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8 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1913. THE JOURNAL'S AN INWSrKNMtNT MgWHPAPBIl 'Itil c. a jM-jtapw tutiwh'if fled supplies for ubo In connection hMMn ry tnaiut jtioyi Bundnji - wjth the Invention. r.X MWT BMBTDIIIjr al I or journal tag. BniadwsT an4 Vafnh a retaUer, the retailer is not bound by un attempted contract lim iting blm to the gale of certain speci- kairV4 i tk iraatotna at I'ortimad. or., or Dick Mimeograph case, and It was ff'"i tbroag. tb. .all, a. aaS I ho)d thgt Benor8 of theM mImeo Vblki'Uoniu. - Main Vn; How. a sooi. 1 graphs may sell supplies other than Tall th nimKir rhf ilciiarl nifiil ma want JRikuiun AuVtitrisiNu rki'hksbsta ri va manufacturers. In A. L'mIm. IN. Uriinawli.lt Building ftb mint. Nw York: 1218 I'eopw Q Bulldlnt. Chicago. In the copyright g SsUiscrlutUm lfmf Bt mall of 1 PJ aiMrnaa la tb United BUte or Mexico: DA1LV On mi $0.00 I On montb .W BVKDAX Co Tear .BSM I 0d manth I .S3 DAILT AMD SUNDAY On 7Mr STJJO I On moots f 9 ft Contact with nobler natures arouses the feeling's of unused power and qulokens the con sciousness of" responsibility. Canon Westcott THE MESSAGE. WITH a charming frankness and delightful simplicity, Woodrow Wilson laid his first regular legislative pro 1 1 tram before the country yesterday. No message to a people coufd be : more reassuring. It stands for 'tpeace. It declares us the friends of 'constitutional government south of ifthe Rio Grande. It calls upon con gress for immediate passage of the tcurrancy bill for freeing American .credit, I It urges farm credits. It advises 'legislation to supplement the Sher- man law for dealing with trusts. It urges direct nominations of presi dent and vice-president. ' It urges government railroads for ! Alaska, It recommends an employ ers' liability law for railroads, and makes other suggestions. No proposals could be more time ly. No program could place the na tional purpose on a .higher plane. No series of measures could more .exalt the national purpose. After freeing industry and freeing 'credit, the president proposes three i 'great purposeful measures: Regula tion of trusts, establishing farm credits, and national direct nomina tions. These are great constructive 'Ideas for national welfare. Togeth er, tbey make for social justice, for economic adjustment, and for polit ' ical security. Along with them Is the Alaska program, a program touching most intimately the welfare of the whole ; pacific coast, and to a less extent ifbearing directly on the possibilities of the whole country. Every proposal in the message is jja practical plan. Every suggestion tas with a serious thought. Its whole effect will be to greatly Increase the jpublic faith in Woodrow Wilson and greatly strengthen international ad miration of the nation's chief. case It was decided .that wholesalers of copyrighted books cannot dictate the retail prices at which these books must be sold. The supreme court is blazing the way for effective anti-trust legisla tion. It Is inconceivable that law should be . effective only In behalf of the few and against the many. There lias been a misuse of the pat ent and copyright laws, and this misuse has been tolerated by the people In spite of the fact that their rights were abridged. President Wilson has called attention to the abuse, showing that the actual ef fect as to patent laws has been to discourage Initiative an) suppress competition. Trust abuses have multiplied largely because the people permitted it The people felt the burden of Increasing prices, but were unable J to locate the cause. Now the entire trust system is being laid bare, and it is notable that the supreme court, whenever it gets the chance, is rul ing against trust methods. OI R STUPIDITY. 0' ANOTHER GREAT LINER L ONDON was recently astltvover the arrival in that seaport of the largest merchant steamer that ever traded at the British . capital. The vessel is the great White Star liner Ceramic, of 18,481 tons, 655 J feet long, 69 feet wide and 43 feet ftdepth of bold. She Is so large that 4n passing through the Tilbury lock to reach the Tilbury dock she has i)ln length but 45 feet of room to fcspare and In width but 10. The ' depth of water over the inner eill 0f the lock Is 3 8 feet and the steam- l fjw'B draught was 31. rjf The Ceramic is to be a regular ffrisitor to the port of London. An ' extension of the Tilbury dock with accompanying sheds for her great length is nearing completion. Her represent arrival was from Australia, I whence she brought a huge cargo of wool, tallow, hides and enormous 1 consignments of frozen meat and butter. J The vessel is the biggest carrier of imperishable food in the Australian trade. She has seven steel decks, elaborate subdivision and an emer gency dynamo on the upper deck t'that will keep the wireless going in Incase of need. Inside of her are 13 .large Insulated compartments for the carriage of perishable produce with lithe prodigious capacity of 310,000 tfgeubto feet. To handle the cargo .there are no fewer than 28 tubular riSeteel decks, and the steam winches wre 29 in number. Amidships are ithe passenger accommodations, pro fvlding quarters for 800 persons. h The arrival of this great liner at the port of London Is of tremendous It-Interest in Portland. The journey Jto Tilbury dock, 25 miles from the PPOSITION Is said to have de veloped in the county board to adoption of the Soniers system of fixing assessment values. It is difficult to understand why. In local governments wo are collect ing more than a billion dollars a year. It is as much in three and a half years as the value of all the gold mined in the United States from 1792 to 1909 inclusive, a period of 118 years. It is more than the cot ton crop, or more than the wheat crop of the United States. Yet, there is no public-, activity In which processes are so haphazard as in assessments. In nothing is there so much guesswork. One Portland addition is assessed at 33 per cent of its selling value, and another at 72 per cent. One piece of property is assessed at one-third of what It sells at, and another at one-tenth. There Is no equality of valuation, because there is no organized or intelligent system of assessing. In every other line we are apply ing efficiency to government. We are changing systems. We are mod ifying arrangements. We are per fecting codes of administration. it is in taxation alone that we have done little or nothing to im prove". We are still guessing at val ues. We are to collect nine million dollars in Portland next Spring, and there are those who want It done by hit and miss. We are going to take nearly $29 out of every $100 of taxable pr6perty In the city, and there are those who want the valua tions that are the basic fact for this great gathering of taxes to be by mere chance, by mere accident, by a happy-go-lucky process. We cannot afford it. We cannot afford to be so stupid. . We cannot afford to permit the taxing power to be used in injustice and immorality Hetehy valley, 140 miles southeast from the Hood River News stating that of the city, and convey the water to 'a rnge had been organised at Park the California motronolis. It is oluu- J1(,0i River, with 61 charter mam a project involving an outlay of br "mUn W largest grange aver imtw t77 oaa aoa wiiiu chartered Jn the state." creation the lake 1. primarily to JSft furnish pure drinking water to Sab worW wl(le t Vot dio take t' rancisco, me supply is aiso to ho any giory rrom us along grange Unas. ntmAr1 hv nnnr nlan.K In February. 1802. I organised Morn ThA llctih-Hnrchv nrnWt has 8tr sTrnge of Linn county with The Hetch-Hetchy project has m memberi th , , oh list been before congress in various i the state up to that time. o far as forms for a number of years. It i am informed. The largest srranaro in has been fought persistently by peo-' Teon nttw ,B Evening star vt Portland. . . . . , it he succeeding: summer that srrana-a pie interesiea in preserving nc built a fins hall. S( somite rara in us entirely, cmot nrt Saturday in April. 1908. Linn among whom is John Mulr, the county Council, P. of H was entertained naturalist, who has expressed the ?,y orrVn Str- whloh National , i, .. , ,1,. tt.,u 1 1 ,,,. ,, master Aaron Jones was an honored opinion that the Hetch-Hetchy valley g.ueHt To 8how wn4t fran), banquet is the most beautiful woodland spot was provide! and how grangers "do in the world, and should be saved in inuigs, zs dirrerent kinds of cake were All Ha vlrirln nnlndnr "erved and an equal number of different -- J .T. L .. .... Ple uonservauonisis are aivmeo on, Oojng; from Linn to Yamhill countv. tne subject. everai organizations we organized Dayton grange with 101 Interested in the Dreservation of enarter members, the national master scenery are opposed to the project. JjF&hJJS These opponents have brought pres- tn.ry. in February, 1909, Banner grange sure to bear upon senators. The of Scio. Linn county, was organised argument is being used that San w,t1' 204 chrtr members, claimed to Francisco can secure an adequate. rLSttlffTSBi water supply from other sources, as most of the work was done under my and that as the bill now stands ir- direction; but at the third and final rigation water users in the valley 18ln 1 waa called to Foreat Orove rt t.a on account of the death of my brother, are not protected. It is urged that rvl C. Walker, born at Forest Grove san Francisco snouia not do auowea February 8, 18S0. to Invade a national park, destroy Thus it was that J. H. Scott, county its beauty and impair the rights deputr' cIo1. tne charJe.r of of water users. to the national secretary, It was a San Francisco insists that the city matter of great regret that Banner needs the valley and that Its use will arange aome years later became dor- not in lure Ita heautv i mtMt, also did Dayton grange. Morn- noi injure us oeauiy. , x.. ... H . k,llw.nl WATCHFUL WAITING. E mg star still shines with a light, though not so strong numerically as at first Last Saturday it entertained the Linn county Pomona grange, with a good at tendance, in spite of inclement weather. A very pleasant time was experienced, 7EN as President Wilson faced both houses of congress and discussed his Mexican policy, I . h .v.in, ....i.. ,h rth h far to the southward seven of gree was conferred upon 12 candidates. Huerta'a generals had deserted their j Linn county (ranges extend holiday troops, and were fleeing for the ' fecungs ana a uoa dish you. io tt I j a . , . . , other granges, hoping that 1914 will United States border. Thus besieged ; be the trrandest along all helpful lines city of Chihuahua was falling Into , of all the years of our glorious history the hands of the rebels, and the I m our work, not only to educate and ifwaifi tne American rarroer-Dui. to neip PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF SMALL CHANGE It won't be longer. 'early" to bur them much The congress Is dead. Vive the con grea. a Why not Individual or neighborhood uiu aiorage plants T Jfesjer to feyy pgw, , and perhaps bet . mu Bduw, man uier. a Plenty of turkeys left for Chrlatmas lor an WHO cs i anrl nun arrnrfl tnem. a Will as many as SO nar cant of the vuibib vote next weea? Almost all vol era Should. a Some nawsDaoera want tha nraaidant io leu evervDoav nil n Knows nhnut everytning every day. a a The neODle lnnf venr rafiiaarl tr ahnl mn capnai punishment, yet murders are commuiea just the same. a If Salem Is to remain "dry." there may therefore ba more necessity than j.c. iui tiuio water mere. a a The higher eras or other arond hut not absolutely necessary things become, iiib uiura oo people want tnem. a a As if Americana roulil nut An annnirh kicking; over the new tariff law, some roreigners are complaining about it a a rne waters fine." sav vounar women Bwiininera in ine Willamette. Most people will take their word for it. with out personal experimentation. a a That it la noaalbln for a nerson to have an exaggerated Idea of tha value of egga is indicated by the theft from a store of a large number of eggs and nothing else. a m Mrs. Pankhurst's visit to America, was not in vain, notwithstanding the slight iiention sne attraciea. she picxea up 20.000 to take back with her: not as much as hoped for, but yet worth the a a Some absolute necessities, for some people, principally young women, are so expensive that the cost of llvinr lust can't be kept down. They pay from 14 to is an hour for instruction in the tango dance. OREGON SIDELIGHTS An item reprinted by the Dallas Itemiser from lta issue of November tl, 1887, conveys the information that in that year the state tax levy was 6.8 mills and the total tax for Polk county was 16.8 mills. a a The voters of the Hood River school district have authorized the construc tion of a gymnasium building that may ceal aa much as 110.600 an$ will con-, tain quarters for domestic science anl manual training departments. The Toledo Sentinel man turns up his editorial nose at the Corvallls hen that laid 808 ejegs a year. This unkini men nays: "The editor of this paper an old iron gray hen that fre quently goes 803 days without laying an egg or any kwj. we nave neve.- noticed that she ever misses a meal. however. a William F. Arnold la now editor and manager of the Laplne Inter-Mountain. in nis salutatory ne aoinlis ne may n.v.r .at tha urnrltl An ffrn lull urn. claims that. Just the aame. he's going to keep on lighting matches. He give toxen or Decoming a vigorous Dooster for what he justly calls 'this wonderful country." Eminently correct observation r corded by the meteorologist of tlii Koseburg Review: Only three more weeks until the shortest day of the year. Soon after January l the days win begin to grow oereentlblv loneer. It Is by that, rather than by the sever ity of the weather, that we shall note tne passing, ox tne winter." Now for that coffee house, and every other measure to guarantee work to every resident or mem wno wants to work and has no Job." is the senti ment with which the Salem Statesman inaugurates its part of the campaign for an Institution that has been tried out at Eugene with wonderful eucces.?, and which it is proposed to establish at the capital. Eugene Guard: The Liverpool Cour ier suggests tiiat the presence of th3 Prince of Wales at the opening of tho rename canai wouia receive popular approval of the American people and would obliterate to a great extent thj 111 feeling caused by the refusal of Great Britain to participate in the Panama-Pacific exposition. The Cour ier editor must have an imagination that runs on ball bearings. IN EARLIER PAYS By Krid Lor k ley. RED CROSS SEALS P URCHASERS of Red Cross Seals contribute to no ordinary char ity. It is a mistake to assume that men and women using the seals help only the poor who suffer from tuberculosis. Generous use of the seals will help the afflicted, but it will do more It will assist in a campaign of education, and education is the solution of the tuberculosis problem. The campaign is in progress throughout the United States. It is a campaign having for its object the double purpose of assisting the con sumptive unable to assist himself and of protecting the healthy against infection. Cities impose quarantines against smallpox, measles and diphtheria. Money raised by public taxation is used generously to prevent the 6pread of these diseases. But prop er methods for preventing infection from consumptives are of compara tively modern origin. Organized government has not yet realized its responsibility, nor has it the means to carry on a comprehensive cam paign of education. An effective anti-tuberculosis campaign concerns itself not only about the sick, but its other great ocean, is up tne river 'I names, and ohiocr is to nrevent Ih waII frntn the river Thames is about the size of becoming ill. Carelessness, in most lULn W11Iamette' cases attributable to ignorance, ac- .iu a iuauiuiutu sieamsnip or counts for the spread of consump- whole of northern Mexico bad been abandoned by Huerta's troops. While the nation's chief was tell ing the assembled senators and con gressmen that Huerta's "power and prestige are crumbling, and the col lapse is not far away," the presi dent's words were thunderously em phasized by mounting events and rebel victories south of the Rio Grande. It was as if ordained by fate. The assembling of congress was by acci dent so dated as to stage the mes all the people through our cardinal principles, education, cooperation and sociability, the last often called the grandest. CYRUS H. WALKER, Chaplain Oregon State Grange, Opposing Certain Amendments. Portlatid, Or., no. 2. To the Editor of The Journal The following la condensed version of the proposed char ter amendments referring to street lm provements and paving plant, and Is 1 the exact words of the published edl tlon except for the elimination of lm material parts. "The council shall have power at any time after proceedings for any lm sage at a time when events in Mex- provemeftt have been instituted, and im u'.miil mota ,h nKoailnn a rlnoi oerore lor arterj tne maxing oi as ... . I sessment therefore, to ascertain the auu inuinpniini vinuicauon or me , probable cost of auch improvement, and administration's Mexican policy of ; to provide a fund for the payment, as the work progresses, of such portion of the work as the council may determine, "BUiia fund mnv iBhsJl) ba created bv it was ine oniy poucy mat ior ine ' issuing improvement bonds therefor watchful waiting. It was a policy that could not fail. present could be compatible with civilization, American traditions and national ideals. Its fundamental soundness is expressed In the presi dent's message In these words: Even if the usurper had succeeded in his purposes, in despite of the constitu tion of the republic and the rights of its people, he would have set up noth ing but a precarious and hateful power, which could have lasted but a little while, and whose eventful downfall would have left the country in a mora deplorable condition than ever. It was the keen foresight in the White House that looked beyond im mediate events and vlsioned the wretched occurrences that would have taken -place If Huerta had been permitted to remain in his position unchallenged. He would have been a direct temptation to every revolu tionist in Mexico to have sought by assassination to overthrow him and succeed to the government. He would have been an example to all the countries south of the Rio Grande that constitutions are noth ing), and can be set aside by murder; that republics are nothing, and may be overthrown by artillery; that su preme courts are nothing, and may be abolished by edict of a tyrant; that the legislative branch is noth ing, and legislators may be jailed with impunity by the wave of a despot's hand. The contest between the White House and the Mexican palace has been a contest between an exalted statesman and a drunken desperado. Those who took the side of the des perado blundered. President Wilson's announced abandonment of the customary New Year's reception is the third instance of the kind since Washington. The function was omitted once by Mc Klnley on account of the death of his mother, and once by Cleveland when a death occurred in the cabinet. 18,481 tons plying regularly to tbe port of London through the river Thames, what may not be the bound less port facilities of Portland, reached by the matchless Columbia, the second river in the' United States, and one of the greatest waterways in the world? BLAZING THE WAY tion. The tubercular person does not know how .to live properly. Fresh air and sunlight are neces sary. Nourishing food is an essen tial. The consumptive must be im pressed with the fact that his sputum is the virus which makes others ill, and thatiftder no Con sideration must he spread this dan ger at home or in the streets. HE United States supreme court'. 11 .s wny tne Xa Uross Seal has fl ed an imnnrtant ,wii.. ; ,H n visualizes ine can- tp -aag. w a vaaaa. t JDiyil THE HETCH-HETCHY BILL affecting the copyright laws. Iger of tPe great white Plaue The court says these laws can fot be used in behalf of a copyright monopoly, that the government's purpose in giving an author protec ition which will safeguard his right to revenue from his own production .does not include power to fix in ad- vance the price at which books may S AN FRANCISCO'S demand for the right to draw its water supply from the -Hetch-Hetchy valley In the Yosemita Nation al Park is an issue in the United States RpnatA. A httl ffrnnlinir fhla sj retailed after they have beenlrtght passed the house list Septem ber by a vote of 183 to 43, and the purchased from the publishers. r The decision Is in line with a re EgBt ruling affecting the patent laws, tin that case the supreme court held Jthat when a patented article is sold senate is to vote on the measure next .Saturday. San Francisco wishes to create a 35,000 acre lake in the The estimates for running the federal government the ensuing fis cal year are $1,108,000,000. It is etill true that about 70 per cent of the cost is for past wars and pre parations for wars. What a splen did realization it would be if the swords should be beaten into ploughshares and our battleships be converted into an American mer chant marine! which shall be limited in amount to the probable cost as ascertained by the council; provided, however, that after the completion of any improvement, ad ditional bonds may be sold (no limit) by the council to cover the actual cost. It it be ascertained that such cost is great er than that previously estimated." In the amendment providing for the city paving plant, the following ap pears: i-iaaaaa.' "The council of the otty of Port land is hereby authorised to lay, con struct, or reconstruct street pavement. and to make any kind of street improve ment or repair, and to assess the cost thereof against the property benefited." The extent of the power conferred upon the council in the above sentences is enormous, and while there are some excellent and desirable provisions in the other portions of the amendments. the possibilities of the misuse of the above powers In the future by a council with a mania for extensive paving ex penditures even against the wishes, of the property owner, should be suffi cient reason for defeating the charter amendments conferring such extensive and possibly '"angerous powers. The present system provides at least some security as to the total cost and the quality of the work, which is at least worth the slight saving which it is alleged the proposed system will pro duce. GEO. RAH. Liquid Yeast Recipe. Portland, Or., Dec.' 2. To the Editor of The Journal For the benefit of a recent inquirer, I offer the following recipe for liquid yeast: Take a handful of loose hops and boll in enough water to cover them; also boil some water In tea kettle. Pare and grate three large or four medium sized raw potatoes and add enough flour to take up the moisture. Strain the water from the hops on the potato, and ad enough boiling water to make a little-thicker than very thick starch. Let stand until cool enough not to scald yeast, then add one dry yeast cake dis solved In water and a little less than a half cup of salt and two thirds cup of sugar. Let yeast rise in a warm placo until yeast does not rise any more. I stir It down several times, then put away , in glass Jars. Don't fill Jars too full, lor tbey may run over. Use a large coffee cup of yeast to three loaves of bread, or to start more yeast. After the first, can use aome of this i yeast in place of dry yeast. Keep in a cool, dark place, but do not let freeze. Please tell me how to pronounce "pto maine." Is not the "p" sllentT B. W. C. The colloquial pronunciation is "to main," with accent on the first sylla ble, but the Standard dictionary pre scribes as correct "to-ma-ln," with ac cent on the first syllable, long "a" in the second and short "I" (slight) in the last- Once it was the goose that laid the golden egg. Now that perform ance is regularly pulled off by or dinary barnyard hens. Letters From the People (ComnraDlntiona lent to The Journal for pub. lleition In tbls department should be written oa only one lid of tBe paper, should nut exceed 800 word In lehgtb and must be accompanied by the aame and address of the sender. If the writer does not desire to har the name pub lished, he should ao state.) "Discussion is the greatest of ill reformers. It rationalises everything It touches. It robe principle of (11 false sanctity snd throws them bark on their reasonableness. If they hat no reasonableness. It ruthlessly crushes them out of existence snd etsep it own conclusions In their stead. "Woodrow Wilson. Largest Oregon Grange, I Albany, Or., Dec. 1. To the Editor of The Journal Under the heading, "Oregon Sidelights." in a late Irbua of Hetch-1 your valuable pacer appears an item A Sojourner Gives Counsel. Portland, Dee. 3. To the Editor of The Journal Is it any wonder that the people of Portland are disgusted with the liquor traffic as conducted in this city? The saloon cannot be considered as a necessity. ' The brewery sells plenty of beer, and the landlord gets high rent for the saloon. The stranger who comes to your city sees saloons on four cor ners. That 1b not a boost for Portland. What are you going to do about this brewery and landlord monopoly? Teu had better raise the license to $100 per year. Men engaged in the business Hhould give a bend of 18000 and alee be men'' of good character. Barkeepers Should all be licensed, and required to giye a bond of 11000. The bonding com pany will look to it that the .barkeeper's reputation is good. The Pullman and dining car companies demand bonds, and why should not the .saloon Or hotel man give them? The city of Vancouver, B. C, has no trouble with drunken bar keepers. If they get drunk, it only hap pens once. They lose their licenses and they cannot longer follow the business In British Columbia. If you must have the business, try to make it legitimate. The advertisement throughout the United States, in this one respect, I am sure will help Port land. It will do away with the four THE PEOPLE ARE WITH PRESIDENT WILSON Testifying as to President Wilson's standing with the country at large, Sumner Curtis, Washington correspond ent of the Chicago Record-Herald, writ ing under date of November 24, says: "President Woodrow Wilson is nearing the end of a most extraordinary of ex traordinary sessions of congress, in which all that hesjplanned and expected has not been accomplished, and is ap proaching the opening of a regular ses sion, the results of which are problem atic, with the general good will that ushered in his administration augmented oy? a general confidence that is decid edly significant. 'It seems to be the good forunn of rresiaent wuson to nave inaugurated, mier a long siretcn or nistory. another era or good feeling. There Is no doubt. in fact, as to its Inauguration, and tha omy real question is aevto its duration. ine signs are fair. Here in the high places, it is true, one may hear mutter- ings about probabilities' of a Party smashup over the currency Issue and one may listen to doubts regarding the ad ministration Mexican policy, with some speculation as to whether there is any policy as concerns Mexico; and the Euro pean complications which pessimists foresee. "The significant thing, however, is that back in the trade centers and the rural sections the people exhibit' a feel ing that encourages fehe executive, and the really remarkable feature of the sit uation is that such is the public attitude with respect to a new president bur dened with unusually important prob lems of a character that ordinarily would excite partisanship. "They always say that Washington is the poorest point in the country from which to gauge national sentiment. Let us then do the Judging from what ap pears on the surface here, but from an expression of feeling as voiced from afar. Scores of private letters have been written to persons here by friends in distant states: which shnv that Prul. dent Wilson has the confidence of his political opponents as well as of his po litical supporters of the past. The Record-Herald correspondent has been able to collate many of these letters. and it Is the purpose here to present a few sample excerpts, taken at random. as tending to tell a story that hardly requires comment. "A Judge of the appellate court ef Illinois, writing to a Washington friend, says: 'A prominent Republican politi cian said the other day that he had been in Washington a great deal of late, and that "Wilson is the best president this country ever had." ' From a letter written by a circuit Judge in Wisconsin, a prominent Repub lican, tne following is culled: "Every where I hear commendation of President Wilson. Judging by Wisconsin, he would carry every state in the Union If the campaign were now on.' "Another circuit judge, a former sup porter of Speaker Champ Clark for the presidency, writes: 'Every good Demo crat and citizen must realise that Presi dent Wilson seems to have been raised up by Providence to adjust conditions in this country,' "Here is an Interesting extract from a Utter reoeived in Washington from a lawyer in California: 'As vou ar aware. 1 always havp been a Republican, until the host campaign, when I was com pelled to take sides against Mr. Taft and in favor of the Progressive movement. I had great admiration for Mr. Wil son and an earnest hope, and I may say belief, in his success in the event of his election. I think I may safely say that nobody outside of Mr. Wilson's official family rejoices more over the very re markable success that he is making of his administration than I do.' "A circuit Judge in a middle western state who is an old line Republican, closes letter to a Washington friend: 'Good wishes also to the president Please tell him for me that many watch ful Republicans are coming to regard him as a man of sound heart, good judg ment and courage and they are talking snout it. "Here is another from the middle west: 'AH good people and patriotic clt izens are admiring the president and the manner in walch he handles nubile aues tlons. As far as I can learn his praises ure not only being sung by all well meaning Democrats, but also by well- meaning people belonging to other par ties. 'Another man declares that in his sec tion every one seems exceptionally well satisfied with the administration and expresses the opinion that Mr. Wilson is now even more popular than Roosevelt ever was. "A notable thing in connection with the upholding of the president's hands by the people generally is that it is not hysterical. There does not seem to be any hero worship about it, but just calm, practical confidence that things are in safe hands and belief that the passing of tariff revision legislation without any upheaval In sight such as partisans predicted is an indication of continued fair conditions. "It may be interesting to mention that the friends of the president who have come into possession of written com munications which seem to register tbe pulse of the country have been pleased to lay the evidence of the public senti ment directly before him. It naturally pleases the president and moreover gives nun greater courage to meet the Diob- lems and complications that He directly ahead." saloons on four corners; also drunken barkeepers, while on duty, at least. I do not think it would be expedient to make Portland dry at this time, but the assurance of restriction, faithfully car ried out, would help legitimate hotel investments. You are trying to make Portland a seaport, a real metropolitan city, Jn Pennsylvania we went all through this same movement that is on today in Ore gon. They have had no trouble in Penn sylvania since 1887. Why? The saloons are regulated by law. 'mere is high li cense, with $8000 bonds and 12 citizens signing the application. Licenses are granted and refused by the court a good system. Seattle acted two years ago on tne cor ner saloon. Corners are now reserved for business. Portland will have many strange visitors In the next two years. What are you going to show your guests? Saloons? Witn gooo roans, oeauiuui nomes, wny not harmonize your clty7 What the city ill lose on saloon licenses, tne hotels in the downtown district can afford to pay at 82000 per license. The brewery will put up a large sized kick, but Port land is not Milwaukee. ALEXANDER HUTCHINSON. YOUR MONEY By John M. Oskison. When a company buys land for from $8 to $25 an acre, spendo, say, $50 an acre irrigating and developing it, and then asks yuto pay $600 an acre for it, do you thiflk it likely that you are getting a good bargain? It wasn't more than three or four years ago that promoters of apple or chard lands were doing exactly that thing; and to Judge by the number of acres sold to small investors in the cities a lot of you evidently believed that such a proposition was worth grabbing. . Now is 'arriving the time of regret for your optimism. Let me cite a sen tence from a recent advertisement in the Chicago papers signed by a lawyer who has undertaken to gather facts concerning one apple land promotion In Montana: "It) trying to sell your orchard did you find that you had to compete with old bearing orchards for sale at from $175 to $$00 per acre, and that the value f your land woe nearer $6 to $35 per acre, as originally paid for it by the company, than $500 per acre paid by you?" This man tells of an apple grower who marketed 845 boxes of apples through an association controlled by tbe pro- uiuieis ui meae ianas ror a Traction over 17 cents a box (the boxes them selves cost shout 8 cents). He wants to know how many of the buyers at $500 an acre have given up trying to make a living on the orchards after go ing out to Montana; and he wants to know how many have lost their cash payments after they decided that they had made a bad bargain and still have notes against them outstanding. Here Is suggested the uarlv after math of a boom which was founded on a perfectly healthy desiref the desire of oity people to own productive land in the country. When people can be persuaded to pay $500 an acre for land by promoters who suggest (but never promise) that a profit of $5000 a year will result from a purchase of ten acres, reason has ceased to rule. Yet in tbe long run rea son must prevail. Watch the fading of the dreams of wealth from apples. You will note a good deal or comedy, and the tragedy you see will perhaps serve to warn you that the road to riches is not yet ah easy one to travel. "For more than 60 years I have lived in Salem," said Mrs. Eugene Breyman. "I was 'born In Mannhester, Eng., In 1843. I came witn my parents the fol lowing year, to the United States. We came on a sailing vessel. It took us 40 days to make the trip. When I went aboard the ship I could only creep, but while crossing.. the. oxean. I learned to. walk. "We moved to Iowa, where I lived until I was $1 years old. In 1$61 I came to Oregon, coming by way of the Isthmus of Panama From San Fran cisco to Salem I came by stage. It took eight days. We came in ona nt the old-style Concord coaches with the body mounted on thoroughbraces. Aft er the second night eut I woe so tired I found no difficulty In sleeping. We traveled night and day. The only place where I stopped over night was at Rose burg. "My maiden name was Margaret E. Skalfe. My brother, John Skaife, had come across the plains to Oregon In 1850. Hl eon, Jap Skalfe, who was born while coming across the plains, lives here in Salem. My brother John had a farm on French Prairie, and my sis ter, Mrs. Henry Rickey, lived in Sa lem. I stayed with my sister for two years here In Salem and then went with her to Walla Walla la 1884 rI came back to Salem for a viiit and stayed with Mra I. N. Gilbert. A young man named Eugene Breyman was boarding with Mrs. Gilbert He and his brother had a general merchandise store in the Moores block next to F. LeWa When I returned to Walla Walla Mr. Breyman told me that he was coming up to get me later, and for me to me sny wedding dress ready. "In going baok to Walla Walla I took a boat to Canemah. then I took the mule car which took the passengers around the falls, where we made connections with another boat that took us to Port land. We had to stay all night in Port land, and next mornlnsr boat that took nis to the Cascades There we took the train that too if 11 around the Cascades, making connec tions with tb boat that took us to The Dalles. We had to stay all night at The Dalles and next morning we took the eiuo. -mere we caught a boat which took us to Wallula and from there we took the stage to Walla Walla. "I was married on July 15, 1884. Our wedding tour was our trip from Walla Walla to Salem. Instead of taking the boat up from Portland to Salem we went on the stage. George Thomas was run ning the stage at that tlma The fare for Mr. Breyman and myself was $15 This did not include the dinner at Dutchtown aa they called Aurora at that time. Sometimes It makes me rather disgusted tto hear people com plain about the trip to Portland on the train taking nearly two and a half hours and costing $1.50. "When we first came to Salem we lived Just across from where Supreme Judge George H. Burnett has his hnns on the corner of Liberty and Center streets. In 1866 we moved to the cor ner of Court and Church streets, and I have lived on this corner for 47 years. I remember we thought that Salem was making pretty good strides when we put In some coal oil lamps on some of tha principal business corners. Before that the sidewalks were uncertain, the roads were very muddy and it was a difficult matter to travel after dark J B T Tuthlll put In gas following the oil lamps and now we have beautiful clus ter electric lights. "My particular chums and cronies when I was a young married woman were Sis Waldo, now Mrs. J. C Brown whose son, George G. Brown, la clerk of the state land board, and Mary Mil ler, later Mrs. Judge Kelly. Salem was little more than a village so I soon met and knew all of the people here. Amonc the ones who were here when I came were Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Clark, Mrs. Belle Cook, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Walte, Mrs. Terry, Henry Boone, George H Jones, L. E. Pratt, Governor Woods C Dickison, P. S. Knight, the Moore and Gilbert families, John Minto'e familv the Bolses, the Krafts, David and Aea McCulley, the Waldos. I remember when we came, a young man named J. A. Baker and a number of hie friends serenaded us. "My husband and his brother put In the Breyman memorial fountain on Wil son avenue, about midway between the E. M. Walte memorial fountain and the postofflce. Ab.out the base are two eagles, farther up are buffalo heads and It Is surmounted by the figure of an emigrant shading his eyes and looking westward. In summer that fountain is wonderfully popular with all of th animals, all of the horses and dogs stop there to drink. "My oldest daughter. Lena, married Dr. F. F. Snedecor. They live in Birm ingham, Alabama Minnie married R. P. Boise Jr. They live in Portland Jessie married Charles McNary, who is now judge on the supreme bench- r have been all over Europe several tftnee. during the last few years, but all of the associations or my life are here In Salem, and I come back to Salem be lieving there is no more desirable home city anywhere than the capital city of Oregon." Pointed Paragraphs Some men's religion Is only akin deep. a As a cure, no equal sinecure. patent medicine can A friend Indeed is one who will listen to your troubles. a a No girl Is as Innocent as a young widow can pretend to be. Be sure you are right before telling the other fellow he is wrong. a a A wise widow may hater for a purpose. pose as a man Under the Oregon System. From the Illinois State Register. The people of Oregon on Tuesday en acted by referendum a number of very good laws. The people of that state are the most advanced, in popular gov ernment, of any commonwealth In the union. Plenty and to Spare. The Youth Sir, I came to ask your consent to my marriage with your daughter. The Old Man la your income suffi cient to support a wife? The Youth ir is; and, in addition to that, It Is sufficient to enable me to 1 stand an occasional touch from my wife's father. The Old Man-r-Say no more, .young man. she's yours. Bless you, my sou. A woman with a secret sorrow Is in teresting until she turns It loose. a Nothing pleases some of us more th'an being able to convey bad news to others. r a a If a girl Isn't married at 80, it's up to her to cut out flirtations and get sajrty. a Every man should like his wife's relatives, but we have yet to see a mov ing picture of the man who does. SUNDAY FEATURES Tbe Sunday Journal Magazine offers these compelling fea tures for women readers each Sunday: Patterns for the home dress maker. Suggestions for the. needle. woman. Hints on home economy. Talks on health and bounty. Sunday Journal Magazine