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TTTE MORNING OREGOXTAX, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1914.
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TORTLAND. .; FRIDAY, NOV., 6. 1M4.
CONGBATirLAiaONS !
It Is quite obvious from election re
sults on ballot measures that abuse
,of the Initiative Is working out Its
own remedy. The overwhelming de
feat of nearly every measure expresses
in plain . words the people's verdict
that the initiative is not the place to
try out personal grievances, anjd that
it Is useless to present through 'that
maillitm lawa T- TX- Vl 1 1 tiTA is tint t '
public demand. ,The measures of the
future, unless it -requires more than a
good sound drubbing with the "no"
club to teach a lesson, will be bills or
amendments which primarily Incor
porate a genuine principle and present
issues In which there is genuine pub
lic interest. Consequently the ballot"
of the future will be shorter and the
issues nearer elemental.
There, are other lessons to be read
in the general defeat of measures. One
is, ,we think, that the people are de
termined first to try what economy
will do to ease the cost of government
before experimenting ith new meth
ods of levying taxes. Every tax meas
ure has been decisively defeated. Not
one was aimed at reduction of taxa
tion! Bach incorporated some pro
posal for shifting or evading taxes or
for searching out new tax sources.
The two amendments offered by the
Legislature have had the' indorsement
in other states of conservative author
ities, but they were handlcaped " in
Oregon by their company on the bal
lot. They were presented too soon
after two defeats. Their adoption,
which is a future possibility, - has
doubtless been postponed for many
years by their Inopportune submission
on an overloaded ballot. Their third
defeat will tell against them conclu
sively In any early resubmission. '
t The defeat of the daring and vicious
assault upon private . tldeland titles
was what might have been expected.
The people, at least In Portland, had
aJready Indicated that they classified
public grabs in the same category as
private grabs and that a breach of
good faith by-, a muulcipality was not
to be tolerated by the people.
In a way the water-front amend
ment was similar in purpose to the
attempted revocation of the Southern
Pacific main- line franchise on the
- East Side in Portland a few years ago.
The voters then demonstrated that,
although they may resent oorporation
methods in some particulars, they will
not Join In slugging corporations for
the mere pleasure of slugging 6r
simply because they have the power.
So it was with the water-front amend
ment Even though the people
through- their representatives - had
been profligate in the past in dispos
ing of tidelands, it did not Beem right
to the present generation that it
should attempt to correct past mis
takes by the high-handed method of
- divesting innocent purchasers Of tide
lands titles which had been unmolest-
- ed for half a century.
The reservation phase of the
amendment as affecting unsold tide
lands and the financial inability, or at
least disinclination, of state or city to
make proper use of publicly-owned
nvater-front of extensive area, and the
fact that public regulation was an
available substitute for public owner
ship doubtlesshelped defeat the meas
ures. But it "may be. said that the
failure of the water-front amendment
confirms that confidence In the hon
esty of the public on which advocates
of direct legislation rely and is a suf
ficient reply to those who doubt its
wisdom.
It is also taught by the election that
the people have confidence in them
selves. The desire for curtailment of
their i own power rests' among an in
consequential few. The larger popu
lation is not disposed to put a brake
on the direct primary such as was
proposed in the assembly measure. It
is firm in Its conviction that the ma
jority can handle the tax problem In
telligently. It feels no need for a two:
thirds rule 'such as was submitted in
the last measure on the ballot.
There will doubtless be regret In
many quarters that the two normal
school bills failed of adoption.- It
cannot be assumed, however, that the
people are averse to higher training
of the teachers in the public schools,
It was simply a question of whether
the state could now afford to pay for
' the advantages of additional normal
school facilities. The bills labored
under the handicap of temporary hard
times and long-unrestrained extrava
gance In general state and county
government. Had their presentation
been withheld until the business de-
: 'presslon had been conquered and the
growing desire for retrenchment In
cost of government had been realized
the bills would doubtless have carried
The people have once more decisive'
"ly rejected proposed excursions Into
untried governmental policies. The
shallow theories, of ITRenism found
no greater favor than in previous
years. Proposed economic revolutions
such as that incorporated in the unl
.-versal eight-hour law. and the tax for
the unemployed were soundly rebuked
on their merits. But plainly outstand
ing was a general resentment against
overloading the initiative ballot.
"no" sentiment was In ,- the air. It
permeated every corner of the state.
It was emphatically expressed at the
polls and there can be no doubt that it
was directed chiefly against those ex
perimenters, professional propagand
ists and shallow-minded busybodies
avhojs) though professing a profound
admiration for the principle of direct
legislation, have done most to bring n
into disfavor in those localities which
are watching the progress of events In
Oregon for guidance.
The Oregonian believes that results
on unwise .legislation speak louder
than its mere submission. They are
the true barometer of the merits of
the system, and -will finally be so con
sldered. The Oregon electorate by
its vote on the twenty-nine measures
has done much to uphold the gospel
the people's ability to rule. The state
and the voter" deserve congratulations.
QUOTING SCRXPTURK.
When Theodore Roosevelt came
back from South America he had
visions of a glorious return to the Re
publican party and a grateful recep
tion by Its duly-chastised members.
He indorsed Mr. Hinman for Gover
nor in the New York Republican pri
mary, and he was seized with a provi
dential attack of preacher's sore
throat when he was summoned to
California to help Hiram Johnson and
elsewhere for other Progressive
leaders. '
Then something happened. The
Progressives of New York repudiated
Hinman and refused to return to the
Republican fold. That is to say. the
shepherds balked, but the sheep, alas!
were sadly scattered. - The . Colonel
withdrew his support of Hinman, re
pented of his repentance, and resumed
with great virulence his attacks on
the Republican machine.
But Penrose is re-elected over the
pious Pinchot in Pennsylvania, and
even Kansas bleeding t Kansas goes
back to the Republican fleshpots. The
New York Progressives make a pitiful
showing, and everywhere '.the Pro
gressive party goes to pieces.
Well, the Colonel has an unfailing
resource in the scriptures. He quotes
the epistle of Paul to Timothy, which
sadly laments that the people will not
hear "s'ound doctrine." The Colonel
will find a mofe pertinent quotation
in Matthew xxlv:ll.
' PROHIBITION.
The State of Oregon has gone for
prohibition by many . thousand votes.
The women were a large factor, doubt
less, for a majority of them were
known to be "dry," but it is probably
true that more men also voted ''dry"
than "wet" at the election. In any
event It is a remarkable reversal of the
verdict of 1910, when the' state de
clared against prohibition by more
than 20,000 in a total vote of a little
more than J.00,000. It is clear that
the state has in four years decidedly
hanged its. mind.
The people of Oregon have ren-
ered Judgment against the saloon as
an Institution rather than against
liquor. Possibly there .cannot be a
general use of liquor without the sa
loon: but it IS certain that there can
be no saloon without liquor. The ef
fort In Oregon now, where the manu
facture and sale of liquor Is to be pro
hiblted after January 1, 1916, Is pri
marily therefore to abolish the' saloon,
Just what will take its place, if any
thing, remains to be seen; but no one
for a moment can possibly think that
the war on the saloon or on liquor is
over. i .
The state has merely "sworn off.1
It has taken a most serious step, and
readjustment in many directions
will be required. No law will enforce
itself; nor can any such law be ef
fectually enforced by officers sworn
to do their duty unless they are sup
ported by a general public sentiment.
No state with so large a city as Port
land now has prohibition; but we
have a notion that the movement Is
not to stop with Oregon and Wash
ington. The same pro.blems that now
confront Oregon in its prohibition law
are present also In Washington, which
has the Important cities of Seattle, Ta
coma and Spokane.
REPTJBI.ICAN PARTY REFORMED.
Henceforth the ' Republican party
will. Invite popular support on the
strength of its frank acceptance of
direct election of delegates to Nation
al conventions -wherever state law so
provides and of an apportionment of
delegates in proportion to the- number
of Republican votes In each state. The
new rules. making these changes have
been approved by Republican conven
tlons in states casting, the majority of
electoral votes, and Texas alone -has
rejected them. The excuse for the
Roosevelt bolt of 1912 has been re
moved, for the next National convene
tion will be truly representative of
the party's membership.
The time has come for all men who
believe in Republican principles to
unite under one banner, recognizing
that differences among them relate
only to application of those principles
in detail. The recent election shows
that a great majority of those who
left the party in 1912 have returned.
The remaining dissidents should see
by this time that they are too few in
number and that their platform has
too small a drawing power to offe
any hope of their, accomplishing any'
thing as an Independent party. The
most they can accomplish hereafter.
as heretofore. Is to aid the Democratic
party In thwarting the aims they have
in common with the party which they
left. As -o those measures which
they have made peculiarly their own, ;
they have every assurance that future
Republican conventions will - decide
according to the will of the body of
Republican voters, free from Doss dic
tation or from Southern over-representation.
It has long been recognized .that in
self-governing countries a strong.
united opposition is as essential to
good government as a strong, ably
led ruling party. The overwhelming
Democratic majority In the House is
.doubtless responsible for many of the
misdeeds of the present Congress,
while 'the much smaller Democratic
majority in the Senate doubtless ex
plains the improvement made by that
body in the work of the House. This
danger was foreseen by a Democratic
Senator when the present Administra
tion came into power, for he -was
quoted by the Indianapolis News as
saying:
The greatest 'weakness of the Democratic
party at this time lies in the fact that the
opposition party'is disorganized, divided. A
strong opposition party is always a good
thicg for the party that 4s responsible for
the conduct of government. I fear that un
less this movement for a reorganization of
the ' Republican party promises well, - the
Democrats in Congress, and in many of the
State Legislatures, will during the next few
years fail to make the record they ought to
make.- ,..
The News, while independent, has
generally supported the Wilson Ad
ministration, yet it says:
The need for a united opposition to the
ruling party is Imperative. This united .op
position should be the Republican party. It
has. accomplished its reorganization. Those
who left It because of principle two years
ago can now return. We recommend the
party's reformation to those Progressives
and others who realize the necessity for
Joint action against- a corrupt state Demo
cratic party as well as the wisdom of i
strong check to the National Democratic
part.
The small majority which theDem-
ocrajts have secured in the next House
gives assurance of a strong opposi
tion .party in the next House, conse
quently of better legislation and of
more economical expenditures than
have marked the present Congress
with its top-heavy' Democratic major
ity. By uniting with the Republican
party, the' Progressives can contribute
to that end, can counteract the reac
tionary tendencies to which they are
opposed and' can advance those prin
ciples which they and the Republicans
hold in common. -
RUSSIA AND TCKKKS.
Turkey's entrance into the war and
the Turkish assaults on Russia must
add to the uneasiness Great Britain
has been feeling with increased inten
sity for some weeks. Nor is the fact
that Germany thereby gets 'a new
source of badly-needed military . suc
cor the principal cause for .British
apxiety. In fact, it is Russia that
Great Britain must' .scrutinize with
greatest uneasiness in the latest en
tanglement, for the reason that Russia
has long had designs on expansion to
the southward and occupation of a
seaport- on the. -Mediterranean with
particular preference for Constanti
nople. -
It may be said that Constantinople
has been the apple of Russia's eye for
centuries. , .This port would make
Russia a great ractor in woria ixaae.
It would enable Russia to become a.
great naval power and to shake off
that topheaviness which comes of liv-
i ,a-a -,4t Tt 11 tteia
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in command of Constantinople, would I
, , t-h ,',,
emy of British trade supremacy, for
she would" be intrenched on Great
Britain's gateway to the East.
Such are the circumstances of
which wars are bred. In the fighting
that follows it may be assumed that
the paradoxical sentiment will be de
veloped of the British people secretly
rejoicing every time their Russian al
lies are driven back from Turkish
territory. - '
A ftnb spirit.
Maeterlinck has declined the seat
which the French Academy in its I
eagerness to do homage to heroic I
Belgium offered him. He has de-
Clined It, not because he does 'not ap-
predate the proffered honor, but be-
. i v. nn,T.A T"? i :., i a
worthier than he.
jviaeieruncK fias
expressed his genius mainly in prose,
The Belgian Verhaeren has written
poetry. Maeterlinck maintains that
the true spirit of a nation Is better
expressed by its poets than by its
prose writers. Hence he seeks to pass
the proffered distinction over to
Verhaeren.
WhPthwlm i.i rlirrit or not concern- I
ine- the comnaratlvp merits of crose
and nnftrv Ma Pterlinclt has iriven the
world a shining example of renuncla-
tlon. The Christian Science Monitor
heads Its account of the deed with the 1
text. "In honor preferring one an
other," which, as Paul wrote the I
Romans, is the duty of all Christians.
Maeterlinck does not profess to be a
Christian. He has in truth written
many biting criticisms upon ' the cur-i
rent types of religion, but his conduct 1
seems to square reasonably well with
the best Ideals of the Master and his
apostles. I
Maeterlinck is unquestionably right
in his contention that poetry expresses
national ideals better than prose. It
is to the poets that we go for the
deeper meaning of national life, not
to the prose writers. Herodotus,
Thucydides and Plato tell us a great
deal about Greece, but If we .want
really to know the Greek soul we turn
to Aeschylus and, above all, to Homer,
Dante gives us all there was of the
Middle Ages In his poem.' Milton en-
shrines the very life "of Protest an tisni
in Paradise Lost. To understand what 1
England Is a person has only to study
Shakespeare. He tells tne wnoie
story, ine cnaos ana tne spienaor ci
Britannia's genius, the sordidness and
the glory of her spirit, are all in his
pages.
We hope Verhaeren will be elected
to the Acadamy, since Maeterlinck de
clines the seat. It is a pity that both
of them cannot be chosen, but it
strains the rules to admit any foreign
er, to say nothing of two from the
same country.
OCR POLICY IN MEXICO..
The Mexican policy of President
Wilson, for which great credit io
claimed by his supporters, was calm'-
but mercilessly dissected by Senatoi
Lodge in a speech at Worcester, Mass.
Mr. Lodge asserted that his criticism
was not inspired Dy partisansnip ana
backed up this assertion by recalling
that on two Important occasions when
foreign poncy was mvoivea ne naa
backed up Democratic Presidents. He
spoke .trot as a Republican, but as an
American.
Mr. Lodge's criticism of the Wilson
policy may, be summed up in his
statement that the choice lay between
abstention from any interference
wnatever ana active intervention, dui
that Mr. Wilson had adopted nejther
policy
tie. aia not. conaemn tne re-
fusal to recognize Huerta, but he held
tnat tne t-resiaent snouia nave Dasea
it on international grounas, dui on oo-
jection to huenas moral cnaracter or
the methods by which he obtained
power. Mr. Wilson could have found
grounas tor nis acuon in iuerta s in-
ability to protect the rights or foreign
resiaents or to iunu loreign oonga-
tions, and in the fact that recognition
wouia nave vanuatea loreign loans
tor wmcn xiuerxa vvas pmugmg aieju-
can revenue, upon wmcn toreign resi
dents had the first claim for their
losses. -
Our refusal to recognize Huerta
having failed to overthrow him, Mr.
Wilson lifted the embargo on arms
and thereby helped Villa and sus
tained informal relations with Car
ranza. This measure did not enable
the Constitutionalists to drive out
Huerta and in April he arranged a
loan of $-60,000,000 and was expecting
a large cargo of arms by the Ypiranga.
This money and these arms might
have sustained Huerta for another
year, even if they ' did not give him
permanent victory. f
In Mr. Lodge's opinion, Mr. Wilson
seized on the Tamplco incident as a
pretext ' for rendering further aid 4o
Carranza. The President asked Con
gress to pass a resolution which
"amounted to a declaration of war
against Huerta by name," but thl was
changed by the Senate to permit him
to do what he wished without naming
Huerta. The Republican Senators
sought to change it in such a way that
our action would be based on the dan
ger to American lives and property
arTd- on the outrages committed on
Americans- Without awaiting the ac
tion of Congress, the President caused
tha occupation of Vera Cruz. Misled
by misinformation, he expected no re-
elatan( Vint a VinttlA f.nHAd In wVi1.K
nineteen Americans were killed and
100 wounded and ' several , hundred
Mexicans were killed and wounded.
Mr. Lodge laid stress on the facts
that, though the Tamplco incident
might have been disposed of with the
local Mexican officials, it was taken
up with Huerta; that though the
American flag was insulted at Tam
plco, the American squadron withdrew
nice miles from that town and left
the British and German ships to res
cue endangered Americans, while our
Army and Navy seized Vera Cruz. He
attributed these facts to a desire that
the rebels should take Tamplco as a
port for the importation of arms. At
the instigation of the War Depart
ment the embargo was restored on
the Rio Grande, so that the rebels'
only chance of procuring arms was
to capture a port. Had the" United
States occupied Tamplco, we could
not have permitted the landing of
arms there. '
The Administration has vacillated
between the two policies in Mexico. It
has favored the Constitutionalists .as
far as it dare without armed inter
vention in their behalf. .It opposed
Huerta,- but stopped short of effective
measures to drive him out. It has
stultified itself by occupying Vera
Cruz In order .to prevent the landing
of the Ypiranga's cargo, and then has
permitted the landing at another port.
If" demanded a salute from Huerta,
but did not get It. We still occupy
Vera Cruz, and, as Mr.. Lodge said:
"We have got the wolf by the ears
and seem unable to let go." Our in
effective meddling has accomplished
Z x ?k - iX7
Kpothlng - toward thjj pacificaUon of
Merico, for there are still two rival
. ... . . .
governments at war with each other.
There is no peace in Mexico, there is
no constitutional government there,
no remedial laws have been passed,
and we are exposed to t,he same dan
ger as ever of being drawn into a
long and costly war.
. In the face of these indisputable
facts, the Democrats point to Mexico
as an illustration of their achieve
ments for peace and take credit for
not having involved thl3 country in
the European war. Our best security
against becoming involved in that war
la the observance of Impartial neutral-
ity, not such a neutrality as we have
practiced in .Mexico. With our course
toward . that country in mind, Mr.
Lodge said:
w -must maintain neutrality, a real and
genuine neutrality, not a neutrality which Is
reiaxeu at one point wnere it would Doneili
point where it would hurt another belli
erent. it must be
rigid neutrality as be
tween all belligerents. We must not permit
a breach of our neutrality by any one of
the belligerents, nor must we permit our
neutrality to be flexible for the sake of con
dilating publlo opinion anywhere.
' In other words, the precedent Mr.
Wilson has set In Mexico Is one to be
avoided. Rather than Inspiring con
fiSence that he will continue to keep
us ciear oi auropran eimngieme.ua
that precedent is cause for apprehen-
lciL "e euu,uis" uo u "'""""s
one carty in over-anxiety to avoid of-
tending tne otner,
When an Illinois woman visited
California a clairvoyant gave her the
information she desired that her
husband was paying attention to an-
other woman. She went home and
the row developed Into separation.
This was a case In which Ignorance
was . blissful and wisdom folly. A
woman who believes what a seer tells
is ready to believe anything bad of
her husband, and by the same token
it may be the' husband is glad it so
happens. Too many wrong people are
mismated.
The world, will be shocked to learn
that Eve's tomb is endangered by the
British bombardment of Jiddah. The
poor, lost soul has slept there undis-
turbed for 6000 years, dreaming of
what? Apples and snakes? - Now the
thunder of cannon breaks her rest.
The Kaiser is guilty of many a dark
deed, but nothing so iniquitous as this.
Massachusetts has a sensible ludire.
HiB name lg.x)ubu(iue. When three
urchins were before him for some
caper he did not send them to jail or
to any institution. He ordered their
fathers to take them home and whip
them soundly. Amazing wisdom. A
good m thrashing has saved many a
boy's' soul.
This is not a happy time for bar
keepers. Fate fairly rains calamity
upon them. As if prohibition "were
I not enough, the fell burglar is sent to
add oil to the flame. One thief got
$700 from a saloon till the other
night. The Furies love to smite the
I fallen
. Clackamas County has elected a
woman clerk. That has little signifi-
cance. A great many women are bet
ter qualified to hold office than a
I great many men. The thing Is to find
I them.
'Turks are poor fighters who sink
their ships to prevent capture. That
ia not the way of the Britisher, nor of
the German, for that matter.
In order to guard asrainst possible
invasion from the United States, hun
dreds of. Canadians are Joining the
home guard. Such heroes!
Landing of marines In Turkey does
not mean that America is in the war.
The American marine Is the police-
man of tne worid.
A goId medal should be provided
for the Democratic Jobholder who
doesn't Insist that ha really supported
i Withycombe.
Fur overcoats are being provided
for British soldiers. Watch the fur
fly when they get into action.
The neck-and-neck race for -Sheriff
provides a little fresh Interest for the
waning hours of the election.
Tl)e dry majority Is sufficient to
leave no question as to what the peo
ple of Oregon want.
The trouble with those German re
tirements is that they don't stay
retired. - . . '
Now for a. safe and sane adminis
tration under Governor Withycombe.
We'll have quite a few things to be
grateful for this Thanksgiving day.
Belgians are falling to enlist at the
King's call. And little wonder.
Even if it had rained pitchforksthe
state would have gone nry.
We'll finish attending to the Demo
crats next time.
The dismantled breweries will make
great canneries.
Tes, dry as a bono, and no room
for argument!
John Barleycorn Is on the run the
I country over.
I . The
Republican . party is back
strong.
I Even
the shouting .! about over
I now.
Half a Century Ago
From The Oregonian, November S, 1864.
McClellan continues to draw Ms sal
ary as a Major-Ueneral of the United
States Army.
Governor Gibbs is not In his usual
health, and will not be able to fulfill
appointments made for speaking pre
vious to the election;
He was unable I
tn. o- Aw oa urn . I
pected. but we are glad to see html
out todav. though unable to travel far. i
t si. .i. i .." 1 r.mm I
yesterday the twig of an apple tree
which bourn , Kpnnd eron of fruit
this season. The name of the variety
is the Red June, but owing to the late-
ness of the year we have christened it
the November Blush.
This evening there will be a torch
light procession of Union men of Port
land. David Logan. Esq.. will speak at
the Willamette Theater. The proces
sion will form at the Abe and Andy
Club and march through the streets
headed by a brass band.
DepurV Marshal Donahue arrested a
man the night before last for cheering
for Jeff Davis too loudly. The man had
several sympathizers who followed him
to Jail, from which he was released in
the morning upon paying a fine Of $10
to Recorder McCoy.
The ladles of the Methodist Society
of this city are preparing to hold a fair
December 22, for the purpose of raising
funds- toward a new church edifice.
We seriously question the verdict
r-AA h in v . n onu ver va- I
tt-H a v. whrt ur a .h,T,l nrirh thn mur- I
der of-Sheriff Sullivan at The Dalles,
at which time J. P. Dennison was also
murdered whHe assisting the Sheriff.
The perpetrators were sat free to prey
again upon the "public
tj, ,.!.... vooV hoo hoan nmt.
rah. i- v,.n r- .v.. .amo lono-th nt 1
time since October 1. The receipts of
country produce have materially dimln-
lshed, due to the rain, we presume.
while the farmers are busy making use
of the opportunity to sow grain.
DRY SEASONS WELL WITHSTOOD
Oregoa Does Not Seem to Be si Sus
ccpUble ta Drouth M Other States.
JIEDFORDf Or., Nov. 3. (To the Edi
tor.) I noticed in The Oregonian
few - weeks since,
from Gresham with
communication I
reference to the I
dry season and the condition of the
Boil in the section of country between
Gresham and Pleasant' Home
It is a little late now to talk or
write about the dry. season especially
for anv nortloii of the Willamette Val-
ley, but there is considerable differ
ence between that section of Oregon I
and this valley. Each has a variety of
soils, likewise the rainfall varies to
quite an extent. even in the Willamette.
In between lies the Umpqua region
with different soils and climatic condi-
tions. l am laminar witn mat section
only by passing through it and gain-1
ing lniormation irom people wno nave
lived there. - I
The quality and depth of soil In Mult-
nomah County along with a greater
rainfall render it more susceptible to
conservation oi moisture . Dy intense
cultivation. A. gentleman, in Dusiness
here recently returned from a residence
of several years in hia old home, one
of the big prairie counties in the
Willamette, tie states tnat tne larm-i
era alonfir the foothills region on the
bottom lands were fairly successful,
while out on the prairie they were -hit
pretty hard.
Here in Rogue River we had scarcely
any rain last winter, Followed Dy a dry
Spring and an unusually dry Summer,
ao the fruit crop generally le under -
sized though good tasting as usual. In
the orchard where the writer is em-
ployed we tried hauling water for a
block of the Jonathan variety. But it
was of no avail for the seeds were col-
orlng in tne latter part or -a-uiy, snow -
ing premature ripening. We harvested
what were large enough and left a
good load on the trees. Many of these
have sized up considerably since the
trees and newly cleared land we found
the moisture at a very slight depth
during the latter part of August and
suflcientlv damo to make "mudballs
in the soil, which is very ''sticky." So
after all Oregon surely stands these
drv seasons as well as and DerhanslTo clasp again (ye tyrant Time!)
bstter than the Middle States. Reports
from a portion of Okiahama show
greater suffering, one city having its
water supply shut off entirely, and
residents hauling water from a dis -
tance. Indiana also seemed to be com -
plaining and reports a short crop of
fruit also. We arrived in Oregon near
Portland during the spring or issi and
that surely was a wet season, though
the older residents told us of the pre -
vious year Demg one oi tne oryest in
history, and the rail fences were de-
etroyed to a considerable extent be-
tween the Sandy River and Portland.
The writer recalls vividly the dry sea-
eon of loso while living near Eugene.
The neighbors stated that while this
was a shorter season of drought it was
more severe on tne crops oy reason oi
bricrht aunshina and shortage of daw -
fall. Here in Southern Oregon a goodly!
portion of the lands are either wholly
or semi-arid in character and irrigation
will doubtless be pushed vigorously
from now on. .The writer believes that
even In the old Willamette this will
be profitable, though he does not under
value intensive cultivation.
J. M. BROOKS.
AMERICA TO EUB.OPE.
I.
We gaze with horror and affright
Across the wind-swept seas,
Where nations, rushing to the flight,!
Lit by the blazing hamlet s light.
Invoke on each embattled might
. Thy blessing, God of . Peace.
II.
Men of our faith, and of our race.
What madness past beliefl
Tou, who have led us, now retrace
The road you trod, and reach the place.
Where we must look Into your face
With horror and with grief.
TTT
Masters of all the world has .ought
In science and in art,
Tou took this knowledge, dearly
bought.
And deadly weapons you have wrought
To kill your brothers. Oh, the thought
To us, a world apart!
JV.
God of all men on, this broad earth
Giv back thy guiding hand;
Grant from this madness a rebirth
Of smiles and songs, of joy and mirth.
Dear things, that seem of little worth,
Till war sweeps o'er the land.
ARTHUR TRENHOLME.
Portland, Or.
."Veracity of a Huaband.
' .Baltimore American.
"What first made you distrust the
witness', veracity?" "1 heard him tell
a friend of mine that he never in his
life forgot a letter his wife gave him
to maiu
Love and Happiness.
Life.
"Thero's no use. my dear girl;
you
can't be happy with that young man
on jtwo 'thousand a year." "But, papa,
I'm too 'much in love to care about
whether I'm happy or not.'
Yankee School Watches Dress.
Boston Herald.
'. Lynn (Mass.) Superintendent of
Schools refuses to permit girl pupils
to. attend school In fashionable flimsy
garments.
EACH MAY AID CAUSE OF" PEACE.
Golden Rale Practiced by Individuals
Will Finally Govern Nations. -
CORVALLIS, Or.. Nov. 3. (To the
Editor.) The correspondence relating
to war, disarmament of the navy and
peace plans has been most interesting
and Instructive. Perhaps we do not
dwell earnestly and persistently enough
on the remedy: lying close at hand, for
Btrlre discord, envy and greed, which
are bo tiaDie to lead to war.
War means devastation, suffering and
loas. trying period for all Included in
benefit brought about by war exceDt
Mf6 determination to try to prevent
war in future, i. e., the added zest of
t"os planning for peace. And the end
noi iuitiiy the means, for peace
cn.be realized without the sacritice of
lives.
The remedy lies In the aDDlicatlon of
that simple rule of livina-. ariven bv the
Savior of men. the Golden Rule "As
ye would that men should do to you. do
ye even so. to them." Not merely a
beautiful, uplifting sentiment, but a
practical, working: rule, wherebv all
shall enjoy peace,' prosperity and happi
ness.
Nations are made no of individuals:
therefore, the conduct of individuals
determines ultimately the attitude of
nations. The application of the Gold
en Rule means constructive, instead of
destructive work: means the aettllne- of
difficulties of individuals and nations
tnrough reason and Justice, instead of
oy sword and bomb. And who does not
prefer the former?
r.ach of us may hivs a hi in
bringing about universal nonr, nnnht
ess an are conscious of falling short
ul applying mis rule In the affairs of
ever y-aay llle. When individual arM
nations make a practical abdication of
ald rule, armies and navies may be
"spenseo. witn. Thus It behooves us
" m worn ana nope far this end. It
may, De wel1 occasionally for us to
think of the words of the immortal
uii.iium, iiu in nis second inaugural
"wress said: "With .malice Inwnril
none, Wltn C-harltv for all: nlHi firm
nss j"1110 rlht. as God gives us to see
the rlE,ht, to do all which may achieve
and cherish a Just and lasting peace
uu'""os and witn an nations.
ANNA M. PITTS.
PARTIALITY SEES IN STATE LAW S
Farmers' Potato Bags Muat Be Stand
aril, but lie Buys Lnderwrlght Feed.
OREGON CITY. Or.. Nnv 4 (Tn th
Elinor.; i am a small farmer nnri
sometimes I am comnelltvl tn hn-u- mm.
feed for my cows and hogs. I buy in ton
lots. I notice the mill company tells
me they put a certain number of pounds
in a Dag or Dariey (ground), a cer
tain quantity of ground oats, also hran
and they say so many bags make a
ton.
I have weighed It, and most every
hag is from one to two DOunds short
including ine sack. I called a dealer's
attention to the fact recently when he
sold me a ton of feed and counted so
many bags to tho ton that it was short.,
dui ne gave me a bill for it. "Oh." h
said, "it shrinks some and. 10 or 20
pounds on a ton is not much." I sen
nis bills to Governor West to see if 1
could get what I paid for. Miss Hobbs
wrote me she sent my letter and bills
to the County Sealer of Weights a.
Oregon City. In about a week he wrote
me 1 should have asked them-to weigh
it which I did and they would not. He
said he-knew this cheating had been
i going on lor years. So I sent hia let
ter to uovernor west, and he wrote
I me himself stating he had taken the
matter up with the State Sealer
Weights and Measures. I never got the
nuance uue me. rney set the trice bu
I never Rive the ton. There thouM ha a
1 law to compel mill companies to put the
I number of pounds in their bags that
tney claim. They made a law to com
I pel me to put 100 pounds of potatoes
in a Dag. I can sack cotatoea at din-
I ginir time and hold them a short time
1 ana tney will shrink. If I sell for 100
I pounds then what? My wife and I pay
taxes on property in Tillamook County,
I Multnomah County, also Clackamas
I County. Now don't we help pay for a
1 man to look alter this cheating?
1 aunt want a pound over what 1 pay
I tor, out i do want that, win you pleas
neip tne farmer get what he pays for?
J. H. VAN METER.
A lumjc.
Oh, would that I in some lone field.
V here memories sweet delight to
stray.
Might cast aside this worn-out shield
I And Danish care away. away.
One hour of Joy that once was mine.
Or -better still, in some lone wood,
Where romance yet delights to
1 dream.
1 To woo again life's sweeter mood
I Beside some starlit forest stream.
Where twitting birds on Joyous wings
ivepeat the song creation sings,
1 I'd seek me out some sylvan glade
Aiar irom all l Know or gloom
Some Driad haunted hidden shade.
Where innocence and flowers bloom
I With -wildwood music and the breeze
And Nature s sweet solemnities.
With thee and -thine, ye bonnie woods,
My muse and I would tarry long,
And learn witnin your solitudes
I Th snnthlnr nnteo nf 'gtnra'i iahi,
With birds and flowers and the trees
I To voice Creation's harmonies
GEO. H. SANDS.
Clark Interview Denied.
PORTLAND. Nov. 4. (To the Edl
ltor.) The following item was given
space in The Oregonian September 12:
Now Tork, Sept. 11. Prince Nicholas
Engalltcheff. ex-Russian Vice-Consul In Chi
cago, returning to America today, made pub
lic a statement which he said had been
given him In Paris by William A. Clark.
ea-Unltea States Senator from Montana,
with the request that
It be given to the
American press. The statement follows:
"Tell the American people of thla case,
which I have Investigated. It le that of a
Belgian family, the father of whom was
shot dead by the Germans and tha mother
lashed to a chair while the soldiers at
tacked her lS-year-old daughter before her
eyes. The mother became a raving maniac
I have the daughter under my care here."
Since , that time Senator William A.
Clark has arrived in New York City
arid emphatically denied, that an inter-
v.le bw i"' Pri"co ,Eng1
itcheff had taken place. He also de
clares the stories anent German atro
cities to . be clumsy fabrications, en
tirely unsupported by facts.
MARTIN DUDEL.
Buyer of Mo;rle Plays.
PORTLAND, Nov. 5. (To the Edi
tor.) Kindly publish names of firms
buying moving picture stories?
SUBSCRIBER.
The Essanay Company, Niles, Cal.,
two, three and four-reel comedy
dramas; the . Balboa Company, Long
Beach, Cal., anything .desirable under
five reels.
There are innumerable other com
panies, most of which have scenario
writers in their studios.
The companies mentioned have made
bids for snappy motion "picture plays.
Arranging a Settlement.
Harper's Magazine.
Mr. Golden had a new office boy. A
few aayB after his arrival some money
was missed from the cash drawer.
Calling the new boy into the private
office. Mr. Golden said severely:
There is 10 gone from my cash
drawer, Albert. Now you and I are
the only people who have keys to that
drawer."
"Well," replied the boy, cheerfully,
"s'pose we each pay $5 and say no
more about it?"
Twenty-Five Years Ago
From The Oregonian. November 4, 18S.
COLFAX. Wash.. Nov. 3. Philo Bo-
land or Eva Craig has been discov
ered in his masquing as a woman.
rom childhood, his brother says.
Philo played and acted like a girl.
wearing his sister's clothes when pos-
ble. Growing up, he donned men's
clothes to get a position as a waiter.
but was always supposed to be a woman
in men's clothing. This led him to
take up the dress, of the more gentle
ex.
Superintendent Tyler Woodward has
adopted a new plan for keeping the
treets between the car tracks of the
Transcontinental Street Railway Com
pany in repair. Blocks of wood of dif-
tereni sizes win do used lor paving tnis
space.
The Independent Taxpayers' Associa
tion of Vancouver has Indorsed the fol
lowing men for city offices: Mayor.
J. Randolph Smith; Councilmen, G. H.
Daniels. Frank Marshall. W. B. Wells.
J. Cook, Jerome B. Smith. P. C.
Kauffman and A. B. Eastham.
A company of citizens of Albany
have bonded 270 acres of land at the
Junction of the narrow gauge railroad
and the Lebanon branch, and propose
to lay out a town to be called Lebanon
Junction or Prairie City. There is a
postofflce there now called Tallmon.
R. A. Habersham, representing "the syn
dicate which baa the building of the
proposed Jacksonville - Medford Rail
road, has made the preliminary survey.
Pedestrians on Eighth street were
greatly amused the other day to see
dog trying to put his muzzle on.
which had fallen off. After several un
successful attempts to make the muz
zle stay in place the sagacious animal
took it In his teeth and trotted off home
with it.
The fast mall service about to be es
tablished on the trains in the North
west will be a detriment, as the trains
go too fast for the route clerks to dis
tribute the mail.
State Veterinarian Withycombe has
advised the killing of two horses now
in the possession of the stock inspector
of Marlon County. The horses are suf
fering with malignant gleet.
BT. NITTS OX PROHIBITION.
BT DBAS COLLINS.
Nesclus Mitts, sage of Punkindorf Sta
tion,
Tried to cut off a beetle by expectora
tion.
But grief spoiled his aim, and by slight
deviation
He missed. Then he sighed and with
sad contemplation
On drought and on dryness he made
an oration. " .
In Punkindorf Station fer some decades
back
We all had our moonshine and our
applejack.
And nobody heerd of the present-day
cry
Perslstin'. lnsistln' that things should
be dry.
And all went as nicely as blossoms in
Spring
Till the Ladies' Uplift shied Its hat in
the ring.
That Uplift, well, all of a sudden it
come
Right out with both fists to combat
Demon Rum,
And it got so a man must be plumb
careful fore
He tried that side entrance at Illg-
genses store.
And. 'lection day It was amazln' to
note
The way that Uplift Just piled up its
vote.
My granddaughter' kept me at home
the hull day
Cause I stood fer wet, and when I got
away
The count showed as plain as a gnat in
your eye.
That Punkindorf Station had gone and
went dry;
And the more that I view this condi
tion, the more
I Just feel more thirsty than ever
before.
Sunday Features:
POLLY AND
" HER PALS
Are you following the career of
Polly, the new healliner of the
color comics wlto has made her ap
pearance ia The Sunday Orego
nian? You will enjoy Polly whether
you are very j'oung or very old,
for Polly is wholesome, entertain
ing' and full of fun and life.
New War Features
The Submarine A tiny craft, it
is fighting a struggle for suprem
acy of the sea. Not even the
mighty dreadnought can surviva
the eting of the tiny submarine. An
illustrated article by an expert.
What Will We Get? Just what
benefits will accrue to the United
States from the great war is dis
cussed by Leon Goldmerstein, an
authority of international reputa
tion. Pretexts and Causes A record
of the queer incidents and circum
stances that have precipitated
bloody clashes. Many of them ap
pear most trivial. An illustrated
article.
Famous Sieges Constantinople
in 1453 and Antwerp in 1832 were
besieged and the stories of the
fights are interestingly recorded in
an illustrated article.
War in Art Reproductions in
colors of two more famous war
paintings.
Wr "Photo s Latest action
scenes from the battle front.
French Artillery in Action A
sketch in colors drawn for The
Sunday Oregonian on the French
firing line by Lieutenant Xavier
Sager, the noted illustrator. It
shows the French retaking St. Ili
laire. The Piano Lesson
Those who have been following
the free piano course in The Ore
gonian now have made consider
able advancement. The fifth les
son is in the keys of E and C.
The Children's Page Seven at
tractive illustrated features and a
number of bright stories and spe
cial articles make up a page which
can be torn out and handed to the
little ones.
An Immense Volume of Other Fea
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Interest.
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