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THE THEORETICAL PROFESSOR
A Harvard professor wipes
the people of the United States that the cost of living is j
but 25 per cent higher now than in 1785. We have no j
personal recollection of prices that season, but that is1
where we are on an equality with the four-eyed wisacre j
from the colleere. Like most of that class of theorists i
ne IS taiKinC 01 SOMlClIllIlJi Ol
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tnan ne (toes Ol ine aciuai appearance ut a umusaui ui an
icthyosaurus. He looks at the bones and then builds up
an animal as he supposes it would or should look and
nasses it off as the real thine.
m ar correct as would those be of "a gnat on the back of
an elephant trying to form an idea to the interior con
struction of the animal from the appearance of the hide."
The chances are that same professor could not tell the
market price of a dozen eggs or a sack of flour without
looking at the market reports, and he would have to get
someone else to look up the reports for him. The man
working for a salary or wage, and the good wife who
samples all the groceries in an effort to make the family
purse stretch a little further, can give such literary relics
of a paleozoic age as get into the professor's chairs of the
big colleges, more real information in five minutes about
the cost of living, than they would learn by their lonesome
little selves in a lifetime. For absolute and inexcusable
ignorance about every day affairs, or anything useful the
average college professor takes the bun, the cake and the
whole bakery. If one of them by some chance had to
work and earn the money that is spent tor wnat ne eats,
he would know without koine
the cost of living has doubled
vpat-s and nlmnsr within the
in it it then but sagely point out to you that the cost of
living was no greater, but that "the purchasing power of
a dollar is smaller, and for this reason it requires more
of them to satisfy the demands of the butcher, the baker
and the balance of those who furnish the consumer with
the things he must have. The cost of living would of
course be not increased if only the wage owner would
get a corresponding return for his labor." That is his
solution of the matter, and so far as the last statement
is concerned it is correct for it would not matter to the
average wage earner how much food stuffs increased in
nriPP if his earnings increased in proportion. The pur
chasing power of the dollar
but
v '"'"to . T-. .
not increased with it. It should not taKe a reai uve col
lege professor, if there are such, to hit somewhere near
the correct idea if he has a pencil, paper and average
intlligence, to reach results on this. Last fall butter was
selling at ;!0 cents a pound. Is butter any higher now
than then, when the present price is 50 cents? Flour was
$1.25 a sack then, now it is $2.50; has it increased in
price? Potatoes were a cent a pound then, now they are
three cents. Onions were a cent a pound then now they
are six; cheese has advanced 50 per cent, pork 50 per
cent, mutton 100 per cent and beef is the highest it has
been since the cow jumped over the moon, and yet this
bewigged and befogged researcher of the antiquarian
fields says the cost of living has increased but 25 per cent
since 1785. He might write a learned dissertation on the
fourth dimension, the canals of Mars or what is beyond
the limits of the fiinite, but anything so near as his
stomach, or so evident as a market report are to him
mysteries as profound as the Sphinx.
Indiana has followed Oregon's example and Wednes
day the senate passed the bill making the state dry
April 2. The house had already passed the bill and it is
now in the governor's hands. It is stated he will sign it,
and Indiana will edge into the great American Sahara.
Old man Booze is sure having a rough road to travel, but
the Hoosiers added insult to the decree killing him, by
sentencing him to die on April Fool day.
It would add another complication to an already badly
tangled situation should a submarine happen to send a
torpedo into the vessel carrying Ambassador Bernstorff
home.
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off his glasses and informs
VVIULJl lie RHUWS iiu inuic
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His opinions are about as
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back to 1787 or 1492, that!
within the past two or tnree
oast vear. He would not ad
has decreased, hence the cost
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THE LEGISLATURE'S JOB
The senate does not seem to realize that the end of
the session is near. Every day bills are re-referred and
made the special order a day or so ahead, just as though
there was an abundance of time. Hours are wasted
wrangling over unimportant bills and when a bill comes
up for final passage even though it has been through two
or three committees, it is found it needs to go into the
drydock for repairs before it can be voted on. The senate
goes into committee of the whole to amend and correct
glaring errors that should have been discovered on a
cursory reading of the bill. There are six working days
after today remaining in the session, and this is the sit
uation. There have been 298 bills introduced in the senate
and about 500 in the house. Of these, the senate has
passed 115, withdrawn 11 and indefinitely postponed 21,
a total of 147 disposed of in 32 days and there are 151 to
be acted on in the seven days remaining, counting from
Thursday night. During the
passed 46 house bills and indefinitely postponed 9, or a
total of 55 with about 450 yet to be acted upon. In other
words the senate has passed upon a total of 202 bills and
had when it began work this morning had about 600 to
nass upon in the seven days remaining of the session. It
VVOUIU require Hie tieiuiiK Ilu
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so a uay to ciean up tne uaienuai. im tumu uc uunc u
the bills were read and acted on without discussion, but
that is an impossibility. It will be seen from this that
many bills will never get reported out of the committee
rooms, and some will die of inanition.
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The Rural Credits bill has passed the senate and is
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nOW DdOre Hie IlUUSe. LI tauseu leilginy aim tuuuumuuo protecting Chinese pheasants. The lover
discussion in the senate. There was a wide divergence of I "f ,ll: ,bf.auti,fu' "ild thi"s of "ultw
uistusoiuu in v. . . .... , ., .TQOi thought the closed season was not need
OpiniOn aS tO many ieatUreS Ot the Dill and aS It WaS:ed it the mother birds got busy and
passed; it apparently did not suit many who voted for itX?l
in order to get the amendment working m some shape, i opposed the can of th e wild, and tuned
ThU fnfr indicates that it Will take UP Considerable time M"? t0 tl,c V'm er-
lniS laCM to from the 'ortlaiu, Koad
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ouicker than it did the senate
should find some means of altering and correcting the
unsatisfactory portions, and send it back to the senate
for concurrence. The bill provides for the loaning of
funds to farmers at 5 per cent interest, and also for rais
ing the money up to $18,000,000, by the sale of bonds. It
is certain to be among the bills going through, no matter
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Reform is in the saddle and the reformers are evident
ly determined to ride roughshod to the devil. In South
Dakota, some legislator with an idea of keeping politics
out of religion and religion out of politics has introduced
a bill making it a misdemeanor to discuss subjects of a
political nature in any church on Sunday. The bill is
evidently framed to prevent the making of prohibition
speeches from the pulpits. It is not probable it will pass,
but it shows to what extent "reform" has gone, and the
disposition to make every person wear the same sized
shoes, and that the size that fits the reformer.
Tho Nnvw-pcrinn idea as to the course to pursue in re-
gard to Germany's establishing a danger zone, is that
i?.nvmioa npiiimls must decide on their policy toward
Germany, according to their own interests, and not ac
cording to American sentiments." That is one way to
look at it, but it lavs aside all principles except those of
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HoWeVei", it IS
expediency
tar in their own way
thev shall do.
Although Mayor Harley paid for the feed at the
Hotel Marion last night the members of the legislature
are not referring to it as a complimentary banquet,
April 1. The house had already passed the bill and it is
ROUGH WEATHER
The wind is yelling around my dwelling, its
voice is loud and shrill; its lams the case
ment, from roof to basement it shakes each
joist and sill. The hearth is blazing, where
I sit hazing my good old trusty lyre, more
verses making, while deftly baking my
shins before the fire. Roll on, rough
weather, and bust your tether, the time for
you is ripe! With books around me, can
cold confound me? Oh, not on your tin
type ! When winds are speeding I like my
reading more than at other times; when
glf jdH
storms are roaring you see me poring o'er stately prose
and rhymes. Before the heater i rock and teeter, and
study Bertha Clay, serene, contented oh, who invented
the wild, wild winter day? Perhaps some duffer out
doors may suffer, and cuss the blinked-blanked storm,
while Vm perusing my tomes amusing, so snug, secure
and warm. Such thoughts are silly; if he is chilly, he
can't charge that to me; he hadn't orter--1 gave a quarter
last week to charity !
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Some Little Stories and
Gossip of
Senators Dimick and (ill locked horns figii
again yesterday, and as usual over the'orit'.'
sportsmen business and for third time
Dimick weut to the mat. He took the
count a day or two ago when his bill to:
prevent the baiting of ducks was up.;
Oill leading the fight against him. The,
Multnomah senator is the especial
guardian t a'l " the beautiful creature
God has given us." He went into rap-
tures a few days ago when idealizing
the swan w ith its grace and beauty.
which had become almost extinct due to:
wanton hunters who killed it just be-!
cause it was a fine target. That was ,
the one and only occasion when he and
the Clackamas firebrand agreed. Dimik
thought the protection of the swan a
step in the right direction and stood
manfully by Gill.
It wan this probably that made him
wrathy when the killing of ducks came
up and Hie nature lover turned against
him and argued that a bag of 31 ducks
a day per hunter was not at all unreas
onable. Dimick recalled that onlv I dav
or two before Senator (iill had ridiculed
wc iu.-u u. iiMirnimii wanting n
leave a stream wit
n 40 pounds ot cor-1
tain kinds of fish, which he was seek-j ought to be treated tenderly instead of
ing to protect, but was willing to have a ' resorting to violence,
hunter leave his blind with a 100 pounds That sterilization was liable to mnl
of ducks. It looked too much to Dim- practice was the opinion of a number of
ick, as though Gill's love for the beau chiropractors who came up to protest
tiful wild things was cosmopolitan against the bill. The measure was de
euough to include the Portland game dared to be cruel and inhuman.
hog, which Dimick thought anything j
bat a handsome bird- , The Orton tenure of office bill, which
This feeling was increased the same ! provides for teachers hnldimr their inha
UU whan ii;,. .;..i, i .. u. mil'
V " "."' "'"""" 'emoieci oy a commission 01 three
,mu uun nuu. x mis nine me mcK-
amas ornator was gerung groggy. Bux
lie was line tu
was like the subieet matter of his
disputes -with Senator Gill, "dead
game." He clashed for the last time
yesterday morning with the student of
the wild and lost. This time it was
over the bill shutting net fishermen
off from certain fishing grounds below
the Willamette falls. Gill switched
again and this time was for the conser
vation of the fish The salmon was
about as graceful a bird as the swan,
and if not protected would soon be
about as scarce. Besides sportsmen
left lots of money with Portland hotel
keepers. Dimick realizes now that these
gentlemen are also included in Senator
Gill's beautiful wild things, and are
among thoe for which there is no open
season.
Dimick says about the wildest bunch
of things he has run across in many
days are the consolidation bills now
just ready for picking, and he ardently
hopes Senator Gill will love them too.
This would salve the wounds he has gof
fered at the hands of the Portland Gun
club through its representative-
Senator Fariell like a battle charger,
snuffs the battle from afar and having
horse sense does not snuff it at closer
range. When he saw Senator Gill's bill
regarding the fishing in the Willamette,
was coming up for debate, he snuffed
the battle all right, but evidently
thought the distance was not great
enough for satisfactory snuffing, and
so bad urgent business in Portland.
Parrel! is like Gill, a great lover of
the lordly salmon, but he likes his in a
can. He puts his share up that way,
a u 11 1 uf w'uut to gei into an argu-
as to the merits ol different modes
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the first consideration in his business.
During a lull while an amendment
was being prepared to a bill the sen
ators had a little sport among them
selves and Senator Bishop unkindly ask j
ed f arrell, where he had been all morn
ing that he missed the debate over th
HMVHUS
MR. LEVERING IS A DISTURBING FACTOR
CHAPTEB rXLlH.
Morton Levering puzzled the while
he, in a way, fascinated me. I tried to
make out which of the girls we were
entertaining attracted him enough to
keep him staying on far beyond the
alloted time for his visit, but in vain.
Once or twice I had a suspicion that
Elsie was more than a little pieased
when he showed her any favor, out as
soon dismissed it was out of the ques
tion. Elsie was so full of fun. so lively,
no one would possibly think that she
had a serious thought auent this older
man.
I was rudely enlightened.
"Mildred Mrs. Hammond tell me,
are von Haniw 1 Hauivy in your mar
ried life I mean?" he asked one day.itie." I retorted. "I hate people who are
"Why. of course." I stammered, tak-(constantly changing their minds, as they
en unawares. jdo their clothes "
"There is no 'of course' about it! "You are delicious! Not many wo
You either are or you are not. Aad men would fight for a man as you do
I am very much mistaken if it is not j fight to convince themselves, I mean,
the latter You see. I knew HammondiYou do not convince anyone eke."
before yon HA." "What do you meant I do not
"I don't know what you mean, aeith-; understand, " I answered, dreading yet
er do I want to know," I lied glibly, j longing, to hear hm talk.
' ' What Mr Hammond did before I met i ' ' You know well enough what I mean,
him is no more my business than it is j You are unhappy. Any one with half
his how ;
spent my time prior to our
marriage."
"It is easv to see how you spent yonr
time. One has only to look around and
see the environment in which you had
spent yoar life. God! he didn't waste
any time. 111 warrant, after he met you
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the Legislature
which b was so great an auth-
The answer was noiseless. Fariell
nidd not see any point to the joke, bnt
the senators generally, just grinned.
Steulisation was attacked last night
before the joint meeting, of the house
committee on health and public morals
and the senate judiciary committee
when a delegation of Portland people
came up tr ask that it be not passed,
The bi'l was attacked bv Mrs. I.ora C.
l.ittie, o't Portland, on the ground that
it went acainst the tenets of the irold-
en rule, w hich savs, " ilo unto others
as you would have them do unto you.
She declared it would work a hardship
on the poor in that they could not fight
an order to sterilize and it would allow
the wealthy to escape because they
could fight it. She declared it was a
form of vivisection.
She asked what mother wanted her
children sterilized-
1 he abnormality ot the weak corrects
itself in the opinion of .Indue Murl
rortiaiKi, wno presided as chairman
ot the mce'tinir. He thonirht tho weak
.in . . f ,. .:'
fer charges were filed, was given n
; jing last night before the Mate e4-
,-ation committee last night and a mim-
ber of Portland teachers came up to
bill ttat
when a teacher is hired she cannot be
Wm0ved unless formal charges are made
to 8 commission of three appointed by
the circuit court. Transfer of teachers
is to be made also by the commission.
Speaking for the Orton bill were E. 11.
Whitney, I. J. Melendy, president of the
Portland Kduc.taional association; Mias
Ludie Cake, Miss Viola Ortschild, presi -
dent of the Grade Teachers' association, j
and Professor Koehn, of the High
School association. Miss Grace DeGraf.
Hiss Johnson and Miss Alice Joyce
spoke agaiust the measure.
Jf the colonel didn't have a tip, he
surely had a hunch that answered the
same purpose, when he decided to stay
home from Polynesia.
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in making you Mrs. Hammond."
"Whv do vou say that?" I asked
coldly.
' ' Because you are the type he used to
say he would marry."
"Give him the credit of his convic
tions, then."
Almost a Quarrel.
"Oh, certainly. Always he was a
stubborn brute once he had made up his
mind."
I was learning tttings of Clifford
which I had often thought t should like
to know his life before he met me. Yet
1 resented Morton Levering'g manner of
felling: his seeming surety that I
wouldn't care.
"That is another good charaeteris-
an eye can see your misery, your con
stant worriment. Knowing Hammond
as I do, there is only one deduction I
Jean make. He is enamoured ot some one,
and you are unhappy because of
,it."
I "It is no such thing!" I declared.
SALTS IF BACKACHY
Drink Lots of Water and Stop
Eating Meat for a While
If Your Bladder
Troubles You
When you wake up with backache
and dull misery in the kidney region it
generally means you have been eating
too much meat, says a well known au
thority. Meat forms uric acid which
overworks the kidneys in their effort
to filter it from the blood and they
become sort of paralyzed and Id'jgy.
When your kidneys get sluggish and
clog you must relieve them, like you re
lieve your bowels; removing all the
body's urinous waste, else you have
backache, sick headache, dizzy spills;
your stomach sours, tongue is vOated,
ami when the weather is bad you have
rheumatic twinges. The urine is cloudy
full of sediment, channels often get sore
water scalds and you are obliged to
seek relief two or three times dining
the night. H
Kither consult a good, reliable physi
cian at once or get from your pharma
cist about four ounces of ad Salts;
take a tablespoonful in a glass of wat
er before breakfast for a few days and
your kidneys will then act fine. This
famous salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined with,
lithia, and has been used for genera
tions to clean and stimulate sluggish
kidneys, also to neutralize acids in the
urine so it no longer irritates, thus end
ing bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is a life saver for regular
meat eaters. It is inexpensive, cannot
injure and makes a delightful, eil'er
veseest lithia-water drink.
British blockade restrictions on im
portation of clover seed into Norway
have been abolished, a consul repnrts.
This will be joyous news for the Nor
wegian bumblebees.
That eastern woman who wants a
divorce because she found she had
j married, "not a man, but a store,"
j might have been better satisfied if she
1 had found she had married a bank.
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Fcr Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Always I
the
bears -re
of CZM
Signatu:
m Sunday, Feb. 10, 10 pm
"And I don't see how- you can talk to
me like this. You pretend to be his
friend and
' ' You make a mistake. An acquaint
ance, not a friend. There is a great
difference, my dear lady."
"Well, I won't listen to another
word- Mr. Hammond is my husband.
I'll not discuss him with vou. It isn't
fair."
He flashed me a look of understand
ing, just as Elsie joine us.
"What in the world are you two dis
cussing so soberly and so vehement
ly f" she queried, laughingly. "One
would think the fate of nations were
being decided."
"Not of nations, only of persons."
Mr. Leverng returned in a bantering
tone. "Mrs. Hammond is a stanch
friend."
"Why, of course! The Buttons all
are." She preened herself proudly.
Pride of race was one of Elsie's strong
characteristics.
' ' Yes. of course, ' ' he repeated. The
"I'll beat you at a game of pool, Miss
Elsie."
"Oh, no you wont! I'll play yon,
though," she responded, secure in tier
own prowess-
"I have heard you were a corking
player, but I know something about the
game myself," he laughingly replied as
they moved away.
(Tomorrow Elsie Makes a Confession.)