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FORXLAXD, rRIDAT, OCT. 81, 1918.
anBsxsrot a season fob von&o no.
" There Is no strand reason why any
workman should rote against the
compensation act In the election No
vember 4. The law, if it becomes ef
fective, will apply only to those work
men who wish to receive its beneflta.
"Written notice to one's employer
rwlll relieve a workman of every obli
gation to contribute to the state fund.
If, thereafter, he be injured while at
work he will nave exactly the same
right of recovery of damages from
his employer that he now has. iiis
status will be the same as if the law
had never been adopted. For the
relief of those who elect not to come
under the compensation act the exist
inr liability law Is retained in full
force and effect.
If any workman believes the law is
not broad enough in scope, or that
th compensation schedule is too low,
or that the act ought to provide first'
aid provisions, he will gain nothing by
voting "No." If the Jaw do rejected
at the polls the workman will be in
the same position as If the law were in
operation and he had served written
notice on his employer of his individ
ual rejection of its terms.
Adoption of the act will not make
It more difficult to obtain a better
law if one can be devised. A better
act could not be adopted before No-
vember, 1915. Neither presence nor
absence of the referended law in the
statute books could hamper or aid tne
subnotion of a new act.
The only Justification of a "No"
vote on the compensation law is con
viction that in some particular it
would be destructive of the public wel
fare or unreasonably injurious to em
ployer or employe. It cannot be In
jurious as to class, because either may
reject all that it offers or provides. It
affects society In general only mar
rectly. There are some administrative
costs that will be paid by taxation, but
on the other hand the act gives prom
lse of large savings in the conduct of
courts of Justice through elimination
of personal injury suits.
Why should anybody vote "No" 7
Let those employers and employes who
want the law have it. v Those who
don't want it need not accept It when
it is in operation.
Congress seldom does anything until
several years after it has become nec
essary. The Aldrich bill had a better
provision. . It permitted Increase of
note issues and - encroachment on re
serve on payment of a gradually-increasing
rate of taxation. This tax
would have automatically sent Into re
tirement the notes in excess of the
minimum as fast as the money market
eased up and Interest fell to the point
where no profit accrued.
When a body so thoroughly repre
sentative of the business community
of the whole Nation finds so few faults
in the bill, there is reason to believe
that the good it will accomplish will
far outweigh any evil results it may
have.
BCSTXESS VIEW OF CUKKEXCT.
Recommendations for amendment
of the currency bill, which havs been
made by a committee of the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States,
have been submitted to a referendum
of the local chambers and have been
approved by a large majority. None
of the proposed amendments strikes at
the vitals of the bill, but several of
them would strengthen It.
It is proposed that the original
seven members of the Federal reserve
board be authorized to elect two addi
tional members, subject to the approv
al of the President. The purpose is
probably to add men of banking and
business experience. A Federal re
serve council is proposed, the presi
dent and vice-president of which
would reside In Washington and sit
at meetings of the Federal reserve
board without vote. The members
would be elected and paid by the re
serve banks. The Federal advisory
Council, now provided by the bill,
seems to answer the same purpose. It
Is to be composed of one member elect
ed by each reserve bank and is to
meet in Washington at least four times
a year, and oftener if called by the
Federal reserve board. It is to meet
and confer with the board, make rec
ommendations to the board and to call
for Information and make recommen
dations regarding discount rates, re
discounts, note issues, reserves and
other banking matters.
The Chamber proposes that Con
gress begin by creating three instead
of twelve Federal reserve banks and
locate them in the present central re
serve cities, giving the board power
to increase the number as conditions
warrant. This would be a compromise
between the Owens-Glass scheme of
twelve or more reserve banks and the
Vanderllp scheme of one central bank,
controlled absolutely by the Govern
ment. Representative Glass admits j
that his scheme is itself a compromise
between that of three or five banks
and that of one bank for each state, j
The Chamber's plan indicates a de
cided leaning towards the Vanderllp
.scheme.
The Chamber proposes that Federal
reserve notes be not obligations of, but
be simply guaranteed by, the Govern
ment and be redeemable at the reserve
banks instead of at the Treasury; also
that they be mutually guaranteed by
all the reserve banks. This recom
mendation does not seem possible of
adoption by the present Congress. The
Administration is committed to the
principle that the Government should
issue all money and insists on treating
notes as money. When so high a fi
nancial authority as Professor Jenks
sees no serious objection to the Owen
Glass plan, it can hardly be so dan
gerous that the passage of the bill
should , be imperiled on that score.
Joint guarantee of notes by the re
serve banks would add strength, but
would the banks care to give it? One
would have no voice in the manage
ment of the others and would have to
rely upon the, Federal reserve board
for protection against liability for in
flated Issues by the others.
One of the Chamber's recommenda
tions is that the limit of $500,000,000
on note issues be eliminated? Why
not? The Federal reserve board will
have ample power to prevent larger is
sues than business demands. The best
evidence that more notes are needed
is the ability of banks to carry the re
quired gold reserve and to furnish the
required security in the shape of com.
mercial paper. When business needs
exceeded the proposed limit, we should
suffer from money stringency until
Congress had raised the limit, and
Peculiar Interest attaches to the es
timate of President Cleveland which
was given by ex-President Taft at the
dedication of the Cleveland memorial
tower at Princeton. Like Mr. Cleve
land, Mr. Taft was held responsible
for division In his party which led to
its overwhelming defeat, but these
words which Mr. Taft spoks about Mr,
Cleveland will be generally accepted
as true by all except a small, embit
tered remnant of his one-time op
ponents:
Mr. Cleveland was not a great lawyer
he was not a great economist; he was not
great orator; but he was a great President
and a great man, and he was these because
or the strong mind, clear - intelligence anc
wide knowledge of affairs. Re had the char
acter, honesty, courage and sense of publlt
duty which enabled him to meet great and
critical issues without regard to personal
consequences,
When slxteen":jears have elapsed
since Mr. Taft's retirement from th
Presidency; men may be ready to do
him tardy Justice, as they now do
Cleveland. Without conceding him
greatness in any of the respects he
mentioned, except perhaps as a law
yer, we can credit him with character,
honesty, courage and sense of public
duty. He is Cleveland's inferior in
strength of mind and will and in clear
Intelligence, but is Cleveland's superior
In knowledge of affairs. He usually
saw what was right to do, but saw It
too late and lacked the faculties of
leadership needed to draw men to his
standard. But many of the reforms
for which he fought will be taken up
by abler successors, who will fight
more skillfully until they win. Then
Mr. Taft may be given belated credit
for having blazed the way and fought,
though be lost.
Could Cleveland see what Is now
happening, he could congratulate
himself on a moral victory. He could
not have foreseen in 189S that the
party which rejected him would father
a bill containing so many principles
of sound finance as the pending cur
rency bill. Including the reaffirmation
of the gold standard, for which he so
valiantly fought. Nor could he have
foreseen that the man who then most
vilified him would be at the head of
the Cabinet which approved such a
bill or that that man would urge the
readers of his newspaper organ to
write to their Senators and Represent
atives demanding its passage.
Time at length brings all things
even.
FALL BOOKS.
The publishers' lists of books for
Fall reading are full of Interest. From
Chicago, for example, comes the an
nouncement of "The Story of the Pony
Express," which ought to appeal- to
all inhabitants of the PacWc Coast
region. In the days before the . rail
roads were built the pony express pro
vided secure and comparatively swift
communication with the East. The
riders made their perilous trips across
the plains with a celerity which won
them world-wide renown, while stir
ring stories are related of the hair
breadth escapes from the savages ana
the Inclement weather of th desert
Winters.
Another Chicago publication treats
of the "Myths and Legends of the
Plains." This book is written by a
woman, Katherine B. Judson. The
past and present life of the far West
Is attracting much more scholarly at
tention now than formerly. It has
dawned upon the country that a great
deal of our most Important history was
made in these regions, while they
promise to play a leading part In the
future. As soon as the opening of
the Panama Canal brings the popula
tion which the Pacific, states need for
their development, events will proba
bly move rapidly here.
The great subject of Irrigation has
also begun to attract the interest of
the reading public. People are learn
ing to appreciate the marevlous trans
formation which is creating produc
tive farms in the desert. Those who
dwell near the scene of this modern
miracle do not appreciate its grandeur,
but to a person who la far enough dis
tant to get the proper perspective It Is
one of the wonders of history. Irriga
tion combined with th influx of lntel-
which it has made in agriculture are we do the deeds which waking con-
almost endless. It manages farms sciousness would not permit because
which supply the retail co-operative they are mean or vicious, we achieve
stores with fruit and vegetables. It I ambitions which are hopeless in the
has dairies, creameries and hothouses somber light of the daily routine, we
in England and tea farms in Ceylon. I pluck the fruit of ashen hopes and re
Like many similar enterprises the cover the Joy of love foregone. Freud'
wholesale co-operative society owes dream world la a free world, but. like
its success to the impetus which it all freedom, it is only a vision which
originally received from a devoted shrinks Into nothingness in the cold
apostle. His name was J. T. W. beams of reality.
Mitchell. This enthusiast, who was
at the same time an extremely ca- James M. Lynch, resident the In
pable man of business, conducted the ternational Tvnosrraohical Union, has
anairs or tne society from ii to been nominated for State Commin-
1895, the year of his death. His n- sioner of Labor by Governor Glynn, of
aeuty may De estimated irom me iact New York, and has been confirmed by
that his private property amounted to the Tammany-controlled Senate. He
il7o0 when he died, au his energies was nominated for the same office bv
went into the society, which he be- Governor Sulzer, but the appointment
lived would solve many social prob- was held up. The explanation offered
lems for mankind. Co-operation in for Tammany's change of heart is that
England has always commanded the under Mr. Sulzer the latter would have
services of highly gifted men for small controlled the patronage and that no
remuneration, Decause its promise to objection to Mr. Lynch existed. The
humanity moves them to make sac- true explanation probably is that Tarn-
riilces for It. I many is temporarily on Its erood be
havior until the New York City elec
tion Is over.
BERGSOX OS PREAM3.
M. Henri Bergson s article on
dreams in the Independent makes
good reading, though it contains noth
ing particularly new. It Is to be foi
ls obvious.
Another case has come to light of
a lad ruined for life by hazing. This
time California obtains the evil no-
lowo n-u- .nnth in whinh th rtisHn. toriety. Tomorrow It will be some
guished philosopher will doubtless other state. Young men in school and
elaborate the relations between his college take to hazing for amusement
,t, nf ttm,. because they lack wholesome occupa-
whose work on "The Interpretation of tIon fr mlnd aBd The1 Btudle!
Dreams" has excited so much atten- ? """" empty Uu Vurpuele55 una
tlon among scientific men.' Bergson their muscles without exercise. Even
finds the principal material for dreams n the fletlc colleges it Is only the
in those strange spots and gleams "V "-
which we all see when we close the V. v. t , .:. . 1
wt,- onrfi or.nos.r- Energy which has no legitimate out-
nn0' aiir h nohodv knows Iet flnds vent la hazing. The result
very accurately. Some say they are
caused bv the Dressure of the eyelids
on the optic nerve ends, others that Colonel Roosevelt has been, misquot
thev are to be exDlained by the rush ed again. A press dispatch to Buenos
of blood through the small vessels in Ayres quoted him as saying at Bahia
the eve. But no matter about that, tnat -tne united states must De para
The spots are there, as anybody may mount in North America and Brazil In
see for himself by closing his eyes and South America." That angered the
looking for them attentively. Now Argentinians, who hope for supremacy,
and then thev assume brilliant colors but the Colonel cabled an emphatic de
and forms of startling oddity, but for "lal when were his denials not em
most DeoDle thev are habitually incon- phatio? and the Bahia correspondent
sdIcuous and only become Important of La Prensa, of Buenos- Ayres, ex-
when the ordinary sensations from I piainea tnat tne expression quoted was
the outer world are excluded by sleep. not ln the speech, -but In the editorial
In slumber the mind takes more no- comment or a .Brazilian newspaper.
tice of these visual specters than when
we are awake. In the comparative Great things are expected by me
vacancy of the sleeper's consciousness chanics from the Diesel engine, which
they assume major significance and runs at small expense for fuel and
lendi themselves to all sorts of fantas- generates great power. It consumes
tio interpretations. They are the fun- crude petroleum. The Ignition is not
damental material from which dreams I effected by a spark, but by the heat of
are built. But they are(not the only compression. All engineers know that
material. so matter now proiouna gases neat witn compression. wnen
slumber may be, the senses are still the temperature is exactly right the
somewhat active. They never quite fuel is injected and the explosive en-
permit themselves to be extinguished, ergy is generated. It is believed that
If his night clothing is too thin the the Diesel engine can be used econom.
sleeper knows It and dreams of wan- ically upon railroads.
dering through a freezing blizzard or
walking the halls of a crowded assem- According to reports, the Fall theat.
bly in the attire of Eden. If the side rcai season has been ruinous In Lon-
on which he is lying asleep happens to don. Even Bernard Shaw's new play.
become a little insensitive, ne imagines "Androcles and the Lion." has been
himself flying grandly through the air, withdrawn after eight disappointing
rree tor once rrom tna enslaving law weeks. Galesworthy's "The Fugitive"
of gravitation. , mere are lew people has had a similar experience, and Bar-
who have not dreamed again ana r!e'a "The Adored One." although he
again or noating or leaping tnrougn has rewritten it. Is not coming up to
the air, and the sensation is always expectations. The golden shower
agreeable until it comes time to alight which made the fortunes of the play-
If at tnat moment one imagines nim- wrights lately has "slacked up.'
self falling into a chasm a tnousana
feet deep the Joy of the experience is
modified.
The Indians, as a race, are the rich.
est In the United States. There are
There Is another source from which Ifi 400 noo f thn, h,,r thv
. S, 1- J - . T la I ' ' " J
materia is uru iui uicama. " own a billion dollars' worth of prop
the Internal organs of the body, which rtv cocoon r,- r,it. T.ni th
are always at worn uy ijjbiil its wen us poor Indian'
Dy a ay. wnen omer tiuuga uucuyjr
heart, lungs, Intestines, and so on are , . , ,
not noticed but in the silent watches telEnV
familiar, they lend themselves to wild
it calls him
datesman.'
"the leading American
President Wilson is working out a
new Mexican policy. But no high
brow stuff will ever work; so it is to
be hoped he will formulate an effective
programme at this belated hour.
distortion. Sometimes the dreaming
messages from the Internal organs of
the body portend real diseases. Many
cases are on record where a serious at
tack of disease has been foretold in a
dream. The pstierit sees and feels
himself suffering from some malady
which makes its appearance to the
outer vision days or perhaps weeks President Wilson Is considering a
later. Of course there is nothing oc- new plan of dealing with Mexico. It
cult about this. It simply means that Is not to take the "ginger" out of the
changes begin In the viscera often- tamale and put It In the frljole, al-
times long before they show any ex- though that might work.
ternal symptoms, and, minute as the
discomfort may be, the dream con-1 Portland bankers are nuzzled over
sciousness takes note or it ana inter- the Income tax operations. Few of us
prets It correctly. find ourselves able to enjoy with them
For, as Bergson warns us, we must the luxury of worry over that refined
not assume tnat tne reason always i measure.
slumbers with the body. It is some
times very Dngnuy awase, out usuaiiy civilization and depopulation ad
it keeps only a drowsy watch on the vance hand Jn hana ,n Morocco. Xne
processes of the imagination and al- French wln soon have a ciear fieid for
lows them to run their fantastic course ar.tlnn nfimharraMA hT th ,hnri
enough reason In ordinary dreams to
cause their parts to hang together.
They are not utterly disconnected frag.
ments of consciousness, and that Is the
llgent Immigrants who will farm the ?,ert ?n,e ctan 6ay 'or tnem- In exfp
retrieved land cannot fail to establish
new and unique civilization in this
part of the world.
It will be radically different from the
civilization of the Eastern states, be
cause of the novel institutions under
which we live. Here we have woman
suffrage and the "Oregon system" of
state government, both of which find
little favor as yet in such states as New
York and Massachusetts. While those
states and their neighbors are slowly
preparing to adopt these great ad-
ances the Pacific Coast will have util
ized them to produce the most envi
able living conditions that have ever
been seen on earth.
A MODEL IX CO-OPERATION.
In connection with the particulars
which The Oregonian has been pub
lishing about co-operation In various
sections on the Pacific Coast it may
not be uninteresting to notice the
progress which the same cause has
made in England. The Wholesale Co
operative Society of England has Just
celebrated its fiftieth anniversary by
publishing an account of its origin
and- business. The purpose of the
society is to furnish goods to the re
tail, or Rochedale, stores which have
made themselves so famous in Great
Britain. It was organized in 1863
with $10,000 capital and Its first
year's business amounted to $20,000.
Last year It had $40,000,000 of capi
tal and its sales footed up $150,000,
000. This is an astonishing growth
but it has not all been made along
strictly mercantile lines.
The society has gradually extended
its scope to meet the needs of the re
tall stores to which- it caters. It
manufactures shoes, furniture, wire
mattresses and other staples. The
by-products of its establishments are
frugally utilized. For example, it
makes annually $2,000,000 worth of
soap from material which would oth
erwise go to waste. The society makes
2,000,000 pounds of flour a day in its
mills. Its dry goods factories em
ploy 5400 persons. The tobacco busi
ness which it conducts amounts to
$3,000,000 a year. The Investments
tlonal instances they grow more log
ical, and there are stories of problems
solved and great pieces of music com
posed In dreams, though we hasten to
add that science receives such tales
with -caution. All this sensory ma
terial for dream building Is fragmen
tary and accidental. It is too badly
disintegrated to be worked into a co
herent structure by Itself. Other
mental contents are needed to give it
meaning and provide centers around
which it may be significantly grouped.
Memory meets this want. When we
are awake memory keeps Itself busy
with images connected with the Im
mediate Interests of life. It does not
bring to us the remote, the far away,
the half obliterated recollections ' of
long ago. But In slumber the intelli
gence, as Bergson says, becomes "dis
interested." It is detached from the
Immediate business of life. What was
Important in waking hours fades away
and trifles are magnified. We must
not forget, either, that the "inhibi
tions" of custom, morality and' discre
tion are more or less relaxed in slum
ber., so that all sorts of memories, good
and bad, shameful and worthy, old and
new, flock together to the doors of con
sciousness struggling to pass through.
Which ones will be admitted? Ob
viously those that seem to the slum
bering mind to bear some relation with
the train of physical sensations which
is wandering through it.
Thus memory and the senses com
bine to furnish forth the substance of
which dreams are made. But what Is
it that gives them form? What is it
that moves the mind to construct those
dramas, comic tnd tragic, which fill
our hours of slumber with keen ex
periences? Bergson does not answer
this question in his first article. No
doubt he will come to it in his second.
Meanwhile we may remember what
Freud has to say on the subject. In
his opinion the key to all dreams is
"an unfulfilled wish." It is the long-cherished-
or long-abhorred, the se
cretly fostered or painfully suppressed
desires of our hearts which set the
mind at work to fashion dreams. In
slumber we work out , the revenges
which we would be ashamed of by day, j
inal race.
Continued Investments In this coun
try of millions by British syndicates
rather show that John and Sam will
be found back' to back when trouble
comes.
The Spooky Night
By Ueaa Collins.
Gather around! The night la dark;
The wind wails low and the wind
shrills keen;
Over the chimney flylngr. hark
The goblin clans of the Halloween!
Fast thev come to the ghostly caii;
As the phosphor lights in the head
stones flare:
And the twelve slow chimes In the
darkness fall:
And the witch-crew swirls through
the upper air.
The cat by the fireside, bristling yowls,
And his eyes loom yellow amid tne'
doom:
He hears the chorus the witch-crew
howls,
And bears the swish of the flying
broom:
He knows outside. In the froEty llgt.t.
The hordes of the ghost-folk may bo
seen.
Loosed abroad on this mystlo night;
He feels the thrill of the Halloween.
PRESS AND UNiYERSIlY
State Kewapeipcjrs With Few Excep
tions) Support Referendum Appropriations.
?fot Meritorious.
Toledo Sentinel.
These laws, in, the opinion of this
paper, are all meritorious laws except
the first two, these being the uni
versity appropriations. The other laws
should be indorsed by the people at
tne pons on the day of election.
No Waste In Appropriations.
Lakevlew Examiner.
The Examiner has no particular in
terest In the outcome of the other three
referred measures, but It will most
certainly vote for and ardently sup
port the university appropriations. No
money Is wasted when properly and
judiciously expended for educational
purposes.
Twenty-five Years Ago
Stir the fire till the flames leap high
And shout through the chimney a
challenge bold.
Louder still than the witches' cry
Defeat Would Be State Ii trace.
Canby Irrigator.
The Irrigator believes that it would
be a disgrace to the state to defeat
Th.t circ. ...t r. in n.nnniieht th two measures for the support of
That rlr.gs out lid e. In the moonlight th tn ,.,.,,. .v.. k.iw .
the coming eleotlon, and urges every
ralr-mlnded voter who has the interest
of the state at heart to cast his ballot
In favor of these two appropriations.
cold.
The Russet apples shrivel and hiss
In the glowing ashes above the coals.
The chestnut warms to the embers'
kiss.
And its broken shell on the hearth
stone rolls.
Who among as Is bold to dare
To climb to the attlo, spooky and
black.
Spite of the goblins hiding there,
And bring us a bundle of popcorn
back?
And who is the gallant soul who dares
With lighted candle to tiptoe down
Tho gloomy throat of the cellar stair
To draw us a pitcher of cider brown?
chimney whistles:
Do It Now.
Union Scout.
Tha Scout is not in favor of with
holding the appropriations for improve
ments at the Eugene State School. Ore
gon Is noted throughout the Nation for
its excellent schools, and the U. of O.
Is a creditable Institution. The amount
of the appropriation will not make a
substantial difference to the taxpay
ers and sooner or later the money will
have to be appropriated. Let it be done
now and further trouble saved.
The wind lr the
"O-o-o-!"
And phosphor lights on the tomb
stones flare,
For Hleher Education.
Sllverton Appeal.
The Appeal desires to be distinctly
And graves yawn wide as the ghosts I understood as favoring the university
walk through.
But here by the hearth we have no
care!
Fill up your mugs though the nlgnt
be dark,
And the witches fly, and the wind is
keen.
Really you'll find It quite a lark
To frighten yourselves with Hal
loween.
EVERT LIBERTY GONE TO SMASH.
Inspired by Col. Wood's Letter, Col.
Stone Relates Tnle of Persecution.
PORTLAND, Oct. 29. (To the Edl-
spproprlations. We believe in higher
education and better facilities. The
cost to each taxpayer will be very
small In proportion to the benefits re
ceived. We think that the coming spe
cial election is one of the greatest
pieces of foolishness yet perpetrated.
If the appropriation should fall to
carry, this election will cost almost as
much as the appropriation itself. Let
the measure carry, by all means.
How Wallowa Wilt Vote.
Joseph Herald.
At the special state election to be
held November 4 there are five dlf-
tor.) I wasn't born on a farm like Col. ferent referendum measures to be voted
& E. K. Wnnd and wouldn't know nr- upon, as follows: The University of
berries from poison grapes, but I've I Oregon repair fund, the University of
read all the euarantees In the Consti- uregon new Dunamg appropriation.
tution and I'm with him In his scheme the sterilization act, the County Attor
to .start a contest for the purpose of ney act and workmen's compensation
deflnine: free sneech. I believe. n.s he act. fco iar as we are soio to learn,
does, that this contest ouirht to estab- the people of Wallowa County will vo
lish just when an obstruction of the against an oi tnese measures, except
streets is an obstruction of traffic. But tne county Attorney act, wnicn tne
Prom The Oretfonloo of October 31. 1SSS.
Washington, Oct. 30. By direction of
the President, the Secretary of state
today Informed Lord Sackville that,
for causes heretofore made known to
her majesty's government, his counten
ance in his present official position in
the United States Is no longer accept
able to this Government and would con
sequently be detrimental to the rela
tions between the two countries,
Albany, N. T., Oct. 30. Great en
thusiasm greeted Mr. Blaine and his
party today at a Republican demon
stration, at which. It is estimated, 20,
000 persons were gathered.
Salem, Or., Oct. SO. General Gordon,
United States special Indian agent, ar
rived here last night to inspect irreg
ularities of the Indian Training School
at Chemawa, under the superlntendency
of Colonel Lee.
San Francisco, Oot. SO. E. L. East
ham, president of the Willamette
Transportation 4 Locks Company of
Oregon City and Portland, is here to
purchase an eleotric light plant for
East Portland.
The Iroquois Club, composed of many
leading Democrats of the city, held a
pig rally at Masonlo Hall last night
Colonel W. H. Efflnger presided, and
the speakers were ex-Senators L. F.
Grover, James K. Kelly and S. B.
Rig-gen.
William A. Banks, the well-known
real estate man, who recently returned
from the East, has brought back a
number of souvenirs of the late war.
The franchise asked for a street rail
way along Hawthorne avenue is a
genuine enterprise. George Brown,
who asked for the franchise, is said to
represent other Interested parties.
Harry Stutsman, engineer of the East
Portland Water Company, is laying the
foundations for the new Worthlngton
pump.
Miss Eva Fernan
Dalles tomorrow.
leaves for The
At the new Park Theater "The Rose
of Castile" was presented last night
by the Caroline Rlchings Company.
The Occident was heard from yester
day at Albany, where she will take on
a partial cargo. The Champion
stopped at Salem and will also bring
a load down. Thus the Upper Wil
lamette navigation Is opened and the
thousands of bushels of wheat awalt
lnsr shipment will heirln to move
Half a Century. Ago
I think the game he proposes ought to
go farther. Let's have other consti
tutional liberties and guarantees de
fined in similar manner.
Llko Colonel Wood, I don't intend to
tell the story of my life. But by re
lating a few incidents in an unfor
tunate career, I think I can demon
strate to the dullest intelligence that
this country has deteriorated from a
land of the free to a home of oppres
sion and special privilege,
biography, but a story of how one
man, myself, has been deprived of more
constitutional rights than some people
have any idea exist.
will favor almost unanimously.
It Is Poor Man's School.
Sutherlin Sun.
The University of Oregon Is not
rich mans school. More than one-
half its students are working their
way through, either In part or whol
The Ideal of the State University
to make it possible for any Oregon
young man or woman to aspire to any
This is not educational height without regard to
poverty, depending only upon his na
tlve ability. To achieve this end, the
university Invites all, and to thos
who cannot come. It is carrying edu
The Constitution guarantees to .-ne cation by means of rapidly broaden-
tne rignt to near arms tor tne aerense mg extension courses,
oi rayseii. i et x nave Deen arrestea
and fined for carrying a concealed
weapon. I was carrying it for self de
fense, too. Let's have the right to
bear arms defined. Maybe we can dis
cover when a gun is concealed and
when it is not concealed. How was
my gun concealed If a policeman saw
it when the wind napped my coat
tails?
Opposition Is Suicidal.
Clatskanie Chief.
By this time the pamphlets contain
ing the referendum measures which
are to be submitted at the special elec
tlon this Fall are in the hands of the
voters throughout the state. A care
ful perusal of them cannot help but
convince all of the Justice of the ap
rhe Constitution guarantees that my ronri.tloTi!i whir-h asked for hv
vr.j wiwiuui the 8tat6 institutions of learning. N
due process of law. A humane officer
one who has the well-being of tb
took an old, crippled horse of mine -t ,. fnii to mistaln ths
ww ui am. x nuu nau inat measurea n would be a suicide policy
animal so long tnat ne was almost like , itif on rAnorrt
one of the family and I was merely I fn ,,,..,
r vi 1,1. i.- I " --
... uvj , uiau. iucid woo iiu ina.1.
no Hearing no process except the for
lble seizure of my property. What
ue process, anyhowT
The Constitution prohibits the grant
ing of the exclusive privileges and spe
ial Immunities.
Too Late to Consolidate.
Woodburn Independent.
While we have been inclined to favor
the policy of combining agricultural
T bv. h.pn flr,o,i rn- colleges and state universities. It
speeding a borrowed automobile. All apparent mat tne two institutions in
I was doing was trying to keep up tnis 8tate ha.ve been growing separate
with a street car that was bound for ly to lons fOT a unIon to,5f Pr1actlottl
China's coal deposits are unlimited
and long before or long after, for that
matter Japan has exclusive privileges
In them. Great Britain will be in the
deal.
With Mexico, wedding arrangements
and the currency bill on his mind, is
President Wilson still able to slip in
those nine hours' sleep every night?
A Tacoma chemical laboratory blew
up from unknown causes. Spontane
ous combustion of some new theory,
possibly.
Each Busch heir gets $1000 a day.
With a little economy they should be
able to struggle along on it,
Work on young Gates' million-dollar
mansion has been halted. He will
never need it.
Millionaire Busch recognized all
heirs alike in his wllL Well-balanced
man.
Missouri applegrowers seem to need
the smudgepot at both ends of the sea
son.
Of course Huerta will step right
down and out if we tell him to again.
Chain the gates and take the muzzle
oft the dog at dark this evening.
No doubt you've received your invi
tation to Miss Jessie's wedding?
Tes, Summer Is welcome to stay in
this favored clime indefinitely.
There is a distinction between fun
and crime tonight, hoi's.
Just where would a message reach
Mrs. Pankhurst?
Felix Diaz is no-w tha rran without
a country.
the carbarns and a hot supper for the
motorman. The motoi man was not mo
lested. What is an exclusive privilege?
the Constitution guarantees us the
right to assemble together in a peace
able manner to consult for our com
mon good. Six of us assembled out
side a Burnside street saloon one night
and consulted whether it was for the
common good to go home or have Just
one more, vve were all arrested for
isorderly conduct. Tet we were not
lighting just disputing no louder nor
more heatedly than I have often heard
lawyeis quibble In the courthouse
Let's have definitions of the right of
ssemblaire? And what is peacable .s-
semblage?
The Constitution gio-r.ntees free ox
ercise and enjoyment of religious opln
ions. It's my religious conviction that
'cussing" is a necessary privilege and
a blessed relief. I was exercising and
enjoying this opinion one day and was
arrested for using profane language.
now, so that the only possible alterna
tive appears to be to build up the
State University or to discontinue It.
And we hardly think the people of Ore
gon are prepared to adopt the latter
alternative, however much there has
been in the log-rolling methods by
which appropriations have been se
cured in the past to dl&gust them with
its management.
Carry On the Work.
Cornelius Tribune.
We are not in favor of state univer
sities. We believe that in the matter
of higher education the student should
do something for himself and that the
most successful class of educated cltl
zens are those who have. But since
the general attitude of the country and
the state deems to be in favor of pater
nalism on this subject of education,
and especially since we are still far
from ready to give it up, we will prob
ably have to carry out what we have
What id freedom of religious opinion? bS- We would stunt our university
1 am for free soeech and all other ;"i'"" m, UCUjh.b
constitutional liberties. I say, if Mary
Schwab wants to denounce capital from
the cross of a telephone pole she has
the constitutional right to do It. If
there is any obstruction of traffic the
pole, not Mary, Is guilty.
A free discussion of some of these
the funds properly to carry on its
work. Certainly it would not be econ
omy.
What's the Motive?
Heppner Gazette-Times.
Malicious parties, for . political or
Important points ouirht to ciear the other reasons, have succeeded in at-
atmosphere greatly, but I want to tachlng a referendum to the bill which
warn all lovers of constitutional liberty I calls tr appropriations tor tne Btate
that the enemy is keen and unscrupu- university. wnat tneir motives are
lous. If present abuses are corrected for trying to kill the Institution no
big business will devise others to one seems to know. There are many
keep tho down trodden underfoot. It different prevailing ideas, is it a mat-
would bo Just like Mayor Albee. once ter of taxes? If so, then why don
we had established the impossibility I these people who are back of the ref
of our women obstructing the streets lerendum start the same thing with the
by climbing telephone poles, to demand I Agricultural -ollege appropriations?
that they pay a J250 circus license for Why don't they make a howl about
each performance. - I every new state office that is created?
However, that need not ttop Colonel Why don t they attach a referendum on
wood 3 game, iet s start It and en-leverv appropriation, for it is aopar-
large it and carry It on that special ent that if ever an appropriation was
privilege may learn tnat the masses needed, it is needed bv the State Uni-
wui not suDmit to aouse or degreda- Iversity.
lion quietly.
COL. H. A. R. D. STONE. Organised Labor For Schools.
Portland Labor Press.
He Will Not. I aa lz aala lo lne creait or organizea
I ahnF In (In. f,in tnnt lhra a .1 .. -,,
nAnnionunu, ui, -cu it. lo tne I I. .ho nn.lKnn toUn hi. ,v,
ot ,.lne.,unIle unionists of the state. Organized la
States is sent to the Penitentiary of bor in Portland was the only organized
...,.., -w. body of citizens in the state, which,
year tne uuve.nur ul ino paroons durng the campaign which closes on
mill BiatuiK i 110 yaVv;L wiab lie WUUill I Tnaeiiau tn m f, ! a on nvaat
become a citizen again Not being one ation of the conditions at the Univer
in tne nrst piace. wm ne Decome a 8(ty by semling a delegation of men to
citizen after the Governor pardons him? EuWe to spend a day looking over
" uwuvjwuumi. tha ntiilrlino-s biu .am nir of thrt vrnrb
- . . . i . . , i onerei tne people uy me university
ine reiercui-o ....ic.i!,iiijj in a -rhi oloo-atlon ronnrtwi to lhn Control
pardon is a formality necessary to Labor Council at the meeting Friday
restore citizenship rights to a man I night, and a resolution indorsing the
convicted of felony. It does not make I appropriations for the University and
a citizen of an alien who has never disclaiming any responsibility for the
. .,tiiMni i reterenaum was pussu iuiuui a. uis
w V .... vne TV. i a n.-thltl T,h.nau
mwlnnA laH1. In ("1 T" O I" .1 T1 mihlir-lv In t 1. .
"-- - -I nna tlon which It has maintain! on ot
Puck. I iy. from the first, and again emnha
D. A. R. I have the arum that my I sizes the fact that union men everv-
rreat-great-granaiatner carriea all I where are in ravor ot eaucatlon. com
through the Revolution. I mon school, high school, college and
The Flippant une Ana wnen ne saw I university, ijatior cou:a not well as
the enemy, did ne Deat it tsume any other position.
From The Orocoi'ian of October 81, l6:t.
The Boise News speaks of several'
quartz leads In South Boise as averag
ing about 1347 to the ton. Thomas
Fitzhugh, a bartender, Bhot James
Pinney, of the firm of Pinney &
Stearns, Main street, Barnock City. The
flrf-t number of en unconditionally loval
paper, called the Idaho Union, was to
issue on the 8th; John Carlton, editor,
and Smith & Wasson, publishers.
At a union mass meoting held at Lew
iston, James A Glasscock was nom
inated for Councilman and Willard
Learned for Representative to the Idaho
Legislature.
Four commodious passenger cars for
the Oregon Steam Navigation Company
have recently been completed at Lower
Cascades at a cost of about $3000 each.
They are Intended to run on the Port
age Railroad.
Washington, Oct. 22. Admiral Dahl
gren waa relieved from the command
of the ironclad fleet at Charleston a
few days since. Captain Turner, of
the Ironsides, has been appointed to
the position.
Yesterday morning a little boy of
three Summers, the son of Mrs. Con
nelly, from Walla Walla, now stopping
at the Temperance House, wandered
away on a voyage of discovery. He
was soon missed and the agonized
mother met with ready assistance In
the prosecution of her search for the
darling. After several hours ho was
found on one of the back streets en
deavoring to circumnavigate a mud
hole. Owyhee correspondents say a party
of miners have returned from an ex
pedition against the Indians, bringing
in 20 scalps and some plunder.
Some 14 oxteams. direct from Salt
Lake City, have arrived at Bannock.
They were three weeks and two days
on the road. They were loaded with
flour, bacon, beans, potatoes, onions,
heats. aDDles. sorghum, eggs, chickens,
cheese and almost every article in the
grocery and provision line. They have
brought down tne price ui nuui iu -
cents. Oregon Hour, nowever, j emi
bringing 27 cents.
SUNDAY
FEATURES
The Tolly of The Hague Rour-
Arlmu-al Alfred T, Malian writes a
masterful article tm peace and war
in which he arrives at some veiy
important and interesting conclusions.
Handicaps of the Well-Born
Child H. Bruce Addingtou lias
some new ideas and facts about the
bringing up of children.
An Automobile Eide Another
Lord Stranleigli story by Robert
Barr. You are sure to enjoy tins
engaging story by a master writer.
Women of Mark There is many
a suggestion in this series ror iud
ambitious woman.
From Humble Beginnings An
;ntmtfln naee on iiuiencau
princes of industry who came here
as poor untaught foreigners.
Carnegie Medal Exploits An
illustrated record of some odd ex
ploits that have won hero medals.
Pruning the Living Cost-A prac
tical housewife gives a few secrets
of the trick of keeping down living
expenses without denying yourstlf
necessities ana some iuiuiks.
Bv Aeroplane to Timbuctoo An
unusual Dflse feature of the new
aero route over the Sahara Desert.
An Oregonian correspondent matle
the trip and reports many amazing
experiences.
Thp Dove of Domestic Peace
Rita Reese writes another article
on dangers that beset tne matrimo
nial craft and offers a few pointed
warnings.
These are a few of MANY FEA
TURE is Including tne bLJVU-
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