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JOURNAL I f-i I'ui.li'her .-! ti tvwirt .-i-l't Sur.rfM-' .rd v - -1,1 e-oruit-e it TV J-nncl J"1;'," 1 'ff.t hi.d riv!l t'i"H, IVrtinn-1. . "r. j at. the t.ton t ' ''.: ; Or., trie mitiis 1 . 11.1 :r:ixrs - Main Tin: n me. All d.-TrrmTt reorried lir ttiese tmmrwra. T.I! the opentnT'-wbat MiftPitjP'ttJ:'J; 7 ( .", : fihTvAI VKKFIS1NO KK t'UKSRSTATl V E. In'cn-ln Kenttwr Co.. lirutiswlrk HnlUHn. 225"F!f! trrow.- New York.; 1218 feople ; Fi'!l-1lre. Chiins. - S-itmcrliitton Terir by n-ntl or to tnj add.-eas lc the t lilted Bitter or Mexico. P.4ILT. 0n yeer.. I Ore Booth..., .80 one T.r........2.5rt'i oV ... -..... .25 , DAILY AND Rl'NDAY. One rear., t7.50 I One month.. . .66 Frora labor health, from health contentment springs. Beattle. THE red Morrns IT Is good advice to Bay" to soap box orators . that .,' Portland 13 -growing impatient. This city is not in mood to tolerate another Baden-Powell outrage.. It will not le patient with future violent dem onstrations of any kind. In a spirit of kindness, The Jour nal advises the agitators to use more ballast and less sail. They have been " flying too high. They have ; said too much. They have over Rfenned the bounds of eood order. , The Baden-Powell incident was lnde- fenslble and revolutionary. The people of Portland built, this ' city. Many of -them have spent their llvAtt hara ' TCtiflr (a Tiara ronroBAn t ' their life endeavors, honorably achieved. Their, lives, their, honor arA Vinli fnrfitnpo Bra ofnirAn hn thft nuu vuv.s av.vwmm v ipsue of good order, peace, and sta bility, Portland.. , ; They are forces that it la bad pol icy to meddle with.' They are a cit izenry that will have little patience with the violent, acts of the color sergeants; of revolution. - ': The average soap box agitator. has not helped to ' build Portland., '. He Ills labor is not with his hands, but wtth'nia lungs, ma acnievemenw are not in terms of toiling and, spin ning, but In foul tirades against the flag, against the church, against the government, against men and against . society. :,';7 t-.,r, : "..--'V, Ills residence is i under , hla hat. His aim is to foment unrest: and de ceive the ignorant. Though alien to Portland; his mission here (a to teach those who built Portland, how to run Portland. '- ' : i There ; will be : no : revolution in 'this city. ' The conditions here are rot favorable for those who preach revolution. This is a staid, stable, substantial - community Of ,. resolute - men. . They are kindly., men, : but they are practical men. - They learned the ways of manhood by taming a wild country and by strug gle with adverse conditions. They know how to tame wild men. The Journal counsels moderation. It advises soap box fire - eaters to use gentler speech and refrain en tirely from dramatic f demohstra- In ugly mood to restrain themselves. It reminds all that there is law, that there are officers to enforce It, and that j all action should be through " lawful and" orderlycTian- , The power to solve the situation rests at the city hall. Let those In authority there do their duty, end the orderly solution of a disagree able condition will be easy. THE BRITISH RILL THE bIx hundred and fifty mem, : bers of,, the British, bouse of commons are legislating' In the dark. They are making tin tried experiments and tlmldly as eentlng to the nation becoming a party to a new theory. It Is de clared that there 'shall ' be for all labor--in the coal mines -an Irre ducible minimum of wage. Evi dently this Is the purpose of the La bor party, for the itrusted Labor leader, Ramsey. McDonald, says, "There must be security that the district boards should have no pow er to reduce the existing rates of pay." The New York Independent al leged, a week ago, that minimum wage boards have been In operation In the etate of Victoria,- Australia, Blnce 1896, and in Great Britain since January, 1910.;' That in Great Britain had reference, We -believe," only to" the; women "chalnmakera of Vt'allsall, who stood up boldly against masculine, interference with their j time honored work with the chala forges. '-'X',' '.-".v, . For all practical purposes, and as having to do with the economic, and not with the hygienic conditions of the. miners' business, "that In ques tion ,today Is a new and pregnant departure, , The previous wage contracts be tween the coal operator and the . miner lose all efficacy, since this bo "called "reasonable minimum wage" is to become binding on all by tho decision of a district board. . On the other hand regularity and efficiency of work in-the mines is to be as sured, under penalty of the loss of that minimum :.wage., '''-yr: This new-model blll. contains neither: Bauctions, n.or penalties. It neither , opens the pits nor sets the cages running. Yet It will, work, for there are three forces operating. The greatest is the sense that the nation demands it and- is suffering mor with every day's delay, Tt la, i rrn i'ewyrfff am llj-qi; a rrctTTgfTnaB tcrs end men are' English, : Scotch, and V.'olahmcn elike. The second Is that the miners have about run either their The third that ' the masters' all is locked up la the mines, and pressure, seen and un seen, is brought to bear cn then to break the blockade. Bat the bill Is a temporary cure fnr vinVnf dUoaao - - - - THE ASTORIA DISCRIMINATION r T costs the Columbia .valley wheat grower a dollar a ton more to eend his wheat down hill to As toria than to ship It . over the .mountains to Seattle or Tacoma. It .requires eight locomotives, eight en- gineers and eight firemen to haul over tho Cascades to Tacoma or Se attle, the same wheat that one lo comotive, one engineer and one fire man can bring down the North Bank to Portland or Astoria, It means thatt the railroads owning the lines over' the mountains and down the Columbia are arbitrarily discrimi nating against the cheaper Columbia river haul and In favor of the over mountain Seattle and Tacoma'haul. It la an unjustifiable arrangement It cannot be defended on any theory of transportation. The railroads themselves constantly plead the cost of haul as a basis for rate making. They are, eminently correct, for it Is cost of haul that must be consid ered in fixing the Jrelght , charge. But the excessive cost of haul over the Cascade range to Tacoma and Seattle should not be the baBla for rate making for the vastly cheaper naui aown me uoiuiuuia to ruruauu and Astoria. How utterly indefen sible Is the condition under which It costs $1 a ton more down the water grade to Astoria than? overi high . mountain passes to Seattle; and Tacoma, i Here U an issue vital to Portland! ers. They should make a deter-; mined fight for a change It la ab-1 surd that Seattle and Tacoma should have terminal rates and Astoria nbt have them. It la absurd that ship pers In the v Columbia river . basin should be forced to pay on' their products freight rates fixed by the cost of haul over the Cascades, in stead, of rates fixed by the less ex pensive: route, down the Columbia. Portland can fight this discrimina tion resort to -the . waterways. A great steamship and steamboat bus iness should be bullt op. It should be owned In Portland. Millions of money in Portland could be avail able for such an 'i investment.! It would be an enterprise that , would make the Columbia river what It was designed to be, the great outlet from the interior to the sea.' It would make Portland a mari time city, and maritime cities are always . powerful. ; It would .put steamship lines into all ports and enormously enhance Portland's trade. It would bo a fit .recognition of the vast sums the federal govern ment, has spent la the improvement of the Columbia and other rivers. ; It would encourage other and . greater government expenditures In, the same behalf. .:,v '," , The rate discrimination should be fought by Portland and allied inter ests. : A dollar a ton .more for car rying wheat down j bill to Astoria than for hauling It over mountains to Puget sound. Is Indefensible. v , .. Portland1' should not submit to such a program. We Portlandera ought not-to-elt-down-and-wait - for the robins to feed us. FOR REELECTION A' MONO the most Important offi ces for which nominations are to be made at the coming pri maries are the railroad com missioners from' the; First and Sec ond districts, tq succeed Thomas; K. Campbell and Clyde B. Altchison, respectively. : These ' districts . cor respond to. the old First'and Second congressional districts... Both Mr. Campbell and Mr. Altchison are can didates for renomlnatlon, each In his own district. Mr. Campbell so far has no opposition. ,. As The Journal has said in the past, these men have performed their duties intelligently and courageously, and with a degree of success which has rarely been achieved by any state commission. Their renomlnatlon seems to bo fore cast, and certainly would be a prop er return for efficient service. CHLVESE PUZZLES w HERE have all these bandltB come from who have been overrunning the eastern provinces of the Chinese empire, . carrying,., robbery,, murder rnd destruction with them? The famine relief committee at Shang hai answers 'this. Robbery and pil lage began in Anhnef in July, 1911. Bands" of men were out: even then. Much land was not planted. The wheat' harvest was very; Inferior Sorghum and peas were drowned out. The land, after the floods, was too wot. Many villages got no har vest at all. When the revolution came things grew worse. ' Instead of going south in search of food; the families stayed In the. country. So poverty stricken were the people that they could not move. They are wandering like ants, Bays the com mittee, all over the north country,, ready for plunder and robbery. No property is safe. It is first borrow then beg, , then steal. Where this began, la the famine regions, there are more than three million people thus engaged. , :. -,, ; Once started on. this course of crime and desolation,, the crlmlna mass grows by going. There is a general ureas; up or an family, neigh borhooa district; town , rrov- InclaTTlIosTTTTiio ..t-obesive Labit of the : firmly . anchored, re3pectaM, hard working, family, loving China jman la dissolved. "How will .they cut cf spending r.io own cr the unions'.- ever come together againtr what : means, by what indacement, by w:at, force? This is the first great Chi I1CS3 puziile. Tfce second is how tlio revolution has been financed. The explana tion appeared in the dispatches yes terday. The printing press of the revolutionary government at Nan king the usual resource of men at the end of their tether; for the time at least, has flooded the market. It has circulated at par. It has paid the troops and bought their food, it has started the hierarchy of the offi cials of the republic, it has paid the multifarious expenses of a govern ment in its infancy, . And now the note of the republic is losing its ex changeable value and' therefore its efficiency. ' THE TESKY DEMOCRATS w HAT Is to' be done with these pestiferous Democrats? There seems to be literally . . no limit to their depreda- tions. : Like Imps of outer darkness, are everywhere charged with they meddlesome and damnable Inter ference In-Republican affairs. The old charges against them In Oregon are current history, and here Is the Insistence that It was the pesky Democrats that Caused the colonel to bump the bumps in North Dakota. John Bass, state leader of the Roosevelt faction, : speaking of the Roosevelt defeat, said: "If the Democrats had stayed out of the Re- publican primary, the result would have been different" , ; , ' '. The villains, the villains! Every time there is a blow up in Republi can circles, they charge the respon sibility to the pesky Democrats. It will probably. yet be-aade to appear thafthe ornery cuss who caused the fall of man In the garden of. Edeh was a .Dakota Democrat. . But can the news from Dakota be true? Did the wicked. Democrats really take possession of Republican primaries and" run things? If so, what weaklings, mollycoddles, un doers of duty and jackasses Dakota Republicans must be. THE HUMPHREYS SIOXS COXFES- HE list of killings to which the Humphreys have so far con fessed numbers four, and the public Is waiting to see what a day may bring forth. The regu larity, success ; and Becrecy with which It was the . habit of George Humphrey to go out and -kill some body make It likely that all the bloody, tale has not yet been told. It seems to have' been the'CUBtom with the Humphreys,, when the fam ily exchequer ran low for George to go out at night and return in the morning. His Incursion was usual ly followed by the finding of a dead body In the neighborhood, and a new Bupply of money at the Humphrey home., - :; :', It also became a rule with the family to take mental note of per sons who kept money about the house in a tin can, old stocking or other receptacle. In time that per sou passed on and the contents of the tin can enriched the Humphrey treasury. i The case Is extraordinary. - George Humphrey seems to have had : no more compunction la placing his thumbs on - a victim's neck and strangling him to death than he would la killing a rat. He held a human life as cheap as that of a chicken. The eight of a victim In the throes of strangulation was no more to him than that of the worm on which he trod. So low a type of so-called human being rarely appears. : His mental tality is apparently but little re moved from that of the brute. In reality, he Is more animal than man In - extorting repeated ? confessions from these animated brothers the authorities are ; adding important material for illuminating the science of criminology.- ; THE TOOL OF DEATH I N an effort to deliver itself from a carnival of blood .and ' terror Ism, Chicago has adopted an or dinance directed against the car rying of concealed weapons. . . No one 1b permitted to purchase a revolver except on consent of the chief of police and on the recom mendation, of two taxpayers of one year's residence In the city, Qther prohibitions are imposed, and strong penalties are provided, J v The "-Chicago council- also con trived for putting Into effect an end- lfS chain by which it Is hoped to secure similar legislation In all the cities of the United State9. The city clerk Is directed to send a copy of the , ordinance to all cities 'within twenty-five miles of Chicago, to all cities of 20,000 and over In Illinois, and to all cities of 100,000 and over In the United States. It Is expected that the effort will result In a na tional movement for legislation sim ilar to that In Chicago. Sentiment against the pistol Is everywhere gaining grounds It is rapidly crystallizing Into action. - Almost every hour of the day and night, there Is somewhere heard the shriek of a revolver victim. - The death toll is about 800 per month. The country is wet with the tears of 20,000 to 40,000 .children annuauy orphanlzed by pistol shots. According to the Kansas City Star, the moustache Is on the wane. ' It Is better on the wane than leaning against her Hp. , i ; The ultimate t;ona'. inter also feels something Uangeroutly lie a stro'ce, n dSd 'lho horse that 'fell; dead" yes terday on the -etreets ,of Portland, :i la his tearing at ?j .per oox. They say It was the res';y Demo crats that mufjei things in North Dakota. One trembles to thir.k what might have happened if there had been Just one Dakota Democrat in the ark with Noah. An average breakfast by tho pres ident is reported as grape fruit, ex tra sirloin steak with bacon, baked potatoes, egg, toast and coffee. With a breakfast like that, why shouldn't Mr. Taft be for world peace? Non-registration Is a vote for bad government If you don't register and vote in the primaries, please don't ululate afterwards about bad officials... . ,.. , 'Up in North Dakota they have stopped klckln La Follette's dawg aroun'. '. Letters From the People (Cnmmnnlritlotii gent to The Jirarnel for pnh llrmtion la tbl depmrtment should oat exceed 800 word la length aud niuat be errumpculed Ij the na Bin Dil idlrei of the lender.) Favors a "Hue and Cry Club." Westport, Or March 18. To th Ed itor of Th Journal- Like a match ap plied to dry kindling came th "hue and cry" letter from M. . R. C. In these columns of the i:th Inut. I era glad one lady'a voice Is raised In no uncer tain tones In protest against the antlca of Portland Socialists and I. W. W. men.' . Heartllylndor8lngth H,ue and Crycl ub " ldeii, T " w o'uld u gges t "that we secure at once all the literature of the enemy possible, that we may Btudy It and expose lta dangers to present and coming; voters. A detective , agency called the National Klpsaw company, 411 Olive street,. St: Louis, Mo., by- an ultra-clever ruse, has , secured many copies of books and pamphlets written and circulated by- the most rabid of these trouble makers, and I advise any one wishing to know ' the length these people will go to write above agency under plain envelope, stating what you want and why you want- lc - Ask for "A Wave -of Horror," by Harry Tlche nor, and "A Human Carpet" and "Dives and Lazarus." by Kate Richards O'Hare, that sly female Socialist who slipped In and out .of Portland last month. la the latter article she viciously attacks the methods of a millionaire church worker Who built and furnished single handed the finest ' church in the -middle west, and gave a -1500,000 hospital to ' his home town. There Is also a German named Amevlnger, at Oklahoma City, Okla., that quietly sells a mischievous little book (10c) called "Socialism; What 'It -Is? and How to Get It" A letter addressed to the Okla '. Pioneer : company will get it v And be sure to write Rev. G. G. Hamilton, cre of above cpmpany, for advice. This brave arid aggressive minister fought Social Ism to a finis' in North Texas and Oklahoma, -find has a store of experience along that line.. '- - v : . The old foggy yaporings of Mara and Engel are too dry and tedious for busy people to waste time on, but a modern writer, one Walter T. Mills, has writ ten a sort of Socialist text book, enti tled "The Struggle for Existence.' This work Is absurdly interesting. It might be found In Portland libraries.' If not the Kerr Publishing company, Chicago, can furnish It. This la the real scien tific official dope and explains the whole "vision." vj ' We should spare no pains to fit our selves to cop with this approaching danger and be ever ready, to meet Its advocatea In open debate and newspaper discussion. Publicity is the weapon to rely upon, and once the pubilo beoomes fully acquainted with the evils of So cialism It can be depended upon to take proper action, A. 1L SAUNDERS., Socialism. Bt Johns, Or., March 16. To the Edi tor of The Journal In recent' editorials you Insist that trust abuses, monopoly, 1 etcl s the cause oisoclaUsnv an (L clta the fact that Socialists see - the ad vantages' of combination and coopera tion In the trusts, and would carry It out even, farther, merely substituting pubilo ownership and democratic man agement of these combinations. . Now this la alt true In identically the lame sense that monarchy the organ ization and monopoly of political power in private hands Is" tne cause of democracy.-When oppressions resulted from these great political organizations, who was -ever so foolish ma to advocate the destruction of the trusts? From these great combinations the people ledrned the advantages of cooperation and adopted a constructive remedy instead Of a destructive one. Our remedy for the Ills of political combination Is more combination, the pubilo ownership t of the political trusts, ; : , i Now for the wrongs and oppression of .the great Industrial monarchies Is there any other remedy than the same democracy In Industrial affairs? Con trol by-laws, constitutions, etc., means limited or constitutional monarchy. Is that our highest ideal? And if so, why? Will The Journal specifically name the fundamental difference between po litical, and Industrial affairs which ren ders it necessary that the protection of life must be done cooperatively, and the production and distribution of the essen tials of life must be done competitively? Will you undertake to show wherein tho development Of political and of in dustrial combinations differ? Will you show the difference in prlnolple or In results between the monopoly of polit ical power -and the monopoly of Indus trial power? Hoodlumlsm such as disturbs an op' ponent's meetings will come and go; mere wild and abusive talk on the street corners, whllo it may excite the lawless fighting blood of such as your corre spondent who wants to fight whenever she hears It will gain few adherents and do but little harm except to the cause it advocates.' But as long as the above questions remain unanswered so cialism will continue to grow. If our most righteous realty board can secure the punishment of anyone who has violated the law, well and good, but we trust they will not attempt to "sup- prees" all who happen to have the same political faith as some, one who Is near seditious. v. A. W. VINCENT. ' Can't Be DQmestlcnted. . ' Camas, Wash, March 18. -To the EdI tor of The journal I noticed in last Saturday's issue of The Journal that a movement has been started in Portland to domesticate the "New Tear's Spirit' by putting It under a tent and alnging lullabies to It till It becomes - tame enough to be stroked xn the back and emit purrs instead of screeches. In view of the fact that the Bryan meeting and the Gipsy Smith meetings turned, thousands or people away who were .unable" te.;gct In ; to". hear thorn, wliiiira imnuldiyrig.i iirunvsl naiiKh - 8ht-l elter all wto will i,wwt to get within enrshot cf the slngors when SO per cent of th"o "people in your1 city are out oit-a rampr.pe? The minut you tame the "New Vtar's Spirit" you spoil it for ex- ivhon appaa wt ra .;a COMMENT AND SMALL cilv.nu::. A "moj fallow" the baa." generally '"goes to Isn't Champ Clark too "aged" 62? Harmon's older. Ba Kood, Gwendolyn, you may be president some day. The Humphrey brothers have one lit tle credit mark they confessed. Roosevelt couldn't employ a. better man for his opponents tuat Ormsby Mcllarg. - Some woman euffraglsts who talk much would injure the "cause" a good deal If men paid any attention to them. : ' .' '-'' -i ,- . ':'" .''.,' There are days at this time of year when I can't despise or sneer at a man or woman who tries to write a poem on Spring. Perhaps another railroad to the sea from Medford. There'll be many of them In a fw years and one along the coast, too. This year's British' naval budget is $229,427,000. No wonder . millions . of Britain'? people are on the precipice of pauperdom. ,. ' ' - .... - : : -., ,' :, ,- Now women of fashion are to have electrlo Hants In their coiffure. But .these won't make them as light headed outside as Inside. - - . : c : - .... ' .- v The women fashion makers predict blqr hoopsklrts soon. Some men with no women to support will be mean enough to rejoice at this news. . ,- . ," - , - s It's alt right somethings to kick at and knock, and blow up once In a while, but to-growl every day at every o'clock is worse than the song of a fife. Turn the bad side in, the. good side out, get pleasant once in a while; instead of a man, make a merry- shout; Instead of a scowu a, smiie.. SEVEN ILLUSTRIOUS SHOEMAKERS . Noah Worcester, America has had 'her share of Illus trious, shoemakers. ; . They have 'risen to all sltations of eminence; Henry Wil son, "the Natlc Cobbler," to the vice presidency of the United. States,', the beloved Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whlttler; Noah Worcester, the New England Apostle of Peace, and a long list of almost equally prominent men. The United States can boast of mon worthy to stand on a level with the best examples of merit the gentle craft can produce In the old world. Noah Worcester, the "Apostle of Peace," was born at Hollls, N. IL, on November 25, 1758. Ha was the son of a farmer and until the age of 21 worked on a farm. His father's means being limited, naturally be was compelled to stint the education 1 of , his children. When hostilities commenced between the American colonies and Great Britain, young Worcester,' then only about 18 years of age, becama a sol dier and fought in the battle of JBunker H1U. : It Is said thatvhls disgust at the vices of soldier life and horror at the awful sights of the battlefield drove him from the army ana made him for ever afterward a hater of war and an advocate of peace. . Returning to farm . life, he aiviaea his time between outdoor labor and shoemaking, which occupation ho . fol lowed when the darkness of night time or the ; cold of winter prevented his working In the fields. He alsd too himself tarnestly to the work of self- education. Like many another shoe maker, he made hla workroom his study. The materials for the Improvement or the mind lay around his bench books. pens, Ink, paper; to. An early marriage increased me oir flculties of hla situation aa a poor student yet he managed by dint of ex traordlnary application to prove him? self and become fit for the miplstry before he had reached the age of 30. His first church was small and his hlbttion , purposes. The "New , Tear's Spirit" Is like a sky rocket: You can't tie a ribbon arpund It and make a sue eenHfnl narlor ornament out Of it In jerder- te-njy- it-yen-must shoot And revel la the glory ef lta sparkling trail. , . .. , -. GEORGE WILLIAMS, Times Change, Portland, March 16 To the Editor of The Journal Who and what Is the Portland Realty board? And by what authority does the said board threaten to unseat our mayor and other city of ficers? : The board', resolutions sound like the'eondensed thunder from the So cialist and I. W. W. atorm centers, com bined Into one great noise. But don't be deceived. 11 la oniy a nlous action, taken by the "good-old- safe-ahd-sane-deslrable-citistena" that compose the Portland Realty board. Ten years ago: tne socialists were harping about the "Initiative, - referen dum and the recall." uui, norrorsi That was only the meaningless ravings of seditious madmen ana "unaesiraoie citlzans," and we. pointed to our fore heads, and glanced toward the county JalL That was ten years ago, and ten years, in this age of rapid change, is soma little spell, i rememoer, too, that the Socialists were advocating 'the election of United Stateg senators by a direct vote of the people, at- that time. That convinced us, more tnan ever, that they were a "batty," If not a dangerous bunch. v, . ,. I'm reminded or a man, i once Knew, who swore he would never step lneide of a church again.- n .,;.v'.':;v..,:',vi. , "Hut why?" a asked. "I heard an awful lie spoken. from the sulDlt onoe." said he. "I've hoard mora Ilea told from the saloon. I told him."w "So have I," eald he. "But they're a different bunch, altogether;-and we can't expect anything else." ,.. And so, he con tinued . to visit th, Saloons. It only proves this; That we are Just a little inclined to be partial to whose lies we listen to. -'If we. dislike our neighbor, wa can't sleep while his dog is barking, and you can't get a man to listen to reason, after you've walloped him one in the eye, And so the Portland Realty board is composed of human" beings, after all. Let us hope they are not such a dangerous bunch; but Jisat a little "peeved" about something or other. I'm of the opinion we need national, as well as municipal watchdogs, any way. And If Eugene V. Debs and the I. W." W. outfit don't fill the bill, the Portland Realty board should be Jal lowed to growli Just a little. . At least, it might help their cause some. WARREN M'CULLOCH, The Boy Scouts. Portland, March - 15. To the Editor of The Journol.-i-There seems tq be a very foolish Controversy, carried on by readers -of The ' Journal, about Boy Scouts, militarism, etc. As , long as I rwas a-roemiaer i io xuy ocuuu oi America t was never taugnt a military tactic, We were navcr,-allowed 'guni, except on hunting trips. A Scout's life that is, his badges, suit or member- , taVit f t-oti him it even W4 - - ,. - .T; - - y , Lm-ht to help other as much, as pos- BlbloL' and It is surprising tne . good deeds performed by the boys. Tips for doing little acts .of kindness were re fused by the Scout They Ul'd ndt ex- NEWS IN BRIEF c:;i:gon siiuxicaitii r Iloree show plans at Woodburn have , been nhfin.iuned on account of Insulfi-, cint iinunclal surpxrt. j i Wrk on r.nrns" new pub!lo Fchn"l building Is now in progress. The build ing Is to ba completed by July 1. . . Tho Redmond Spokesman rlaltns that the Oregon Trunks new stone depot at Redmond is the best of Its kind in the state. - Coqullle Is proud of the outwit of her furniture factory, and especially of articles made from the curly myrtle of that section. The Silver Lake Leader complains of, and warns, certain unruly young men and young women who . disturb relig ious services by "cutting up.', - The county court of. Union county has ordered ateet bridges over the Grand Ronde river, as follows: A 174 foot bridge at Eljfln. 13640; 160 foot bridge near La Grande) (4100; 130 foot bridge near Perry. $2500. . v . ...... -j -. . '- Fossil Journal: Charles Morris suc ceeded In putting up about 48 tons of ice at the Thlrty-inlla sawmill pond, and will have it hauled to Fossil next summer. No ice frose In Fossil- dur ing the past winter. . Port Orford Tribune: The farmers' telephone system In this neighborhood Is now assured and construction has already commenced on the line running south. The territory embraced will ex tend from Mussel creek to Sixes river. , ..; Lakeview Herald: That Lake' county is alive to the possibilities of the tour ist traffic trade is evident in the plans made by the county court for the es tablishment of signs to be placed at all road Intersections for the benefit of trnnirera who mnv he travellnir the road iJ.ttnerDyautomogne congregation ) was poor , and as they could only pay htm a very small salary he was compelled to work, at his trade of ehoemaking to help support himself. - Their he took to writing books. He published a number-of volumes, most ly of a religious character, and hla name became known to such an extent that he was chosen to take charge of one of the leading periodicals of a religious character, called ' "The Christian Dls clple," which was edited at Brighton, Mass, At length, Mr. Worcester issued, -in 1814, 'the - famous pamphlet by which his name became known and honored among Christian men and lovers of peace throughout the world. It. bore the title "A Solemn Review of the Custom of War., No more effective tract was ever printed. It was ' translated into several of the languages of Europe and the Impression It produced In America led to the formation of the "Peace So ciety or juassacnusetts. ; ; r In this pamphlet he Interpreted lit erally the precept "Resist not evlV and believed that nations as well as In dividuals would find safety as well as fulfill righteousness in yielding in lit eral obedience. He believed that no mightier man ever tred the earth than William Penn when entering the wilder ness unarmed and stretching out to the savage a hand which refused all earth ly, weapons In token of peace and broth erhood. ' " r Worcester died on October 81, 18SS, and ha wished to have written on his tombstone the words, "He Wrote the Friend of Peace." . Dr. Channlng's tes timony to Dr. Worcester's character is the highest one man can bear ' to an other. : He says: "His whole nature had been blended and , melted - Into , one strong, Serene love. His mission was to preach peace, and he preached it not on set occasion or by -separate ef fort, but la hla whole life." . Tomorrow Henry Wilson. pect money from mothers, for helping with the dishes, or from a stranger for directing him on his way, or from any one for doing such littla acts of kind PfSt What is Ufa without helping other people to be happy? I hate these sel fish people who are living lust for themselves. As to obedience; that is the essence of success in anything. The parents must receive the obedience of tne child to train It correctly, v The Socialist politician must obey his or ders from headquarters (or be cast olit). Ana so it goes. Obedience is essential to everything, and when beoola har- rangue against U, they are striving for iua -oowniaii or an law ana order. J ' - vr ' ' .-; ,-w f " Tj, ' Former Boy Scout Of America, ' Wanted -A Fruit Inspector. Tortland. March 18. To the Editor of the Journal. I Bhall ba glad to know through your columns, the duties of the Multnomah county',, fruit inspector. -J am building on the site of an old prune orcnara, within the city limits. Aorrar my unee are, zs diseased trees affected with San Jose scale, I have had- my trees scraped, well pruned and sprayed a waste of effort if the trees aoroae the lines are loft alone. ,, The owners of the lots in question were written . to, asking them to cloan their" trees, or have them destroyed. Eight trees were cut down, the rest of the letters were ignored. . v t i I then wrote the Multnomah county fruit Inspector ? stating the facts, and asking him to take some action. The letter was Ignored. . I wrote again after' a month had elapsed, referring to former letter and asked for Information If I was "bark ing; up the wrong tree."; The letter waa - ignored. - After another 'month February . 26th) I wrote the- county Judge, enclosing copies of letters to fruit inspector, asking what to do. This has also been ignored. Now I want to know the t auties of the fruit Inspector whether he Is too busy to acknowledge riiy letters or la ho, to quote Mr. H. 6. Harrison, "one of those unopstrusive gontloinen, with queer little titles and odd littl, duties,. sitting Bilent and sleok under,, their cover; their hungry little mouths affixed to the public breast and ready to open' in fearful wailing If anybody sought to pluck-thorn off,'' . - W. G1FFORD NASH. A Pretty Good Knife. The Dalles, Or., March 18. To the Editor of The Journal. I can beat that Albany man who has had a knife for 20 years, I have a pocket knife that I bought of Senders & Co., at Albany, Or., in 1876. It la getting a little weak In the back and so am I. I also have a, hutcner unire tnat tne state of Oregon gave me in' 1878 when I enlisted In Co. ii Linn County Rifles and "fought, bled and died" In the Indian war under Lieu tenant George E.V Chamberlain, ' now United States senator and I have not even been precinct constable. But such ls.Ufe in the far west, ' L. U M'CARTNET. , rr. Rapid bnproveiucht. :, From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.' 1 "I understand you had your focble rnlndca Son-laRir ft'tCTOi ' In' muntiU ef ficiency." ! "Tes, and it has done wonders for him." . ' - '--, .- "What's he going to do now?" "Lecture." , i ' ; ''' '' - TL; a lining and Scientific Frc?s , 10in v j:!n!ng ftnJ Scientific n s f It is one of the hopeful signs of times that serious and successful rress- f the ef forts are being made rO enact legisla tion that will minimize, if not entirely prevent, the promotion of "wild cat" mining companies 6uch as have brought narked disrepute upon mining in the United State. Both the American Min ing congress and the Mining and Metal lurgical society have done good work in agitation for such a reform. One of the most successful measures yet enact ed is the so-called "Blue Sky" law of Kansas. The Kansas measure is entitled: "An Supervision or Investment Companies. It requires every corporation or asso ciation, foreign or domestic, which pro poses to sell stock in Kansas, to in with the bank commissioner a clear and completa statement of the company's Af fairs, down to the minutest details; t file a written and Irrevocable consent to accept service through the secretary of state; and - to pay , the , expenses of a thorough investigation by the bank commiaioner's office. .liooks must be kept according . to the regulations set forth In the act, and the books must be -open at all times to any shareholder. The sale Of any stock in the state of , Kansas without compliance with these regulations subjects the agent to a maximum penalty of 15000 fine, or 90 days In Jail, or both. False statements made on applications for a certificate subject the applicants to a fine of front 00 to 1 10,000. coupled with a Jail pen alty of from Qnav to 10 years. Any company which attempts to conduct lta arralra In violation of these reulatlons is subject to be placed In the hands ef , a receiver,, and Its X fairs wound up -by the state banking department.' A sim ilar bin is proposed In Illnols and has been endorsed by the bankers' associa tion of that stafar D. F. Harris, the energetic president -of that powerful or ganization. Is leading in an active cam paign for its enactment. A bill of the same Import is now. before the New Jersey-legislature with excellent pros pects for passage, and Jn other states' the matter Is being actively, discussed. in California promotion nf th Mnent Copper company with - inadequate, pub lication of data regarding either the company or Its mines, has called at- tention to the need'of comnellln com- : plete statements to be made urior fo- attempts to sell stock to the Dubllo. Even In. Wall street the matter is at- trading attention and the proposal finds many friends. There Is no place where drastic, regulations of this nature are so much needed as in that great market, where there' have been so many in stances of exploitation of the pubilo through misrepresentation, ranging alt m way irom Bimpie exaggeration to the most flagrant and fraudulent mis Statements. The mining industry has suffered for many years from the ob loquy placed upon It by the operations of the gentry who have dealt in allur ing literature, but, who have had little or nothing to do with actual mining operations. The most spectacular ef fort of the government to put a stop to " manipulation of thia nature was the re cent prosecution of .Geor Rnimm Rice, whose trial waa nroinmn. period of nearly six months, finally coming to a lame conclusion last week by the government accepting pleas of piuuy mi in pari oi Mr. nice ana IS. 11. Sheftels, the former as the principal defendant receiving a jail sentence of ' one year, while in the case of the latter, sentence was suspended. The expense to which the government was put In the matter la estimated at' $160,000 or more. The general comment -is that - the "mountain labored and brought forth a mouse.",- ,., . v.. : -m ... v . Tanglefoot By Miles ': i .--'' Overholt THE THRILLING LIFB-OF ONID T. R. List, my children, and you Bhall know of the life of Colonel Roosevelt Stand In a circle around me so: . -I'll tell It to you , In words that'll melt - 1- ' - - - ' - - :, ' " ,- -' - Now-Xheo.was bonL-r-InamangerlATo. In an old log cabin, long, long ago. His parenta were poor, but oh, so proud, '-. :.'" And Teddy, himself, , - was aomewhat 3,-l0Ud.-.-'-u', . .5.-.V':. :'-; He read law booka by the candle light Frequently staying up all night, Then off to work when the morning -came, - - - -- ---' - ": -". ' Splitting rails on the road to fame. When a lad of two-and-a-half, or three, He cut down a flourishing cherty tree. Ere the other Children had learned - to ' - screech, -" -: -. . Teddy could make a hl-yu speeoh. He freed the slaves with jane fell awlpe As the watermelons were getting ripe. It waa Teddy, too, all books doolare, . Who once crossed over the Dele ware. Who built his camp in a windy gorge, And loafed one winter at Valley Forge. In. ncventeen-hundred-and-somethlng then. . - In a ringing speech to his fellow men, He said, wlflle the public held its breath: "Give me liberty or give me death." It was also Ted who took a whack From the Monitor at the MerrimaC And then,- with a pistol In his Jeans, He quelled the War in the Philippines. And then he killed with his own right hand .:-''.-- , ; The fiercest beasts In Jungleland. - And, after that, as you have heard, ' He told the tale at a plunk a word. ' .' H doffed hi hat with a mighty fling It landed in the political ring. . And, aside from a million other plays, This brings us down to the present days. '-':;' 1 : '' ' s Which also closes our Chosen text But the Lord knows what he will pull off next ContrlbnteiJ to The Jonrnal by Wlt Mon, the faiDOiia kani poet. Hit pruM-pnenis r regulut feature of this coluojo lo TU Dall Journal.) Old Rox is worth a million wheels, he has them In. the bank. It warms him up from head to hecla to hoar his bullion clank.- His wealth is famous in the town, and all the country o'er, he has' hia million salted down, and rakes around for more. We point him out most every day to strangers and such ducks, and in an awestruck whisper nay: "He's worth a million bucks!" , That's the extent of his renown; no natives ever cry: "He is a credit to the town we'd miss him should he die!" There's old Bill Wax; be ne'er could nail the coin a little bit, and when he'gtte a piece of kale it's always counterfeit, - He's always wearing last yesJr's hat; his clothing, all awry,. would make an Idle plutocrat climb up a tree and die. Tct friends are swarming 'round his track wherever he may go. and beoplo slap him on . the back and say he le a Jo. He helps the children fly their kites, and much enjoys-the trick; and ofte.rr he "its up at nights with neighbots who are lok: anon he brings a cheerful ydrn to somedespondent lads oh,: Wil liam Isn't worth a darn at ealtlnjr down old hide, and cry in fervent tones: "He's sure all wool and 10 yards wide he's worth, a million bones!" . . I Copyright, 1011. t.r A JThf ' ,. ' liorg(( MutUiew Ailnma. rLims. 140 WortK a Million '- ' --- -'' ' 'J -