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PAGE FOUIt The OHEC0N. STA1TSMAN Cllea, Orrery CittfriT r-'rt.:Fr' ry TV 1931 i FOLLOWING THE TRAIL BREAKER BITS for BREAKFAST X HEALTH J i ;i it r "No Favor Sicays XJst No Fear Shall Aice" From. Tint Statesman, March 28, 1851-,. TIIL STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. ; Charles' A. Snuccx, SheldonF. Sackxtt, PullUherm Charles A. Spsacus - - - Editor-Managor Sheldon P. Sacxett - - - Managing Editor Member of' the Associated Press -Tbs Associated Press U exclusively sntttUd to the oss tor publica tion of nil news dispatches credited to It or oot othsrwlss crecUd ttt this paper. . , - Pacific Coast Advertising Representatives: Arthur W. Stirpes, In Pwtlaod. Security Bid. Ess Francisco. Sharon Bids.! Las Angeles, ;W. Pso. Bide. Eastern Advertising Representatives: rord-Panons-echer,Tn?, New Tors. 71 Madison Ava.t ,"1 Chics so. ' N. Hlchlsan - Ave Entered at the Poeteffiee at Salem, Origan, as Seeond-Oaee Hatter. Published every morning except Monday. Buetneee office, US S. Commercial Strati. h SUBSCRIPTION RATES: I . Man Subscription Bates, in Advance. , Within pJ 7r rnZ. Sunday, 1 Mo, U cent.; S Mo. U.2 Mo. I3.JS: lrr t.0. Else whers cmt per Mo. or 3.S tor 1 Vesr In sdTsnce, Br City Carrier: SI csntt s month : $5.6 s yesr In advascss Per Copy 1 cent. On trslns and News Stands ft esnts. Old TKeory and Modern Practice flTTHEN times are hard there is always the resort to po I T V litical power to accomplish -what the operation of economic law will not accomplish or will do so tardily. The present is no exception to this experience of history, and we have now both in national and state legislative bodies a plethora of special interest legislation. It seems to be hu man nature to want to tip, the scales in one's own favor. "The competitive struggle is so keen even in good times tnat the slightest advantage will determine the victor. That is why there is a race for semiring some special favor under the sanction of law, so that the favored person or group may feel more secure in the field of competition. The eighteenth century was especially productive of works on political theory and then it was that John Locke wrote: : . f r . , The great and chief end. therefore, of men uniting Into commonwealths and putting themselves under government, is the preservation of their property." j Outnrfthis theory of economic determinism grew the modern state whose economic system was capitalistic. For a long period the dominiting school of thought, expressed in the classic "Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith, stood for .free -competition. "Laissez faire was the cry let busi ness alone; permit industry and commerce to grow and de i velop and the operation of the free laws of competition will effect a healthy balance. In later times this theory has been deviated from in two ways: first, business interests were not satisfied with the gains from the system of free competition; they sought to advance their interests through legislation or through control of the machinery of government. Second, the tri umph of whiggery under which the government became definitely the agency for "development", for the expan-Bion- agriculture and industry under; the guise "of the "greatest good to the greatest number." ; ' Running counter to this development was the old agrarian democracy theory of Thomas Jefferson and the French, physiocrats. To them, the less government the bet ter. As Jefferson write in this first inaugural: "A wise and frugal goTernment which shall restrain" men from Injuring one- another, which shall leave thera otherwise i free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improve ment, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This Is the sum of good government." ' Far indeed has government gone from the simple sum compounded by President Jefferson. Now there are open group raids on the federal treasury apologized for by the assertion that other groups are "getting theirs." , This lengthy- preUininary is merely to trace the devel opment of the political and economic theoryjand-jpractice which explain the type of problem which legislators are coming more and more to face. Never more true than now are the words written by Hamilton in The Federalist: "It Is of great importance In a republic not only to guard against the oppression of its ruler r but to guard one part of society against, the Injustice ot the other part. Different Inter ests necessarily exist la different classes of citizens. If a ma jority bo united by a common Interest, the rights ot the min ority will be insecure.' ' In the complicated structure of modern society one cannot simply say, let us restore the free competition of the 18th century. Yet bow may. the ends of justice be se cured in this clash of self-interest, a clash in which partio ular groups may be well armed and well represented and directed, and. other groups like the mass of the people who are directly affected, unorganized and unrepresented? . Study the bills which have been submitted to the legis lature ana note now many 01 the really important ones are economic in character, and special in the interest they will serve. i . The well-worked battleground of taxation affords a case in point. The struggle is not to provide revenue for the support of state government, but over carrying of the load. Owners of real property are rebellious under the load they have carried, and are trying to shift the burden to other groups.. me otner groups are wincing under the shoulder packs many of them having very tender skins so far as tax experience eoes. i Old age pensions represents a surrender of our ancient , jwuuwrcwiuuuuc wicurjr Liiai in our iree society a man j could and should provide for his own old age. The "have nots hope to be supported by the "haves, and that not as a charity but a3 a due. The whole power program is designed to cripple and harness the utility companies ostensibly to nrevent thorn from exploiting the masses of the people. In this case hob bles are put on the industry. In sharp distinction to this program' is "the program of the dairy interests which seek to have the state foster their industry through hobbling competitors;! if not effectually to put them out of business. j Another zone of sharp controversy which has now reached the political sphere is the contest between the chain store and the independent merchants. ; Here the indepen dents seek to put an extra weight on chain stores in the form of a license tax. It is just another examnle of the ones we are citing of howr rival economic groups take their difficulties to legislatures rather to leave them remain in the zone of free competition.1 j There are many special! bills which might be mention- - ed: ; : j : The Rogue river fish bill in which the upper river group profiting from tourists and game fishermen, seek to put the lower river commercial fishermen out of business. : t Abolishing billboards, in its origin! for esthetic con siderations but supported by many newspapers who are rivals" to billboards in the field f advertising. ; H. B. 145, prohibiting trusts and conspiracies in re straint of trade. : . v f ' ; ' H. B. 157, which would put .restrictions on a railroad company moving its division off ices and shops :..l:-':t-. . The seienty-ar limit bill, whose purpose is chiefly to give unemployed trainmen employment.; . T The Portland police and firemen's pension legislation, imposing special premiums for the benefit of these groups. This does not include other special interest legislation such as -bills for the abstracters,, the doctors nurserymen, contractors, mortgagees, banks, engineers: much of which is essentially group legislation me menis out tne type ortftese tAUs. j :4: ' Perhaps when better times roll round there will not . be such an epidemic' of special interest bills. But the tend ency seems to grow. The -farmers thought for a long time that they were the victims of all this special legislaticn, We are discussing here not By IL 8. Copeland, 11. D. Nothing is - more . fascinating than to watch an Infant sleep Thoroughly'-, relaxed with to worry or care, the, sleeping babe t is a joy to look upon. The sleep of arly' infancy Is . quiet aad peaceful. In the first month of life, it -Is a deep sleep and may be almost con tinuous. T ho child awakens only for nour ishment. ' After this period the sleep becomes moro disturbed. Not until - after the third year does the normal heavy sleep I childhood make Its appearance. Darin the first six months. the awake periods aro from half an hour to two hoars long. The infant sleeps from 18 to IS hours a day. - "J- At one rear old tho Infant sleeps from 14 to 15 hours. When tho ago of two years ts reached; IS to 14 hours of aioep make up the daily rest period. t When children - have- reached the age of i tour, they : require from 11 to IX hours of sleep. It Is advisable that tho daUy nap bo encouraged until tho children aro six years old. Tor children between tho ages of six and ten years, tho amount of sleep required is ten or 11 hours. Nino hours of sleep should be the minimum for chil dren from IS to It. Proper sleep is merely a mat ter of proper training. This train ing should be begun at birth. The infant will soon learn that when placed in tho crib it is time to go to sleep. Rocking, or the giving of a rubber nipple to suck and other artificial methods of inducing slumber, should not be resorted to for the wooing of sleep. They aro unnecessary and often harmful. Qniet Is Essential The sleeping quarters should be a room away from noises, and during the hours . for sleep. It should bo darkened. A warm and comfortable bed. a satisfied ap petite and dry napkins, are all that are needed to induce sleep in a normal child. In training the infant It is best to keep In mind that the. child is to have his long sleep at night. This is best accomplished by wakening the Infant ' regularly every three to four hoars during the day for feeding. Then he Is permitted to sleep as long as pos sible during the night. Irregular sleep in an infant is due to one ot two things. Either the child is hungry, or Is suffer ing from indigestion. Continued disturbed sleep Is a ' sign of trouble. If the mother can't lo cate it. It requires careful inves tigation bra physician. Lack ot sleep in children be yond infancy results in delayed development. Its cause most be found and removed. The mental and physical growth demands abundance of sleep. f Answers to Health Queries J. G. Lv d. I broke my wrist about a year ago, it pains me when I try to lift something heavy. What will stop tho pain? A. Your wrist will become stronger in time. Massage may be helpful. -'.see A. E. W. Q. What causes chills in the log from tho hip down to tho footf This condition happens either when I sit or stand. A.- This ts probably nerve irritation. duo to Yesterdays ... Of Old Oregon Town Talks tnm Tho States SBsw Otf gabbers Bond February 21, 1906 j "Way Down East" will show tonight at the Grand theatre. Andrew Vereler, who has been Interested in the Allen and Gil bert Ramaker Music company, has sold his Interest to I. E. Sav age and win give his future at tention to his fruit farm in Polk county. P. A. Cochran of Woodburh has filed petition for nomination as democratic candidate for con gress from the first district. In the eighth grade examina tions held in the county schools recently, 25 pupils succeeded in passing all tests aitd will receive diplomas. Forty-two pnpUn fail ed. .:. : . .!..,( . A water ditch in front of the brick atore on South Commercial street has caused considerable in convenience to the farmers who risit town. - T There are St telnlirnA n... n service between London and Parts. hi hl ZJ? l trick themselves, as is witnessed i?0,?i 0tmt of Pro-farmer legislation which is now und UrS ? s n. The federal government in late years, has 5wL J s way Jeislate in favor of the farmer, passing tbee rnesxsiires i federal farm loan act; establishing rtf int fS!e banks? exemption of farmers' organiza tions ifrom Clayton act; and the federal farm relief act, ,r?r , 0 ,thm8 either the machinery of govern-!- r,bi down ai we wiH .get so-far from "first principles that governmental red'tape will cripple the ec ononuc success of the country (as for instance the federal farm board has in agriculture) ; or the tendency to live on political favor will grow so much that the state will be hand demaScy l?118111 under' the badge of republicanism or This is a Very lenirthv rl?sirtntinn w omif f fa a subject American citizens run to the government -for adhere to the simple structure of government which Jeffer son visioned, and the Adam Smith theories justified? Our own conviction is that there should be a definite slowing OOWa rf. SJOUD leifislatien both from that, srjmrlnnint of fpoiiucat ineory ana economic I W m-frry'j W . rl Sr Sw Im Ort StSl rt liri 333 'Wtfc.. TY I....J -x iviuruer at The body of aBroness von Wlese Is found In tho garden of Eagle's Nest, Emily Hardy's pal atial country home, wrapped In Mary Frost's shawl. Preceding her murder, the Baroness had given a note to the butler. This he denies. She had also quarreled with her maid. Mary Frost, re turning for her shawl, at mid night, saw it on Laura Allan. Laura, however, claims Mary en tered the garden wearing the shawl. "Bim" Martin, young newspaper reporter, fiancee of Assistant Police Chief Walter Vance, . learns Laura was respon sible for the broken engagement of her own sister and Ted Frost, Mary's ! nusband. Ted had also flirted with the Baroness. "Bim" observing the- batler dancing, wonders about bim. She learns from Carl Carey, New York re porter, that the Baroness was Margot Belle. - famous dancer. The supposed stolen Jewels of tho Baroness are found la the Bar- JJJJ mistaking the Baroness for his wife of whom he Is Jealous. Al though Ted and Mary. Frost left Eagle's Nest separately before midnight, they arrived home to gether at 4 a. m. CHAPTER XXV III : This was Wednesday and the Baroness von Wiese, as , Walter reminded Bias, had been mur dered Monday about midnight. - "And," he went on, "the hon orable Mr. Fury is of the opin ion that the. case, should be fa the bag.' In other words, the chief is beginning to yell at us before the public yells at bim. It looks very much as if be means to make plenty of trostole from now on." "Old four-flusher!" Bim raged. "After all you've done!" "What have we done, honey? That gets os anywhere, I mean. Oh. sure, we're working here and there and everywhere and we've turned up more than somewhat. But all we've turned up leaves us just about where we were at the start with a. fistful of hot clews and a slew of suspicions. "Wally, have you any idea who the Baroness. met in the garden who she must have been with when she was killed?" Into Thia. air - Ideanren't good enough now. We can't work from that angle;, there's not enough to go on. What 'we want is to .trace the identity of the woman who was the third party In .the garden. She left a trail like a row ot sign posts and then vanished Into thin air. We've done tip every thing with a fine-tooth comb and that's that and all ot It. , "Wouldn't it help to go over her trail again? Why not call at Eagle's Nest this afternoon? If you can. stand my society?" He caught at Bim and tried to kiss her before they left the sta tion house. Bhe did not in the must ponder over. Is it wise to ntfU nrrviT-f. f amiM w security. t7 1 i iiigie b 1 c&t least mind being kissed by him but this time, for reasons of her own she laughed and dodged and he followed her Into the street, muttering and shaking his head. They drove the little gray po lice ear up Pine Hill and parked it beside Lowland Drive, enter ing Eagle's Nest through a break in the hedge and making a cir cuitous way around the grounds toward the summer house. The little building was opened on this late summer afternoon and looked very Inviting, very pleasant, and not at all like a place with a sinister history. Walter and Bim strolled around toward the rear and stood there gazing at the flower-beds where footprints had shown yesterday morning. j "They measured up with Mrs. Hardy's shoes,! Walter remarked thoughtfully. "But she wasn't in the garden the" night of the mur der . . Did someone want to make JinV supplement ft look as If she was t?i ed, "wears a white linen uni form? Em's maids dress in blue striper and Imogens and Jane wear black. But somebody caught her skirt or maybe it was her O IVil.Lsoam trlfTsasTomAOco Co. By WINIFRED van duzer blouse ron, the rose-vines and left a shred of starched white lin en sticking there for the police to find next morning. And where, she went on dreamily, "Do you suppose the rest of the uniform Is this minute?" , "Where, Indeed, echoed Bim's young man. . "Not within a mile of where we stand If you're to be lieve Officer Burke." ! The old Triangle "Why not believe Officer Burke? Whoever wore and tor that dress Isn't going to keep K around here, you know. Not for long, anyway. Also who lost a sheet? And whose . laundry mark has a smudged B or D or P or R ax the beginning of it?" "And . whose- ' French heel, continued Walter, "ground -the note the Baroness von Wiese wrote? And who did she-ask to meet her' here in the garden? And how did the owner of the French heel come into possession of the- note?" "It looks very much," Bim de clared, "like the old triangle. The beautiful other woman steals somebody's boy friend and sets clipped in consequence. : (Continued on page T) . I M I LD ER BETTER ..and rX - - TASTE " - ' By R. i HfiJJDMC&J First merchant r la Coryallis: Vcontinnins from yesterdayt) Ah explanation Iff due ths rtadef, One t the effect! of me mining xodus of ISIS. tter gold had beta , dtscoverftd If J'atlon and Polk ! county pioneers in Califor nia on January 24 of that year, was the suspension . ot the regu lar session of the provisional government, which should hare convened the first Tuesdiy in December, at Oregon City. Only nine members were present, out of the IS entitled to seats, though Governor Abernathy had sent out a call for an extra elec tion, to fill the places of the members who had Joined the gold' rush. . -. l' The governor sent out a sec ond call for a special election, to attend an adjourned meeting, to come together the first Monday la February. IS 49, which fell on the 6th. The body came to or der -with 17 members, and or ganised. But J. C. Avery had been , elected after the second call to represent Benton county, and as he was not present the sergeant-at-arms was sent after him, with a duly sworn out war rant, ' V . V n '' That last session of the pro visional government legislature was notable mainly for the fact that it passed a license law; made old Oregon wet. though it was dry at first. This was done after a hot tight in that swan song session preceding the terri torial government Also, there was a lot said about paying the expenses ot the Cayuse war, but little i done. And an act was passed to govern the weighing and storing of gold dust. There was present m tnac ooay as member 8. R. Thurston, a new ar rival, destined to cut a wide swath in the brief time he served in congress as I Oregon territory's delegate. Thurston plumed him self tor the soaring political flights for which he came to this territory to take off. In the brief session, hewas able to get the vantage point he coveted. rw : The first session of the terri torial: legislature was convened by a call of General Joe Lane, governor, tor July If, 184. He bad proclaimed the territorial government March 3. There was a short adjourned session of that body in May. IS 50, to consider the matter of punishing the Cayuse Indian murderers of the. Whit mans. S V The second regularJessIon of the territorial legislature conven ed at Oregon City, December- 2, 1850, : by common consent, - the first session having failed to lo cate by law the capital, as contem plated by the law of congress making Oregon a territory. J. C Avery of Benton county was a member of the lower house ot that body; He had evidently by then concluded that It was not a bad idea to have a hand in mak ing the laws under which he was to lire. . And he might get some thing for his new town. So be ing a 1 member ot the legislature became a sort of habit with him. - 1 : v That very , session of the ter ritorial legislature gave Salem the capital, Portland the peni tentiary and Marysv'Ue- (Corvalr 11s) the state university, and Ore gon City nothing; after a terrific tight. . .-. - .1 ' 7 o Whicn is larger the white ball or the black? Don't answer too quickly. ' MAY FOOL' TOUD BUT ' Bo the thlfd regular session was held in Salem, convening December 3, 1151, When Mr. Av ery wis tgaifl la the lower house front Beaton county and Geo. in. Cole was his Colleague. , The vote en the location Act had been I to I id the council (tame ts senate in A state tor efnmeht), and 10 to I in the) house This third session 6f the territorial legislature. In Salem, was held In "the basement story ot the- Oregon Institute, oil the tight-hand side ai yeu enter the door; to bo furnished with store, seats, tables and tpitioobi," ac cording, to the 'official arrange ments and record. j W The special session convening July 36. 1852, was also held there, and the fourth regular session ot that year, eoming to gether December . So was the fifth regular session, convening December 5 1863. w W By the time of the fourth ses sion ot December 9, 1852. a start had been made In the clerk ship scramL'e that has grown ever since, and a committee room was provided at the "right of. the stairs Immediately oppos ite the council (senate) chamber for committee ai-J enrolling clerks, with desks, and more if needed, as the record -n. m m S J. C. Avery and Geo. E. Cole represented Benton county in that session (the one of '65-6). Mr. Avery did not one back to the 1863-4 sesaion, which, as above stated, was also held in the Oregon Institute rooms. Nor did he serve in the '54-5 session, which was held in t complet ed rooms of the uncompleted territorial state house in Salem. Nor in the ; '55-6 session. A lot of things happened. At that ses sion, the capital was relocated. Corvallls -vas named as tha. cap ital, and Jacksonville as tho seat of the state university. And Rep resentative Avery bad the name of his town changed from Marys- vllle to Corvallls in a bill he introduced. - The governor (Geo. L. Curry) moved his office to Corvallls, and the Statesman office, doing the state printing,, went there, by boat.' But the I legislature had not secured the.. -ratification ot congress in (attempting to re- more the. - capital to Corvallls, and -in the r session of '55-6, F. G rover, member of the council from Marlon, got through a bill moving the capital back to Sal em, -and the governor and the Statesman office came back. flt S But on Dec. 30, '1855, the nearly completed teritorial state house was bnrned down, by an incendiary fire. It was located where the state capitol is now. Corvallls got the blame for the fire, and that sent her hopes -f getting the capital glimmering. It was finally located at Salem by vote of the .people. .That fight makes a storyi too long to tell here. For 20 years the sessions of - the legislature, after 1855, were held In the Turner block, on the corner north of the pres ent Statesman building, and the state . offices and state library were In that and the present Statesman building. In rented of- ' flees, until the present state house was finished. , W Mr. Avery came back to the 1856 territorial legisl ure, and renewed the fight for giving Cor , (Continued onpage 7) hi 'f N.