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DEC. 3, 19 Jo
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WASTES MONET IN IMPEOVINO "GOOSE RUNS.'
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ST1MATES for the running expenses of the general government for the
year 1915 have boon completed, and show that it will take $1,108,000,000,
or a little more than j,ooo,000 a day for each day in tho year, Sundays
and all. Of this vast sum, 308,953,117 is for running the poetoffices,
and this will be raid by the receipts of the department. Bivers and har-
bors take 41,400,000 and this is $10,000,000 loss than for 1914. While there
must necessarily be money expended for the Improvement of rivers and har
bors, this item of the national expense Is the most abused of any. Money is
appropriated for harbors that, no matter how much is expended on them, will
never be harbors, and the money is practically wasted. Mark Twain described'
this in one of his inimitable stories wherein be told of the improvement of
"Goose Bun." Ho showed how by widening, deepening, lengthening and put
ting more water in it, it could be made one of the finest navigable streams in
the whole country.
The river and harbor bill is the big vongreaaional lottery In which evory
congressman draws a prise. The space-filler sent back to Washington by trust'
ing, but misguided constituents, who draws his salary and sends th. Congres
iional Record to his deluded followers free, and supplements this with a choice
selection of garden seeds bought for the purposo at somo closing out sales of
dolunct seed stores, that will not germinate and that aro suited to some other
country, rsu always draw a prize or two from this bill. It is a gift horse, anil
like the ri vers whose outlets to the ocean tho nionoy is to be used for, no one
looks In Its mouth. Kaeh congressman feels that his follow members are enti
tled to "point, with priilo" to something thoy have gotten from the great na
tional grabhag, for their district, and the river and harbor bill gives them the
opportunity to furnish tho material. Most of the minor improvements aro sim
ply a matter of bargain and trado, where each congressman gives tho other
: somo boot, for hi jack-knife and so each gets his appropriation, and the harbor
is measured for a new set of tooth for its month.
This condition prevails on both the Atlantic and Taeific coasts, and for
that matter, throughout the country wherever there aro Oooso Runs that can
be made to stand for an ajpropriaUoii. Hero on tho Oregon coast is one splen
did harbor, worthy of tho namo, and that is tho Columbia river. At Coos Bay
there is also a fairly good harbor, and it has a country back of it that wsrrants,
tho expending of money in Us Improvement.'' At Humboldt Bay is anothow
much like it. Out side cf these two places, there is not a minor harbor on tho
coast, thnt is really worthy of Miy great expenditure in trying to opon them.
To tho immediate surrounding country tho Improvement of those little harbors
is an aid, a welcome ono to them, but all of them aro simply of local and small
Importance, and would not be recommended for improvement by any intelli
gent engineer, it the policy of tho department and tho insistence of tho hungry
Congressmen did not compel It, for thoy can nuvor bo real harbors.
The Columbia is the great harbor, the commercial highway of Oregon and a
largo portion of Washington, in fact for Idaho end the great Inland Empire,
and money spent on it is money well spent. There should bo no niggardliness
tliore, and if there is to be a curtailing of expense in this department, It
should be In cutting off for a while at least tho smaller and local improvements
or thoso that benefit only a very small section.
A PRETTY CUSTOM, BUT NOW A TASK.
LL KA( E N KAUT11 AND Q00,) Wlr'L T0 MAN," was at ono time a
mtlmen always conspicuous at Christmas time, It is so no longer,
V and this because the "Society for the Prevention of Useless Giving"
or "Bpugs," as It is called for lack of somo better name, has not
yet made its ideas common and available. Christmas has bocomo a
bugbear, a day of dnvd to most, and all because of the useless and foolish prac
tice of making presents. From a pretty custom It has grown into a yearly
bugbear.
Originally it was confined to little gifts to ImmediAto friends or relatives
and was inexpensive and within the means of all. It Is different now. The
custom has spread like an epidemic, and Is in fact just that, What was first
, pretty custom has grown Into a dreaded task. It has done this because wo
have let tho custom become our master. Wo feel now that wo must remember
all our friends with something, and though tho expense may not bo great, tho
choosing and gathering of the littlo gifts hss become to many a disagreeable
task. It Is the moro so from tho fact that it is expected of us!
For this vory reason the custom la hard to break away from, and so each
- and all of us follow It blindly, and beenuso we receive presents, wo feel in
duty bound to make them. This feature of tho matter takes all the charm
that accompanied the old-time giving, that came frotn tho heart and was tho
niors delightful because It was not practically compulsory. None of us like to
bo considered tight-wads, and so the custom grows lu size and costliness and
we all fall for it and do our part toward adding power to what has become a
genuine task. Will tho world ever become sensible and natural again! Tho
answer Is np to all of us, and none of us can answer It.
WHAT TUB MEXICAN WANTS,
tKKHKBT yi'K'K, who Is writing syndicate editorials for ninny newspa
J lers, soya the great evil in Mexico is land monoHy, and he suggests
that the cure fur It Is the single tax, which he ssys would put the lands
Jj In the hands of the common people. At the samo time h says the Mex
icans "are not provided with enough Intelligent discontent to make
them capable of accepting outside help." It is strange that after tolling of
their Ignorance he suggests the single tax, while we with all our boasted Intel
llnei.ee refuse to adopt that system of "putting the- lands back In the hands
of the people." With due deference to tho opinion of tho loomed writer, It
strikes us that he misses by several rows of appletreea the true situation In
Mexico. It is neither the tingle tai nor the land the average Mexican wants.
Bis most ardent desire la to own a gun with plenty of ammunition and to be
allowed to earn an honest living by murdering his fellow countryman. To as
slst him iu this praiseworthy pursuit he would also like to have plenty of dnu
Modlstillwl tarantula juice, the kind that would make a jack rabbit fight a
LADD & BUSH, Bankers
rSANaUCTa A OINTftAt sUTKJNd RrjniNfllK tAFUTY
POSIT BOXEA, TEA V KLAUS' CUBCXa.
coyote, and an entire absence of all law, except that of bis guerilla leader.
Missionaries and pink teas are not just now quite the popular thing in the land
of the cactus and mescal. It is not single tax the Mexicans need, but militant
suffragettes.
That was a wise man who said: '.'So long as the other nations of the earth
keep more men behind the gun and a less number behind" the plow than does
Canada, just so long will Canada have surplus of food to sell to the hungry
people who still go on seeking to delude themselves into thinking that they
can keep fat on gunpowder." The Daily Ontario.
Let us all congratulate ourselves that tho elections are over, so far as the
voting is concerned, and that the rest of the troubles, whatever they may be,
will be passed up to the courts and lawyers. It is their business to settle
troubles or make them, or something, for they are never happy or busy unless
some one is in trouble. The balance of us can get down to our regular business
ngain, and accommodate ourselves with as little friction as possible to the
new order of things, if that is what we are to have.
LAFKY IS CHOICE FOR
Salem Man, Former Councilman, Will
Be Chief of Government of City of
. La Grande.
F. J. Lafky, a well-known business
man and real estate and timber dealer
of Salem, will be made business man
agor of the city of La Grande tonight,
says a dispatch from that place. The
contract has not been signed, but ap
parently there is nothing to prevent it.
The commissioners held an Informal
session yesterday at the city hall,
where they and Mr. Lafky were in at
tendance. Mr. Lafky arrived at La Grande Mon
day, and has been ' looking oiver the
field, consulting with some of tie de
partment heads, and In a general way
acquainting himself with cqnditions.
THE ROUND-UP.
WOMAN IS ELECTED TO , ;
BE MAYOR OF TROUTDALE
ttmiTiD raise lsised wibs.1
Troutdalo, Ore., Dee. 3. Oregon and
me west won another woman mavor
Plans for the federation of the wo
man's club of tho country have been
arranged at Corvallis.
Albany elected I M. Curl as its may
or Tuesday by a big majority.
Tho "wets" carried all the offices
at the election at Newport Tuesday.
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Two women were elected to the city
council in Sweet Home Tuesday. Three
ran and two were successful,
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W. A. Ewing was elected mayor of
Sclo, Tuesday, winning by the close
margin of four votes. -
At Independence 500 votos were cast
at Tuesday election. Two hundred of
these were cast by women.
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The "wets" won at Lafayette,
though tho liquor questirtn was not vot
ed on.
At Tillamook there was little interest
in the election, but the wet element
elected its council.
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Clackamas county's school suporin-
or Great
Sale!
Lasts for This Week
The slaughter on prices is still continued upon all odds and ends
XMAS OPENING
before our GRAND
-Mr $ 4-50
$ 7.50
ff $ 9.9ft
fjf $12.50
Clean-up
Prices
For up to hour styles
in ladies' coats and
suits. Values up to
$12, $15, $18 and
$25. No such values
offered elsewhere in
Salem. Out they must
go before Xmas.
yesterday, when Mrs. Clnra Latourello ; ten1lnt ' advocating tho fumigation of
Larson, daughter of the late Joseph ' a11 s',hao in the dainty once a month
Latourolle, one of the pioneers of Ore
gon, was elected head of the Troutdale
city government with only five votes to
spare, Her ' opponent wns S. A. Ed
mundson, who received 40 votes,
The cloctioiri was a victory for tho
citizens' ticket.
Jean Larson was chosen recorder by
57 votes and Louis Kummer became
treasurer by a vote of 91.
Georgo Richardson became marshal
with fiO votes In his favor, and for conn
cilmen Ira Dodson secured 50, Alex
ander Foot 54 and L. Russell 50, and
wero elected.
Tho liquor quostion did not enter into
the contest today, the eloetion turning
Inrgcly on whother Troutdale should
spend 5000 or $2500 on a town hall.
Tho s)2y500 city hall advocates won.
PUMPKIN PIE PRINCIPLES
ARE HERE DISCUSSED
to prevent
diseases.
the spread of contagious
Io says that his mother always used
to have a dor.cn pumpkin pies on the
pantry shelf and that sho (meaning
his wife this time) never makes moro
than one immpkin at a time, and prob
ably gets that out of a can. She savs
that his mother never paid 45 centB a
dozen for eggs, and that a dozen pump
kin pies would tako all her $(1 a week
grocery allowance, and that such a thing
as a dozen pumpkin pics is inqiossiblo,
anyway, because pumpkin pies will not
stay on pantry shelves. . She denies
that she makes pies out of nans and says
that sho has made as many as four at
a time, but that it did no Hood, becauso
thoy lusted only ono day, just the same
as one pie.
Ho says that a doren would last three
days at least, but she has become con
vinced that the law of supply and de
mand works backward as far as food
in general, and pumpkin pica in par
ticular, aro concornod. Sho savs that
tho more eoplo have to eat the more
they want. If sho rooks four pumpkin
I pies, four aro eaten, and if she rooks
only one It is eaten. Iu that way she
saves the expense of the other three.
She has discovered that the easiest way
to combat that old enemy, tho high cost
of living, ls to stop cooking a lot of
unnecessary things that the family will
eat tf it finds them around loose,
He says that his mother used to bake
bread and wash and iron, and still have
time to bake thnt dozen pumpkin pies,
all In ono day. Sho says she does not
believe him, but that if it Is the tnith,
his mother was a very foolish as well as
a much abused woman, She declares
that the law of diminishing returns
works overtime when It comes to pump
kin pies A pumpkin pie require not
only pumpkin, but egg and milk and
spices and a whole day's work, to say
nothing of the gas, and It is not worth
it, A pumpkin pie is one of tho most
fleeting of joys and the moro time that
is spent In Its creation, the sooner It Is
eaten and the more quickly comes the
demand for another. One ls gone almost
as quickly as two, the third given
place to the fourth, and so on, until
a whole theoretical dor.en are torgottan
leaving the demand Increased propor
tionately. That Is why he rnts his
lunch down town, while her pantry
helves remain scivutiflcatly and econ-
nomirally bare.
The school sonsus of Ashland bIiows
tho city has 1250 children botwoen 4
and 20 years of ago. There aro three
school buildings and the city employs
33 teachers.
The Routhtrn Pacific has notified tho
officials of Grants Pass that it will
grant a reduced rate on material to bi
used in constructing tho Willnmetto
Tacific, building from thnt point to
the coast,
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Sweek's nomination. for tho position
of minister to Sinm failed to get action
during tho last session and his name
is before tho presout session of con
gress. It is understood thnt ho Is to be
given a chance to defend himself
against charges preferred against him.
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All tho defendants in tho Astoria vice
enses have pleaded not guilty, and their
trials will bo proceeded with this week.
Therp are 18 under Indictment.
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The town pump at Wasco, Shermnn
county, went broko last week and the
city went dry unnnimously and has re
mained that way for a week.
J. H. Clayton, a pioiiof-r of 1S53, aged
n,1, died In Arizona, November 21. He
was tho owner of the storo In Silver
Lako in which 40 lives were lost Bt a
Christmas celebration some years ago
REMARKABLY WARM SPELL
PREVAILS IN NORTH DAKOTA
Icsitsd raise lsasso wisa.l
Minneapolis, Dec, 3. Reports today
from different parts of Minnesota,
North Dakota and 8uth Dakota, indi
cats the three Northwestern states are
experiencing the mildest early winter
weather in many years. Plowing for
spring crops is apparently the chief oc
cupation for farmers in all districts at
present.
At Grand Forks, N. D., dispatches
said, lilacs are In hud and near the
bursting point, trees are budding and
panslcs In blossom. More than 10,000
acres have been plowed In the vicinity
of that city within the past two weeks.
I'nofflclal thermometers at Aber
deen, 8. D., registered at 70 degrees
above sero, Fergus Falls and Manka
to, Minn., also report extremely mild
weather, v -. .
500 PAIRS
WARNER'S, NEMO
and KABO
CORSETS
on
sale at clean-up
prices
45c 75c
and 98c
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PS
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Winter
Hosiery
For man, woman and child now piled out
out on our counters at
selling will be lively.
prices so low that
Fine Dress Goods and Silks
The latest novelties in all the new fabrics specially purchased
SELLING. Classy novelties that will make swift selling.
for OUR CHRISTMAS
Price per yd 19c 25c 35c 49c 65c and up
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$160 J!LeSTOPE Tt1ATSAVES YOU MONEY I
IN DESPERATE BATTLE
Final Vote on Proposition to Increase
Rates Will Come at Annual Con
clave Next June.
FIGHT HAS BEEN WAGED
DURING PAST TWO TEARS
Charges, by One Faction Is That Plan
Is to Transfer Insurance From
Fraternal to Old Line,
According to some of his pictures,
Pon-in-Law Pay re much resembles Fath-er-ln-Law
Wilson In looks. Hut he may
not have quite as good brains Inside,
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(CNITSD riKSS LEASKD W1RS.
Hock Island, ill., Dec 3. The final
desperate battlo botwoon tho head camp
officers and the making members of tho
Modern Woodmen of America over the
question of an increase in the rates
of insurance in tho order, which during
the past two years has been marked as
the bitterest strugglo In the history
of f internal orders jn America, will be
fought out In the seventeenth triennial
mooting of the order at Toledo, O., June
1(1, llOt, according to announcement
of the executive council from the head
camp officers here today. The council,
having set the date is today making
preparations for the biggest meeting
in the history of the order. Fully 170,
000 members will attend, dnawn by the
struggle which they claim Involves the
vory life of the organization.
The rate question was first raised
in Its present form at the triennial
meeting at Buffalo in 1011. Action was
postponed until the winter, wheo a
speeW meeting of the head camp was
held In Chicago, and a readjustment
of rate voted. All the rates are high
er than those hitherto prevailing, and
those for the older members of the
order are three to nine times higher.
Throughout the country and especially
in the state of Illinois, Iowa. Kansas
and Missouri, the rates were strongly
resisted. Several tet ease were takes j
in circuit courts, resulting In injunctions
against enforcement of the new rates
on the ground that they were not im
perative to the financial safety of the
order, that since the benefits of the
organisation are mutual and reciprocal
the rates cannot be enforced without
the consent of the majority of the
membership.
The head ramp In the summer of 1913
proposed referendum, submitting' the
sevea different rate plans for the se
lection of tho membership,
impression gained currency that the
referendum was a ruse, and tho result
was a voto of less than one percent of
tho members. Tho executive council
hail been expected to take some action
on the question at its meeting here,
but deferroil it to tho triennian meet
ing. Opponents of tho plan declare
the whole proposal was a move to trans
form the insurance plan of the order
from f internal to "old line." They con
tend that tho quostion will never be
settled until this movement' has been
downed, and that this can be done only
by removing the present head camp of
ficers and "electing others who repre
sent tho views of the membership."
This thoy will attempt to do at the To
ledo meeting.
Though the city of Toledo will be
filled with Woodmen, the voting dele
gation will not be large. Five hundred
and fifty members of tho head camps,
five hundred members of the local
camp rlorks association, and dolegates
But tho j from the Forresters make up the con
vention proper. Second in importance
to, the executive sessions of the dole
gates will be the Foresters drills, which,
head camp officials here estimate will
include five thousand uniformed men.
These, composed of drill squads of six
teen to twenty men from each camp,
will live in tented city and maintain
military discipline. Before Toledo was
awarded tho mooting she was required
to cuiter obligations to furnish a largo
parking place for the camp.
Six thousand dollars aro to be given
as prizes to the winning teams in the
drill. United Statos army officers are
to judgo tho competition. Tho executive)
council, which with the Toledo author
ities will have charge of the .immense
assembly, consists of K. W. Parsons, of
Ashland, Wis; John C. Naglo, of De
troit; Martin Cogwin, of Minneapolis
and A. L. Armstrong, of Clinton, Mo.
Now Juarer. is ready to be capture!
by the Huertaistas again.
Low Round Trip Fares
to the
Oregon Development League
at
Roseburg, Thursday, Dec. 4
via the
(0 SUNSET
I (0GDEN&SHASTA I
1 V ROUTES f I
The Exposition Line, 1915."
Sale Dates and Limits
Tickets will be sold from all main line and branch points
between Portland and Ashland to Roseburg December
3 and 4. Final return limit December 5.
Eveorone Should Be There
Further particulars, fares, train schedules, etc, from any
S. P. agent.
JOHN M. SCOTT, General Pasenf er Agent, Portland.