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is r humble 'that ha knows no
more.-Cowper.,
rORTLAN'P BONDS AT HOME
fHE poor, man In Portland haa
- I no chance to buy city nonas,
I When bonds are to be Bold,
the arrangement la Buch.that
onlY'blK Investors can bid.. Gener
ally brokers buy them, and subse
quently work them off at a profit
to 1nve8tor. : Always the aenomma
tions are such that the securities are
beyond the reach ot the masses.
It ought not to be so. The chance
to buy these bonds, ought to be
placed as a privilege before all who
have small hoards of savings. They
ought to be placed as a boon before
people with but a few dollars to
' invest. . '
The experience of Baltimore Is
complete proof that The Journal's
program as to city bonds is perfect
Iv feasible. In that city $688,000 in
Baltimore bonds were sold to Balti
more, people in eight, days.
The securities there were called
city stock. The issue was in small
denominations, and the interest four
per cent The sales were made at
90, which makes the rate of interest
four and a half per cent
The buyers were from all classes.
A heavy portion of the money bore
evidence of having been hoarded,
One elderly man made bis purchase
. with $1300 in gold and bank notes
carried in a cloth sack in which the
money had evidently been secreted.
Another, man bought $5000 .worth
of the stock with money carried in
a pasteboard box, and it was his
savings for 33 years.'
The stock was In $100 denomin
ations. On one day the 6ales were
$121,300. On another day. they ag
gregated $132,700. ' The total for
eight days was, $688,000. At the
end of nine days, the city withdrew
the stock from cale because it had
secured all the funds desired for
temporary uses, and withheld the
further flotation of securities in the
expectation ; of obtaining, better
prices. ' t .".
Speaking of the sale, the Balti
more Sun says:
From the beginning, the sale was a
(success. It exceeded all expectations.
The first day's sales amounted to $43,
500. Each day since, the sales have
exceeded that amount. On the second
day they ran up to 176,600, and on
the third day to $121,400. From the
start the sale proved popular.
Among others who indorsed the
Gale and advised people to invest
in the issue was Cardinal Gibbons.
There was a rush to take money
from other investments where it was
earning a smaller, rate of interest. ,
The president of the Savings bank
of Baltimore issued a public state
ment in which he approved the ac
tion of depositors of his institution
who were withdrawing their sav
ings and investing them In the city
stock, saying: "It was a wise move"
on the part of such depositors.
The bringing into circulation of
much money that had .been hoarded
wasa gratifying feature of the sale.
Much-of the money paid for the
bonds had never before been in
vested. It had been saved little by
little and kept in the home of the
navers. It earned nothing for them. !
it performed no useful service for
others. The owners of it were in
eonstant danger of losing it by fire
Dr theft. As a result of the popu
lar bond Bale, much of such money
i has been turned over to the city
for use in public improvements, and
the former owners of It are for the
first time receiving interest on their
Investment.
. Another feature of the sale is that;
great number of people have' been'
brought into a closer relation with
Ihe city that will influence them
lo give closer attention to the city's
business affairs and more careful
consideration in the selection of men
to direct those affairs. One man
who bought several shares as a gift
to his young son said he looked up
on the gift as an Investment in good
citizenship as well as in money,
The Baltimore sale has demon
itrated that the people of a city are
ready to put their money into city
ecurities if the sale be made on
lerms and in a manner within reach
f ' average persons. It hag made
tity stock popular as an investment
with persons who never before were
Interested in it, a result that is cer
tain to be of permanent benefit to
Baltimore. t , . ..
Perhaps two facts stand out more
prominently than any other as lea
ions of the Baltimore sale. They are:
1. The creation of a dependable
come market for city stock that
rould always be availed of by the
tity directly with the people. ' ':
i 'be t't(alIJsLmeut of direct
.material relationship between the
iitUeu and bis government, and the
NiltJvatlon . oI a liing interest.
unng-me peopia m aoneat sua ef-
fktcnt methods in municipal man
agement. The results In HaUImoro should
be duplicated In Portland. Portland
debitors have $753,898 In postal
savings and it draws but two per
cent interest. Baltimore investors
put IG88.000 In eight days Into
Baltimore city stook on terms I hut
ylold them four and a half per
cent interest.
If the small investors of Balti
more are given a chance at sound
securities 00 n interest basis of
four and a half per cent, why should
not the small investors of Portland
be given the same opportunity? Why
continue to sell Portland securities
in such a way that they are avail
able only to rich bond buyers? ,
What does Portland's new com
missioner of finance think about it?
JfO STIGMA OXTIIE PA.RT1T
T
(IE JOURNAL is criticised by a
correspondent for publication of
the fact that the Glendale bank
robber is known as a Socialist
agitator. Why not publish it?. If It
had been a preacher does anybody
doubt for a minute that the fact
that he was a preacher would not
have been mentioned in the news?
Or if he had been a college preei-
. A a a aft .
aemj vr a oanxer; . ,
It is no 'stigma on Socialism that
one socialist so-canea nas gone
wrong. Nor is it a blemish on Chris
tianlty when a, preacher falls. The
publication relative to the Glendale
fugitive does sot in the slightest
reflect on his party.
MAY FIGIIT, BUT NOT WA
B'
ULGARIA and Servla will arbi
trate their difficulties before
the Czar of Russia. There
will be no war, but the fight
ing may continue for a time. Dec
larations of war are dangerous to
Europe.
The Peace of London did not set
tie a dispute between two nations
over division of the spoils of war.
Servla and Bulgaria entered into a
secret agreement before war was de
clared against Turkey as to division
of conquered territory. But the
territory proved larger than was
contemplated when war was de
clared. Also, Servia played a larger
part in the hostilities than was an
ticipated, and Servia now claims a
full-sized slice of Macedonia. Bui
garia Insists upon cutting the pie;
hence the present fighting and the
Czar's offer to arbitrate.
Servla was denied northern Al
bania by the powers, and with that
denial went hope of ah outlet on
the Adriatic sea. Bulgaria has
reached the Mediterranean, and
Greece has secured Salonika and the
Aegean islands. It Servia is to re
ceive compensation, it must come
out of disputed territory in Mace
donia, But consent to arbitration was
not voluntary. The Czar's offer
could not, be denied. Intimation of
military measures .by the powers was
effective. Europe did not propose
to face the danger of inability to lo
calize the fighting. So Bulgaria and
Servia may fight until their dispute
is arbitrated, but neither can declare
war.
WALL STREET "CUES"
B'
USINESS men who take their
cues from Wall Btreet should
listen to James J. Hill, who
has prospered in spite of Wall
street. Interviewed on the business
outlook at Ottawa the other day,
Mr. Hill showed characteristic im
patience with stdVk Jobbers who rush
to cover whenever anybody suggests"
that the rule of right be adopted.
He said:
What is the matter with Wall street
any way? Are they going crazy there?
Every one in as blue as indigo, and
half the people do not know what they
are blue about. All that people have to
do In time? like these is ke.-p a clear
head and avoid getting rattled; then
everything will come out all right.
The man wno sells the United States
"short" is going to suffer for it like
the mischief. He will take his medi
cine, and it will not be sweet, either.
I want to say, too, that the Washing
ton situation is all right. To hear Borne
people talk, you would suppose that
the administration was bent upon up
setting things. That Is perfect fool
ishness. I was at the capital the other day,
and talked, to all the leaders, and I
know that they are aiming todo the
best thing for the whole country. They
are perfectly well-meaning men, and if
New Yorkers think otherwise, why
don't they jump on.. the train and-see
the Washington situation .for themselves?-
I have been there, and I know
what I am talking about.
Mr. Hill is optimistic. He ad
raits the money market Is a prob
lem, but he Is certain it will work
out all right. Recent money com
plications are troublesome, but Mr.
Hill says they are insignificant com
pared with the offsetting factor' of
good crops and the wealth that will
flow from another harvest; He says
nervous Wall Street should realize
that the United States will derive
ten billion dollars out of the ground
this year; a sum whicl exceeds vlio
world's gold production Jt o r t e n
years. ' " ' i ,' '..' ,
GRESHAM'S OBJECT LESSON
G'
RESHAM has furnished an ob
ject- lesson for Portland and
other municipalities on the
purchase of private property
for public use,.- Her property own
ers hve shamed Portland property
owners w-haefter account the city
legitimate prey for private greed.
Gresham has citizens stirred by
nh "" ' in-mmg-tu
Bell , to the pnWic at prices below
ruling prices to individuals.
At the annual school meeting there
last Monday 'nine sites Wetre offered
for a high school building. The offers
were listed on a blackboard, and It
in luHiHted that all the prices wero
below figures quoted to Individ ua
enterprise.
Civic patriotism of nine property
owners won the fight for a new high
school. Gresham will have the
school.
Patrons discussed the proposition
for three hours and determined to
lot tho people decide between the
nine Bites. A Bpeclal election wll
bo held. The vote will be by, ballot
with first, second and third choices
The nine tracts will be listed and
tbeir location and cost printed on
the ballots. An entire afternoon will
bo given over to the election, ,'
Gresham's object lesson is timely,
Does ownership of property in Port
land destroy civic- patriotism?
A TIMELY- BIOVEMKNT
t:
HE Oregon Bankers' Association
proposes a, defense of Incoming
1 honieseeters against' ' inflated
land values.
It has launched a movement to
prevent newcomers from falling vie
tims to boom prices. At the Cor
vallls meeting the association pro
vided for an accurate and depend
able appraisement of properties,
which appraisal shall be available to
Intending purchasers. .
The program proposes in each
county seat or large town a commit
tee, of three that will make ap
pralsals in the vicinity. "The com
mittee will consist of one member
of the bankers' association and two
members 'of the local commercial
club or development league. The
findings of this committee will be
always available to arriving home
seekers.
It is a deliberate move to put a
stop to the realty inflation. It pro
poses to give the Intending settler a
chance in the world by squeezing the
water out of realty capitalization.
There could be no better activity.
Speculators and speculation have run
riot in the Northwest. The present
complaints ot quiet times are largely
the result of the ballooning of spec
ulators, with city, suburban and
other lands in the markets.
Prices cannot always be pushed
upward. The bankers are render
ing the state a high service In pro
posing resistance to sale of unduly
Inflated properties. It is a needed
and timely program by which to
counteract unenviable repute some
times brought on the state by over
capitalization of properties in the
past.
Nobody knows better than do the
bankers, the evil consequences of
victimizing newcomers or others
with dishonest prices.
JANE ADDAMS FOR MAYOR
w
OMAN suffrage in Illinois has
resulted in proposal or jane
Addams for mayor of Chi
cago in 19J5 The women
have taken up the cry, and Indica
tions are that when. Miss Addams re
turns from Europe she will be wel
comed by a demand that she become
an independent candidate.
Men mayors of Chicago have been
only fractional successes. The hu
man problem in that city has been
too big for men. Is it too big for
women? Good government of cities
is the most difficult problem con
fronting America., But good city
government is making progress, and
women have been a contributing
force. Women are humanizing gov
ernment; they are demanding that
the human being be given prece
dence. The suggestion of Jane Addams
for mayor of Chicagotaken in con
nection with unsuccessful attempts
elsewhere to line up the woman vote
for women candidates at city elec
tions, because they were women, has
significance. It is significant that
Chicago women propose that Miss
Addams stand as a non-partisan can
didate, for partisan politics has no
proper place In municipal elections.
It Is especially significant that Chi
cago women's first use of their new
ly acquired right of franchise has
turned them toward a woman of
Miss Addams' standing.
CRITICISM OF COURTS
w
HEN Judge Smith McPherson
comes to .the defense of
newspaper criticism of
courts, , as he did Thursday
at Colorado Springs, the presump
tion is that courts sometimes need
criticism. Judge McPherson knows,
for few courts have been subjected
to keener criticism than has the fed
eral court over which he presides.
He is right in saying that a judge
must commahd respect. He sees the
relation of things when he says it is
not much to the credit of a man to
have said of him that he is honest.
It is fundamental that judges must
be honest; it should' be' fundamental
that they give honesty free scope of
action.. : ',
- Criticism that directs attention to
technicalities used for defeating jus
tice is not criticism of, .a court; it is
criticism of an .individual wearing a
court's vestments. Judges will be
beyond ' criticism when they, com
mand respect, and not until then..
- v
Colonel Harvey having selected
Senator Borah as the Republican
presidential nominee ifor 1916, the
gi. o. pr:imay just as well dispense
with the usual formalities.'
Imitation may be" the sincerest
flattery,' but will hardly console Pen
dleton for the impudent theft of
wi er duck byototKton as the
slogan of its frpntier show.
Oregon pioneers are undoubtedly
proud of this young .commonwealth's
remarkable growth. Yet it Is prob-
aMo that few among them would
not, If tliey could, hark back to tho
duys of their youth and boo tho state
as they once saw it a wilderness of
foreat and stream and Bagolrusn
plain. And as for recreation, gun
nlng for Indians beats the 'nioviW
---froin a pioneer standpoint.
Congress haH no further ,oxcuh
for delay in solving, its problems of
political economy,' now that the col
lege graduates are charting the seas
for tho ship of state, t ,
Georgia's penitentiary contains no
newspaper men, but not a few Geor
gia readers will doubtless consider
this an Inexplicable oversight.
A New' York woman made five
beds in eight minutes, but public
praise of her record, doesn't come
from those who Blept In them.
tToromiinlratloiM tent to The Jourutl for
publlritHon la tbli department ibould b writ
irn un onlr od tide of tb Ptiwr. (bould not
txtt-Rd Sou word la lnf ta end mutt bt s
camtuuled br th turn and addi-M of tbt
rnder. It the writer does not daelr M Mr
tb aim publlfbod. be ebouli o sum.)
Woman's Influence Upon Laws. -Hood
rtlver; Or., June 14. To the Ed
itor of The Journal In, the Orceronian
of Juhe 13, on page 10, is an interesting
article: "Hobbles for Federal Courts.'
In The Journal of same date, is an ar
tlcle, on page 1. "Woman - Buffrag
Amendment (Jets . Favoring Report"
Now if this suffrage amendment passes
congress, and I nape it will, we some
day will have woman Judges ou tho
federal bench, and If thev wear' ''hob'
bie skirts" they may not need any otn
er "hobbles." one of our noted public
speakers Bald years, end year ago
Women are wiser than we. are. and
they are willing to admit it." 1 guess
this is so, and I would like to see at
least half our judges, lawyers, ' Jurors,
or juroresses, as well as other officers,
women. I don t see how a woman can
have a fair trial when the Judge, Jurors
and lawyers who handle her case are
ail men. Men may try ever so hard
to deal out justice to a woman, but it
seems to me almost an Imposlbllity.
When we elect a few. women as law
makers perhaps the courts will not be
bothered o much as to what tho law
s In any given case. Our supreme court
recognizes "Gould on ' Pleading" as a
good authority. On the first page of
the preface to the fourth edition are
these words: "No extent of revision.
or 'reform, will ever make untrue tha
maxim that 'the law Is unknown t
him who knoweth not the reason there,
of.'" Now compare this with what
our preface to "General Laws of 1911"
says: "The enrolled acts, as filed in
the office of the secretary of state, are
uu of had spelling, improper punctua
tion, and apparent omission of neces
sary words." On the first
page of the preface to "General Laws
of 1913" we find this: "The-enrolleJ
acts, as filed in the office of the sec
retary of fctate, contain some Incorrect
penipg, improper punctuation, and ap
parent omiKsions of necessary words.'
"The state printer
corrects obvious errors," etc Now this
looks to me as if the state printer wero
lawmaker" to some extent
The more haste, the less soeed" an-
plies with equal fitness to Jaw as well
ar other business, and although alter
a case is started there is plenty of tlmo
isiten oerore a decision is rendered,
generally; yet it 'seems to me a little
more slowness In passing, laws, and a
little more haste in enforcing them, Js
what the people wish. Still, I have
no desire to find fault, as I am a weak
ling myself. We hear a good deal about
"man-dam-us" proceedings. If .we get
woman Judges; will it be "women-dam-us"
proceedings? I don't think so. .
lour editorial in Friday's Journal un
der the title, "Illinois and Women"
should be an eye-opener to some women
of today, for If they don't look out for
their rights no one will do so, lfseemx.
It is an old law maxim, "No man should
sleep upon his rights," and why should
a woman, unless she thinks faith is bet
ter than wisdom? J. M. BLOSSOM
- The Lobbyists. '
Oregon City, Or., June 1, -To the
Editor of The Journal I have noticed
in the papers that nobody seem to be
able to define a lobbyist, or, an I would
prefer to say, does not care to. It ap
pears to me that a corporation or
"big business" concern that, after hav
ing been beaten at the polls, resorts
to defpicablo means of defeating tho
popular will of the people by employ
ing; men who are posted In every par
ticular, to go to Washington person
ally to influence representatives of
the people, Is guilty of lobbying. I
also notice that a senator accuses
President Wilson of lobbying. Now,
I would say in regard to thia that If
President Wilson did not do everything
that lay in his power to present the
will of the people to congress he would
not be the man that the people ex
pected he was when they voted for
him. We know too well by experience
what those lobbyists will resort to. I
believe a law should be passed making
it a criminal offense for anyone to
approach a representative Individually
on matters of legislation; especially
should this be forbidden tothose in
terests that have been defeated at the
polls. , . j, Qt
Scores Health Certificate Law.
Portland, June 17. To the Editor "of
The Journal Much is beine said about
the marriage license traffic now going4
to Vancouver on account of the new
law requiring a certificate from a
"licensed physician, or-Allopatltlc doc
tor. The law, like all other sumptuary
laws' or claws legislation. Is illeRal,: un
constitutional and not worth the paper
it is printed on. It was passed at
the behest of the dominant Sehcrol- of
political doctors, who: seem to control
legislation, and is one of the many
schemes of the American Medical as
sociation, or medical trust, to increase
private medical practice. The consti
tution of the United' 8tates guarantees
all men equal rights; the right to
choose his healer of any school as well
as his religious adviser, and the sooner
people wake up to this fact the sooner
they can assert their legal rights.
The Allopathic school of medicine,
which is only experimental, and has re
peatedly reversed itself,, has been , on
the toboggan for years; as the people
have awakened to tbe fact that medi
cines . ands operations cure nothing.
There are skilled; physicians of
the ' Naturopathic, . Eclectic, Hom
eopathic, IlyAropathlc, - Osteopath
ic, Chiropractic, ISwedish ' iWe
ments and other drugless schools go" far
In advance of the -carving .and serum
injecting ( school that comparisons are
odious; yet, owing to the suptneness
and ignorance of the appointing pow
ers, none of these schools is,.'ecognzed
on tne various "health boards."- ,
Be I tig class legislation 1n favor of
Letters From the People ;
SrTTTninrl'ho appTIeaTniuV gut away
for a marriage 'license' and Is refused
by a county clerk, becusse1 he has no
certificate from a "licensed" Allopathic
doctor, hag legal" ground fof a suit for
damages against the -clerk and his
bondsmen. The law is only a graft to
incrnemdjval itractfecr for 'no doclojry!,hcrself is tainted? The saving -of Uioy
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CUANCU
The woman pioneers, after all, bora
ins Heavier uuruciiN,
' e
If there were no au h thing as wrth
er, wouldn't many ptiopla be dumb?
I.. e
The only trouble with Jun I thi
It Ima only 30 duys, inntead of 300. ur
OVVV, 1
.
Every saloon keeper who violates thu
law U helping to put saloons out of
uumiiewi! suogoiner.
People who make and carry on the
worms mnocont umuntimcnu are also
among iiona io oe recognized as Its
benefactors, .
.
It looks like the big trusts would
ne inclined to do something to cause
their dissolution; It seems to add great
ly to their prosperity. . ' ,
-.With his reputation, It la a wonder
that many women are not clamoring for
the privilege of furnishing ball for
diamond broker Von Klein. .
' e
'Mr. Benson will unsnVt mnn...
fight hard liquor only, not beer or wines
i-oi .!; ,,lle nop growers ana vine-
jaiuimy may Decome ma allies.
' This is the tlmn nf a
I , 11 " 1 1 n u (i J"
whi-ii ana is most loath to
leave even for a few hours, the beauti
ful, blooming and fragrant earth.
Mr. 8. Benson, a mminneir.
"ll'J,' 0'nSLo spend many thousands
of dollars fighting whiskey,- but he mar
lobbT harttCtorUatln n insidious
If the governing rrimtnlln.,. m
employ, canabln man. nnrl Mnltr am mnn
as are actually neededi iand will pay
nnim iph out nniv wnat their
services are really respectively worth,
J.h L.111 mak, comma.ndaWe and val
uable innovation. ...
ODDITIES OF THE "EDIBLE BUG"
By J. Earl Clauson. .
Did you know that the lobster is a
relative of the butterfly? The kinship
la 'hot merely that of two members of
the animal kingdom.' The lobster and
the butterfly are actually in one and the
same great group of the kingdom, like
the clam and the snail, or the whale and
the giraffe, whose spheres of activity
are so widely separated.
It is patent even to unskilled observa
tion that there is close relationship be
tween the lobster and the crab; but It
demands some scientific knowledge to
associate the traditional Broadway dain
ty with, for Instance? the beach flea,
lilch has helped to render us uncom
fortable at our favorite bathing re
sort, or, more strikingly-still, with the
wood louse. Tet all three are Included
In the subdivision of Crustacea known
as the malacostraca, and from the Crus
tacea to the other subdivisions of the
arthropods which Include butterflies,
June bugs and bumblebees, Is not a pro
digious step.
WlTlle, therefore, it may not be scien
tifically accurate to refer to the lobster
as a bug, that popular creature Is actu
ally much more an Insect than it Is a
mollusc, like tho oyster with which it
lives in close neighborliness, or than a
fish, like those which swim about and
frequently afford the lobster a meal.
Will It destroy your taste for lobsters to
be reminded that they are first cousins
to the house fly?
It is simply, as Darwin pointed out 'in
the case of other creatures a great many
years ago, that the lobster and its
friends, the crab, ' the prawn and the
shrimp, chose one method of life, while
the butterfly and its set chose another.
So the first crowd developed character
istics suited to the conditions in which
it lived, including as one of the most
Important, since its members do not
move rapidly for great distances, a coat
of armor to protect them from their In
numerable enemies; whll the butter
files and the great host of other winged
arthropods shed every bit of superfluous
weight, trusting to swiftness to carry
them out of danger, and to protective
coloring to conceal them when flight is
unavailing.. ' .
During tha last 15 years our knowl
edge of the lobster has increased to
such an extent that at present there is
probably no marine-invertebrate that Is
better known. .""":
In the course of the research into tbe
lobster's makeup and mode . of living
many curious facts have been revealed.
Not many years ago some well inten
tioned persons interested In the preven
tion of cruelty to animals movement
agitated against the manner of prepar
ing that delightful dish known as broiled
live lobster. It was argued that hideous
cruelty was involved in putting any ani
mal on a hot grill when It was still
alive. .
In principle the argument was sound
enough; but there Is comfort In remem
bering that the lobster Is one of the
most primitive of animals In Its nerv
ous"" organization, and its sufferings
cannot therefore be measured in terms
of -uman understanding. Its intelli
gence is limited to elemental Instincts,
such as concealment from enemies, the
search for food arid the reproduction of
species. It lacks wholly the sense of
bearing In our meaning of the- word,
its vision is dim and its dependence in
the struggle for existence is on its sense
of smell. It is credited also With the
possession ofx the fifth sense taste,
which enables it to distinguish between
fresh food and foul, and to display a
preference -for the former. It is the
scavenger of the ocean floor only be
cause it is not equipped for catching
all the living-Trey it wouta line.
Amn. the odd orsans with which the
lobster is equipped are its balancers, or
statocysts. In so supporting ana ri
less an element as salt water,, and with
a coat ot heavy armor on it back, the
animal has to fight continually against
being overturned and deposited bottom
i.nw.rd. To enable it to wage a success
ful battle for equilibrium the statocysts
haVe been developed, xney consist oi
ur mp in the base of the first pair
ot antennae. It was believed that these
were auditory organs unin noi wa ago
some scientist revealed their true func
tion. The location of the statocyst is ln-
ActA bv a shallow pit. of the outer
rsKln. A minute porerbarely large enough
to admit the point or a pin, opens mro.ugn
this into a chamber on the floor of
which are 400, more or less, tiny hairs,
oii earth, can tell about a man's physi
cal condition umesa ne Dears uuiwaiu
evidence or scars of venereal disease.
Let some man--bring suit for dam
ages and the force will soon end .
,i, . A REFORMED. ALLOPATH.
Why, to Vancouver?
.Portland, Or.,: June 19. -To -the Editor
of The Journal Anent th .new mar
riage law and Its effect upon the June
brides, it seems, that a few questions
is tne preaueciion
of th rounles to so to Vancouver, and
Tlnfs sot wayrronTThe exumfiiaUoiiTbeiiig abided by, except for the
prescribed by Oregon,' to be considered
an admission on the part of the groom
that he would be unable to show a clean
bill of health and can ths consent nf
the to-be bride be gelned for such a pro
cedure by anv other reason thairthat she
AND. NEWS IN BRIEF
OKEGO.V SIDELIGHTS
The riiriKiKHl(iii of the Christina
cliiiicli at R'ikiT, not waiting fur the
rni)otlon of the new church, meets for
HfM-vk-t's in tho IjitMcmcnt of the rUIng
edifice.
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Two cltlarns of Paisley were fined
lust week liu Justice court fur using proi
fune lnngiiHKn. On swore In a theatre
und one un the publie street, "Ten and?
costs," His Honor said.
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The 'Misfits" man of the Albany
Democrat Invites ' Teddy Roosevelt to
come out to Linn county and go up Into
the hills for a rouli time of It, "and if
that isn't enotieh, he might try some
of the rouds ground Albany,"
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' The Estacada Progress points the way
to specialisation In an entirely new field
by suggesting a thistle cutting day as a
phase of the local cleanup campaign. It
nominates the Ladles' Improvement club
to be leader in tne good work.
Hood River county and the city of
Hood River have mighty little use for
their new Jail,, now that they have it.
Tha viclnaae warms with berry Dickers,
power project laborers, workers on the
streets ana oiner transients; yei noi a
man has been Incarcerated 'for more
than a month. : , , , .
Falls City News: Farmer Martin
Deal owns a cat. The cat has two kit
lens. Mr. Deal caught two young- rab
bits and aavo them to the cat family for
food. Mrs. Cat adopted the rabbits, in
stead ot eating them,. and Is doing her
best to raise them In the way good
kittens should be brought up.
. .. -
H. E. Browne, the veteran newspaper
man, wno recently severed nis connec
tion with the Independence Enterprise
to enter the dally field as a reporter,
hna returned to his first love, and will
become once more an ornament to the
country press, as soon as he snail nave
suited himself as to location.
each provided with ' a nerve element.
Some' of the hairs have bent shafts,
some are threadlike, and to the tips of
many are glued a great many fine grains
of sand.. The chamber Is filled with wa
ter. When some disturbance of tbe ele
ment in which It lives, or the pull of
gravity, disarranges the lobster's equilib
rium, the swaying of the body causes
the little hairs to tremble, or the grains
of sand to rattle over them, and a warn
ing is sent to the whole nervous system
to guard against an upset.
There is no more remarkable phenome
non of invertebrate life than the poVer
of the lobster and its kind to amputate
limbs wiil and develop new ones. It ofii
(en occurs inat Dy me bhcfuico pi a
cIhw the crustacean can escape with Its
life from an enemy; and It never hesi
tates to make the sacrifice. It is as if a
man whose foe had caught him by the
hand was to drop his entire arm at tbe
shoulder socket, confident that within a
short time a new arm would replace the
one that was lost
This process, which is known to sci
ence as anatomy, Is accomplished through
reflex muscular contraction. Nature has
established a definite breaking plane,
where the amputation always takes
place. There Is little loss of blood, and
within a few days new tissue of the kind
destroyed makes its appearance at the
place of the wound, and the work of
regeneration is begun.
Lobsters are restricted in their
growth by an inelastic shell, which when
the body within demands larger quarters
is cast off to give place tp a new one.
Molts in the adult lobster may be as
Infrequent as once In' two years, and the
regenerated member may wait upon two
or more molts before attaining the size
of tbe lost one. In Its first year it
molts from 14 to 17 times, and attains
a total length of not to exceed three
Inches. To reach a marketable state
teff inches it must molt from 23 to 25
times, a process that requires five years
for the male and a year and a half long
er for the female.
As the lobster grows older.-the periods
between molts lengthen, following the
universal law that youth is the time
for growth. Whether there is for the
lobster, as for land animals, an age
limit for Increase of size, has not been
definitely determined. It is suspected,
however, that the molting process is con
tinued throughout life; since it Is essen
tial not alone to growth, but to escape
from troublesome parasites that attach
themselves to the shell Jt may be that
natural death comes to the lobster, not
directly from old age, but -from weak
ness, which prevents it from casting its
heavy armor, rusty from use and scarred
in many a conflict.
Under favorable conditions the lob
ster attains a ripe old age, greater than
the dog's and equal to the horse's. Es
timating from- what Is known of the
rate of growth, a lobster 22 inches
long had reaohed 33 years. It had also
a weight of Jl pounds.
The largest lobster of which authentic
details exist weighed 34 pounds. It wag
taken alive by fishermen off Atlantic
Highlands, N. J in the spring of 1897.
Another giant was taken In the same
waters in the spring of 1897. This sped
men weighed 31 pounds.
Today the ordinary restaurant lob
ster seldom exceeds a pound and a half;
In the early days of the fisheries, how
ever, giants must have been abundant
in the same waters where now one of
10 pounds' weight is photographed 'for
the newspapers., . -t
In this year of grace, before the benefi
cent results of learned and patient in
vestigation have been felt in any gen
eral way, lobster is one 6f the most ex
pensive of foods. Its purchase includes
more waste than does almost any other
comestible from the sea. Chemical analy
sis gives the proportions of edible parts
and shell as follows: Total edible
part, 39.77 per cent; shell, 8747 per cent;
loss In cleaning, 2.76 per cent. 'The pro
portions of water-ande dry substance In
the edible portion are estimated to be:
Water, 82.73 per cent;, dry substance,
17.27 per cent.
The' clear meat of the tail and claws
constitutes only 27 per cent of the lob
ster's Entire weight. Adding to this
other easily accessible parts which are
ordinarily picked out might, bring the
tota) saved to one-thjrd the weight With
loffster costing, , as if does generally
nowadays, 30 to 35 cents a pound, the
person with a taste for this sort of food
-whose, nutritive value, by the way,
compared with beef taken as a Standard,
Is 61.97 per cent pays from 90 cents
to 11.05 a pound. ' . ' .,'
difference - between, the J2.50- medical
fee and the expense of a trip for two
to Vancouver is so trivial that even the
mention of It is silly, and I believe that
when this proposition is looked upon
in its true light by the public a Van
couver marriage will carry with It such
a stigma that it will become decidedly
unpopular, v
This law was passed to remedy an
entirely too prevalent condition, and as
a lirotection to women, and while I
think it should have Included, both
if exesthera JJa.
flatxeuan for lie .nut
rea
sons stated. Whlle-could readily un.
defstanijwhy, a se.lf -respecting man
living in another state should come to
Oregon-ho have ihe ceremony per
formed, an opposite course Is beyond
my comprehension. J 1 -
CUA8,- K. SHORT,
DESPOTISM IN WEST
VIRGINIA
. From tlm Taciturn Ti llAine. ,
RcgardlcHM of the merits 'of the con
troversy betWHTN the miners and mlim
owners in -West .Virginia, the uiidlnput."l
tustlmonyof witnesses In the ln-ii'ilntf
before tho sonMe committee niiLBt inuk.!
the blood of honest men boll. The -an-thotittf
of the slate -.apparently tiavt
und the rights of! man 4n tliclr. Iilau
handed luwlrssnetiN exercised uiuUt Uij
clonk of authority, '"
The constitution of the state of 't
Virginia, child of the Civil war und or
ganized when national feelings were in
tense, provides Chat the constitution "f
the United States shall always be in ef
fect; that under no circumstances shall
the" right of hubens corpus bei denied;
that no citizen shall be deprived of lift',
liberty, or property without due process
of law; that the military authority slwil
not supersede ' ihe civil authority evvn
under the pleas of necessity; that tliera
shall be trial before a Jury In open com t
for all criminal offenses.
Yet it appears that the rigut of habeas
corpus has been denied; that cltlr.eiu
have been deprived of their liberty with
out due process of law;, that a so called
military authority 'has superseded tho
civil authority; that trial by Jury has
beon denied to alleged criminal offend
ers and they have been convicted and
fined In accordance with the arbitrary,
findings of drum head court-martials.
The undisputed record shows that at the
mandate, of the -mine owners the state
authorities equipped an "armored" train,
ran it through the strike regions and
used rapid fire gun on defenseless wo
men and children. ' ,
The definition of a new crime should
be written snd placed on the' statute
books. There shttulif .be Indictment and
exemplary punishment of all public of
ficers who misuse their power to nul
lify constitutions. The disorder of the
rioter who throws a brick at a time of
excitement is nothing to the disorder ot
a police officer who breaks up a peace
able meeting or tha governor who kid
naps free citizens by the use of the mili
tary and holds them as his prisoners.
From the Omaha World-Herald.
Whether the senate committee Investi
gation hastened it or not, war time rule
(n'the coal strike district of West Vir
ginia has ended. The last of the state
troops have been sent home. '
The public must think It was high
time, for, though the senatorial Inquiry
Is stitll In progress, and probably will
be for some time to come, enough light,
Has been thrown up and , down Cabin
creek and Paint orek to show that
while the military held sway there wi
an irrational despotism shocking to
American sentiment.
' Tha Kern resolution, under which thu
investigation was authorised, has been
Justified, for It is in evidence that
things have been done in the West Vir
ginia coal strike regions that the Amer
ican people could not have wanted done
and which will never be done again,
Two of the captains who were in com
mandv testified that their proceedings
were conducted without regard to tho
civil laws of the state, that they ar
rested, arraigned, fried and convicted
offenders in the strike xone without u
recourse to the civil courts, although
these were not superseded, and they Im
posed sentences without regard to thu
limitations imposed by the laws of West
Virginia. They frankly suld on the
stand that they thought the constitu
tion and statutes of West Virginia hnd
been suspended. It was the drum luad
court-martial for every alleged offender
and every offense, -and the facts of iomn
of the cases remind one of the revolu
tionary tribunal of Paris -or tbe . sum
mary deportation of prisoners to Siberia.
vlartlul law may have been necessary,
tough this is not established, but It
was exercised without discretion, no
That the perfectly innocent were madu
tauffer as well as those against whom
offenses were chtrged. '
It may be prqjllcted that the commit
tee will find that there was an unwar
ranted abridgement of the rights of
thousands of citizens not directly in
volved In the strike, and that the re
sult of the Investigation will be a mora
precise anJ severe limitation of. the
power exercised under martial law.
From the New York Press. -Without
getting the lid much more
than pried1 loose, the senate Inquiry in
the West .Virginia coal fields already
has proved that those who demanded it
were entirely in the right The suspen
sion of the processes of civil law In. fa
vor of drumhead courtmartial proceed
ings at a time when the courts were In
operation and perfectly capable Of at
tending to their own business, is nearly
or quite without precedent. The mili
tary commission which was sent Into
the disturbed regions seems, from thu
testimony to Jjava been quite as extremv
in its methods as the most severe critics
have charged. The theory on which the
military commission acted was assured- .
commission's members explain that they
assumed that, martial law having been
declared, tha constitution and alt its
guarantees were suspended. The military
commission becamsa the sole and su
preme authority and its discretion was
limited by no consideration of constitu
tional rights and Immunities.
It's Goodbye, John.
From the Cincinnati Times Star.
There is no hope in Kansas. The fol
lowing is from the Hiawatha Kan.)
World i, "John Smith will be operated
on tomorrow by Dr. Hatchfield. Mr.
Smith will leave a widow and three
children." . v . .
Summer Comfort
for -the
Stay-at-Homes
The first warm days brlnji
disappointments to many of un
who cannot Join the genlil
summer exodus from town, but
who, for one reason or another,
must stay in our houses r
apartments during the warm
months. .
We can't all go to the moun
tains or seashore, but. by a"
careful and judicious expendi
ture, every woman can muke
. a summer atmosphere in her
own home if she chooses.
Rugs, heavy curtains, and
' draperies can be put carefullv
away, and in their place can be
substituted a whole new set of
- things at a surprisingly low
Vost There is an infinite num
ber of fibre rugs In the market
. to fit any size apace; there a:'e
v dainty fresh, cotton curtain
. materials In charming. designs;
and as for cretonnes for f urn i-i-
lure coveiUngs, , their beauty
, and variety are bewildering
Just read carefully thrnugr
fthe housefurntghlng advertise
ments in THE JOURNAL snd
calculate for yourself how lit
tle these , Mummer comforts
t would actually cost,,' -
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