THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. TUESDAY . EVENING, JANUARY 10. 1S12.
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' I maintain that no man can be
-considered an educated man who
in not on rood terms with moth
er earth and with, all the won
jflerful ' things that creep, crawl,
run. climb, burrow, awlm. El
bert Hubbard.
GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPHS
T
i HE ' history of governmental
management of ' the posts,! sys
tem of the United States la not
encouraging for " -Postmastef
, ' General Hitchcock's recommendation
for government ownership and oper-
atlon of the telegraph. .
Nor Is the riot of watered stock,
-i. over - capitalization, stock - Jobbing,,
, enormous dividends, high rates and
gradual--combination of telephones
" and telegraphs favorable to a con
: tlnuatlon-of private ownership. .
' The. delivery, of malls by the gov-
ernment Is effective, swift and thor
- ough. It cannot be denied that the
' service ' is maintained at a high
'. standard, in spite of the system by
which, the heads of bureaus' in the
department, and the head of the de
' partment itself, are selected for po
litical reasons. -' 4. ; ' ' ' ,'' ' '
But there remains the record of
the enormous graft in the mail car
system, la operation now, and in op-
, eratlon in the past, notwitnstanaing
s' the exposure of. the facts 25 years
ago by Jlr. Vilas, postmaster general
.""' In Cleveland's cabinet. There also
remains the fraud of the weighing
vstm. onerated every four years;
Tirt nlwara attended with a flood otVtlm.es have' urged ..Portland to put
publle documents sent through the
malls with the apparent purpose of
Increasing the compensation to the
railroads. ? t
; Other faults in the governmental
operation of the mails are the peren
nial deficiency, the refusal until re
cently to inaugurate a system of
postal savings banks, and the long
continued-refusal to Install the parr
rels post, all in contravention of
" good business policy and the experl
.: ence of other enlightened nations.
'": , Yet,1, these - drawbacks . in . public
; management of the mails, are more
I than counterbalanced by the raids
; upon the public by the stock-Jobbing,
jt extortionate .tolls and ' the present
tendency to v combination . by tele
m: phones. and telegraphs under private
J ownership, an array of Injustices-to
5 the publie that has created a strong
demand everywhere for public own-1
' erehlpand "operation of the tele-
.; graphs! ' " i ' :" :; - '
' If the telegraph under public own
ership Is to be by direction and under
the guidance of congress; it -would
;jnot be advisable., Tne innuences
,! that surround that body make it en-
tlrely . Incompetent for such a task.
s Nor should' it be made a part of the
: postof flee department until that es-
" tabllshmeathas first cleansed Itself
; of the present and long continued
J . abuses In administration, v ,' '-
"'.'As a prlnclple, however, the con-
,', Is as much a natural function as the
c. operation of, the malls. The use of,
; the wires lor inter-communication is
, as much a public function as com
" raunlcatlon 'by a system of letters
and .newspapers, ' It Is as fit a public
i - activity as a punnc system or eauca-
'. ; tion, and is so recognized in most of
the civilized countries.
;!.' It Is declared that the Hitchcock
recommendation 1b the result of ex
haustive investigation. It is prob
able that the plan has the secret as-
' sent of the Taft administration, and
that the news given out Is a "feeler,"
y sent broadcast on Hitchcock's recom
mendation alone, to ascertain how
the country will accept the plan be-
o fore executive approval be an
nounced. . We are told that Mr. Taft
. : 1h not - t nutH with Mr. , flltrhrnrlf
i over the ' recommendation, which
means that If there is wide approval
, of the plan, the administration will
be likely to; embrace it'.
, Government control of the tele
graph -is a change that will ultl
i niately come.' The Hitchcock recom-
mendatipn makes ft an issue now.
ROYALTY MOVING WESTWARD
I
T' la announsed in- the - papers of
British Columbia that the domln
ion government is. including in
.the'year's estimated, half a mll-
Hon, each. for. improvement 'of i the
harbors-.oVfctoria and , Vancouver,
and also large appropriations for the
Eraser. river ' ship, -channel. Other
waterways" nd". harbors; alopg the
. roust are. to be ald'tjd -all in prepara
tfon for the "opening of the canal:'
f N The; Canadian ;Grand. Trunk rall
; rond. has entered onl the construction
ff ,tho last Huk of haj; tcanscontt-
iK'iital road.'C So-;that',ttie grain of
- Alberta find . the forests and "fisher
" . ioa of "the . northern' provinces fnaay
ndd their, Quota to the traffic of the
Canal. ' ' J ' 1 i . i V ' "
Krom some of the same papers we
?nln a sidelight, on the, Impression
r.,rt'I ' by .Mr. Lloyd-flenrgo's policy
"M t!, titled class of .'both England
M.ti ri'diLmd"., Fincc isoaihere has
"W'n-I In Brltlth CoJuniU;la, con-
Blderable - number of dukes, earls
and baronets, and especially of the
younger sons. At first they bought
lands and entered immense acreages
on which farm tenants from the old
country could be settled. " It is no
ticeable how that tbelr ladles are ac
companying the lords, and houses are
being built, and email pieces of Eng
land 'and ' Scotland transplanted to
the far west. The Duke of Suther
land, the largest landed proprietor
In the British islands, has acquired
British Columbia lands by the hun
dred thousand acres. , His Scotch ten
ants are to be given the Chance to
buy on very reasonable terms,' with
plenty of time to pay; The change
from English and Scotch tenants to
Canadian freeholders will start the
very best class of citizens' on Brit
Ish Columbian soil.
WAITING
X TESTERDAY J. R. Dodson,
, V Circle City merchant, was be-
I ' fore the Alaska committee
urging Portland to put' on a
line of steamers to Alaska. He said
he would furnish 125 to 150 tons
of freight for the first boat.
November .16, J. M. Keller of
Skagway urged Portland " to put on
an Alaska steamer line, saying, "It
would be a 'big thing for both Port
land and Alaska,', and, if attempted,
"Alaska will meet ' Portland more
than half way." -; - 1 . i.
The same day, through The Jour
nal, H. H, Draper of Skagway called
upon Portland to put on such a line,
.saying, "We of Alaska have never
been able, to understand why Port
land Beems to care so little for
Alaska trade, when it has' been a
source of so much revenue to Seat
tle and San Francisco." -
November 13, L. H. Pederson of
Seward urged Portland to put on a
steamer line to Alaska, saying, "The
business men of Portland will find
an. excellent field there for increas
ing their volume of trade."
On the same day, in The Journal,
O. M. Graff of the light and power
company at- Seward, - appealed to
Portland to put ships In the Alaska
trade, declarln g, . "Al ask a. Is anxlou a
to have Portland as one of its chief
supply points."
Many - other Alaskans at various
on a steamer line to AiasKa ana ac
cept a full share of the trade of that
rich , empire. ". Thousands of old
Portlanders and old Oregdnians are
scattered all over that region, and
alt of them as well as many others,
as explained by Mr.. Dodson 'yester
day, want to do business with Port
land. . ,
.What more do Portland business
men want? Are we so consumlngly
inert that we permit' Alaskans to
knock at our doors and beg us to
help them buy our goods, and we not
lift a hand to get the business? D6
we expect Portland always to grow
by merely bartering among our
selves In a purely local way?
Portland must have a broader hor
izon. It cannot grow great on in
flated rentals and boom lots. Chi
cago la the second city in the United
States, because she is on the lakes.
New Orleans is bigger than Podunk,
as a result of the gulf and the Mis
sissippi. There - is ' a reason why
New York is bigger than Albany, -
The history of the earth, the story
of civilization, and the records of
the rise and fall of cities are proof
positive that when Alaskans appeal
to Portland, for a 'chance to do busi
ness with this city, Portland must
either meet the .request or fail to
take a .proper and easily attainable
place on the mapspf commerce. 1
THE NATION . AND THE CHILD
I
T would be a dreadful ' calamity.
says Theodore Roosevelt, to con
tinue to waste and destroy the
resources of the nation . . but
a Btlll worse calamity, because Ir
remediable, If we wasted and de
stroyed the manhood and the wom
anhood of the nation.. And the only ,
way permanently . to conserve ino
manhood and the womanhood of tho
nation Is to conserve the childhood.
It has taken the constituted au
thorities of the nation many years to
learn so obvious a lesson. This is
the first thing we gather from Rhpta
Chllde Dorr's article in this month's
Hampton Columbian magazine.
The official materials are found 1n
the Just issued final volume of "The
Report on Conditions of Women and
Child Wage Earners in the United
States."
Tho army of childish wage earn
ers, is over 40,000 strong, i Their cry
might rise to Heaven, but lt never
stayed on .the way to awaken earth.
Even yet, while legislation in eve"y
state in .the union has enacted for
the child a definite age as the limit
to, be passed before the wage earn
er's task Is taken up, neither such
laws, nor any others are self execu
tory. Aroused public opinion must
stand behind the officers to compel
and enforce compliance with the pro
tecting law. ' ' " "
It needed - the- hardest kind of
fighting to get this commission or
dered. Women's Leagues, Hull House,
the. Consumers' League, and the Na
tional Child Labor committee, , were
as one. Even when the commission
was ordered and a 300,O00 appro-
prlatlon for its expense passed, Jhen
Speaker Cannon bucked at the-cost
of printing the report. So there are
only.2000 copies of the report print
ed, as Senate Document 645, 61st
Congress, Second Session. , '
. The habit of the world has been
to' treat children' as the property of
their parents, who were entitled to
cause them to work -where and how
the father chose, ,No slave owner
in ancient or modern hlafory exer
cised more absolute control. The
theory that the nation had rlghta - 'su
perjor to the parents, excluding the
parents' rights when they interfered
with the - health, development, - and
happiness, with the teaching and wel
fare of the child Is very modern. '
But this notion has already spread
over the civilized world. An Ignor
ant, badly nourished, stunted, weakly
child Is recognized as a failed asset
to any people.- '
, The opposing theory is, that the
most valuable citizen is he who has
built factories, opened manufactures,
constructed railroads, developed
mines. That every one,, , of his
achievements depended on a large,
and the cheapest" labor supply ob
tainable. The largeness of the labor supply
depended on filling the factory with
women and children, the cheapness
on averaging the. total wage by the
admission of as many as possible of
the cheapest class. "
Between these two theories Is un
dying wart
JtfEXAGERIE GOVERNMENT
r
N Portland, every policeman Is i
king.' . '-' ,
But, by the test of his prerog
atives, the mayor is small pota
toes, and few in a hill. - -
Tne mayor cannot remove a po
liceman. The officer may be guilty,
He may be a grafter. He may take
tribute from, the crooks, t He may
levy extortions' on the redllght dis
trict. But all the mayor can do is,
first, to . gather the proof a most
difficult process and then suspend
the officer and present the case, to
the police committee of the execu
tive board, ,.'. 1 -
That committee tries the culprit
If it clears him, the officer is rein
stated. Otherwise, the case goes to
the full executive board, which may
dismiss or restore him.
It dismissed, the policeman ap
peals to the civil service commission.
It rehears the evidence. It may re
store the man to his position or de
cide to ' sustain the mayor. If it
finds against the policeman, he can
appeal to the circuit court, where the
evidence Is again heard. During the
mayor's campaign for cleaning up the
police department, no less than two
officers against whom the executive
has brought charges have carried
their cases through the circuit court.
As a sample of Interminable pro
cesses, wheels within wheels, official
thimblerigging and pious provisions,
It is a plan of government unknown
probably to : any other city In any
other country , In the civilized world.
It Is a distribution of power, a divis
ion and subdivision of prerogative,
and an all . around menagerie ar
rangement as preposterous as it Is
incoherent.
The wonder is that a few more
boards, ' a few more committees, ' a
few more commissions and a few
more' functionaries are not a part of
the process. It Is a far . more cir
cuitous route, . embodies far more t
r, ; j, a '
bhibbubiub, , mr more rea tape ana
more , pomp and ceremony than are
required to impeach the president of
the United States. It surronnds a
grafting policeman with more earth
works, more buttresses, and more
defenses, two or three times' over,
than are provided for the lustices of
the United States supreme court.
It Is a futile, foolish and Inco
herent process. It is impotent and
unbusinesslike. It .makes discipline
Impossible. Barricaded behind a line
of hearings, trials, prosecutions, pro
cesses and proceedings, the police
man is almost a feudal lord, Inde
pendent of administrative authority.
- It Is a scheme that would wreck
any ; private business. It would
bankrupt the steel trust; Yet such
a - plan ramifies every city depart
ment and is part explanation of why
Portland is declared by most mayors
who have served her, to be losing
huge sums of money every year."4'
' Still, faddists and rainbow chasers
have whittled away on commission
government until they have pearly
8cuttled lt lrj Portland.
FRANCE
T
HE new French cabinet is re
markable In many ways chief
ly that It might well, be called
a "mjnistry of all the talents."
There Is no question as to the abil
ity of each one of the ministers. The
only doubt is whether they will be
contented to subordinate themselves
for the common good. Selfrestralnt
of that order has- never been com
mon in France.
The man of pronounced power is
Delcasse, who has again taken the
foreign ministry. He held the office
from "1898 to 1905. An ardent
Frenchman he upheld the Interests
of his country against Germany in
the early stages of the Morroccan af
fair so strongly that the kaiser was
brought to demand the resignation
of Delcasse .whose persistence -vas
bringing the countries to the verge
of war. He resigned, but not bstare
he had negotiated with England the
amicable entente which has - held
good to this day. . ,
, It is understood that nowadays the
opinions of the kaiser and of M. Del
caBse regarding each other have
changed.. .The official German pap
ers announce no apprehension at his
taking the foreign office at Paris,
!and. give him politely all good
wishes.
For many months M. Delcasse has
been devoting himself to the develop
ment of the French navy, and he de
clined the office Just tendered him
until satisfied -that the navy would
not suffer by the change.
.. The most interesting recent, re
port from Berlin is that the kaiser is
seriously planning such cordial rela
tions " with both . England and the
United States as shall lead to gen-
- 1 eral arbitration treaties, between the
J three nations and a standing interna-
tlonal. court at the Hague of great
authority.
Admiral Dewey is retained in ac
tive service at 74," though all other
officers are retired at 62. ' . It Is an
unusual and deserved compliment to
an unusual man.
, The fact that John R. McLean un
alterably opposes Harmon, will, In
no sense, knock the Ohio governor'
boom into "a cocked bat.
Letters From the People
(Commanb-aHona aont to Tha Journal (or pnh
Hcatlon to title department ehould not azcerd
900 worda In lenatb and mnat bo arwmpanled
Dy toe name ana aaarew or to eeoaer.)
Seven Men of Integrity.
Grants Pass. Or., Jan. - -14 To
the Editor of The Journal I have
just read your biography of seven turn
or ir-'egrlty. and aa all the men you
mention are dead, I wish to , mention
even men of Integrity who are still
living.
The influence of treat and good men
na much to do In the molding; of youth.
ful character, and for thla reason too
muoh emphasis cannot-be given to the
life-work of ? those who have a done so
much to make the world a better place
in which to live. -
To the, worthy1, list which you have
given, i would add the names of W. J.
Bryan, James B. ATcCreary, Joseph W.
Folic. Robert M. ' LaFollette. Bent. B.
Llndsey, Thomas E. Watson, and Os
wald Wast, I. could add -the names of
many -more equally-worthy, but each of
tnese has to his credit something orlgi
nal and meritorious. And, by the way,
tnlB would be- a. verv aaf iiat from
which to select the name of our net
president, JK
The courage and far-sightedness of
Bryan in bis long; battle for all that Is
near and dear to . every true American
has no parallel In history, And. his
ratfng as a statesman in the estimation
of Intelligent 'people is higher than
that of any other man on the continent
or America, or any other continent so
far as that is concerned.
It was in-the Ohio penitentiary as a
Confederate prisoner of war In 1863
that James B. McCreary, -now governor
or Kentucky, first proved that he held
honor to be more sacred than life itself,
A federal soldier had done him a kind
ness, and on his refusal to give the name
of his, benefactor,- he :wah tortured al
most to the point of death and still re
fused, This, however, Is only a sample
of , that Integrity which has" character
ized the man i through his useful and
eventful life. ,
The great work of Joseph W. Folk
While governor of Missouri la too well
known to need further . comment. He
has proven himself -to be a man equal to
any emergency and has accomplished a
wprk that no small man would dare un.
dertake. '
Robert -M. LaFollette is the Horace
Greeley of the present tltnau, 'Like Hor
ace Greeley, he dares to expose the cor
ruption of his own party and to espouse
the cause of universal- Justice. ; His 'own
party will see that he goes down in de
feat, but he will be remembered for the
heroic stand that he has taken In the
Interest of pure g-overnment.
BenJ. B. Llndsey will be known in his
tory as the man who gave the energies
of his own ltfe to the great work -of
saving unfortunate boys , and girl.
Thomas B. Watson occupies tha unique
distinction of being the one man . who
has stood by the principle of his party
after the party itself died.
Last, but not least by any means, is
our own governor, Oswald West :i :Hf.
West has made one of the most radical
departures- from old eustoms that his
tory gives any account of. - He has ac
tually taken the position that a man
overtaken . in a fault Is still a human
being.' And the marvel of - the whole
thing Is, - Governor West is absolutely
tight He is going to be remembered
and honored long after the little fellows
who now oppose him shall have been
lost sight of. STEPHEN JEWELL,
Unnecessary Expense.
' Jacksonville, Or., Jan. 1J. To the Edi
tor -of The Journal I notice " that the
county school superintendents, have held
another meeting at Salem to pass upon
the answers made , to ' questions pro
pounded io applicants ror teacners cer
tificates at the semi-annual examina
tions in the several counties.
I am among the many ; who wish : to
know what advantage t is to be gained
by this-assemblage of school superin
tendents at the state capital, : Cannot
this work they do there, be done aatls-
ractorny where .the examinations are
held? The average taxpayer thinks they
can and that these trips :of county su
perintendents to Salem smack much of
junketing. , extravagance with , public
runds and the establishment or a mu
tual admiration society.
Another matter that - is subject to
much criticism Is the, employment of
two or more assistants to the school
superintendents to ' visit - the' public
schools of their respective counties. This
affords fat, easy Jobs for some people.
but is an expensive, unjustified luxury!
to the taxpayers. ,
The county school ' superintendent is
generally a well-paid official and often
has a deputy paid by the county and
an extra allowance for expenses. It
seems that he could find enough time
and have the public- welfare enough at
heart to make the necessary visits to
the schools under his jurisdiction and
thereby save his constituenta a consid
erable sum of money every year.
It Is just such things ss these that
cause taxpayers to complain' of the ex
cessive burdens needlessly put upon
them and lead to so much talk about
grafting by public officials.
The sentiment, in favor of education
has been overworked by state and coun
ty) officials appearing at every session
of the Oregon legislature and urging
legislation of a selfish nature until the
expenditure of a big sum of money has
been made necessary that could be saved
to , the already overburdened ; taxpayer.
A wholesale repeal of such legislation
by the next legislature would prove both
judicious and popular.
Nobody objects to paying liberally for
the education of our children; but ev
erybody should Insist that there should
be no waste of public funds. '
, VINDEX.
Looks to Women for Reform.
Portland. Or.. Jan. 12. To the Editor
of The Journal It is high time women
took an active part in the commercial
life of this country, for woman is th
first to feel the bitter pang and injus
tice of politico! and commercial wronir-
doing.- Men are blaming women for an
era of extravagance, while the real
cause behind all other expression of evil
doing from the tariff question to the
white slave traffjc. Is the lack of pro
tection in marketing produce. Farmers
are the base of all wealth and farming
Is the least remunerative of all avo
cations. Farming- ,1a highly unoroflt-
able, because the market is under a. com
petitive system which In our country
directly affeots 10,000,000 of our pop
ulation, and next in order B2,OjOO,000
salaried and wage earners, both of
which have their purchasing power cur
tailed 20 per'cent as the rt-nult of mar
Wet competition. This la turn creates
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE.
Work for a two million olty.- 1
, Young man get a piece of land.
Lots of highbrows don't earn
they get-. , - -fj s
what
1 Couldn't th CUrnmon f!Hv war he am-
oiiraiear - , ' .,
, ' ' m .. ', '
Both aides can't alwava mnt the beat
We always thought that the devil in-
veniea me tariir.
Art like whfakev. denenda lararelv on
us age xor vaiue.- . ---
l.i. mm . ,
Rather too much oolltics this rear for
vur nauunai neaua.
1 - ( - ,'.!.'
Portland's harbor can ba mad a t the
iavprue one on tins coast
- t ,,, a . . 1
The middleman Is useful.' but - he
snouian t want over 0 per cent
mm
Possibly the Colonel remembers what
nappenea 10 biimson in ftew xorx. ,
Carnegie can afford to laue-ti: he Dlun.
ders the people of half a billion or so. -
Consider that the nubile servica cor
porations also have heavy troubles. -
A snow Storm always discloses soma
property: owners as not xirst class citi
zens. , ' ' -
If anybody areta those Polk eonnt.v
men's goats, hVll have , to pay . well
for them.
- , - W W - x A ' ) , ' " ,
Weak minded people with. lots of
money ' are welcomed by "Purple
Mother Tlngley. . .
Great numbers of Russian neasantn
are starving. Pity lt Isn't the csar and
nis associaie tyrants.
r - a - , ,
Nobody has a rleht. in the one little
life, to a billion dollars. If this is
anarchy, make the most of it
' - a .. ,4
Mos oeoole ret but a small oortlon of
the things they desire; It is good phil
osophy to take disappointment lightly,
a a a
Whv should anvone-care how old an
egg la If it is really Just ss good as a
fresh one? But nobody will, believe
that it Is just as good.
SEVEN FAMOUS WOMEN
Deborah.
Deborah was one of the striking fig
ures of the Bible. In the fourth and
fifth chapters of the Book of Judges we
have the picture of this woman drawn
in bold, - swift strokes and painted In
tha most glowing colors. Deborah was
the songstress of Israel. For a, time
aha - sat "under the palm tree" ' and
judged the people.' Thus she learned
their poverty and despair. - She saw
homes vanishing; children carried cap
tive and faith in Jehovah dying out.
At last she resolved to act. She sent
for Barak, who lived in the north,. He
came, and she commanded him to raise
an army of 10,000 men and strike a sud
den blow. He hesitated and wanted her
to go with him. She consented. Mes-
sngers were despatched into all tribes
and a-little later 10,000 men assembled
under Deborah and -Barak. -
The scene of the great battle was the
triangular plain of Esdraelon, in north
ern Palestine the "classic battleground
of Scripture." Here one of .the great
victories or the world was won oy De
borah. There Is no finer poem than
that In which she sang the event: .
The rulers ceased in Isreal, they ceased,
PnHI that rhnrah arose.
That I arose a mother in Israel. -'
, a a a, . . -.-
The Lord came down for me against
the mighty."
No character in . the Old 'Testament
stands out in bolder relief than Deborah
-woman, minstrel and soldier.. Her
deem were as heroic as they were sub
lime. Deborah's victory taught the peo
ple that the decisive - elements in any
struggle- are invisible, that the chief
requisite Is a certain spirit In the sol
dierthe spirit otaith-i the living
God. '
i How strklng lt was that this leader
should, in that early age. be a woman.
The Hebrew respect-" for womanhood
shines' through the whole Old Testa
all of the conditions which now affect
all - of our people and all nations, and
poverty that follows. -
The women of Oregon are realizing
that if the United States Is to rise above
this wholesale administration of injus
tice to humanity, - that women them
selvse must take the burden of the bal
lot and commercial reconstruction upon
their own shoulders-and not only have
equality before the law and at the bal
lot box. but in ' the commercial field.
Three times a day woman; weighs prob
lems that deal directly with her happi
ness, her home and her posterity. And
the high cost Of living Is a problem
which la tha material ; battle club of
better government '-
We are opposed to raising up sons for
war, or daughters to become victims of
slave traffic, hence we demand Imme
diate reorganisation -ot the market sys
tem, for all women are Imbued with the
mother instinct of protection and cara
for the race in all avenues of human
activity.- .','.''
, MRS. GEORGE T. CARL13T.
The O..W. It. & N. Elastic Franchise
of May, 1011.
Portland, Jan. 13. To the fedltor of
The' Journal. To Isolate and defeat the
East Third street and new steel bridge
common users." the Harrlman company
deemed It necessary to oust the city and
all adverse owners from a belt of ter
ritory about 'lhe"eat" entrance to the
nt-iiia- and from all streets giving pos
sible entrance to either, on grade. ' In
February 1910, they asked for a vaca
tion of all the city streets remaining in
a belt extending from HoIIaday avenue
to Oak street These vacations met
with such opposition that In December
1910, they withdrew their . application.
They had refused overtures from citi
zens to consider franchises Instead of
vacations, clatmittg franchises could not
be granted.- In March 1911, the charter
amendment forbidding the vacations
they sought was drawn. On April J7
they ' asked , the council for . a blanket
franchise covering streets in Lower Al
blna. Margin street and a fan of tracks
emerging from the east approach of, the
new orldgo. This the council promptly
passed in May. 1911. wnue me puono
was engrossed In the election, without
any adequate consideration, and seem
ingly oblivious to ths fact that -they
were ousting the city from strategic
streets and common user privileges that
are now, so soon, needed for a belt line
for east side shippers and public docks.
Trim, section 103 of the city charter.
provides for common user on ' such
tracks occupying streets, but some win
guy slipped In a clause waiving such
common user on those parts of tha
tracks lying outside the limits of the
streets. If this waiver sticKs, or course
the tracks, hone of which He entirely
on a street or so that the sections on
the streets can be used, are net avall-
ble'to other users.. , . .
I ' took, this -Venture up for remedy
with the talented legal gentlemen en
gaged In formulating a new charter for
NEWS, IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDtttJGHTi,
Sheridan now has the postal savings
oanx, . j
" An additional clerk in the Klamath
Fall a postof flee has been authorized.
. i i a
, Douglas county snent mora than 1157.-
ouo for road and bridges in 1911.
1 , ( e e
Roseburr authorities are taklnar steps
to obtain an extension of free delivery
or maw, . , , , , -
: A home talent minstrel performance
will be given at Dufur Saturday for the
benefit of the Dufur baseball associa
tion, i
' Cottage - Grove Sentinel: Cashier
Wheeler, of the First National, picked
a lemon off his tree-last week that la
a "beaut," and has another that will soon
os reaay. -,-.
" John Anthony, proprietor of the Ron
dowa hotel at the mouth. of the Wal
lowa river, has discovered on his place
a large deposit of fire clay, which he
has had analysed and reports of a fine
grade. t
Clatson' county's financial 'statement
for the six months ending December 31;
Cash on hand, July 1, 160,227,60; re
ceipts., $50,689.20; disbursements, $102,-
8ZB.4B; balance or caen on Jiana at ena
of year, $17,38.S1..
Woodburn Independent: In the east
people who live within 25 or 80 miles
of a metropolis usually refer to It as
"the city." That habit hasn't fot nat
uralised in Oregon vet - and the man
who a-oea to Portland savs he has been
to "Portland" and not to "the city." ,
Randon -RBoorder: - Bandon la having i
a now, Ritv haatllM built and it Will be 1
a cosy Utile nomi for. ye Weary Willie,
or anyone wno -may oe passing ma way
for a night's lodging. A stove will be
kept In the outer room to keep it warm
ana cosy an tne time. -
Forest ' Grove News Times: Carl
Clapshaw, -of Hillside, killed , a cou
gar at - the head of Cedar canyon
that measured eight feet from tip to
tin. A doar belonging to Robert Hayden
was killed bv the wild animal. Hunters
In the western and southern section of
the county have slain a number of wild
animals, evidently driven - from the
mountains by the snows.
ment. Rarely, indeed, did she go forth
at the , head of an ' army, but she con
stantly cnerisnea raitn in tne eternal.
and taught men to believe. . She is thus
tha conservative power in national life,
setting up the . old : Ideals . that 1 have
fallen down and -recalling men to thjetr
oeuer selves.
Through Deborah's victory Israel
learned the. value of united effort When
she began her work the various tribes
were separated, - jealous and sometimes
hostile. Deborah cried to all the tribes
"Awake" I - The nation awoke, never to
sleep again. .'And for the tribe who did
not heed Deborah's, call, what had she
to say:-, f , , . . ,
"Why aatest thou anion tha sheenfoMs.
Hearing only the pipings for the flocks?
Gilead abode beyond Jordan;
And Dan, why did they refuse to leave
- weir ooatar'
We cannot find in all tha history of
Deborah, Judge and warrior though she
was,-a single instance where covetous
ness, pnae or amoition sins so com
mon to those professions seemed to
actuate her in the least - The , title
"Mother In Israel" pleased her most of
all, - .tor she loved - her- people. .and her
country only less - than she loved her
God. . ....
We do not' suppose the fact of her
being, a "woman" recommended her to
the favor . of the Almighty, or that it
was a barrier to her fitness for the
sphere to which he designed to call her.
He found a human heart waiting to re
ceive him, and ready to execute his com
mands, content to leave the rest; with
him. . -v
Who will dare to question . the right
of the supreme ruler of the universe to
employ whomsoever he will in carrying
forward his grand designs and com
municating his pleasures to the children
or menT
Tomorrow Ruth.
the city. ' But they have that singular
perception which .enables them to see
how a city council can oust the city
rrom toe use of its own streets by com-
mereial franchises, but can not for the
life of them see how the city can force
a common user on tracks where they
cross private property. . I suggested
that francbisos on streets for commer
cial tracks should be withheld, unless
they contained a specific common user
on. the tracks as far as necessary to
secure oommon entrance to -.the city
terminals regardless ot the ownership
of the right of way." They replied that
a railroad may by ' condemnation force
Its way across or upon a street, seem
ingly forgetful that the city may 'do
the same thing with private rights of
way, where necessary for Common use.
Whether any of the charter drafts re
ported provide this, emergency I do not
know. .
The elastic feature ot this franchise
excels any other I have seen. It pro
vides for one or two tracks on parts of
seven streets about the east entrance to
the bridge, without specifying as to oc
cupancy laterally, . to connect uo the
bridge tracks with both the Seattle and
the Sullivan's gulch . lines, and three
additional tracks to connect these two
lines with each other, or fiva tracks, to
be thrown at their option at whatever
point may be necessary, on any of these
streets to secure their; exclusive use. -
It is such ' franchises ' as these and
such terminal properties as the railroad
has. scattered all over . the waterfront
that arouses the opposition of reflective
citizens. It Is not blind prejudice on
their part' - The railroads are entitled to
entry, all of them, and -none are en
titled to monopolize the public ways.
J. B. ZIEGLER.
. , ' Docks In London.
. Portland, Or., Jan. 13. To the Editor
of The Journal In a 'letter printed In
your paper a few aayar ago a corre
spondent sard that London docks were
at the mouth ' of the - River Thames.
From his letter It -would appear that
he wants , Portland to-have her docks
at the mouth of this river. , I' followed
a seafaring life for a number of years
and have sailed in and out of London
a great many times. The docks at
Tilbury ara about 18 miles from Lon
don and these were, and are still, I be
lieve, the nearest to the mouth of the
London river, which makes them the
farthest from the city. Tha mouth of
the river Is many miles belv Tilbury,
Most of the docks are rightlrt London,
the Surrey commercial, East and West
India, Millwall and the Royal Albert and
Victoria docks are .only from" four to
seven miles - from the center of the
city. . This is a great deal closer In than
most of the suburbs, ' Btlll closer in
are pther docks, in fact steamers have
docks clear up to London bridge.. Th
bridge prevents them from going up any
farther, I might mention that tho river
boats there, when thuv approach a bridge,
don't whistle for' a draw to open. They
Hp their smokestacks. - I wish they
dipped in Portland. A. C. L.
JDirect Election of
Senators .
From Spokane Spokesman-Review.
The indirect election of national sena
tors has for 70 years been a Source of ,
growing evil In our national life,' Pro
gressives stand for direct election of
them by the people.
One of , the objectionable , features
of election by the legislature - of the
states has been the waste of time gen-,
erally experienced and the distraction,
of lawmakers from their proper busi
ness. Weeks and months have' been
devoted to the election, and sometimes
legislatures have adjourned without
aooompllHhlng- this object. Progressive -
ness in the Improvement of methods of
government has restored legislatures
to their proper business wherever the
people elect their national senators! and -
has increased, efficiency, economy , and . :
expeditlousnesa In the transaction of
legislative affairs. -
Another disadvantage . of legislative
election - has been the fostering- of the
power of. bosses, the employment of po
litical machines and the lowering of
the standards of party morality. Tarn-.
many at Albany and Lorlmerlsm In 111!-
nols merely., afford extreme . Instances
of a political demoralization - that in
direct eleotlon- of federal senators ,has .
caused in every state. - But election of
them by the people, which is one "of tha
applications of progresstveness, has
tended to restore control - of parties to '
their voters, to relegate bosslsm and
'regularity" to the scrap heap and to
render lt more feasible for a -better '
class of men to become senators. Pro
gressiveness Jn --direct election puts tha ;
people Into -the senate of the United '1
States and throws the special interests
and their legislative attorneys out -
'The supretna evil of -indirect" eleotlon
has been that It csused. corruption, It
enable) men utterly, unfit for the aen
atorship to buy it Whole legislatures
and ' communities , have . been thus ; do-
baucl.ed. . Progresslveness , gives tha
best classes of American citizenship dl
rect election of senators. It is one of
the means' by which the cancer of cor
ruption is to be cut out from the body
politic T . 1 '
Tanglefoot
By Mile k "
' Overnol!
THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH.
(By painting fresh eggs with a com
position of paraffins, the Chinese have ,
evolved a plan for keeping them fresh"
for many years News Item.) r .
You've heard no doubt of the "Fountain
of 'Youth,' - .
That mythical tale of the past
Where the bathing was free. -As you .
i stepped from the booth
. ' Old afee would be tied to- the mast 1 -
One P. de Leon ' was a time-dodging
gent
. And he spent all his cash and hia
' years
In a quest for a bath' that would lam-
- - basts a dent
Back of old Daddy Time's fuzzy ears. '
But he croaked of old age, did . this
bath-seeking guy, '
: And the "fountain" remained Just a
mvth.
Till a heathen Chinee, he so wily and
sly, .
Put one over on JoKhson and Smith.
With tha fruit Of the hen ha tried out
his plan.
And an wu chased Into the hence.
For Youth wss sealed up like the llpa ,
-. - or a man - - - - - -
Who's decided to stay on the fence.
Now "guaranteed fresh," says th
groceryman, '
When you lay down your cash for
Though they may have been storaged ,
since aiorano oegan, ..; :
It is certain they're not growing legs.
It is only a step from an egg to a
1 XOWI, -
From a fowl to a human one morer
Perhaps we may yet -dodge tha last -
eartniy nowj,
And live until living's a bore, - .
Or, again we may try lt on thirty-day
notes, - - -
Ha that ther will never coma' due.
On bills from the grocer, on last
winters coai -The
chances ahead ara not 'few.'
Let's t"ke off our hats te tha heathen
- Chine '
Whose schema has pat Tim on. a -
limb: -
But first let us see era w bend tha ,
lame Knea
If Rock'feller takes tt from him.: ,
Pointed Paragrapnj
A woman's look affects a man mora '
than her talk.
... . , . a
People are actually . what they seem ;
after they die.
A novel 11 attracts, mora notice than
commonplace truth. . ,-',
The less advice a man has to glv, ;
the more listeners he will have.
A woman isn't necessarily up to snuff ,
because she smokes cigarettes. ' ;
No matter how perfect an artificial
eye may be, it's an unsightly thing. '
Manv a woman devotes more time to - .
Improving her complexion , than her
reputation. , ' '
T , t - . m -, . - . '
This Is a swift age. If your nam' Is -
In tha list of ,"alao rans" you ar doins; ' ,
fairly well. , ";
A chicken hearted man whould never
marry unless ne is anxious to - oreaa
into the henpecked class. .
While the majority of us know a good ....
thing when we see It, some other fellow
usually manages to see it first
, , v,.,s' ,' : , ..k,u ;j
When his Satanic majesty want any- '
thing done that he ,1s ashamed to do
himself he turns th job' over to a hypo. .'
crlte.
Tke Contented Life
(Contributed to The Journal by Walt Maaon,
tbe fatnoua Kanaaa poet. Hla proae-piwroa ara a .
reaiilar feature of this column in Tha Dally i
. Journal.)
All day in peace I herd my geese, I
do not sigh for hjgher station; I do not
yearn' renown to earn, to - hear lha
plaudits Of the nation. I watch " the
throng -that moves along, and Bee the
fruits of fterre endeavor' the faces
lined by beastly grind that comes to a ;
conclusion, never. On jaded feet men -pace
the street, the victims of the
Grind's ' abuses; ad eyes are theirs '
and - many cares and I'm content .
to herd my goooes. This modern llfs
of streps and strife, this dally round'of
eager questing, the chase for chink
make mortals think of- minute's lost
that's Bpent in resting.' All want to .
shine in some fierce line, to Caesar's be,
or Alexanders; and so they strain both -soul
and brain while I serenely herd my
ganders. Tlrelr ' nerves unstrung, they
all die young, exhausted by their fret- '
ful Journeys, and , 'ere the bell haw
tolled their knell thfltr wads are swiped
by the attorneys, Beneath the heath
they Bleep and 'Death was first to teach
them what true peace is. Those left
alive toll on and strive, while I con
tinue herding geese.
fopyrlRht, 1011. I7 it...4ft
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