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Yet where in equal poise of hope
and fear
Does arbitrate the event, my na
ture is ,
That I Incline to hopo rather
than fear, -
- Milton.,
WHAT'S THE AXSWEU?
A BILL st Salem would increase
the number' of circuit Judges
for : Multnomah county from
" five to eight. '- ' -
Why not make It a dozen T Vi
Is eight judges to be the legis
lative answer to the emphatic public
.demand for the reform of court prao
ticf? and procedure to 'facilitate the
work of the courts and lessen the
; need for Judges?
-"' Is eight Judges to be the legisla
tive answer to a strong, public de
mand for a workmen's compensation
law which would greatly reduce liti
gation both In the circuit and su
preme courts? V';- 'yyyy " ,?Y-
Are the lawyers of Oregon going
to dilly-dally with the strong public
f atiment for reform of the courts
until the courts will be reformed by
tlio people In madness Instead of by
lawyers and Judges with Intelli
gence? . ' :
rVBUO UTILITIES
r TARI0U8 financial publications
1
nave endeavored to present
summaries of the amounts, of
Issues and investments Wads
la 1 912 in corporations generally
known as publlo utility companies.
The sum total largely exceeds that
of any previous year. . . V
The greatest development ' has
been In the hydroelectric, .and elec
tric light and power fields, and here
the Pacific coast -, has the premier
place.. '- ;-;vf:.f:i';..
Particulars of Issues made by 55
public utilities companies in '1912
aggregate $259,656,000. In addi
tion numberless issues of $500,000
or under have, been piade of which
to particulars are available.'
For electric light and power com
panies on, the-- -Pacific coast issues
total'$C0,000,00.;lR this great Sum
the Portland- Railway, Light & Pow
er company' figures for $16,000,OuQ
first and refunding ' mortgage fivo
per cent bonds, and $5,000,000 In
five per cent two year notes. .
; Issues of flye per cent gold bonds
to the total of $34,000,000 were
made In .1912 'by various telephone
companies. ' : . - , ?
i The most prominent feature in
this finance Is the spread of the hold
ing company Idea.- .The Middle West
Utilities company of Chicago is a
, new,. . holding , company ; which ? .con?
irols' publlo utilities corporations' In
140, communities, with a total pop
ulation of 535,000. . Such Vhotding
companies have headquarters in a
score of cities, and operate in Ala
bama, Utah, .Montana, Colorado,
Idaho and various other sta'tes.'
; Obviously the trust has success
fully invaded the public -utilities
field, using the Invention of the hold
ing company, which has been a mala
feature In the Pujo investigation,.
secure , ownership in many. Instances
but control still more frequently, i
The need of safeguarding invest
ors finds continual expression. The
"Blue Sky -Law'V-ither to its full
scope, or. with" limitations, in Juris-'
diction , to special, forms of utilities
investments is looked to as an ef
ficient agency along this line. , I
A WASTE
"-HIE messenger who carried the
electoral vote, of, one of the
Btatea was late in arriving be
cause he did not know that
- there was a specified time at which
be was due at Washington',
f; The episode is a reminder of the
absurdlt?: :f the electoral system.
The pay ot, the-messengers ior de
livering the vote at the national cap
ital totals about $40,000.. '.The pay
for that Texas messenger, for In
stance, was- $1100;;-W-'
The fee was fixed in the times of
the stage coach, when distances were
not yet made easy by modern facil
ities and when' the coBt of travel
tvas great. All this is "eliminated
by lightning express trains, but the
electoral , arrangement ' has not
changed to keep pace wth modern
j'rogress. - .'u
i Indeed," under, modern conditions,
the electoral college Itself is an un
necessary formality, "X unworthy;1 of
j erpetuation, '7- We bold to It because
until yesterday nobody had seriously
I'roposed a change.
Even if we continued elections
through electors rather than, by di
rect votff. the vote of a state could
1-e as f.afc ly transported by mail as
l y eiiccial messenger, The cost by
in a 11 would be comparatively nothing
t s against the . present waste of
$10,000. ' t " - , ,
or rourse, the $40,000 is of little
f "venr to tr fTea-nati07t.-rrt
it l jxil'llii money, and from -the
VI .:e JluiiHft, dowu to the lowliest
c
village office, expenditure of public
money should ; be with scrupulous
care and conscientious concern.
It.ls the waste here and there of
sums of $40,000 and less, as well as
more that has caused the cost of gov
ernment to mount beyond all reason
able proportions. , . . , ; ., v "'."-.v.-
THE LOBBYISTS
HOW far should a legislature go
In Proscribing lobby ists? ; When
is one- a lobbyist?
A bill at . Salem requires
everj'one who' appears at the state
house in the " Interest of a bill to
register with the secretary of ; state
and In the public record make known
his errand. It denies him the right
to personally discuss legislation with
a member, but requires him to ap
pear before a committee. The bill
carries a penalty of $200 to $5000.
There are lobbyists and lobbyists.
There is tBe paid kind whose pur
suit of legislators Is not. always for
good purposes, lie has been part
of the influence that has often de
stroyed -a good bill or .advanced, a
bad one.'
But thero'is the citizen, who is In
no sense a lobbyist. . Many a citizen
goes to the capital only with thought
and desire for, the" public .welfare.
Sometimes they go to see personal
friends among the members, both in
kindly guidance of the member and
to advance wholesome legislation.
Among them are men from whom
any. legislator could get valuable ad
vice. All the wisdom of the state is
not in the legislative body.
Then there is the constituent at
home who journeys to the capital to
see the member from his district.
He is really the principal, and the
member is only the agent. The mem
ber, in fact, is only, the representa
tive in the legislature for the folks at
home. He is sent to the legislature
to do, not what lie wants done, but
what the folks at home want done.
Should It be made an offense for
the constituent not ' to register his
name and his business with the sec
retary of state, when he calls on his
representative? Should he be denied
the right to speak to the member
concerning legislation except public
ly before a committee? '
Would such a plan be representa
tive government or government by
autocracy? . -
THEIR HUNGER FOR BOOKS
GURIOUS and interesting ; ac
counts of the hunger of newly
arriving immigrants for infor
matlon appears from Investiga
tions among New York libraries.
Immigrants arriving in New York'
crowd together in tenements on Man
hattan Island, it takes the average
foreigner three years to learn to read
and speak English. ;
Meanwhile, . they find work in
their, various trades and save every
penny iossWe, enabling thera at the
end, of their 'apprenticeship to Amer
ican ways to move out to the sub
urbs. Some weeks ago the librarian
at the Seward Park branch of the
Public Library which stands on the
main thoroughfare of the Russian j
Ghetto, investigated the addresses of
fifty readers of three years atand
Ing, taken at random from the li
brary card list. Only one still lived
In that community.
Thejippetite, for knowledge among
these new comers li insatiable.
Eight of the forty branches of the J
public, library are within their dis-
trict. In one Vf these the Bowery
in last October, there were circu-,
lated 12,281 books. Of these 5860
were of the best standard fiction.
The rest .were books on science,
philosophy, history, economics, the
trusts and the tariff.
- Each nationality has its main bus
iness street, and there are still many
Btreets where only Italian, Yiddish,
Roumanian, or modern Greek are
spoken, 1
The readers at the branch libraries
are mainly Russians, Roumanians.
Greeks, Italians, and Hungarians.
The nationals of these races are en
couraged to meet In the audience
rooms of the library, which thus
serve as their social centers.
The librarians say that the United
States gives to these people an out
let for their aspirations. In the
books they choose for study this is
illustrated. The persecuted Russian
studies government and, as a rule,
becomes a radical , Socialist. The
Italian, who works with his hands
reads more practical books. The i
Hungarian loves poetry and good lit
erature. .
In the melting pot of the United
States are fused the radicalism of
the Russian, the practicality of the I
Italian, the love of pleasure of the;
Hungarian, the Industry of the
Greek, the frugality of the German.
The newjy arrived immigrant is
often studied. This ' sketch throws
light on the immigrant settled down
in his new home.
RAILROAD ANtt SCHOOL
IT HAS been left for the little town
of McComb in Mississippi, with a
population of but 6237, to put
. into' successful operation a plan
of vocational education which will
probably be widely followed. "
The Illinois Central railroad has
shops In that town. There is also in
the little city a .high school where
the same problems of vocational' ed
ucation are rife aa in the great cities
of the nation. , , .
By virtue of an understanding be
tween the railroad company and the
high school, the selected boys attend
school one day and work in the rail
road snops the next,;' Theyreceive
pay, varying from 12 to 1$ cents an
hour. - Tbey are called "student ap-
pmrttcfB. AfterfoTrrryatytyf-rom!
bleed work, in high achooj and iu
the shops the boys are ready, ( either
to enter college or to draw down a
man's pay in his .trade.
The railroad superintendent says
that it is not only feasible, but quite
satisfactory. He, thinks it is to' the
'advantage of his company to fill all
vacancies with these student appren-
tices. The school superintendent
says the plan is effective in three
ways. It tends to keep the boys in
j school. v. It fosters the boy's spirit of
independence. , It satisfies his am-
j bltlon to get definitely into the came
of life.
; -; . ;, ACT v; - - :
R' EPRESENTATIVES of organ
ljsed labor are wrangling at
Salera over the workmen's
compensation bill.
" It is proper for -the legislative
body to give a patient hearing to
both sides. It should also consider
the interests of the great body of
labor that does not belong to union
organizations. , c
It should also .have a due -regard
for the employers.: It should also
have full solicitude for the great
public which has a. direct interest in
seeing a settlement as far as possible
of the inharmonies between employ
er and employe. ,
In passing a compensation bill,
the legislature cannot please all. It
cannot hope to have all agree. No
bill could be framed that would re
ceive the assent of all groups of em
ployers and all varieties of em
ployes." . v,
All the body can do Is to give a
conscientious consideration to the
contentions of all interested, and
then act. Action is essential for
the welfare of t'JO state and for the
good of workers and employers. . The
present system of lawsuits and liti
gation is ruinous waste. The injured
workmen gets but a comparative pit
tance from the awards of the courts
In personal injury suits. The bulk
of the money alldwed In the verdict
is absorbed by others, and what the
worker gots is a shriveled remnant.
The system monopolizes the time
of the courts, sends huge turns out of
Oregon aa fees to casualty compan
ies, and is an all round extortion on
Industry.
The present system Is war Instead
of peace. It is a bludgeon method
Instead of compromise. It is waste
instead of ecor jray. .
Oregon is bettered accordingly as
every condition Is bettered. It is
the business of the legislature to
construct something that will end
this war, that will banish the blud
geon process, that wilt check waste.
The issue is - squarely before the
body If there Is falluro to meet it
conscientiously and courageously,
one more sin of omission -win be
properly chargeable to the legisla
ture, and one more measure will
have to go on the ballot.
IS MINNESOTA
A BILL in the Minnesota legis
lature proposes municipal
slaughter houses for all the
cities and towns of that state.
It gives each municipality author
ity to issue bonds for constructing
and equipping the plants. The plan
is the result of an inspection by the
secretary of the Minnesota health
board of the public abattoirs of
Paris, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Brigh
ton and Birmingham.
The purpose Is to provide effect
ively against the sale of diseased
meat. Reports accompanying the
measure are that in Borne of the Eu
ropean cities, the public abattoirs
are required to be self sustaining and
In others they are not.
The Brighton plant is operated at
a loss, incident to the low rates
charged for killing. There, the
charge for cattle is: Killing, 24
cents; sale of offal, 16; actual cost
of slaughter, 8 cents. The fee for
sheep is: Killing, 6 cents; sale of
offal, 2; actual cost, 4 cents. The
actual cost for slaughter of calves is
12 cents, and for hogs, 2.
A GOOD ' INVESTMENT
ANY sum that the state may ap
propriate for a geological sur
vey is an investment. There
will be enormous returns on
the expenditure In new industries es
tablished, in more labor employed,
and In money kept at home.
We imported $12,000,000 worth
of geological products in 1911. We
could have produced 75 per cent
of thiB Importation at home. But
because we have never located
our geological deposits and opened
them to industry, we only nro-
duced 33 per cent. The remain-i
der we purchased, mainly of Califor
nia and Washington, whose geolog
ical resources are no better than our
own. We bought of . them because
their people spent money in finding
and cataloguing, their various geo
logical deposits and capital was at
tracted to development of various
profitable industries.
A NEW BLUE SKY
A LIMITED form of Blue Sky
law la pending in the Minne
sota legislature. , .
- Its title Is, "For the protec
tion of subscribers for and pur
chasers of corporate stock, and pre
scribing penalties for. its violation."
The stock solicitor must procure
a license from, the bank examiner,
and ' give a bond of $1000 for the
benefit of any person defrauded. He
must deliver to theperson solicited
a printed statement giving full in
formation about, the , corporation
whose stock Is being offered, includ
ing a detailed statement of its assets
and liabilities, and such other infor
mation as the purchaser bf stock
won Id-need -to k Row--4-rrap4o
Judge of Its value,
. Any one who , advertises - Btock
must furnish in' the advertisement
tho same information as the . per
sonal solicitor must give .when so
liciting. . A copy of , the contract of
subscription must be' furnished the
j subscriber in addition to the printed
information." A violation of the act
1 Is punishable bv a fine of $1000 or
'one year in the penitentiary.
It is a good measure. But what
about the swindling promoter who
organizes a bogus, corporation and
floods the country with glittering
prospectuses and lying literature? ;
: Why; attack the mere agent and
leave the principal undisturbed: in
bis operations with soap bubble se
curities? ( .
Letters From tke People
? (CcfflBjuolPitlona icnt to The Journtl for
publication Iu tbli drpartmont aboold ba writ.
n our one alda of the panw, ihould not
iwd gx) worda la Itmgtta and mtaat ba ao
compaBlrd by ttia mme and addrwia f tba
render. If tbe writer doer not dmlre to e
the name puWlibrd, b abouU w atate.) ,
v Electrocution. ' "
Portland, Or., Jan ?7, To tho Editor
of Tha JoUrnal-! have noticed, In the
news Items la the dally. papers, .that a
bill has boon o l to be introduced at
the present seealoii the-Oregon legla
lature to, aubstttute the eleotrlc chair
for the gallows,, and that no one under
the age of H be allowed to wltnesa the
execution. If the idea, in putting a
man to death 1b to be art example to ua
all. why is it that my aon ahouldn't be
allowed to witness that gruesome sight
as well as his father or grandfather?
Why Is it, If the death penalty has aucb
a deterrent effect on capital offenses,
that we don't have those executions in
public Why la It. If the infliction of
the death penalty prevents murder, that
I am unable to find a person who la in
a position to clta one single case that it
has ever deterred? It eeema to me that
after all these years we have been put
ting criminals to death, that there' is
atill such a crime, or rather disease, aa
murder, and I believe that if the electric
chair replaces the gallows that 10 years
after Ita installation at the state prison
we will find that that mental influence
Is still at work. If I were to contract
aom fatal malady from my neighbor
and my neighbor were hanged for ini
fecting me With that disease, wouldn't
there still ba such a thing as typhoid
fever, diphtheria, tuberculosis, etc., free
to attack some one else? Why is it that
If tha state of Oregon, believes in sani
tary methods in regard to disease, that
It shouldn't hold the sanie views in
regard to crime? We are tpld by out
health officers to use precautions in
safeguarding against contagious dis
eases. What is murder? It it a physical
crime or has it a mental origin? Where
floes my child get his idea of revenge?
Why doesn't the state' of Oregon set a
good example for our children, instead
of perpetuating- this , abominable thing
of murder? Let our Sunday school
teachers instill into the minds of our
chtldren that the law of revenge is not
a law of Ood. Let our ministers of the
gospel expound from our pulpits to us
older ones that the law of revenge is
not of God. Let these . good, pious
brethren who say that capital punish
ment is a good law and Ood ordained
Btudy their Bible lessons a little-more
thoroughly, until the idea is instilled
into thoir consciousness, until it dawns
on them that Ood doesn't punish a man,
that Bin is its own executioner, not Ood.
When they get this idea they perhaps
will be in a position to say most em
phatically that murder is wrong and
that revenge is wrong.
, THOMAS M. WRIGHT,
Plans vs. Dreams.'
Portland, Or., Jan. 31 To the Editor
of The Journal Soma one has said, "It
is a good thing to plan your work, but
it is also a good thing to work your
plan." This is a true remark and con
tains much food for thought. We all
plan and dream and build air castles
and yet how many of us are able "to
work our plans?"
The trouble is they are not practical.
They are too visionary, too far above
what we have a right to expect. We
dream and plan and it does us no harm,
but in order to have our dreams come
true we must lay the foundations upon
good . old mother earth and not upon
tha "winds of the heavens."
If you would have a successful future,
build carefully in the present, for fu
ture events are made up of present ef
forts. Remember this:
"The present, the present is all that
thou hast'
"For thy sure possessing
Like the Patriarch's angel, hold it fast
Till it gives a blessing."
Let us plan and dream, yes, but let
us also work to carry out those plans.
It is a wise provision in the great plan
of life that we are not allowed to realise
all our plans. Did you ever pause to
consider that we might be very unhappy
if some of these did materialize?
And simply because 'they are -not
practical for this old earth. Bo let us
plan as wisely as we may, then go for
ward, unfaltering, doing tbe thing that
lies nearest.
I would not for a moment decry the
Joys of building alrcastles. . Though
"tomorrow" never comes, yet we wander
in its flower-filled gardens in our
dreams, and our hearts are made glad
by the experience, though perchance our
dreams are never realised. Many a
weary hour la passed thus happily, by
those, who because of physical suffer
ing, may never be able to "have their
dreams come true." It lifts us frqm tha
Bordid things of earth for a time, even
though we know we must in the end
return to everyday happenings. For
the moment we rise io a plane of vision
where we may view life aa we wish
it might be, and thereby are better able
to cope wltn th8 P"21" and tangles of
Uut In all our planning and day
dreams let us remember to so p'an that
if possible we may be able "to Vk our
plan.' JESSIE HAMMOND.
Read This From a Workingman.
Portland, Or., Jan. $9. To the .Editor
of The Journal! I am muoh interested
in an article by J. W. Pearson, appear
ing in your paper under date of Janu
ary 28. .
Mr. Pearson sympathizes very much
with the S4 men that were arrested re
cently at the Men's Resort, charged with
vagrancy, I am a laboring man. I have
worked in the cotton fields of the south,
logged in the great lakes country, la
bored in the arid regions of the western
states, and am wintering in Portland.
Never in my life have I had any troifble
securing work. Never in. my life have I
ben in a city or town hungry when I
didn't have the money to pay for a roeut
Never in my life have I beat my way on
a train, 'Yj-.y--,
3 udglng " by my own ; experience, '? I
claim here is absolutely ho reason for
an able-bodied man with two hands and
two feet to be hard up. There has been
work listed on all the boards of the em.
ployment agencies every time I "was
around that part of town, and there are
many places In the city where men are
being hired almost every day. . These
men that were arrested were practically
WitlUiuL-mouexJjVOTjderwhomMr
Pearson blames for that? . Some time
when you are around Second and Burn
aide streets. Just walk into some of those
COMMENT AND
SMALL CHANGE
Too many laws much lawlng cause.
William Rockefeller is on JekyU is
land, playing Hyde. '
It tskes many Mores'-eyes,, teeth, etc.,
to avenge one American s.
It's going to come: h'ooray, hooray;
tnat onuge.-across me votumoia.
Seems like a game warden can have
more trouble than violators of the game
jaws ao. -
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That prospective ' bridge" across the
Columbia will not only be of great utility,-but
a big advertisement. . v
S .. e
The "hunger strike" of Imprisoned
British suffragettes looks like spite
work in Which they are the principal
sufferers, . . ,: -
There can't very well be a statute
embodying every good idea, nor prohib
iting everything that some good people
think wrong. A -. '
1 .. - v' v -K ''V
' Now Mr. Roosevelt nor nobody else
cannot truthfully say that Uovernor
Wilson has dona nothing to , control
trusts in New Jersey, . , , - ; ,
, . ,;; , . ' a ?,r"':v
The Joke is on' Arizona and her mes
senger;,.he didn't know when he was
due to arrive. ' He should be given a
Job herding sheep when he returns.
. . . . e a ,'v
If the people of the country had a
chance to express' their sentiments on
the subject, probably nine tenths of
them would evince disapproval of con
gressional filibustering, . and disgust
with filibustered. ;
Woman wanting divorce says bach
elors over So are no good for husbands:
she has tried two; Some people will
Judge millions by one or two instances
And then her two ex-husbands might
frlve some unfavorable testimony about
r e a .
Party politics have kept the Illinois
legislature from organizing for nearly
a month, causing great damage to that
state, and affording a shameful epeo
tacle to the eyes of the country, A
mere- partisan Poll tlciau isn't fit for
any office.
NEW YORK
By Herbert Corey.
Just because . there are already 87
cemeteries in Nassau county, the in
habitants of that clvlo subdivision are
screaming hostility to a sixty-eighth.
They say the outy thing a stranger ever
buys in Nassau county nowadays is a
bunch of tube roses. The little , chil
dren's favorite game lir "funeral," anJ
night-walking fathers hush their in
fants to rest by humming dead marches
It made Alvln M. Hlggins, the attor
ney, think of the old days in Brooklyn,
when every horse care bore a cemetery
signboard. Then, following this funeral
trail, he told a story. ; ,
"There is a great free burial ground
over in Brooklyn." said he, "in which
the worn out bodies of many of the
poorer class of Italians from the east
side find rest In Manhattan, near the
Italian quarter on the east side, is a
great specialty hospital. To it 'are
taken those whose maladies require
great surgical- skill. It is as free as
the cemetery. . The surgeons and nurses
give to the poor immigrant the same
treatment whloij he would pay thou
sands for if ho were rich. Most of the
patients are as poor in English worJ.i
as they, are in pocket. An ordinary
sentence is beyond their comprehen
sion. The hospital attendants are equal
ly helpless in Italian. So that when a
dl gnosis or an operation forces the sur
geon to announce the saddest news a
physician can ever give a patient, It
is done by a wave of tbe hand a shrug
or the shoulders and the mournful
words:
" 'By by Brook.' ,
"In plain English that is 'Qood-by.
You are going to die and be buried in
Brooklyn." The pigeon English phrase
is known to every visitor to the hospi
tal. The patient's wife, his old motner,
tha sister begging for news from the
nurse, all use the same formula of in
quiry: "By by Brook?'
"And if that question Is to be an
swered by good news, tbe one who re
plies Just shades the inflection toward
happiness, and replies:
. '"No. No by-by. Brook!"
"We have 'm 'kick the bucket' and
our light goes out,' and we 'pass in our
checks,' and a dozen other phrases. And
now you can add
" "By by Brook!' "
.
It isn't much wonder that George
Fisher Baker, the acquis! tivlat, was able
to profit 18,000 per cent on his bank
atock in the last decade or so. A friend
and admirer of the banker told a little
story tne other day, which cast some
light upon the manner in whlcn George
Fishlr did It.
"The president Of a very large cor
poration devised a plan one day .".said
the friend and admirer, "by which the
Income of the corporation ' could be
tremendously increased. Whereas it
had limped more or less all its Ufa,
this would give it a pair of sound legs
and strong Jungs. A bond issue run
ning into millions say 10,000,000
would be required to carry out the'
big saloons, Mr. Pearson, and let us
kn,ow through The Journal what you see.
Poor laboring men! Yes, I pity them,
because they have no brains or self re
spect. Go down to the employment of
fices and watch the crowds reading the
boards. Some step up full of life, and
if they see what they are looking for,
walk in; otherwise they hurry on. Oth
ers come lagging along with about as
much ambition as an Arkansan with a
bad case of swamp fever. Of course,
the latter class have no idea of going to
work. -; V '
I can imagine nothing more trying on
a man's patience than depending on a
bunch. of Burnslde "laborers" to turn
off work. Idleness in the. cities is bad
for all classes, and the quicker one digs
In and helps do the world's work the
quicker he will find those things that
make life worth living.
W. B. COVINGTON.
' Naturalization Regained.
Portland, Or., Jan, 28. To the Edi
tor of The Journal Through theft of
my naturalization papers, taken, out at
San Francisco, Calif.r. and the subse
quent destruction of all records in tha
earthquake, I am in the position of not
knowing whether I lose my citizenship
and must take out new papers, or can
establish my rights by othor and move
simple procedure. Will you kindly assist
me with an answer through The Jour
nal?' . -; . i-Y. . :':.. R. A.
(The applicant, who loses his first nat.
uralizatlon papers, must go before tn.i
clerk or deputy clerk inany 'court of
record, circuit or federal, and -swear to
particulars concerning the issuance of
the first papers. The clerk then sends
tha facts to the clerk of the court where
the first papers were. Issued and the
latter collects all the available , faets
possible regarding the matter and sends
them to Washington,? . C.5 The nat
uralization bureau there pauses upon th
case- and. eventually directs the first
courts &ltusr...ttuarde-jtnewisSuunco
or to issue, a duplicate of the original
papers. , In the latter event, the papers
data from the first application,) ,
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NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The vestrymen of Emmanuel Episco
pal church at Marehtleld have decide!
to proceed with plana for a new church
edifice. - -
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Albany, Democrat: If the valley ever
gets that Clear lake water it wilt have
the bes in the world, so clear and pure
as to be transparent for 100 feet straight
oown. ,
Eugene Register: The fact, that In
the Bluslaw dairying has so far sup
planted stock raisins as to , make a
shortage of meat imminent is one of the
indications or the rapioiy cnanging in
dustrtal conditions in Lane county.
-e-r-e.
Duf ur Dispatch, quoting from issue
of January 2s, 1818: "The Dalles peoplu
are still of the opinion that a vast body
of coal underlies their town and Its
suburbs, and will continue the work of
prospecting as soon as spring opens.
Hillsboro : Argus: Joseph- Truttman,
tha baker, has bought a place In Swittor
lund. and intends making his permanent
home there. He sent tor the religious
weekly to see how Hillsboro and neigh
boring section progresses while he sits
under the vine and fig tree in the
faderland. . - .
Bakar Democrat: In ' tho ' last few
years lumbering has developed in J'lsker
county to a point mat muaes- n ' na
chief Industry. At the outset of the new
year orders that win taae an ine year
to fill have been booked by Baker lum
ber concerns, and, there is every pros
pect or good tunes.
Stanflrld Standard: On New Year's
day Mrs! C, A. Hazen set a broody ben.
inirteen chicks were Tier reward, it is
not a bad rlimate where people hatch
their chickeha In January in the reaular
open front poultry sheds, or in an old
oox in tne vara as is ine usual custom
in the Sanfield country, ,
Estacada Progress: What has become
of the Estacada Commercial club?
wouldn't It ba a cood idea to reorKanize
and get in the game this spring? There
is a strong probability that the P. It., L.
& P. will do considerable industrial
boosting on its u. w, v. una ana tne
towns, including Estacada, should have
good working organizations to cooperate
with the railroad people. .
DAY BY DAY
scheme. When he was sure of his
facts, he called Baker on the phone.
" 'Come over and see me, George,'
said he, 'I have a plan.' , .
"Baker was over right away, lie Is
considerable of a 'hustler, Is George V.
Baker. The president of the corpora
tion outlined the plan, and Baker, who
was familiar with the corporation's con
dition down to a. decimal, heartily ap
proved. At 1 o'clock another friend
called on the president of the corpora
tion, and passed Mr. Baker leaving the
office. The president told of the new
plan .and the bond Issue agreed upon.
" That will make your stock a good
purchase,' said the newcomer.
"lt will, agreed the president, 'but
don't buy yet. I'll let you know when
to get in the market.'
.''Tne friend nodded his head in agree,
tnent, and casually glanced at the
stock ticker In tho president's office.
The corporation's stock was climbing
upward,' an eighth at a time. Just out
of curiosity, the second friend called
Baker's private office.
"He isn't here now,1 said the secre
tary, 'but he may be in at any mo
ment, I heard from him by telephone
not two minutes ago.'
"Which illustrates the precision and
haste with which Mr. Baker operates.
He hadn't waited to g$t back to his
office before he started his stock mar
ket campaign."
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Not many people in New YorJt know
that Darwin P. Klngsley, president of
the New York Life company, was In
1888 tha editor of a weekly paper in
Grand -Junction, Colo. Few of those
who are acquainted with that chapter
in the insurance man s life know that
he earrled a large blue gun, weighing
two and three quarter ponndB, upon hU
hipbone for a part of this time, be
cause 'nls editorial expressions had ruf
fled the hackle of some of Grand Junc
tion's killers. In fact, 'Mr. Klngsley s
persistence in irritating the shootine;
sort led to the creation of a sort of in
formal bodyguard. He didn't assent to
it, but whenever he left bis office two
or three of the prominent citizens of
Grand Junction are said to have sort
of loafed along la easy range, with tht
comfortable intention of tearing down
the meat house of any one who so
much as batted an eye at the editor. A
little later Mr. Klngsley was elected
auditor of the state of Colorado, and it
was then that he became acquainted
with the author of a "good" trust,
"Most people thrnk that tha Rocky
Ford melon la the sort of a cantaloupe
it is because an all wise providence
endowed it," he said the other day.
"Really, an old German is responsible
for the muskmelorr which set the style
for the country. Nature and soil and
climate did their share, of course, but
the old German is entitled to most of
the credit. I once knew him well. He
organized 24 farmers of the Rocky Ford
district Into a trust He furnished them
the seed, and they In return promts iJ
not to raise squash or pumpkin, or any
other pollen bearing plant that might
Interfere with the cantaloupes. Jn
order to discover at Just what hour jf
the day Irrigation would be moat bene
ficial, he gave to each , one hour of
the 24, during which the melons were
to be watered and at no othar time.
He bound them up with a score of rules
and they obeyed them all. It was a
trust or, the most monopolist sort
and it was successful. No telling what
mat old man mignt not have accom
plished If he had planted railroads in
stead of melons." .
Those who know what President tn-
derwood is doing for tne Erie road have
a vast and bubbling respect for W ea-
Than Fooligk
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There Are More Foolisli Buyers 1
'.- If you had something for sale you would know first what
the. article cost you and second! Just what you wanted for it. You
, would not sell it to the first person trying to buy it unless you
. could get your price. ; . L
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But are you careful as a buyer? ' Most people are not, and
from this lack of ,care arises much complaint.; ; That which is
done hastily is usually not well done; what at first glance seemed
to be wool turns out to be shoddy; a shapely garment loses its
fit after the first laundering and so on. Bad ware is never cheap.
Do your shopping with thought
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; Read the advertisements of the reputable merchants adver
tising n THE JOURNAL today; rea them closely and persist
ently every day; shop with,theae mrechents, and you will have V
no causes for complaint. - " , ' ., , ,
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j Peanut Politics
v From the Medford Mali-Trlhune.
Botter things were hoped from this
legislature than from the several re
cent ones, most of whose enci'Kics were
spent in efforts to discredit the gover
nor instead of framing beneficial and
needed legislation, . However, - these
hopes seem futile, as the new members
seem more concerned in gratifying the
animosities of the Portland OreKonUn
and the : Uowcrman assembly faction
than in enacting desired laws
-,' Not having any quarrel , of its own
with, the governor,' the legislature pro
ceeds to champion" 'the quarrels of the
Session of 1911, and to fritter away its
energies passing vetoed measures over
the governor's head,- -Inj one case, g.
rules were applied, and a measure In
troduced by the attorney of a corpora-;
tlon td grant - amonopoly of certain
lapda to his client were pushed through.'
A study of the vetoed bills to which
the governor strenuously objects, shows I
that the vetoes are mostly in tho pro- y
ple'B Interests. Most of the bllN
ubmh jiui . .... mruugti , are saia'
grabs, which ought to be turned doin,
for an official who makes an' energitio
campaign: for an : of flee with a flJed
salary, has no right to request more lav
before he has had time to warm his of- ' .7
flee chalr.AV:a;--i:K.:.;.,;!it-'Ki.i ::A t
: i. wo inuiv jub jcKiititiure piays pen nut
politics and fights . the - governor, 1 who
has originated most of the meritorious
measures before it, the more it will in
crease his popularity and tha mpre it
discredits itself with the electorate. Th,
legislature is tolerated only as a neces
sary nuisance. , i .
Senator Von. der Hellen and Repre
sentative Reames have voted generally
to sustain the vetoes.? .
Odd Talcs Vouched For
By Oregon Newspapers
"Hard Winter ltemluds lie
Lakevlew Examiner: '"One of the local
characters that is greatly missed this
winter is M. D. Hopkins, -who la hlber- 1
natlng on the ranch west of town. This
weather no doubt remind him of the
winters of long ago, such a one a that,
for instance,- when the lata Joe Lane
hired out to feed cattle on a ranch a few .?
miles north of Lakevlew.; He started Jn
with : something over a hundred hr&J.
and along i towards what should have
been spring, when the last head had
died, he sent in word that if they wanted ,
him to feed cattle they would have to ,
send some mora out. . - - -
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Pointed Paragraphs
Sound Judgment Is usually noiseless.
A man hardly ever marrlea for love-,
more than once. ,, '
A gossip la never a welcome visitor
after telling all she knows.
Vou can Judge what a man: hasn't
done.by what he is going to do.
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Before starting on the road to ruin
a man should secure a return ticket
Some men never thinx. of . flirting-
unless there's a pretty, woman handy.,
A girl likes - to - impress upon every
young man she meets that she has rich
relatives. ,
A politician no sooner- climbs aboard
the band wagon than he begins to toot
hU owa born. 'i .
It is a sad state of affairs if love
grows cold before the bride geta all the
rice out of her hair. - ' v - -
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is a redeeming feature about
having one big worry; you don't have
time to bother with a lot of little wor
ries. . ' - ";";.:;"'!.vr" '
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k hiftn's point of view the' fact
thrt he married her is sufficient proof
that he loves her, and she" ought to be
willing to let it go at that, - ''
Occasienally a young man marries a
girl to reform her thinking he can
break her of the habit of pointing out
every Jce cream and oyster sign she
sees, -, ; '...
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of n
g for j ? "
pacity as an official.. Those who
in contact with the-unofficlal side-
the man have a tremendous-Hkln
him. Ht so thoroughly human,
He.fy
the 'i I
andJ
doesn't expect strangers to enter
presidential presence on their hands
knees. Every now and then a doubt
as to this thing or that upon the system
assails him,. Whereupon he goes prowl-
Ing around at night, incognito an Ha- ,
roun Al Raschld of the ran -talking 4
with barbers and freight rustlers, anrf''
truck drivers and the gentlemanly b4w 1
tender, By the time he Concludes f n-
of those voyages of inquiry, whlchjmny "'
cover weeks, he is pretty apt to rsnow
what the non-bond-owning publlo tfiiinks
of any given proposition. And Jlie is
the most cheerful story teller lit' the
world. Once he told a friend Af - an
experience when he was president orthe
"Soo" road,. Bridge wreckers had both
ered the road. Every now and tnn
an engine would crash through into a
ravine.' Then the wreckers would rob1
the dead and Injured- A man. named .
Pennington was hia superintendent,. '
"We'll tour the system, said he to
Pennington, Vand see what we can .see." ,
So Pennington started,' riding in the
engine of the first train out Under
wood was to follow on the second en
gine out But Just as he, was going to
climb into the cab ' '-
"I got cold feet," as he phrased It
"Ana so I wired Pennington: ' '
'"Come back. This meat is too dear
to bait-a trap with. " ;v.,;Mm';'; u-
Sellers. WKy ? -; ? I)
I ' 1 in"rT"n 1 'lit.- .:,-.w-?
and care. , .
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