THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY, EVENING, DECEMBER .7, 1911.
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TnE LAWYERS' PLAINT
T
HE lawyers of : the Multnomah
liar association nave passed a
resolution said to be aimed at
Governor West's theory as to
capital "punishment. The lawyers
ear that absence of public killings
may Increase crime.
It Is the lawyers that are directly
responsible for much of the crime In
this country. It Is the lawyers that
have contributed heavily to the fact
that we 'kill an average of 24 to 30
people a day every day In the year.
? It is the lawyers that have made
the. criminal laws and so hedged
, them, about with restrictions that
v conviction of a guilty man Is ex-
0 ' tremely difficult. They have so
framed tjhe law in Oregon that the
accused can only be charged in an
i Indictment on one count, while he
- should be chargeable with all the
counts in the statute and be suscep
tible of conviction on any or all of
them. They have so framed this
provision that a defendant may prac
tically plead guilty to all the other
' counts In a statute but escape con-
vlction en the count under which he
Is prosecuted.
J , It Is the lack of convictions that
j makes crime rampant in the United
States, and It is the lawyers who
hare made convictions so rare. The
t t lawyers prosecute and the lawyers
J ' defend the criminals. The whole ad-
. ministration of the Judicature is in
j ' the hands of the lawyers, and they
1 are doing it in such a way that while
I Germany convicts 95 per cent of her
- criminals brought to trial, we con-
vict but 1.3 per cent. Germany con-
ticta 950 out of every 1000, and we
convict but 13, and It Id the law-
' yers to whom our public entrusts the
t , forms of procedure, the manner and
the whole machinery of prosecution.
Our criminal Judicature is a mis
erable farce, and it is the lawyers
that have made it a farce. London,
' with a population of more than 7,
' 000,000, had but 19 murders In
1910, while Chicago, with a popula
tion of 2,000,000, had 202, and, un
der the administration of Justice by
pur lawyers hanged but one. With
criminals almost certain beforehand
that the lawyers and lawyer-made
'-- laws will save them from conviction,
r, what wonder that crime Is rampant
i and the United States at the head of
the list, even distancing Italy, as a
man-killing nation?
A sample of the farcical adminis
tration or criminal law in Oregon
was a decision by the Oregon su
preme court which reversed the de
' ' cislon of the lower court because
'. "the" instead of "a" was used In a
hypothetical instructibn, and a deep-
. ly. guilty criminal allowed to go free.
It. Is the quibbles, nonsensical tech-'club
nlcallties and absurd processes by
lawyers In the courts that free the
criminals and increase crime. Judge
Charles Carey, a lawyer, affirmed i
the farcical character of our Judica
ture, when, speaking to an assembly
of lawyers, he said:
"Under our codes, an elaborate
system of technical rules of pleading
has grown up. Much time is wasted
upon demurrers and motions which
are filed in nearly every suit. Tech
nical rules that confine parties to
definite issues are obstructions to ul
timate Justice. Courts and lawyers
now make Justice a secondary con
sideration. They proceed on the
theory that the rules must be ad
hered to, even though the result is
to bring victory to the party who
ought not t.o win; and they have
, built up fine theories of the law
under which precedent must be fol
lowed to absurd conclusions."
TRAFFIC OVER TIIE ISTHMUS
RIOR to 1900 the Panama rail
way offered the only rail con
nection by way of the isthmus
between the Atlantic and Pa-
, clfic coasts. In that year the traffic
j. amounted to aoout 6, 000, 000. On!
January l, 1907, the route by the
j Tehuantepec railway was opened. In
I that year the traffic rose to $21,000,-
I 000. ' In' 1908 this sum was exactly
doubled, namely, to $42,000,000. in
1909 It was $62,000,000, and in
j 191OJ82.000.00O.
' J In 1911 to date the increase was
f to $9.000.000, exclusive of morn
'.than. $750,000 worth from foreign
merchandise. ,
t 1 The bureau of 'statistics, depart
xnem of commerce and labor, carries
the comparison still farther, via the
Panama route traffic grew from $10,
000.000, in 1907.1 to $26,000,000 in
1911.; Via, the Tehuanteriea mil wo
the growth was from $11,600,000 in
: I J 9 0 1 to $ 7 S ,T 5 0.0 00 In 19 1 1" ;
J More than half ot the east pound
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traffic to cltlea on the Atlantic and
gulf cities was lb Hawaiian sugar,
which accounted for , $37,000,000 of
the traffic In the last year.
The marvelous progression of
these figures gives some indication
of what Is to be expected when the
canal 1b opened. The Instant re
sponse when the pressure of rail
road ownership on the Panama route
T o a MAtn nnnrl ounr nota n in II OA t
r iciuutcu pu ".co-.o a vuuoo
rVi aTIao-aI rYrci fr rt h A rn 1 1-
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roads to the canal route.
WHO'S WHO
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LL along, we have howled our
heads off because Oregon has
not received a fair share of re-
fulmlnated, we have bellowed, and
v j j tit v J - .
we have thundered. We have pawed
the earth and chewed the ground, In
our demands for more reclamation
funds for Oregon.
Now, some of our citizens are pro
testing because we are on the point
of getting more reclamation funds.
They are urging the government not
to give us reclamation funds. They
are resoluting, they are resisting,
and they are opposing government
reclamation Just as vigorously as
others are demanding it. -
Is there another state in the un
ion in which such a spectacle is pre
sented? Is there another state in
the union that ' does not want its
share of reclamation funds? Is
there another state in which there Is
opposition to a plan of making pro
ductive 60,000 acres of land now
barren?
What must the president of the
United . States think of us? What
must the secretary of the Interior
think of us? What must the heads
of the reclamation bureau think of
the Kilkenny cat conditions in Ore
gon, with one side howling for re
clamation and another faction op
posing it?
Incidentally, who are the gentle
men that are misrepresenting the
facts about the west Umatilla proj
ect to the settlers and water users?
Who are the secret persons in the
background who are, for ulterior and
personal interests, misleading the
protestants Into belief that the
United States Is going to rob and !
ruin them? What sinister influ
ences are at work, and who's who
in this extraordinary game of trying
to beat Oregon out of the $4,000,000
of reclamation funds about to be set
aside for the west extensionof the
Umatilla project?
There is one feature of the proj
ect that would alone be of incom
parable value to the inland empire.
Completed and made productive, it
would be a landscape for a painter.
It would be a paradise of verdure, a
garden of productivity, an Eden of
fruits, meadows and srreen erowth.
all dotted with' thrifty homes and a
busy population.
In what contrast would it be with
the present barren lands? In what
antithesis would 10,000 or 12,000
such homes be to the present steril-
lity? What an advertisement of the
state for those coming in or going
out of Oregon, to pass through 35
miles of such a paradise!
Could such a transformation harm
those who are trying to keep Ore
god from getting reclamation funds?
FOOTBALL FATALITIES
T
HE Insurance of Its football
players by the Multnomah club
is reminder that 14 players were
killed and 67 seriously Injured j
during the late football season
in,'
1910 14 players were killed and 43
injured, and in 1909 the fatalities
were 23 and the injuries 64.
Of the killed in 1911, three were
college players, six were high school
and five were of other teams. Of
the injured, 40 were college, 20 high
school, one grammar school and six
players.
Among the killed, Bruce Adams,
captain of the Fairmount, Indiana,
club team, sustained a broken neck
at Alexandria. Indiana. '
Ralph Dimick died at Portland
from an attack of pneumonia, after
an Injury sustained in the side in a
game of football at Forest Grove.
Michael Eckle, aged 18, of Roch
ester, New York, died November 4
from a blow over the heart, received
In an athletic club game.
Rcfy Farrer, member of a gram
mar school team at Pierre, South Da
kota, received an Injury in a game,
but feared to tell his father, and
died several days later.
Thomas Higgins, aged 16, sus
tained a fractured skull In a high
school game at Oconomowoc, Wlscon
son, November 8.
Charles Lange died from' an in
jured spine In a practice game at the
Montana college of agriculture at
Bozeman, October 28. Tho college
cancelled Its schedule and abolished
the game.
Louis Luthy, pupil of a grammar
school at Burlington, Illinois, re
ceived Injuries In a game, from which
he died two weeks later.
W. E. Merrlinan of Davis Elklns
college died from injuries received.
In a game at Westminster, Indiana,
October 15.
Rolland Schlneckloth died from a
fractured spine sustained in a game
with the Sioux City High school
team, October 14.
D. P. Topping pf Newburgh, New
York, was tackle on the academy
team, and died October 9 from heart
trouble resulting from overexertion
and injury. . -
EGGS J 'j.
T. takes a show like that at the
new Multnomah : hotel ; to make
people in Oregon think pf the im
mense waste in our daily life
that helps to keep the cost of living
continually rising. Think what a
carload of eggs a day . means In
money value, and this quantity, says
Mr. Mfhton, arrives iere dally. And
these Invaders are In excess of what
Oregon now produces. A carload
means 144,000 eggs.
The point Is not only that the
Oregon producers are losing the
price of all these thousands.-but
that Oregon's good money goes out
daily to pay the raisers in California
and in the states td the east of us.
There surely Is a good living for
! hundreds of small farmers In this
egg business, and yet some of us are
fearing to Invite too many of the
ten acre farmers to start
Another scandal Is that while Ore
gon raises as good honey as the
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cant part of our consumption comes
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at Vail lUHUV fill lt Vfbil'Cl DIHtCD tyU balV
cast of us. It is plain fact that each
good colony of bees is. equal in
profit to six sheep. And a score of
colonies are but a side show in the
Industries of the farm. A Benton
county farming bee keeper kept care
ful count of time spent in one year
on his eighteen bee hives. He de
voted two days in the year, and no
more, and netted 100 with no out
lay except for bIx new hives.
And a big family had all the honey
It could eat.
Some farming folks despise these
small industries but they make a
big mistake. The farm account book
shows at the year's end how "many
a nickel makes a muckle," as the
Scotch proverb goes. .
THE LOUD MOUTHS
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HERE ought still to be room
enough on earth for Lincoln
Steffens. Is he an outcast, to
be cruplfled, drawn and quar
tered because he advocated peace,
compromise and mutual concessions
at Los Angeles?
Among the accusations against
Mr. Steffens is that he argues for the
golden rule. Was it not time for
somebody to advocate the golden
rule in Los Angeles? Would it not
be better if a whole lot of men ad
vocated the golden rule In Los An
geles? Would it? not be a good thing
11 inousanas or oieirenses wouia
P,eaa Ior ie8S resort to me strong
arm, the bludgeon, and force, In
every city?
Too many men In this country are
whetting swords, sharpening spears,
arming with clubs and preparing to
crush other men. Too many employ
ers' associations are rehearsing for
force, preparing for carrying on class
struggles by battering ram, catapult
and physical force. Too many loud
mouths on soap boxes In the street
are hissing, stinging and counseling
force and violence. Too many irre
sponsible publications are printing
inflammatory utterances that, by
hint, incite resort to dark lanterns
and dynamite.
It is the radicals on both sides
that make the violence1 It Is the
loud mouths of capital as well as
the loud mouths of the street that
swell the list of explosions.
Life is too short to be spent in
such turmoil. The great third party,
which is the public, and which in the
last analysis Is chief sufferer from
force and ferocity, should have sur
cease. It does not think the Stef
fens doctrine of moderation, good
will and peace either wicked or per
nicious. In its own defense, tnls public
may have ultimately to provide a
commission or court under state au-
thority to which disputes will have
to be referred and by which wrones
can be redressed. It is one step the
state may yet have to take in work
ing out the welfare of men and the
destinies of human life.
BUSINESS IMPROVING
1
HE writer of a five column ar
ticle' In the Saturday Evening
Post, which bristles with fig
ures and deductions therefrom,
sums up his conclusions in this
statement, that business as a whole
is "neither very good nor very bad
at the moment, though probably bet
ter than the average condition for
a series of years covering boom and
depression."
Rut after examining the figures
given by him regarding various in
dustries the impression is decidedly
optimistic.
The money market is so easy
everywhere that all legitimate wants
can be supplied at comfortable rates,
with no sign of change in the near
future.
The iron and steel industry re
ceives special notice. It Is said that
the new orders of the United States
Steel corporation for October aver
aged more than 35,000 tons a day
at the rate, that Is, of 10,500,000
tons a year. One ot the large inde
pendent steel manufacturing con
cerns is reported in Wall street to
have the largest current output in
Its history, in pig iron, steel, and
tubular products.
From other sources It is learned
that the suspension - of railroad
orders for rails and for new equip
ment Is passing off. Between No
vember 1st and. 10th rail orders ag
gregated 150,000 tons and contracts
for about 600,000 tons for 1912 are
being negotiated. Orders for new
cars amounted to 7700 in one week,
and nearly 11,000 more are now
pending.
The steel corporation .reports net
profits of more than $29,000,000
for the third quarter of the year,
being' more than one million over
Wall street's previous estimate. .
. Bank , clearings . for, October were ;
the largest Blnce March, 1910, and
the third largest on record. "
v To this coast the figures of the
flour milling industry given by the
census bureau" for the period be
tween 1904 and; 1909 inclusive are
of special Interest. . The money value
of the products during that term
rose from $713,033,000, In 1904 to
$883,684,000 in 1909, an Increase of
24 per cent. The number of mills
rose 16 per . cent and the average
output to $76,000 from $71,000 In
1904.. ;;?,;
A singular fact is that in the face
of a growth in cereal products gen
erally barley. meal actually decreased
58 per cent. But feed products
raised 48 per cent, to 5,132,169 tons
in 1909. These changes are prob
ably due to the development of al
falfa as a hog and cattle food, and
to the. spread of Intensive farming,
with its much greater use of mill
feed for all kinds of stock.
Letters From tke People
IComnmolrnflona aent to The Joornal foe nnb
Hot Ion In lhl dritartmant ahonld not exceed
8(10 worda In length and mut be accompanied
ny lae name ana aaareea or to eenarr.j
Mr. Rynerson Replies.
Portland, Deo. 6. To the Editor of
The Journal I have read your reply to
my Inquiry aa to the meaning- of the
cartoon published In your lsaue of De
cember 4, and am pleased to know that
It referred to "the McNamara class of
Workmen," and not to the working-men
In KenenftL
The thing- that prompted me to make
the Inquiry was the fact that The Jour
nal has almost without exceptlbn in. Its
editorial commenta shown a spirit of
fairness In dealing with the various
labor question that have risen. In the
past, that Is not exceeded by any other
daily paper in the city, and for that rea
son more than anything else I wished
an explanation, ji4 was inclined to say,
et tu Bruti."
I still Insist, however, that tha car
toon, captioned as it was, was Insulting
n that It gave Ibe impression that in
the past labor, all labor, had sought to
win Its cause by the use of bombs, re
volvers, etc, and that now they had
reached a time when they would have to
choose between violence, murder and
lawlessness and the tools of labor
shown on the other side of the figure
representing labor.
To my mind no other conclusion could
be drawn.
The damage has been done, and hun
dreds oi people who form a part of "the
public heart that beats In sympathy for
the laboring man" who saw the cartoon
will never see thti editorial which ex
plains what Was meant, and have gained
the same impression that the writer did
when he first saw the cartoon.
The extracts from previous editorials
which were published In yesterday's ar
ticle were very good, but even In that
there was a stinger. Tou say that or
ganized labor did wrong by "claiming
beforehand, without Information and
without evldenca that guilty men are
Innocent." Organised labor did nothing
of the kind, because they did not know
that the men were guilty, and as soon
as It was known, that they were guilty
they and their methods were Immedi
ately condemned by organized labor,
just as such men an such methods have
always been condemned. '
In closing I would suggest that you
publish a cartoon similar to the one In
dispute, and In place of the figure repre
sentlng labor put a figure representing
the employer. On one side at the bot
torn put a eroup of men seated around
a table representing an arbitration
board, and on the other side put a pic
ture of an employer with a smoking re
volver In his hand and a dead working
man at his feet. Put a caption over
this reading, "The Employers Tools
Which?" C M. RYNEKSON.
Opposes Three-Cent Fares.
To tho Editor of Tho Journal In
advocating reduction of streetcar fares
Councilman Clyde gives evidence that
he doesn't know the time o' day. He
shouTd take a long look at the clock.
Portland bas passed the time of such
plcayuntsh reforms. 'Wide awak as to
the nature of privileges, their holders
and victims are lining up In opposing
camps for a battle royal, and It Is
quite time Mr. Clyde took sides.
Anyway what good would 3-cent
fares do worklngmen? It would simply
take from holders of land values In
strips and hand to holders of rectangles.
What Mr. Josselyn's employers drop
would be picked up by landowners.
Suppose our busybee councilman, in
nosing around the city hall for Social
lstic reforms, should bump into a gold
mine in the basement, which panned
enough to buy thd Inflated franchises
and provide free service, what would
happen? There would be a week of
jollification. Parades, red fire and
spreading the eagle would be the or
der; Socialists would prepare to usher
In the millennium; Mr. Clyde's working
men would be In the seventh heaven of
delight until they received notices of
big boosts in rents. Then they would
awaken to what a fattening feeding
trough the city mine provided for va
cant lots and acres.
' Is there any doubt that this would
result? Consider how much rent the
upper floors "of the Yeon building would
bring were fares charged for elevator
service.
Why should eastern and European
owners of vacant lota and tracts profit
by the discovery of city wealth? Who
constitutes the city? These Idlers whs
do nothing for It except drain the
dollars that others create? Or Is It
those who build houses, clean streets,
set type and engage in mercantile pur
suits? The suppositious gold mine Is not
far fetched. It la easily likened to a
discovery of better ways of producing
wealth, which is of common occurrence.
But benefits that get beyond the owners
of patent rights are largely absorbed
by owners of land. These two privi
leges are similar but that's another
tory. '
If Mr. Clyde really wants Mr. Josse
lyn to pay more for his privileges he
should Inwardly digest "Progress and
Poverty," or "Natural Taxation." There
he will find tha basis for court de
cisions that franchise values are land
values and may be taxed as such. By
careful study it may be blistered Into
his mind that "unearned wealth means
undeserved want" for one to "make"
$100,000 by merely holding land Idle is
abstracting It from pay envelopes and
business tills.
Even councilmen must dig for truth.
They cannot get It by putting tha hand
into a Socialistic grab-bag.
B. T. SAMPLE. .
To Obviate the Bridge Nuisance.
Warrenton, Dec 4, 10H.--.To the Ed
itor of The Journal I have just read
Mr. McFarland's letter on "Bridge Prob"
lera." He asks for a "scheme" for reg
ulating: the drawbridges. I think I can
suggest a scheme that would do away
with most of the congestion. It la a
simple devioe for lowering and raising
the smokestack. I was sitting in the
hotel at Dresden, looking- out upon the
river, and admiring the solidity of the
bridge,: which will stand for centuries,
(.being built after the; ancient plan, as
most of the bridges are, of solid stone,
with stone arches.) . Throngs of people
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE. ;
Rome people never do anything, ln
eluding (he buying of . (Christmas pre'
ents, until they have to. .,
a '. -.v i
One small thin to be allKhtlv thank'
ful for is that the use of "Xmas" is
yearly becoming less frequent.
e e , . '.
President Taft's short 'message reso
lution was a s-ood one. An occasional
brief message on one subject will be
great improvement.
News Item from La Grande narrates
a row. In and near a "fashionable sa
loon.' This can't mean that society
ladles meet there to play, bridge.
Mother McNamara still believes hor
boys lnnooent. The mother is usually
the last one to believe her boy a crim
inal, and even If forced so to believe.
she will not desert him.
Labor unions should ' . have ' learned
that It is not wise to assume and dra
matically proclaim the innocence of a
union official accused of crime. Ther
are black sheep in all lare flocks.
a . a
Borne men must be expected to abuse
a conditional pardon or a parole. Wt
hear of such men. but we may not hear
of the many who do not abuse the
trust reposed In them and who quietly
The confessions of the McNamaraa
are remarkable and curious when they
mignt nave expected to die or old age
before their trial could have been con
cluded, or they could have been pun-
lenea, ii convicica.
A sreat man bellowed, roared and
fumed; results were nil. save that
brief, mockins; echoes did reverberatft.
A liny newborn babe's faint wall In
chamber till, to bending angels' ears
In heaven did penetrate.
month's Interest; paid $120, and then
became a Judgment debtor for the or
iginal amount, interest, ana costs.
Query: what do -our usury
laws
amount to? Moral
Keep away from
the loan sharks.
SEVEN GREAT PHILANTHROPISTS
Edward
There are no more philanthropic peo
ple in the world than the stage Ioik.
and thev are never called upon for
charity but they respond liberally. Tha
many institutions tnrougnoui jim cuuu
trv that havs been erected by the play
ers for such of their number who have
outlived their usefulness or have met
with misfortune, show how willing
they are to care for their own, and In
every other charitable way they are
never called upon but, they respond
willingly and bounteously.
The earliest example or an acior
nhlianthroDlst was that of Edwara
Alleyn, the English player who lived
between the years 1568 and 162S. His
name has been preserver to posiemj
through his .having founded Dulwteh
college, an Institution wnicn naa ex
isted through the 400 years lntervenlpg
since his death.
Allevn was an actor in Shakespeare s
time and there is ample and clear evi
dence to show that he was celebrated as
such. His professional earnings aa a
player, however, formed one only and
not the chief among several sources
from which he drew tha wealth that
afterwards sustained his great founda
tion: and his fame aa an actor must
long since have faded Into a dim tra
dition, but for the association oi nis
name with an institution around which
cluster Interesting historic reminiscen
ces. Alleyn's ownership in Dulwlch lands
began In 160 and steadily increased
until he had acquired 1800 acres. He
had barely got Into possession of this
property before the question how to dis
pose of It began to press upon him. Aft
er 20 years of wedded life, he was still
childless. Ihen it was that tha prosper
ous player began "playing the last act
of his life so well" as to gain the
general applause of his own age and a
large measure of admiration In after
times.
He built and endowed the college of
God's Gift at Dulwlch in his own life
time. All waa completed by 1617. The
college, as at first Incorporated, con
sisted of 12 "poor scholars," and as
many pensioners, tho latter comprising
an equal number of men and women,
"poor brethren" and "poor sisters." The
scholars and pensioners were to be
were crossing, going and coming. Just
then I saw a steamer coming down at
a rapid pace. The current was very
swift. Her decks were black with pas
sengers, and she had a barge in tow.
I shuddered, for I saw she could not
make a landing above. I was holding
my breath, but just then down went her
smokestack, under she went and up
popped her smokestack. She sped on
and made no disturbance above.
Amid sweet strains of music rrom me
band we boarded one of those great
pleasure boats that we might see and
enjoy the wonders of that most cele
brated river of romance, song and
legend, "the River Rhine," with its old
and new fortifications, its, ancient and
its modern castles and Its many old and
new cities. The Rhine Is double-tracked
on, both ' sides. There Is also a great
water traffic. There are hundreds of
large, beautiful tugs, as large and pow
erful as our bar tugs. They steam up
against that swift current with six or
eight great barges In tow, and when they
come to one of those great stone bridges
they simply bow and pass under. I was
amazed, and I wondered why we who
"are so smart" had not "caught on" long
ago. Only think what relief a few
hinges, properly applied, would bring
Portland. Now, if I was not so busy
with my own sterilization bill, I would
gladly champion such a bill. And I
would expect to be received In about
this way: "Yes. certainly, that's a good
bill. I lost my train once by being held
up, and it does seem that when you are
in a hurry that the draw Is sure to be
open." But my sterilization bill Is of
more Importance, and I shall stand by
it to the end.
DR. OWENS-ADAIR.
For a Happy Christmas Holiday.
Portland. Or., Deo. 6. To the Editor
of The Journal. The time Is again at
hand to swap trinkets and eat the cold
store g turkey left over from Thanks
giving. It is also the time of good
pheer. The merchant Is the - "t cheer
ful This Is a puzzle for profound
thinkers; others had better pass It up.
The ads. remind us dally of the swap
ping days -remaining before Christmas.
We are urged to do our swapping early.
The primary objeot being to relieve the
poor clerks so they will not be too fa
tigued Christmas morning to enjoy their
presents. Some of these presents will
be dollies. Incidentally and Incidentally,
only, of course, you are helping the mer
chant and yourself. - Think it over and
see If you cart figure out why the mer
chant is so anxious to help his poor
clerks and then nose around and see If
the ; poor clerks " are working shorter
hours. If they are not, and em ray
close range observations, they are not,
then why Imagine you are on a holy
mission when you buy earlyT ; It Is true
that you will be relieving the annual
jam but the average clerk does not
mind the jam so much as waiting for
9:30 p. m. She chews her gum and
waits on as many as she can . without
NEWS: IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDUL1GHTS. .
An irrigation mass meeting will be
held at Medford Saturday, ' ,,-
a ,
The Medford Commercial club has
unanimously adopted resolutions fa vor-.
Ing the movement to establish a free
public market in that city.
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The ladles of the Clvio Improvement
society of Lakeview at a recent dinner
raised $58.10. which will be expended in
setting trees In the city park. ,
a
Myron Cralir of Eugene, who recently
killed an eagle, not knowing that the
state laws protect these noble birds,
has been fined $5, the minimum. .
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A number of friends of Mr, and Mrs.
Bert Tooze of Sherwood gave them a
surprise "paper WeJding," to mark the
end fit the first year of their wedded
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Albany Democrat: Farming Is not so
slow around Albany after all. Mr.
Groshong made $10,000 off his hops. L.
C. Stratton cleared $4000 on 20 acres of
prunes, and Harold Rumbaugh $540 on
three acres. ; (
Jackson county stockmen have offered
$20 additional bounty for every timber
wolf scalp taken in the Cascade forest
reserve between the hadwatera of ''Big
Butte creek and the headwaters of Lit
tle Butte creek. ( '
La Grande Star: Hunt & Harvey, well
drillers, report the bringing in of an
nthar nleni'Hrf arteeian , well at ' Lower
Cove on the farm of ,M. Morris. At 420
rest a now oi 3D aaiions oi ecueni
water per minute was. obtained.
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Salem "Statesman: Bids for the .erec
tion of Balem'a new public library build
ing are called for. and the Masonic
hiilldlnar of six stories is a go. both to
be started this winter and rushed to
completion next spring-.
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Eurene QUard: Because ha is de
termined to come to Oregon, Morton
Netlsoh. of Lake Benton, Mlnn.t has lust
olnaAri at lanrl trade with Herman Nell-
I son, of Junction City, on the basis of al
most six acres of land In Minnesota for
most six acres or la
one acre In Oregon.
i
Alleyn.
1
drawn in equal numbers from the four
London parishes out of which the found
er drew his wealth.
A curious legend, dating from the
time of the founder, and always current
afterwards among the pensioners, tells
that he was scared into his generous
and charitable scheme by an apparition
of the devil, "In propria persona,1
among some theatrical demons In i
drama In which he waa acting. In the
fright thus occasioned he was said to
have made a vow, which he redeemed In
the founding of Dulwlch college.
Shakespeare's name is Interwoven with
local traditions bearing on Alleyn's life
at Dulwlch, and the links of association
between these famous contemporaries
afford strong antecedent probability
that the tradition sprang from some
thing more soil! than "such stuff as
dreams are made of." Each began and
closed his professional career as a
stage player In nearly the self same
period and in neighboring theatres.
Alleyn's fondness for his old pro
fessional work is Indicated by the fart
that he engaged the boys In occasional
theatrical performances. For close to
two centuries after its foundation the
work of the Institution was confined
chiefly along the lines laid down by Al
leyn. The school waa reorganized In
1S57 and again in 1882 and now com
prises a school building- entitled the new
Dulwlch college which was erected at a
cost of $600,000. At the present time
Alleyn's bequest provides an upper
grade education for 640 boys, and a
lower grade school under separate man
agement where only nominal fees are
charged. As an institution for the edu
cation of poor boys next to Glrard col
lege in Philadelphia Alleyn's Institution
in London provides for the greatest
number.
As depicted In the large collection of
his own and Henslowe's papers at Dul
wlch, Alleyn's character waa one of
singular amiability, combined with great
shrewdness and aptitude In business and
his piety and benevolence are no lees
''conspicuous in his early correspondence
and in his diary than in his last will
and In the noble foundation by which he
is best remembered.
Tomorrow Johns Hopkins.
swallowing said gum. As for yourself,
early swapping will do much to con
serve your religion, your equanimity,
your ringlets and other trinkets you are
attached to, so to speak.
I have a friend who says up In
Norske they close shop a half day be
fore Christmas and whoop It up until
after New Years, iifl asserts, with
enougfh Norwegian to make It emphatic,
that quite a number of them survive.
It seems to me we would do well to
copy the old country methods of spend
ing the Christmas holidays. Let It be a
season of festivities, rather than one
of commercial greed.
"JIM BROWN."
Governor West's Trison Ppllcy
Correct. y
Portland, Or., Dec. 5. To the Editor
of The Journal. I wish to say a few
words concerning capital punishment I
certainly do not agree with Mr. Greens
lade one bit. I would Ilka to know how
Mr. Greenslade would feel at the hour
of his death If he were one of those "12
sincere men" or that "Intelligent Judsr"
and It was an Innocent man they con
demned to a "deserved death." How
many Innocent men have been con
demned? No one .knows. Why? Do
you suppose those "12 sincere men" or
that "Intelligent judge' wish to have
the world know that they condemned an
Innocent man? To take an Innocent
man's life, is not that murder? Most
certainly, and that "intelligent Judge"
and those "12 sincere men" are guilty.
I agree with Governor West, and I
believe many others do, too. Perhaps
hs knows of many Innocent men who
have been hung. Perhaps he has seen
many Irfnocent men leave prison af t r
remaining behind the bars for many long
and weary years.
Just think of all the Innocent men
that have been condemned and you will
think differently, Mr. Greenslade.
CONSTANT READER, f
Has. Governor West the Right?
Hood River, Or:, Dec. 8.- To the Edi
tor of The Journal. "Thou Shalt
not kili" The party Who first said this
killed a man himself, and another thing:
If our governor, who Is commander of
the state militia, carried out this doc
trine In full how would it sound if he
should say to all the soldiers: "Load
your guns with blank cartridges,! and If
you are engaged in warfare, always save
your enemies' lives?" . Now. if I have
the right idea of a governor, he Is an
"executive," to see that the laws are
enforced, not nullified. Of course, his
attitude On capital punishment Is that
of a kind hearted man but just the
same It seems to me if he has a legal
and moral right to say he will balk all
attempts of courts to carry out "first
degree murder" .death sentences he also
has the right to say beforehand that no
robber, forgar or. other criminal shall
suffer for infringing; the law. in this
putting it too strong? ; Respectfully, .'
- J. M. BLOSSOM?
MurrJ
cr is murder
From tka Chicago Tribune j '
The plea of guilty entered by McNa-,
mar a staggering answer ' to the
hysterical cries of plutooratio persocu
tion and Justice outraged raised by mis
taken sympathizers over the Loi Angeles
"'" union moor itself was all too.
n.iung 10 make sweeping charge's of op
pression and official anarchism, . This
Sinister outcome of determined prose
cution disposes of these charges., The
effect upon public opinion cannot but be
salutary,.-..,..... y ... '.-"';-.'.
Meanwhile her ta A lAMiinn rtrtf nf all
to decent unionism. The blow this will
deal the cause is heavy, and there Is
but one way to recover from It and to
Kaln that, publlq support upon which
buuucbh aepanas. , The vast; overwhelm-;
lng majority of union men who woul
no more c-apntenanoe murder than the
same numberof farmers of merchants,
must assert themselves. They have been '
misgoverned and misguided ond misrep
resented In the public eye by labor poll-
ticlang and their accomplices. By many
of these false leaders.. murder and cor.
ruption have been employed under pre
tense of furthering the cause of organ
ised labor. There has been too little
protest from reputable union men
against this form of propaganda, and
their weakness has cost them dear.
- Twenty-one gravestones uointed the
finger of deadly accusation against these
misrepresentatlves of a worthy cause.
The whole sickening picture ought to
be stamped forever upon the memories
of the American worklngman; so that ho
will make an end of this terrible ' wrontf,
this terrible dishonor. -
The American people are Just. They
are far toom than just, they are warm
heartedly generous, and they may be de
pended upon to favor the good cause and
enlist for the wronged.
But they will not endure propaganda .
by f' dynamite and assassination. . Tlle-
McNamaras, the Gentlemans, the Alt-
mans must be expelled from the raivks
of unionism If unionism is not to fan
and there must be no more vague senti
mental loyalties to protect them and no
more Indifference to methods. The de
cent men in the labor ranks must as
sume command.
Tanglefoot
By Miles 4
Overhr.lt
THE SUNNY SIDE.
YOO BROTHER
(MID r.o"
CMUTtoM
rse kwarad
coroner
"Where is your big brother now?"
"The one with the eye-brows V
"I suppose that's the one."
"Why, he's dead. He got Into a
fight with some Chinese gamblers and
they smothered him to death. It was a
bit queuerlous, too, for their names
were Wun Lung, Too Lung and Lee
Lung. The coroner sat on my poor
brother's remains for two hours; then
he said my brother had died from con
gestion of the Lungs'"
"I understand they are not going to
have any violins in the orchestra that
is to play for the Amalgamated union
ball Friday night"
"That's right. It was discovered at
the last moment that the players' violin
bows were taken rrom the tail of a
horse that had once been driven by a
scab!"
The Governor Indorsed.
From the San. Francisco Bulletin.
The Anti-Capital Punishment league
of California, through Its secretary,
has wired to Governor West of Ore
gon Its congratulations for his stand
to eliminate punishment from his state
during his administration. The tele
gram follows:
The Honorable Oswald West. Gov
ernor of Oregon, Salem: The Antt
Canital Punishment league of Cali
fornia wishes to express to you Its
keen appreciation of your determinatia
to eliminate hanging from Oregon (Wr
ing your administration. There will be
fewer capital offenses when the state
ceases to uphold tho barbaric custom
of committing legal murder, tending aa
it does to cheapen human nre ana to
create and maintain revengeful inclina
tions. When all governors ana states
follow your heroic example In this and
other penal policies, crime will rapidly
decrease. J. H. xouwu.
"Secretary Anti-Capital Punishment
League of California."
Pointed Paragraphs.
Many a day dreamer has attracted at
tention by snoring. .
There's one good thing about politics
you can get out
It takes the stock brokers to trans
form water Into real money.
When the wolf Is at a man's door he
has no need of a burglar alarm.
There Is nothing more convenient than
occasional absent mlndedness.
Beware of the knocker and his hatn
men you may be wanted to pose as aa
anvil.
After a man has been married a few
years he gets used to posing as a door
mat.
It must keep his Satanlo majesty busy
if he finds work for all the Idle hands
to do. .
A woman doesn't admire her photo
graph unless It flatters her or a man,
either, for that matter.
Don't cry over past opportunities; the
tears may prevent you from seeing
others that are coming.
It takes a bride with a vivid imagina
tion to go on believing it ts'tlll the
honeymoon when she is busy at lit
washtub.
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The Torture CKamt
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(Contributed to Tt9 Journal br Walt A:-V
tu- fatuous Kunsfla Doet. Hit Droa-.-nnttnsi 7
roKuior iiur ui uu CvlUWU Ua io Dill
vim ms r ' v'
In olden days they used to rack the
criminal and break his back, and one
may know how tough he'd feel. If he was
broken oh the wheel. The torturer, we
Vnay opine, believe he had things very
line; ne anew nis traae rrom A to Z
ana no suggestions weloomed he. And
yet nis work was crude and coarse, fo
ne renea on oruiai rorce. If I wernl
jorturer in chief, I'd fill, my victims'
souis wun grier. ra stretoh the poorl
Chaps on the rack until thoir Joints be-I
gan to cracic ana tnen I'd say: "Oh
laugh and sing, and smile, and smile
like everything!'' I have three kinds oft
rheumatls, and pink pains through my
system whiz, and pcqple stand about tnyl
chair, and"when I paw around and sweatf
iney spring tneir optynlstlo gags, ami
tear my temper an to Tag I -mere It SJ
time for sighs and tears: distinguish
time for sighs and tears; there is a time
for smiles and cheers; i dlstlna-ulsh
then, those ' times' betwtyVdon't getj
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