THE OREGON DAILY . JOURNAL, PORTLAN D, TUESDAY EVENING: JANUARY 23, 1913.
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Great souls, by nature hall
divine, soar to the stars, and
hold a near acquaintance with
the gods. Rowe.
RAH, RAH, RAH REFORM!
NOT counting Joe Singer, t re
quires 65 stenographers, pages,
clerks, ., clerkesses,. timekeep
ers, tbottteholdera and other
person fa waiting, to admlfl'ister to
the wants of (ho 60 gentlemen who
compose the house at Salem..
Of scourfee, to persons who don't
know hat it ts to be a talesman,
it; seems a large number. But- it
isn't . Real statesmanship is a sol
emn thing, ihtt to eome it comes but
once in a, lifetime, and then for only
40 days. '
What were statesmanship without
retainers and retaineresses! What
were home without a mother!
' Of 'course;' The "nttmher of house
attendants, v bouquet holders and
maids In . waiting is not large, la
this not a reform legislature? Did
the reforms tiot legln at the begin
ning, whea, or the Eaton reforms
there were substituted the sweeping
abandonment' tf one committee and
the prohlbicltrg Of the Janitors from
making a fire in' the basement?
Palsied be the tongue that says a
bouse with a n?rorm record bo rigid,
so1"- Spartan-like, Is employing supef
, fluons attendants on statesmanship.
If 'any man imagines, for one mo
ment that there Me too many clerks
and clerkesses, let him stop and con
template the bill to prohibit swear
ing outside incorporated cities and
town. 2 Let him ruminate on the
ponderosity ' of this long-awaited
measure, And then let the saddening
thought come to pirn of what Oregon
, who introduced It had never been
born. Then If he undertakes to say
there are too many clerks, may, his
tongue tleave to the roof of his
mouth, ! '
Jt takes more stenographers and
other per diem persons in waiting,
When house, Of representatives Is
on the reform wagou. If it be re-
solved to apply a triple-distilled 'in
.Btead of the present double-dlslllled
reform discipline, it will take about
(57 more stenographers and clerks,
or two and & half per statesman, to
handle the buslhetm. - .
Of course, the public muHt under
stand that when you run a reform
legislature, you have to ladle out
plenty of clerkships to hold the then
In line. You can-pi4t.be a tightwad
In a reform- session. If you tried
that a veto would get away, or in
some Other way the governor wold
slip something over.
Nay, hay. my countrymen; real re
forms like the house Is giving us are
always dearly bought. You must
not complain about the presence in
the state house of p. few extra crea
tions la millinery, when ITpton, Car
penter and the other brave boys are
struggling onward and upward for
the hnperliihalde glory of our mag
nificent commonwealth.
Rah, rah, rah; rah, rah, rah; re
form! THE KLECTIIOCUTH.N mix
?S TUB legislature curtain that cap
ital punishment will be retained
I in Oregon? If not. will it pay
to install an electrocution process-at
a cost of $20,000? Who
' would buy the outfit, if the elector
ate, should detido two years hence
to abolish the death jienalty?
There will be a vote on capital
punishment at the next election. The
entrance of women into the fran
chise will afford the hue. five for
the re-trlal of the issue. The votes
of . women may result, in abandon
ment Of the death nalty. If it
should happen so. there will !e no
need" Of. an electric chair. If ho
death penalty Bhouid be retained,
there; will still bp time to provide
for killing the condemned by roast-
. Jng Instead of by choking.
. , Oregon Is not aloi.n in considering
abandonment of capital punishment.
The. Washington legislature in pre
paring to submit tho issue to a voto.
So Is California. So is Utah.. So .are
other states. The whole country is
debating the question.
prhe whole country has noticed
that in California with capital pun
ishment; there are-six times as many
homicides as Iri Wisconsin without
capital punishment, the population
of the two states being about equal.
The whole country has observed that
.in (states without cap.tal punishment
there are fewer homicides per capita
and a smaller Increase of crime than
in states which have capital punish-
. nient ,These inexorable facts are
swiftly changing the public mind
Into ft conviction 'thai; the death pen
alty does not deter, but actually en
( otirflSH murders.'
,or U there a man In the Oregon
lsl3latare who can establish that
!(m trocution Is more humane than
i :b :- sins', u It is a. jiebaialJe .issue
oi v which mb'iitinfs thwiHBelves dis
j sU. The horrible contor'.Ious cf thb
body under electrocution are univer
sally described as being even more
ghastly than. the broken-necked vic
tim dangling at the rope's end.,
v -Meanwhile,' why spend money on
an uncertainty? . There will be an-
other vote in two years on capital;
pnnishment, and after that; there
may be no need of a $2O,C0O electric
chair. ' ?.'
A SPECTACLE
A
SPECTACLE will be presented
in Portland next Saturday.
It will be in the guiso of a
school election, the- purpose of
which is to ratify a flTe - and - one - half -
m.ni "ie7!nd ntr.,M he issue
m , vvu.cnooi oonos -Tne;prOpOrti0n whil0 the con(alner vas
bond Issue is to secure funds for the . fn- m.nv trln. i
construction of a new high school jnot be excluded when the people get
building a trade echool building, ajdon t0 regular bUBineB8
new building for tha Couch school, vu ..,..,... .J.
and for the purchase of additional
grounds.
It Is the manner In which this
election-is to be held that consti
tutes the spectacle. There ia to. be
but one polling place. One polling
place for a city of 250,000 Inhab
itants is a travesty on the ballot.
The Voting will be on the fourth
floor of the Tilford building. The
polls will be open from one to four
o'clock, a period of three hours.
What a marvelous process for as
certaining the will of an electorate
in "which every taxpayer in the city
is entitled to a vote!
The election is held under the pro
visions of an old law which time has
worn out and Portland outgrown.
It Is a farcical proceeding so far as
testing the will of the electorate is
concerned.
It is doubtful If there Is a statu
tory process more antiquated and
inefficient In the whole United
States. It seems Incredible that so
Impossible an arrangement should
have continued so long, especially
since Multnomah county biennially
sends so many siatesThen tdSaTem to
legislate for the public welfare.
SIGNS OF (JOOI FARMING
W
HEN a farmer starts to im
prove his farming methods
the use of artificial fertil
izers is more or less neces
sary to him. Nitrate of soda Ib at
once the most essential and the cost
liest of the materials. The In
crease or decrease in the use of ni
trate Is a barometer by which the
interest In intensive farming may
be measured. v
mineral rose from 1,259,000 tons ln
1902 to 2,504,000 In 1012. Or this
total the United States imported ln
1912, 481,786 toni, valued at $15,
427,904. The farmers of the United States
began to appreciate the value of ni
trate about the beginning of the
twentieth century. The increase in
purchases was 114 per cent between
189.2 and 1902. Between 1902 and
1912 the gain was 159.8 per cent.
Its use ia rapidly extending in every
country in which it has been intro
duced. Chile has been hitherto the only
Important sourco of supply. The ex
port Is regulated by the Chilean gov
ernment. The world Js being combed
over for undeveloped deposits.
Whether Southeastern Oregon can
become a producer will be a matter
for serious inquiry after railroads
reach the long stretch of long drhd
beaches of the ancient sea so graph
ically described in Professor Con
don's book, "The Two islands."
A BACK EDDY LN OIL
W
110 would think that the rc-
action on the price of oil J
worked by the dissolution of j
Standard Oil by our Supreme I
Court would find expression In a:
strike of taxi drivers in London? I
it seems that the price of taxi oil,
or petrol as the Londoners rail it,
was raised recently ten rents a gal-
ion. Whereupon the drivers went
out on strike. '
in that city the taxlcab companies
rent out the cabs to the drivers
dally these lust buying their own
oil. The rate of hire is fixed bv law.
Which the drivers cannot exceed.
The taxi companies and the drivers
entered Into an agreement last
March on the rale of pay, based ou
the then price of oil.
People there looked on the taxi
drlvers as the spoiled children of for-'
tune. The men produced their
books and proved that they cannot
face the rise of ten cents for oil and
keep body and soul together. And
the taxi cab companies are not mak
ing money, but many of them on the
verge of bankruptcy. So the Lon
doners must either accept a rise in
faros of the cabs or the price of oil
must come down.
PARCEL IOST WORKING
U'
P TO January 22 the total num
ber of parcel post stamps
printed and distributed was
339,500,000. The Bureau of
EngraviHg and Printing has been
forced to Increase its rate of print
ing to 12,000,000 a day. During the
first four days more than 200,000
parcels were mailed in New York,
and the postmaster predicts a dally
average of 100,000 in a very short
time.
The results of experiments on the
comparative cost of parcel post and
of express carrying depends largely
on who makes the experiments and
what are the prepossessions of the
sender.
JLOr, iBBUntr. m , .Chicago, oe waJ
papers exchanged parcels with cities
varying from 0 to 1344 mile The
parcels weighed , four , and' a half
pounds. The parcel post won in com
iHjtition wtth the express companies
In sums ranging betweeu 5 and. 23
centa and, In a. big-majority of cases,. only" stoct Jobbing, over capitaliza
In time also-"j ' " m ; ' tlon.-inarket grabbing, price d-fixing
The critics of parcel post base and the other sememes of robbery ia
their case on 12 eggs, sent In the., the name of business.? It Is a pro
special container provided. The con- j gram by which , the people can re
tainer In the Farm and Fireside's j sumo their old time control over
experiment weighed ounces, and
with the dozen , eggs weighed . just
Over a pound and a half... Postage,
within SO miles, was 8 I cents. "But New Jersey.' It will make of the
the container was good for various state that was the Bheller and aly
trlps and was worth getting back for .lum of syndicated wealth, the most
5 cents. Therefore the naDer adds i progressive . commonwealth in the
this .last 5 ' cents to the original 8
cents postage, and sets 13 cents as
first cost of shipping the dozen eggs,
th tnrtrA m t th
i , t nrt.,n limit th .h
'age and the cost of the contalner ln
miwuo vutuiaiuiB aits uiauo vi
the regulations under which the ser
vice started. It is urged widely that
the distinction between the parcel
post etampa and the ordinary post
age stamps be abolished and also
that the limitations pf places where
parcels shall be mailed be relayed.
A PEXD1XG BILL,
A
BILL at' Salem proposes to
give the executive authority to
appoint special district attor
neys or sheriffs for ft limited
pcriod-in caso the Tegular officials
do not properly enforce the law.
Many of the states have r. similar
provision, some of them even more
drastic. The executive Ib under oath
to enforce the law, but, by a curious
neglect of legislation, is without au
thority to direct the officials who
hold in their hands the power and
appliances of enforcement.
As a matter of fact, so far as en
forcement Is concerned, the governor
la largely a figure head. The real en
forcement is In the hands of district
attorneys and sheriffs.
it-is a common practice in Ore
gon for district attorneys and
sheriffs to determine for themselves
what laws they will, and what they
will not apply. Whatever the law.
It has long been and still Is, very
largely a matter of choice with the
district attorney as to whether or not
prosecutions shall be made.
There have been notable instance
ln which laws were as completely
nullified as though they were not
on the books, and that by the per
sonal will of a district attoiney. It
is, in fact, personal government by
the district attorney Instead of. pop-
tution,
There are many who Insist that
an additional safeguard against such
public prosecutors and sheriffs as
are unworthy should be provided.
They hold that, since the executive
of the state is charged with enforce
ment of law, he should have the au
thority by which to discharge, the re
sponsibility. Such authority, properly safe
guarded, appears in - the blfi at
Salem, and it ought to pass.
PORTLAND CHILDREN'
A
GREAT army of 300,215 chil
dren visited Portland play
grounds during the months of
June, July and August and a
part of September, 1912.
It was the effort of little city
dwellers to get a breath of the groat
outdoors. It was the struggle of the
little ones to get away from the!
Stony Btreets and granite walls Into :
a place where there was. room
breathing and pastime.
for
Did anybody ever stop to think
what a privilege these tihv natchPH of
green glass, these ruid-citv 'ellmnfiea
of Sunshine and a miniature country
are to the city children?
Did any wealthy Portlandor ever
stop to think what infinite Measure
might be given thousands of little
(tots for this and all future time bv
a gift to Portland of other play-
grounds and parks?
What nobler monument to iny
Portland name than one of these
patrhPB of green covered with happy
children!
LIGHT KHOM NEW JERSEY
T
HERE is an impressive hint in
seven bills recently introduced
in the New Jersey legislature.!
iney are unaerstooa to re
flect the president-elect's trust pol-
icy - and tnc' Plnt Straight to the
doors of the jails. The aggregate of
their provisions will, if all the bills
become laws, make it impossible for
the buccaneers of Big Dusiness to
monopolize markets or fix prices and
keep out of the penitentiary.
The proposed laws forbid combina
tions, to limit production, to stifle
competition or to fix prices. All
stocks must represent . money or
property. No dead horses, and no
anticipated profits shall be capital
ized. When one issue of stock replaces
another, the amount must be the
same. One corporation shall not buy
Into another to establish a monopo
ly or to restrain trade.
lnuthe case of existing holding
companies, the voting of securities
unlawfully held Is prohibited. Mer
gers are to be permitted only on the
approval of the public utilities com.
mission, and discriminations in
prices are prohibited. ' '
One bill is the cap stone of the
structure. It holds the officers and
directors of every corporation per
sonally responsible for violation of
the laws. It fixes the penalty at Im
prisonment for not more than three
yiaja, ,or a fine of, apt- more than
$1000. it is a statute which means
that the -way for trust magnates to
keep out of jail is to obey the law, ;
It Is a trust program that violates
no property, right. It Is no assault
on . legitimate business. It attacks
finance, production. and distribution.
The passage of the. proposed laws
' M complete the regeneration - of
union all due to the statecraft of
one quiet man.
It adds to the lmpressiveness and
the expectancy respecting the change
to take place, within the next few
weeks, injthe American White
House. : : " 7
Letters From tKe People
? 1
(Communication , ent to The Jodroa) for
publication in thU department abould t writ
tL on only on aid of tb pan, should out
M'wil 300 worda in lrtifth and matt b
cuiupauted bjr Uia nana and addrena of tea
endrr. If th writer doea not desire to hare
tlie Dam published, he ahould ao atate.) ,
The Savior of Our Btate.
Portland, Jan. 26, To the Editor of
The Journal Another' vampire is on our
trail and will suck our life blood while
it holds in in Us talons and fans us to
elepp with its Wlnga unless wo are res
cued by the vigilance and patriotism of
Senator Thompson, Joseph Fels has
been Bending his famous Naphtha soap
dope into -Oregon to wash hr clean of
land monopoly and give her the double
blessedness of single tax.; It is an out
rage against which the weak and pov
erty stricken inhabitants of Oregon
should be protected by a protective wall
higher than the tariff, Joseph la is
a soap maker, a araall man, a Jew and
a single taxer. What right Has he to
send his naphtha tainted dollars into a
free state before the inhabitants? It Is
none of his business. He openly boasts
the unchristian doctrines that all men
are brothers, legally enforced monopoly
a crime and poverty a disease created
by man alone. Every true Christian
should despise him. He is an octopus
or tne rirst water and a Jew Jew
Octopus. Having taken our god, our
ten commandments and our Christ from
the Jews we want nothlngnbrironi
them, not even money. But thanks to
the true spirit of American indepen
dence and freedom, Senator Thompson
is on the Watch and never again will
the octopus set its slimy foot over our
doorstep or snatch us from our fireside.
His bill (Thompson's) will give that
rest so long heeded by some of us of
five years ln the pen if we directly or
Indirectly, corporately or Incorporate,
considerately, considerably or inconsid
erately or ably take no much as a drink
within the atate of Oregon furnished by
any octopus whatsoever, leering and i
lurking beyond our confines to Influence I
us as to any matter pending under the '
I. and R. (Nlshativereferendum). Here
after when the eastern liquor octopus
Makca to. xtmiiM&jmisilmle,
voters of our blind state on the prohi
hitlon question they will have to march
In a solid phalanx to Vancouver, Wash.,
California or the Pacific ocean, one ma
rine league off shore before they can
accept the invitation. The new voters
being new in politics can stand It, but
think of us men. Thank heaven our leg-
islature will be free. We would hate to ;
have them move in a body out of the
stnte. (Only questions pending under
the I. and R. are ln the game). Antl
capital puhishment, tabor questions, etc,
must cither be financed by us Oregon
ians as free American citizens with all
ri, .-J;l.
ui a iiriftuuui inn rtiaia ur up jii h umiuuil
to receive our pay. This is going to be!
especially hard on fat men
True, th&l
octopus might organize an Oregon cor
poration with the majority of stockhold
er's residents and figureheads and' still
insist on pouring money down our un
willing throats. The oetopi could print
their infernal machinations in San Fran
cisco and bombard us as the radicals
used to bombard FrtRice from Belgium,
Holland and Swltserland, but at least
we shall now sleep even more profound
ly than formerly, secure in the belief
that our bahles are safe and the aglta-; The referendum .should be used spar
tion of human thought hes once more Ingly and not rashly, but it is an ex
been successfully controlled by law, as' ' cellent Instrument of tho people, and
it always has been (nit). Hall to law. there are times when wo shall want to
lawyers and lawgivers! They can put
back the tides, order the seasons, change
black to white, stifle human thought
Kiii control human conduct. Mighty
law! Mighty Thompson ! W. 8. C.
Dork Bill Discussed.
tnitlanrt Or., Jan. 23. To the Editor
of The Journal-Your editorial In a re
cent. issue ancnt the dock bljl Is a very
timely one and deserves the due con
sideration of all your readers, and par
ticularly our representatives at Salem.
The bill is a very mild One, just 'and
equitable, and must meet with tho ap
proval of all honest men; in fact, such
a bill has been due a long time. Spo
radic efforts, have been made for many
years by a few who have always advo
cated the free use of the foreshore fot
the benefit of all the people of this city.
The rlpnrlun owner of land has no claim
superior to the non-riparian owner of
lund: this is a principle of law so well
established the worlf over, and ac
knowledged by the United States su
preme court, that It requires no further
comment.
There are still a few old men living
who can remember the circumstances
under which the various acts weft
passed that tried to give the riparian
owners a, quasi title; therefore the
fads are known.
This bill asks only simple justice.
Without this, Portland could never be
come a thoroughly equipped seaport;
and It i right up to the legislature,
whether It will serve the people of this
great state and help to keep her In the
forerront as a great shipping state, or
let her dwindle Into Insignificance.
The elaim that has been so often and
so foolishly made that the foreshores
of the Willamette are swamp lands ts
too silly to deserve even a moment's
thought. That there were some swamp
lands in Oregon, near some of her riv
ers, I know to be true, but they were
not near Portland. ,
Inasmuch as there is a "provision la
the bill to have the supreme court ot
Oregon pass upon the equity' of the ri
parian owner who has Improved the
foreshore, it should not be lost sight of
that many of these Improvements have
earned fabulous sums of money and
have paid themselves many times over;
while, at the same time, these' flimsy
structures, veritable flretraps, have
caused other property owners great
expense in paying extra premiums to
protect their interests against fire. .
GEORGE POPE.
Referendum for Prodigality,
Portland, Or., Jan. 21 To the Editor
ot Tha ' Journal -if; tpB yr. ,arfl
supposed to represent ua at Salem In.
slat on, making unreasonable appropria
tions It will be necessary, to use the
referendum again. . We , know that a
certain amount of money ts required' to
Carry on the various department of state
government,, but tho publlo Is pretty
well are when this quantity la -
COMMENT AND
SMALL, CHANGE
Patience Isn't a virtue; It's a neceV
sity.
There' Is nothing as ' impossible , a
Bom people. -
tTJbu have a WcTTcomlng puTyour
whole aout in It,
-
Cold cash will burn
spendthrift'! pocket
a hole 111 the
A man thinks a woman, odA- if she
doea not try to get even. .
When you have a lawsuit to lose you
tuu aixora to nire a cneap lawyer.
There are lots of people In the swim
who cannot boast of clean, records,
Ana- many - a man has renented at
leisure wno never married" at all. ,
Money makes the' mare go and t
ib.oh more 01 11 10 mane tne auto go.
It takes most of us longer to make
up our minds to do a thing than it does
to do It.
.... ,1.: '. ., y .:. . :
. An old bachelor gets a bad ease of
stage fright every time he thinks of
marriage.
a'i " '- "
If a man marries for money It's a
safe bet that his wife fails to get her
money's worth.
' a a
Going to law .is one of the most sat
isfactory reqreatlons a man can indulge
ln-ifha ls'ji lawyer.
Some men are born great, some
achieve ' greatness, and some manage
to put up a successful bluff.
Every man lives to congratulate him
self that ha didn't marry the first wo
man he thought he was , in love with.
After a man has taken, a chance It
sometimes happens that he would be
only too glad of a chance to put it back, j
SOUND AS DISTANCE CALCULATOR
By Garrett P. Servlse.
Sound co n s I b ts of waves, or.vib ra1
tlons, which travel through the air, at
ordinary temperatures, with a speed of
1140 feet per second. At lower tempera
tures the speed Is slightly decreased,
and at higher temperatures Increased,
but the figures given are sufficiently
exact for common purposes. Knowing
them you can, for instance, tell In a
moment how far away from you a thun
der storm is raging. You have only to
count the number of seconds that elapse
between the flash of th lightning and
the sound of the thunder, and multiply
that number by 1H0, which will give
you the distance of tho cloud from
w the dlBcharge took place. The
1,Bht travels more than 900,000 times ss
fast as the sound, so that the latter has
hardly got started before the former
reaches you eye. Slnco there are 6280
sound o thunder, or any other sound
transmitted through the air, takes about
four and two thirds seconds to go a
mile. .5
Another useful fact to know is that
sound travels faster in water than ln
air. In the proportion of at least four
feet to one. In some experiments sound
has been transmitted through the water
or a river at the rate of more than a
mile per second, but its average velocity
ln water la about 400 feet per second.
Tho sound of a bell Warning a shin to
keep away from dangerous shoat
would require about 23 seconds, to nr
el,,- .. : 1 . I . ., .....
"rough, the water intatfotit five and
naif Seconds
-
There are. Imaginable
ceeded. Members of the legislature
seem to pass bills appropriating $500.
01)1), or eVen $1, 000,000. with the same
easo that they use in ordering dinner.
Oregon Is a large state in area, but
Its population is barely more than that
of Boston, and not so large as that of
St. Iouis. It is hot wealthy, either.
We cannot expect to spend as much as
Washington, with more than double our
population, or California, with three and
a. half times our number.
use it
A VOTER.
The Charge of Inhumanity.
lortland, Or., Jan. 25 io the Editor
Of The Journal The story In Friday's
Journal of the -arrest of ul men who
had sought shelter in a free reading
room and Of their heartless dismissal
by tho polk JuUgo should bring the
bluBh of shame to every citizen of Port
land. Where can men go who have no
money and no work? It was to their
credit that they were found In a re
spectable place. All of them agreed
to work if work could be found for
them. But how can men, without means
of transportation, get to the railroad
work more than 100 mllea distant
that the Judge recommended? Seventy
cents would not go far toward provis
ioning 64 men for the journey. The
sentencing of 180 duys on tile rockplle,
if found in Portland without Work, or
loafing around public reading rooms, is
indefensible. What are free reading
rooms for, anyway? Are they for peo
ple who have plenty or for those who
need help? If fof the former, then the
alleged free reading room Is a delusion
and a snare, and should no longer
allowed to tempt men "who are hungry
and homeless, Inside their doors. What
a travesty on Justice? and ln the name
of religion! That there are hundreds
of men In enforced Idleness In Port
land is no secret. That many of these
are in this condition is due to' the fact
that they listened to the alluring tales
of Christmas baths in the Willamette,
of the all-the-year-round roses In the
land of opportunity for the poor man,
the west, that wars sent out by the
city boosters and the real estate Inter
ests of the country; with the result
that men have literally flocked hers
from the east until t.iere art 10 men
for every job offered and I. believe that
Is a conservative estimate.
How long will this thing be allowed
to continue? Until thinking men and
women rise ln righteous Indignation and
place the ban of publlo opinion on this
"man's inhumanity to man."
.;.,.'.. J.. W. PEARSON..
Good Roads and Engineers,
Eola. Dr.. Jan. 21 To the Editor of
the joftrnal. In the Journal of January
17 appeared an editorial entitled "Tha
Toll of Ignorance," in which tha county
judges and county commissioners, In
convention, were severely criticized for
passing A resolution against creating the
orfloe of state highway commissioner.
Are not such officials representatives
and servants of the people? . And did not
th e Jeojledeelare agal n stjcrcs ti n g t.he j
office of state' highway . commissioner
last ..November? , Such being the case.
why should they have passel a resolu
tion otherwise than that they 'did pass,
if the people should rule? ; ,
In the same editorial the Statement
Is made that "there Is not now in Oregon
one" avalhible road engineer,'1: and also
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NEWS IN BRIEF
. OREGON SIDELIGHTS -
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; The ;high school boys at Tangent have
organized a band. ' I B. Luper will
serve them as director, ' , .-
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Eugene-, Register: Establishment of
fire lines and a paid fire department
wwn-wwHif mep m liTttgene gf owtn
a uiu a cuumrj town to a nusuing city,
Koseburg Elka will bull another
story a third on their temple, at the
cost of $15,000. The new story will be
useu rur Dusinesa sessions ana ino sec
ona 1 or social uses. . ,
Baker Demonrat: The torm tnv ha
given the orange groves of California a
touch of cold that did damage to the
extent ot iiu.uoo.uuo.- Ana tfils. top,
nearJjoa Angelw-where-many-Baker
peopie are. aojourning in an imaginary
escape trom com weatner at nome. . ,
Condon Globe: Two, hundred' and rilnai
teen rabbits, seven owls' and one crow
met tneir fate Sunday as the result of
tne blt( raUDlt snoot lie d br t ie mem,
bers of the Condon Gun club. B. K.
Searcy's team won by 36 potnts The
losing side served the winners a ban
quet at the Hotel Oregon. ,
North Bend Harborr Allen KIshriti
has patterns made and castings poured
jor a gas engine wmcn he nas invented.
it is somethino- entirely new and dlf,
ferent from all other makes of ensrlnes
The chief advantage, claimed for the
motor is that it will run without the
use of any sort of an Ignition set or
carouretor. .
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M&rshftpld ftecord: In no nlare will
berries crow and vield mora Drofuselv
than In Coos couniy. but heretofore the
marKet nas peen nmitea sna conse-
fluently the berries have been Brown
only tot- home- consumption, The -es
tablishment of a drier makes a mar
ket and opens up an unlimited Industry
lor tne tanners.
Albany Democrat! . Th new Rtreet
f lusher recentlv trurrhased bv-Mavor
Gilbert and Councilman John. fl. Simp
son for use in the street cleaning de
partment 1ms arrived. The stiperin
tendent of streets of Portland informed
Mayor Gilbert during the lutters visit
to Portland that sweepers were rapidly
disappearing and that flushers would
be used altogether ln the future.
circumstances in which the 18 seconds
thus saved might suffice to prevent a
shipwreck.
Still more remarkable, is the differ
ence between the speed of sound In air
and ih Bond bodies. In the heavier
metals, such as lead or gold, sounds
travel at nearly the same velocity as in
water, but In more elastic metals, llkd
iron ana steel, its Bpeed suddenly in
creases to more than three miles per
seeona, wnion is six or seven times as
rapid as the night of a bullet.
In wood sound travels about as fast
as in iron, provided that the direction
lii which its waves move Is thfj-tmma as
that Ih which the fibres of the wood
run. but if the sound is transmitted
across the grain of the wood its speed
is reduced to from a half to a quaHr-r
of what it is in the other direction, the
amount of changs varying for different
species of wood.
How long TFe the waves of sound In
the air? They differ according to the
pitch.
The average male voice. In ordinary
conversation, produces waves varying In
length from 8 to 12 feet, while those
Of a woman's voice are only from two
to tour reet, Waves 60 or 70 feet In
length, vibrating at the rate of 14 times
per socond, produce a very grave sound
which Is Brareely perceptible by the hu
man ear, while waves only .half an inch
length, vibrating between 20,000 and
30,000 times per second, produce a sound
so Bhrlll that it, too,, passes beyond 4he
range of our hearing, although It may
seem as hoarse as the roar Of thunder
to tne Hearing apparatus of insects. All
sounds, wnetner grave or Bhrlll, travel
forward at the same rate.
Misstatement that "John P. Stevens,
the noted railroad engineer, says In his
book that In all America there are not
ten engineers fully competent to build
a perfect Wagon road," If such is the
case, where 4vould we find an expert
we could afford to employ, as against
older ana wealthier states that might
want to employ him? Or should we
desire and be Satisfied to timploy an in.
competent engineer
To charge that the funds spent upon
the public roads In. the ptt)Jt have been
utterly wasted and uselessly snuan
dered, because thoso In charge had not
been, instructed by some, so-called road
expert is absolutely fale and mislead
ing, and those making such statements
are olther utterly Ignorant of past con
ditions and results or are deceiving and
misleading Intentiohally. I will admit
that some road money ha been mis
spfnt In the past, as it will be In the
future, but taken as a whole, the pio
neers ln our public road work hava ac
complished maivetous results with the
funds expended under difficult and dls.
couraglng situations, and tmder unjust
adverse rf-rtltlclflm, and they should be
granted just credit for their work, al
though such work is hot ample . for
heavier traffic arta for all future timeM.
Not to do so arouses resentment, ani
mosity and inharmony and makes har
monious Work Upon road problems more
difficult. .
It this meets approval for publica
tion I will write another letter upon
permanent results from past road ex
penditures, based upon personal knowl-
eage, observation and experience and
not mere theory and assertion.
, GEORGE C. MtTTY.
N. J. Sinnott of The Dalles.
Sherwood. Or Jan. 21.To the Editor
of The Journal Will you please tell me
through your paper who ia ths Unltef"
States representative from Oregon .be
sides Hawley and Lafferty?
H. 13. COLE.
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See That You Get It.
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less you do know what you want and insist upon getting it, you
are apt td be disappointed in the things you buy.
- TltE JOURNAL is a purchasing directory for every kind of :
: good clothing, food, and articles for the home. It Is your most , ,'
economical shopping bureau because it enables you to purchase I
the best of everything and live better for less money. '
It enables you to know" just what is best to buy and tell ydu'
: just where it is best for you to' purchase, through its advertise
ments. ' , , ' , , .
Read THE JOURNAL'S advertisements closely and con
stantly every day. This habit will protect you from purchasing '
questionable products and being imposed upon by unscrupulous
manufacturers. Ji, i : : &irZi '';?A,ri,'.--. vI s 1 vK::;.'
irTniftufaewfefso iskeir
through advertisements in THE JOURNAL are among the most
reliable makers of goods in the world. , Patronize them. It will ', '
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(Copj'righC 1912 by X P. Fallon.) ' .'.,,!
Barking Up tKe Wron
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From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
The New York Herald thinks that
"Woodrow -; Wilson talks i through his
hat. His recent Chicago speech-, ths
Herald sayB, ''was not the talk of a
stateSmaa'to a gathering "business
men, but such a psychological effusion
as might , be addressed , to a class of
students, mischievous In its, attack upon
the country's courts and' banks , and
business men and methods." t Then the
Herald proceeds as follows: :
"Business men," Mr. Wilson said, "have
not .'husbanded', but 'exploited' the coun
try's resources. . They certainly V have
developed our resources, as the Increase
ttrotir -national -weaittrfronr' iT.ooo.ooo,
000 in JS50 to more than tno.OOO.Ooo.OOO
today bears witness. His talk about
monopolies is neither new nor true, and
surely attempts to suppress competition
are now being drastically dealtvwith.
The assertion that 'honest men are now
at a disadvantage in America' does not
comport, with the facts nor with Mr.
Morgan's recent testimony that charac
ter was of more importance than, col
laterals. .-: i-.-i';,:;
In vhi4 ths Herald, having ln Its tima
swallowed many camels,, ; and a few
dragons, strains at a gnat, i '-Business
men." so-called: ara rneltho anMi hn
salt, to ba ,taken' gingerly betwixt Tin
ger and thumb. It was only at the I
annual dinner of the New York Chaml
of Commerce that Mr. Root spoke to t.
text or aisnonesty In business life m
imuvujt man Mr, mison, aaaressiu
the same type of audience, sooka I
Chicago. Was Mr. Root "talking throukl
life U a 9" .1
In this connection the Herald's eltal
tlon of Mr. Morgan seems infellcitousA
Mr. Morgan is one of those who achieve
the rare fortune of having their bad
works somewhat more than counterbal
anced by their good works. Mr, Mor
gan admitted under oath of having been
one of a group of men who during a
term of years, subscribed millions el"
money to buy the presidency ef the
United States. Can such men ba paraded
as examples or commercial honor? Are
they not proof of ths truth of all thai
was said by Mr. Wilson and Mr, Hoot t
Should they not the rather be lashed
with scorpions? Is it not true hat
America reeks with the lust of money;
thatihe gat-rlch-qulck spirit pefmeataa
Its business fabric; that tha trail of
the trade-mark is over us all? Should.'
not every effort to cast out. the Monev
Devil be approved? Should, not evetf
word spoken in warning be applaudcf
Bur, the Herald takes the president
elect to task upon still another com
Again we quote our esteemed New Yo
contemporary: ,, ,
fin asserting that 1t ! believed
this country that a poor man has less
chance to get justice administered to
htm than a rich man'' we are sure that
Mr. Wilson has been misinformed. It
would be a sad day for the Country If
such a belief prevailed. It is unfor
tunate that our nest president slwuld
indulge in these discouraging and dis
quieting flights at a time when bual
ness interes tsresuJYjcJeritlj dlsjwcted
by the tariff" and "money trFTrearTngs
and agitation for legislation ranging
from a pew banking and currency sys'
tern to regulation ot tne stock ex
Changes."
Tne counerJournai, wnicn is gen
erally described as a "reactionary,
whatever that may mean, by the yawp
ing crowd of so-called 'progressists,
who propose to cure sin and disease,
poverty and blasphemy by act Of con
gress, makes bold to say WbodroW, Wil
son is right. The poor man has no
where in these United States' the Chance
of the rich man before our courts -of
law! What with crooked judges , and
crooked lawyers and crooked juries
what with jlmcrack technicality and the
law 8 delay the rich man has always a
hope and something mora than a
chance. Not in any country of contl
nental Europe does criminal justice
hang so lax as In the states ot the
American Union. Our courts of crim
inal procedure deserve to be a scorn and
byword when compared with the crmv
lnal courts pf England, Prance and Ger
many.
The Herald may pique Itself upon tho
prompt trial and conviction Of Becker
and the gunmen. The case was wholly
exceptional. Nor Is It ended yet. 'The
Courier-Journal engages tO'bet the Her
aid a clear that Becker with money be
hind hint never reaches the deetrto
chair, and that if anybody gets there,
it will be the gunmen, Who have neither
money nor friends.
The Herald closea Its homily thus:
" What we have witnessed Within
tha last two months ia not merely, a
political change;' It Is a change In the
attitude ami Judgment of the American
people,' Mr. Wilson toW his hearer.
What we have witnessed In his election
through the aid of business men and!
they voted for him because they woraf
weary of that very line of talk fromr
a rival candidate and relied upon MfJ
Wilson promise that he weuid denotltt
lng to unsettle business." ,- ? ', 1
Put the Wilson vote and the R00via
vote together and we have an over-l
whelming majority in protest against ex-l
luting conditions. This Is still further!
increased by the Debs vote. Mr. Wll
son Is not amiss, therefore, ln consider-!
lng and calling the result of the'leo-l
tlon a "revolution."
Two types of men need to be takeh
by the throat; the rascally professional
politicians who, plastering themselves
over with the party label that promises
most, get in a back room and dispose oft
other men's interests and . rights; and
the rascally business men, who finance!
these professional politicians, taklnrf
their toll In class legislation, In special
privilege, in charters and In franchises
to rob their fellowmen. ; . ;
No, dear old Herald, you are wrong I
dead wrong and you owe it to a greatl
fact to be more discriminating in yott
Judgments. '( '