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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1915)
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Givo postoffice address in full, Including county and state. rmttsse Bates 13 to 10 pases. 1 cent: IS to 'd'l paes, z cents; 34 to 4b pages, 3 cents; a" to mt pa?es, 4 cents: f,a to 7tf pages, S -?nts; 73 ro il2 pages, 0 cents. Foreign post ace, double rates. Eastern Business Office Verree & Conic lln, hrjimwicK building. New York; Verree A Conklin, Sieger building;, Chicago; ban Francisco representative, K. J. Bidwell, 742 Jdarket lVect. PORTLAND, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 28, 1814. - MEN OB MICE. President Wilson, it is said, has won Chairman Hay, of the House com mittee on military affairs, over to his programme of National preparedness. It is no mean achievement, for Ha Is instinctively a Little American, in & chronic state of alarm over the militarist bogy. Secretary McAdoo. of the Treasury, vho is here nominally on official business, but actually to see how the political land lies . for his august father-in-law, does not hesitate to support the Wilson propaganda for a great navy and a greater army. President Wilson wants an army of a million trained men, regulars and reserves. . . President Wilson also Is committed to a policy which will add to the Navy in five years ten dreadnoughts, six 'battle cruisers, ten scout cruisers, fifty destroyers, fifteen fleet subma rines, eighty-five coast submarines and various auxiliary vessels. It will be a navy of which any American may be proud and upon which the country may safely rely for defense against any foe. Only Bryan is for the paralyzing and enfeebling policy of non-resistance only Bryan and his claque. Do the Democratic newspapers and the Democratic organizations of Ore efon stand with Wilson or with Bryan? Let them speak up. Are they men or mice? DOCTORING WITHOUT DIAGNOSIS. The figures prepared by the Mer chants' Exchange and published else where in The Oregonian today are fit food for the thought of. those who may have profited by the first primer lesson given on this page a few days ago on the needs and requirements of the Port of Portland. In the tables mentioned Is found the actual record For ten years the Port of Portland haa held Its own with the Puget Sound district in quan tities of wheat and flour shipped by water. The past year's figures even exceed the general average. For ten years Portland has shipped out an average of 59.1 per cent of all the wheat and an average of 29.8 per cent of all the flour transported by water a'rom the Northwest. In the last sea son Portland water shipments went a trifle above the average on wheat and a. trifle below the average on flour. But the figures are more impressive In their bearing on commerce totals relatively credited to Portland and Puget Sound when stated another way. On wheat and flour shipments com bined Portland in the cereal year ended July 1 held a record above the average. Its percentage of wheat and flour moving by water from the entire Northwest was 4 8.8 per cent or almost ,' one-half. It was higher than the per centage of seven other years of the ten. ' For all practical comparisons Port land is on an equal basis with Puget -Sound in quantity of wheat and flour shipped by water. Insofar as these two commodities provide return car goes a vessel has no materially greater inducement to carry imports to Puget Sound than to Portland. Tet there '.are men, newspapers and organiza tions which assert that what Portland needs to build up miscellaneous com merce is a change in railroad grain rafes to the mouth of the river. ; There is no way to dispute the actual figures. Their meaning is ob vious. Something besides wheat and ;Tlour for export affects the gross ton nage in and out of Portland as com pared with the gross of Puget Sound. Where Portland falls behind is in transcontinental traffic, in movement through the port of commodities other ."than wheat and flour. And as to those commodities every port on the Columbia is and long has been on an equal basis with Portland. As haa previously been pointed out, Portland is on a parity with or has an advantage over Puget Sound In acces sibility, railway terminals, railway rates and the various physical ele ments that help build up a port. The solution of our difficulties may there fore be found by a process of elimi nation. The need is co-operation and energy in going after and creating the business we now lack. Cure by oper atig on the healthy tissues is a forlorn hope. But that is exactly what some of our port doctors are proposing, while they neglect the real seat of the trouble. I-XDISCIPUNT-D AMERICANS. It is a characteristic trait of Amer icans that they are wholly undisci plined. No one realizes this so fully as the person who has the public to deal with, whether as streetcar conductor, traffic officer or ribbon-counter clerk. The poor man is quite as arbitrary on occasions as his more wealthy brother. When some regulation is enforced he is inclined to assert that his inalien able rights as a great and free Amer ican citizen are being infringed upon. Often the man of means or influence not only feels his rights as an Amer ican citizen, but assigns to himself special privileges because of his sta tion. He has been pampered so much that he does not admit that rules ap plied to ordinary mortals affect him. He bluffs his way over minor regula tions established for the public. Em ployes of the public service or of cor porations fear his influence and are coerced by his threats into making an exception to the rules they are sup posed to enforce. Hence we must all glory in the spunk and character of the employe who refuses to change rules for any one's benefit. Now and then such incidents come to public notice. Now and then, too, some employe loses his job through such strict adherence to his simple duty. But it is to be hoped that no such fate will overtake Traffic Officer Quinn, who held up the Presi dent and his fiancee when they sought to break the traffic regulations in the town of Frederick. Some surprise will attach itself to the observation that President Wilson was annoyed, at the halting of his ma chine as it took to the wrong side of the street in passing. Some surprise is also occasioned by the steadfastness with which Officer Quinn stood his ground. When pressed by secret serv ice men he insisted that the President of the. United States obey the regrula latons that are enforced on other in dividuals. There are many officers, we fear, who would have stepped aside with doffed hat and let the dis tinguished party, go by. Officer Quinn. has adopted' an ideal of duty which we all might follow with profit and there Is reason for disappointment in that the President did not applaud ratner than display annoyance. It would be interesting to know what his fiancee really thought of the in cident. SCPJERFLUOCS JOBS, Striking cartoon in Oreironian rmr-. sents Old Man Portland swatting a swarm of city inspectors. If The Oregonian would turn its swatter on the swarm of superflu ous state commission members, or upon a reduction of tnir salaries, its field of use fulness wouid be emended. There la an army .of business, men with capital in large sums invested who do not make net the money paid annually to a trainload of mem bers of commissions in Oregon. Xewberg Graphic. Undoubtedly there are superfluous state employes; undoubtedly. The Oregonian urged upon the recent Leg islature, as it had upon previous Leg islatures, the wisdom of consolidating various state departments; and it has for many years protested against the multiplication of useless commissions. But we should be highly gratified if our Newberg neighbor would name the state commission members against whom it desires The Oregonian to di rect its "swatter." The Oregonian will cheerfully comply, if it shall ap pear that Newberg has accurate infor mation about the subject. Yet it haa always seemed strange to The Oregonian that the energies of professional reformers, newspaper and otherwise, should usually take the form of savage criticism of state gov ernments for their extravagance, while so little is ' said or done about the extraordinary taxes imposed upon a long-suffering public by municipalities and school districts. The average state tax in Oregon for ten years has been about three mills; and the recent Leg islature appropriated actually less money than its predecessor. Tet great institutions like the Insane Asylum, the Penitentiary, the reformatories, the infirmaries and the like must be supported. The total taxes of all kinds for Multnomah County are usually over twenty mills, so that the state tax is about one-seventh. We will wager a Yamhill walnut the finest In the world that the num ber of inspectors in the Portland Health Department alone exceeds all the inspectors in the state's employ. WHERE THE PORK GOES. The announcement that Representa tive Swager, of Kentucky, will be chairman of the House committee on appropriations upon the expected re tirement of Representative Fitzgerald, of Brooklyn a candidate for a New York judgeship makes peculiarly per tinent the recent speech of a Texas Congressman Mr. Garner upon the fruitful topic of the pork-'barrel. To be sure, public buildings was the nom inal topic; but the Texas man was taking his constituents into the bosom of his confidence, and he said: There are half a dozen places in my dis trict where Federal buildings are being erected or have boen recently constructed at a cost to the Government far in excess of the actual needs of the communities where they are located. Take Uvalde, my home town, for instanco. We are putting up a postoffice down there at a cost of 960.OOO when a $5000 building would be entirely adequate for our needs. The candid Garner did not stop with disclosing the nature of Uncle Sam's bad investments in public buildings for Texas, for he added: Now wsDemocrati are in oharge of the House, and I'll tell you right now every time ona of those Yankees gets a ham, I'm going to do my best ;o got a, hog. There are thirty-four important committees in the House, and the Southern brigadiers have thirty-two of them, and will have thirty-three. The showing is astounding, but the fact is not to be controverted. The South is in the saddle, under the sign of the pork-barrel. WIIXFUIi CHI I.OI.KS SSN' KS.S. "There should be some way," says a New York observer, "of proceeding against those wives who are wilful in their childlessness." Exactly so. But to write laws upon the books would be a waste of effort. If anything is to be done to correct this menace to the American birthrate, it must be effected through a campaign of edu cation. While it is true that educated women are the worst offenders, in the sense that educated women are those who have diplomas from high schools and colleges, enlightenment along this particular line would serve to remove the burden of selfishness which has dwarfed the maternal instinct in their nature. Their perspective has become de fective in that they see the burdens of maternal cares today without a corre sponding outlook as to future misery certain to be their lot- Children are a barrier to social life and freedom.. Motherhood means sacrifices which they are not quite ready to make. When the glamour of youth passes. perhaps, but not now. Thus thev de lude themselves, and very often when the maternal instinct finally asserts itself they have destroyed their ca pacity for reproducton. The vacancy of the glamour of life as seen through the veil of selfishness creeps in unon them and they seek for the true hap piness or life, only to have it denied. Surely retribution lays a heavy hand upon those who are wilfully childless. Desolation in old age is a bitter lot, and how much more bitter must it appear under the reflection that the unhappy statg,is of one's own making. w nere jsature alone' is to blame, con science cannot add intensity to the sting, but where Nature has been cheated the penalty Is twofold. Nor does retribution wait on old age. Mid dle age tastes the first bitter pangs when from the empty void of the child less home the joys and fullness of life are seen on every hand without being shared. The man and wife who go through life without children have missed their way. There is no joy such as that of seeing the little lives unfold day by day. There is no compensation such as comes from guiding the little feet over the first course in life. Intimately sharing juvenile pleasures and sorrows, carefully molding minims and souls for tne great goal of maturity. The re sponsibilities are many, but the re wards are great. Those who shirk the responsibilities in order to follow the will-o'-the-wisps of transient pleasure in the springtime of life will awaken in the Autumn to find that not hav ing sown, neither may they reap the richest harvest of existence. WHEN" a. Hamx WENT. : Germany has pleader! that the exe cution pf Miss Cavell was dictated byl tne grim necessity of military law. It was another operation of that stern German policy which is entirely de void of human feeling." It is not diffi cult to imagine the ancient German philosophers, chortling over this af fair as a supreme triumph of unyield ing efficiency over mere maudlin sen timentality. Nietzsche would see in the British stir over the event another evidence of emotionalism and attend ant incapacity. Just why a woman should not be strung up or shot for the offenses of a man in wartime is not clear except to those who have such Quixotic weaknesses as gallantry and tenderness and inherent bigness of nature. But without going into the senti mental aspects of the matter and view ing the whole affair from the stand point of German military necessity, it is interesting to compare the execu tion of Miss Cavell by Germany for aiding prisoners to escape with an incident of our own Revolutionary War period. America had been invaded from the north. The British had turned loose the savage red beasts of Northern forests to murder and pillage the countryside. Envelopment of the whole Valley of the Hudson was the British objective and to this end three armies were converging their march en Albany. One of these forces, mixed British regulars and German mercenaries, had fought its way past the northernmost defences and was striking at Albany itself. From every direction the Amer ican minute men had assembled and after terrifio fighting ha4 repulsed the enemy under Burgoyne,. The defeat was not conclusive, and the invaders. making use of a protected position on the river, were stubbornly awaiting re inforcements from down the Hudson. The camp was out of water and there was intense suffering among the Brit ish and German troops. One brave party after another sallied forth to the river, only to fall before a withering fire from Vermont sharpshooters. whose aim never failed. Not a single man got hack to camp with water. It was only when their suffering from thirst had become desperate that the wife of . a British officer volunteered to go. Bucket in hand, she went forth to what seemed certain death. No sharp shooter of the Kaiser's army on the Meuse or Oise could send a bullet more surely across the intervening space. No German force could ever know a greater necessity of firing upon a de fenceless woman. She was doina far more than aiding a few unarmed pris oners to escape. She was intent on carrying succor to the hostile garrison an act which would permit them to hold out hold out, perhaps, until re inforcements could arrive. She reached the river. Not a rifle spoke. She filled the bucket and started back to the hostile rendezvous. American sharpshooters across the Hudson were not all under the close control of officers. Many of them were stationed in trees. Their one mission was to "snipe" water carriers. Yet not a shot was fired. This woman was aiding a cause that was designed to crush their liberty, to dominate their beloved scpuntry for which they were willing to die. - But she was as safe under their rifles as she would be under American rifles today. From such men the greatest Nation of earth was born. They knew the grim law of necessity better than it has been known before or since, yet no necessity was so great that they might turn their rifles upon the mothers of men. HELP STARVING POIAND. Every American, whether he has been uplifted by Paderewski's music or not, should be Inspired by the great pianist's appeal for aid to save Poland from starvation. Born in the country which has beer) changed into a desert by the ebb and flow of battle, Paderew ski's great heart has been moved to place himself at the head of a move ment to bring America to the rescue. For this cause he recently gave a re cital at Boston and delivered an ad dress which brought a crowded audi ence to its feet with thunders' of ap plause. But the cause itself, entirely inde pendent of Paderewski's musical gen ius and moving appeals, is such" as should stir to action every person who loves humanity. The young men of Poland were drafted into the opposing armies of alien nations and compelled to kill each other in a quarrel which is not their own. The old men, women and children remained. As the Aus-tro-German and Russian armies swept to and fro across Galicla and Russian Poland, the country was laid waste by their trampling feet and the towns, villages and farms were destroyed by shell fire. The people were left with out food, shelter, or clothing. When the Russians finally retreated, they de vastated the country as they marched eastward. Many millions fled before them for refuge in Russia, but many other millions remained behind, seek ing shelter among the ruins of their homes, in the woods or in hollows. Crops had been destroyed or carried away and . the people subsist on bark, roots and the decomposed bodies of horses killed on the battlefields. Of a population of 18,000.000 occupying an area equal to New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Con necticut combined, 11.000,000 human beings have been driven into the open. It is estimated that 3.500,000 are starv ing, hundreds die daily and death will claim many more as Winter sets in. On the initiative of Paderewski the National American committee of the Polish Victims' Relief Fund has been organized, but has raised so far only 103.646. A million dollars is needed at once, but America must continue to give of its abundant bounty if these people, who have been crushed be tween the millstones of war, are to be saved. Ex-President Taft is president, Madame Marcella Sembrich, vice president, and Frank A. Vanderlip, treasurer of the American committee, and the officers are in the Aeolian Building at New York City. Checks should be made payable to "National City Bank, for Polish Victims' Relief Fund." Money is cabled to the gen eral committee at Lausanne. Switzer land. Henry Sienkiewicz being its president, and food is purchased and distributed by field, representatives with headquarters at Cracow, Austria. Oregon, having nobly done its part to save Belgium, should not be back ward about meeting this even greater need. The occasion calls for a state committee, promptly , organized, and for continuous, not merely spasmodic, generosity. The least which this land of peace and plenty can do to show its gratitude for escape from war is to care for those who have become its victims. The plan to educate the people con fined at Salem is the first proposal of value that has been evolved in the conduct of the Penitentiary. There are many within the walls whose only lack is - in moral education and they need not be considered. ' There are many more who need learning and training and are in there because they were not taught when young. They are pot too old. to learn for that matter, nobody is; they have latent ability for something better than pick ing jute or hammering junk, and un-. der the plan proposed will graduate into good citizens whose past will not be a hindrance. Governor - Withy combe apd Warden Minto can get all the help they need by asking for it. If the way were cleared for capital to engage profitably in the shipping business, abundant shins would be come available for use by the Navy. Congress need then only follow the example of Great Britain by arrang ing that certain ships should be built with a view to their use as-auxiliaries and transports and should be imme diately placed at the disposal of the Government- when demanded. For this option a stipulated annual sum should be, paid. That is the plan pur sued for years by the British govern ment, and we see how well it wOTks. The woman who thought it a Joke to turn in a fire alarm at 3:20 in the morning found .appreciation in the municipal judge, who imposed a fine of 325 and suspended a jail sentence. Nobody ever saw a fireman who didn't jump at the clang of the gong, and he should not be disturbed when he has a chance to sleep. It is useless for the Navy League to open Its books to Mr. Bryan that he may see that munition-makers are not its financial backers. He would next say that the books were "faked Is not all virtue concentrated in Mr. Bryan and those who share his opin ions? If it is true, as reported, that Dura- ba has boen made a nobleman by the Austrian government, then America has received another subtle slap .in the face. However, under our present plan "of diplomacy we should be used to such affronts by this time; Wherever girls are congregated, in factories or similar establishments, there should be a system of handling them during a fire or other panic. The catastrophe at Pittsburg may be. duplicated anywhere. Lieutenant Fay rivals Miss Cavell by proudly saying: "I did it and I am proud of it,'1 but the penalty in the United States does not compare in severity with that in Belgium. According to one authority the allies are beaten right now but do not real ize the fact. Many a fighting man has won because he didn't know when he was whipped. The Land Products Show is too big to see in one visit. You should go often, go early and stay late. Other wise you will miss something really worth while. - - The doxology has been rendered and now it is up to the fans to be cheerful all Winter. Things will be better next year, for they cannot be A Frenchman predicts a series of twenty-six hard Winters for Europe, beginning now. Kitchener and the Kaiser cannot hold out so long. Crime is a great feature of the daily news and one might think the world growing worse but for the fact that the good deeds are unheralded. The Sultan's daughter has been wedded to a Turkish prince, but we doubt if they will spend their honey moon in Paris or London. Four British Generals have been killed in action. Can't they learn that their post Is many miles ia the rear of the firing line? is the sole obstacle to peace. Well, tne .tsrjusn are inaeea mignty stuo born as a people. There are sounds at the Armory like old Exposition days and Dan Mc Allen, only louder and better with the growth of time. Germany may excuse the execution of Miss Cavell to its own satisfaction, out the orricial logic fails to reach our understanding. The Illinois wets are in hard straits when they propose to link home rule on the liquor question with public utilities. It is difficult to keep track of the fighting now that the whole of Europe has become the theater of operations. John Minto will not stand for cor poral punishment in his new school,' but should be strong for military drill. Italy also is borrowing in the United States. The dollar will soon become the world's unit of value. As the Germans relv mora nn nntn- toes for food they may develop an affinity for the Irish. w eat her likA vpslurrlav'a u-fll lead the larks and the flowers that bloom in the Spring. net t-iLii iBngie is now ail set tied except for unraveling the tangle. -J" 1 I , .. Sure sign of Winter when snow 1 falling on the top of Mount Hood. The German "cruiser Prince Adel- bert is now a submarine. The Bulgars are getting their bap tism of battle. Who says we didn't make a to-do over McAdoo? On to the Armory" How to Keep Well. Pr Pr. W, A. Evans. (Questions pertinent to hygiene, san itation, and prevention of disease, if matters of general interest, will be answered in this column, Where space will not permit or the subject is not suitable, letters will be personally an swered, subject to proper limitations and where a stamped, addressed envel ope is Inclosed. Dr. Evans will not make diagnoses or prescribe for indi vidual diseases. Requests for such service cannot be answered.) (Copyright. 1916, by Dr. W. A. Evans. Published by arrangement with Chi cago TriDune.) Grape Juice and Grapes. The Department of Agriculture thinks the "use of grape juice out of grape season should be promoted. In order to encourage every housewife to put up grape juice they- have issued a f armers' Bulletin (No. 644), in which thy give methods of putting up this ueverage. Only sound grapes should be used. All dirt should bo washed off. The grapes are crushed in a cider mill, or, lacking that, in the best vessel for the purpose available. To eet a whita grape juice the mash is strained before it is heated. To pet a red Erane Juice the mash is heated and then strained. niaac wiiue juice, piace tne mashed errapes in a clean cotton cloth. u-iuse arm twist tne ends until tne juice has been squeezed out. The juice is then sterilized by heating it in a double Jacketed boiler. The juice under no circumstances is to be heated to a tem perature of 200 or over. The best tem peratures are between 165 and 176. Poar into a clean glass or porcelain vessel and allow to stand 24 hours. Filter out the sediment by putting the juice through a cloth filter and letting it run into clean sterile bottles. Put the bottles filled with juice on a board placed in the bottom of the' double jacketed boiler and raise the tempera ture to something less than 200 around 180. Stop while hot with corks that have been in hot water for three minutes. To make red juice the mashed grapes are heated in a boiler to 185 degrees. Then the pulp Is placed in cloth and the julDe U dripped. The Juice is sedi mented, filtered, bottled, and pasteur ized as is the case with white juice Grape juice is an excellent beverage. It is non-alcoholic. It contains salts that are very necessary to keep the body in health in Winter. Some of the surplus of grapes at this season of the year should be put in colt storage and held for tKe Winter and early Spring. While most of the salts of 'grapes needed for health are found in grape Juice it will be . better if grapes are eaten occasionally. Raisins do . not wnolly fill the need of fresh grapes. Grapes have a great deal of fuel value. For fruit they are rather high in pro teld and fat. Of protein, the tissue builder, they have as high a percentage as bananas, and Aigher than other fruits. The proteins of grapes may not be available to repair muscle waste, but when eaten they spare muscle just as gelatin spares it. Grapes, compared with other fruits, are ricn in fats. However, sugar is the principal food substance in grapes. Perhaps of equal value with sugar from the physical welfare standpoint during the Winter months are the salts, the mineral matter, contained in grapes. And probably from the same standpoint the fresh fruic qualities of grapes so difficult to analyse are of still greater importance. Brobably Is Frail. Friend writes: "Will you please an swer the following: 1. Is it not late for a girl going on 15 to still have her baby teeth in front? 2. What causes children to sleep with their eyes only half closed? I have heard these chil dren will never live to be old. Is there any truth in that? 3. Could an internal goiter produce poison in your system enough to cause death in a child? hk ply. ... ,3. rruuauiy sne was SICK, Trail, ijuLi,y miuriuncu, or witn low vitality whn she was between 5 and 8 years of aire. By hild we, n-Kmaiea lire mis 2. There is no truth In the statement to which you refer. 4 . 3. It is possitle. Coring Dandruff. M. C. I. writes: "Will you kindlyad vise me what to do for dandruff and falling out nair? Will massaging the scalp with salt water be beneficial? Do not consider any drug-store hair tonic worth using?" REPLY. Dandruff results from dirt and neglect. The way to cure dandruff is to wash the scalp often -enough and to brush the hair thoroughly enough. Massaginsr the scaln with .an . .a-,,.. tr hair tonics, resorcin mixtures, any and w-j euuu. u is nut tne meaicme It is the cleaning and rubbing. But thinking about rubbing the scalp or rubbing it by fits and starts will not cure dandruff. Any person willing to give his scalp the neces sary attention can cure himself of dandruff. Gas and Electric Stoves. D: J. A. writes: "We find it neces sary to use supplementary heat and would like your advice as to effect on health of gas ana electric stove heat. 1. le such heat injurious? 2. Which is least - injurious? 8. Will fit window down at top reduce or eradicate in-jury?-' REPLY. . xt a. tog loaas gas. is Wltnout a hood, or is allowed to burn for several hours it 2. Eleclrlc heat. 3. Yes, provided It Is down far enough. Raisins as Food. "' E. K. writes: "I eat one-half pound of raises dtily. Is this all right? What food value li.ss in raisins?" REPLY. A half pound of raisins a day Is a large allo-vancc Too large, I think. Raisins have great food value. They furnish energy and heat especially. They are rich In certain salts needed for the body upkeep. Facts as to Jetties. ASTORIA, Ost, 24. (To the Editor.) 1. When was the work started on the Jetty at the mouth of the Co lumbia? -V , 2. How many tons of rock have been put In place, and how much more is estimated to be required? S. What is the probable total cost of both jetties? 4. How much water was there over the bar when work was started? ' T. G. S. (1) South jetty construction com menced in April, 1885. North Jetty construction commenced in February, 1914: preliminary work began in May, 1912. (2) South Jetty' contains 5.783, 234 tons of stone; cost 13.595,150.84, and was completed in August, 1913. North Jetty estimated to contain 8. 000,000 tons of stone; of which 1. 426,000 tons had been placed by June 30, 1915. (3) Estimated cost of north Jetty, 15,966,573. (4) When work on the south Jet ty began, the best channel across the bar was 20 feet deep. In 1912 the governing depth on the bar range was 26 feet- An Ore (ton Molly pitcher. NEWBERG. Or., Oct 24. (To the V.iMjnr T mm - nH-. 1 j t, " ' muj i. M y-CSLTS old and a farmer's daughter. In read- us cumaponaence in, your col umn r,I,Brllno- nrav n...lVill,i ' - --a ' vvoaiuiuuCB It occurred to me I would like to hear 11 uia iiie Aiuuy jritcners If I were fortunate enough to have a husband and unfortunate enough to have him killed In battle nothing would give me greater pleasure than to take his place in the firing line and demonstrate that the female of the species is more deadly than the male. MARGARET JC SMITH, PRACTICE LIKE BAlX,OT-STrKFIG f Filibustering" Defeats Will sf Majority, , Ssys Writer on Cloture Rule. PORTLAND, Oct. 25. (To the Edi tor.) I was very much interested in an editorial of a recent date on cloture rule, often proposed but never Invoked in the U. S. Senate. You commended the wisdom of Presi dent Wilson for abandoning his pro posal to convoke the Senate in special session for the special purpose of revising its antiquated rules and pro viding for the enactment of legisla tion with reasonable dispatch. While, being an ardent Republican, and not at all an admirer of our Presi dent, I would forgive him much of the harm he has done had he the courage of his convictions-, and brought the Senate together, when there was po other matter to be considered, and if other means failed, treat it in a simi lar manner "to that the Mayor of Chi cago treated the officials and a com mittee of the employes in the recent streetcar strike locked them in a room, threw the key away and kept them there until they were willing to set tle it Such a course is, of course, impos sible in a Government like ours, where the legislative, executive and judicial departments are co-ordinate; but the time is coining when the Senate will learn that they are an expensive body, elected to legislate and not to fritter away time in endless debate by the minority, with the sole object in view to block legislation. Many problems of grave Importance are confronting our country and de manding a solution by Congress, and in order to consider a reasonable num ber of them it will be necessary for the Senate to eliminate some of its time-honored precedents, curtail some of Its Senatorial courtesies and fulfill its part in Government affairs accord ing to modern methods. In 1883 the House of Representa tives caught the spirit of progress, and, by the adoption of what is known as "Reed rules," has been enabled to solve its problems in a manner rea sonably satisfactory to the people. But the ordinary layman does not see the necessity for the Senate, with less than one-fourth of the membership of the House, consuming five times as much time in disposing of a measure of a partisan nature. In 1893 President Cleveland called an extra session of Congress to repeal the purchasing clause of the Sherman silver law, made necessary during the panic, to strengthen the credit of the Government a measure which subse quent events ' has justified. It was passed by the House in a short time, but was disposed of by the Senate after three months' debate, where it was acknowledged no votes were changed, which finally degenerated into a contest of physical endurance. No loyal American wishes to see any of the important measures which may mark a crisis in our Ration's history "Jammed through," but he realizes there is not time for them to be "talked to death." A man who stuffs the ballot-box and thereby prevents the will ofNthe majority from being enacted into law, is considered a criminal, and. upon conviction, is severely punished; but a Senator who. by persistent filibuster ing, prevents the will of the majority from being recorded, is considered a shrewd statesman. In either case the effect is the same. W. L. WILLIAMS, 7049 Thirtieth Avenue S. E. PROFIT TO BK MADE FROM PITCH Mr. Cope Tells ef Emera-ency Business Built Ip ia Hard Times. PORTLAND, Oct. 25. (To the Edi tor.) Referring to an inquiry by P. B., of Bend. Or., regarding pine pitch of Central Oregon and your answer to same, allow me to say that there is a market for the stuff, and it is known as Canada balsam to Eastern drug houses, although here it is, or rather has been, sold as Oregon pitch. Dur ing the depressing times of 1893, the writer, in connection with the late Dr. J. L. Lamerson, of Lebanon, engaged a number of people to gather about 100 barrels of the pitch. Fifty barrels were sold to a New York chemical com pany. The remainder we manufac tured into turpentine, rosin and colo phone for printers' ink. Our distillery was a crude makeshift but neverthe less proved, at least to our satisfac tion, that commercially the proposition was good. Lebanon, as all oldtimers will re member, used to be called Little Ten nessee, hence the denizens of that good borough had a knowledge of how to extract the pitch. There are many locations in the Cas cade range where fair wages could be made during the Fall and Winter months in tapping the Douglass fir. Trees growing on a southwest exposure of a sidehill are the best. As much as 40 gallons has been taken from one tree. While making the experiments the writer had several wagon-loads of wild peppermint from the Santiam bottoms run through the still. This also proved highly satisfactory. Samples of the oil were submitted to New York people, who offered to purchase all that could be produced at the highest market price. I have still a fair sam ple of this peppermint oil on hand, which after 22 years has not deterior ated, but has rather improved. 8EO. POPE. 1170 Woodstock ave. S. E. THE GOOD OF I.IVIJTG. When sadness and sorrow encumber the mind. And the world and its peoples seem harsh and unkind; When hope has departed and confidence flown. And the burdens of living have heaviest grown; When fear of disaster hangs black like a cloud, And dread of the future appears as a shroud. Then summon that courage the desper ate show Who grasp at a straw in, the swift current s flow. Walk forth to the garden, now heavy with bloom. Where the roses and lilies are sweet with perfume. See the green of the grasses, the shade of the trees;- Hear the songs of the birds and the hum of the bees. Stoop down to the brooklet which flows a your feet And touch the cool waters, so pure and so sweet: Look away to the mountains and for ests and hills. See the depths of sublimity Deity fills: And after the sun has gone down in the west. When the calm of the evening puts turmoil to rest. Gaze upwards where worlds in their majesty roll And know that, though small, you're a part or tne whole. Go back to your palace, your mansion. your cot. Taking with you the lesson that nat ure has taught. And give to wayfarers, who struggle alone. That strength of omnipotence you have been shown. Bring flowers of love to the sad and forlorn. Let the verdure of sweetness your being adorn: Take waters of life to the feeble and weak And ever the good of humanity seek. Remembering this, while at work or at play. That the soul is the richest that gives most away. J. S. KNACSS. Portland, Or. Tweity-five Years Ago I From The Oregonian of Oct. 26, 1890. Sydney, Oct. 25. Miners are resum ing work. Many seamen are applying and the strike is virtually ended. New York, Oct. 25. Ex-Governor G. B. Noble, of Wisconsin, who was stricken-with paralysis some days ago, at the home of relatives in Ross street, Williamsburg, died today. San Francisco, Oct. 25. At the Olympic Club games today G. D. Vand walked an exhibition one-half mile in 2 minutes and 54 4 seconds, beating the world's record of 3 minutes 2 2-i seconds. At "The Crystal Slipper" matinee yesterday afternoon, there were over 1800 ladies and children. Had the Marquam Grand been twice as larire. it could scarcely have accommodated iho hundreds who sorrowfully turned from the doors unable to secure seats. A part of the machinery for the Mount Tabor Light & Water Company arrived Friday afternoon and was taken across the Morrison street bridsre on three large trucks, each drawn by four horses. Work will be immediately begun in putting the machinery in place, arfd it is expected that the water mains will be laid and ready to tap within 60 days. There will be some very interesting exercises at the Exposition Building this afternoon in connection with the Liberatl farewell benefit. A number of representative local organizations will take this means of expressing their ad miration of, the master of the cornet and the great musical director. The law office of ex-President An drew Johnson. In Greenville, Tenn., is still standing and is used as a storage room by a patent medicine company. The little shop in which he worked at his trade is on another street and the sipn is still on the door, "A, Johnson, tailor." Half a Century Ago From The Oregonian of Oct. 26, 1865. The wife of Gov. Kossuth, the illus trious Hungarian patriot, died on Sept, 1 at Turin at the ace of 55 years. On account of her failing health, her hus band several years ago repaired with her to Italy, where she has since been cared for by him with the most ex emplary devotion. The notices of property libeled for confiscation occupy S2 columns in the Richmond Republic, The list includes about 200 estates. We learn that A. Warner, of Oregon City, has been nominated as the Union candidate for the Legislature from Clackamas County. The nomination is a good one and Mr. Warner will be elected. The special election will be held on Monday, Nov. 20 The assessment roll of Linn County shows that the value of property in that county is nearly two and a half millions. The fair lately held by the ladies of Fort Vancouver for the benefit of the Catholio Orphar School, we are in formed, was a complete success, A gentleman from Crescent City, which is situated on the coast near the scene of the wreck of the Brother Jonathan, informs us that portions of that ill-fated steamer were strewn along the beach for a distance of 40 miles. Our informant adds 'that 43 bodies have been buried at Crescent City. Of these only one or two have been recognized. None of the remain der have been claimed. San Francisco Bulletin. The vote In California at the late Judicial election was very light throughout the entire state. In 25 counties from which partial returns have come, the Union majority is be tween 4000 and 5000. MOUNT HOOD. O slumbering mountain. Hoary with snows untold. Flashing like a diamond Fresh from its prison mold, Glim'ring in the sunlight. Tow'ring- in the sunlight, Into the frozen air. O'er Oregon's fair land; Lovely as a picture Painted nn t Vi n -z ti - Haunting as a vision. -Thy beauty ne'er can die; But once a mad demon. In ages long ago. Aye. a red. fiery hell. Ere coming of the snow. Ah! when first I saw thee, 'Twas in thn lnnv o n My soul looked with wonder At tne Deautiful snow; How came that ice-glinted crest, Whv the dnrlr wnnria K-1 ..... Whence thy gleaming glaciers. Why that black crater's glow? My heart was light and gay. The world was to me new. But I loved thy wild moods. Thy smiles and anger, too; Oft. In the stilly night. In sweet dreams I did see Thy lofty, snowy form. jiae a ghost haunting me. O mystical mountain. How weirdly strange thou art. Thy face so beautiful. With neither soul nor heart. But what thrilling pictures Thy story doth unwind. Filling one with wonder At the All-wise design How from depths abysmal Red lava upward flowed. And lo, a diamond peak With sparkling crystals sowed; But 'tis the soul that sees Symmetry in thy form. Colors thy flashing sreras. Paints the wild, swirling storm. Sable Night creeping o'er The Cascade Mountains tall. Embraced thy lovely form. Hailing thee. "King of all" Then blazed the star-lit dome! Bright Luna smiling down Glinted on thy frozen brow A sparklinsr Jeweled crown. Fair Venus from afar Threw thee a kiss. O King! Great Orion swung his sword And made the welkin ring. Fiery Mars fiercely blazed And he then brightly smiled: "Hail! King of the Cascades, . Pelion on Ossa piled!'" 3. T. FORD. Dallas, Or. Daughter Has a Calling. Baltimore American. 'Don't talk about my daughter's working. She has a calling.M "What is it?" "She's a telephone operator." War and Fur Prices War has upset fur prices and made opportunities. This is a good year to buy furs and this is the ric;ht season to be gin looking around. The stores are showing complete stocks. Styles have been de termined. Once the trade gets back into normal channels prices will ad vance. As a preliminary to choosing it is a good idea to study the adver tising in The Oregonian. The shoppers reinforced with comparisons in advance are better equipped. 1