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TTTn MOTINTXG OTIEGOXIAN. TUESDAY", FEBRUARY 8, 1916. (Die (DKtnminn rTian. urr.oi. nm.ti-.wm .! lar-a5tr iS Kitli rs". I tiHr Im:. .n . f . --.-i... i.i'- .-'l. tii'- . I S . IAS liwi..!.,!. ! r f. , i-l.r t;r. 4 m 'rttl.. r.. i. i - U'll n f .... f . irjfit S;i.if. . f "4 9 i.l... I 't rw.rta r 14' a.-., moatx . . . w... r. . vr. - - Itnlit, .! r a tl v, i B rrrt I " f's'-'r. ... rn-!--. f . . i..:a Li.-.ulW. . m-.ae:... . ;j . - . " . I ' . I . . .t H.w '" ' m T "T. .r .- a.rnt " 1-.. .1 ft n s " --ii.'. r-.. .. ...? :!; rM SL IJ I .- ""l: J " t . "; . . ... ,. '- : r ...l ?. t J p. .. rrl4 " 4.... r.t... tn.., kmm ncrVw ..-.;!. ' r .. . . J'. f- V roTUP. Ttt-TI.T. IT. S. III. fcr II ' V. ! la -j...-ui I f' 1 r-!-irl tsl ATin-4. f prt.nr. TO bo.k. m p b !. P- war r riiittT. 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'it rtr'iil tlifMno f Mr Wri:" I'... ha Irftu"'-''! trm. II!Mt-lr!n-l i;rTnn iubmirtr c" h tl . ri.tfi,fi.it m"0 !fini r r 1 mri-h.nl b'l l'J:;'r Mih- .ii:il l!rttL! wamcn b ... w.rr.lr t. V" Klu.-k In l:m . . - V. I t ri r-ry ritrn t"" tft Wk'h rf tn ,PI- -rrrti trim rlmnt cf 'irprl from h ir tn t?i rt. d - tfo, b .mtiU nurpti'. lrtrfcrJ wi'.l romm'iru atlor r I ralic-l lti9 mr.mn-.y' c.vjtstrY Jnrrtlt n th rnn th I.Vfetlm.tT B'I th pobod fin. t jrri)itin cm -.4 t tum-tlirur Arrf"- Ms "f rtif rr'frr"1 rifrT."ji . proi! r-l ruro br f n.wMB c-4B. n4. om of !- UH Iwo rra.-Mfi l'jn c4 a rtrtUl". f1 tnin rf latr th ll.rrrfi. mrr"l l'"'" p- luti i t an l irrr4 Ifia T f f tx -rit dri. for of air rrrt a J of k:it mta tn ry l- jfrr tr l:u.:afi r arpri4 an4 rfnn fcj.--l t lir r P- Tn.-h r- t.i won whtrh fr-4 Von Klu. a rirl ac t b tr4 ef lr.!rnt! :u In mo. IC rnc. M J". upf!l an4 woun4 c4 t'ofrb ar4 tl drt r-.iin a.r crft doa !A.-n 04I rf a.t prnpurioi ta lhir . Iijl (.r:.t !rr:ir tl aa artat bombar4 m.rt br tfta Krmth cul br arty b miibt ba b( t!)t coar rf tb r b-al r.rl-.Aia a. t4 upon Mr. Vt;.V tfiorr fcir lh Ut tn J.afT A i.t fT'-wW rf rr"fU6M cf irt rarrlr rr'"ttr mlM hi tioaft rofijif rj-il in lb rtl cr.'Y. rnwaH bT a tr rf th bu't an J Jrin Tb cra.t m;M b bn uri'lir pracllralty sU;b!a. Jl J-4lrP4 tl-op (iu ! w:4 rf 4r aa lnrrl4ual man tl;.tlryUtiabIa ffcro a b:M of rxl tn-iwxBti t"t. Tb.r m:M h bo m4 atolutlr mntroUab'a tbal tbf couM k9 a drir4 cvif a :fr aa a Una rf iMr Thrt mifbt h rrril -" of ral far rr:cc pnmrr anl ripitf. cf un-rr-r '.!-.!) dtra-:i r"'- V. ti t'.trmma lat.TB of l'lA4n b tift thonMa4 rf lfi. aircraft mlfhl b iirntil fTo lh channel anil flown aiJC tia rute of Iba 4 r.elrg arr-.t. With a audita tfoan tar l woo9 t.T frfcbt b laancbrd m bait f bomM f r mlW aJorf th rrr-biB fr lin.a ar4 alone lh n, n !t Tby mltll h raur4 !. n bn: a ou;4 baa pr.J r r ! - m-n Iba iJcriran hcv'a and ttnl ba lajil'-n al It lnrpttun. Tb.a iJnaa p'.S!:i'J m;M b-t ra:!jaj br Grmanr. Aatra. I rtnr. Kn;a or Itatr. A boa artny tr.!bt taa ba fcaaa aa powrIaa at:-t (JlnQlttJ'.na toray Ihua 4!rP'. rr arml W1?S a tnachlr "-( rnn. a an army cf a- w,' b-. anl p.ar ba rr.a I fin. a m:i fora r-n-l our r',"r' wpn War ba i-.::.t.j in It rt-a a:t lb rlnca ax4 lSvl-aO.. va4 la ict-Tl ( t- future will b n br !! eaUon which ha, set th UrfMt tray la num bar a bat th larsaat army which baa moat h!fbly da4op. all lha rwuwi of br!n an4 matrrtal f-r U purrtwa. Tbcra should ba an Kd!on borJ for th Armr a '.t a for lha Navy, and It hou!4 rvcrull aa army cf lnnlor. r;nr-ri. chrmliti and (killed nia-rhBl- to plar new weapon la tha ban4 of trained operallTe. kctt orr rnr. T.r. So lreariBe" tfr on railway njb.t of ar laka on a new meaning la tha llhl of fi-ur ubmlttd br lha lntrtt Commerca Comm!lon. To often thca potwea ar re a 4 with ran:mel or tn liffrrrnca br Cltlen. If the rtxht of war offer them a hort rut or a convening pathwar ther Pr bo bed to crn.picuou warnlr.ir. Wb'Ie th met cr.tltulea trpajalnv. tha offena I r.ol rer4ed erlouly an! Ihera ar few ofru-er Inclined to mk arrt and fewer coort In clir.el lo Inflict pur.lihmer.t one ar ret hae beea mad. Hut not tb.a toll of trespassers In lha r year. Of th MJI pror. killed by ra;iw ttil r trt- pauer. Not aranui eklr ride, but p4ttrtan eeekinf a short rut or a leel bu!ear4"" for a Ilttl trotr. ar ahown t. haa mada op th malortii' of victim. HuretT her I a iipho: tn th a.'eit-firt cam Ip.Ur.a. Ioubtte th fu:I meurof tbe i!iffr b. r-rt been rea!!e4. Io j Utr.) arcnunve rf pcirtr1r. run .!. a on rilar trrk r've litt: lr. !.lii t!on rf the numUr -f uch Ire Irli't. r1 thouiR4 people k'.ll'd! r:n u?j lo popul: a lhintr l. (Tb e.-1-.nom! ! U oc runr.ir Into tbe niUaone durir a rour or year. It l a; rarer.l from thl record that tb -no ire-TiMirs- s n 00 rich? of war bou'4 b br4cd quit a til'.t a tb "Yerboten" !rva ar cbaenred in iiTsnr. Whrr tber r not beJ4 otr:-r ar.4 court hou'J en fra lha tocc-Bectecled taw la th cm not la tb Interest of tb rail war rrfwern so much a la th In. trt of tha public aafetr- r rraraMox or r TTJLAxy rwm. Ttrry real rspapr wi!t Indora tb prnleet Bltered br lb Coo l'r l!.rbr con-ernir th doe-trtn ad vanced br Mr. Charlea Hail, of that !tr. Jfr. Ua'l U on of lh. rltieo. four! poiMr In err ambitious oimmur.irr. who Iblnk; that unpleasant ncwe rrt front their botr. town I JrtMrtiental. II would ha th local .-irr.pn4enta urpre arcour.t of murj.n. vil.-l.ta and bad weather and tell or.Ir 'f sunabin. civic achleT ments. Industrial prcg-res and lh Ilk. Tb comment rf lh Coo liar Harbor is worth reproducer: Tb.r ere it aiea rr Per toe.. J- f'i'l m . r la ln.t. cMrMiu eeer'.a Ihrevea e.r rrw.b l A-tt't l"r end i.r iki la 11. I re r.- r It I r.-S . Iv- t n!tl tilio To r. .nfr.pii9 ea th ma ! t kill th h iri.i ia 14 ik. soi-ii ee Tfi.r anv m -1 . too mttr wfe la d.rxe II 1e ..p.pf !' e St. 11 la Ibe mn rf t ie Ctimmtmrm n( Com r.:..-. fi4.t I 1. fc n-l 1' .rie Ih.r bee -m-rwt for ihel Is fill ef e.rf t-w en-i a l'r tl.u t in ik p-li ii. .Vow. lo. if iKe ; ef e.we I. t. ..ni ul m J -I . .n firm lo ire theory . o tnrl r Mr ll.'l a ft ir:t In- rnl ra!l la lril ea etolusle. , M. ftt eace aei. e4 further ms Ih.l w for . er of lie p filon IK. I II will ber4 aer la em.rt loel writer. fil Ire refill "I B.lre r:r Ins.e4 "f o-ry ar - T" rep". fr I.I e.c iinlora lo 'lh. li.e ef r er uiuia wriirx wriim ef INt enrl . j w. i.tt II from our . ef eihrre la l"ie kun-M in.l IS.e ar aol bkeir l wnk le.or a Ik p.aa. .fr. II. it would apptr M doctrine In lh" rot( pHre. Public demand, rot th correspondent. Governs th rhxrarter rf tc'.t!mat hews printed. If a correspon-lent at l-oo liar culd b Ir.djred to adopt Mr. Hall Ideas Me newspaper on!J promptly seek another representative. If rono were to ba found and the rommunltr ainrd a Tputln as on thl iipprecd new or It trouble. It would almost Inevitably soma dar reap not only the penalty mentioned by th Harbor, but another a welt. Tn unscrupulous Itinerant, trs'lirc on common know I e ! or th cloainc of ordinary news channels, would aeil broadcast a ma nlfled and sensational account of om trivial disaster. On rf a town's bet asset I a newspaper correspondent who ran b thoroorhlr railed upon to supply hl newsraper it't att th r.ews of his rommunltr without distortion or yel low colortr.e Whatever srrowth Is ac complished br spreadlnc th impres sion thai a town I a tlttl heaven on earta I but tmporrr and uperflclal. A population attracted bv misrepre sentation is not t.)I. and a disloyal element wltl counteract th effort of a much Urtr bo-wtrr rrsanUatlon. a conr f tr 1 nt rtm irrrY. Tb public la already famllur wllh th lavish u of tb Crni mil lion br th earnest Endowment for International pear In brlnsinf atrtul urrender rf American rt(ht In th Panama Canal br mean of th tolls r?l law. It ha reentry sen th actlvttr of tha sam foundation In spreading tha delusions of paclfUnn 4 oppo4 to adequate National defena. Th Instltut fr Public frvlc bow turn attention to th r.enral Educa tion Board founded br John I. Hock, feller. It purpoe belnc to obtala full pubtl.-ltr for th operation of uch Institution. Th Oereral Edocallon Toard aart thai ITJ . ha been contributed br Mr. Rorkfltr to It fund, and that of this sum 114. l 'HI htd br th board nd Ml.000.00 has "fin malnlr to strertthrn th r urcea of hlher lntltutlon nf Irarn. m; and t develop public education tn the Southern tale." Th Instltut a tht of thl ni.o.o. i:j 0.- 1) went to two other ltockrrt!er In ttitutlon br th donor" direction: that II. 209.000 went throuch th board to ltlf: and that of llt.00.- actually controlled by th board. I .. had not yet ron. but as pledced rondltionally on gift by oth.r rf ftv tlmaa much. Th board seem to h obtained a voU n th manacrmenl of many mlirfct at a minimum cot. Th In stltut say that of MS collece who resource wer "t r. r rt hened" In thirteen yr. thirty-! 'wer rtren or pidcd IS.00a or le, yteldlnc In come of 110 to IJiO. whll four teen cot or more, and that th coilec recelvln tha larreat sums were chl-f'r already th strongest finar.ciaiiy. Tn Instltut asks for opinion as to whether h resolution adopted by :h NallocaJ Education Assoc lallon la lt zprsinc far of foundation In. r. j en.ee wr In or unwise. Tb. Or-onlaa say uohealtatlntly they wr wis and ar with th Instl tut that thee lubKU should b dis. fuaa,.). It I Intolerabl that men who have acquired vast wealth by Cof freeelor.al favor, a b Mr. Car Be!, or that men of Mr. Rockefel-ier- feu!tlir busine th!cs. which &ATv ta ccnismc4 by law nd pub lic opinion, should b parmltted to us their money In Influencing public ... .... t.t ..imn or In VI'IIIIVII . colorlrf education unle ther Is full publicity. nn certain inu.aium or a certain foreign policy I encour aged with Carnegie money, the public should know who get the money, that it may duly discount th recipients' utterance. When certain colleges get Rockefeller money, the fact should be published, la order that th people may expect to get th Rockefeller brand of education at those colleges. . . . . . 1 . -w v. - - . KM....lAn . m I n t I UOIiniT owv h'vh"h th Carnegie peare-at-any-prlc policy ini mm iiocRiiciiir u"."u thk-a. Ry.rRrii jttne kat. In this ag of Innovation ther Is non more Illuminating than that Jut undertaken by the American Genetic Society, which h organised It force to embark upon Important research ., 1- ik. fashioned davs It Wa the clurrury practice to set about these .1.. .v .miinnini laboratories and systematically collecting concise data. Tear hav been pnded by such uner.ilghtened scientific explorer a Darwin In inquiring imo irtunn mor or lew detached circumstances i. .M.nu.rlnn m-llh the orlain of specie, whll our greatest philoso pher ana ciemita n uu.o.i uo cade of tlm aearchlng out hidden natural and moral laws. liut no s-ich cumtjersomo tactic will he emplord br the American Genetic Society. If on may be guided by th manner of seeking certain gTeat facts in which th society la Interested. Was snr great man or woman the product of an ancestry which represented, on the averafs. four generation to a century? What evidence U there tending to show that In r.y group of animal th amount of Improvement . iift. in ar.imsi nowrr I not ex actly proportional to the amount of acquirement by ancestor above or be low th normal? Thee and many other profound question ere of the deepest concern to th society, which, accordingly, ha raised a fund and of fered prUe of i:o ror tn oiuuoo of each problem. A new Henc. Indeed. It leaves th scientific explorer free of the mu of detail and hard routine work. -T-. . .... iiK.rfv fa annlv their 111- .mwf . - .... pert"r power to classification of th paper submitted. nen an ui -dene 1 in from the varlou competi tor th oclty Investigator nerd merely segregate, arrange and digest th evidence and present their con clusion. Following this Inspiring method there Is no reason why John I. Rockefeller or Andrew Carnegie ........ ia KjMnm. lha world" srreat- est scientist do thr o desire. All re quired I a few pnxes ana a nine ps tlence while awaiung in i-i'iuu"n. -,lnllfl. fanirlr. hat a l"t of U of un- . . .ml hnthrr iurh men a Nton and Kant look upon them selves. nor IT FAT TO BE A POCTORt With th varlou medical school of th country turning out graduate at a high rate of speed. It wa with a considerable degree of pertinence that the Harvard Medical School under took to find out Junt how the various doctor wer faring In their chosen profession. Apparently the Harvard faculty wa anxious to ascertain If doc tor wer being supplied more rapidly than new ills for them to treat were being discovered by medical science. The tone of discouragement and dis satisfaction noted In the response l somewhat surprising when the basis of dr.spondrncv in checked. Incomes of from $3000 to J000 per year are disdained, apparently, by the practi tioner, who must have entered upon the practice of medicine with a belief that It was an avenue to immediate wealth. If not a get-rlch-qulck propo sition. A Vancouver. B. C, doctor 1 espe cially bitter. 'Time ar harder than ever and collection are rotten." he write. Adding, evidently by way of emphasizing the hnrshnes of his lot. that he took In only $000 In the yenr. Another doctor complain of tho in gratitude of patient, "especially In th lytr.g tongue of womn." H wm compelled to ek out a nlcgardly ex istence on a bare 14100. No doubt he mlcht have made double that return had not some female patient belittled his professional ability. "There are too manr doctors," exclaim a third victim of these professional hardships, who wa compelled to forego limousine and country home In order to get through the yenr on 14300. Ptlll an other appear on the verge of giving up the struggle. '"It l almost neces sary to have capital or a rich wife to get a st-.rt anywhere within twer.ty-flve mile of Iloston." he walls, and report hi total Incom at barely IJ04 a month. The dir grievance might tlr us to ymplhy r It not for the sus picion that they ar "purely psycho logical." They savor of a specie of hypochondria that must b peculiar to some young doctors. The verg man In lh aversg profession I deiigntea If he ha an Income of from IJ00 to ISO a month after five or ten years of ndvor. H may not b satis fled by that return, but he I content, at least, to let his Incom develop gradually during the formative day when h I proving hi worth and broadening th cop of hi service. Po It U with tb uoresaful and con tented gort of doctor. Th young physician who expect th larger re turn to com his wy aim ply becau he ha a diploma I doomed to dis appointment. If h add to IhU de lusion a belief that hi diploma equip him for life, then a is doomed to failure. He mut study and work to keep abreast of the times. He must also bear In mind that auccesa and wealth do not lie In a mere decision to be a doctor, but In th energy and capacity exercised alter th coveted diploma ha been secured. . THE KXVUtO siurrtNO IMI.L. In It revised shipping bill the Ad ministration h. evidently attempted to meet all criticisms on the former bill except those which relate to the fundamental principle of Government purchase and ownership. Th Govern ment la to operate the hip only If private capital fall to leas them, and then not on route where private en terprise furnishe atlsfactory crvlce at fair rale. The ahlp would be ub Ject lo call for Government ervlc In tlm of war. and the crewa could vol unteer for naval auxiliary ervice. In purchase preference would be given to Amerlcan-bullt ship, and those built abroad would be restricted to foreign trade, a Is the law with re gard to privately owned vessels. "Men of larg. practical experience" In for eign commerce would comprise the majority of the shipping board, which would regulate both domestic and foreign water trafric. -Regulations would b liberal for American, rigid for foraica P. -vl Amertcaa rsa- sels could not be sold to foreigners without the board' consent All that can torn aald In defense of this bill Is that It ts less objectionable than' the bill which was talked to death In the last Congress. The vital objection still stand that there 1 no need for the Government to go Into the hlp-ownin; business. If It will get off th track, private capital will build aa fast aa possible to meet the need of commerce. If the Govern ment will compensate ship owners for the extra cost and for the risk of hav. Ir.g their vessels withdrawn for naval ervice. they will build to meet re quirement for transport and win employ crew enrolled In th naval reacrve. Private capital will engage In the shipping business the more readily If Congress will revise the ship ping and seamen's law In such man ner a to equalize the cost of opera tlon. The war ha already almost equalized cost of construction, and private enterprise Is doing more In that direction by standardizing the building- of ships. One company pro poses to confine It activity at one shipyard to a certain type and size of ship, manufacturing ship by th doz en aa razor and knives are manufac tured. It expect to reduce the cost :S per cent as compared with the gen eral utility shipyard. In short, the Administration can get all that Is possible of what we need without becoming a ship owner If It will adopt the policy outlined, and will grt It permanently. Whatever It get by the McAdoo policy It avill hnve only for the duration of the war. While war freight rates continue on tho ocean, shipping companies may chnrter Government ship at rate which will pay Interest on tha Invest. ment. When the war ends, when competition again has full sway and when rates consequently fall to nor mal figures, th old handicaps of higher cost of operation and probably of higher cost of construction as com pared with Kurope and Japan will again come Into play. The Govern ment will then be able to lease It vessels. If at all. only at a loss In In terest on Its capital. By accepting these terms It would actually sub sidize the operating companies, and the Democratic party would adopt the policy which It baa constantly de nounced. The tonr and short of the matter ts that the Administration propose to Invest I SO. 000. 000 to secure a very limited number of merchant ship which cannot operate after the war except at a loss. Hy staying- out of the field and making- a wholesale re vision of the shipping laws It can make the business permanently profitable and can thereby Induce the Invest ment of many time $50,000,000 In private capital. The limited gain by the McAdoo policy can bo made only by Investing that sum and by suffer ing an annual loss, which would In ef fect be a aubldy. The greater gain by the alternative policy can be made without investment or subsidy. The only effective legislation against and prosecution of trusts we have ever had originated with the Republican party. The Democrat have denounced and Investiirated. but they have drawn the teeth of the law and they have not compared with their opponents in energy of prosecution. They are pro fuse with promises, but weak In per formance. Though they accuse their opponent of alliance with the trusts and the money power, the most effec tive work to dissolve great combina tion and to end their exaction has been done by the Republican party. The Harney County Tribune, a weekly paper, ha been established at Bums by M. C. A they, a young man who know the mechanical end of the business from bottom to top. Editorially the Tribune shows that he is well up In that end. too. This gives Burn three papers, which Is too many, but that la matter for solution later. If controversy between Admirals rages over a theoretical naval battle, what would happen If there were a real battle? The Sampson-Schley dis pute gives a hint The crisis In Roumania has become chronic, according to belligerents, but they are under such severe nervous tension that they see and dream thing. Why the National" "dry" convention la to be held In Minneapolis Instead of Milwaukee, and In July, too. is one of the puzzling problems in politic. The difficulty about getting relief to the starving- Poles seem to b Brit ish apprehension lest the food should find Its way Into German stomachs. Since irrigation dams have taken th essence out of the June rises. Portland must depend upon Winter freshet for annual spectacles. Governor Whitman declaration for Justice Hughe strengthen the opinion that the only obstacle to Hughes' elec tion aa President Is himself. When four hundred women and girls apply to fill three position It how a condition aa remarkable as It 1 distressing. W ar fortunate that the Chinook la not accompanied by continuous heavy rain, for we ar thus saved from a serious flood. A Panama Exposition that Is the real article opened in the Isthmu ye terday to run one hundred day. Look for more breaking out at the Penitentiary- A returned convict brought mallpox with him. Tw4tmr, a nnrht lo ret at least one of those proposed twenty-two battle ship to build. ttnar honntlful 1 the blue of the sky! There's a moon In It some where, too. a a-rAf lima to order cleaning of the sidewalk la before, not after, th thaw sets In. v.ar York I In so highly nervous a condition that It sees bomhs on all sides. What a weird thing history would be if Reed College freshmen mad It. trow to make the owner of a vacant lot dear his walk Is a problem. Ha not Great Britain got somebody like Ulysses B. Grant? A new Ford expedition! Have mercy. Henry! It's all over but the cleaning up. O, genU epriDgl y MCST HAVE WORLD CO-OPERATION Ob Aatioa I Warmed Cannot Ioanre It Own Peaee. MARTHILL. Wash.. Feb. 7. (To the Editor.) I wish to call attention to an article by David Starr Jordan, entitled "Peace at Any Price," which appeared in the January 29 number of Har per's Weekly. Dr. Jordan sets forth his ideas in very plain language, right fully earning for himself the title of a "pacifist from the word go." N ar in any case should be a court of last resort; we. a a civilized nation, have never advocated otherwise. But where Is the patriotic citizen who does not agree with me when I say that na tional dishonor Is far worse than war? Dr. Jordan Is an educator of the highest order from the standpoint of super ficial knowledge, but he does not-give the stand of the United States of America when he says that "Armed peace is not worth the price It costs. It Is not peace. It Is all based oi war," etc. Dr. Jordan also maintains that we, aa a Nation, should take a stand that would "cast light on the folly that caused toe present struggle," Does he mean to Infer that we should set an example to the world at large by un arming ourselves totally, thereby start ing the good work toward universal peace and a world's court of arbitra tion? Well and good; we are ready to do that when the rest of the world shows a disposition to do likewise, but not while, accressive. absolute monarchies exist that are a menace to civilization and humanity. How any man. who professes to be a citizen for the wel fare of our country, can advocate any- such Ideas as total def enselestness. is beyond my power of comprehension. The pacifists assure us that the world's last trreat war had been fought and that the International brotherhood of man waa too strong and extensive for another great war to be a possiDiiuy. Yet how do they account for the nu merous bloody wars that have occurred In the najt So years? These are questions that are before the Nation at large today. I do not think that man has so evolved from his former self but what he will still fight for hearth, home and freedom, once be ha tasted of either. SUBSCRIBER. SOLDIER'S STORY OF DISASTER Mr Brara Well Recall One Who Foockt at Bladeasbnr;. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 6. (To the Editor.) Apropos preparedness as Illustrated by recent editorials and communica tions In The Oregonlan. I have this il lustration to give- Reference has been made to the War of 181! to 1815. with Great Britain and Incidentally to the battle of Bladensburg. which was fought August t. 1814. The British were led by General Ross and the Americans were under the command of Genersl Winden. History informs us that "The militia fled at the first fire and the day waa lost to a much inferior number of men from a lack of disci pline' and preparedness. The burning of the Capitol, the destruction of the Navy-yard and millions of dollars' worth of property was the result. I well remember when I was quite a small boy we had a neighbor A. Ream by name who claimed to have been a soldier In that war and that he was in the battle of Bladensburg. I have heard him tell how bright the guns and other equipments of the English glistened In the sun as the soldiers came marching down the hill to the attack: how they were halted and all kneeled in prayer. After which ther arose and began the Tight, Ream said "We were scared to death. I fired my gun and dropped It to run. The man on my right had his ramrod shot from his hand and he too dropped bis gun and was with me. I looked around and the whole regiment was in full retreat. My friend and I -ran 15 miles before wa tried to stop." Ream and his comrades belonged to a Pennsylvania regiment of militia. and It Is very evident that they were unprepared for this battle Properly officered, properly drilled and properly equipped these Pennsylvanians would equal the soldiers from anywhere. W. 11. BY Alts. Xt bteep Grade Records. PORTLAND, Feb. 7. (To the Ed itor.) tfo far as known, what is the steepest per cent grade ever climbed by a stock automobile? A. H. There Is no way of giving a satis factory answer to this question for the reason that official measurements are seldom if ever taken after so-called record-breaking climbs. The whole thing hinges on tho matter of traction and that makes the answer doubly Im possible, for the tractor advantages are different in every situation. It is said that some of the powerful cars would climb up the vertical aide of a house if the wheels could get traction. So far as I know there has never been any offi clal competition on steep grade climb ng. As to local achievements it may be mentioned that L. H. Reese is said to have driven an electric car up a 57.2 per cent grade over cement steps below an Arlington Hights residence; B. H. Patterson claims to have driven a big car up a 48 per cent grade on a hill near Heppner; and D. Mlsner, of Salem, last year succeeded in driving a light car part way up the steps of the State Capitol, said to be 45 per cent, before traction became Impossible. May Be Busy la Health Dareaa. PORTLAND. Feb. 7. (To the Edi tor.) I think it is a burning Fha;ne the way you and some others pictc on, harry, badger and malign Commis sioner Daly. Tou don't seem to appre ciate or even realize how very much Mr. Daly would have saved the city by spending 1250.000. or more, for water meters and by removing me oppressive meters on garbage. Mr. Daly Is a very busy man! Under stand? Perhaps at the time of the unexpected occurrence of slushy streets Mr Daly's attention and valuable co operation may have been urgently required and solicited by Mayor Albee In the conduct ot tne iieaun jiureau, in which he (Daly) already has so signally distinguished himself. Of course, removal of the slush could not have conduced to the health and com fort of the city or Its people. 1 say. recall the other Commissioners and make Signor Daly city manager. Whv suggest Colonel Goethals. when within our gates we possess such emi nent home talent? Viva Daly! Viva Carranza! Viva Patagonia! O. u. KIDU Owe Hoaevt Jitney. PORTLAND, Feb. 7.I-(To the Edi r.) I drive a Jitney bn the Twenty ilrd and Thurman-street route. I signed to run a Jitney from A. M. 13 P. M.. E-cent rare according to e recent ordinance. My car has been i tha run steadily through rain and ... v kau. nnr tinr! "for hire" sign on my car through the present storm, but have run straight Jitney. I have tried to give the best service pos sible under the weather. H. S. LANE, 501 East Fourteenth street Value of Old Newspaper. PORTLAND, Feb. 7. (To the Ed itor.) Doe any historical value at tach to a copy of the Ulster County Gazette. Kingston, N. T., Issue of Janu ary 4, 1800? This particular Issue con tained an account of the funeral of George Washington. S. W. Thousands of fac-simlles of tho paper mentioned are in rrint. If genuine it would be worth only what some col lector or museum of history cared to ay. There is bo fixed price on relics JOY FOUND IN FEEDING BIRDS But Writer Is Puzzled by Action of Mlaratory Robin. PORTLAND, Feb. 7. (To the Edi tor.) That our "little brothers of the air" are starving in and around Port land is surely not the fault of The Ore gonlan. A small boy at our house be longs to a bird club, and from the first of your appeals for the birds every article has had to be saved for him. In consequence, some Issues look very much "cut up." When the first snow flew we put up a feeding shelter on a little roof outside the window two empty apple boxes facing each other, about four feet apart, and boards laid across, mak ing two end alcoves in our dining-room and a long covered space between, open at each side. Later we put up a parti tion so that our better-behaved visitors could eat in peace and unmolested by domineering little sparrows. We have kept our eating-house sup plied with everything suggested and more and it has been a day-long de light to the other and larger bipeds, within, to watch these dainty creatures and their "table manners" at close range. The restaurant is never empty till bird bedtime. Then we take in what is left to save it from cats and freezing; and when we appear in the morning our little feathery friends are found perched around on rail and bush eagerly awaiting "the breakfast bell." We have counted among them, two kinds of sparrows, robin redbreast, wood robin, the junco (or snowbird), with his little black bib neatly hanging down over his gray stomacher, the (inch with lovely red head and neck: and last and biggest, the beautiful Alaska robin with coppery-barred wings and copper-colorpd breast adorned with a charming: little black dickey. And. now. one who is not -ersed in bird wisdom closes with this query: Since the Alaska robin is a migratory bird and has come thus far for a milder climate than his northern home affords, why does not the instinct that brought him here, carry him. in an un usual stress like this, still further south till he find what he came for and must have to insure self-preservation? E. L. R. ANOTHER COMMENDS CARRIERS Woman on Height Award Boy Blue Ribbon for Faithful Service. PORTLAND. Feb. 7. (To tho Ed itor.) I wish I could sit upon the bench and sentence every dishonest man his dues who makes the newspaper carrier call more than once for his pay. Some tightwads would be un able to read the paper In daylight for awhile. I live on the heights and plainly 1 see what the carriers have to contend with up at 3 o'clock A. M. and facing all kinds of weather and climbing hills and lately taking one step for ward and slipping back two. It is like the little boy"s example. His teacher told him to figure a cat out of the well. He was to bring it up one foot and it was to go back two feet. How long would it take to get it out. The boy figured both sides of his slate full and had not yet got the cat out. He remarked that if he had another slate he would figure that cat J out of the well or in some other place. I think of that story on seeing the carriers trying to deliver papers up hill. They know how much people en Joy the newspaper and they exert every effort to please us. I have taken The Oregonian for 15 years. It has become my dally companion. I am very much disappointed, for the day if I miss petting it. which is very sel dom. While I did not expect on one of the cold, stormy days to receive it, I heard a thump on the porch and there was the faithful carrier as usual. The carriers are entitled to the blue ribbon. They are brave enough te stand on the battlefield before the guns of an enemy. WOMAN SUBSCRIBER. IN EVERY TONGUE. Where are thou, oh Oregon's balmy clime? Thou, too. we fear are falling fast In line; Thou art stinging; thou art very, very cold. We scarce believe that thou, eo bold, bold, Wouldst come in the stillness of the night Freeze the water, our precious palm trees bite. Where art thou, oh Oregon's balmy clime? We waita de long time, we give you lntta de time; We lika not tell de story you maka de vega grow. But we lika de rain we not lika de purty snow. We gotta de work. Tou no hurry up an cum dack ; We're gonna getta. de clothes up and pack. -hurry Veil! Fare art thou, oh Oregon's balmy clime? Ve vant the puisness; shure diss Iss no time , To freeze up the beople. Ve need 'em, I say. They stay at home, ve make no money diss vay. We unly prepare for you, shure ve vant Just you. Vill you sqvuare yourself to this Ore gon Jew? Where art thou, oh Oregon's balmy clime? ' Aye tank you bane mighty scarce for long time. Tou better hurry back. Aye almost bane needin'. Aye tank Aye save money, go back to Sweeden. Aye no like the snow.. Varm like weather Aye like. What you tank, we like to always wear seven sweater? Where art thou, oh Oregon's balmy clime? We've waited a wee bit ya nay cam some time. I wee'l I cane we miss you. Our hearts be ear re. Gin cold stays on and you cum back nay marre. The grlss is out and times are a wee bit slow: We nay can live without you, we need you so. Wheah ot thou oh Oregon's balmy clime? I say, old girl, we need yon all the tlme. Weah not acclimated we are not used to snow. I say, old girl, you are cold, don't you know. My purse strings were nevah so weak. I feah. Come on: warm up to me, oh deah; oh deah. Fare in diss vurreld art thou, Oregon live wire? Fen I get up In the marrining und build mv fire My feed ts frozen so quick already eo soon. Dot I Jump so fast und so high as the bege moon. By gollles, ef you doan t hurry oup and taw oudt. I git so mad, I doan't know vhat I am talkin aboudt. NELLIE R. CABLE. 1077 Division street Own Gin Cet Woman Hat. -BEND. Or., Feb. 6. (To the Editor.) In The Oregonian January 30 1918, I read the article, "First Kabbit Hat Is Mr. Sinnott's." I have him beaten a month. 1 claim ine uisuncuun ui being the first woman in Crook County to shoot the rabbits. -prepare the furs and make my own fur hat It looks fine and it is warm this cold weather. 1LK3. JU14A BXUWti. In Other Days. Twenty-live Yearn Age. From The Oregonian of Feb. 8. 1S9L Salem. Feb. 1. E. L. Quimby. a pioneer of Oregon, died this morning at Woodburn at the age of 82 years. Hia remains will be taken to Portland to morrow for burial. State Treasurer Philip Metschan came from Salem yesterday afternoon and registered at the St Charles. J. C. Murray, formerly foreman of the manufacturing department of Gold smith & Loewenberg, but who has since accepted a position as traveling sales man for the same firm, was presented in a neat speech by M. L. Kline with a handsome cane In behalf of the mem bers of the workshop. Samuel Elmore and a party of cap italists from San Francisco were in the city yesterday and went to Astoria last night to look over the ground with a view to locating a can factory plant The late William H. Vanderbilt is quoted as saying a few weeks before his death: "Too much money is a nuisance. The happiest time in my life was when I was worth $300,000." .President Diaz of Mexico began his political career as an insurgent and insurrectionist, but he has toned down into a law-and-order-loving President, who wants the Mexicans whom he rule to be quiet and shoots them if they don't Judge L. R. Webster, of the First United States District, holding court at Jacksonville, has been in the city for a few days. He will leave this even ing for The Dalles, where he will hold a term of court for Judge Bird. Half a Centory Ago. From The Oregonian of Feb. S. New Orleans papers say that never before was there such a heavy demand in that city as now for all kinds of mechanics. Many carpenters can earn $S a day as journeymen. There was a large attendance yes terday at the pale of A. B. Richardson, at which the beautiful horse Emigrant was sold to Bills & Co. for $2750. This evening the Hebrew Ladies" Benevolent Society will give its second annual ball at Turn Verein Hall. The new iron works in this city, in corporated last September as the Wil lamette Iron Works, yesterday went into successful operation. The first "heat" of 2800 pounds of iron was cast in three-quarters of an hour after tho blowers were turned upon cupola. John Nation is the superintendent We are pleased to meet with Dr. S. P. Farnham. of South Boise, who la here en route to New York for tho purpose of attending to the business of the New York & Idahp Gold & Sil ver Mining Company, of which he is the superintendent McCraken. Merrill & Co. have Just received from the Sandwich Islands 2300 kegs of sugar, 350 bales of pulu. 50 sacks of kona coffee. 1S8 mats of rico and 9 kegs of pappioca. Not a single person. It is stated, has been killed by a railroad accident in the German states since the origin of that mode of travel. PESTILENCE POSSIBLY WEATHER Silver Thaw May Account for Bone Found by First While Men. WA SHOUGAL. Wash., Feb. 6. (To the Editor.) How dreary is the pros pect presented in contemplating the ice-fettered landscape. How force fully it brings to mind the old Indian woman and her dire prophecy of a year or two ago. The old native un derstood what she was talking about, but was a little mixed up in matter of dates. She had abundant reason to warn, for she had heard fearsome talfs of what had happened to her race years before. Even savages could not long exist under such conditions us now prevail. With everything thick ly coated with ice as it is now, with out a stick of wood to burn, the tepee loaded down with ice and huge chunks falling from tho tall trees under which they sought shelter; with no provis ions, no game abroad, no chance to hunt for it truly the poor red man's lot must have been dismal in such an extremity. And does this not afford a likely ex planation of the stories told concern ing the finding by the first white men here many human bones scattered about as if some pestilence had swept off the inhabitants? Some such a Winter perhaps worse probably overtook them. Byron's description ot a dream of darkness, when the sun stood dead, and motionless in the heavens; when the last survivors of dread surround ing horrors fought and strove for a place beside the perishing embers, must to these forlorn savages have become a fearsome reality. A WASHOUGALITE. fironndhog Is tVoodchnck. PORTLAND, Feb. 7. (To the Ed itor.) Kindly tell an ignorant person by what other name the groundhog, who couldn't see his shadow Wednes day, at least in Portland, is known? I can find him in neither Webster nor the Britannica. Or is he a fabulous little beast known only in connection with this fairy tale? M. U. L. "Groundhog" is a vernacular name for the North American marmot, or woodchuck. See "woodchuck" in Webster. B Is Right. GALES CREEK. Or., Feb. 5. (To the Editor.) I would be very much obliged if you would settle a dispute which has arisen over a game of crib- bage A holds a hand containing a three, four and two fives. A five is turned up. A counts it as 18. B counts It as 17 Please stato which is right. A SUBSCRIBER. Three fives count two for 15 and six for three of a kind; three runs of three count nine; total, 17. Drawing the Line. Judge, "Is the play one which you -would permit your daughter to attend?" we ask of the lady who has been expound ing her views on the necessity for handling vital topics in the drama, "Certainly." she replies, ''but I wouldn't allow my sen to see it" Pont Take Substitutes Up-to-date dealers never attempt to sell you "something else that is Just as good." They take pride in giving you what you ask for. They prefer a satisfied customer to the larger profits to be made by substitution. They realize that men do not spend fortunes advertising their branSs unless they believe the lat ter have quality behind them. Patronize the ptores that use day light methods. When you see an article adver tised in "this newspaper ask for It by name. And patronize the store that cheerfully gives you what you ask for. J r