The Oregon daily journal., January 13, 1912, Page 4, Image 4

THE OREGON. DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13,
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1312.
rrr-rj tj t vt TT) "VT A T ' J monopoly of the ribbon trade, but
1 XjLiZ J V- U XV.1N -TXJU these migrating Protestants estab-
In' a TA'kiSTs..: ....PobiU.il where It thrive to thla day. y. : ;
The finns are spienaia people "ana
should have all possible encourage
ment to come to Oregon.; 'A'-"
THE TERRIBLE WOLF
0
N New Year' Day a Chicago
paper carried ' the following
sensational alarm:. "A big,
savage gray timber wolf la run
ning at large in V the yard of the
Western Lumber company. The en
tlre.neighborhood baa turned out to
aid the police In their hunt for the
brute, which la famished ' to 'tbe
t'ubllubcd rrf Milnf Trrt Bandar) and
- v.arr Siindif ntnrulnff at The Journal Build
tag, riftn and Yamhill streets, Portland, Or,
Eati-rad at tbe poatnftlea at Portland.' Or..
fw traiumlaaloe tbrouf h tb BUa aa eecooa
less mattrr. '....- '.-i'. - -.y, :
trl.Ki'HONBB Main T17i noma. A-OOAk
r All departments tvahed br tliwe numbar.
Tall tba operator what dapartmant yoa wau
, roKUON ADVKKTI8IN0 BKPaBBKNTATlVH,
' P.nlamln A Kantnnr rta Rranawlr BnlMlnr.
tJb Firth arano. Htw- Xork -iU tfeopMi1
ma Bunding, Chicago. "
-Kbarr1ptiiB Tartna by mall ar to any address
la Ui United State or Mexico, , V
..;.. w-.- DAILY. " - i'tr .V. : -Om
year..,.,, ..SB .00 tino Bxmtb......;.9 .00
'- ' " V - i SUNDAY. . ' . ''.V,:..--:,.: '
Om year.. ...... 8X60 I One Math...... ...I JS
on. w;..!;t?!$T.a o.4.:. 1 Krfnt of desperation and has already
auacKea two men. Motners. were
terror-stricken and have refused to
allow their children to leave their
houses, several New Tear's1 parties
being canceled. In consequence.
" 'He . Is a big, wicked looking fel
low,' said the night watchman. The
general manager of the lumber coni
pany took charge of the hunt, but,
falling to locate the wolf, -he called
In the police.; r With , drawn revol
Vers they searched the yard. Unless
the animal Is killed tonight, poisoned
meat will be used to destroy him'
nollier kind of great-gray '. wolf
la at large In Chicago. He Is pa ran
i.
Xo author vr spared a broth-; '
Wits are game-cocka to on an-
ether. ( .--V
11 ' ' " - -Oay.,
JUSTICE AND PRECEDENTS
REPLYINCr t6 tbe query of 'H.
J." on this ' page, . The,. Journal
does not advise abandonment
of precedent In the admlnlstra-
: tlon of the law.',,J.v::;;'',;;'-vvA--.".
. But there are precedents ai
cedents. The Journal advises aban
donment of such, precedents a that , the chlldren ,Q Portlan(L re
of the St Louiaxourt.whlch ordered h!teM((: Tacoma. San Francisco,
ZZ:::rlrZZ d rery other, large city.
tbe Indictment. ' It Is out ; of . har-
nnony with that precedent In which
,the Oregon supreme court ordered a
new trial which resulted In the fail
ure of justice for a guilty defendant
-because "the" was used instead of
!,"a" by the trial Judge In a hypothet
ical Instruction.. Such precedents
land such processes should be elimi
nated from our Judicature. v
( .The ultimate purpose of the law
a.. A' ': mi
ii to promais jasucs, , auj buuuu
; precedent, which squares with that
.fundamental maxim, should continue
His victims find their way to the
Juvenile court, to the hospitals,' to
the houses of correction, to the re
formatories, and to the red light dis
trict, ; These wolves accomplish, the
delinquency: of young girls. Tfiey
hound them from . rectitude. , They
contaminate them with disease. They
despoil their lives and rob them of
hope. .'j. .j y ..'.V'a' ;.rV:;
The conviction of ' one of these
wolves by a Portland Jury Is recent
court history. The conviction of
sixteen white slavers In Portland in
a few . months Is more of it. The
melancholy records of flight and
to have. weight with the bench, for
fmilrfariAA tv 1ef on1 4t fVi aa flvlfw
of principle under which law should . y
be" administered. This is doubtless iaen" court is sUll other history.
fthe kind of precedent for whlch-"H. t ,u not;ntb.e!!.f!a "f!
J." argues, which brings.: him and ,'lrn t nt t ZVr
fThe Journal In perfect agreement.
I The Journal Is also In harmony
jwith President Taft, who has said
:that 'one of the greatest questions
'now before the American public, Is
Uhe Improvement of the admlnlstra
rtlon -of Justice, civil and criminal.'
I It is In harmony with the supreme
'Justices of; the state-of New. York
fwho have formed an 'association
whlch, among other things, is consld
(erlng the expediting of procedure, .
! It Is In harmony with the late Jus
tice Brewer who said , "the seat of
"the whole trouble, in my. opinion, is
gray 1 wolves. Few mothers have
called the children Into the house,
and pulled down the blinds. The po
lice are hot out with cocked revol
vers la hot pursuit, ' . . ; , .
' The' great gray wolves of contam
ination seem little feared and less
bunted. . . , ' '
CONTINUATION SCHOOLS
demonstrating their. sklll.Hhey did
not slight a member of the profes
sion. , '.. i-.v .; '
the above paragraph telle the tale: ,
. ,Now, in the case before us not
less than ten people had opportunity
to mark ; these three criminate, : If
their descriptions of the noses, eyes.
ears, height And bulk of the men are
fntin1 in no-rAA thon ttiA iVanua t
their IdentUlCatiOn are reduced tO Ajllcatlon In thla department ahould not eica'd
la
small fraction of one per ; cent.-;,The
policemen would doubtless be tbe
most accurate of the observers.
Bertlllon and his men, armed with
the necessary description,' pick their
prey out of a crowd with more cer
tainty than ' previous sight - of ,, a
photogrkph could give - . - .
Letters prom trie People
'i COSTLY- CARELESSNESS
r
T turns "out ;thatl the fire which
destroyed the Equitable building
was caused by a burning match.
carelessly tossed ; aside h by ; t
smoker.;. The. known loss !s $6,000,
000. Several Uvea were . sacrificed.
A blr fire In Winnipeg last week
was caused by a smoker who care
lessly threw, away a lighted .cigarette.
The property loss was 9200,000. -
The great fire In the A sen building;
a few- months ago was started by a
half burned cigarette, dropped by a
smoker, ' The.? property lossv waa
heavy, and 142 lives were sacrificed.
Unless there Is a change, the great
American cities that have so far es
caped destructive conflagrations may
expect them. In the three fires here
mentioned, the loss of life and prop
erty was the fruit of two cigarettes
and one, matches ;r;-;;v r'f
Consular Teports, after careful in
vestigation .by direction of the Wash
ington government; universally show
that our fire apparatus and flreflght-
lng methods are vastly superior to
those of Europe. But,, with unvary
ing regularity,, the same reports re
vealed that tire losses In Europe are
much smaller. . ... ;. -n .
Thus, In 1910, thirteen of the
largest . cities., of Germany, ' with a
combined population of 5, 616,822,
suffered a fire loss of $1,067,205.;
In the same year five American
cities, with a coihblned population
of 100,000 less, suffered a fire loss
of over $14,000,000. 1
New York was not In the list of
American cities, The same year It
sustained a property loss of $8,S91,-
sal, or five times the property loss
of. London and nine- time that of
Paris. '-.). ' .a .X'y-'i "'i" l;V?'
In America, the per capita fire loss
was, In 1910, $2.89. In Europe It
was SS cents, and In Germany only
19 cents. . ' "1.
Our carelessness Is costly.
I
N Cincinnati - they are - following
the German Idea- In Industrial ed
ucation t hrou g h continuation
Minsi1fl.v: Alranitv tTiav hnaat ttt
the granting of , too many aweals three such schools in the Ohiome
Wh.ett.v3uf t!.f d,oe not demand it,' tropolis. The idea Is thorough n
and that a Blmple way to put it strwnon In Industrial arts and crafts
in to suy mm our couriB vniie vna i workers. '" -.i- ' d f ' "
lair iinAM tnAa AArn t jv f44f as j I "
uU OT.D . , ' nrentlcea was estahllshfld In Santem.
A MOUNTING ISSUE
A
It is In . harnlony with the Ameri
can Bar association which Is on rec
ord as favoring an "amendment of
ber, 1909. It was the outgrowth of
a small industrial school started by
two manufacturers. Other manufac-
4 The Journal is for Justice, . and
only for precedent as a means of
furthering Justice."'
, ; IN THE LAST DITCH
lu ue" um as w yromuu f,, tnUnva nf until rAav
courts from grantlng a newtrlal or teachers and equipment are now fcro
setting aside a Judgment In any case vWed by the city and attendance
um ww.ui cou, upon the school's sessions for a fixed
given after an . exanflnatloa .-of, the nmbor of nour8 paca week Daa been
entire record, U ; shall affirmaOvely made compulsory upon. apprenUces
. re-uxu mrnse vt jus- Ja geptember of last year, a aim-
era' apprentices. In addition, there
lis ? a school for young women who
work at tradest . .Continuation work
is also required of "public school .chil
dren who ; become '.workers before
lRESENT news from Washington completing the eighth grade. They
is that there Is small prospect muBl nBTOM rom our 10 eigni nours
of Teaching an agreement at welt t0 work ,a schools opened
thla session on the amnrlmnt 1" September in twelve centers. ,
for direct election of senators. This movement has given Impetus
- The honse wants an amendment t0 work in the night schools, where
providing for etate control, and has the Instruction now embraces Indu's-
Jphrased the measure it . has passed triaJ courses.: They are largely at-
ln such terms. The standpat Repub- tended by adult shop .workers who
llcana of the senate want congres- PPreciate the opportunity for ad-
elonal control,' and In the passage vancement and ;f of 'rounding out "the
of their resolution' controlled a sen- Practical experience gained In their
jate majority for that plan. various works. ''Mdi v ;;..; ;.
Many sessions have been held by Tne need " for Industrial , instrucr
the sehate and bouse conferees, and tlon bas been seen by many states,
mo agreempnt has been reached. The Wisconsin has recently passed a law
ilatest word from Washington is that providing for a special tax for the
; they have given up all hope of agree- maintenance , of . Industrial ' schools.
Intent and will make a reoort to that Similar Jaws have been adopted -In
effectk"It will probably mean the New York, New Jersey, Massachu
Jend of the matter tor tils session, etts, Connecticut and Ohio.' It is
'with a delay of two more years be- legislation of a practical and far
lore tbe amendment can go to the reaenmg kind
states for ratification.
' The senate attitude is a subter
fuge of the standpat senators for de
laying the amendment as long as possible-
Their support of the meas
ure is hypocritical, for all of them
are at heart zealous advocates of
legislative election of senators. They
HOW TO roENTTPT
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f and a way to temporarily postpone
fthe Inevitable. ' ' . s,
lit Is reaction fighting In the last
dltch for survival. : ' ; ,
; RUSSIA LOSES, WIJ GAIN
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N the case of three hold-up men
- who robbed two; pedestrians, com
pelled a hotel proprietor to hand
over the contents ot his till and
then went to a saloon where they
fsare for the senate plan' because it is 8hot two policemen and two bystand-
'means of blocking the "house plan, er ine description runs .as follows:
iney were an aressea in oars
stuff, except that one wore white
sweater. Two wore Btlff blacks, the
third a black soft. hat. . The fellow
with the .soft black hat' had .pp.
dark brown raincoat." Every point
deals' Solely "With" dretm. whlpfi 'ffvA
UT of 165 declaraUons of inten- minutes probably entirely changed.
uon.vo oecome American- citl- Not one word Is given to direct at
sens lied ; at Astoria during tention to these points of conforma
1911, 71, are of Finns who tlon of had. now nra n nf
rhave one and all renounced allegl- height and bulk which even a
iance and loyalty to Nicholas IIr em- change artist cannot obscure. .Yet
iperor of aU the Russias. The next one glance by a ' trained observer
fin order, were -8 wedes. , Greeks and would note those pointa that Mr. Ber-
Xorweglans, tbut the Fnn exceeded tillon, the great French police ex
;by one the totals of the three..'' -.- pert,, drew attention to In the story
i There is no sign of falling off. but referred to In The Journal only eight
"the number of Finns landing here in- days sgo. - '
creases..:":. ..-"; i:-'"-i- It Is worth while to "repeat them,
t After the massacre of St. BarthoJ- "Bertlllon divides noses , into 1 three
ornew England had a similar expert- classes, convex, concave and straight,
ence. Numbers of French protest- Ears Into four classes oval, square,
jints who hd escaped, the massacre triangular", round. Eyes are classed
crossed the 1 channel and ; settled broadly In seven colors. '. Tbe shape
tfown, some; at Canterbury, 'some at of the eyes and ' the distance from
.cricn in me coumy or Norioik. the nose can be added
Ljj la uxm.1 tune iTance had a real
REPORT by a Massachusetts
commission favors - the- estab
lishment by law of a minimum
wage for girls in the industries
of that ; state. . , The recommendation
Is the result of a long inquiry Into
the legal, economlo and social phases
of the plan, '';..'' : " ' "' :, :.' I
In Chicago, the Woman's club is
being urged to ask the legislature to
provide a commission .to make a sim
ilar Inquiry and report findings with
reference to a minimum wage for in
dustrial women ln-IlMnols."tThese
are - problems . that : are certain to
more and more occupy the attention
of economists, sociologists and law
makers.;'":'", . ' 'r .v
The standard of a nation is fixed
by tbe life, standards of its citizen
ship. :, Every underpaid man, every
unemployed man, 1 every ; poverty
pinched child," every undered fam
ily, 1 every f overworked t woman. Is a
canker gnawing in the national vitals.
Well paid, well fed and adequate
ly clothed masses make tor content
ment, promote 'peace. Increase respect
for law," and contribute to good or
der. Conditions of this kind Increase
consumption of all products, help ex
change, make , the- circulation of
money more" tree and enhance the
general prosperity. , j-.
Every baron of Industry profits
more from such conditions than -from
conditions of ' widespread poverty.
Every cjass prospers more, ancV gov
ernment Itself is safer and stronger
when all are employed and all well
pidd.:.'.'".::"i;.-',:::' -X'-'Vi.r.
Hence, it seems that governments
will more and more trend toward a
function of safeguarding tbe wage.
Now, it Is the minimum : wage for
women that is under discussion.- To
morrow, there may be gravitation to
ward a minimum wage for men. The
next day, or before, provision may
be made for a state board or com
mission to which labor,' men or wo
men, union or non-union; niay apply
for wrongs to be righted and iriev
anoes to be - redressed. Numerous
men -in Oregon are already thinking
along such a line.
the name an(f tddreaa of the aendar.)
,'" . ' Justice and. Precedents.
Portland, Or, Jan. U.To the Editor
or Th Journal A number of your re
cent edltoriula appear to attack tha
principle of our courts following leral
precedent and ' to favor reliance : upon
the CeoUlon of a trial judse on the
facta of - each particular case - as they
may appeal to him. without regard to
wnai may nave com to be considered
the settled and controlling- law by means
oi, precedents, it thla la not' the Drop
er instruction of tbe editorials on the
suDjeot, la the Impression they have
made and ' I ,; shall ; be (lad to be set
right. - ' -i '.'U "- y'tt-i ' v, .,v ri; n;
Is, there not great danger that . most
argumenU against following- a prece
dent r counter to momentary Interest
overlook the publlo necessity for and
benefit by the certainty wbloh conform
ity to soundly reasoned and long- es
tablished precedents affords T ' Is it not
worth While to have some fixed .rule
In Suoh: cases by which the Judiciary
shall be bqund? Is it not true that
nearly all the Judicial tyrannies record
ed la history have resulted from failure
to follow wise and Just preoedents, and
the.- usurpation by individual Judges,
like rbloody Jeffries" and his sort, of
the power to decare "the right of the
matter." as It struok the whim, mood
or fancy of such Judges, who regarded
themseves as above preoedents T u
Would the following statement of the
existing rule, announced by the chief
Justice of tbe supreme oourt of a west
ern state, meet your approval? ' . , .
"Courts krm and ahonM k. alnw .i
brush aside as authority decisions which
nave stood as the law for decades. This
results, of course, not from anv Bride
of opinion, for that, would be to rule-
gate to a secondary place the right ofi
ma matter. Buoh heslUncv results
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF :
CMALL CHANOa.
Mr. W. R Rearat Is at least tambor-
mrny a avemocrat again.
If thr hmA a Ka annh . wrf n,vM ..11
The nnlnnala cin't ru Pntnn.1
joryau is auiry at colonel ouffey,
When Democrats meet, unlma mrl
10 hl inara a nrian a. row wirn maii
uobi ua 'ueau .
.. - ..... r --r. 'til
The rural mall earrtersand the cltT
ones, . too have more than earned their
aianes lately. . .'.. . , ..? v ...
More Weather to send rism inmnnk.
era from the froien up regions to Ore-
swu eitite oi our uiue " suver tnaw.
WhT doesn't 4 Lha, f!nlnn1 4.m aft..
those fellows rough shod, who are pre
paring o put nis name on tne ballot
When he is not and doesn't want tA ha
at uouaiua.ee; 'A',". ')
iSt. Abbott of tha Oiltlonir aa va 'n'nnmmL
yelt ls not a candidate, does not desire
tO be a Candida tt anil has dlinnnn.
and la discouraging- in everv . noaaibla
war all talk of hW candidacy." - The
nooseveit could say! t won't, under
any circumstances, ba a candidata or
T-f, , S c;,f. u:.i ri ;
'Twas as pretty a sight as ever one
.w. as the sun shone on it that "ail.
yer thaw" as it glistened oa 'myriad
trees; but 'twas very oosUy. as glitter
ins' things, from passionate eyes to
Weddlna rlncra. of tan arano mnn nt
It, pleaea If that-was a "thaw," and
"silver" at that,, we'd prefer a brief
breeze from Mediolna HaL and aa unnr.
namented frees. ..,: .,, r
Thou a-h defeated In OraWnn tima' anA
again, the suffragists never would quit,
but at once renewed their appeal to us
men to declare them for voters fit. And
again this year the men must decide
Whether women their eauala ahall h.
and some signs are discerned of a rising
tide In behalf of the women's plea. The
mothers and sisters and daughters and
wives can't forever be denied of aught
rather from the right of the nnblla to y?3ra'man?' .from rnoney to llyes; their
hH.nrinini . i .- 7.T" I. must do grauiiea. bo perha
Mayor Dlmlck wants to engage a
business manager to run, Oregon City.
Among .the commission government
charter makers here In Portland,
Mayor Dlmlck ought to find a good
man.. . They have so many different
kinds of notions of how to run a
city, that be can get any kind of man
that ,1s to be found ' anywhere.; Or.
there Is primary day on April 19.
After that time, a number of eminent
seekers for .a Job, now on the waiting
list, will be available.
A Detroit paper Insists that people
south of that town have been seeing
the Aurora Borealls. That week.
four redheaded aotreases were play
ing engagements in Detroit-
. The apple crop; of , the United
States ln 1D11 was 22,000,000 bar
rels. -Fourteen years ago. It was 89,
000,000' barrels. , Over - production
hasn't come yet. . ,
A famous surgeon whose real ail
ment was gall stones has been oper
ated" on for. aouendlcitis. It ; is to
Further details were given butlthe honor of the operators that In
nave 'principles of law . and rules ; of
property once declared adhered to . In
tne interest of certainty. The rule of
stare decisis Das been defined to Be a
canon of publlo good and a lav of self
preservation. Ellison vs. Georgia Rail
roaa company. 87 Oa. til. 11 a. K. sos.
True, It was said by a great Jurist la
uie case last citea, that where a grave
and palpable error wldelr affeetlna- tha
administration of - Justice must either
do solemnly sanctioned or renudlated
the maxim which ant-lies la not atara
decisis, but' flat Justltla, mat coelum.
But In determining what is the Justltla
great aererence Should be paid to what
tne court nas in its previous mature
expressions declared to be tha law, and
the Inquiry should be whether such are
clearly.' wronK. Unlg auch, , nravlnua
declarations be contrary either to con-trolllng-
authority elsewhere or repug-
uni vo ngni, tney snouid stand.".
Ana this, of course, aim Ilea onl-r to
appellate courts, not. in any event, to
trial Judges. If The Journal war In
imgauon, would It erefer to hava ita
attorney advise It definitely how the
law had been interpreted unon a carta in
point, or to have Its attorney compelled
m ay im aetermination of your
ngnis may depend upon many thlnas.
such as, which Judge your case -may
d nasis-nea to, tne Dent oi liis preju
dices, whether he shall have dined well
or UL the state of hia die-aattnn m.
particular mood or whim at the time,
what office he may be campaigning and
Jockeying for, whether tbe litigants and
attorneys are his friends er enemies.
uio.vr younar. ncn or noor. atn.. atr,
Bhould we approximate deflnltnesa and
certainty or make of the court a lot
tery r
Also, Is it not true that If the courts
were not sound by precedent, it would
be easier for great corporations ' and
moneyed Interests to control an Indi
vidual Judge, who would not be bound
oy anytning nut bis own construction
of acts and UtwT Are not some of the
conspicuous champions of this proposed
ignoring of legal precedent and the sub
stitution therefor of the arbitrary
vjnuivn . m me tnsj judge attor
neys for railroads and other larg
corporations T Is it not niain hm
such interests would benefit by the free
ing ox juagee xrom Wholesome and nec-
essary reetraiatT What would nravant
a corporation owned or Influenced Judge
irom. seeing tne 'Tignt or the matter"
from a different viewpoint than ours;
and if we remove the bonds which re.
strain "our Judges, can we compel "the
other fellow's" Judges to remain within
what we consider proper limits t What
other safeguard for the weak against
tbe strong than the precedents of the
w are we reaay to substitute? There
are Judges Hook' aa well aa : lni.
Harlan.. ..- ':,-... , ,
Does not history abound with anaffta
Instances proving what it is Intended
pore oniy. to suggest? -
Jtiespeotruiiy, .... , .. ft. J,
f' All Due to "Original Sin."
umversity Park. Jan. 11. To tha
Editor of The Journal While we are
under the capitalistic system,, the prop
ertyless or quasf business men and wo
men nave a bard time to get acquainted.
on acoount of not having sufficient
leisure and funds; that Is, they have a
nam - time - trying to appear genteel
when they ar not '-. ..;....,"" :
in China, tne Barents maka tha
matches. Here, I suppose,' the captains
of Industry do the equivalent of mak
ing the matches by having the control
of the Jobs. - , ;'..- ..J: .; - .:.:: .-
If people received -what they aarnad
they could, talca a month at the sea side
each year, where restraint is more or
less thrown off. and could easily be-
oome acquainted. " t . ,. J 1
The fact is. "orlglaal sin" Is tha
cause of our dilemma; great war debts
and. great railroad debts, great tele
phone and Water power debts saddled on
our forefathers must be paid by us and
our grandchildren, and the outlook is
gloomy for any one who has not half
million ana does not stand -in with
the. gang.
B. F. 2ANN.
The Matrimonial Question.
To the 'Editor of The ournal J am
busy exchange operator and from t
a. m. until 6:30 D, ra am deallnr with
the public X am also a slrl with hones
and aspirations .(I am not ashamed to
say it) of possible wifehood and mother
hood some day, though I must add that
nave seldom met the young man who
quite seemed to fill the bill In my case.
remaps i expect too much. But is it
too much for . a girl with youth and
health and goodness and & fair educa
tion to refuse to consider as a husband
every cigarette smoking, beer drinking
young man of questionable morals who
chooses to seek her company? l I say
no. fcii.-i,.-VxV1 ;.Yi.;-":W"v :(-;;i"s.v (
I was interested In the letter written
by the lonely , bachelor of 16, and also
in the answer by E. M.," because they
opened a question that Is a serious one
to girls in the business world. There
are few rights minded business girls
who do not look forward to having a
home and a husband. Most of the girls
I jtalk with, are, like . myself, in their
early twenties,, but their experience out
In the world has taught them that not
one young man In 40 Is fit to tnaki a
good husband. How are we to get tc
quamted with the right kind? r :
Tha suggestion of an association or
ganized and fostered by intelligent, tact
ful women for the purpose of giving
blah minded. yauAK- liuslueas .xeuale of
must Da S-ratlllea. HO narhana
this year the mere males will give in,
ana let women nave their will; they'll
be sweet and beautiful yet; lose or win:
they'll be lovely women still. -V
, OREGON SIDELIGHTS r
A society circus la proposed, at Baker
as a means of raining a fund for charity.
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Salem Statesman: Good old Oregon
rain again a delightful, change in oil
matlo conditions. -
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Articles of dissolution have been filed
in the secretary of state's office by the
Enterprise Press of Enterprise. .
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An effort is being made by Principal
Robinson of the Oresham high sohool
to set enouarh bovs toaether to form a
high sohool orchestra.'' . ; .,
Tamhlll Record; Willamlna' didn't ex
actly ask for bread and get a stone, but
sne nsKea tor a depot ana got one mail
per .day Instead of two,.;.-. .-;..v:-:
a'1 mod. rnodora : aoartment ' house.
or several of them, are needed in Pen.
dleton and should bring good rentals,
according to the East uregonian. ,, v.
Milton Eaale: Marshal William An
derson has purchased a new stove for
the city hall, taking the old city hall
stove and putting It in the Jail for the
use and comfort of the prisoners during
these cold days. 'i:S''r,:,
Cherryville correspondence Ints Her
ald:. The snowy weather has driven
wild animals down from the. mountains,
and several deer have been seen in the
valley. A fine. bis. rat Due is a out
temptation. . . ,. .:-".. a ":' X'H
Lakevltfw Examiners Nine hundred
and f a-htv.four dollars from 80 acres
of mln on naw land la the result that
Clarence and Meredith Anderson secured
from a crop they planted last spring on
the- Miles O. Anderson homestead, four
miles from Anderson uap. v
Alhanv Democrat: Our renresenta-
tlves In congress can make themselves
aolM with Albany by kaenlnr our DOSt-
office building aooordlng to the present
J ilans. Then It will bo too small In
ust a little while, at the present rapid
increase. 1 ,
Falrdale eorresuondence Tamhlll Bec-
ore: CM. uoim ana N. u. -aircnnes
made a trln on the summit on snow
shoes to find telephone trouble. They
found plenty of trouble going and com
ing In the' snow. The snow was 4 feet
at the summit, where they stayed all
night, ;.:..V .'.li.,:,.!1 ,;. -;:?.
From ColWe to Farm .
From Deschutes Valley Tribune
SEVEN MEN OF INTEGRITY
Stonewall Jackson.
' Every one is familiar with the auali
ties of steadfastness to duty and brav
ery of 'StonewaH" Jackson, the noted
uonrederate general. The Quality of In
tegrlty Jackson carried to such an ex
treme point that he is known to have
advised against deception, even If such
a practice would be. necessary to wln a
battle. ' And this , aame characteristic
exhibited in warfare he carried into ev
ery part of 'his dally life
Even aa a young man.) while a stu
dent at West Point, he laid the founda
tions .that marked every action, of his
publlo as well as his private life. While
at the 'military academy he formulated
a set of rules to govern his conduct
among which we find such ones as:
"Disregard public, opinion when it In
terferes with your duties." ' ;
sacrifice your Hie rather than your
word.
Resolve to perform what you ought;
perform without fail what you resolve."
It was at the battle of. Manassas that
Thomas Jonathan Jackson received the
nickname of "Stonewall" ' and it . was
after the terrlfio conflict y through
which he had Just passed, that tbe char
acter of the man is so well shown in a
letter he addressed te his pastor at Lex
ington as follows:. ' rn-ty s t
My Dear Pastor la ' my tent last
night, after a fatiguing day's service, I
remembered that I : had failed to send
you my contribution to our colored Bun
day school. Enclosed you will rind my
check for that object." ; ! . !'-irh- - '
Strange as It may seem this letter
contained not a word of comment about
a conflict which electrified a nation, but
It does express and forcibly, the char
acter of Jackson, in never forgetting
his duty , under the most trying elroum
stances. fv ';. 'v ,:S:. -.
But then "the greatness of Stonewall
Jackson," as Rev. Dr. M. D. Hose said
In a eulogy of hla achievements, "was
an unconscious greatness. It was the
supreme devotion to what' be thought
duty, 'Hence he studied no drama-;
tlo effect. When among tbe mountains,!
pyramids older than those to which the
first -Napoleon, pointed, he did not re
mind his men that, the- centuries were
looking ' down '.upon' them. 1 When- on
the plains he drilled no eagles to perch
upon his banners, as the third Napoleon
Is said to have done." . . " .
General Jackson was not alone a firm
believer in Integrity. and almost, a mar
tyr to duty, but he fully appreciated
these qualities in others. He was never
a respecter of persons when-duty waa
concerned. On one occasion, relates his
wife, when he bad an early march be
fore him he so lost patience with ' the
tardiness of his staff in rising that he
ordered his cook to -pack up everything
and to throw away the coffee, which
had been captured from the enemy and
was a rare luxury, and he finally threat
ened to arrest the whole staff if, they
did not get up immediately. This had
the effect of awakening them thorough,
ly, doubtless of arousing some Ire
against the stern and relentless leader,
though all who served under him were
ready to say, as one did, 'His klndess
to those who did their duty waa like -a
woman's." '.-," , - r-
The' attachment of " members of hla
staff ' to him was sincere and strong.
They knew he was sterner to himself
than 'he was to them, and could never
doubt his whole-souled and patriotlo de
votion. Mrs. Jackson wrote, I shall
never ' forget the Intense feeling with
which young , 'Sandy Pendleton (as he
was called) said te. me-the-day after
General Jackson's death, his face bathed
in tears; "God knows I would have died
for him.' v:.y. -;. '- . ,..-;.v-.
The tears that were dropped over the
bier of "Stonewall" Jackson by strong
men and gentle women, when he was
buried at Richmond, were the most true
and honorable tribute that could be paid
to this man of great Integrity whom
everybody loved. Even little children
were held up by their parents that they
might reverently behold ma race ana
stamp -his name upon their memories.
Next week Seven Women of the Bi
ble. - ':lw::i;f -',rh :""-:.;.
A few years ago we saw a young
man who had been reared on the farm
Where wheat had been the main staple
produced. His horlson of thought at that
time was limited to the experience of
his - days on the farm and a common
school education. : Bo': far as making
farming his life work aooordlng to old
methods, there was not very : much to
attract and keep him oft the farm.
. Thla young fellow made up his mind
to take an. agricultural course. In the
college In order to find out whether be
could improve on the old methods of his
father. He has been studious and alert
and his mind has been broadened to m
remarkable extent We saw him but a
few days since and we scarcely knew
the young fellow.. He is a gentlemanly
appearing, young man, with an earnest
eye and a .' buoyant, businesslike air
about him. The possibilities of farm
life are now to him something glorious.
Already the , Inoome . from his father's
farm has been Increased one-third. The
farm home la more to him than ever
before and he Intends Just as soon as
he completes his course, to return to
the farm and make tbe place produce
better results, .; : i v,'-,; ,, -;. ,-
- Once In awhile an old timer is found
who ridicules the idea of college farm-
aap aviviusi usB a aa l ii vsr
scarce these days. , He does not realise
what a back number he la If he Will
but awaken and devote a week to the
Investigation of that - which has been'
accomplished within the last decade In
soil and crop. Improvement in every state
In- the - Union. - he. will find out r what
advanoed methods are accomplishing. I
besides, the good work baa Just fairly ,
begiin. If he but knew it, he is far
behind the Chinese as an agriculturist.
A short study of the reasons why the
northwest has been brought into such
prominence as a fruit country, should,
fionvlnaa - him . a th. . m. ...
be derived from advanced methods. Slip
shod, hap-haaard methods In ' all lines
of business are beginning to be a thing
of the past, and the business of farming
is no exception to the rule.
Tanglefoot
'By Miles '
YOU NEVER CAN TELI.
fjt i lua hs vaa V 1 ' 1
'telnfe as a we.A j. jfZmKT
both sexes a chance to meet each other.
would be, so It seems to me. a real help.
With headquarters where social even
ings could be spent, and where girls,
properly chaperoned, . could meet the
right kind of young men, the question
would quickly solve Itself, a 2 ' : ,
Personally, I hare no use for the
publlo dance, the grillroom, the Joy ride
with ehanoe acquaintances, because my
training and my natural Instinct de not
lead me that way; nut nave muon
avmnatn for the xlrl who goes astray
from these places, for I am a girl my
self, and i know a gin s tempuawn
r wish that other girls and young men
older people also would express their
views on this important suDjeot eviiu par
hana soma real tlan may be evolved
whereby the right kind of young people
can meet in tne ngnt auna oi a -nmj,
Isn't tha matter worth considering?
' G. M. P.
I : Years With 53 Sunday. '
Portland. Or Jam 10Wro tho Editor
a.a - . Taamatl .TVI AASb.W,-B ' JOUrilSla.
UK i',, 1UB alUISa - mmm v w -r
Subscriber inquires "How long sinoe
w.a . TMP eontalninc St Sabbaths?"
t h tnaana Sundays (flTSt QAV Of thO
week), quite recently.. as Mil contained
S3 Sundays. If be means Baturdaya (the
Sabbath),; then - '
Here IS a Hat mat may inveroo ou-
scrtber": . Tears that contain b sunoays
from 1850 to 1950: 1854, isu, ibbo, ibii,
MM. M22:i48,183J, M3. M4. I960.
Xears that contain oa
bath), from 1850 to iw
MOV Mie! M21,' MJ7 M8V M88,
l9tl."ra 18J0? 1848. 187" 11S?M44
and 1971 each have 58 Sundays and Sat-
fTheVea 1824. MSi; 1880, M20.: M48.
and , M78 have. only . 61 Sundays each,
also five Sundays in February. ' .
A Square Man. "
' Trom the Blue Mountain Eagle, : ;
"There is not a man in' the state of
Oregon who oan defeat Governor West
should be again become, a candidate to
himaaif in office. This Is not
because he has no critics, nor because
has become tne center v mu
heated argument ; But witn it au ne is
not the effieial agent Of corporate cor
ruption of which thia state has seen so
much. West IS Witn tne peup .
is on the square and actuated by whole
some motive. He is the kind of man
that many like to oonteno wu "
yet admire. Difference oi opinion as w
polioies Is not of o much eonsequenoe
as long as square dealing Is baok-of it
and the official Ja Incorruptible.
J Here's hoping that if there must '.be
another big war, Youn China win ere
long whip the itussian government orr
the-Xace of, th aarui.
S'DcOolt's Prison Plan.' .. .
From the New Orleans States: ;
- In a financial sense one of the best
managed institutions In the country Is
the Detroit houss of correction. 'In the
past 82 years It has not only returned
large profits to the elty, but has helped
materially the families of prisoners In
addition to doing a good deal for, the
convicts themselves. , .
: i Besides the original oost of the prison,
which - was $189,000, "it has returned to
the city of Detroit 11.264.178, which is a
surprising showing when the faot is
considered that a law of the state pro
vides that out of the fund earned by
prison labor aside from what is paid to
the prisoners, families of prisoners ahall
be paid as follows: To the, wife, 81.60
a week; to each child under 15 years
ox age 50 cents a week. ; .'. :.;:;
WhUe it is not desirable that prison
labor should come In competition with
free labor, nor that contractors should
gain an advantage by employing oon
viotsu there is muoh to be said in favor
Sf a prison system that enables pris
ners to help support their families,
which most of them would be willing to
do if they had the opportunity, henoe
from a humanitarian point of view this
feature of the Detroit plan is quite as
commendable as the saving mads to the
taxpayers of the city. -
p From fhe St Paul Despatch.
'The publlo has learned to be a hit
slow In . accepting at - face value the
stories ti.at 'are circulated at . irregular
Intervals concerning recently discovered
cancer cures. There are many scientists
of great ability at work trying to dis
cover a means of protecting humanity
against the terrible losses Inflicted by
the cancer scourge. It seems reason
able to expect that a real cure may be
effected at any time and for that reason
It Is easy for those who may not be so
very skilled to secure a Hearing when
they claim to have ulsoovered something
worth i whiles But there have been so
many false alarms that reported spe
cifics do not attract the attention they
did a few years egO. , f
- A report has Just oome from Berlin,
however, that seems to warrant more
than the ordinary degree of attention.
Professor von - Wasserman announces
that in cooperation with Doctors Kelsser
and Michael, he has obtained remarkably
successful results In treating mice by
injecting into tbe veins a preparation of
oosln and selenium. He- is careful to
say he does not claim to have a cure,:
He does contend he has demonstrated
that It IS possible to reach a tumor by j
chemical means l through the blood, a
thing supposed to be Impossible. Ha
says that Injections of his solution cured
the cancers of the mice, lie hopes that
further expnrlrnfits will lead to similar
results la the cases of human beings. . '
l"met -a pilgrim on the street, ,f '
Who said, "My friend, I've gotta eat."
jib saia, "i m nearly starving; I coma
at a hale of hav."
I led him to a livery barn; -
jxow eat,- i saia. -nor care a aara "
or wnat it costs; I'll pay the bnLw ;
But then he came away. . ,
Came close and as he sauntered by .'-i
ie wninea. "Bay, do, i m staryicgt
let ma hava a llttla ehlnk ', . ,.
He said, "I haven't fed my face '
Since Maud 8. won her maiden race."
Ho took my nickel hurriedly and went
- - and bought a drink.
Another gent accosted me;
He said, "I'm hungry as can be; '
X need a little piece of change to tide
. - me o'er the night
I had a punctured dime, and so"
I sllDDed him that and watched him am
- Into the boose's loafing place and aalc
: It out to fight v",
Then still another shabby geek
Displayed a wealth of hardened cheek,
; And tackled me for twenty cents to
buy a bite to eat
I snarled and turned my head awayr'-r-' -Then
later watched him eat some hay,
And try to grab a little aleep while
,, ; pacing down the street v .,
So re observed that not each one ' ,
Who begs for coin to buy a bun
-Insists upon the liquid ones some-
tlmes he's much In need.
Since then I always give 'em cash,
And let 'em purchase boose or hash;
Whatever suits their fancy and my
. conscience goes to seed.
Pointed Paragraphs
You can flatter silly girls by calling
them flirts.- ,
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If s easlerte look wise than tt Is to
deliver the goods.
t.v'. V '"? " ! '' '
A ooncelted man Is often conceited
enough to think that b isn't
" --.e,,e ,ftf;
- He is a poor chauffeur whe doesnt
know what be Is driving at,
v'''i.i"":i'v,i,:i' e . e ,.t- '.., .f,, 1
v Anyway, a spinster can pretend that
she would rather be her own boss..
There never was a man as imoortant
as a bride expects her husband te be.
An old bachelor will stay out till t a -m.
if he wants to, but he misses the fun
of trying - to sneak upstairs with his
Shoes ef tV . -s,- .Va,-.; -: x V " ' .
(V-AOifj e,;-;;,- ;;t;f;:
'' The theory that there la alwava nwim ,
for one more leads many a man to take
on a bigger load of damp goods than
he is able to carry. :.).. ...
r, a i i a ; ,..-.
1 " . Below Stairs, v ' 1
- From the Kansas City Journal. ' ' -"What's
your missis kloklna- about" a
Inquired the housemaid from next door.
-rnis is ner meat out but I told ha
X had an engagement meself."
- ' 'I'll I" I l II ,.-"r.
.- Much In a Name.
From the Birmingham Age-Herald. -"Pa.
what's the difference between a .
mortician and an undertaker r"
.They both do the same kind ef work.
son, but 1 am inclined to think a nor.
ticlan will oharge more." , ,
Many Remedi
ICS
Oratrlbntd to Tha Jmrrtial t xir.i u...
the famous Kanaaa mat. Mia n... . .
ragular feature of this eolanut la The
Journal.) , - : . . .i,, : ;.. , v.
I have a spavin On m knaal 'and
when the weather's damp It causes so
much misery X : find ' It hard to tramp. '
And when for remedies X beg, between"
my anguished screams, one healer sayst
xou nave no leg you're merely dream
ing dreams : And Since you have no leg,
my friend, no spavin Is thereon; so let
your idle rantihgs and, and to your lair
begone." Another healer who has straw
where doctors should have brain, says: '
Let me at it with my saw, and 1 11 re
lieve your "bain." "Internal remedies,"
says one, "will make that spavin fads,"
and then he brews about a tun of spark
ling skunkrootade, -,."A flaxseed poul
tice," says one leech, "your anguish will
allay"; and It's so hot folks hear me
screech ten yaraaangs away. Another
would a Ulster use. still other gifted
men insist . that powders In my shoes
Will make me whole again. And so X
limp along my path in sore and grievous
plight, and In my heart . there la no
wrath, for all ths docs are right
(vUrlsht. 1011. br f JTW '
George Matthew Adajoa, IXSljL' ISjfTaJ
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