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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, UOVL::l:::: Elf E JOURNAL ( 'iNDI-l'ENDr.NT NKW8PAPKR. SON . .PufoltrtH t'rr, Hnnd.r morning It Xh Journal Bulla i t ttw rx-toffic. it r""Vu it rortiaea. "rt irain.ruliM.loQ thruuxa tbe ona iittr. TVi -hones mm mm ii i. p.rtjn.nr reach tf b.b' itil n,e opwutor what dPfmwt yon '" :.J Hfih eune. New Xorkj 121 soviet ua winning, LBinto. Unlwertpdoa Twin by melt or to any address a Uit LtUtd SUies er Mexico, . DAILT. - , Out Jar..,..,.,r.$1.00 ( Ont B)atB.. SUNDAY. ' . ,'Ort feu .$2.80 1 One ritonth I , ., DAILY AND SCNDAtV " feat-.. $7.80 On month ... ' It 1b not. the . so-called bless ings of life, its sunshine and calm and ., pleasant experiences, , that make .men, but its rugged experience. Us storms and tem pests and trials. Early adver sity Is often a blessing In dis guise Wi. Mathtwa. STILL AT ARMAGEDDON HIE beacon lights are still burn ing, at Armageddon. Colonel 'Roosevelt serves notice that he will remain, a middle of the roader, and he advises his followers against all entangling alliances. In his first speech since the election, he-said'in New York last night: " 1 There have been times when it was said that we were-merely a bolting fac tion of ono of the parties, and would attempt-to-fuse again with that party. W will riot " In this party organisa tion of ours, ex-Democrats and ex-Republicans stand alike. It Is simply our business to show the people that they , are deluded when they are prevailed -iJpon to vote under either of the old parties. I hope we will make it plain to the people that It is up to the old parties to combine against us. V This Is Official notice respecting '16."-' It 18 official notice respecting 1914. The war of 1912 is to be continued. , . r? Gentlemen may cry peace, but there is nV peace. The four millions of recruits down at Armageddon are to. remain on the earthworks as the Lord's army. tVoodrow Wilson atwl his congress must redeem Democratic campaign promises or It will be a bigger army in 1916 than it was in 1912. NEW ENGLISH DIVORCE LAW DIVORCE in England is now so costly and is hedged round ; with such restrictions that it ., . , has been called a rich man's luxury, with an emphasis on ''man's." A very strong Royal Commission has-been for many months taking evidence on suggested reforms, and has now reported. - The majority report recommends that divorce shall henceforth be open to be secured by, both Bexes on equal grounds. . The common Justifications for di vorce now proposed are the follow ing: Adultery. Desertion for three years. Insanity, . incurable , after five years' confinement. Drunken ness, found to be habitual and in curable after three years. Evidence taken by tJel commission has convinced the majority of Its members that present conditions as to divorce, tend towards immorality and illicit relations, especially among the poor. And that the changes , now proposed will have an opposite effect. , At least one of the strongest of the Woman Suffrage Associations, and probably more, have waged war on the present Inequality betweea uan and woman as to conduct which sustains divorce. There has also )oen. much agitation in the indus trial districts against the monopo lization of divorce by the rich. The , suggestion has been made that Juris diction should be conferred on Coun ty Court Judges and Juries to hear end adjudicate on divorce cases. These are the courts used by the poor- in all other relations of their lives... Ope, great advantage of the sys tem of Royal Commissions prevailing Jn England ii that the scope of evl S?nca taken by, them is very broad, ftho poor and the weak having every opportunity to be hoard. Care Is '' also taken that all political parties .shall have-representation. The re sult is that on all large questions, such as the poor lawe, women and -.' children's labor, or the housing of the' poor, reports by the majority and minority of the Commission will . como before the people at large. THE DAY OF BIO THINGS rfULE attention has been held to Panama and Culobra cut and Gatun locks "and" Mira Flores locks are household words, other enormous enterprises are in hand. , One of the greatest in this country Js the damming of the Mississippi et Keokuk. There has been no bottom less purse of -Uncle gam to supply the funds. It is a private enterprise, with tho aim of developing a water power several times greater than any heretofore undertaken by , the hand . ttaan, " . The huge steel gates are being tut In place, to complete a lock 4o withstand a third mon pressure, tndeffect a lift one - third hi-gber jyhan'at the Gatun locks. Tha Keokuk lock is, like that at . Panama, no feet wide, but It will lift 40 feet as compared with 28 feet 4 inches; at Panama.. The gates weigh amlllion poundv The water pressure against -I-03 pounds to the square foot. The two gates meet in the middle, each' a networlCof steel ribs. They are nearly Si feet, thick, with, a foot walk :.'.cas the top., 'A iociprs8ed air en- ' t 1 i',W gine'of 40 horsepower, operates the gates.' ' - . I - '. -.' . The dam makes 65 miles of deep water navigation on the Mississippi river. The government will receive many million dollars as toll, paid , by the company for the privilege of damming the Mississippi river. , The United States has no monop oly of great enterprises. ; The Bra zilian government is now preparing to build a dam at Oros in Ceara State which will create the largest reser voir at present built. The dam will be about 165 feet high, and the bar rage" vlll have twice the capacity of that at Assouan over the Nile. The reservoir or basin will -be abont - 5 0 miles long;''"" "':':"' '''",' . ' The English In the valley of the Nile, are also attempting tremendous enterprises. The Blue Nile is to be dammed by a private syndicate near Cennar, to irrigate Borne 500,000 acres for growing cotton and cereals. An enormous barrage is planned by the government over the' White Nile, using ?15,000000 In works to irrigate 600,000 acres of cotton lands from the White Nile and 200,000 more from the Blue Nile. To con nect and utilize these great works additional railroads will be built, and from the area a great popula tion, probably of two million people, will draw their support. TWO SCANDALS "A" LL about the Y. M. C. A. scan dal." That is the. way newsboys selling a certain afternoon newspaper, hawked their wares. It Is a rattlesnake business. There is no .Y. M. C. A. scandal. It is a crime to call it a Y. M. C. A. scandal. It Is vile to so stab and libel the Y. M. C. A. j . The blot is not on the Y. M. C. A. Two or three inactive members of the Y. M. C. A. are not the organiza tion. A renegade Free Mason is not Free Masonry. One hypocrite In the church is not Christianity. Benedict Arnold's treachery brought no odium on the Revolutionary cause. History has put the odium on Benedict Ar nold. A half baked story launched on unconfirmed Information, with exag gerated and lurid headlines is the cause of this calumny on the Y. M. C. A. Instead of waiting for facts, rumor was seized and a reptilian at tack launched, A fair inquiry has shown that the Y. M. C. A. was the chief assistant of the Juvenile officers In ferreting out the facts. There are two scandals in this af fair. One is the scandal of Inde cent Journalism. It is the same bo- called Journalism that poses as a purity band and when it got a chance slipped its hands into the county's pocket for a $1900 grab. It Is the scandal on the same so-called Jour nalism that poses as a friend of the poor but cinched the poor who were unable to pay their taxes with a $1900 charge for printing the delin quent tax list The other seandal is on Portland. The exaggerated, distorted, sensa tional and highly colored manner In which the story has been exploited has smeared this whole city over with putridity. The town is dis graced in the four corners of the country by the reckless and irre sponsibla coupling of tho Y. M. C. A. with the story, a condition that could have been averted by a straightaway and unadorned recital by a decent press. In this business, the revelations as to vice are not the only revela tions. The other thing learned is that it is almost as bad to have a printing plant and a subscription list in the hands of irresponsibles as it is to have the vice. Portland has been besmeared and bedeviled as much by the one as by the other. MADE IX OREGON FIFTY million dollars is invested in factories in Oregon. The output for the year 1912 will reach $100,000,000. There are 2500 establishments employing over 39,000 operatives. This is the estimate of the Oregon Manufacturer, a new monthly trade publication, of which the initial num? ber has Just appeared. The maga zine is published by E. TTofe, & Sons at Salem, and Is devoted to the man ufacturing Interests of Oregon. An article discussing the manufacturing eituation in the state appears on this page. The estimates of present manufac turing operations are based on the expansion of tho industries during past years. Tho most important In crease appeared between 1904 and 1909. During that time, the num ber of establishments increased 40 2 per cent and the average number of employes 55.2 per cent. The value of products Increased 67.5 per cent. On the growth during this periJd is based the estimate of the totals for 1912. Oregon was the ninth state in the Union in the total cut of rough lumber n 1909, when the output of the industry was valued at $30,000,000. Portland, in 1909, had 649 manu facturing establishments, capitalized at $37,996,000 and employing 12,214 wage earners and 1914 salaried em ployes. The number of establish ments Increased from 437 In 1904. The capitalization for that year was $19,775,000;- Tffe?e are no limitations that can be set on Oregon as a manufactur ing state. Oregon has almost un limited water power, and water power Js the cheapest known agency for moving .the . wheala .ofinUagtry, uregon nas almost unlimited raw materials, including one fifth of the standing timber. . . Oregon is. the sixth state in the Union in the output of wool and one of the first in mohair. The state Is In position to take a front rank in tho manufacture of woolens, r.nd will do so in the final adjustment of things. ' ' ' ', In furniture, in milling .and in a varied list of Industries, Oregon is in position to becorpe a heavy pro ducer. No slogan is more timely than is; tho present appeal for the consumptidh in Oregon of made-in-Oregon goods," ;' ; K.,:. c ,',.' OUR FIBH TRAPS "A SCORE or more, of hotels in Portland are fire traps, pure and simple, and the owners of a number of them have refused to make them safer except under threats of compulsion." Such is tho statement of R. E, Kremers, chief building lnspeotor, The announcement was made as a result Jp. the St. George hotel fire, In Los Angeles in which threo persons were killed and 20 Injured. The further statement of the In spector 18 that (some of the owners are among thV most prominent men in Portland. One or two of the dan gerous buildings are six or more stories, and 'several others are three and four stories. The authorities have no right to permit life to be endangered through failure of owners to observe the building code. It makes no differ ence how "prominent" the gentlemen are who own the buildings. It is human life that is at stake, and a spark may raise the issue at any time. The authorities of the city have no right to have one law for "prom inent" people and another for those who are not "prominent." The in spector and those associated with him for application of the building code should proceed at once against owners of these dangerous buildings. That is what officials are paid for, and If they do not perform their duty regardless of the "prominence" of offenders, they should resign. Let Portland be spared the humil iation of a loss of lives through reckless disregard of building laws. A WAR SEQUEL W HEN the Balkan states have knocked to pieces the under pinning of the structure of the Turkish empire, and brought it down in divers heaps of ruins, they will seloct what best pleases them to be added to their own dominions. But other nations have both right and power to decide on the future of various parts of Eu ropean and Eastern Turkey. There seems to be common con sent that peace among the powers has no sure footing while the gen eral interest in Constantinople and the straits between the Black sea and the Mediterranean la not assured. A neutralized city, open to the com merce of the world, seems the only real solution. With the opening of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles to ships of all nations, and of a l denominations, Russia would obtain her long sought entry for her war ships to the Mediterranean. There seems no good reason to forbid her, if the city by the straits ia reserved from ownership and control by any one nation, Russia Included. Will not tho Jews in every country unite their powerful Influence to have Palestine thrown open to their return to that promised land? In stead of depending on Turkish pass ports, liable to recall at the whim of any despot, or to be bought and held by a heavy price payable to Turkfsh pashas and beys, will not the Jews demand full citizenship there? Surely they should have all this and more. But Palestine holds the sacred places of Christian as well as Jew. To rescue them from the Saracens of t Id the lives of hundreds of thousands of Christian men were wasted. For centuries tho Roman and the Greek churches fought bit terly for the disputed honor of guard ianship of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Every. Christian man feel3 the anomaly, not to say the dis grace, of Turkish soldiers standing guard o'ver the places hallowed by tho gospel story. To committing tho care of the Holy Land to all Christian nations alike it Is hard to believe that Rue Bia? Germany, France, Italy, Aus tria, and England, would refuse as sent. When it comes to defining spheres of influence in Syria, and Arabia, and Mesopotamia, and Armenia, there will be many a knotty problem to be solved. But in Palestine emo tions rather than interests will guide the deliberations round the council table of the nations. THE PRICE OF RUBBER T HE Aborigines Protection Socie ty of Great Britain has been maklngrlnqulries Tnto tho price paid for rubber, counted in human lives. Peruvian and African rubber Is worth in the market about $1500 a ton. Inquiries recently mado into the total of Indian lives sacrificed in the Putumayo country shows that every ton of Rubber costs ten human lives. Durlpg fifteen years of the most violent; and conscienceless exploita tion. of the natives on the Congo, King Leopold Is known to have se cured about 70,000 tons of rubber, valued in all at twenty-one million pounds "sterling. It cost in human lives, on a conservative estimate not leas', than 160, possibly 172, lives per tori. In this rough calculation no count is taken of starvation and misery, of blows and outrage, of torture, and dof ' oppression of every kind, that should be charged also against, the rubberMmarketed or rathor against the fiends In human shape engaged in tho vile traffic. -' Yet the demand is ever oh the In crease, as fresh uses are found for rubber. ; Tho savage rubber could not begin to 111 the market. It Is noteworthy that plantation rubber Is dally gaining In importance as the estates, both East and South and West, are beginning to produce.. And synthetic rubber is throwing Its shadows ahead.;' " A maniac with- a box of dynamite under his arm spread terror at Los Angeles. The exDlosiva bOBSlbllitles of such a combination are on ad much of a hair trigger as would be an ef fort at tho moment to combino tno Bull Moose and Republican factions. At the point of the. revolver, a pair of robbers relieved of. "their valuables the passengers on ad Iowa train. That is what the revolver is made for. ' L'etterrFreintKe Pedple m i.mnjuiiicntlotn mot to Th oftnJ ,fnr pohltotloo " la tblt department botld h written on only on tide of th piper, thouM Dot eirerd S0 word In length end meet h ccompol-d bj tbe Dim end (dilreu of the eDder. It tbe writer does not deelre to Bar tbe. nam pubUtbed, be eui ild ao atate. Destruction of Shade Tree. Portland. Or.. Nov. 18. To the Edi- of The Journal. Why are so many beau tiful shade trees being constantly and ruthlesnly out down and desiroyod in the residential section of this city? Has any citizen. ubllo company, or ignor ant laborer the privilege of despoiling the beauty of the streets and Uie com fort and pleasure of the eommunlty at his or her selfish 4 wlUT Of, must a permit for this vandalism be Issued by some municipal officer; and If so, has he any discrimination at all in the matter? A splendid tree of at least ?s years' growth has JUst been cut down on the pathway at West Park and Har rison, at the corner. The trunk, and branches have been out for cordwooc' and piled up alongside the stump await- lng some one's pleasure to remove. A little over a year ago there was a splendid avenue of well-known trees surrounding "the block at Tenth, Clay and Columbia street Those were all de stroyed at one time, to the best of my recollection. Now that place on a sum mer's afternoon, iemi about the very hottest part of the city, when the sun strikes the asphalt roadway all around and is reflected on to the adjacent houses. As it is necessary for a citi zen to obtain a permit for any trivial alteration on his house property, I con sider It should be compulsory for each and every person to obtain a permit to destroy shade trees in the city streets, should they Intend doing so, and a card should be placed on the doomed tree at least for a week beforehand stating the reasons for its removal and giving adjacent property owners and the public a right to dissent from the exeoutlon of reckless vandalism. Sometime ago The Journal had nn Interesting article on the right and wrong ways to top or poll shade trees in the streets. Today I noticed the beautiful trees surrounding St Mary's hall on Ford street have been hideously dlbflgured In this way. The city would curtalnly save money and reputation by employing a civlo arborculturlst, who might Hlso direct civic rose growing. 11b could advise for collective floral planting end care of roses and other suitable flowers on the Btrips which border the sidewalks in many of the residential streets. Then' Portland might deserve Its name as ktie Rose City. ROBERT B, BRAY. Quotes Scripture for Ranging. Portland, Or., Nov. 18. To the Editor of The Journal In answer to the oft repeated question, "How would you like to be a hangman?" I will say that If I had a relative or dear friend who was a victim of those men now under sen tence of death I would, If necessary, willingly lend a hand to spring the trap that would launch thero into eternity. I do not eay that I do not have any pity for them. I pity them to some extent, because of the lack of their early training. Parents are, and should bfl by law rigidly enforced, held abso lutely responsible for their children un til they arrive at an age to know right from wrong. Eternal vigilance is the price, but it pays. Yes, I bHieve in capital punishment In The Journal of November 1J. ap peared articles from Mrs. Reiser and Air. Wilson. They, like a majority of your correspondents, take the Bible In support of their arguments. Mrs. Reiser and Mr. Wilson, It appears to me, go to extremes. They go so far s to say the Bible' docs not teach capital punishment, from beginning to end. I take a differ ent Interpretation of the Bible. Let me refer them to some portions of the Old Testament. "He that smlteth a man so that he die, he shall surely die," Ex odus xxl:12-17. "And If he smite him with an instrument of loan so that he die, he Is a murderer snd shall surely be put to doath," Numbers, xxxv:16. Here seems to be all the evidence any reasonable advocate could require. By reading, the above chapters to the end they will get further information. Much more of the same evidence could be pro duced. It seems by the latest issues of The Journal that this controversy Is about drawing to a closJ That is as It should be. It has by a large vote been set tled. It were better to let the matter drop. It does no good, but engenders hard feeling and ought to end. There are other topics of far more interest and benefit that might properly be dis cussed our present unsatisfactory Ju dicial system, for lnstanoe. By Judi cious change in our- present sj'stem we might, to a Urge extent eliminate the noose and stop this squabllng about "How would you like to be a hang man?" W. K. MORRIS. Philosophy at the Back Door. Portland. Or., Nov. 18. To the Editor of The Journal I am personally ac quainted with a man whose work hss taken him to the doors of many homes, in many places. This man's hobby is back- doers, for he holds that there Is one place where we always prove our religion; not but that we prove it at more tliHn one place, but at one plaae always, and that place is the back d'lor. We have to live up to the front door, for H may be that someone has come wearing a plug hat, or with a great big ftather in the bonnet, and we must live up to the plug hat or feather; and we like to live up to our Sunday clothes. But sometimes we forget to live up to the back door. This man would like to eay to those who are sore and sour tn tims wh.v iiouht th frt that ihivolver seems to be brought -Into ue Almighty is in the saddle, and that the'ach w8elf t0 fellow totn.-. ' -milk of human kindness is a flowing f Ha w had tt Shooting onoe a week stream, that the, back door religion of ln;e Oklahoma was opened to settle the multitude is a real, tangible ana!wt?- Perhaps more. If onlr one a living, thing. So seldom-has he found I week, then more than 1200 lives havt the discourteous and the unkind that he-Just took the trouble to forget wnori they, live ac4 considercd.tliat .Uity julgut, have rolled out of the wrong .sid i f the bed that 'morning. The things that 6trlke Jubilant notes in his soul are the beautiful greetings that he has received at backi6ors. and that the loads are being Sarrled-.wlth bright ' eyes . and cheerful faces,, la every place and oq COMMENT AND SMALL CHANUa Keep in mind; was it mads in Oregon? Ladies, those animals are really "just auyeiy. - ," '--.n, - -...--v , ..!,M.;.:,.i;.,-i,, -' i,4- ; ' V' ;y. ". Fortunately, California doesnt ,ertde the result. ,, A 0 ' ,:-:.-,.,. v.-;,'. : ?:,,;,. -.- v Some necessaries are cheaper, Hurrah for Wilsonl . , . .., : . , .- :..; , '. r,; V No mors senatorial battles and dead looks In an Oregon legislature. , M The soil seems almost affectionately intelligent in responding to good treat ment. . . ' j-l; ..:--.---'-':'-'--:''."'': ? ;v--v-' -f'.,: We live a century too soon i in the next century most days may be noil days. i " The fewer the initiated bills or amendments,- the better chance good ones wlU have to win. - . : i :1'.',.')'!' ,' v r' Multnomah county always has oandl- AmiAm for hlth nrucMant ri f (h i.nlt. and speaker ot the house, ', , "The summer is oast and the harvest Is ended, and the unpleasant season for ins noooes ana spenainnrts nas ar rived. , '',, . ' ;:',(,.';.; It Is very likely that If the oeode had a chance to vote on it they would agree with President Taft In favoring a single six-year presidential term. There are- always rood local oausea offerin" opportunities to rich people to lay up treaures "where moths do noti corrupt nor thieves break through . and steal. o People who think it rains too much in Oregon should be thankful that they don't nave to live in Cordova, Alaska, where 14 feet of rain has fallen In 10 months. ' It was eminently proper for the equal suffragists to have a fine "blowout," and? for Mrs. Dunlway to sit at the head of the feast, the one honored above all the rest . An unlimited number of able, peou Uarly fitted and patriotic Democrats are already up in sight for the federal ap pointive offices, which, alas, are not one hundredth part numerous enough. FARMERS AND RAILROADS From Harper's Weekly. We have not observed a single really hostile comment on the plaa to set up in this country banks and loan associations for the farmers on the model of those now in successful operation in Germany and France. On the contrary, the idea seems to be weloomed by all classes. All classes, apparently, are disposed to agree that the farmers ought to be en abled to borrow money more easily and on hotter terms. It is suggested, too. that the government ought to help in the plan, and even this feature of it has not as yet provoked any audible opposition. Here is evidence of general good-will to the farmers. Possibly the very great rise In the prices of farm products should be taken as in part explaining the universal readiness to make farm ing more and more attractive but we do not think the feeling on the subject is mainly selfish. If it were it would work out differently. . It would work out vindictively, not benevolently. People do not hold the farmers responsible in any culpable way for the rise tn the prices of what they have to sell. The rest of us do not envy them the pros perity that has come to them this autumn. It is not regarded as injurious to other classes, but the opposite. We want it to continue and ars willing to help make it continue. This Journal is constitutionally cau tious about adding to the functions of government and frankly wishes that nqt much government aid, if any. may be required In tctf better financing of agri culture." It Is therefore pleased to ob serve that a beginning has been made without government's intervention. But it la as well disposed as anybody to ward the general proposal, which is simply one of many sensible moves to profit by the experience of older coun tries. Meanwhile, however, here are the rail roads complaining, and complaining bit terly and persistently, not that govern ment will not help them . to borrow money, but that government has by its own acts made it too hard for them to borrow money. Now, what we have said about the farmers is sincere. It has not been said merely as an Introduction to something about the railroads. But is It not logical to ask why the two industries, agricul ture and "railroading," should be treated so differently? Well, they are different of course. Farms, as a rule, are run by Individuals or families. Railroads are run by great cortwratlons. Thero are abuses In the management of railroads that are not possible in the management of farms, and it is no doubt necessary for govern ment to take measures to protect the public from those abuses. According to many authorities, most, if not all, rail every street there are those with loads, yet none with load so great but that if he go north, south, east or west a block he will find one with heavier pack anl each willing to help lighten the burden of the other. The great-abundance of good cheer and helpful ways that have come to him, on car, on street, in office, store and church, makes him a debtor to all mankind, a'hopeless bankiupt ex cept as he too, passes on the bowl of milk of kindness. ROBERT A EASTON. Has a Rare Old Newspaper. Albany, Or., Nov. 18. To the Editor of The Journal I am possessor of a newspaper that is over 112 years old. It is an original issue and contains the story of Oeorge Washington's death." It is in a good state of preservation. Could y"ou kindly Inform me if there is any premium on it, or if there is anyone that would like to buy it to add to his collection? I should like to know of someone that buys those things. BRUCE PLASTER. A' Revolver Law for Oklahoma. The Oklahoman. When the legislature mets in Janu ary, Us first business should be the passage of a revolver law. We . have some kind of a law and certain ordi nances, pertaining to carrying concealed weapons, but hardly, any attention teems to have been 'paid to the enforce ment of such regulations. Who knows how many human, ltaffft have been sacrificed In Oklahoma ",jsy the six-shooter route? . possibly there are no statistics available to enable us to know the exact number, but the re been snuffed out in Oklahoma by bul lets, usually without any Justification. smalLarmy. murdered! Other states have- shootings; Okla homa Is not the only place where re volvers art used as ready weapons to satisfy fancied grievances. 1 But ; Why permit revolvers to , bt carried- by per sons wbq art irrtBponslble? , --, . jt would stem to bt the duty, of the NEWS IN BRIEF ORL'UON BID liLlG Ilia Beaverton Owl. J. T, Hclloy, one of the progressive farmers living In the southern limits of our t-lty, has a big second crop of apples, King and Bald win variety, over on Inch in diameter and still growing . ' . , Coquhle HefaM: Work of drilling' the concrete sidewalks preparatory to put ting up the iron electric light posts Is now going on. Coquille wlU soon have well lighted modern streets In keeping with other substantial Improvements in progress, Cottage Grove property owners who suffered loss of building by the. recent lire are ousy covering, me DiacKenea area .with structures far superior to thoa destroyed, Brick and oorrugated steei figure largely in tne new : cou- truotlon. ; . j, , - vv - aiv;) ,,pv: i Rogue River Argue: Bricklaying on the second stories of the brick blocks which are being erected at the corner of Main and Broadway streets la well ad vanced and it ia thought that by the first of the year both buildings will be reaay..t occupy. . The- Pendleton Ministerial association has been reorganised. Rev. Evans, pas elected president, Iter. Grigsby of the Presbyterian ohuroh, vlc president, and Rev. Weaver, of the Christian church, euretary treasurer, : ,: .. , , Amity Standard: That a rood live commercial club is the very best thing any community caa have is recognized, by nearly everyone., Amity has really evidenced more public interest and spirit In the last three months than she has in a whole year before the organisation ui ner co-mroeroiai ciuo. . Burns Times-Herald: At the Jast see sion of the county court a numerously signed petition was presented asking that a bounty be placed on rabbits. This the court could find no authority to uq oui snowea a aisposition to neip By furnishing the necessary wire netting to build pens and wings.. This la right Corvallis Qajsetto Times: J. B. Irvine Is at noma from an extended visit at Wallowa and Portland. Sixteen years ago he was a freighter in Wallowa, and it needed only his team to care for all the business In that section. Wallowa was made up of one house, two chicken coons and several gopher holes. Today it Is a city of 1200. Mr. Irvine was amazed beyond expression. roads art natural monopolies, and they must be watched and regulated to keep' them from using their monopolistic powers oppressively. , It Is quite true that government cannot afford to treat the railroad business as It treats agri culture. But the government must be fair to both; that Is "to say, it must be fair to the men engaged in both. Our railroad men, as a class, are Just as deserving as are our farmers as a class. They work just as nara. They are Just as honest. vvnai tney do is JUst as necessary to tne common welfare. They are Ameri cans and have Just as strong a claim as any other Americans on our common agent, the great establishment at Wash ington. What is more, the same argu ment from self-interest that applies to our treatment of the farmers appllee equally to our treatment of the rail road men. If it would be bad Dolltv to make or keep things toe hard for the farmers, it would be equally bad policy to make or keep things too hard for the railroad men. Government ought, therefore, to con sider tho complaint of the railroad men carefully and Justly. They declare that the costs of their business have been for some years swiftly Increasing, par ticularly wages, taxes, and the cost of fuel and other supplies; that meanwhile government through the interstate com merce commission, has been forcing them to keep down or even reduce their charges; that as a result they cannot at the present money rates, afford to bor row what they need to keep up with the country's demand for transporta tion and make proper provision for- the future. Maybe they are overstating their grievance. But if they are not. or if it Is anywhere near what th5y say it is, men it ougnt to be attended to, and promptly. Unfortunately, but per haps not without some Justification in the ptist conduct of certain managers of railroads, the feeling toward them is not like the feeling toward the farm ers. But there are signs of a change of sentiment on this subject. It is not a railroad man, but one of the greatest shippers In the country, E. C. Simmons, president of the great Simmons Hard ware coiipanyoT at LUf, who says' in a current magazine: '1 believe that if the Interstate com merce commission would permit the railroads who need it to make a slight advance In their freight rates, it would round out and finish everything that is lacking to bring this country baok to a state of prosperity far surpassing anything before known. And why shouldn't they? It seems to be only fair when the government, by Its new laws, has s Increased tlv operating cost, that they' should permit the roads to Increase their revenue sufficiently to meet this Increased cost next legislature to pass a law that will put revolvers out of the reach of per sons who shoot hastily and Indiscrimi nately. What legislator will prepare a bill to cover the case? His act will be heralded from one end of the nation to the other, He will be a real lawmaker, Always in Good H umor SOFT SPOT HIGHER .UP. From the London. Telegraph. Jennie- He must have a soft spot in his heart for me. Wennle Why so? Jennie He says he Is always thinking of me, Wennie But, you know, a man doesn't think with his heart The toft place must be In his head. HIS WANTED TO KNOW. "Are caterpillars good to tat" asked little Harold during a lull In tht con versation over the evening meal, "No," replied hit father. "What makes you ask a question like that at the dinner table?" "You had ont on your lettuoe," replied Harold, "but it's gone now." Erohange. Pointcfl Peiraraplii Too often tht man who has his prist lets tht tag show. .,.,.........;.......4. m : ,-, e. , . , i Wt would rather have our faults overlooked than overheard. e Wt oan't set eurttlvtt as ethers see us by looking In a mirror. ' How ptoplt fall to admlrt a man who talks much and says little I . A linguist may bt able to master all e e Ont trouble with the family skeleton Is that it refuses to stay, in the olostt. . ',: '-:,':' ::: -4. A woman may get to understand lot of important things by not having a husband to explain them to .her. , Manufacturing Growtli of Oregon From the. Oregon Manufacturer, , The latest available statistics on man ufacturing in. Oregon are from tho wn sus of 1910, taken upon returns lor 1909, ' A number of cities in Oregon besides Portland hava become manufac. taring centers of considerable import- Portland ran Justly claim to be en- uuw iu rang us uuv ui viia wu""" manufacturing " cities. On , tht-' Pacific , coast Portland knows of rivals, but has t no fairs of their rivalry. . Financially , and industrially, Portland will be found . to be substantial, resourceful and pow erful as an ally 6r a competitor la man- ufacturtag and 'merchandising, , " ,i- Portland In 1D09 bad 8 manufactur ing establishments, capitalized at 187,-, 89tS,000 and employing 12,214 wage earn- ' ers and I 1 4 salaried mprtyes, accord- . Ing to the bulletin orT manufactures ia f Oregon, Jutt issued by tht census bu- . reau. Tht number of establishments in- , creased'jrrom lST Jn"1904, and tht total ' number of persons engaged In lnduev, 1 tries,'? inoludlng, proprietors, . increastf -from 54 In 1904 to 14,891 in 1109. Tht -capitalization in ;1904 was $19,725,000. . Tht bull itirt presents Jths, statistics : ' "Oregon, with a gross area of J,9 square miles, pf which 1092 represent Water surface, ranks ninth in size among the 49 states and territories of conti nental United States. The density of ' population of the state was ? per squart milt in 1910, tht corresponding flgurt for 1900 betas; . . - - "Of the emMri population 45. per cent reside in cities and incorporated towns having a population of 2500 or over in 1910, as against 32,3 per cent in 1900. . ' ,": '' "Tht northern and western' parts of . the statt are, traversed by 'trunkllne railways with terminals at Portland, from which city tht Willamette and Co lumbia rivers afford deep water . com munication with tht Pacific, making Portland o..t of tht leading ports Of tht) 7 Paolflo coast. Tht Columbia river, -affords cheap transportation for tht products of tht fertile valleys of tht ' northeastern counties, and it tht) sotnt ' of extensive salmon fishing. "In 1900 Oregon had 2246 man oft su turing establishments, which gave em ployment to an average of 34,722 persona during tht year and paid out 123,949,00 tn salaries and . wages. -Of tht persons employed .8,760 were wage tamers. These establishments turned out prod ucts to the value of 193,00s, 000. to pro duce which materials costing J50,G52,- ooo were utilised. Tht value: added by manufacture was thus $42,458,000. 'In general, tht manufacturing indus tries of Oregon as a wholt showed a marked growth during the decada 1899 1909, the greater development having taken place during the five-year period 1901-1900. During, this period tht num ber of establishments increased 40.3 per cent and the average number of wage earners 65.2 per cent, while the valut of products increased 67.5 per cent and the value added by the manufacture 70.2 per cent "Oregon ranked ninth in the total out of rough lumber In 1909. Tho industry gave employment to an average of 15,006 wage-earners, or 62.4 per cent of tht total of the state, and the value of Its products amounted to $30,200,000, or 32.G per cent of the total valut of all manu factured products. "The flour mill and grist mill indus try is second In Importance among the industries of the statt when measured by value of products. Because of the comparatively simple processes involved In the industry and the extent to which these processes are carried on by ma chinery, the number of wage-earners em ployed and the value added by manufac ture art not commensurate with' the gross value of products. ThlH classifi cation does not include custom fleur mills and grist mills. V "The slaughtering and meat packing Industry In 1909 gave employment to an average of 369 wage earners and turned ou products valued at $5,880,000. The value of products shows an i&creast over 1904 of 102.3 per cent. "In the printing, and publishing in dustry In Oregon the increase in ths value of products from 1904 to 1909 was 81.6 per cent, as compared with an Increase of 85.8 per cent from 1899 to 1904. The average number of wage earnert tmployed Increased from 840 to 1450, or 73.7 per cent Although this industry ranked fe-urth in value- of pro ducts In 1909, it ranked second when measured by number of wage earners and by value added by manufacture.: "Improvements In niaohlnery and in (methods of handling raw materials havt resulted in increasing the average size of tht dairying establlbhmeuts and In tht centralization of the industry in the larger business centers. Tht 9S establishment reported in 1909 '.may grouped as follows: butter factories. 65; cheese factories, S3; condensed milk factories, 7. This la comparatively a new indus try In Oregon, Since 1889, when there were only 13 establishments, with a to tal value of products of $68,426, classi fied as butter, chees or condensed milk factories, the Industry has grown until In 1909 there wee 95 establishments re porting a value of products amounting to nearly $5,000,000. The quantity of butter Increased 2,- f I 398,061 pounds, or 68.8 per cnt from 1904 to 1009, and 8,106,243 pounds or 157.2 per cent, from 1899 to 1904, and tht quantity of cheese Increased 1968 pounds or 87 per cent, from 1904 to 1900, and 1,060,028 pounds or 88.7 per oent, from 1899 to 1904. Of tht 4,218.- 953 pounds of croobo made in 1909, ,- 166,038 pounds, or 98.7 per cent, was full cream cheese. The development of fruit growing and truck gardening In Oregon has greatly increased the activity of the canning and preserving industry since 1904. While there has been consider able dtcrtast since 1904 in tht fish, pro ducts, which represented about two thirds of tht total value of the output of the canneries in 1909, tht rapid in create in tht drying of fruits, especially prunes, so Increased the total valut of the oroduott that the industry at a wholt showed a gain of 10.2. per cent during the five years. "The cut of rough lumoer mcreatea 1.184.457 M feet board measure, or 168.6 per cent, from 1899 to 1909; that of shingles, 263,456,000, or 841.6 ner .cent; and that of lath, 119,733,000, or ,286.8 per cent. 7: Of the total cut lor iv, i,so,ou jml fest, -board measure, - was.; softwood,. There wtrt only 8045 M feet ofihard wood lumber produced, of which maple, eottonwood, ash and oak were tht prin cipal" varieties. In 1909 Oregon , was second among tnt states in i prouuo Uon 1 IXugla ttr, reporting 82.6 per cnt of the) total But two states Call- fornia and Oregon, reported sugar pine, and Oregon reported 8.6 per cent of the- total cut , ; Durlna- tht dtcao tna output oi fra,h beef In Oregon lnoreased 379.2 per cent, and that of fresh pork 444,7 per oent. Fresh veal, fresh mutton, lard and hides all bbow large Increases In quantity during tht 10 years. Salted or mired nork show only a small in crease, while, salted or cured beef , de- v ' tftastfl i BtfiH)iMi i f f i rri a "Although the otrtput of canned sal mon decreased from 1904 to 1909, It is still tht most Important product of the canning industry in Oregon. In 1908 the statt produced It per cent of the total output - for continental f United ataus.", . - ' a? I -..Wr':jaajli:,x