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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,' PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, 'DECEMBER 2, 131. THE JOURNAL AS INDEPENDENT XBWSPAtEH , - JACKSOS.-.. pubuker I'u:l!h.'(j tierj rmiiaf txrrpt 8onday)ao4 vM-jr SaLdii tnorniii at Tb Journal Bulld le. tia aud Yaustiill at, fortlnud. Or. - l.i treil at fc potoffk at PurtUBa, Or., f r IrnDil.ioa tUrouju tb Butt Mcocd 'I Ll.tl'HuNKH Main 7173: Horn, A-8051. All df.artitinta readied by thes number. ItU ta opwatnr what department ywt wast. lultKJUN KEPREdKN'TATIVi i'.-ujnmln 4 ktutnur Cov Brsaswlck BullJIuf Hftb aen. New Sots; 121S rupl tins Iluildlne, Ctaicafo. tcitacriptloe tet-ma br nail or to aaj addrase la the United tate or Jlaxicos , - '."::'.."-'- DAILY On r..,...$5.0O On months, f .50 - , 8JJNDAY On feat........,$2.50 4 Out menth.... .:...$ .23 i DAILY AND 8CKDAX , One rear........ IT. 60 I On month......... .ft We give advice by the bucket. but take In by the grain. Alger. EXECUTE THE LAW P' kPTITI0NS are in circulation ask ing Governor West to reprieve -the five men under sentence to be executed December 13. " This movement ought to be diopped. " The circulation of the pe titions ought to be abandoned. The Journal is opposed to capital punishment. But' The Journal be lieves in government by law. It be lieves Ja majority rale. It holds that the ballot box is supreme authority. and that there can be no orderly'gov- . .ernment except by yielding to its mandates, s , . ' In Oregon we have just canvassed the election returns.- We voted on a bill to abolish capital punishment, and it was rejected. , The vote for it was 41,939. The votn against It was 64,578. The majority against It was 23,627; For .every vote cast for-abollshment- of the death pen alty more than one and one half , votes were cast against it In actual truth, the vote was in directly on the question of whether the men now under sentence of death ; question of f whether '7 5r' not . they should be i executed Iwas discussed throughout the campaign,. It waa many times cited in debate and in -tlieTsrestfthsrarTOte against the'capj ital punishment bill wouli ; bo a vote for the (condemned men to be killed. With this directly. in mind, 64,578 pltfi(,rn vntpd fnF thn Tiamrlne anil - only 41,959 voted against the hang" lugs. ' ' This is an emphatic verdict. It is a plain and inexorable mandate. It is instructions. It is orders to go .ahead with the execution. It is di rection for the gallows to be pre pared and for the nooses to be i.d- Justed. In the face of such a ver dict, it is sheerest folly for petitions to "bo circulated, and for the gover nor to be asked to reprlavo the men. The 'Journal protests agilnst hangincB, bnt ltlappeals for execu tion of the. law. To reprieve the men in the face of the election returns would , be to make a plaything-fiLine ballot-box.1 It would bb to spun the election returns and override th j au thority of a sovereisn people. It .would be to overthrow cotfstitutlon al government and supersede it with personal government. " . Governor West could not afford to reprieve the men. Governor Wett should not be asked to reprieve the ' men. : ' ; - tv, ' 1 Covernor West 6hould . not be rsked to defy the , constitution, to defy, the Jaw. and defy the ballot .-'Governor West should , not be asked to make the executive chair a throne of anarchical tyranny. IXSUKINQ STATE TROPERTT THERE is an easy way to decide the controversy as to whether or not the state shall carry Its . , own insurance on state build- ings... , The state has tried both plans. About ten years ago, it began to "carry Us own ' Insurance. Before that,' It jiald fees to commercial com panies for insuring state buildings. By striking a balance between the two periods, it could be determined with some degree of accuracy as to which plan is the better. In the matter of the state's own buildings, a former legislature con cluded, that there is no stronger in surance company than the ctate of Oregdn. ' It insures its own buildings without paying commissions and fees to agents. It does It without exact ing a "profit and dividends for. In vestors,!" It does It without maintain ing expensive offices, without costly printed matter, without interest or fees of any kIndV There would seem to be no cheap er system of insurance for the state's own property, than for the state it self to be the insuring company. COMPULSORY SERVICE ytHE spectacle of nations in arms I "at a week's notice, "and ready to .' J flight, with full equipment and , transportation provided has set all the European nations examining themselves as to their preparedness. England is the only one of them xuuuuum w.-taj jor ner sol diers on voluntary enlistment Her insular position anji her tremeifdous ravy ard cited at once by the de fenders of her present ways as rea sons Vhy she should ear hoioe. - But her old warrior, Earl Roberts, will have none of this, an goes about the island,' preaching the gos 11 of conscription, or compulsory uorvlce,' as.Britain's only safety.. . HiavoptHHwattralg--th9 er fconomy. ; tThey point out that the foot of barrackt building Jn .'every -uunty would be most serious, and Ut t;i loss oi the earning powerof half million men . for iwo years held; in ; those barracks for tralnin and away from all employments In civu are can naraiy pe couniea. A two years' term of service aeems to be accepted by botfi parties as the minimum, regardless of past suc cesses in tralnljgjFyoang men to be efficient eoldletspn much less time. ; ; The whole question is one of. a defensive army. ' It Is admitted that no failure to keep up to at least its present standard the over-seas army of Britain for service in India, in the Mediterranean . and Egypt, 'and in tne colonies can be thought or, The issue will probably to brought up for decision at an early day. : !- The main question is one that ap plies to tba United States no, less than to the old country. In both in stances a small, veil drilled, offi cered and equipped; army s has - been maintained. ': For all purposes of an armed, police "that army has "amply sufficed.1 ,, " OXE CRIME ILDCATv . stocks and- bonds cannot be marketed in Kan sas. - ' i They, can be marketed In Oregon. They can be issued in Ore gon., in Oregon, promoters with a board of directors, a chair, an office desk and a state charter to do bus! ness can issue and throw on the mar ket, any kind of a stock or bond, re gardless of whether or not there is tangible value behind the iscue. 'The flame "is true in many othtr states, and glided prospectuses and oily ton gued promoters continue to find victims and continue to make easy money. jj cw-n' In Kansas, there Is a Blue Sky law which requires a license which can be had only on the submission of propf that the securities represent tangible and adequate value. .It is the same kind of regulation ,whtch the United . States requires of na tional banks." It is the 6ame kind of regulation every state requires of state banks. It is the kind of reg ulation that every state is certalii to require of all corporations ; just as soon as the , subject becomes prop erly understood. If Buch regulation had been pro vided fort y-years ago, herewould now be a vast difference in the cost of living in this country. It is offi cially reported that the water in the corporate securities in the United States aggregates $31,000,009,000, or nearly one fourth the entirs wealth of the nation. On this water, the people are forced to pa interest and dividends. It is Interest and dividends paid on nothing. It is interest and dividends paid on ficUon. It is a hold that cunning men have secured by which they are forcing other men to toil and spend a part of their surplus earnings, in paying Interest and div idends on, imaginary capital, which does not exist, which never did exist, and on which no interest or profits should be exacted. Thus, a bUt official In the Taf t administration reported that the wa tered securities in the Sl.400.000.. 000 capital of he Steel trust aggre gated I7ZI.C00.000. That is to say. half the capital of the Steel triut is Inflation. . There is no greater crime against the average man. There Is no great er crime against the republic. There is no single Influence that con tributes more mlghUly to the high cost of living. Thero is no agency that does more to swell the ranks of poverty. AJIEmCA-XIZlXO EUROPE A i MONO the -influence that brought about the Balkan war the Italian historian, Perrero, cites what he calls the Ameri canization of Europe. He has in mind not the tourists and travelers who pervade Europe, In nil the best hotels, and are seen in the stream of autos On the roads of, France, Ger- many, Italy and Norway. He refers totle reTurning ImmlgrantV who fill the steerage of the big steamerssall ing from New York for Southeastern European and Mediterranean ports. ine causes of this reflux have been well studied. The stimulus to this back emigration is generally the falling off in the demand for labor In Eastern factories, workshops, mills, and mines, which corresponds witn the fluctuation in business of all kinds here. The effective Immi gration agent Is the Worker in our mines and factories, who IS saving money, and Is Justifying the expec tations that brought him to this land of big wages and liberty to do as he pleases and Join whatever so ciety he likes. It will be noticed that such men are usually young and strong, more or less ambitious, and better edu cated than the majority of those they left behind. But when the return current sets In, and such earlier Immigrants go back, because they are, or expect to be, out of work and spenders of their savings, the American atmosphere goes with them. The returned Bul gar, Serb, Greek, or Montenegrin, la the center of interest in his home village. One such is better than a thousand pamphlets. The village is Americanized in thought,. Shaken completely from the old stagnant, unenterprising day. ? But our own standing 'notions about the Balkan peoples are over turned by the stirring dramai en acted in these past'weeks. Buch as this: ' In a Nevada mining town was a Servian miner an early inhab itant rrora the first rush. f twetveeairTaTtaT-wKrrTie ianaea in hav York, now a stalwart English speaking gold miner, gradu ating from the workman's into the mine owner's rank, , The' war au4- denly broke out " This man lost no time In selling OTit his prospects at the best'prlce he could. AH his pos sessions he turned ; Into cash. - He said goodbye -..to - his - American friends. S To' all remonstrances,.' In answered ''The- war. with. Turkey js on. I must ro at once." . And at New York he joined the hundredj of his like-minded countrymen who filled the great steamer. ' So-one sees at work what' Is called the Spirit of the Balkans. The Turks may kill these menbut only when dead will they, be 'stopped on the march to tie BOSphoruS. ' : f-. , , POLITICAL .WOJIEX T HE National Woman? Suffrage convention acted with wisdom In maintaining complete polib ical independence. . ;- ; The women who are still seeking the -franchise cannot-afford : toJend themselves to the purposes of one political party to the detriment of other parties. The success of their cause is of far more consequence to them than the success of any polit ical party. ; The effort at Philadelphia to ad vance Miss Jane Addams to. high po sition In the organization, was ac cepted as an effort to join suffrage with Mr. Roosevelt's party. If that had been done, strong hostility would have been aroused in other political parties, and suffrage In states not yet won would have sustained a strong set back. . . . , There Is no wav to more ouicklv multiply the number of antl-suffra' gists among men. There is no surer method . for the r women .'; to . defeat their own cause than by Just such premature political alliances a was proposed by the minority r.x the Phil adolphla convention. ; In the present status of the move ment, there is no' wiser rule than that adopted at 1 Philadelphia.- A strict political Independence at this time la 'the trne course for the na tional body and for all women not yet enfranchised. The wisdom of the women as leaders at Philadelphia was clearly demonstrated. HIE ENORMITY OF A BIO WAR INSTON CHURCHILL'S 'VdI- , gram on khe possibility of a general European war Is a text for, every pacifist Its possibility could only come front this "that a whole generation of men went mad and tore themselves to pieces." If those four Balkan states chose to agree to the decimation of their patriot armies, to accept as Inevit able the misery in a hundred thou sand homes, to face bankruptcy as possible and distress as certain in each allied nation, to return as na tions and as men to the poverty from which twenty-five years of pa tient effort had lifted them, and all this as the price to be paid for the release of their neighbors and them selves . from the dread of . the -un speakable Turk there Is no more to be said. The magnitude of the relief may be Judged by the sacri fices understanding! y submitted to. No sane and thoughtful peace lover dare pass sentence on those peoples who faced death rather than dishonor. With those two nations,, who for their own predicted benefit have called hundreds of thousands of men to the colors, have filled their maga zines, have prepared their transports and choked their railroad sidings with cars, have counted up their monies, and ' reorganized their finances in readiness for battles of the giants for them there should be no sympathy, no approval. On Austria-Hungary and Russia the ter rible responsibility rests. Already Russia Is land-poor. 8he cannot live, even in peace tlmd. without borrowing. Yet she is tres passing on Mongolia and baiting China Into war. She has"an undi gested meal In poor Persia" She haa In Siberia an undeveloped and unin habited continent. With the Dar danelles still closed to her warships only, and open to the wheat ships of Odessa, the surplus of her harvests has been sold to waiting nations. The case of Austria is worse. She Bees Servia certain to be awarded the price of her sacrifices and to se cure her one and only outlet to the sea. Lest the Serbs in her south ern provinces should be attracted by the eight of a prosperous Servia to cut loose from her control Austria is ready to cast tho match into the magazine and Involve all Europe in the conflagration. .... , . THE NEXT SCENE T HE roar of the artillery Is si lenced. The growling and rat tle of machine guns and rifles have ceased. The eager marches of the Balkan soldiery are stopped. The besiegers of Adrlanople and Scu tari sit quietly in their huts and tents and the spades of the trench diggers are still. ' Nazim Pasha, and General Bavoff shake hands, exchange courtesies, and with their coadjutors, sit at a council table to discuss terms ' of an armistice that may develop into terms of peace. The well-wishers of those allies know that they have entered on a stage that has in it possibilities of danger to them just as real, and more , deadly than those of the Tchatalja lines. Whether the plots of their open and undisclosed ene mies are to succeed or fall depends on unknown factors--and the chief of them is the sincerity and frank- P,n,lneB9 'lth .which these alHesJipld Jo tne terms oi, ineir alliance, and re sist the influences at work to sow discord between them. y : v The good faith of the Balkan al lies to each other will be proved by terms of armistice and conditions of peace .extorted from the Turks. If the Turks consent to or suggest ces sions of their former territory favor ing one of the allies to the injury of others it will be the worst augury of selfish ambitions at worlUThe add test of success is harder to endure than the adversities and emergencies of war. But the give and take in these negotiations wfll, In all likeli hood, never the fully known. "j: The Balkan governments and their gen erals have shown themselves past- masters in the art of keeping silence. The craftiness of the Turks Is as traditional as the. courage and en durance' of their men behind forti fications. ' The consoling facts are the fading of the fears of an European confla gration. If Greeks and Servians ac cept however unwillingly "Albanian Independence, the greatest danger point will have been passed. ' Austria will hardly venture on war on so comparatively small a pretext aa the Servian occupation of Durazzo. Letters From ttejPcople (CtolBB!lletlm, tt to tit journal for pnbllcatlon In this department Mould, be writ tan en only on aide of tba Mmt. should not xcd S00 word's , is lenth and wnat ba ac companied by tba nam ' and addrmtt of th acoder. , It tb writer don not dealr to bar tli nam pablUbed, he aboald to att.) , Educate the Children.. Glendale, Or Nov. 27. To the Editor of The Journal-t-As the electors ot Ore con have just expreege by a. large ma jorlty their belief in the value of cap ital punishment lm deterring- from crime, I wish to call to the attention of the governor and the teachers of our public schools the great opportunity now open for riving; : the children of the state tome practical education along the lines Indorsed by the majority of Ore gon voters at the late election. It we judge the future by 'the past, we can not doubt that Some of the : Oregon children now In school will 'pay on the gallowi the penalty of crimes, unless we Inaugurate some new system of molding the youthful mind so as to eliminate the criminal, vicious, revenge- ful and passionate elements from, their natures. . If the fear of the gallows Is the chief or only barrier to the homicide, wt muat lose no time In starting the education of the children, while their minds are young and pliant If the governor will proclaim the second week In December next a school Holiday, ao all the chil dren end teachere can attend the exer cise at Ealera on December 13, It Is possible the railroads within the state will furnish free transportation, for ed ucational purposes, to all students and teachers of our public schools who may wish to be present- to witness the en forcement of the majority' wishes, by the strong protective arm of the law. If the arguments of the advocates of capital punishment are sound, the value of the practical lesaon that It s now possible to give the children of Oregon on December It can not be es timated. What more opportune time for the teacher to Impress on the tnlnd "Of the pupil, the Impossibility of escape, the certainty of punishment for crime committed, than when the pupil Is standing before the gallows watching the hangman and his assistants adjust ing the noose and springing the trap that drops the Victim to eternity T If we are teaching the children so much loving kindness and forgiveness that We are reaping only crime, and are compelled to govern by fear, to elimi nate the criminal instincts we ' have been cultivating- by kindness, let us go at It with stern, practical reality, that we may realise practical, not theoretical Defense of Capital Punishment Oregon City, Or., Nov. J7. To the Editor of The Journal There seems to be as much of a controversy on capital punishment as there was before election, and as the question was undoubtedly settled by a big majority. It surely ought to be settled In the minds of those who are doing the talking. While I have a pity and charity for all wrong doers, I feel that capital punishment la surely just in the cases of the Humphrey brothers. Did they give that poor, lonely woman an opportunity to make her peace with her maker before send ing her Into eternity and (worse than beasts) desecrating her body? The world at one time was so wicked that God destroyed It, saving only a few in the ark. Was he a murderer, and. also, did he not tell the people of Sodom and Gomorrah he would save the city If 60 righteous people were found, and then even ten? But none was saved except Lot and his wife, and even she looked back, perhaps with a longing to return. And what was the resultT I am a wo man, with love xor au that is good and pity for those who go wrong, but I feel that the laws of our land should be upheld, and the many horrible crimes that have been committed in our state In the past two ; years are enough to make one's heart cry out for vengeance. The Barbara Uolteman case In Portland and the Hill murders at Ardenwald are samples of what. a fiendish man can do. And these murderers are yet at liberty. The many technicalities of the law and the easy ways of getting away from justice make people stand up and thlnK. - i-... ' The Webb case Is another and If ever justice is done it is when such pre meditating, cold blooded murderers are put out of existence. I don't think It any more of a crime to hang those men than It Is to shoot or hang a mad dog. They are a menace to the welfare of humanity. Let them pay the penalty. Christ can forgive the sinner, and I be lieve while he is merciful he surely will not condemn the officers of the law who punish the wrongdoer. , . .;N Let us now endeavor to remodel our social environment, raise our boys and girls for a high moral standard and live so that future fenerations. If- not the present one, may be better, purer, and more noble cttlsens. Too much laxity in the home government is ruining many a bright boy and girl. ' Many mothers' hearts are broken and fathers' heads bowed In shame when it Is too late. Let us think of this end study to better con ditions, and let Justice take its course Id Capital punishment ' ' , Mlta. B. SL C. BROWN. In Defense of WaylandC ' . La Center, Wash., Nov. 27. To the Editor of The JournalIn The Journal of November 15 there was an editorial on J. A. Wayland, -deceased, late owner of "The Appeal to Reason." This article recounts that the owners Of the Appeal committed suicide and that his was a violent death. Yes, surely It was; and we Socialists regret the deed. We ask. Why did Mr. Wayland shorten his life when we needed him In our great strug gle for freedom from capitalists tyran ny T Appeal,-Fred D. Warren, telle us why Wayland took his own Ufa ? He says: i "Comrade Wayland was hounded to his death by the relentless dogs ' ot capitalism. r Furthermore, he saysi 'This is the tragic end of the career COMMENT AND SMALL CHANGE Everything- furnishes opportunity for folly, The next holiday Is the big one. -Buy 'em early. -. ' , ,. Sore Bull Moosers are surely In earn, est to make eo many trips to Chicago. V' ;..; -v..;';; -.e i .-. A' :v":' ' ' There are - plenty of made-ln-Oregon things good enough for Christmas pre- ... " Keen on belnr thankful that now oc curs quite a soell between camnalena and elections, ' The heads of Euronean srovernmants are the persons least able to answer the war question. What the farmer or ' coultrr raiser gets, and what the consumer pays, are Carneaie Is doubtless aiimht r,r a world benefactor, but probably In a far less degree than he imagines. - The crucial tlrfle for th. Dsmoarats now comes can they behave themselves in the time of art-eat aucc.aa ami full powerT - If the SDlrlt Of Ttosnthal 1 nlu fnr revenge, It should be pretty well satis fled with the exeoution of five men for his murder, , , ' Despite the warnlnn- eontatn in h case of the woman mayor of Hunne well. Kan., a Woman Inmati en nmnlri for mayor pf Oregon City, i - . 1 1 e " i, If there were nine circuit 1udra. as a prominent; lawyer desires, how long would It be till 11. 12 and un to 19 wara demanded and their work still behind? It snneara that somnhnrtw VnnnVait plank out of the Progressive platform as adopted. But it wasn't that that caused the foundering ot the Progres sive craft, -v.-v.i-v. .,. K-:-,: r,. . ;:-,:.: . -..v.. :v';;,-1 .v. ;;;',. .'..,.. Men are often lost, but 4 case is re- forted of a car loaded with ore being ost, as well as two men in charge f jt This would seem to be a case suited to amateur detectives, vt,, .,. t THE DEADLY From The Presbyterian. The shocking accident that ccourred taut week on a Pennsylvania sleeping car carries with it lessons for all who may read. . :Vv y ; A mother and daughter were on their way to New York to purchase the young woman's trousseau. They occupied the same berth. As the train neared Tren ton, N. J., about one hour from New York, the mother arose and went to the dressing room. Her daughter fell asleep and when the mother' returned to her berth, tha young woman, half awakened by someone brushing against the our tains, and seeing a hand parting them. seised a revolver which she kept un der her pillow, fired, and fatally wound, ed the mother, who died two hours later in the Trenton hospital. - . The Investigation by the authorities proved the accidental nature of the ter rible happening, and the young woman has been released, but with grave fears that her reason may be dethroned. it has been explained that she was a girl of peculiarly nervous tempera ment, and had been treated for nervous trouble at Johns Hopkins University. Because ot her abnormal fear of burg lars, her parents had permitted -her to have a revolver, which she kept under her head when sleeping. She carried Jewelry with her to be re-set In New York, and the burden of this was upon her mind. Half consciously, when fear ing for safety, she resorted to the first defense at hand. Unhappily, this de fense was a deadly t weapon, and it did the deadly work for Which revolvers are designed. The obvious lesson' to the public Is of a man whose life has been devoted to making this old world a better place In which to live, and the Appeal will continue Its work until the dreams of our departed comrade have been re alised." The editor of The Journal tells us also "that the Appeal Is not an appeal to reason, but Is an appeal to hatred and prejudice, and that the Appeal Is a violent publication." But the Appeal does not teach us to hate what la good, but to hate what Is wrong, and even Christ, when be was on earth, used the same teaching, as we yet can read in the Bible, and Just because of such teaching,- the rulers ot that time sent their servants to catch him and put him to a terrible death. Yes, thousands of the. common people read the Appeal to Reasonrand -get tnere wisdom than they receive through the reading of capitalistic papers. , Those readers are convinced that tha wage system Is wrong, and that the competitive system is a failure and we do not make any mistake either when we believe such things, because every one with an awakened mind and a clear conscience can easily see that our pres. end system Is rotten from top to bot tom. Wrong-dOers often set on the throne obeyed by thousands of poor slaves, live In all kinds of luxury and never-do any useful work with their hands, but ; these poor slaves have to work early and late for their scanty liv ing, hardly knowing what rest means, and they will be downtrodden so long as they don't understand to think for themselves We must not believe that such lawlessness as now prevails shall yet go on for thousands; the change" will soon come . LANDERHOLlf. ' Replying to Mr. Brown. Portland, Or., Nov. 29. To the Editor of The Journal. In answer to the let ter Of H. F. Brown of Nyssa; Or, In The Journal of November ST.-1 would like to ask Mr. Brewn If he knows of any state in the union where the noose is used swiftly and surely in every cold blooded murder case, If so, what state? I know of none. The last three lines of his letter he had better take home for his own benefit It might be well for him to look 4ip statistics. See in The Journal of December 7, 1911, a letter captioned "Hang the Murder ers," and a letter captioned "Upholding Capital Punishment," in The Journal of June' 18, 1912. If Mr. Brown wants to know who Is responsible for most of the crime In this country, let him read the editorial 'The Lawyer's Plaint," In The Journal of December 7, 1911. - It Is time we all shut up on this business, as it was settled at the last election. A. W. JOHNSON. ; .; '; ';. Jjabor Commissioners' Pay. Portland, Nov. 29. To the Editor of The Journal In The Journal - of No vember 26, I read something about the. workmen's compensation bill, which, ' I believe, provides for a commission of thrte who will receive salaries of 18660 per year. . Now ,we all know there Is not a mechanic in the state of Oregon that gets more than one-half that amount for a year's work, Then why pay the commissioners such .- a salary f There Is all the reason in the world to believe that: there are workers. In the everyday rank and file that would be missloner - the - bill - provides for. and for a much less salary, I don't mean to coat any reflections on ay officials,, but personally I would be ashamed to class myself an American citizen after accepting such a position at such a ' NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS Klamath Herald: The temperature In ruamam f ails Ttiursday afternoon was 1- degrees. The day was one of the most perfect of any Thanksriving with, la the memory or the oldest pioneer. Estacada Progress;' Everything con. sldered. Oregon has reason today to be thankful. Her people are prosperous; her climate- is as magnificent as ever; her past Is glodous, and her future as sured. .-. ; . ... - ' . ' Yamhill Record: The Dayton evap orator and packing plant, which was re cently burned, will be rebuilt as fast as material can be obtained for that pur pose. Four building- will be built this time. ' - - " ' - ' - . .i : .!; .-- . i! v;j Conullle Herald: The Methodist Episcopal Church South has undergone suostantiai improvements, - DOtn in terior and exterior and withal the edl. flee presents an appearance which Is a credit to our city. .'H.',::;,1,r'-?.-,:,:..' Estacada -Proirt-ess BVUltgrowerS-Of tne lBtacaua mstrict. in common wun others of - the Willamette valley, are uianiing iut,noerriea extensively, con forming to- the big demand that Is In torce lor the loganberry juice. -. McMlnnvllle y News ; Reporter: ' The Yamhill County School Fair Association has prepared an Itemized account of its expenses and receipts, and shows a bal ance of . 125 on hand. -Pretty close shave, but the lair was a numtner. , Corvallis Gazette-Times: Judge Moses Is just In recefpt of a telegram stating that the remainder ot the steel for the new was-on brlda-e aoross the Wlliam etta river lies reached Portland and will be in Corvaltls shortly. The steel work of the bridge Is completed to the draw span, and can be' finished in a short time after, the arrival of the steel. Amity. Standard: One learns nearly every week of some new product which rises well in Orearon. Manv of the. most raying crops are thoe which a few years ago were unheard of. That many of then do so much better, under the snlenaid climate' and sou" condition here than they do In other places gives to Oregon landowners a particular ad vantage In investment and labor. REVOLVER one against the carrying of such deadly weapons by any except those whose lives may be always and Instantly in aotual, and not merely imaginary dan ger. These' are mainly officers of the law, In the dloharge of duty, or pay masters guarding large sums ot money. A man whose duties took him among hard arid reckless men, has stated that he believed his safety' on certain occa sions lay In the fact , that -these men knew he always went unarmed. More over, the Bleeping householder . with a revolver beneath his pillow Is never a tbaatcir"fo?"thewtdawake burglar with a revolver In his hand. Therefore, a gun Is but slight 'protection. Its pos session Is too great a temptation to use In terrified unref lection. Another lesson should come to the authorities, 'This accident teaches that there Is need for legislation making the carrying of revolvers in sleeping cars a misdemeanor, with strong penalties. There is too great danger to the travel ing public. A . traveler having to leave the car at an early hour, and tossed by a swaying train against the curtains of a stranger. Is in danger of belnr shot without chance ot explanation. The woman unused-to travel, and placing a hand against the nearest support, to steady herself la transit through a nar row and dimly lighted aisle, may have her life snuffed out In a moment The exigencies of every day life and busi ness bring masses of strangers Into close relationship with one another. The citizens need all the protection that tne law can possibly give against per sons ot hlghstrung and nervous tem perament, L -1 salary, knowing that it keeps the worker busy to keep the wolf from the door. In a Journal editorial of November 28, It is stated that one-fifth of our 7.000, 000 working girls receive less than $200 per year. Surely the time is not far distant when we must do something besides pouring our gold Into our offi cials' pockets, If we want to be classed as American oltisens. Those 7,000,000 working girls will be among the moth ers of the oncoming generation. They are worth more to the nation than all the. wealth we can produoa, i-Why don't we treat them accordingly? ' P A. SINQLET. At Sood Humor ways in 1 BRYAN AND HIGH COST. ' . William Jennings Bryan oa hi re cent visit to Washington said to. a re porter: -. "Oh, yes. they have no difficulty tin explaining the high cost of living. No difficulty. No difficulty whatever. , "I know a woman who went to a fruit store to buy some apples the other day. The price of the apples shocked her. j " 'Why are these so hlghr she com plained. " They're high, ma'am.' said tha salesman, with . a - gallant smile, "be cause they're so scarce.' '"But,' said the woman, 1 read In yesterday's paper that there was such a bumper, crop that tha apples were rot ting on the trees 'The salesman rubbed bis hands. Re smiled more gallantly than ever. ' That's Just 11, madam,' he said. That's why they're scarce, of eourse. It dothn't pay, you se, to pick 'em.'" COLLEGE EDUCATION. ' From the Philadelphia Record. Blbbbs Do you believe a oollege edu cation paysT Slobbs Sura Just look at tha salal rles the football coaches get "ECONOMY: Should Be-the WatcliworJ of Every Houscliolcl,,r because it is 6nly by economy, the frugal and judicious use of 1 money, that we attain the: things we most desire. The most V economical way to purchase everything that we buy is through ; ' the advertising of uch ajiewspaper as THE JOURNAL, , '.' ft ,"Y'-. , v ; v; 7 ?l v An important shopping list is presented each day by the ad vertisers of THE JOURNAL, offering the newest and most re. liable merchandise at the lowest possible price for which it can . be gold. ' f , , --.'.! ; ; ; If yon have not been accustomed to reading THE JOURNAL " advertisements closely and constantly, you ahould do so now then you will know where to buy, what to buy, and never miss r : , bargain. Start in today. Save time by picking and choosing from THE JOURNAL advertisements. Save moneAJ advanlagOf thrextfaordm rvrrv rlaw. . - .,--- (Copyrighted, by J. P. Fallon.) TLe Professor cs President From the London "Nation. Anyone who; thinks that a profeisor "7 and the head of a university must nec essarily incline to "donnishness." could hardly be disabused more .effect ually than by spending a few hours In Dr. .Woodrow Wilson's company. He has passed 15 years of -his life In the lecture room and eight more as presi dent of ; Princeton university. But "ha ' has not a trace of aloofness, the 11m tatlons, and the cloistered futility tttUt such a career and environment as his .' do occasionally induce. - Dr. Wilson is an admirable example Of 'the professional type.-. He has al ways kept steadily In view the duty of ' making education serve the wldor pur- poses of civio and -national endeavor. . He developed : his . professorship at Princeton Into . what was little less : man , a scnooi of , statesmanship. A student of polities- from boyhood, one ' can ; see - from bis books I that, while thoroughly grounded in the theories and principles and history of govern ment, what chiefly interests him is to , , analyse ideas in their relation to the realities, whioh are supposed to embody ' -them. In all his writings, Indeed, one " discerns a passion to pierce through the i aspects of things to the fact, beneath., He Is the author of what Is by far the 1 most suggestive and judicial history of ' the American people that has yet been ' " published and the many articles, he has contributed tto ; the "North American Review" on Current affairs show a spa cious, free -working and discriminating ' mind, a supple style, and a sure' grip, . , It nas these attributes, set 'off by an engaging personality and an easy and ' striking way otl putting things, that " made his lectures on Jurisprudence and -politics, with their eoustant handling , of contemporary events, not ! only the ; great attraction l ot Princeton, but a fountain head of sound political thought and practical inspiration. . Princeton under WUson, like Harvard under Eliot, took a new start from the v day of Its new president's Inaugura tion. He Infused Into -It a reel spirit of work; and the first five years of his .' J administration were a tale of Internal peace, effective reform, and a vast expansion of fame, usefulness and -terlal sucoeaa It was not until b. tried to change the social structure of . , the university In a democrats direc tion, and to insist on his right to con trol Its educational policy, even to tha ' extent ot refusing large gifts of money u for the establishment of a graduate school of which he oould not approve, that trouble broke out between him self and his trusteea . In 1910 th Democratic "machine" in New Jersey, anxious to bide Its gross- x ness behind a respectable figure iiead, -, and not doubting that a college presl- ' dent In politics would be nothing more,' ; than a figure head, nominated Dr. Wll- s son for the governorship of the state. . There ensued one of the most remark ' ' able campaigns that even America has ' ever seen. Dr. Wilson went up and f ' down tha state, avoiding personalities and partisanship, appealing - to reason and conscience, laying bare the abuses of New Jersey's politics and social and industrial conditions, illuminating his - theme with a natural eloquence that . the most ignorant could understand, " and the most fastidious oould enjoy, : with a thousand happy phrases and 11- ' lustrations, and a humor and freshness that made his whole campaign an In- r tellectual treat and a political' revela- ' tion. He fairly shook New Jersey awake.' ' ' and New Jersey at that time, of all the states In the American union, was the one where politics were most cor rupt and most under the domination of ', the Interests," and where the theory Of representative government was most openly belled by the actual facts. In " the first six months' of his governor-MJ ship, after a struggle with the "ma-;J chine" that was watched with breath- ' lees interest by the whole country, Mr. ' Wilson had Induced the legislature to Y pass laws reforming the electoral eys- , tern, regulating the publlo services, en forcing employers" liability, allowing the cities to adopt the commission form of government in a word, civilising the ; ) statute book of the state, and restoring ' to Its people th means Of self-govern- ; ment. ' Mr. Wilson comes into national pol- itlcs with an . endowment of reading, culture, and philosophy amch as no American has exceeded. He win bring -to bis presidential duties an Intellectual power, a knowledge Of tho science of government, and a capacity for admin , istratlon that Insure bis suecesa la . the White House It la what a man Is that counts rather than what his opln- Ions are. Xvhat Is certain la that no , man of a wider culture or of a sweeter . nature or more charming personality -has ever been elected to the presidency. .'. His pleasant humor, the rich, spontan-" ' ecus flow ot his conversation, and the dignity that underllee Ms unpretentious manner will make tba White House dur- ' ing the next four years a place worthy , of the earlier days of the republic Pointed Paragraph If a woman has a good dressmaker, she oan be fairly happy part of the time. 'e It takes a romantlo woman to arrange -for the marriage ot her children before : thev are born. Of course, love is blind, but It might be Just as well to remember that the " eyesight of the neighbors Is good, - ; f The successful mat strikes while the iron Is not; but. there are others wae fall to recognize a hot Iron when they see It . ; 1 appear ft V J)