of the
franchise, leading through, the suc
cessive steps of the town meeting
Ittd the representative assembly to
full assumption of law-making under
the Initiative and referendum.
No. mistake can be made in urging
both men and women to register
and participate actively in the af
fairs of the city, county, state and
nation. The ballot should bring'
with it a sense. of rospoiiBiblliiy.. It
has just been placed In the hands
of the women of Oregon, and it was
placed there for use.
I No matter what the views of the
individual woman ltofore enfran
chisement, the duty of citizenship
h now completely upon her. Many
of the women did not wIbr to vote,
but their responsibility is 'now the
Same as that of their sisters who
.did desire to vote. It has become
the duty of every woman to register
and to vote, and to study public
questions and candidates, so that
she may, vote intelligently, for the
good of herself and the community.
:" By bo doing she will gain politi
cal strength, juet- as men have
gained it through the ages. By ex
ercise of the franchise she will learn
more and more of the functions of
government, of the abuses that ex
1st,ot the means of correction, she
Is equipped with ; all the weapons
that men possess; tot solving the
common problems of 4he race.
Registration books , will be open
a44opfiM-ose-eityleetrrm4
ho far about 6000 women have
regMewd. ' There are nofr-less than
50,000 women qualified to register
la the rUy of Portland. To register
all would require registration at the
Of course not" all will register
but it is a sign of healthy conditions
when the average voter shows Inter
est In public measures . and , men
The women of Portland should Jus
tify the ballot by registering as
large a number as the men. This
may not' be attaint in a city elec
tion, which is of less compelling in
terest than one of the national
scope, but it is the first test in Ore
gon of the woman voter, and she
should meet the occasion with her
best efforts
Registration is a matter of only
a few minutes. ,The place 4s, the
first floor of the ccurthouse, oh the
Fifth street side, and it is letter to
go now than to go with the increas
ing numbers that wait until the last
days.
A XEW MIKIMOf WAGE BILL '
IT
NDER the provisions of the
minimum wage bill passed by
great majorities In both houses
of the legislature of Washing
ton the responsibility of, determin
ing what the minimum rato of wages
for 'women and minors shall be in
that state Is thrown on , the Public
Welfare Commission created by the
bill. .
The cost of living is required to
be determined by , the commission
after due investigation in each dis
trict as the basis for setting the
rate.
The need for such an Interfer
ence with the free competition for
cheap labor which has prevailed in
the great department stores of Chi
cago is shown in the admission to
the commission there by several em
ployers, that they were alive to the
fact that they were, in some cases,
paying " starvation wages to women
but could not, or dared not, inau
gurate a change unless it were im
posed by law on all.
fiut the shadows of com rug events
brought the principal 'employers in
Chicago" department stores vto the
determination to anticipate legal ac-r
tlon. by making Independent advances
In the wages of women' la their
employ. They announced that, a
proportionate raise of wages to all
classes of female labor in their es
tablishments would have to be made
by them, involving in all large sums, j
Who can say that this last was
not a logical consequence of the
minimum wage: if so the argu
ment that the tendency of tho law
would be to make the minimum the
maximum wage disappears.
The right, and the duty, of the
community to demand living wages
for atl workers and also wholesome!
condiUons .of work, was conceded j
when the original child labor laws, ;
and laws limiting hours of woik for
various classes of workers, were
passed.
Prophecies are made that displace-jer,
ment of women by men in various in-
dustries will follow, the enactment j
of the minimum wage. This will
hardly be if the commissions con
fine themselves to securing an hon
est minimum. That bridge will have
to be crossed, when we come to It.
But the prospect ' does not and
should not weaken the force of the
demand for tha l&WA.haw. being so
generally enacted.
BALKING r PAWNBROKERS
T
HERE '16 no boundary lifie be
tween petty and serious crime.
The sneak thief who watches
the housewife leave her home
and creeps In to steal what mov
ables he can lay hands on Is but a
variation on the typical burglar who
presents himself at the bedside of
the householder, mask on face, re
volver n hand.
Each Is an enemy of the body pol
itic, to be fought' by the. forces of
law and order wlthevery weapon
that modern civilization can devise.
The first need of the thief is a
method of quick disposal of the
stolenr property. At hand in every
city is the second hand salesman
and the pawnbroker. Heedlessly or
of intention these may become ac
complices In crime when they fail
to exercise even extreme caution in
becoming purchasers or repositories
of articles brought to them by un
known or suspected persons.
Those engaged in these businesses
should be, and often are, men of
unquestioned character, who will
range themselves on the side of law
and order throughout the long day
and "in every emergency. But . the
community has the right to require
not only passive acquiescence, but
active support and ready compliance
with every ordinance designed to
make more certain and more easy
the repression and punishment of
crime.
They must cooperate with and
not oppose in-particular the revol
ver law and ordinance recently
passed. Their default in this means
crime made easy.
Hardly less important h that they
supply to the police identification
marks "on the articles they receive
or bu v.
THE iA NAM A-PAC1FIC FAIR
V
STNESS of extent and bril
liance of Illumination will be
two of the characteristics of
the Panama-Pacific fair in
1915. certain to mark it in the mem
ory of the people of the world for
more than a generation to come.
An effect of Immensity wlH,,,l)e
presented in the grounds at Harbor
View, which occupy 625 acres, are
nearly three miles long and one mile
will be the great group of exhibit
palaces, fourteen in number, stretch
ing along the bay for a mile, eight
of them- jjolnd in one Immense rec-
tangle. "To the east of this largest
groupwlirTe " theomeoFtEe'eoh-
cessions, comprising sixty-five acres,
and to the west, mounting the slopes
of the . Presidio hills, will; be . the
buildings of the states and of for
eign. nations, - ,
Unusual attention is being given
to electrical and color effects under
the ; direction of experts who have
made illumination and decoration
upon a vast scale both a science and
an art, The prevailing color tone
will be buff, appearing almost white
at a distance. In the courts the col
ors will be sharpened an4 intensified,
while In the "numerous towers and
gates the prevailing colors will be
blue, gold and yellow.
Nature is preparing a generous
share of adornment, for 'thousands
of trees and shrubs, rare and heaV
tiful, are being selected and culti
vated, ready to be transplanted to
the grounds as soon as the construc
tion work is sufficiently advanced.
The contracts for the main exhibit
buildings caller their completion In
June, 1914.
It has been estimated that not less
than $75,000,000 will be expended
upon the exposition by the opening
day. It will be indisputably the
greatest show the world has ever
seen, produced in large part by the
unapproachable courage and energy
of a city that only seven years ago
lay desolate under the visitation of
earthquake and fire. But the glory
of S
Pad
f San Francisco is the glory of the
Ific coast, and the event to be
celebrated is as significant to one
pot of the coasWs another.
AX INLAND FORT
T
HIRTY-TWO distinct railroad
lines enter Kansas City. Yet
the need of water transporta
tion to provide a sufficiency
of cheap and regular ' raasportation
for the great central division of the
United States has been so severely
felt that the citizens have provided
one and . a quarter million dollars.
for a municipal wharf and w.iiarf
housq at this distincU"riy Inland
city..
. The Kansas City wharf is 5ft feet
wide and 628 feet long. It is built
of concreted timber resting on wood
en piles driven to rock on the river
bottom. The wharf house Is 306
feet long and 40 feet wide, having
a 'structural steel frame covered
with metal lath and plaster. The
navigation company which opened
the transportation has one terminus
at St T.onis. and another ar TCnnana
Gltj, but waterway communication ! mtle precaution. How? simply by set
is continuou. ,.as shown on tho map, ; ting out the fires now, in the month . of
between New York and New Orleans, j March, when the ferns, weeds and
The first barge which opened the I lanln" r.4brV."h nav'n? becom ary.
Kansas City wharf nine months agojfirein readily consume the eombue-
brought a cargo of steel and lronjtlbles without running Into the timber
(products from Pittsburg directly by
water. Another barge was lying
j loaded at the wharf and the steam-
leaving one b'argejU the wharf
house, proceeded at Tace with the
loaded barge on her return trip
?v 4 i
uaigcB ait- di biwi, vary irum j
231 feet to 136 in length, andiln within the next 30 days all they j
carrv from 225 tons to UWnia fnr nw(1 l burn th,e
carry iiom zzo tons to loo toi.s for
eacn immersed root. i
The renewed asritation for rncon-
structlon and development of the '
waterways of the centra; region of
the United States is the logical, re
sult of a crying need for increased
transportation faclities. This de
mand no doubt bad for one of its
causes the effect of chea Water
transportation on reducing railroad
freight rates. But outride of that
it had been proved that existing
railroads are physically unable ef
ficiently to transport all the com
merce of the country.
The equipments the Kansas City i
wharf is modern in all resnectS. i
The traveling hoist has-a lifting
capacity of two tons. It can pick.
up a load of two tons, lift It from
the barge, turn, deposit it tho
door of the wharf house, .urn again
and be in readiness for the . next j
lift, all withla sixty seconds! ltl
Is stated that a 3000 ton cargo I
could be handled with a single hoist
In from twenty-five to thirty hours
i , 1
MnrrriuTo enr it
SOCIALISTS SPLIT -
HE fissure among the Socialists
of the United States is rapidly)
becoming a matter of national '
mt.nrt.ance. Thn rflvU.l Z 1
mportance.
v....u,uS
between the Socialist party of a
state, in which the collective own
ership of public utilities and of
many industries is a cardinal prin
ciple, and the radical Socialists, af
filiated more or less closely with the
1. W. V.. is growing in definiteness.
One advantage is that each of the
mutually repeuent ooaies . is eom-
pelled to make clear what it holds
to be the cardinal principles of Its
political faith.
The battle was fought out to a
finish a day or two agcTttho con
vention held at Tacoma of the So
cialists of'the state of Washington,
when, after the action on the floor
of the convention the conservatives
numbering, it is said, 3100 or more
of the 6700 dues-paying members,
effected a new organization, to be
known as "the Socialist party of the
state of Washington, ?
The declaration of the radical
chairman of the meeting heralded
the division. He shputed, "I am a
Socialist. I believe In economic rev
olution. I do not know If it will
come today or 'whether It will not
come for years yet. But I,Millard
Price, will break 'every lawi on the
statute .books to b'rlnfe li 'abOut."
"The true Socialist," said another
radical speaker, "wllP'only obey as
many laws as .will , be sufficient to
keep him out of jail. '
tween the doctrines of these men
and, thoBcr of the I. W. W, de
clared by Haywond, thpse ofrhe
Sabotage wing of the French Social-
Is(g, and those of the "direct action
TSoclattstS-ih EnglaaCirisrHardrto
See it. v- :' v.;
Revolution through destruction is
their motto. The Conservative wing f
held for th.-peaceful absorption of
industries and utilities by the state
in order to secure what they con
ceive to be a more just distribution
of their' benefits than the- present
social order provides.
Much water will have to flow
under the bridge, before tlie violent
Socialists can hope to secure .control
of the Socialist party Since, at every
public" trial of strength in America
or,in England;- they have been leNtt
in small minorities. The sober
thought of both countries disclaims.
and will certainly, suppress, violence
as either a . preparation for or an
agent in attempted change ;
"Not so much an aroused public
conscience as an open public eye is
needed to secure efficient city gov
erntnent," said Dr. W. II. Allen dur
ing one of his recent addresses tn
Portland. He hit the nail on the
head. . When the citizens ; become
thpfoushly Informed about the city's
affairs, inefficient government ends.
Letters Frqm the People
(ComaniBtcatioM mm to Tke Toornal for
publication la tbla department tbould bo writ
ten on only one ilito of Ibe paper, tbould not
eicved. Suu worda la leuftb and matt bt.te
rompatiod k. too aamo and tddroM Of tbe
tender. If tht writer doet not detlr to bar
tb name iiublltbed, kt tbould to tl.to.)
Burn Slashings Now. 4 '
Tacoroa, Wash, Marco U.To the
Editor of lrhe Journal Every fire
makes a wpoke. When we get 20,000
fires going In the dry season of; the
year and many of them running beyond
control Into the woods, extending ovef.
large areas, we have a bad condition.
Then, In addition to. immense destrucr
tlon of valuable timber, we have the
whole atmosphere of western Washing
ton and western Oregon choKTng full of
smoke and utterly destroying for long
periods of time the visions of beautiful
scenery that abound thrdlighout and
distinguish these regions of lofty, snow
capped peaks, rugged mountain ranges,
eea, lakes, rivers, and the general- land
scape, -
It Is because of the great scenic
beauty of the Pacific northwest, as well
as on account f our Incomparable
sunny plimate of spring, autumn and
cool summer, that we so pressingly in
vite 'the tourlste to these enjoyments
with us; and, as we do In fact send out
such Invitations year after year, un
failingly, It therefore become our duty
and ' profound interest to see that our
visitor be not disappointed. 'A
inn can ue accomplished with great
and without destroying the humus in
the soil or otherwise Injuring it as by
the fierce heat that "Is developed from
such fires in the hot season.
Therefore the word should go out in
tho most 'impressive way to all ranch
ers and owners of lotaed-off lands, en-
juiiiini uyvu itiriii me jiiiimj iuuce ui
. . i . . l. .. . .
striking their matches now and. burn-!
nnsnor that this subwt honifi h
fniinwed un in hi cninmnn nnA th I
Practice of burning in March and the
rore part or April wnenever possible be
urgently and frequently enjoined upon
the ranchers. Burn now, before dan
gerous weather conditions arrive, and
thus at once save the timber and leave
the atmosphere clear of smoke in the
summer months for the tourista to' en
Joy the scenery. Slash all you want to
in the summer, but be careful to let it
lay over without touching the match
to It until the following March, when it
may he burned clean as a whistle with
out damaae to standing treea or aoil
and without hiding the scenery from
! view when the world wants to see It,
! I."1 ...... .. ,..!., ii'li.. nrtmAa V. t v. era .5 1. 1
,or flr PVprv r.m.ner and r-ubiteitv
that broduces dollars for him. and
though aufh dollars may actually reacn
him through much Indirection and de
lay, yet they as surely do reach him as
the mm shines and as water seeks the
level. S FRANK C. ROSS.
Milk Distribution.
Portland. March 13.-To the Editor of
1 f I. r 1 Th a . .An Trtti.nal ..Ittn.
,n,wcrc some unlocked for statements
In regard to the waste and Inefficiency
'n the milk business. As late as Juae
2, The Journal had no earthly use
fnr anything that in the least savored
f monopoiyf eVen when in the form
and economy.
Then would appear to be only two
ways "naei ownersmp 10 ss-
tpmatl th. l" of mllkr-elther
o form a sinaie concern to Droauce tne
milk and distribute it, or to organise a
distributing agency, deterrklne the
amount of trade to he apportioned to
every member, and then to turn over
to the agency rtU milk for distribution
through the whole territory concerned.
In what fundamental way would either
of these plans differ from what is
termed a "trust?" How Kbout-oonaplr-acy
in restraint of trade." the good old
Sherman anti-trust law; Woodrow WIW
s0" fi" . T mmine8S man 8 -cni"
w ea t vj j'ai.i
Does our pnst experience with such
buslneds organizations lead us to believe
Hint the consumers would benefit
.through thin more efficient manage
ment? if the dairymen form any such
a combine they will do no for the profit
of the dairymen.
In The Journal of March 10 Horace
Addis suggests that the city buy and
distribute the milk. It would be diffi
cult to find a better method, unless It
were for the city to alio operate the
dairies.
Of course, many will Insist tmit'the
people through their government could
not supply 'themselves with milk. We
can maintain a 'splendid water system,
but according to such critics we would
prove helplessly incompetent If we trjed
anythlnfir'elsc.- Realizing little of the
change that the present has wrought
from the bast Such people accept sur
rounding conditions as a matter of
course and vigorously oppose anything
new. To them the world Is now finished,
and If their word were law it certainly
would be.,- "fjet the people own the
trusts." - , W, M. -
The War on White Slavery.
La Grande, Or... March" it. if l3.r-To
$ie Editor of Tho Journal -One great
is president of the-United States, but
we are Just getting ready to fight an.
other -great battle against one of the
Bultlf st. evils of modern times-i-white
slavery" Hundreds of young, innocent
girls annually leave ChrlHtlan. homes in
:t
PERTINENT-tCOMMENT-AND fJEVS IN BRIEF
S31ALL CHANGE
' And then it snowed t
I'm tired of work; I wanta pension,
.... o . .
Politics Is the fascinating curse of
i;i vuiiaiiun,
.-e .
What's the use of a man votlngif
uv m married r
After all, maybe a tar Jen' is as Im
portant as a game..
A rich -man drawing a pension is not,
"oyer was, a patriot.. .
Apparently Lister li i Democrat,
with both, a big and a amall D.
o
upportunity dances in. smiling and
urignt, rrom every direction.
There's only one better thing than a
oamion; mat is, another salmon.
Findina a riirn for mnmimnllnn ( n
far fljner feat than finding, an Arctic
The Whole Clvilizert wnrhl hnnaa
Sarah Bernhardt 1 not serious! v in.
jured. ,
v
Now the foot . riArrtnfrata ' nr nln
to make . living costless; save your
money. . .- . - .
'..! ..." '5
A young fellow of 20 or so who be
comes district attorney immediately
ru for judge. . .
After all. wouldn't It be nicer for an
Ideriy man to be Taft ttvn Wilson
especially if he la stuck on golf?
Now is the tlma to "monkev" with
the soil; It Invitee Labor, and Labor
in every case somehow Involves Love.
Look at Washlnrtnn Htate T,1ahn
Illinois, and Others, anil bo : thank.
ful that you' live in Oregon, and
that tba legislature la dead. ,
. .-as ... ' '
A lot of fool people, with little tinfoil
weapons, are trying to change human
nature. In his own good time, maybe
the Master Worker will do that.
0 0
It takes 17 nights, two hours each,
listening to soapbox orators, to glean
the smallest grain of an idea, or the
faintest glimmering of common sense.
It isn't worth while, . . ,
NEW YORK
By Herbert Corey.
Here Is a little mees of mental arith
metic. '
It one whisker is dear to its owner,
how dear are two whiskers? '
Take the case of William Cox Ked
field. He is now secretary of the de
partment f cflhimevee and labor, . He"
was one of Brooklyn's most important
manufacturers. He elected himself to
congress in a year when the Democratic
leaders gave a deal of time and thought
to arranging matters so they would be
permanently rid of him. He is a fine,
well-meaning, upstanding man in every
Lrelation of life except that he .clings
to a divided, or twin, whisker that from
any angle -looks like an arboreal .mis
take. To be more precise, the whiskers
cling to him, Those who aee those un
dergrowthy patches for the flrat time
are irresistibly reminded of a bleak
promontory on which, half way up the
height, cllnglnf vines have made an
'eyrie for the eagles. They half expect
to see the eagles,
Redfleld can't plead ignorance of the
public hostility, cither. Two or three
years ago he visited Japan to make cer
tain Inquiries Into, the tariff question
and however badly his taste In wh.li
hers is misplaced he is a shark on the
to riff an.. in, ft tti. tntanlnr nhr
tne natives an wear ineir racoa noai.
At first they thought He waa a victim
of ,n cc,dnt- nd thy wr) al1 "ym
th unA ,oUcItuae. And then
they began to suspect that there ha.l
been an act of Providence and kind
of veered away, fearing that another
act might be hovering around. And St
Hat it drilled through the native Japa
nese brain-case that those whiskers
were deliberate and voluntary that ne
could expunge them ifho chose that
he had braxenly chosen to flaunt those
rippling filaments before high heaven.
So, naturally, they began to throw
rocks at htm. It waa several days be
fore Redfleld got out of the hotel as
the palpitating core'of a hunk of under
sized Japanese soldiers. But he didn't
furl his oriflamtne. As the squivJ
moved away there was William Coi
Redfleld, pale and erect, head ana
houl.lere above his escort. And the
Japanese sun sparkled- upon .those
patches of untamed moss, and the ten
der Nippon breezes sighed through them
as though In benediction, .
We're all Interested In tht promised
engagement of Lady Constance Rich
ardson as a top-liner in vaudeville; not
so much because she la one of the
sisterhood of spllntertoe dancers as be
cause ho is the niece of a duke. But
how about Lord Constance Richardson?
I)oen't he ever ahow?
The newspaper files are not precise
ly bulging with Information about Lord
Constance. One learns that his wife de
votei herself to him for two day a
week, which would seem, to be aplenty,
and that he "never attends the enter
tainments at which she dances. On
other occasions he follows her about,
"wearing a worried look," according to
the chroniclers. And there Is need for
it. There was one occasion when Lady
Constance was a guest at a dinner
party. And some thoughless person re
gretted that he could not see Lady Con
stance's well knowiu barefoot art ex
emplified. Whereupon Lady Constance
called for the piano player, and rising
from her seat took off what gown she
had on. thus appearing in a scanty pet
ticoat, with ntnet thlngs.iand danced.1
Lord -Constance should worry,
No doubt" she's been a hit. though, as
ahe has nere . taken ' off her Utle.
Otherwise she might find Broadway a
bit bored. When she fir.it appeared fh
the country and small towns to taek
I employment in our larger cities, only
i uo wuuwfu up in win maelstrom
of degradation and Vice, to live lives
that are worse than death Itself, Think
of the heartbroken mothers, fathers and
friends of these unfortunate girls. The
day has passed for proving the exist
ence of a, traffic In glrla for Immoral
purposes. It ' has ' been demonstrated
beyond a doubt. All the world has been
convinced of the truth of this terrible
statement. It Is estimated that 16,000
foreign girls and 15,000 native born, are
the victims every year in the United'
States and Canada. - This, has reached
the ear of the world and aroused the
indignation or terror of all who have
hearts to feet, and multitudes are ask
Ing, "what can be done to suppress the
cruel business, punish the 'heartless
traffickers and rescue their victims?"
JERlCOi
Protects Young tfrult Trees.
Denio, Or., March 8. To the Editor
of The Journal--I have seen in the pa
pers inquiries by farmers who want to
knoW what Is good to keep rabbits from
aung.. tne oara . on trees, ; ana l am
vill i kuep
then) off, also -porcupines. If put all over
the. big limbs'.. Take ; fresh liver ' of Lot big one in yourself. " ,
sheep, hog r beef and rub the tree weltf -
witn it ; in tne jan, or whenever; the
rabhlt are bad. Rub It again about
a mouth afterwards -A READER.
' OREGON SIDELIGHTS ,
The experiment of opening the city
library, of Hood Riyef everyday through
the months of January and February
was "iick a success that the board has
uoi-iueu to continue it ludefinitely. , .
" 'i '!.- - - - v -i:
Independence Monitor:.' Nelson and
Henkle and the Masonic -lodge started
laying--brick on thetr new, building the
first of the week. Work will be rushed
on both buildings aa fast as possible. -"
' ',:'. : ;. o. .. ..,(..,'.,;
; Hermlaton Herald: While consolida
tion of various business enterprises has
been going on In this city, the latest is
nothing less than the Joining forces by
the Episcopal guild: and Methodist aid.
As a result of this movement Hermiston
Is to have a new minister.
Nehalem Enterprise: 3"he announce
ment that lumber la already ; being
sawed at the Wheeler mill for the new
plant la another sure ign ofprogress
for the Nehalem valley. The plant will
be about 160,000 daily capacity and
strictly modern in every Nepeet,--
Condon Glober The play,; "Blundering
Billy,", presented by . the high achooi
studenta, was very successful as en
entertainment and also In i financial
way. The proceeds were $102.10, enough
to finish paying for the piano and to
purchase new books for the library, v
Lebanon Express:' The business men
of Lebanon all seem to ba of tlie aainn
opinion that we aliould get our, com
mercial club , going again .With the
prospects of a new railroad into Leba
non soon and certain other enterprises
demanding the attention of the citizen
it, is high time something be done,
Burns Times Heraldr Game Warden
Mace and Mr. Hibbard have liberated
the China uheasants shipped In last
summer at the reuuest of the Rod and
Gun club. The birds have been kept In
captivity during the winter. There were
four dozen blrjris stilpped in and so far
but two haveybeen lot.
, T .0 ...iA
CoauUle Vallev Sentinel: Negotiations
for the purchase of a 10 acre tract of
land for park purposes have been con
summated and it la now certain Coaullle
will have a public playground.. It la the
purpose of the purchasers to hold the
property until the city is financially
able to take It over, and. tn the mean
time to give rree use or tne grounds to
the public. "
DAY BY DAY
this city and in very little else we
were not used to the stockinglees state
of art. Also aristocrats might be used
to -seeing other aristocrats in. artistic
disarray, but we proletarians fell for It
tn heaps. , Since then we're-perfectly
hardened. Not long ago a musical Show
turned out a long line of barefoot
chorus girts each as brawny at a piano
rticA-er and Broadway yawned in their
very calves.
Will no one have pity on the gun
toting population of our fair city and
tell them that the Chinee may be
heathen but that he Is marked "dan
gerous handle with great care?" The
other day two young men tried a lot
of new rules In a chop auey .laboratory
on Pell street. An hpur or so later n
policeman put his foot on one of them
te held him down and pulled out a
foot and a half f carving knife that
was sticking between tbe gunman's
fifth rib and hhr medulla- oblongata,
The other young daredevil had a bullet
through his brain. And the meek, kind
ly, bland Chinese wanted te cry be
cause a fifteen-cent cup had been
broken.
That sort of thing is happening ail
the time. Not a week goes , by that
some smart alack doesn't try to alter
the formula of some Chinese dish.
Hours afterward, his friends pick up
that ardent young man, and, by scrap'
lng off enough chicken and rice, are
able to recognize him as a practically
human being. Usually the smart, aleclt
Is ao sure the Chink won't fight that ha
doesn't take along more than four or
five huskies. Even then tho imported
article is more likely to win than not.
If he wins he doesn't quit fighting until
he has collected damages for every
broken dish.
But the amateur bad man will go
nacic to this sport the next time he
feelg frisky though It Is to be noted
that the same man never goca back to
the same Chinaman. .
Bide Dudley got back from a vacation
trip at sea not long ago. He says that
one of his fellow pasnenger on tlw
steamer was a young Englishman who
attracted attention by wearing more
clothes than were really good for him
"Every now and then," said Mr. Dud
ley, "he would pop below and get him
a new set of scenes."
The young Englishman was especial
ly strong on canes. He haj a couple of
doien of every size and shape and color
and crook. He was very particular
about them, too. Not for worlds would
he wear a cane that did not harmonlza
with his suit, or that was bent at the
wrong angle for his hour or errand.
"It came on to, blow." said Mr. Dud
ley. - "Horrible storm. Ship pitched
frightfully.., In the midst of it I ran
across the young Englishman, in a
brown study.
, " i say, oldjchap he said. 'Help
me out, will yotPnow? l can't make up
my mind which cane I'll wear this af
ternoon. "'What difference does It make?'
,u '). "Id in J'oung Englishman,
'but Im very particular, you know
and I fel that this afternoon I'm ro-Ing-
to be slok.'"
Always In Good Humor
GETTING HIM PLACED.
From the Washington Star
"What is that man's politlc7f . "jre
used to be a Republican. Now
he'-a-llfe-long-.Iemocrat, -bttt-fter
somebody else Is appointed postmaster
for his town I guess he ll be a Republi
can again," f
IGNORING FATHER. " ?
A school teacher recently received thu
following note from the mother of one
of her pupils: ' "V'',' .y "-' " "
"Dear Mis. You writ me about whip
pin Bammy; I glv you permission to
beet him up eny time he won't lern his
lesson. He is Just like his father an
you hev to beet him with a club to iern
him anything. Pound nollege into him
Don't pay no atention t what lilg fath
er says. I will handel him.'4
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Pointed Paragraphs
Should an original Idea strike some
men it would give them headache
o ; .
Some automobile owners are hard
pressed to keep the wolf from the ga
rage. ' : v
.'. .:; " i';.v:-' ' :.
Before making up your mind be sure
that you have the right kind of materia
in stock. , , -
,'Thougii a man with money be a bad
egg, people seldom take offense until
he is broke. ' . .
Vv..,'-'.': 'i..;. -,'.'- .ii '
..Irfwklngioy-.lltlla ii fanlta , In iiewi.
neignbors enables you to overlook a lot
Don't be too economical, , Manv a: -man
has tried to kill two birds with ono
stone, and both birds gut away,
Where rfonoris involved
. From the New York World. -
A duty of pressing. Importance con
fronting -President ; Wilson and .Secrej.
iary .Bryan is the appointment Of an am
bassador to Mexico.- The resignation of
Henry Lane Wlla'on, now at that post,
is already In their bands. Conditions
existing south pf the Rio"'Grandc," as
well as our ambassador's unfortunate
relations, therewith,'' prlsent many pow
rfur reasons' why - his term of service
should be summarily ended. V t ' '
We should have in the City of kexlc i
an American of high character who win
represent the people of the United
States and lntornret tn h hattnn in
which he is accredited the friendly and
peaceable sentiments of our peoplr.
There is reason to believe that Ambas
sador Wilson. has. Pot been such a rep
resentattve. " If he has not been an ac
tive partisan of Was and Huerta, whd
recently overthrew constitutional gov
ernment in that country, appearances
have been, strangely against him. if
he has not aided them he certainly ha
sympathized with them. f v
The-accusations lodged against Am
bassador Wilaon In Mexico are circum
stantial and in many respects they are
corroborated. It is known that he wn
not on friendly terms with the late
President Madero, which was his first
great error. A brief review of the: tragW'
events of the past month, summarized '
from the special and regular dispatches
from the City of Mexico and Washing
ton appearing from iday to day in the
World, ahowa that this ill .will had a
perfectly obvious bearing upon the con
duct of the man who harbored it. Noth
ing but the Censorshin mnA th tnrrnr.
ism could have atlled complaint against
me. American ambassador for so many
days, i
.February 9 lat the' army revolted
nd besieged Madero in the national
palace; It ig charged that Ambassador
Wilson was informed of this movement
in advance. . ': "; ; .
February 11 Ambassador Wilson re
ported that neither the government nor
the revolutionists could give protection,
to foreign interests, which of course'
was a reflection upon the government,
February 14 ,, Ambassador Wilaon
asked the state department If John Bar
rett. who had inAnraeA wnM v
gestlon of arbitration, could not be "re.
siramea in nia mischievous activity."
February IS Ambassador Wilson and:
two others called upon Madero and
"practically demanded" his resignation.
Madero' s reply was that he would dls
but not resign. '
February 18 Madero was deserted by
his own guards In the palace and made
a prisoner. General Huerta was pro
claimed provisional president- "A great
feeling of relief" was reported-in Wash '
lngton.
February 19 Gustavo Madero, th
president's brother, was murdered by
conference with Huerta, whose explana
tlon was accepted.
February 20 it was announced from
Washington, as If to safeguard Bomc-
Muuy nine, litai niMimBmtuui vvii"tfn vao
not acting under speelfto instructions.
- Fehruarv 93 President Madero and
Vice President Suares were murdered
by their guards.
February 24 Ambassador Wilson is
sued a statement cordially accepting the
new government's explanation of the
tragedy.
February 25 the administration at
Washington was reported as hopeful
that Huerta would restore order b?
"Iron hand methods."
aald to favor prompt recognition of
Huerta by our government. , , '
February 27 President Taft's. refusal
to recognize Huerta- was described as a,
disappointment to Ambassador Wilson,
"whose friendship for the new govern
ment is most gratifying to Huerta."
We have here an unbroken record of
American sympathy with. If not ap
proval of, on of the most savage as
saults upon free government ever made
The "iron hand" had treacherously slain
the lawful president and vice president,
It had strewn the streets of the capital
with the bodies of thousands of dead
and wounded noncombatanM. It had
threatened the. peace Of a hemisphere.
Yet our ambassador and some of his
superiors at Washington were "re
lieved" when it triumphed, had no word
of condemnation for Its methods, eager,
ly accepted the false explanations that
were offered in it name and. In the am
bassador's caae( made haste to talk of
recognizing the red-handed usurpers'
who were "gratified by his friendship."
What, If anything; did they know of
preparation for these bloody events be-.
tore they iook piace .' .
President Wilson and Secretary Bryan
must see that it Is not only American
lives and estates that are Involved in,-r
this situation. There is also American ,
honor. . . . , .
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ways give his, Tricnds the same brand
of advice that he uses in his own busi
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