THC OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY, JUNE 4. 101: - THE JOURNAL AS INDEPENDENT HfEWSPAl'Kft. "' C. S. JACKSON . ,.Pn blltrtis. l ubLi.ttiid every Toiot (except Sandny) an tntf taaiur mortj1i.tr at Xh ioa Build- tuiwM t l poatalftve fortinsd. Or., far - lrauooi!o tbroofcB tie ' mull Moad un matter.., -;- ; . - AKrf.l'UiiJi(Ma'n 7178; Hotsa, A-S051, AU nniumn rrnea Df atw namDers. asu n nm fleprtfBt you. o.- - -nJ!ift KKtaw to.. Bruotrwiek Bid., ,Hfti Ar., .New. Vwki .Ui i'pi' . SutMiripUoa taria by -. mall 0f. ... vuut states ei mum , On ' f ..... $5. 00 ) On noatn.. .50 One year i ..V..- i Oo ; - DAILY -AND BUNDA.T. - V Ob jreI......TJiO l One .mitnth. ....; ,69 V'' - v Credit is like a. looking glass, which, when one sullied by '.. a breath; may be wiped clear . again; but if once cracked can : never be ..repaired. Walter Bcott. ' - t . . I i -23 TUB LANDLORDS FIGIIT EYENTEEN" HUNDRED Fort- via. landers are now applicants for vl meters. ."- Because of these; ap- w plications anJ others "' certain to be -received at the water depart' . meni there Is a -measure on next Monday's fr ballot to" authorize;' the purchase of 50 dQ meters. -V f ' -There are landlords . who oppose the measure. .'"These landlords are the backbone of the opposition to meters, - a,"" ' : Rented property is responsible to the 'city for water .bills. " Land lords "distrust 'their tenants. They fear" that under meters, " tenants would leave faucets open, let leaks go' unrepaired ahd, --after -running ' up a big water bill, move out: and , leave the-bills for owners of the buildings to pay. Reasoning thus, many landlords want flat rates, . because . under . flat rates they would evade responsibility for the waste they claim tenants might "make them pay for. " " - ' Not all landlords take .this view, but most of them do. Some, are willing, for the welfare of the city . .as a whole, to have' meters in stalled; , j - . , But it is the opposition of land lords and their lack' of confidence in their tenants, that Is partly re sponsible for the hard fight against rjaneters. ' "m -4 . ?. - SUPrOIT THE fJ5IM3ExV IF ORTLAND ought to yote Mon day to annex Llnnton and, S.t. Johns, ilf we do not, we shall be sorry .when there is ; a federal census, five' years hence. ' : It is a good investme'nt for Port ; land to annex them. In a shorter time than anybody realizes Port eland will have so grpwn as to sur r.round both. - " fl Llnhton's finances, hay . been ; repeatedly misstated.' Her percent age of indebtedaess is exactly 'the j eame. . as Portland's. Linnton's is ;,9.3 per cent; Portland's s 9.3 per ticent. -' Thus . "Portland's ' taxable Property is $307,918,080; and her J indebtedness, " less sinking ,npd, ,$ 2 8 , 6 3 6 ."O 8 T. LLnntoii's taxable property is $3,269,080 and her in- debtedness ' $305-,139. In both 'cases the indebtedness is "exactly t:9.3 per, cent of the valuation of ! taxable property. r From ,1913" to 1914, the valua jjtion of Portland's taxable property declined $6,187,697; Lmnton's in creased $508,160.' ," I? - The Portland school evy for j:i914 is ' fi,ve mills "and Linnton's ;one mill. The total city I school levy in Portland Is and 12.5 In mills and In Llnnton 1 1 mills. :i'913 there was not a -dollar of m i a.. . delinquent taxes in linnton. Llnn S 'ton's financial showing is far bet ter than Is Portland's. ; A most powerful reason for the 'annexation of Llnnton and St. 'Johns - is that the merger would ,i 'placer - an additional -Tsir' -miles' 'Of Jrwater front under the Jurisdiction ;of the dock commission, and open j the way for a greater harbor de velopment in this city. This con sideration alone Is ample ..reason J Lfor every Portlander -to vote for the merger. '" ' 'A GAME OF DICJiERINO: 'pEPORTS from .Rome - are o '"lrtho effect that Bulgaria's en ; IV' try into the war on the" side of the allies is a practical cer tainty. These 1 repdrts " may spring from'hope inspired by -desire; but they call ' attention to Bulgaria's ' position and aspirations. ' Bulgaria has two ambitions one to regain Macedonia, and the other I to move back Its Turkish boundary, f ,The first runs , counter to Serbia, 'which- gotj a large 'part of Mace :donia after the second. Balkan war. If Bulgaria remains neutral, and' ; Germany and! Austria win, Serbia I will be "required to give up her part of Macedqniavr But the allies are v said to be promising Bulgaria that If they win, Serbia will give Up this territory , and receive portions of Austria &s" compensation. , : . The attitude of Bulgaria i Is of vital importance" to the allies for T that Balkan nation holds - the, key " to an Important door . to Constant- I nople, Bulgarian' territory is needed ;for moving troops toward the Turk- I ish capital. .That Is why the allies are so anxious to have Bulgaria en ' ter ; the conflict'on1" "theCr-Bide and - that is tjje ' reason tor 'promises : made concerning.Macedonia. ',- s At present Bulgaria is ruled by a liberal; cabinet, with a policy ' of neutrality.. . ; tmt national aspira tionsx are kept "toremost, and "close observers say vj the cabinet" wpl 'd'e- c:ae tor uie course : pnai promises greatest results, Bulgaria's 4esl"f e for-" Macedonia Is greater 'than: her ambition to regain Adrlanople, de nied her by the powers after the second Balkan war " c . -; It is la game of. dickering on a large scale, u 'Serbia would, be win ins to- part witlr Jfacedonia to gain Bosnia . and Herzogoylna, Tout 'she wants , those Austrian possessions before she "gives up any portion of what'sh has. u x '; ! ' AGAIN" VIXDICATEl) T Ti HE ROseburg' Review of; June ''"J says? j " Believing- that the merchant ' of Boseburg lolag hnn drede" 6 dellav Jallr a the-reeult of the '-ceadftioii -of the'-road through Pa CrMft caaren. 'in- northern Dousr- laar bounty, "Uayer Napoleon Bice late Monday held a eoafereace with Coun ty- Judge Marsterd and -ftKea "tne lat ter - to- take - eome . i action toward placing- the--road "in Question in - pasBable condition. I - The "conference -between the mayor and toonty -Judge followed th''"r celDt of "news here to the effect' that not less than' IZ automobile had. been Unable to make'thelr way through the canyon "during the paat two weeks. Moaf of ' -the - machines, which were occupied .by tourists en route "- to the exposition, were -either - compelled return" fO' Portland." Or shlp:thelr cars to the California city by raft. A few others' are ' now at Cottage Qrove. where "they are iawaiting the time when they can safely navigte. the road.. - - - Following the . conference'". Judge Marsters called jip v the ' road super visor of the -dlstrtcf: tn which 'Pass Creek Is leoated, and In reply to, in terrogations was Informed that ''the Pass Creek road Is ImpasBable "at the present time. - The statement of ' the Review recalls the - furore produced some months "ago by a- letter in" which State Highway Engineer Bowlby said to a friend in Seattle that the road 'in:' truestion" would not- be passable" until- about June 1. The Oregonlan led the attacks on Major Bowlby for that statement, and many . up-state newspapers cuckooed In chorus. . The attacks were a part of the Injustice heaped upon Major Bowlby for his honest and upright course as state high way engineer in Oregon. The Review goes on to say that County Judge Marsters ordered the road supervisor to r proceed and place the" road in a passable con dition at the' earliest possible mo ment." It states i also that "as much as $5 was charged by farm ers for pulling machines out of the mire;'' but adds that .the report s exaggerated by about $2. ; :w Declaring that; "Ipca, merchants are of the opinion that1 the Pacific highway should be, placed in! a pas sable condition" for -the reason that tourists spend considerable money in this city, the .Review said . the -V :... ..: .. !., ' - ioitowmg (jay: . . It Is the" oeiier of the local . men that the road- can be , put In first class -shape" So that '"Cars- may - get througft safely, and without any as sistance with a " email- . amount of werk .-by the I county . officials. The county court will -probably te- urged to make an investigation - and bring about some- relief. A : mass meeting of Roseburg citizens was called",- and steps' taken to irot the highway in condition for tourist travel, and it is prob able that the road will be made passable "very Boon; " " Meanwhile the truthfulness and integrity of Major Bowlby are again" vindicated."'-' " " A GOOD SIEASURBJ I N many cities, the pound Is op-L eratea Dy a numane society, it 1b a plan for humane destruc tion of such dumb animals as have to be d e s t r o y e"d and for a humane - administration ' of all activities connected with the pound. It is proposed" ' to .'empower 'the city commission' to' cohtr&ct with the' Oregon Humane society to con duct the pound In Portland. A charter amendment on next Mon day's ballot will give voters the chance to express their choice. The terms and conditions are made ' discretionary with" the com- mlBStonv "which is- a guarantee that in any arrangement entered into, the city's' .Interests will be prop erly protected. It is a proposal abreast of ohuman progress. ' If operated 'by.' the humane soci ety, the pound and the activities connected"" with Itwjll never be occasion for the - cruelties and brutalities practiced In many cities. - It "Is a proposal, to aid in making Portland, in all its appointments, a city of peace, humanism and gen tleness, and should be"" supported- Vote J.10 .X yes., ' PERSECUTING DALY. w H Y this hounding of Com missioner Daly by the Ore gonlan? . . . . i ? - ,Mr. : Daly Is an honest man. He is "a conscientious public servant!:He has been a big factor In1 the success of commission gov frnment in Portland. - His whole... endeavor is to do al he can In the , service - of Portlanid and Portlanders. He Is a deep stu dent of the responsibilities, duties and opportunities of , his posltioi. No man in- public! life could give more freelyi nor .more devotedly of his time, his energy and his strength to his official work. ; i As-, a councilman not one breath of tatot evor. attached to his name. To have5 "survived service f In the council, with such "a record. Is un usual. ' , - As a commissioner,' his efficiency is common ; knowledge , Until Daly's ; timer, thercost of operating the water department constantly grew. ' "Dajy has 'reduced that "cost. He yas the' firs man to do It., By the 'end tot the' fiscal year" his Bar ings' In i operating h department will; tota, f 00,000. lit addition to these j savings,-Coinmlsisloner Daly, at the. first, of the eurrent year, re duced water "rates ' 18 per cent" for household use and 25 per cent for lawn sprinkling. --Jt Is -a record of high ef Jiciency, , an" entitles 'Mr. Daly to the appreciation and thanks of the people1 of Portland, " -1- ; But the : portion served out to him by the Oregonlan la not hanks. It misrepresents 'everything be dpes. It misstates' what he says. It con stantly places him and his -work In a" false light.' Its hysterical opposi tion ta meters, has been practically admitted by the Oregohian toToe chiefly . because ' the meters, ' are wanted y Mr.'palyV ""' ' "! " '" It Is 'perfectly" proper r to criti cize public men.' ; But they should be ' attacked "with facts,' not '"with, innuendo," misrepresentation' - a n d malignant houndlngs". They- should not 1e -wantonly 'persecuted and ob BtruCted "In' their efforts In' the public behalf, as the pregonlan . is deliberately antj boastfully " doing with Mr.- Daly." r " . " '"'Its malice ought to be resented. Its willful, malicious -and brutal as eaults on - a man wb.o Is consicen- tlously and ably serving ' the people- of Portland should be rebuked, and there Isno better way t do It than by giving Mr toaiy authority- to buy and Install the 5000 water me ters the water department is ask ing for. . ' - ' ' ' S EVEKTY-ONB marriage J.I- ' . . m .-. A,taf censes at J-.os Angeles wtmiu a -few., hours ' are a re minder that' June" Is "'the- month? - of brides "" as well r as thf month of roses and college' graduates. "'f . What a glorious thiirg .is youth which ! sees "the light that nver was on sea or Jand.' . , v" " '-f It was'on 'a night In June that Trollus mounted the Troyan . walls and sighed his soul f toward the Grecian tents where Cressid lay. It was on a night in June that Dido with a willow in her hand stood upon the wild sea banks and wafted her love to come again, to Carthage. :; ' r ' . It was on a night in 'June that Medea -gathered the pnehanted herbs that" did renew Aesojn. - Jt was on a -night Jine that Jessica stole from the wealthy,Shy lock "and with an.unthrlft love did run from Venic9 as far as Bel mont." , j. . Moonlight In ' June would ,be as dead and' cold as" the planet that reflects' It ' If Youth "did not "dis cover it and tell of -it as a great new thing. T JT It "Were not "for the discoveries of Youth "in " the nignts "of" "Juhe the heart of the world would soon grow ofd.' f T ' i i - . T -.V,'J .''". . L ,- People at' Washborn, Wis., object to - proposed "extension"' of the Qupont ' Powder company's '' plant adjacent to their' town i and car ried " their fight to the ' state capi tal. But when the peopled were told that work" on foreign orders had been shopped and an "enlarged planf -was -needed to fill ' a : "big or der for' the United States", the" cfb jections were - withdrawn. ' v . It makes 'a 'difference. - - ''- 11 i ' 4 -.-:) -- The householder 'who ; pays the cty for all the water he uses and wastes none, is seldom'' found op posing meters; Aside" from ' those who are misinformed on the ..true issues, the leadership of the oppo sition centers In people who do not pay a fair price, who know It, and who intend not to pay if they can help UL - In ' view of Bcare stories about our national "unpreparedness," a recent war department : report is interesting. Exclusive of rms carried by the army and navy, tho government has 732,04)0 Springfield and 338,000 Krag-Jorgensen rifles stored in its arsenals.-f , And the number can be trebled In" a short time:'"" i . CaiiforhTa'Ti'asT 'quit " furnishing dictionaries- to" public school pupil because a' judge says a dictionary is not a text book. -The Judge may be right, but, ' just the Bame,the dictionary is a book that furnishes a lot of good -texts: for poor spell ers. When reading' that 7 an army poured 600,000 or 1,000,000 8hells into the enemy's ' position," it "is of interest to remember that shrapnel shells cost the belligerents ll 8 each.; An easy problem in multipli cation will illustrate the" rate ' at which wealth ' is being Shot'' away. "-5-" "'- aaa-aaB-aa--aa--aat J " 'f 'tf ' Just as we expected, Permysl had no sooner become familiar' t fhe cye than - tho -Teutons changed it back to Przemysl. But there is stilt the" comforting r thought ' that whether' the Russians1 "or Teutons do '-the spelling,-"It" is not safe - to try to pronounce it. ' . " The Illinois leglslafure ?t has passed a bill forbidding the ere tion r of a : jail within' --B0 6 ' feet o! a schoolhouse. '.The ide . may -be that ' If ' the;"sghool is reasonably efficient there will be no need ot a jail next door. V ' s - Slxty-elgh't Ifiousand " miles of motion .picture' 'film'; 'was "made In the -United' States-'durtttg thtj Tirst 11 months of 1914. The- movie "fan" might Just- as well, abandon hope df"seeing . tha '.whole, show. . v It ' appears f that the" 'Russians were premature wh'en they changed the -' spelling" from' przemysl 'to Permysi:-" s - : x Jt-has been permitted a .Los -Angeles ,inan"to .see .his J own , heart beating. This gives force to the worfls of ' the old song, "If you could" but' read "this 'heart of mine you'd f rad.' a r wondrous story -writ-ten'theref .". ' yilla has had agents at St, Louis buying machinery for' a -shoel?ac-tory.''i Here-'la ne-Joh' Instance in which war encourages an indus try "of "peace. - - A wedding was 'solemnized In the dome of Oregon's-capitoL Here's hoping that the contracting parties may ever be "aiTjlear 'the?, heaven of bliss.-" ' V : - ' If : it believes all it fays about' meters, the Oregonian'a knowledge of hydraulics --should enable' It to qualify as an expert with 'a squirt ; The object of "a meter ' system Is not to 'prevent the r.Be of water "but to ; puj1 every one on '. a b"is ""of equality " s ,'"-,.- ; 'V FortIandis"-pollce"' band,1 has dis covered that harmony is impossible where there are-.tActIoa.-r-;:---'-f'- WILL WORLD EMPIRE MOVE EQUTQBWARD? T -Prom tfce St. Paol Dlapatch. - Suij.GBQif ommkC' o o & q a s. Bpeaklns In. the south,'- advised the south and all the rest "of the world, i that thd'"futur- df the rWorld lay In "the" tropics. -'""Jt s the' surgeon general who has occupied a plaee of late In ' the . sun of -interest, because 'Of his triumphant discoveries' ".n'" connection wftb typhoid fever;'" and . the " expectation that he would bo ' loaned ' to Serbia to " fight against 'the fever which Is running such "riot In Serbian" field hospitals. "Dr. Gorgas 'has spen'f "his profes sional - life in justifying- the tropica, as a place of residence, and in the attempt to -make .those - tropics a practical place of residence .and busi ness. He himself was born In the south, in Alabama, and a - man nat urally bends his energies toward-; the Justification of the "place of -his nativ ity; there is .destiny Jn thisr . Not only was he born In the south; but his' education was southern so far as the schools of the south' permitted, and his chief ' professional-practical, work has "-been at " Havana and - at Panama. He has been honored by the Tropical Medical , society fot Great Britain,; and In tbe me4lca. t schools of, the north -his chief work' has been for the south. Moreover, his name gives a' suggestloAf "fhe Latin, per-? haps of the 7 Spanish. ' So that it might have been anticipated that he would champion most loyally the la4 tuae ox nis Dirui, ana Deueve uin ui familiar temperature can Je made tol erable" for" all men,' and Jo r any busU ness ' activity.' ' r"' - -f 'f ' - - - ' - ... Xt.was, ngt of pur south lie spoke. For the south og ilia TJnfted States IS not under indictment 'as to tempera ture. , While it Is adrflitted that the temperatures even ' of. " Georgia and Alabama takes" something from ' the' noftherh'e"nefgy "or men," It Is under stood - that tjie" yearrr"ound that en ergy will be eaualissedl to a i degree and that the man of 'the north musj ipenda mofety. of energy during Jthe cold ' months merely In enduring the cold; as the man of the south spends tinW in enduring the heat, but he does not subtract from his energy during that time; he may' be storing it. In any event, the south of the United States, Which during the first cycle of our blstory, bad Its- decided place in the sun. is recapturing that place. ' It "was not of the farther -south. Knot' the boutb . edgtf; gf he temperate zone, and the north edge of the trop ics, but of the true tropica, those re gions which are belted by the equator, of - which Gorgas spoke. He : expects that the civilization ot the future will concentrate itself around the equator. And this means that the northern regions of South - America and 'of Africa will' be the dominating- regions of the "worldr When-: thGorgas - pro phecy co-mes true. Between the Tropics Of "Cancer' 'and CftprlcWh. In Stead" "of between5 the Tropic Of Cancer and the Arctic Circle, will be found the civilization of the future. ; ! "Half of ' South America . is Included in -this belt, the greater half, since' the bulk of the continent 1 Is massed to ward the' worthy and t below Capricorn It Is but a long tapering point down toward"1 the ''Horn.' ' Brazlrv lies well withjn the defined zone, and therefore Brazil, Which at the present moment must surrender supremacy to Argen tina, may. expect Its predominance in the continent thereafter. In Africa the broadest territory lies In the belt, and it Is the imdlscOvered, the dark Africa! to -which the - future belongs. The very northern strip of Australia lies" north of Capricorn; and this may look forward to a future when ,Jf el-bdurnB'ana- ydneywll be ' f orgottinl s; -s 1 -v- air . '--s.-' ? - asa a '. t-v , - i s ' i Sturgeon General Gorfras bases bis prediction on ryii fact ttat the rich est "soil In the world ' la' to be fun( In "' the tropics, in those dark recesses bf Africa along the Congo, and! those ancfeot 'spietodort "aj!o"ng"tbe Ganges and - 'the ' Euphratesrand that un equalled', richness ' of soil along- - the Amazon, - ' " " ; For centuries men have braved the dangers vof . the 'tropics" and have bfougbl baclt :. 'wealth' to th4 temper. ates-It 'ha beenl. supposed '-that this was the natural establishment of 'ad vantages, that, the tropics -Were but a feeder to - the wealth' of the temper ate, .and ; that "tile -men of- the ttm peratfcs paid the- toll ln rich -death to the tropics'. "-Thousands of stories have gathered around "this'' fact" that death . . j. : r- T '. - - -r-.-. -i-. - f a:'?T:7?? ?? .: ?a,M And ' always when "a man was ordered to- tbefee Jregi6n; or his ambltIon"for weanh'idrWged'-himihitfier'.',he con sulted ; physicians ; and discovered whether be could endure the exposure lo"lieat 'ifnil maiiria' and the more than -thousand iUs which the tropics are heir to." Men have been appointed governors " of India for ' the' simple climate. And Kipling's chUdrenhave been sent home" ttv tjngland to"" escape tj death which "lurked In Indian cli mate." """irhUe "there are- places': la Africa and' In South America which are recognized by- such story-tellers as ; Joseph Conrad and percival Gib bons "as death 'traps for the' ambi tious. - lW sball have : to change all ; f.hat. Gorgas'vis changing-' It lrfyhls con quest" of the 'tropica, and the tropical diseases. . The . record which he ' has made at Havana and at Panama makes good his propbecy. IX Havana can be mad'e possible to aiy white man, why no$' ' the ' depths of the Amazon . and the far windings -of the Cdnro? Grad ually ; the diseases' of the temperate tone "have been ' conquered until. 1 is not ' beyond hope that disease may be terminated In 'the north countries. Evidently a similar conquest may be made 'of the 'torrid cone, and Gorgas has begun it.' The center of the world win shift back. jo Babylon and'Cuzco. We shall "hot ; be here to " see" the humiUation of ,?arjs arw" -JTew' York. A FEW- SMILES A maiden lady said to her Uttle" nephew V ' ' "''Now; C Johnny," you go 'to ways -'d s"o," atndfT- " t n n' I H a r r fl v I -aa fl fs cheeked and hand somer -w hen you grow up." -" Johnny thought over '-thia a- -' few minutes and then be observed---- "Well, aunty, you must- have -sat "up a good deal when you were young!. -, In his Savamah camp BiU Dono van,' baseball -manager, iad -a. dusky -..r - VvHf-d -waiter at the hotel -py fthe -tiame of Sutton. Bill bad to reproach Sutton more V than once-" for a Jack Of agility tn arriving ' with the f ood. Sutton promJ ised to improve.' One mOTning, he 'brought In la. consignment of griddlo cakes that had gone cold. Wh'atT do you mean," said Bill, "by bringing me In' cold cakes V " "Well. I'll tell you, boss," said Sut ton. "I brung them cakes in "so fast that I guess' they hit & draught." Letters From the People s Commnnleationa sent to The Journal for pcolioatlon la thia department saoiue-'oe writ-, ten tm- orrly ens' side ot tte paper.- should not exceed SOO words la length and moat ba act t t tS'h," ue nam poousnaa, a uwuu jkt hw.j "Diaeaaston Is the greecest of all reformers. It tatkioaUrea everjtbinB it tonche. It roba fcrlncfpter of all -fates' sanctity and tbrowa the at buck -as their .reasonableness; -it they feave-ae rcaaontlenea8 sathlea cnishas then -on t ot . oxltenc and aota ita own concUiatena tn tuate stad.'' Woodrow. WUKinv - Grocers , and Sunday Closing. ; Portland, May ??.-T the Editor of The JournalAs one 05 the leaders in the- referendum movenent against ' the Sunday cl6slng tlaw, - uassed by the ottydounctab6ut'"a' year-ago. my at- tehtlon- has been calica "to 'an 'artifcle in- your ?i- paprfr- a 'wee ago' entitled, Small Orocers-Are -Said t 'Favor Sunday--Ordinance." Which Is an interview given out by-J. W:" Caldwell, said 'to ft the vie. president of "the Retail Grocers assooiationc" V't .:';.. - It IsTbarfliy probable that the voters will lie guldedby erich' si stateme'nt When they top to think that the in dependent' grocers,' numbering between 76 and 100;-formed a temporary organ Izatlon to fight -thi" -ordinance -and tied it' up-'by' means bf the referendum; Mr. Caldwell's statement that tne bulk of the -association -members are small ' grocers ' is- no doubt true. They can't ail be ' large dealers, ut the Betall Grocers" association has in its membership 'some' of the' leading gto cers.' 'Mr. Caldwejl would hd dOubt'be Offended' were be referred' to as any other than ' a "leading grocer." . Now It la equally true that th' bulk of the' independent -srocersre small gro cers, but in our ranka we have -some that 1 think couiabe""te"rmed 'leading grocers." T am not trying ta give-Mr. Caldwell a' lesson ; iri 1 making- a .fair statement." I am simply stating the facts: . - " - ' In every mention of this matter In the 1 public printsthat I have seen, reference -has -been made- to the ''one man" 'who It is-claimed stands-alone opposing this -ordinance, - but I have never" seen his "name "printed. X'. am sorry that this man has. never seen fit 'to go 'Into- the- publle - prints- with a redbot pen but' since he "haa-not-X So, not feeT at liberty' to mention 'bis name, "but the facts -are these:" - "."TThen Tt "was ' rumored that the Re tail Grocers' - association had Induced Mr.-o Blgelow to introduce this ordi nance in the city' council the whole drove" of Independent grocers, " lnclud- Hng myself, made' a bee line" for this one nameiess Dig- xeiiow. - we- neeaea hl- support -just- as- much as be needed ours. - He worked hard and did more than hfs share .financially, and if the voters' ehould - support this -ordinance he would' Toe the one 'least hurt. - 1, would" urge-' Mr. 1 Caldwell to let alone this man, and leave -this matter where ; we," the Independent grocers, have placed lt rwlth the people. C. H. CORBIN, ' An ex-member of the Retail Grocers Association. - . - -." . r-. : .-!--'' -. Portland and! the Tourists. PortIah-a,-yun t-tb tbe-Edltor of The Journal I 'am ' glad "to see Port land waking- up to a- consideration of the value of summer tourists dollars, ten of whlcn, put Into active -circulation, are worth more to tho city' than a thousand corded up in the vault of a bank, - the -officials; of which Will not loanos -real -estate or furnish" to new Industries. -.' , s Los Angeles stands as a shining ex ample of what tourists' money will "do for city, and - Seattle also "secures a great deaV of this kind of coin. ' Re garding Portland why, there are hun dreds' passings through here 'that grab the -first connecting train for Seattle, where' they: "plan 'toi stay 'anywhere from 10 days to two months -a fact the -writer is in position to know, What's the answer? Attractive lit erature is - sent -back east ani distrib uted through the medium of hotels' and rallro&dr "fflce.-;.We avo fhe'scenic "goods." th roaes to arouse" fenthusi- asm,- and the views - from tho :top : of Terwilllarer drive andSkv Line make them".-want 'to " tajce in rzh Columbia highway and Mount Hood. - The-real tourist seasoa opened June I," and while-' to -date' less thad 9- -per cent Of the exposlti'dn travel has - been routed via north Pacific coast ' points. S i " - PERTINENT COMMENT - - V, SMALL CHANGE ' ,111 . 1 1. II. ' Every man is a hero in bis mind. ' Better a bag bead. . turn-np "nose " . - -than a cab- ' It s easy for a man to ba popular if be IS - easy. '". "- A- - -' A man tips the'soales by dropping a penny in the alot. - --." -., -i - r " '. "A bluff Is usually' more of a neces sity than a luxury.: ,.'.. - ','-' , - - The man who really knows himself doesn't fell all be knows. - -: People who suffer In silence always like to boast about it later. -L-y,---M; e - . v -. .' . . -.. If a mati doesn't enjoy bis work. It's time for him to get another joo., ? ' - ? ,-. , - Most woman lodge organizers would make good suffragette, lobbyists. fi.-r ;-.i-.-.--- i; . -- It -.. - Life is mostly a Joke to the . girl witbs dimples and 1 perfect ' teeth'. -. "T itptf. V.: - O ;' -7 i3-W'-' The1 bouquets yotf throw at yeur- self : may turn-; lata-boomerangs. -. - A girl doesn't always make a noise like a belle when she dresses loudly; - . ,1 , . . .1 , - The wife of a" man of few words usually has a monopoly on the vocab ulary. h . ... .1'. - : f - k Some men are such clever liars Wat they can even explain to - tho satis fac tion of their wives Where they have been. . - ris, - -.. ' ' - - . In some-churches they pray for the widows. and- the -orphans -but, as a rule, more wives are in need -of pray ers than widows, i " - - ' " ' ' -. . """Occasionally we' mefSt a man who )s froud'. 6f the fact that -he nevr be onged to, the uniform ran of "a- lodge and wore feathers and a tinsword- k, WHAJ THE BANKERS By-John- M, Osklson.- - The American- Bankers" association is boosting thrift throtlgh Its -savings bank section rpreacbing sound savings gospet"- - --- -: "'', ; - ?' In-?a recent ' bulletin the association demonstrated". how -;a tnan5 earhin-r $?0 a week may, by'Bavlng -$5 a Hveek and investing it wisely,""douDTe TiIsrincOme at the' end of 58 years, r. Suppose he-began at the age of 22- by the time he was 0 the' ncpme from bis Invest ments would amount to a little more than $20 a - week. - ...---':'.;.. - " "This is ' not a . ge-rlch-qulck scheme," said the bulletin. It is not; it is "a" sober mathematical demonstra tion of what any one may do. You ' decide to test the plan, ano". take $t a weejc regularly to a sav ings bank' that 'pays 'per cent inters est and credits; Interest earnings every six months? " ..r , 1 - ' - At the-end of four years you have to your Credit 11128.89; take out 11030 and' put It in sv sound real estate mort4 gage paying- 6 per oent: Go -ion'1 then building up your savings fund, again undoubtedly there . will be - thousands pass this wajlk in June, July, August and September. - -" '' - - Do -you think Portland will get many of : these tourists 1 by beinr; dlrecteor to the Chamber of mmeiee? f Who will direct' them r Host of them undoubted V7 ias In' the past will hive 'no-Inten-Oon -of stopping here; ahd somebody wfll have to grab r feln bodily. " To : do that we" should." ha ve; a-booth in ' tbe union ilepot -ln- charga 'bf '8, real "live Wirer or possibly two In a position to arrange auto trips "around the- city and outside alsO" a, man to distribute proper literature Oh "the Incoming navel spe ciat'-boat train, if -pertnlsslonr can' be secured from Mr. Sklftner.' Tna expense tso incurred should -be-taken care of by the Chaaaber" of Commerce,' the hotels, touring- -ear companies and the Port land railway company. - - . . Like ' evert other'good thing, if Portland-wants this business -she will have to" go after ' It systematically .-and - ag gressively. -.--" ""-C H. KEENH" ; CasnTes"rtlie Censors. Portland. May3i.-- To the Editor of TbO Journal The local board o fllnr eensors canseq - ov eiuniuauuns.' on . a film -exhibited last week, after-it had been shown - straight- at Seattle. Jt seems strange that: this is necessary in an enlightened: city i like Portland.' Are we- more- susceptible- to- the influ ence Of moving pictures' than s Seat tie 7 From the -viewpoint -of -our-protectors, we ' are.-- Mysterious 'aTre' the way 'of the -local board" of oensors. fit passed "Hypocrites."" while Boston , demanded that '-th. leading- -' chafraoter, - "-Naked Truth," be clothed bef Ore' being-x-hiblted; Likewise"" the Chicago board refused to let 'Tt's'a Lon-"Way' to Tipperary" brhOwn,- but It was ex hibited -here'.- ; -'"" ri tf'" f .v r --;. X bave no quarrel to .make with pur worthy board;1 they must-slash something- to make a showing. The ques tion is. -wou)4 two- sets ef people make exactly 30 eliminations on - the above mentioned fUm, -ln 'exactly - the same places? - If not, iocat eneorlna" -is ' a fallacy and should be atoUsbed -' If we must have censorship board,. let- us rather take Jhe-5 government's plan of labeling' food. ' Let the censors theatres; as to' the contents a prospec tive - patron ' might expect.' : Then" he Can, accept or reject ' it: as It 'strikes his Whim.' r, --s '""" - - X really believe that" the national board'bf censors does "Its Work in a thorough manner, and - the re is no need for a higher court to pass on what has already been-' 'passed ' by them. "This would - assure patrons - Of moving . pic tures ' of seeing- a' whole fllnr, instead of one all cut up ; ;-1 ' ' A-FAN. , Pleads . fiause of 'Timber : Ilf en. t t Taft.. Or, May.27. To the Editor of The. Journal As ' there have been printed In your, paper for the past couple of months .articles'-disapprov ingthe "Oregon legislature's authoriz ing of the ' attorney general to . inter fere In the C & G, 'land grant ' shit: also your - approval . of ' the ' Uni ted INDEX OF ADVANCING TjpiQF PROSPERITY Kew Tork, May ' 2 8. There i noticeable a steady expansion In operations -of .'the v United , States Steel . corporation, which ' lat week reached 89 per cent of ingot capacltj-i"- The"- aotuai output" Was slightly larger than . that percen tage,' avnd It is expected that even a betjasi- showing wUl be made this. week. The 'American' Steel & Wire and the Carnegie Steel, th two .great subsidiaries-, are oper ating .at" about -0- -per- cent of - ca- pacity?v ----; z Furnace -j No. ' 2 ,. of the Carrie Futnaees ' of 'the , Carnegie Steel company, at " Rankin,: - yesterday was blown in -for the first --time In-two ysars.-' Seven"' furnaces' are now irt-operation. At -the-Edgar Thomas Steel 'Work "nme of the Xi furnace are in operation. , ;;-, AND fEWS jN BRIEF " OIUCGON SIDELIGHT3 - "" -'" 11 t 1 1 r 1 gj-.,.jt.u 4 ' "Whenever a"""safe " is cracked In Umatilla county," eays the ICaat-Ore-gontan. .'It i means -a---new faoe will soon - be seen., in the county- ban tile; our- sherltf cajo smell a- yeggmau J.o) mles away." - - - . .-.j. , 1 , ri""'. t-i-'-''''' W. C. Conner has again perma nently retired" . from" the management t the Cottage Grove Leader. . W, 11. Tyrrell, .of Waverly, Iowa, a publisher f . ?0 : years experience,.- has - bought the -Leader; this Jime,. and is new- tn charge. t f' . ' ft . . Jfc..H--ffeR-t:..' V - -"r -? . .'' Occasion for general Vejoielag-noted by the -Grants - r"asa Courier; . '-This seems to be a year- of celebrations, and now the farmers down-the -valley are preparing to celebrate the turning of -water Into the. dUcbea, of -the com munity project." - r ... y '-- iv;'.n;. ,.,.r; -. v.. -; e . , ; r;; ; , -- La Grande Observer; And the' old boys In-blue turned ..Out yesterday as they have ;npt 4o years before to La Grande. Along- with them " was, the largest crowd of cltizena that has taken part In Memorial services for sometune. It is- welk j v . - , i- i ; , 1 ' Journalistic estimate of a legisla ture's work, as -per the Bend- Bulletin: "Copies- of- the 11 -Beealon laws -are now procurable tow $1.35, - There are 265 new measures.'. ThAt brings the coat of each law to a trifle over halt a cent. -A: number of them 'arO worth mors; .than; that."- v-.p--.' r-h:r- ' Ashland ! Tidings: The value of ad vertising; is certainly appreciated .by a vcertain tobacco - salesman who 1 was in Ashland Friday. - While the moving picture men" from Medford'-were taking- pictures at the entrance to -the Sark he-drove - his car, which has a la: -tobacco sign emblazoned-' on the side, In front- of the picture- machine, lie then simulated an amateur .driver havjna trouble' and managed to .Jerk around lnt front-" of the' -machine for several seconds, keepina- his sign-in a Srominent place. .-It was a. little over one, f however.'and this part. of the film is to be cut out 4 - , SAY YpU CAN SAVE until you. have $1000 or more; at-the end-of the seventh year you win buy another IQ00 ' mortgage paying r -per eent.- 1 - y' Ti:"-'- ' ' "In iS years you .will have $14,000 invested In . -per cent mortgages - and $761.33 ' to . the savings bankA 'Three years later you'll have$i7,00y in mort gages and 77$.2$ In the Savings bank and" your Ineome from mortgages and the bank will - be $i05l.-JS0 -a year- or $20.21 a week. . " .' ' . - .." ' - Suppoao ' you 'were in a position to set aside i5 a week for every child of- your family, "beginning-when the bey was ready to go into business or the girl td" get married, each - would have a' vug nIIUIo '.fortune-to r help along. ' it- VN '-'':-' - " ' - faking such calculations and plans is fascinating- worjfe - Carrying them into practice is not so easy,'" To Judge by results In "this country as reported by experienced savings bank men, ' f eg uarV saving fa -very bard. '-4 It will' be made" easier by keeping in --f ronij ef- yo -some euch " table of possible; results as -tn rsanaer-r -association has worked out - '" States supreme court decree in the La Raut i and-Jordan- -tsases,-- please - allow ne to "remind you of Something-that did happen last -Winter In-the 'city' of Portland.- you stated" in- your paper that you i had" assistea over tuvu po pie in four morlths who were n 4!re & C. railroad, company and the Booth Kelly (Lumber - -company -'have - given employment-'to more .people than- -all your philanthropists' have been in p sitlOn to assist. - They also' pay heavy taxes On their' holdings" ''" '" ..t--''.-:-' - JOHJ OST.ERMAN. Astoria and the Llberty BeH. Salens "Or- Way 28T "he Editor of - The' -Jour nal An Vri Oregon" pioneer and a former-presldentof the Oregon 1oneer! assoclatfonV,wouRt, request the commnUe in-ciiarge bf the Liberty Bell,"irit Were 'possible to 4o so, to take It to Astoria, so that it might be shown to the people of that enterpris ing city at the mouth of the Columbia river. ; , - ' ' - My reason for making a request of this character Is that we retainedwhat was known as the Oreg0rf- Couhtry' in a large measure on account of the discovery- and-'-settlement f-in the 1 ' vi cinity of Astoriai 1 l'T it- is ! We'll known that Captain Rob ert -Gray" bh -May lj,r-IfOi.-discovered th mouth of the Columbia -rrver". In 1806 Lewis and" Clafk explored the Columbia river' from5 Its source to its mouth' at Astoria.' ' A' seftlemenf was begun at Oak? Point, in l'80 8k '-'Astoria was -founded - by John - Jacob Aetb tn 1811," was captured by the- English In 1813,: and restored to the 'ynlted States In l$18v' "For -thesa "arid m4ny 1 other reasons, too ' numerous to r mention, ; I feel Justified In' making, this-request. fit would be fitting e.nd proper that the-. Liberty Bell should be exhibited at-Astoria, that1 its-people, and those of -Clatsop county might - have' an op portunity of seeing the bell that rang out- freedom -to-the world In. the perilous- times of this nation's ' history. . .- y .jt. "P. H tXRQ.' - 'J ' 4-r- y 'V - saiswii asaassfj-"- av.,r-, ; f f fj The 'Best-Way to, 'live.--- - , ' Portland. "Vf ay 3ll--To the Editor of 1h.e ,? JournaS After all . is said -and done, can' We prove that all is n6t -rdr the -beet? "It & tru"e-faat: this- World is filled with, .lnjustleeit per seou tion and great Wars that bring .Untold suf fering, ' but wers ; it not " tor -these ex periences ff hardship,''thistsacriflcln(r ani'. burnishing fot - that Jewe 'called the" soul; howcould we progress -and Improve? ln the -very Injustice Of things Hies our opportunity to' survive and overeem exlettng oonditione. 'By overcoming through right and Justice we set" an example for others "and for tify i ourselves against' all tbat is 'not for .tHe'V-good of - humanity. -This world's war-will teach peop the tise lesshess'of war,4 THS atvin right";of individual power over the' masses' shall cease, and ' with It that "un natural de sire" for great rain which 1 only tol erated because of the' lack of lava and unselfishness-' among individuals, "vy" must' leartrthat' because the' present system Is unjust w- cannot perpetual ly 1 tustifyJ'Ourselve 1." wrong - doing so sustain life and freedom, but rather must - educate " through example and compartsomtmtll present -methods be come so unpopular tmaf tbrotigb ne cessity and shame we shall merg, in to -a new social condition,- or a government-. of, By'nd for the . people, and, better fyef let- tha HmiJlenniura dawn, when we "shall not-, require to b" gov If : ; ; ' J. A. CIIAPMA-ff. tj - y. I :- U'T -.-, -,i - .-.. : "Pfssents "from Ir, Wolrs View. Vancouver,- WaslU May-'3t Tothe Editor , of-The'Jfmrnal-iiJn 'your 'Issue ef May? 28 ts a letter fromt J Wolf, who. seems : te have a grlevahce against the farmers -and? -their methods- of pro ducing7 -and ""marketing - their crops, One -would- probably -be .safe is assum ing' that Mr. Wolf lias -been.' a pro ducer. J. If; not,. It seems presumptuous 6rt his part to dictate" just hoisv farm ers should' transact theii-bUslftess. ' As a' personal ' fave t fiimseir, . Mr. Wolf might' some' time, spend a few nickels' With' these farmers? Let him then consume his purchases, snd if he is ut all. 'of at reflective nature,' he will be -bound'- to feet" that these- farmers A MAGAZINE OF ". ' QUALITY : Such Is the 9-pago masazine nJ illustrated - snppleraenr of Tho Sunday Journal. - It i replete with a variety of interesting; and informine mate rial.' Invitingly presented. It makes an appeal to all readers men, j women and ; chil- dren. '- ;'.' r - .-;:!-'''' . " Cultivate its acquaintance; you will find it much worth while, ; NEXT SUNDAY m ROSE FESTIVAL VISIT ORS AmOfi-t the" many inter- .estint; $nests- in the city this wee's will pe a delegation of Blackfoot In4ians from Glacier , National Park. They will pitch their tepeees in the Festival Center in "the South Park blocks, where they wilf welcome all vis itors. Th photographs cf some of these Indians "wili make an v attractive page in color. ? f AMERICANS' SAYINGS Americar history is ridt in hi sayingsy of its' notable men George' 'Washington, Patrick Henry. Benjamin Franklin. Ad miral Fsfragut. Admiral Dewey t and 4 others , ! have perpetuate4 their respective personalties in the epigrams' thaCever attach , to - their names. r The photo, graphs bf a number of these dis tinguished4 Arneritans and' their sayings will make an attractive page in color. " : . ' ' ; THE SUBMARINE The second of a series of two arti cles will explain ' how the pres-.- ent state bf efficiency of the Vater bug"! makes it the most powerful weapon of offense and defense and i how its -value has long -been recognized by some of the best ihforme-J naval "men the world over, ":" ' "JAC ACKIES" IN THE MAK- ING An eneagine article, ofo fusely illustrated, will tell how Uncle Sam s young man-o'-wars-men ire put: through the rigors of actual land fighting' at the naval training stations before being assigned to ships. ; WHY YOU LAUGH? Y9U canho't help t no" matter 'how dignified you may ' be. The tea son why will be set forth itt an iUustrated page of miscellaneous matter that covers a wide range f of "Subjects', j - " "'.;"','"'- FLASHES OF FUN An ' otrgf bage will include a column or more of "selected humor, an ecdotes about -statesmen; fcal ; ahd; near;'' and several "selected cartooni." For Matron rd Mi$ . The usual amount of matter having to 'do 'with ' womeri's -in-terests will be Included in THE SUNPAY JOURNAL. - ' TMME, QUI VIVE writes in. terestingly-pf the ixpsrientes of two - 'mothers fn' the Upbringing : c their daughters, from whjch is to be gleaned some invaluable hints on the health-giving' quali- : ties of out-door games.'1 - '" 'ANNE ' BITTEN HO USE, whose . authoritative . Jetters-' on the7 trend1 of ' women's fashions - have at wide audience."ha8 many interestins: things o say rela tive ' to ' what matron and maid .win wear at out-door functions ' thisseason.1 '.-, "- CATjf'A RINE GREEN WOOD, -a gradnate of jhe Mary land Institute-of Art -and Pei sign, who 'also has-'had the ad vantage of a ' period "of V tpidy abroad'will conduct the needle work oagc or THE SUNDAY JOURNAL ( hereafter.- and the r first' series of her -''attractive de- . sigTis'vjnll. appear rietf ' Sunday. MARY LEE. JESSIE ROB ERTS," EDNA WOQLEY and - others have written a number of short' articles that will claim the attention bf 'every thoughtful woman.."-.-! ' ' "' ''-. e Suntjqy Journal Complete in four news sec rions snagazine and illustrated supplement and comic section, 5 cents the copy everywhere. "The Biggest 5 Cent f Worth in Type" ' yv-'v ' - . 1 . ' ,. ' - NEXT SUNDAY are not adding to the high cost of his living: that they are net quibbling for exorbitant prices for their products, and that they afa far from becomln-f the expert salesmen he would haveus believe' they- are. Je WiJI, moreover, feel Tnurh better in trying to forget the- harsh opinion he has- formed or them. FABMpit- . ;t:- ., "isssw ;. -v. i !'... Criticisln-i; s Farmers Critic. Portland, May Sl'.-To the Ldltor of The Journal J. 61 in yesterday's Journal, . "Complains of - Farmers' Ways. Perhaps- Mr. "Wolf and tho who" "View a bbsfneas proposilloh from bis standpoint, j desire a""-monopoly " of alt privileges VesUltlng from becoming exet'aclesmen' ""or'xme,-' J thins a farmer should be an expert In raia ing'the products of the" soil, -arid : an expert in selling the same to - the best advantage. If he is successful in biS ' business-the- general -public is benefited-by hfs getting good' pricts for whet bs raises." ' Good' pricetf 'for labor In all lines of human endeavor produce prosperity, and that Is -what all are seeking. . - " '1 GEORGE II. HIME3. " 'J AU Is Vanity.' r'rora Judge..' Mrs. Gramercy Bo von refuned ta move where' your husband Bcclled to go? ',: f U. ' 4'v ..j ; '.-;- . o-.jrs. i-arg wny, aear. he picked out the first-floor, and nobodv woul.t ii no It was "an elevator .partment! 4 - 3 it