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THE vORECON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, ' FKID Y I-VI.ING. C
1913.
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V liltfed l nMtofnmjit Portias. Or-
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KUlCItt AbVSKTISIVa REPBESSMTATIVg
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, I fcubacrlptioa Taraoa tor mall sr' M ear eddraee
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; Man la very 'wwrn'ky. birth,
Vila, repUlev weakaM'vt---'4
Awhile he erawls uport th earth, T
. Then hrtnk to earth Matn.lv
-RETAIN WltitiOtt'$?;
WASHINGTON? yesterday.
Senator Chamberlain urged the
war department, to continue
Major Mclndoe as engineer in
Charge of ; theX.CoJumbia improve
' tnent. ' v ':r:i ri-'-H'';
.5 The Chamberlain appeal voices the
linked desire of the; Pactfic; North
west. It . wis the reflected Impulse;
of an empire of 300,000 square miles
in which it is down grade : all I the
cipal Jenkins reports that the work
ing students rank 3teh sthojar-
$6000 In maintenance of ; the alms
house, ' 55000 in .' the-.; water 1 depart
merit, $3300 in the assessor's office,
and numerous other ' small . savings,
the total aggregatmg $60,000 a year.
These economies have not been at
the expense of efficiency.; The street
department is :said to be inr better
eonditsan. any time in th
city' history.v-Nearly $200)00 wortli
of avinir has been done under com
mission' rule,, and tbe ' savinir ' was
20,000, or ten per cent.1-; The water
department wasmade . self support
IngJ The policed besides beintr the
Srua.rliAnjl ' inf ' nta?m.i anI rrA h af
act ai' street and irarhair inmrinra. 1 trom bt. Kaphae! France, to Bizerta,
They: tepott v holes in streets, poor I Tunis,;' 5S8 miles across thp- Mediter-
fiaewmucs -ana ail ' pavements which t 1CB ea... ; xe , prosaea re f m eoi-are-inr'need
oVwpJ.'.'i!:'frr almost its widest, point.
Trenton's ? experience " with ' com-1; t"ght would have ; taken -JUm
mission government is,; In ; the bet- Pross the Pacific (Ocean ,a4;the Aleu
tere4JtatusJn line with m almost I ?ian Islands, bf across fthe:' Atlantic
IN AIR AND SEA
IESS than ten years ago. Wilbur
W-Wright made . the , first vman
jjigni ia ni story. jt was uono
at - Kittyr Hawk. North .Caro
una, JJecember ifW
A' little-more; than four years agb,
ifJeriot flew across the English chan
nel, a distance of 32 ;niles, of which
but 20 miles Was ;ovef wateK-..-'.'"- :.
Kecently.fs. Roland . Garros ''Jlew
Wry city in which the plsn has Wn
..u- J.1 ' ii iii : ve -
: ... . ' " .i-f.
LOCA-v; STUDENT? WORKERS
t TEFFJURSON VIIIGII school Wu,
EFFERSbNillGltrschooBa
aents earned $4 during th
last v summer vacation. and ; are
: now earning $6390 per , month
outside; Of -school hours. -1,; ..?A
The figures are from f Principal
renkins, and include earnings by the
classes, which graduated in .February
and June,-1913., ifii' 'J$jtii
In the February, class there were
9 girls and 14 boys. AH of ther'boys
worked at some time during their
high ! school 1 course. The averago
earning1 capacity per boy during this
time was $1200. In other words, the
h t,i mnii, f th. rAtnmhia time was i4M. in
i Senator Chamberlaltf yepresenttdi -fy:&l6m faring; their
liie wishes of m people whose ! an- f?ur K V ?1" . employments , of
: m i tries ar iwi x i .
Carrying papers-UThe Journal the
Oregonian, the -Telegram; clerking
P ai a 'a " i
in. a naoeraasnery,' in a snoe store,
running a printing shop, - One
worked in a boiler factory during his
odd ; moments, and .another in the
harvest fields. . The average scholar
ship of this class was "86 per, cent
Of this class 33 1-3 per cent entered
college.
In the June class there were 35
boys knd SS girls. ' Thirty-three of
the boys worked in whole or in part
j . ... t-tl. i- t - .
auring 1 ineir niga . scnooi - course,
Twenty-three , of the , 55 . girls k em
ployed their, spare time and vaca
tion. The average ' earning capacity
of the boys - per pupil during, the
four years was $735. . In other words,
the total amount earned during their
high school course was $25725. Th
average .' earning capacity of the 25
girls was approximately $300 per' pu
pil-Total amount earned, $6900.
,- The employments were - varied, 9
hoys had paper routes, a had done
contracting and bridge work, 4 sur
veying, 4 farming, 5 clerking in gro
cery stores, t in a drug store, 1 in
an auto supply bouse, 1 bricklaying,
e; wisnes oi a
ual oroductions have reached 101
fc'07,000 bushels of wheat 6782,000
bushels of oats, 20,492,000 bushels of
barley, and countless other products,
lie reflected the common wish of
the inhabitants of aa area in which
there is 723,000,000,000 feet of stand
lag- timber valued at ,$1,150,000,000.
I l hese are r resources ot . conse
'; Jiuence, even in 4 nation of tremen
jious resources.' ? Senator Chamber'
; Jain's errand with the: war depart
ment was no ordinary errand. The
things that he spoke for were no or
' adinary things. '.'..';. ;'.'
i The volume of human welfare con
;tingent on the perfected .navigation
hpf thje Columbia is ' enormous. It
is seldom that a senator has back of
rl'im so much of moment as was re
Elected ' in Chamberlain's stand ; for
?he continuous and - most efficient
improvement of the Columbia.
i ' Other engineers can succeed Ma
jor Mclndoe and render excellent
service. It is one of the boasts of
3 his country that it has an engineer
jrorps that all the world aclcnowl
ydges as wonderfullv effective.":'?
But no new man 4an forward 'the
work io the Columbia as can Major
tMdndoe. A new man could jiot Iiave
Jhe ; prepartdness. ;;;, He v could not
Jiave the enthusiasm. He could not
jjossibly. have the f intimate 5 touch
svith . things that - Maior " Melntac
Jias acquired through four years of
devoted and ourooseful endeavor.
Senator Chamberlain is right The
ar department ought , to continue
'JVIaior Mclndoe in charcr . nf fh
Columbia work until a more favor-l
ble time for a change.
i
THE BALKAN SITUATION
ULGARIA and Turkey are re-
!ac ported-to have' signed a treaty
by A which Turkey ;Sjs 'given
Adrianople and a portion of
hraceawardedvto Bulgaria by - the
taeaty o . London.- - The dispatches
say the two countries,' recently at
S-ar, have ' formed an . alliance, pre
; iumably against;-Greece;: ; ?
" I What' will! happen in the "Balkans
iiobody knows. : It ' was only yester
May that Bulgaria was protesting vig
fcrously, against Turkish occupation
hi Adrianople. Anything is possible.
Servians and Albanians are .already
Sighting; wars ; between Greece and
! he 'A.lbaniana ; and . also between
; Jreece fcnd . Tarkey are threatened,
j md now there is probability of war
, between Turkey and Bulgaria as al
Jies against Servia and Greece;, ?
' I Vengeance against her; late allies
. s .tbe one passion that rules Bnl-
karia, and the Turkish alliance can
Iiave no other motive; ! : Turkey i' is
fttnbitious to recovet , lost territory;
He wishes ' to repossess Salonica.
liulgaria wishes to xtend her terri
torial limits to iindude Macedonia,
Jaken from her as a result of the
second war. Is the program Mace
yonia for - Bulgaria and for ; Tarkey
' hhaver slle can f reconquer from
he Greeks? - , .- .;.;.
: Turkish shrewdness is proving ef
fective, for . Turkey has a chance to
rofit through acquisition of terri
! ory in the event of another
W.l XurkeJr ' P'ayins ' bold game
vlule turope stands idlyyby afraij
uac ucr Birennin as a oearmifc-r
, . .
: TRENTON" SAVES MONEY" 5
iRENTONlTew. Jersey,;' has bad
cummission t, government two
years, ; and Mayor . Donnelly
says results prove the new sys
tem s . superiority: ; ; Both eeonomv
jmu , citivicnL-jr ; nave advanced, as
Ihown by, art audit 'of- th . rltv'm
Vook$ for the last fiscal 'year; the
first entire year for which 111 Anii.
nision;. could Juatly be, charged with
.:reKpotisibiIity.c Vv,
f ' T,h cost of 'atfministering overn-
lnent was reduced $4377 the commis
4on located 'an' additional 376 per
yent ' of taxable f. property! ; the f jrity's
4ent; the tax rate was reduced ' two
i ait s on each $100 of 'valuation? x
3 rvcuue deficit of $62,000 was re
winced to $12,000, and ai collector of
delinquent taxes has added material
ly to the amount of back and cur
nt taxes paid into the city treasury,
t Com mittsion (rovernment has saved
rcntoB 10,CO0,a' year .oniadverUS
50P0 in legal fees, $15,000 in
,cost -ot street' improvement.
by using Greenland,; Iceland and thr
raroej islands stopping ptsces.."'..
f' For the ; fastest-passengerships; to
cross trom thf ; Mediterranean from
StiZ Raphael to Biserta 5 requires."'. 24
hours. Garroj flew thei distance in
less than eight hours.
S At fe lvong? Beach,: California re
cently, a llubmarine rose; safely and
easily- to .the surface ' after having
been submerged thirtv-six hours in
street-
,.r. ......
1 selling cattle, 1 in a planing mill, 1
in office ; work,' Snd I in drafting.
The employment of ; the ? girls" was
ikewise , varied, ; including tutoring,
music, teaching, - house work,' paint
ing, : embroidery 'office ; and': factory
worJk;'5"competitive prize essays, an
art scholarship,, and;: 2 scholarships
in college work, -' ; ? , ; . ; , '
'Several of the' boys saved consid
erable of their money for the pur
pose of making a college education
possible. One -young man not only
worked his way through high school,
but earned sufficient to assist his
sister, in gaining a high school educa
tion. ; v - :- ;Vh:''.
At graduation, 40 of the 90 sisni-
fied their intention of going. to col-
Of students now at Jefferson, 342
worked during sthe summer, and in
the time earned $24,200.40. ; T.be aver
age' amount earned ; by ' each ? was
$71.06Vr;jf'' "Vy: "t,: "i'': v.
One . hundred and forty-four , stu
dents now work outside of school
hours;" the amount they earn Vtier
month is $639.20. : The f amount ' per
pupil ia $18.32. , I :;i-;-;v; r 'It
The ;; work during ';, vacation, ; In
eluded carpentry' contracting, farm
ing, surveying,, carrying papers', '., col- i
ecting, house cleaning,;: working in 1
factories during' the canning season.
teaching music, tutoring. One' ran a
dairy; farm,: another was working In
planing mill, , another in a boiler
shop,'' another painting houses, and
several, girl viook- 4 care Of ? young
children, some ; played in orthestras
earning a weex. r une, was s
salesmanlothersi picked, hops, isev
eral did : herdngipne . lid: library
work,' ne.wBS,n Jbperato'r ih-a moy
ing ;;, pict uir , house.. y t S'eye ral boys
ushered : m w theatres, : and others
were employedin wholesale houses.
; Several. v of;i,tbe- . girls did i'liouse
work for trteir.TobmHrtd'board; and
this lis ' not tincludedim' figurinar out
amounts of money "earned,
Inith.' Manual JTraming . Depart
ment reports were; received ' from 94
boys.v4 Of these 80 Jid worlc, during
tne- summer time, earning a total : of
$2708,, or so, average of $79 per boy.
The reports show that the majority
worked in ,r factories, mills," on ; the
firm, and carrying papers; . a . few
forked all summer, but the majority
worked only part of, the time. p:
i Of : the 94 Jwys ' reported, 41 are
now working " .after v school hours.
The 41 boys earned J17.45 per month
per boy; r i $
; One boy graduated" jast year,! who
kept an accurate; record of his ac
counts; reported he had earned over
$1400 , during ht 4 years, that he at
tended,' school I- Of the boys who
have gr.aduatedl from the Manual
Training Department,' none, has had
difficulty in btaininft work. 'and bn
quest lor. more boys ftm that de
partment. '-f.. '.';.:' .;'. -.;
I the, Commercial Pepartmtjit7S
thirty feet of water with six men on
bbard. . The exploit, wis proof, of the
power of mea tp. direct the move
ments , of a submirlhes Under ; water
for indefinite period3Itf is a near
realization of the -vessel in Jules
Verne's romance f '.'Twenty Thou
sand Leagues; Under the Sea.'V! (!
Hie two achievements direct'tho
mmd to perils that threaten the ex
pensive oreaanought from above anJ
beneath - The i sustained Xalr flierht
of 558 miles over sea, and the vessel
that can quickly sink out of sight
and remain in the bowels of the sea
for days are steos that mav well
(challenge the attention of naval con
struction, w . '
l.f. '. .
ncaun expr-t an.t insists that ive
must use : les t two or three indi
yidual;t- tlsncry time ve wal
our fact i. l!y and by, to v ash one'
face. in" the United 'States will be as
perilous, as v ineerisv; a revolution
in Mexico. '" 1 v.-
Though
the reward
SIan,amg""for. ioinUm,Z,
has , been
no as
tronomer has 'yet "claimed the $20,
000' fof stalking to a. planet.1 Still
many people, not astronomers, have
talked to the planets, while leaninf
against; a'; lamp f post ;, or telephone
poIeC-i;iC:v:i;';::.iu.i.: '
?;a- -
,',An eastern .clergyman , says; a wo
man who wears a slit skirt will never
get to Jleaven. 'In Heaven, the same
aa on, earth, it isn't the clothe s that
mak.th'ei- woman, - the :frpck t hat
makes 'the monk or the "frame that
makes the1; pistute."" ' ; -
;t lt.is- said that 4000. Mexicans' die
apnually rfrom .tarantula" bites. Life
isa both tumultuous and? precarious
in. Ajexico between. dodging tarantu
las. and devolutions. -'
A, ftnee il ;.' heinor hnitt - arminri
wan;asylum;ej is
a prudent move in nrvnt ,! ThW
trom ?. carrying the estabhshment
PERTINEf.i CO.MMENT AND TiEWS IN BRIEF
The ruln7 scream now only arouses
mild deriaion. v..
Still the olic pot of thd past amokos
miUoaorousy. - , ,
-x- ., ... . , ,Mliit1rfili..lf,i
away sornj darkighti
From the People.
ANOTHER CENTENARY,
T
HE railroad locomotive is one
hundred years "old, It was1 in
1813 that .-William Hedley, a
colliery superintendent, "drove s
crude and ponderous' i; thing',- over
smooth rails. It pulled eight loaded
wagons' at five Iniles an: hour, and
the fact was established that sirgfeth
wheels -revolving. pn smooth rail
have tractive power.
Richard; Trevith.iek, the Cornish- i
man,' is given credit as inventor . of
the locomotive, for in ; 1801 a com
mon road locomotive constructed by
him carried . the ' first load of pas
sengers ever conveyed - by steam.
But the .Trevithick locomotive f did
not run on smooth rails. ' The: Corr
nishman later ' constructed ' engines
which : pulley ii carj around circular
tracks but it was Hedley who first
put .the locomotive to a commercial
f- Seventeen years after s; Hedley's
demonstration George ' Stephenson's
Rocket" made its ; trial trio at -29
miles an hour. V That was September
5, s 1 830, : and that date '; marks the
era of modern railroading," Itwas
proved that ..locomotives traveling
smooth, rails bad tractive power, and
could attain speed, but Stephenson
and others Succeeded only after, dis
couraging experiments to" overcome
aiiiicuiues nresentea dv tn ntrin
andthe"rails,'-;V.;'? f.s.y u' ;' ;;J ;v.f:'-;r;
Some . men now living : were chil
dren when the inventors tvere doing
their utmost to attain speed. ; Today
the complaint Is .again sf ; too IroiicE
speed. J . Accidents ? a cebturygo
were mere incidents: today they are
sedv as - arguments against- the ; very
thing men were striving for one bunV
IteXloa la Ititi d.orlmnt ahonlil h arrlrtaa aa
pi oaa uoa Bf ppi- abould not axef4
800 orda la laoith and nm- ba afointaaleii
by tb nam and addrtaa elib aandkr, It, tti
.TV f 801 oaaira to UlTa UMuam pua
uaucu, sa Mouta aa auw.)
HMk-jmIob Ii tka treat, atl reform-r.
It ratlanallaua arw-iEins it itoueb. It robi
prlnclplaa of aU faUa aauctllr and' throw tb-ia
back ou theU reaaonablenaaa. - I( thr bT as
it rumianiy eriunaa tiwia oat
.f )' .and acta up It ow ooocllMluB !
Uieiratead.'Vwoodrow Wltoon. r , ,
The Waste . of Drunkenness. j'
, Portland. Oct, ' S.To the Editor of
The J, Journal I am .always - xreatly
pleased with Wjtfr editorials, and am
specially; lwprtBsod with your eohctu
lon to "A Drunkard's Farm." It U tru
that the SaVln;,of even a, fw from Ine
briety - Justifies the expenditure of
much ;nonev and efXorL , . Let the cov-
ernxnent, and - berfaVolen.organlzatlops
continue thla work of reform,' ' 't;
But whaiean we say about the wia
domof jaalnutnJpff 250,000 . drunkard
facthriea eroduclns 200.000 drunkarJc
evert' yearxfor municipal effort to avwhen he represented the old Colonial
20,000 of them from a drunkard's doom (confederation at the court of Louta XVI
What becomea of the other 110,000 and I he wrote a monograph on the subject
the women and. children dependent upon! At that early day h perceived that tha
inemza iicm rexormatory natnoaa ara i ooiomes viucn naa jusi cainea ineir in-
only th ambulance work In the battle dependence had a paramount interest In
betweeh humanity and alcohol. Modern any canal which might be excavated on
medical science haa tauaht us with, tre the Isthmuav. He foresaw that the con-
mendous mphasis that an ounce of pre-lnectlon of the two oceans by canal Was
ventloa is' worth a, pound; of cure, Wouiaf Inevitable, and he was solicitous that
It not'b'e the narl "of wisdom for us to I ttM-'folohles should ; bo In" nartnersbln
cloee the drunkard- ractorieS, out ,orr I witn any sucn enterprise. Even tnen ne
the supply of thef-f'wet'' drug store and I was opposed to the Idea of any smile
the bootlegger, save -t 2,000,000,000 of I European p6wer -controlling the water-
t-casa' -annunuy,? -prevwn tnn i Jr' anwna wis auibuo aaa-racia ,
fourths of our criminality, one half ofB-f;ffron ws the most Imaglnativa
our insanity, so per cent or our munio I siaiesman or ine Kevoiuuinary penoa.
Ipal court expense, 68 'per nt of oprtThe colonies bad scaro gained their int
police coat, and, what is' far mora im-1 dependence before he pegan to. look for
portant,. save these '200,00(rmen and St ward to time .when the new nation
least 76,000 woroen irom, lives of 'Shame I would gam possesslorl.pf the -mouth of
ana-waste or miman resonrcsT. . i tno -Mississippi ana s iootnoia on tn
Are you helping mfl rorUan3rfi"i
Pavifie eoast JNsw ork'f -
tor once, at leant, tne voters uara
wrong ana tne juuges are right.
1 i ... f . a . .. .
Hnimible firmness fa a vrr dlffarant
inivg i torn jacKassicai ooaunacy. .
-
tne more tne wiseacres talk about a
hereafter, the more we don't know about
It took nearlv, six- months in m b
tarifi Diii; can a currency bill be paaaea
within two months?,
IVlun shot fop a vll1fBt. This it n
little more humilititlng, though it didn't
hurt any mora, than to be shot fr a
..... . . : a, ,
Row between Imtsnr's afflicted d:iiia-h.
ter, recently married and her husband,
reporleil. Also, thkt ex-Klne Mnnnpl'H
bride won't live with him. The matri
monial -a tiaems very hard for the
upper cla -!j to navigate..',......-. ,
' Engl: 'i papf-r Bays young Ouimet won
the tenuis r tiamntonhin because the
audience w it .id it, exerted a hypnotio
influence upon him. AVhen he goes over
to England anl does the same, some
other excuse wul doubtless be ready, .
-;r;v.,:,:;-;;:..,. . .. , .;.. ,
'-.Probably iio prercilnir president ever
led,' hi 'party majority in cohhi-p"' ae
completely, and successfully an Wilnnn
has done. ' Ths Deroocraiio niBnitra
not only follow his advice vr trttirno.
tlons, but do so willingly and . ""it
resentment. - - . . .
OKUGOX StiJCLlCIITS '
It's all oft with ths doe muzxle at
Astoria until nnt summer. The open
season for Towner's mouth began day
JJftuceue. ItetriMter:, Aviator Steele, Of
tnrWhTlld. tuns tat A new Pacific uOant
lecura tor distance over the ocean, ana
still lives. All of which furnishes fur
tner proor mat ui-egon is In many ways
a most remaraaoie state, ' - - , ,
'" -, -J
Ths Astoria Budiret.braclnir itself
for the Inevitable, "Portland has
aiscovered a void mine in one ot htf
city parks. Wonder what Seattle will
do now? Probably she. will find dia
monds growing on , the , shrubbery i in
ths suburbs." ; .... - ; -i , .;' , ..
"Baker county stone should 'bs
used in ths, new federal ' building ' in
l-endleton because It is the best atone
fn.'l because it Is Eastern Oregon stone,"
n liow the Bakar ilerald makes prac
tical application . of , this -"made. In
Oiegon'' thins. , ,
Ptlli In the rlnfr," though lamentably
dlaliKured, is a celebrHted Hood Klver
raniiie. The Now tells the nd story
thus: "Marlooch, Thll .farroH's fa
mous fluhtlng- dog, mef-liiM Waterloo
Kiiturdi'v when he tried to tear' a
charge of dynamite from ' stump at
the) home of Georae P. llltnticock. The
doa; lost an eye ami suatalned a broken
shoulder In the encounter."
Fossil . Journal: ' Jamea CI Kin
brought in a two-year-old dreMcd
ewe that weaned sou pi.nnrtM. u
oltt it at S cents, making; S7.2i, and
tne pelt la worth BO centa. When a
man can et 87.75 for a two year-old
ew. rmefd in bunch grass, it would
rm that the slieep buainexa is a lona:
"played out" yet Jim
not SO cents more for his
av from beine1
coma nave, c,
ew if h i,ad cared to peddle her
nrmind town In ouattara. unrt fnn,
ov-nrs more hnd he eold her on t i
IN Ei aiLLiu D. u 3
.; JCy I'rcJ. 1.. : 7. '
BALBOA AND THOMAS-JEFEERSON
H ' .Front the Oakland Tribune.
Four hurfki red years, almost to a day,
after Vssco Nonet de Balboa sighted th
Paclfio ocean from ths -continental. dl
vlds at Panama, a Vessel passed through
ths ' canal connecting the two ocean a.
Soma hlstoriana-.glvs September ti,
1513, as the dateof Balboa's -Jlscovery
Others fix September. 26 as the dayJIf
tne latter ds. correct, tne zaur nunareatn
anntversary .of Balboa's iUscovsry was
commemorated by sending , vessel from
ths.. Atlantic to the Pacific through a
waterway th , Spanish conquietadbr
dreamed should pierce the isthmus. "
Bines Balboa's time an interoceanlc
canal at Panama has "engrossed the-at
tentioa of snglnef rs, ; statesmen, - sclen
tista and' merchants. Thomas Jefferson
gave the projeoi profound study, and
dred years aa
JProbably nothing telse Uynifies a
century's progress so well as does the
locomotive. It serves the present and
affords visions' 6f i both oast and
uture,
American flag on, the shores of ths Paj
flftc aj. ths mouth of .ths Columbia,
With a prsaclencs almost prophetic Jef
ferson dlscsrned evsn before ths federal
government was permanently' organise J
that a canal at Panama was the key to
ths destiny.; of the American . republial
11s perceivea tnat the mputh of the Mis.
elsslpplths Pacific coaSt and Panam
were- the strateglo points commanding
the course of national development
3Rlboa's dream has come ..true, and
Jefferson's statfsmanshlp has? been vin
dicated. All three of the great stra testa
points which Jefferson perceived woul-t
ultimately atv commercial end. political
control 'job this hemisphere are. in the
possession of the United states. Pos
session of the mouth of the Misslsslnnt
gave us actual possession of ths mouth of
the Columbiaconverted aUhadowy claim
into a resllty. Tbecanal at Panama ls
natural sequence Of this Louisiana Pur
chase. The annexation of Texas and the
acquisition of California, Arizona, New
Mexico, Nevada and portions of Colorado
and Utah wore a logical consequence of
tns acquisition of the Mississippi from
its source to its mouth. Having stretched
our dominion across the Continent, a
eanal at Panama, was necessary to pro
tect tne sea approaches on both sldeaw ..
Hie American ting waves at Panama;
the mouth of the Mississippi and ths
mouth of ths Columbia, and the schema
or national greatness pictured In Jeffer
son's - mind - when the Infant, eolonles
were still squabbling over a scheme of
government Is realised. . Balboa's title to
Immortality .Is acknowledged. but ' the
breadth and grasp or Jeff arson's states
mapshlp has as yet" received . but tardy
taTa4f.alaamtf AM ILTo M v'" tftlu a,,,aiaM -.w'
"Vou don't have to be very old to !
a pioneer . la some parts of Oregon,"
said A. IX. Gardner, the editor and puij'
lieher of the Kenuewiek, Raporter,, .
"In 1880, and that la only 88 years
&SO. asjKfather Jeft Kanaa.8,.
for Oregon, ' He settled oh'TiH'
CrocTf, hot far from Joseph. ' He took
up a homestead there. About 1887 I,':
moved to Benton Flat. In those d .; h
Wallowa county was still a part of l y
Ion county. '-.When Wallowa county
created ' there were no towns of sn
size; , Joseph wanted to' be th count;
seat, so did l,ower Store, .sa WaUowa
was called at that time. There was a
store at Joseph, it was the upper store
and farther down ths valley , was an- '
other,. store,' hence it was called Lower
Store. As Joseph and Lower Store could
not reconcile thejr differences they com- .
promised upon having the county seat '
located midway and located it on Ban
ton Flat My father had a preemption
claim. ' He platted SO acres of It. - John -Zurcher
and K. F. Btnbblcfteld ' also
platted part of their holdings. They de
cided to call tha town after one of the
three men, but not 1 1 able to agree
which one of the thtue was entitled to
the honor they compromised on Enter
prise. My father put up ths first build
ing which was uaed as a hotel. I was '
born about Z Q years ago- on our first .
farm. . It was a log cabin with puncheon
nooFTmd f -ahake roof. .;' I was IS be-.
fora I we- c' outtoKlgin and saw for
the first time a. train of eara and I
can rem. mber what an astonishing sight
,'Stubblefield is a kn business
m . Hs had not learned to read nor
e when a boy. so be worked till his .
children ' had gone to school ' and he
learned from them. . Our principle
source of revenue whaa. Z was St boy
was ths money derived from the baoon ;
We put up. Father would, haul a horse
wagon load of baewn to' Walla Walla
and; sell it for 12H . esats .a pound.
Thsegh I live In Kennewlck and am do- v
ing well-- hers I sun think Wallowa
county one of the most beautiful, and .
one of ths richest districts of the west.
Wallowa lake and ths mountains that
surround it can, not be sxcelled even
in 8wltaerland for scenio grandeur. The
fish and game, the timber and marble,
the building stone, the fruit, and sheep,
the oattls and hay, the, wool and min
eral of Wallowa county make . It a
district of vast, undeveloped raw ma
terials, while the rapid streams and
tsrfalls will furnish abundant Dower to
turn much of it raw materials into tbs
fjnlshsd. product v ' , . ..v
'It le splendid district lor a boor
man to gat a foothold and get ahead.
Men like. Pete. Beaudaln and Jay DoW
bin who cams' there with nothing but
the : clothes on their backs ar Towr
wealthy, and that in anlts of limited
education, ; With them and. scores of ;
otbersWhoTare well to do thers'lt was
seeins: and aelxlnr tha armortunltlua
Ithat presented themselves. No, th op
pertunities ar not all. gone. . Ther I
stm iots of land a Uttls back from the
railroad that can be -gotten at a very
low price and- It is merely a question
of-taklng;hoidvnd holding on," . . .
perceive in bim only- tricky and instn
cera politician flattering th people and
stabbing his tnemlesf with Artfully
worded letters, but ha was theJ greatest
political genius thla country er pro-.
doced. 'n , ; , y -fjd -t't
When will press and platform pro- Pacific, He made the bargaSn with Al-J recognition. "Many" jpf his countrymen
Claim to an unminaung wono tns 10117 exanaer nunuian wmvn wnmnuea mi
of .our present day: methods. "These seat of government at Washington. 4 He
things ought yJto have jdone and not to bought the leouisiana territory fronVNa
have left th other undone.". - - -- Klon, and sent Lewis and Clark across
r;''W vi'S-w-AJDUNBAJt;;. i.thr-cflntinent.'to. taks possession irr the
Sea Level tnd rTidei Levels. i'.JUw fit the United- state and plant-to
; VnrfloaiS: C.nf. Jtft. tSlS..Tn tha, Fl-I "
itor of Ths Journal What, it any, la thslaki" MnV, W"riBnraai 'anl that Itll 'lhe
difference in sea level on the Atlantic telcj,eri .noaid take pains to explain it
ana sj-bxixmj siaes 01 me ioiuu : oi I to the little ones and explain to tnem
iTil Jesus: Christ meant when b said.
L4.IST7 uuVBMUUf ma s.esumu. ewuMW v- 1 mo. 1IT1 .-.fells! I VI tA MfAA; lltltA stim
SJiCTffl Sui - ' ''V0 of such, 1 the
ferencavA 'Sea vel,; 4 Jerm popularly Blb,0 the
7tSinllmamtXmL frandest and most glorious book in the
thrsama meanings th snore scientific ,,. .? tha end. for
term "mean sea ivei, Dy wnicn is acs- "tA ;",: -,.
tgnated .'that point midway bstweea Sf-vior said whenhe , ,wa
mean. hish andlow tldo. So far aa la srth M 7? rtn hou,4
i,t.h.ki. th. 1. a yiiifiM in lawav. but thathis word wouia noruntn
,-...1 7 IZ all tfclna-avwera fulfilled.: 'All th laws
llivau' sc 7 rot vsa ! ww iuv wa, sssaj t r - - - - " . . -
Isthmus, thouglf the. possibility of dia- of, th woria tor tno goon 01 nuanawu
crepshcles ' between -; others . compared 1 are) founded on tne bidis.,? ,m
coast -is discussed. :.'; Y
EDUCATING WORKERS
D
worlccd during the,; summeT Tha
work included r teaming,-; messenger;
office, J railroad tWork, ; carrying pa
pers and- driving aif auto truck. The
tofal amount earned during the sum
mer .Was &mZM present 19 are
nuiniuit , aucrcnooi pours, averag
ng a month per sttudent.
ET&OIT- employers are' work
ing along the German contin
uation school plan: some' f ea-
r al , . . .. .
. - .ures 01 , wnicn are proposed
for Portland boys and girls engaged
in : gainful occupations. I The (Oef.
man " plan provides , for' half-days, or
full days away from work during the
week m order that the boy; may fur
ther perfect hiriself through tech
nical educion.';:'j-:y'',3i:;
i The . plan has . worked so. well in
Detroit jthat' twelve manufacturing
plants are now sending apprentices
to classes, and i thY boys; are -paid
full wages during the ;timc they at
tend school. O One factory recently
asked accommodations for forty, ad
ditional students, . and ; arrangements
are being made for their- accommo-d-tion.
., . $M3&M?&T.
' Aa automobile manufacturing; com
pany has fourteen employes taking
a ' two-year, course, the boys being
allowed, a half J day ,;'each (.week at
the school These boys were elect
ed by , ihe merit - system, and it is
said they are showing splendid, spirit
in making the most of oooortunities
offered them; ;;AU, arts good jmechan-!
ics, but the company believes the
School Instruction "is certain to make
them more valuable in (the factor.
.Germany has been' forced to utiL
ize herlresources in order that .world
competition may be:; met : 't Thst
netessiiy frrhiished stimutus for:!con
tinuation; schools,; but" now; the ' fact
is ;recognized ! that, individual devel.
opment; is equally -inipoftant with
the delopmcnt- ofabor Svingma
f The vcontinuation : school ' idea; i
4flfaTKwymith'hm
interests.; -f uoys- must be: taught
their . trades; JWhy hduld the .em-
Cloyer v ssjn that instruction! should
, i limited to the shop? X)etroit em.
ployers Sre ctnxitrted that both shof
and .school instruction Spprehtices
will , fetum, .dividends t to- th , em-
, It la a. shame tke way the children
T. .1 mm mkAHXA W HA mm la I ... kMa-K tins at . th tiraaMnt time.
another matter. The Enciiwldpedia Brit-1 Ther ar out en th stteeT, until late at
annica , ( jotn iition;f is -ssinonty tor night and sucn language as tney use is
ths following statement, contained in awful. It Is a wonder that Ood cToes
a-n artlcl discussing th then proposed not send us a little of what h sent to
Ds Leassps sea, level eanal: - , ;; s godom and Gomorrah. It 1 no wonder
"At certain states 'of - the' tld' ths that Bft many of;, ejjr1 boys and girls go
jvvrJiai uiv iwu nmu viuer inaH" i mmnm . Th... aihrtnl h a hidii in avtrv
riallyi 4 while at Colon k th - difference homAd if Ah head of th he-us woutd
aaT,fl-aVaail httlOrN . BTJIM ' I AfaTa . ajaraa V a 1st t JSaaV I m. . . . - . a , . . l m
mors
sn Aigh and low water lav not Ujt to the7 llttl one they would
"H"" a-naine . aoon get interested' and the whole fmT
Quoiau; . a tvvi, aim . viiuca uywanil i.v M,
of 19 feet The current thus produced
In ths canal would be sufficient to stop
navigation;, for a number of hour at
each tide; and to obviate this difficulty
ily would bs- better for. It.
O. 8. THOMAS.
Rat .Mystery.
It will be necessary either to construct " From th Qmaha World-Herald,
unu i .iu z-aaania exiremity or to
slop the canal from Colon to Panama."
Drinking Cups' in Theatres.'
Portland, Or., Oct f.- To the Editor
of the Journal: Is there not a law, til
in placM Itahabitant f aVsry city
.Htupl:,C..Vt al? snoVvthai'tha; average lif of a .rat -ss
There ' is '- a mystery ; concerning rats
that the public health ..service cannot
solve, but It says that, if it could be
solved th knowledge would becqm uae-
1U1 IS many aaireotionB...v... ',.!.,..... . .....-;.,...
The mystery is; What becomes or tne
dead rats? ilt is estimated that there is
not' lp ;thl 1 elasst : Th. writer ..saw at
a - local play house water - boy refill
ftV years. ; According to thatr'here
ought to baa found a great number of
dr!2k,n,ir. Klm" M0? iPf! la4 rats every month but the fact is
. iwocb, , uiaj-. n uwttv m SOODl 1 tt,s train rssts Arab ava rnitnn ; y , U s" '
tWlce aton performance ' If this is Th -public health service in Manflai
against h law I will gladly swear out p. 1 undertook to find out what became
a warrant for the .artestrot th, man- of the dead rats, It there was only one
agement - of , the theatre, y v ; " . v j rat ; to vrwnw of th inhabitants Of
it-
THEATRE PATRON.-
that city there should b a mortality ot
(There "IS no law aboitshlnr ths con.00 every month or abontS everyday,
mon drtnklna cud. Such nubllo action I The doctors, undertook an investigation,
as "haseen taken has bsen through an They say that, though fuel Is very .high
orderof the state board of health. Thh n Manila and the population would not
order. Issued September? l, 1IUH pro- undertake ,t. burn dead rats. If any were
vldesr. -. 1 -i.;; ..''- :;, ..:--.-V:i-". found about the premises they would be
"Thatn: and af tehl data ?ie? na. Put in the garbage. can. ; An Inspector
son or orportoA jn onarg. or control wf n!" VhifCC7-V "a
of any railroad' station or any railroad fY.f?.0. P'.la
it n Inr LZn? irltfVXZ', Thty. mad a , sanitary inspection -and
ajXi ???"lJ?LiV?J??0lvrv housh - was examined, all furnl-
or v spy state eduoationai - institution
shall furnish any drlnklnar eun for' mini
Itof trte, and rid. such person or eorpora-
turo removed, all boxes and barrels were
opened and examined, all' wood pile
were taken down and replied, all straw
tion shall permit on said railroad train and Tilth of every kind was taken to the
or -union, r on saiai sieciria car or crematory . apd ; bucned. and although
at said .publlo or prlvat school or ald hundrMa of lly rats war found and
state-educational institution, or on said killed with dog or ; clubs not a dead
public conveyance, the vse of, the core- rat was 'found, , Thy further declare
non. urnKip.g cup. -,;'. .; ;..;..,.i.. mat tne sewsrs are ail sanitary 4 with
. Theatres ar not mentlonedL pnd there closed traps and rats could not get into
does not 'appear In the order any- gen- them. The Manila doctors want to know
eral provision that : ould - be held in what becams of the two or three thou.
any : wise .to Include , theatres' or any an1 rata; tht shosld die or old
other, piaoes of public resort other 'than ,n th clt7 ev, moth andHhor
those ? specifically named. J However, "V'u'i
ths preamble of the' state board's order -Wher V whn they dfe?; "
Contains ,!thstatements .' that
ployers.'
And just sswe wefe -be eirininsr in
I'rin-v feci recuperated 'up Jumps another
1t haa
f f a , Pr?Ye beyond doubt jthat thsiusa IZri' Another. Gas- Failure, r , ' '
or the common drinking cup Is roanon-1. f Frdfti th Bt XU1 'TKeplibTroIv 7'TT
sJbH'for'th.pread;or many Inf eotlous I ' Of f ioiat Warntnr. has been lasu4 to
and,, contagious diseases," and that "thai th people of Kansas to' get ready for
atMliShment of ' What i'la':1rnovan - , hia. natural araM ulinrtfiv, V Th... m-.m
common drlnklng.cup would I for th Unough gas last winter : i , keep th
oeiicniicui vt i puono ncaun.-; r-,.' tlnre going ail, the while, and the sup
' More iViews on Bible "Question.
-jr-ortiana, ' uct.
ply will be leas this, year,
" vry district, in the ponntry whlh
2. To "the Kdttor has had' a 'natural sas Berlod tviil ion
The Journal I would like to express with -understanding sympathy toward
toy view with regard to; the Bible in the cities of Kansas which are now re
schools. ;,.1 think It shsuld ' b ' there, adjusting tholr domestic and business
lhat one hour every day should b de- affairs tipon a coal basts,, There have
voted to, the reading and teaching of been communities-- Indianapolis was
one-wher",lek of foresight ; caused
property- owners to build their houses
wirn xurnaces, grates and flues specially
adapted to" the us of, gas. "When the
gas ran out, as it always-finally does,
these bouses had practically to. be rebuilt
oeiore tney could b . heated.. . . Findlar,
Ohio,; one enjoyed: a gas boom which
was the wonder of th woMB, ,Th peo
pl thotiglft V Cheap. VfueJ would f'eqak
their, town a" metroptilia and prtrjected
ineir -improvements on a. metropolltan
scalbut Findlay is not so big a town
today a ItSwas to years ago. It was
tha, sariia .old story of diminishing pres
sur; anduitimat , lexhausUon. ,of '; th
f as SUPPly. .n,;.;:-.. JM'tV' Ki'H
: But Wher the people hav had sens
to :. regard, (h discovery of gss as a bit
of -temporary good hielr such losses and
disappointments have beeri avoided.
The. return so'coal, with all the labor,
dirt and Increased cost involved is not
pleasant, even - ia.iuiii i.i h,,
gas bas been an Unmixed blessing while
it lastel! tV' ,v -.'is U.:"-. ."
,YQUR MONEY;
!; By John lli Oskison.-'
A "Few .Words.",
Prom the Chicago TrfbunV- V
The n element lacklng.lo make - tha
dementia governlne; in ; certain) -parta of
f Vl atk IkMSlf '. ". (aAAnlaialkt a. mm r.L itta
.QitWt ' vr a. VUrvfq
ffai -. 'WasVafcaae!..'' m. mmM
by . th
mayor of .Concord
diligent . pron,', who' mo.ved.'.tot supply
tna lack,., ,-'...; Mm T '! :.
'Mr, thaw." -said thU 'bupyantiurgo-
mater, i Hh :; people" "of Concord have
been crowding about th 'hbtel , to see
you, and I think It would - b a good
plan, if.you wduld step out on th,e ve
randa to say. some wordat.?. y wiK' t
With ths f ew words ' without which
fiooceaslpn "it completeVand with which
excryt "pemsn is equipped,' the few
worJs bf ther so page manuscript' of ex
temporaneous' thought (ujkod . away in
th inside coat pocket t the wholly un
prepared ore ton the few. word of th'
prominent ciusen - who finconecleuslv
cieara ms turoat very ume he sees
more man rive persons gathered in law
iui- asaemtiiatsk with the few words
wnicn ars bulwarks of ' our ILoertlea.
the dementia euld have been.'
takablyur . own, wy'th i- ''
Up to tho point. at which the nercen-
tiv pc.rsonof Concord entered 4 with his
suggestion ' Canada.' could reflect that
nothing had been left undone In, the do
minion which Americana '.would do at
home, but this last , touch , ia . "all our
own, our inheritance) f rm the days of
tns uonoraDi suian t'ogram a . ,;
-JjmmJmr. , , , , 'lt.";..
'.v;rS'.'';'fe!i'A Penrose. r !J'!
From Harper's- WeeisiyJ
Freslflent - Wilson, in his ondunl nt
th Mexican crisis, has acted, oniv fnr
nm country weitaro ana xor the wel
fare of .Mexico. Ho have moat mamhara
of congressi. There are aV few excan.
tiona, -It la easy to-Understand Senator
Ponroa' solomn declarationa of our
wiitrwwrbtew;
huahua. - If only our tntefterenca could
be brought about,,' the administration's
tariff and bankinsf rirocrams -wouM -ha
indefinitely potponod. Renubllcans of
tno t-snrnsei Kiuney .nuve worked Tor this
nd. Just as certain poJitlolans interested
in perpetuating, slavery secure oue
Jingo-Mexican war In 1846, One would
xpect aajenator serving what is likely
o- prove his last term, to be bent on
bettering his unpopular record, rather
than on playing pranut politics as of
old, but Boles TenroHe IS a Bourbon to I
ths bottnm of his licart. !
k man who buy nd -aell- foul-'
right) a great Seal of . stock sent for
Ms broker in tbe summer of ISIS. He
hsnded the broker a list of stocks of 10
big recently created Industrial combl
nations, ranging from a machinery man
ufacturing company to an. Oil company.
1 .-TCanr yn borrow, these stocksT'f .the '
man asked. That is a question which -must
bs . settled by 1 the. man who un-
dertakss to sell- Vahort" -that is.vwho'.
sells stock, which ' hs -do not own, tit"
th hop, of buying it later at a smaller '
a-.aJaaV. f'. .'M V ' . . .I " 'j
. . After a llttl investigation, he -broker
reporteo tnat n eouia sorrow ail .or tns
L0 atocka for delivery pending, tho de
cline In,, price lib seller , thought - was
coming. - ' --?..;' . .,, ''
"Then." said th man. "aell 800 shares
each of those le lsua.,,';,'.4,.1.v-,...1.,;.
i'XVhy-r asked, the broker. ViTJe.yod
bsew anything about these companies!"
- ."'ras." , tha.-waa- answered, "I know
that they are-all right; that-tbey Jaave
rear business, and that eventually they
will, grow up to thsir reoent carUtailsa
tion. - But also. I know what pTrbe thy
have paid for th money they hat '
raised by the sal of preferred, stocks
and bonda ; They paid toe high j. prloe,
and as soon as th stock is out of th
hands of the bankers Who undertook to '
sell It to the public, ther 1 going to be
a big slump."? ; i' - v '::.:;;.. 1 ,
.Within, six month th man tougTit " ' '
back the 8000. shares of stock lis had
old ."short," sad hi profits ranged from
fio to av a snar. .;,
This man' IS not a sneemlator in the
Wall 'Street sense. Hs ls a man who A
keeps closely.in touch, with th business'
of the country. 'l know what money
is neing jenironn watcnes panx clear- :
ing ..all over-the country; he can find '-f
eub.wbovtbe Wen ar behind the big in- - -'
dvtrial-eonsoHdaUonai and he know
ths competitive companies must work " '
on. a 'reasonably even basis if they arj 2; .
to be successful. :. yi,
. When those 10oncerns agreed to pay
an vcntlnnnllir hlsi r,rim fnr mm.m '
to sustain their business, this man. waa
able to foresee th tlm when their
earnings would have to , b stretched to "i"
corer.;'charges,;'vAnd' ' aa a t matter . of '5.;,?
eourss, . when ; that became .known, the
market; price ot thelr stock would eo ;
down. ; ;..:...":-:i: ;, yyn. s.w.,'.'--v. ."'V. vt -i.-'m.Hi
LiOgio and a sound economio sens ar , "
the necessary equipment or the man who '-'P -would
become a "bear" on tha industrial ...
future ef Siiiirici;;.;;,
.:; Pointed Paragraphs
u :
i ' ll '
There are let of J,a!o rans" In tha,'
, UUnWIl ,aoe. :.: .'---yM'f", -j - s '' a
::v" V''A AX--m;Wl;.;
,. nd,many'i;..mai'.: indulges'' in; horsxt.i:..
plpy, who doearrt play this raeea - .
.r'. . ."l 3, ;.r .'. B ; ,-:';..;J .;1:,.i:-H--;-,':;-.-. K'
vWhen a, conceited' youth .get married' .
he feels sorry for a Jlot of other girls. ' t
i'i'N6,'t' CynthiaX marry1ng:'an' artlV;'er'' t'
oulpton ; does fnot ;tnak : en a model ;j
.tjwoma8.-yr"bWar
feather if some other color is tnor '
faahionablei' ';,.:,';;;;tly;.s;M,i'. ;.. "M,;,.
'.. f , ,vA ' K ! I . -v
Uvea those who have
etitution must obey the law and by U'
law ot;timtur,t:?y.'K(f
..'.' -, j, ,. -"...r ''. 'm-t, a ' .1. v.'.f,wr''.':v1 '''.&,,'i...:j;1
!,''k- take agfrl to 'marry X'man; be-v'f ';f
Z...Z '" "i soon-oancer. ; then-biam V "
him because ho is a pooi provlder. ' 1 1
j"-.- y-".';..'; v ,;';"v'.,'V;";.'' , J'"i) i"') '
-- -. i nui '. even want In ,
low ner own mind untti n.. . .v.
has-chaft'ffed' tt'f5T.,ft,rtvw vtM--
When twd slrla of th,;n.'ji-.. '
Ions and general style of .anhii..i
r chums they 'syndicate their1 clothe
V i ',' . -v.'.-. v' -,'.. v
n rwn,"?fvL i. rae , married
man would - bs If , he wm nr,i.
aa well satisfied with hl wife as hs
Is with himself! - - "
When a man marries he i)ta .,
solo ng takes phrt in duct and for
two or three dnys' thereafter h n,i..i,.
life Is Olio grand, sweet song;.'