Tllfe- OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST ' 21,
THE JOURNAL
I ' 1 AN INDEPENDENT KEW8PAPER.
FuMthejjUry evening etrpt Bandar) and
rrn-RuuJf noMlna tt Tba Journal Balld
'.; lug. Httb sod YamnlU ttrwta, Portland. Or.
,' ii . i -Jv i '' p ' II
i Eutared at tba poatofflce at Portland. Or.,
' for (ratMrotMtoB tbroucb the malls a second
y ! nutter. '! . ,-.-,.i. ,'";.
London alone by 30 per cent, In Ber
lin by 24 per rent, and in Paris
only by 3 percent.
The experts , who supplied . these
figures noted that the general death
rate had declined about proportion
ately, and that the deaths from al
coholism were also falling.
Mr.. Burns finished hia story with
these notable words, "All these de-
- ifc'-poN'-s - Main ma; Hom.. a-wi. , cilnes were coincident, -with better
jrn u op-rtt. fct.dirtmnt you want housing, Improved education, the eo-
forcion AnvrnT)f.r8 RKrKEbKNTATi vb, clal improvement of the people, and
;: la mm. Tentl. nef iwii.un tain
ttas Building. Calcago.
ntwcrlploa Twm by nail nr to an; addreaa
, la tba United Statca or Mazlca.
DAILI.
On year.. ...... fS.OO n, montb .60
flONDA
Ona raat:.... ...t3.M I Ona month I .23
DAILY AND SUNDAY.
An rar. ....... (T.B0 I Ooa month I .6
for us sometimes to get the expres
sion of an optimist, especially of one
who bas exceptional chances of in
formation collected from number
less sources.
A SPLENDID WORK
i , ? r
.Authority Intoxicates,
And makes in? re Bota of magts
t rates;
The fumes of it invade the brain.
And, make man Kiddy, proud and .
vain;
By this the fool commands the-
Wise,
The noble with the base com
plies. The sot assumes the rule of wit.
And co ward a make the brave
submit
... Butler.
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A CHANGE NEEDED
T
i HE PROBE by a house commit
tee at Washington reveals
what many had long sus
pected. It has resulted In re-
porta that the president will relieve
. Secretary Wilson and place the de
' partment of agriculture in charge
of a more dependable head.
The probe disclosed tbat Secretary
. Wilson b&s permitted the Impure
'rood interests, to dominate the de
partment. Incompetents or worse
have been allowed to tie the bands
. of Dr. Wiley and hamper the great
wbrk In ' which he is engaged. By
devious processes within the depart
ment a condition of chaos has been
created .tbat resulted in paralysis
and impotency; , y
At other times, the vacillating
methods of Secretary Wilson have
. been apparent. " His attitude tn the
' Plnchot-Balllnger episode was a
- close approximation, to the pusillan
imous. Instead "of figuring as a
factor in an affair in which his own
N department was, Involved, be was
merely an. artful . dodger, afraid of
both aides and apparently seeking
more the safety of his own tenure
" of office than the larger fact of
- the welfare of such national affairs
, as fell. within the administration of
, his department
; In the recent attack by Attorney
; Generar Wickersham on Dr. Wiley
i the testimony before the bouse com
' i mlttee has disclosed that Wiley's
I only offense is that he Is an lnsle-
itent and persistent defender of the
- J pure food laws.. A new light has
even been thrown on the employ
meat of the drug specialist, and' Dr.
' Wiley's participation therein cleared
. 'of any probable culpability.
Yet, through it all, Secretary Wil
son has . stood in the background,
. i sidestepping and dodging. In the en-
deevor to remain behind the scenes
" and save bis own position. The de
velopments reveal that he is no long
er of , cabinet stature. The house
probe has .established beyond doubt
that some other and more effective
statesman should be placed at the
head of the department
COMMISSION GOVERNMENT
SPREADS
"I
T IS NOT A theory but a con
dition that confronts, us"
Here Is apt description of the
adoption of commission gov
ernment by the cities of the United
States, as it stands today. Statistics
sometimes outweigh arguments. For
instance, Galveston and Des Moines
set the ball rolling. And the last
. count, showed 2 4 "cities "of over 26,-
000 population, and 110 with fewer
thpn. 25.000 inhabitants which have
fallen Into line.
The four highest credited by the
'last census with .100,000 people and
over, are these, Birmingham, Ala
bama, 132.685; Oakland. California,
150,174; Memphis, Tennessee, 131,
105, and Spokane, 104,402. The
next group, with over 90,000, are
, Dallas, Texas; Salt Lake City and
Trenton, New Jersey, the last a re
cent convert.
The commission cities are spread
over 25 states, in every division of
the United States. Kansas leads. In
number, with 23, then foliow Illi-
nolB and Texas, with 16 each. k
So far . as population is an index
of importance there is yet room for
Portland, Oregon, at the head of the
lift." But the plan has commended
, Itself to . reat. and email "like.
It has come to stay.
ORTLAND Is swiftly expanding,
Its building ''activity amazes
every visitor. It is the won
der of the tforthwest.
But within 110 miles of this city,
1 there is an agricultural section in
Yi 111 1. n inn (Hipuiainja uuruiH iuo iusi
five years has actualfy decreased.
It has an area of 4103 square miles
with a population of but 12,300, or
only three to the square mile.
The region is almost an empire in
the making, but it is unmaking. Its
soil Is fertile, its climate good, and
its power of productivity excellent.
In spots where good methods pre
vail, it yielded excellent wheat,
splendid vegetables and produced
the finest hogs. But instead of ex
panding, . there is the ugly fact that
in actual population it is on the
down grade, and it is all happen
ing within a little more than 100
miles of Portland.
It is in Morrow, Sherman and Gil
liam counties that this curious and
unwelcome transition appears. Each
is served by a railroad, each is close
to the navigable Columbia river, and
each has powers of productivity that
ought to make for growth. Each
has farms at low cost that would
be a haven ). rest for thousands of
those in the crowded and crowding
cities. The whole has a rainfall
of 13 to 22 inches, a sufficient pre
cipitation and under good farming
to yield a huge aggregate of poten
tial wealth and all the products for
supporting a heavy population.
To check this down grade move
ment In these three .counties Is a
problem worthy of state wide in
terest. The process of changing de
cay to growth would be beneficial
In its lesson , to semi-arid sections
in all eastern Oregon. "If you take
care of your agricultural inteests,
your cities will take care of them
selves," said James J. Hill. T6 ar
rest this toboggan movement and re
place it. with growth, is a sane way
to build, not only the section in
question, but all O.egon.
Intelligent methods and diversi
fied crops are a certain remedy. It
is absurd that soexcellent t region
should be on the retrograde. Three
people to a square mile in the great
outdoors and potential producing
lands of Morrow, Gilliam and Sher
man counties while there are fami
lies even in Portland who are bur
rowing In squalor In the basements
of tenements, is a dismal and mel
ancholy anomaly.
The Oregon conservation commis
sion, headed by J. N. Teal, is at
tempting to reverse the present de
cay. It has provided the money by
private contribution, and will offer
prizes for diversified products from
the farms of the three counties for
the harvest of 1912. An expert will
be" put in the field to spread the
news of crop making by dry farm
Ing processes. The State Agrlcul
tural college will be In charge of
the work.
Under the new law ahthorlzlng
each county to appropriate $2000
for a county or district fair, efforts
will be made to induce the three
counties to join in the plan to stay
we loss or population by demon
strating the real possibilities of the
region.
If we'1 take care of the agricul
tural Interests, the cities will take
care of themselves.
only break In the regularity of the
court session. ' y
These Brooklyn Judges have given
their entire attention ' and put in
their whole time . In Judtlng, with
single hearted devotion to that func
tion that they were elected to fulfill.
JEWS Iff PALESTINE '.
SPECIAL COMMISSIONER of
the advisory council of the
British board of trade has re
cently published the report of
apecial journey to Palestine, where
he was charged with ascertaining)
present facts as to the Zionist move
ment for aiding the return of Jews
to their own land. An equally inter
estlng paper by Mr. Bcntwlck In the
current, number of the Fortnightly
Review on the same Bubject enables
us to see, Palestine as It shows it
self to two competent and unpreju
diced observers.
Out of a total population of 700,
000 there are nearly 100,000 Jews
la Palestine today, in 1897 the
Jews In Jerusalem numbered 28,000
but now, out of a total of about 85,-
000 not less than 50,000 Jews are
residing In the apcient city.
Members of the chosen people are
flocking in from every country In
Europe. Many are driven out of
Russia, by the) results, or the dread,
of persecution. Others are going
from the Balkan provinces of Tur
key where Turkish troops are wag
ing mercllees war on the1 Albanians.
But a large proportion seem to be
giving way to the homing instinct.
The Jewish colonization society,
supported by wealthy Jews In all
lands, Is doing good work In develop
ing agricultural colonies of Jews in
various districts of Palestine. Of1
these there are now 26, with an ag
gregate population of 7885, cultivat
ing 94,900 acres. Their chief atten
tion is given to olive groves and
vineyards, with some silk culture.
They make good wine, much of
which Is exported, and various minor
industries are carried on.
Among the influential councils of
he Jews two policies are contend
ing, one for treating Zionism as an
economic movement, with no aspira
tions beyond independence and com
fort for the family and the individ
ual. The other policy has a relig
ious basis, looking to the re-establishment
In Palestine of a Jewish
nation. It is said that these di
vergent aims have retarded the pro
gress of the Zlonistlc movement.
injunction restraining his wife from
calling- him up by phone during of
fice nours. Still, he doubtlees pays
heavily for fila new privilege in the
rapid-fire things saM:fter- he-gets
home. , ,. . - ' ,. : :
James J, Hill says the country Is
full o money. But do not, unless
you have the collateral, -hurry to
your banker expecting that you can
confer a great favor of "accepting a
loan of a few thousandur
THE MONSOON AND SILVER
I
SHORTENING TnE
LAYS
LAWS DE-
r
THE NATIONS' WAR ON TOiER-
. ' . CTLOSIS '
T
HIE ; WAR ON the great white
plague Is being ' vigorously
fought in many nations, as all
know. But it is esBentiallv an
Individual war. Those on the firing
line are apt to lose heart for want
of a general viewi They may take
courage from the figures laid be
fore the conference for thepreven
tlon of consumption in session three
weeks ago in London by Mr. John
Burris. , the iJabor " minister. : He
showed that aa ;the; result of pre-
; vent Jve and curative measures, a
considerable deduction-' in mortality
, froin ; 1 tuberculosis f waa already
' workod. He said that in the last
ten 'years deaths from this scourge
, had diminished In , England and
Wales by J 9 per cent, In Scotland by
24 per cent,, in Ireland by 24 .per
cut, in Germany by 18 per cent, in
HE OUTLOOK draws attention
to the results lp the borough
of Brooklyn accomplished
within nine. months by the
state supreme court Judges sitting
In that district in clearing off the
immense arrears of cases waiting
hearing.
In October, 1910, causos. at. Issue
in 1907 were being tried that is
the court ws three years behind.
In June, 1911 thaV'ls nine months
later the" latest Issue tiled was
November 11, 1909. So the court
was then but a year and a half be
hind. By June, 1912, the court ex-,
poets to have caught up with Its
work.
The volume of business disposed
of may bo gathered , from the facts
that from October, 1910, to June
30, 1911, the total number of cases
on the calendar was 28Q3. During
that time the court disposed of 3267
cases,, or 464 more than the number
of new cases
But what is more interesting to
Oregon . is that these results were
reached by the Judges using the old
fashioned means, of sitting more
regularly, sitting longer and work
ing more energetically. It should
be added tbat the figures given
abovq apply to Jury trials only, those
cases tried by the court-without a
Jury being now up to date.
For five days In the week all the
Judges have held court from 10 a.
m.-to 4:30 p. m., regularly. Once
or twice a week Judges have sat till
6 o'clock. Saturday Is supposed to
be kept free from trials, but many
of the Judges have sat on Saturdays
to dispose of special term matters
N THE LAST WEEK of July the
price of silver fell to 48 cents
per ounce, and less, on the Lon
don market. This was the con
sequence of the slight rainfall in
India so far in the expected "Mon
soon" or rainy season. This be
tokens had crops in India, bad crops
mean a decrease in the purchasing
power of the Indian ryot, and less
demand for silver currency and sil
ver ornaments. Then less- purchas
ing power in India means also re
duced sales of cotton and woolen
goods la Lancashire and Yorkshire.
Apart from all questions of suffering
In India from a light crop, inade
quate rainfall there has a wider
bearing on financial prosperity in
England than all the lowered prices
on the stock exchanges from the Mo
roccan crisis. So says one of the
reliable financial writers.
The labor troubles, however, are
not In the same class. Already the
losses In money, in national credit,
in national health, in the stability of
relations between the most import
ant classes in the community, in the
upsetting of the national balance
sheet, are fast approaching those of
an external war.
Old Oregon Nayee!
Inscribed to His Excellency Governor
Weat, admiral, and the other offi
cer and men of the Oregon Naval
Reserve. . -
By wmtam, Francis Fenton, Chehalem
Mountain Orchards, Newberg-, Or.
Helgiio! Ilclsrho! Let the salt winds
blow!
We guard the western seas;
We fear no foe, where e'er we go
In blooming- war or peace.
For Oregon these toss we don.
We love her ffvintlv?
And. gladly sail in storm or gale -Old
Oregon's Naveol
Refrain.
Sis boom! Zip bang!
Itun up the pennants free,
And spell in gold the letters bold:
O-l-d- O-r-e-g-o-n-'s N-a-v-e-e I
Helgho! Heitrno! Eet the log book go.
. 4w a.i c iv, nine nave we;.
But give us fight by day or night,
iwm mi our ne&rs wun glee!
.COMMENT ; AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL. CHANG IS
It takes the toll of thousands tot
generations to creat toe fortune ot an
amor or a vanuerom. ;
-,.e '.
All the president's arguments will not
convince the people that he did right la
vetoing the statehood resolution.
Grandpa John Jacob Astor would have
aono the world a good service If he had
scattered his property and left his prog
eny to hustle.
a ,
The Astors and Vanderhllts owe the
people several hundred million dnllara.
Some day the people will collect Ihe
debt, or part of it . " .
-
I'd like to be a hon mm unit with
the hop men stand with a Yeoelpt for
40,000 pounds of houa at 40 int n
pound in my hand.
a
Among so many aviators It most be
expected that some will fall fatally. They
take that chance. It will be a risky
sport for a good while yet.
Of all the old senatorial rnnir that
so long held up the country, none mis
represented the people worse, according
to his small ability, than. Burrows.
a
If the old "Hebrew philosopher's as-:
Bertion that all men were liars was '
uierauy true in nis time, perhaps-man
Kinu nu linproveu a little since; some
tew exceptions might be found now.
a
The Hawthorne bridge lob. also, is
Let scuppers flood with good, hot blood. I aid t0 be Incomplete, notwithstanding
We'll nmip it nttt mn I the lonar and eiDBnilv rinlnv ln lt mn.
We're eailorB true, red. white and blue. I 8tructlon. Some people are beginning
. city administration.
Helgho! Heigho! May the fair ones know
That tho' we waits and glide. One would think from most of the
Our soul's fond thrill's in cutlass drills news that he reads that men are a very
With foemen lashed 'longside! badi lot. The newspapers are filled
Ah, yes, we prance at social dance with very bad deeds, of doings that
And sip the Dinkest tea- nennlA miffht nnt fmm muvai.
But give up scrap Huss, Chink or Jap bery down to graft, from bigamy down
- - I iu uuuio me aevu s grown rat,- so mucn
Helgho! Helgho! Pull the lan'yard so news. But let's not forget that spite
Let boom the shlnlnor runs.! ih, pi, n.. ...
A1i.JianD8 .on deck t0 wi.tt f wreok most people are pretty good most of
The Boston never runsl the time are honest and fait hVIii onrt
'tff 8ell,hor e n'ce- The one that 'Sfoii wrong we' red
T,ftarC8 hltl22 8ea:. u about' ' the score who do right not
We're Ore.oS s Nav.0"0' rave word; a bad act is heralded forth with
OREGON SIDELIGHTS )
Railways and tlie Mail
i iit'ji'vi "iM" yi-1 J, i. i,in...Miiiiiiiiijii I,,, ):; , ''"';. y
From' tn OaUan d Enquirer 4
Th teachers Of .Coos county -will f BxoeDt Ions art taken - and loudlv
hold their annual insiuuta next year voiced hv the (.rtiinr nf th Rallwnv
at .Bandon, , '-',!VVu;vW,wv."t i : J I Record to the rumors': from' the. DOStof-
The' Woodmirn Commercinflub hw 1
been reorganised. J. C. Goodale is ores- uinrity ot tne RUBinmawr
ldent and (3eorge Laadon secretary. , v I general himself, .to the effect that; the
-:w -.i, . , i .. :., v j.- , railways are now,, receiving inline sor-
The nnstoflfca at. Bilverton 1; to be I vices which they render in connection
movod to more commodious .quarters, I with the transDortatlon of the ' malls
whkh are to. be. fitted UD with 'all the I i-ha anm n iiiamu AH anniinltu In
conveniences or an up-io-aaie , omce. I cess of what th. .ai-vI.m are really
waiiowa . nun veorg uuwnmn aj ,., .t .
hrnh .mA hr1 nf ats to town that . "Jku l" cess me term ui . Brau
mffasured 14 tnohos In length. They I W"eon applied.
were grown on his farm near the Leap
The voters of Newberg have author-
land tha'nurchaae of the Otis sorlnes.
which will afford an abundance of pure
Although the posmaster general .Is si
lent as to how he figured out his con
clusions the railways are louden' their
claim tnat Tor 8 number of years pnst
thoy1 have been underpaid to an extent
"' A,rr"'"h,i' J"? ii CVafnon which, has inflicted upon them grievous
injury, resulting; in many cases to ac
tual and serious financial loss.
Itelatlve to the claim the Record has
thls.to eayi 4 ..-J-,.. '' '
"This claim, has been supported by
Letters From tke People
a shout, simple goodness as news Is
absurd. After all. the average woman
and man, of whom nothing is publicly
said, will pretty well stand a scrutlnous
scan, and in number they're far ahead.
galldna per 24 hours.
Moro Observer: Grouse are unusually
numerous this year. A resident or Wes
ton mountain- flushed n less than 800
aionrthe"lr f OK,- - 'J ence o.the subject
T....W.1. tTh. T k, t I serious consideration at the hands of
state fair grounds that 1U bo used th authorities at , Washington, eape-
for housing race norsea is itv reel ionic I emiiy as among it mere are tne nna-
and 41 teet wide, and has- 38 stalls, lings of a oongreBsional commission, spe-
xnia win proviae plenty outoodw . i olally appointed to investigate the
whole mattor In Iha tmrt ha
Mayor Sanderson of Klamath Falls is I nwir. .. ,
snrlrtni f.ir th, oatahl lahmant t m natrt I V" n..jr lu
",..r.;r.:.,. 7,nn i h.. I mucn remuneration, when they were be-
provided for the purchase pf apparatus I lnK Pft,J $8,000,000 In excess of tha
to tne value ux tauvu. . I H""HI wie uuw- receive, ana ol ,ouv,-
ovv or wnioh they have been deprived
Thla is the only season of the year I by the arbitrary act of a, oredecessor of
wnen a gooa wora is aue tne evergreen i tne present postmaster general.
?.'c wr,ry;u!a5rB 5 .Isbl?, B"V "Not satisfied with the Inf notion of
. i, -f, . k . T. i luZ I this injury upon the railways, it is re-
sldewalk, the berries are really mighty P1 tht tha postmaster general has
fine. I hl PJana all arranged to have their re-
, s, I muneratlon reduced by another 19.000.-
Cornellus Is to have a newspaper soon. I 000 a year. so. that thev may be de-
published by V.irgil Massey. This will I prlved of the alleged graft which It is
a'.fniltTn V?Ltur i? .:h,?HS; rted they are now receiving. Of '
others being the Banki Hefald. the f0U"d announcement is being
North Plains Sentinel and the Beaverton I loudly applauded by that portion of the
Reporter. I puouo press wmch never seems to
weary of baltlnor the railways and do-
Sclo News: L. A. Darby brought in line them all the lnlnrv it la nnaaihi tn
lmnll'hevere frtTtlS? l' t0J
here. It contained 124 bushels and 45 I . T ?, " 7U . w. ul vuwu ix
naunda Af vrhont ami fios nniinds of I minding the people that the railway!
screenings. This mad' a load of ever I tn connection with the transportation
8000 pounds.
fCommunicatlona sent to The Journal
for publication in thla denartmnnt should
not exceed 300 words In length and must I
be accompanied by the name and ad-
ares s or the sender.)
Grit and Perseverance Needed.
To the Editor of The Journal "How
SEVEN FAMOUS RETREATS
Cortes From Mexico.
The most memorable as well as the
to start a home" must apply to those! most picturesque retreat that ever took
having little or no means, and must place In the western hemisphere was
cover the way to get the means, rather that of Cortes during his conquest of
than the sort of rooms to build, as Mexico. Cortes had sailed for America
some of your correspondents suggest. from Spain in January, 1519, with, the
If the home la to be founded in a city object of conquering the rich country
or village, and the home maker has a and adding it to the Spanish possessions,
regular salary, or wages, he may buy a Montezuma governed the country at
place on time by making a small pay- the time with absolute despotism to
ment and giving a mortgage on the the extent that the Mexicans, in a meas-
property as security; then having his ure, welcomed the coining of the Span-
own house to live In he will be able to lards. After a considerable march they
save the rent he has baen used to pay- reached Mexico City, and Montezuma.
Ing and apply it to Interest and taxes; seeing that resistance Was useless, went
then if he practices the most rigid econ- out to meet Cortex with great pomp and
omy, has no sickness, no accidents or escorted him Into the city. But the
unforeseen expenses. If his courage and Spaniard's joy was not to be of long
pauence ana sticK-to-lt-lveness hold out, duration. When Cortes was temporarily
e win proDaoiy succeed In making absent from the city, the Mexicans start
as well as starting a home. ed an Insurrection. This alarming lntel-
ii tne attempt to start a home is Ilgence was conveyed to Cortex and
made In the country, with the Idea called out the whole anersv ot his m
mat a iew acres oi lana. a cow and a turs
few chickens will produce health. Hastily summonlna: hack tha, varlnna
wealth and happiness, the result can be expeditions he had already sent out, and
nothing but failure. There is no pas gathering all his forces together, they
ture for the cow, no grain for the chick- marched with great strides toward Mex-
ens, no income for the family, and the Ico City. He entered It at the head of
returns rrom the cultivation of small his formidable force on June 24. 1620.
fruits are not in proportion to the vast Very different was his receDtlon on thla
amount of labor required to produce. occasion from that of his first entry
Ihe bushand is forced to work away Into Mexico when Montezuma had srnna
irom, nome to supply the necessities. 1 forth with all oomn to irieet him. Now
and the wife in a vain effort to take the Indians stood silently in the door
care of the farm and garden succumbs ways of their, houses, and the bridges
either physically or mentally to the between the houses were taken up. Even
strife against "Iron fanged poverty." When Cortea arrived at his own quarters
A better way is for a young man to he found the gates barred, so strict had
hire, out to a good farmer. If he Is been the steere. and he had to demand
already married his wife may work on an entry. The Mexicans, strangely
the same farm, fotf there la s7r0flt rlorf h I an on o-H ma1a nn ottamni tt Annnaa Ytlm
of female help throughout the farming entrance into ; the city, yet the day
region. A woman who can cook, keep after his return their attack upon the
a house neat and be always pleasant srranlsh nuartera now so stronelvw rnln-
and agreeable, can command as good forced was renewed. Cortes, who Was
wages, during the summer as a man. not at all given to exaggeration, says
After two or three hundred dollars that nalthar th atreeta nor tha tarraftAri
hav been saved they may rent a farm, roofs were visible, being entirely ob
often the same one upon which they scured by the people who were upon
have worked, and which they know. them; that the multitude of stones was
A rew years and they may buy the an s-roat that it seamed aa if It rained
same farm, where careful management stones; and that the arrows came so
has enabled them to save ehoUKh tolihlrkiv that the walla and courts were
make he necessary payment. ' fn of them, rendering it dlffifult to
The state school board will loan a ear- m ,hn.,t
tain part of the valuation of any unin- Cortes made two or three desperate
cumbered land at 6 Der r-nr .rnr an -.m.. . ... ..nn. Th.
unlimited time, thereby giving a anion- L,if.o'lJf In aattlne- fire to the fortress
WO BROOD SOWS and 14 did chance to finish making a home which was with difficulty subdued, and
L otttr".a. . tney would have scaled the wall at the
uty thl p,an u'1n ,n faet Pdnt where the fire had done most
that an the necessaries and many of the damage but for a large force of cross-
uuriea may oe enjoyed while the home bowmen, musketeers and s.rtillery,
HOGS IS HOGS
pigs were sold for f 185 at
a public sale In thla county
the other day," says the
Enterprise Record Chieftain, pub
lished in Wallowa county.
But in Oregon we Import eight
to 12 carloads of hogs per week
from Nebraska and ofher middle
west states. The long railroad hauf
of 1800 miles is a big differential
The import is about BOO cars per
year and the value of a carload at
present prices is about J1600.
Some ye.ars ago, when hogs were
not so high priced as now, the Ore
gon Agricultural college got $29.50
per acre In two months from alfalfa
land by feeding the product to hogs.
At present figures the revenue would.
pave risen to about $40 per acre for
the two months.
It is an anomaly that Oregon can
not feed herself. The Willamette
valley alone has a producing power
capable of feeding an empire. It
has been proven that with pork at
six cents per pound wheat fed to
hogs brings $1 per bushel, and on
such, a basis, owners of eastern Ore
gon wheat fields could through hog
raising add nearly ohe-third to their,
Income, add to, Instead of rob the
soil of fertility and supply Oregon
with hogs both for home consump
tion and export. "
' It takes time for water to find
its leve.1 Ultimately Oregon will
raise her own hogs. One hundred
and eighty five dollars paid for two
sows 'and 14,plga at public sale in
Wallowa county elalns why.
. A lot of the poetry is taken out of
the flowing bowl In .he cruel state-'
ment by Dr. Wiley that some brewers
have been making beer out of cab
bages. "fexH
If It did noj contribute, why did
George Wt Perkins refuse to an
swer the question as to whether or
not the. steel trust made contribu
tions- to national campaign funds?
of their mails, render them a service
the value of which is simply Incalcu
lable, for which nothing can be substi
tuted, and any Interference with the
regularity of which would throw the
business of the entire nation Into the
utmost confusion and Inflict losses
which would be wholly Irrecoverable."
The Record might consider a warn
ing to the public a "baiting of the rall-
upon their terraced roofs.
It was on this day that the unfortu
nate Montexuma, either at th,e request I roads," but such la not the intention
oi v. it i ex or or nis own accord, came out The press or the country has repeated
upon a Dattlement and addressed the ly pointed out that if the railroads
people. He was interrupted by a show- were paid what they, demanded, not
er of stones and arrows and received what they were -worth for the services
wounds from which he died soon after, rendered, nothing would be left over
xiio i"uiig mis nay was more aes- rrom public appropriations with which
perate than it had been before. The to pay the army or the navy and a few
"Hutriiuoa. 10 uimoage a Dray, other of Uncle Barn's servants.
It,,.- fr" W 0 . P- fa them But ",de from thla feature of tho af
selves on the summit of the great I fat. it-c, l,.. . .
;L .T! y neat contained in the Record relative to the
hand. Again and again they were drlv- transoortation ot maiia
an harif .mtti nn,t.. hn ,. -j.ii I transportation or. mans.
en back, until Cortex bound his shield
to his wounded arm and led the assault.
These figures -show that the .free de-
Then, after three hours of fighting from "v.et7 ,0' ma'1"' 5"ral "nd.cl.t ""y
fc28,608.OS each year which is $18,187,-
terrace to terrace, they gained the uo-
per platform and put every Mexican to
theysword
This fightjn the temple gave a mo
mentary brightness to the arms of the
969.79 more than it pays the railways
for the transportation of the malls.
And the difference between the cost
Spaniards and afforded Cortes an oppor- of transportation and delivery will, be
tanity to resume negotiations. But the considerably greater If the postmaster
determination of the Mexicans was Keneral lives up to announced Intentions
fixed and complete. They bade Cortea lo rQuce tne remuneration or the rail
loolc at the streets, the sauares and 1 way br $9,000,000.
the terraces, covered with people; and I But ,f the $14,000,000 is "graft," Why
then, in a business-like and calculating I n t that chopped off?
manner they told him that if 25,000 of I 11 would appear that the railways
them wore to die for each Spaniard. I are not as much to blame for taking the
sun the Spaniards would perish first, money as the postornce officials are
It generally requires at least aa much I 'or having allowed a condition to lt
courage to retreat as to advance. In-1 whereby the corporations were over-
deed, few men have the courage and the j Paid, if they- in reality are, for a pub-
reaay wisdom w retreat in time. Ter- I llo servioe.
ror had lost its Influence with the Mex- I The leak should have been discovered
leans, and superior strategy was of lit-long ago and plugged up.
tie avail against such overpowering
numbers. Cortes resolved to emit the
city that night (July 1, 1620). A little
before midnight the stealthy march be
gan. The Spaniards succeeded in laying
down the pontoon over the first bridge-
way, and the vanguard with Sandoval
passed over; but, while the rest were
Tanglefoot
By Miles
Overbolt
. THE KNCTCLOPEDIA1ST
By Prof. Q. T.
I have just completed an exhaustive
passing, the Mexicans gave the alarm, research into the character of the Dead
with loud shouts and blowing of horns, sea. and I find that its oharaoter has
Almost immediately upon this alarm the been very upright' and first rate, indeed,
lake was covered with canoes. It rained, tbe Dead sea is a low down body of
and the misfortunes of the night com- water with no place to go. It is as
menced by two horses slipping from full of salt as a mackerel and doesn't
the pontoon into the wat$r. Then the Care for company.
Mexicans attacked the pdntoon bearers Knihin ainv. n th- rw.. ... Tku
so furiously, that it was Impossible for desiring to commit suicide by drown-
them to raise it up again. All seems lng wln do weU to remember this. It
to have been a confused struggle in the wouii b9 a terrible thing to kill your-
darlcnaaa whara evan fnrti r-nA An .
n.til r. .v- ...7.r- . ji -V . seir wnue trying to drown in a sea.
is being marie.
(MRS. )U M. CONNINB,
Oak Creek, Or.
which Cortex threw forward to meet
the danger. The Mexicans at last drew
back, leaving nfany Spaniards wounded
In this first encounter. The ensuing
morning the attack was renewed again,
and with considerable success. Cortez
Blood Relative of Peter Ogden.
Pendleton, Or.. Aug. 19. To the Ed I
tor of The Journal The name of Peter made sallies from the fortress in the
BKene Ogden, chief factor of tho Hud- course of the day; but at the end or It
son's Bay company, who died at Ore- there were many more to be added, to
gon City In 1S64. has been mentioned the list of wounded. The third day
frequently of late, the governor of Ore- was .devoted by the Ingenious Cortex
gon naving in the last annual message to making three movaDie rortresses,
mentioned tho propriety of the orec- called '-mantes." which, he thought,
tlon of a monument tn his honor. This would enable his men, with less dan
renders it fitting to call attention to Kers, to contend against the Mexicans
tne death on the 7th of August, at her
raiTtV. n?:? A "malnlng blood ,on t0 preBume that these men are hon-
1 .7i , 1 WBU"' "i"wn 10 nave eBt jn their commendation. I nave been
resided in Oregon. Mrs. Harriet Ogden trying to forget the past. I have taken
Chase, who resided near Portland fnr :. t ,h .n,
2.7, I Vx, ' chifte was theUne few wn knew the circumstances
hrnthV, . , " Ll an olaer have been trying to help me. and for
brother of Peter Skene, who was horn t v., i,.., .,
TZTJliy' ?Utr.,n U'9 U help myself and" do the right thing by
iu,:ru7.n?.V-0-Iutlot,'w,nt t0 all I have rejoiced to ee the past
:; "; ,h " . t, o p . lno evacu- fading away, and have had some sense
?ei?.rn Hrl L?i ?rai but happiness in my new life, but The
Urr?.1dia7.6 "J"" mV1,B Telegram's Salem reporter in the Issue
V.7tV. F-" ninj, w o the fourteenth lnst., for some un
was quite prominent n the do IM-a nt v Vi.--i
"me and served for pot m9 Hnd gorne more of the parole
some years in the federal service . In r". to srive us a black eye It seems
the custom house at New rork. r boy8' t0.g,vA u? lac. ,V V
- i t r mm Tn nn 1t111n.11 lj tin i iicaa aui i im
m n i" vi art intn iuaii i. -i ' v- " -
H.rn. h.iifc. .r Telegram's reporter to thus try to in-
ftl0.?' t Eleventh wh0 .re trying to do our best
Th.i wn, :qou".J It hurts not. a little. In. my code of
to ore during morals, I think that a theft of gojd is
ni .! ;. Th William Dryer, the wh0 "robs a mtn 0f his reputation, or
w Tl' , 9tIef" 2" .'"l1 who at least keep, a man-, name trail-
n thl .::"V-..""" Iam' Ing In the mid. I know that 1 will
toomrfVh'r to bear the burden of my past,
niuuri atirien
teachers In the city. Khe mnrrlo a
piiyoicjanj unase ny name, who soon
after died while in California, Mrs
Chase wag a woman of culture, spent
somo time In travel abroad, and made
many friends near Portland.
T. C. ELLIOTT.
little for the unfortunate tear guard' of
his troops. 1
The Dead sea was called the Dead sea
.rt1.llerfw,.lllitfrrd ft " MfS.S
lies, 40 horses and most of the Moxl-
can prisoners, lnoludlng one -son and
two daughters of Montexuma and his
nephew, the king of Tetcuco. A loss
which posterity will ever regret was
tnat or the book, and accounts, memo-
When a man bathes in the Dead sea
he contracts an eruption lhlch breaks
out all over his body and which Is called
"the Dead sea rash." A sort of pun5
lsrtment for his "rash" act, I presur
I wish I knew a little more about the
rials and writings, of Which there were VwA "ea- A man ha t0 haTa "rftt
some. It is 'aid, that contained a narra- Preasnca or a"l more or less ima-
tlve of all. that had happened since Blnatlon to write aboht something he
Cortes left Cuba. In the annals of re- Knows nothing about in order to keo
treats there has seldom been one re- hls readers from suspecting his ignor-
corded Which proved more entirely dls- an9:
astrou.
Tomorrow Napoleon from Moscow.
Placing tlie Blame
Paroled Man Protest!. '
Salem. Or., Aug. 16. To the" Editor
of Thev Journal--I am one of the parole your patience in presenting my causo
The week at Clirlstmaa Hat been the . A Chicago lawyer has secured an
but I have reason to think that a news
paper seeking; to do the honorable
thing surely cannot hold to a policy
which will prevent any man from ris
ing when he is deserving. It look, to
me as If The Telegram reporter was
connlvihg with , ex-guards of the prison.
or some "ex-cons" to place tne scarlet
letter of prejudice upon the lives of a
few of us paroled men. , ,
Hoping that I JiaVe not overtrled
..!. n. in nrAMUhllnir mv imtn
men who have been honored by Gov. Ma ,i.hi tnr vnn ait . thin..
ernor West and the parole board. , I and especially lota of charity for a
I S? tl?PZ? ,tfor nearl5' w- fellow, trying to make good, I .am sin
months in the White House restaurant ,... n,,r. , htbiwarii v tricir.win
at Salem .inee my parole was granted, ' ,
wm-ir rias own aooui SIX months ago. ' ; Tim tn Tlof .
I have been doing the task set me the , , " i ,m , CU.. 1
beat way I knew how. I hav. met with k ' ' .From tna Atcnuon iiobev ; ,, ;,
the a-rateful nrnlse of mv nmninv.. You are eating too much if you can't
the parole officer, for the way I have J relish a .teak, wltjiaut- catsup, horse
been "making good.'" I hay every rea-I radish and tabasco, sauce, v '
( i .. ... : ,
Salt i. being continually carried into
the Dead sea by various streams, and
since there is no outlet, the entire sen
will be full of salt within the next cou
ple of thousand years. I have been
looklngifor something like -that to hap
pen long before this.'
If I were a cucumber I believe I
would be uprfirtlv hnnnv In tha. nn,1
(Oootrlbutad to Tha Journal l,r w ...... I ... i.... i, t L . .
the f.mou. Kau... pott. His ppm. .T ZZ', 7 7v th it
resulur feifura or thl. inmn tnv"rkl over to do with it
Jownal.) ' a-
' 11 (Editor's Sotti Prof. CJ. T. now writes
When things go wrong as things will exclusively for Tanglefoot.. His next
in mis oii Dully world of woe we like I "ubject will be radio-activity treated in
to nave a goat; to place a heftv loarl of a purely scientific manner.)
Diame upon some other fellow'a frame
our taients we devote. When I rise from A Howl From. Paisley.
LdOW."LCvUC,h !.n.7.flnlI..hav.? a ,arKe ' Ttcm the Paisley Press.
fault' I never liked tat rA i7,. 9 " ' Tnr''' a nigr 1n the woodpile. Last
to see MB ,!? 'W10" curves; week w, ,toid how tho desert land
itVt?m. h Kl n ,my nflrveH; boar, hal concelled the contract be
hanovT. a wrd if 1 "Jf" l' tween the state hWhe Ported Irrl-
tJLPyiJLJL i i,ftht.,nan JlmPso, Ration company. This week we have to
Tut K aatmnf r5d ,fatIlon decP! announce that the board ha. rescinded
an'lTanit ,fna J,"", ? "' ,p"ere ,h,s act n panted another extension
lv(. . 1 W vl"'w here' my of t,mo t0 th" bunoh who have already
2!S?1a ZQ 7eep'" ,But wh"n 1v " more extensions than they were
mild attack of bile, I know it Isn't true; rub it In! We poor Indians in this
for all the anrrnwa thiiF I ho t ..i.. j . . .
., ,tu . m viiririiuiiiiy are no entitled ti. I
rnysolf. with, tender care, and nursed any consideration. Go ahead and .oa A I
them as they grew. When some-af- us. ..We've. go,t no friends. Hit" em
""-""t1 wiuvm iu rauK. your riosom, try again, , : v
and trace it back-you'll fmd you sowed The desert land board ha. exp'eri-
the sed; your happiness and sorrow enced a sudden change of heart. Some-
both. when analysed are but the growth thing has happened to make three mem.
of your own wortl or deed. 8o, neigh- beM out of the five sing-a different
bor, be a dead game aport; and do not tune. Something has happened to these
paw around and .sort and blame . some gentlemen. What it is we do hot know,
other guy, when sorrow grabs you by But from the accounts In the daily
the heart and rends 'your bosom all Papers, it looks ,. us If somebody had "got
to- mem. They h,ye suddenly started
tn to block 'the governor In his efforts
to fulfill hla promlsea' 'to the people.
F'or example, he , wrota , a wrathy but
reasonable letter to the head of- the
Deschutes "irrigation project ' The
noble three askd him to withdraw the
letter. , He refused. ; Bu'lly for htmt
Hut thi. time they have apparently been
able t overrule him and Secretary of
Ctnte Olcott. ' .
apart and tears bedim your eye.
Oorrright, J9ii. by , A At '
Owrce Mattbav Adama. MaUk taWW
A Bostoniaq'a -Creed. , - "
Baked bean. When I'm hungry, "
' Buttermilk whan I'm dry.
Greenbacks whan I'm hard tip, '
Heaven -when t die. "
.. Boston Tran.crlpt.
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