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THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1912
L o o k o u t fo r the advent o f the
ligh tn in g rod peddler in O regon
i f the electrical currents continue
t o hold carn ival in the heavens
as th ey h a ve this season.
T h e name o f Eugene W . Chafin
has been nailed t o the P r o ­
hib ition p a r ty m asthead fo r the
com ing Presidential cam paign.
A artm S. W atk in s, o f Ohio, w ill
be his running m ate. T h e y were
the p a r ty nominees four years
ago.
F o r the office of United States
S en ator, the Republicans have
nom inated Ben Selling, th e Dem­
ocrats w ill be represented on the
b a llo t b y Dr. H a rry Lan e, w h ile F .
W . M u lk ey w ill make the run on
the B ull M oo se tick et and Bourne
is expected to com e on t as an in­
dependent. There is still room
fo r others t o g e t in to th e run­
n in g i f th ey w ill hurry.
A g r o w in g b o y doesn’t m ake a
r e r y prepossessing appearance it
his h air is left sh aggy, alth ou gh
he m ay w e a r g o o d clothes. The
la w n a b ou t a m odern residence
m ay be kept in g o o d trim , but
the eflect is g re a tly m arred if
weeds and grass are a llo w e d t o
g r o w a lo n g the street in fro n t o f
the home w ith o u t c a ttin g . Shar­
pen the old scythe and g e t busy.
There is every evidence th a t
the spud crop m the W illam ette
v a lle y th is season w ill reduce the
high cost o f liv in g t o an appre­
ciable exten t. A n unusually large
acreage w a s planted and the
tim ely r a i n s have k e p t the
ground m oist, thus m ak in g a
g re a t g ro w th . Unless a ll signs
fail, the v a l l e y
w ill h a ve a
bumper p o ta to crop this season
and salt is cheap. Banish all
care.
P o rtla n d is m aking a record
for an tom obile fatalities th a t is
n ot a t all creditable, and y e t it
is n o t to be wondered a t when
one takes note o f the speed a u to
drivers are perm itted t o m ake on
the streets o f the city. T h e w o n ­
der is th at there are n o t m ore ac­
cidents, especially in the d o w n
to w n districts, w h e r e tra v e l
is congested. I t keeps an active
footm a n guessing t o a v o id a
m ixup w ith speed maniacs, and
it is often hazardous fo r children
and elderly people to undertake
t o cross a street.
When N ew berg first put in a
w a te r system the one m istake
made w as in building a reservoir
o f inadequate capacity, and the
same grievous m istake has been
made over and over again, when
g o o d m oney has been spent in
attem p ts to increase our w a te r
supply. In the syreet “ b y and
b y ” w e shall hope th at N ew b erg
w ill g e t wise to the situation and
build a reservoir th a t w ill store
up w a te r w hile w e sleep. The
city has reservoirs enough o f the
w ash tub capacity already.
THE MAN ON THE ISLAND
T h e fellow w h o has opened a
saloon on the island a b ove N ew ­
b erg under license from the M a ri­
on C ou n ty court, eviden tly fig ­
ures on g e ttin g the larger p art
. o f his p atron age from N ew berg
people. I f he succeeds in his un­
d erta k in g, he must g et a t least
v e r y liberal support from this
side o f the river, fo r the M a rio n
C o u n ty side is quite w ell supplied
w ith saloons th a t are easier o f
access.
N o d ou b t he has it figured out
th a t on the Y am h ill side o f the
river, which is d ry territo ry ,
there are a number o f men w h o
are w illin g t o take the hard
earned m oney t h a t righ tfu lly
should g o t o supply the tables o f
their fam ilies w ith w holesom e
food and to buy cloth in g fo r their
w iv e s and children, and spend it
w ith him fo r drink.
I t is n o w up t o a lo t o f fellow s
to sit d o w n calm ly and think the
situ ation o v e r and decide fo r
them selves w h eth er o r n o t they
shall help the saloon m an t o
m ake a financial success o f his
enterprise. T h e y can d o it i f
th ey w a n t to , of course, but
w h ile th ey are p u ttin g g o o d
m oney in to the hands of the dis­
penser o f booze, w here are th ey
t o g e t off? W h ile th ey are help­
in g the oth er fello w , it is a g o o d
business p ro p o sitio n to figure
o u t w h eth er o r n o t th ey are to
g e t a n y th in g in return th a t is
rea lly w o r th while.
In alm ost every com m unity
there w ill be found a few fellow s
w h o are so fa r gone th a t when
it comes to choosin g between a
lo v in g w ife and an interesting
fam ily o f children, and a booze
jo in t, th ey w ill stick to the latter.
Then there w ill also “be found a
few y o u n g fellow s w h o stand
ready t o lead y o u n g b oys astray,
and thus increase the number of
saloon patrons.
Just h o w m any o f these t w o
classes o f citizens N ew b erg has,
rem ains t o be seen, but it is evi­
dent th a t the saloon man has it
figured ou t th a t the number w ill
increase as he continues in busi­
ness. Shall it be so?
There are a number o f old
soaks a lw a y s found in saloon
te r rito ry w h o can rea d ily scent
old rye from afar, and w h o are
ever rea d y t o turn th eir backs on
all th a t fa m ily ties m ake dear,
and plnnge a ga in and again in to
the slough o f despond. The man
on th e island m ay reasonably
expect t o g a th e r in the s tra y
nickels and dimes from men o f
this class, w h o w ill n o t h esitate
t o filch from th e children’s m oney
box, i f necessary, in order t o
g r a t ify th eir insane th irst fo r
drink. B n t isn’t it reasonable to
suppose th a t men w h o are n o t so
tar gone, and w h o care fo r
th eir future, w ill th in k a g o o d
m an y tim es before th ey turn
th eir backs on th eir best friends
and g o t o seek o n t a reso rt th a t
w ill g iv e them w o rs e th an n o th ­
in g in return fo r th eir m oney.
I f the m an on th e island suc­
ceeds, there w ill be m any a heart
ache in hom es on this side of the
river. Shall he succeed? I t is
up t o th e men and b oys a b o u t
N ew b e rg t o determ ine. I f he
succeeds, m an y o f them w ill fail.
is hard t o understand,” says the
H illsb o ro • Independent.
“ The
idea o f the in itia tiv e is t o have
a ll of th e people p a rticip a te in
la w m aking, but i f a mere trac­
tio n o f the v o te rs is t o say th a t
a measure shall become a la w
there m igh t as w ell be a return
o f the exclnsive la w
m aking
p o w e r t o th e legislature. T h e
b ill is aim ed to correct w h a t has
become one o f the g re a t abuses
o f th e in itia tiv e system . A t ev ­
e ry election a mass o f in itia tiv e
measures is placed upon the bal-
lo t concerning which the a vera ge
v o t e r k n o w s little o r nothing. I t
is n o t enough t o say th a t he
should p ost him self and be able
t o v o te in telligen tly, fo r the fact
is th a t he does not, and ve ry sen­
sibly w hen he casts his b a llo t he
declines t o v o te ig n o ra n tly and
leaves the m a jo rity o f the p ro ­
posals untouched. T h e bill is
aimed t o require a larger v o te on
in itia tiv e measures, and it w ou ld
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also p ro b a b ly result in sh o w in g
the im possib ility o f intelligent
v o tin g when an undue number
of p rop osals appear on the b a llo t
and com pel their lim ita tion t o a
reasonable number. P e r h a p s
this result is feared by those fa­
v o r in g legislation b y a m in ority
w h o oppose the bill under con­
sid eration .”
ORIGIN OF STEAM ROLLER
“ In 1908 w hen M r. T a ft w a s
fa irly nom inated, there were n o
‘steam ro ller’ m ethods so tar as
I k n o w ,” says C olon el R oo sevelt
in The O u tlook fo r July 20. T h e
C olonel ou gh t t o read up on
recent p o litic a l h istory, says the
O regonian. W e qu ote from the
In tern ation al Y e a r B ook fo r
1 9 0 8 , a stan dard a u th o rity ,
page 580:
A tem p o ra ry roster ot the con­
ven tion is m ade up b y the Repub­
lican N a tio n a l C om m ittee, which
is com posed ot one m em ber from
each state. T h is com m ittee m et
several tim es in C h icago before
th e opening o f the con ven tion tol
determ ine the contests o v e r seats:
T w o hundred and tw en ty-th ree
seats w ere in v o lve d and if the
N a tion a l C om m ittee had been
con trolled b y the opponents o f
M r. T a ft, and had been disposed
t o take a d v a n ta g e o f the o p p or­
tu n ity, an absolute T a ft m a jor­
it y m igh t con ceivably have been
prevented. The com m ittee, h o w ­
ever, decided the contests alm ost
w ith o u t exception in fa v o r o f
T a ft, and the practical unani­
m ity and the machine-like decis­
ion w ith w hich the contests
were settled w o n fo r the com ­
m ittee, and especially fo r its
chairm an, F fa n k H . Hitchcock,
t h e sobriquet o f the “ s t e a m
ro lle r.”
T h e w o rk from which the fore­
g o in g is copied w as published
ea rly in 1909 and w as therefore
uninfluenced by the issues o f the
M illa rd A;. Seitz, a P o rtla n d present day. T h e 1908 conven­
a tto rn e y , w a s d ro w n ed a t Sea­ tio n w a s C olonel R o o sevelt’s
side la st M o n d a y w h ile b a th in g conven tion . H e named the can­
in the surf. I t is th e sam e old d id a te indirectly but p ositively.
s to r y o f a g o o d sw im m er and Hitchcock w a s Assistant P o s t­
one much a t hom e in the w a te r m aster-General under him. F rom
ta k in g t o o g re a t risk*.
the same a u th o rity w e learn
(p a g e 3 3 3 ) th a t “ H is ( H i t c h ­
Bruce Dennis has resigned as cock’s ) effective w o rk fo r M r. T a ft
chairm an o f th e Republican sta te in the South and W est con trib ­
central com m ittee. I t is w ell. H e uted g re a tly t o the la tte r ’s success
g o t in bad and there w a s n o th ­ in the Republican N a tio n a l Con-
in g else fo r him t o d o.
F irs t, he1 V en tion in June,
E ven the plat-
w a s an ard en t su pporter o f T a ft, foftn
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w a s subm itted t o R oosevelt
but w hen he g o t back t o C h ica go fo r a p p ro v a l before it w a s pre­
the Bull M o o se c ro w d m ade him sented.
believe T . R. w a s the w h ole
Colonel R oosevelt in T h e O ut­
show , and a sure w in n er a t the loo k asserts th a t “ The v ita l
conven tion , a n d he switched. p oin t in the fig h t between hon­
Before the con ven tion w a s o v e r esty and dishonesty a t C h icago
he g o t in to a m ixup w ith the w as the decision as t o w hether
O regon delegates and he con ­ the fraudulent delegates should
tinues t o assert th a t the b oys v o te on one an oth er’s cases.”
didn’ t p la y fair. I t is an instance Y e t seated contested delegates in
where the jo b w a s t o o b ig fo r 1908 voted on seating o f them ­
the man. I t is w ell th a t Dennis selves ju st as they did in 1912,
is ou t ot it.
and C olonel R oosevelt adm its
th a t T a ft w a s fa irly nom inated
THE INITIATIVE MEASURES in 1908. I f this w as the v ita l
SHOULD RECEIVE MAJOR- p oin t in 1912, it w as the v ita l
p oin t in 1908. I f this v ita l poin t
ITY VOTES
did n o t create a valid objection
“ Some o f the va lle y newspapers to the support ot T a ft by Repub­
are alread y tra in in g th eir guns licans in 1908, it does n o t create
on the in itia tiv e measure p ro v id ­ one in 1912. I f the C olonel does
ing th a t such la w s t o become en­ n ot n o w recall these circum­
actm ents m ast receive a m a jo r­ stances his mind must then have
ity o f all votes cast instead ot a been centered on South African
m a jo rity cast fo r th a t p articu lar gam e trails four years a g o or
proposal, as a t present. Just else he has a very accom m o­
w h y there should be op p osition d a tin g “ fo rg e tte ry .” .
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TWO MEN OF NERVE;
A Dramatic Inoidant at tha Stoga a#
Varwvia
I t is doubtful if the soldiers o f
aam nation are braver than thoee of
Bgasia. I t is related of Field Mar-
ahal Paakieritch that in the oourse
o f the siege of Varaovie, being
socnawhai discommoded by a hot
firs from s certain battery, he or­
dered it to be shelled, but to no
purpose. His troops did not seem
able to locate the enemy, and their
shot had no effect. Finally tha
Add marshal himself galloped for­
ward and sternly commanded:
"W hat imbecile is in command
here?”
" I am,” answered an officer who
approached.
"W ell, captain, I shall degrade
you i since yon do not know your
busin
Your shells have no ef-
feet.”
"True, sir, but it ia not my fa u lt
The shells do not ignite.”
"T e ll that to others. Don’t come
trying to fool me with such chaff.
You will receive jou r punishment
this evening.”
The captain coolly took a shell
from a pile near by, lit the fuse and,
holding it in the palms of his hands,
presented it to the marshal, saying:
"See fo r yourself, sir.”
The marshal, folding his arms
across his breast, stood looking at
tha smoking shelL I t was a solemn
moment. Doth men stood
stoo< m^tio^-
leas, awaiting the result
the fuse burned ont, and tha cap­
tain threw the shell to the ground.
"It's true,” remarked the mar­
shal, turning away to consider other
measures to silence the enemy’ s fire.
In the evening, instead of punish­
ment, the captain received the cross
o f the Order o f SL Vladimir.
the small island of Sokbtn, not far
from Aden, is one of the most curi­
ous spots on the earth. The inhab­
itants may be divided into two
classes— the Bedouins, who it is be­
lieved are the aborigines, snd a
mixed population, the descendants
o f Arabs, Indians, Africans, Portu­
guese and other 'nations. They do
not export foodstuffs, believing in
the Arabic saying, “ The milk of the
deer is hardly sufficient for the
young ones.” Cattle are not killed
unless sick and likely to die. In
most Arab villages many men may
be seen without a hand, the ampu­
tation of a hand being the punish­
ment for theft, but here there Is
little crime and no prison, evildoers
being banished from the island.
"Deprived e f Hie See.”
As an example of the ability of
the juyenile scholar to evolve an un­
expected meaning from bis text a
correspondent relates that the fol­
lowing question was pnt to s history
class: “ What misfortune then hap­
pened to Bishop Odo?” The reply
came quite readily, “ He went
blind.”
An explanation was de­
manded, and the genius brought up
the textbook. “ There, sir,” trium­
phantly; “ the book says so.” The
sentence, indicated by an ink stain­
ed digit, read, “ Odo was depriyed of
his see.” — London Spectator.
Cleverly Evaded.
L wealthy Australian squatter in
er to protect his six daughters
from fortune hunters left his prop­
erty to them in equal shares, but
decreed that if either of them mar­
ried without the consent of the
trustees she should forfeit her share
to her sisters. When the case came
np at Sydney it was found that the
six sisters had all married without
permission and thus each had for­
feited her share in the property to
Neted Dead In Trin ity Churotiyard.
her sisters, a state of affairs which
Alexander Hamilton is buried in
the ladies doubtless considered
Trinity churchyard, at the head of highly satisfactory.
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Wall street, New York, snd the
grave is marked by s conspicuous
A R i v t m l of Form.
white marble monument near the
“ He gave you quite a compliment
Rector street station of the elevated last evening.”
road. His wife, who lived until
“ Wasn't that lovely of him?
1854, fifty years after his death in What did he say about me?”
the duel with Burr, is buried beside
“ He aaid vou were not looking
him. Albert Gallatin, who succeed­ like yonrself.” — Houston Post
ed Hamilton as secretaiy of the
treasury, lies only a few feet away,
Average Amount of Sloop.
snd near by is also the grava of
Usually the amount of sleep is in
Robert Fulton, inventor of the
(teamboat Another famous occu­ inverse ratio to the strength snd de­
pant of Trinity chnrehyard, whose velopment of consciousness. Thns
monument is near tha Broadway children need mors sleep than
gate, is Captain James Lawrence of adults. Some men need very little
the United States navy, commander rest, snd the same may be said of
o f the frigate Chesapeake, who fell women. However, eight hours is the
in battle with the British ship Shan­ average amount required by the
non June 1, 1813) ia the thirty-sec­ human body to restore its vitality
ond year of his age. As ha fell by oomplete rest. I f less is taken
upon the deck he cned to his subor­ one’s health is apt to be impaired.
A good night's sleep will do more
dinates, "D on’t give up the ship I”
toward building up general health
Primitive Sokotra.
than all the tonics known.— Boston
From an ethnological standpoint Traveler.
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An Exalting Advantur* With I
Maori Chiaftain.
Mr. Becke, the author of “ Notes
From My South See Loo," tails o f
his tutor, who seemed to him the
most heroic man in the world be-
cause he had been through the first
Maori war and because of an ad­
venture which there befell him and
which is given as follows:
Poor Guy— such was the tutor's
name—was s* lieutenant, and he and
two companies wars captured by
the Maoris. They wars taken in­
side the stockade, and the chief,
taking up one of the captured sea­
men’s cutlasses, felt its edge and
then fixed his keen eyes on the
yonng officer’s face.
" I shall not harm these two msn
of yours,” he said slowly. "T h ey
shall go safely back to your lines
if” — He paused, and a grim smile
distorted his tattooed face.
“ I f what ?” asked Guy calmly.
" I f you will stretch out your
right hand so that I may cut it off
st the wrist swiftly no further harm
shall come to you, and yon, too,
shall go free.”
"W ill you keep your word?”
“ Aye. I, Te Atua Were, am no
liar.”
Guy nodded, quietly took off his
coat and held out his left hand.
“ Strike,” he said.
The chief again smiled. “ Thou
art as cunning as thou art brave. I
said the right hand.”
Guy let fall his left and extended
his right arm. T s Atua Wars step­
ped back a pace, raised the cutlass
— snd struck the point o f H into
the ground. Then ne bent forward
snd gravely nibbed noses with Guy.
“Go,” he said, "but coni# back no
more. So Guy snd the two sailors
were allowed to return to Despard’s
lines unharmed.
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Structure of Fur.
Fur is s threadlike fiber which
grows out of the pores of the skins
of animals. It grows in length from
the root and not from the top, as
with vegetable productions. Th
lower portion merely lengthens oul
snd the top projects forward, con
sequently ir once cut it will alway
remain blunt. I t is tubular am
filled with oil, which gives to tb
fiber its color. In addition to the oi
it contains mineral matter, amonj
which are sulphur and iron, i
close examination of the fiber will
to a certain extent, show the sec
tion ot the country the animal in
habits. The short snd crisp, witl
an oral or angular cross section, in
dicates tropical growth; the lon(
snd soft, with circular cross section
s northern elimate. The fibers iron
different parts o f the same anima
have a different structure snd val
ue, that which is taken from tin
hack of s land animal,being tbs fin
sat, while the reverse d true of thi
animal which confines itself mostli
to water, the under aids being mucf
finer than the back.