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MR. LOMBARD IS 19iX X,
LOMBARD stood before an
audience last night: nd said
with..one breath that the now
charter doesn't provide com
mission, government and with the
AAvf win in imAi that the commis-
Etaterncn. does Mr. Lombard wish
to. have, believed! ...... . . .
tnut a comparauvwij
ago. lit. Lombard was strong advocate-
. the new charter. Why
did he change? . If he is right now,
he waa trying to fool the. people a
few days ago. If he was right a
" - ''". . a) A I A ha1
few oays S0, op lams vv vv
the people ao w.
Why doesn't Mr! Lombard re-
as to why be changed :
Why doesn't he take up the old
charter and tell wherein it is bet
ter than the new oaa? ;
Friday. April 21, 1911. speaking
'of a meeting held by Mr. Lombard
in his former candidacy for mayor,
The Journal aad: .
On of the features of the meeting
waa the applause given l-ombard In
hsa . advocacy of opxmlssloB l g-oyern-innt
Ilia cleaa ciyt - declaration
aguinsit the present Paftiand charter
as obsolete and inadequate -was
cheered aaraln and aaaln. His state-
men tUat every- candidate for mayor
or the council should be called to
declare himself on the .- commlsalon
form vaa vigorously applauded.
The. Journal af the same date,
also, says: v
Lpmbrd in discussing- Uie present
chArter. said", it was adopted nine
years ago, when the city had only
about 100,OOQ. population, when there
was . only one off ice building In the
city, the Chamber of Qommerce, and
before the commission form' of gov
ernment was being dlscuseed. ' 8ince
then, he said. 190 cities have adopted
the eomBiisaion farm, and none has
repudiated it after .choosing it The
present Portland charter is now ob
solete, he asserted, falling to fix re
sponsibility, makes cumbersome de
lays and should be entirely swept
away. , .:.,. -
' April 20, 19 JO, In an address be
fore the Portland Rotarj dub, Mr.
Lombard said: " C
' Mr. Werlein is reported to. have
said that the old charter of Portland
is good enough. I think he is wrong.
1 say so from my own experience in
the conduct of city affairs, and I be
lieve such men as Or. Lane, Mayor
Simon and John F. O'Shea are right
when they condemn the present cum
bersome and unbusinesslike way pf
transacting city business.
Mr. Lombard's words of two
years ago stare him in the face.
' His advice of that time has been
followed. ' ;Two ' years have been
devoted by some of the best men
in Portland to preparation of a
new charter, and It is before the
people for adoption. A compara
ttvely few - days ago Mr. Lombard
was advocating it on the stump.
?tow he is advocating the old char
ter that he so vehemently de
nounced two years ago. ,
"e Having Deen on so many siaes
of the question, how can anybody
tell where Mr. Lombard will . be as
to charters a few days hence?
i Since he changes so often, can
anybody afford to accept his guid-'l
a;nce In ; his fight against the new
charter now? 7
WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY
IF ANY one interested in the well
being of the community werj
asked what stal e university Is
., doing most good, in the direc
tion of: public, social and personal
health. In body and mind, the ma
jority would probably reply the
University of Wisconsin.
I .There Is no standing still to take
breath :in ; its .activities. .:-r:.;" :
The last extension provided by
this university U called its "Bureau
of PtrblictHealth." A well known
roan of science. Dr. Dearholt, has
been placed at Us head, and he has
competent assistance.
i The purpose of, this bureau Is'
not to engage in investigations and
experimenta on its own account In
relation to the public health. To
these words the new bureau gives
a very wide meaning:.
It covers foods, hygiene, and san
itation.' '; It deals , with discoveries
and inventions affecting both pre
vontlon Ana cure of disease. It
dmbraces- new departures lh educa
tion, both general and special. It
looks to the conservation' of re
sources, and studies- agricultural,
manufacturing, and commercial con
didoes. It studies municipal and
social: problems, Vi : 4
This list gives a general idea of
the qualifications of the experts in
the pew bureau, but does hot ex-
La ust the JiBt,
The theory of the bureau Is this
. t h-hU -thtw-aubjacta know lad Ke in
being heaped up by students, official
nd rivate. It is being buried in
inonograpbs and builetlno without
. iid. iysued by the government, ly
tl. states, by ti)jlyer.sttes .a nd col
li its, by cxpeninent stations and
farms, by individual titud-jiits ami
invcstlKators. For. all the pood It
does tho individual average 'man it
mlght as woll be -hidden in Egyp
tian, pyramids. ' ' ,
Hut, given a small corpa of ex
perts,. It would be possible to have
this mass of ac'cutnuUtlng, knowl
edge studied, dissected,, summar
ized, criticized, aud its sublimated
essence condensed into small com
pass, set forth in words and, phrases
understood by the average man and
woman and then published, and
made accessible in, every household
ofWBtata. ,
Such' bulletins short,, simply ex
pressed, and selected would con
stitute a state, social aud economic
Literary Digest, to ,'ba' Issued . at
short intervals gift by the, state,
through its university, to au iw
citizena. In' this, aa in other mat
ters, the 'University of Wisconsin
may prove a pioneer.
' GOVERNMENT IN SPOKANE
., . ; . ..... . wVv'-'. :
ernment lowered the , tax' rate. '
: it strengthened tho financial
Ml .uJH Y, ltV I
BlaUUlug; auu ytuuii. ut hid v,i.j.
Spokane bonds: bring a higher
price by several points, in the east
ern, money centers thn do bonds of
cities of Spokane's class under the
old council system. '
Commission government not only'
lowered the tax levy in Spokane,
but made a direct saving in the:
budget expense alone of nearly
1200.000 In 1912.
The fiscal year of the city closed
In 191 without a deficit, appropri
ation for the first time in ten years.
Sq reassuring is commission gov
ernment to outside capital that at
the present time, over. $33,000,000
worth of improvements are under
way and in process of construction
in Spokane. v f
So well pleased Are the people of
Spokane with commission., govern
ment, that a measure to abolish It
at the 1919 election waa defeated
by an . overwhelming majority, ,
The foregoing are statements
made by the mayor of Spokane in
his addresses yesterday in Port
land.
The Spokane charter and the new
Portland' charter are very similar.
Both, have five ' commissioners of
fiyd departments, Both have the
preferential voting pystem. . Both
confer similar powers on the com
mission. In fact, the Spokane charter was
used freely by the various Portland
commissions as a basis for framing!
the Portland charter, changes being
made only to suit the differing con
ditions Jn Portland,
If commission government has
done so much for Spokane, would
It not pay Portland to adopt the
same form and Abandon a charter
that has been denounced by every
mayor of Portland for thejjast eight
years?
; CERMAA WOOL INDUSTRY ,
A SIDE light on the conditions
of the German, wool manufac
turing Industry may be found
In the report just Issued by
Stohr & Company , of Leipzlc, the
largest of the German manufactur
ers, whose turnover last year was
more than $5,500,000, and whose
stockholders are receiving a divi
dend of 12 per cent the Bame
as. last year.
The report Indicates that the
wool clip of last year was below the1
estimates in advance. A point la
made' that owing t oa radical "de
cline In sheepbreeding in the River
Plate states of South America, con
ditions will arise both as to pro
duction and consumption of wool,
Impossible now to foresee in full.
It is suggested , that the woolen
manufacturers should take early
steps to Increase wool production
n other parts of the world, so that
prices might not fluctuate, as now,
In relation to every change In the
size of the Australian and River ,
Plate crops. 1
Help is proposed to be given by
the manufacturers of woolens in and protectionist leader, was driven
Germany to sheepmen in German to admit that industrial protection
colonies to increase their flocks would fail to help agriculture, but
largely and make sheep raising ! alleged that It would, do the farm
profitable to them. 'Germany being ers no harm.. He took Belgium for
in question the government is to be
appealed to by the manufacturers
to help out the sheep men with
financial aid, the government being
the presiding deity over all Ger
man people. , S'
The Idea that the manufacturer
has interests Identical with the
sheepman in 'extending his output
of wool and making increased pro-
Auction mutually profitable, eveu
by giving the sheep owner financial
help, would sound somewhat
strange In discussions Jn progress
in Washington now,
THE BRITISH BUDGET
Tm introduction of the British
budget for 1 the current year
adds . point to the suggestions
B t J : t m j .
mvuriug b uuugei lor me
United States. - .
Expenditure for which Chancellor
Lloyd-George has to provide con
tinues to mount with every year,
having reached the gigantic sum' of
$975,000,000. All ,the welfare
work of past years national In
surance, old age pensions, accident
and unemployment insurance, , the
anti-tuberculosis campaign, and
Other work In the same spirit Is
now being -paid for by the nation.
Army and navy costs continue to
h..a iha ,n,.ciiA. i,.n
vt 7 Knn nnn
provide 137,000.000 more money.
The budget explains Itself, .and
disarms accusations of extravagance
In, the jflemands made In , previous
j pars ; liicome has so nearly bal
anced expenditure, and tie pros-
jwrity, of DrUaln a a mannfiictur-
Ing, ' trading, and investing nation
is bo plainly shown by the returns
from taxation provided for in
previous budgets, that opposition in
Parliament is disarmed. No fac
tion attempting to obstruct any at
the wJfare plans now In operation
has any chance of success.
The announcement of the Chan
cellor that ho is not under the
necessity of levying fresh taxes will
be met with a sigh of relief. The
big burdens will be more cheerfully
borne Bince all the8 world knows
how the money will go. .
Less will bo heard of the Union
ist demand for the imposition of a
tariff, and the food, and raw ma
terials for manufacture,, will con
tinue to go untaxed.
MR. LOMBARD'S ABSURDITIES
M'
R. LOMBARD said In an ad-
dress last night: ;
The fact Is wo are not Qing
to vote on commission govern
ment at all 'next 'week; we are
voting on a , charter that ; has no re
semblanoe whatsoever to a oommis
slon form, whlph gives the mayor all
the power to do as he pleases and
which nullifies civil service,
But recently, Mr. Lombard was
advocating the adoption of the, new
charter. Now he Is fighting It.
Which time was he right? Will he
continue to fight the charter all
next week, or. will he flip another
flop and once more advocate It be
fore the day for voting,
Mr. Lombard charges, that the
new charter harms civil, service,
' Lit. - 1 J 1. M AV.A .La
wue everjruuuj .ui- t?
new charter maxes ciru service
stronger. 'L ''
In this," Mr. Lombard is directly
contradicted by John Logan, a
member of the civil service commis
sion. Ha is contradicted by Mr.
Brewster, former member of the
civil service commission. He ,1s
contradicted by all who have given
the matter attention: He Is contra
dicted by the commission charter
itself. Doesn't Mr. Lombard realize
that to further pursue his civil ser
vice contention is to make his cam
paign absurd?" . '
Mr. Lombard's contention about
the mayor's, powers is ludicrous.
Portland schoolboys know ; be ls
wrong, -
Under the old, charter, the mayor
has the appointment of more than
forty officials. ' Under tho., new char
ter he has no power to appoint offi
cials. Under the old charter, he has the
power to remove officials. Under
the new charter, he has no power
to remove officials.
Under the old charter the mayor
has the veto. Under the new char
ter, he has a single vote, or just
one fifth the legislative power of
the council.
- Why Is . Mr. Lombard trying to
deceive the people of Portland
about the new charter?
Why by misrepresentation of Its
provisions, la Mr, Lombard trying
to bamboozle the people of Port
land?
Frankly speaking,' is Mr. Lorn-."
bard honestly striving to .IfctUr.,;
rui iiauu 0 guveruuieui, ur irymg tu
land a job?
A BRITISH TARIFF
T
HE everlasting war between
Free TfaUar and Protection In
Britain goes merrily on, but
the Protectionists, or Tariff
Reformers, fail to get any. farther,
Two weeks ago a formal debate
la parliament took place. The pro
teetlonlslB an a parly-have now sur
rendered, all Idea of ( taxing . food.
But they declared for a , ten per
cent Import duty on foreign manu
factured goods, which they allege
would - help unfairly
threatened !
British manufacturers and would
assist the British farmer. "TJiey are
hampered "in this plan by their
promise to provide for colonial
preference. Were that to be grant
ed the residue of the ten per cent
duties would not be worth talking
about,
Mr. Bonar Law, the conservative
an example almost a Free Trade
country. -Belgium, he said, pos
sessed a. prosperous agriculture and
levied few or no duties on food.
He proposed, therefore, to Introduce
into British finance and economics
the Belgian policies' of small bold-line
inga for the farmers, state help and!110 then know -that the gentleman, for
appropriation; apd lower local tax-
atlon.
A full vote was .obtained, .with
tlie usual result a govern ment,
free trade, majority of 83 in a
house, of 475, ,
The implied admission of Mr,
Law, that industries do not require
tariffs to make them prosper Will 1
pv the -frftfl Traders lilarform!
ammunition for a year,
"John Bring Home the Baby,"
"Mary Full Stomach" and "She
Paints Her Shoes," are among the
Indian names on file in the Interior
Department that are making offi
cial Washington laugh. It s a safe
bet that they havent heard of
Chief No-Shirt "", of the .Umatillas,
who sports a wrinkled garment that
never wears out and has never
been laundered.
Bud Anderson Is still a-budding.
The discreet among us will refrain
from tweaking the pose of this con
i,. 1 1 i..i.'nal of April 22 a letter signed by W. B.
T - . .
Portland.
. The "Artful Dodgers" do not
want the new charter. They, want
a chance to play hide-and-seek; to
protect themselves' by subterfuge
J and tvitHioii; to lay tlio bLino .on
"tho . other fellow." . TJioy want lo
' Bldealcp direct jiersonal rcaponsi-
bllity for their official acts.
G. 'Bernard Shaw prises , to re
mark, that smoking is utterly filthy
and detestable, and that smokers
should not be allowed, to exist.
Well, the flme may come when
Shaw himself may have to smoke
in a sort of sulphurous way.
Don't permit yourself to envy
the' two Alaskan miners who took
out 20,QOO worth of coarse nug
gets In a single day, - They live on
bacon and beans and sour dough
biscuit,, and never see a ball game.
One of Portland's big new build
ings will be occupied entirely by a
firm of Jewejers. . No fear here
that ' Oregon people cannot wear
diamonds under a Democratic ad
ministration. , . ' ,
Laugh not L the ragged urchins
Who play ball on the bottom of pne
of Portland s : excavations. Some
future Honus Wagner or Ty Cobb
may 6prlng from this obscurity..
"Don't neglect the little things,"
as the man said when he shaved a
caterpillar for fish bait.
Oregon maidens have dainty lit
tie feet, Jus Jopg enough to reach
from the heel to the toe,
Letters From the People
Commtu!cationa a lit t Toa Journal fol
publication la tola rtcpartmtav ahould ba writ
ten on oaj on aid of tha paper, allot) lit not
exceed 800 woriia la length and muat be ac
companied br the aawe uai adreaa of the
tender. If the writer doea not daalr to dot
tba nam pobUihed. be abould 0 1UI1,)
Mr. Cline's Bleaning,
Portland, April J5. To the Editor of
Tho Journal Not being in the habit of
making- reply to personal criticism in
the press, this innovation, by your per
mission, is made because of Mr. Berry's
misapprehension expressed in The Joyr.
nal yesterday, of my meaning n what
was said in the Methodist ministers'
meeting Jast Monday,
' My contention was that the Anglo
Saxon will not be helped socially, polit
ically or otherwise by. tha. Asiatic, espe
cially the Japanese, acquiring valuable
farming sections on this coast, for the
reason that his size, color, antecedents
and racial characteristics render his as
similation impossible, and the right to
acquire our domain is sura to prove the
entering wedge to his demanding ere
long full recognition, nationally, polit
ically, socially and every other way, the
initial demand being made now in a
way that shakes up all Washington.
For the German, Scandinavian, Ital
ian, Greek and other peoples of similar
class, we have room, and abundant use.
Their children pass through our public
schools, coming out "just like the rest
of us," but not so the Asiatic.
That the Japanese Is & valuable asset
as a laborer here nobody questions, but
he refuses that assignment, demanding
with a bluff that the laws be made to
confer upon hinHrlghts prejudicial to
our best interests! rights leading up to
that which racial and physical differ
encee clearly forbid.
All are well pleased that Toklo shall
have ts great university, scientists and
boys studying various languages, and
all that; but Japan Is the best place
' -"f. ffi
another thing.
It is well to remember tha cold fact,
that once the Japanese has the right of
way in the owning of our soil, he will,
ifrom all Indications, multiply In num
bers and Asiatic significance, till we
shall haye a problem worth while. -
As -to "unfair," "prejudiced." agita
tor," "Mallgner," "dabid." etc., used by
Mr. Berry, H may be suggested that epi
thets in newspaper correspondence are
characteristic of mediocre men.
C. R CLINE.
Mrs.' Dunlvay Explain Position.
Portland,' Or., April 25, 1918. To the
Editor of The Journal Very early in
the present municipal campaign, in
compliance with the request of many
women voters. I published In one of the
newspapers a brief note expressing my
ueiiex in uuuwiubehuh ,u
government. My opinion was based at
that time upon general report, as I had
not then seen the voluminous pamphlet
sent out later, or pretended to be sent,
to every voter. But as soon as I did
see It and had time to study it care
fully, I discovered in it innumerable
"jokers," or "riders," with which I felt
it my duty to acquaint my newly en
franchised constituents, . chief among
them being the statement that "Sec
tions 143. 144. 146, 146, 148. 149, 160,
154, 155, 166, 157, 159, 160 161, 163, 165
and 166 (of the present charter) are
hereby repealed." I asked lawyers, wo
men and many professional men In dif
ferent walks of life for information as
to the meaning of these abstract num-
'erals, but could get no enlightenment.
i tnereiore warned, ana am suu warn
ing, the women voters against voting
for a meanure laid before them in such
a way that not one man or woman in
a thousand can tell what it means. In
the brief note above alluded to, I spoke
Incidentally of Mr. Rushlleht. as seem-
to be worthy of reelection. 1 did
w.Bdn
proposed (and then unread) commis-
B,0I charter.
I have not said or written ona word
against his CTndtdaeyy-for-'rgelectlonr
But with the voluminous text of the
proposed charter before me. Including
the above cited numerals, I am reminded
of an incident which oeeujreofcin my
nome. wuen, as u. onae, x wag jor me
first time entertaining guests et table,
I was not an expwienoed cogk at the
time, and when a late caller took a
seat at the table, I added extra hot
water to th6 coffee, not thinking of
the deleterious effect on the beverage
Itself. The gentleman praised the din
ned on general . terms, but said,
"Madam," as he handed up his cup for
replenishing, "I don't like to take so
much water to get a little coffee."
It will make little difference to the
people- at large as to whQmaybe
enosen mayor, out 11 win maKe a
mjhty difference to the taxpayers of
Portland if we adopt a charter, and
with it a mayor that stands for It, of
which the average voter can know Noth
ing till it is too late. '
. ABIGAIL SCOTT DUNIWAT.
IWght of Bill Boards.
''Portland, Or., April 24-To the Siditor
of The Journal I noticed in The Jour-
newtr whrch BfateirTjbetreve
there is an ordinance in force Which
limits the height of sign boatda to eight
feet, He also states that this ordinance
ItT not enforced.
I Will state for Mr. Jewltfs Informa
tion that ordinance . No. 24.962,' which
was tiaswtd by. the council on march 13,
PERTINENT COMMENT
K3L1LL CHANGE
Vote1 for riiiado, lloe and Itakel
e
About C a. m. is a. nice time, now,
to buyout.. - : . .
, ' . t e " , :
Nona of Vm ak for salary raises
until after election.
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The real, great state secret: Bryan
had to take a trip. .
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Mifflity- fine fellows, most of those
candidates, according to their litho
graphs. ,
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Now, why, not get Teddy to fix it?
Hiram Johnson would rather hobnob
withAlm thai with Bryan.
O. m il', we do lame thtnita to hoaat
of, all fight, though they do cost about
three ttiiies as much 19 they should. ,
It is lo be honed that the nreaident
realizes that there is oulte a natch of
country west of Philadelphia, or even
ouiiaiu, -,
' e . a - , t
"fnntpnpfl'rrb will nrnlrn Mnpnittlnna M
says a dispatch. Too bad; with 347
us i) ting men Montenegro could defy the
powers for centuries. 7
Is there any really cood reason on
earth why a- nubile otfiulal and hia
family should feel obliged to
srrve dinner every little while to a
lot of other . swallow-tailed function
aries? It is a silly custom and gen-
ulna, slncera cfviliiatlon doea not an.
mand It. . , , . . . .
By Herbert Corey,
Every time Herman Slelcken appeared
In the sunlight last week a man carry
ing a camera broke into a brisk run. At
last the sharpshooter snapped Slelcken
as he stepped out of bis aujO at tha dooi
of his Wall street banking house.
"It Is enough,'' said Slelcken. "I am
tired of this foolishness."
It was tha first photograph ever se
cured pf tha coffee king. For that fact
alone It Is remarkable. . slelcken is the
head of the coffee valorization commit
tee, which handles the entire oof fee out
put of Brazil which for all practical
purposes is all tha coffee in the world.
For 25 years he has been one of
the world's greatest merchant bank-,
era. Last year a oommlttee pf con
gress investigated his coffee monopoly.
la4 before he got through with It the
committee waa in biding- under the bed.
lie is as well known in London end
Berlin as he is here. And yet he In
some way managed to escape the cam
era, perhaps there Isn't another nam
in New York with money enough 10
hire a chauffeur who hasn't a series of
plastic posea on file at the sudios. -
It isn't any wonder that Rosa Cecil
O'Nei) is suooaazrul. Bhe unites good
business judgment to her artistic abil
ity. She does not permit herself to be
blocked away from profits because otfTor
people lack that dollar judgment she
owns.
When tha Cubists and Futurtsta
gave - their art exhibition here -Miss
O'Neil had an inspiration. She remem
bered the Billiken doll which a-young
woman of Chicago devised some years
ago and which rewarded its' creator by
1912, regulates the construction and
maintenance of sign and bill boards.
This ordinance does not limit the height
of bill boards or sign boards, conse
quently. Mr. Jewitt is not correct in
referring to an ordinance which, limits
the height to eight feet. Preceding the
present ordinance,: an initiative ordi
nance was passed by the people which
did place a limit on the height Of sign
and bill boards, but this ordinance waa
declared unconstitutional by the city
attorney and was repealed in effect by
the passage of ordinance No. 4,962.
I would like to bring out ona point
in connection with the municipal regu
lationsthat it is better to call up the
city hall and find out' what the regula
tions are before making a complaint re
garding non-enforcement.
H. E. PLUMMER,
Inspector of Buildings. (
Charters and Candidates. ! I
Portland, pril 25, 1913.TO the Edi
tor of The JournalThere has been so
much discussion of the new charter,
soon to be voted on, that I would like
to put my little word in. I can not
conceive how anyone) can vote for it,
and i have the best authority In the
world for my opinion. Mr. Gay Lom
bard Is against it. The present charter
was drawn up by such men as John
G sarin, H, W. Scott and others of the
same calibre, but of course they knew
nothing of civlo government, and we
have got to have a change. I will admit
that Mayor Rushlight was pKVged to
appoint, men to draw UP a new charter,
but he did not put men on who knew
anything about big business. Why, he
even had a labor representative on the
list.; .:.
I do not blame Mr. Lombard for
quitting the town In tilsguat Because,
If we do not have on that commission
men who , know how to wear a dress
suit with taste, What la the use of liv
ing? I cannot understand why Mr. Lom
bard was not given, the liberty to draw
up the new charter, in the first place.
I think Mayor Rushlight made a grave
mistake that he did not give him carte
bdanche. ,8uch people-as W, B. Ay res,
R. W. Montague and Mr. Benbow cannot
be compared with Mr. Lombard, with
his year and a half of experience in
the city council. We must have refine
ment, and, "by George," big business
must be protected.
I heard Mr. Lombard speak the other
evening and I admred hi stand. Me
said the present mayor was ,to blame
for the happenings of the, past two
years, and if he-had been elected there
would have been no flood in Dayton,
Ohio.
But Mr. Lombard assured us that if
he was elected, he would appoint men
that wouldjfljawup a charter, "by
Iieck.", tuat was -right ' , The idea of
anyone else trying to do It! It would
not be .fair to the people of Portland.
And another thing if he Is elected
he Is going to resign from his bonding
company. Of course he did not do sq
when he was a councilman, but why
not let bygones be bygones; and any
way, he just organized the company, as
a pure philanthropy.
I regard Mr, Lombard as a govern
mental expert, for he has given gov
ernment deep study. That is all he has
ever had to do, while Mr. Rushlight has
had to bother with such minor things
as learning the plumbing trade and
earning a living. ?s
Now I want-to warn the people of
Portland of one fhlng. . If you do not
elect Mr. Lombard mayor, and give him
a chance to frame a charter that is a
charter, he is liable to leave this town,
Then what will you dor v
..-.;-:v. , -, . -. M. W. ROWLEJT.
West Broadway,
Portland, April 26. To the Editor of
The Journal I respectfully suggest
that In deference to northeast ! Port-lanrta-tHerp'r'W"Perle-awd
4ha etrest
tiat has heretofore bore Jhe name of
'Proadway, the Broadway bridge be
the span that connects "Broadway" with
"West Broadway.," That is to lay, I
think- the new name of old . Seventh
street should be "Wesf Broadwey.''- .
.1. NEW YORK DAY BY DAY '
AND NEWS IN BRIEF.
OIIKGON SIDELIGHTH
Albany Is ubout to establish a
unl-
form syHtom of cluster light.
Woodburn will transfer to "the Fourth
of July fund the net balance ylulded by
the recent horHe xliow. .; '
e
I.utnber mlls at Oend employing more
than 100 men, report themselves simply
snowed under with orders from the east,
-
Dog owners of Hllluboro have been
given 30 days from April VI to buy
dog chains. After that period Towser's
honest bark will be heard no mure upon
the streets.
Articles of Incorporation of the Pres.
hyterlan church of Bisters have been
riled with the county clerk of Crook
county. - The incorpoia- ors are John W.
Dennis, C. J. Lloyd and J, P. Duckett.
The subscription fund for additional
fxound for the site of the library build
ngs at Hood River has been swelled to
11600, and the Glacier says the ladles
who are soliciting funds will undoubt
edly secure the necessary 12000 to pur
chase an addttjemat SI 5 feet before May 1.
Speaking editorially of the banquet
heblt in Albany, the Democrat ay:
"It s seldom possible-to' throw a roilt
Into the dining room of any local ho
tel between the hours of B and 12 p, m.
without breaking up a banquet, and
nothing short of a rigid quarantine can
prevent a large attendance at these,
functions. -i
making her rich. Miss O'Neil planned
a Cubist doll. Then she went to tha doll
makers of the United States.
''Impossible," they told her. "A
Cubist doll would not sell." . .
Disgusted with the lack of enter
prise Shown by tlii American doll
makers, she wept to Germany,, There
the Cubist doll was eagerly seized, and
Miss O'Neil's royalties are beginning to
plU UP. . r :;-.',...,.-:,.'....;
No matter what people may say, New
York has one peered thing. That 1s the
Saturday half holiday of the magis
trates' bench, Magistrate House en
tered his court room last Saturday
morning to find It Jammedby 280 un
fortunates and the attending policemen.
The 280 had Violated the ordinance re
latlng to thp prompt emptying of garb
age cans... (louse glared at the police
men. , V - y. v !
"You policeman," he said' cuttingly,
"saem not, to have any btains at all.
Don't you know that this is a shot t
day?" ;..' .:. -
.Then he fined the 280 a dollar each,
and announoed that the next time tha
proprieties ware so violated be would
discharge every person arrested. The
humorous part of the proceeding is that
the department of health is entering
with a flourish of trumpets upon a city,
cleaning, campaign. The 30,000 Boy
Scouts have been. askedW" help. -An
especla effort la being made to keep the
streets clean, and to train the city
dwellers in the ways of cleanliness.
New York newspaper publishers and
New York baseball managers are en
gaged upon an entertaining game of
bluff, The side which can longest keep
a-stlff upper lip wH wim
The publishers demand that baseball
games be called hereafter at 3 o'clock.
Last season a, straw vote at e gatta
showed the fans to be overwhelmingly
In favor of this proposal. The man
agers then refused to grant the earlier
hour, In order to get the Wall street dol
lars through the windows.- The publish,
era feel that a 3:30 opening costs the
newspaper of the city more money than
the ball (clubs make by it. Also, a 2
o'clock opening would permit the fan tJ
get home to dinner before the meat gets
cold. Now we eome to Jthe bluff part.
The publishers say that unless their
demand is acceded to there will not be
a line of baseball published in any
morning or evening paper in New York.
The baseball men say that the news
papers dare not discontinue publishing
this news. They say they can get along
without the advertising better than the
papers can get along without the news.
Each aide wonders If the other means
it- -
A buried clause In the will of the
late John Plerpont Morgan has aroused
a very worthy ourloslty which curios
ity will never "pa ' gratified. rTT"" v'
-.That clause relates to a continuance
of the support he gave many charitable
enterprises and to many worthy persons,
His will maintains after death the came
careful reticence that he did during his
life. It was only in the last few days
that', the public learned that he once
gave a million and a half dollars to an
east side institution. Mr. Nathan
Straus has told that when his own
means fell short of the needs of his
own charities he appealed for aid to
Mr. Morgan and to Morgan only. He
insisted on : anonymity. ' There Is the
story of one clergyman ' who begged
from ' Mr. Morgan for a thoroughly
deserving object .
"Here Is a oheck," said Morgan. "Say
nothing about it"
The clergyman couldn't holp talking.
By and by he called on Morgan again,
to ask for more money.
"Not a penny," said the banker gruff
ly. "You talk too much."
week later the clergyman dlscov
eretf that the needs of the institution he
represented had been met by a check
from an unknown donor. No doubt Mr,
Morgan's gifts to charities reached
millions upon million, v It is unlikely
that any , one save . his , son wil ever
know. .
One of the beneficiaries of. the Mor
gan will was hls librarian, Miss Bella
d'Acosta Greene. ; He expressly asltel
that she bo retained, and directed that
she be given 260,000.
"In aU her connection with Mr. Mor
gan," said a friend, "she made but one
mistake."
Mrr Morgan-owned a collection of old
Bibles of which he waa particularly
fond. His last act each night was to
pick up one of these books and read a
chapter. A score or more of them were
scattered about his bedroom when Mis
Greene took charge as librarian. They
were listed in the collection, but ahe
could not find the books. After a long
search she learned that they were in Mr.
Morgan's bedroom, and promptly re
placed them on the shelves. At 1
o'clock the following morning her tele
phone bell rang.
."Where. are my Bibles?" Mr. Morgan
demanded. Miss Greene told him.
"put them back where you found
them," he said -gruffly. "And do not
touch them again."
Her are some Interesting facts of
Nefr York's shopping center, it covers
a rnlle between Thirty-fourth and Four
teenth streets, and Fifth and Slxtn
avenues. Women spend in its ten great
department stores more than f 1,500,000
per day. The wholesale and mall order
business in the same territory foots up
24.500.000 dally. In the 25.000 big and
Itttlerhopa'srtoter f $(r..-twe-lB
spent daily. The 10 -department stores
alone occupy, real estate wOlth $200.
000,900, end eaoh averages 6000 em
ployee and a, stock worth J5.000.00U,
Between 30,000 and 60,000 "customers
visit each daily.' Tha average purchase
1 3. ..'' .-
LOOK AT THE GROCERY
WINDOW
From tho Toronto ,tai'. -
Whllfl everybody in complaining of
the high com of living one ntd but
take a walk tlirouli any part of tlm
city and .look in the . wIikIowh of dm
erro'cry stores in orUr to find that the
food of the people gives one food for.
tbuugiit. f. f . '
Tba expensive fruits ami' vegetable
which 1Q or 15, years ago were procura
ble only In, at moat, three or four shops
in Toronto, patronized by people who
were not compelled to worry about the .
cost of living these Imported, out ot 1
season fruits and vegetables are today
exposed for sale Jn grocery windows in
every part of the city.
This means that these luxuries of
yesterday are the staples of today. 11
a .thousand grooeries 1n this cityaia
exposing in their windows fruits and
Vegetbles Imported from all over the
world, It means that they are selling
these goods oyer their counters to their
customers,
If one may Judge from the grocery
Windows all about the olty the people al
most as a whole must he buying and
using hothouse and imported fruits and
vegetables as only the luxurious J; tea
did 10 "or 15 year ago. '
The grocers pn every street in the
city are not parrying these goods for
fun- They are not exposing strawber
ries at 25 cents per box. uuleas people
are buying them at that price. Olives
are not an absolute necessity on the
tables of the poor and any man Is pool
Who had difficulty In paying his blll--yet
nearly every grocery in Toronto con-'
fronts you with oHvea in every shape
and form, r Once If you asked for cheeiio
the ordinary grocer could attach but one
mfinnlnir iht. wnM ha nnnM
you to a huge cheese from Oxford coun
ty gndpose a knife over It. Today he
leads you to a glass cupboard in which
ha shows you not only native cheese,
but English Stilton, Roquefort, Camem
Pert,, Swiss and three or four creamed
cheeses. ,
For 10 months of the yearor Is It
12? the corner groceries sell tdhia
toes, although our climate only permits
their production for four months. Bv
the time they are abundant most people
have tired of -them for table use, al
though, we think, it is still the habit
of people In Toronto to make' catsup in
September rather than in February,
- Grapefruit begins to become as much
at. AKiiiiiy iievonnLjr aa puutmee were u
pur simpler fathers. Asparagus, which
people used to eat when their gardens
produaed it is now sold in fat but ex
pensive bundles nearly all the year
around The salt herring barrel . has
disappeared frpm the grocery; in Its
place stands the poroelatn-llned vet
from which the succulent oyster is
dlpperad. The cucumber, at 1Q cents
apiece, . gratifies the appetite In Feb
ruary and is despised at 6 cents a doxen
when nature thrusts them on us in
abundance, and dealers sell them by the
basket
So it goes in everything. The cost
of 'living lias pone up. But if the coat
of living has advanced 40 per cent in
20 years, we venture to say that the
scale of . Jiving must have- advanced
about another (0 per cent.
la tha game of love ai girl plays her -heart
against a diamond, -
"'
Anyway, it doesn't take nine tailors
to make a self-made man. , .
. Remove the obstacles If you want
things to come your way.
e
It lake's a truly great actor to realise
that ha Isn't the whole show.--! .. trarr
The man who always tries to get what.
Is coming to him seldom stops at that.
You can flatter any man by speaking
of his crankiness as the eccentricity of
genius.
t e ,;
' And it is easier for a woman to wear
her clothes well than It Is for her 10
wear well herself.
. a ; e . ... ..' . -
A soft answer turns away wrath,
but the soft drink habit doea not make
for the popularity of Peoria.
' After a spinster has married she may
discover that aha merely drew a conso
lation prize.
Always listen to a friend's advice. It
may enable you to ahow hira later that
he didn't know what ha waa talking ,
about "
All Fool's Day.
From the Seattle Sun.
Somehow it seems that we do not
get as much pleasure out of Ufa as we
once did. This statement is not tho
wall nt the man dronnine into "the lean
and Bllpper"d pantaloon"; for young and
Old allKe Una in' conditions unaer
which, we live too tense, the eagernem
tnr malarial iraln ! too rreat and the
fjght for fame and power too fierce.
It would, perhaps, relieve me stress
of things somewhat If,-on April Fool's
day, we could go back to all the Billy
customs of the old village an freely
participate In that harmless and mirth
nrnvnlciriar' nranklshness which added
so much light and laughter to the live
of our fathers.
Nor would we Play a fool's part to do
If YTrtrtlfli hnvM mcirA wisdom than we
have dreamed of In our philosophies and
the ironies 01 lire seem 10 aarpen men
wita. Court buffoons In the past have
been keener than their masters. ;
Sometimes too much culture has Deen
a real ouroen. .vvnen we www iw
mhr-h we ape nothing clearly, ana
strange as It may aeera, we often edu
cate ourselves away irom me sunpi
tt-ntha nf nfa ' Th senses Of the sav
age are keener than our own. The very
complexity of our psyonoiogies is un
doing us. Our minds are starving fur
simpler things. We need more play,
more, pranklshness, more 01 mat ooyisn
abanuonand buoyancy wnt;n wip w
keep the cheeks aglow, ( " '
. t miirht nrofit us to clay the whole
some role of a wise fool one day eauh
year, We may as wen lamit it; we are
nn 1 io-nifit.fi tan stiff, too formaL W .
should put aside these dull qualities once.
in a while and ecamper oown 10 vuo ,
boy's level, ::i:v:-.,,; ?V-
niit..r Woni1iU Tinlmes was not Idly
dreaming when he said he would "rather
laush a br ght haired Boy man -.re'S'i
a gray beR'd king."
Another Side of Mr. Bryan..
' Frm the Boston Globe.
tlma alnce this Country
has had a. secretary of state who would,
.a... at a filmrch 'anniversary and-au-
dress hls. audltors on the evils of In-
temperance, samouHa : -.
I- trho' m, n,vin did impres
sively on Sunday, and the incident rui-
hlshes an interesting siaeugni o
oharacter; The American people, even
those whp drink and swear, have respect
for Mr. Bryan, and V"! find no fault'
with, his attitude toward such personal
faults. . '' . .
tarles of state Is meant,, but one cart
hardly tmaglne Philander C, Knox or
EUhu Root choosing jt that topic
when addressing a church assembly, and
1. n ri.,niit that James O. Blaine
or Daniel! Webster would have selected
quite different tnemes.. , ,
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