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THEJOURNAL AN I.NDKPKKUKVt NKWSP PRE ' k. JAl'luioM Publtabat lrubahd 'avarjr aranlng teirept Saadajl aaa . ry SJfttffajr morning it Til Journal Build Inc. Hri.rtwy (i, V.roblll'l,, yflUnil. Of. -i-mrrwa at Um imatuHic at I'urtiand, Or, for UauuiUaloa throngs ttw wall a aacond clan ' fciattcr, tcLUI-HoNKS Ualn TJ7J; Bona, AiOM. U Opattnicots rvacotd tor -hw eumbara. : tha operator what nrtiwnt yon want. UKKlUJf 4UVliMXmi.N0 KKf mtSKNTATIVB Benjamin kaotuor Co.. Brunawlck Building. ti& rirtb ateoua. Kaw lorkt ISIS faoula'a faaa MulMlnt. Cbteafo. kuuatripuuu Uaruia BJ nail or to an aUdnwa tu tut umt4 Klalca or Mtitco: ; , DAILY. uoa tnt ,.,...84.00 I One month I .SO , , , SUSDAT One raar S2.Au Ob month ....... .25 DAILY AND SUNDAY Ooe raar 91M I Ona month .K B- It is to labor and to labor on " !y, that man owes everything of 1 exchangeable value. Labor is ' the talisman that has raised hlru from the condition of the savage; that has changed the - desert and the focest Into cul tivated fields; that has covered " the earth with cities, and the ocean with ships; that has giv en us plenty, comfort and ele gance, instead of want, misery and barbarism J. MacCulloch. tiflclal line between the two coun- getting results from the serums, tries should perpetuate artificial' re- and they were becoming dlscour- Btrlctlons upon trade and friendly aged, especially as the nostrums relations. were sold at high prices. The scope of Congressman John- President Waters of the state ag- son's resolution is not stated in the ricultural college sought a remedy, news dispatches, However, it is not but he did not ask that a ban be probable the United States govern- placed upon the private plants. A ment will be asked to lend finan- state plant was constructed, and clal assistance toward the. construe- Kansas by the force of its own Uon of the railroad. Canada is foM competition Is driving out the fake lowing a large subsidy policy aa to serums. The private plants which railroads. The United States has are handled scientifically are still had bitter experience with subsi- doing a big business and getting dies, and it is not probable the ex- results. perience will be repeated. But there The serum's cost is 25 to 50 cents are other ways in which assistance for each pig. Use of the serum could be given. guarantees the farmer the market The time must come when Al- Price for his hog when it is ready ask a and the Pacific northwest will for market. It Is a system of pig be connected by a railroad. Steam- insurance similar to human life ship traffic with the north is pre- insurance, where on payment of carious; wrecks place a heavy han- comparatively small premiums by dicap on vessel routes. When Al- men their wives are assured of aska is opened up to thrift and fixed cash values being paid after Industry the necessity for an in- death of their husbands. well, ternatlonal road will be more appar- why not Insure a pig's life when it ent. contributes toward the family's life? In financial mire." It ought to takelp its newly discovered ring to the 1 pawn shop. The newspaper Jokesmltbs who refused to admit Thaw to member ship may have felt that he Is al ready sufficiently demoralized. However worthless In other re spects, Thaw certainly shines as a profitable client Sacramento but Just couldn't OREGON CITY'S EPIDEMIC VISCOUNT HALDAYE BUYERS' WEEK BUYERS' week Is here, and with It cornea a large delegation of merchants from many sections of the Columbia basin. It is their first excursion to Portland its. a body; Whether it will 1e their last depends upon advantages they secure. , Portland ia the natural market and source of supply for a large territory. It is to the advantage or this city, as well as its tributary districts, that natural laws in trade bfl followed Portland ham afoaaa 'tof world's markets and transporta v tion facilities to smaller markets which supply the Columbia basin's ', business needs. There is little won der, then, that retailers have ac cepted an invitation to come and see for themselves what Portland has to offer them. There W no mystery about suc cessful business methods. Buyer and Beller must get acquainted with each other; they must approach in timate relations which foster confi dence and mutual respect That Is " the .purpose of Buyers' week. There is no denying that Portland expects to gain substantial advantages, but Portland ; also expects and can- prove that these ad- vantages will be reciprocal. Buyers' week Is not a device for building up - Portland alone; it contemplates a plan of business cooperation which will add to the wealth of all cities, villages and country districts whose Interests are common. v Long range business methods are going out of date. St. Paul and Minneapolis have learned tne lesson. The two Minnesota cities are the natural market for a territory ex . tending west to Montana. Cooper- Buua vy jwin viiy juuuera wit.u merchants in that territory has pre vented Chicago from getting a firm foothold there. ;.''.! jiHi J x 1 A , A . wjix . ,vivj Axiui uo.il to nuyyioiuou "VU JVIW " w iv n iviA juuuvt J vAuua- sions into western states. Nothing 1 Is left , undone that will promote ' morn intlmata and friendly relations between wholesalers and retailers. If, North or South Dakota has a crop falure the Twin City Jobbers take the fact into account. Their policy is to build up the substantial retailer, rather than drive him to the wall because of conditions over which he has no control. Portland wishes to sell goods to Its visitors this week, but, above vervthlnar else, business men of this city desire to demonstrate that Portland's welfare Is integrated with the 'ralfare of this city's tributary territory. Fair dealing is necessary; definite knowledge of the retailer's peculiar needs is equally neces sary. . Buyers' week should prove th former and promote the latter. F ORTY-SE VEN cases of typhoid fever are reported in Oregon City. The state board of health says that 38 of the P RECEDENT, as a bar to prog ress, is belg shorn of its pow er In England as well as in America. Viscount Haldane, cases were traced directly to one keeper of the great seal of Great dairy, and the other nine cases Britain, holding a position cqrre- were traced indirectly to the same spondlng to chief Justiceof the su- dalry. Oregon City's mayor has Is- preme court of the United States, sued a proclamation calling upon is in America to address the Ameri- the people not to use milk from can Bar association. He is the any dairy where typhoid has ex- first lord high chancellor to leave isted among the employes. Great Britain since Cardinal Wol- Had the managers of that dairy 8ey went t0 rance 40 veara ago. taken a gun and gone out shooting There is great significance in Vis- people they would have done no more count Haldane's visit, especially In harm that has been accomplished, view of the fact that the bar asso It is not sufficient to say the dairy- elation holds Its annual meeting men might have been Ignorant of tala y531" ra Montreal. America and the danger incident to milk contam- Great Britain are looking toward inated with typhoid germs. Ignor- celebration of 100 years of peace. ance in such cases is criminal. The Peace means nothing If It does not man who shoots another not know- mean mutual helpfulness. Nations ing the bullet will kill is a crlm- should be neighborly, as well as lnal; he Is a criminal if he only individuals, and so Viscount Hal- maims his victim. J dane has violated British precedent The man who sells milk to the t0 b neighborly. He comes to ad- public assumes a responsibility he v,se concerning American laws, and cannot evade. It Is his duty to as- au "gnteous law m an countries sure Tiimself that the milk is pure, 18 DulIt on the Bame foundation of clean and wholesome. He cannot fundamental right, dodge behind ignorance, nor shift- Before leaving England Viscount lessness, nor greed. If typhoid ex- Haldane admitted the newspaper ln- Ists In his family or among his em- tervlewer's usefulness. The dis- ployes, there is nothing for him to tlngulshed visitor, arriving in Ameri- do but quit selling milk until dan- ca, followed President Wilson's ger of contamination Is passed. policy of talking freely and frankly People are dying everywhere be- wltn representatives of the press. cause of greed they are being mur- we naa notnintC to conceal; nis dered by greed. We shrink with omer concern was in naving nis horror when the story is told of wo- vlsit and nla Purpose understood, men burned to death in a Nnw Yorir He 6ave evidence of a sense of hu- shlrtwaist factory because greedy mor wh,ch 18 often the saving grace manufacturers refused to supply fire of men harassed by large prob- protectlon. Yet in what way does letna- the manufacturer's greed differ Evidence of Viscount Haldane'B from greed of the milkman who progressiveness 1b found in his New continues .peddling milk he must York interview. He stands for wo- know will kill people? man suffrage, but he condemns the It 1b time that the state fix n""ant surrragette. He says the definite responsibility in epidemics mien1im or. peace is yet atar orr. such as is now sweeping Oregon but be must adm,t hIs vlslt t0 Cty. It is time that somebody be America is nastemng tne day. tie served up as an example. Predicts that home rule for Ireland win soon o3 an accompusnea iaci. FACTS ABOUT WAR la tnese and other utterances ne proves that his statesmanship is HE Carnegie endowment for in- comprehensive and humane. ternatlonal peace proposes to Viscount Haldane's large vision investigate the truth about al- of statecraft is bearing fruit in leged atrocities In connection more friendly relations between Ger- the Balkan wars. It is also many and Ennland. Character such Letters From the People PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF SMALL CHANGE (CommunlcatloA aent to The Journal for pob Ilcatlon In thli department ahould ba written on only one alda of tba paper, ahould not excaed 800 worda In length, and muat ba accompanied br the name and addreaa of tba aender. If the writer doci not desire to hate th. name pub lished, ba ahould ao atate.) "Dlacueslon la the greateat of all reformera. It ratlonalliea everything it toucbea. It roba prlnciplea of all fulie aanctlty and throw them back on their reaaonableneaa. If the have do reaaonableneaa It ruthleaaly .ci-uaha them out of exUteuce, aud eel a up lta own concluaiona lu their atead." Woodrow Wllaon. Dredge Bar AVith Dynamite. Portland, Aug. 80. To the Editor of The Journal Now that there Is so much agitation in regard to Increasing- the depth of the water on the Columbia river bar to 40 feet at low water, I have been surprised that no ona has suggested dynamite to loosen the sand, so that the river current may assist the dredger Chinook In carrying It out. I son with The writer was employed by tha United States engineering department in 8an Francisco when "Blossom rocir was removed from San Franolsco bay under Its supervision. The depth of water over the roclc was about nine feet at low water, and was Increased to 88 feet at the same stage of tide by blasting with dynamite. It Is true that In that case the whole inside was blasted by small charges and removed to the sur face by means of a cofferdam placed over the top of the rock and securely moored. The water was pumped out and the rock raised with engines anu The young widow who hesitates Is won. . , A man Is dull aa his point of view. A sure way to be Ignorant Is to think you know it all. Too much charity la nearsighted. A narrow gautca man -never creta very far on a broad gauge track. Song of th Husbands' club: "What Are the Wild Wives JSaying?" Getting a husband la an art; keep ing him Is a domesUo problem. A man may be a heavyweight ngcier ana a ugniweignt nuseana. And many a man's conservatism Is due to the fact that ho hasn't the money. Some girls fall In love, and some otners are DUBhea in by anxious mothers. Even fortune comes to him who waits If he doesn't starve to death in the meantime. The woman who goes around lectur ing about the way to make home happy Qoesn t rooi anybody. Lots of people imagine there's some thing wrong with them If they haven't some physical ailment. ' After a timid woman faces the par- a man. her fear of mice ana burglars is transferred to dashing wid ows and festive chorus girls. . OREGON SIDELIGHTS a i . Nurses at Eugene have organised the ians county uraauate Nurses' associa tion. . Fossll's council has ordered the con struotion. of another reservoir to aug ment tne city's water supply. Eugene Register: They talk all they wunt in aoout suoermen ana suDerwo men, but the fellow who brings back uwney irom nis vacation is no aioucu. v Klamath Falls has abolished the mckel-ln-the-slot machines, in fact well as In law, by ordering out those In operation In cigar stores, where the mm muue lis lastpuDiio appearanoe. Baker Herald: L,n Grande haa had a merry paving war and as a result the env ig to get good paving at a lower price. This Is a good thing for Baker to rememoer wnen uneeas more paving. Considerable Duritee about this dls patch: "The contractors are doing the coment worit preparatory to putting in a new steel bridge aoross Burnt river south of Durkeo. j They will also put una across uumee creoic aoove uurKee. In s the reminiscence column of the rrinevuie Keview the inrormation is supplied that on September 22, 1888, wheat In the Prlnevllle market was sell ing at 76 cents, oats and barley at 50 cents ana potatoes at 4ft to 60 cents. a a "In the plans for meeting the Port- ianaAuto club at The Danes ana es corting them to the Bound-Up there Is' says the lOast Oregonlan, "a manifesta tion of the real Pendleton spirlt-the spirit tnat makes' the big show so pop ular and causes it to have so many ar dent boosters." ' SPOKANE'S INTEREST IN THE COLUMBIA Probably the Improvement of the Co lumbia Is no less Important, propor tionately, to Spokane than to Portland. It would seem to hold out hopes of competition on the part of water routes agatnst the all-rail routes that would react on railroad rates to the advantage of Spokane and the Inland I VmnffA niv tUm. rccmimna anil nrn. carried away In barges, but the whole - ' ,mmlknum fafr t ' ou the tslde she 1 was finally removed a" of tran8p0rtatlon to the Pacific and e cofferdam had been taken away) I tnm" , th Rnnv.anix ,.nnlrv win grow In a way that will dwarf all pre vious progress under disadvantageous by a large charge of dynamite In the rock chamber and the water allowed to fill up the chamber. The dynamite was exDloded by electricity, and the excava tion had been so accurately estimated conditions. Astoria and Portland have recently unltftrt In wnrlr tr lmnrnvn th Colum- and done that when the soundings were b,a an(i ,ta harbor8- Tne fact tftat th8 made after the blast It was found to be Beaport traffic on Pult sound In 1912, a perfect success. J according to the United State depart- It has been suggested to me thatjment ot commerce, was J102.000.000, charges of dynamite might be attached whereas that of Portland and Astoria to a small chain, or rope, at suitable In- together was only $12,000,000, has tervals and sunk on the line of the aroused the rival cities to strenuous channel across the bar and erploded by joint activity. The alleged fact that electricity. It certainly would leav a trade from and to the Inland Empire hole and stir up the sand. j to the' amount of 190,000,000 Is trans- It has been demonstrated that an or-1 shipped yearly on Puget sound, after dinar? charge of dynamite will make a ' having paid the high rates Imposed on hole several feet deep in the hardest freight by roads that cross the moun- clay soil and loosen It for a clrcumfer ence of 20 to 80 reef. In southern Oregon in soma places be fore planting fruit trees a small charge of dynamite Is exploded In the place where the tree is to stand, to pulverize and loosen the soil, that the tender young roots of the tree may expand and grow. The experiment would be very Inex pensive. There Is no question that It would loosen the sand in proportion to the amount of dynamite used. Whether or not the current would take it all away Is the only uncertain part of the experiment. S. D. ADAIR. Remedies tor Grip. Portland, Aug. 30. To the Editor of The journal In Wednesday's Journal there was published a grip victim's ap peal for a sure cure. I submit the fol lowing on the subject of grip and its remedies: Influenza, or "la grippe," is reportea as tains on heavy grades. Indicates that Spokane and Its sister Inland cities have a living Interest In making the Columbia easily and safely accessible to ocean-going ships. The benefit to Spokane of a 40-foot channel over the Columbia bar even at low tide might ba Indirect, but It would be none the less actual and would go far toward enabling the Inland Empire to share directly In the benefit antici pated from the opening of th Panama canal. The rise of New York from the seventh Atlantic port in 1883 to the rirst in 1913 is partly due to the New York Central, which brings in much of the products of the Mississippi valley, being road on water level, and partly to the dredging of a 40-feet channel in its harbor. As the ports on the Colum bia afford Spokane the same railroad advantage of a haul on the water level, It would seem that securing a per manently adequate channel at the mouth of the river would work to Spo kane's benefit aa really aa to that of Portland and Astoria. i But In this connection the most Im portant feature of the river Improve ments for Spokane ht the Celllo canal. This river pass appears to be the key to securing reasonable rates by means of river competition against the rail roads. When this canal Is completed, an event set for 1915, freight that pays $1 for transportation 127 miles by rail will. It is claimed, travel 2000 miles by river barge at the same cost It is asserted that the ton rate, for instance, from Lewlston to the Columbia harbor would be 26 cents, whereas that of the railroads is $4.05. It Is obvious that an economlo gain of such or any similar magnitude is a commercial prise well worth Spokane's working for. quested the conduotor to let me off at a certain street, telling him I should, de pend on him as I was a stranger In the city. After a time observing I was on the outskirts of town I asked the con ductor about It; he said he had called my street and it was my own fault If I had not heard, and I must go to the end of the line now and come back. On getting back to Portland I felt like shaking hands with every conductor I met, and surely I have nothing but good words to say for every one of them. A WOMAN OF 60. in ArlnfiCR. 1743. 1775. 1782, 1833 and 1837, with no table violence. In tho United States one of the most remarkable epidemics, for A RAILROAD TO ALASKA REPRESENTATIVE Johnson of Washington, has introduced in congress a resolution author- - iiing the president to conduct negotiations with Great Britain and Canada looking toward the con struction of a railway through Brit ish Columbia that eventually will connect Alaska and the Panama canal zone, " Such a road through western Canada -was-recently suggested by Sir Richard McBrlde, premier of British Columbia. Coupled with the suggestion was the statement that the railroad when constructed can be used by the United States for the transportation of troops and sup plies to AlaBka. British Columbia proposed what Is known as the Van couver doctrine, a corollary of the Monroe doctrine. Sound Canadian Judgment now sees no humiliation to Canada In enforcement of the Monroe doctrine, and Canada Is seeking opportunity to Join with the United States in Its enforcement. Canada Is saying that no other power than the United States would be welcome in Alaska; that should invasion of Alaska be threatened by a foregln power, Can ada would become the ally of the United' States, even without the asking. Interests of the two coun tries are identical; the development of one means development of the other. 'a rt , The actual construction of such a railroad , may be long deferred, but Sir Richard's suggestion of in ternational uses to which it could be put is of far reaching Importance. America does not expect war over Alaska, but" this country is anxious to .cement close relations with Can ada. There Is no reason why an ar- T with proposed to uncover the economic,- as his is the binding cement that! extent, was that of 1843. Another was consequences of the two conflicts, is Uniting the world in brotherly With these purposes in view, a com- relations. Modern statecraft and mlttee representing most of the law are no longer instruments for great nations has been appointed, severing nations or Individuals. The world needs the truth, and They are the tie which binds in its value will be in no way de- friendship. predated by the fact that the truth Who Can Supply This Infornration? Oakland, Aug. 28. To the Editor of Th TstiiVOTsl n'lll . - 1 ... V having been quite fatal In Frane 1ft 11 r Journal tell me how to tan Angora goat making blackberry wine through The . , . duuiuu uuo iiuw l u ian Angora crost and 1403. In 1570 It also prevailed, iBkln8 for rugg and also gl recioe for In 1657 spread over Europe and extenaea jmakm bIackberr Winn thrmie-li The. It occurred again in about war Is to be found by a block of $10,000,000 steel bonds which ac quired value largely through manu facture of the instruments of war. Stories of massacres and outrages by Bulgarian soldiers which fol- THE PEORIA METHOD P' EORIA, Illinois, Is trying the Insane asylum, Instead of tho Jail, as an argument against the transparent skirt. A young lowed them in the second war worn woman paraded the streets the horrifying. They were denied, and otner aa' ln a costume so striking Bulgaria brought counter charges immooesi inat ene was followed by against Servla and Greece. a crowd. Tho city fathers, with due Those atrocities now have no rem- deliberation, clapped her Into an edy, but they may serve a good s?l"m l0T ine "wane. ntta reurm biiuwu ing wurm a real remedy for the undressing craze? Aid from alienists is hard ly necessary in determining that any purpose in sounding a warning to the future. There should be some reliable data bearing upon brutal ities which war promotes. There is much to be learned about the economic effects of the struggles. Estimates show actual expenditures by the Balkan nations and Turkey aggcefatihg Jl, 3 60, 000, 000, In addition to this tremendous cost there were vast losses due to absence of men from farms and shops. Facts and figures are of prime importance, for there was tre mendous sacrifice of life and prop erty without apparent gain. The world should have all the facts about the Balkan wars. The Information should be made avail able while memory of the conflicts Is fresh. The figures will serve a greater purpose than satisfaction of curiosity. They will be the strong est argument against war yet produced. INSURING PIGS' LIVES K ANSAS pigs' lives are being in sured by the state. A cholera serum made in state labora tories is the Insurance system. The farmer is told that by 'using the serum he Is certalnyto stop the rav ages of cholera and to insure a good price for his hogs. The, loss from hog' cholera In Kansas last year is estimated at $2,000,000. ,. When the serum was discovered and it was found to be efficient, hundreds of private plants were es tablished throughout the state. Some of them were handled in a scientific manner, but others oper ated more to spread cholera than to prevent it. Kansas farmers. who were losing their hogs were not woman who publicly parades her Intimate personal charms Is .un sound mentally. It Is inhuman to punish crazy people; they should be cured of their insanity. The Jail is not the place for wearers of X-ray skirts- We build asylums for the mentally unsound. Entirely outside the apparent In humanity of Jailing a crazy person, punitive measures against insane femininity show ignorance concern ing the psychology of woman. She will undergo martyrdom for a great principle, or for style but she can not stand being laughed at. The Jail makes a martyr of her; the In sane asylum would make her a joke. Don't punish the foolish; show them their foolishness. So colorless is the Congressional Record that one searches lta pages In vain for an account of the sev eral assaults made by the country's statesmen upon street car conductors. Felix Diaz was discreet enough to put an entire ocean Between him self and Huerta before announcing that he would run for the Mexican presidency. that of 1872, following nearly the course of the epizootic among horses or tne latter part of the year. The last epi demic (1890) has been a remarkable one for its extent, invading all Europe and the United States. Mild cases re quired housing and little more. The following prescriptions will be found good: 1. Take of antlpyrlne 18 grains, Dover's powder 12 grains, powdered ex tract valerian 3 grains; mix and divided Into 6 capsules. Take one every 2 hours. If there be a tight cough take the fol lowing: Take of muriate of ammonia 30 grains, deodorized tincture of opium 1 dram, syrup of senega snsJceroot H ounce, syrup of balsam tolu enough to make 8 fluid ounoes; mix, and take a teaspoonful every S hours. 2. Boil t ounces flaxseed In 1 quart water; strain, and add 2 ounces rock candy. Mi pint of honey and the Juloe of 3 lemons. Mix and boll all together, then cool and bottle. Dose, cup ful before meals, ana 1 cupful before going to bed. Drink it hot. A flannel cloth flipped In boiling water and sprink led with turpentine, laid on the chest as hot . as possible,' will relieve the most severe cold or hoarseness. 3. Said to be good for grip: Perox ide of hydrogen (medicinal) is excel lent remedy In the treatment of grip or influenza. This medicine should be diluted with water and administered In ternally, and by sniffing through the nostrils or by spraying the nostrils and throat. The good results from this treatment, which is said never to have been known to fall of producing a speedy cure, are due to tho destruc tion of the microbe upon which this disease depends. The remedy is simple and within the reach of everybody, and can be easily tested. T. CX B. Journal. SUBSCRIBER. Whatever may, be the matter with KanBas Just now, It isn't the chilblains. We're all with Roosevelt when he rallies the Gotham fusionlsts to the onslaught against Tammany. San Francisco la said by one of lis newspapers to be "floundering Courtesy That Is Appreciated. Portland, Aug. 30. To the Editor of The Journal I wish, through the col umns of your paper, to call the atten tion of tho Portland Railway, Light & Power company to the conduct of cer tain conductors of the street car sys tem, especially do I speak of those on the Mount Scott and Woodstock lines. Coming to Portland three years ago and being entirely unacquainted with tho city I very often had to make In quiries of the conduotors "in locating friends. Invariably these inquiries have met with the most obliging klnflnessand consideration. When telling the conductor at certain times that I was hard of hearing and nust depend on his calling my street distinctly he would kindly come and tell me that mine would be the next station called, and he would direct me aa to the number I wished to find. ln getting on the wrong car, as I have occasionally done, the same gentle manly consideration has been shown me "in tho giving of a transfer and being rightly directed. In a pouring rain the conductor has asked for my umbrella as I was about to leave the car, and then handed It to me raised, and all this to an old lady of 60. On one occasion being obliged to stand, the ear being full, a well dressed gentleman was asked by the conductor to "give this lady a seat," which he im mediately did. Ueing ln Eugene not long since, Jt re-' Whistling on the Sabbath. From the Detroit News. A good chance offers lor the revival of the old-time Sunday school litera ture which pictured the good boy go ing to church and Sunday school re turning home safely, though somewhat wearied, to refresh himself with a whale of a dinner. He read his Bible in all spare moments until he was called home at a ripe old age, rich, respected and beloved by all. At the same time, the bad boy went fishing or swimming early Sunday morning and was drowned. Somehow It did not seem to happen that way ln real life, so the boys, good anl bad, began to give the goody good Sunday school literature the hoarse hoot. The literature was re modeled, like some of the creeds, to suit tho taste. But tho Sunday excur sion, besides being a crowded and un comfortable form of recreation, seems to involve more serious consequences. Monday morning newspapers have not room on their first page to record all the mishaps and fatalities that occur. Thore is a column of drownings from all the standardised causes. Railway collisions, derailments and misinter preted orders roll up a formidable list of casualties. Electrlo railways Just to prove their effectiveness, run in close rivalry with the choo-choos. The barking motorcycle gets Its quota of victims, coming and going. Sunday eaunterers seem to have a persistent penchant for jumping from in front of trains and electric cars and landing In the path , of automobiles, or vice versa, aoording to taste. Oood boys and tho model parents who remain at home and avoid accidents, be gin the week on Monday morning with nothing, worse than a headache and a coated tongue as a consequence of eat- Lng too much and taking too little ex ercise, Deca,ue oeuuieu iu uo nothing else that could be done safely and with perfect pfopricty. tfThe trou ble with the old-fashioped Sunday school book was that it was published E0 years ahead of its proper era. Half a century ago, one had to hunt around for hours and display criminal care lessness ln order to get himself killed or seriously injured. Today casualty stands waiting, like the wolf at the door, and the "gobberllnsll git you, ef you don t watch out. Purchasing "Control," From the Omaha World-Herald. The corporation laws of the country are so constructed that by the manipu lation of stock a very few hundred dol lars will sometimes enable a man to control and administer property that has an actual value, of very many millions. The New Haven road has been com pelled to dispose of its steamboat and trolley lines. The trolle? system , that it bought up cost It more than $20,000, 000. That aystem was sold to Sander son & Porter ef New York last week. The transfer was effected by 1000 shares of common stock at 1300 a share. The organisation under which these lines was controlled Issued bonds, preferred and common stock, and of the latter a very small amount A majority of the common stock, it appears from the statements made, "controls" the . whole system, valued at more than. 130,000,000, There are many great corporations where there has never been a dividend Lpald on the common stock, and probably never win be, but the majority part of it has great value because the owners of the common are the only ones who can vote at a stockholders' meeting, elect a president ana board of directors and oontrol the property. The owners of the common stock may- make fortunes, although they never get any dividends. The contracts that are made for sup plies, the enormous salaries of presi dents and superintendents and dealings ln that line may make the men ln con trol very wealthy. It does not require the ownership of all the common stock to do this. Only a majority is neces sary, and the minority stockholders get nothing. In all these corporations it is provided that no dividends shaft be paid on the common stock until after all in terest on bonds and dividends on pre ferred stock is paid, and the dividends on the preferred are very often "cumu lative "that is, if they are not paid in one year they must be paid out of the earnings of another year. That is how the purchase of a small amount of stock which Is practically worthless and never pays dividends may give "control" of property that Is worth very many mil lions, and out of that "control" immense fortunes are made. IN EAKL1ER DAYS YOUR MONEY By John M. Oskison. By John M. Oskison. In the course of the recent investiga tion of the use made by Governor Sulzer of New Tork of campaign oontri outlons, it was brought out that the governor had an account with a certain firm of stock brokers ln New Tork city. These brokers were holding for tho governor BOO shares of "Big Four" rall rond stock, 200 shares of "Smelters," and 100 shares of Southern Pacific. From time to time, between the date or Sulzer's nomination for the office of governor last September and the middle of July this year the brokers called for additional deposits to protect Sulzer's equity in these stocks. And finally one of the members of the governor's mili tary staff, who Is a wealthy man, took over the account and paid all that was due. In the investigation this account was referred to constantly as a speculative one, and Sulzer's payments to the brokers were called margins. Then, on tho day the legislative committee made its report, the brokers came out with a statement which was, to say the least, surprising. Referring to Suiter's account, the brokers said: , "It was not a speculative account in any sense of the term." What, then,, was it? Why, simply a loan. See? Sulzer owned the stocks because he had given an order to the brokers to buy them and the order had been executed. Now, Sulzer didn't have the money to pay for them, so he said that he would leave the stocks with the brokers as security for a loan sufficient to pay for them. The governor wasn't carrying the stocks on margin, do you see? He was their owner. These repeated and insis tent demands by the brokers for addi tional cash to protect the governor's equity in the 800 shares of stock in the possession of the brokers were not de mands for "margins" not at alii You sec, the only security the brokers held for the big loan which they had made to the governor were the stocks, and the market prion of the stocks was falling. That's why they asked for more money. By such a simple process of reason ing, the whole business of stock mar ket speculation is wiped out. There can't be a speculative account There are no such things ei "margins"! In all of tho many messages which Gov ernor Sulser sent to the New Tork legis lature calling for the reform of the New Tork Stock Exchange he never proposed anything one tenth as revolu tionary as the facts are shown to be (through his nroKers' reasoning! 1 con cerning his own account. What reform can ba needed! - Emerson says: "Tho first farmer was ' the first man, and all historic nobility rests on the possession and use oi lend." Don't overlook tba last four words of ths quotation, "and use of land.". Tho ours of the west has been th pos session without use or the lana, specu lators have gotten hold of the land and kept It from those who would have put it to 'Use. ' A, X. Mason of Hood River has not only possessed but has used his land and used it to good advantage. " , I met him on the street at Hood Rlv er the other day. He is a square-shoul- dered, square-chinned, bronze-faced, hard-fisted, khaki-clad farmer, "I was born ln Missouri on April 29, 1860,' he said. "I came from Kansas City to Oregon when I was 30 years old. xnai was in ibdu. i was a carpenter. I soon got a job as substitute letter car rier in the Portland poetoftice. After a year I went on as a regular. I carried letters -'for nine years. The longer I stayed with It, the leas I saw in govern-11 ment service. "I was born on a farm. When a boy. I was crazy to get off the farm and land a Job in the city. Now that I had my city Job, I was crazy to get back to the farm. My route was south of Jefferson street between Park and 14th streets. Z used to stop at old man Laberteaux's grocery store on the corner of 10th and Market streets and admire his ''fruit. It fairly made ms homesick to bo back on, the land. I realized that in carrying letters day by day there was no change and no chance of advanoement He had some beautiful Spltzenberg apples. X asked him where they were raised. Ho told me a man named Locke at Hood River raised them. He also said, There la no better fruit distrlot in tho United States than Hood River.' TSach summer I had spent my two weeks' vacation tramping ln th vloin ity of Portland and through tho Willam ette valley looking at farms. That sumv . mer, 1898, I went up to Hood River and spent my two weeks' vacation tramping; all over tho valley. X boarded at Ar mour's, near Belmont, three and one half miles southwest of Hood River. While there I heard of an 80 acre tract owned by a druggist in Portland by file name of Pfunder that could bo bought cheap. X looked at It, liked it and bought it for $700. I bought it in tho summer of 1898. I gave SO acres to have 10 acres cleared, Next spring I set out 15 acre and th following spring I set out th other five acres. I set out . several standard varieties Newtowns and Spit- aenburga mostly. Five years later X discovered the nurseryman from whom I had bought the trees had unloaded a lot of odds and ends and left-overs on me. X had over 20 varieties. Out of 35 rows of trees a quarter of a mile long;, I had to top graft, bud or dig up most of 26 rows. "Of my 80 aore tract. I gave 30 aores for clearing 20. I sold 10 acres at 8100 an acre. I sold 80 aorea at 8328 an aore and I still retain 20 acres. Of my plaoo that cost 2700, I sold $10,750 worth and retained a 20-aore tract, Right there you can see I was way ahead on carry ing letters. A oarrlsr who receives $100 a month will do well If be saves $25 a month, and at that rat it would take him a lifetime to save $10,000. In tho spring of 1901, I resigned from the car rier service and went up on the place. "I have put $15,000 worth of improve ments on my place. It cost me over $2000 to install my water system, I have the largest individually owned apple house ln the valley. I could probably sell my place for $60,000. Right here I want to say I think it Is a peculiar sys tem that taxes a man for his thrift and that penalizes him for his industry. "The more I improve my place, the more taxes I have to pay on it It seem unreasonable for to pay Dorr man to have hundred dollars; to paint hla house to make it look better and then to be assessed probably a couple of hun dred dollars more because he looks mora thrifty and prosperous than he did. Sure I am a single tarer. Tax the land, I say, and don't punish tho man for the im provements he makes on It. Under our present system the non-resident and owning speculator and the shiftless man are rewarded by low taxes, while their hard working and thrifty neighbors are made to pay an extra burden for their enterprise. "Up to last year th apple growers have mad good money. Last year X Bold 7000 boxes of high class apples and lost 8 cents a box on every box sold. On a producing orchard 10 years old a grower can make money at $1 a box. To cultivate, spray, plok, pack, haul and ship your apples and to pay the oost of the boxes eoets me about 70 cents a box, I think the apple Industry has settled down to a conservative basis, and X be lieve the growers will make money this year." Pointed Paragraphs Few students of human nature ever graduate. a ' After the husband noes shopping the wife goes swapping. a Most men are too. polite to adhere strictly to the truth. An apartment isn't the only place in which marriage is a failure. - A correct guess passes for wisdom, with the man who makes the guess. a e ' . . s Nearly every , woman dislikes flat; tery when she hears it applied to others, -T a The average girl is even willing to marry a brainy man if she can't do, any better. , a a . V There isn't much danger of, Bryan neglecting publio duty to make money ' by lecturing.- . . : :, Our neighbors seldom . say mean ' things about us unlesa we have it coming our way, X Occasionally a woman does a man a favor by making a fool . of him Instead of n-.arrylng him. ' The dollar dad earns looks three times as big to him as it does to the son who blows It in, , , ! Informality. From the Los Angeles Tribune. Mrs. Astor, landing from abroad, an nounces that her visit to this country is Informal." The idea is difficult to catch. Per haps it is new.. A private person, Intent on private business, might mak so large a country as this a visit, and re gard It as very formal Indeed,', but chances are the country would be to-' tally unaware of the nature ot the In cursion. ' . ; . When the lady shall come again, and ' not Informally, will cannon boom and ? flags , dip? Anybody posted on social v niceties is weloome to extend th la -formation and accept thanks, ,