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PORTLAND, TUESDAY, ALGCST 5. 1913.
RECOGNITION OR INTERVENTION,
WHICH?
By persisting Iri his refusal to recog
nize General Huerta as President of
Mexico, President Wilson not only re,
duces himself to the alternative of in
tervention, but gives encouragement to
the many influences .which clamor for
intervention. By refusing to recognize
the fact that Huerta is President, Mr.
Wilson, by implication, assumes the
right to decide who is, or shall be.
President. The only manner in which
he can exercise that assumed right is can reaj nis scurrilous sneers at the
by armed force. He cannot send an American flag without indignation and
terms) which -would Insure economical
but satisfactory operation. It should
begin this year. The subject is ripe
for action.' Exhaustive inquiry has
been made by committees of both
House and Senate, and all the facts
necessary to base a conclusion have
been ascertained. There -is no excuse
for delay. The House might as well
consider the bill now as kill time in
waiting for the Senate to dispose of
the tariff.
SOME REMARKS ON ANARCHY.
The Oregonian has not assumed its
usual editorial prerogative of editing
the extraordinary letter from J. K.
Sears, printed today, for fear it might
not be able to interpret correctly what
the writer meant to say. We shall
leave each reader to judge for himself.
Dr. Leach is at war with organized
society, and with the forces that con
trol it. He would revolutionize the one
and destroy the other. He is a Social
ist who supports the I. W. W. move
ment, and he describes the I. W. Ws.
as comrades and brothers. Anarchy is
literally the absence of government,
and specifically it is the "social theory
which regards the union of order with
the absence of all direct (government
of man by man as. the political ideal"
and demands "absolute individual lib
erty." The anarchist is broadly one
who advocates anarchy and specifically
he is "any person who promotes dis
order or excites revolt against estab
lished rule, law or custom." There are
various ways of bringing about an
archy, and they range from the bomb
and the torch to the soap-box and the
vocabulary of inflammatory speech.
Editor Leach would appear, in this
view to be something of an anarchist.
In any view, he is no patriot, for he is
not a loyal citlien. Who but Mr. Sear.,
and was fortunate, considering his sta
tion, to get work as cashier in a small
Albany hotel. But he was not content
to remain there any longer than was
necessary to save a few dollars, . with
which he opened a small tea store.
Here his remarkable business genius
began to develop. As he saved money
he began looking for new worlds to
conquer and after a thorough investi
gation, took up street and sewer con
tract work, which he carried pn with
great success. He was not . content
with small contracts. He went after
big business and landed it, together
with the necessary backing to operate
on a big scale. His success here still
was not big enough and he branched
out into lighting, and later oil, and
still later power and traction. When
he took up each succeeding line he
studied the details so thoroughly as
to become an expert, even making him
self an authority on electricity.
The financial gulf Mr. Brady-
spanned during his liberal lease on life
is best estimated by noting that at his
death he was a director in sixty big
corporations. The contrast is found
in a glance back at the beginning of
some fifty years ago in the humble Al
bany hotel. If success may be gauged
by achievement in a given field of en
deaver, then Mr. Brady's success was
tremendous.
army into Mexico without authority
of Congress. But he does not ask that
authority and announces that inter
vention is impossible.
It is difficult to perceive on -what
grounds the President refuses recogni
tion to Huerta. The Mexican Congress,
representing the people, has recog
nized him. So have the principal Eu
ropean powers. Our Ambassador to
Mexico has told the whole story of
Huerta's accession to power and has
explained existing conditions in Mex
ico. He concludes with a recommen
dation that Huerta be recognized.
Having been created by the Mexican
Congress, the Huerta government ex
ists by right. Controlling every state
except Sonora, and holding all the bor
der towns except those of that state,
and all the seaports. It rules jn fact.
Believe as we may that Huerta attained
office by the murder of Madero, we
cannot ignore . indefinitely the patent
fact that he is acknowledged as head
of the republic by the great body of
the people. Huerta's resignation and
the succession of a new provincial
President pending an election has been
proposed, but Huerta refuses to resign.
Mediation between Huerta and the reb
el leaders has been suggested, but with
whom should we mediate besides
Huerta? With Carranza, who holds
only Sonora, and not all of that, for
he has not been able to take Guaymas!
With the leaders of numerous bodies
of bandits who overrun other states,
but who take a, town only to loot it
and ride away? Merely to state the
proposition Is to prove its absurdity.
So long as recognition is withheld
the agitation for intervention will con
tinue. The rebels do not ask interven
tion; they only ask belligerent rights
that they may import arms. If we
were to invade Mexico they would
make common cause -with Huerta
against us. Those who ask interven
tion are many of the Americans who
. have suffered loss in Mexico, concession-hunters,
Mexican schemers, sol-
dies hungry for promotion and adven
turers hungry for spoils. The Ameri
can people as a whole will not hear
of it.
If the murder of Madero be the sole
resentment?
BY MOB OR BY WHIM!
A circus is advertised to show at Ore
gon City on a Sunday, and the District
Judge 'issues an injunction restraining
the local authorities from any inter
ference. Yet the Governor of Oregon
ignores and defeats the orderly proc
esses of the courts and the regular op
eration of civil law by his threat of
martial law the last recourse of the
state to preserve itself in a grave
crisis and the circus does not per
form.
At Bandon, the community, acting
in its own protection and from a pro
found sense of injury to its own
respect and dignity, resquests an unde
strable citizen to leave with the plain
intimation that measures will, if nec
essary, be taken to enforce its ultima
tum. , .'
Yet the Governor of Oregon denies
to the sovereign people of a munici
pality the right to attain a desirable
end without the law; but at the same
time he asserts his right to rise above
the law when his feeling, or sSnse of
propriety, or whatever it may' be, is
shocked at something or other about
to be done somewhere or other in Ore
gon. ' ." -' ..
If the people of Bandon have ig
nored the constituted authorities in
doing what they, were practically
unit in thinkingought to be done for
the public peace, they have not trans
gressed more than the Governor of
Oregon in doing at Oregon City what
he not they thought ought to be
done to preserve the tranquillity of
a certain Sunday.
Is government by executive whim to
be preferred to government by the
mob?
borly spirit will begin to. bear, fruit in
co-operation, the farmer will gain the
full reward of his labor, and his pride
In his success will descend to his chil
dren. They will acquire an ambition
to stay on the farm and will pity, not
envy, the city dweller.
There is room for many Denmarks
in Oregon. It remains for us to prove
that we have as sterling character as
the Danes by making these many Den
marks. .'
The current issue of the Bend Bulle
tin, is called an "Annual Development
Number" by its proprietor, George
Palmer Putnam. Aside from the
twelve pages of news that it custom
arily uses to "cover" Crook County and
Middle Oregon, there are thirty-two
pages devoted to exploitation of re
sources. Its reference to a modern
electrical plant capable of serving a
city of 25,000 people will be news to
many whose ideas of that region con
sider its development in the primitive
stage; so, also, will be the statement
that "20,000,000,000 feet of timber 13
tributary to-Bend," and that "227,000
acres offer profitable opportunity to
settlers." The Bend country is not an
undiscovered region of Oregon, by any
means, yet this number of the Bulle
tin will give reason for sound thought
on the part of investors.
GERMS IN A NEW HAl'NT.
Smokers of cigars, when, they pur
chase a fragrant or pungent weed, are
wont to snip off the end in an auto
matic cutter to be found in every cigar
stand. Simple performance, indeed.
and one that would seem to be with
out any danger so long as the smoker
keerjs his fine-era. awav from the blade.
reason for withholding recognition o( , matter of fact there is an in
Huerta, Servla furnishes a precedent sidious danger in the act," for death
. . i 3 n -; .. . i. t -1 j . . ' ..... .....
to suiuo via. uc" mo .runs -"" ana disease lurK in tne little device.
Queen were murdered and King Peter From the TJnifed States Public
ascended a bloodstained throne, sev- Health Service comes the warning in
eral European powers showed their the 6hape of a health .bulletin. It
disapprobation by remaining unrepre- brands the cigar cutter as a deadly
sented at Belgrade for some time. But uttle disease breeder.
they finally renewed full diplomatic jt develops on investigation that the
relations when King Peter's rule was smoker almost invariably nuts the
accepted by the people. A local rebel- cigar in his mouth after buying it.
lion and the forays of bandits are no
- excuse for our not following that prec
edent.
LAWS FOR ALASKA J-RGENT.
While the coal fields of Alaska are
awaiting development and the Navy
and the Pacific Coast are awaiting the
supply of fuel they can furnish, Con
gress has been fiddling away its time
The Senate did practically nothing
whjle the House was considering the
tariff. The House has done practi
cally nothing since the bill
Then he sights the cigar cutter and
proceeds with the snipping process.
Hence from the secretions of the
mouth left on the cutter many orders
of disease-producing germs are dis
tributed. Tuberculosis and even more
dreaded afflictions may be passed on in
this manner.
This being the case it would seem
that the automatic cutter's doom is
sealed in these sanitary days. Many
fastidious and cautious smokers, if a
tobacco user may be said to have such
was sent Qualities, long ago noted the danger
dux tne average smoiter sun utilizes
A NOBLE DEED.
Let us not forget to give full credit
to the people of Silverton and vicinity
for their share in the fresh air move
ment in behalf of Portland mothers
and children. How many of those
who believe Portland is responding
nobly "by contributing $2000 to the
cause realize what a great share of
work and responsibility has been
shouldered by the people of one town
and Its environs? -
It is a new thought, at least In thls
part of the West, that' duty to aid, com
fort and repair a city's unfortunates
rests anywhere but in the city itself.
But at Silverton is a' community num
bering possibly 2 000 souls which says
to its big neighbor of more than 200,-
ooo. You have your poor, your snut
ins. We have boundless fresh air,
comfortable homes and no poverty or
misfortune of ojur own to tax our re
sources. .Delve into the quarters of
the poor, search your tenements, ex
plore your basements, seek the moth
ers and children whom a vacation in
the open, smiling country will benefit.
Send them to us. We will take them
all. We 'Will house them, feed them,
restore the color to their cheeks. It
will cost you their carfare and no
more." Where in the history, of Ore
gon is there anything like this? Though
not intended in such spirit, the pro.
posal from Silverton has challenged
Portland's forethought, charity ' and
enterprise. We have only In a meas
ure provided parks and public play
grounds. We have twice refused to
spend more, although urged to do so
by those who have investigated the
city's needs. We have gone through
Summer after Summer without organ
ized effort to supply a deficiency that
a small community in the Willamette
Valley knows exists and undertakes to
fill for us.
We did not even think of the need
or the remedy ourselves. Shall we hot
read a lesson in this friendly, nob!0
effort of neighbors, and profit by ft?
It Is dangerous business to-suggest
material return for wholehearted char
Ity. Not for the world would we. seen
in this enterprise a motive other than
desire to help others. Yet the fact
remains, although not contemplated by
the originators of the plan, that tall-
verton is securing a better grade of
publicity than the most handsomely
colored and widely circulated booklet
could offer. Growth and prosperity of
a district rest not wholly in develop
ing resources or Industry. The good
haracter of the people who there re
side is no inconsiderable asset. What
pleasanter prospect could there be
than the making of one's home In a
community of wholesome generous.
neighborly people? Who today would
not have faith In his conquest of hap
piness If he selected Silverton for his
endeavor?
We trust and believe that that com
munity will be repaid in a thousand
ways and in a thousand fold, and we
know that not the least of these-Te-wards
will be an inner glow that comes
warmest from performance of worthy
work not Imposed, but willingly, cheer
fully, anxiously sought and undertaken.
The professor in politics is becom
ing quite common. When E. Benjamin
Andrews broke into the ring in the
nineties, he was hooted out of college,
but now we have Professor Wilson in
the White House, Professor Merriam
ran for Mayor of Chicago, and Pro
fessor Buchtel was Governor of-Colo
rado. The professors who became act
ive in the Bull Moose -party last year
were numerous, and now Professor
A. B... Hatton, formerly of the TJni
versity of Chicago, has joined them.
He seeks the Progressive nomination
for Mayor of Cleveland. These are
great days for the professors.
EJVTTIXG IP THE WINTER'S FORK
Bow One Fsmer Provide Mam. Bieos,
Laird and Sausasre. -
DALLAS, Or, Aug. 2. (To the Edi
tor.) Having lived on a farm for 25
years I am going to try to give The
Oregonian's readers some of our ex
perience and try to show why there are
a great many advantages over city life
on the farm for a large family of small
means. This article will show how we
raise our supply of bacon, lard, etc
We have a hoghouse built of small
logs. It is 9x12 feet. It is built with
hed roof and faces the south. It is
partitioned off in a small hallway
about four feet wide for one to enter
and feed the hogs without having to go
In the part where they feed. The hogs
enter their part of the house by a
small door in the west end of the
building.
About the first of October every year
we buy three pigs that are just about
old enough to wean. We prefer barrows
to sows when we can get them. We
get Poland China pigs when we can.
For the first month we keep them in
the hoghouse. Then we let them out in
the pasture part . of the time and by
December they are large enough that
they cannot crawl through fences and
we let them have the run of a pasture
which has a large open shed In It.
There they Winter except that in times
of severe storms they are shut up in
the hoghouse. But generally they like
the open shed with plenty of old straw
In it for bedding. We find they do not
do well when they are shut up for any
length of time.
Their diet consists' of separator milk.
potatoes and scraps generally. When
the milk supply begins to fail In the
Summer they are fed all kinds of
garden truck nearly anything that
comes handy. In September we have a
small orchard of the sugar plums to
It was eighty years ago on July 2 9
that William Wilberforce, father of
the anti-slavery movement, died, and
a month later the British Parliament
passed the law abolishing slavery in
the British dominions. He began
movement which led to bloody wars
in the United States and in South Af
rica, but which has now encompassed
the world. He was the original aboil-
tionist and , for forty-five years .he
fought from his seat in the House of
Commons for the cause to which he
devoted his life.
So ashamed Is New York of Sing
Sing prison since the recent revela
tions that Judge Dike, in sentencing a
criminal recently, said:
On "account of the revelation of conditions,
hesitate to send you there at this time.
The awful blot upon the state, made by the
isclosures of what goes on there in Sing
Sing, makes me pause. ,
That is a confession that the law, as
embodied in the Legislature, is crim
inal.
tin t r t Via dnato Cnnrrun 1 nnm
lnally In session from day to day, its "e disseminator. Now that the
v, fflor rlrow ih.lr government nas issued an
aries regularly, but one-half of that warning the unobservant should be
body sits with Its hands folded or with
protected by a new health ordinance
doing away with the ominous cutter.
its tongue wagging about nothing in
- particular, while it waits for the other
half to act. When some Senator at- I A gentle FIXANMAL GENICS.
tempts to start action on behalf of I We are reminded by the death of
'. Alaska, some other Senator, who op- Anthony N. Brady in London a few-
poses the particular measure in ques- days ago that quiet, efficience may win
tion, interposes his veto. . its way to the very top in any field of
The people have a right to demand endeavor. -Brady was one of the great
that both houses of Congress shall financiers of America, yet in no way
work at the same time on measures does he suggest the ordinary .type of
which urgently call for action. We aggressive, dominating industrial cap-
never hear of one half of a factory tains. He was merely a student of
stopping operation while it awaits ma- men and business, a financial genius
terial from the other half. No bust- with "an infinite capacity for. taking
ness could survive' such time-wasting pains.
methods. Congress is wasting not only in many respects Mr. Brady' was
. Its own time, for wh.ich the people about the sort of financial hero we
have paid, but the time of the thou- should expect to meet between the
sands of Alaskans who await the Gov- pages of a Sunday school story. He
ernment's action to open the coal- set out In life with nothing except na
fields.- It is wasting the excessive price tlve grit and energy, took a humble
now paid for coal for the Pacific fleet job, saved his nickels and- dimes
and for the shipping industries of. the through frugal living and good habits,
Pacific Coast. - . started in the tea business through
The promptness with which, Con- having learned by night study the in
gress passed the rvewiands' arbitration tricacies of the trade and proceeded
bill -when a strike threatened" to tie jh the course of a lifetime, to amass
up the Eastern railroads proves that something like $100,000,000. All-this
Congress can act on other subjects time it is recorded that he maintained
than the tariff when driven to, -do so an absolute loyalty to his friends, kept
by urgent necessity. The ease of out of financial scandals and did not
Alaska is equally urgent. There is misuse the vast power that was his.
no essential ditference between , pa- What a different man from the usual
ralysls of a developed section like the financial prince
Eastern states and prevention of de- Mr. Brady was a small man, weigh
velopment In a new section of country hng about 114 pounds and being five
like Alaska. It is equally the duty of feet seven inches ill height. He was
Congress to prevent obstruction of es- always kindly and unobtrusive. -If w
tablished industry as in the East, and may believe the testimony of many on
to remove obstacles from development servers, associates and close personal
of new industries as in Alaska. friends. He found in an absolute mas-
The interests of Alaska and of the tery of every, business matter, requir-
wnoie racinc toast aemana mat tne iner his attention the only weapon
Government build a railroad from the needed for playing .the big game pf
coast or "soutnwestern Alaska through finance and playing it well. Other ft
the coal fields to the Yukon River. No nanciers might be domineering, selfish
" other power can be relied upon to tyrannical and aloof. If they chose, but
complete the job. Private capital Brady made It -plain those attributes
would buna only to the coal fields, for I were not a necessary part of the role
.the extension of the Yukon would The -man's beginning was truly an
not pay for several years. The Gov- unpretentious -one. His folks were
ernment should lease the road on poor, . he had an ordinary education
Newspapers of every shade of opin
ion are hopping on the spoils system
oker In the Income tax sections of
the Underwood-Simmons bill. Con
gress has been smoked out and must
either throw the shield of the civil
service law. over the hundreds of men
to, be. employed In collecting the In
come ' tax or must shamelessly and
penly gratify its appetite for spoils.
Japanese fishermen on strike on the
Vancouver side of Puget Sound may
coerce Chinese,' Greeks, and Indians,
but the white men they- run off musjl
be a puerile lot., A few husky Colum
bia River- Finns are needed up there
to preserve the peace.
The story of the taking of Mount
Bagsak by the American Army which
General Pershing led against the Moros
should end any doubt that American
soldiers would emulate the deeds of
the Japanese at Port Arthur, should
occasion arise.
The politicians on the Chicago School
Board have been defeated by Mrs. Ella
Flagg Young, the superintendent, and
she has won her strike. That shows
what one determined woman can do
when backed by public opinion. -
THE EXAMPLE OF DENMARK.
The story of Denmark's rise to pre
eminence among the agricultural conn
tries of the world, as told by Hector
MacPherson In his letters to The Ore
gonlan, should serve as an inspiration
to those who bewail the decadence and
backwardness of agriculture in" this
country. A country shorn of its rich
est provinces and with little left but
bog and sanddune, has become a model
to the world through the unaided ef
forts of its own people. .
The Danes saw that Character is the
first essential to success. They had
character to begin with, or they would
not have made the beginning, but they
proceeded to strengthen it. . Rigid
economy of their meager resources and
in production and marketing was nec
essary, therefore they resorted to co
operation all along the line. Only by
application of science could their nig
gard soil be made to yield a fair re
turn, therefore agricultural education
took front rank in their school curric
ulum. Their home market was too
small to consume the country's farm
produce, hence a market must be
found abroad. This required the es
tablishment and rigid maintenance of
a high standard of quality; which was
possible only by community actiqni. It
required that every' farmer be a good
farmer, for one bad, shiftless farmer,
If permitted to market his inferior
products, could seriously damage the
good name of a hundred others. -.
Successful practice of all these
methods bred pride in the farmers
calling, which inspired him to con
tlnued effort. The word picture given
by Mr. MacPherson of Carl Busch
showing his well-kept, diversified
thirty-acre tfarm and then surveying
"the splendid landscape which
stretched away to the northward" be
speaks this pride. Carl Busch tound
pleasure in the good work of his own
hand and brain and in that landscap
which had been made splendid by the
efforts of himself and his neighbors,
That pride felt by the parents explains
why the children go to the agricultural
school and willingly return to : the
farm. . '
What the Danes have done in .the
face of so many obstacles we in Oregon
can surely do in a land thrice blessed
with fertile soil, abundant wood and
water, equable climate and almost un.
limited home market. With trolley
lines reaching through the valleys, we
need good roads to make every farm
accessible and small farms to permit
Intensive cultivation Und to promote
growth of rural communities in plac
of .Isolated, farmers.. Then, the neigh-
W1IEHE WRONG IN WEALTH BEGINS
They. Who Devise and They Who In
herit Take Indne Advantage.
' PORTLAND, Aug. 4. To the Edi
tor.) On street corners, park benches
and other places, well-meaning, public
spirited citizens often congregate to
argue thus: John Smidt makes $1,
000,000 a year; ergo, the whole system
of society must be wrong that makes it
possible for-one man to earn $1,000,000
a year, while others that do useful and
necessary work get only a bare living.
Suppose you well-meaning citizens
produce your own light or get it sup
plied by a co-operative lighting plant
at the lowest possible price and at that
price it cost you ?1 a year. Supposing
now John Smidt comes along and offers
you better light and at half the price
you are paying, you certainly are going
to accept his offer and so is your'
neighbor and by and by the whole civi
lized world. You are making 50 cents
on the deal, while John Smidt may
make only a penny, but the millions of
light users may bring up his pennies
to $1,000,000 a year. Where is here the
moral wrong? Is this not fair and
square?
I know that not all the millions are
made In such a fair way, but what I
want to show is that the fact that a
man makes $1,000,000 a year is not
priori evidence, that he is a crook or
that there is something Wrong with
the system of society. The "moral wrong
of the possession of great wealth comes
usually in the second generation.
Men of honor, of manliness and of
everything that is best in man, who
would rather disinherit and disown" a
child than see him win in an athletic
contest bv taklner imorooer advantage
over his competitors do not feel the
least twinge of conscience, not the
Half a Century Ago
ripen and we turn them over to the I least reflection on their honor, by leav-
hogs and It is astonishing how fast
they fatten on them. By the time the
plums are gone there is some field
corn and then they are fed grain for
about a month in dead earnest. We
butcher them about the last of Novem
ber. They are confined . to the hoghouse
most of the time for the last month
before they are killed.
We have a large iron Kettle and
all the rendering of lard is done out
of -doors thus saving the muss in the
house. The men do all the work. It
takes nearly a day to render lard
properly.
We make the Sausage and pack it in
small stone jars and set them in the
cellar; covering them with melted lard.
We make a brine and pour over all
the 'scraps that-do not make sausage.
using them to cook at our convenience.
The fat of the jowls are rendered into
lard. We salt the hams, shoulders and
sides with rock salt laying them on a
platform in the smokehouse. There they
lle for a month being examined and
resalted In places that seem to need
it occasionally. Then they are thorough
ly washed, hung up and smoked for
about two weeks more or less, when
they are ready to store away from
mice, flies, etc. M. D.
TWO SIDES TO EARLY CLOSING.
ng them an Inheritance of thousands
or millions. They do not reflect that
by doing so they give their children
an unfair advantage in the -contest of
life over their less favored competi
tors. And boys manly and true, knight
ly and noble hearted, who would tight
to the last drop of their blood over
even a suggestion that they took a
foul advantage over their competitors
in a race or other athletic contest, do
not blush or hesitate to take advantage
over their competitors in -the race of
life by accepting an inheritance. And
a cowardly advantage it Is, in a re
public and democracy, where personal
service is the only standard of merit.
Some will say this would be leveling
society down to the least fortunate. On
the contrary, -rightly understood this is
meant to give equal opportunities to
the less favored. PHILIP WEISS.
TYPICAL LETTER FROM SOCIALIST
He Can't
From The Oregonian of August 5, 1S$3.
The citizens of Albany and vicinity
met at the Courthouse on the 23d ult.
and organized a company of militia.
The following gentlemen were elected
officers: John Rowlands, Captain; A.
Hannon, First Lieutenant; S.."E. Young,
Second Lieutenant; James Elkins. Or
derly Sergeant; R. Fox, Second Ser
geant; William Tweedale, Third Ser
geant; J. W. Jordan. Fourth Sergeant;
John Purdom, First Corporal; John
Foster, Second Corporal; E. y. Beach,
Third Corporal; N Wright, Fourth Cor
poral. Washington Territory election re
turns for Delegate to Congress: Ray
ner, 1262; Cole, 1462; Turner, 102.
Cincinnati.' July 29. A Lexington,
Ky., telegram says the rebels attacked
our forces at Richmond, Ky.. and after
an hour's fighting the latter were com
pelled to fall back to the Kentucky
River; badly cut up.
Memphis, July 22. Jackson advices to
the 15th say that Sherman's Army left
for Vlcksburg after the entire destruc
tion "of Jackson.
Marysville, Cal., July 31. Yesterday
was the occasion. of a large mass meet
ing and barbecue by the Democracy of
Yuba, Colusa, Sutter and Butte Coun
ties. Speeches were made by Hon. Tod
Robinson, ex-Governors Weller and
Blgler, J. M. Coffroth and N. G. White
sides. In the evening a long torchlight
procession paraded the streets, headed
by Chris Andre's San Francisco band.
Arrangements .had been made for
speaking in the evening on Second
street, opposite the Western Hotel. So
great a number crowded on. the bal
oony around the building- opposite the
hotel that its supports gave way, pre
cipitating the whole mass into the
street. A Mr. Sharp, of this city, was
Instantly killed and between 30 and 40
seriously injured.
Mr. Whitley last evening brought
down from Cariboo, via Victoria 'ind
Oiympla, two very fine African camels.
They are at present quartered in Ben
nett & Quimby's stables and will be
exhibited this morning. These are two
of a cargo imported from Africa to
California some years ago with the in
tention of using them for carrying
goods to the Southern mines.
The Victoria Colonist says that
Mount Baker was in a violent state of
eruption on Saturday, July 25. . ..
The heiress of the Guggenheim mil
lions can have as many or as few
husbands as she will.- There are-millions
of good women, Who marry for
better or for w&rse, who are the main
stay of the Nation. '
The "new Ambassador to Germany
complains that the Embassy at Berlin
isn't large enough to permit a visit
from his mother-in-law. Splendid
structure.
President Wilson's manner of dress
is being closely copied by public offi
cials around the Capitol. What a lot
of fun a humorist could have with the
toadies. ;"?:.
That-New York theatrical concern
which offered Bryan a job at $50,000 a
year as press agent should not over
look Oregon's Governor.
No, Geraldlne, the fact that Secre
tary Garrison was impressed by the
Vancouver post does not imply that he
is a post-impressionist.
Saturday Nisht Shopping Is Boon
Many Working People.
PORTLAND, Aug. 2. (To the Ed
itor.) There is a general acquiescence
to the pithy saying "majority rules,"
and since The Oregonian has printed so
much of the opinions of a benevolent
minded minority who sincerely believe
it is to the best interest of the com:
munity to close stores Saturday nights,
I beg to speak these few words in be
half of ithe majority who are benefited
by having the stores kept open Satur
day evenings. " .
I do not deny that this is hard on the
clerks, especially the women; that many
of them are too tired to enjoy tneir
free Sunday, and that it is especially
hard in Summer. I agree that no per-
on of leisure should do any shopping
after 6 o'clock, and I even think men
and women who can do so should shop
in the morning., I deplore the fact that
department stores and others for the
sake of a .financial gain should sacri
fice the health and happiness of their
mployes. . . . y
But the side -I uphold Is tnat or tne
srreat number of men and women who
have no other' time to do their buying
except Saturday night, to whom Satur
day night closing would cause more
hardship than that now endured by
overworked clerks. I mean, for ex
ample, laborers, their wives who are
kept at home all day wonting ror tneir
children; factory men and their wives,
stenographers, dressmakers, men. and
women employed in other capacities in
offices. '
Last month I asked the wlte or a
laboring man what she thought of the
Saturday closing act. Her eldest daugh
ter, aged 16, Is employed in a local de
partment store. The woman said: ,
Oh. I hope .they don t maae mem
quit Saturday nights. My husband gets
$2.50 a day. He gets terrmiy tirea.
He comes home with his pay envelope
Saturday afternoon, and I say to him.
Come on. Alter, dinner - we w-iii go
down town and see the stores.' He en
joys that. He likes the lights. He
buys the baby shoes and gets tne other
kids what they need to keep them de
cent. We all go down together and
choose them. He used to drink all his
pay up when we lived in Brownsville.
You see. he came home tired, 'mere
was no place S- could go with him; he
used to go out by himself. We were
so poor once up there, we had to asK
lur neip. -vtyi tie iiuc uiueoi emj
awtul tired. She says ner ieet acne.
and I know they do, but think of all
the heaps of folks it helps.
That is my plea. Think of the heaps
of folks It helps! I doubt not the Con
Burners' League and the Industrial Wel
fare Commission mean well, but I wish
they would think of some of the rest
of us wage-earners, too and ask if It
not better for the minority to suffer
that the majority may live? Who that
sees the families downtown together
and the tired-looking men and women
making . their purchases baturday
nights can doubt this?
A WORKING WOMAN,
Oregon hop pickers, most contented
of all who gather the fragrant crop,
know what to expect if the Industrial
Worker gets into'the yards next month.
If there is anything in a name, Sec
retary O'Shaughnessy ought to be able
to "handle the Mexican situatfon just
where it sits.
Mayor Albee had 2840 visitors dur
ing July. Without Inside information
we can guess what 2839 of them
wanted.
Chicago contemplates gift of a cook
book to every bride. Why not, also, a
box of dyspepsia tablets for the groom?
Huerta. says he will not resign in his
hour of trouble. Thaf a what his vic
tim, Madero, said."
Calling home an Ambassador .Just
to "fire'" him is a Bryanic way of sav
ing his face.
Enough having been killed, the Chi
nese rebellion is announced as nearly
suppressed.
John D. says he la still a boy at 73
And still saving up for old age.
The story of Noah is found on stone.
A hard tale, indeed.
Even a "trace"
would be welcome.
of precipitation
Express "melons'' are due for woeful
shrinkage.
See Anything- Wronar In the
Leach Activities,
M'COY ' Ore July, 27, 1913. Editor
Oregonian. In todays Oregonian, and
In an Editorial, "Act'on needed not
suplneness" you say ljt A more or less
condemnation of the Authoreties of
Portland for their supperession of'vio
lence In the Streets. 2nd Aand their
is complaint against the people of Ban
don for driving the ANARCHIST Edi
tor from the town.
Mr. Editor, was there any violence or
disorder of any nature, until the Au
thorities raided and assaulted the as
sembling people? I inquire, was there
any violence or disorder? .1 have been
unable from reading the Oregonian and
Journal to discover it. In what did the
disorder and violence consist? And
was It agitating and educating the
workers to stand together and demand
better conditions under which to work?
2nd, Why do you -characterize Leach,
The Anarchist Editor. What state
ment did. Leach publish that are Anar
chistic? .What statements In his paper
classes or defines him as an Anarchist.
Is the fact that Editor Leach is a
Socialist cause sufficient to characterize
him as an anarchist and to justify
riotous mobs to destroy his property
and drive him from the community and
from his adopted home. -Having" received-
similar treatment in the long
ago were William Loyd Garrison and
Wendel s Phillips Anarchist Editors and
agitators and along with Leach do you
characterize and condemn them as Anarchists?
Please to Inform us why Leach is an
Anarchist and why Garrison and Phil
lips before him were Anarchists. Our
ear is Attentive.
Twenty-five Years Agt
BIT THE DOG DEMANDS NO WAGES
Ills Advantages on Farm and Elsewhere
Are Pointed Out. -
SATSOP, Wash., Aug. 2. tTo the
Editor.) I have been an interested
reader of the late letters in The Ore
gonian concerning our good friend, the
dog, and agree with the writers that
dogs should not be allowed to roam the
city streets; but when a man comes
out and Bays that the dog is no good
and of no use in the country I want him
to show me, or give me a chance to
show him.
He says a boy will drive In the cattle,
etc,' just as well as a dog. I want to
say in the first place that a dog asks
no wages, all he wants Is fair treat
ment, and I have Airedales that will
drive the chickens, sheep or cattle Into
their proper places and keep them there
while I eat my dinner or attend to
other worl The same dog will find
me all . the birds that the law allows
In a day, will tree a bear or cougar on
the side and will not let a hobo, L W.
W. or an Indian taxk back to my wife In
my absence.
I would like to say to these people
that if they do not like a dog, do not
own one, but, for the love of Mike, leave
us alone that do appreciate them.
It reminds me of an article I saw in
The Oregonian last Winter telling of a
hunt taken by a certain Portland crowd.
In this article it said "no pumpguns
allowed in this crowd," then it went
on to say that every man got the limit
before 9 A. M. It set me thinking what
an awful crime would have been com
mitted if some man with a pumpgun
had been there on the ground and got
the limit. 15 minutes before 9. I would
hate to condemn the collie, the bird
dog and pit bull just because I like an
other breed more. A man is entitled to
an opinion, is he nott I agree with the
man that said: "The fetter I know some
people the - more-I think of my dog."
Be fair, always fair. ' R. T. K.
JAMES K. SEARS.
SAILOR DISCUSSES SINGLE MESS
Wardroom" Diet Wonld Tempt Him to
Serve Maximum Period.
S ALTAI R, Or., Aug. 2. (To the Ed
itor.) The Oregonian's recent edito
rial on "Democracy and the Navy"
leaves much unsaid, and perhaps you
will permit a retired "gob" to "pipe up."
When I first 'read of the proposed
single mess for officers and enlisted
men, I wondered whether under the
new regime the men were to wax fat
and saucy on officers' fare or the offi
cers grow gaunt on a single diet com
posed, or rather decomposed, of
salt horse and other nautical
delicacies such as "wireless" (known to
the landsman as macaroni) and Cape
Horn stew, an alleged admixture of
hard tack and sweepings from the
gallev deck.
If the ward room (officers) bill ot
fare is adopted recruiting officers need
no longer hold forth with alluring
posters to show what a path of roses
awaits the coming of the "rookey."
What a hardship-it has always been
for the humble and lowly "flatfoot" to
express his true and candid opinion
of his division officer at mess, know
ing that that dignitary was far from
earshot, lounging over .-his wine and
cigars In the ward room.
I trust that The Oregonian will no
tify its readers as soon as this mo
mentous question is settled. If the
Navv Department sees its way clear
to feed the enlisted personnel on ward
room diet I feel certain that several
thousand ex-man-o'-warsmen, like my
self, will be only too glad to re-enlist,
and stick through 30 years of service
to retirement and three-quarters pay.
A-FOUR -YEAR-MAN
From The Oregonian of August 5, 1SS8.
New York, Aug. 4. President Charles
Francis Adams, of the Union Pacific,
last Wednesday had a short conference
with Henry Villard about the joint
lease of the Oregon Railway & Naviga
tion Company. Villard Bald today that
he learned from Adams that he still
favors the lease.
J. M. Redington, publisher of the
Heppner Gazette, has given up the de
sire of getting rich suddenly by specu
lating in Walla Walla real estate, and
has purchased the Puyallup Commerce.
The following suggestion relative to
the location of the Skidmore fountain
has been .received by The Oregonian:
"Would It not be well, if possible, to
change the location of the Bkidmore
fountain to the intersection of Sixth
and Morrison streets?"
J. H. Smith, railroad contractor, ad
vertises for a thousand men to work
on the Coeur d'Alene railroad.
N. J.. Blagen will begin work Imme
diately on the proposed four-rstory
building, corner of C and First streets,
100x95, which will, bo- built expressly
for W. C. Noon & Co.
About 20 ex-Union soldiers held an
enthusiastic meeting In Justice Tuttle's
office last -evening for the purpose of
organizing a Harrison and Morton cam
paign club. Major A. T. Sears pre
sided, R, T. Chamberlain acting as sec
retary. Navigation on the Upper Willamette
River has been suspended for some
days In consequence of low water. Tho
Oregon Pacific Railroad Company's
steamer ' William . M. - Hoag has been
hauled off temporarily. None of the O.
R. & N. Company's boats is running
above the mouth of the YamhilL
Civic Art Commlaaloi,
PORTLAND. Aug. 4. (To the Edi
tor.) We note In the press that the
Civic Art Commission has had under
consideration a matter of vital impor
tance to the property owners of the
Peninsula that is soon to come before
the Council for adjustment. In behalf
of a "large number of interested peo
ple I ask The Oregonian to give the
personnel of this commission and what
portion of the city they represent, and
also whose interests.
W. F. DICKENS.
The members of the Civic Art Com
mission as appointed by City Commis
sioners Dieek and Brewster are the
following: E. F. Lawrence, architect;
Albert E. Doyle, architect; Joseph P.
Newell, engineer; George C. Mason,
contractor; Robert H. Strong, of the
Corbett estate; Arthur' H. Devers, of
Closett & Devers; City Commissioners
Dieck and Brewster.
ONE WAY TO GROW GOOD CITIZErVS
Subscriber Believes Bible Reading in
Schools Helps the Country.
PORTLAND, Aug. 2. (To the Ed
itor.) How came he to be an I. W. W.,
and how could he have been saved?
Who were his father and mother, and
how did they start him?. Solomon
said to "train up a child In the way he
should go and when he is old he will
not depart from it." If all youth had
proper instruction early, perhaps the
majority would grow to be better citi
zens. "
Would not the teaching or reading
of the Bible daily in all public schools
tend to make better citizens of the
young people soon to succeed us? Those
who heard Judge McGinn introduce ex
President Roosevelt last year at - the
Tabernacle were amazed at his splen
did address, with his Bible text. And
perhaps the extraordinary' common
sense that he puts into many of his
decisions comes from his great knowl
edge of the Bible.
Harvey Scott was a great man, a
great student of the Bible, without
which much of hie greatness might
have been dimmed.
The recent action of the Legislature
of Pennsylvania in enacting a law re
quiring the reading In the public
schools of a brief - passage from the
Bible each day, . without' comment,
shows the trend of . the" times.
The plan of Bible study in North
Dakota public schools is of great in
terest, and received with favor by all
peopled
There 1s no history of the Hebrew
people or literature that Is acceptable
to all branches of the Christian church.
Bible study was prescribed, and any
version. Catholic or Protestant, may
be used. Our schools must not be
mixed up in sectarian disputes, but a
knowledge and study - of -the greatest
history in the world, the . greatest
moral laws, and sweetest and purest
language, surely . must tend to reduce
the number of followers of I. W. W.'s,
Holy Rollers, etc., and surely will up
lift and bring the people nearer, a re
gard for law and order, and create a
desired commendation of a Mayor for
wishing peace and fair dealing, rather
than a desire to. recall him. for protect
ing our flag from insult.
YOUR READER FOR 20 YEARS.
South Sea Information.
PORTLAND, Aug. 2. (To the Edi
tor. Please Inform roe where I can
get correct information on the Island
of Tahiti In the South Seas.
HARRY STARK.
Go to reference department of Public
Library.
In the Accident Column.
New York Press.
"Did you ever play polo?" "No, but I
fell off the top of a clothes-horse once
with a hammer in my hand trying to
fix a gas fixture."
The Fljlngr Frosr ot Java.
Harper's Weekly. -Th
Javanese frog is a creature
measuring between 15 and 25 Inches.
The skin of its back is pale blue . and
by night" looks dark green or olive
brown. The frog remains motionless
during the day, with eyes sheltered
from the light and with belly up,
clinging to its support by adhesive
cushions and by its belly, which - is
provided with a sticky -covering, - and
It is hardly distinguishable from the
objects that surround It. At night
fall It begins Its hunt for the mammoth
crickets on which it feeds, making
leaps covering seven feet of ground.
During the leap the play of lungs
filled with air swells its body. To
descend from a height It spreads wide
its claws and, dropping, rests upon
Its feet.