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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1913.'
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.iv,The?deaire- and long-Inge of 1'
man era- vast as eternity, and
they point aim to it. Try on
Edwards. ,
THEN AM) NOW
"I'
F GOVERNOR WEST -shall
.bring the Deschutes Land Com-
pany or , any... other eCfcntral
Oregon irrigation company to
pterins, bo thatr It will carry out its
contracts with .settlers, actual , and
J r prospective, he will have performed
' monumental "rvice to the people
j ortbetaite;',.;,.-, .
; 'bt1'tMa"bVegonlan'' wild
editorially about-Goyfernor West and
! the Morson project August 2, 1911.
J September ;4,; 1913, the Oregonlan
J said editorially, on the same subject:
J - The" Oregonlan rwonders' if Governor
Weat will . aucceed " 14 v his threat to
force-the Peachutea Xnd Company (J.
E, Morson, president, und peraona n'on
J grata at , tha executive office) Into
a bankruptcy., Does Morson deaervo ruinT
. J . If ao, what thentwMwr'.,'.---'' - - .-
; August ; 2, 1 911, the Oregonlan
j. Said: - y. M 'ayy.;? ."y
. Whjr-is Morson? '-'is hethesuseraln
J of LaplnafTAre tbaettlera ihla aub
; jecta, , JnByare clearly,: his depend-,
ntaT , The :wholai Central Oregon lrrt.
- . ration matter, merit the, diligent atten-,
t tjon or j tiQVernor West, and his land
t board.,;? s' -i'v.::T':
t.' September 4,"l9i3,rdlscu88lng the
J; same matter, the Oregonlan said:
What -v service will Governor iWeat
. , have : rendered the aettlera ' on the
Deadlines tract, or to the a tat a. If
l irnuii, oi nil policy , BnBU PO 10
orive Morson to the-.wallT.
a The two editorials referred to, are
. reprinted on this page. . At the time
I. the first, was , published, Governor
; west was, asking from Morson ex
I , actly the same Information that he
j Is asking of, him noV. The -West
; policy of protecting - the settlers
j .men, was exactly what It. is-now.
Then, It had the hearty commends-
tion ot the Oregonlan. Now the
; Oregonlan condemns it. -
J; Which time was. the Oregonlan
right? If right August 3," 1911, it
is wrong September 4,1913. , If it
. means what it - said September 4,
1,1918, it must retract and repudiate
!, whatsit said August 3,- 1911., -If
truthful In 11 911, it is a self-con-
ylcted Ananias in . l913 ,and vide
ersa.,-;: -Zl'X'M-.
"The whole Central Oregonlirri
, sttonLmatter meritiithe diligent at-
Mention of Governor West,"; wrote
pthe Oregonlan In commending West
or i his efforts (respecting Morson
; jtwojears ago, and because the 0ov
, d?rnor followed the advice., the ;Ore
J Ionian condemns him 'now. ...
j f ,!'If Governor West .sball bring
xne Deschutes - Land Company to
4rms ,ao that It will 'r carry out Its
S antraet;:witb''taa.rittlers,iibet..win
1 "have performed' a monumental ser
J vice to the people and the state,"
J was the advice given the governor
J then, and repudiating its own ad
j vice, disregarding its own counsel,
. turning its back on Its own utter
, ances, the Oregonlan , now attacks
; the governor for doing exactly what
J lie wa doing then.
, If the Oregonlan keeps -up- Its
; maniacal persecution of Governor
"West -It will, in spite ot his ex
pressed wish not to serve a second
term,, almost certainly., cause his re
: nomination, and overwhelming , re
slaughter. It accentuates the wis-
domgof Ttheyportland;; Aatomobila
club in its warfare against reck
..paMMn less driving, - ine owt zriends or
the automobile are those " who, are
trying to rescue it from speed-mad
drivers.'' . . rs. '::"yit-:4
AS .ATROCIOUS ABUSE!
UDGE GALLOWAY decides that
the- workmen's compensation
bill must go to-the referendum.
i There never has been a niora
wicked abuse ' of the referendum
than in tha petitions', by which the
compensation bill was . held up. One-
naif.' or the signatures were ob
tained between ;. Front and : Fifth
and between Jefferson and 'Couch in
Portland ...The legislative purpose
of the. whole state is, thus thwarted
, by a small Portland district which
includes the' north end.
Most of the signers are persona
or whom nothing is ; known.- There
arer fewer than a rinzftn, namoa nf
-65 well known business, professional
or working men on the petitions.
More than 300 names appear
twice. Approximately 300 give ad
dresses that are not addresses. Near
ly 100 give! addresses at a First
street hotel which keeps no regis
ter, and all the signers at the place
are believed to be transient, l
A similar number of signers lo
cate themselves at a north end
lodging house, and not one was liv
ing there when the place was subse
quently -Investigated. What mora '
wicked abuse: could , there be of tha
referendum than 1 this wholesale
presentation of signatures that are
clearly bogus and that were mani
festly collected with fraudulent in
tent?,. .-. ' - -
Even more Infamy attaches to
the compensation' holdup. There is
general knowledge that $600 was
paid for circulating the referendum
petitions, but nobody can find out
whdJ supplied the money. Everybody
assiduously denies all connection
with the holdup. The casualty com
panies deny it. The ambulance chas
ing lawyers deny it. Even most of the
persons . who circulated the peti
tions cannot.' be-found. ,
; It ia a ; disgusting and disgrace-;
ful status,
land.
larg
' fiecausa of- the spaculator J treme 'eastern point be known as I
and small,' soma of tha high- Broadwsy. . That 'would! glve' the
est priced land in the united States thoroughfare ' the . . distinction ; or
produces on ani; average crop values great length that was Intended when
less in proportion ' to , possibilities seventh was : changed to Broadway
than much of tha cheaper land, s and made apart : of the original
The problem of making men use Broadway on the East Side. Such
their land Is probably mora difficult an arrangement, would alve Port-
tban building irrigation, works. Much land an extremely lonsr thorouahfare
nas oeen saia asainst tne larae that mm Mi . ,!
speculator. Tha smaller Jandgamb- city's appointments, i v
ler needs attention, also. There is And all that Is required, is to
no reason why tha government add one figure to the numbers on
should, put up the stakes for the that part of the street east of the
game of either. ' j Broadway bridge '
Just when ? relnlnlnar ' had haarnn
STRANGE WEDDINGS to ret ) ,. nt,,nM nt
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PERTINENT; COMMENT ANIDV,NEWSTIN BRIEF
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SMALL CHANGE . '
Tou probably seem aa cranky to oth
ers as they seem to you.
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A prominent and persistent attendant
at all automobile raeee la Oesth.
0
., n.. '.I. the slough of despond by the' dis
issued in Vancouver last Sat- S!!.".1
urday, eight of the couples
planning to visit tha United States.
Chicago is the " name of an 1111-
were from Portland and four
aV.l.. .11 A - m .
irom mer parw oi wregon. . : nola h.irr which hMv-
uiauiaja iiwuaM io- ... tha hall nf '.rr.. ,.
sued at the Multnomah court houBe1n, .i
in August, 1912, only 166 were is- , v a
m licenses in i-oruana was attenaea An Orem in isata i,..f ah,.t
by a corresponding Increase at Van- ionB nourh to inenieatai a nrnnor
eonvr. rnniAil hv th' now flraarnn 5....... .
----- --- - . - .w.. Vnv i .hiikm 1 1 t Hnnr.rmrinn nr rna rnur.
law which requires a cerUficata at- fi DurBt of sunshine which Is cer-
lesungme gooa neaitn,or tne groom tain, to follow.
Derore a license to wea can issue.
how strange that so many Oregon A - French - aviator . was remark-
grooms should go to tha trouble and ably successful In i-ldina- unaide
expense of going to another state down, but his machine, ost speed
ur meir weqaings m oraer io avoia wnen It turned turtle,
a law requiring them to establish
by physical examination that they Potatoes are going uo because
are without a loathsome disease! ; there's about 100.000.000. bushels
How strange that so many Oregon less of them than usual to go down.
onues accept , as nusoanas grooms
who dodge a 'Statute requiring a
certificate of good health as a con-
dIMnn ntnmnmnt ft mirHinl '. 1 -
: What is the pubtio not likely to uWtaX..-0,
think of couples who hurry oft to 'V1l0Vnu.h
another State for their Wedding to nr tha same and addreea of tha Bender, It the
avoid getting a doctor's certificate "T
"DiiCMalon la tha graateit of all reformrrt.
- It la no tank for a clever woman to
manage a young , roan during court
anlp, , '' '' 'r.K-':.. .,; I
- The honeymoon is over when tha
pride discovers she might have done
better, .
a a . i
. The amateur poet la going aome 'when
he earns .enough money with his pen
" Ymy ur int ina.
' The product of hooa tnav auit L W.
W.'s very well, but hop yards are not
uoauiuy pieces or vnem.
; Probably In 9913 somebody will atlll
be trying to extract sold In paying
quantities from southwest Oregon sea-
"VI 1111,
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Letters From the People
If the ' Tammanv tlorar avav' amllaa.
and If he aver reada, he will probably
emils, even-chuckle, when he reada of
that anti-Tammany demonstration away
' V ; .!. r, : :.,: a a r ;
i In yaar or two all the old standpat
tBr" ,r,u a out or the Senate. None
but Smoot has a chance of re-election.
Onoe in a while a toilette, whom they
noereu at ana ecornea a rew years ago,
grimly remarks; "1 told, you ao.'
" Fortunately the lower Columbia river
region has a friend and helper in Repre
sentative Johnaon of . Hoquiam, "Waab.
After awhile perhaps Western Oregon
win arec 'reDreaentutivea wnn ara i
able f looking out for Its interests,
President Wilson can avoid all mis
takes and worrlmant In hanrfllnir tha
Mexican imbroglio If he will almply con
sult daily and strictly follow the ad.
vice of the editor of the Portland. Or.,
morning newspaper,,:
. OREGON SIDELIGHTS
No lesa an authority than the Co
quiiie Valley Sentinel says that "Coos
county la the finest- summer' resort
seotlon In the United States," aa well
aa "the best - agricultural district for
certain' products. Kvery year mors and
more residents of the city are coming
this .way for recreation and rest" 1
a . e . , if ... .,.,,;,:'
Kugene Dally Guard: Lane county
will certainly have a school exhibit at
the state fair , and will go after the
''goodM" as she did at the Portland land
show last year when-she brought home
the second Drise for the beat county ex
hibit and captured the Hill cup for the
best exhibit of any county on the HU1
Uaea ...,.."' -'i.' '"'W'-V'1""' 'y
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Condemning certain Jackson ' county
farmers who live in isolated districts
and who therefore object to Dublio bonds
for a " county - highway, tne Madford
f THE. OPEN' RIVER
from,', tlie Spokesman-Reylew, ' '
j , When other stirring sources f acri
monious controversy failed them, - the
nawapapera Of Pwrtland an Aatorla 80
years or more ago fell back on, vltrlollo1
debate of the long standing queation:
"Where will rise ;the future rat 'ty '
of the Plclfic north west near 'the
mouth, of the Columbia or the mouth
of theWlIlmetter'V-i-''-S.i:'vi..'f;-;'.':'
' Over a over again both sides proved
their case to the complete satiafaction
of their local readers and the uttar dis-.
comflture of their respective opponents. 4
The issue was threthed out with tnuch
sound and fury, and now and then, when
a faint Journalistic , voice . was heard
from the little sawmill town of Seattle,
possessing then 2U00 orSOOO nnnulatlnn
fainter yet from ... Taooma, whore
iwv veupio or so naa garnered around
tha old tow, suggesting that the real
attesting that the groom is undis
. . I "Dlaenaaloa la tha m
mmaea. j It rationalises eTerythlng It toacbaa. It robe
, ar doJ?tori ,?ert,f,ca,ta LlZ
IS $2.50. A marriage license In hare raaaoaablaneas It rutblaaalr eroahva
Vancouver costs 14.50 against only &L'&ntfL$&gm Z
a in roruana. it cannot oe tne z, ;"T. ... i
exnans of marHas-a nnHr tha. naw --4iiHunuuwea V.KT.
Inn- an man? . v-iogwu WJ, vr, oepv e .
O mj i
aannfas a T1T In I
: "ttfuluu- did editorial on typhoid fever in The
" j .v,vo uiivu uo journal yaateraay. it is true aa you
the shocking surmise that fear by say that if - the "managers of , that
The referendum is in- the rrnnm that thv mnnnt ann. dairy had taken a gun and gone out
voked by skulkers and made ef-, cessf ully pass a health examination !l00""L J?"1?-" -on
lectiva by bogus signatures. A splen- is whkt is sending, so many Oregon pushed. - it is not sufficient to say
did legislative act is held up on marriages Into a neighboring state? the dairyman might have been Ignorant
01 me oanger incident to rniia oontam-
YUAN AND CHINA nw wun typnoia germs, ignorance
Hail-Tribune has this to say: "The
viewpoint is a narrow and selfish one.
faT what YtnnmtHm An a jMftnn tha
county directly, indirectly benefits' aU I answer was "At neither, for tha greater
sections." - - cny ww rue on the anorea or Puget
' ' . :.Jlf0UM" tha Oregon combatant either
.'.""'"YyrT. " ignored it altogether or laughed good
tpaa wneat sacas as well as oaaeDaus. ;,--;-: -----Tha-
at nana k I lous intervention.
force at tha Preston. finer far mill I "s Portland 'and '- Seattle.' 1. BriMmn.
handled. Wadnaadav. . , filSfi- , aaoka of 1 too. hav rmvn' i.u. .,1.1.1,
wh,?atTthe record .for one day in the ( have gathered to their boaoma 'a rnm.
.ijrjuoKers were Kept on tne jump. , 12 . , . M1" niani men
,:';.;-,".,'":., ; , 1 1U vu PI VIFBgOn . ana
TTncorklnar Its t arlhs-ep- hottla' and ra. i the territories of Waahlna-ton.. tilahn
vuM,in, it, ,aiTiHiv uaBif uv ai.H, I mum iwnvaiiBi.i3U( .f(grS . UrBB TTl B
v,aiiai.jvurni pruceeua in tnis rasmonrnava Deen Slow Of realisation Ita lead
J5..;?."Ten..S.v!Lti.I " J ?: Ins. spirits clinr stoutly to great ex Dec
cltlsens who have retired from busl- "on--DU and Astoria
ness. These should remember that they saw Ions ago the futility and folly of
hare-only retired from business, and further continuance of their old time
not irom ina worm, xnav ara vat naitn. local nicirarina-a . ,
! In"?.0.' SS'JtSi1 canal near completion,
an lntereet in the city where they have and shlna of arui., tnn.. iu . '
accumulated their wealth, and where fn a ".i?JJ, ' fi!' ,na ,tL,!!
they exDset. to -liva aa lone- aa. thav do ? .aeaing anohoraga in northwestern
Jive." - v i s " , , . - harbora. Thsy wlU not be abla to cross
tne Columbia river bar with its present
THEN AND NOW-A DEADLY PARALLEL" SH'SS?t5
e mb4vs egoMl mmmV W M UaTIUraVQ IIIS
tomahawk and Joined efforts in ."the
phony petitions and the holdup is
underwritten by persons in ambush,
persons so ashamed of their work
that they refuse to be known in it
The referendum, deserves to be
placed under the protection of tha
law; ,, The frionds of the system
owe' it to the state to so safeguard
tha referendum that these atrocious
abuses of it cannot be perpetrated.
If the friends of the system fall
to do it, the enemies of the sys
tem will do something far worse.
A
BLUB AND GRAY
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Wanton persecution of public men
- In ftrcgon Jeaervea such rebuko.
WHY EXCEED SAFETY?
IXTEEN deaths were' caused In
. Chicago during August by auto--1
mobiles and motorcycles. The
i fatalities exceeded those of any
August since motoring became gen
eral, and the list does not include
-TChicagoana killed outside that city,
among whom were ' five persons
whose lives were snuffed out while
on a motoring trip in Indiana.
1 The figures were taken from
j coroners' records. No authentic list
of persons Injured in aatompbile
and y motorcycle accidents is avail
, able, ,but a . conservative estimate
places the number at not less than
5 69.. As the record now stands,
deaths from motor vehicles In one
' month Increased from one in a nr.
J vat, 1908, to 16 in the same month
five years Jatfer.
I ' The greater toil was taken from
J pedestrian,,, seven having been
; killed Instantly or sustained injuries
from which thy died later. The
.motorcycle killed two people. These
two deaths, as well a practically
all mishaps . involving motorcycles I
u win jwrnuuB were injuroa, were
due to the sane cauBe-r-carrying a
passenger on tha rear seat. . In both
cases the passengers -were killed.
The automobile Inquest is now the
leading 'business of the .Chicago
coroner's office. " Automobile driv
, ers say driving.' 11 safer today than
formerly because the greater num-i
HE .forty-seventh annual en
campment of the Grand Army
of tha Republic will be held in
the city of Chattanooga Sep
tember 15 to September 20.
incidental to the assembling of
a, fast disappearing organisation in
a state once in rebellion there will
ba celebrated," the semi-centennial
anniversary of the stubbornly waged
battle of Chickamauga.
While this reunion of blue and
gray. foUo.ws .the , notable . one. .at
Gettysburg a few weeks since, It
differs . from it. in . this respect.
Gettysburg was a Union victory.
Qbickamauga wa -woa by those
who wore the gray.
Meeting on a- field consecrated
by tha blood of each and amid
surroundings that recall glory won,
tha' northerner will experience the
charm and exuberance of southern
hospitality and 'be reminded of that
dignity which met. reverse in a
cause that was lost "
What - a contrast to the meeting
of 60 years ago amid the noise
and carnage of deadly conflict.
Then there were two flags opposed.
Now there Is but one, a common
oha and tha sentiment of devotion
to it will beat no stronger in the
breast of northerner than it does in
the breast of southerner. .
All the semi-centennial celebra
tionis of the Civil war will soon be
over. May those who are fortunate
enough to participate in tbe cen
tennial anniversaries be permitted
to see a land still inhabited by a
united people under one flag and
in, the enjoyment of those things
wnicn maite Ufa large.
In such eases is criminal." But if that
.... ... l.n ... A.t
NEWS dispatch from St. Pet- not the water authorities of any city
ersburg says that President which supplies contaminated water
Yuan of the Chinese republic yenre sullty of criminal ignorance?
will resign as soon a. peacj iS." i-iSTi L,J
. . m teaa . . , m m T sy saaaa w Be a-as a si AitmaiVali' VAtes,
is reatorea. in statement snouiaithe mlllc Is "purs, clean and whole
be taken for what it is really worth 1 some." Is it any less tbe duty of a nub.
in view of Ruasla'B deaire to t1 110 of cer to sse that the water he sells
rid-of a man who is attempting to anrXlesomVr'
ouiia up a strong nation on tha There may be some exouaa for greed
foundation of Industry and toler- n1 ignorance on the part of private
ance. Russia has forced .China to fi"Mn"' D" tnare can be no exouse for
.j. i.,. ' j lgnoranoe and carelessness on the part
concede exclusive mining and com- of a public officer. Vou say. "itls
ineroiai privileges in Mongolia, tuna tnat tne state fix definite respons
Ruasla does not want, a Btrnna- man iblllty in epidemics such as is now
dlrctln r.hlna affaira I sweeping Oregon City." This particular
. " , ' . epidemio is charged to the milk sup-
George W. Wickersham, former ply. But Oregon City and other towns
attorney general of tha United j had one last year and otheryears that
States, recently toured China,- and rrer w :? water supply, it
h. ., p.m.. v,. i. um a,y be that the water served to the
. Z . I people of Oregon City now fa chemloaily
uau nuw bi vuiut. umua s pure. But now wint. nrwiieii the
parliament failed to do anything; It I rlver begins to rise again and brings
did not Avan arrant',. ln.ir witk auramer accumulation of sew-
the country in a state of unrest fol- rKniBd earned1 bv'tha wat.r .uthon,
lowing the overthrow of an ancient tlea in Oregon City and elsewhere, that
dynasty, a strong hand was needed. lf tho flIters are properly cared for
Yuan is saving China aava Mr there . Is no ' possibility ot typhoid
t.!?'L " .5.. v. .. !tyS . erm" sotting through the filters into
nitaiiauaiu, ouu iic la me umy the water D DM. PerhaDa that la true.
man who can accomplish the task. but no system of water supply can be
Eurona la attemnt.inar to diamnm. mat aepenos' upon a filter, be
hi Phlna Viian la ho. h mm. iQtni niiRin Happen, or me
.... j person in charge fail to do his duty and
emies from without and enemies then the public pays the penalty. If it
within. He is attempting to build I criminal carelessness on the part of
up a strong national government. Jdalr'man V?. contaminated' water
No wonder he is encountering dlffi- Z.I Vr L r. li.. nZ
cultles, for China has discarded an- part of pubiio officers who allow the
cient forms of government and has filters to pass typhoid germs on
not yet learned the fundamental ZVr?hl.,irl,p.' tha ,mi
,, ... .. Should not the oity and the publlo of-
principles of its newly formed re- fiC8r. ba held reanonsibia i o,m,.
publlo. I to the sufferers for any epidemio of
Foreign greed is Attempting to typhoid rover or any other filth dis-
take advantage of China's difficul- ZL0 " WMer
ties. A nation cannot be made over It Is generally known that In the fall
in a day or In one generation. I of 181 1 the water supply of Oregon
China cannot escape tha sufferings .wi;on'w',t Thr WM
of everv nation that tolls nnward llght P1(1'ml tnt year of typhoid.
or every nation tnat tons upward. In th faJl of J912 thera w MVer
Self government is not an impos- epidemic of typhoid and it waB:waii
sibllity because China started later known that the epidemic was caused by
than other nations. Whil -sun. in. tne water suppiy,Tne state
na.in. or h.n. Vl ' board of health prevents a private In-
pressing treason . at home, Yuan dividual from selling contaminated
should be saved from the interna- milk: whv does not tha an ma hrulv nra.
ftlonal land grabbers. " vent a city from selling contaminated
The United States wilt remain wierf - "-au
China's best frland. It will remain . CondiUons Unsatisfactory.
Yuans admirer so long as be fol- Portland, September . 3. To the Edl
lows the course he has mapped out. tor of The Journal radviaa people to
E
IDLE IRRIGATED LANDS
r.uu.iL.jii rtn;tjUfiu , says
that hundreds of thousands of
acres of Irrigated lands are not
used. This land has been re
claimed by private and public capi
tal, out it is lying unused because
the small owner, homestead men
and others, as well as tbe large
owners, either have not the capital
or desire to work the land. Many
ot them hope to make money out
of its sale rather than out of tbe
crops it will produce..
The United States, has provided
water for 1.200,00$ acres, of which
about 650,000 acres were : Irrigated
and cropped jln ,1912 and. 850,000
acres were not used. The small
owners are charged with being Just
as eager to speculate on tha bounty
of the government as tba large own
ers, If they think they can, make
more .money by, eventually '.selling
their holdings .than by raising crops
mey aaopt tne former course. .
The great problem of the- reclam
ation BCtrvlCA. la tn Inrinxa tha Awn-
ber of r machines imposes greater ers, to use their land. Secretary
SI III IAN .! ' Till , . sV 1 Jm ' araa. Ia. dtt I f
Lane at Colorado. Springs tha other
day said a man Is entitled to no
more, land than he' can use. He
certainly ijs not entitled to govern
ment assistance in speculating on
caution. But the Chicago flrurea
refute this assertion. Chicago kill
ings in live years multiplied It
times. . ' '
it is SB ttprmlllBg increase' in
This country cannot countenance mUy wajr iTom the hop yards, aa they
the internaUonar land grabbers. Mondayi mominr on the Oregon aien-
Amerlca sayed China from them trio for Chemeketa, but our baggage
once through the statesmanship iof to arrive that day. i returned
John Hav There-la added reason Portland and found part ofilt, but
jonn ay. mere is aaaea reason our trunk was missing. A klnj lady
now- for expression Of American in the yards gave my family blankets
friendship toward that struggling and the next day the trunk came. 1
renubllc Bt disgusted and brought my family
Knma Th.r. . r . n.nnl. 1. .u. ........
wlthAnt artf. .Inlkln. mm fil.-b.. . BV,
CHANGE THE NUMBERS J are suffering from the wet s?nd cold.
Men gave. up, their beds and blankets
ETITION3 are to be presented, to the women and children and sat
asking the city commission TlSi VoWJll?:
not to change the name, of the gage and .when she sot it her suit catc
original Broadway street in had been broken open and everything-
Portland, but Instead to change the r,.0l,1Vwh'tI,luin ? iMl!Sn TUh
numbers and leave the name of the station took after baggage T it la it i
thoroughfare as it stood in the be- the mercy of thieves, a barrel of bear
ginning. I w" oroKen open at the station and
There never was need to change :o"d' trX.. T?
'it -. . . I . " . jr .
ine name vi tue . sireot iruiu oruaq-1 osggage. " . . RUADER
way to East Broadway. There .Is no
From the Oregonlan, September 4. 191 J.
CBIVINO MORSON TO THK WALL.
The Oregonlan woituera if Governor
Wast wUl succeed In hla threat to
force the Deechutea Land company (J.
K Morson. president, and persona non
grata at the executive office) into
bankruptcy. Does Morson deserve, ruin?
a, wnat tnenr Tne atate, no doubt,
will , be called upon to come to the
rescue Of the 200 Or mora aatttlara
or buyers of the Morson lands. Juat
aa It did in the caae of the Columbia
ooutnern company by an appropriation
of 1460,000. The exact status of tha
investors in the Seaohutes Land com
pany may be seen from : the statement
of Special Agent Dixon,; of the United
oiaies interior department:"
TM!Et.r, Ml People,.', most -of them
"eidenta of Oregon, in this thing aa
purchasers f ot these certlficatee and
ii0DC A this- concern doesn't go
through, theee fellows lose. Some of
oA. 1 . vu"'V p,,a u.nwi wsier comas.
Home or them have paid a lot of money.
Special Agent Dixon further teatl
fles, la effect, that the company la wall
managed, and that an honaat iMuumt.
lng of flnanoes has been made. Other
lestimony is that the Daschutss Land
oorapany has made a rai
aeep ituto wita tne aettlera
Yet Oovarnor Waat has threatened to
drive Moraon to the wall. Ha atania
out againat all tha other marobera of
the desert Jand board and would com
pal them to yield to hie opinion. They
want to give Moraon a chance so aa to
avert what appears to them to be cer
tain bankruptcy, and to lift fmm ka
state a Urge ultimata accountability.
. wnat sarviee will governor West
nave rendered the aettlera on tha Daa.
chutes tract, or to the state, If the re
suits of his policy shall b to --"drlvo
Morson to the wallf' i
told . before leavina- that thav n.M tn
for cooking at thrtehlng time, but all
they pay Is 14. I found 1 woua hava
to be up.at S o'clock athaJnornln.
si ureauiraat at :so, dinner at li:30,
lunch at 1:10 and aunnar at 7. Simh a
lovely tune for It a day.
I know npthlng about Alberta, but I
have a friend there who hi a nt hat
a crop for three yeara, and right where
came irom tne same conditions exist
Go. and sea for youraelf, but buy a
return ticket After th harvaat r in
let Mr. KUlaly know lf my huahand haa
tl to send toward our suDnort Man
have told me that all they ha for
their year'e work after all expenses were
paid was 111. Put In a winter there
and pay from S0 to ISO a toji for coal.
See Oregon first and last
MRS. ANN WATSON.
2P..ihi .preeTonian, - August 8, liJL committee of the ports of the Columbia'
w MFi.f,am, ito press ror government dredging of
If Governor. Waat aha I hrtna- tlia I v.. i m'mm
Deschutes Land company, or any other etrong appeal is made to the people
tl?? .J?2S W,1,00 ""f' ," of tha InlaSrEipu; to Jo" teh a
coXcta w5 .r-uar1 all " Wter rtvsr to the
PrSsMctTv win hal tTaraJ S '' loaal . SMttsT alone
SSw-airTloi tt th5 .52o? la tn mtertat of the port 'allies of the
71. "?.Twl7ai?-t!SL,J. ! lower Colurabia,- gays Chairman .XCln-
of the DeachuUe Land company be per. B.en to e pokasma-Re--
mitted to defy the atate authorities and vlew, "but it Is in the interest of every
tell them la affect that be will do what citr farm' Plantation or orchard, stand
he Dleasaa about hla nhiia-atinna- tn h o' timber, factories ot whatever nature.
state and to the settlers who -have gone vJlroada and of every unit of labor
on the company's land? Who is Mor- within the area of the great Columbia
son? Is be the suaeraln of Lapine? "yar territory."
Are the settlers his subtests, aa thav For two cogent reasons this seams-
are clearly hla dependents? Is he do- undeniably true, .
ing for them what- he has agreed to First A. deeper rivtr to the sea will
do? Or Is he taking his own sovereign five the people of the Interior a better
leisure about It and letting the settlers highway for their , surplus produots
wait and the state-go hang? V passing out to the open markets of the
The whole central Oregon Irrl ration world for their fruits of farm and
matter In all Its phases merits the orchard, their lumbar, ores, hides, wool
diligent attentlCI ' of Oovarnor Waat I and soma dav thai mamifaatnnii
and his land bor-l. Some of the com- 'Whether these .products are destined
panles there hava doubtleas done their for , domeatlo or foreign markets, a
h!?4 A!H.J2.?V;;,liM ,louWL P" river to the sea will give them
held to strict accountability wader their better eccees to the . canal and bring
SSlmVntlm1--- '71" b9tur P'l to the Produ?era; ' PS
ffttlon nUrprtiei. should b mor tar t .a..- -...aa w
Kah Ksasaaaetl aaa sVW - a.i.l. - , " I - Bevnw k bjV-3.UBb IVUHU yVUVy AU IOB
i2 fJ JS! li"..a" U" fw luiend KwPre to encourage a duel, en t-
. K.wi, . net to tne sea. In Pua-at sound and
tlie Columbia river 4hey have two mu
nificent gifts ef nature, and It will be
endurlngly to - their interact to make
the most of both, and if need should
arise tw play one against the other.
Having access to both, they will hava
a great measure of protection against
possible extortion or monopoly by either.
It would be a misfortune If cither were
bottled .up. .. . .. ....
The need of prompt add vigorous ef
fort Is thus stated by Chairman Kinney:
"Withia, the lifetime of our present at
tempts at deepening the water on the
Columbia ; bar our government ,. has
brought the Panama canal to within
leas than t per eent of completion, yet
the work .of the -completion of a 40 foot
ohanntl at the mouth of the Columbia
river, which is to serve a territory equal .
, u . ... , I oiio iiv.iiviain w.m u,ui axon- ui
In the year la0 the Stock Of the Ad- tha Unlta St.taa. I. not POmnlataH If
ams Express company sold as high as the shoals of the Columbia river bar
1270 a share. In the same year . the were the key to tha entrance of the
stock of the American Express company Panama oanal It wduld be opened up to
apld up to IS20 a share, tn 100 "r c,nt ,,mlt ln VMT Bhort
In the week of August J-l. 1MI. Ad-1. -7.. ..u... .w
ama atoi.lr mim'm .... . 1 All Drrn naironrs nrauioout mo
ams BtOCk was quoted at 1145 a Share, WOrM - aava Cl,airman Klnnev had
and American Rmr,,, aiAiir mnA Amm... ' . ys ciiairman unney, nao
YOUR MONEY
By John M. Osklson. .
P
need now to change the name from
. More Testimony About Canada,
'Portland. September I. To the Ed!-
TftAHt'ItroAdwav to aome other nama I " "ortiana, Beptember J. To the Edl
.11 AA. Ji m i t am', tor of The Journal It is evident that
Ail iuav iwvoaaij ,o w cuiuis
the numbers from Broadway bridge
eastward, and let the name of the
east aection of the street stand as
Broadway. . That . was its original
designation. That was its name
when . the addition was putted, It
ought never to have been changed
to East Broadway, and , should not
now be changed to any other desig-
nation. ' : t'-ir ! ''.'',;. ,-;
, A far better way is to change the
numbers and let the street from Its
extreme southern point : to - its ex-
R. V, Klllaly obtained his knowledge of
western canaaa rrorn other . people.
Why don't he go there when there la ao
much wealth -to be made there T They
have about three or four months of
school in a year, and how will the chll-
dren get an education at that rate? He
says prices are gooa, out he knows that
this apring seed oats sold for St cents
a bushel and barley for If' eants a
bushel. When they 'do-gat a .crop - it
averages 65 cents a bushel) take off
10 cents for threshing, I cents for
twine and five cents to haul It to the
elevator and what is-leftT Mr. Klllaly
talks about wages. They pay from 120
to 1 3.1 a month and during threshing
time from. 12.60 to. g .a day. I was
Factory Sites and High Prices.
Portland, Or Sept. 4 To the Editor
of The Journal Your .recent article re
lating the attempt' of sa vara! maaufao
turers to secure a site for a niant tar
factories in our oity and th exorbitant
prices asked for waterfront acreage has
been. followed by statementa from real
aetata dealers that they have property
10 or IS miles out at. less price. - v
Is thl not the explanation of the crlt
leism so often made that our oltv has
no large factory pay roll, and does it
not account for the fact that only two
or three of tbe articles used In an ordi
nary Boueohoid and purchaaed -right
here are manufactured In Portland or
Oregon T
When Tasked a. man who waa show
ing me soma land at 1400 and 1600 an
acre what they raised there to warrant
such figures, he answered; "We raise
the price every spring."
In my reading recently I oama acroas
method of dealing with theae Inflated
values, which struck me as offering a
solution for our problem.
In Australia each land owner gives
the assessor the r figure at which be
values his land, and he pays taxes on
that amount But the price he quotes
to th assessor becomes an option; so
that the state or an individual who de
sires that property may purchase it at
the figure he has quoted.
Whoa, the? assessor asks the owners
of waterfront property its value, do wa
hear any of them quoting tha fancy and
unreasonable price they . aak when a
purchaser appears? Hardly, They make
a very poor mouth and dwell on how
little It Is worth. iAs a reault the city
pays fanoy prices and the factory own
er who would bring his plant here is
simply driven away. The time has come
to punoture these Inflated values and
to mrke It an objeet for manufacturers
to locate in Portland, not a dozen miles
out of the city. ' I thank you for making
pubito these racts, and trust yous valued
oolumns wm neip ua solve tne problem
Of bringing factonea to our oity. , -
JAMES t. CORBY.
The Panama Canal. 'h.-VC
IProin the New York Tribune.
The mere thought of "beautifying"
the Panama canal la enough to Ben J
shivers .down one's' back. Luckily tha
nation's commission of fine arts seems
to realise the danger of suoh a projeot.
Only a few monuments are proposed and
of the canal itself this is aald: "LJka
the Pyramids, it is impressive necauaa
of its scale and simplicity. Anything
done merely to : beauUfy woeld have
been an impertinence in a work ef that
character." Truth to tall, there la more
real , beauty in tha great engineering
works at Panama than in much of tha
so-called "architecture' which adorns
Europe and the states. Luckily Ameri
can architecture la now heading, in the
right direction, '
!.,fr!ril.:Epr'M t0t:k "ol(1 d0WB their shoals removed by dredging. Je t-
PrVfit- mm it. . w . t ties are an aid. but It Is also slow
Profits o the express business have progress, too slow to correspond with
been huge, and for years a practical the movements of this age. No doubt
monopoly of the field has been enjoyed the building of the north Jetty will
by a few companies. And While the within a-nma niimhar of mui hrlnar ua
campaign for the establishment of a the required depth of water.
parcel post has been going on during Apparently there is little greater
most of the years when the stock of the depth of water on the bar today than
express companies were rising in price Captain ' Robert Gray, found there
and when tbe dividends were being In- when he discovered and sailed into the
creased and huge "melons", were being river in' 173. . , - i
siloed, Investors apparently aid not be- "Mi o'clock ln the morning of. the
lleve that the government would ever eleventh." says the log book of the Co
go into the. business- ef eonvavina- . lumbia, "we beheld our desired port.
cela to such an extent that the earnings bearing eaat-soutbeast, distant six
of the express companies would be sari- Ie"ues. At I a. being a little to
ouely affeoted ' tne windward of , the entrance to the
But today the express companies are !!;ItJW
annaraiv nn aaaina, th. mmm.inm-m northeast, between the breakers, having
thlreal ' on ili .rk wfi.h ve to seven fathoms of water."
Jni Pn LSSfl Im Jl.J' . lar''?' . A depth, rherefora ot 80 to 4a feet,
lh!iJi ? lT,ooort,nI? shows little varlance-fronc the,.
their own figures, the express compa- aepth today. The Jetties, though, have
nles can not compete for that class of improved the entrance by straightening
packages; and it is a fairly good estl- the channel, which early day navigators
mate that they will lose 10 per cent of f0und dangerously tortuous, and shlft-
thelf revenue from tho carrying of pack- lng, : , ?r
agesV 3 '." 'V,.t- " . , Historic aaaociatlons impart, added
Of course, the effect of the compett- interest to this appeal from -the people,
tion -of tbe parcel post Is reflected Id of Aatorla and the lower Columbia. Spo-
the price of the stocks of the exprcaB kane and Aatorla were closely linked
companies. Former prices were due to commercially loo years ago, Astor naa
an artificial condition, to the matnte- no sooner founded the old place near
nance of a monopoly which could not tho river's mouth in 1S11 than axpedl
be expected to last indefinitely. tlons came to the interior In search of
Here is e very pertinent illustration sites tor allied posts, resulting In the
of one of the dangers the untaught in- founding of Okanogan that year and
vestor is apt to meet when he goea Into 8P0"ne houss- in lilJ. ' For several
the market it i. not enough to know ears a .strong u Una , of-. fommun.,t'oJ
that a certain stock has a long record was maintained tw,nnnA,.a.
of earnings and of steadily rlalni prices. I?.?0
Quit, as , important ,is the view ahead. IfLi Jn -In R "b" Paterson to
He must be able to' forecast with rea- fir,. oity on "f he committee
sonable accuracy the future of the bual- """LJ.'V - '
,- ne investor woo wants to sleep
soundly, without worrying about his
stock holdings, may, safely avoid putting
his money Into any business which de
pends for profits on a monopoly. in
this country that monopoly won't last
Tha BaMi.th tn ' r.ll. ."l '
Prom th. Manila r.h a a-, , ' . Evan lf a man does hnva fairly good
From the Manila Cabienews-Amerlcan .... na rnn anaiiv wnfa' a raw lava
That ranreach to Manila, th.. takn.., '' S ne can easily write ..a lew love
toiling unneceasartly on Sunday in the j ' r'
Pointed Paragraphs
. There are times when a man feels
that he haa either no , friends or too
many. ,
sireeia. win re seen no more. . i
Thanks to Mr. James, chief of the de
partment of tranaportatlon and sanita
tion, the moat filling.- graea cutting,
wseaing , ana sucn occupations not a
part of the routine of saniutlon, will
no longer oe a feature of Manila's Sun
day life. ,
.' One may now walk or ride through
the streets without havlna one's n
of the. respect due the Sabbath- in a
Christian community outraged, or one's
sensibilities' stirred by the aorrv. sneeta.
cl of a fellow man tolling when he
snouia oe tree to enjoy tne day like the
rest of us. Nor need one bluah- if a
tourist comes to town on Sundav. iii
lastly, to put 4t on the merely selfish
plane, one can now enjoy, a quiet day at
home undisturbed by the raucous duo of
; , , , efe ' " ;. r ' -w
" Oroheetraa In aome hotel i dining
reoma are uaed ' when the guests eat
soup. , '
pick and shovel.
T,
The community's thanks 'for a lona-
reeded change. .. ,'..- '. . ,
Mexico's Historic Stone Lizard.
wide Wortd. .;. 1
i A wlerd-looklng, creature, ,1s that
known to scientists aa the mysterious ,
stona llsard of Cuernavaca, Mexico. This -reptile,
craved on a huge boulder lying
on an overgrown hlllaldo, is si tuatad
about li miles from Cuernavaca and TO
mtlea southwest of Mexico City. It
was there, centuries old, when Cortes
flrat saw Cuernavaca, and is supposed
to have been carved to commemorate
soma events tn the wanderings of the
prehistoric civilised race which built
the great palace' at Xochlcalco, a few
milea awayi If this curious rello could
speak what tales It could tell of the
long-dead paat! ,
1