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To do something, however small,
to make others happier and better,
Is the highest ambition, the most
rk-vating hope, which can inspire
a human being. Ird Avebury.
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IT TO THE HOUSE
THE JOURNAL ascribes honesty
.of purpose In road matters to
all members of the bouse. But,
i there are a number of the mem-
bers who are grievously mistaken.
. Here is a plan to substitute the
"State engineer for the highway com
, ' missloner.' There is not a" solitary
; reason for making ouch a change.
There are a score of reasons for
' not doing so.
' The state engineer is not a road
'' builder. He has a department of
his own, and according to the gover
nor's message and information from
' , other sources .is already overloaded
" with duties. Why tack on the ad
ministration of the roads as a tail
to his department? Would it not
. be equally sane to make it the tall
to the labor commissioner's office?
Of the state superintendent's office?
Of the dairy and food commissioner's
office? Or why not make it a part of
the duties of the state bank examiner?"'-.
In the change, It Is proposed to
increase the state engineer's salary
11200 a year. It is proposed to hire
a road engineer to serve under him
at $2406 a year. The combined sal
aries will be nearly as much as the
proposed salary of the highway com-j
mlssloner. . ;- j
. The appropriation proposed for j
. ' the ptate engineer's office is $16,000,
exactly the same as proposed by the
highway" board and highway com
' missioned ' With the members then"
who are advocating the state en
gineer scheme, It is not a question
of efficiency, but of who is to spend
the money.
The state engineer should go
among his friends In the house and
oppose the change. -He has respon-
'jsibiHtles enough where he Is, and
- those who are attempting to thrust
!the responsibility of the roads upon
npon him will harm him and the
, office he is now conducting.
The house should vote down this
change and accept ' the senate bill.
It should accept all five of the bills
passed by the senate. Those bills
are the fruit of .long Investigation
and patient study of the road situa-
tion in Oregon. They offer to the
people of the state a complete system
from which through a course of
years good roads will result
Such opposition as has developed
to the senate bills Is based on mis
information as to their provisions,
and will, as soon as the facts become
known be turned Into general ap
proval. Some people oppose because
they fear a Pacific highway, but
there is no plan in any of the hills
for a Pacific highway.
The roads have to lead to one of
the principal market places in the i
county. The county court makes se
lection of the route. No road has
to be built unless the people of the
-county demand it No bonds can
be issued unless the people of the
county vote them. When a road
is built, the state pays one third the
cost, a proposition offered the farm
ers for the first time In the history
of the state.
The whole plan Is fair, intelligent
and equitable. The people of the
state are clamoring. for better roads,
and as soon as they fully understand
the senate bills the plan will meet
with general approval.
The house cannot afford to en
danger road legislation by attempt
ing foolish and ill-considered
changeB. An adjournment without
efficient action will result In a thun
der of disapproval. The 'senate has
done its duty, as to roads, and done
It well. The responsiblljty as to re
sults now rests with the house. It
has its opportunity to demonstrate
that a legislature can still be trusted
to do constructive work for the state.
It is on trial on the road question,
and has but a brief two weeks in
which to meet the issue. Its safe
course lies in adopting the senate
tills, as they stand.
THE OPENING OF THE BRITISH
PARLIAMENT
T
HIE OPENING today of the new
parliament at Westminster is
of more than historical import
ance. The ancient ceremonies
will be observed. The troops will
line the streets. The long proces
sion, closed by the king and aueen
1n their gilded coach drawn by the
eight:.; .Hanoverian, cream colored
torses; will be photographed and de-scrlbed:-as
has been done for at
lmt a hundred and fifty years. The
small chamber; where the house of
jQrdftect-KiU-J)owd-44-4helbe4n)r'rnade
, noors to near tne king deliver bis
. message to the British' people' and to
v the world at large,: ..;. . ; : , j
v' , -On the outside of things no change
wiL be apparent.'-- King, lords and
THE
commons will take their accustomed
places But many in that audience,
yes all, know that while old formulas
may be maintained, yet for one of
the three coordinate factors which
for centuries, have made the parlia
ment of Britain, the death knell of
equal power has been sounded.
.Marked by many swings of the
pendulum of power the people of
England through their representa
tives, , the commons, ' have -mainiJ
tafnad thAlr rlalm to the Hole conM
trol of the purse of the nation. It
was an evil day for ' the house of
lords when the hereditary and not
elected chamber grasped an assumed
right to override the commons on
finance. , Close observers saw in that
one attempt the pride that cometh
before a fall. Whether this new par
liament marks the decisive 'ending
of the, hereditary house or whether
the conflict is prolonged by shrewd
tactics into the next, will make no
real difference In the result The
power of a combined and educated
people gives the momentum that in
volves of necessity the cLange.
There Is talk that the parliament
ary majority behind the Liberal min
istry Is but a coalition and will fall
apart In time of stress. It may be
so but the omens are that Liber
als, Labor party, and Irish National
ists will hold together at" least kmg
enough to complete the work 'now
taken in hand.
Great events, of world wide Influ
ence, will be crowded into the short
months between this day and the
coronation day in June. It is at
least certain that in the reorganized
elements of British government those
that make for world peace and amity
will emerge in stronger and predom
inating influence.
F THE HONOR OF THE LEGIS
LATURE
W
HAT ARE THE individual
views of the gentlemen of
the Oregon legislature as to
what moral standard should
prevail in the conduct of a public of
fice? ' This question will be definite
ly determined in the attitude of each
toward the state dairy and food com
missioner's office
: That office Is the creation of the
legislature. The legislature is the
only authority that can deal with it.
It made the position, prescribed its
functions and is the only power that
can unmake or regulate It
The creation, it Is true, was by a
former legislature, but the same
powers, the same prerogatives and
the.satae responsibilities are vested
in the body now in session at Salem.
It Is the only authority that can be
looked to for correcting conditions In
the dairy and food commissioner's
office. What are the members going
to do about it? What are their In
dividual views on the panvnount
question of whether a public office
is a public trust or a private snap?
The legislature created the office
as a means of guaranteeing to the
people pure milk. It is common
knowledge that all the power of the
office was employed in the fight
against pure milk in Portland.
There is testimony by deputies
who resigned, that public money In
the office was diverted to private
uses. Did the legislature create the
office to misapply public funds'?
There was testimony at Salem Sat
urday to the effect that the office
prosecuted some offenders and over
looked the offenses of others. Did
the legislature create the office to
punish some offenders and let others
go free?
There are charges ' from every
quarter that the, office is incompe
tently administered, that it is costing
largo sums of money and that it la
used" for private more than public
ends. Did the legislature create the
office for such administration?
The answer to these queries will
be determined by the attitude of the
individual members of the legislative
body. It is the only authority in
the state that can remedy the pres
ent status of the office. The su
preme court did not create the po
sition. The people did not create it.
The governor did not create it. It
was the legislature alone that cre
ated it, and It 1b the legislature alone
that can remedy present conditions.
What is it going to do about it?
Is it the idea of the members that a
public office they have created
should be a private snap or a public
trust? We shall see what we shall
see.
NEED OF VITAL STATISTICS.
A'
CTTNG ON THE principle that
vital statistics are the foun
dation of scientific and effect
ive public health work, the
census bureau began in 1908 the col
lection of statistics of births, with
a? view of establishing a provisional
birth registration area. The work
has been extended until this area now1
includes the New England states and
Pennsylvania, Michigan, and the Dis
trict of Columbia. Yet it is admitted
that nowhere is the registration of
births complete.
This country is far behind foreign
countries in regard to vital statistics.
A report of the bureau of commerce
and labor says that there Is not a
single American state, or city even,
that possesses a complete registra
tion of births. While foreign cities
register practically 100 per cent of
births, a minimum of 90 per cent
in fthls country is accepted. Most
states have laws on this subject, but
they are not uniform, nor thejrtat
Jstica obtained very reliable. " But
with the aid of state boards of health
and medical associations, progress is
What Is chiefly needed 1a complete
and accurate statistics of infant mor
tality. A" census committee report-
ea tnat there was not an accurate
record of deaths alone for more than
OREGON DAILY . JOURNAL.'
bS per cent of the country's popu
lation. "No other civilized nation
so neglects its duty in this respoct
or holds the vital records of Its peo
ple In such low esteem. . America
shoujd not mean Barbarity in its re
lation to infantile life."
The remedy, proposed is adequate
registration laws where they are not
In existence,' and thorough enforce
ment of such laws. What is regard
ed as a model law has been prepared
and Indorsed by various medical and
publio health associations; it is in
operation in several states, and Is
giving satisfactory results.
It Is estimated that In the United
States the' deatffs of babies less than
one year old constitute one fifth of
the total mortality and of these
deaths at least 125,000 were easily
preventable! by Intelligent ' hygienlo
treatment The prevention of intes
tinal diseases, in possible cases,
would reduce the deaths of babies
under two years old by at least one
fourth. "".
The bulletin furnishing informa
tion on this subject concludes: "The
accurate collection, tabulation, and
analysis of records of births, deaths,
marriages, divorces, and sickness
may be said to constitute the book
keeping of humanity. It is funda
mental to the practical application
of hygiene to secure higher effi
ciency, longer duration of life, and
fuller measure of happiness."
DEVELOPMENT OF MOVING
PICTURES
I
OTION PICTURES are being
utilized for other purposes
than that of mere amusement.
In their use merely for
amusement they have their good and
bad aspects, and need to be restrict
ed to exhibitions not damaging to
the minds of children. The develop
ment of their dramatic and historical
use is gratifying. Here, Indeed Is an
unlimited ( field In characters and
scenes from the Bible; from De Foe,
Scott, Dickens and other novelists,
down to Churchill and De Morgan;
from histories and exploration nar
ratives, and from the fairy Stales
which even this commercial age cart
not entirely suppress. A French
film-maker has engaged several
young dramatists to write plays ex
pressly for the motion picture cam
eras. Some American manufacturers
have contracts with stort story
writers to use one of their sjtorles
every two or three months. So far
has this development progressed that
in a list of 100 "pictures recently dis
played at a certain exhibition 68 were
of the drama and only 37 of the
strictly comic variety. Those por
traying violent crimes numbered 18
entirely too many; those would
better be suppressed altogether. Of
foreign films, however, the fantas
tic or comic constitute about three
fifths; one fifth are dramatic, and
the other fifth' educational in the
Instructive sense.
Portrayals of scenes of crime and
vice led to the formation in 1909,
on the Initiative of the People's in
stitute of New Tork, of the national
board of censorship, Its object being
to improve motion pictures and ex
tend their' use as a social and edu
cational force. With this are asso
ciated various other societies work
ing for moral and mental uplift
without hampering too far yoking
people's natural and healthy craving
for amusement This national cen
sor board has no legal status, hut its
influence has Bpread, and picture
shows are more or less censored in
most cities.
Moving pictures may be made
highly educational. They can inter
estingly and instructively portray
current events. Combined with the
X-ray and the micro-photograph Jthe
moving picture can show the interior
of the human body. There are now
12 mlcro-klnetographs dealing with
surgery, and 45 with insect and
germ life. They exhibit as through a
microscope the origin of diseases and
their various stages. Educational
films now comprfse about 900 titles,
dealing with every branch of science,
the arts, archaeology, agriculture
and travel. They are in use to
warn and instruct people against tu
berculosis. They show the opera
tions of the housefly, magnified to
the size of a hen. One film magni
fies the neurons of the human brain
5000 times. The moving picture is
employed In damage, criminal, and
other trials. Its uses are almost Il
limitable. REPRESENTATIVE RUSHLIGHT
1'
R'. RUSHLIGHT ought to be at
Salem. He ought to have
gone there In the beginning
and qualified as a legislator.
His vote is needed there on large
matters affecting the state's welfare.
Moreover, In his declaration of his
candidacy for representative, Mr.
Rushlight solemnly declared: "If I
am nominated for the office of rep
resentative at the primary nominat
ing election I will accept the nomi
nation .and will not withdraw, and
If I am elected, I will qualify as
such officer." How can Mr. Rush
light avoid going to Salem and serv
ing in the position to which he was
elected? ,
Three New York children, aged 11,
9 and 7, played with a loaded revol
ver in a vacant lot The 9-year-old
girl killed the 7cye'ar-old boy tfnd
fatally wounded the older boy. It
Is supposed that the respective par
ents are surprised and sorry.
Seattle's gain in postal receipts in
January over January. 1909. was 4
percenCnPortland's gafn was 15 per
cent: At this rate, how will the
population and business of the two
cities, compare in 1920?
PORTLAND, MONDAY
pr6vinces 1 are facing' slow and ter
rlble death by famine, v Unless fed
from abroad, a million will, die be
fore .spring, says , a dispatch. The
people of this country , should get
busy immediately In sending help to
these sufferers. ' , 1 '
The prospect, regardlng'Oregon ir
rigation projects is brightening. Not
only Is the west Umatilla project as
sured, but completion of the Klamath
project is positively promised. These
two will afford homes for thousands
more people. i ,s . v' "
. The Juvenile Judge Bill. 1
Portland, Or., Feb. 4 To the Editor
of The Journal. Thera seams to b
considerable, misapprehension about the
bill which was recently Introduced, pro
viding for the designation of the Juve
nile Judjje on the ballot. . H- '
In talking with various members of
the legislature, as well as others, I find
the Impression prevails that tho object
of this -bill Is to secure an additional
circuit Judge. This Is not the case. The
object of thia bill Is to allow the voters
the opportunity of selecting a Judgs
who shall hvs entire charge of the
Juvenile court. When not occupied by
the duties of the Juvenile court he will
of course be assigned to other cases, as
are the other circuit Judges. Under the
present system the duties of the Juve
nile court are taken In turn by tha dif
ferent Judges.
One argument used against the desig
nation of the Juvenile Judge on the bal
lot Is that there la more apt to be a
Judge thoroughly qualified to handle
juvenile court matters among the six
Judges than If one were selected for this
purpose.
This might be true if one of the six
most fitted for this work were selected
to permanently administer the affairs of
the Juvenile court, but under the present
system of each Judge serving for five
or six months and then passing the
duties on to one of the other Judges, It
results In a much less .effective admin
istration of these dutls than if they
were In the entire charge of one Judge.
It Is claimed that by a reorganisation
of the present method employed in our
circuit court no additional Judges are re
quired. If this Is the case It seems
there can be no valid objection to hav
ing one of the Judges assigned to the
work of the Juvenile court The people
as a whole would be able - to select a
judge who would make an efficient and
sympathetic Juvenile Judge.
whether there should be an additional
Judge or not Is a question. Two of the
Judges think, no additional help Is re
quired, while the other Judges are In
clined to think one additional Judge la
required to prevent delay In circuit
court cases.
The following figures are Interesting,
showing the growth of Portland and the
growth of the duties of the circuit
Judges.
In 1902 we had four Judges and the
number of cases entered were 789, the
receipts of the clerk's office being
$7972.28. In 1910 we have five Judges,
the number of cases entered are 2S42
and receipts of the clerk's office are
$21,228.95. The population In 1910 Is
double that of 1902.
There are 20 circuit Judges In the
state of Oregon, five of which are In
Multnomah county. Multnomah county
has approximately one Judge for each
41,000 people. The rest of the state has
one Judge for approximately every 28,
000 tfeople.
The taxable property In Multnomah
county is something over $277,000,000,
while In the remainder of the state it Is
about $470,000,000, making the total tax
able property In the state In round
number $747,000,000.
Multnomah county has one Judge for
each $55,000,000 worth of property, the
remainder of the state having one Judgs
for each $81,000,000 of taxable property.
It would seem from the above that In
comparison with the rest of the state
Multnomah county could readily make
use of one more Judge than we now
have. However, be that as it may, for
the better administration of the affairs
of the Juvenile court it would seem that
one Judge should have permanent charga
of this Work and that the voters should
be allowed to select such a Judge by
having the designation of Juvenile Judge
upon the ballot and voting for a can
didate for this position. ,
FRED LQCKLEY.
Lincoln.
Stephen S. Wise In Pacific Monthly. 1
Not by virtue of accident rose Lincoln
to the place of liberator of a race and
saviour of a nation. The mission came
to the man because he was the man for
the mission. The umtttWtible privilege
of breaking the shackles from off the
hands of millions of slaves had to come
to Abraham Lincoln, because of the
destiny of his character this man of
rugged strength of character, uncom
promising conscience, unspoiled sim
plicity of , heart, blameless purity of
soul, whose was "the greatness of real
goodness and the goodness of real great
ness." We are often reminded, and not with
out Justlbe, . that there is nothing su
premely great in American art or letters,
that the contributions of America to the
world's treasure stores are all material,
such as the cotton gin and the steam
press, the telegraph and steamboat, the
telephone and harvester. If American
letters have produced nothing, superla
tively great, we have something super
latively great to offer to history in the
life of the founder of the republlo and
in the life of him who was the saviour
of the nation and the restorer of our
national Union. We point to Lincoln,
the man. .
One Postal Bonk Benefit..
From Richmond Virginian.
There Is one phase of the new postal
savings bank which should go far to
ward helping what is often a pitiable
condition. It will be noticed that mar
ried women's accounts and those of
children are to be received by the gov
ernment free from the interference and
control of any person save the de?
positor.
The fiction of the married woman's
entire subservience to her husband Is
thus given a final blow by the nation.
The more cruel fiction of the absolute
right of the parent to the control of
his child's property is even more thor
oughly wiped out '
So far as the American government
is concerned, there will be an ending
of what might be called the padrone
system in the family. It remains to
be seen whether the oppressed of many
humble homes will have the intelligence
and courage to assert their natural
rights. ,
Trade School for Girls. "
From the New York Mall.
That girls who serve an apprentice
ship In a trade school are better fitted
for Ufa than the society lasses and the
unskilled business wotngti ls the testi
mony xof Miss Helen, R. HUdreth, acting
superintendent of trie Manhattan Trade
SchOorrofGlrfS. 1111 '"" "" '"""
Cafeful training and the habit - of
sticking, to one line of work are given
try Mlss- Hlldreth as .reasons for the
success, of the girl apprentices.
. : "To master a thlnar. thev sar. aren.
erairy means to llA it" said Miss HU
dreth. "X -find this to be true in nine
Letters From tlie PeopIs
EVENING, FEBRUARY 6, 1911.
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
O. let's begin to get out of the mud.
- Resignation Is Lorimera easiest way
Abraham la still afflicted with
Bourneophobla. . . - ' a
"People push perfect . paving," re
marks the Central Point Herald.
f .-.', - . ' -
Let it be . hoped that the names of
the workers for good roads won't be
Mud. ,
.... : -'- :
Naturally, higher education in state
supported institutions comes . high to
the taxpayer.
Most legislatures are right up to date,
In the matter of helping along the high
cost of living. ,
Senator Bailey ib serving the trusts,
as usual. Texas will repudiate him at
the next opportunity. ,v
. . : ...
Oregon Is also supplied with plenty of
big caves, but somehow the out of date
politicians don't retire te them. .,.
When Roosevelt views the Roosevelt
dam he may agree that It is big and Im
portant enough to have been named for
him. v
Nobody had any doubt that, given an
opporMinlty to cast a vote, vice Presi
dent Sherman would vote against the
people.
. .
It would e well if some of the oppo
nents or good roaas tiaer to travel for
a few days over some of the worst roads
of Oregon.
..''.. , .
The Democrats will retain the blind
chaplain of the house, Rev. H. N. Cou
den. His prayers have always- been
vary short -
Heyburn is a thoroughly consistent
senator; he Invariably does whatever
harm he can to his state, the west, and
the country.
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k man out of work, and willing and
wanting to work, should be aided to find
work, if he cannot do so himself. There
Is surely something for every such man
to do.
If practicable, a law making It lm-
Sosslble or difficult for lunatics, ohll
ren and other irresponsible persons to
get possession of a gun, would be a
good one.
A statistician asserts that the auto
mobile Industry in this country fur
nishes a livelihood for 1,000,000 persons,
but doesn't .say how many of them are
physicians and hospital nurses.
As Senator Brown of Nebraska says,
everybody knows that Larimer knew
about the bribery in his behalf. Argu
ments that he was Ignorant of It are
pettifoggery that would invite sneers
in a police court
Luke Lea, the new Tennessee senator,
is a newspaper man, a six footer, only
32 years old, the youngest man ever
elected senator, and what Colonel Wat
terson declared to be an impossibility, a
prohibition Democrat.
A Lowell astronomer says Mars is
the only planet besides the earth that
Is Inhabited, and that life on Mars is
very slight. Now let some professor
who knows as little about It, as they
all do, dlputs him, and the two sides
will be even.
The Oregonian alludes to a distin
guished Democrat as "fussy Folk."
There was something more than .fuss In
the proceedings by which he convicted
a lot of Bt. Louis and Kansas City graft
ers and boodlera. It was not his fault
that the Missouri supreme court freed
them on trivial technicalities.
Three fourths of the merchants in
Seattle practice tho short weight swin
dle, say government Inspectors, who also
report Portland one of the most honest
cities in the country in this respect It
is to be Inferred that though Portland
hasn't so many people as Seattle, they
are of a higher grade of character.
SEVEN FAMOUS RIDES
Israel Patnom's Ride.
When the news of the battle of Lex
ington was conveyed from hamlet to
hamlet In the New England district
ltt brought all ,the patriots of that see
tfpn to arms.' 'Israel Putnam, who was
to figure prominently in the great con
flict, was In his field ploughing when
TTiioighbor informed him of the clash
of April 9, 1776, between the British
and Continentals near Boston. He left
his plough In the furrow and., at the
head of a band of fellow-farmers, Start
ed for Cambridge.
They arrived in time to take part
In the battle of Bunker Hill, and It
was Putnam who gave the hlstorlo or
der, "Don't fire until you see the white
of their eyes." At this time Putnam
was already almost three score, and al
though never a master of military
science yet he became one of the most
herolo and picturesque figures of the
revolution.
The best known, -and perhaps tho
most daring feat in Putnam's checkered
life was his tide down a precipice at
West Greenwich. Conn. The Israel
Knapp Inn at Greenwich was his head
quarters during a part of 1779. On the
26th of February Putnam was staying
at the Inn when he was surprised by a
karge party of British and Tories under
Generol Tryon.
The story relates that the general,
old gallant that he was, that night
escorted a pretty maiden. Mistress Bush
to a dance in a part of the town known
as Pecksland. They did not return until
late. He was shaving In the morning
whm an American of leer, one Titus
Watson, rode in and informed him o
the approach of General Tryon. Putnam
hastened to the Congregational meeting
house and drove up his little body of
Continentals. Resistance by such a
small force was futile, and after the
first volley, Putnam ordered his men
to seek safety wherever they might find
cases ouL.of ten. No one who Jumps
from industry to industry, ifrom flrrS
to firm, can attain as-good results as
the - one who sticks to a definite field
and, if possible, to-ene place. Every
change sets one hack generally to be
gin at the beginning. Naturally, Jt takes
the changeable one much longer to climb
the- ladder." ::' .. -
As an exception to the rule Miss HU
dreth said that the girls of her school,
when obliged to start at the low wage
of unskilled workers, advance 'with ra
pidity. .
-Upon graduation the trade school girls
are supplied with positions and are kept
In touch with. ' ; y i
"It isn't easy always to locate a girl,"
said ths superintendent "She may, be a
misfit' that is, an excellent worker
and yet unable to do justice to her
position, because she doesn't fit in Well
with her surroundings. Then we find
something else for her."
Beautiful Words.
" From the Boston Globe.
, A prize for a list of the 25 most beau
tiful ; words fnthe lSngllsh language,
Judged according, to ; their beauty of
eetmnbety-ef -meaTrlnglias- ftften
awarded in New York, and here is the
list of words: ("Melody, splendor, ado
ration, : eloquence, virtue, innocence,
modesty, 1 faith, Joy, honor, radiance,
nobility, sympathy, heaven, love, divine.
I hope harmony, happinea, purity lib-
wty." X?o you remember tbajtory of
-NEWS IH BRIEF
' OREGON SIDELIGHTS
' Another business building. seven,
stories, is to be erected at Ontario,
Monmouth creamery is doing a good
business and has declared a substantial
dividend. ,
Many people in Dallas and vicinity are
establishing poultry and will raise more
chickens.- , ,
A' company has Installed a - drilling
rig at Alkali Springs, about nine miles
northwest of Ontario, and will prospect
for-oil in that district. - .
Lucklamute co'resppndence of, Dallas
Observer: Mrs. James Hlltlbrand has
sweet peas growing in her yard that
measure 120 Inches, or 10 feet, and are
budded to bloom. , . "T
-
-Borne of the residents of Chehalem
Center are thinking of planting o.ut large
tracts of Loganberies and apple trees
In the noarvfuture, also, of putting up
a fruit drier.
.::.4 , ;v,- r-:".j...
Dallas Itemlxer: Backed by; experts
In geology and oil 1 fields, we do not
guess, but we know, that oil Is under
neath us. and We are going to keep at It
until we get -it in commercial quanti
ties. if. -:i" ''vi';1, "
Newberg-people are proud - of their
water system, and thev also, says the
Enterpise, have sufficient of purs
mountain spring water, - and are con
templating the attaching of several new
springs to supply the rapidly increasing
populace. , .j ,. y.-r -. ; :
Hlllsboro Argus: David Reghitto,
the one time Beaverton onion king, has
brought suit- against his daughter,
Rosa Reghitto Merlo, asking the cir
cuit court t exact an accounting from
the daughter. The complaint sets up
that the property Involved is worth
$75,000, and Is in Jtosa'S nam because
he thought she could better handle the
business, aa she. had been educated In
English. t- 9-:
Mentioning prospects of much im
provement in that city, - the Sliver ton
Appeal says: Things have taken a de
cided change now and we are in a po
sition to deliver the goods upon short
notioe. Instead of saying we . Intend
to, we can hereafter say Just look what
we are doing and the signs of progress
on every hand will be prima facie evi
dence of our sincerity of the faith we
profess In our town and country.
.... . ..
Within a week, at Falls City, one boy
had a finger cut off with an ax; an
other lad had his hand Injured by an
exploding cartridge; a young man shot
a hole through his finger; a third lad
had his hand sewed up as the result
of a knife wound; a team ran away,
and an engineer jumped from his cab,
thinking a nrreck was about to occur,
and was injured; and a fire completely
destroyed a rooming house, a restau
rant and a pool halt
. -
Fox Valley "correspondence of Stay ton
Mall: The people of this community
are Just waking up, are beetcjiln-to
Realize that they have one of the most
beautiful, as well as productive little
valleys in the state; there is now a
movement on foot to make it like unto
the Garden of Ec-n. . The people are
organizing a fruit and vegetable asso
ciation and intend to tro Into the fruit
business. The price of land has doubled
In the past five years and will undoubt
edly double again In the next five
years. .
A Salem reader requests the reprint
ing of this item: In 1909 the receipts
of the Salem postoffice were $48,821.
In 1910 the amount was $59,684. This
is an Increase of 22.2 per cent. A table
showing the business and Increases and
decrqases of the first class postoffices
of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Mon
tana snows that there is but one post
office In al this territory that shows
for last ' year over the former year a
greater percentage of Increase than the
Salem office, and that is Great Falls,
Mont., where the Increase was 28.8.
Walla Walla, Wash., a city of 20.000
reople, received more than $10,000 less
han Salem last year.
it and himself started on a gallop to
ward Stamford for reinforcements.
A Quarter of a mile east of the church
Is a precipitous and rocky bill, now
known as Put's Hill. In it were cut
steps, twenty-four, it la said in number.
The British were confident that they
had captured the, American general when
they saw hlra sparring his horse towards
the steps.
They were mistaken. With reckless
daring ha galloped his horse down the
incline, turning in the saddle as he went
shaking his fist and calling out defi
antly: "God cuss ye, I'll hang ye to
the next tree when I get ye."
The astonuded jjragoons reined up at
the head of the steps. All they could
do was catch a glimpse of the "flying
horseman." and look at one another in
bewilderment Putnam -returned that
day with reinforcements in time to cap
ture a considerable number of the enemy.
One of the eyewitnesses of the daring
ride was Rose Fitch, an old slave '.wo
man, who lived on the brow of the hill.
She told the following story:
"I was standing at the gate on the
morning when the British raided the
town, and I heard the flrinr near the
Congregational church. As I looked
down the road I saw a man riding up at
a breakneck speed, Hardly a hundred
yards behind him rode a dozen or more
men in scarlet uniforms,
"Across the brow of the hill ran a
stone wall in which' there was an open
ing at the point where a pathway
reached the summit Leaving the main
road the first horseman dashed straight
through and down the pathway which
was very steep and in which a number
of steps were out The men who fol
lowed reined up at the stone wall and
were silent for a moment as if aston
ished.. Then they fell to arguing with
one another and later rode away.'1 ,
Tomorrow Sheridan's ride.
the old lady who was complimenting
Adam on the aptness with which he
named the animals? : "Now "hog,?" she
said. "Could he have possibly found
a more expressive name than that?"
; ;,. ,f
, ' Safeguarding the Children. -"Ever
since the people of America be
girt to hli-e in the' big cities there has
been an "appalling increase in the pro
portion of the population in prisons, hos
pitals, asylums, and other eleemosynary
institutions." sara a writer Tn tha our.
rent Issue of Harper's Weekly, with ref
erence to the : Child Welfare Exhibit
which is be!nr hll lh New York city.
It IS tO Counteract thin tf-nrlnn llH
vitiation of the race that the exhibit
was piannea, ana urn most attractive
part-, of it Is the children themselves,
"The time to build up worth while citi
zens Is from babvhnrvi" mi want Tha
city child must-' have pure air, enough
pure iooa ana water, proper .Housing,
warm clothing, : attractive and decent
olav. or at his stftrvullntr moinrltv Tin
will be a burden or a detriment to so
ciety. "Don't call it philanthropy said
one ofjthe jpromoters. jTtJsn'philan
thr6pyr"Itrs Just raclarconimon sense.' "
While great sums are being spent on
.the Deciea-Gould wedding, thousands of
people in the same city are. shivering
and nearly starving, i Will conditions
be evened- up "over -there?" : Perhaps
they may be. little, even here, some
time. -
; WcigLt and Measure )
From the Metropolitan Magazine
.. It WOlild take an enovalniMritrf.' tn da.
scribe all the tricks of tradesmen. But,
even if the customer Is shrewd enough
to detect all . the cheating that can "be
done with' weights and measures before
his eyes, he has only Just begun to pro
tect himself. You - must reweiarh and
remeasure on your , little home , outfit
especially isucb goods as are not weighed
and measured before your eyes. For It
fraudulent selling In this country has
reached its largest proportions.
The carDenter buvs ten inch - rnnarh
lumber and finds that it is only, nine
ana one hair Inches wide. The painter
pays for 12 pound, .25 pound and 60
pound palls of paint and they weigh
much iess than that keg and : all.
Spindles of gummed paper for sealing
machines, sold as- 800 feet long, are
from 100 to 150., feet less than . that
Spools of thread, . rolls of ribbon and
braid are four or five 'yards short of
what they are marked. Sheetings, pil
low aaes and linens are marked at a
greater measure than their true one,
Rubber goods are marked at a greater
weight or a greater capacity than the
real one. Your pint of whiskey is short
by an ounce or 4 two. ' Your quart ot
vinegar is put up in a bottle that con
tains only 12 fluid ounoea Even the
small boltlee of the druggist are ehort
Inspector Wulfson In Indianapolis
states that in the last four and a half
years he has confiscated upward of IS,.
000 fraudulent measures and scales from
tradesmen. Sealer H. A. Boyer In Har-
rlSburg. Pa.! last anmmor aw
clal investigation of small wooden fcerry
poxes, jn tne enure city he would not
find a single box containing a full quart
Commissioner Clement J. T)rlscolK of
New York city reported that In April,
May and June, 1910, his lnspeotors vis
ited 12.48 places of business. They
condemned and rnnf1ct,1 on '
lng and measuring instruments. Nearly
nir 01 inene were crudely and bare
facedly fraudulent measures purposely
made short, mostly with false bottoms;
and false scales, weights plugged with
putty, and the like. Yet only Tl of
these seizures could be made the basis
of penal-actions against the offenders.
That's partly because, the inspectors
haven't the power to arrest and also be
cause the fact tha a dealer is selling
from a wrongly adjusted scalers not
according to law, presumptive evldenoe
ojT Intent to defraud.
TANGLEFOOT
' By M3ei Overholt
-- IN SMALL DOSES.
The same old fellow, who la looking
for free medical advice, met the same
old grouchy doctor, who is too wise to
bite at a bait less hook.
"Suppose. " doc," he said, "suppose a
man should get sick out here on the
street had a headache, ears ringing,
teeth chattering what would you ad
vise him to take, doer
"A taxlcab," said the doo.
An Eskimo named 'Wene," has written
to a friend at Toledo, Ohio declaring
that neither Pearv nor rook ill
the pole. But we refuse to believe his
siory uniu we near from "Ene," and
"Mini" and "Mo."
A Portland, Or., negro shot a brother
who said to him: "Hullo, Smith."
Though we believe the man should have
been punished, we would not advocate
such severe measures. He might have
Good; Road Bogies.
From The Wallowa Chieftain.
There are many people who are never
happy unless they are seelnar bodes.
They imagine the direst results from the
simplest causes. This is especially true
about new and untried things like good
roada
Unless we are misinformed, none of
the five good roads bills before the
legislature takes the making and eon-
iroi oi rpaas irom me county courts.
Automobile speedways will not be built
unless tha count v rnurt: nritura tha asm
In fact there will be no change from I
initiative.
These bills simply provide ways and
plans by which a eounty may build
permanent roads if it wants to do so.
A Slap at T. R,
From The Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Isn't the Outlook ingenious f Tho free
transportation of President Lincoln
from Illinois to Washington in 1880 la
made a precedent for the Rooseveltian
acceptance of railway generosity on a
transcontinental scale. The Outlook
does not say whether or not the Penn
sylvania railroad carries unpaid bills
amounting to ' upward of a hundred
thousand dollars for Colonel Roosevelt's
transportation to football games and on
hunting expeditions. To charge this
expense to "advertising" in the railroad's
accounts would be inaccurate, for it was
not the railroad that got the advertis
ing It was the gentleman of the Big
Stick.
Got the Hook." ' '
From Boston Transcript; .
"Where are you going, my pretty
maid?" ,
"I'm going to Fishhook, sir," she said.
"And where may that be,, my pretty
maldf" ' --
"At the end of the line, you Jar
said,
C!
airvoyance
(Contributed to Ths Journal by Wlt Msion.
tb fanjoui Knn poet. II U pruta-poemi r a
regular feature ot thi column In Tb Dallr
Journal). .
... n 1 1 1 .. ''","'4
I sought the parlors of the seer, and
he wore vestments Weird and queer; he
fiddled with a crystal globe, and had
strange symbols on his robe. He mov.ed
with sombre, stately grace, around thu
Incense-reeking place.-. He said, in low.
sepulchral tones: "You'll please cough
up a pair of bones. Before I pierce the
mystic shroud that hides the future
from-the crowdbefore I penetrate the
veil I always have to see the kale." I
drew two dollars from my panes, and
then ho went into a trajioe, and I could
hear -hlra softly, lay;; "Your life will
be both sad and gay. Some days with
joy will be abloom, and other daya Will
reck with gloom." The gods for you are
storing wrath, and dangers lurk around
your path, but you will triumph in the
end, so loosen up again, my friend."
"You are a cheap-John seer," I said;
"the path described sll men must tread;
all men meet danger as they go, and sll
muRt sample: Joy and woe, and all will
triumph at the last it they have nerve
to-f scr'-tns"t)t8str-"Afid-thtnk" you that
I'll let you keep my plunks, for prophe
cies so cheap ?" I seized ' him by his
Spangled robe, and soaked. him with his
crystal globe, . and rummaged deftly
through his Jeans, and robbed him of his
ill-earned gains. " v
Copyright, 110, br ' A JTf "
Goorga, Matthew Adams. LVLI