The Oregon daily journal., March 21, 1909, Page 42, Image 42

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THE JOURNAL
A! 1KDEPEMDENT NIWSPAPtE.
. JACKSON.
.Psbllsber
' I'uktl.hMI mmm e Mintu faacent Sttsdart and
etary HnadaV BHif atns at Tbe loamal Bui ki
ln, rink b4 yaathiU nmu, fortlaa. Or,
their ' behalf. Such . things have
been done on such occasions before
and with excellent results. It la a
plaa. worthy of consideration. Any
thing; , la , worthy of ',' consideration
that, will promote the vital. errand
of securing to this fair city the ex
rt.r.f .1 ib tmeat Portland, or.. fniplary government that the char
acler or her patient people and the
multiplicity of her Interests to rich
ly deserve,
.' Mr, Vrlght suggests a name for
mayor. The Journal has no candl
date. It Is playing no favorites. It
Is as free as the wind. It la the talj
In nrt kit fhA anrtAnrinCA tn tin In,
.w .'"l'H.1 mm 1TT1 III 1 UIDUOB. BDI 1 . . . a . a 1 . ,
t Ik. Mce ef.The Jouraal'a EnlUh rrnre-1 IfreSl, , Jl OOeS TiOl W1BI1 10 D6
,SJJll&.-&& 1,er y man', behalf It has
one ena 10 serve, ana tnni en a ,is 10
aid If possible In securing for Port'
land a government that will govern
It wants street paving On a business
basis. It wants bridges wisely ad
Justed between shipping In the har
bor and transit traffic, ; It wants
dollar's worth of good government
for every dollar of tax money ex
pended,. It wants a garbage system
for the people and not tor the rats,
It wants a wise and Just relation be
tween the city and the public service
corporations to the end that the peo-
ImnmUkiua Uiruu) Um S-alls M eosd-claaa
suiter i v
sir ernoNRfi main tits. BOataV aewi.
All rprtmn m reacbl by tiiee auuibrra.
tall tha o para Iv tka departmeut jm wast.
roitEION ADVEBTISINO REPRESENTATIVE.
Bmtatntn 4 Kantaar Co.. Branawlct. Bullrttaa.
,r.'5 Fifth itrau, New Xorkj lOuT-08 Bore
, uuiiaing. Chicago.
' aantall
tre.
fill he r-rl'tA.
Subaerlptloa Tama br ana It e to any addraai
a lua aiira auiaa. Canada Maziest
. DAILY.
On raar ..$0.00 Ona swath. M
raar ....11.60 f 0;a Booth......! .S3
TAIlf AND SUNDAY. .
Ona raar.... ...... IT.60 una Braath.. ....f .S3
F
i Characters never change,'
opinions alter characters are
only developed. Disraeli. .
IS : - - --a
WHO WERE THE REAL BUNKO pie's interests shall not bo sacrificed,
6TEERERS? ; ; 1 1 and It wants, Portland to have the
name of being the best governed city
OR"A" NEW member, t Senator! on .tha Pacific enaat: Aa i "in tha
Chamberlain Is given important Identity, name or politcal complexion
commute assignments. He is of the men who shall , do this The
to be a member of the sonata Journal cares nothing -,, It Is the ca
committee on Indian affairs, which la I pacity, the conscience and the con-
a piace or importance to a northwest structtvo brains that is wanted, and
senator. ,: no is on the 'committee on) it is in the hope"of securing this and
military affairs a plane which has tol In tta further 'hone ; of convincing
do with some of the largest concerns the people of . Portland , of the Im-
or tbe country. His most Important Dortance of this that these matters
assignment,. However, is on the com- are discussed in - these columns,
mittee n irrigation. Which. Is Der-1 The r mattera that nhnnlH hn nf
naps tne most important of all the deen concern, in i this community.
committees to a western BenatorC The I with the opportunity at hand. with.
irrigation movement is one of the I the city In the career Of a vast and
largest of all the enterprises of -the virile evolution.-this city 'should be
nation; It involves millions of money J saved . from any lapse Into peanut
and the making of provision for hab-1 government conducted by p6anut
nations, Homes and living for men men.
on lands that are now: unoccupied.
It means the growing of grasses and
grain where there is nothing now i
but sagebrush. It means civilization
. and thrift for areas that are now un
civilized -and destitute, j The cora-
rulttee In charge of this work, takes
rank with rivers and harbors and Inj
A TIMELY COMPLAINT
T
HE STAYTON. MAIL- complains
thafc recently, a responsible pqrS'
son came . there, representing
X
outdoor 137. In London alone 1 5,- distrust andlbe at war with them, Washington . county.. Oregon, : and
600 mors paupers are being main-lCtPr'n tD0 tleld to tear down when (have attained such a reputation that
lainea man in me eixhties. In SDltaliny seen iw ouuu igr a ueuer gov-nuc unus-nm . uikuuoi iiricc in iub
ot the fact that nearly $300,000,000 Jernment sbere?; There Is a lot of I market. -It is said-of these onions
a year has been snent on edncation. good "the paper could do if It would that they have an unvarying Btaud-
neaun and poor relief, the army of Kei om oi us sourea siaie oconina ru v. Biwiieoce, iuu iubi, mo con-
dependents does not diminish. 1 Thlnd Quit its Incessant knocking. It I tents of .packages are always unr-
pnblie workhouse has become in. could be of great help to Portland form. The valuetof the incident Is
creaslngly resorted to by able-bodied 11 wud hop ahead and bury I In the hint the higher prices give all
paupers. Many paupers are livlnr in I11 evenasung Hammer, it could oeiproaucers io sees: tne nignest stana
unsanitary and. Immoral conditions. ' eood ervlcft In getting good men jar d. In the products they, market.
The commission reports that un- ,nto tM neia ni helping to elect
der modern Mndustrial condition them Instead of saying things to
wealth and wares have increased and keep them out of the field. t
the cost: of llvinar has diminished. Portland and Portland people have
The condition of the workshop has been k,nd- t0 the Oregonian. They
lmnroved. but the strain of mal have paid U-rt paper enormous sums
Chinery and competition on the one 01 money, mey nave supponea ana
a - - nMAi)ia,Mil I A fPhaM VaiiA AofAAl
nana aemands a nitner akin than uu'"',fc l uj uaiv wauc.eu
the English system of education Dro- ana maintained K win "er patron- iciai ciuo or tnat city denounces the
as. and on the other hand rejects BKe Ia rcturi more-Is due from it holdup as "unjust and absurd." The
THE
Mr
MONMOUTH
. ,.
RESOLUTION'S
' OXMOUTII , repudiates the
movement to hold up the Oregon-
Agricultural college ap
propriation: In resolutions
They have fostered! unanimously- adopted : the. Commer
dnces. and on the other hhnd ralArti
or elects the workmnn with inroaa- than the rank statement that "good I spirit of the resolutions is reflected
Ing frequency at an Increasingly men cnnt be elected . to office In I in the utterances of nearly, every
early age. The tendency Is to create this city." : 'v, ';r;,, ;;".,; newspaper In the'state. It is the
an.immense Doay or casual work- - , - a,- v .v. uuu1Cu
men' and . thr in nn aatinfArinrT Its opportunity too ;momentous standpoints.' . The heavy attendance
method by which their , labor can be lor " lo PerBIBt ,n Dein n" ior siuaenis at ids agricultural coi
Auntralian Itailways.
Vtaxii th Christian Selenoa Monitor.
AuatralU appeara to a, arg -x t -u t to
have aolvad the (juration of the atatej
rallaay. It la a nernlly hold opinion
aTl 1 a. a. -. ta
Bk I WW. I I " " TTkw I
, waiuuns on me iUO I
In the March American Maaailnu,
Uiat th atata railway Is an Inefficient w lll.m 111. wkiV 1
01... That 1. to say. tl.af the coat I. out J,. "r?toi , t I,UlVr f V'r'"
of all proportion to the aervloe rendered. J l" HIL !. Mt JeWVe"'
ranwaya are a pari or inn miumry ny- -
tein, and whera the employra constitute In "P11 the fourteenth amend-
army corpa In themaelvea, the nation- JJ1"' 10 ' Constitution of the United
allmatlon. of tha railway system Is re- Bt.af',a' Pro" nni corporations having
Rarded as a neceaalty. but In tha United mllllona of dollars Invested In many ot
Kingdom, where the same conslderaaons I lna tatea. are bolna; deprived of their
do ot apply, It Ins always been re- Property "witiiout due proceea of 'law.'
rardiMt aa hevnnd nnaatlan that a more I The clonlnr of the race track a In Mia.
economical as well aa a better service J0"11 "J New York, which has been
could be maintained through private followed by a slump tn raoe track
enterprise. . , , 'fHmblinu all over the country, haa Jo
in Australia the conditions are more Pr'yed thouaanda of people of property
of the nature of those existing la Amor-i wuc hy oorialdored Jut aa sacred
applied where and when it is needed.
Lord George Hamilton, chairman
of the commission, says the condi
tions of .life in London and other
large' cities In England have pro
duced "a degenerate race, , morally
and physically enfeebled." "Degre-
datlon without the sense of shame,
A LIFE SAVING DISCOVERY ,
A
lege means somethings it means
that the school Is close to the people
and that Us work is touching a re-
snonsive chord In every commnnltv.
VlUAKiJi-K or a minion Ameri-jit means that a blow leveled at the
( cans are killed every year tyfBchool strikes - thousands of ' Its
diseases tnat can be prevented, I friends In every Dart of Oregon. The
ney kin an average or.' one practical education that tends to aid
.M,tri,...f.'..ti.,f' V,. . person -every T-twor mlnntesn-Con country lifer that Is aimed at assist
va i-i duo.o m vuio i i insr ine larmer. toe mecnanic. ana
with reference to this carnival of .T '7LI T. .J : opme"V.ul .luy . ia ujr.eii:,u 41
nnvprfv I UD' cu"-cu iu iuo o, uij nuu i bhhibq uanaa ana' -expert, v Drains,
Standing In contemplation ot I . i .1. UTT;' - ' . BeetSl'wlul ' M y""""
these conditions, the observer must ottlulus "w" "l .twiivuim uu ir0m every quarter., vine wisaom.ot
be concerned as to what is to be the Blv,.?6r.h inCinA-g the Monmouth resolutions is man!
solution; of this swiftly increasing P"" rlvrA , ', 8 rest; anovwui do everywnere- ap
VVVi , AO bilO 1UBB ill vtaco 4U UUV I ylttUQcUt. -' ' .-; 7 ' -y.
veal from nrAvnntahla disease. With I ' ' 11
it we could pay the running expenses
problem of the r! world's, "pauperism
Is, aftef all, our vaunted 'tlvlllzatlon.
a failure? ';;.'' " ; :V-;; , ,
. THE CONQUEST OP THE AIR
Pana Emerr has at last consented
of the government, for, five years, or to the marriage of his daughtes to
It would pay a per capita income of Aoki, and since the mother -4s al-
I4& during, a rive year perloa ror ready. akreed and the only objection
ILBUR WRIGHT is so far the every, man, woman and child in the t0 the match' la by; California Japa-
acme, the individual human united states, j.ne saving or tnese phoblsts ,4he chait will entertain -a
triumph, or aeriai-Baviga-1 ticuhib ui murciuiB woum ue motion to make tne vote unanimous,
tion. u It is less a wonder equivalent to tne .creation pi tnree
that he is maklne his fllehts than cities like Minneapolis, St. Paul and
that enterprising. Inventive, ad- Kansas city.
W
venturous people have not done so
long ago. ' 1
This demonstration of, the con
quest of the air by Wright is dra-
others who desired' to bnv matic: he is-paid tens of thousands portance of.the discovery Is begin
small' tracts"" of' land. '.'This aent.l of dollars for. a mere Bight of his ning to be reflected in medical lit-
- I'. '" .V" i - a . .. a.. '.. I j i. ' 1 A . 1. . 1 1 . J A. 1 1
the west probably exceeds the latter l"e Mall says found what suited lugcts, put now. practical, ior un- eraiure. , a is ueueyeq 19 rus m
in importance. The selection is for- these people In location and quality, portant business purposes, , will his significance, with the discovery of the
tnnatn for nrpe-nn with Ht Kn nnri They were told the m-Ice. and were lessons and exhibitions become? . f existence of the tubercle bacilli by
miar miiAn or -mor of nriiT itnd WlllinK to pay it. but before the '- Men.not yet desiring to die can j Dr. Koch
utnuM inn.Ti,i. e.,i.nmonltrMBpHnn could hi jvmanmmntnri remember when the fastest method I scientists a new truth with which
n""'r""u . -7- ... -... 1 i.-ui.
doubtless came to Senator Chamber- " landowners
lain th much file nrAmlnAnra aa fnr. excent at a much
raer presidont of the Irrigation con- M". when these land owners observed above an armful 'Vas an oxcart, avenue for, diagnosis that will be
tnat nomeseekers were ; coming In I w,me htibui imra i yesier-1 umv"- a"u oc uy
and deslrlne to buy Dortlona of thelrlday. Now," ere the grandfather whoj the hope, that an anti-toxin may be
land Ihtjy-increased the priee to, fig- nsetl the oxcarthas been gathered"tTfOlvedrthat wilt be-a .powerful
urea which ..thniuv honibRfoirora rto. by the eloom. a train of luxurious I agent in controlling the disease. It
The girls in a New Jersey sem
Innrv -arhn , nra dAnvlnir that their
A aviuK uiucovery, repyi ieu 1 ,-- f leapteii twice set
some time ago in the dispatches Is the board,ng han on fire face a
tuw iiuuuiB i -uurcie serin, in m dtlemma tbat never confronted their
numan oiooa. ine enormous im-l ia. ai,hinn,hu a-ranmnthor. '
ivwu aODUlVUWUIV f3 mm u va, ua . u a u
?Thl8 latest cool dampness Is' prob
ably the really' last and ' final ap
pearance. -of winter for this year in
It placeain the hands of P i""v - ;
That Oregon ia the fool of the
decided nottoell of getting over a passageway on. the to give .battle to the tremendously ti l V5if d w onTv
1 higher price. That surface of the earth with any load costly: disease. . It opens at once an fam,y 18 aser" LJZ? ia J
. a ZW;: ZZ' l ahnv an nrmf 1 . an ocrt aven.. f,,r dlatnosl that will he ItS heWSpaperS, and evidently iS BOt
gress and his .persistent efforts in
the conservation movement.
False prophesies always explode
tbemselveSvThere were false prophets
who predicted that-. Chamberlain, If
elected senator,- could get no import
ant committee 'assignments.? Their
prophesies "are punctured now and
the wind alt out. along with the Da
kota decision' and the Insistence that
the Oregon method of electing sena'
tor is In violation of .the federal con
etitutlon. Who were the real bunko
steerers? "
A JIAVOR, A, CITIZEN' AND CIT
IZEN'S SUGGESTION - . ,
. "f HERE IS reasop to. believe that
- I many of the', strong 1 men of
I . Portland ,.; are reflecting : with
some concern over the Question
of city government." They ought to,
It is their duty. Thg ' duty is no
more, to the public than to them
selves. - It Is to both. ' Portland ; Is
. no longer a village. - Its public con
, cerns are no longer child's play.s Its
'- public problems are no longer , Indif
ferent and unimportant. It? ? s
large city." It has roached the met-
" ' ropolitan rank.,; Its concerns are mo
mentous, They involve the expeh
t: ditnre of . millions of money, and it is
are complex. They involve the city's
" prestige and its growth. ; ""Tvv
Portland- is so longer a city for
mediocre, officials. ( The ' officials
are the government. . In effect they
are 200,000 people, Tliey.are spend
Ing the money of 200,000 people. It
is not a game for incompetents to
1 play. ; Jt is not a power for lncapa
bles to wield. ; It Is not a substance
for unwisdom to waste. The street
paving, the bridges, the parks, the
: . water system,, thm i tax determlna
. tlons, the city's relations with-pub-
He se.rvlce' corporations, these are
. mighty forces' for average 'men to
manatee. Ttey are far more vital
and faf more V momentoua forces
. L II ft 11 c IU1VMCU IKiUQ luinumcui
of . Oregon. ' To -direct and control
these forces requires brains and bal
ance "ot the first magnitude. It of-
, fers a field for the play of the best
Intellects in "Portland. . It offers
men of brains a public career of the
first rank. There is a call for men
of thetrst rank to accept and aa
eume the function. There will be a
reward worthy of any man's ambi
tion. The cheap men cannot stand
In the way It men ot the best type
ill accept the place. When they
have bat thought ot It. all citizens
of Portland will prefer and be salted
in entrusting the honor of govern
ing this city to capables rather than
incapable.- : -t :
Robert C Wright's . letter, pnb
l shed In yesterday's Journal, offers
trc?i ions. Tby are practical su g
f ct.ti-ns. IU jiropotea that Infla-
r.tUl and cooarlcntlons mea cast
thont and find men of b5g enough
r -Id ho lll cocsf nt to serve. ' He
rit-a thai a pt'trt'ioo te ad.1reed
rvr avitig ttat C.y berorae
i-' ',k'i- for tke rfr'Iv pri-
. "i ff-iM.'li't i'rrrr,T;r,a to
- " r r. r r z . s - Is
science in Its long and , desperate
struggle that opens up-a new epoch
and . . gives hope of an ultimate
trkimph.over the malady. a ,
The discovery was made by Dr.
Rosenberger of Philadelphia. It is
clined to pay, and the Stayton pa-Parlnr coaches outruns the moun-jconstltutesa step In the progress of
per, after narrating the incident, re- tamsiae aeer ana causes tne scared
marks: . -,( ,.; , v coyote to howl with envy.
"That Is the way to. keep, people Fifty years ago men could hot
from locating here. Continue that have imagined this' scene -of trains
policy and Stayton will decrease In rnshing across prairies and over
populationthen there will be plenty mountains- and yet this accompllsh-
of Idle houses." v. I ment Is not . one hundredth part so ( the theme of an article iu the April
" This particular' statement-may be wonderful as that ot the telegraph i numher of the Technical World mag-
somewhat of an exaggeration, but in I and telephone. All this does not I ahie The germ has been found by
substance It Is true. It owners of prove that mankird can numerously Dr. Rosenberger not In the blood of
large tracts ot desirable land around and 5 for Importantly practical pur- a few patients, but in 60 or 60. He
Stayton," Harrisburg, Gervais, Mon- poses navigate the air; yet let us not has demonstrated beyond all doubt
roe ail such'towns in the Willam- deny , the -possibility of such an ac- that human blood acts as a conveyor
ette valley along the railroad lines compllshment, or decry 'as $l vain jot, the consumption' germ from one
-will not sell portions . of their show those who are successfully fly- J organism or tne body to anotner. It
holdings at fair, reasonable prices, ling these airships. , has long been , suspected that the
such as ; these, homeseekers "can at-1 We do not think that In 60 or 100 1 blood waa the possible carrier of the
ford to pay, and are willing to pf 7,1 years-trainloads of passengers will Igerm, but until Dr Rosenberger no
then they, will go elsewhere, to local- be whisked through the air from one has been able to demonstrate
ities where they can purchase such Portland to New York, or from the fact. One of the fact's believed
lands."' : ;' ' Peklna to Paris, yet considering .what to be established by the discovery is
Many of these homeseekers prefer wonders have been wrought, who! that, it is partly proven hat a cer-
irrigated lands, and . will'-, seek fori knows? ? We would not dare to deny! tain, percentage of-consumption , is
them rather, than" pay what they con- tbat such a thing would happen. .. hereditary. This is in conflict swith 1
eider unreasonable ? prices for Wil-1 The adventures of Wilbur Wrlaht. I recent -w. teachings of scientists in 1
lamette valley lands. :. The moral of J the most -successful of -i. the- manrl which Jt has been held that the dts
the incident, of others like It that J people who have sought : the cbn-j ease was contracted through contact
doubtless nave occurred, is: seuianest of the air. are surelv Interest-1 witn , otner 1- inrectea . persons or
orr lanas to nomeseekers at pncesijng. perhapj highly Important.
iney can anoru to pay.-, i neyi win
believed by the thousands of incom
ing homeseekers
Soon caloric, will increase," and
then it -will -be especially Important
to clean up.. , ' J- '
John D. Rockefeller Ill's Birthday.
' Little John. D. Bockefellen, the'lnfant
son of John D. Rockefeller Jry was. born
at the home of his parents lmrVest
Fifty-fourth styeet, New Tprk. March
21,-1908. Aa the grandson, and direct
heir of John D. Rockefeller, the Stand
ard nil mnirnntfr. the child wllWinherlt
a ortune if ha lives that wtu place him
amdnr the richest persons in tha. world.
The Rockefeller fortune, to which, the
baby will succeed, la estimated at xj,-
OOO.OOO.OOOi which, at Its present rate of
increase., would amount to about ij.opo,
000,000 when the grandson reaches .his
fiftieth year. The child is also likely
to 1 inherit considerable-;; wealth' on the
maternal side, for.hla mother was Miss
Abble -O. -Aldrich, the daughter of
United States Senator Aldrich of Rhode
Island, who Is several times a million
aire.
The addition of a teaspoonful of salt
peter to a pot of glue will not only
act aa a deodoriser but will aid th
glue to dry more rapidly and to become t
harder. . -
1
as 00 tne railroad holders of coal mines
uiiBj'Tani, ana nronabiv with
about aa much equity. . And when 0
ciuiuaici '.ne amount or property d
iircu uy ina rrowlna- unt man)
atrainai snmnilng in every Amerlcai
state durlns the 16 years now passlnr.
it Is hard" to realise that the fourleenth
amendment should stand Idly by and
eee alt this wrons done, while It la a..
lea . and In tha United Kingdom than
of those existing; on the European con
tinent. Yet in Australia the nationalisa
tion of the railway system .has been a
distinct success. It may be that .the
management of the Australian railways
haa been particularly competent, but
whatever the cause the fact , remains
that ,ihe country has received the r-
nnp, .-" r ,1 . , . r . vu w wirn ,vi n , ri r
able satisfaction. Some $700,000,000 of ot,VB In behalf of the public aervlce
the- publlo debt of tha commonwealth 'fui cut tne greatest deatruc
represents the expenditure on rallwaya "0B or Property in the country wlthont
and a dividend on this has been, earned, Drooenn of law has been done In
of upward of four and one-half per- brewery and saloon busineae.
cent As the average rate of -Intereat 'The ' anti-saloon . sentiment of .the
payable on the -debt amounts of only nation seems to have gon; to work
three and one-half per cent, the state about 10 years ago, and worked without
makes a clea profit of one per cent much , result for half a deende. , But
on Its .investment. In calculating this "c 190 results have been , coming
profit It has to be ' remembered that a regularly. Bute wide prohlblrton now
lnrira nnMinn nf the raliwava are laid prevails In Alabama. Georgia. Mlaala.
through undeveloped lands, for .the ex-j 1PP." North Carolina. North Xakota,
preas purpose of developing them. These I "'"'" .naas adopted prohibition
lines would never have- been laid, atj'n 18 but did not enforce It rigidly In
mi. .i i t.mA -i.n imti tn I the larger- cities until 19 nit M.in
private enterprise,, for the sufficient j . falvanlxed .her old law .Inip new
n,.t ih.r. ia n nnihii ii v nf I f Iclenoy, , Prohibition now hu 'iki.
any return for many years to come. The! tshed .they saloon In a majority of the :
success of the working of the system I in Ai-Kansas, Missouri, Texas,
by the federal government la therefore, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illlnola,
mors gratifying to the , shareholders, "'"'-" , jveniucxy, iouisiana,
who, in this case..' happen to be the Nebraska. New .Hampshire. .Ohio. Ore
nation: And this gratification Is In.?"; Sou.th .Carolina, Tennessee, Vlr-
ereased by the fact that the prosperity ""d west Virginia. And in
I every one of these states excenrlna- New
O IIU ViaaltVJVS, , W n hiu -wa ... . - - ' - -
other, but Is spread over the entire I Hampshire and Iowa, where prohibitory
country. s I ,aw" !faled in 101, 'there is a
,-, ,v . niiw V I hlbitlotf. Indorsed more or-less definite- '
Our Un-American rollcjr. I , by on. thft two -,. Mrtla. .
Charles E. Jefferson. In , the March I the election of 1J0S tha , antl-aainim
Atlantic. ,' ' ;-.' ;V,', I league made gains in New Tork.' Illln-
. Kv'ery Increase In the American navy I ols. South Carolina, Washington, Id&bo,
strengthens the militarists In London,
Berlin , and Toklo. ;, Tha difficulty- Of
finding a reason for an American navy
increases the mischief. There is a
reaaon -why -Japan has a navy, for she
was driven to it by Russia. There Is
an excuse for Germany encasing herself
and Ohio. The movement Is strong
southern California, and - Is movlf
rapidly uih the coast. In Colorado the
saloon has been abolished from 93
town within lis past-two-years. i In
Massachusetts tn five years there has
been a gain of 110 towns for ths antl-
In armor, for she has dona things. which J saloon territory, and Worcester Is said
awaken fears bf retrlbutloh. One can
find Justification for England covering
the ocean with her guns, for being an
Island kingdom she might be starved to
death if she . did not have command of
the sea. .But- why . shouM the United
States have - a colossal navy tf No one
outside the militarists can 'answer.
Because there Is no ascertainable rea
son or this wn-Amerlcan policy, tho
to be the largest prohibition town In
ths world. In Michigan there are now'
11 prohibition counties and 700 prft
hibition towns, as against 1 . counties
and 400 towns five years ago." In Mln-'
neaota five years have seen the prohibi
tion towna grow front 400 to 1(11. . In
New Jersey, where there has-been a
warm contest for four Vsars. the tem-
peranoe people have secured ; Sunday
other American eountrlbs are beoomtngl cloaing. , iAnd a atate wide campaign
frightened. Braxll haa just laid down j r county prohibition is waging In
an extravagant naval program, for the I rmylvan,,k . . . V
oroud republic of the south cannot con-1 .Th njovement, against the saloon Is
sent to lie at the mercy of the haughty gaininr headway In every 'American
rentitv in At , the' north.. Tna new aenar- 1 wniuirein uuuu 110m
ture nf.JBraaJiasbewltchedgentlna
lh. ill. .1, 1l .h nm. M hM.kt, lUniWIIHUin in HUB mOTOIWTIt. H
f subject to no, reactions. , s The neonl
areote,! hia-b un amid the Andes, and has em teel t1 . saloon Is a law
fired her with a dealre to slval In her breaker; that it is a business xtrva
battleships, her - ambitious , military
neighbor. We first of all have estab
lished militarism In the western world,.
and' are by our example- dragging
weaker nations into foolish and .suicidal
courses. '.
gance, and that it corrupts politics, and
keeps tha people from accomplishing
their, ends. Hence capital . invested in
the liquor business Is not restricted.' as -capital
Invested in public service cor
porations, not divided as all capital Is
divided - through - the 'tux; laws of the
state,' bat destroyed without due pro
cess' of law, and. without recourse or
damages from .the state.".,
- A Grateful Editor.
From the Klncald (Kan). Dispatch. -We
wish to thank the city authori
ties for Quarantining me and my fam-lTnltirmM.n na PnMie axlmnla
.o.-wAekf."0.e""Tb!M P. Orth. In the March Atlantic.
' -nn-r ,' wvwa,. au w w ejaai a.si . vi
that: time my wife caught up with ber
sewing undisturbed by callers. We had
knowledge. H studies about things.
in an Indefinite sort of' way,' but Tiever
ir !S Z - -- ? learns the solid facts. The whole' sys-
tem, from the happy kindergarten ;;to
the mimic college high school, is per
mitted to t go out. - We enjoyed i two
,0,.f,w:' l",.!"'i..l -.' mKKl with the base of lndefiniteneas
u.. ,vt u.ui w.u tuur villi-
dren arrived to visit with us, saw ttie
sign on the door and left town so
scared that she will never come back
again. I : wish to thank the . city - au
thorities and hope they will think of
our comfort some .time again. -
?!l-er-" fr"Jtn.,.mfn.tl"'. .!vral Uro "ot ncouraged.
Secondly, we are told that the., pupil
does not even leara to use his mind
The school Is an enslaver of memory
Instead of an emancipator of reasoning.
Originality lalabooed, and servility de- -manded.
The curse of ths lawyer, the
search for precedent,' is written on the .
b cow of : pedajrory. - Logic and reason.
sales of farm, lands In that vicinity.
increase population, products, wealth
and the radioes of land retained
will be worth more, shortly, than the
whole is now. The complaint of
the Stayton paper is one tbat should
be noted and heeded, by the large
landholders of that locality. -
SOILING ITS OWX NEST
rTHfi!RE Alts many men who I out many perplexing problems.
' I Wrtil I A vnalrA a trmA m.a - - , f . I i a.
T
through the medium of milk or other
foods.
i The discovery with investigations
it has set on" foot, has straightened
It
TIIE WORLD'S PAUPERISM
0
would make a good mayor ia the miasins! link, as it were. In
of Portland, only they could the chain' of the disease, and the
not be elected and know it," I one thing that w411i give scientists
says the Oregonian. Are the people I a definite groundwork on which to
ot Portland, then; so hopelessly per-j base future efforts to stamp out a
verted that they prefer and will elect J disease that la one form or another
bad rather than good ' men to of-1 attacks about 60 per - cent of the
flee? , IS It not a proposition that population of the United States. It
on Its face is absurd? As a matter I will stimulate many coworkers to
of simple fact, is It not trne that. I farther effort In the hope of find-
aside from the - f ew IncomBetenU I inr that "somelhins:" - which will
yBSERVERS IN every land are
concerned over the Increase of
pauperism. - A daughter of J.
PiUJOfganlls cond acting an
eating house at the Brooklyn navy Z "vn? .IXZ v w v ,a "T , v V,
...a i aff A 1 1 ho . want Jobs , for themselves or check, hold and vanaulsh the deadly
yard in the effort to secure proper I. r,onr,a .T.rY diM,Dn t- v- a
food for workingmen. A Denver a ood or a K " " ; -
mfTllrmatr Viaa hcn llMnln with I oie.
-- ----."o ""riMiinrllmAnT What la tha I r- - f k i.m .1... X .t.j
tramps In their, usual haunts In a knin thiw- ni.mat .n.iK Lv. ,
f.UlL P-f.wif ri fatllj,Uc Why insist that the blood does not seem to bear any re-bonalr-
this city , is so pervert latlotl toward the severity of the dis
lodging houses are maintained in the I , it Anmn't want a , .
K- V,V 1 v,wu- BM. a, .u.auv. vo. vui .av
. ' . ... . . . I mentT In. the name of; common few mar be found. In initial state
tne nnempioyea. An army ox set-1 : -... mTtA . -j,.. , in.if.l k av-
" - W " "a. -r T w- - - J aMaaua I XOm fcUBU; SUtSJ W aWaSa nUVlUT.!
Ing , that all 'concerns are hopeless thing determined is that the pree
and that it ia useless to attempt any ence of one tubercle germ ' in the
wholesome movement, for better- blood certainlylndlcates uinsnmp-
mpnt of nuhlle affairs? , Ta Yictan Hnn uim)iM In ilia kMt dail.
to be a recognixed term, synonymous contumely upon onr own people, to it be In the Inngs, other internal or
ot poverty, in this country. I assert of them that ther would not m nr m tha banei r loint Th
It is In England. ho wever that elect a rood man to office, to er-Ualua of this fact becomes natent at
pauperism has reached an alarming rrMt misanthropy and dismal doubts once, even to the lay mind. 'What
stage. A report by a royal commit- does no good. It does treat harm. I this will mean It well understood
sion. iruire years .01 stacy, re-jit throws obstacles la the way when I when it Is remembered that a cor
neals distressing conations ana mei-jthe people are seeking to help tfaem-lrect diagnosis la the early stages
ancnoiy conclusions, inn commit.) selves aad tnelr city,
tlement workers Is at work in the
same city in the Interest ot the pau
per class. Even Portland has her
Commons. - The bread line harcome
Hon comprised an ex-cabtnet minle
ter, a Roman Cat hoi let bishops three
Episcopal tlergymen, - three profes
sors of. political economy, three
ladles and various other persons,
numbering 21 In all. " It'wlll require
40 printed volume to contain the
evidence. The commission - finds
that Is ti years the number of la
door paupers la England aad Wales
has Increased 21 per cent, and oat-door-
49 rr cent. In TnetrepoliUB
districts' the tsmber of Indoor pas-;
f-rs tas IccrtaFcd JS pr tftt SEd,
The utterance Is a discouragement
to good men from accepting office.
It tells them they cannot be elected.
It tells them the voters ot Portland
are a mob, unappreciative of good
men and opposed to good govern
ment. Though it is untrne the ef
fect is to deter good men from con
tenting to- become candidates.
Why cannot the Oreronlan enter
Into ths lire of the city and-be a
part of it? Why can It eet be syrh
;s't?tle with their f rlratlons ar.d
m-c sorre good la tbe pcip" Why
when a care is possible is of ex
traordinary value. "Again, it will
now be easy for1 chysldsns to un
derstand why cues spoken ot as
typhold-pnenmojila and other types
are la reality initial stages of tuber
culosis, aad being recognized they
w'ill be treated as such. .
IDAHO, LIKE OREGON, ; PLANNING
RAILROAD; CONSTRUCTION
'!'. By Colonel K. . Hof er.
". In view of the constant misrepresen
tation of the campaign for district-aided
railroads, it is worth while to review
what has really been ' accomplished.
Last August the Oregon-Idaho Develop
ment congress was organized at Jiarsn
fleW. Ths first meeting was attended
by prominent - cltlsens from ' eastern.
western and southern Oregon.' The com.
mittee on resolutions, of which Governor
Chamberlain waa chairman, reported In
favor of some plan being worked out by
which the people of any section of the
atate could aasist ana pruinuia runju
construction. It was not then - known
Just what plan would be worked out
definitely, but it was ths Intent and pur
pose of tne organization io una w.y a
and means to stimulate raiiroaa. cvu-
structlon. -r v.- - , ' ; ' ' ' - .
At the next session f the congress,
hM at Rnaeburc there waa further dis
cussion of the subject. In which Attor
ney General Crawford. Judge Hamilton,
Senator Bourne and others participated.
The third session of the congrees waa
held at Vale,' Malheur county, in Le
r,mhr. and H Waa ther decided to hold
a. session ot the organization at 3alem.
In January, during tn session oi ine
legislature,, and at Boise In February,
before tbe adjournment of the Idaho leg
islature. . . t ,
At the Salem congress, while the Ieg
lalatura waa In session, m committee
waa formed to draft an amendment to
the constitution of Oregon, which was
found neeeeaarv before any legialation
could be undertaken. At xne same time
It waa decided to ask Governor Chamber.
lain to appoint a highway commission to
wore up an tne aeians in uie tveni i mi
If the amendment to tbe constitution
was adopted by the people the highway
commission would be prepared to submit
cedtira.
plana and specifications for further pro-
A curious featore appears ia the
quotations on onions In the Seattle
rear ket. Oregon onions are quoted
ftt t. Takima it 2 to 2 and
Fax no at stralghL The Fanno
onions are grown by A. J. Fanno la
Tha amendment to tbe Oregoa const!-
rntron waa -drafted by a commission of
gentlemen repreeentlns- the commercial
oraantsatioBB of Portland. Including
some of the Urgent manufacturers and
buaineas men or that city. ,
which la broe-1 and ;omprehenalre, and
provide for grantinr aid and extending
credit to ronatrurt raiireaas Dy countiea,
munlrlrtalltlea or dietrlcta. was Intro
duced la the bouse by Ppeaker MeArthur.
and paaei with nut ai.ar.i oipoeiuon.
la the enate It erri tered the usual
combination cf Intereats. coi-porate and
otherwise, hut finally faaaed that bndy.
belnr atrlrtlv rrkrg thn Krly mx.
ore la defense nf popular Hzhla, which
peeae tbe eenata la spile of terjrftratlon
lnnuer".
lm 1 . - M -, n.r,lAfimMl m r mmm
rnt witn Wltur th la
cf III ean Aa (n f'rrne. the c-r,i-
'aa was jjtre1 Y-r the svfTwir rt
tha atate. Aa In rln. ti' 1 rrrnT
a rt a ep-iaj trtaKe to t i'siela-
ture, championing ths cause of the dis
trict-aided . railroads. i . In Oregon -the
governor was a Democrat. In Idaho-he
was a KepuDiican. as in Oregon, a com
mittee of the ablest lawyers and most
prominent business men got behind the
movement to break the stranglehold on
the development of these two common
wealths; in Idaho It was found that
ma cvniuiuuso or tnat state Interposed
no obstacles to districts and localities
aiding; railroad construction.. As In Ore
gon, the speaker of the house of repre
sentatives, knowing the needs of the
people, championed the measure In the
ot ,,eislation. The Uw enacted In
h T urilo on tne Oregon plan,
m tuuiiraieDiv measure.
It Was known aa emi. hi 11 xr 111
and was introduced at ih. .i.w.i,tk''i.A,,.'
under suspension of the rules, unani'
. 1 Being granted, it was
stated-that tha hill xram nrattmA .a .v.-
instance of ths Oregon-Idaho Develop
ment congress, and It was known as the
",fSon an or oistnct-akled railroad
building. It Was stated that the pas
sage of this act vnulll An In.
building steam and electric railroads
. . ' neraiorcre undertaken. -
It 1S not tha Inlpflflnn .f , .
Idaho Development congress as place a
?JmW.Ln 'ii 7y of Mr.. Harrlman, Mr.
Hill, the Goulds or any other railroad
builder constructing any lines they see
fit in the great undeveloped Interior ef
the two states, mention! Th nhtmm
of the dtatrice-aiderf rsai 1 tAtt A nrn er m
is to give the people an additional meana
of securing trannportatlon facilities. The
principle of dlstrlct-alded railroads is
Identically th same idea that underlies
the creation of a school district a road
diatrict. an Irrigation district, a drain
age district, a sewer district, or a port
district, tn all of which taxes are leviod.
credit la pledged or bonds are issued for,
And thirdly, the results of our schools
sre not- practical.. This is heart on :
every hand, , -The schools -do not fit for
bread . and - batter arn!ngj they rather :
make a boy or girl unfit for the hard
tasks of life. . . -... . ,h
,"A fourth count in the Indictment is
sometimes added by the moralist, whi
claims that the moral traits of the child'
are hardly awakened, and that the boy
f"and girls. especially those who- break; -
the ranks before the eighth grads Is
reached, are entirely unfit to meet the
severe demands that the .temptations of
life make upon them. ;,.u , s . . t -
a definite purroae, onlv her the princi
ple to be applied to securing the crn-st-nctlon
of a raUroad. steam or electric.
The people of Idaho have recognized
the principle in the constitution, and
their areaeral tmenhlr haa na-t4 ii,.
law. A campaign wlil be mad In Ore
gon for- th constitutional amendment
to permit ths teocl or to enabla tha
legislature to enact m similar district
a Wd railroad law. For this purpoae
seaaions of the Orron-Iflabo Dvelot
ment congreas will b held In many of
the citie of central and eaafern Or.
roa. the firat at OntarK XI arch J. JT.
It may te stated that the Orroi-Itahfl
Development onrreea IS (empowj of
rrrenttive nf.th commercial or
ran1atna of the two eutea. and ia
the barking e-f many of tha ahleat mn
and sifot fuhll- anlrlted eltlzna of the
tare common vMltka, They are tt
mrelv v-1allttc aaltatnrs ea has tn 11
rprtitw1 from certain Vnr. twit
Cxl-Ve1M h.'r.,, tnen wht hir d
t'rrn'ne-1 that tarraat r-l " Ira aroaa
ef the rln1 wr'r efa',1 not rnim.n
forever nr Jeve Icr-d.
' ' . This Date In History. ;
1BB Thomas Cranmer. first Protes
tant Archbishop of Canterbury, burned jr
at th stake, t - -.
1775 Luolan Bonaparte.: the ablest
Napoleon's brothers, born tn AJacci
Died at Vlterbo, Jnn 9, 1S40.
--1T7I Ths American ministers, Frank-' '
lin,- Deaa and Ie, received at th 1
French court. -
1781-Bank of Nw York incorporated,
1805-Napoleon annulled th man-tag
of his brother, Jerema, to Elizabeth Pat
terson, of Baltimore. - -
148 harles Louis of Bavaria ab
dicated. -. ; 1-. . -
1851 Peter II. Burnett Inaugurated
first governor of California at San tos,
th temporary capital.
lll Alexander H. Stephens epok in .
Savannah la favor, of th upholding of
the new uonrederat States constitution.
Lions 'and Ants
ICoatrilmtM te Tbe Joarail kr Walt Maan.
tie faamoa Kanaaa poet. Hla pmaa-paaaM will
a a refnlar featore at tala ealtuaa la Tka
Daily Journal.) . .. .. - -
Copyrljht,
iattb
ew
1S0I, by George
Adam a
One a hunter met a lion near
hungry critter's lair, and th way tha
lloa mauled him was decidedly unfair
but tb hunter never whimpered when
tbe surgeons, with their thread, sewed
up forty-seven gashes In Ms mutilated
head; and be showed the scars in tri
umph, and they gav him pleaaant
fame, and he always blessed tbe lion
that had camped upon his frame. Once
tbat boater, absent-minded, sat spoa a
hill of ant, and about a minion bit
him, and you should bar seen Mm
dance! And he used vp lots of langaae
of a dep magpnta tint, and apoatro.
phlzed th lnact la a style wnflt t
print. And It's thn with worldly trou
bles: when the big one come along.
)- serenely ge to meet them. fei:ng
raj! act. doM and strong. bt the weary
l!ttl worries with tbeir retannM sti-rt
and smarts, rut the lid ur-' our c;r
ac, make us gr, and break our
hearts.
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