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THE OREGOTT DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND' THURSDAY EVENING, , SEPTEMBER ' 4, 1913!
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ways and furnished to travelers for
motive purpose.
While the colonel -did mot say so,
it 1 possible that his pltin also
contemplates keeping the copper net
on the road surface long enough to
dry' It off entirely.
The colonel's scheme may con
tain a practical germ. Who-Jknows?
MR. TAFT'S LATEJiT
A'
What we truly and earnestly
i aspire to be, that In some sense
' we are. Th mere aspiration,
i fey changing; the frame of the
- mind, for the moment realises
,:, Itself. -Mrs. Jamleson.
1 A COLUMBIA HIGHWAY
TP HERE ought to be an efficient
i ' wagon road down the Colum
bia to Astoria, ' Seaside and
, Gearhart.
Tbere are many reasons why.
Seaside and Gearhart are the At
Untie City of the, northwest coast.
Astoria is destined to be an entry
. ppt of great Importance.
There ought to be access by wag
on road to these points from every
place along the Columbia river. It
li the wagon road that supplements
tifater , transportation and railroad
transportation. It Is the wagon
rpad that performs an inexorable
function In this great trio of trans-
pprtation processes. It is the wagon
DVOCATING the , appoint
ment rather than tb election
of judges and their tenure for
life, ex-President Taftt declared
at Montreal Tuesday that, whatever
benefit may Inure from the elective
system promises, to be lobt through
the more general adoption of di-
'. '! rec nominations.
Mr. Taft Is to be admired for
"at . kl- minraaa vn thAtta-H ij,itT,rlAmnA4
for his convictions. If was very
largely the Taft resistance to di
rect primaries anid like rerforms, that
enabled Theodore- Roosevelt to split
the Republican party in the. middle
In 1912. In spite of that disaster,
ex-President Taft (Is still denouncing
the initiative and referendum as
government by the mob, and con
demning direct primaries as. an In
effective process of nominations.
It Is well that he was not re
elected to the presidency. Ho is
hopelessly committed to old proc
esses, and seems determined not to
permit successful experience with
new forms totinduce him to change
his Views.
ment la democracy's weakest point.
Problems and evils arising in large
centers of population threaten to
break down our system, and It is to
prevent this that municipal govern
ment Is being studied as a detached
science.
Among the speakers engaged for
the Portland meetings Is Frederick
A. Cleveland, chairman of the bu
reau of efficiency and economy cre
ated "to solve some of the national
capital's problems. Mr. Cleveland
is recognized as the foremost lead
er of a movement for efficiency and
economy in city, state and national
governments. Revelations he made
concerning New York city's finan
cial system indicate the scope of
his usefulness.
Out of $80,000,000 spent by New
York in salaries, $12,000,000 was
wasted through collusion. Idleness
and inefficiency. In th.e purchase
of $15,000,000 worth of supplies,
$5,000,000 was worse than wasted.
New York took millions of dollars
worth of goods Into stores without
holding anybody to account The city
bought from $r,000,000 to $20,000,
000 worth of real estate each year
and paid double the amount that a
private party would pay.
Largely through Mr. Cleveland's
efforts and principally because of
his revelations. New York now em
ploys a semblance of business meth
ods in city affairs. The fusion board
of estimate and apportionment has
reduced the cost to the city of coal,
grain, meats, fish and many other i
necessary commodities. A central
that. Gotham women will be de-J
barred" from heaven . for wearing '
the new fangled skirts, but ought'
to know that-they would doubtless
consider heaven as hopelessly passe.
A London, doctor has asked why
there are no bald .headed women,
and the Baltimore Sun renliea that
It tnnv lm hnonima una gnnnf foil!
which is switch.
PERT1 N ENT COM M ENT AN Pi N EWS IN BRIEF
WILSON'S SUCCESS
SMALL CHANGK
The jingoes are reduced to des
perate straits for tocsin material,
with the entire world at peace ex
cept Mexico and New York.
No wonder the pdtice are un
able to locate Roosevelt's missing
watch fob, when the colored thief
persists in keeping dark.
And then it rained.
a
Usual hop-picking- weather.
O, It will clear up soon; keep smiling.
s Bet It wil be fine weather for the
Xalrs.
' a. a
for the ho?" prunes, but fine
for the spuds and pastures.
as
How difficult to craw the line Be
tween genius and Insanity!
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The Morning- Democrat of Baker hands
the following bouquet to a fortunate
community: "Eagle Valiey Is certainly
the land of fine f fruit, vegetables, al
falfa and sleek cattle. Its people are
auu a, viaik kucie ja wa ujr V4 vuii
We are told by the Fossil Jeurnal that
Mason Myers was out hunting; in a pas
ture on Thirtymile when he saw what
n
Letters From the People
way up a big; pine tree. He blazed away
at ihe object with his shotgun and was
Let manv nr.,rh.H ,. HrP"e.w young cougar, aooui
devout-thanks for the rain; juat noi $ 'JXd af hC,.meeUmDUn 0Wn
at least, X-ray skirts won't agoniM ,op aeaa " BW
tneir tender consciences. " mt . ' '
a i ii'e uurni iirnea-iieraia quotes vvii-
llam Hauiey as authority for the state
ment that a quartet of Oregon officials
Governor west, tieoretury Olcott,
Treasurer Kay and Game Warden Fin
ley have all expressed a desire to at-
tena a rabplt arive n turney county.
(Communication! sent to The Journal for pub.
HralloD in this department abould bi written on
only one aide of the piper, abould nut exceed
BOO words in length, and must be iccompanifd
by the nume and addree of the eender. If the
writer ilot-a not dealre to hare to uaoie pub
lished, tu (bould so state.)
"DUrunsion is the greatest of all reformers.
It rutlonalixea everything It (ouches. It robs
principles of sll fate eatictlt.r and throws
them back ou their reaaoua biennis. If thejr
hare no reasonableness it rutulesnly crushes
then nut of cilstcnce, snd acta up Its own
conclusions Id their atasd." Woodrow Wlbxia.
Senator Lewis made a fine reply to
Hnnator Root, who opposed' the income
tax It's worth ro-readinK and remem
bering. There's something beaid
taiicy ciotnes about l.ewla.
. i,
Aviator Pecaud did a trrit trlnlr. and
many imitators will be killed in conse
quence. ut ultimately the world will
profit by their experiments. A few
Uvea, even of adventurous, intrepid
men, don't' matter very much.
"
Some people of prominence no doubt
do receive a life-threatening letter mca
in a great while, but that so many peo
ple In low as- well as high offices aro
the recipients of multitudes of such
letters, as they report, is improbable.
x ma aeems to nave Decome nearly as
common a method of personal advertising-
as the theft of very valuable Jew
elry, v ' ,
Mr. Hanley suggests that the Burns Rod
. , ; From the Seattle Times. , 1 ;
It is still early in the admlqittratlea
to advance any general views concern
ing the future of the Democratic execu
tive and his party. There ara stm big
issues before him and ha evinces a
courageous disposition to confront thm
all, in their regular order. .
Moreover, tt la a ticklish and thank
less task to predict three years In the
future of American politics. So many
contingencies may arise of vhloh there
Is no hint today that the prophet may
find himself a butt of ridicule, Instead
of an acclaimed seer, almost before the
ink l dry on the printed sheet.
At the same time no just ' critic can
deny that up to the present, . President
Wilson has handled the problems of his
administration with a consummate skill
that warrants more general public con
fidence than was accorded him at t;he
time of his election. -.--?--- -selected
his cabinet with admlr-
able judgment Only one member of
it has been under fire and that one.
according to gossip at the tltne of his
induction into office, was the only vul
nerable spot in the array.
He has maintained the peace 'With
planning to organise a football team
also, and the Tlmeaf-Qasetts suggests
that they be equipped by the town with
the requisite togs, in order that they
may properly uphold the honor of Cor-vallis.
In spite ofttbe claims of Mr. Taft
as to the efficacy of appointing , purchasing department is to be ere
judge!, there is hardly a caso of
scandal in the whole history of the
elective judiciary that approximates
the infamy of Archbald, appointed
by Mr. Taft and Impeached recently
by the senate. How completely at
variance with the Taft insistence
atcd which, it is estimated, will save
the city between $3,000,000 and $4,
000,000 annually.
Pacific coast cities have not New
York's problems, but they have dif
ficulties which can be smoothed out
1.. 1 3 - m 1 I a
read that moves the commodities I ;a,i""LD " " T"1" " w Bluay OI municipal govern-
before and after the others do it ,s the very exccllent fede1 bench 'ment as a detached science. The
and when and where the water ori,n v' wher? bth J,,8!1(,e9 October meeting In Portland is im-
lurnieny iwin junuren, riewuvo uy i ponam, not Only 10 tniS City, OUt
the people! to all cities in the Pacific north
west.
3 rlUroad rannot do it.
A proper wagon road along the
Columbia would give to points along
the way their opportunity to reap
: the full benefit of their natural ad
; VRntsges. Already, these points are
mostly well equipped with roads
, leading into back country. But the
Inter-city communication by wagon
as well as by rail and water is the
- system by which they could rise
tp the full stature opened up for
them by their geography.
ThV present road down the Co
lumbia, say from Goble, largely fol
lows the route laid out by the cow
paths, the deer, trails, the trapper,
the loggers, the acts of providence,
and the slips of accident. It Is
- at road without design or intelli
gence or efficiency. It Is a hope
less and impossible route, that is
every day drawing heavy tolls from
the people and towns along the way
In the loss of business and losses
of efficiency they suffer
, of Its defects.
, I A sample is one point
road leaves the river
fjve miles, then runs five miles par
allel with the river, after which It
returns five miles to the river, re-
quiring the traveler -by. the detour
to journey 15 miles to go ahead five
miles. It is a highway grievously
out of joint with the civilization
of the northwest and under the
shadow of one of the chief cities
of the coast
There Is to be effort to give the
cities along this route an oppor
tunity tri cot thn honoflt nf tholr !
natural location by undertaking the
construction of a Columbia highway.-
The sum of $15,000 is needed
for the survey, and the conditions
are such that the money must be
raised by private subscription.
' There is no worthier movement.
It is a constructive plan by which
to make convenience, facility and
rustier c.nnditlona for tha thmiasnHal
who live along the river and the
thousands who have occasion to
' Journey along the river. The Jour
nal is willing to do more than its
PAHTV TEST IN MAINE
N'
THE COR VALLIS EXAMPLE
GROSS income of $25,000 a
year from an investment six
EXT Tuesday there will be a
special election in the third
congressional district of Maine.
Voters will fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Congressman
Goodwin, who was elected last year ing of tho municipally owned moun-
as a uepublican over Bamuel W. (tain water system at Corvallis. The
Gould, Democrat, by a plurality of; expense of operating the plant is
A
Western Canada.
Beaverton, Or., 8ept 2, 191S. To the i
Kditor of The Journal I have been I
reading the letters published in The I
Journal regarding the conditions in I
wettern Canada, and will say that I
agree entirely with Mr. Watson. I had
heard so much about the good times,
big wages, plenty of land for everybody,
that 1 wont to Canada, determined to
get tny 160 acres and grow up with
the country. 1 arrived in Calgary the
15th of March. I was met by that
Dry Cold ' shortly after crossing the
line, and. in Calgary "Dry Cold" and
nl3 friend "Strons
in harmony to keep
doors, and meeting with great success,
And big wages where are they paying
THE NEW WEATHER MAN
them up there? La borers,, get 2.i!5 and
$2.60, the same as here, 'skilled labor
Is paid just a trifle less than here in the
northwest- The lady in Oregon City
writes that she has a boy up there get
ting J3.60 and board; he must he "some
hoy'' to get 13.50 there. Sometimes they
do pay big wages about this time of
the year to stand out in three feet of
enow and 30 or 40 degrees of that "dry
cold" and feed a threshing machine from
By Labert St. Clair in Collier s.
After almost 34V years of obscurity
the real man behind the weather bu
reau in Washington has been ferreted
out by President Wilson and placed at
its head. He is Charles Frederick Mar
vin. Under the old spoils system it is
doubtful if Marvin ever would have
been recognised. There is no record
of tals ever having done any work for
d
go
es
his own he probably would have a des
perate time.
When his name went to the senate
there was some scurrying around among
the politicians to learn something of his
political affiliations. He wore no col
lar marks of any party, and there was
sojTie conjecture about how he came to
laTd the job. Finally It ocourred to
some astute statesman that perhaps
irv "Drv fold- and eYer "ving cone any work roi
win" r L-.in tho Democratlo or any other party, ant
Pjr.w"V-le.ry.nin; 0Qt round up another vote beside.
Marvin had done something- for science
which the president, in his uecullar wav
1 I v. . 1. . L. I . . - 1
vou Lah .h f u , f a;h"6-t entitled the new chief to the
ou go the higher the cost of living. nlBra B-.r,in ..,- i-.,.
or seven years ago of o. i7wV.V
$75,000. is the splendid show-! keeping rooms when we first arrived.! pUdW lndorBemetU-
709.
The district is close under or
dinary circumstances. .Last fall there
was no Progressive candidate for
congress in the field. In tho presi-!
dentlal election President Wilson
ran - first, with- Colonel - Roosevelt
second by only 272 votes and with
a total of more than 11,000 to his
credit Mr. Taft received barely
5000 votes.
.In the present contest there are
about $3000 a year
The success of tho system is a
message of encouragement to cit
ies everywhere. Out of the extra
ordinary profits of the enterprise,
there have been betterments of the
but after looking at a few miserably
furiished rooms at $40 per, we were
content In one room at $20 per month.
Tresldent Wilson in fact found Mar
vin by asking the National Academy
of Science to recommend a man to head
" P r !? d,'LS th?Ie' J :a.c'1 th bureau, Four nominations were
one you ask what bin claim is worth,
will Invariably reply that "As soon as I
prove up it is worth $6000," never more
or less. And where one proves up and
sells, two or more others become dis
couraged and return to the states, sad
der and far wiser. Another thing I re
member distinctly was purchasing cher
two years totaled $45,000. The big
revenues have been tho means by
which the system has made the ex
tensions of mains and other im
provements to serve a population
made and a committee selected Marvin,
Then the presidont, without discerning
wnetner Marvin wore a silver-gray hat
in tne campaign of U896 or wore a gold
nuK in als coat lapel, or sang the "Houn
Dawg" song last year, nominated him.
Binoe 1884, when the bureau was a
part of tha signal corps, Marvin has
and Gun club take up the matter and
arrange for a drive early in the fall, in
viting these officials to participate.
While untrammelled by Tammany,
Corvallis nevertheless boasts of a bunch
ne Dak... iri.... ... t . . i. . . . . . V.
last baseball season without a single ! that old master of Demooracy Bryan-
defeat, according to the Daily Times- and together they have worked har
Gazette. The Baby Tigers are now monlously along lines that have met
with the country's approval.
In breaking established precedents,
such as reading his messages directly
to congress, be essayed an .Innovation
to this age and innovations are al
ways poriloua for politicians but the
results have provtd favorable rather
than unfavorable.
He has retained a strong hold on the
majority in congress and although the
speaker and the majority leader in tha
house were both his opponents at Balti
more, he has found in that body con
sistent support for his tariff and cur
rency policies. x
He has permitted his seoretarles to
map out and carry Into effect liberal
policies that have proved distinctly ac
ceptable to the west, and they have
handled their duties with sufficient
capableness not to arouse antagonism
in the east. '
While the Japanese negotiations have
been kept secret, there is little doubt
that he averted a crisis by a display of
diplomacy of a high order. a
With his conduct of the Mexican sit
uation, the country ia presently aware. -
There has been little in his policy that
could be classed as sensational, but it
has proved acceptable to the people.
These are triumphs of no mean order.
To ascribe them to good fortune alone
would be distinctly unjust. His admin
istration la yet young, but it Is only
fair to say that It has opened most
auspiciously.
out there have to cross the river to the
Zanesvllle postofflce to get their mall.
In the old day Futnamites fell into
me nabit of saying, when over at Co
lumbus attending the state fair, or soma
omer place away from home, that they
were from Zanesvllle. That saved a
lot of useless explanation. Rut no more.
Not by a Jugful. Now It s Putnam, "the
town that produced the man who makes
the weather."
system, betterments that in-the past 'He. in , Calgary at cent, a pound and K Member of "it He has Tlnvent"
"'sr f "Vrj?' T.nTm omenta for measuring and auto-
pound. Spuds, $4 a hundred. And those
"cheap woolen "goods" you can purchase
up there they are a myth. And If you
like your lager, you can get it for 12 U
cents per. And as Mr. Killaby says,
1 ' T e .nil V, m f. anmtMi ti ..I. . . . . ...
matically recording rainfall, snowfall
sunshine, atmosprjerio pressure, and
evaporation. At other times, when he
had a few leisure hours on hand, he
made extensive studies of and wrote on
Remihliran numnrratip Prnrrcual va tho h.a mnro than a mt Kl ah le r,t i , V me use or Kites tor ascertaining meteor-
by reason , I aM, Bt MnHIria:o v m ""., I . L, " " D.e"!vA r ?.e.ie olo?11..condll.'on-the free air. th.
I .-.. ....v.v...... , ...v,ot liviui oiu. o inc. nam "J" ' ci j n mi ovpi j-, reKisirauon or earthquakes, the meas-
1 lacuna sra h,ln, r1tBitaaAr1 an1 ....... i 11 f tnlng. nut VOllr labor. 1 hflVA hn In ! ur,mr. ..,Ar.M..tAn , i . . ,
the parties have enlisted help Under the enabling act by which f 0Ui?.-Am"aOa -S I ii!TP5!r!L L1!?- itrioirei.i-tnc
from Washington. Secretary Bryan
is to make speeches in the closing
days of the campaign, and former
Senator Beveridge has canvassed
the district on behalf of the Pro
gressives. Reports from Maine are
the system was authorised, the rev
enue next year must be reduced by
readjustment of water rates so as to
cover actual running expenses, pay
an annual Interest of $3750, and
provide a sinking fund for the
to the effect that the fight is be-(gradual retirement of the $75,000
tween Democratic and Progressive J of five per cent 40 year bonds.
candidates.
?VB.1 fiuJ"emI rom th ht a in that. Borne of bis Instruments are in
Alberta. They have two seasons In
Calgary winter and "Stampede Week."
There are as many, and I believe more,
opportunities for making money In Ore
gon than anywhere in western Canada,
with the possible exceptions or Fort
George, B. C, and Edmonton, Alta. But
to give everyone his just dues. I ner-
sonally believe their system of govern
ment excels ours. And Calgary I be-
HOME ROWS AT HOME
P
It la riniihtfnl If thrA la a rUv re
'. ,. . . . lleve to be the best governed city I
, in the world that can point to a j have ever visited, where the city sells
! municipal investment more success- eight car tickets for a quarter, water
fnl Tho tui s.nrro 4rnrn ,V, i fOT S flVC-rOOm hOUSK at IK a vaar
OPULAR sales of city bonds' u. hottnm of . dppn nnd th.rUv natural gas at 4 0 cents a thousand,'
attract money that would oth- j 4vl
use in almost every weather bureau in
tne united States.
The new chief was born In Putnam,
Ohio, in 1858. Putnam is on the map,
but not in the Postal GufTJe, Folks
That sounds well, and town pride
Is an admirable thing, but the chief of
the bureau really haa nothing whatever
to do with the forecasting. Instead of
throwing up a window, casting his eyes
about at the rustling leaves and the
birds rolling in the dust, and taking
a peep at a barometer every night be
fore he goes home In order that he
muy guess for the United States, he
sits back and takes the word of five
expert forecasters in different parts of
the country. Of course, he does not have
to believe them, or even record their
guesH. As blame for a poor forecast
falls on him, he is given the last guess.
ir be wants it. On one notable) occasion,
the day preceding the inauguration of
Mr. Taft in 1909. ChiTef Willis JL,. Moore, '
paw in to mnxe nis own rorecast. He
guessed fair weather. History shows
that great gobs of rain and anew fell.
Since that time the custom of a chief
forecasting on his own responsibility
has not been popular and it promises
to die out altogether, -
Marvin haa ambition, to strip the bu
reau of mystery, He would make it
possible for grown folks other than sci
entists to read the peculiar yellow maps
with crooked black lines running across
them that can be found in postoffices
and union depots. That in itself la a
big job, considering ih way these maps
have been successfully defying people
for years, but he would do more. He
would send literature and mans into
schools and teach the secrets of the
oureau to children, too..
He says It is oosalble to larn all
about the weather outside of schools.
and his own case seems to lend weight
to nis argument.
Other than a course In tha Columhna
Ohio, high school and a course in ma.
chanical engineering at the Ohio Bute
university, ne is eeu-taugnt.
And rurtnermore, he Is not surs but
that a heavy goose bone may lndicata a
hard winter.
Pointed Paragraphs
And many a man who tries to live
right gets left
a
A little learning is almost as dan
gerous as a little widow.
a
Theory la all right in its way, but
It won't wash dishes.
a
Blessed Is the woman who can get
along- on a short allowance.
oentn a kllnwnte hnm vv..
! wnnilait Minrnn half wov r. t(A ...i . t p . n. . ' .
prwlsn remln In .Hrnm.n , ui, tua . ton. i ne city nas a
m. t , in V j . I sides of Marys peak, 15 miles from
u J'' njthe city. It has stood all the tests
Francisco last Friday. That city ,nruv on, a iha Mt
is selling city securities to its own Z hn hL ' " . Z Xl
by brute and human. '
Its splendid financial success is
good 'tidings to mankind. It is a
message of hope to civilization. It
is unanswerable proof of the pos
people after attempting unsuccess
fully to sell In the usual bond mar
kets. A man walked into the city
treasurer's office carrying a bag
tuberculosis hospital and the cemoferv
Seats for a second rate show are $1 to
$8. But with all her good features and
promises of better, I have settled down
In Oregon for my home.
J. C. DE MERS.
part to help tne movement along, the man avoided all banks became
United States Land Offices
Macksburg, Or.. Sept. J. To the Ed
ltor of The Journal Will you Ittndly
inform me whether the land office of
this part of the valley is at Portland
or Oregon City. Also where the office
is which covers Lane county and Coofl
and Curry counties. READER
(The land office formerlv at Orasron
money had accumulated during 25 . " 7 ' 7 .7 tT.T ??1 over ln2 nibia river bar. City was removed to Portland several
years in a safety denoslt box Vnn.!8'!"."' "u 4Ull uacu UVYU u . ! f, r:"5." "T!1,1"" ve'rryinK years ago. It 1. in the Worcester build
" , v . . . ""j it is example oi now, unaer muni- 1 " v" 'm ana ing. mis office has charge of lands
vs. v. uuva uvou ill VlltUiailUU, LJl
containing $25,000 and exchanged L,bim of dlvorclng the dlstribu ion I ie"ce fcXclt?'
it for that amount of bonds The . . , .v. . i2 th, larsest cargo of lur
monev had accumulate drm. otot .water from the extortionate I passed out over the Colu
largest Lumber Cargo.
Astoria, Or., Aug. 81. To the Editor
of The Journal Pleftsealnform through
yuur columns ai your earliest conven-
board feet, of
umber that ever
which Is continually crucified under the
same kind of law. The "sacrifice of the
mass" constantly celebarted bv tha
Rorniah church. Is a perpetual memorials
n f a 1 1 1 1 .i i r I lSl
" . . . . . " v , i . uic uiaesea are
always sacrificed for the benefit of rob
bers and rulers. This is the curse the
people Invoked on themselves when they
rejected Christ and demanded the re
lease! of Barabbas. They have had
Barabbas in power ever since, and if
tney aro not satisfied they have only
inemseivea to blame. J. L. JONES,
It will deyote its columns to a lib
eral publicity and advocacy of the
program. k
It will do more. It will con
tribute $500 toward the survey fund
provided that the full $15,000 be
raised.
THATCHER'S SCHEME
clpal pwnerahlp through efficient
ation of $100.
There is strong probability that
IN connection with the agitation
for good roads and scenic high
ways, the question arises will
-there ever be a scheme devised
to overcome the barrier of the
; snows of winter in order that our
mountain ranges may be crossed
the year around.
Colonel C. W. Thatcher, the good
roads enthusiast who drsws public
attention to himself and his evangel
istlo work by driving across the
' continent in a dilapltated spring
r wagon drawn by a span of mules,
'thinks he has found a plan.
While sitting on his rickety seat,
plodding across plain and over
mountain and while sleeping under
the star adorned turquoise quilt
af; the cky, his meditations have
crystallized in what he regards as
' a practical device.
", Thisplan, which he made public
at . the meeting of the Columbia
Highway association at Gearhart
last. "Sunday, nravlrfea that arte
, , . v i. v i a , .ii,, . ,.
heavy, snow storm a net of copper' . v culll,,urr Buomismon
Wire ? charged with electricity be i c10rter amendments at the No-
veuiuer special election wnereby a
popular bond sale can be Intelli
gently conducted? ,
I riMAineoAfl If 4a nAflotKlA 4m rvtirA
, e0 money thl?ug1 '.""v wter to consumers at a cost so
itf rain clt' bo"ds low that it is both a benlson and
were attractive to him, and the' hoon
PTXmnadtththem aVti,acl8'l I Corvallis. the water system
Freiri Su l JtnZ weeks SaiJ has been one factor in the remark
fna .Zr ILl h.'J .ti M -"th ,n Population. Post-
Mt!'. n, i. t? f " t0, office receipts for the month of Aug
I n 'n, m n 8 Hr?,,n I"" t were 28 per cent above the same
"4 " np fh h8 PP"on jM4r.was 23 per cent, and these ln.
on file for $1,000,000 in denomin-1 i i
v.i cudcs uuto uucu luo mio i li vur
oblige, A SUBSCRIBER.
(On October 14. 1910, the British
stoamer Knight of the Garter cleared
from Portland for China with a cargo
of 6,000,000 feet lumber, board meas
urement. The British steamer Algoa,
now at tho mills of the Clark a- Wilson
Lumber Co., LInnton, loading, will clear
with 6,600, 000 feet for Australia. About
3,000,000 feet of the cargo is redwood,
taken on at Eureka. Thl. will be the
largest lumber cargo ever set afloat
anywhere ln the world.)
ROSE FESTIVALS
, Spread over the road. The hot wires
.will melt toe snow on the hard road
eurfgee and the resulting water will
run down the -drain ditches. The
plan could also-be adopted by rail
roads to obviate the need for snow
fbeds. .f !'. "
The '"time is coming, thinks the
colonel, when the government will
utilise the ;, water power ; In the
tnoHBUlnatO'-generate electricity
Th!cliv will b stored along tha high-
IMPORTANT TO CITIES
HE League of Pacific Northwest
Municipalities will hold its sec
ond annual meeting October 1
and 2 in Portland. The event
wui be of great importance, for all
student, of public affairs agree that
in this country municipal fcovern-
T
A
vallis almost constantly since the
tmlnnillil Dtrelnm r9 ,1,1 vi,a,am n
Ban Francisco will offer directly to ,...
,v . . ., ,, "'.. the mountains was installed,
the people a port on or all of the j ,
$8,500,000 issue authorized for
municipal street car linos.
When given the opportunity, the
people in that city bought their
own municipal bonds.
Whenever the people were given
the opportunity in other cities, the
same thing has happened.
It would undoubtedly happen in
Portland under a popular sale con
ducted on such terms as would be
satisfactory to and understood by
the public.
What better thing could happen
than to have our own securities in
the hands of our own people, es
pecially in the hands of those who
now store their money in tin cans
or old stockings?
Is it not worth while for the city
NEW organization is to grap
ple the problem of next year's
Rose Festival.
Its burden is heavy, but its
opportunity is unprecedented. There
is a growing caravan of summer
visitors to the Paciric coast. The
Panama canal year Is close at hand.
Pacific coast cities, are on the
threshold of a new and extraordin
ary commercial epoch.
There should be festivals to
match. The enlarged horizon of the
coaBt should make it easy to make
the festivals of unusual and varied
fullness.
It should be easy to provide a
festival next year to far excel any
past effort.
Now in Session.
Clackamas, Or., Sept. 2. To the Ed
itor of The Journal When did congress
hold its last session and for what pur
pose was It held? READER.
(The sixty-second congress ended
March 4. 1918. The sixty-third congress
is now ln special session, having been
convened by President Wilson to revise
the tariff and the currency system.)
Governor Sulzer is conspicuously
slow in following the example of a
number of other' governors who
have extended recognition to Act
ing Governor Glynn of New York.
1 ,
P6rchance, Tammany will now
give an illustration of taking the
dent out of independent and putting
it Into Mayor Gaynor.
Preaching to a New York congre-
- j gaUona London jnlnister declared
Do It Legally.
Kstacada, Or., Sept. J.e-To the Editor
of The Journal-j-It is Interesting to note
the pious- -precautions the ruling classes
always take when they want tp commit
a crime against the public, to do It
legally. It Is much more comfortable
for a poor devil to be robbed or mur
dered legally than to have these duties
performed without due process of law.
A deliberate and dignified procedure ln
such matters tend, to keep the victims
resigned to their fate, which they at
tribute to providence rather-than to the
opposite source.
, There 1 no one to proclaim the truth
that no crime can ever be committed
legally, for the laws themselves that
permit mich things are immoral and
illegal. A legal crime Is the worst of all,
because it nets up a false standard as
an example to be followed, and estab
lishes a precedent that excuses continu
ation of wrong;
The worst crimes the world has ever
known have been committed under
forms of law. The Saviour of the world
was crucified with full lega.1 formality
and ceremony. The whole machinery of
law, ecclesiastical, political and military,
was put in motion. The conspirators
were priests and rulers, who assembled
at the palace of a high priest. The
captive was 'condemned by Jewish and
Roman law, the one religious, the other
civil and military. The soldiers carried
out the sentence.' The mob applauded.
The church added its benediction to th
crime and hurled its anathema at the
man, Christ. Is symbot-of humanity
ln tha northern part of western Oregon
Lands ln Lane, Coos and Curry counties
are under the jurisdiction of the land
orrice at Roseburg.)
Importance of the Editorial
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Senator Works of California Inserted
ln the Congreslonal Record an editorial
of 24 lines from a Los Angeles news
paper. Thereupon ensued a debate
which fills several columns of the Rec
ord, which cost the taxpayers thousands
of dollars and accomplished no useful
purpose.
Senator Brandcgee objected to the
practice and added: "A reason why I
do not think editorials should be in
cluded in the record Is that they are
always anonymous; nobody knows who
writes them: nobody is responsible for
tnem. ir any senator wants to com
bat an argument raised by an' editorial
he must stand up here and debate the
question with some anonymous person
out or nis reach and out of Ins knowl
edge and be answered In. tha newspa
per. The newspaper having the last
say, 'and not being aubjeot to the rules
of parliamentary debate which prevail
In the senate, has an unfair advantage
ln such a discussion, even If a sena
tor wanted to continue the controver
ey." This statement Is interesting as
reflecting a popular error.
Ten years ago, when sensational
journalism threatened to sweep away
everything sane and conservative, there
was an idea that the editorial page was
tne most unnecessary part of a nswapa
per. There are even persona who for
get that the Important part of a hu
man being is the heart or soul. A news
paper without Its editorial page is sim
ply a framework without the vital
touch with the great movements and
thoughts of the times. Further, the
editorial page is not a mere depart
ment in which the anonymous writer
drops a dally contribution, although
that is the popular, mistaken impres
sion. The newspaper must have Its
policy; must train Its staff to work to
gether in the harmonious carrying out
of Its principles and the course it de
cides upon. An editorial may be the
work of a large council; it may be the
product of several writers; It is seldom
printed ras originally written. Thus,
when understood, It become. . not the
work of an anonymous writer, but the
expression of a modern Institution such
li i newspaper ha. become, ;
The legislators are beginning to pay
a tribute to the newspaper by quoting
o many, editorials.,-They :do Jntg not
for the love of the press, but because
the editorial page of the day puts in
the most exact and concrete form state
ments of fact and of opinion. It means,
also, that the editorial page has re
covered its old force and authority,
and that Journalism has left Its yellow
paths and is seeking the higher levels
of usefulness and responsibility. Today
every newspaper that is gaining is
constructive in Its methods and there
Is not a newspaper of standing ln Amer
ica that Is not devoting larger atten
tion to its editorial page.
YOUR MONEY
By John M. Oskison.
Once a year the Statist (one of" the
soundest of the financial publications
of London) gets out a big number de
voted to the railway, of the United
States. It 1. meant to give the Brit
ish Investor an analysis of our railways,
their earnings, physical condition, and
prospects, which will assist him In de
ciding what railway stocks and bonds
he ought to buy.
Of course, ln such an analysis, fu
ture earning, are of very great im
portance; and these earnings must de
pend very largely upon the size of the
crops whioh the railroads have to move,
and upon the prosperity of the manufac
turers and the merchants, all of whose
goods have to be transported by the
railroads.
In this country the railroads and their
spokesmen have for a long time been
pessimistic Not so the Statist. For
example:
"Never have the American people had
such a flood of wealth as that which
has come to them ln the past 12 months.
The advantages to the country of last
year's abundant crops have not been
fully realised.
"Most of the railways of the coun
try have earned much greater profits
in tne past year man they did ln the
previous year, and they have larger
sums of profit available for capital
purposes."
It -seems to be the-positive conviction'
oi tne statist that the American road,
have placed themselves in a position,
financially, where they are prepared to
stan any possible .train. And. for the
guidance of the investor, this conclusion
Is printed:
An examination of the data we tire-
sent concerning the capital and tha in
come of all the important railway, of
the United States will prove to every
one that most of the railways of the
country are In a condition of great
financial strength."
Iftls being true, a logical result will
be an increasing desire on the part of
investors to take on the bond, and tha
dividend-paying stocks of the American
railroads. This being true, the time
of stress, when the roads havs found
it nara to raise money on bonds, and
when their stocks have sagged ln prloe
to a level far below normal, will soon
be ended. If tha Statist is right, It is
Urn. -for the pessimist to retire.
Eight Hour Day in Spain.
Tha miners' union of Spain haa ail.
opted a program declaring ln favor of
an eight hour day, a minimum wage,
provision for the aged and disabled,
compulsory Insurance,, abolition of an
job work and the abolition of night
duty underground or, wher. that I.
not possible,- 60 - per cent extra pay
a.... ... t. , i . 9
Many a woman baa been able to re
form a man by keening him guessing,
a" a
One enemy will give a man more
frea advertising than - a dozen friends,
a a
When she expresses a wish her hus
band usually has to pay the freight
a a
Anyway, a married man doesn't havs
to worry; he know, tho worst.
a a
A soft answer never turn, away a
book agent.
a
Consloer tho Innocent baba ln its
erlb.; it tolls not, neither does it. spin,
yet It groweth Ilk. the Interest on a
promissory note.
One-Cabin Steamships.
From the Seattle Post-Intelllgencer.
A number of Atlantic lines are find
ing that there is a big demand for pas
sage on the so-called "one-cabin" steam
ships, most properly "one class." Tha
Hamburg-American lln. tried ths ex
periment with a vessel having no dis
tinctive departments, such as first, sec
ond and third class. All oablns were
listed the same and the passengers in
all of them enjoyed common advan-
taaes. although there was a distinction
In the price, paid for the cabins.
The experiment proved satisfactory
and the new departure became Instantly
popular. The agent, assert that when
the experiment was first made they
could have sold four times as much
space as was available on each voyagj.
Now there are nearly a score of vessels
under construction on this plan.
Americans of moderate means will nox
practice economies, when such econo
mies result in classifying, them as
something a little lower than the best.
They will not travel second class, not
because of any serious objections to thi
accommodation, provided, but because
while they were traveling second oia.
other people travel first class and are
thus set apart ln a auperior class, with,
larger privilege, on shipboard.
The one-cabin plan permit, the prac
tice of economy, when needed, without
loss of "face" and without confession
of an inferior social or financial status.
To the closest philosopher the sentiment
on the subject looks extremely .lily; but.
it exists, and the steamship companies
have found sound sense In catering to It.
The steamship companies which do ca
ter to it will get the bulk of the busi
ness of the Americans of moderate
means who desire to travel abread, who
cannot afford to pay for "d. luxe" apart
ments and yet who refuse to permit
themselves to be set apart aa "second
class" ln any respect. .
Not a
Fairy Story
One. upon a time there was
a shrewd person who wanted
his ' business proposition to
reach a very influential man.
He could not get to see him
In peron but he learned that
he was a constant reader of a
certain newspaper.
Bo the man . who wanted
something wrote aji advertise
ment stating his proposition
and worded in th. way he be
lieved would appeal to the
ONE MAN he wanted to reach.
He put it in a promlnont
rlace in the newspaper read by
he ONE MAN.
He kept it there1 and befor
many days rolled around it did
Just what he hoped It would,
brought him to the attention
of the customer. . .
Both profited-for this Is a
true advertising story. .. .
Now the point to yea lies in
the fact that there is probably
some message In the advertis
ing of today's Journal that is
written expressly to you.
Are you a reader of the ad
vertising so you can catch the
. meteage? ..,.. . ;.,
It may be important;
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