THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUSf 18, 1912.
REVENGE BYJEFERENDUM
Sample Case from Oregon Foundry of
Direct Legislation.
FORGED NAMES A NEW INDUSTRY
Ktiltirtiun InaUiio ( Maaaer la
Wb.'rh Commaalty ot Envious
BoMtrn Held Vp Leg-Is
latlon.
Although we are In the full tids of the
' Alice In Wonderland epoch of political
.legislation, there may yet be left a few
; people who are willing and able to read
a plain account of how some of these
miraculous cures for all of our political
.aliments actually work at the great ex
periment stations of direct legislation and
; social salvation. The following account
Is the result of first-hand contact with
the lniatlve and referendum In practice
In a case of capital importance, which
suggets the possibilities of the system
and has for the time being at leat some
what cooled the ardor of one devotee In
the mad desire "to restore the govern-
'ment to the people" In the sense In
which reformers use this expression. It
'Is my sincere conVtctlon that except In
certain broad and simple questions the
'whole program of direct legislation not
only offers no satisfactory solution of
our political problems, but on the whole
, will tend to a reactionary period of so
cial development which will hinder the
progress of real reform.
A Hitch ia the Reform.
And In making this estimate it is fortu
nate that the valuable assistance of the
' Oregon supreme court ' has been given,
,in a decision just handed down, which
for expllcltness of statement and clear
mess with which it shows the possibilities
Just suggested 1 a rather interesting doc
ument. It surely will not be taken as a
partisan View when the highest court of
J the great experiment station, of puro
democracy Is quoted on the workings of
J the system, and the feature of the de
cision is that It went Immediately to the
root of the methods by which the work
ing of direct legislation can be judged.
Moreover, the case In point is the more
suggestive and Important because it had
to do with a matter which may be sup
posed to be as far removed from partisan
prejudice as a thing could possibly be,
! namely, public education and, In fact,
with the highest educational Institution
;in tho state, namely. Its state university.
Thus a combination of circumstances
imake this ruling and what it reveals one
of the most striking current comments
,on a question which is agitating the
whole nation and should be valuable to
'many people who, dissatisfied with things
as they are, are wondering just what to
do next
The facts which led to the decision
which will be presented a little later on
are about as follows: The University of
'Oregon is situated at Eugene, In Lane
county. In this same county there is
another city called Cottage Grove, which
after the manner of western communi
ties, perhaps all communities, was anx
ious to Increase Its Importance and urged
the question ot the division ot the county
,ln order that Cottage Grove might be
come the county seat of the new county
jthus created. The citizens of Eugene
quite naturally, opposed this division and
voted against it On the merits of this
question there may reasonably be differ
ences of opinion, the soberest and most
capable citizens of the county generally
'. believing that the division at least for
the present being unwise, and. the pro
'posed division was defeated.
Getting Even with the RefereaAam.
But Cottage Grove was not satisfied
,with this decision of the people of Lane
county, and attributing the defeat ot
their -metropolitan aspiration to the clti
sens of Eugene, began to Seek out a
manner by which they could, make re
prisals upon their ..offending neighbors.
Thinking to hit Eugene In a peculiarly
sensitive spot they lighted upon a method
which one would think about the last
thing citizens with any common sense
or patriotism would have lighted on,
namely, to defeat the state appropria
tion for the university. That they could
defeat the state's appropriation for the
university, It is not probable that they
could hope, but by petitioning to have
the matter placed upon the ballot tor
referendum, they could at least hold the
appropriation up and postpone progress
tor the university a whole year until a
state wide referendum could be held
upon the matter.
It will hardly be believed In a well
ordered community that the cltisens of
any state would thus take revenge upon
the young people ot an entire state and,
to say the truth, the people of Cottage
Grove did not find it particularly easy.
But even the advocates ot initiative and
referendum have not entirely escaped
the bondage of our common human na
ture and when they found It difficult
to get the required .number of cltisens
they sent to the chief city of the state,
Portland, to a well-known advocate of
this divine agency for upright govern
ment to get signatures for them.
Xs Tratnble to Forge Slanatarea.
Pk. .....I. ., .... .
liberation has been widely heralded and
whose lofty devotion to the people, as
something sbsolutely without parallel In
our political annals. Is rather sombre
reading for reformeis who look to this
method for political reformation. For the
high-minded citizen referred to employed
agents, who got signatures, forged and
fictitious, by the thousands with the re
sult that the case was taken to the
courts for adjudication. " There were
some minor matters as to Jurisdiction and
the form of the suit which are imma
terial here, but at li-st the suit was
brought In proper form and the final de
cision is now handed down. On the
accuracy of the statements above we
may ( now quote the Oregon, supreme
court ' : , ,
The origin of the movement to refer the
measure in question is not altogether
creditable to its , promoters. The state
university Is located at Eugene in Lane
county. Certain cltisens of the southern
portion of the county, including the city
. of Cottage Grove, were desirous of heln
Incorporated Into a new county with Cot
tage Grove as its county seat This was
strenuously opposed by the cltisens of
the northern portion of the county and
particularly by those, ot Eugene, and the
measure was defeated. As a matter ot
retaliation or perhaps to convince the
r!tllna tit V.wvnm Kt wfa. .u- -
v " VI V J I1U
-jts Institutions would b better off witb-
... .Ml, vvunie wiuifl IU W1B UIM COUniV.
:,)his movement was inaugurated.
That there was no general and spon
taneous desire on the part of tha general
public to withhold the appropriation from
ia univerairv anon lutmim anraunt aA
..the promoters were compelled to employ
an attorney to secure the necessary signa
tures. This in itself was not an unusual
' course, as it is difficult to find citizen.
.jwho are so devoted to their principles as
without compensation. They employed
Mr. Parkinson of Portland, who under
took to procure such signatures for 3H
cents a name. He employed a large num
ber of circulators, who. went forth Into
the highways and Byways to procure
signatures. Seven ot these at least de
vised an easy method of earning their
money. They would get together, pass
around their petitions, each signing a few
names In a disguised hand, thus minimiz
ing the chance of detection. These for
geries were clearly proved, mostly by the
admission of the parties upon the trial
of the case of Friendly against Olcott
(the previous , suit), tho testimony in
which' case was by stipulation used .In
the case at bar. In the present case these
signatures are admitted by the pleadings
to be forgeries though they were filed In
the secretary's office as a part of the
original petition."
Faked "Demand front (be People,
Here we have the supreme court of 'the
state ot Oregon describing the origin and
method of procedure' in the operation of
a state-wide referendum. Remembering
that this was a matter absolutely apart
from partisan politics, that It did actually
concern the education of the entire state
and the growth and progress of lis high
est educational institution, there Is hardly
a more disgraceful Illustration of the
confusion and disorder In government
which Is possible under such a system.
When the community which wants any
thing held up cannot arouse Itself to its
work, all it has to do is to send to the
large city, get some disreputable politi
cian or attorney to hire forgers to do
the dirty work, and you get a "demand
from the people" and stop for a year any
Jubllc work however Important neces
sary and cred!tabl.-A. A. Eerie In Bos
ton Transcript.
OH, YOU DOCTOR, GO TO!
Perfect Health at tha Cost ot Three
Mlnatea a pay and No
Ida Tip. . .
your
Will
For exchange three minutes of
lime each day for perfect health.
you trade?
From out near the middle of the great
state of Kansas comes so fair an offer.
R. C- Wright, who lives In the thriving
city ot McPherson, Kan., has written a
book he calls "Brevls," In which he ha
collected and arranged a series of exer
clses tor the muscles of the body which
require only three minutes of each day
to perform and which, the author claims,
will Insure whomsoever does perform
them faithfully a lifetime ot perfect
health.
The secret of good health, according to
Mr. Wright, who has made a study of
the subject tor years, lies in good circu
lation. Keep the blood coursing through
your veins and you need never call on
the doctor.
The only way to secure perfect circula
tion Is by exercise. But in that very
course lies danger. Far too often peopb
who recognise the necessity of exercising
overdo It They put more and mors ot a
strain on their muscles, making them
large and powerful-and wearing them
out while they are doing It.
The exercise, such as Mr. Wright rec
ommends In his little book, Is Just enough
and no more to wake up all the muscM
of the body each day. By following his
system he does not claim that you will
become' a physical giant or a world
famous athlete, but you will have perfect
health. i "'
The morning Is the time when one
should exercise. Then the blood Is more
likely to be sluggish.
The set of exercises which Mr. Wright
guarantees hold in their grasp good
health are extremely simple, and many
of them are actually performed, uncon
sciously, by every one each day of his
life.
But exercising part of the muscles of
the body and not all Is far from dolnrf
that which will give good health.
If you stretch your arms high above
your head, all well and good, but do you
stretch your legs as well? Yet, when you
arise In the morning the blood is jusi as
likely to be flowing more or less slug
gishly through your lower Hmbs as
through your upper ones.
By simply raising your arms or your
legs, do not lmaKine you have brought
into play alt the muscles ot those mem
bers of your body. There are muscles In
your wrists and ankles that need stretch.
Ing and pulling and working. Then, too,
there are muscles In your neck that you
may never think to exercise. ;
The muscles of your stomach, your
abdomen, your chest, even many ot the
recognised systems of physical culture
forget some of them. But not Mr.
Wright's little three-minute book.
In all, there ate exactly fifteen different
movements in the 1 Brevls System," as
the author speaks of It. They can all be
done in a very small space and without
a single apparatus. In fact, Mr. Wright
believes that $y apparatus, even dumb
bells, is harmful. Dumbbells, tor In
stance, serve only as resistance to the
muscles, and being inanimate things rt
best they do not know JuBt how much
resistance to offer. .
Leave the question of resistance to
your own strength and to the muscles of
your body, which naturally act in oppo
sition. ' ... .
Get the "Brevls" habit, urges the au
thor, and laugh at the doctors.
TI-iE,
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TIMELY REALESTATE GOSSIP
Approach of Fall Rejuvenates the
Trade in Real Estate.
BIO SALES DURINCr THE WEEX
The Announcement of Channel, ta
Factory' Locations and Erection
of A part men t llonaes Indi
cates Good Market.
JOLT FOR JUDICIAL DIGNITY
Keatacklaa Proad. of His Shape
Handed One by His
' ,'- ' ' Tailor, ' . '
Judge Robert C- Klnkead ot Louisville,
Ky referee In bankruptcy, was Just
naturally curious. Besides, he was or
dering a new suit and he felt that it
was his privilege to ask a few ques
tions. . . . - . 4
: The tailor, who was taking his meas
urements and noting them on , a pad,
was making a number ot mystic abbre
viations that puzzled him. He haa no
sense of personal vanity, yet he couldn't
be certain whether they were counted
to create a sense of personal pulchritude
or not. - ' ' ,
" The tailor took his pencil from behind
his ear and scribbled on the pad the.
letters "8. B. L." '
"Judge Klnkead peered over his shoulder
and . ventured a question.
"What's that 8. B. L.r he ventured,
"Oh, Just a memorandum that I'm
making for personal reference," said the
tailor In a tone that was' Intended to'
head off further interrogation.
The explanation was enlightening, but
Judge Klnkead was not to bosatlsfied.
"What does it mean?" he asked.
The tailor was obviously embarrassed.
Hs hesitated.
"Go ahead man, what does It mean?"
Insisted the judge.
"Well, begging your pardon," said the
tailor with a sigh of resignation, If
With the approach of fall the real es
tate market has beun to liven up. Real
estate dealers, property owners and buy
ers have about all had their vacation
and returned for work. The lust week
has seen considerable activity in the pur
chase and sale of property.
it will not be long until the real es
tate exchange will reel 1 1 e demand for
returning to Its tveekl, h.eetings. which
are scheduled to bcsln the first Wednes
day of September. About that tlmo is
when the rtal estate market begins to
look up.
The great demand for nice apartment
houses close to the business district Is
being seen by builders and taken ad
vantage
Among the recent announcements of
new apartment houses Is thut of Thor
Jorgensen, Park avenua and Mauon
streets, who will erect a jkJO.uOO structure
at Park avenue and Harris street.
WJien completed the building will b
one of the best equipped In the city.
Architect H. A. Kaapke has completed
the plans which show a number of in
novations In architecture.
Among these is an arrangement of the
architect's own by which sound will no:
travel trons one apartment to another, a
great advantage to the renters with and
without children, dogs, singing daughters
and " quarrelsome wives and h
Not a sound, the architect says, can es
cape from an apartment
Kaapke' learned this trick of architec
ture during his trips abroad. He has
made three trips to Europe on which he
has specially studied the architecture of
Greece, Rome and Italy, ancient and
modern,
This new apartment house will face
ninety feet on Park avenue and extend
thirty feet back on Harris street. In
design It will resumble the large houses
of Florence, Italy, with eaves extending
live reet from tho sides. Construction
work probably will begin this month.
The announcement of new factories for
two large manufacturing concerns of
Omaha during the last week may indi
cate lively business in real estate cir
cles. ' ' ' '
The three-story building which has been
occupied by the National Biscuit com
pany at the northwest corner of Twelfth
and Jackson streets has been bought by
the Skinner Macaroni company tbrought
George ft Co.
The purchase was made after several
months of negotiations on (he part of
the realty firm and the biscuit and mac
aroni firms. The price was kept secret.
The other announcement was of the
awarding of a contract to W. J. Creedon
to construct the new warehouse of the
Baker Manufacturing company on the
lot, 66x132 feet, on Douglas street at the
end of the bridge approach, west of the
O'Brien candy factory and one lot east
of Ninth street
i
Tills building will be five stories and
a basement with foundations to carry
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ing on the west also is owned by the
Baker company, which may build upon
It In time. The company has been in
small quarters east of Tenth street on
the south side of Howard street.
With the sale of tho National Biscuit
company building the two concerns will
change quarters. The biscuit company
will maintain a warehouse and stock
room at 1315-17 Howard street.
An Idea of how well investments In
Omaha business property can be secured
by cost of construction is the amount
of rental on the building now in course
of construction east of the Hippodrome
theater, Eighteenth and Douglas streets.
The structure Is being erected by the
Brandels interests at a cost approxi
mately of $12,000. The second floor is to
be a dance hall and already has been
leased by the drill team ot the Modern
Woodmen of America for a number of
years at $403 per month. Allowing for
depreciation, this dance hall alone will
pay for the building in about fifteen
years.
Several stores and a basement, however,
are planned for the building which will
no doubt produce Us cost within a very
short time.
One of the good sales of the week was
the purchase of two and a half lots
at the northwest corner of Twenty-fifth
street and Poppleton avenue by Phlppen
& Denham. The property was owned by
L, H. Korty, who received K00O for It
The new owners will build four, houses'
there, Investing $20,000 to $25,000.
Activities In the sale of property is
represented by the purchase ot four
acre lots In Shlloh, on Twenty-seventh
street, north ot Leavenworth street, by
C. ft. Tyler, who alreuuy uiis re
malnder of the addition. He will r. plat
It next spring Into about sixty resident
lots and place it on the market.
HIS PILE DETHRONES REASON
Beeicar Gathers Hsse Fortune on
Street Corners and Winds Vp
, In an Asylum.
Hoarding nickels and dimes and pen
nies and the occasional coins of larger
denomination which rewarded her street
corner begging, Leota Seybold of Los
Angeles succeeded in a long Jlfe in
amassing a fortune of $300,000. (
Today she Is In an Insane asylum,
driven mad by constant indulgence in
her only pleasure, the counting over an1
over of her growing hoard.
Not all the $300,000 was found in the
stored treasure of "Old Leota," as she
has been known on the streets for years.
Occasionally, when her quarters became
too small to store comfortably the great
accumulation of small coins, she con
verted some of them into currency.
She pursued a devious course on this
errand, getting one or two bills in ex
change for coins at each place she vis
ited. -
These bills, in turn, she sent to Okla
homa, where two sisters live, and there
they were converted into land. Now
Leota owns large and highly valuable
tracts of farm and suburban real estate.
It was the constant chink of the metal
coins as she piled them up and toppled
them over again and again, for the sheer
joy of handling and counting thera, that
unsettled her reason, according to Dr.
Blendln of the county asylum.. . ; ;
Every - waking hour that she could
spare from her quest of still more alms
she devoted to this worship of the coins
themselves. Finally her brain ; could
stand the monotonous counting - and
gloating no more, and Leota's strange
actions led to her commitment to the
asylum.
Arrangements are being made to send
her to Oklahoma, where her sisters will
be able to take care of her. .she is neither
violent nor dangerous just demented on
the subject of counting money. The at
tending physicians fear there is little
chance to restore her reason. Los An
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you must know, "S. B. L." stands for
to U willing to circulate such petitions! ''W1 bow-legged.' "-Louisville Times.
There are people who do not like the
Rev. William Wilkinson, the "bishop of
Wall street." But even these admit that
he is unusually interesting as he stands
on his little stool on the broiling asphalt
ot Broad street and talks godliness at
! is hearers- The other day it was hotter
than usual. The sun was directly over
head; tne pavement was almost soupy,
and the bishop's hearers were not only
few, but restless.
"No use trying to talk religion to you
boys today," said he, abruptly. "You're
In no condition to appreciate it. I hava
no scriptural authority to represent
heaven as a place of cool shadows and
cold drinks and after ten minutes on
I'.road street today- you will have little
ftar of the other place. So I'll tell you
a little Ktory from my own experience.'"
Mo:c biokers will II; ten to the bUhop'd
stories than to his theology.
"I was out west not long ago," sairt
i.e, "and was asked to preach in a little
town. The bishop of the diocese cam.
to hear me. I took divorce as my topic,
und began to lambast those who darei
to cut asunder the matrimonial tie. A
moment later the rector of tho church
pulled at my coattail.
" 'Don't say any more about divorce.'
said he. 'Four members of our choir
have been divorced, and If 5'ou ta k this
T.ay we won't have any more music'
"So I began to talk of the curse of
drink. The Sunday school superintendent
parsed a note up to me. 'I approve of all
you say,' he wrote, 'but Colonel Jenkin
ton Is getting mighty restless. He hasn't
been sober In eleven years, and we're de
pending on him to pay the expenses of
our annual picnic' So I dropped the bot
tle and hummed aifd hawed my way to
ward another subject. I began to talk
against the vice of cheating. The bishop
warned me off In a whisper.
" 'I'm sorry, brother,' said he. 'But the
leading man In this parish spent a term
out in the penitentiary for wrecking a
bank, and another prominent church
member is running a mail order real es
tate game.'
' rather flustered me for a moment,
but I flatter myself that I keep my head
pretty well. .And so I turned and gave
that congregation a talk on the diffi
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the South vea Islande:-, and I've had three
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- Rental price per n.xnth 30,00
THE BEE BUILDING CO.
Bee Business Office,
17th and Farnam Sts.
