THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. MONDAY: EVENING, JANUARY 22. 1912.
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tiior of the rights of property;
- but, on the contrary, we are up
holder end , defenders . of the
, rights . of y property. Henry
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A PRESSING ISSUE
XNES of the most Important rec-
i 1 omtnendatlons that has reacnea
II congress in years Is the Taft
V message urging a Simplification
of the business processes and a re-
; auction. of the ordinary expenses of
U the national government ;."
Mr. Taft himself scarcely' realties
; - the momentous purport of his words.
They are W Una with the policy
urged upon this government hy
; Thomas Jefferson 110 years ago,
when he insisted -upona lmple
form of government, economically
administered." They are In harmony
with the policy of Grover Cleveland,
when, during both his .-.dmlnlstra-tlons,
he urged, with a considerable
degree of success, the strictest econ
omy In public expenditures. .
' The growti In the cost of Amerl
' can "government is astounding. It
Is estimated that 4he annual cost
of government, federal, state and
municipal, now mounts to the extra
ordinary total of la.eoo.ooo.ooc.
" ' The' entire ordinary expenditures
of tbe-Amerlcan govornment during
the four years of the first Cleveland
administration were $1,077,629,097,
equivalent to only about one year of
'"expenditures In either the Roosevelt
. or Taft ; administrations, the entire
ordinary expenditures for the four
' years of . the second Cleveland ad
ministration were $1,441,895,770,
aiyabout$40Q,D00J00 more
than the total expenditures for one
year In either the Roosevelt or Tuft
' administrations. ' . ' ' -
In round numbers, the expendl
' tures of the first Cleveland adminis
tration, by years, were $242,000,000,
$267,000,000, $267,000,000 and
$299,000,000. The expenditures by
years of, the second Cleveland admin
istration were. In round numbers,
$367,000000, $356,000.0(0, $352,
00Q, 000 and $365,000,000.
- For the last four years of the
Roosevelt administration and the
first two years of the Taft adminis
tration, the national expenditures,
according to the 3tatement of Repre
sentative Tawney, chairman of ne
house committee on appropriations,
aggregated the huge sum of $6,061,
,257,132. . Fofthe six years, the ex
penditures averaged more than one
billion a year.
The sum Is three and one half
times the expenditures of the govern
ment under 15 presidents from the
inauguration of Washington to the
beginning of the Civil war. It Is
over three fourths of the value of
""' the agricultural products of the Unl
' ted States for the year 1909.
in 14 years, the cost of govern
ment has far more than doubled.
In the same period, the expenditures
for the; army and navy have in
creased fourfold.
An example of how expenditures
have mounted In an accelerated ra
tio is seen In the fact that In 1816
there were approximately 6327
names on the federal payroll. It was
one employe or official to each 1300
C population. In 1911 the numoer
of persons drawing calarles from the
federal government is 513,854, or
one employe for each 180 of popula
tion. If one official or employe was
; able to administer government for
.1300 of, population in. 1816, why is
it necessary to have one employe or
'. official for each 180 of population
In .1911?
,. The mounting extravagance of gov
' eminent is one of the causes of the
,7 high cost of living, and one of the
pressing issues before the country.
WOOL IN ENGLAND
TO advance the production and
manufacture of wool In Enir-
. I . land two new agencies have
been put to work.
The first is to Improve the wool
Itself as yielded by the sheeD. Cam
bridge university has thrown off Its
old loggyism and Has received
' large appropriation under the new
1 development law , to experiment on
hybridizing sheep for wool produc
tion. The first clip of Improved wool
h from : Professor Wood's Cambridgi
flock Is now ready to be manufac
. tured at the- Bradford technical
, school. ' - , v
-Bradford In Yorkshire, the chief
- seat of the woolen Industry In Eng-
, . land. Is a city of over 800,000 popu
latlon. The Bradford yarns and
woolens ro to every auarte? of thm
globe. The technical college of the
city was established about 30 years
ago, The new textile departme:
s was ouened on October 25 lart.'
1 The new ; buildings cost $87,000,
the machinery and eauinment iflfl
lSOs'The distinctive feature of the
' new department Is the concentration
or teaching and : experimenting i
duties with those of a complete mill
under the same roof. - Another In
terestlng feature is the Installation
there not oniyoTTthe neweBt.eauip
ment of a Bradford woolen mill butla grlevqus wrong la done to society,
of a French drawin and mule spin-! and "special privilege" tgaiq knocks
ning set, carrying through spinning
on the French system, undor whlcn
the beautiful fabric of Roubalx and
Vervlers are turned out.
In the weaving sheds a series of
looms la found of all varieties In
cluding several American machines.
The new departure Is a school plus
a mill and unlike any mill known
In the worsted Industry of Great
. , -i . r Ttefr :
Britain all the processes heretofore
carried on In different establishments
under separate management are here
assembled under one roof.
The department will take In raw
wool and turn It out as merchantable
pieces. -
In Bradford technical Instruction
Is organized. From the mechanical
side of the public school the boy goes
to the technical college. There he
studies both the scientific and the
severely practical Bide of his life
work. All which is part of his na
tional Inheritance,
This description Is drawn from
the United States .consular reports
of the lDth instant
The cooperation of Cambridge uni
versity is one of the unexpected bane
fits already accruing from the de
velopment law, passed on Lloyd
George's Initiative, In 1909.
SUBSTANTIAL KINDNESS
HE poor ye have always
with you." In the city we
rub shoulders with them as
we pass about our business,
but too often we know them not, as
persona, as individual families. Their
houses are their castles and no one
uninvited crosses the threshold. They
suffer silently, though In closo touch
with those who would willingly suc
cor them if their necetslty werj
known.
In the small communities of the
country: sympathy follows instantly
on the" heels of need.
Near the little town of Sllverton
there live Mr. and Mrs. Renick, an
elderly couple who own a modest
home. Some years ago a mortgage
had to be given, with the home as
security. Recently the mortgage
was called in, the money could not
be got together by tho borrowers,
and they had to f aco .the certainty
of imminent loss of their only prop
erty. In tho country one family's
trouble touches the entire communi
ty." Shou Id - the - Ren Jcka lose their ,
home and be turned homeless on a
cold world? No, indeed. The neigh
bors took Immediate action. A list
wa circulated. Everyone's name
was set to It. The full amount to
pay off the mortgage, up to tho last
$125, was subscribed. Then one of
the leaders In this beneficence ad
vanced the $125, and the debt "was
cancelled.
The plan Is to give the old couple
a life lease of the property. When
they have done with It, It Is to be .
made an old folks' home in per- be handed over to thoso who may be
petulty. So from immediate charity left. Is it not a ctrage provisioning
1 evolved a permanent benefaction, that takes no account of the "lament
All honor to the Sllverton people able weakness of the woman" to re
who have proved their sympathy by tain that which is so carefully pro-
thc!t deeds.
THE ABUSES OP TAXATION
T
HE Journal prints a letter to
day from Assessor Slgler, re
garding assessed values as well
selling values. Mr. Slgler
appears to think he was criticised
In Tpe Journal editorial, but such
was not the situation. We were at
tempting to point out the abuses In
the methods of assessment and tax
ation.
It is only fair to say that the East-
moreland tract was assessed as
acreage In 1910, and Mr. Wagnon, j
knowing a block is usually little
more than an acre, averaged the
assessment, and therefore stated that ;
block 61 In that tract was assessed
at $900. vThls conveyed a mistaken
Impression, as shown by the assess
ment figures for 1911. Block 61 In
Eastmoreland for this year Is as
sessed at $9250, the value placed up
on it by the assessor since It was
platted and laid out as town lots.
It is surprising that property of
this kind will suddenly increase ten
fold from acreage to town lots, by
simply putting through a few streets
and conveniences, such as pavements,
gas and water: The man who does
something is certainly unmercifully
fined for his enterprise, over the
fellow who leaves his land Idle and
In wild acreage condition! But this
Is only one of the . abuses of the
present system.
As The Journal has remarked any
number of times, all owners of land,
when the public wants it for public
purposes, ask two to five times as
much as when the assessor wants l:
for assessment purposes, and no as
sessor, no matter how wise and
broadmlnded he may be. can recon
cile the true sets of figures, thoso
for the assessor and those for the
public. 1
The fact of the matter is, the law
should so provide tlfat vhen the
public wants a piece of land for Its
uses, the price to bo paid should be
determined from the assessment roll,
with something like 25 per cent add
ed for a reasonable profit, plus the
full value of such improvements, and
with the court's saxetlon the trans
fer could be made, upon the pay
ment of the public's money with
out any loss of time or waste of
words. f
At the present time the public is
Elmply overcharged or "gouged"
whenever It wants a piece of land
for a ,x poBtofflce, an ' auditorium,
Bchool house, library, publi ; parks,
docks, or what not. . The selling
value of land wanted, for any enter
prise In which tho public Is con.
cerned, should be within reasonable
bounds and with some, reference to
the assessed value, wnen U is noi,
out "equal rights" and "free Instl-
tutlons" are weaker and less fruit
ful In consequence. '
WOMAN'S WEAKNESS
1
GNORANCE of business essen
tials Is a lamentable weakness
of the woman in the home,1
said Mrs. E. H. Harriman re-
cently. "A woman who has no knowl
. ' . ,BlnnM wrtM .,
vv 7- ilu V.I.. i- L1
These be see-saw times, - and the
rich woman of today may be the
poor woman of tomorrow. If she be
a wife she has . no guarantee that
her husband won't lose his money,
And if she be a widow there is
strong probability that she will lose
her money, for business barons will
consider her their prey, sent them
straight from the business man's
heaven.
"I have a poignant knowledge of
this, for my husband would .have
thought It most unwomanly of me
to know how to draw a check or
sign a receipt, and since, I was left
alone I have had to iearn business
in the hardest way learned it
through suffering, by being cheated.
Ignorance of "business forms is de-
fenselessness in business. '
"Every woman should learn how
to transact business at the bank.
Every woman should also learn
something of the principles and prac
tice of bookkeeping. She should ap
ply, these to her housekeeping. It
will help her In household economy
to know where every dime has gone."
It IS an important note that Mrs.
Harriman has struck, and a note
that gains peculiar force coming
from such a source. A woman does
not lose her womanliness when she
endeavors to anlerstand business
principles; she merely insures her
future againstdecelt, robbery "and
possible misery. In further dis
cussing a woman's womanliness, it
is interesting to dwell upon that
memorable passage of Mr. Bernard
Shaw's In which he declares that
"the womanly woman Is the fig
ment of man's sentimental egotism,
a composite of those qualities only
which It profits man that woman
should possess."
It Is well to remember that men
nearly always cheat womei- The
reason Is simple: women are usually
fools.. In . business. Men do It be
cause It Is so easy. A woman left
alone, without' knowledge' of the
rules of business. Is a tragedy. And
yet, husbands and fathers allow their
wives and daughters to pursue rose
colored routines without hint or
warning of that which would Impend,
were the thread" of their lives to
snap! These same men insure their
lives for vast sums that their fami
lies may be provided for In case of
death; they work their fingers to
the bone to amass great fortunes to
vlded? It Is time for our fathers
and husbands to "look the facts In
the face."
AUTO THIEVES
T
HE theft of another automobile
was added Saturday night to
the already long list of stolen
machiries. By splendid work
of the Portland police and excellent
cooperation of Vancouver officers,
the stolen machine was taken, along
with the thief, within three hours
after It was slezed on a Portland
street.
The theft of autos is a ' new and
rapidly Increasing activity by crooks.
One of them stole a Portland ma
chine, and ran over and killed a
man with It in Eugene. All ma
chines so stolen are more or less
damaged and some destroyed alto
gether. The crook who slezes a machine
and makes off with it, whether for
a Joy ride or for other purposes, is
entirely wanton in his act. There
is possible excuse for the man who
steals a loaf of bread for a starving
family. There Is neither excuse nor
defense for " the crook who. steals
an automobile that he does not
need, and that .he takes In a spirit
of downright meanness.
All such ought to be put In a
place where, for a few years, It will
be Inconvenient for them to steal
automobiles or anything else. They
are very crooked crooks. .
WILIi THEY FIGHT IT OUT?
T
HE present week In China
should seeHhedle cast as to
the Immediate passing of the
Manchus.
They have seen their foothold
slipping dfty b;r day, - their troops
either deserting en masse, or retreat
ing with massacre following them.
Thv find dissensions workinsr amonar
the inner circle of their clan, each
one declining to give up his private
hoard to filf the war chest. They
see aTl that Is left of the Imperialist
power now wielded by Yuan Shi Kal.
They remember that In the days of
the' old empress, '.they ousted him
from power, and sent him Into re
tirementto cure his foot and they
know that he never forgets or for
gives. They feel that, their only
hope Is to accept the retiring al
lowances offered by the republicans,
and so save their lives and a good
deal of the linings of, their pockets.
The Times correspondent at Pe
king, Jhe best Informed " foreigner
there, has asserted . that within the
next few days an Imperial edict will
announce the abdication of the era
peror, the retirement of the Imperial
family from all branches of tW gov
eminent, and will announce or de
cree the establishment of a republic
Dr. Morrison la known to be as dls
creet as he Is trusted by the Chinese,
and hla Information may be well
founded. :' :, ''-''''f:- Z :
i Tt bo, fighting On present lines will
stop, and both ex-lmperlallsts and
republicans will Join hands to crush
brigandage and restore the usual
slow movement of Chinese life. An
election of. president and the crea
tion of aV federal constitution will
soon follow, i Cpr Sun Yat Sen has
declared that he is only provisional
president holding until the perma
nent first president is chosen. But,
by all accounts his choice Is very
likely. Much is being written about
the 100 dialects of China, and the
Impossibility of securing a free elec
tion on issues comprehended by the
voters. Dr. Sun'Yat 8en Is ridiculed
for announcing that he intends sub
stituting the. English as the official
language of China. It seems to, be
forgottep that the Mandarin Chinese
Is the official language throughout
the 18 provinces, understood and
written by all the educated class
and that for many years it must so
continue. . . . "' ".
Letters From tD.e4?ople
(Oommnaleatlona lent to Tb Journal for pab
HrattoD In tbia dpartmnt boold not eieeed
800 word in length and matt be accompanied
bj tne name and addraaa of the eendw.)
Assessor Slgler's Viewpoint.
Portland Jan. JO.- To th Editor of
The Journal Permit me to make . a
short reply to a communication appearing-
over the.algnature of H. D. W
non In Friday's Journal, also to com
ment on your editorial calling atten
tion to his article.
First Mr. Wagnon statea that block
11, i Ijastmoreland, was purchased by
the school board from the Ladd es
tate for which they paid J1S.000 and
that it Is assessed for $900. The fact
is that block 81, Eastmoreland, la as
sessed for 19260 In 1911.
Where Mr. Wasrnon obtained his-Information-is
mora than I-know. Cer
tainly not from the records. Surely,
Mr. Wagnon would not wilfully mis
represent faots. The Journal of course,
naturally supposed Mr.' Wagnon knew
whereof he wrote and did not take
the time to investigate and corroborate
his statements. This. I trust. Is. suf-
ficent answer. to Mr. Wagnons state
ment Permit me also to call- your attention
to various properties to which you re
ferred editorially. First, the so-called
Mock's bottom property, assessed for
$176,000, which sold about seven years
ago for less than $50,000. Virtually all
of this property Is covered by water
at the- present stage o( the liver and
one half of it is submerged at all times.
Under these conditions no Improvements
could be placed on the land that would
Uustlfy a higher valuation for assesa
rment purposes.
I Vhenever a municipality announces
the prospective purchase of one of four
or five sites for any particular purpose,
It may be depended upon that the own
ers of the properties under considera
tion will play the hold-up game and
place a yaluatlon thereon regardless of
the true value or selling price for any
other purpose. This, I think, is an ex
planation of the prices quoted by the
owners of the various sites selected by
the auditorium board. .
As to block 202. recently acquired for
the west side high school, for which
the sum of $116,000 was paid, and which
you state was .assessed for $40,000,
would say the fact is this block was
assessed for $49,400 for 1911. This as
sessment is equitablewben compared to
that of other property similarly sit
uated. You also criticise the. assessment of
$126,000 on block S, the site for the new
postoffice, for which the government
paid $340,000. A in the .case ol the
proposed auditorium site, the owners
of this property and the Jury making
the award considered the government
legal prey and rendered their verdict
accordingly. .
Ross Island is the next and last on
the list' Assessed for $31,440, the own
er of this property proposes to sell it
to the city for $300,000. This Island Is
very much like the Mock's bottom land
and I will venture the assertion that
the present Income from It does not pay
9 per cent Interest and the taxes on
the assessed valuation.
I am well aware of the fact that
newspaper controversies are usually un
profitable, but when the facts are mis
represented as they were In Mr. Wag
non's communication they should not
go unchallenged. All of the foregoing
comparisons are based on present day
valuations, whereas the assessed valua
tions, quoted are those of March 1, 1911.
Property valuations today are material
ly different from those of a year ago.
It is for this' very reason that all prop
erty Is assessed annually. .
In view of the editorial comment you
made on Mr. Wagnon's communication,
I feel that In a spirit of justice and
fairness you should give my reply equal
prominence editorially and otherwise.
B. V. SIGL.ER, County Assessor.
Seeking; Light.
Portland, Or., Jan, 17. To the Editor
of The Journal Since the opening of
the controversy regarding capital pun
ishment and Us abolition, I have been
eagerly devouring all matter pertaining
to the subject in an 'endeavor to settle
my mind one way or the . other, I
might say that originally I was against
abolition now I am seeking light.
I looked eagerly, forward to Sunday's
article by C. E. S. Wood, and the ac
companying story. ' I was disappointed
In both. The latter was simply an ex
aggerated play upon the sympathies. If
a person such as described exists, it
must be an exception and not the rule.
The crime chosen was not of a revolting
nature ana was Dareiy menuonea. ,
Write a story about the happy fam
ily beginning to enjoy life after years
of toll. Bring out in strong relief those
trifling details of domestic lfe that
vibrate the heartstrings of any man
with a drop of red blood in his veins;
and then enable that reader to picture
the hellish scene as those fair Uvea
are obliterated. Such a story placed by
the side of the above mentioned story
would 'balance the argument. "
J." H. Doyle, whose endeavor to help
us who are Ignorant to think Intent
gently was I hope properly appreciated,
says that the perpetrator of . such : a
deed is an atavlst it is born in him.
and consequently he Is to be pitied rath
er than blamed. Under that same head
lng then should come rattlesnakes and
scorpions. , In conclusion, or rather con
tradiction," Mr. Doyle says, There Is
hardly a broken pauper, hardened thelf,
a hopeless drunkard, or a lurking
tramp who might not have been an hon
est man and useful cttlsen under fair
conditions." '
The article by C. E. 8. 'Wood gives
us good food for thought, but la not
soul-satisfying. Tho question ? "Does
hanging prevent "murder?" is 'never glv
en a satisfactory answer. Mr. Wood
says "Every Investigation answers no.
Your common sense answers no." An
Increase la murder would not so signify I
COMMENT AND
SMALJj CHANGE.
'There's Harmon, alio only a' gover
nor;, no colonel. -. 1
' ;-'v 'rv .
;It woufd be a little curious if our
eld friend and patriot, EUi, wouldn't
run. - . .
v ' t i
Couldn't we somehow hav a General
for a candidate 7 He ought to beat a
Colonel.
, -
A great need, apparently, la more, gen
erals and admirals, in proportion to
colonels.
'.Aii'ij." t1. V''Vi::.'S:ti''fei.i:Ar
-The latest to date of a Missouri man's
children Is 18 pound girl. He's happy,
spite of 23 and 18. "
'
Government is a very expensive thing;
yet most of us claim that Va need no'
government for ourselves. , f
m Perhaps a Jury, selected in ten days
Is as good as uie selected in ten hours
or less; but this is doubtful. " ;
. :"v -. .
Woodrow Wilson may have concluded
that the people, rather than Colonel Har
vey, should select the president.
v .
Posslblv 1 Colonnl Wattarann'n, oan.
down oojectlon to Governor Wilson s
Now is the time When flanriMnta tnr
constable should be careful about their
expressions on the tariff question.
Oregon has .become a $3,000,000 state.
In expenditures. But look pleasant, it
will be $3,000,000,000 after a. while.
The onlv ceoola who coma to Oreron
and don't 11k it are those who don't
stay long enough to become acclimated.
'Given a fair ehanoe of axoreasion. tha
people may agree with the colonel that
he Is not and should not be a candidate.
H. J. Brown has' announced the col
lapse of La Follette's campaign for
seventeen times; it nil d more oy tne
time this Is printed. f
' Sntte of the Kentucky Colonel. ' we
believe the country would survive some
how ir the oyster Bay colonel should
be elected again. -
Be thankful dally for all rood and It
Is much, if wa but see the need is not
of bended knee, so much as a mind that
has understood. And if it seems all
things go wrong, bethink a prayer, and
jiot a curse, and that your case rolkht
be much worse, and only raise to God
a song.
SEVEN FAMOUS DWARFS
Jeffery
Jeffe-ry Hudson, another1 of the tal
ented English dwarfs whose achieve
ments were In no way comparative to
his ilie, was born In Oakham, Rut
land, in 1619. His small stature soon
attracted the attention of the English
court, having been brought to its notice
by George VilllersT the first Duke of
Buckingham, who was a patron ot Hud
son's father. ...
Neither of Jeffrey'a parents Were un
der Sized." When he was nine years old
his father presented him at Burlelgh-on-the-Hlll
to the Duchess of Bucking
ham, who took him Into her service. At
this time he. was scarcely 18 Inches in
height, and, according to Fuller, "with
out any deformity, wholly proportion
able."
Shortly afterwards Charles I and Hen
rietta Maria passed through Rutland,
and at a dinner given by the Duke of
Buckingham In their honor, Hudson was
brought on the table concealed in a pie
from which he was released in sight
of the company. The queen was amused
by his sprightly ways. He passed
into her service and became a court fa
vorite. In 1630 he was sent into Francs
to fetch a midwife for the queen's ap
proaching confinement,, but. as he was
returning with the woman and the
queen's 'dancing master, their ship was
captured by a Flemish pirate, and all
were taken to Dunkirk. By this mis
fortune, Hudson lost, it is said $18,600.
Davenport wrote his "Jett reidos," a
If environment is in any way respon
sible. Hanging may not prevent from
murder the fearless criminal whose
murders are mainly killings, but who
can say how many of those soul revolt-'
lng, cowardly crimes have been pre
vented by the fear of death T
Our barbarian ancestors set a very
low valuation on life; and as our civili
zation has advanced s has increased
nur valuation on life. Is our valuation
or that of our ancestors nearer the true
value? Is death by law very far re
moved from any other violent death so
far as life Is concerned? If one is pre
ordained by God, wb.y not both?
These are questions demanding an
answer
In - conclusion I contend in . such a
Question neither side can be absolutely
in the right and I protest against Mr.
Wood's or Mr. Doyle's assertion that
opposition to their conclusions is due to
Ignorance. H. J. BKAKL,K.
, London's Docks.
Portland Jan. 18. To the Editor of
The Journal In Monday night's paper
a correspondent differs from-my state
ments made some time ago in reference
to the situation of the docks at London.
Nov if A. C. L. will look up my fet
ter of January 4 he will notice that I
said the docks were down towards the
mouth of the Thames. I have never at
any time said they were at the mouth
of the" Thames. The .Tfibury docks -are
25 miles below London bridge and the
very extreme mouth of the Thames IS
22 miles farther down. However, the
mouth of the Thames Is 6 miles wide
and there being no bar or sheltering
headlands, the river for Several miles
inland differs very little from the
ocean. I am not a seafaring man, but
on the other hand I was born and bred
In London and I quite agree with A.' C
Im that the docks he mentions are right
In the center of London (some of them).
On' the other hand I can also- name
some decks right in the center of Port
land, but they, like those in London, are
only available f or" vessels'th'at do not
draw more than 23 or 24 feet of water.
The largest boats, drawing ' 80 feet or
more, stop at the Tilbury docks and
even then have to ' take advantage of a
12 foot : tide to enter the great tidal
docks. About 10 years ago the, Port of
London seriously considered a scheme
of damming the river by a series of
four huge dams across the river be
low ; Tilbury to obtain a sufficient
depth of water to enable the big boats
of the present day to ascend as far as
London bridge. For some reason the
scheme was dropped, but recently there
was appointed a royal commission to
gather data on the advisability of con
structing -a series of enormous naval
and commercial docks just a few miles
within the; mouth of tho Thames..
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Better Light Needed.
Portland, Jan. 1 8. To the Edi tor of
The Journal I will say "ditto" to the
complaint of M. S. In The Journal of
the 17th. My occupation does not per
mit me to visit the library hy day time
so I have to go at night. 'I coincide
with u 8. as to the insufficiency of
light, especially in the periodical room.
V. B,
' NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The Central Point council has par
vlded for a street cleaning service to
take care of tha town's new paving. .
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The Dayton Commercial club has a
membership of 76 and an active ladles'
auxiliary. Many of the club members
are farmers.. . ....
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Bert Campbell of " Wasco county has
just collected $114.60-In bounties, on 6T
coyotes and seven bobcats, all trapped
within IS miles of The Dalles. . ' j .
The company that owns r the brick
plant at Wlllamlna is installing new
machinery, that makes fireproof, til
ing and hollow blocks. It has a capacity
of from 60,000 to 100,000. , t
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MoMlnnville Telephons ' ' Register;
There Is promise of dlsousslon over the
location of a Carnegie library in Mc
Mlnnvllle. W want to sound one note
of good advice: Keep good naturedl
Gaston correspondence. Forest Grove
News Times: During tne high water
the low land overflowed, which forced
the gophers to seek high land and many
of thera - were killed, by , the farmers,
. Newberg Graphic: At tha Christian
church last Sunday the matter of rais
ing money to pay off the indebtedness
of $1200 on the church property , was
taken up; between $800 and $900 was
Forest GrovSf News Times: -. 'There
are a number of farmers in this locality
who are- of the opnllon that a cheese
factory would b a paying Investment
In Forest Grove, -both to them and the
promoters.- -.-;-',.'-.- ' .
Dallas Observer : ; It's so cold In the
east that the Mississippi and Hudson
rivers are frozen over. . It's different
in Oregon. At last reports La Creole
oreekwas Still singing blithely on its
way tT1he sea.
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Bend ; Bulletin V : The ' auto turcks
showed that they are year-round
freighters by the run through the snow
to Burns. The snow at Burns was near
ly four feet deep but did not affect the
trucks more than to delay them a few
hours.
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A proposition has been made by the
trustees of the Christian church at
Amity to sell their present church
building to a syndicate of Amity busi
ness men to be converted into a public
hall. Tho building was erected in the
seventies, has been the home of the
church for nearly 40 years and is now
too small.
Hudson.
comio poem printed in KSS with "Mada
gascar" to celebrate Hudson's .misad
venture. t
In 1636 appeared a very small volume,
written in honor of Hudson, called 'The
News Tear's Gift," which had a euphu
lstlc dedication to Hudson, and an en
graved . portrait of him by J. Droes-
hout.
When the Prince of Orange besieged
Breda, in 1637, Lithgow reports that
the dwarf, "Strenuous Jeffery,". was in
the prince's camp in company with the
Earls" of Warwick and Northampton,
who were volunteers In the army.
During the civil war he presented a
striking picture as the captain of horse,
and when disaster came to the royal
arms he followed -the queen and was
with her In the flight to Pendennls cas
tle, In June, 1644, and went w,itb her to
Paris.
Fuller says "though a dwarf he was
no dastard." of which fact a number o
illustrations bear' witness. When -In
sulted by Crofts at Paris about 1449 he
shot him dead with a pistol in a duet
Crofts had rashly armed himself with
a squirt only. In consequence Hudson
had to leave Paris, although 'Henrietta
Maria seems to have saved him from
the imprisonment which he is often said
to have undergone.
Upon leaving Paris at sea he was cap
tured by a Turkish rover and Was car
ried to Barbary and was sold as a slave.
His miseries, according to his own ac
count, made him grow taller. He man
aged to get back to England, probably
before 1668, when Heath addressed some
lines to him in his 'Claraatella."
After the restoration Hudson lived
quietly in the country for some years
on a perslon subscribed by the Duke of
Buckingham and others; but coming up
to London to push his fortunes at court
he was, as a Roman Catholio, suspected
of complicity in the popish plot and
confined In the gatehouse at Westmin
ster. He did not die here," a's Scott
and others state, but was released and
died In'1682.
Accounts of the height of Hudson
vary, but according to his own state
ment, as made to Wrtght, the historian
of Rutland, after reaching the age of
J, when he "was 18 Inches high, he did
not grow at all until ha was $0, when
she shot up to three feet' six inches.
Hudson's waistcoat, breeches and stock
ings are exhibited as curiosities in the
Ashmolean museum at Oxford.
Tomorrow Richard Gibson.
Tanglefoot
By Miles "
Overholt
THE PINNACLE OF HARD LUCK.
I knew a man who lost his wealth:
A cyclone killed his folki
And then bad weather took his health,
And he was worse than "broke,"
But he Insisted that some day. .
In hopeful tones, he'd make his hay.
I saw an armless, legless man, '
Who'd lost an ear, an eye,
Smile pleasantly, as beggars can, .
On those who passed him by.
He said some day he hoped to be '
A second Andrew Carnegie. :
I met a pilgrim, wan and pale.
Who had an awful thirst: ; 1
He spent most all his life in Jail;
With vices he was cursed.
"Some day," he said. In cheerful tone,
'I'll own a booze joint of my own."
I knew a man who worked for p'ay;
He earned twelve plunks a week;
He struggled on from day to day, '
In manner mild and meek, f
Thouph eighty years lay on his brow,
He said: ''I'm making money now."
But plights much worse than all of these
Befell a man I knew;
He was a waiter, primed to please,
- -The leader of the crew.
But listen to his world of woes: '
He had no pockets In his clothes;
Pointed Paragraphs
'And most of the things we get for
nothing soon find their way to the
dump.
Many a poor man is mistaken for a
genius when all that ails him Is bilious
ness. 1
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. How often you hear this said of a
woman: ' "She can't get along with her
neighbors."
Tou need not worry about giving his
satanio majesty his due; he'll get It.
Every girl honestly believes that' when
she gets married her husband will be
different and the chances are that tit
will.
Sixty-seven Millions for
, , Irrigation
, Approximately $67,000,000 have been
spent by the government in irrigation
work, and this Vast sum la less than
half of the amount that will have been
expended . when Unce Sam's engineers
have completed the present program -of
reclamation. In .nearly every western
State the flood waters of the streams
are, being impounded and" already thou
sands of families are benefiting by this
stored water. The activities of the fed.
oral government in reclamation work
have resulted in awaking a , widespread
interest in irrigation, which is no longer
a local question confined to our rainless
country. . Experience has shown that a
mors general application of its principles-
throughout; the . whole country
would result In material benefit, espe
cially In Intensive agriculture such, as
truck farming and small fruit growing.
" The farmer In the east and -middle
west Is subject in large measure to the
whim of an uncertain rainfall. What
would it have been worth, to him durfng
20 years' farming experience it he oduld
have turned on the rain whenever his
crops needed moisture? His half crops
would have been full . ones, his occa
sional total failure would have been
successes,' and the money actually saved
would amount to a sum which might
well make him thoughtful. The west
ern man realizes thess things. A man
who has practiced . farming bylrriga
tlon, or who has carefully studied its
advantages rarely reverts to either the
theory or practice, of rainfall fanning.
The farmer In humid regions realises
clearly the .handicaps under which be
works, but hesitates to change because
ho has not had the object lessons or ex
perience of the westerner, or has not
given consideration i to the matter Of
applying Irrigation to his own fields.
Many eastern farmers have the idea
that the irrigation farmer is in achronia
state of water shortage, or has to fight
excess of alkali in the soil, er is so far
from market that profits are eaten up
by the transportation charges. These
things are sometimes true, but it Is a
grave mistake to believe that they are
unavoidable defects or that they, apply
to all irrigated districts. In building
Its irrigation projeots the government
selects only fertile soil; then it gauges
the slse of the area to fit theavailabl
water supply. The reservoirs and ca
nals sre built as substantially as engi
neering skill can devise and when the
farms have been laid out and water Is
running in the canals, then and not till
then, settlers are invited to use their
homestead rights on the land. The
money actually spent in building the
irrigation works Is prorated against
each acre of land and is repaid by the
settlers in 10 -equal annual payments,
without Interest. Call It paternalism
if you like it is making homes iy the
thousand every year. ,
The settlement agent of the reclama
tion servioe whose office is in the Fed
eral building in Chicago, states that
success cannot be attained without work
either in the west or anywhere' else
and the man who expects to farm an ir
rigated homestead without hard work
will be grievously disappointed. Neither
will -he get rich overnight phe govern
ment holds out no promises of fabuloBs
profits per acre or of land values in
creasing like a snowball rolling down
hill. The simple facts are these: Tracts
of first class farming land varying from
40 to 160 acres are now open to entry;
In their raw condition they produce
nothing and are worth very little. When
properly irrigated they produce large
crops of alfalfa, grain, vegetables and
fruit; in fact, all the crops common to
the region in which tbey are located, but
In greater abundance- and more surely
than in states where farmers must. de
pend on the rainfall. Cultivated land
with an assured water supply is worth
from $100 an acre upward and in some
of the older and more highly developed
fruit districts prices of $2000 or $3000
per acre have been-frequently records!.
These high figures are due to a perfect
state of cultivation, a thorough knowl
edge of packing the fruit for market.
and well organized selling associations.
Ths settlers now locating on govern
ment irrigation projects are frequently
surprised at tha modern oonditions
which, surround them, and the Huntley
project in Montana is an example of
what can be accomplished in three- or
four years by progressive people. It
Includes an area approximately 20 miles
long and five miles wide, divided into
farms averaging 40 acres of irrigable
land, and about 600 families now live
there. Two railroads passing through,
the project afford transportation facili
ties and four small towns with stores
and business' houses are exhibiting a
steady growth. A telephone system
which now reaches about, half of the
farmers will soon be extended to cover
the entire project, - and 13 modern
schools, employing trained Instructors,
provide for the education of the chll-.
dren. The fertile soil is well adapted to
alfalfa, wheat, oats, sugar beets, vege
tables, small fruits and berries, and
many farmers are adding to- their in
come's by the steady demand for dairy
products, hogs and poultry. In Order
to be successful the average man needs
from $1000 to $2000 to cover the .cost
of necessary equipment, a house, fences
and preparing the land for crops. He
must also provide for himself arid fam
ily, until his farm begins to pay ex
penses and this will require at least
one crop season. Forty acres of this
land: Intensively "farmed "will "yield a
net annual profit of fronu$&00 to $2000,
and this Is not theory, but a simple
statement of results already, accom
plished. While previous farming expe
rience Is desirable, it Is by no means
essential, " and some of - the most suc
cessful homesteaders on the various
government Irrigation projects had
never handled a plow before they made
their filings, , ,.-
- On the Huntley project there are now
SS farms ready for" settlers and canals
have been completed to supply lands In
several other projects located in Mon
tana, South Dakota, Wyoming and Ne
vada. .'-
(Contributed to The Journal b Wi krnn "
tha famous Kansas poet. Ula pruie-poems tr a
regular featur of this eoluma .in The Daily
Journal.)
When bitter is the winter dayf and
tempests sweep the moor, I go my cheer
ful, kindly way, to help the worthy poor.
The poor man's children, sick and sore,
are eating whey and curds; then I come
rapping at the door, and bring them
helpful words. Alas,-the storm Is not
mors rude . than the reward I get I
There's ho- such thing as gratitude on
earth, already yetl The' poor man lis
tens to, my spiel, with darkly brooding
eyes; "I'd rather have a sack, of meal
children., by misfortune yexed, regret
that they're alive; they Will not fatten
on a text' on proverbs they don't thrive.
They cannot-warm their naked feet or
fill the empty stove with sentiments,
however sweet, from, poets' .Treasure
Trove. And language, will not plug the"
crack through whiti the cold winds
blow, for make Immune the poor man's'
shack from Icicles and snow. Oh bring
us to our lnglenook sauerkraut snd
roasted birds! We have an old time
spelling book, on which to draw for
words!" - ... ,
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Georgt UatUftw Adams. M&Ufta
Helping tke Poor
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