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TUBX OX TlrE LIGITT, MR. BOW
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IS THERE mismanagement of state
.affairs by Governor Benson?
, That Is the direct charge made
by Mr. Bowerman ' in his speech
at Baker City yesterday, He sal'd ;
"Some of the . public institutions
are getting their supplies at just
one half of ' what the other Institu
tions are paying, .and 'feeing of an
Inquisitive turn , of ' rnln4. I ;have
found the leaks' and remedied the
condition.'!' He also -said -that "the
dlBcrepand.'?.ii;vtlila3mattert..iere
hardly believable,"' and that $50,000
a year could be saved the. state in
purchase of supplies. '
' This is a grave charge against Gov
rnor ; Benson. , "But; the public will
not be satisfied with a mere hint.
What it wants is for Mr. Bowerman
to give specifications and set out full
details. If he doesn't do It, the pub
lic will correctly conclude that Mr,
Bowerman's charges. like his profes
Ions of friendship for the direct pri
mary are palaver, uttered to obscure
thefact that he is the crowned cham
pion of assomblylsm. ,..;. ... '
If Mr. Bowerman means what he
eays, he should give the public all
the facts. In so serious a matter,
especially when Mr. Benson Is a can
didate on the ticket with Mr. Bow
erman, the people want absolute and
reliable information, .Turn on the
light, 'Mr.. Bowerman. . ?
t REVOUmQ COXPITIONg
THE CONDITIONS' revealed yes
terday In a Portland 'dairy herd
are shocking., : Of 68 cows, 53
were tuberculous, and the oth
ers were under suspicion.) They were
slaughtered, and their disease-ridden
bodies were " a shock " to those whd
not describe the sight. The details
as printed in yesterday's news col
umns of The. Journal did. not picture
the conditions as bad as they were,
because the putridity .of the facts
was too shocking to be put In print.
; The head of ons animal was lit
erally rotten" with a . ghastly . pus.
There were, tubercular lesions In the
liver and kidneys. Every gland in
the body was affected. The tissues
of the, stomach and intestines were
filled 'with' horrible; abscesses. ; :
This animal was like all the rest.
; It is a revolting narrative, but they
are, facts that the public muBt know. ,
Having learned of these conditions,
the .milk consumers of Portland
fehoiild remember that J. W. Bailey,
6tate dairy and food ; commissioner,
who la paid a salary to protect the
" "people against Impure food and im
pure milk, is using every. energy and
' the prestige" of his office to break
' down : the enforcement of the pure j
' ; milk' ordinance.' , His affidavit and I
his testimony" are now before a local
, court, and are the main reliance of a
, combine that is seeking to force the
people of Portland to give up the
ordinan.ee that is their only protec-
- tion against the milk from such cows
as .were in this dairy herd of 58
- putrid animals.
- '1 Revolting as was the condition of
; ' the cows in this herd, their milk un
. , til a ,sbort time ago was delivered to
, Portland consumers. The spectacle
' of milk from such a source going
Into human stomachs is a travesty
V. ou civilization. The facts fix upon
the city authorities the unavoidable
responsibility of standing by the
pure milk ordinance to the last limit
- of its provisions and o, enforcing it
. to the strictest letter. Any official
. -who is not prepared to accept and
execute his official obligation to the
public, should resign, or be removed;
TUB ATTACKS ON CHAMBERLAIN
A MEMORABLE Incident in the
history of legislation in Oregon
occurred at the session of
,, 1905. It is an incident that will
r lo6g be. remembered as a landmark
In the progress of popular govern
, ment in the Btate.
- Early in the seBsion it developed
that nearly every bill introduced car
ried an emergency clause. The in
itiative' and referendum had been
; iswly adopted and the emergency
clause to his bill was the trick
! which the member intended to
prevent the measure from possible
eterclse of, the referendum by the
people. ; The presence of the emer
. , . geney clause in the wt after passage
by the legislature made it impossi
ble for the people to apply. the refer
" lE-ftdum. The-'Supretne courtor"tle
state had, already decided that the
legiglature was its own judge of
- whin an' emergency Resists,' and that
, it could therefore use the emergency
... clause flwill,...
And the members were using : it
out snl emergency clause attached:
tt the ieglslature had been allowed
to, have its own way,- the 'newly
fcdoiitf d.refercndum would have been
practically nullified 'by the presence
of 'the emergency clause, and the
whole effect of the referendum
would have been lost so far as prac
tical utility was concerned.
'" But It so happened that Chamber
lain was governor, and Chamberlain
was not. the ( kind of man to permit
a game of that kind to be played on
the state. In a ringing message.that
at once became famous, he warned
the legislature, of both houses .'that
the emergency clause would have to
come off. II said the people had
adopted the referendum, giving them
the right to veto legislative acts, and
that they should not be cheated out
of that right by the tricl of an emer
gency clause. He made no threats,
but the legislators understood per-i
fectly that he would veto all bills
that carried the emergency clause.
The result Is well remembered. In
every quarter of the state there was
n hearty indorsement of Chamber
lain's course. ..The press, without ex
ception, applauded it and ithe people
everywhere were delighted with Cham
berlain's loyalty to his constituency
and to popular government. Legis
lators reluctantly cut the emergency
clause from their bills, and the right
of the people to veto objectionable
acta was preserved. What. a differ
ent outcome' If another type of gov1
ernor had been in the saddle? ' How
different if assemblylsra, had. been in
the executive chair?
.. This act of' Chamberlain's Is typi
cal of .all his official . acts as "gov
ernor, or in a'hy other capacity. He
had the courage, and he was always
loyal to his constituents.-'
He is the Chamberlain that Is now
being assailed bj Bowerman organs.
They call him a machine man and
make other untruthful statements
about him that were never, heard
of until this campaign. The' nasty
onslaught is made Jly Bowerman or
gans in a blind hope that somehow
or in some Inconceivable way It will
help, Bowerman's candidacy, Cham
berlain's thousands of friends through
out the state " are becoming more
and more disgusted with it. A part
of what Chamberlain said to the leg
islators about the emergency clause
appears elsewhere on thi page.
THE COUNTRY ROAD
P'
UBLIC' ATTENTION should re
main fixed on the road bonding
amendment to be voted on by
Oregon people In November. It
is a measure of extreme Importance
to the state. It proposes to give to Ore
gon counties the right to. issue bonds
for aid in road building. It does
not issue any bonds. It does not
make it necessary for any county
to Issue - bonds.
, AH It does is to give authority to
any county to issue bonds, the Isruo
to" be made, whenever the citizens,
ll lf S!r1: dotelIne to
dq so.'; It merely gives each county
local self government in- the matter
of road building, and is a right that
every county ought to have.
One county ought not to stand in
the way of another county In the
matter of road' building. If Marlon
wants authority to Issue bonds, Linn
county ought to be willing for her to
lave that authority, and vice versa.
Since no county can Issue a dollar
of bonds without a further vote of
Its citizens, each county should be
willing to giant to all others the
constitutional right to issue or not
Issue bonds as they please.
The country road Is the -beginning
of transportation. It is a funda
mental to economic success in rural
life. It Is the most important factor
for comfort, thrift and happiness in
rural life. Everything that contrib
utes t6 the welfare, wealth and well
being of all of, us, has its begin
nings en the land and nearly all of
it has to pass over a country road.
What a tremendous reason for be
ginning right now to do the things
and all the things that will better
our country roads?
THE NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW
T
HE FIFTH annual national
dairy show opens its doors at
Chicago on the 20th of this
month. Bringing together both
the practical and scientific features
of the dairy Interests of the nation
it Is of surpassing interest. It will
cover the production and handling of
the raw material milk as well as
the developments that science has
already brought about. It will mark
the marvelous advance from the
dairy of our fatherB to the factory
methods of today.
The exhibition will, start with the
show of cows. Breeding, feeding
and surroundings, will together have
contributed to the world's record
cow, Dairymaid of Pinehurst, to be
shown by her owner, Mr. W. W.
Marsh of Waterloo, Iowa. This
Guernsey yielded last -year 1003
pounds of butter, as against the
product of from 160 pounds to 200
pounds from an average cow. At
what cost the 1003 pounds of butter
has been obtained, Is the chief ques
tion to be answered at this, anil the
like shows. That increase Of yield
can be obtained all dairymen know,
but to maintain the maximum of
yield at the minimum of expense of
money and labpr, is the problem, and
there the lesson also. To this end
a working dairy will be installed
and the dairy department of the
United States department of agrl
ciilture lsjo make thejlemonstratlon
along these lines. " !
In Oregon there' Is wide differ
ence of opinion both as to the ef
ficiency of milking machines and as
to economy in use of this method.
Many-improvements are of recent
date; Our. dairymen, will, read with
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in i win BxnaMteaftmtf-TjneBii't Cff
and described at the Chicago show.
The same-is true of separators, the
Implement in dally use in thousands
of pur farms large and small. A
long step will be made towards the
standardizing of these machines,
both for the use of the farmer milk
ing his five or ten cows and the
dairyman with his costly herd. For
us the ; most useful demonstration
will bo that the dairy cow is and
will remain a profit ,maker for the
small farm, with all the tiresomeness
and restrictions involved. So only
will the farmers of Oregon be In
fluenced to refrain from the further
selling off of cows and the abandon
ment of home dairying, against
which Dr. Wlthycombe and other au
thorities of the O. AC have been
giving such earnest warnings.
; ' The" campaign for pure and plen
tiful milk for baby food will gain a
strong impetus at the Chicago show.
Many babies are to be brought there
and fed under the care of the health
department of the city ;of Chicago,
the United Charities and the Chicago
milk commission. . Trained nurses
are to have charge. of the babies and
results on ' health, weight and gen
eral improvement will be noted and
published. . '" .
We must all hall whatever tends
to, stop the fearful waste of baby life
and strength, prevailing' everywhere.
And In this .case seeing must be. be
lieving., : This national dairy show
will be on a grand scale. Its bene
fits along all lines: noted, ' must be,
will be, correspondingly great.
WHAT GOOD ROADS With DO
FOR OREGOX 7
N
INETY.-SIX THOUSAND square
mllos Ir Oregon and 700,000
neonle or thereabouts live In
this vas( area today. Portland
has 225,000, there are not less than
100,000 more in Willamette valley
towns, and 50,000 in the cities of the
Columbia basin and the coast. Take
In the little towns just receiving
and distributing points for local
products and trade add these fig
ures up and about 300,000 remain
for farms, ranches, orchards, lum
ber camps, fisheries and local indus-
trle&V So 90,000 square miles sro
left for the industries that make
-., a.-u-f.-i .iu i.. .. .'
v.C6UU ia.nuu-ilU hu ";duty to refuse to give my assent to any
somewhere near three and a third
people to the square mile. ' "
What must be done sto turn the
westward tide of settlement onto the
land rather than into the cities and
towns of Oregon? The first thing
we, the present citizens of this fair
land, must do is to make country
life here attractive to man, woman
and child who are now pouring Into
the state in masses brought here
by railroad and development leagu
advertising, spread broadcast In east
ern and middle western states.
And the means? First and fore
most, good, sound, well built, sum
mer and winter roads. So only can
the newcomers have , easy access to
the farms and orchards offered for
their homes; - SO Dnly" can the wife
know that she has neighbors, and
can make friends. 'Without them the
family is held prisoner in the farm
house whenever rains fall and .sum
mer dust is converted Into winter
mud. So only can the children find
their way to school without risk to
health. So only caa the cream and
milk, the fruit and vegetables, the
butter and eggs, the pork and poul
try, reach the town and market. So
only can the farm team do Its share
In hauling full loads to warehouse
and railroad. . Therefore' for profit,
for pleasure, for the daily needs of
life,, the good road demands not only
funds to build it, but system in lay
ing out, expert knowledge in con-
struction. Is this familiar talk? Hap-!lans supposed superiority consist?' Cer
pily it is. But there is a wide gap j taln,v not ln refinement, the, essence of
ODen between knowlne and doinir in
this matter. Washington Is up and
doing and her ways should be Ore
gon's ways also--and the sooner the
better -If onr state is to hold her
own in the race of attractiveness to
the newcomer whom we call for, in
vite and n,eed.
I7XCLE SAM'S CASH ACCOUNT
A
T THE beginning of the pres
ent month- Uncle Sam had 'ft
cash "balance, after paying all
expenses for September, of $1,-
460,8.08.18. In July, the disburse
ments were nearly $14,000,000 more
than the receipts, . but August and
September made a better showing.
The deficit so far for the fiscal year
since June 30 is'$15,910,660, as
against a deficit on October 1 last
year 8f $32,169,315. Expenditures
have in some cases been reduced
somewhat, and revenues have in
creased a little. An exchange says:
"Total receipts for the month were
$55,893,578 and disbursements $52,
527,006. f The expenditures were a
good $6,000,000 lees than August's,
and the receipts were around $1,
000,000 greater. There were sharp
advances in customs receipts, bring
ing the revenue collected from that
source alone this year more than
$81,000,000.
"Work on the Panama canal cost
roundly $3,888,000; pensions, $13,
000,000;' army, $15,000,000; navy,
$10,000,000; the postal deficiency
Jumped to more than $2,000,000
and the- clviL government cost more
than $14,000,000. W,ith all that, the
total ordinary expenses of the gov
ernment to date have been a. little
more than $179,000,000, or about
$4,000,000 less than this date last
year.".
This seems to make a rather good
showing for which the administra
tion should be given due. credit, -
The Georgia crops of 1910 are
worth $230,000,000, according to an
official report According to this; it
would pay a man tq own a crop or
so. Atlanta Journal. It's very nice.
alftn. linlAaa ,a man fa a wi HHn
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Oregon. i
Governor- Benson's friends will be
amazed at Bowerman's charges that
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state 'affairs are mismanaged. The
public will be astonished at Mr. Bow-t
erman's Btrange attacks, directly j
made, against one who is a candi-!
date on the ticket with him. It Is
a beautiful display of that blissful
"harmony" Bpwerman is calling for,
Most people will conclude that the
charge is cheap Bowerman palaver,
but it shows the willingness of Bow
erman to sacrifice any other candi
date on his ticket, if by doing so,
he can help himself.
.A Memorable
Legislative Incident
Below Is a portion of a famous exec
utive message aent by Governor Cham
berlain to the legislature on January 18,
1905. Nearly all members were attach
ing the emergency clause to their bills
In order to prevent the people from get
ting at the measures with the newly
adopted referendum, ' In . his message,
Chamberlain demanded that the use of
the emergency clause be abandoned so
the people could veto euch measures as
they desired to, and with the result that
alt emergency clauses were stricken
out. . A part of the message Is a fol
lows: .,
"My' attention has been called to the
fact that . many. If not a majority, of
the bills which have ten Introduced in
both . the house .and senate have an
emergency clause declaring such bills
to be; fop. the Immediate preservation
of the public "peace, health and' safety
of the people, thus) In effect cutting off
the right to have such laws referred to
the people. As a matter of fact, no law
can have for Its object the Immediate
preservation of the public peace unless
it be to. prevent invasion, insurrection
or war; no law can 'have for Its Object
the Immediate preservation of the public
health unless it Is to prevent the Intro
ductlon of some plague or the spread of
some contagious or infectious .disease,
and no law can have for Ms object the
Immediate preservation of . the public
safety unless It bo to prevent rlof or
mob violence or something calculated to
bring about great destruction of life or
property. - v s,
- "I am bound by the same oath of of
fice as you and ot:ier officers of the
state to support the constitution in let
ter and In Spirit as I understand It. and
following " the "consfruction heretofore
given by the courts and the people to
constitutional provisions like the one
j under consideration,. I shall feel it mj!
u,luer cunmueraiion,. i sn
act containing the emergency qlause re
ferred to unless it is clearly apparmt
that the-emergency is Immediate within
the letter and spirit of this amendment
to the constitution. The people of the
state should have the right ' to avail
themselves of the referendum clause In
the constitution In all cases except those
clearly Intended to be embraced within
the exception quoted. " I have the honor
to remain yours; repectfully,
."GEORG13 E, CHAMBERLAIN,
"Governor.",
Letters From tKe People
Soldier Cites Grievance.
Vancouver Barracks, Oct 10. To the
Editor of The Journal Someone profit
ing by the absence of the troops who !
were in southern Oregon fighting fires, commission Is to. be filled by appoint
wrote through youf paper that they ment by .the governor, chief Justice of
were "doing nothing but flgliUhBmo-" tnsrsuprems court and state treasurer,
quitoes." As. this misstatement is ex fJh members are to serve without pay.
presBlva IM .public' Opinion: and ,-sentl-' , -nds of this measure place particu
ment, I do not hesitate, to write plainly " la 'tress upon the principle laid down
upon the subject Suffice it to sav ln tne dJ11 "Pn whlch th8 commissioa
that through our efforts the fires ln
those parts were extinguished.
Even now I see weary bodies, im
pelled by wearier feet I see haggard
faces besmeared with sweat and filth
of the burning forests, grimy in aspect,
wan with privations and hardship, yet
with grim determination stamped there
determination to accomplish. With
this vision of the past comes the inev
itable contrast between them and their
oftentimes effeminate slanderers, who
are ever ready to teondemn their vices,
but are. significantly silent when their
Virtues are -.in question.
Aifcd why this unwarranted contempt
ror wnat usually proves' to be manhood
in uniform? In what does the con
w" " eT, r in mieneciuaitty,
which forbears prejudice. Better em
ploy their brains In - the solution of
that social problem of the elimination
of the necessity for the maintenance of
armies, than strive to ignore the vir
tues, and consider only the vices, of ;
mose wno are engaged in a work which
is at present indispensable to the wel
fare of their country.
JOSIAH F. BAILET.
Private Co. H, First Inf., Vancouver
Barracks.
;- Grateful Praise.
"Portland,' Oct 12. To the Editor of
The Journal As a Protestant, and as
one who hath traveled from east to
west and west to east again, and at one
time having been Jeft by the wayside
to perish but for theTJood Samaritan, I
have liad the privilege of living for some
time at the Home for the Aged, a home
that is run by the Mother and Sisters of
Mercy. I have lived 64 years, and for
years have had the impression that the
Catholic- sisters and mothers were, a
hard overbearing class, but I do wish
to say that no old man there could be
or would be treated with greater kind
nes by his own daughter. Everything
in ana around the rooms is clean and
nice as ft.sister could make it.
And the meals are always prepared by
the sister and always ready on time,
are good and wholesome,
I might go farther, but a a protest
ant I do want to give credit to the
mother and sisters of the Old Man'
Home. .
, JOHN HAIGH. '
Wants It Forgotten.
From the Santiam News (Ind.)
Mr. Bowerman, candidate for ntvernor.
is making th mistake of stating 'hi
political statu ln the newspapers. He
has, also, bitterly ..assailed Senator
Bourne, evidently attempting to attract
the attention of the people from him
self to the senator. Of course Mr Bow
erman would be glad to have his asso
ciation with the assembly forgotten.
He doe not want the people to know
that his Individual scheming had so put
up the assembly that the result was
known even before that body met - He
would like to have Messrs. Wythecombe
Smith and Ackerman forget that he so
organized and filled the assembly with
delegates friendly to himself, that they,
one and, all, were beaten before their
iame.wr proposed. -senator-Bourne
Is not an issue at this time. Two years
hence will be plenty of time to discus
whether the people want him continued
In th office he now hold. The ques
tion now before the' people is; Is Mr,
Bowerman a man whom the people de
sire for governor' and will he protect
the primary law and Statement No. 1 a a
""Crop" iritacflvlty"In bromoTTnir ilia uwmhiv
filling it with, hi own delegate, some
statement stronger than hi -word - Is
necessary. The people will look upon
the attack of Senator Bourne as a very
chean bid for votea - v .
Plan For Employers
Bill to B Voted on
In connection "with the employers'
llai)tlity bill favored by the State Fede
ration of Labor and discussed In these
columns yesterday, tne voters of ' the
state are Invited to consider the pro
posal for the appointment of a commis
sion of nine to investigate the whole
subject, and report thereon to the next
session of the legislature, the idea being
that it will prepare a bill in accordance
with its ideas of the lines on which
such legislation should be framed.
-At the outset this measure meets
with the charge that Jt Is not an attempt
in good faith to solve ths perplexing
Question, but IS an effort on the part
of the employers to blind nubllo entl
ment and head off the bill presented by
the labor interests. In support of this
charge they pplnt out that the commis
sion is nor required to - report until
February 1, and this report, with a draft
or any proposed legislation, is called
for not later than February 5, which
will be only atout two weeks before
time' for' the legislature to adjourn.
This time is too short for consideration
and passage of -such an important -measure,
it is argued.
Friends, of the measure reply that
they are In earnest and have provided
for -a report as soon as possible, con
sidering the Importance of the measure.
Their , thwlr la that fh mrillnn nt
Whe' wheat .from the chaff will be done
by the commission and that its conclu
siona Will carry such weight, that" two
weeks - time will besampie, " even if the
report should be so long delayed. But
the commission should." be able to tile
its report much earlier, they contend.
February I being fixed as. the ultimate
date in order that the possibility of de
lay oyond that tyne. may bs avoided.
Personnel of Commission. .
The personnel; of the commlssion be
comes of importance, as the standard in
the selection f such a bod3 Is its dis
interestedness and whole-hear ted desire
to bring about a solution-Just both to
capital and labor. At first It was pro
posed the Federation of Labor name
three, men, the janployers' ' association
throe, and these six setect three others.
After several conferences had been held
the labor leaders decided to go ahead
with the initiative measure discussed
yesterday in theso columns, holding that
1 such a- commission would te useless and
the time too short to aecure action by
ihTieYt. .ftglslaiurs, eveoTiKouldirsat-
isf actory plan te worked out.
Tho commission, named in the bill be.
fore" the people consists of Bishop
Charles- Scadding- of the Episcopal
church, the Bight Rev. Alexander Chris
tie, archbishop. of the aiocesa of Oregon;
Thomas F. Ryan, ex-county Judge of
Clackamas county: Robert D. Inman of
the Inmaji-Poulsen Lumber" company,
W. H. Corbett Of the Willamette Iron
Works,. Rev. Benjamin Toung, pastor
of the First M. K. church of Portland;
Professor, F. G. Young, professor of
Kngllsh at the University of' Oregon;
Robert A. Booth, formerly of the Booth
Kelly Lumber company, and John S.
Bradley tf the Bradley Lumber com
pany. . -
If the bill is adopted next month
these men are directed to meet In the
capital at Salem on November 14, six
days after the election, and begin their
work. . They are empowered to hire one
clerk and directed to keep a Journal of
proceedings, 1000 being appropriated to
cover expenses
Any vacancy on ui
shall work. . Section , the vital part of
the act, reads as follows: ; V '
- Vital Part ot Bill. ' ';
"It shall b the duty of the said board
to examine the subject of employes' in
demnity for injuries sustained ln the
course of their employment, and to make
and report to the legislature a compre
hensive law -or system r laws treating
of the subject of indemnity to employes
for injuries sustained during the oourss
of their employment, which law or sys
tem of laws shall be cased upon the
principle that all employes covered by
the provisions thereof shall he entitled
to and shall be assured of fair, equitable
and reasonable indemnity fo elljnjuries
causing temporary, permanent partial,
or total disability, and that such in
demnity be extended to persons legally
dependent upon such employes ln the
event of death resulting from tuch in
juries. That any such employe, or.Mn
the event of death, the dependents of
any such employe, shall be entitled to
and assured of such indemnity, for all
October 13 in History William Tell
William Tell is the popular hero of
Switzerland. The story of the patriot
has been told over and over again. With
each repetition new feature .have been
added to it, until today many of the
Incidents related. of Tell are no doubt
fiction. But. in spite of this, th Swiss
nation believes 1n Its hero; th chil
dren of each generation are taught to
revere the memory of tha man who
struck a powerful blow for Swis inde
pendence, and are taught to call him the
founder of the Swlcs confederation
The date of the bih of William Tell
is not known, but is given at th close
of the thirteenth century, and the place
Buerglen,, pi the canton of Url. Tell
lost Ws Hfe in the waterfall at Buer
glenj on October 13, 1860. while trying
to ave-a child from drowning.
That story a told Of TU 1. that on
November 7, 1307, with two other Swiss
patriots, and a few follower, h pre
sided at a meeting in the meadows of
Rutli, -and resolved to lead, an insur
rectton-to free their country from Aus
trian rule. ' The oath they took , was
remarkable and characteristic of this
noble cause. They swore to be faithful
to each other, to do nowrOng to the
court of HapSburg, their ruler, and not
to 111 treat the governor and -representatives.
Rutli is a national place of pilgrim
age, and schools and societies of every
sort come here to do honor to tho
pioneer ln the cause of freedom. They
als atop for a moment to look at the
pyramidal rock that la 85 feet high, and
called the Mythensteln. This rock slid
from a mountain into the lake, and upon
It, in letters -of gold, IS a tribute to th
German poet Schiller, who So power
fully told th story of William Tell and
hi deeds.
Near Fluelen, at the end Of th lake,
la the village of Altdorf. It. was her
that Gessler, the bailiff for the canton
of Url, demanded that the people should
do honor to his cap, which wa hung
upon the branch of a lime tree in the
town. - ' - -
When William"1 TelOefuaedd " thu
humillat himself, Gessler bound ta
the tree the little son of Tell and,
placing upon the child's head an apple,
ordered the father to shoot this from
th young head. Th skill of the cross
bowman was perfect- Suacrof his aim
the father pierced the apple, but in hi
hrart ' raged1' a "fury of anger at hl'
crueFIffJastTSr'oT'niCTiated ballllf. "
- , On the site of this historic spot there
1st spirited monument of Tall and the
boy, the gift to Altdorf from a Swiss
society of archer. There is also, at
Altdorf a building that seats per-
Liability CoTainission
Excites Controversy
such injuries sustained in the course of
employment occasioned ln any manner,
excepting only injuries intentionally
self inflicted." ,. :
A fair construction of this language
ltl contended, renulres a comDrehen-
sive report that will provide indemnity
on an -equitable basib' for ail employes
who are injured and indemnity to -dependents
in case of death from injuries.
Proponents of the measure declare they
are in favor of a far reaching law that
will indemnify all employes in ,cas of
injuryi regardless of questions of neg
ligence, and say they believe, the passage
of the bill wilt Insure the presentation
of a law upon those lines. It may be
noted that the text refers to indemnity
for "dependents" of the workman-if he
is killed, the Intention of the f ramer
evidently, being to exclude 'the recovery
of damages in case of death when the
deceased leaves ' no persons dependent
'upon him. SvV y: r- j V
Xbor Interests Oppose.
The' federation of 'labor,; arguing
against the measure, declares the com
mission idea was broached , in the hope
of Indefinitely postponing action and
urge the adoption of the indemnity bilk
The laborltes say that i information
is desired,; the exhaustive report of, a
slmiar commission in New : York, ln two
Volumes, may be had, and that, if the.
commission Idea were in good faith,
such a commission would have been pro
vided, for by the last legislature, .The
lobby of the employers, it is charged,
blocked every move made by the labor
interests at the last session In the di
rection of an Indemnity bllL The bill
now proposed by the federation 1 the
one killed by the last 'legislature, at
which .time the employers' association
sent a committee to fialem to work
against It.
It Is claimed by the advocates of the
commission bill that such a commission
may be reasonably expected to report a
bill which will eliminate lawsuits from
thejuestlon of indemnity. It IS proposed
to aohleve this result by providing an
indemnity fund, the major portion to
be paid in the form of a tax by every ln
duttry employing labor, the amount of
the tax to be apportioned according to
the payroll of the employer, and the
hazard of the employment
It is proposed that about one-third of
thia-fund-beHfuFBlshedy-the Btatef-as
the state would thereby be relieved of
the care of many dependents who now
fall upon charity after they are injured.
and would also be relieved of the cost
of personal injury litigation,-which oo-
cuples nearly half the time of the courts
Lastly,' It Is proposed that a small part
of the indemnity ; fund ' should come
from the wages of the employes them
selves. '. ;' ; ,k
-: Plan foi General Indemnity.
In working' out such a plan a board
of physicians would be named to ex
amine all persons injured who made a
claim for damages.: The only question
to be determined by this board would be
the extent of the Injury. Upon ahowlng
the fact of injury and extent of the
same, all that would remain would be to
apply the provisions of the law,' which
would provide indemnity on a sliding
scale, dependent upon the character Of
disability. .
In this way, it is pointed! out, every
injured employe .would be assured .of in
demnity, for his injuries, he would re
ceive it promptly, and he would receive
all of it, no lawyers being required. In
case of death his dependents would re
ceive the amount fixed for death claims
as toon o.b proof of death was made, as
in the cass of an Insurance policy.
Of course no ons knows that a bill
upon these lines would be reported. The
outline of. the plan, which follows the
German system, is given because it is
one of the arguments advanced as the
likely outcome of the creation of the
commission under the bill to be votec
on. Labor union advocates say that
this is a wlll-o'-the-wlsp, and that the
relief proposed by the bill they urge
should not be abandoned in favor of
peculation as to what the commission
might do. If such a measure Is worked
out "later end meets with favor, it can
then be adopted, say the labor men.
While the federation of labor op
poses the commission bill, and the ad
vocates of the latter, generally speaking
oppose the Indemnity bill offered by the
federation, a vote ' In favor of both
measure would not necessarily be in
consistent. The commission could go
ahead and perform its work Just the
same with the new indemnity bill in
force, and its report might prove valu
able ln any future legislation upon the
subject '
sons -and is fitted -with modern stag
machinery where . William. Tell play
are performed during th summer.
Thee are witnessed by not only the
Swiss themselves, but by hundred of
strangers, attracted by the hlstorlo
charm of the Tell tory.
In the town hall of Altdorf are pre
served many trophies of the SwIbs bat
tle through which the country won Its
independence.
After the episode of the shooting of
the apple at Altdorf, Tell was so active
ln his efforts to awaken in the people
a spirit of "revolt that Gessler ar
rested him, bound him with fetter and
putting, him In a boat' started for Lu
cerne and the prison, v . !
A violent storm cam up, one of those
ten-flic mountain tempests that are
characteristic of this section.. It seaned
a. If the boat would be swamped, and
Tell was the only man in it who could
safely bring It to shore. , ......
; So Gessler set him fre.e and ordered
him to land them at th nearest possible
pdint Tell stred fqrrarbltrof beach
at the foot of th Axenberg, and Just
a the boat was to run upon this, he
sprang on chore and' gay it a vigorous
push out Into the lake. '
Then he crossed the mountains that
lay between him and Ifussnachtr where
Gessler' castle stood, and lay ln wait
for the tyrant near this. ' When, after
many hours, he made his way home,
Tell .hothlm, forgetting all but the
sense of hi Individual wrongs.
This act of Tell's, in violation of, hi
oath at Rutli, nearly wrecked the de
signs already formed for concerted ac
tion against Austria. Bit the result
wa a hastening of plans, and the -Swiss
were victorious. j ,
Wher Tell jumped, on shore a chapel
wa built d called Tellsplatte. The
canton of Url ereeted. lt only Ji year
after the hero' death, and 114 person
Who had known him were present It la
an open arcade decorated with faded
picture that relate to'thi hlstorlo p
riod in Swltserland. Th chapel has a
email altar. Each year, on the first
Friday after Ascension day, a mass Is
aid her and a sermbp Is preached.
October 13 is the birthday 6f Edward,
Prisca of Wales, son of Henry ,VI
(lu8)t flophla, electres of Hanover
tl80) f Maurice, Marshal Sax," eminent
French general (1696); Isaao.' Norrls,
who elected the Inscription for thfl
Lioerty ieu (.iiuii; MolIyn(cIier7 the
herein of the battle of. Monmouth
(17,64), and Benjamin H. Brewster,- at
torney generaLunder Arthur. (1816). it
la the date of the death of Claudius,
Roman emperor (54 A. D.) ' .
Small CLar: 3
f The rains were very good,.- So Is the
BUiiatuno. -
.'And still the...un shines at least a
little while. . - -
; Summer doesn't last all the year. In ,
Uils latitude. '
Keep it ln mind; only the common
people are powerful.
.,-!' ; (-:;
Geer was governor once, and the state
did mighty well in exchanging hlra for
Chamberlain. - '
; St. Paul Pioneer Pressr Glad-handing
in ucioDer aoes not always mean more
votes In November. ,, , .
.:.,-. -
West has served the people well and
faithfully, and will do so; they will
eleot him governor. . . .-. . .
v ,
The rooster makes a lot of noise, but
the old hen delivers the goods, remarks
n unmenunea paragrapher. - . r ;
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People have been born who will raise
children who will not be old at 70 or 80 ,
years. Humanity is learning.
".- ' '
We dare Uncle Bam to take Portland'
census right now; and we'll bet 30 cents
that it would be over 250,000, i 1
' .,., ,t
-The "colonists" are coming in by
thousands. W hope they will soon pro-.,
ceed to get cows, pigs, and hens.
' ;:-;";.'Ji -,. i, ';:-. v-''.v'l'V'X
1 The Albany Democrat 'philosopher rt-"
marks; "People are looking westward for
deliverance from the bondage of as- ,
semBlylsm. - , v
. . .- ' ' ........ ,..':. - '
Turkey wants to borrow. 1SO.000.000.
J. P. Morgan will loan It to her on suf
ficient security, and not miss Jt out of ,
his pocketbook. - ' v? -
; Mayor Gaynor paid th doctors $34,000
and never squealed. He 1 a game man.
The doctors are no scrubs themselves
at getting money. ...
Union Soout: ' X' B. Thomson Is down
from his Catherine Creek ranch and
will probably put in th most of the
time at Union until Oswald West is
elected. - - : '"
Not a vacant house and .for that
reason people going elsewhere to llvv
la a bad state of affairs, but it is a
condition that exists Jn, ClatBkanle, say
ibe Chief.
t AppletcktngsnBrSieressIn raDldTT-
tn the orchards throughout the eountyv
jay the Eugene Guard,. Fruit Inspector
Beebe say the fruit ha ripened ear
lier this year than for a long time be
fore and that the quality Is excellent
The quantity this year Is also large A
number of the new orchards are Just
coming nto bearing. .
The Eugan Y. M. C. A. employment
work ha placed between 76 and 80
young men and boys in odd job and
permanent positions during the last six
months, and wa rendering an effective
service up toa wk ago, reports the
Register. During the last week, how
ever, ther has been a marke falling
off in the number of Call tor men.
Many eastern homeseeker are con
stantly finding permanent home ln
Corvallia and Benton county. The ex
cellent climate, fine orops, beautiful
street and trees, the best of social
and educational advantages all ha.v n
: ' Oregon Siclelignts '
tendency to Interest the best class of ft
immigrants, rennrta tha, rnro.lli. n. " I
setta-Times.'
' a) l' -"f.-".-. - - .
The first man in central Oregon to
note, the advantage of a gasoline engine
power tor ooing mi work.on.a ranoh
now done by horses Is T. A. Taylor on
uioi.n.iia riains, wno win apply the
new method, says th Madra Pioneer.
Mr. Taylor haa purchased one of the
Holt Caterpillar gasoline engine and
expect to do with it all the farm work.
In the way of plowing, cultivatingseed
ing, and harvesting which In the past
has been dono br horse power. '
Weston -Leaders B. F. Swaggart th
pioneer anAstockman of Morrow county,
was ln toVn this week on a business
visit - Near Lexlnsrton, Mr., Swaggart
conduct the largest lack farm in the
northwest, and he has a pocket full of
premium taken at the Pendleton and
Walla Walla fairs. He say that the
superiority of the -et of native, bred
question, and that he no longer find n
iiiuKu uuinyouuon irom importnrs. He
breed for good bone and sound bodie
r.iuer man lor neignt. 6
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- Medford Mail-TrlbuneV- Theoutlook
for fall and winter sales in automobiles I
i very bright Indeed according to the If
local agents. . Medford, long noted for i h
being the leading automobile city of Vi
America, having more machines nor W
capita than any other city yet reported. !
Is evidently going to break her own
rTOoro, ah or tne dealer etafe that
they . have a number of snrinsr dniiv.
eries
wurv:h aim viiav nearly
every t
nv- it It.' '.
purchased an orchard is considering !
the purchase of a mar.him, in
to get into town and out again, ... ,
Assemblylsra the Issue. ;
From the Pendleton East Oregonian.- ll
Pniirn- la tint a-n titit. In .v.. , .
natorlal fight Senator Bourne's r i
- .wu i. lu. vunan, f i
does not expire for two years.. Then if ji
ne wisnes to stay in the senate he will
have to go before the people and secure
their endorsement a he did before. He
1 not directly concerned in this fight
He has felt so little concerned In that
fight that he ha gon east upon an ex
tensive speaking tour while the Oregon
oampalgn is under way.
The great and overshadowing' issue
In th campaign is assemblyism shall
our direct primary law be maintained
as it is or shall corporation and bos
controlled assemblies be substituted for
tlia Ann nrtmflrtf .Taw Dn.,..
- . . jiw tt at IH&H 1 n - T
the champion of assemblyism and to I
elect ,; him governor will mean! to' give-i
encouragement to the reactionaries who t
would like to annul the direct primary I
law and all other reformatory measure. jf
oswaiq west is tne defender of the.
direct primary- law and of other law
that tend to take power away from the
machine bosses and give it directly to
tfie people. He is the progressive can
didate and the candidate who is entitled
to the support; of all men who believe
in clean and progesslve politics.
Poor Tired Fatker
(Contributed to JTha Joornal by Watt Masoo.
the famona Katua poat BU proae-poema art a
teaular featura of this ..column Ij Th. run.
raournal.) . ' ... w
Father came home sore and surly S!
from hi labors in the mart; cam horns P
from the burly-burly with sojne worm- If
wood in . his "heart! for tha l.iofr mM I E
been against him in the war of bonds I
ana biocks, ana tne otner brokers fenced
him up and pelted him with rocks. So
nis neart was saa ana bittern-mangled
by ihlsfortune' poke; like a wild and
savage critter he kept ranting at hi
folks.' And hi wife was scared and
worried by the smoking thing he said,
and the children, frightened,, hurried
pale and trembling, off to hed.iiA.n4
poor father roared and ranted, and. he
kicked at this-and that and he pawed
the ajr and panted and he' threw things
at the cat. He wa awful In his dudgeon
and hi wife sat weeping there, when
Bhe'sh'ould have got a bludgeon, or have
luggea mm wim a . chair. Oh th
wratnrui man wno raise in his home,
at close of day, 'fifty kinds of brlm
stnne m&wu is' a pruMmn-hsf&'sx -...
and hip wife la weak and d6lllsh if eh I
bends before the storm: she. -shn.iM 3
'. club and polish Gff hi wild. ram. f
bunctlou form. .
lopyrlgnt; IB 111, by ' A JfW
uaurf aiattutar Adams OJJ)J l