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EARLY In August OreRon'a citlren
sailors members of the Oregon
naval militia win board the
protected cruiser Boston and
, steam out of Portland harbor,
down the Columbia and out upon the Pa
rifle, playing a war frame of their own
Proceeding to Marshfleld, the third and
fourth divisions will be taken abroad
and then the boat again will start forth
upon . the ocean as In search of an alien
and unfriendly craft. None will be en
countered; there will be no war and no
bloodshed, but mindless of this fact the
naval militiamen will be a subjected to
wartime training without ,its dangers.
Each day will be replete with novel
experiences for the embryo sea fight
ers. Thoy will perform their duties at
regulation pay nd eat at the expense
of the government Each night will
find them climbing Into their canvas
hammocks awung from hooks In the
top of the grun decks. Their meals will
bo served from the regulation navy
tables, stowed away ordinarily above
the gun decks and arranged At meal
CONDUCTED FOR
GETTING excited over corporal
punishment, as such, hints of a
regrettable lack of It in the early
years of the overwrought individ
uals who so violently oppose it.
We can only arrive at the merits of
a question by reasoning upon it with
out heat. Where reason does not rue,
but passion and prejudice instead, there
Is an undisciplined will, the heaviest of
life's handicaps. Discipline of the will
Is the object of exlstense, says Emer
son. The disciplined will is the
will that obeys enllgthened reason. The
man whose will goes according to feel
ing and Impulse it a ship without steer
ing gear. 80 much Is self evident.
The question becomes, how can the
child b taught self discipline? Thl.
suggests the further question, Can any
human being become self dlscplined
without punishment? If so, how terribly
awry this whole creation must' be, where
punishment is the certain result of
violated law, an Irrevocable fact re
curring all through life. Punishment Is
quite evidently calculated as a deter
rent to wrong doing and serves no other
purpose. Through restraining oneself
from wrong doing for fear of getting
hurt, one develops the capacity for self
restraint; and as one continues to ex
ercise self restraint he comes gradually
into deeper consciousness of the advan
tage of right doing. He sees that It is
profitable to himself In more ways than
one, and with such motives ha forms
the habit of right action. These good
habits afford the basis for the higher
development that makes the man.
Since it Is reason ' that must rule,
It Is apparent why the child must be
ruled. His reason Is in embryo, his
knowledge alight Until he reaches
the age of 20 or so he Is. as a rule;
more or less dependent, and accordingly -h
Is necessarily subject to. the will of
his parents. ' . .
Where Kindness 1 Cruelty. . ; , f .
As his powers develop, his dependence
jessenn and he acts Aicjv'and more for'
himself. But this maturity Is achieved
'only through ; the growth in the ln
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time arounft tht kitchen that divides the
gun decks on either aide of the boat.
As they eat their eyes will reBt upon
the array of "8-Inch" and "4-Inch" gruns
and M6-pounders" that poke out their
noses formidably from either aide or
gate through the open- port holes that
.admit light and air. , The term "eat"
is. used advisedly, though it is hard to
Imagine sea fighters without appetite,
but then this la an Initial cruise and
many of the militiamen are not as vet
seasoned sailors. But they will be be
fore long if the determination of their
officers is of effect
San Francisco will be the destination
of the Boston on, this cruise and the
return trip will be made within the
limits of the required ten days. .
In preparation for this and subsequent
cruises, the officers and men of the
Portland divisions of the Oregon naval
militia are devoting two evenlngra each
week to actual drill and study aboard
the ship where they are put through the
regular stunts required by drill reg
ulations. A school in navigation, en
gineering and other special subjects is
maintained. "
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dividual of self discipline. And where
the child Is not taught self control
he often falls sooner or later In adult
life under social control, as a criminal
or a weakling.
The well meaning people who decry
corporal punishment do not realise that
their seeming kindness is essential
cruelty. For some kind of physical
restraint Is required In the rearing of
every child who has natural force and
initiative, if such child la to become
a man or woman of culture and charac
ter. And when parents of this class
send a child to bed in the daytime, or
condemn him to sit long in a chair,
or deprive, him of a meal, 01" in ease
of a young child given to running away
tie him up, they are using corporal
pjjnlshment and In most cases punish
ment of a severer and more harmful
kind than the application of a slipper
or a switch. When a child needs this
manner of correction it should merely
be as ah effective form of suggestion
a etlng that enforces remembrance. The
moment It is done, the sun should
shine again and the child- be given, his
freedom to go and exercise the self
restraint In which he has failed.
Most important of all Is It that the
child shall not be punished unjustly. A
parent or teacher who pounces upon two
children who are quarreling and pun
ishes both indiscriminately without
learning the -facts, Is breeding up crim
inals. At first the child is terribly
hurt by injustice. When he has . suf
fered it repeatedly he becomes calloused,
and at the same time skeptical of truth
and justice. He has learned that merit
does not save him and he learns to
resort to craft instead.
The abuse of a thing does not , con
demn the thing Itself. The majority
of parents are no doubt unfit for their
high of flea But among the unfit few
are worse than those who would wait
untl) the child reaches the age of rea
son before requiring obedience, . Child
ren from whom corporal punishment Is
withheld seldom amount to much. If
they do not require it they are deficient
In force and Initiative. . If they need
It and ' do not . get it, the world deals
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In the maintenance of a naval militia,
Oregon Is observing the paradox that
the price of peace Is preparedness for
war. These citizen sailors bear the
same relation to the United States navy
that the national guardsmen do to the
United States army, and in time of war
they would be merged into the regular
.establishment, either as a unit or as In
dividuals. During the war of '98 the
state naval militias acquitted them
selves with credit. Justified their ex
istence, and paved the way for the ex
tension and development of this branch
of the service in years subsequent. There
are a number of states that border on
the seas or the great lakes that sup
port naval militias but none has tha
possibilities offered In the way of a
training ship that excels those afforded
by the United States cruiser Boston?
All young men of good character who
are of age Or with their parents' con
sent If under age may enlist in the
Oregon naval militia for a period of two
years unless sooner discharged. But
few of the petty offices have been filled
as yet, the V'aces having been left open
purposely for those who can make good
In their duties as an Incentive for great
er Interest. When on cruises the men
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hardly with them In one way or an
other. If they learn late in life the
lesson they should have learned In child
hood it is only at cost of heavy suf
fering. Few learn this lesson 'well in
mature years.
An Instance of Discipline.
American children are said to be es
pecially neglected in respect to disci
pline, and it is probably true; but It
Is pleasing to note shining exceptions.
Walking behind a couple of tots In the
suburbs the other day I learned that
' all parents are not failures.
They were hand in hand, the little
girl about six and the boy three and a
half, perhaps. The little fellow stooped
and picked up a cherry from the walk.
For a moment he seemed to contemplate
eating it. Then he threw it away, and
his sister commended him, saying,
"Thats" right. I wouldn't eat It. It
is sour and maybe dirty, too. Then,
you know, it is against our principles
to eat between meals." Fact, every
word! Naturally, I made the acquain
tance of those children. On inquiring
over the telephone I learned from their
mother what I knew already that she
has never had any freak prejudice
against corporal punishment. . She said,
however, that she rarely employed it;
but when they were younger it was
the only way to teach them to let for
bidden "articles alone to slap .their
fingers' gently. She did net say, but
if they are lively children she has prob
ably had to spank them a few Times.
And they love their mother all the
more for her Insistence upon obedience.
The rule for governing children should
be to give love and Justice full sway
at aj.1 times. It Is discipline that makes
eorporal punishment appear a failure,
that together with undue severity.
Children are neither Imps V nor full
fledged angels. They have capacities
to become either, and the treatment.
.they receive has much to do In making'
or marring their success aod -happiness. '
An educator lately said that the child
who never knows hardship can never
come to muob. And it is undoubtedly
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receive the pay of their rank and "grub"
free. Uniforms and clothing are also
furnished free by the government.
The officers of the Oregon naval mil
itia are as follows: Captain J. J. Rey
nolds, commanding; Lieutenant Com
mander Williams, chief engineer; Lieu
tenant Commander Albert J. Capron,
paymaster; Lieutenant Commander Louis
true that the "HcWn1 and larnln - of
the old fashioned parents and teachers
was more salutary than the soft cod
dling now so popular.
THOSE who serve the public are
usually grateful for suggestions
from the public. Therefore I
submit the following hints to
our philanthropic doctors who
are going In for preventive medicine.
An Austrian physician has begun a
campaign of education calculated to
correct the unhealthy habits of 11
people. He urges them to reduce their
meals to three dally, to cut down on
tobacco, to take systematic exercise In
bed, to take a dally air bath, to avoid
drinking at meals and to sleep abund
antly and with open windows. He Is
making a hit, too. It Is a more useful
hit than the "swat-the-fly" program
which we were promised would banish
flies and disease alike from Portland.
The fly is here and the doctors are
about as busy as usual.
Surgery to Be Avoided.
The other hint, Is from Dr. J. H. Til
den of Denver. He points out that the
preventive medicine campaign should
be directed toward teaching people how
to avoid Sppendlcltls, and how to avoid
operation, should It appear. lie sug
gests that this- would save many dis
tinguished people to long life and the
service of their country, mentioning,
hpwever, -only Governor Johnson of
Minnesota. There comes to my mem
ory quite a list of well known men who '
have died Of operation for appendicitis.
There was E. H. Harrlman. who lived
some time afterward, but who, accord
ing to Dr. John Shaw of London, may
be believed to have died from the oper
ation nevertheless. President . Harper
of Chicago university went In a similar
manner. Dr. Shaw tells us to expect
a large number of cancer tiara to de
velop from major surgical operations.
Edmond Rostand, the playwright"; Max
O'Bell. Clyde Fitch. Victor H. Smalley,
Journalist and playwright, and Michael
Cudahy, the packer, are among those "
who died immediately after the opera
tion. Dr. Tllden maintains that surgery Is
rarely called . for ' in thfcs disease and .
that It Is easily preventable if people
are but taught how. His own success
and that of other doctors show that
there Is too great haste now In the use -of
the knife. And besides the saving .
of life, think how much less costly is
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J. Wolf, surgeon; Senior Lieutenant
Oustave J. Blomberg, acting executive
officer; Edwin E. Straw, lieutenant sen
ior grade, third division; Fred Pape,
lieutenant senior grade, assistant en
gineer; William E. Bouschor, lieutenant
senior grade, assistant engineer; Lieu
tenant J. Richard Olson, chaplain; Ev
erett Mlngus, lieutenant .junior grade.
WRITTEN
IX The Case of a Jostly Calf.
ONE could tell at a glance that Old
Jake Plag had a grouch against
nearly everybody and every
thing. "Old" always went with,
his name, though In years he
was not very old. But he always wore
frowsy clothes, unkempt hair, and a
stubby gray and red beard cut short
by himself. He saved the cost of a
razor and soap and brush. As for
patronizing a barber he would almost
as soon have cut his own throat.
Old Jake lived In both the city and
the country. He stayed In the city
most of the time for business reasons,
but kept his wife and minor children
on his farm, that resembled himself,
looking 111 tended and shabby, and Irs
old scant buildings dilapidated anl
shaky with a grapd neglect. In town
Old Jake had five or six old shacks
that he rented for dwelling houses anl
two equally aged and Infirm building
used for a stable and a Chinese laundry.
In one of the houses he reserved a room
for himself, that h'e used for bedroom,
sitting room, dining room and kitchen,
and cooked his own meals, except occa
sionally when he indulged In the luxury
of a 10 cent meal in a Japanese restau
rant He was supposed to be the silent
partner and financial backer of a 10
per cent a month loan shark, and on the
rare occasions when a small loss was
sustained Old Jake had a fit that
caused' him terrible suffering. Once he
tried to kill his partner, who had lost
a loan of $30, after only $45 Intereat
had been paid, but the younger man
easily resisted him.
. In the country Mrs. Plag and three
young Plags, two girls, aged 17 and 16,
and a boy . of 13 several older Plags
had broken loose and were looking out
for themselves were made to do all the
farm- work, and that with old broken
down animals and tools. Old Jake rpent
harvest time there,.. . and soma othor
periods of various lengths. He exacted
a strict accounting of all the farm,
produce, allowing the producers barely
enough for their existence, Incidentally,
however, the elder girl ran away with.
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assistant surgeon; Barry T. Stone,
lieutenant fourth division; Robert O.
Graves, lieutenant ensign, fourth divi
sion; Thayer Graves, ensign, fourth di
vision; Arthur L. Blanchard, ensign,
third division; Fred W. L. Humphrey,
lieutenant, first division; William H.
Rober, lieutenant, assistant engineer;
naval board. Captain J. J. Reynolds,
Captain J. B. Bpeler. retired; Lieuten
ant Commander Albert J. Capron, Lieu
tenant Fred W. L. Humphrey and Lieu
tenant Edwin E. Straw.
The Boston, which is now at anchor
in Portland harbor off the foot of Stark
street is permanently assigned to the
Oregon naval militia as a training ship
and this two million dollar craft Is the
best boat ever loaned for this purpose.
And It is here to stay as long as the
state supports It through .the organiza
tion at whose service it Is placed.
Six men from the United States navy
stay with the ship. They are Chief
Gunner's Mate Gaven; Boatswain's Mate
Morrow; Water Tender Cantrowith;
Quartermaster Parte, Electrician Rus
sell and Fireman Clark.
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a neighbor's hired man, and before the
last act was concluded the wife and
mother died of drudgery and lack of
ustenance. Old Jake loved her so
muoh that he made the coffin himself
or was It to save expense?
Where the Calf Comes In.
But did the calf come into, or upon,
the Plag preserve? That was one of
the contested questions of the trials.
It was a calf about three months old
belonging to Henry Wicks, a neighbor
of Plag's, whose land adjoined him.
Plag claimed that through an aperture
in the fence made or left through
Wick's fault, the beast came upon his
(Plag's) premises, and was doing great
damage. Plag, It was undisputed,
roped'" the animal, which was tame
and not discriminating In observance of
human countenances, and threw it, or
In seeking to escape it fell violently; at
least Ita neck was broken.
Wicks demanded $12, alleging this to
be the reasonable value of the calf.
Plag refused to pay anything, asserting
that the calf was a trespasser on his
premises, that he had a right to capture
It, and that its death was an accident,
or the brute's own fault n alleged
eye witness, a neighbor boy. testified
that being on higher ground, not far off,
he was attracted by Plag's exclamations
on seeing the calf and saw Plag throw
the rope around Its neck, and that It
was then on Wick's ground but near
and approaching the opening; be also
said that Flag carried the rope around
a post and jerked and beat the fhlmai
Violently. But this boy was shown, to
be a friend of the Wicks family and
to dislike Old Jake. Besides, the Young
Plag boy testified that his father
"didn't Jerk the calf a tall, far he seen
htm not do it" But-Jt was proved that
Old Jake had licked the boy severely,
presumably to compel him thus to tee-
tlfy.
Trials of the Call .."Case. . '-'f
The case was. tried 40 Justice court,
consuming two days; the Jury disagreed.,
tried again, : tha plaintiff cot a Judg-
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The Boston has had a notable career
and perhaps the foremost claim made
forner is the fact that on her qurtr
deck is the 8-lnch gun that tired the
first shot in the battle of Manila. The -Boston
was built in 1881 but has been
entirely rebuilt since. She is a pre
tected cruiser of 07( tonnage, 1M
knots speed, and 430 horse power. He
war equipment include two 1-Inch j
three 6-inch, one 4-lnch guns and sic
6-pounders. Th 4-lnch gun shown abev4
was Installed on the run deck this yes
and is the last word In gun construe
tion. ; "
The Boston has seen enrlee all vfr
the world. She was under command
of (now) Admiral Barker, in Honolulu
harbor at the time Queen LU was de
posed and took a prominent pari in ta4
historic battle of Manila Bay in Majf
1898 when Admiral Dewey won undying
fame by commanding the fleet tbat ef
fectively destroyed a Spanish fleet,
mads possible the acquisition of the ,
Philippines and was a big factor la
bringing the war to a quick and glorious
finish for the United States. , .4
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ment of $6. Plag, was not popular in
that community. Plag appealed, and ea
the flrat trial in the circuit court a Juror
was taken ill and a new trial had, to be
ordered on that account. When all tha
witnesses ware ready for the second ,
trial, it had to be postponed because
one of the attorneys had gone Ashing. -Next
month, after a day's arguments on
motions and another day In securing a
Jury, the trial took a day and the Jury
was out a day, disagreeing. Next time,
after a two days' trial, the Jury found,
for the plaintiff In the sum of $10,
Plag, groaning under the demands
his attorneys and payinj them only
small portions of their fees, appealed to
the supreme court After nine months
the trial court was reversed, on acoouat
of errors of law, and the case was re
manded for a new trial. This occurred ;
some weeks later, and the Jury found
for the defendant This ttme Wicks
appealed', and the next year tha case
was reversed again, on the ground that
the Jury must have wrongfully disrs'
garded the evidence of the boy eye wit
ness. The next trial, months . later,
again resulted In a victory for the
plaintiff in the sum of $7.88. Not being
able to induce any lawyer to appeal
again, on the terms he offered, Old .Jake '
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But his troubles were not over yet
Ho wouldn't ' pay. especially the costs;
amounting to several hundred dollar
Execution was Issued against his prop
erty. aod he threaten: the offloer with
a gun and wa fined, and Imprisoned
until he paid, ;:Then hl attorneys bus
him for large fees and aftsl? prolonged
but vain efforts ho had to pay them.
He made threats tgainst .Wicks' life,
and had to give a Bond to keep the
peace. Finally, he was caught setting
fire one night to his neighbor's barn,
and was sent to the penitentiary.
- It Is needless to add that by the time
all this - had happened there was
property left for the PI children, V t
if they haven't inherited their dad's t -position,
they are well off, . j, ,
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