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THE OREGON DAILY . JOURNAL PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 17, 1911
THE JOURNAL
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DAYLIGHT GOVM&MKST
UNDER1 th new commission
charter we would have, a short
ballot. . ' ' :
We need It. Our present gov
ernment under cover begins with the
confusion of a ballot on, which there
ia an army of candidates.
There Is always such a. motley
crew of candidates that" voters are
confounded. They havent thus to
adequately investigate all- They
take chances In voting, and often
. elect an .unfit.
It isn't the fault of the primary.
It is the fault of the system which
multiplies the elective offices and
makes every election a day of con
fusion and bewilderment.
There are bo many candidates that
the voter Is befogged and bedeviled.
The complexity reduces the effi
ciency of the voter, - lie goes at his
task of electing officials very muca
in the dark. It is government, by
'uncertainty, It- is government, of
doubt. It is igovernment by chance.
It is government by' mystification.
i No olective machinery in which so
many officials are to be chosen can
guarantee selection of the best men
The direct primary is the best plan
yet devised, but it is , put under
enormous strain by the multiplicity
fot elective offices. The outcome is
necessarily - the confusing and dfe
tractlng order that gives us in Port
land "a government abemji which we
knowln6thing andabouk which we
can find, out nothing.'.- ,
i The new commission charterpro
(vides for. theIeCtIonf 'six-officials,
a mayor, - four-commissioners ana
nhe auditor. The terms of the com'
' mlssioners are to so alternate that
the ; ballot would be still further
J1, shortened. . r
y It would be a system that would
put every candidate. In the limelight
It would fee a fit beginning of a gov-
, eminent of publicity5 and responsl
i bility. The .candidates would be .so
'L'few that every, voter in. Portland
could easily know all of them.
f Nothing would - be -in the dark.
The election' itself would be wide
"'onen. Nothing would be under
ftover. Nothing , would be by in
trigue.
7 ' .We would have daylight .elections.
We would have daylight govern
ment. We would have daylight. In
stead of darkness, through all our
public affairs.
." The new charter has many virtues.-'
It has few that could exceed
in results the great service It would
render in. simplifying,- expediting
and perfecting our elections. 1
agriculture has been as successful asjeare of the tecttr. the throat, the'; They become a constant and effect-.
iii Germany. . The needs of tne eyes, to eating wpaiesomeiy, auu w,! Wmi.w iuo i'""""8"1 v
farmer for obtaining credit, for pro
curing farm equipment, and for dis
posing of his produce on the besi
terms, have been fully met.
The underlying principle has not
yet . been accepted. In the United
States except In an experimental
form. This may be stated In a few
words. Mortgage loans the land
owner secures from the land mort
gage banks, of which the Credit
Fonder In France is. the most con
spicuous European example. Terms
are long, ranging from twenty-years
upwards, interest Is very low, and
the sinking fund, by small annual
payments added to the Interest, ex
tinguishes the debt within the term
of the loan. ' - V
Money needed by the farmer for
improvements on the farm, for new
implements, and for increased stock,
or for improved farm industries, is
obtained through the cooperative
Raf feisen banks '-locally, constituted
by the farmers themselves, and man
aged by them. Collective credit is
provided through' the agency of tho
bank; and distributed by It to the
cooperating farmers requiring ad
vances. .
keeping themselves clean. The out
side of the . platter , is thus kept
clean to keep the inside also clem
an easier task.
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SEVENTEEN THOUSAND
s
POLITICAL POLICEMEN
ARE Portland policemen fight
lng the commission charter?
h They have been assured by
competent authority that they
. are as strongly entrenched in civil
service under the proposed as under
the present charter. .
By reading the text of the new
charter, they can discover for them
selves that their positions are aa
- safe or safer under the commission
fcharter than they are now
Their - present alleged activity
I against the commission charter and
fin behalf of candidates, is a flag
I rant violation of civil service regu
X latlons, and one that is strongly ro-
J sented by many of those who re
1 slsted-4he proposed overthrown
E VENTEEN thousand persons,
elbowing, jostling,: Jamming
and crowding one another to
gain entrance to the stadium
Is . the latest Portland eventuatlon
as to baseball. It Is declared to
have been an event without paral
lel or precedent on the Pacific coast.
It Is the product of the gradual
evolution of baseball from the crude
game 1 of, years agd,nto the fine
finesse of the highly technical con
test of the present. Today, it is a
game of wits and ' psychology as
much as of strong arms and swift
legs.
Real baseball was first played on
Hobpken field by New York clubs
in 1845. Before that, a game very
similar had been played in upper
Canada. '. V-:
The first baseball convention was
held in 1867, and in 1858, the firBt
national baseball association was
organized. It was in that year, and
at Flushing, Long Island, that the
first games were played between or
ganized clubs under an authorized
code of baseball rules. . The regu
lation ball then was lOVi inches In
circumference. The bat was of un
limited length, and the delivery of
the ball had to be by an under
hnd pitch, . , ,
' All games were played - on free
grounds until 1863, when, in Brook
lyn, New York, the Capitdline club
charged admission which went to
the proprietor, thus laying the foun
datlon of future . professional ball
The- first great national team was
the "Red Stockings of Cincinnati,"
known in its time to. almost every
boy in America, The members were
the first -salaried players, and in
their t o u r through the country
swept everything before them. They
played through the season of 1869
and up to June 1870 without losing
a single game. .
.The present league of organized
ball was formed In 1875, and the
rival American league In 1890. The
first curved delivery by a pitcher
was by Arthur Cummlngs of the E-
celBior Junior nine In 1866.
The receipts of the national
championship series In "1912 totaled
M90.833.
Nothing Is more significant of
the standing of the game Jn popular
affection than the vast assemblage
in the Portland ball park Tuesday.
It Is attestation of popular favor
largely due to the known fact that
the game is on the square, a feat
ure - that constitutes its greatest
glory. . , , ,-
TFTV-TJIREE
S'
O FAR, fifty-three candidates
are in the -scramble for nomi
nations fpr city office In the
prlmaryi Until tonight, the
privilege of filing nominations is
still open, and nobody knows what
the day may bring forth.
But fifty-three for sure, is the
number of candidates, Portlanders
are asked to look over and pasB
upon for office. Fifty-three, count
em, ask to have their qualifications,
their records and their probabilities
scrutinized by every Portland voter.
Fifty-three, think of 'em, are groomed
and galted, are exploiting their plat
forms and are clamoring for votes,
with the expectation that busy peo
ple will be able to go through, tho
list and winnow the chaff from the
grain,, sift the fits Jrom the unfits;
There could be no absurdity more
monumental. It Is nonsense to con
tinue a Bystem that harbors such a
galloping, Jielter skelter mob of can
dldates. It is a crime to throw
such, a strain upon election machln
ery and project so crazy a task be
fore voters. It isn't the fault of tho
direct primary, but the fault of a
charter that calls upon the people to
elect officials by hordes.
The scramble opens the door of
opportunity to the unfits. It is in
the confusion that the incompetents
slip into office. The stampede of
the job hunters gives the undesir
able his chance to. land in public
place. .
It is government by random. It
Is one way in which the public ser
vice comes to be loaded down with
inefficiency. It is one process that
helps to squander the tax money.
It is the' initial step in Portland's
present system of government about
which the Citizen knows nothing and
can find out nothing.
It Portland adopts the new com
mission charter there will bo no
more biennial city election menager
les. Elections will cease to be a
grand parade of the unfits. Prl
raaries will jio more.be the grand
march of the Incompetent. The se
lection of those we are to put In
charge of our public business will
no longer be a wild stampede of tho
office hungry, but a qulet dignified
choice of a few men, all "brought
about in dignified fashion.
It will be government by intelli
gence. '-:--r :
citizen, and inspire the growing gen
eratlon. This state-wide practice is
due to a law fathered by ex-Repre
sentative C. W. Steen. of Umatilla
county when a member of the legis
lature.
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CUANGB
AVw. tfcar ha florid a unit tftml-
does throughout the Middle 'est
are passing into history, it may not
be too harsh to renrStfcf that-It is
better; to be "broke and barefoot"
In Oregon than a millionaire ph the
other side of the Rockies.
Two pigs under a gate are a bit
more comfortable than seventeen
thousand people struggling to get
through a baseball" park entrance
just about wide enough for a side
show at a cOyntry fair.
. Socrates drank hemlock; but he
was. never "yanked" In -the first in
ning with the visitors three runs .to
the good. '
Letters From the People
(Communication ml ' to Tba Jobmal for
publication Id thU department abould ba writ,
tea on only on aid of tba paper, abould not
xcewt 8o worda ia Icncth aad mint ba a p.
eompanled by tba nam sod addraaa of tba
aanoer. It tba write dot not dealrt to bar
tba uama publUhed, be abould o Atata.)
WAR IN THE EAST STOPS
I
; civil service in the special election
! last November.
J Jf the policemen are going to try
I to run the politics of Portland who
is going to perform the usual duties
of the policemen?
I If the policemen are going to run
7 politics in violation of civil ser
'vice, what is the further use -of
civil service?
. It will be wise for the pollee to
forswear politics,' and&e jolicemen
It will also be prudent. !' i
'. GERJL!f FARSf ' CREDITS
T
HE report Issued by the British
Board of Agriculture, on farm
loans and credits in Germany,
is just published., s , '
It says that the aim of a cooper
ative loan bank in practically every
parish in the whole empire has been
reached, "There are in Germany 17.-
000 agricultural cooperative banka
with a total membership of over 1;
300,000;. n-v.-
In 1910 the turnover of 14,729 af
- Buch banks reached 11,27,3,344,000
-In the sixteen years, 18.95 to 1910
only nineteen , rural credit , societies
became" bafikrupt, 'tY 4rM
tain loans sn mortgage-at low. rate-j
from a variety of special institutions
lor.1 mortgage credit.; The total of
such loans is now estimated ot two
billion dollars. ....
There is no cnuntry, Recording to
' m r, Cttli ni.'w liorrorRafclxtMl effort ft
i i omoiUii iL.Ctouomic interests of
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
T
HE physical education made
obligatory in the appropriate
department of the College of
the City off New York is ef
fecting wonderful results. ;
The theory, according to the ar
ticle in the American Magazine, (s
that the "City does not care to ex
pend Its funds in educating thOse
who are not inclined to care for
themselves that health Is an asset
to the state."
. . All students are compelled to
subnet to health examinations, and
to accept sucn treatment as is pre
scribed. Consequently in a recent
year, 1300 cases of decayed teeth,
575 cases of defective sight, 225 of
enlarged tonsils, 82 of trachoma, 75
of heart disease, and others lees
common, were treated. '
Directions of the physical director
must be followed out, and the
courses ordered are given the same
credits In the ', curriculum as his
tory or mathematics.
Class work in the gymnasium be
gins with the third .year, at- least
once a week. ' Physical exercise Is
combined in the course with lec
tures and oral teaching. "At least
once , a week a warm shower bath,
followed by a dip in the great swim
ming tank, is ordered; ' Every boy
is required to havs learned to swim
in the preparatory department be
fore .entering college. Last year
compulsory swims, -numbered 37,
816, but voluntary swims 99,384.
Six years ago this athletic work be
gan. Dr. Storey says thatnow, at
the beginning of the fall term an
increasing number of i students pre-
f semr-thfrnBetver-w-1 1 h-Trantrarned
shoulders and limbs. Bathing and
washing are; now invariable sequels
j ' . I . ..LI . f . , . . -
to an ainieiic exercises in tne col
lege. .-'v ' : '
: So it. Is coming alioufthat'tlips'l
young men lake naturally; to sleep
ing"" with widroppTi"-wini(wtr-rrf
abundant cold bathing, j(o lakln3
T IS good news that Turkey and
Bulgaria have arranged another
armistice, as reported both from
Sofia and Vienna. This' means
that 'the new, border line from the
Aegean to the Black sea proposed
by the powers is acceptable to both
belligerents.
The boundaries of the new Al
bania on the north anjl east ar
ranged by the powers would leave
Montenegro, as to Scutari, and
Greece as to the Aegean islands,
and ,the Greco-Albanlan frontier to
be yet settled in conference.
If Essad Pasha at Scutari has
been ordered to stop fighting, aa
also reported, the deduction is that
Montenegro has been comforted for
the failure of the great siege by
some money consolation and by
some territory, formerly Turklsn,
towards the Albanian coast. -
If the powers have done so much
to arrange a settlement it Is to be
hoped that they will not relax their
efforts to have the new peace kept
after the Turks have stopped fight
ing. Disinterested friends will have
plenty to do to keep Bulgaria and
Greece from fighting it out for
ownership of Salonika and some of.
the islands.
As to the indemnity the allies
want from Turkey, to get anything
substantial from that bankrupt na
tion is. out of the question; How
would it do for the allies to accept
Turkish rights over Palestine In
place of money. Then they could
sell the Holy Land to the Jews the
worM over,' who could get up a
Jewish republic under guarantee of
4igrpetual neutrality by the great
powers. , The Jews are rich enough
to buy It without feejlng the spend
ing of the .money, and Zionism
would become a ruling policy of the
ancient, but how renovated nation.
Indian Allottee's Complaint.
Warm Springs, Or., April 14. To the
Editor of Th Journal. I am an Indian
and a member of the Society of Amer
ican Indians, a national organization.
In the fall of 1911 I made a visit to this
reaervatton, my birth place, I had fre
quently made visits- from the 1'aklnu
reservation, where I had an allotment un
der the allotment act, but lately dis
posed of my allotment. My tribe (the
Wascos) asked me to return to my for
mer tribe and home, and relinquish my
tribal right at Yakima, as the rules
of the Indian office designate that no
Indian .can hold two tribal rights. I
requested tho local authorities here to
assist me obtain my tribal right on this
reservation. Either the office was over
pressed with office work, or a lack "of
Interest to my part. The office failed
to submit my request to the, Indian de
partment. I therefore concluded to make
the trip myself and submit the peti
tion of jny. tribe personally for my in
terest and theirs. The foundation of
my tribal right upon this reservation
Is so firmly based upon the treaty of
this tribe and the United States, my
father (Mark) being a participant In the
treaty between the tribe and the Un
ited States as chief of the Wasco tribe.
Being here almost' two years I "navo
noticed entanglements of allotments
greatly on this reservation. Allottees are
complaining to their office for adjust
ment of their allotment claims, but to
no avail. The only satisfaction they get
is "impossibility." Some of the Indians
tin ve lived on lands ulnee- the organiz
ation of the reservation, and when al
lotmerts were made It appears positive
ly that some took lands (or allotment
where their Improvements were, and
continued to live on it and Improved
knowing It to be theirs by rights. Lately
some disputes arose among them on
lands and they called on the office here
for settlement. The records were looked
into and It showed wrong descriptions
of the land, not anywhere harmonious
to their, wishes as to the selection of
their claims. This set them Into confus
ion. For Sid, the only hope was through
their office, but, sad to their, requests.
the only assurance was 'Impossible."
The fly-swatting season will soon ar
rive, )
Mrs. Tankhurst's three years "lasted
pretty quick."
a ..-.-.
The chronic fans forget all care and
trouble at a ball game. - .
The rose bushea .are- working- night
and day to do their part.
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Most people have much more to be
thankful for than they realize.
a .
;-It la not only children that would b
benefited by doing some- gardening. .
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Just over the border'seems a favorite
fighting strip for the Mexican barbar
ians. .
All cities that tiv'aAnr.rl ih. -nm.
missiou form of government have re-
laiueu it.
.-...
ne nen is thoroughly feminine; she
will go any way except the way one
tries la drive her.
: ' '
Alfonso of Spain may not be a great
Wnav but he Is quick-witted and agile
in dodging bullets.
a -a ',
The Democrats lira roil n Mm th tariff
greatly, or are surely" going to do so,
and jet there Is no panic-
The D. A. R.'s can aln-sva b dprnrlpil
upon to have a quarrelsome time at
their national convention.
' Some "protection" may be Incidentally
unavoidable, but as a principle" it Is
vicious and must be abandoned. -
If all waste could be eliminated. th
saving, If divided all around, would
make everybody comfortably ''off."
.
Grand opera Is one of the very fine
things that can't be made to pay ex
penses at least not yet, in this part of
the country. .
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The express company at Wallowa has
MRBRYAN'S ATONE
MENT .
From the New York World.
"Stancl-pattlsm Is" lead," said Mr. -
put in a free collection and free delivery wrjan in Din speech at Des Moines. In
system, to include a radius of six blocks stating the lesser fact Mr. Bryan omits
from the station. the areater fact. Not nniv i- utand-
. InDHI.m k... ii i , i . .
A florist firm t McMInnville is drill- """"" "ul ual,"m is.ueau.
lng water, in the hope of obtaining a was Mark Hanna KepubUcanism
supply sufficient tq irrigate their fields fthat put the United States government
uj uio urjr munuis ui sutuuiu. . parmersnip with Big Business., it
The Stanfielo- Standard- say. there Is "X? VL0.1.
at Stanfleld "an opening for a big gen- I ." anur-iuiociBvjr
eral store with a complete stock their opportunity. In trying to escape
amounting to $2S,00 to J40.000. j evils of a debased currency the country
. . . ' swung to the othnr tti-,mp "
Th erciwA nt Murnmv pountv Citl-1 . .. ' ,...
zen. from the farms and neighboring - ."r.
towns in Burns last week was so nu- V"s'Jlnfton moved to Wall street, and
merous that the News found it impos- Wali street became the capital of the
sible to mention all separately. United States. , The government as
, '7 i' A'rnJtly and cynically administered for
Robert K. Davey has been added to ,...- ,,... ... u.
the personnel of the firm pyblisiunf v '''''
the Burns News. Tne ews. oy. m i .., uui auu ui-wnmu as .
way, has just celebrated Its seventeenth very. If Wall street wanted leglsls
birthday anniversary. . tlon, the legislation waa Enacted. It
. . - I Wall atrut , i.n..l .ii.n.nH.il
I,. IL Stratton of Eugene has sen,t r o .
back id his old home, i'eabody. Kansas, uVci,ua. l ......
a package of Oregon, shrubbery, con- hrovernmental policies .meant dividends
signed to C. O. Oiiin. Santa e agent ui ior uig Business, those policies were
Peabody. , The shrubs will .be set out adopted, ' If Wall street wanted to x
In the depot park there. ',.', . - plolt tt,9 rcs0urces of the country, those
Sneaking of the Episcopal' church at TeaTct wefe AVL ?
Sumpter in connection with a recent ' very expression stana-pa wa .
visit from Bishop Paddock, the Amer-I coined by Mark Hanna to encourage the
ican u is enjuj um a. m i.. . KepuDUean machine to resist tne pudiic
growth and has a bright outlook for deniand ,or honCMt' tariff. revlsibn and
the future. . ..in.r
; Snrh IntoroBt is beintr taken at Haines every assault udoii uublic abuses and
In tree planting and omer aestheticopH public wrong. From the Dhigley act to
town of prettv homes, ehady trees and to bring about the final wreck of the
beautiful law n's. ' Republican party had Its origin In the ,
- , ' ' , . I unholy alliance . that Hanha estabJisneu
It ma them ara come neoDln at 1 , .. . . . a n.-n .,..t
Umatilla who. still ptBtend they think a-., ,.w. .,Hnn.hi. nrM.
there Is a riot in town, wnen tne vjma-
tllla Concert Band is at rehearsal; but In the death of stand-pattism,, for Mr. .
the Umatilla Journal stands sponsor for Bryan Is a very fortunate man. He has
them and hints that the Ve0""1,"?; lived to retrieve the mistakes of hi
past. -His free-sllyer campaign drove
tllla orchestra had better look to its
laurels.
FUTURE GREATS IN THE HOUSE
- By Herbert Corey.
"nTashlngton, April 17. This .being
a hasty squint at soma of the new nota
bles in the lower house. They're worth
a little look. At least, they're worth it
now. Some of them may never be worth
another. Others may march on to glory.
There's Stanley Bowdle from Cincin
nati. There hasn't been a real humor
ist in the house since Jadam Beds
left. Discussion in that body has run
to flatulency or inkstands. But Bow
dle had rather : turn an epigram than
save the party. It was Bowdle who
took that Cincinnati seat away from
the Hon. Nicholas Longwortb, son-in-law
of an ex-president and friend of. a
president. Rowdies taking was
aided by Bowdle'i Jovial reference to
the high shine which alone decorates
Mr, Longworth's dome.
"Heaven," said Mr. Bowdle, "scalped
Nick. But I'll skin him."
Cincinnati laughed . and held a leg
while the skinning was done.
Peter Goelet Gerry of Rhode Island,
millionaire, son of the multl-milflonaire
Elbrldge T. Gerry of New York, the
husband of the former Miss Mathilda
Townsend of Washington, a reigning
beauty of society and a great heiress.
Is worth watching. It's perfectly easy
to send a few shots Into Gerry, because
he Is a society man and Very rich. But
he is also very able and he earnestly
believes that every man ought to do his
part for the government. He's a tea
table reformer who gets away from
tea.
-Alfalfa BUI". William H. Murray Is
loved and laughed at and voted for by
Oklahoma for congressman at large.
Murray la able, honest and Indepen
dent At times he has fought the labor
leaders aa earnestly as he has fought
the country to Plutocracy, but his battl
for progressive Democracy in im
emanclDated It. To his efforts ' the
country owes the nomination -of 1 Mr.
Wilson for president and the errective
their liberties with their squirrel rifles. 1 realization of the new policies that have)
The wbola state laughed, and "The 1 taken the United States government out .
Chickasaw Squirrel RIfes" . were of the hsnds of Wall street. Without
promptly organized, with Alfalfa Bill William J. - Bryan we should have had
as commander In chief. The insignia Woodrow -Wilson.
of tha Chickasaw Rifles was a cockle . Mr. Bryan's case Is unique. There H"-
ourr rampant :; . , instance in American history
in .whinh iil,min atoned So brll-
Perhapa -the most picturesque new- nrt aa Beneficent! for - his
ZiX " -5.". ,rKp!r blunders.
Pointed 'Paragraphs'
most all his life at least since the close
of the Citll wrar Klrkpatrick has been
a hunter of moonshiners. Not even he
couiu now orten ne nas been shot
uniess ne fliq a few sums on his fingers. Tne borrowed umbrella Is usually.
i cye were praciicauy snor out m i tnken by storm.
me iaat raia ne lea, so that he is now I - a
a most m na. There are fully 200 1 , Strike while tns Iron is hot If you
y.w.c ui icaa in ms Doay, as a portion I work in a laundry.
or me rewara, ror . being a revenue
officer for Z?' years. At least three
times he has been left for dead
on the field, and the doctor wha over
hauled him pledged their professional
nonor mat he couldn't get well
"Arter all," says Mr. Klrkpatrlck,
with a certain grlmness. I wasn't
The more people talk back the better
the auctioneer likes It.
Some fool people count their chickens
before the egss hay been laid..
But sometimes a bore talks to 'us
nearly as badly off as the other' fel- Lbout ourgelVM; that Is different
low.
He is a Jacksonlan Democrat. Scotch-
Irish and scrappy, and wants to see a
deep waterway from the great lakes to
tne gun.
Nine years ago Frank LindquUt was
working for 9 a week, on which he
When a pessimist lives well In the
present .Ji-tiowla about the future. -
- i
Love is like seasickness it may be
felt but cannot, be adequately described.
: . M .
VaAtnw an m41na fur a 4nVi 1 f n V
supported a wife and mother. He had hard luck stories, misery loves com-
yuuvaur iiaue, lie una no eauca-1 nan v . . -
Inn anrf 1 IaaIiI u k . - - .- ' - -' .-.
tlon, and it looked as though he had
no particular chance. Now he is a very
wealthy man, with business that gets
JX,' ? a , gushing letter.
No, Cordelia, it isn't necessary t6 use
a fountain pen when you want to write
a rung of the political laddea ahd he
aims to cumD.
Lindqulst comes
What some folks need is a fool-proof
the bankers and sometimes against
Suppose A lived on a tract of . land. them. He wrote most of the progres
op a certain quarter section, fenced and
cultivated it partly before allotments
and when allotments were made. A.
chose, or selected, the lands be had al
ready Improved, and had it alloted to
htm, and stakes set In to mark his
claim. B. adjoined A.'a allotment, but
in the enrollment books and the de
scription of their allotments B. ruvs
Into A.'s premises Which he had long
improved.. If b?ti .uneducated, they are
surprised and do not know what to do,
and cannot find out where the mistake
was made. The only Information given
them is ""impossibility of correction;
Both A. and B. are in a. sad state. This
Is in one case where A. and B. are botn
uneducated persons, but In other casea
where B. is an educated person, and A.
not B. takes advantage of the mistake
over A. and holds on to the land. Such
Is the situation on this reservation.
In one Instance an Industrious In
dian has entirely postponed his farm
work this year Just because early In
the spring he found out his mother's
allotment was all wrong, depriving her
of about forty years' settlement on the
place. The only assurance was "1m
possibility." In the case of enlightened
races suclr matters are not imposslW.
Litigation would have been the pro
cess; but as it is "poor Lo," and being
ignorant, he is made more so when In
formation is given him of "impossibil
ity." v ;
This will be my sixth trip to Wash,
ington, D. C, four times as a delegate
from Yakima reservation, and twice
from this reservation. I Will call upon
the Indian office, also the Indian
slye planks of the Oklahoma constitu
tion a glance at which dooument
sends the average conservative Into
shakes and fever and ia naturally to be
classed as a progressive Of the extreme
type. Murray knowa better but he
likes to talk the language of the cotton
pickers and cow-hands among whom
he grew up.
"Bill's clothes,! said a friend, "al
ways look as though he had been rid
ing all night in a coal car."
His friends thought he had Stepped
aside from bis chosen path when he
bought a-new suit -ofclothes the .day
he was nominated for congress. But
Murray was equal to explaining. -
"Some men," said he "vote for the
man and some for the clothes. I've got
to hav both to-be elected."
Alfalfa Bill became positively Violent
when the constitution was attacked In
the supreme court, and wwots a letter
In which ha mad vague references to
certain other patriots who had defended
MIcMa'Sn'dufHrt6" Vi EIventl1 Pay envelope that can t berjsehed until
Michigan district. He is :the son of a h home
Swedish father and a Norwegian mother
ana was Dorn in Wisconsin. He was
People who assert that they never
So?DVn;'?l.ih!" J?! slaui- m.u,dS;
to Imagine that people believe them.
And occasionally we meet a married
Woman who is sorry she is hot In the
It isn't difficult to be an artist
of the new school. Just draw a
flock of blue wolves with red eyes
chasing a pure white deer through
a forest of purple trees, and you
have made a good start. If in ad
dition you can conceive an impos
sible monster throttling another
deer with legs twisted like Matty's
curves; yon have achieved a de
gree 6f artistic . delirium, tremens
that wjll lead In due course to fame
and fortune. ' '
A dead clanl .in a restaurant
ydndow with 'a -long neck (the,
clara's long neck, likewise defunct
rolling sluggishly from the !sheil, is
by no means "a thing of beauty and
a Joy forever." After gazing there
on you regard chowder with gastric
suspicion. -,;'
Rights association and taa Society of
American Indians, of which I am a
member. FRANK MEACHEM,
Sec. Warm Springs Council of the So
ciety of American Indians. "; -
. Government Chemists .'Criticised.
Portland. April 18. To tha Editor of
The Journal Will you grant me space
in The Journal to appeal to all chemists
to use their influence In obtaining a cor
rect method of analysis for the detection
of lead In baking powder and potassium
bitartrate? The methods in use ty the
government chemists, are not correct
i In a personal; ef fort fohave ft correct
method adopted , I 'wrot the fpllowing
letter to tho Rernseri referee board, be
lieving 'that they would take eome action
and thus prevent the prosecution of In
nocent manufacturers, but the answer
received shows a total lack of Interest In
the-welfnre- of -those who have -been, and
ore. suffering, from the lnefficlcney6f
those In power.- - '
"Prof. Ira Remsen, president Johns
Hopkins University, . Baltimore, Md.
Dear Sir: .Haying made.analyais of bak
lng powder; and potassium bitartrate,
whfeh' the gbvernnwnt ch?mlnts claim
are adulterated with lead, and, their
claims having caused manufacturers to
be charged With violation, of the food
and drugs act, June So. 190, I decided to
submit to the careful consideration of.
the Remsen referee board a few facts
relatlrif to the methods laid down by
the association of official' agricultural
method for the detection of lead In tar
taric acid, as you will note, the addition
of potassium cyanide, which under
proper conditions will produce the same
tint that would be proaucea u lena wn
actually present I Understand that
many manufacturer are cpargea wnn
adulteration of potassium bitartrate
with lead, so I appeal to tne Kemsen
referee board to take some action In this
matter, to protect the manufacturer, the
consumer and tho science of chemistry.
Your onlnion in this matter wonin ne
greatly "appreciated. - Respectfully yours,
U, Victoria Hampton.
'United States Department or flgncui
got married. Nine dollars Isn't a big
sum on which to support three people,
but out of it Lindqulst managed to
save 140. .. No on but he knows what
stern effort that uv m, nr,v r-.
h was tramping through the vllage of Mu'Vi"' ,nrrll M,ua .
' T...V-. 1 'J . tt mi
emntv atom. Th Inr-atlnn I
as a good one. He rented it and man- , When tn" 1 lrBt l)aby ' boy n a
aged to borrow 1300 more to' add to his gn tnat the Itlothr will make plans
little capital. In two years h hH before h Is out of the cradle for ..Ms
cleared $5,500 on his stock of' general Inauguration as president,
goods. Then he began to sell clothing I V
by mall. . - v' . I Get a woman In a reminiscent mood.
The newspapers of the district have I and she will tell you all about the swell
opposed him, perhaps because of his I admirer she had before she met the
man order business. Of the 64 papers I commonplace man who became her hus-
in me district, es rought.htm bitterly. I wnq.
But last year b sold 60,000 suits and
overcoats, and he got almost two votes! King George of Greece.
r."..?-'". (London V,
.... w Tin ,, om do The murdered king of the Hellenes
aWKa-Wlth th0 mldd,eman- That's his WM sur,iy one ot tht i,.t ostentatious
iivuhij. I mnnnrrha avhA ve wara a nrnwn Wm
kept nothing that could be. called state.
nicely cleaned out and smoothly covered ltncr In Athens, or in his endless, soul
over for tha reception of tha mmmi..i. I wearying pilgrimages to courts and mtn-
form of government If the Yidds and I lstrlal bureaux in the Interests of the
oiavs ana uagoes will get out and yell ) wonaerrui -out not aiwaya graterui peo
"All - about the commissla form orl P' who had the good fortune to h
government," and "All about th lrt ruled by him. He literally "traveled Jn"
school Survey" yell It with all the Greece and her affairs; and if there was
rings and variations, so that every vot- on8 thing more than another that kept
er know what he Is voting about rw. her alive after tha war it was the king's
win d no more deficits in the city's influence wun tno uussian, tne ttnmn, t
grsnd opera of politics. (and the German courts and the tact
Portland and Oregon are to h. with which he use4.lt During hi last
gratulated on having a Journal that visit to England, eschewing all the ac-
uevoies so ijtu OI It . space-to th costomea royal xorms ana ceremonies.
Bvnnuai ana gossip or the day and Sol"" 'IK'a ,1K' ln siniliia, cicai-aisnieu
The Journal .has a standing offer
of one year's free Subscription to ! chemists, for the government chemists
1. 1 . . . . a ! n fAllr.iv. t rflncd t A nrMtll T. rof.i-
any person politicians not 'barred
r. V" t there U no ti-sc-of lead contained in fact, could give cards' and spade to
which towers above1 Its 'fellows like
a silent sentinel on the eminence to
the east of the ball park.
4 ; ii ... ; rr. ;
When one travels ; through any
part of Oregon, the Stars- and
8trlpesflotInsf from--OHntry school
houses constitute aa inppirlog sight.
lure, office of consulting scientific
perts. April 8, 181J. L. Victoria Hampton,
nr n your communication of March
28tli 1. received, The referee board has
no autnority to undertake ur.h. work as
that which you suggest. The board was
appointed for th purpose Xf advising
the secretary of agriculture in cases in
which ii asked for their advice. Yours
truly, Ira Remsen. chairman referee
board consulting scientific experts."
If th chemists of this cosntry will
unite for the purpose of correcting many
of the present method of focd analysis
their work will be of great and lasting
benefit to all,
L. VICTORIA HAMPTON.
' V The Discordant Note.
Portland, Or., April W. To th Editor
of The Journal Amidst all th beauty
both natural and artificial, amidst all
the "culture and refinement, displayed
on every hand in your- fair city, there
is one dlsoordant note teat is aoui
sickening, to say the least. The same
hyena bowl, the same wolfish-yelp nd
snarl is heard in many other cities,
but never before has it teemed so ut
terly out of tune to the writer as It is
In Portland, "All about th great
scandal'' rung in all the changes of
Yiddish and Dago and Slavish. The
poor newsies are not- to blame. , They
have caught th cry and th spirit of
tha age "All that th traffic will bear.'J
and th Jlttl gmr ar right up
to th minute In thein profession, m
2ul. much to the great topics nf human .,n 1 eentlnnan he was. He touched all sorts
ex- nit J. W. HAY MAN. of i-ubjcets; the flR" over tne nuoget
slum bittrtrate; but where only am
monium sulphide1, or hydrogen sulphide
lnr endeavor! io counteract the forces
of evil. Some of these higher ups, like
la imert to determlnn th hresenr nf Thales Of Miletus. waiK gsung up )at
Uad, a dark brown precipitate Is e-b-ithe sUrs and take a tumbl into the
tlnel whlrh rouhl be mlstoUen ifor ditch prepared for- them In th Bars
ti ed, but vhip'h .s. as Voii know, a var- room nf some groggery or elsewhere.
Utile mlxlui of ihe two -higher, nil- and th elsewhere may he in th of-TriiUirs-of
poianialvim 'hrpsf n)phiris.' fir . of somVery powerful business
The "lisnoi-rat Ion 'ot 'of flclaf asrlcultural institution." Just now, it may b that
chomlbts mike the sum error in th1 th ditch thf samevpld, canalr-J-belng
of 1 SOU was especially interesting to
Rtafi-A ImnoMinnafiAn. - . I him and he SOoke of It with much know-
Scappoose, Or., April 14 -To th. va. I "r our ""?B ana,?nrewa":5".:B
Itnr nf Th. t.,,...i T hi Jliagment OI inem. nm nnaiuou
n Thf Lum,7I f I"r " "rticU Pabie of being bored; and his long
m Th Journal a few days ago which reign, with its sad but glorious Close,
stated that the Hebrew of Chicago i was one long trlbut to the indomitable
Wnr tr',n t0 et Popl not to patience which ruled hls conduct and
" .v. ! ""w 10 t impersonated Ufa. "
wii vo mey think they are
...j. ni.cr nun any omer nationality?
Thera is hardly a nationality !,. -
not Impersonated in some form, on the
stag. None of these rmneronaatinn.
is true to character. The artora- a
not do this to run anv r n.nni.
down, but to make peopl laugh. So
wny miuuiu me neDiews kick? They
will lt and laugh when furris made of
Others but win get mad 1 a little fun
Is mad of ffiem. , .
.Mo,re! lokfuS aD,.yafns are told about
the Irish than about, any other race,
and you do not hear th Irish kicking.-..-
... -..
Most of the theatrical managers and
amusement men are Jews. So If they
put th stage Je off !th stage, the
rest of tis 'people ought to make them
quit impersonating other, nationalities.
Are the American pn!e going to
sit back and let the Jews say what
can be done and what cannot be done,
here in the United States?
I would like to hear from" others,
through The Journal' columns, In re
gard to this subject.
. , . AN IRISH AMERICAN.
Wis Close' Call.
'ffnTTneTJe;froirne-TrC
I had a narrow escape yesterday
noon;"' ..-.'', i . -:..,..;. , .-"I i-
-How's that?" "r ','
"Four of us ate lunch together, and
each of us. Insisted on jjaj lhg the check..."
Welir.' , ; . '
"For a minute or two It looked as
though ,i had overduiie th thing auj
tha others were going to let me do it.
Two Unusual
Features in the.
Sunday Journal
Magazine : ? ,:
'.gr -
AFTER YOU ABE DEAD
What happens?
Two Amsterdam psychol
ogists say you enter a gase
ous state. , '
Furthermore they produce
proofs' for their startling '
statement.
A ROYAL ROW
"" CfmroHhHat--Kifl;-d-
ward are cause of stnte in
Britain's rbyJ family, Tha
affair makes a striking1 story.
Next Sunday