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THE OREGON . DAILY L JOURNAL PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, t AUGUST 26, 1913.
f Tl I P" ' IDM A1 ' Un'yet it Is seldom that -prosecu- J determination of the city govern
t I Hi r t 1 1 J I ' J f M 8 tiona on criminal charges are Iflatl- ment to take $42,000 more with i
Jt IKDKPEffrtKXT NEWSPAPER
K if ACKho N i ........ . Ptiblf
'ul.llh4rjpFrr tnlo iMrnt SBiHlayt
rjr KiiMlajr wornlng t l'h Journal- BiilM-
. ins, Bnil aiut Vmh1M-t.. rnrriarw. r.
Litirrm nt lb iwaivirk at IVrtlaud. Wr for
trauanilMlua throub t! loalla aecond elaaa
matter.
tutod,
Judge McGinn's action last week
was proper. There. la no excuse for
a judge having an eye blind to what
Is going on before him. liven prece
dent does not Bay he must over-
a street
a
bond
surplus left from
issue.'...' .. . ,',' .'. .y, - .
Names of pie purchasers were not
made public, and the Chronicle says
It may develop that the buyers are
creditors of the city unable to get
can, policy are not themselves In a
position to do anything much but
criticise. ! ' '
.'IM.hl'HUNKK Mcln mil Horn. A-4MM
All Ipparrnw-tit r.'titl by the number. J
tiii.r.lt AlVKlrii.V(J UWKKHtcM ATI VK
B'Ujumtn Kfutoor Co., HruiwwMr B'iIMIk.
XVi Hfib una, Kw Vorki IBIS 'utile's
J ftullHn. Chtcaco. '
look evidence of crime while decid-i their money when due.
The: n6te of optimism now sound
ing In financial and commercial cir
cles is grateful to the earB of all
except certain confirmed pessimists
There ap-'who would prefer to see tmSlr pre
ing Issues of property rights. Swin-j pears to be no legitimate reason uicuons verinea or wiaespreaa ais
dlers are anxious to keep out of the why identity of the purchasers aster under Democratic rule.
should be concealed, but whether
autuuriMttuu J.ruia u wall or tu an duntaa
"Is Hi ulu-d StitM or lletlce:
, J" v DAILY
Vu year ...... $4.00 I On boeUi I J
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tOu fr U.to t Od month t -29
I DAILY AND SDXDAT
n ,-...,. .17 Jo I On mm.tb t .
... Be . always displeased with
what tliou art If thou desire to
attain to what thou art not, for
where thou haat pleased thy
self, there thou abldest. Queries.
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criminal courts. If Judges general
ly will acquire the habit of recog
nizing crime during the trial of
civil suits, swindlers may In t'me be
just as anxious to keep out of civil
courts. When that time comes there
will be fewer swindlers.
MISSOURI'S EXAMPLE
A
CITIZEN army deserted ordi
nary occupations last week to
pull Missouri out of the mud.
Men and women responded to
Governor Major's call for volunteers
In a two-day good roads campaign
not a campaign of talk, but' of
spoiled by the reproduction of his (
remarks In the Bign language
A MEXICAN POLICY
actual work on the roads. Judges San Francisco bonds in the east, but
ana doctors Handled pfcke and shov- there auears to" be a market for
the!h,,n, Bt hnmn That rltv Ir lnarninir
the bonds went to creditors or to1 ,reany too Daa mat jonn u.
voluntary buyers, the fact remains (Rockefeller's one humane act In ad
that San Francisco is In a fair Wayidre88lnS over, a thousand deaf per-
of securing: immediate relief from fi- Bon ai weveiana snouia nave oeen
nancial stringency which has har
assed that city.
The $900,000 issue was author
ized for city hall, hospital and school
Improvements. Bond dealers de
clined to exercise options on the
ground that the market was glutted
and they could not dispose of the
securities,
of them by offering the bonds to the
people.
Perhaps there Iff no market for
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS JN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
els.
women served meals to
UERTA will see his mistake in, workers; one governor's wife dis-
assumlng that President wil- tributed fried chicken that another
son does not represent the en- governor's wife had cooked, while
their husbands, wearing overalls,
wero busy with the male workers.
This, the first state wide move-
tire United States in his attl-
iae toward Mexico. The provisional
president has turned a deaf ear to
kouhd advice from the White House, ment for good roads, Is expected not
imagining mat a rew jingo senators j only to mark an era in the devel
dd an inconsequential jingo press (0pment of Missouri, but to offer an
peaK. ' for the American people. eIani pje that will be followed by
Even the murder of Madero was not I other states, and thus lead to im
aa grave a blunder affecting Huer-fproVement of the highways through
la's own interests, comparable withiout the United States. The move
rs estimate of public sentiment this. ment is for the purpose of uniting
jBld the .Rio Grande. the farm aftd the market. It will
President Wilson's message to, bring the city and country districts
tongress has large import, for It . closer together, and thus benefit
.will indicate America's future policy both. It will reduce the cost of
toward Mexico. Press .eports say. living to city people and enlarge
firm Btand will be taken against , the profits of farmers, for nothing is
armed Intervention. Vbo Washing- more impossible than prevention of
Jon dispatches are probably correct, j losses through poor roads except by
for under the Wilson regime it is i the remedy of good roads,
possible for a fair-minded, intelli-1 n,, Pnvsrnnr flnn thf
a lesson already learned by many
other cities.
PORTLAND IS PROSPEROUS
ent person three thousand miles
wife of Kansas joined in the Mis-
P
The commonplace person who
doesn't go- Joy-rldlng may never
amount to much, but is not without
his humble uses In burying those
who do.
Bourke Cockran lately took occa
sion to say that Presldont Wilson is
a humbug Cockran's point of view
having been palpably warped by Introspection.
"It is Just about time for the pub
lic to cease taking an Interest In
me," plaintively says Caruso, who
seems to have his rational moments:
Apparently, an of t-horsewhlppetf' at
torney wasn't whipped hard enough.
Neighbor Clarke county, Washington,
has set big Multnomah county a fine
example. . .
With 20 cent hops,-will the big grow,
crs find any placet or . Wa to dispose
oi ineir money r
9 W . .
Hop men, It - la. announced, want no
j. vv. w. men in tneir varas. uertainiy
not; they want workers.
Possibly a "Chautauqua policy" may
prove to be better than a Jingo policy
wouin prouuDiy nave peen.
The trouble is that nobody can under
stand Just what Socialism is, much less
liow it could be mad practical, .
Maury Dlggs would have been less
OlMiespected if he had plead guilty and
taken his medicine like a man.
Two "unloaded'' rifles. In the hands
of two young girls, killed two people
In one day in Los Angeles, So It goes.
Man tried to get to heaven by climb
ing to the top of a 46 foot pole and pray
ing loudly; he will' go to aa asylum in
stead. Maury Dlggs' defense only added to
his original offense. His crime showed
him a scoundrel; hls defense showed
blm a poltroon.
OREGON SIDELIGHT .
The contract has been let for dn con
struction of Ontario's Carnegie library
at $7300. The plans were drawn by a
local architect.
An effort is being made by Baker
parties to organize a wild west show, to
be presented within a few week, ' and
to be made an annual event.
Baker Herald: Harry Thaw, Jack
Johnson, Tammany, Maury Dlggs,
Huerta, Wouldn't that make a pretty
party to take a Joy ride on dark night?
,
The Kast Oregonlan is gratified to ob
serve that though it has been a long
hot spell, yet Pendleton's commission
government committee has kept right
on with its work.
W. E. Johnson has taken hold of the
lapsed Central Oregonlan at Metollu
and given it a new lease of life, which,
he la confident, will be long and filled
with success.
. It is announced that Sweet Home. Is
lu nvc & iiawa;ac,. Jk ,
publisher of the Lebanon Tribune, will
move hlaj) lant to Sweet Home and begin
publication September 1.
Toledo 'Sentinel: One of our 'ex
changes speaks about the gorgeous sun
set caused by the smoke from a forest
fire several miles away. In all proba
bility the town where the paper was
published Is safe from .the fire, or the
beauty of the sunset would have ap
peared less beautiful.
IN EARLIER DAYS
" By Fred Lockley, "
The convivial Gothamlte undoubt
edly feels that there's no place like
home to stay away from when
the time comes to close the lobster
palaces.
What Huerta himself is appar
ently unable or unwilling to recog
nize Is that the United States gov
ernment Is backed by the United
States.
ORTLAND Is sound financially.
Proof of the fact may be su
perfluous, but It is found in
the statement of Superinten
dent of Banks Wright, issuod after
examination of this city's banks at
the close of business August 9. The
Increase In denoslts over a statement
issued September 4, 1912, was Jl,
577,914, a very substantial gain for
eleven months.
But a more encouraging feature
of the report is the statement that
Portland banks on the later date
carried a reserve of more than 33
per cent, as compared with the legal
requirement of 25 per cent. Capi
tal stock, surplus and profits In
creased nearly $1,500,000. United
States deposits fell off more than
half, and the loss was returned In
excess of three fold by
savings and individual savings de-; un "We f pper. thou id not exceed
UNDERGROUND LIFE OF BIG CITIES
Leo L. Redding, In Popular Mechanics.
From a million and a half to a million
and three quarters of the residents of
New York City spend at least a portion
of each day underground, and many
thousands come to the surface so rarely
that the light of days blinds them when
they reach it, ,
So accustomed has New York become
to the idea of living underground that
only a few days ago a public celebration
was opened. This newest tuniTel, cost
1 n tr nanv thnnaflnHa r,e Hllara uraa H 1 1 C
The Story of My Life," by Eve-jt0 glVe the people who live 'near the
lyn Nesbit Thaw, Is apt to be sue
cessful only In demonstrating that
fact is more nauseating than fiction.
Letters From the People
n.Bifli i n omuiuiiH'iunns aeni to jd journal lor pan
poBiHi Hcution In this drpartinrnt should be written on
posits. The total Bavfngs deposits
ly lb name and addreaa f iha lender. If (ha
writer doe nut deaire to hart thu name pub
lished, be should ao state.)
. It' t.1.. 4-
siuui luswu w , . ' souTl campaign. Six thousand inem-
" I .B! . ?' p,;?V,de1d mithen Of the Missouri Federation of
; "lclent information is available. : Women.B club8 aided the niovement.
The chief charac e.lsUc of President Tfcou8and8 . farmerB. wive8 anrt
n IT f 1 A A a la a. 1 mm mm I.J 1 I i A mm. J. k f mm la A I mm J, b I mm
!iv i infill ih him hiii in. v 1.11 a (1 1 1 1 11 r I'uri v .. . , . ...
A tmZtZtZ " " women prepared ana sorvea i ncrease was 1. 409,052, made up
. and his insistence upon acting Just- meas lo the workerB .IudeB hur.,of !ndlvIdual account8 at the hanks
V- ' irlpd lhronirh thir rnlpnrlarB fnr th .n Hrtclto i.v h nnoi9l dh.Ii,!.."1111 ' ihB .sreateat ef all reformer.
Cm . half .nt.,n n.nlntln. ' " " ' ! ""b" It
t .V T -""""-' """;two days and then adjourned
, rpiuenuc m jnero. iiuy J'ear8;thejr jobg wUh plck an(J shpve,
Z mA7'.i , "7 . Tb Missouri experiment proved that
, TV u,m V"" , D;,tie " everybody U vitally interested I
id not Intervene then. Existence' nnA A., (1,,i..m ,
?f l,rS? AmerIcatn TTT!f n lZT t3i"ou8ed.
. nuiw w uvi vi ii-ocii JMUuwi Thorn !u u, nlnlm (liar rnorla
to , denartnient
of 1
It rationallces eTerTthlnc It tnurbea. If rnKa
That Was an Increase 1 pr'nclpi of all fnle nnctltj aod thronn
i thm harlr nt. Ih. I. v......V.I.n... 1 I.
Per Cent. j have no reasonableness it ruUileaslr 'nnli.-s
Hudson river and in the neighborhood
of One Hundred and Eighty-first street
an oportunlty to pas beneath the hills
from their homes to the subway, bv
which means they. travel to the lower
end of Manhattan Island, to Brooklyn,
and, by means of a transfer, to New
itfersey. Until this underground cutoff
was opened the name citizens naa to
walk about 1000 feet up and down hill
breathing the good outdoor air. Now
they will make the same trip under
ground through .a damp, dingy passage
way, and because they save a few hun
dred feet and a bit of exertion consider
themselves fortunate.
t There is nothing In the report to i '.'''"J, .fn ,,l",,pnr?- ??,d u ,','n iClty spen
. i , . A, , conclusions In their stead." Wood row Wilson. ... ' , ,v
n indicate that during the eleven beneath tr
lon for armed force. The .only pro- thoud be c0n8tructed by a citiz
months' period any considerable
sum of money was taken from busi
ness and industry and placed In the
Channels Should Be Marked,
Portland, Or., Aug. 25. To the Editor
According to the best obtainable sta
tistics about 20.000 persons In New York
d their entire working hours
the surface of the earth. These
figures include 3800 employes on the
Uwo systems of subways now In opera-
of The Journal-There appears to be .Ll Z
cn ; savings banks. The postal savings
army such a Missouri plfiuced in theji.ank accounts form only a fraction
lection possible is to see that Amer-,
a ii- -v.- a ... 411 j
I;'- .. Vr.- Virr.r ViII- jleld- Those lawyers and doctors 1 0f the increase. It is fair to as
7i!7nH-r "Ur'J8Dd Judse8 were probably inefficient f8Ume that Portland people are get-
: , , . ' - .1 I workmen compared with men whose
ertyis unlawfully taken from them J vocatlm ,8 road maklng. BlJt . the
br destroyed in insurrection, to; ,unt,er( 8ervetl , tle 1)Ur0Be
bress their claims for damages. ,onvmi , ,,, aon.
That policy is sanctioned by Inter-: Th demonBtrated that all
-y naiivuai so., uui uuuicouu jaw auu
some disposition on the part of
press to severely criticise the steamship
lumijuny wnicu ordered tne late State
omnlnvpd riiffsrlnir the new subwavs. Thii
the .A n.lll hm mnr. Ihfin rinnhlof in til
ting rich, a large part of them in
creasing their savings deposits at Jhe
rate of 12 per cent a year. .
What better evidence could there
near future. Also included are the 1200
or California into that reef bestrewn : "lenl "losi 01 Z , AT 7 I B"7
nunurea lcei uciuw liic amci auuauci
driving, that wonderful aqueduct which
Is to carry throughout the Island of
Gambler bay in Alaska waters. UoUV?
Ing true to the American custom fn
mntters of trarla and nnmmnrna aimh
risjks are oecondary to meeting a de- 1 Manhattan and over Into Long Island
mand for service. It was no more tner- 1 tne waters mat are oeing rjrougnv aown
ciless or adventuresome to enter tlamhfer I by siphon from the Catsklll mountains.
hnv nr 1 1 N II. unKlidp.t. ,.1 . 1 1 . ! fPhan Hior. or mnrai than 1(1000 men
10 that t'Ortlana IS BOIina tinan- lu tn munrl tnrm na A ..nmon mho nra, mnlnvl In mnro
. , - .. . , . . " j ( ' i- i "vi ii, I'll .TO auu ii.vn " " " " - - - - r- - .
man o n H nil wnman n a l ' m ni I n i . 1 1 . . n t'i . l .. J i I . i . . . i. . . . . ., . ...
Amprlfnn nrnptlca i -u.v-.. " itiaiiy: rortianu is piimpeiuus. imuugii me aangerous Htraiis or Ma- private enterpnses max lane mem con-
U1IW11 uranin. ooln from hlo haiova (liar narnill i n ii j l .! It J i I. I alian with tlio fnitnA Btuio- i mt-mmt ni.rii
IS'. W VMS U I WW UtyUV V 4lB V- V 1UV '
. nh ao n haitltnrr nf lnorlo
entirely , because of obligations as-, A 8 reBuU of the tWQ d . cam.
turned by the United States through , Mlssourl estlmate3 her actuaI
Insistence upon he Monroe doctrln J,1 & at a milon dollara. xhe e8tl.
t American capital has been welcomed i matQ be , h or ,ow g0 far R8
there; American skill was invited to, constructlon is concerned, but
.flevelpn Mexican resources. A defl- he potential gain through an awak.
- fcU.f ?88 V?,,0W!d, Th,;!ened public sentiment cannot b es-
vnited States was to keep hands off l .,
Mexico politically, and we have done ' umHiea-
that Many assurances have been
glvon i by presidents and secretaries
of state that the United States did
bot desire an inch of. Mexican ter-J-Itory.
.
i 4 , Mexico undertook, on her part, to
figures prove it.
On quite ordinary days 1,500,000 per-
NOT HELIGIOIS
T
HELPING THE FARMER
N THE past the soils laboratory
of the college of agriculture of
the University of Wisconsin con
ducted cron experiments on se-
jnaintain a stable government that 'lected farms. Hereafter all farmers
would make safe American lives and 0f the state will be aided in develop
which, by the wav. are tfpnernualv 1r.
rAJt con!! total vote in when women had
m?"1 S-veyards for m.ghty j i "8 Bot only
Oinn tn tho hlttprnKH nf thA I BIIi''3 Bnu lnne wno go down in tneni. ------
auu to tne ouierness oi me ti. , . ritH vn ra' Rlsrnaturei. but twice
..... . . . - ie viwiio ui i i mi is trie neKieei -o D -
contest for the governorship of ! 0f our own ,rovernment to properly 'as many as the law now requires, would
New York there has been in-! stake out. with buoy and beacon light. I go a very long way toward putting the
terjected a call to religious ,lle channels In these treacherous wa- : initiative and referendum out of busi-
n i j, r r-uriicuiariy in regard to Alaskan ness entirely aner un.
prejuun-e. (Waters, we all know that congress long For come years the opponents of the
It Is to be hoped that this ap-, ai(0 pased an appropriation covering ' Initiative sought to kill the power of
peal to the most easily aroused sen- ! the marking of these northern channels, i the people to propose and enact and to
timent in the nature of men will not i bl,t through the red tape of the depart- 'veto laws, by invoking the federal courts.
h hpnrd It oueht to remain hurled :tnt u authority, nothing has ever Then they tried to have the people kill
be heard, it ougnt to remain bulled beon done toward cxecut)n the enact. b h catled ..major,ty rui,
among the Other blighting influ- ment of congress. I amendment. Now they aeemlo be seek-
ences on civilization. I Travelers In Alaskan territory note ; )n the cioav f a very1 patriotic, indus-
. the absence of proper channel marking .,. arl(1 inteniKent body of foreign
sons are accommodated in the New York
subways, and the crowds are multiply
lnar week hv weak.
Men go below the surface to reach the
trains that are to take them from that
architectural wonder, the new Penney!-
vanla station, east and west out of tha
city. After they have reached the trains
they a, re dropped still farther under
ground, tn order that they may pass be
neath the bottom of the Hudson and
East Rivers.
To gret out of New Torn City by
means of New York Central railroad
or the New York. New Haven and Hart
ford railroad It is neceusary to make
use Of that other architectural wonder,
the Grand Central station, and again
travelers drop down into, the bowels of
the earth before they may start.
In the great hotels of New York the
mechanical departments are all far be
neath the street surface. These depart
ments are well worth visiting, and in
most cases the hotel proprietors are only
too glad to permit their kitchens, bake-
shops, furnace rooms, engine rooms and
laundries to be Inspected. These places
ordinarily are the cleanest In the entire
hotel.
Many of New York's greatest depart
ment stores are connected directly with
the subways, as are also eome of lt.i
newer theatres. Last February a family
of three from Ban Francisco, visiting
New York, lived for a fortnight in one
of the most fashionable and most expensive-
hotels ' In the city, spent most of
their time shopping, sightseeing and
theatregolng. and only once during the
entire 14 days passed into the open air
of the outside" world. From their rooms
In the hotel they were dropped by ele
vator to the level of the subway.
Through the subway they went to de
partment stores, theatres, restaurants
museums and even to church. When
they started for home they went by sub
way from their hotel to the Orand Cen
tral station end did not get out into
sunlight until their train had well start
ed on Its long Journey. And this was
not on a bet, either.
The cry has been given ill ad
v sen Kiirmiiri ptm hi iiiivt-i mil n zer. . . ....
i uuiiiiHuiHuiu-iiun to tne adequate tnmca- . ., .,i.. ,,n
along the coast of the United States. In !,.. ..,, fh vi. nt irmreaslnir th
'""i ' " - "
wuat wunat'r i iat bo mnnv Kh na en tn dubeii wi- ouiud v .
eoptable Mexican government. But
in passing upon Huerta's title to
power President Wilson should in
sist that the Mexican people have
fights far superior to Huerta's claim
On office,
Mil THE 8W1NDLEKK
or
iHREE men, defendants In a
civil suit, were held to the
grand jury last week by Judge
McGinn. They were accused
by an aged man of having swindled
him in a barber shop sale, and after
tearing the evidence Judge McGinn
tave judgment for the plaintiff and
on his own motion ordered the ar
rest of the defendants.
i The incident illustrates how courts
may increase their usefulness by
getting away from the tradition that
Judges must give attention only to
issues pleaded in civil sjfts. Courts
"are used constantly In attempts
ither to enforce illegal acts or to
escape the consequences of such
acts. Many Illegal practices are not
criminal, but the records of civil
suits are filled with evidence of
criminality that is too orten passed
over by Judges.
ii Except in certain clauses of crime,
initiative in prosecution of criminals
Is usually left with the Injured
party. The result is that many men
who should be In jail retain their
freedom, through fear on the part
Of swindled men that criminal pro
ceedings would operate against re
covery of money wrongfully taken
from them. It has grown to be a
habit with peace officers and courts
to dodge responsibility in such cases
by placing; It upojj other shoulders.
Men charged with enforcing the law
too often assume that swindlers of
fend only against individuals, rather
than against the state.
. i Portland, aud this entire section
f the uorthwest would , be much
9
ther gwindlerr were In jail. Evi
dence of their crimes comes before
th Judges constantly In civil suits,
and for additional analyses the rate
is $3. But when five or more farm
ers In a community unite In a re
quest for laboratory service the col
lege must make field, examinations
and soil analyses at the rate of $3
per individual, and also send a rep
resentative to the community, who
will give a complete explanation of
the results of the tests and discuss
with the farmers practical plans for
soil Improvement and crop Increase.
There was a time when farmers
would scoff at the Idea of a college
professor telling them how to farm.
In those days it was assumed out
side agricultural colleges that only
the man on the troll, with greater
experience along crop failure lines,
was the one who knew about farm
ing. But progressive farmers have
abandoned that idea. Wisconsin's
agricultural college Is no longer
pleading for an opportunity to teach
the farmer; he is appealing to the
college for education, and he is get-
tenant Governor Glynn denounced It
as a dastardly trick. While it If
true that Governor Sulzer is a Pres
byterlan and that Lieutenant Gov-! o Alaskan trade, while cool hearten and
ernor Glynn Js a Catholic, the ques
tion of their creed does not enter.
Tho contest is political, not re
ligious. The Issue Is, has Governor
Sulzer done those things which un
qualify him to hold office? This
issue ought not to be diverted by the
kindling of the back fire of religious
prejudice and intoleratlon.
A young woman student at Cor
nell who proclaimed the fact that
she could live on 50 cents a weefc
and has since received many offers
of marriage, Is now able to classify
Intelligently the kind of a man she
doesn't want to wed.
v Hhtnia cn in
the bottom. The enterDriBlnar ntenm- ! beneficent measures to secure the nec
ship company will risk both life and ! esary funds to place them on the ballot.
property in t!n Interest of development I The results of some of these measures
have been very far reaching, arfectlng
lndirerftly, or aiding to do so, our na
tional constitution Itself. A dozen very
good measures could be mentioned that
were backed by very little funds and ap
parently met with apathy before being
filed, but' received substantial voting
support at the polls. Tho difficulty
of placing such measures before the
people has already been increased at
least 60 per cent. After the next elec
tion it will be increased by present laws
and Increased number pf voters fully 50
per cent more.
In all candor, T would ask if there Is
not some danger that a good and hon
orable body of citizens are being used
as a stalking horse to attack the initia
tive and destroy the democracy of Ore
gon that has led the nations of the
earth. ALFRED D. CRIDGE.
courageous captains will do their best
under disadvantages Imposed by the
neglectful government. Steering for the
"hole in tho fog" lacks the precaution
ary Information as to exact location.
Tho government sHotild take some im
mediate action toward marking out the
channels In these northern waters.
Alaska, destined to be a great grain
and stock country, as well as a mineral
wonder, Is left to develop as best It
may. Hail private enterprise, which
had Its eyes set on Alaska, been suc
cei sfv.l in its nuest. no doubt the gov
ernment would have become suddenly
native in the Interest of protecting the
shipping Industry. Now that the hope
of the private interest la about gone, it
Is to be presumed that there will be
no great need for the government to
act through lack of concerted pres
sure. The government never dusts any
of Its goods on the shelves until it gets
a customer. l
Captain Cann proved himself no ex
ception to thegeneral run of men In
command of Alaskan ships. He went
SELLS BOXDS AT HOME
S
AN FRANCISCO bonds, unsala
ble In the usual markets, were
offered to the general public
last week over the city treas
urer's counter. A total of $900,000
was placed on aale, and' in three
days the public had absorbed $308,
000 of the securities. It was an
nounced that local investors with
drew their money from the banks
In order to obtain the 5 per cent
Interest which tha bonds nav.
better off if all the real estate andh- The first three days of the sale
resulted in $216,000 actual cash re
ceipts by the city treasury, an orderi
for $50,000 additional bonds and
The planetary system has not as
yet become disorganized while Gov
ernor Fobs of Massachusetts Is mak
ing up his mind Whether to run orjdown with his slip, but fortunately the
not tn run. ftlthonch his annarnnt bride was broken away and washed to
ting rich because, of such appeals. mental struggle almost approaches I Bf fdty- V1"" ra,v"!,R hla Ilfe' Can,aln
The University of Wisconsin Is I i.. ' Cams boyhood days were spent in
j. 1. v. i " oa.ein
uuiug a greui vvuin. iui tuts ycvyiv
of that state. It Is following the
policy of carrying education to per
sons needing instruction. The new
plan for giving each farmer the
benefit of expert soil "analyses and
Individual advice on how to Increase
his crops is a part of that policy.
German polici are taking extraor
dinary precautions to guard ex-King
Manuel of Portugal, fiance of the
Princess Victoria, but now and then
he may be able to slip away to a
pawn-shop.
"It's up to the women to choose
their own clothes," says the Minne
apolis chief of police, with what
might be termed transparent evasion.
The news that , the Turks have
taken Kuchuck Kakvak occasions
some wonder as to why an American
college yell should have ' been left
lying around loose in their vicinity.
The Catholic Faith.
Estacada, Or., Aug. 26. To the Editor
of The Journal It would be a piece of
journalistic enterprise a real scoop
for.any paper to publish the text of the
Catholic faith. It would be actual news
to thousands: I am quite certain that
not one in a thousand of the Christians
understand what It is; otherwise they
Kay lonsr as there Is any demand for would agree on u ana cease rrom dis
service Ju&t that long will we find 1 sension. And of course outsiders, non-
those wno are willing to Incur the , Christians, cannot De expected to Know,
ricks. In the coming development of
Alaska tho government should humane
ly "brepare the water thoroughfares In
advance of the commercial tide certain
to follow. FRED R. WATERS.
Sees Menace to People's Rule.
Portland, Aug. 26. To the Editor of
The Journal A very patriotic and in
telligent body of men are going to re
form the Initiative and referendum along
if the Christians do not know them
selves. So here it is, copied from the
prayer book:
"I believe in God, the Father Al-
imlghty, maker of heaven and earth.
And In Jesus Christ, his only son, our
Lord, who was conceived by the Holy
Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suf
fered under- Pontius Pilate, was crucified,
dead and ' buried. He descended Into
hell. The third day he rose from the
He ascended , into heaven, and
Christian and Infidel. Whoever rejects
this is an unbeliever. Whoever accepts
It is a Christian, nominally.
I say nominally, because this Is only
a matter of belief, a preliminary, an ini
tiation of novices Into the first degree.
There is a law of works, or service,
that must be fulfilled before anyone
can be an approved Christian or a free
and accepted Mason.
Free Masons and Templars were orig
inally Christian orders, or degrees. The
word church is a contraction of a Greek
word that means "the house of the
Lord." A real Christian must be a Ma
son, or Templar that Is, a "builder" of
the house of the Lord, which is the same
as the temple of humanity. Sectarians
are not builders. They are dividers and
destroyers. A Free Mason is one who
works not for pecuniary reward, after
the manner of a servant or hireling, but
for the accomplishment of a fixed pur
pose.
The creed contains nothing about Bap
tists nor Methodists nor Presbyterians
nor any other Beet. It is nonsectarlan.
It was in use, In slightly variant forms,
before the church broke up Into factions,
and before It allied itself with the tem
poral power of the Roman empires, and
became subject to Roman law.
The kings of England bear the title
"F. D.," which means "defender of the
faith," This the Apostles' creed la tht
faith they are supposed to aeiena. But
the title Is only nominal. It is a matter
of form, not a matter of fact. In fact
there is no faith any, more, and there are
no defenders. The faith has been neg
lected and forgotten In the rush of busi
ness, the acquisition of material wealth.
the workshop of mammon and other
forms of idolatry, in which Christian
and Infidel alike engage.
J. L. JONES.
the following lines, according to your 'dead.
issue of August 24. First, to tvrovlde 1 sltteth on the right hand of God. From
It Is unfortunate that so many of
the best of us were born too early
to win that $25,00 cnanjplon . baby
prize at tlfgrSan Francisco fair.-' i'
le Sam is fortunate that the
critics of President W'llBOTt-Mexi
that only registered voters can sign Ini
tiative petitions; second, to double the
required percentage of signatures on a
petition.
I, The first Is already the law. The sec
ond will virtually have been secured by
the application of .the first plus the in
creased number of signatures which will
be required after 1914 by reason of the
percentage being based upon the vote
for supreme Judges, and then the esti
mating of fully 80,000 women voters.
At this time a registered woman voter
can sign a petition, but the total num.
ber of signatures required-is the same
as if they had no vote, being based on
thence he shall come to Judge the quick
and, the dead. I believe in the Holy
Ghost, the Holy Catholic church, the
communion of saints, the forgiveness of
sins, the resurrection of the body and
the life everlasting."
This la the Apostle's creed," the Cath
olic faith, the Christian faith, It con
tains alt the essentials and fundamen
tals, all that Is necessary to be a Chris,
tlon or a Catholic, as far as mere faith
goes. On this platform all the Christian
factions might come together, if their
antagonisms were hot tnore deeply root
ed than tbelr faith. . ...
, This creed draws the -line, between
Promoted Too Fast.
Portland, Aug. 25. To the Editor of
The Journal Some well meaning friend
makes last Saturday's Journal say I was
a colonel in the Union army during: the
Civil war.
Whire I always thought X .ousrhtO
have been a colonel, I only, got to be a
lieutenant, and a second lieutenant at
that. The misleading statement, made
in good faith, no doubt, places me In an
awkward position with G. A. R. com
rades, who know.
I feel like the fellow looks to others,
who was not In a thousand miles of the
battle of Gettysburg, posing as the lead
er of the old soldiers from Oregon who
were in that conflict, back to the recent
semi-centennial celebration, of that con
flict. In that attitude, most honest men
would have felt a little queer. 1
C. B. CLINK.
Pointed Paragraphs
A well fed waiter makes a well, fed
guest : ' ''
a
It Is hard to fool all the people by
looking wise.
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Many a man who growls all day goes
home and kicks the dog for barking at
night, ' , .
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You can't convince a young widow
that lightning won't strike twice tn the
same place.
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If you are a chronic fault finder It's
a sign that your acquaintances are tired
oahavlng you around. .. . v . 1
'Love, may laugh at locksmiths-when
the mHllners and the dressmakers
don't get even a pleasant look, j
In the old days the Umatilla house
waa the boast of The Dalles .and the
pride of eastern Oregon. It stood on
the bank of the Columbia 'river near
the boat landing. In those 1 days he
trade and travel "from the valley to
the gold mines of Idaho and to th
"cow country," as easteth Oregon wa
called, was by boat. Later, when the
rill road came, the railroad track passed
directly in front of the ol4 Umatilla
house and the trains stopped there for
the passengers to. eat their meals. ; In
those days train schedules were made
so aa to arrive at the eating station
at meal time. The dining car ha
changed all that The train no longer
pay heed to where It shall be at meal
time. Changed conditions, the coining of tha
Pullman car and the diner, the lessened
Importance of river traffic, have had
their effect upon the historic Umatilla
house.
Now-a'-days U dwells on the recollec
tion of its one-time glory. .Just as In
the old days the stage drew up with a
flourish before the wide-open doors of
the Umatilla house, so today the' auto
mobile drives' up with a flourish In front
of the moderrt and commodious Hotel
Dalles.
"Let tne see the hotel register of 0
years ago," I said to the proprietor-
All right, if you want to do soma
exploring. It is in the basement," he
said. We went under the railing of th
sidewalk down a steep bank and. under
h hotel. "They are under there," satd
the hotel man. "Under theres" meant -under
a miscellaneous accumulation of
broken beds, worn-out screen doors and
ancient and discarded furniture. We
dug through to the huge pile of dusty
transfer books and time-worn registers
"We are having new concrete sup
porta put under the old sills and tha
workmen piled out all the old registers
to be burned. I had them taken back
and stacked under . here. Help your
self." 1 dug down Into the bottom of that
pile and for half an hour looked over
the dusty pages of the past. To look;
over the old registers 1b like calling1
the roll of all the well-known men of
40 years ago. From the dim and dusty
archives of a long-gone past I went to)
the book store of I. C. Nlcholsen. "Tell
me about the early days of the Umatilla
bouse," I said to Mr. Nlcholsen.
"I do not know about Its early days,"
said Mr. Nlcholsen. "I did not go to
work there till I860. That is 44 years
ago. I came to The Dalles in 1867,
from New York state, I had come there
from Germany. In 1869 I was 'made
steward of the Umatilla house and my
brother was the night clerk. In thos
days the Umatilla house was the high-
class hotel. The Empire hotel was tha
other, hotel and many of the miners and
workingmen put up at the Empire
Forty years ago people did not get on a
train or boat and never leave It till
they, had crossed the continent. Travel
was slow process In those days. But
the travelers knew more of the coun
try through which they passed. Instead
of having limited trains that sweep
through The Dalles as they do today, ,
all trains stopped here and before tha
trains came this was a stopping place.
Most travelers stayed over night to
make connections with the ' up-river
boats or the stages.
"On the old reglstera you will sea
the names of Senator John H. Mitchell,
George II. Williams, Governor Woods,
General U. S. Grant, Sim Reed, Captain.
Ainsworth, R. R. Thompson, John Gates,
General Thomas and General Hancock,
and you will see many times over tha
signature of General O. O. Howard.
George Francis Train was alsQ a guest
of ours. He was a queer genius. Ha
telegraphed back to Omaha: 'Am at Tha
Dalles. No ferry Is needed here. You
can walk across the Columbia on the
backs of salmon, they are running so
thickly.' President Harrison made a
speech in front of the Umatilla house.
President Hayes was a guest of the city
on his tour of tho west. Henry Villard,
the big railroad man of his time, stopped
with us. I think it was about '82 that
the railroad came to Tho Dalles. They
had a big celebration here over tha
event.
"Our pioneers are- dying fast. Mrs
Joseph Wilson died this spring. Her
husband was a member of congress. Ha
was scheduled to make an address at
Oberlin college, but died of heart dis
ease the day before he was to deliver
the address. Mrs. -Wilson is a sister
of Mrs. Grover, whose husband was
Governor Grover. She lives In Italy
now. Another sister, Mrs. James Kelly,
lives In Washington, D. C. Her hus
band waa United States senator from
Oregon. Mrs. WlUon was postmistress
for two years of our city.
One of our most distinguished resi
dents was a Congregational minister
hore in the early days, Rev. Thomas
Condon. For years ha was in charge
of the department of geology at the
state university at Eugene. 1 couia
mention a great many men who later)
became prominent In Oregon who were
early residents fit Tha Dalles and also
got their start here, but today Is today;
and those old days are of the past"
YOUR MONEY
By John' M. Osklson.
By John M. Osklsons
From January 1, 1912, to January 1,
1913, the corporations of tha United
States which report, unaer tne cor
poration tax law, to the bureau of cor
porations, at Washington, earned, above
all expenses. $3,304,000,000.
This figure Is higher than that or
any previous year by $400,000,000. Tha
Increased tax paid by the corporations
will amount -to over $7,000,000 for the
year of 1912.
Over 60 revenue districts repunm i
tha treasury department, and In only
ten of the districts were there decreasts
of earnings noted. And these ten dis
tricts were not important in the vol
ume of business reported. The largest
decrease was shown In the District of
Columoia, where earnings fell off, a
compared with 1911, $72,612.
This increase for the whole country
of $400,000,000 in corporation earnings
was accompanied by a great increase
of corporation Indebtedness and by in
creases in the wage scale which, was
fairly general. It tells of the biggest
vear In the industrial history of tho
country an extraordinary contrast to
the stories heard throughout the year
by those who got their' reading- out of
financial papers, i , T
Iti the year liz, the number or cor- -
poratlons reporting was 310,000. Somi
16,000 , more am Business auring tn
year, out raiiea 10 rcyuru i.n pi
centage of increase of those reporting
was 7: this compares with an lucreabe
for 1H over' 1910 of 6 per cent, ana
an increase durln 1810 oVerJ909 of 4
per jcent. :T".'7'rr7 7, 'v'r:7rT, ':
Leaving, the government's figures,
you were told that on July 1, this year, j
4,J44 persons 'owned stock in tha Penn- .
svlvanla railroad, and that 4$ bar cent
of these were women Investors. ; .
The corporations are growing. In
number and In earning power. , The ,
ownership ' of corporations Js rapidly
extending. Knowledge of corporation
methods and of corporation securities
ought to be more widespread. '
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