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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
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THE ASTORIA DISCRIMINATION
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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
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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
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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.
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Some woman euffraglsts who talk
much would injure the "cause" a good
deal If men paid any attention to them.
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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. ,. ' ' -
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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 :
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The women fashion makers predict
blqr hoopsklrts soon. Some men with no
women to support will be mean enough
to rejoice at this news. . ,-
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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
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Iloree show plans at Woodburn have ,
been nhfin.iuned on account of Insulfi-,
cint iinunclal surpxrt. j
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Wrk on r.nrns" new pub!lo Fchn"l
building Is now in progress. The build
ing Is to ba completed by July 1.
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Tho Redmond Spokesman rlaltns that
the Oregon Trunks new stone depot at
Redmond is the best of Its kind in the
state.
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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.',
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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 .
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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.
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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
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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
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a lining and Scientific Frc?s
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10in v j:!n!ng ftnJ Scientific n
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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
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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 '
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WortK a Million
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