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THE OREGON . DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1911.
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TUB MAYOR PKCMXES
M'
AYOR SIMON decides to offi
cially pass. Informed per
sona have always accredited
him with being a shrewd po
litical strtlst They wUl lmmedl--telrliw"atf-thrta'a7rM-decided
to retire gracefully. It was
time to retire, - ' - ' ? ,
It la not the kind of a political
year for Mr. Simon.: The politics of
' this year Is not the kind of politics
in which Mr. Simon is past master.
"There Is apparently to be no Baker
1 theatre assembly, or other assembly
this Tearnt is that episode that
knocks the props from under the
political house of the mayor. ; .
Mr. Simon 18 a perfect typo of the
political field marshal of the old
school. He is a perfect type of the
. ' old school official. -'. He retired with
. the, passing of the old system, after
' 25 year of intermittent public afc
tlon, during wbicfr he rose to the
highest place in the official life of
the state. He was re-born officially
with a temporary reappearance of
.the' old system in the Baker theatre
assembly. If, later on, assemblyism
should reappear,, the mayor, also
would reappear.- There are others
like Mr. Simanr r-Vr-
,' On account ot his political educa
tion and -predilections, Mr. Simon, as
' mayor, was not In harmony with this
'. generation; He mistook the" func
tion of the CltyhalL H, assumed
that as mayor, his relation to the
city wa that of a, little father. The
electorate had directed purchase of a
dock site and ordered bonds issued
for the purpose. The vote was more
- than two to one, but Mr. Simon as
sumed that the mayor is a higher
authority than the electorate and
succeeded in temporarily beating the
docks plan.
' The act was typical of others dur
ing his reign. It was a blunder par
' amount, and lone that . has brought
its reckoning. The ; electorate's re
sponse was a new initiative bill ap
propriating' four times as much -for
docks and passed with a whoop... It
was ah act that helped to undo the
mayor and was a step In discredit
ing the assembly system of which
he was the apostle and product.
The old school of politics was
unfit. It gave men the wrong con
ception of political purpose. It
steered them into false notions and
unwholesome ideals. Jt has filled
the state with political cadavers.
HURRY THE NEWS TO HOBSON
STTOXTLF "NOT- Portland Tortlfy?
' The news comes that Gold Hill,
Oregon, as will be seen else-
where on this page; is in a state
of preparedness. Colonel Riley has
planted & rapid fire gun on hill
overlooking the town, and is ready
to defend Jackson county orchards
against Japanese invasion.
These be warlike times. Captain
Hobson is In a constant state of erup
tion. We have 20,000 martial men
"maneuvering" on the Mexicanbor:
- 4eriBtttftnT
In an open state of belligerency. A
Jap was discovered counting the sol
diers taking - passage in Idaho for
San Antonio.
It is no time for pink teas or af
fairs of the drawing room. Gold
Hill has pointed the way. Haven't
we a Colonel Riley who can plant a
battery and breastworks on Council
CrestnantTbe in preparedness to give
i . an rorelgn Invaders a hot reception.
Let Major Simon and members of the
fc ' , city council appear dally at the city
f . ,n 'ul unlform, and let the llt-
; tie German band, also In full unl-
" form, play, "There Is Going to Be a
I . I ' Hot Time in the Old Town." Let
every business house display conspic
uously the words of Franklin, "mil. I
Hons for defense, but not a cent for!
tribute,"
uu w"uu mis is done
. lei roruana ana ttoia Hill Join in
wiring the warlike news to Captain
Hobson. ..)
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X .EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT
E
I VENTS MOVE fast, and the-cor-
ners of the world are romnretft-
,rly searched tor "stories" that
..will, at once Interest the.nuh-
- - ,11c and fill the columns of the pa-
- - pera.: So It' comes about that im-
'porfant issues are overlaid by the
, extiting incidents of each day's hap-r-pnlngs,
before they have been
threlsherout, and set in their right
places in me general memory.
Take,' for example, the decisions
of the Interstate commerce commis-
V sion on the proposed raise of rates
- as the necessary means tot the earn
ing of Increased net profits tor the
Treflfr;
Tb commission decided, against
tie pica ot the. railroads, y that no
demonetratloa had teen offered that
the Increased rates were necessary.
After due deliberation' the railroads
decided to acquiesce, for the time at
least, in the decision The commis
sion Indicated that the way was open
for the roads to reopen the question
If fortified by experience in carrying
on business Zander existing condi
tions. 'With more or less protest the
leading i railroads . proceeded with
their biislness on the former 4Ines,
but Bereral "of them, "notably the
roads of the Harriman system, set
about .getting: together the . capital
needed for extension of their bust
ness and Its more economical opera
tion.
Several railroad presidents have
explained ia magazine and newspa
per articles why. raised rates were
asked for,1 and the justice of their
application.
Most of these experts, however
pass by the accumulated evidence
before the commission that "even
their highly organized systems could
be, and should be, in many direc
tions examined and studied by them,
with added expert assistance, from
the ground up. It Is true that both
suggestions to this end, and the evi
dence tendered, were scouted and
resented by the railroad presidents
and managers. "Can any good come
out ot Nazareth?" was the spirit
shown. Yet, proof was given, in
the case of the Santa Fe road that
the application of the modern ideas
of scientific management had re
sulted in a net saving in three, years
of over $5,000,000 when only in
part developed In the repair shops
of. that system.' The more effective,
and so far unanswered, argument
was that in instance after instance of
manufacturlngrbusinesses operated
in open competition this revision of
methods, and . careful scientiflo an
alysls Of present operation and pos
sible improvement, had borne none
but good results to owners, officials,
and workmen. , Naturally " there
would 1efarmere"1nducementto
such- steps when profits could not
be Increased by raised prices in a
competitive market, but absolutely
depended on wiser ajid more eco
nomical administration. Still even
railroads, protected in every dis
trict where they operate by a prac
tical monopoly, have no sacro-sanct
character. , The existence of the
commission Jproot enough -vlhat
they must submit to be tested and
tried out by the same rules appli
cable to other large and Important
businesses.
' Any future demand the railroads
make- for Increased Tates will surelyi
("have to be supported by proof that
honest effort has been made by them
along the lines indicated In the evi
dence given before the commission.
WHERE'S KELLY T
I
8 ANYBODY EVER going to call
a city assembly? Was it not
drummed 4nto us for two years
that the only way to save Oregon
from perdition waB to hold assem
blies? Was it not hammered into
us from day to day that the forty
eleventh article of the constitution
guarantees us the right of "peace
able assembly?" - '
Why then do we not assemble? Is
not the city election coming on?
Haven't we anything else to do but
to stand around and figure on wheth
er or lyt the new harem skirt is a
trouseroon or a trouserette, or spec
ulate upon the question of whether
or not it Is going to have a hip
pocket?
' Where is that fine old Corinthian
pillar of assemblyism. Judge George?
Where is that grand turreted tower
of '-'peaceable assembly' the Honor
able Seneca Beach? Where is that
resplendent oracle of the faith who
held his own personal assembly and
selected 10 delegates to the county
assembly, the -Honorable Thomas
Hyslop?
Has that brave captain of assem
blyism, the Honorable Joseph Simon,
got cold feet? Has assemblyism
been put in a can with all the old
warhorses sitting on the lid debating
on how old is Ann?
brigadiers? Why does not the Ore.
gonlan give us a few ripping editor
ials on "concert of party action, ob
tainable only through assembly,"
and "putting the knife to Statement
One?". Where's Max Cohen?
Where's anybody? Why doesnt Wal
ter Tooze come down to Portland
and start something?
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ROOSEVELT AND ARIZONA
C
OLONEL R008EVELT told the
Ariconians yesterday. that they
are entitled to admission 'to
statehood under the constitu
tion they have adopted. He said
that the initiative, referendum and
recall In the instrument ar a. mat.
ter of Arizona's own Win- and
that congress or any other outsider
is not concerned. He pointed out.
as everybody knows, that other
Btates in the union are working
under constitutions almost identical
with Arizona's.
Mr. Roosevelt lamented the ap
plication of the recall to Judges, but
nobody has been more unsparing in
denunciation of judges than has the
colonel himself. He stigmatized as
a "crook" an Indiana Judge who de
cided adversely to the Roosevelt view
in the libel case against the New
York World and the Indianapolis
News. If he was right In that and
other notable censure of Judges, the
recan oug&t jo apply to thee bench.
Whether congress, the president
or others like the recall or not, it is
going to.be widely adopted in this
country. If they had the power, the
people of Illinois would write it into
Imer Is on their Lands, amjarentlv for
Nix years, and a huge majority of
me people do not want him. In spite?
ot his known guilt, an "owned'?
ate seated him. I He has I made the
scandal of Illinois the scandal of the
nation.. He secured his seat by pur
chase, and .there is no way. for I1H-
nols, being without the recall, to get
deliverance. f ?. .
1 The pllght' of Illinois is the war
rant for : Arizona's ' recall provision,
and the reason why other states will
ultimately accept it.'--, -v v.
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
r
HE OLD DAYS of happy-go-
lucky training are rapidly pass
ing. Jack ot all trades and
master of none can hardly find
another Job. ; From the professions.
through the trades to the smallest
details of lite efficiency and econ
omy are the universal watch words
and these ends are reached through
the process called by the big name
of specializing Call it doing one
thing only, but -doing it well.
In Portland, so' far; the center of
vocational teaching is the Y. M. C. A.
The most recent opportunity in
those lines Is based on the needs of
the new buildings of the Itr for-ex-
pert care of the surfaces of things.
It used to be believed that any man
could be a Janitor who could wield a
mop, a broom, and a cloth. Times
have changed, and architects with
tbemr-lt-seemst0be -a-pointf
honor to ring the changes in the In
terior finishings of these great, new
structure! . between , marble, Teal
and Imitation, half a dozen different
kinds of wall tiling and surfaces, and
as many varieties' ot floor coverings,
with woods Various nd paints varl
ous also. Dust and dirt have to be
fought in many ways.
Therefore Janltorlng is fast;, be
coming an expert trade. The respon
sibilities of janitors are growing, and
instructed service Is demanded, and
must be paid for. To fit men to do
this work efficiently, and that also
means thoroughly, they-must He
trained, unless they are qualified to
start with. So the Y. M. C. A. has
organized a special class, and en
gaged special teachers for 18 even
ings, beginning early in April next.
There is no doubt that this chance
of learning bow to be a new school
Janitor will be appreciated.
JMIClPALPROBLE3IS
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NE DEVICE after another is
tried to centralize the respon
sibilities and secure exact and
personal control of the govern
ment of big cities- The commission
plan gains in favor, and when once
adopted seems to have come to stay.
The needs, development, cost, and
administration of the one great ma
chine are placed, as an entirety, in
the hands of the elected commission
ers, each department of the whole
being taken charge of by one man.
He It is who bears the responsibil
ity and. receives the credit for the
administration of his special charge.
These men have no special local
footing. As election of commission
ers is by the entire vote of the city
the inherited ideas of wards and pre
cincts disappear, and with them the
possibility of choice of one alderman
or councillor having the desires ot
one section of the city specially at
heart .
But objection has been made that
the governing body of the city, what
ever it may be, may have thrust on
It the need of determining general
Issues, and general policies, and
among them those In which the
various districts, precincts, or wards
of the city should have a determin
ing voice. Therefore the large cit
ies of Canada are now living under
a mixed plan. The city council Is
constituted of the aldermen or coun
cillors, locally elected, but sitting as
a whole as the legislative body. Ex
ecutive and administrative duties
are discharged by the five corlfmls
sioners elected by the vote of the
city at large, and each being held
responsible for his own department,
with the mayor as presiding officer.
Montreal, with a population of
476,000, Toronto with 8 3 5,000, Ot-
with 125,000 people, as well as
smaller cities, are stated In a recent
return to have adopted this plan of
city government
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
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HE WOMAN AT the flat did not
know Booker T. Washington.
wise there would have been no
occasion for the unfortunate aeqnel
now in the public eye. : ''; ";
It is incredible that Dr. Washing
ton's errand at the house was other
than honorable. . His life has been
devoted to endeavors and pur
poses so lofty and so useful as
to make the charge of . which he
is accused beyond belief. Than
his, no name i in the country
stands for higher; ideals or steadier
purpose for human uplift Hw work
In the education of the people, of
his race 1b one of the notable .epi
sodes of this generation. .The esteem
in which be is held by the most em
inent men of the? country is strong
proof of hla innocence.
, The woman mistook him for the
type of colored man who unfortun
ately Is most in the public eye. Dr.
Washington Is made to : suffer .for
the sins ot others of his race.
j The, other day in New, York, , a
four-year-old x boy ' fell through a
manhole Into a sewer. When finally
rescued after an hour's : delay, he
was standing up to his neck In the
icy sewage, but, otherwise unharmed.
Jt was a case of child courage that
jresagea.jtanlxanhood
' An Oklahoma father '.has named
his triplets Initiative, Referendum
and Recall. There is a certain quar-
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ter Jn which the old gentleman will
be; regarded as "the -fool ot, the
family." ' ' - : v
Letters From tie Pcopls
S, j The Evil and the Core. .
To the Editor of The Journal Floyd
C Ramp, like many another of his cult,
mistakes eatiao for effect anil effect for
cause In ' his comments upon the etro
clous crime against a, child lately com
mitted In this City. -V; , ;, y.;,;;..
It Is highly Important that mankind
should recognize that the individual Is
the unit of , the social body and that
such as la the Individual, so will be the
social body; that la, society Is a com
posite likeness of the individuals mak
ing It up It la as good and as bad aa
the striking of an average of all the
people makes It There Is no possible
way to better society except through
the betterment of the Individual.;; .
It Is worse than ridiculous, It Is dan
gerous doctrine, to teach that such a
criminal as the one . mentioned Is the
work of any -ayetem-ef economics. It
Is wholly erroneous to claim that "no
man Is a criminal because he wants to
be," if by this is meant that no man
wants to wrong another. If the wrltet
means that no man wants to be caught
In bis crimes and branded criminal, that
la another matter. Wrongdoers who
deliberately plan their crimes prove by
their very deliberation and cunning that
they desire evil.
The vital point la, that evil desire
harbored Is the actual guilt and cause
of the crime; and this makes all per
sons to share In a crime who have en-
tertaipedealraskin-oHhat-Jfearried
Into act by the man who becomes a
criminal before, the law. A flood of
evil desire gathers from all the rills
flowing from the sinks of lustful minds
and as it grows In volume and force It
breaks bounds In the individual who
most opens himself to it and resists it
least This man, If caught is punished,
end rightly p but let It not be forgotten
that the responsibility Is shared, And
all evil being one, all men share in
crimes who do not to their uttermost
power banish from their thoughts de
sire for that which will, injurs another.
No crime was ever committed that
had not its rise In these regions of the
mind; hence the prevention of crime
must begin by teaching mankind the
power of thought and the suicidal ef
fect of evil desire. There Is one certain
road to control of thought whioh will
keep the mind out of dangerous region,
and that is to devote oneself, heart and
soul, to service of others.
CORNELIA WILLIAM3.
Fighting Jack Frost With Smudge
Pots. '
That the devastating cold wave of last
April taught western orchardlsts a se
vere but thorough lesson is evidenced
by an article by Louis Meyer In the
April-number- of Popular Mechanics,
The total loss caused to the fruits and
other cronB of the United States In one
night was estimated, at from 175,000,000
to $100,000,000. But there was one sec
tion of the country Immune the Grand
valley of Colorado where a $3,000,000
crop of fruit was saved by the.use of
smudge pots, or, more properly, orchard
heaters. Mr. Meyer says:
"Orchard heaters were used for the
first time In the. Grand valley three
years ago. Last year was the first
time that their practicability was ef
fectively demonstrated. Before that pe
riod an effort had been made to induce
the orange growers of California to ex
periment with orchard heating, using
ordinary lard palls and crude oft, which
was obtainable in the refineries near by
at a trifling expense.- The orange grow
ers were not only skeptical, but also
were reluctant- to admit that there was
any danger from frost. Finding no mar
ket for the palls which he had manufac
tured for the purpose, a California grow
er thought he might work them off on
the orchardlsts of the Grand valley.
The manager ot a fruitgrowers' associa
tion agreed to help him when he arrived
In the valley, but the growers were not
at all enthusiastic However, rather
than ship -them back, the pots were of
fered for little more than the freight,
and as the weather bureau happened to
send out a frost warning at that auspi
cious moment, some of the more De
gressive growers agreed to experiment
wun me pots. The result was that they
saved almost their entire croo. while
others In the valley lost everything." ;
The smudge pot has been much im
proved during the last yar, and there
are now a number of rood pots. on the
maricei. - .
The Bible and Education.
Chilwood,. Or,. March 16. To the Ed
itor of The Journal I notice your edi
torial in me issue or March 14, "Attack
ing Education," and I note a few
thoughts which will perhaps help to
solve the problem. Education is the
hope of the world. But education to be
beneficial must be .legitimate. Knowl
edge is power. We are aware that the
educated rascal lar much more influen
tial than the one who Is not. and la
capable of oppressing bis less fortunate
victim. Thus the poor house.', nausea ttt
correction, asylums, etc, are crowded
beyond their capacity and call for en-
Urggtnent What 1 theaujeofcthtr
etate or arrairs j , The principles 3 of
truth and Justice are ignored. The Bi
ble, the scriptures of divine truth, are
set aside. Men who claim, to be wiser
than God are nlAnt n. .,1...-
tional institutions. Bo-caller higher
criticism and atheism la the order of
the day. Many of our achool books are
mere Infidel works. The Bible Is not
allowed in our public schools. : The pa
rochial denominational schools teach
seml-lnfldellty. The secular newspaper
any infidel nrooTucHona.
and laud them to the skies, but will re-
iuse any articles criticising infldal
statements. They will not publish ar
ticles upholding the sorlptures as the
inrauiDie word of God. , What' Is fh
remedy T upen the secular press to an
open Investigation of the scriptures as
the Infallible word, of God. Let men
put that word in practice in their lives.
Place the Bible In the public schools;
give u intelligent rendering as any
other literature, and we can look for
ward to the time when every evil work
will be abandoned to a great extent.
The church of Christ Will be exalted
and God will be glorified.
;: M. T. WHITNEY, f
Lseomb, Or., Rooster Writes.' v T
Lacomb, Or.: March 20. To th v.nt.
tor of The Journal Back in the moun
tains a distance of 10 miles to the east
of Lebanon Is a village smalj ln size
but great in undertakings,' The un
cultivated resources of this rreat coun
try prompt the writer to forward to
you a brief outline of . the facta of tnls
garaenBpo as ne knows them to exist:
Lacomb has three r srenerai atnr
blacksmith shop and wagon shop, a
hotel and another : under construction,
two feed barns, telephone office, post
office and two churches, Baptist and
Free Methodist, A splendid opening can
be . had for a butcher v shop, a barber
shop and a drug store, also a good loca
tion exists for a doctor. - ,
Lacomb has a real live booster club
with George A. Jadwin president; C K.
Soule, y secretarf and treasurer "and
Deakln, Jadwin- andBurten as commit
tee on construction. The Booster iuh
has aourd Oh- buU41n-i -wewsldeH
waias mrougnout the town and' a move
ment is on foot to locate a high school
here. A city hall .and many other Im
portant Improvements "a.re contempHted.
In describing this country the writer
COMMENT AND
" 8MALL CHANGB ' "
Yes, the more the merrier. .1
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'Many people live 'too long' '
Oregon has room for millions.' ' ' ;
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It Is also the season of kloklng about
taxes.
Tine time also to do lots ef spring
panning. . ' ' ;
Are we going to annx Mexloo Instead
of Canada? .
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If J. P. Morgan wants a war ha will
no doubt get It. . -
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Borne of us have lived through that
predicted hard winter. ,
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' O, the glory of marching out to kill
somebody, or get killed! 1 .i ,.
The army and navy are being Mor
ganlied we mean mobilised. 1
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There will be more roses than "ever
before, and quite as beautiful. . .
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When the Japanese fleet arrives there
will be the battleship Oregon to defend
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Can't a war be possibly worked un
somehow, t or. the . military- and . naval
geniSTv, . .
There are obstinate or contrary fel
lows who still insist that Roosevelt
doesn't know it alt ; i
The snecial session of cotiaress might
well take time to establish a lot more
postaX aavlnga banks. - j
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An editorial In an exchange Is headed
"Be Fair With the Women.1' But how
could anybody resist being fair with the
Mir (. . ; . . .. . , -t "...
Back in Boston and ' other eastern
places, they are looking forward hope
fully to the breaking up of winter An a
month or so.- - ,
An Oklahoma father has called hla
triplets Initiative, Referendum and Re
call Yet the kids may live to grow
up and; prosper.
.... . . .' t Jmj1.
it Is now claimed that 18 babies have
been Born in. Fifth avenue, New York,
within two years. But perhaps their
mothers wouldn't know them now.
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There are times when the people of
Oregon would berather pleased- if the
ds wouia eome over ana capture
Salem when the legislature was In ses
sion. ;. .
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An exchange' says: Missouri manu
factured 26,456,684 corn cob pipes In
1910. Next to mules, corn cob pines
are the most famous of Missouri pro
ducts, j
Mrs. Elinor Glyn says the American!'
man la quite nice, . decent and intelli
gent Inherited gallantry prevents the
man from saying what he thinks of the
female author of "Thie Weeks." 1
SEVEN HEROINES OF HISTORY ;
Isabella of
Should we seek through the "pages of
history for a sovereign, whose life, as
It Is told to us by the historians, was
a near approach to perfection from ev
ery viewpoint, we would need look;. no
further than the beautiful Isabella of
Castile. Nor can a reign be pointed
out In all history distinguished by
rgreater event events df such magni
tude as to involve In their consequences,
not particular kings and nations, but
the whole universe, and future ages to
the end of time. Where could we find
a reign sucV. as that of Isabella, who
added a new world to her hereditary
kingdom? Or, did . we wish to prove
that no virtues, talents, graces, though
dignifying and adorning a double crown
and treble scepter; nor the possession
of a throne fixed in the hearts of her
people; nor a long course of the most
splendid- property, could exempt a great
queen from the burden of sorrow; where
could we find an instance so forcible as
In the history of Isabella?
This illustrious, woman was the
daughter of John the Second, King of
Castile and Leon, and was born In 1460.
Among the young princes who sought
the hand of Isabella, Don Feramana,
son of the King or Arragon, was pre
ferred by the young princess, and their
marriage was performed at Valladolla.
At the time Isabella had Just entered
her twentieth year.
Upon the death of King Henry in 1474.
Ferdinand and Isabella were proclaimed
King and Queen of Castile, and three
years after the battle of Tore.- the
death of bis father raised Ferdinand to
the throne of Arragon.
The first great event of the two sov
ereigns was thenar of Granada. This
was the last Moslem kingdom in the
peninsula.. In 1491, after a long siege,
the famous Moorish fortress, the Al-
hambra, was surrendered and the Sara
cen power In Spain came to an end, after
an exlctence jfJTs years. The conduct
of this war, and its final success was
due. 'In a very great measure, to the
ascended the throne. 'found bar country
in, the midst of a fight for its very ex
istence, and left It one of the proudest
powers of the continent In the history
of Spain there Is no brighter or more
glorious page than that which , deals
finds be cannot adequately express in
words the beauty of scenery. To the
east rises the Green mountain rang
with its snow capped tops. To the
north, west and-south are properties
that are being developed into fine rruit
farms and to the writer it seema mat
Lacomb is much blessed with richness
of soil, abundance of timber and de
velopment of farms, homes and town.
w.
" Let Women Work and Vote.
Salem, Or- March 19. To the Editor
of The Journal Mr,, Ramp is right when
he says conditions of society need a
change but poverty and dirt are not so
much to. blame as llvlne In, violation
of the laws of aGod. Very many people
Who are very careful to keep up a good
appearance .- are living immoral i lives.
They live double lives and are more to
blame for the unhappy state, at society
than any and everything else together.
They do more to destroy the respect for
Women than anything else. 1 Mr. . Ramp
says society would like to find a rem
edy, v Well, I Suggest : that women go
to work to bring about a different state
of things- .If woman was made to help
I think I may safely say that a great
majority of moral women now spend
too much of ' their time talking about
each other while immoral people do as
they please right under their noses.
THtA is why I believe in women a
rights, which would help women to
practice using" their Judgment Women
have as much sense as men ana ought
to use their Judgment more; Instead of
being guided by, sentiment ' '
, - JOURNAL READER.
Better Go. to Sleepy Hollow. " ,
Portland. Or., March 19. To the Edi
tor of The Journal I happen to be one
of the 'homeseekere'' who are lured to
li'et' Btat, "1 wwuid llKr
this: I have a sick' wife who; needs a
little sleep on Sunday mornings and I
need my sleep as badly. To get such
sleep seems an Impossibility in Portland
wltn a half doien newsboys hollering
NEWS IN BRIEF-'
OREGOX SIDELIGHTS -;
All the state exchanges tell of the
arrival of newcomers.
Most ' of the : farmers of Wallowa
county, recently so isolated, have tele
phones, . v - -
La Grande has Just, completed . an
186.000 -high school. It is an up-to-date
building with laboratories, assem
bly hall, gymnasium and other features,
A Salem msn visiting Ehigene failed
to obey a local ordinance, which leads
to this paragraph In the Register: This
Is a queer town. A man gets, fined $10
for going on a "toot" and is fined $6
for falling te toot. - It would take
tutor,, however, to make the distinction
ofthe toots. - v- .V:. t.,-v5,:'.;":
That th Southern Paciflo company
owns and controls more than one-tenth
of all the property In Benton county is
the astonishing faot brought out by the
tax records, reports the Gasette-Tlmes.
Of the $193,705.05 assessment the S. P.
will pay 23,08.SS $18,604.6$ of which
Is on Oregon's most valuable resource
her timber. ' .
's-r"r .,.-.-.,;';;,' ;,- .":.sZf!i--,yi-- ?;'.''",';
Land that could be bought at $40 per
acre near Union three years' ago la now
hard to find at $125. That means the
bare land, says the Republican. Land
pUiated-to-orchard-wllliot, sell at 4esa
than $500 per acre and the price still
folng up. " Where the top price Is to
e Is hard to say. Ground that yields
from $260 tolBQO per acre ea,ch year is
very valuable. "
Grants Pass is nonplussed over who
Owns the new road being built out of
thalltytbe -Eugen-Registr says;
One day. the people are convinced it Is
the Hill line and the next day some
thing happens to make it appear Just
as strongly a Southern Paolfto road.
There Is one thing, however, the people
do know, and that Is, the road is being
built as fast as men and material can
do. .the work. ' ; '. ,7 j . y :. : , ,
.j.;. ,v" -i .f 'c .;. .v,;.i."-i: y-.V
fij; N. Prof fit of Baker; owns a large
body of larM near North Powder, and
has commenced the work , of having
1000 acres broken -up to be ready for
the seeding ot fall wheat. . The land
for the most part requires no water
for irrigation-but-Mr-Profflt- intends
developing an Irrigation system where
the land may need water. Lands near
in that vicinity yield bountifully each
year without irrigation says the Baker
Democrat. ;. ;. -r ir..Z'C;n-i .
Bonanaa Correspondence of Klamath
Falls Herald: The snow about this place
is almost gone, and the farmers are be
ginning to perk up. In a few days
plowing will be in full blast Our
farmers are beginning to realise that
if they must do spring plowing it
should be done early. vTo put seed on
late spring plowing ia a sheer waste
of seed. A few 6f our ' farmers, who
tiv a weather eye out for Crops and
pre4H, have their ground fall plowed.
Kicking about crops comes with . bad
rraoA from th men who sit about town
and gossip during the, lata fall when
they ought to ne plowing; ,
Castile.
wltirths reign oOsabellint was her
voice that compelled the people to keep
the field after every ineffectual cam
paign. Mounted on her warhorse, and
encased In mall, .she often rode through
the ranks of her soldiery, breathing into
them new courage and hope.
Yet the masculine qualities of the
queen did not extlnqulah the softer ones
which constitute the true charm of the
womanly character. She watched over
the declining years of her aged mother
and ministered to her infirmities with
all the delicacy of filial tenderness. She
fondly and faithfully loved her husband
to the last breath..' She lived for ber
children far mora than she did for her
self and in the midst of her high es"
tate'she never, for a single moment
forgot the friends ,of her earlier days.
Royalty did not spoil her, and as queen
she was the same good woman that she
was as wife, mother and friend.
As Americans we should evsr keep a
warm place Jn our hearts for Isabella of
Castile, for she it Was who made It pos
sible for Columbus to sail on the mem
orable voyage which gave the world this
glorious western continent Calling Co
lumbus back, after he had been turned
down by the wise ones of her kingdom,
she said to him. out of her womanly
faith and affections "I will assume the
undertaking for my own crown of Cas
tile, and I am ready t pawn my Jewels
to defray the expenses of it If the funds
in : the treasury . should prove inade
quate."..; . - : J- ::.S;".J. "Vr
It was those few words, leaping living
and warm from her womanly heart, in
sublime disregard of the skepticism and
coldness of the knowling ones of her
kingdom, that sent the great navigator
joyfully along his triumphant way. '
There have been women of greater in
tellectual force than was possessed by
Isabella, but as an all-round chaVactet
the Castilllan quoen easily stands in the
very front rank of the great women of
history. "Isabella de Ja pas bontad'
Isabella of peace and goodness was
the simple, but beautiful designation be
stowed npoo:her::by-iier:-peijpta,'na "the
universal regret' and enthusiastic eulo
gies with which they have embalmed her
memory have bean ratified by history
and posterity. .
Tomorrew The Maid Of Saragossa,
and bellowing their brains out at 1 In
the morning on all streets. This shout
ing does them no good; It simply im
presses upon us the great story of per-onal-llberty
-the liberty of-aiinosrittm
ing other people.' : In -other countries
which I have visited this nuisance would
not be tolerated for a minute. . Z know
whereof I speak, as a few years ago I
paid a t mark fine for whistling at 1
o'clock . In .the . morning . on a street of
Berlin. Is there not some way to stop
unnecessary noises? Are wa totally for
getting all consideration for our. neigh-
V ...... t . ' i, 1 . . ml... , ..KmMNA.t ' .1
, Thinks Thomas the Moses.
..To the Editor of The Journal An
evening paper is advertising for a can
didate for mayor. The Tanner creek
sewer and the Brooklyn sewer scandals
are now succeeded by the Terwllllger
sewer eandaV and there . is . a i wide
spread belief that a pool "in restraint
of trade", exists among the paving com
panies. ' I suggest that an investigation
is needed and that the; investigator Is
at band in the' person of George H.
ThomM, candidate for' mayor,; whose
active record as a member of a cele
brated grand Jury is well remembered
by most of the people of Portland. -
. . ,, J B- CARR.
: Westernmost Point."
North Bend, Or.', March 14. To ' the
Editor ot The Journal Please answer
the following question through your val
uable paper:
Is not Port ? Orford "town the most
westerly point -In North and South
America? . OLD SUBSCRIBER.
fThe promontory on which the town
Of Port Orford is situated Is the west
emmost point of land v south of ths
Canadian line. - ' 1
are as numerous as tracks In the sand,
and about as easily made and destroyed.
wnen actual, construction begins, we
shitfl take pleasure' in mentioning the
tact..'. v;-.j.i;-1Sf;y:,'i.i.Vv-':,.i
Ballinger a Resignation
FromU. NeTYorVWorU "
The resignation of Richard A. Ballln
ger, secretary of tha interior, is to be -accepted
as another result of the elec
tion of a democratic house of rep re-
sentatlves last November. .
Seven out of twelve members of an t
investigating committee acquitted Mr.
Balllnger of the charge that in publlo-'
land matters he unduly -favored exten
sive private Interests, m The minority,
Including one republican, reported that
the accusation had been sustained.
Earlier in the controversy the presU -dent
bad exonerated htm from blame
and indorsed air his policies and acts,"
making them his own. That the presl- '
dent has felt this attack, keenly and
personally has at all times been evident '
ConcernlngrTthe - merits of the case-"
there will continue to be a difference
of opinion, but.- as The World has said
from the first, there, baa not been at
any time a question '.that the scandal, ?
destroyed Mr. - Balllnger's uiefulneBs -and
, made' hl presence ln 1 the cabinet'
an unnecessary drag bpon the admini
stration. It would have been wiser to, "
have recognised this fact long ago Un
fortunately for Mr. Balllnger and the
president, a certain lack of candor with
the publlo on the part Of both of them '
stfengthenMbe lmpressfdri that there
was something in the record of the ac ''
cused officer that it was desirable to' -conceaL
: ' '
; Ostensibly . on account of - ill-health, ' ;
the resignation was hastened no doubt
by the calling of the extra session, at
which it js probable that impeachment ,
proceedings would have been instituted,
There must be Increased ' publlo satis
faction, therefore, in the fact that the
popular verdict last fall disciplined not '
only the old guard in congress but the" ;
new growth' of " stand-pat tlsm in ' the , '
cabinet '- - v- 4- i-ti
Twrfcfoot. By MUg,
Overholt
MOST ANY KIND IS A JEWEL NOW
x : DAYS. .
1 want-that policeman No. $$4,6e7.-
890 arrested for larceny. He stole ona
pf my bast Jewels," screamed the woman
at the other end of the telephone.
"What kind of a Jewel did ha steal r
inquired the weary clerk at the police
station. " . . . .r---'-.-"My
Swedish cook," walled th wom
an. - .- - -r- -:r- - , -
And that'll be about all of this story.
CALVES, SH? .
They're going to stuff park animals to
slop their agony,
But the streets will still have live ones
that are just as queer to sea
They're hiking 'round in harem skirts
inai lasnion s pusmag wrougn.
And, dearie, we won't miss the pan
raa
the streets will be our soo.
1 oe our soo.
H., Portland. Or.
R. L.
BY WAY OF A JOKB. "
An old Indian saw runs: "A heart
worn on. the sleeve Is easily pierced."
Now, doesn't that Just sound like a
buck saw?
Except- at-tha-southern extremity,
where th queue has its terminals, Wu
Ting Fang's head is said to be a regu
lar billiard ball, anyway. Looks as if
he might need his queue, unless he has
played his string out and intends to get
out of the game. .
"Maud" sends a contribution and fa- -.
cetiously observes: "Editor: If there
is no room In your waste basket you
mlfcht put this In Tanglefoot.'" There
was room, Maud, plenty of room.
Two Gentlemen of Idaho.
From Hampton's Ma gatlne.
Both the senators from Idaho are Re- N-publicans.-
They are living expositions
of the truth that party names mean ab
solutely nothing. Borah ia tba sponsor
for the movement to amend the consti
tution to permit the election of senators
by the people. Heyburn is the most vio
lent opponent of that movement. Borah
believes that senators should obey the
will of the people of their states In vot
ing on public measures; Heyburn an
nounced that he Would refuse to obey
the Instructions of the Idaho legislature
to vote for the resolution offered by his
colleague. Borah is a progressive; Hey
burn is a standpatter. Both are Re
publicans which means nothing. .
Heyburn is the last survivor in publlo
life ot that old fashioned Republican L
who used to wave the bloody shirt and .
worship James G. Blaine. Borah is the .
first Republican Jn publlo life who ever ;
admitted openly that: the Republican -
party was a hypocrite on the negro ;
question. - ' , .
As far as the cast is rom the west,
as far as black ia from white, just so
far is Heyburn from Borah In every con-:
cept of statecraft. And yet both are
Republicans, both are supposed to rep
resent the state of Idahoand both are
patriots. The difference 'is that Hey
burn's partlotlsm looks back to 1881 and
Borah's looks forward to 196L ' There
is Just, a hundred, years between7 them.
' Gold Hill to the Rescue.
-From -lha.Medf ord-Mall-Tibuner-
Cltiatens of the Kogus -River valley"
and southern Oregon are sighing with
relief over the determination of the
patriotic oltlsens of Gold Hill te ereot
fortifications and enlist a militia com
pany far the defense of the valley
against the Japs. .
- The rapid fire gun te be mounted on
the top of the high bill baok of the
city will afford protection to Grants
Pass, Medford and Ashland and we can
now go. to bed knowing that ws will
not wake -up with the little brown man
in possession of our orchards. ,
Gold Hill should invite Mr, Hobson
to move tnere, as it is a eltr after his.
own heart, and with Hobson to kiss the
ladles, ws could beat Hawley for con
gress. , '
We move" a vote ' of thanks' to. "the
jingoes of Gold Hill. : Never will the
mikado, dare to declare war when he
learns of Colonel Riley Hammersley's
company of mllltla and bis big gun,
Gold' Hill has saved the nation.
(Contribute! to Tb Joarntl by Wilt Vuoi, -tb
(mouf Kama port. Hi proM-potme rt s .
regolar feature ot tale eolnnia in Tb Pally '
Jonraal). , : X ,a yX-iX-;
One fellow leans upon my' shoulder,
when he would talk to me; and then I
wish I had a boulder, to soak him two
or three, v It makes me hot as a hyena "x
when I'm used as a prop by some cheap ;
human concertina who only longs to vi
yawp. If I killed bores,,: and had to
choose 'em, that . bore I'd Surely slay,
who; always paws . my manly bosom, -;
when he has aught to say. , I do detest
the bore who claws me, familiarly, as
death, i the Awhile he questions m or
Jaws- me,! or stuns me with his breath.
I hate tile bore with funny story, and -
prehistoric fibs, who, as he. springs his i
legends ; hoary,-.- musr proa me m the ; x
ribs.' Oif.all the weary bores. I'm know1;
ing, the one who breaks my heart ia ha
who says ha must.be going, and never 4
makes, a start. -Boma bores are dense, ,
and others cunning, some sad, and oth
ers gay s' some lean to song, and soma ,
to-puQoingAad.soma tepar jay), some
run to brains and somo to gristle, some
always slam the doors; some bores wilt ;
preach and others ' whistle and bores
are always" bores. " , '
r.oDrib. ijio. by I IS IJTH ;
Oeort MattbW clma. 4JBkli i
The Bores .
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