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A man may ery CharchJ Churcht.
at every word
With no more piety than other
people-""
A daw's not reckoned a religious
bird
Because it keeps cawing from
a steeple.; '
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THE .VIRUS, OF COMBINE ,
tira mctHanM mIm ftf th Home
I Telephone company In Seattle
I were ' 12.50. The Home com
pany has been absorbed by the
Hell interest and the residence .rates
now are $3.50. '. ' 1
, The Home company's rate for bus
ies phones was $4. The rate for
business since the absorption of the
Home system by the Bell Interests
U $7.50.,
; There could be too stronger proof
it hat monopoly Is not the best policy
for the public interest. Under mo
nopoly in the telephone , system or
f ny other system, Service deterior
jtes. The rivalry for business under
competition is the moBt powerful of
fill Incentives for securing good ser
vice. A monopoly knows that it has
the business anyway, and patrons
must take what they can get la the
way of service. . J - ,
The possession of power is temp
i atlon to use it. - Under monopoly, it
U human nature to exercise the con
trol that monopoly gives for raising,'
j rofits to th maximum., It makes
no difference who the men are that
exercise control the traffic will be
worked for all Ait can bear. The
men who have sufficiently accumu
lated to be at the head of gigantic
business concerns are not philan
thropists. ANor woulJ Apooi-, men,
could they suddenly rise to the head
ship of such establishments, be more
i hllanthropic. Comparatively speak
ing we are all alike.,,,. We are all af
ter the dollar, and are all going to
grasp it wherever and "whenever we
ran, That 1b why monopoly means
oppression, why monopoly means ag
gression, and why monopoly means
tyranny,' fc;-;A-;;':;'V ;; f A?AV j
There are public, charges that the
forces are gathering for driving the
porth west long distance telephone
system out of business in Oregon. It
is publicly charged that ' .the fore
closure, suit sow pending against the
independent, company is a move by
the Bell interests for absorbing the
rival telephone system. t
: It is a matter of serious public
concern. It is fortunate thai there
Is a federal Sherman law, AH is un
fortunate that thero la not an Ore
gon Sherman law. , ; ;
Nor is it easy to understand why
the Oregon, legislature,, when asked
to do so, ref used to enact legislation
for prohibiting combinations Jn , re
straint of trade. ; It was a duty the
body owed tho people of Oregon. .
The state, by legislation r of ; Us
own, should assist the national gov
ernment, in' its effort ; td drive out
monopoly.; i ust as New Jersey and
other great progressive states . are
doing. ' ' " h i
HIGH 'F1NAXCH
ON JANUARY 6 the United
States Supreme Court issued aj
, - merger suit of the Union and
Central Pacific railroads, by which I
the court .made it plain that nothing
but a sale for cash of the $126,500,
000 worth of Southern Pacific
stock in the Union Pacific treasury
would enable the original decree of
the court to be complied with. j
; Stockholders and Wall street alike
stood wondering where and how
such a gigantic sum in money could
be raised, . . - -
On JJonday. Tebruary 10, with At
torney General Wlckersham's con
sent, -the Union Paclflo announced
the offer of $126,650,000 of
stock pro rata to existing holders of
Union Pacific Stock and of the
Southern Pacific stock outside the
block then offered for sale. The
price named . was par, Jess l per
cent accrued dividendsthe offer to
le open between, - February 28 and
March 21.'
On Thursday, February 13, the
Union Pacific announced that an un
derwriting syndicate of some 500
participants,' including 200 banking
firms, had agreed to take the hole
sum, less that applied for by. the
stockholders, at a net price of 96
loss , 2 per cent commission. This
syndicate was; formed by Kuhn Loeb
& Co, bankers for the Union Pacific.
The Evening Post of. New York
stated oil February IS ; that 40 per
itit
' b foreign bankers. Jndgo Lovett
rave evidence, on the 15th in San
Francisco, before, the State Railroad
Comrolsslon, that the ' syndicate, was
com iod f-l'reuchhftBkrs
In either case the amount upder-
ilUen by foreign bankers was as-
t MiltihinK, In view of 'the European
. oi.ry stringency caused by the Bal
! : i war,
: .. there raters .on this field a
new, and apparent!;- unforeseen, fac
tor, the Wetjtern Pacific, a Gould
line. The attorney general haa (sanc
tioned, as in conipllanco with 1 the
Supreme Court decree, the Joint uho
by the Union Pacific, with the South
ern Pacific, of the line called the
Dcnicia Short Line. The fwp roads
claim their use of this link to Ve ex
clusive.' '. . A-;--: :,'.('. -i
The Western Pacific alleges .that
this exclusive ; user infringes the
Sherman law, and threatens recourse
to' the Supreme Court,- ---'
Judge Lovett declares tbatrnon-
compllance with any one of the con
ditions upsets the syndicate unuer-
writing-egreenient -and- make -the
riflonPaciriC1iabl$-to-Taypef
cent, or 1 1,2 6 0,0 00, to the syndicate
as compensation. i A f AAA-:
Here then la Another battle royal,
with the syndicating bankers certain
to emerge the winners, whoever
shall be the losers in the fray. ; :
BUT-
T'
HE,, workmen's compensation
law . will greatly, reduce 1 litiga
tion in Multnomah county, "
. The reduction will about equal
the work of one Judge. : An ex-judge
who kept account of personal Injury
eases for some time, thinks the reduc
tion will eHminate one sixth of the
present work of the five jjudges. .That
the reduction will, abou equal the
work of one Judge, is the estimate of
Judge Gatens and Judge McGinn. .
Nearly twelve' thousand cases of
personal injury were automatically
adjudicated, under the Washington
workmen's compensation law during
1912. Of the number, only twenty
one cases were appealed to the courts
and two of these eases were dismissed.
The removal of 6 these twelve thour
sand instances of. personal injury
from the courts and their settlement
by the simple process of the auto
matic law is evidence of the reduc
tion of litigation to be expected in
Oregon,; especially in Maltnomah
county. A V :jS:Z::'J L'.-f.:,.! ' . A. ' .
Though Jitigation is thus reduced
the legislature is creating new judge
ships,' new courts, and new salaries.
It is converting Into a circuit judge
the Honorable, TV J Cleeton whom
the people elected county judge. At
last accounts it was adding still an
other Judgeship to tthe circuit court
list, ' making seven in all. in Mult
nomah county, all in spite of the fact
that litigation Jtt Multnomah, county
is to' be much reduced,' and In spite
of the further fact that Judges
Gatens and McGinn say there is no
need of fddltlonal Judges.
THE TURKS ON THIN ICE
. ; ..".'.(' y, "
rll crisis in Mexico has quite ob
scured the general interest in
: the Balkan war. Still history
; Is being made in Eastern Eu
rope and issues are -pending, again
which were thought to be settled.
General Savoff and-King Ferdi
nand at , Adrianople : seem to have
weighed in the balance the destruc
tion of the city by their heavy fce
guns against the many lives of their
soldiers that an assault would sacri
fice, and to have agreed to destroy
the tity but hold back the assaulting
columns, as the lesser of the two
evils. The lengthening out of the
siege proves once more the power
of a resolute and obstinate com
mandant to hold a fortified city
against all reason.
On the Gallipoli peninsula winter
Is fighting the badly fed and shel
tered Turks harder than the Bul
garian armies and the Greek ships.
By all accounts the Turkish defend
ers have failed to hold their own.;
A It is safe ' to predict that each
week will raise the demands of the
allies when at last the Turkish ef
forts are exhausted. The last hope
of the Turks was that the Roumanian-Bulgarian
quarrel woulc end in
fighting. The groat powers have
served the allies well in mediating
between those two neighbors.
Meanwhile - ominous mutterlngs
are heard of German claims in Ana
tolia that must be held sacred, of
the revival of the old French inter
est in Syria, of the Russian armies
in preparation on the Armenian fron
tier, and of British claims in Meso
potamia and Arabia. Very soon the
historic empire of the Caliphs will
be but an empty shell, t.nd western
order and discipline will be imposed
on the many and mutually hostile
races, scattered thinly over the vast
region hitherto marked on the map
as Turkey in Asia.
A MERITORIOUS BULL
I
N AN effort to make the criminal
code more effective, the Oregon
house passed a bill permitting
prosecutions on ' more - than one
count, under certain restrictions.
It is an excellent measure. It is
embodied in a more drastic form in
the federal laws, It is in use in
the following states:
California, New York, Alabama,
Georgia, J ndia :. a, Mareachusetts,
Minnesota, Mlssour 1, Oklahoma,
Texas and Wisconsin.
In Oregon now, a criminal can be
prosecuted on but one count. - In the
commission of one crime he may vio
late half a dozen criminal statutes,
but he can be indicted and tried on
but one charge at a time .
" It not .infrequently ' heppens in a
trial that the evidence shows the de
ToWanOufltH is doubtful on the one under which
he Js on trial. He may even by his
own testljnony admit guilt on other
counts and" be acquitted on the jpunt
ittth indtctmeat.. , . m, ,,..,-."
The condition results in the ac
quittal of men of known cuilt. ; '
It causes hang' juries and retrials.
It multiplies prosecutions and adds
to criminal business in tie courts
It weakens prosecutions and gives
greater immunity frpm ruuvlctlon to
guilty criminals.
; ' It is one contributing cause t the
increase of crime, an increase', that
,is making tho criminal record of the
I United States notorious among the
1 nations. - v.' ,- ;.'
, The house bill for correcting this
defect has been held up in the sen
ate. It ought to be passed.
. When a criminal is on trial, why
withhold a part .of.., the truth from
the Jury. . '::'''.' A; -A
JL Why-have-xourta,: ltahey.are :Q
try a man, hot on all of his crime
but only on part of it?.., ,A,t .AA
A t,f,""V.VvS 1 -sti ; A1 1
PERSONAL POLITICS At
VOMMENTiNGiwii how "Portland
r ta alleged to be suffering for
tA lack of a postmaster, '.he Ore
gonian : says;,'; A AAA''AAa ?
, It. la a situation without local prece
dent and wholly Without excuti. The
reason fa personal politic. The od
gtacle In the way of an adjustment of
the poatofflce tangle Is Senator Cham
berlain.'' ::'i:V. v,' : Si
The late I Postmaster A Merrick
passed away August 22, 1H2. Sep
tember came and went and bo did
October, ; November; passed and the
autumn leaves fell, "with no appoint
ment of a successor by President
Taft. Was it Senator. Chamberlain
that kept President Taft from nam
ing' a postmaster? AA 'M
;: Why didn't Mr; Taft make cn ap
pointment in September? Why not
In October? ' Why not in November?
' December came with ; its - winter
storms and so did January, All this
time Portland was without a post
master and subject to all ; the ills
over; which the Oregonlan how la
ments. Why didn't the Oregonlan
In September, in October, in Novem
ber, in December, or in January, let
loose Its fulminatlons?
It Ralph Williams, president Taft
and Senator Bourne had not been
deeply engaged in "personal politics"
the postmastershlp would have been
filled six months ago, and the Ore
gonlan knows It. There was not a
reason In public policy or public or
der for this appointment not io have
been made last September, an 1 the
Oregonlan knows it. Tho failure to
da so was wholly ant entirely due to
the. squabble .between Senator
Bourne, President Taft and the Re
publican .boss of Oregon. To' the
same undignified and indefensible
factional bickering is due the fact
that a dozen federal cf flees in Ore
gon are, and have for a year or mere
beep, under temporary Incumbents,
wi'.h many of them now likely to be
filled with Democrats.
; President Taft sent Mr. McCus-
ker's name to the senate January 14,
1913, nearly five months afte? the
office ' became vacant, Wlwn the
Oregonlan charges the condition It
complains of to Senator Chamberlain
it is ludicrous.
W'hy, not attribute to Chamberlain
reeponsibility for the 1912 split in
the, Republican party, responsibility
tor the third party, and resporaibil-
lty for all the fighting at Armaged
don? ":
IT WOULD BE USELESS
T IS useless for the house to sub
mit its proposed amendment for
increasing legislative pay and
lengthening the session to fifty
i
days. A The measure might as well
be torn up. The people would not
approve It.
The legislative body must do
something to increase public confi
dence in its work before it can ask
with chance of success for more pay
and a longer session. To propose a
house plan nov would merely burden
the ballot for nothing.
The senate plan for a divided ses
sion of "forty days is far better. It
would be quickly approved, because
based on common sense.
The interim between the opening
and closing halves of the session
would give the public opportunity to
find out what bills had been intro
duced. It would give the people a
chance to protest against bad bills.
It would give them a chance to make
known their approval of good bills.
It would make the legirlative body
more representative by bringing
members in touch with their con
stituents during the interim. It
would give members opportunity to
learn the public's opinion'of pending
bills.
It would put an end to the intro
duction of bills in the last days of
the session. It would "equlre the
last half of the forty days to be de
voted exclusively to the considera
tion and enactment of legislation. It
would' go far to bring order out of
chaos, and to bring system out of
disorder.
If the senate plan is put on the
next ballot, It will be approved.
If the house plan be submitted, it
will be rejected. ,
OSLERISM REJECTED
THE Civil Service Commission, in
Its decision that a man aged
, J 64 is not by age alone barred
from service under the Water
Board, has given fresh life to many
a worth yjjltlzeB.. . , ' . ,
What can 'be more soul-deadening
than the sense of Inevitable displace'
ment from satisfactory service by the
lapse of months as the age limit ap-
proacnesr raitmui work, mastery
over details, success in. oversight or
in operation of a difficult enterprise,
sense of unimpaired efficiency, con
tinuing conviction that pay is ' being
honestly earned and full value for
it given, pride in important "functions
well filled must all this go for
and summer spring, and the dreaded
day of retirement draws on? -A,
Dr. Osier did the active Vbrld
bad turn when he announced the ab
surd dictum that every" man is aged
at ; CO, and, by consequence, must
leave th f,tc;;i however mucii Lc
may adorn it. There ere no two
men to whom the year of their life
spells out the same meaning In vital
lty. Is the man who, by care, clean
living, exerciBe, and constant activity,
has conserved his vital stores to have
no advantage over his brother, a
spendthrift of his powers of mind
and body?
"Let each tub stand on Its own
bottom." Let every man have . the
chance- to make good so long as he
bas..tbe power, In weighing up his
fitness for longer service let expert'
ence, stability, and the mastery that
pave come oy years or responsive
work carry their full quota of marks.
The age limit is an artificial, not
a natural test. ;--.'A' A"'-'' :
AS. PORTLAND SUPERINTEND-
T its saia mat me roraana ruD
I lie School Board . is . considering
I State Superintendent Alderman
as a, possible successor to Super
intendent Rlgler. . ; AAvi 'A,A
It is doubtful if a better selection
could be made. " Mr. Alderman is
mpdernlzed. . He Is abreast of prog
ress. , He (a Jn touch with the heart
of Oregon activities, ; -' . A
What more does the hoard want?
(Communication tent ' to "The Joarnal for
publication in tblt deparlmeot ahoold be Writ
ten oo only one aide ot tb paper, ahould Bot
xeeed Suo worda in length and nuat be ac
companied bf tbe . name and addreae ef the
tender. If the writer doe not deaire to (are
tbe name pabUabed, be anouia ao ptaie.j
A The "Anti-Vice Crusade.' 4r
Portland, Or., Feb. 20. To 'the Editor
of The Journal During- the past few
weeks I have been attending- the meet
ings of investigating coranoltteoa one,
that of tbe Consumer' league) the other,
a crime Investigation committee. The
first report was a harrowing tale of
girls working from II to 14 hours, glad
of being too tired to eat at night be
cause they bad not the price ot a sup
per. These girls were being criticised
for their tnefflcency because they had
not the necessary nourishment to sus
tain them, and very likely their fathers
and mothers before them had not the
neceusary vitality, to enable them to do
efficient service.
The other report Was given, In part
by President' Foster -of Reed college.
He told of the crime condition pre
vailing In our city and the disease re
sulting from crime, which is a menaoa
to this country. The race, he said, was
threatened. It was a question If Anglo-
Baxpn civilisation could continue.- He
conbluded that It would depend on our
United., efforts. to cope, with this crime
and the disease attending It, which was
more , menacing than smallpox, white
plague or cholera. .'
And now' comes a modest young man
from Bandon, Or., a Mr. Ktlllwell, with
an' equally harrowing tale. It seems
that White slavery has reached the re
motest rural districts and is infeoting
our country homes and Small towns,
and the farmers and townsmen are
aroused to the fact that something must
be done to protect their yng people.
Mr. Stlllwell, who Is an earnest worker
for the betterment of conditions, tells
of a girl of 17, who was decoyed into a
slave trap by a motneriy tooKing woman
who visited at the beach city and In
duced the girl to go with nor to Sacra
mento, where she was to secure a food
position for her. : After. waiting for
three months to hear from their dauglu
pf thpr- townn neool became -alarmed
and searched the city and found the
young girl with two men who were en
gaged tirtne white, slave traffic. She
was being subjected to the 'greatest
cruelty and was entirely under their
control.
itow mild,, indeed, was negro slavery
compared with our white slavery.
Mr. Stlllwell is now organising the
country districts and towns, throughout
the state to protect the girls and boys
of Oregon against the vloe traps set
by the nation wide white slave organ
ization. It Is needless to say that this vice
crusade organization, which comes to
Portland, promoted by J. R. Stlllwell,
will find ready financial support and
intelligent cooperation in our city.
. . . : . . , ". C. H.
Reflections on liquor Traffic.
' Bend. Or.. Feb. IT. -Td the Editor of
The' journal The other night about
11:30 my husband and I were awakened
by someone crying "fire, fire, fire, fire,"
on the street, as we supposed. Going
U the window and seeing no signs of
a connagrauon, yei tuu nearing. tne
voice, I - began to Investigate and soon
located it as coming from the Isolated
wooden building known as the lockup.
I went tack to bed, but hot to sleep.
The crary drunk for nearly three hours
kept up such a racket. My husband
is a patient man, but after an hour or
so he murmured, "Oh, fpr a stone to
break that fellow's Jaw."
"O. well." I replied, "the man is crazy
with liquor, and Is not so much to blame
as the fellow that filled him up. If
there's any throwing of stones, I'd shy
one at hlro." ,
"Crazy , nothing," said my husband,
"he's Just mean. I'll bet anything he's a
mean dlspositloned fellow."
I replied by saying, 'He's lost his
judgment; that's all. And that's all that
alls the insane. Drunk or crazy,
they're both alike."
"Nothing of the kind," responded my
husband. "He knows better, but he
doesn't care."
We kept on thus for some time, but
finally came a lull arid we dropped off
to Bleep, only to awake In the morning
cross and heavy-eyed from lack of sleep.
We got to arguing again, but as neither
had changed original opinions during
sleep, we soon changed the subject. We
are all tarred 'With - the same stick.
from Adam down. We blame this con
dition and that, this individual and that,
put, to be honest, we ourselves are the
most blameworthy.. We are not half
awake. Who will awake us from our
sleep and move us to rise un in our
might and dtIve the liquor imonster
from our land, before we' become a
nation ot drunkards, so lost to our con
dition as to be past saving? -(
MRS. F. R. K.
Wants to Trace Marked Eggs.
Cglton, Or., Feb, 18.---TO the Editor of
The Journal I thought of a scheme a
few days ago,, and to 'carry It , out I
caused' six dozen eggs to be dated at
gathering - time, so as to be," sure hey
were as fresh as could be.A I took them
W our local pierqhant.A He. advised me
not to date any more, for when they
got to market and the date would show,
they were two weeks-old, he, saidr some
Would kick and say they were etalo
eggs.
Mow,,l want . ta oduceAgga-Xoca
living and want to get them to market
while they are fresh. I would like to
know how long-it will be before they
will be used. If the user who see the
matks on the eggs will drop me card
it may be to Ms or her advantage as
well as , my own. They .were marked
Letters From'the People
-. B 'i. i i W ,M 'M iaaM
PERTINENT COMMENT.
SMALL CHANGE
After all, considerable good work In
blll-kllllng haa been done lately,
Still be cheerful; Instead of the lesls
lature, we wlU have baseball before
long.',,, " .; -
,
The world may be growing better, but
it is quite a distance off from perfec
tion, yet.' ,..."; ,:',; . '
j . - ,;4 'V. .;,.;
; Now who-all are coin to "make the
race?" , it i a. thousand, every. one will
use this pharse. ,
The woman behind the man Is often
a more potent factor i in the tragedy
than tbe man belUnd the gun.
Judarins- th future hv the naat. It Is
unlikely that -the people will give the
leglslatore ft paydays, at $8 per.
Emlllo Vasauez domes has nror.lalmed
himself oreeldent of Mexico, hut a cor
or so of other generals and chronic reb
els are uiteiy to io tne same. -: -
Soma Klamath vallev finonla seem to
be very proudvof Cain as their ancestor.
Abel didn't have any chance to start a
town mere ana grow up witn tne eouo-
try.:.'i,'w o;, ..-j-'-.u ' .ir--:'i-:-i-'-r'S,'.'-li-
Next, possibly, the people will adopt
a constitutional amendment forbidding
the legislature, under any circumstances,
to remain, In session over 49 days, or
adjourn . and .reconvene,,;,,! -x,n4 .;: ?
' What a great amount of veretablo
foodstuffs could be raised within the
city limits where . weeds, tin- cans .and
tomcat Songs are raised now; and this
witn worit conducive to health, morals
and, happlnese. f ,--'-. r,,';..v; Vv.::-
i ,..., cm ,.,v,iv , i-
III I man. colossal ' swindler and mil
lionaire,, attributes his' release from u
federal penitentiary, after serving a
small fraction of a tto-llght sentence,
to prayer. This Is ingratitude to Taft,
ana to Uitlman'e inlliloijs,n &-f,s-,j
Mav Joaauln Miller's adventurous and
poetic soul have entered upon a broadet
and brighter existence. In a land even
more emerald, more golden, more boun
tiful and beautiful than this one that
he loved so much and sang about ao
veil .... :'.''..,i:jivi;..,:
At last some tail sentences have been
Imposed on people operating criminal
triiMts. and doubtless the victims If
really confined and treated as criminal
prisoners, will with one accord become
terriDiy ill. is woman i ao io ev m
sick rich robber la prison. , ,
NEW YORK
ii- - By Herhert Corey.
That's a stern set of moralists UP at
Albany, One of these days they're go
ing to enact a statute declaring wife
murder a crime. The latest legislative
proposition is that by Governor Sulzer,
in which he proposes to forbid "shad
ing" tho prices by a broker. "Shading"
is either grand or petty larceny. i is
never anything else. Larceny has been
outlawed ever since Moses left the
mount.'-
"To shad means the same a to
scalp," said the man on the euro.
"That Is, th broker reports to his
customer that he paid an eighth more
for the customer's stock than he really
did, or that he sold the . stock for an
eighth less than he received. An eighth
of a point Is I1J.60 on 100 shares oi
stock. Suppose- that a floor broker
scalps an eighth on. 1000 shares of
stock a day and What a cinch It is
for him to buy an 18000 automobils with
wire wheels. During a lively mantel
that is very easily done.'
It was represented to the curb man
that if the customer had the Intellec
tual eautpment of a moen lurue r
would sooner or later catch on.
"Nix." Said the curb man. in tne
first place how's the customer to know?
Prices often vary an eighth between
sales. In the second place, If the cus
tomer wins he's happy, attd he doesn't
worry. If he loses he thinks the pen
dant might as well go with.the pelt'
ie odd what a tender lot polar explorers
are when thoy are In civilization. Ad
miral Peary thought be needed a bit
of bracing the otner aay. ana icn nut
bedroom window open. ' He's . down
with pleurisy. Sir Ernest Shackleton
wheesed furiously on his return from
his lecture tour. It seems the Bleeping
car accommodations were frightful.
Some one left a ventilator open. And
this was a man who had been used to
sleeping on the cold side of a dogi Dr.
Cook and don't forget that while the
Doo waa the Original Brie as a pole
finder, as plain explorer he won. brack
ets used to go around with a red and
bulbous ttOB every time the wind shift
ed to ; the - east, i , Captain Amundsen
tried to walk up Broadway without an
overcoat, and next day his eyes looked
like Mexican peppers. The gallant cap
tain's combination of Norwegian, ng-
Mrs. G. E. R., Colton," with tho date
of each day's gathering.
MRS. U. JS. KUUJiatB.
The Fostmaiitershlp.
Portland. Or.. Feb. 20. To the Editor
of The Journal 1 notice In a local paper
a criticism over the fact that rortiana
h been so long without a postmaster
and that political differences cause this
condition. -
I bear to ask why the assistant post
master is not promoted to the position?
The assistant postmaster is Dette
acquainted with the work than anyone
else, he is the logical man, aireci
line for promotion, und-from the stand
point of efficiency and logic, should be
appointed.- -...,.,'...'..'".-'.- - .
It is both amusing ana aisgusung io
rend and hear the wails of our times
against graft, , inefficiency,; favoritism,
and yet the only plain, simple and logi
cal thing to ao, standing neiore tne eyes
of the public to do, is not done, and we
hunt around and around for some cer
tain, politically acceptable person and
place an insurmountable barrier in the
path qf faithful American citizens serv
ing for f years in ; the civil service of
their country. JOHN M'NULTY.
Is a Friend of the Hen.
Portland. Feb. 21. To the Editor of
The Journal -I want a word with the
man who is so easily annoyed that tne
song-of -he-worrUa-rhlnu. Has- he
ever stopped to think how.the cost of
eggs would : rise if : all - poultry were
taken from the city? I believe th peo
ple of Portland coum mucn oeiier spu
the kicker than tne cnienens. , mere are
many Sections , of our city where my
hen hater can retire Into a restricted
district, and perhaps his present neigh
bors will welcome his absence.
one oi.ine oeauim i,ur.vujr,
the wardens of vegetables, email pout
try flocks and the home life which they
r rent A. - i
lt other friends of the hen cpme for
ward, and here's thanking, xne journal
fotLthe many good poultry items so re
cently printed In Its columns.
A. SWADDLER, '
. ,, And Proudrof It
- TheRecalL
Astoria',' Or., Feb. 20. To the Editor
ef3rThe-"Jwral Wei-eauavei
used on any pObllc official ia Portland,
or elsewhere la the stateT ',
, - A CONSTANT READER.
A. councilman was recalled in Port
land. Id eeveTal or the sirianer towns
of the state the recall has been invoked
against local officials.
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OKLtJON SIDELIGHTS
Canyon City' Kaglo: The riaker Iron
and BuppJy t:oinpuny sncured the con,
tract for the machinery fur the el
trio powur plant and mill that Is to be
bunt in place oi ine one weuuy uu
stroyed by fire.
MaVshflold Record: Property is com
mencing to move In North Bend and
there are many stranger In that, city
inquiring for homes, and for. bumlncas
property. icals are pending ana thore
Is a fiieral fueling of good times In
North Bend. " , ' ; . ' i..-
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, Baker Democrat; - This year will note
an Increased movement In mlnln in
Baker and adjoining counties. 'I here
may be no-tiom, but things - are no
shaping that fully-ft-dozen of the old
properties will be t in operation before
the year closes. ;-...,., y,;,,---.v..; .
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Lakevlew Examiner; The most effeo
Uve slaughter of rabbits ever made Jn
the history of the country was at the
drive Sunday west of town, showing the
enormous total of about H.000. . The
total estimated number of rabbit killed
during the winter is 32,000, , .
' Pendleton - ' East ' Oregonlan: Dave
Roberts reports that the pheasants Jib
erated Utwn th reservation game re
serve last fall have come through the
winter in fine shape and are now mat
ing. Let alone, he believes thev will in
crease and thrive so -that in a few years
jiiey will be plentlfu enough to hunt., :
Eugene' Register: For a long- i time
the gravel bars and sand banks along the
Willamette river In this vicinity have
been considered wajite land and there
Is a great deal of it. Just now there is
quite a demand for this kind of land
near the dty to euppty the demand for
street paving, ballasting railroad tracks
and building, operations, , -.c
Grants Pass Courier! II. A. Corliss
Came in from the Gallce crek mine
with 1J ounces of the yellow metal that
returned lis per ounce, the result of a
short run in the Corliss & Dean' placer
mine. Three men working with pick
and shovel In this mine reoently took
out $400 worth of nuggets and dust
from the sluice boxes in 1ft days. -.
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Myrtle Creek Mall: Some varieties ot
eorn grown here last year ripened by
September 1, and the yield was above
that of the average yield for the state
of Oklahoma. Other varieties were
grown that never ripened at alL By
selecting the right varieties and select,
ing the best seed, the com Industry can
be built up in this section to one oi
importance and profit.
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DAY BY J3AY
lish and sniffles was unique. It was
the next day that he bought him a," new
benny, with a ' perceptible plaid in it
Stefanason ran his brand on tho white
Eskimos, and lived on his oho laces,
and colled up in toe banks, and was
never anything but hungry during his
stay In Alaska. II came back to New
York, and a common cold ran into chills
and sneezes..'....-. "' ,.
What a tough bunch the rest of us
must be who live here all the time! .
One of the particularly Moo things
about dear old '. New York is the
spraddly way In which it falls. Give
Father Knickerbocker a chance to place
his feet carefully in front of himself
and then trip over them, and he'll do It
every time. Also, tbe first thing that
touohes ground will be the back of his
neok. , ; ' ; ; ; "'
For proof thereof, witness Andre de
Fouquieres, Paris' Prince of Pants. No
doubt Andre Is the real class oyer in
Paris. He landed over her with more
trousers than anyone else, in the world
exeept Moe, the One-Price Man; letters
of Introduction to various personages
In society, a bunch of magio lantern
slides in colors, and a vocabulary that
could travel any pace from a running
walk to a hand canter, Then first thing
Andre did was to tell us that oh, well,
that we are all right, you know; , nice
lot of geezers, but that we certainly
did lack class. 1
That Andre began td give his magic
lantern shows, and lots of folks bought
tickets, and he gave an Arabian Nights
ball at Madison Square , Garden, at
which the entertainment was furnished
by hired trotters, and to which a lot
more folks bought tickets; and he has
been bo doggoned personal about New
York's clothes that some of us. are
afraid to take off our gloves when we
eat And his success ' has etlrred tip
other masters of the wardrobe ana
Counts of the Goose until one -unconsciously
assimilates advice about how
often to change collars every time one
picks up a paper. And Andre has tilled
acres of Sunday pages, with his pants
theme, and hiswalstcoat topics and bis
Bcarf sovetas. V ",
Meanwhile. Henri Bergson, a great
philosopher, now and then gets honor
able mention next to the cold, meats'
column. ; ;,
Friend of mine got back from a tour
through the south the other day Just in
time to observe that Irvln Cobb, tbe
short-story writer, had been peeved. It
appears that Mr. Cobb had been asked
to unshackle his humor at the annual
dinner of an organization, of advertis
ing men 'here. Just by accident Mr.
Cobb discovered the day before the din
ner was to take place,': that it had been
advertised as a "Southern Dinner."
"They, were going to have terrapin,"
said the aggrieved author, "and Vir
ginia ham, and corn pone. The Intellec
tual needs of the diners were to be
served by a colored quartet and my
self. Sort of black and tan, you know."
Bo Mr. Cobb put in that night perhaps
the roost determined evening at home
In his recollection. , The story recalled
an incident to my friend's mind. The
Other day he visited a small town ' in
Kentucky, and there he called upon the
editor of a smalt paper And after the
editor had wiped Off his glasses and
filled his pipe they began to talk. The
conversation got around to Cobb.
"Irvln used to work. fob. me," said
the editor. "Yes, sulk -1 was ve'y well
satisfied with his work,' too.v Yes, suh,
I've always thought Irvln made a pow.
ehf fll mistake when he left me to go
to New York.''. "
Make Out Your Shop
ping List Tonight
Read the advertisements in' THE JOURNAL carefully to- 1 '
- night. See what the manufacturers and merchants are offering -you.
Make k list xf jthe things you need. - Many of these items ,
are advertised at special prices,' All are quality goods. The mak ) :
" ers and sellers' pamea are your guarantees,
' ': A -a; A v ' v ,'VV'A ;,;.AA:j- ,
, You will save time and strength by selecting everything you
buy from the advertising columns of THE JOURNAL. You
will find more pleasure in shopping iwhen you know where to
,A find the hest qualities at the lowest prices.' - .7
it The advertiser in THE JOURNAL are the most reliable. ,.
merchants of this city.' When their names are en your shopping ,
7" list you'will te'certain'or scrtngthftmosratlsf actorjrmerf
chandlse t the most reasonable prices. Read their advertise.. ,
menta in THE JOURNAL closely and constantly everyday, v j ,
(Copyright, 1913. by J. P. Fallon.)
I LA i ,!
From the Nw York News Dicpakli,
I ii Selecting.' Joaeph v, Tumulty f
JeiHey C'lty B8 secretary to tho presi
dent after March 4, Mr, .Wilson Judged
tho ypung man's ability to give the
publlo the desired first hand Impres
sions of a president's official thoughts
and actions by Ills succens as secretary
to the governor, In helping to launch
Mr. WUhoh's career as a utatcBinan. The
names of many mon of wide national ac
quaintanee were ort Mr. Wilson's list,
but he joyously struck them all off,
pinning his faith' en Mr. Tumulty,
whose experience In things political has
been limited to New Jersey, because of
his abiding faith In the young man's
common sense, integrity Slid good Judg
ment, and his devotion to the new pro
gressive doctrines. Besides, the prenl-deht-elect
and his family have a genuine
liking for him. .- ' ' v": A ' -
Mr. Tumulty has been In' tho ; elate
limelight since , the .beginning of J907,
but he has been "In politics" since he
was scnooiBoyj when he began mak
mg campaign speeches for Democrat!
"regulars." He is now In ht thlrte
third year; He served four'venr in
the assembly, hewing an independent
course., defeating the political J bosses
on several occasions. '; He attracted the
attention of the , president-elect, then
president of Princeton university, and
retired to ''private life'' in 1910, at the
same time that' Mr, Wilson was nomt-"
nated for governor. AThey did not be
come acquainted until after the cam
peign got under jway,. and they ' have
beesnciose fTIBnda eVer siriue,', v A
i Mr. Tumulty was appointed secretary
to th governor in January, lll, and
continued in that office, giving Mr, Wil
son the benefit of his knowledge about
tho ways of New Jersey politicians, even
after He was made clerk, of the New
J ei-sey supreme court In November, Hi!.
That in brief is the political history of
the man , who will be the next presi
dent's "buffer" at the White House.
Mr; Tumulty has always lived in the
Fifth ward ef Jersey City, a neighbor
hood of flats and tenements with an un
sightly Little Italy stretching along the
ragged edge of the ward. It ws here
that Joe Tumulty; later did much mis
sionary work as a Democratic progres
sive," which, helped Governor Wilson to
make Unpopular , the tactic . of the
Democratlo bosses, -V,',. -.vj ,;:'; ':
. Mr. Tumulty's boyhood days were
spent In an atmosphere of politics. His
father, Philip Tumulty, the father ot 1$
children, was a politician before him.
AH his neighbors talked politics in the
old Fifth for lack of other diversions,
and young .Tumulty caught the spirit
or tne ward early. . wuu he was s
a pupil at St. Peter's college in Grand
street, Jersey sCty, conducted , by ths
Jesuit fathers,' he decided lie would bs
k statesman.
As a small boy attending 8t Bridget's
parochial school, Tumulty had a very
boy like. Idea that when he got to be a
man he would be a first class car
penter. His former playmates from the
flats and the tenements tell stories
about Joe io the effect that his oft ex
pressed desire to be a carpenter was
largely based on his - liking for little
Mary, Catherine Byrne, whose father,
Patrick Byrne, a church carpenter and
builder, lived a short distance from the
Tun-ulty home. -
Joe spent much of his time among
the shavings and saw horses in Mr.
Byrne's shop, and he dally saw little
Mary. , Thoy - attended the parochial
school together,, and frequently walked
horrte together, with Mary's books
tucked urtder his arm. In J90S they
were married. The union was a success
In every particular, Mr. Tumulty de
clare, and he ought to know, as he is
the father of bIx fine children, four girls
and two boys. " ' i "''
; Mr. Tumulty studied Jaw after his
graduation from St Peter's, and wae ad
mitted to, the bar as an attorney In
1902., His practice was confined to ths
trial of small cases. A, '
It was not until after his election as
governor that Mr. Wilson learned that
Bob Davis, the Hudson county boss, and
former United States Senator James
Smith of Essex county, did not take se
riously Mr. Wilson's determination that
James E. Martins, tbe . farmer orator,
who had received a plurality at the
first New Jersey preferential, primary
for United States senator, was entitled
to election by the. state legislature.
Mr. Tumulty was -the first Hudson
county Democrat of prominence to vol
unteer his services to Mr. Wilson to
carry on the fight to bring the bosses
to time. Mr. Wilson won his fight and
Martins was elected senator. -
It is admitted that Jo Tumulty is a
natural born fighter In politics.
The Tumulty family has long prided
Itself on its "tumultuousness" and po
litically Joe Tumulty, like his distin
guished chief, has been progressively
tumultuous. That Is one of the princi
pal reasons why he is going to Wash
ington. . .
Pointed paragraphs
Usually a man Js what he suspects'
others ef being.
. . . .
The best of men are sometimes
worstedand that's o yarn.
A'iA ;- ' vKAA l?i'-'',s: '
Silly people are usually :" happy, but
not all happy people are silly.
No Inventor has been able to produce
a noiseless flat wheel as yet
, , . I ..;5:v:;(A?A ".f-'vif
tnless 'a man masters ,Wi',buslnesB,.
his business will master' him.: .
' 'e e i
' It's the easiest thing in" the 'world to
Instruct another how to do things, ,
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' Many a slow maa develops into- a
sprinter when he has, a chance. to. run j
Into debt. " ' , ' .'
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Somehow the average woman's heart
aches a good deal more for the poor
heathen abroad than it does for the
dirty children in the next block.