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THE JOURNAL
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DA1XY AKO SL'iDX, ; ,'....:
One fear .if I Ob ol .05
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The wild' "November come at
' 18 1 i
Beneath a veil of rain;
The night wind blows Ha folds
. . '"'
Het face 1 jfuU' of pain.
Ths latest of her race, she takes
The autumn' vacant throne; v
tins' has 1 but- on abort moon
' to live, - ' .
And .she must live alone'
., . ' ; R. H. 8toddard. -!.
iyWa'aati'Sa
'" - A DIOJTA1. Sl'STEMSsS
. . , . -t .-.C'f;
TO LESSEN litigation, to enable
work em to get, accident' com
: pensatlon without a ' lawsuit
... , and : lawyers, :to afford' Justice
to women and children Is part of
the errand of the workmen ' com
j ensatlon act. "' "
When a worlcer la Injured now he
must, unless he, can, compromise his
claim, go . to lww.,.-. That meant a
long period of costly litigation. ; :.
Most employ era In hazardous lines,
insure their ; workmen .; against ; ac
cidents In casualty companies, and
i before a compromise can be effected
between the workman and . his em
ployer, the agent; Of the 'u casualty
company ; carrying ;tr the Insurance
must be consulted. ''"
: The. fact that there are three par
ties : to the contract makes : a ,.com
rromise far more difficult than if
the issue were solely between , the
workman and his employer.' ;a ;
,. The : casualty company ' Is ' case-!
hardened against .all considerations
of aympathy. ft It ... almost Invariably
Insists., upon "a lawsuit ; : The jer
centage of litigated - cases is far
greater than before adoption .: of
casualty insurance. This Increased
litigation widens the ' gulf : between
employers and workers. , The asso
ciates of ' the Injured j workman at
ways take bis side, while the em
Ployer. held almost .. captive by
heartless ; casualty v, companies, is
driven to litigate - most cases and
hatreds between employers and em
ployes become more fierce' and wide
spread. ' ;
Only SO per cent of Injured em
ployes who go to law get damages.
The outcome is always uncertain, lit
one instance of seven men. Injured
in -the same accident, one got dam
ages and the other six got nothing.
There could be no : system more
unreasonable. There could be no
system more cruel.V There could be
no system to do so much to Increase
littgatlon. There could be no sys
tem more heartbreaking to the wo
men and children of ..workers. : ; ':i
There could, be no. fystem to do
more to widen the breach; between
employe and employer. There could
be no system of which 'a splendid
commonwealth like Oregon has more
rp.f;nn to be ashamed. '
The compensation' act' eliminates
lawsuits. It; establishes peace be
tween employer and employe." It
carries hope and cheer. Justice and
survival to the wives and little ones
of Injured or dead workers. v ; '
; Vote 308 yes.-l.f.V':-'V'v'.iV, '-ir.X
FIXES OR DIPKISONMENT
iHB Montreal v Star saya an of
fense against the law:.; should
be either a prison matter or
a money matter. If a prison
matter, it should be Impossible of
settlement V by v the., payment H of
money. If It is- money matter,
the person : fined ought to ' have . an
opportunity to go free under permis
sion to pay the fine by Installments.
, A ; thief was convicted at Sault
Ste, Marie of having robbed a drunk
en man. ; The magistrate Imposed a
line of 2(0 with the alternative of
IS month In Jail. The thief paid
" the ? fine,: auL he had more than
$6000 in his possession, when be
settled,' with justice. ;-. .,';v; Vv
The Star asks whether 18 months
Ih prison and 25p Jnicash have
any relation ; to .each other.' , :Svl
dently not .in the case of a thief
having '$$000 ; In his pocketbook.
The . chances are ; that Justice took
money the thief had wrongfully se
cured from somebody else. If such
was the case.' Justice, made a poor
bargain i It should have Insisted up
on going halves; at least, with the
thlef.;:-';.,'::;: - -v. - ' v''
. Every dai the same sort of thing
goes on In all courts. .The Judges
are not always at fault;, the blame
more often attaches to laws which
measure punishment in terms of dol
lars. Two men are convicted of the
same offense One goes to Jail for
" 80 days; the other; goes ;, free J be
cause be has a $10 or $20 bill in
his pocket or a friend In court who
pays the XlaeViiM' .j."':
Fines have proved ' Ineffective
against large malefactors.' , Trust
magnates have paid them,, knowing
the money would come back to them
from the ieople. But whenever
imprisonment, of the magnates was
: gested there was always a , legal
ht t- reaching i Into: ; the highest
irts of the land. The reason
r this is 1 that fines, as In 'the
e of the Bault Bte. ' Marie man,
:f-n carry no punishment. S;rfvv
A limited number of crimes, such
i murder, have definite punlsh-
plants f"vpd 1y .Ihw. But' t'
Li. jvU ; -, t, f ffonaoa p fford ;
prlt In (ipu V of a i;n r . -prlsonment.
in .practice . 1",. t op
tion results in no punishment for
Ode "men' twd frpri onment' for an-
; HY TTMa
1
OMORROWS JournaV will con
tain a mass of Interesting mat
ter bearing on the State Uni
versity referendum: , ,
The present status Is a contro
versy bigger than Xhe state univer
sity. .The appropriation at Issue, as
badly as it is needed, i a nothing.
The. unlvereity Itself Is a mere epi
sode in the , larger questloji in
volved. r - - , ' -
A Is Oregon, for free higher educa
tion, or la she not? Is Oregon go
In g to . face one way on the educa
tlonal subject whllo every other State
In the union is facing another way?
There is not In the country one
state but Ms bending every - energy
in broadening and expanding Its edu
cational -system.; ivi v . . ;' ' .' ;
There In not one state but is de
veloping?; and extending f the scopi
add functions of its Institutional ed
ucation. " There . is not ; one state
that is subtracting from or narrow
ing down Its educational allowances.
Oregon alone is Involved ,: In -a
controversy in which it is proposed
to put higher education on , wheels,
and in which the usefulness and ad
visability of ; free higher education
is called In Question. ; ?: It la in actu
ality' a controversy in which by large
numbers of persons the ' desirability
of free higher education Is not only
challenged, but actually put on trial
for its life.
In such a status, the university
appropriation is a mere nothing.
The university Itself is only an Inci
dent - '. ' , ' .
It Is a status that forms a rally
ing point for all friends of free
higher education,.' It la a situation
that is a ,. bugle call to duty to all
who believe . that higher mental
training ; and the ; broadened ' vision
that comes from cultural education
Is of profound service to, mankind.
..The' issue la not whether the uni
versity should have an added build
ing and nfbney for needed repairs.
,.- It is ' not a Question alone of
whether or not the state university
shall be perpetuated; ' - -,
; It is the bigger and " more ' vital
Question of whether or not Oregon
is favorable to higher'educatlon.
The answer should he a vote for
300 yes and 302 yes. r - J.
RADIUM FOR MANKIND
If
HILANTHROPIST8 have : a
Quired : the - greatest radium
bearing deposits in - the world,
and announcement Is made that
not one cent's worth of ore wlll .be
for sale. , All will be given to man
kind. 'V; : :--:;,.
Radium deposits covered by twen
ty-seven mining claims in the Para
dox; valley In Colorado have been ac
quired through ,' the financial coop
eration of Dr. James Douglas, dean
of the mining ' engineering profes
sion, and Dr.; Howard A. Kelly of
Johns ?; Hopkins university. Tho'y
were encouraged ; and assisted by
Dr. i.' Charles' ' L.'. Parsons, division
chief of the United States bureau
of mines.f Jvj-:V :
':i Instead ; of enriching themselves
Jby allowing the property to be ex
ploited for private gain, these men
have turned their holdings Over to
an incorporated body. , The deposit
will be worked under supervision of
the bureau of mines, and the most
precious metal known to science win
be - distributed ' without financial
profit to anyone. ; Dr. Parsons will
superintend the extracting plant in
Colorado and safeguard distribution
Of the ; product, i Salaries paid to
employee . will ' represent the.;, total
revenue derived from the property.
Radium has been extensively used
in Europe In the cure of cancer and
other malignant diseases. v Its value
as a curative agent in many cases
has been established. That obtained
in Colorado will be used at free clin
ics; where necessity, not money, will
command it, . y
Predictions as to benefits which
will come may be overstated, but the
motive, of the philanthropists com
mands respect They , believe that
mineral deposits were placed In the
earth. for public use, that mankind
Is entitled to whatever benefits may
be derived, 1 .What an Inspiring thing
it is that some1 men have, a greater
love for humanity than they ' have
for the almighty dollar!
; FIZINO RETAIL PRICES ;
SECRETARY REDFIELD of the
department of commerce an
y nounces that he will begin an
. : . InQulry Into the Extent of re-
tall price fixing by , manufacturers.
Wathlngton dispatches also say that
a sweeping attack upon price fixing
as a violation of the Sherman - anti
trust law will , be mad by the de
partment' of Justice. ,R&.:f?'y$i ;
The United 5 States s n preme co urt
recently handed down- a decision
checking the alleged right of whole
salers to dictate ' to i retailers the
prices at which , commodities can be
sold. ' , Since that; decision wa ren
dered the attorney general's atten
tion;; has been called' to alleged
abuses;: by , hundreds of complaints
from retail dealers in variou s parts
of the,' country. 1 ,w ' ' ' L
These retailers complain that a
price fixing agreement is a ; clear
violation of the Sherman law,, and
that ; the resulting situation ". consti
tute a discrimination among . deal
ers. The i complaints indicate1 that
almost every industry is affected
by the system, and many of the'
retallera characterize the scheme as j
- i'l-ice 'c; , ... ...os h.. .
in many tru t isoljittoh'
I hare never has any u
effort on the part of the &
to. break up the general practice.
at
President Wilaon has declared his
purpose to reestablish free competl
tioo by, enforcing existing laws both
in letter and in -spirit, and the anti-
price fixing campaign may' be taken
as concrete evidence of the admin
lstration's sincerity. v ; .
j Secretary ' Redfleld ' will disclose
what advantages accrue to the man
ufacturer who Insists that retailers
sell his goods only at - prices ' arbi
trarlly fixed -for the sole benefit
of a few, individuals. - The invest!
gatlon should result in greater com
petitive - freedom and lower prices.
ALAS, THE EXPERTS!
UST the same, ' Rex Palmer Is
. a fine, lusty lad. j His mother
vislproud,' of him, as she has
abundant reason to''be?;I:;''';.v
Bu't.t'here;v''cme-;Mthe?eugentc '" exX
perta.- They say; one jtonsll : is en
larged,' that he has adenoids ' and
is . bowlegged. : They say he Is not
proportioned to the accepted stand
ard on the score card .and that, he
notches only a little above 92.
They ' eay there ; is an abnormal
condition In the larynx, an impedi
ment lnv the breathing and one ex
pert ; declares he has rales In the
cnestv -.
The reports of all the experts are
not yet in. They may -yet. report
that he has sand in his craw.1 onions
oh the : liver, milk In the cocoanut
and wheels In his head. Some
where In his robust anatomy, they
may unearth pear blight, San Jose
scale, seven year .locusts, woolly
aphis and fatty degeneration of the
sand box. ."They -may also find he
has Charley: horse, spavins In the
low gear and a decided ' tendency to
book worm." '.' '
If lusty Rex Palmer only knew
what the experts accuse him Of and
suspect him of, he would be a badly
discouraged baby, albeit he Is a
splendid specimen of American
youngster. '
NO B ETTER IXVESTMEXT
r
T is estimated that the tolls on
the Interstate ' bridge would pay
off the indebtedness in 10 years.
After that the charge for cross
ing could be abandoned and ' the
bridge be free.
Why should any one hesitate to
vote for the bonds? The etate of
Oregon will pay the interest.: The
tolls on the bridge will retire the
bonds. The bridge thus becomes
ah investment in which we pledge
Multnomah county's credit for
bridge money, let the bridge Itself
pay the debt, and the community;
without expending a cent, receive
the .benefits. The benefits .are an
estimated increase of $10,000,000
in the value of Multnomah county
property, and an Increase within a
few years of trade with the district
north of the Columbia from the
present $3,000,000 to $10,000,000
a year. -
It Is difficult to see where a sound
reason ' can be found . for voting
against the ,bonds. v There , are, on
the other hand, many strong reas
ons for favoring them. '
n The , proposed bridge will unal
terably bind southwestern Washing
ton to Portland, It will attach to
this . city a v new and splendid . area
of back country, and . back country
Is a powerful stimulus to the busi
ness and prosperity of any city,
The bridge. If built, will begin
to pay dividends from the ' day It is
opened to traffic It is incredible
that there is even a remote chance
for the bonds to be voted down. -Vote
810, yes.
EXCESS CONDEMNATION :
EW YORK etate will vote next
Tuesday on a constitutional
amendment authorising muni
cipalities to condemn land In
excess of the 1 amount required ' for
public Improvements. If the amend
ment is adopted New York,, cities
will be enabled, In making improve
ments which add to the value of
surrounding property, to appropriate
this 1 unearned increment for; the
benefit of the public. , -, . .'
Many European - cities carry
through Important municipal enter
prises which would not be possible
in : American . cities.. , The reason is
that these European cities are hot
hampered by constitutional ' restric
tions. T here the principle Of? ex
cess condemnation has been in ef
fect f or years, , with the result that
the ultimate cost of public Improve
ments is reduced to a minimum. .
In Europe when a park Is to be
established or some other municipal
enterprise : is to be undertaken, the
City may condemn not only the land
needed, for the improvement, but sur-
roufiaing property the value of which
will , be "Increased f becauses of the
municipal ; enterprise. The"? unused
property will then be sold at Its in
creased value or leased at a rental
based on this value. Thus the city
gets the cash benefit of its own in
vestment, the, surrounding property
often; paying "the ' eost of the Im
provement v
There is sound logic behind X the
principle ! of; excess :condemnatlon.
The growth of a city, necessitating
many public Improvements, enhances
the value of real 'estate in certain
sections, ' These higher, values come
through the city's initiative. A new
city hall adds value to proDertv ad-
Joining it, and dhls value increases
constantly, If the city has a. funda-
CATURD
..ut condemn land' en
. .; l aw nff will stand, Jt
I have the s-ame right to con
ax , adjoining i ropcrty, for- In
.her event comlemnation is for
the benefit of the public.
Many public improvements create
new values of . adjoining property,
f It v anybody W (6 ' iJenont, why
should not the people,- who cheated
them, be : the : benieflclarles, rather
than a few Individuals?
There is. another argument sup
porting the principle of excess con
demnation.1 CItleS are spending mil
lions of dollars on beautiful public
buildings, but too of ten these struc-
Murea stand in" Incongruous ... sur
roundings. ? There , should bo eome
control over building -development,
and this control' can be secured If
the city condemns nearby property
ajud sells or leases it subject ' to
proper restrictions. - ",
Letters From the People
(ComniDDleaUon Mat w Tl Joaraal tor pnb.
tlon In tbl MrtOMiit aaoald b wrlttaa
lleatloa In tni aepartmaot nooM be wrlttaa e I
I - . 3 l ..a Mi41 1 A tal ..M.
eoly d fid of the pauar. nonld aot exceed
tun .tH. in Unth md muat M aceomDanied
br th nam and addreu ot the ndeV. If ta
wrltw duaa not dealt to br tlra pub
wuai v huui
Uabad, b abould n etate.)
"Dliwowlnn le the reatet ot alt reformen.
It rational! ereryUiins It touch. - It rob
BFtntlnlM Af an falaa aanctltT ana utrowt iom
back ob their reaaooableoea. If they bar
iMimih amu It ruthleulr crnaoea ineea 001
et axlatance and et up It ewa ceaduatoas la
ulr (taavwwoodrew roa. , , . ;
Upholds' Sterilization Law.5 5
Portland, Oct Jl.- To the' Kdltor of
The '. Journal Opposition to the Bterlli
satlon bill on the ground of Its poaalble
abuse or or lta . not oeing eniorcea
aaalnat the rich a well as the poor.
would, carried out logically, mean op-
poaltion to all laws against crime, bo
long as lawyers have no higher con
ception or their calling than to get a
fat fee, and Judges and even Jurymen
can be Influenced by the ring of gold,
the rich will always fare better than
the coor. ;.?' ,' -U'"-rr Av-..S
As I understand -.It,: this law Is not
aimed at the ordinary Immoral person,
not even the seducer or habitue of evil
places, , though it might mean rauoh
good to the race in general u it were,
but ' at those . abnormal . degenerate
whose presence 1 a menace to tho inno
cent and helpless. To the subject them
selves, the law would b a most Benen
cent one. These victims of thalr own
vicious lives, or mentally deranged un
fits, are given their only chance for
decent, harmless Uvea, and the commun
ity is relieved of the danger , in their
presence among their own Kino, ix tney
became reformed or converted, a great
hindrance would be removed from their
pathway. '
, Their unfitness to reproduce tneir
kind would remain even in case -et
reform., ,
Opposers of this bill will do well to
remember the case of little Barbara
Holtsman, whose slayer may 'atlll be
menacing Innocent babes at their play.
Let us also remember those families
wiped out by some foul wretch and
think of the man who terrorised or
phans' homes ta this city within the
past few weeks, and of that bunch of
pseudo-reapectable men who besmirched
the name of Portland with a vile scandal
involving the ruin ef many boys. 'All of
these are still at large and capable Of
anything. vi'f ..','.. ; ;v
. In view of the presence among us Of
such men, the hearts of . mothers are
cpnsUntfy filled wltn - anxiety, which
can be beat relieved by strong measures
useoTagainst such criminals, not merely
laws to punish, but to prevent, so far
as may be, these awful crimes.
. MRS. & I. -P.
. Question Under Herd Law.
Cottage Grove, Or., Oct.. 80. To the
Kdltor of The Journal. I am Inforced
there is a law In effect In some of the
counties In this state prohibiting stock
running at large, though I do not know
If It obtains In Lane eounty. I have
referenoe particularly to sheep running
at large. I will appreciate the favor If
you will advise m an this matter. I
have a fence, board and wire, but in
places wires have got slack and aheep
Jump between them. So the Question Is
this; Is the other party by law re
quired to prevent his sheep from going
at large, or Is it my place to make my
fence good so the sheep cannot get
through? ? INQUIRER.
: fTha Question has been referred to the
district attorney's office at Eugene, and
this answer Is elicited; ;
"The herd law In Lane county la the
same as In other counties west of the
Cascade mountains. In the case cited,
B must bear his portion of coat of f enoe
if It is between nis lana ana mat ownea
by A, A. must have a legal fence, which
la described In section 677, Lord's Ore
gon Laws."
Advice to Voters, '''.v'
Banks, Or., Oct, . 10. Kdltor of Ths
Journal: : There Is a big . Boise about
tha abuse of the referendum. Nothing
to it This referendum election1 wa
called by the legislature, and they were
careful not to refer the dock bill, claim
ing the people's right to us of navjg.
able waters, under the law. despite the
efforts of officials and courts to divest
them. : r;-' -.-.:; ;,';;' ; - i i? jv-v ::-i,
It is admitted by all to be a question
of policy with which the state may deal
In Its discretion. But the property Is a
public property. . The state's title being
"in trust for the ' people. and only
vested in the state as representing the
sovereign right. !Wb,,fthen, has a better
right to state a policy than- the people
to whom the property belongs, and who
are sovereign Yet we find the legis
lature calling this referendum, reserving
to a committee the right-to handle this
matter instead of referring it to the
people with the other measures. ; The
principal mover in this arrangment and
chairman, of the committee to whloh It
was referred appeared lit recent litiga
tion over the foreshore title as attorney
for the Eastern & Western Lumber com
pany, who, according -o? thsjr own ap
praisement in said litigation, acquired
possession of 12,900,00 worth of sub
merged land,' It ls plain to see the
nature of hi fears of the abuse of the
referendum. ' ; ' i:ri i"' .
- In defense or tne rererenaum it may
be said no hired circulator can influ
ence the election, where the people have
a chance at any measure on its merlta
The policy of these fearsome ones Is tu
curtail ; the opportunity ef the people
to pass on the right to use public nrop
erty, but to allow them unlimited oppor
tunity to bond, bond, bond their tax-
weary and rheumatism-punished limbs.
In the - matter or lana, tha full
etrensth of the people should be eon-
served at this time for. port Improve-!
meiit Dock- bonds should take prece
dence over ail others, but the real estate
speculators and water front grafters
should be kept away rrom the commis
sion, who are acting la good faith and
are able and well advised, and permit
them to' pass a (measure without any
graft rider. ;,.f - .:'
.- I cannot refrain rrom adding a word
on the sterilization bill, purely out Of
what I regard decent common human
Instinct It is an act getting its prin
cipal motive from, prison guards, who
hope to use the Indiscriminate threat
it would put fn their power to control
prisoner by terror. -
it is a veterinary act aegraaing man-
PERTINENT-. C0:.:r.EfJT
tniLij c:ia:.c.j!
This time, if in doubt, vote yes.
.... i .
' However fast a city srows, it needs
To most jipopis picture of ship all
iook aoout aiiHe.
.'' ..;'
A'BonBlble trite remark Is preferable
to a silly original one, $ . . '
Admiral Clark on the Oregon's bridge
win also be appropriate.
Mord than I7fi.ooo.000 t In the Fort
land bank, yet . aome people -. are not
prosperous. ji
r rhM ahmilrf 'rivvn ha fahAv. and a
tnuuh so at one time a another, even If
never willing "to die.
, .
- Nobody need now become scared over
the worat of Washington, D. C weekly
weather predictions.
, . f - '' ' '
r Airierlcana are censurably femlas in
votlna but they beat the Mexicans by
about 10,04)0 per cent. , ,
ITow noulil thA Mairtcana b exoact-
ed- to vote on a Sunday, when that is
j the favorite .day for bullflgbtsT ; , .
, ' . ,.,. ;.
! ' So far tn Portland woman martyrs
iHKen to jail nave not triea tne nunser
trik; that might be overdoing martyr-
dam.
What governmental tyranny is this?
A member -of a life saving crew wu
denied leave: of absence to play foot-
- An anti-work Javsmlth sent to the
rockplle must regard hi sentence as
cruel and unusual punishment therefor
unconstitutional. - -yv .; . .
There's abundanoe of gold mid 'your
green, October! as bright yellow as ever
was seen, October. 'Tl the gold of toil
don by man, earth.' sea and Bun; and
'tis time for the Summer nymph, idler
and bummer, to shiver nd.algh and
loolc sober.
OIL ANt)
. From the Houston Chronicle.
The Mexican situation is certainly be
coming complicated. From a single
minded effort on the part of the United
States to suppress a usurper It is rapid
ly developing into the proportions of a
world row, with England and this nation
working at cross purposes. .'. -'
The British foreign offioe seems de
termined to ' back Huerta, despite tha
sharp criticism from the press, and de
spite the fact that It runs great risk of
Offending the : American public . Con
sidering the small Interest at stake, the
Asquith ministry appears to be wasting
muca time and energy to little or no
purpose, for : Lord coweray ana Bir
Weetman Pearson, notwithstanding their
vast interest and financial resource-.,
could not be et such assistance to th
STngliah government as are ths friendly
relations with the United State.
The Policy of the Wilson administra
tion With reference to the da, facto
rovarnment now . claiming control of
Mexico constitutes no radical change In
tbl government's attitude, since It was
inherited from President Taft and It
would seem that England had taken the
aggressive In th misunderstanding
which .threatens to embroil the two gov
ernments in a dellcat dJplomatio con
troversy, ;; '5"v '.; ..
sine that memorable day. last Feb
ruary when Huerta gained ascendancy
through the eascsalnatlon of Madera
and Buares, th United States ha been
absolutely consistent in Its refusal to
recognise or treat with him as th con
stitutional president of . Mexico. This
policy was Inaugurated .by. President
Taft and bad been, carefully adhered
to by th Wilson administration.
Th' United States has not resorted
to draslo measures, but on the eon
trary. has exercised unusual forbearance
in dealing with a situation which at
times seemed almost intolerable, This
forbearance was not dua to fear or In
ability, but te a feeling that modera
tion, might accomplish the desired pur
pose without humiliating Mexico or In
volving this nation in a eowy war.
TA th meantime England seems ta
have misjudged th determination : of
kind to the treatment accorded brutes.
It, a sfll ether- prison acts, would not
b free from abuee. A few years ago,
from Linn county, a mother of a large
family of small children, exhausted toy
child "bearing and household worries,
was sent te the l&sane asylum at Salem,
la th acuta stages of Insanity, prob
aiKitf . fa.mnora.ry. She was put In a
straight Jacket confined in a violent
ward, with another Insane patient In
charge of her (t) until she shrieked her
self to death In sheer terror. We hav
no board or class of officers, as yet lu
whom It Is safe to vest power of such
horrible capacity for cruelty over help
less wards ef the state as Is this wan
ton,' illy digested law. ti
Neither have w a cultured class ef
such firm and wholesom principles that
th people can divest to thtra their own
right of Judgment and sovereignty. The
ource of publlo morality is th homes
of th people. 1 Nature keeps the spring
pure through th agency ot illimitable
experience and suffering. All th Insti
tutions, including even the ohurch and
government ' are by nature decadent
and are kept only in tolerable condition
by contact with the people, hence It is
th people's right to govern without too
much interference from artlve and
Immodest class. J. B. ZIEQLER. . -
V Hostile to Stertllxatlon,
""Beaverton, Or., Oct J. To the Editor
ot The Journal The article published
In The Journal of October J2, entitled
"Opposition ; to Sterilisation,'' meets my
hearty approval. ,1 cannot how any
well meaning man or woman can think
otherwise. To mutilate th bodies of
poor, unfortunate people confined In
lther th stat asylum or th peniten
tiary, and to giv this power to one In
dividual, se to speak, is little less than
diabolical, v To pass ; such a law Is a
disgrace to th stat and a disgrace to
both the legislature and th woman who
introduced and advocated It I am sur
prised that the people of Oregon will
tolerate such a measure, and1 1 heartily
Indorse the action taken by Mr. U'Ren,
Mr. Wood and others, as published in
The journal of Ootober 24. No reform
Can eVer be effected by the introduc
tion ot such methods of punishment as
this bill carries with it , W abolished
witchcraft as a - crime years ago. The
Spanish inquisition was torn to pieces.
Yet we, 1" this twentieth century, who
call ourselves Christians, are trying to
put a law into effect which Is equally
erlmlnal, equally unjuat - ;;
'' There Is no record in history to show
that sterilisation ever existed in any
other country aa a state law. All rulers
In ancient times had their slaves, their
eunuchs, but I ; fall to find any law
either among the Romans, Egyptians or
other ancient powers that equals such
utter rot,: such nonsense, and at the
same time such inhuman, brutality as
this 1 sterilisation"" bill carries. - w ?
I am inclined to think there are hot
a few people who look upon this mea
sure the same as I do, and which faof
will be demonstrated at the polls No
vember i. - B, Ct. BOWLES.
Defend rubllc IliKhtn.
' ; From the Banks" Herald.'"' :' !
. J. B. ZloKler, Dr. Mutiforda druggist,
baa i received acknowledgment from
n!
- WD NEWS IN BRIEF
ORTGON' S11JEUCI1TS
r -v ..
As th result of the rcrent member
hip conlrst the Y. M. C. A. Of Baker
imiy number 275 member.
Mudford fiun say: "Mr. i-yrtpn of
Kaglr Point end out a carioaa o
this week, and will get the price Of a
new auto in return, uei "
tlfcirfen." , J ' '
Joseph HeTald: While looking after
the Brandon cattle on, s r e"eR,
summer, Jean Branson killed 14 blr;
!....... .... n. tnnk . nioturea of hail
iijr -.fi.r. with hi ko
dak, which is certainly a curiosity in the
picture ne. , rf y .iS..-'''.;).'i;',;;S,.&
Banks Herald ; ' Whu having- alif
and death argument with 1 1 fly ' hA J1
proprietor of the Home Confectionery,
had the bone Just above the right elbow
pilntered and the bons disjointed.' n
an act of swatting the fly he WtJ"
elbow on the corner of a show case Wltn
the fatal result. Dr. Munford P'a"tered
him up, but he has not been, detained
from business, ,.
The1 Leaburg . correspondent of k the
Eugene Register, - glowing with n
autumn leaves, rises to rhapsody in this
brilliant passagei "The autumn i is here
in it. . ..r ( and sold and the
neunDoring nms ana "J"""' 7il "Vn
f.rmA with manle. doswood and alder, an
. h. intinn. ahailna of sold ana crim
in...H . ..niin iwiHaa to recom
nana for the naill it alves by putting on
a most beautiful dress of rich colors.
' ij ' a 'f! Wisdom.
a '.v...; w : ' 1 .(
. ... k r-rowfnrHNVlll rond
w fill fssiuv v Zl . . , L -
ust outslti tne city, ta n" ""
over and killed by an automobile recent
ly, v The animal had escaped from Its
pen and appear to have wandered into
the rood Just a -the auto was passiitg.
Aa rr a u mi iMinnn ji liar wuiti
Mr - Wisoom says im '" "
L "tu (K nwiiiunla of the
nave Bimavn u, . fc w. , . .
car considerably, Judging roin the faot
that the female screams of .the. party
drowned out the squeala of the nog m
his last dying iiert to w uwm..;
DIPLOMACY
Woodrow Wilson, and to hav concluded
that his careful- and deliberate methods
were . indicative f weakness. . At all
events, she has adopUd a course toward
Mexican affairs that amounts to little
lass than a positive affront to the Unit
ed States. ,-,.. ',?---:. ;..-..-
nar. action in this matter was Un
doubtedly due to ih influence of Lord
Cowdray and Sir Weetman Pearson, to
gether with their asaoclatea, who have
acquired vast oil ' concessions through
the friendly i offices ; of Victorlano
Huerta.;,.,. isf-y-i) r:'''' fi'ff
It was Standard Oil that financed the
Madera revolution at least te a, great
extent and it was the Uowdray-pear-
son Interests who have undoubtedly sup
plied such money as Huerta has been
able to raise. .,-.ri y-' .-:'v"a.-'-'"--"'1.
The quarrel between th two oil syn.
dlcates should &av nothing to do with
International relations, and. so far as
the United StaUs is concerned, it has
not England, however, seems te have
taken a more commercial view of th-
situation, and hat allowed her diplomacy
to be governed to a surprising extent
by purely financial reasons. , ; ,
Under ordinary conditions it is lneum
bent upon a government to proteot th
private Interests of it cltlsens abroad,
but when such protection Interferes with
th natural course of International rela
tions It should be given in such a man.
ner a to imply no of fens to a friend,
ly government
England could hav protected the In
terests of Cowdray. and Pearson with
out giving positive affront .to the Unit
ed State. Simply because, an recog
nised Huerta with Undue baat consti
tute no ground for the stupid Insult
ffertd this government by the useless
ly ostentatious got of Sir Lionel Carden
In presenting his credentials to Victorl
ano Huerta th very next day after the
latter had defied, the warnings of the
Wilson administration by declaring him
self dictator. It is the British foreign
office, not th American stat -depart.
ment, which has committed a breach of
diplomacy. , It is Sir Edward Gray, not
William J. Bryan, who is orude. .
Secretary of War Garrison ef receipt
of charges laid before him of misman
agement of Portland harbor properties.
Mr. Zlegler says that the proposed pur
chase and the dredging ot 8 wan island
at a cost ef 15,000,000 is mad neces
sary only by th policy of local officials
in locating the wharf line far out In
th stream and abandoning the sub
merged lands between that and the or
dinary high water line to abutting up
land owners, and that these owners have
for a number of years bean planning
to have .these submerged lands filled
by dredging of Swan island at public
expanse. , Mr. Zlegler avers that the
loss of public harbor area by this mis
begotten policy is about equal to the
area of Swan island and is worth 150,-
000,000. 1 Not content with this plun
der, it la now proposed to fill it -In at
public expense; - Zlegler says a great
pretense of legality has been built up
about these operations, but that It is
baseless. .. ':,j'-.:v:?K,,-,&-t :r?;. ?.;:;;
For the past two years he has inves
tigated the subject and rinds that an
law In this country Including the statute
law of Oregon holds ths beds of navi
gable waters up to ordinary high water
line as public highways for commerce
and navigation, the title being vested
In the state in trust for the people, The
right to ' Improve ' th foreshore (the
space between the ordinary high water
line and th wnarr line) is included in
this publlo title, and th recent deci
sion' ot the Oregon ' supreme court In
th Portland dock site suit not only re
versed the established law, but every
former decision on -a Willamette case
Including the eases ot Montgomery, vs.
Shaver endt the state vs. Portland Gen
eral Electrie decisions banded down by
the present- court which thus reverses
itself. Zlegler says flatly that the de
cision is baaed on politics and ha no
basis In law. Other ports have been
protected up to ordinary high water
line by the war department and the
United States -supreme court and Mr.
Zlegler' has appealed to the war depart
ment to grant the same protection to
the port of Portland. - v ! i: vv
The dock, site suit was decided by
the Oregon supreme court last July
sustaining an Injunction against the
dock commission Improving an ' unim
proved piece of the foreshore. No ap
peal to the United States supreme court
was taken because of an agreement en
tered into, between the shore claimant
and dock commission not to appeal be
cause of the undeslrablllty of further
delays obstructing th dock improve
ment against the opening of the Pan
ama canal. The foreshore, says Zlegler,
Is subject to the wharfage' right and
that is a publlo right which the state
has no authority to grant away so as
to exclude the" publlc-or to impair the
usefulness of the harbor.
It has been rumored maliciously, of
court that several feminine star in
the social firmament were grestly sur
prised and disappointed when they
learned that the great bridge parade wn
only to boost a more actual bring
across , the Columbia river, and not a
great .brldge-whlst function.
IN EAiu. j, DAYS
i:y Fred Lot Lis y, ,
"In the. summer of, 1886," wild Captuin
William p.. Gray,- pioneer reBldent of
Pasco, "I had 45 different kinds of tree
without' Irrigation. In addition to a
large" number ; of vegetables usually
grown in the northwest, successfully
matured peanuts, cotton and sugar cano.
That will give you some idea of the
possibilities of fruit growing and ttw
growing of , vegetables in this district '
You remember 1 told you about report
ing that I believed tie Rock Island rap
ids could be euccessulty negotiated? On
the strength of my report th O, R. & "
N. company fitted out an expedition'
consisting of two boats to go aa far as
the Priest rapids. The Almoto and tie
John Gates were the two boata.' Tho
Almoto was i to accompany the John
Gates to Priest rapid and th John
Gates was to endeavor to go to the
bead Of navikation on the Columbia, t"o
Almota's part of the contract being to
aot as tender and Carry fuel and extra
equipment as far as Priest rapids. C.
H. Presoott and some of the other of
ficial of the O. B, & N as well as
General-Gibbon, commander of tae D
partment" of the Colombia, with his'
staff and 120 soldiers from Fort Van
couver wer taken along on th trip."
Th soldiers were to assist th boat
In overcoming the rapids by lining th
steamer through th rapids. Th ascent
Of Priest Rapids was mada without
much, difficulty, Thi f gave ; to the
steamer jonn uates the honor of being,
the first steamboat to pass over the
rapids. -" Th Almota remained, below
Priest Rapida The formation of the
Rock Island Rapids consists of a mini- .
ber of dangerous reef through which
the, current make aiort and difficult
turns, making navigation1 of the Rock
Island Rapids a matter requiring car.
skill and making' the racida danareroua
unless' ths navigator thoroughly under-,
stand hjs work, - After working nearly
ail day to lay lines to get ths boat
safely around Hawkabtll Point: nlaht
overtook them. The line was put ashore
and the boat was tied where it was so
that It would not lose what way It
had already mad, v Th turbulent cur- ,
rents and eddies dashed and pounded
the boat an night It bobbed around
as if it were a cork In rough water. Tm
off totals of the railroad as well aa the-
military officials didn't get much sleep.
Next morning one of the head officials -
came to th captain of th boat and
said: "Let go your lines and set out
of this hell-hole as quickly as you can.
The trip was abandoned and Rock Island
Rapids was reported unnavigable."
The steamer John Gates was named
after ' John . Gates, th chief engineer ,
of the Oregon : Steam Navigation -com--pany.-
H succeeded Jacob Ksunm in
thst position. - He was born in Malno
and came-to California in im. In 1851 -
he came to Oregon. He is the Inventor
of th Gates hydraullo stearins rear as - 4
well as many other valuable Inventions., -He
Supervised the building et both the
Almota-and the John Gates as well ss
the Harvest Queen, th Henry VUlard,
the Occident ' the Orient the Hassalo.
and many other , boats. He started his
career In Portland as engineer of a saw
mill at the foot of Jefferson street II,
died S6 years later while mayor of Port
land. -: rarvv. '.--;,-."',''
The Almota was launched at Call! '
September 17,. 187. Captain E. W.
Baughman was her first master. Cap-
tain Samson was ber next commander
and he was followed by Captain W. P. ,
Gray, George Gore and John F. Stumps
and a number of other well known river .
captalna Th Almota was one of the .
greatest money, makers that ever piled
the Columbia. ; She cleared over $14,- "
000 on one trip upon one eeeasloni. tha
bulk of the freight being sovernment
supplies to be used by the soldiers under-
uenerai u. U. Howard, who were en
gaged in the pursuit, ot "Chief Joseph .
ana nis Doara or xmb rerces. - ; .
YOUR MONEY'
By John JL Osklson. , '
The better your credit th harder It
Is for you to save any part of your :
earninga That : doesn't, stem ' logical,
but it is tru. r. .' ..
I believe that th beet thin a. man
with a family . who t out to crest
a saving fund against th time of need
could do would b to shut off all sources
of credit from himself,, his wife, and
his children. Let him mak it impos
Stbl tor sny of thm to buy anything
unless they hav th money In band to .
pay for It and be ha made a big start
toward financial independence! ,
. .u. v4 uwuaov, aa uf ugv.,,,ai j ia"; ...
Jiinct of bankruptcy.; .-oil competition
between those who are anxious to ex
tend credit to th solvent and industri
ous man, a well as to th solvent and "
prosperous busins, is so fierce a to
cause extravagance In the family.- sper-1
ulatlon by business men, and unwise
expansion of business.
So absolutely necessary Is credit to
modern business that . this matter of
the abua of credit become exceedingly
serious. It "is proved, over and over
again, ' that storekeepers will . not in
these days of strong competition, limit
wisely th credit which they extend to
women who are the greatest patrons ef -the
stores. It is proved, vrr day. 1
that bankers cannot b trusted to 'limit,
oredlt to corporation and businesses sj
as to insune the safety of th firm.
And when you com to think ot it"
neither the storekeeper nor th banker
is primaVily interested ' in such wise -regulation
of credit The Job of using '1
credit wisely Is put squarely up to th
man, the woman, the son, the daughter,
the partnership, or the big corporation,'
who gets it . " - " t - ,
Be wary of eredltt . Debts have to be
paid, and the price of credit Itself must! "
be paid In addition to th cost of whafr
you buy with creait. ' ,
Pointed Paragraphs
We don't blame a bog for being a
hog, but w blame a man for being one.
, ? .
The woman who quarrels with her
complexion Is always ready to mak up;
When you have saved up enough
money to Invest In doubtful 5 mining
stocks buy. so overcoat, 'i,
The way of the transgrwior may be'
hard, and thre;are other ways that are
not. easy. 'vi so ,
On of th nicest things about a vaca
tion 1 that you don't have to take it
unless you want to. ''-..;; V v.r".i-:,i',-.'..
The Woman's Page
. The Journal each evening lire
sents a number "of striking
. features. Many of them are
.' of exclusive Interest to wo.
, men, others are of general
v ; appeal, r.";;..;- :, ',':;; .,-v- .'i
j;' --.:'.- f , ';''' 'v--'.:-' -. ,'
They all are worth while.
Cultivate this daily feature
page; you will find it prof
itable radina. .