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THE "OREGON ' DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, .FRIDAY" EVENING; -NOVEMBER 21, 1913
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Fe president has notified farmers i fact that the latter aro considered
la Colorado and other states served an extension of the productive Cali-i
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rary cveulM taxi-CDt Sunday) and
vary Bandar axmlng at Tha Journal Build-
'"Hi nnmiffwy ann lamaui .. rwnii'uw. m.
fcuterrd at the postamce at Cortland. Or
trinnmlaatoa Utrouffo. tbe nulla aa aacOnd eli
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matter.
TiiLIl'HOA'K Mala 7173; Horn, A4UM.
' All departments tracbed bf tbeaa numbers.
Tdl the ewator want department T"0 want.
WttKlUN AUVKKTISINU BKHHlCaiiNTATI m
by that railroad system that if they
will continue raisins garden truck
and fruit next year the railroad
will establish a special refrigerator
service adapted to their needs,
fornla gold belt. The explanation
offered is that In the southwestern
counties many mines are located on
ground in railroad grants, title to
which Is in dispute. Capital will
Through this means Mr. Ripley i not develop the properties until
uciiovcb uo niu uvciiuu4u luo jirpo-1 Toimnj ui into ao uotcnuiuvu
ent problem confronting many farm
Pii llrnnawlrk Building
S2S rlfth avenue. New lorkj 121a feople'a
'ja Building. I'Mi-ago,
KutiMrlnrlna T.rm. ki m.ll on U anr addraM
t U Baltae eHates or Mexico: -
f'M(ir:.-. .(,-. , - dailx .
On ear ....'$8.00 I One'nontt 80
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4n year .. . ; . .t-60 f On 'tmnth 3
Oaa year ......$TJW One month
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Trust your better Instincts,
and be Just! J.. G. .Whittier.
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HERB et remains a
of the public resources.
The- lands aro mostly gtne.
They were squandered.
iLMost .oftbe great timber resource
Jiaa, disappeared. Much is aionopo
iiied. All but the national reserves
Js beyond reach of the average man.
The water powera have been less
Jjreyed upon. The, development of
ers losses suffered because local
markets are glutted and the ex
pense of selling in small quantities
at distant markets, which consume
the difference between cost of pro
duction and the selling price.
The new plan provides for the
operation of Bpecial , refrigerator
cars, which on given days will pick
up small fruit and vegetable con
signments. These shipments will be
taken to terminal points, where each
variety of fruit or vegetable will be
loaded in carload lots and then
taken to market.
The incident is valuable In that
remnant it illustrates the proper relation be
tween railroads and producers.
Railroads depend upon the terri
tory they serve for increased earn
ings, and earnings will not grow as
OUR PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
A
ID,
tuey should when the . producer Is
not furnished adequate facilities for
getting his products to market
The Santa Fe's special refriger
ator cars may not return profits
Jiydro-electrtc energy -Is only recent, fvoin the start, but they will assi6t
nd that alone accounts for the fact
that many of the streams aro yet a
jmblic asset, to be used for the
jbeneflt of all the people, Instead of
jfor the benefit, of a few monopolists.
it is necessary to have a public
ollcy to encourage fullest and
freest use of these resources. The
Statural opportunities that Ood and
Stature placed on the earth in the
Jorm of forest streams, lands and
jninrals deposits, should always bo
Jwitmn reacn or tnose wining to use
Ihem for the public benefit at a rea
. , enable profit.
5 The fight In the National Conser
vation Congress at Washington is
" ot a controversy between national
, Control and state control. It is a
Ight between conservation aud antl
; conservation. If the program of
iPinchot Is carried out the people
jwill save and have for themselves
ind their posterity the remnant of
Jheir national heritage.
If the opposing program prevails,
the-great .natural-wealth in forests,
mountains, streams and lands will
" 2e" gobbled up, "monopolized and
,( !tosed for exploiting mankind. If the
. opponents win, the remnant of the
. splendid birthright will be made prl- j
rate property :-or the. enrichment of
4he classes and the enslavement of
2the masses.
I If "those demanding state control
succeed .in securing "a surrender of
aiationalcontrol, 'we shall all live to
8ee theatea to tne lorests, streams,
?and deposits again thrown wide
1 jppen, and a restoration of the old
;grder of squandered resources and
exploited people.
in building up a prosperity which
in time will furnish tremendous ton
nage for the road.
TIIR TELEPHONE GJKL
COMMITTEE of the local bar
association thinks it unethical
for lawyers to advertise.
How utterly ethical we pro
fessionals all are! Even a dignified
advertisement in the usual medium,
stating our particular line of prac
tice would, to our. esthetic souls, be
vulgah.
Why, bloss our refined hearts, it
would shock our cultivated and cul
tured nervous systems to even think
of our purified names in an adver
tisement in a public print with the
statement of our professional func
tion!
Of course, it is strictly ethical to
mount a soap box on the street and
deliver a political address as
means of advertising. Sometimes a
lawyer actually runs for office with
out hoiJQDJL election for the sole
purpose of advertising himself and
his business.
It is positively unculchahed and
vulgah to advertise in a newspaper
ibut elegantly ethical to spread pic
tares of ourselves on all the old
i barns and bill posting walls in the
Broadway bridge. It Is not unlike1
a poorly Improved country road.
Some of the country roads in Mult-'
nomah county are dryer and cleaner. I
What a street to be "an approach to
a bridge In the building of which
11,686,921.90 of public money was
expended! '
PERTINENT COMMENT' AND NEWSJN. BRIEF
It has become a popular practice
for doctors to perform surgical op
erations for removal of moral de
fects. From the way some folks are
performing, the doctors must, in
some instances, have inadvertently
removed the wrong bumps. i, '
With word pictures et the tyran
nous oppression of our conservation
land policy, out own William Han-
ley yesterday moved all the ladies
of the Conservation Congress to
tears. Boo-hoo, Bill, "boo-hoo; let's
move to Russia!1
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A SOUND DECISION
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HERE is no question as to the
soundness of the supreme
court decision declaring that
the workmen's compensation
is not operative as to insur-
haw
ance: features uutil - June 3 0, 191 4 .
s .It has never seemed to The Jour
nal that there was room for any
.Mother yiew. If there had been no
v.- referendum. . the . .employer . .would
.lave had ninety days from the ad
journment of the legislature and
(fifteen days additional, and the
. 'workmen fifteen days longer to
Jelect, respecting the law.
p But the referendum intervened.
:Jt was not determined until Novem-
ber 4 that the act was approved by
the people.
f-- Section 15 of the act absolutely
provides for the insurance features
jr jw the act to take effect "June 30
jnext following the taking effect of
: fohls act," and section 12 contains
w ithe " id
terms of the state constitution the
act did not become effective until
(approval by the people November 4.
lOniy June 30, 1914. could be the
June 30 next following the taking
; effect of the act." The deferred date
i better anyway. The commission
should welcome the interim' In
K Awbich to prepare for operating the
rystem. There are rules and regtt-
, Rations to provide. There must be
' Ca system of accounting. There must
Jbe a form of pay roll and an oppor-
; Jiufiity to gather an efficient work
ing force. There must be time to
.educate both employers and em
ployes as to the advantages of the
. There Is a world of work for the
' commission to do in the brief seven
, jimonths until June 30, 1914. There
fa t Inftrfrigtlnn 4hctfa In AvNn1nnA '
aid tuiui uih vswaj , tuii V io tA J' V J ITTUUIJ
jSud there are statistics to gather
' and place before those In whose ln
' ttorcst the law was enacted. Even
, n the period as extended, there is
scarcely time to do all the far
teaching work, that lies before the
commission.
snows resentment at your
impatience, remember what
she is op . against. Tbo telephone
girl is only human..
There are about 125;Oeo of these
girls In the United States, and their
average term of service is three
years. The average girl works
eight hours a day, answering about
140 calls an hour, the number run
ning to 225 during busy hours. The
operator sits at a switchboard cov
ered with numbers, each number
having a small signal light.
When the person calling raises his
receiver, a light flashes on the
switchboard and this light continues
to burn until the girl plugs the
number and receives the call. She
then plugs the number called for,
and this light burns until the called
person answers. When both re
ceivers are finally replaced on their;
hooks, both lights flash.
To "complete one call means four
flashes of light. Figure It yourself,
the girl's eyes are exposed to from
500 to 1000 flashes of light every
houri No wonder her eyes are fa
tigued. No wonder her nerves are
on fire. Piling impatience upon
the mental and physical strain to
county. It Is low-browed and ple-
l belan for us lawyers to state our
HEN "central" gives you tbo I business In a paid advertisement for
wrong number and possibly i the benefit of the man who wants
to know our particular line of prao
tice. But, to at least a few in our
noble profession, there is polish, es
thetics and ecstatics in getting into
a newspaper a free notice with ac
companying photo.
There Is not a reason In the world
why a struggling young lawyer,
striving" against odds to make a
start, should not put a dignified
statement of his specialty In the
medium that history, experience and
common sense approve as fit means
for bringing together the man who
has and the man who wants.
To the impartial layman, a main
objection is the vested right of the
old established attorneys. From
their etandpoint It is highly unethic
al for fledglings to butt In . before
the sheaves are all garnered.
DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR PLAN
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N MANY Oregon counties, it bas
onen ueen ine ) pracuce tor a
county court to contribute dollar
for dollar with the road district
in building or repairing roads.
A law by the 1913 legislature
provides for the application of such
a plan in Multnomah county. It is
Letters From the People
wmcn sue is suDjeciea aoes not provided in the law that the county
sweeten me gin s disposition, ror
she is human.
The telephone companies' provide
rest rooms for their employes. Suf
ficient airspace and good illumina
tion are furnished. Only young and
healthy girls are selected, and yet
their average term of service does
uot exceed three years. In attempt
ing to please the girls develop head
ache, indigestion, exhaustion, nerve
strain and insomnia.
Not all girls at the telephone are
paragons of patience. How could
they be? . But enough are gently pa
tient to make a real man a gentle
man or a real woman a gentle wo
man, when the receiver is taken
down.
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11AILROADS AND FARMERS
RESIDENT RIPLEY of the
Sauta Fe railroad puid a nickel
, apiece for peaches in Kansas
City. Tne next day he tsaw a
farmer taking a wagonload of this
iffrult to' the hogs. The hogs were
MINING IN OREGON
HE United States geological
survey has Issued a report on
Oregon's production of precious
and semi-preclouB metals in
1912. The value of gold, silver,
copper and lead sold or treated was
$849,886, an increase of $180,870
over the i ISTF oui
eight years show that production of
these metals steadily decreased from
$1,592,156 In 1905 to $669,016 in
1911, the succeeding year showing
increases both in the number or
producing mines and value of the
product;
Gold produced was valued at
$770,041; silver. $37,081; copper,
$42,971; lead $1769. The total
production was derived from 210
mines, of which 156 wfre placers of
various kinds and 54 deep mines.
The total output of gold was 3 7.-
250 fine ounces, an Increase of 6609
ounces, the Increase in value being
$136,634. Baker headed the list of
producing counties, with a gold out
put valued at $484,041, nn increase
of $94,255 over the gold yield in
1911. Josephine county was next In
rank, followed In order by Jackson,
Lane, Malheur, Grant, Douglas, Cur
ry, Wheeler, Crook and Coos.
The silver output in 191'2 was 57,
081 fine ounces, an increase of 11,
860 ounces in quantity and $11,
138 in value. Baker county again
led U'lth nn mitnnt nt OQ lift
fc; ' 1 ounces, valued at $24,071. 'Joseph
ine was next with a production of
10,774' ounces, valued at $6626.
! With the exception of Douglas, no
other county produced as much as
2000 ountos of silver. .
There was no lead production In
Onegon In 1911, but in 1912 tho
tfed the peaches because the farmer, at $1768. from two m.n one in
Lane and the other in Jackson
court may establish assessment road
districts along any highway to be
improved. These districts may be
of any length, and may extend, not
to exceed one mile on either side
of the road.
Improvement of the road is or-
Jdered, and If within twenty days af
ter publication of a notice of the
proposed Improvement, 51 per cent
of the property in the district re
monstrates, the proceeding Is held
up for a period of one year. If any
remonstrators change meanwhile, so
that 51 per cent of the property
asks it, the improvement will go
ahead.
It is, however, the manner of
paying the cost that is the chief
item of change. The court may as
sess up to 60 per cent of the ex
penditure against the county and
the balance is taxed against the
abutting property. It is said to- be
the plan of the court in Multnomah
to have the county pay half and the
land the remainder.
The landowner has ten years in
which to complete payment in an
nual installments of one tenth his
whole assessment. The Interest rate
must not exceed six per cent. The
county treasurer Issues certificates
to run in lieu of the deferred pay
ments of the landowner.
!t is, argued that without some
such plan, land speculators get the
full benefit of the improvement at
the public expense without giving
anything in return. It la also ar
gued that men who are using their
land where such an Improvement is
mades in the roads, can well afford
to bear say, half the cost, and still
profit lieuvfly from the improvement
lu the increased value of their
holdings and in the greater facility
with which they get tthelr products
to market.
Sike many others along the Santa Fe
"J'oad, had "to do that or let the
Reaches rot on T the ground. . There
As no means for sending the fruit
"to market. , , lf
Air. Rlpter'!ooW4:r.at'..';h4i jig
"JTecd and thought of the peaches he
.liad bought at five cents -each
;i hs4 "e decided J that., the , small
farmer and the railroad could wor.k
together with mutual profit ' As a
rnk of tals cspetledco tb Sauta
county.
The mine production of copper
was 260,439 pounds, valued at
$42,971, au Increase of-467,293
pounds In quantity and $31,329 In
Presumably, the Portland school
board has in mind the fact that oijr
attorney general always reserves the
right to change hla mind and that
so armed, he not Infrequently aban
dons his former opinion to a neg
lected and melancholly fate. He
now holds that the board has the
right to levy $25,000 for Its new
plan of physical education and
training, but who knows what
change a day may bring forth?
Since an illegal levy might give an
obstreperous taxpayer room v to hang
up the wlfole levy with, litigation,
would It not be well for the board,
as it proceeds, to be absolutely sure
of its ground?
Tammany Is talking about moves
to prevent Suiter from being seated
as an asuerablyman. Most of Tam
many's present woes aro the result
of giving Suliser material for playing
the martyr, flow lonjt will that
tmlat mi - ,aj luiaiin I4u n lUIJft Tvll LUU,1
tH i COp.PLr 5He i"arrl?d ?old stupid organization continue to mon
to, the "value of $8491.
Attention Ib called to exceq.' pro
duction of-northeastern over soutb-
wtcru counties, 4 in sidfc, of 'the
key with a buxz saw.?
One .of., the . nastiest r streets ' in
Pcrthmd is Broadway between
Union avenue and the- cast end-of
(Oommanlcatlona ant to Tha -Journal tor pub.
Ilratlon Id tlila department abould be written on
only one aide of the paper,- a'jould ut exceed
,100 worda la length and muat be acrompaulod
by tba nama and addreaa of the under. It tbe
writer tlooa uot desire to have tbe uuuie pub.
hbwi uw auuuia ao auta.)
"Dlaousslon Is the greatest of all raformera.
It rationalize! everything It touches. It robs
principles of all falsa eanctlt and throws tbem
bark on tbi-ir reaaouahlt:..j. If the have uo
reaaonableneas. It rutbltaal crushes tbem out
of existence and aets tip -'i own conclusions lu
tick staad." Woodruw Wilson.
Land Monopoly.
Portland, Nov. 19. To the Editor of
Th Journal The articles appearing in
your valuable paper concerning the need
of population to develop the state, tha
vigorous language of some of our rail
road magnates pointing thtt out. th
editor-tails In The Journal anent th land
monopolist all Indicate a diagnosis of
ths disease, but the remerfv nor
known. The evils of yellow fever used
to be pointed out the same aiv in tha
south and the ravages of It In Cuba
wers something terrible. Yellow fever
no been practically driven from this
country and Cuba, by ths nnnllratlon
of some common senss sanitary princi
ples and the acting upon discoveries
made by men who were once denounced
as fakers, quacks ana lunatics. Th
evils of land monopoly are being real
ises, uney constitute a worse scourare
than yellow fsver. It Is a sign of
progress and a sign or hop that we are
beginning to trace up the evils to tho
land monopolist as yellow fever was
traced to the mosquito and the refuse
piles.
It Is a much more difficult thinar to
get rid of yellow fever than to aret rid
of tha land monopolist. Some people
know how. It Is a very simple remedy.
and has been proved and demonstrated
thousands of times, but Inasmuch bs
more people profit by land monopoly
than ever gained by yellow fever, we
have some very blind men who simply
will not see.
we now encourage the holdinir of land
idle, by our tax laws. We now dis
courage the use of land, by our tax
laws. To him who holds Idle our crreat
natural resources we extend aid and
comfort by low taxes on very low val
uations; to him who attempts to use
lot or acre we extend the weight of our
displeasure by annual fines out of all
proportion to the enormity of the of
fense. If we want Oregon used by home
builders and workers, we must reverse
this process, gradoally or suddenly. The
longer we put off the reverse action,
the more of a sudden Jerk it will be.
Pueblo, Colo., has Just passed a char
ter amendment exempting all improve
ments from taxation for city revenues.
Is not that a sensible thing to do. If
Pueblo wants men with small and large
capital to invest In improvements with
in her confines?
California may pass next year an
amendment allowing any city to do the
same. 'What will be the effect on other
states It Colorado and California cities
avail themselves of such powers and
stop punishing men for doing what ev
ery community wants them to do?
I know of one real estate firm In
Portland that contributed $1,200 to help
out the glorious work of suppressing an
amendment proponed In Oregon along
those lines. It nooda that money now,
too. Yet, in British Columbia, Alberta
and Saskatchewan such a contribution
would be considered full proof of In
sanity. The "land hog" is easily domesticated
and turned into a booster if approached
with the right kind of tax laws.
AU'RGD D. CRIDGE.
SMALL CHAKGIS y
Experts' evidence may or may not be
Prohibition will never be stopped by
injunction. '
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Now, a "Home and Garden Club"
sounds nice.
- Hard winter Drcdictions have no ter
ror for old timers.
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Another great spell lately for fait
worn in me country,
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Alex Sweek has been a diplomatist
before in a small way.
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Let's see; which oil company is It
tnat Is backing Carranza?
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The Oregonian Is the Huerta organ
of the western hemisphere.
So far, nobody has accused the city
commissioners of pluylng poker,
"I believe In making both ends meet,
and meat," grunted the fattening pork
er.
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"Pretty girls to aid suffragists,"
reads a headline. That ought to help a
lot.
Those policemen's uoker tames seem
to have been about tho rawest on rec
ord. - - , --.-! '
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If ths highest police officers were not
the greatest winners, the game wasn't
square.
A pig Is to be given to each school;
he la Intended as a teacher rather than
a pupil.
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-O yes, there are November strawber
ries, but tsvsy don't taste Just like June
strawberries.
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Oil companies are fighting each oth
er; get your supply before they make
up and merge.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
A: houpital In charge of trained spe-
want
S i N EAR LI ER D AYS I
- lljr-Frru !tK-kiej.
"Years ago I went on ihe river a a.
ts ta soon to supply the long feHruuP P"bt with Captain Charles Kelton
,t Wheeler. V -on the steamer Yakima," said ,WiUiaiu
T , . , L in, v" kmi"; jjicer viregonian. At tnat time, tlm
o wiuuig uaiTiL. ii iiua arnvau mm Bteamer ' Yakima.
is in Dctter condition than ever before,
"The sewer bond sale at a price above
par shows that Salem's credit 1 abovo
par," says the 8alm Statesman. "But
we will nave to pay off some bonds and
issue no more or grow good deal, to
keep it so."
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La Grande Observer: Elgin Is the only
town in the nortnwest with, a municipal
theatre. And Elgin has a palace.- La
Grande so appreciates It that people
here will go on a special train te a pei
formance that happens to be a litllf
large for our stages.
With total disres-ard for the feelinsrs
of unfortunates who must or at all
events do llye back east, the llermlston
Herald loudly exults Just like this:!
vuast Saturday zouo people spent miicu
time on the streets enjoying the aim
bhine instead of hovering around stoves
witli a blizzard raging outside."
Tribute to a good booster, in Ja
Grande Observes.: "Kather Murphy was
in rrom Wallowa a rew days ago and tne
way he boosts every town on the branch
line In a pleasure to neai;. lln loves
his parlNn tbe same as ho and every
other true American loves the fla.
And, one good strong man boosting for
any soctton of the rountry has a de
cioidetlly -good effect.
Boontliig "the good roads movement
and H;iker county's mining Interests in
the same paragraph, the Wakcr Demo
crat Bays: "Banked up at the Ben Har
rison mine are 13 tons of concentrate
awaiting shrpment to the railroad, but
the roads are o bud that it is nearly
Impossible to transport the product.
Here is an opportunity for road build
ing that would be practical of execa-
tlon."
BAYARD HALE'S REMARKABLE CAREER
Tha Important role which William
Bayard Hale plays in the present Mex
ican Imbroglio as the unofficial confi
dential representative of President Wil
son has brought that remarkable man
again Into the limelight of public Inter
est. The last time he held the center
of the stage was in 1908, when he had
that famous interview with Emperor
William, the publication of which came
dangerously near causing serious inter
national complications between Ger
many and England. His present ap
pearance In a semi-diplomatic role un
der the most critical conditions, natur-
Amerlcan Constitution,"
cellent impression.
making an ex-
He retained his hold on his owsi par
ish until 18.97, wheu his engagemeat to
Miss Matilda Jolly, tho daughter or a
Middleboro owool merchant, was, an
nounced. His choice did not meet, with
the approval of some of the old fomen
In the perish, and they made t hint's so
disagreeable for the young minister
that he resigned and accepted a (all ta
a small parish in Ardmorc. fa. no
married Misa Jolly in 1S99, and tfcok her
to Ardmore. Seven months later she
left him, and in 1901 she obtained a di
vorce on the ground of cruelty. After
ally revives the Interest in Mr. Hale's i the decree had been granted, Mr. Hale
remarkable
reer.
and somewhat stormy ca-
Ittiral Credits.
Hillsbovo, Or., Nov. 16. To the Editor
of The Journal Correspondence in the
ftreH -r-fHWitly ni to-cen-ter abaut .the
utility of rurrl credits and the capacity
of country batikn to make long loans to
farmers. Editorials have oeen written
on the subject, and between the two the
alleged advantages and utility of tha
mall order system come to the front.
Between the Scylla of the eountry banks
and the Charybdls of rural credits tbe
disputants find ,the happy medtum In
the purccl post. It haw evidently not
struck any of the prolix combatants
that the country merchant is a factor
in the situation.
The fanner who does a mall order
business sends a money order in ad
vance for his fctuff. No loan there, no
credit, no bank transaction, no home
trading, no reciprocal upholding of his
neighborhood community, but the obvi
ous mandate to puy the reckoning on
the nail far from home. The country
bank has no dealings with hlrh,' ut (I,
10. or any other per cent, and If he
needs to make big Improvements, to
clear his land, ttStuy Implement or to
get capital to extend his development
William Bayard Hale was born in I
Richmond, lnd., April 6, 1809. Ills
father was a man of wealth, and gave
him an excellent education by private
tutors. Young Hale had brilliant tal
ents, and was scarcely more than a boy
when he entered the field of literature
by writing poetry and short stories for
newspapers and magaiines. ' He afso
showed considerable ability as an or
ator, and took active part in one or two
of the Democratic state campaigns.
Then he came "to Boston, studied at
Boston university and Harvard, and
completed his education at the Episco
pal Theological school at camonage.
There he became acquainted with Bishop
Phillips Brooks, who took great interest
in the brilliant, young student.- -
The bishop placed him in charge of a
mission In Middleboro, Mass., which,
under the energetic leadership of young
Hale, developed into the Church of Our
Savior. As the rector of the parish, the
Rev. William Bayard Hale became ex
ceedingly popular In Middleboro, and
his brilliant ability attracted attention
throughout New England. In 1895 he
caused a sensation by publishing a pa
per entitled, "A Religious Analysis of a
New England Town," in which he plead
ed for the unification or church inter
ests, at least in small towns, and se
verely criticized the methods used by
churches to attract crowds and to ralt?e
funds. This paper and many of his ser
mons, containing similar criticisms,
made him extremely unpopular with
clergymen of all denominations. He
preached a series of notable sermons iu
St. Paul's church In Boston, and in
1896 he lectured at Oxford university,
by invitation, on "The Making of the
retired from the ministry and, ftr sumo
time, at least, tried to earn a living as
an insurance agent. Becoming dissat
isfied with the insurance business. Mr.
Hale gave it" up and turned newspaper
and magazine writer. He alno took ac
tive part in politics, and went On the
stump for Bryan in 1900.
In 1908, while employed by a New
York newspaper. Mr. Hale went to Eu
rope and obtained, through the Inter
vention of Baron von Sternberg, who
had been German ambassador to the
United States, an opportunity to Inter
view Emperor William, who, at that
time, was cruising off the coast of Nor.
way in the imperial yacht Hohentollern.
It was on board of that yacht tat Mr.
Hale had that famous interview with
the emperor which stirred up such a
tremendous sensation. The katoer was
severely criticized for his indiscreet ut
terances, and the German foreign office
made strenuous efforts to suppress the
publication of the Interview, wiilch was I the raft went under water' and the cur-
steamer Yakima was tbe most palatial
Doat on the river. It plied between
Celilo and Lewlstoh. Umatilla Landing,
which had been started by Z. F, Moody,
was growing raptdly. There was an
active demand for lumber which sold
for $55 a thousand. Alonzo Leland. with
a man named Atwood, owned a sawmill
10 miles from Asotin. He eould'flnd no
market for his lumber. It was worth
only $16 per thousand at Lewiston,
while If he could deliver hla lumber at
Umatilla he could readily; sell all he
could deliver at 56 a thousand., This
market was worth trying "for They
tried repeatedly rafting the lumber
down the Snake river, but each time the
raft was broken Up In the rapids, and
the lumber was a total loss, --As- we
were going tip the river Atwood halted
me from what fs now called Atwood's
island. He had landed there with a raft
In the- attempt to go down the river.
AVe took Mr. Atwood and the cnew
aboard. The pilot asked him. hew he
had happened to come to grief. At
wood said, 'It is impossible; to raft lum
ber 4owr the Snako. We will have to
give . it up. We have never succeeded
in taking a raft down yet.' He turned
to me for confirmation of hta statement.
I said, 'Xon can take a raft through all
Tight if you will get the right man.'
Hi said, "Can you take one down?1. I
told him that I could. made no
comment of any kind but turned on his
heel and went below. About half an
hour later he came uu to the pilot house
and said, '1 awn willing to risk tlie loss
of another raft If you will agrea to
take it down.; If we can once get a
raft down the Snak river and get It
to Umatilla Landing it will pay for th-j
loss of all the others.' I told him I
was witling to take charge of the raft
but I doubted whether Captain Kelton
would let me go. He said ho thought
ne could arrange that with Captain
Felton, a? he knew him well.
"He said, 'I realize that It Is danger
ous work. Tell me what you are, going
to charge me.' I told him I would
charge tie a day while running the raft
and IS a day for any time we had to
lay at the bank. He saw Captain Kel
ton, who came to me and said that
ha was anxious to accommodate Atwood
and na would spare me for a trip. At
wood and I went to his mill at Asotin,
where he built a raft containing 60,000
feet of lumber. When we came to lp
eddy near lewiston Atwood had alwaV
had great trouble here and had had to
land below. Instead of trying to avoid
the rapid I started the -raft right into
the very center of it. The raft came
through successfully and I was able tn
make a good landing at Lewiston. Wc
took on 10,000 additional feet of lumber
here. Next morning at 2 o'clock I cast
loose and started down the rivdr. When
ever we came to a rapid I sent the raft
into the center of the rapid. Tle
rapid would give the raft such impetus
that it would carry us through the slack
water. Atwood said, 'The very thing .
we have been trying to avoid getting?
the ruft in the rapids, seems to be tr
reason for your bucccss.' We wer
averaging nin miles an hour. I told
him that we would get along all right
until we came to the Palouse rapids
and that we were going to have a pretty
serious time of it at the Palouse rapids.
The water pours through a narrow
chute and empties Into the eddy, which
bolls back toward the current from the
south shore.
"When we got there, I sent the raft
Into the center of the Palouse rapids.
The current was so swift that It shot
us into the eddy. The forward part of
Intended for a prominent American
magazine. Although part or tlie edition
had already been printed, the tiublishers
of the magazine consented ta suppress
the edition, and to destroy the plates,
and eventually the matter was hushed
up.
Mr. Hale Was literary editor of a New
York newspaper when President Wlltam
!eeame governor- of New Jersey. 3fr.
llale was a strong supporter of Mr.
Wilson, and became an intimate friend
cf the governor. The friendship con
tinued after Mr. Wilson was elected
president, and Mr. Halo was a frequent
visitor at the White House. When the
Mexican situation became acute. Presi
dent Wilson sent Mr. Hale to Mexico
its his personal representative, to obtain
authentic Information and advice con
cerning tho conditions In Mexico,
the country merchant out of business
by the mall order or parcel .post route,
and tlie banker Is a has been likewise.
Finally, put the banker and country
merchant Into the sftme inevitable
limbo, and you will have to recast the
vagrancy act In your cities to counter
act labor as a drug on the market.
Tneraby alien Shylocka will Mexican
Ize the agricultural areas of- Oregon as
ourlUtonalra-Jand.glHfe
and frr-yeav-pat -UavobeUolng In
the land of outhern.conwition.
TAin DEALER.
Tho Servant's 81le of It.
Portland, Nov. 20. To the Editor of
The Journal Every now and then the
employer states his side or 'tho domes
tic servant problem, but seldom one sees
anything of the other side. With your
permission I would like to present our
side:
The servant problem Is not one-sided.
There are good employers and bad ones,
as well as good servants and bad ones.
Yet the recognition of a few of our rea.
sonable demands Would certainly, tend
to eliminate the servant problem as a
problem.
First, we desire to be recognized as
human beings with feelings, hope and
ambitions not fundamentally dlfferont
from those of our employers, we think,
with David Harum, that "there a as
Ideas he cannot appeal to tho mall ordor much human in some folks as there is
houses In Chicago, Seattle, New York. jn others." We particularly resent be
ing made to feel that ;: , exist solely
for the purpose of making our employ
ers luxuriously comfortable.
Second, we wan,t to be trusted and not
suspected. We may be incompetent,
but few are dishonest. A suspected ser
vant can not do justice cither to him
self or his employer.
Third, of course we ask for a living
waaraj.- As clvillzatiou advances our
needs increase. But this Is perhaps the
least Important of our requests.
Fourth, we want some definite time
to ourselves. That Is, we want to be
able to say that on such or auch a time
we are free to go where we please. It
seems that all of Thursday afternoon
and evening is reasonable Indeed, Sun
day afternoon also should be given us.'
Few are unwilling to servo dinner-at
two or even three o'clock on Sunday,
but do not like to do so at six or six
thirty. "All work and no play makes
Jack a dull boy." We want some time
to make friends and attend entertain
ments or church services. This we can
doon Sunday afternoon and evening.
To" me It seems that this is the moat
Important point to gain.
Fifth, we expect our employers to be
ladles and gentlemen in foct if they
are not they should not try to make us
think so. ' The importance of this may
be overlooked, but It Is surprising how
Instinctively and unerringly even the
ordinary servant distinguishes between
real culture and counterfeit. " To get the
speet. I have seen some very amusing
things In this respect.
I doubt that any fair minded njan or
woman can say that these are Unrea
sonable demands, and yet a favorable
attitude toward these points weuld go
far toward better feeling and, better
service. . ICNUTK E. SWEtSON.
YOUR MONEY
By John M. Otklson.
St. Louis or even Portland,, tor tuny
don't do a credit business. In the mail
order business a farmer's rating is an
unknown quantity.
Tho banker, before ho advances you
money till you sell your crop, gets a
tight string on the crop. I therefore
contend that the only man who deals
with tho farmer in the spirit of co
operation, man to man, is tho country
merchant. He carries the farmer along,
forfeiting the interest on ills own capi
tal and Investment. All he want to
know when he gives clothing, grocer-lea
or implements Is, If the farmer has the
land to till, tlie necessary thrirt, indus
try and inclination to do the work, and
possesses a disposition to pay his Just
debts without interest or threat of
foreclosure, when the farmer has re
ceived the proceeds of his harvest and
has it In. his pocket. Often, too, per
haps, in carrying the farmer's burden
the country merchant fins to borrow
from the bank; and to pay interest. In
reality, he in a double loser there, for
Instead of depositing hla money In a
bank and drawing interest therefrom, f
loaning It out ot a bigger Interest In
speculation, ha has to pay It to whole
salers, rommlSMioii oparaiors or manu
facturers, "and Interest, besides. la
small town around Portland farmers
are getting credits from merchant In
figures ranging from 110,000 to 1100,-
Put the country .merchant out of
buHineas ' with, v rural credits and the
coutiU ty banks ure hack numbers, 'Put
most out of us, it Is well to gain our re- your nutations.
Lately T have read a great mass of
published advice to umall investors. I
compared the questions. In my mind,
with another maps of querloB I saw
several years ago, and one thing struck
me very forcibly. . '
It seemed to mo as I read the ques
tions and answers the Other day that
the small investor-are taking advan
tage of their opporttinitien to find out
about stocks before (not after) buy
ing them, It used to be tho other way
about. '
I found one investor asking about the
stock of a small amusement enterprise,
another asked about the stock of ohm
of the new magazines, anl a third want
ed to know details concerning the con
vertible bonds of as string u company
as tho American Telephone & Telo
graph company.
Not less interesting . to me were the
replies of tho fintinoial editor to whom
the questions were sent. From a
rather long experience in finding out
about stocks offered ;to the public I
could tell that tho editor had taken a
great deal ot troubles to find out the
facta, and that he iuea great care and
excellent Judgment,,!!! framing his an
swer, so as to bo ' fair both to hla
reader and the company about which
the reader asked. :
To any of the readers of these little
articles of mine who wants to find
out about a se irlty before he puts
his money Into H 1 would suggest
that he send me a letter, In care of
this paper. 1 do not pretend to sa
that I have the knowledge to answer
the letter, but I will say that I cdn
refer him to three or four sources of
information on which he may riy
for the facts. '
Wo who write about money and Its
use ih the way we think will be un
derstood by everybody realize thai
we can't confbio ourselves to essays
about -tho factors, which Influence tlie
export. We, must be ready to answer,
Just as specifically aa we ,cant ..your
question! concerning the amount of
money which ' you ' can Invest. Wo
can't do very 'much In advising this
or that stock Or bond, . but we ca.i
find out something of the' merit of the
one which has appealed to you. - Ask
about . that, and either I or somn-oiio
who knows more about it will ansWm
rent from the chute caught the batik
end of the raft and sent the raft under
the water. Wo stayed on the raft until
the water was up to our knees. Tl)e
skiff which he had on the raft started
to float off. but I caught the painter
and we got aboard the skiff. We brought
the skiff over where the raft had been
and felt down with the oars but we
could not touch the raft. We floated
down with the current. All I attempted
to do was to kep the skiff in Its course,
Atwood said, 'I knew you couldn't do It.
With such rapids as the Palouse rapids
It was foolish to expect that we could."
I felt pretty serious for 1 was afraid
that the eddy had broken the fastenings
on the raft and we would soon run into
the wreckage of floating boards. About
half a mile below the rapids our ekiff
was suddenly lifted out of the water
by the reappearance of the raft. Our
skiff and tlie raft had both gone with
the current and, oddly enough, It had
appeared directly under us, lifting the
skiff out of the water.
"You never saw a man more surprised
or delighted than Atwood. for the raft
was uninjured. An h matter, of fact,
before leaving, I had taken special pains
to see that it was strongly fastened,
for i knew about what kind of treat
ment it would get In tlie.raplds,
"Wc went through the Pine Tree rap-
Ids without accident, but a little wayH
below there wc .struck a wind strongly
upstream, eo we had to tie up, Next
morning ut ubqut S o'clock. Just before
daybreak, we started again, arriving at
Wallulu ut 10 o'clock In the forenoon.
"The steamer Yakima was Just pull
ing in from below. From Wallulu to
Umatilla was plain sailing go 1 left At
wood to go the rest of the way ulone
and rejoined the Yakima.
"Jn tho past they had tried to man-
affe the raft by side sweeps, while all
1 had used had been a steering oar at
the rear. Atwood paid me $20 for car
rying the raft successfully through tho
rapldf. He told mo that he would have
been Just an Klad to pay me 500 if I
had asked that much. This Was the
first lumber raft ever taken down tho
Snake rlvor, but it was tho forerunner
of Kcores of other rafts. ,
"Kor his lumber, which was worth
only $900 at Lewiston. he got $3300 at
Umatilla, or In other words, he made u
profit of $2400 on the $20 investment
In my serviced
"T;mt, by the bye, is a fair sampfo
of my financial ability, but what could
you expect of the son of parents who
thought eo little of money that they
made a trip, across the desert and gave
up all prospect of financial returns, to
become missionaries among tho Indians
with Dr. Whitman? An indifference,
too, and a disregard for money Is bred
In my bone."
i
Pointed Paragraphs
The married
bossed.
man who hesitates is
A word to the wife Is sufflclent
tart sometlng.
-to
Qliis, it Isn't always wise to follow
your mother'a advice when you fall In
love.
Jhe Woman's Page;!
.The Journal each evening pre
v aents m number ot striking -features.
Many of them are
of exclusive interest to wo
men others ' are "of general -appeal,..;-:.
; " ; v
They all are worth j while.
Cultivate this dally, feature
' Pge; yon will find It prof
v itable reading. ' "