THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL', PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER '" 8, 1913.
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' As our ideal becomes loftier,
;.0 does It bccume morn real;
nd tlie nobler our soul, the
.Jess does It dread that it meet
not a soul of Us stature; for it
must iiavc drawn near unto
truth, in whose neighborhood
all tMnes must take caro of
)Hu greatness. Maeterlinck,
WI1V IS A CZAIl?
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T OUGHT to be plain to them (the
city commissioners) as it is to the
public, that the power of dominat
ing the commission was placed with
the mayor, and with the mayor
alone, with the intention that It should
be used. Oregonian. t,
, Where are all those czar-like pow
ers attributed to the mayor when
the commission charter was pending
for adoption last April? Where Is
that autocratic executive with im-i
perlal authority which the Oregoni
tn and Mr. Lombard, Baid was cre
ated in the new charter?
In the commission charter cam
paign, some timid people were made
to believe that tho proposed mayor
would be a dictator. In their im
aginings, some nervous pwsons were
led to fear that in his omnipotence
ttie' hew jnayor under commission
government might order out the
' militia;; imprison the commission
ers, howstring the police, suspend
the charter, confiscate the city hall
and declare the governor under a
state of siege.
" I tow strange now to hear the Ore
gonlan calling upon the mayor to
bo more imperious, more formidable,
more awesome, more Cromwellian,
more Napoleonic. The paper that
sounded the note of alarm over the
mayor's tremendous authority in
ApriV.is, Pleading in December with
the mayor to be more czar-like.
-.It;-is Insisting that this be, not a
Dieck administratiorir or a Daly ad
ministration! or a Brewster admin
istration, or a Bigelow administra
tion, but etrlctly an all-Albee ad
ministration. It, is calling on him
not to be one of "five little mayors,"
but a -super mayor, a crackerjack,
a soul-twister.
, It"-, would --clothe . bis neck with
thunder, and make the glory of his
nostrils terrible. It would have him
paw . In thjB. vallejV and rejoice in
his. strength, and mock at fear and
- swallow the .ground in fierceness
and rage. It would have him smell
the tattfirafar off, and say among
the '"trumpets, "Ha ha!" and laugh
at the thunder of the captains and
the shoutings.
But it can never be. The Ore-
; gonian cannot make of our Albee a
- Caesar or an Alexander. The com
mission charter clothes the mayor
, with no czar-like powers.
lie has no veto. He has no power
of patronage. He has no authority
' over the commissioners.
. lie has one vote. It is worth
Just as much as the vote of a com
missioner, and no more.
It Is vain for the Oregonian to
call ', upon Mayor Albee to be the
whole administration. The charter
forbids. We are under commission
government, not one-man power.
sctments are Illustrative of a grow-J intimidation of a particular interest?
Ing tendency to hold saloonkeepers In private attain every new in
responsible for the manner in which i vention and labor saving method in
they sell intoxicating liquor. That volvlng progress is made use or.
accountability extends not only to i Worn out machinery is sent to the
immediate consequences, but also Ijuuk pile, employes are discharged,
to ultimate results. I During the readjustment many suf-
.. 1 ', ; 1 i fer but in the end there is more
isavinc fn one direction makes oittm-
lihUE ougnt to be a way inlin28 for neater exDciiditures in
tnis town, lor tno poor man 0tbrs
If tho city can save at a bargain
sale tho salary and expense of ono
man the amount saved may be used
in employing two more men in an
other department of city work.
It is tho listening to tho plea of
the Inefficient and the disregard of
waste through other forms of leak
nge which makes city government
expensive.
It is the pressure of special in
terests on municipal authorities
which is the bane of municipal ao-
T
with a few dollars of savings
to get hfs money Into home
bonds.
Nearly a million dollars of the
money of the Portland poor is
now on deposit In the postal savings
bank. It draws but two per cent
interest. In a Portland bond it
would bring two or three times as
much interest, and be just as safe.
Most of this great sum was
brought out of hiding. It was timid
money. It was put into the postal
savings bank because of faith that
the government would pay.
There should be the same faith
in a Portland bond. There is no
safer Investment. It stands on the
same basis in the great financial
centers as the bonds of the city of
New York, which Is accounted one
of the best municipal bonds in the
world.
By the present process of selling
bonds, the small investor has little
chance to obtain a Portland bond,
except by paying a profit to middle
men. It is planned by the city com
mission to arrange for a portion of
each issue to be sold over the coun
ters at the city treasurer's office as
has been dono in many cities with
great success. To favor such a
plan in tomorrow's election, vote
120 yes.
To have these bonds sold In whole
or in part at homo would mean,
1 Much hoarded money would
be brought from secret hiding
places and put In circulation.
2 The interest would go to Port
land people and not be cent to dis
tant investors.
3 The process would create a
local market for home bonds and
make Portland largely independent
of foreign buyers.
4 A new form of Investment
would be opened to small investors,
and in which their savings would be
earning interest instead of lying
idle and hoarded.
5 A new relation would be es
tablished between the city govern
ment and thousands of citizens,
through which the latter would
hereafter take a new interest in
city affairs and bo concerned in hav
ing a government of efficiency.
tivity and tho cause of its excessive
cost.
YOU OWK IT
T
HE charter amendments offered
In tomorrow's election repre
sent endeavor by the city com
mission to better the processes
of government in Portland.
In this laudable effort, there
ought to bo cooperation by the peo
ple. There should be a good vote.
The responsibility ought not to be
shifted to the other fellow.
The citizen who stays away from
the polls and howls bis head off af
terward about bad government is a
false alarm. He Is a four fluaher.
He is a humbug.
No man who absents himself from
the polls has a right to complain
about government. He has no right
to shriek about tho cost of being
governed.
Several fmportant measures are
on tomorrow's ballot. The popular
bond measure, 120 yes, is a splen
did chance and ought to pass. The
bonding amendment, 100 yes, is
highly Important and should go
through overwhelmingly.
All elections have their import
ance. They do not come around
often. They require but a few min
utes of time from the voter.
Be a conscientious citizen and
cast your vote tomorrow. You owe
that much to the city commission.
.amendment la . approved by the
voters It will bring about lower
contract prices by permitting wider
competition on local Improvement
work. It will result in a substantial
saving to the taxpayers by per
mining improvement bonds to be
retired as fast as money for retir
ing them comes into the city treas-
ryi -wffi -penariSe TSffiafflSgSmF
tors who now use the city's credit
for promoting their operations, the
speculators not even putting up a
red Cent to discharge their obliga
tion to the city. Vote 100 yes.
Dr. O. P. 8. Plummer Is dead.
This announcement brings . to tho
mind of the old resident of Port
land the picture of a gentle, white
haired man of kindly face always
old but ever young. Dr. Plummer
lived a natural life and died a
natural death. Modestly aud with
out ostentation he discharged his
duty as father, neighbor and citizen
and when night came he lay down
to sleep, passing without pain into
eternal rest, leaving his works to
follow him.
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
Letters From the People
SMALL CHAXQK'
Well. going to vote?
That great bridge Is sure to come.
nvtUw..4wwkAitfMtJajtvwaterKlKon
yet? - -
The cot of living Is what one or
more mane u.
Earth will never be heaven until taxes
ore eliminated.
The independent furmw la the bestr
orr man. after all..
4
No man who doesn't work somehow
can he really healthy
There is even time yet to helD make
a Kooa record ror this 13 year.
Many people Just' bunt trouble; about
ou want to do governor or Oregon.
The man who requires three fresh
egga for breakfast needs an Income.
O, we're bettor off, maybe, than the
people who have nothing but sunshine.
.
Heally, President Wilson, from one
potnt -of - vtew, -resembles former Presi
dent Andrew Jackson; yet how differ
ent, too.
Now that paper is being made from
OREtiON SIDELIGHTS
Tho Cornelius Trlbuno says Santa
Clatta U u home lover and haces mall
otdor houaes.
a a
IN EARLIER DAYS
B Fred Luckier.
V.My grandfather came to Oregon la
145," .said Senator Fred W, Mulkey of
Portland. "Tho following year be went
Editor John T. Bell bf the NewberK . bat ? family. In the spring
nApj4oM.Juit(tx;lli!Atfi(J Jthe..eo.l or 1847 ho gtarted with his family anj
country Journalism, and apparently hax n,.ttA ii Mi ,,, , ,
no regret that lie look the step. ' ?le"a valley. My! father. Marion 1
Mulkey, was 11 years old at tho time.
Poking fun nt bis fellow townsmen. They settled a mile and a half from
the Smudging Pot man Of the MecKord Corvalljs. Next fall the fall ef 48 a
8un savs:. "The next local Bjcltatory 1 ,,.! ,.. , , , . A ..: .
cyeionc over nothing in particular will tv,rt T. ... . . i a Z. l,T ou"er
center about a new poMtof flee location.,0"' where gold hud Ifeen discovered.
An cast of the track citizen could never ro1m " reports brought back of Uli
get his mall on the west sldo and be blgh prices paid for all supplios my
nappy, and vico rm." grandfather decided to drive some beof
' ' . , eale down tu the mines.
Oonil rrucds nroirrfna in thus enroni- 1 Mv c. ti,o ....... ,., , ,
cled by the Lent. Herald: "About a ! w,f j f "t"' VS "f" tnm
niiRrte? aer of mild has been dlsnosed . "'m t0. ne.'P a,lvo cattle. Tho
6f and the surface of the road is now!clt" urot.gnt .Dig prices.
Grandfather heard so manv roMiFi.
of miners returning to the WUlametta
Valley with gold dust being "held.up",
that ho decided the safest piaa was tu
load a pack horse with gold dust re-
Boost in Astorlan's 307year-go col- " V'" 01 c"uo 1d
umn, written long berore the terms : - j J"" "y iave me gout
"boost" and "knock' were Invented: ; home. He didn't think anyone Would
"The way to build up a town is to be-1 suspect a. boy traveling alone of having
in right The new drainage wells will
dispose of standing surface water and
there is no reason why the stree's
should not be reasonably clean and
wholesome tho next year."
lleve in it become insplrtd with a faith
that there is a. future for it: and for
every citizen to lend a helpng hand,., to
make it what it ought tor be. This, in
brief, is local pride it is local public
spirit that does not hesitate to make a
ADOPT THIS AMENDMENT
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ItEGL'LATE COLD STORAGE
A
T
ANOTHER LIOUOK CASE
I HE United States supreme court
will decide whether a state law
making a saloonkeeper liable
for the creation of drunkards
, Is constitutional. Mrs. Charles Bul
ger of Lincoln, Nebraska, won $2760
damages from two saloonkeepers. on
" allegations that they 'made her hus
band an habitual drunkard. The
case was tried in the Nebraska
courts under a law making saloon
keepers responsible' for .any injury
caused by their sales of liquor.
1 - The federal supreme court will
review the case on the contention
that the Nebraska law is" unconstitu
tional. It is urged that as long as
states recognize liquor selling as
legitimate by the issuance of saloon
' licenses, it is not fair for the legis
latures to shift the burden of re
; 6pbnsibilty .f6r the conduct of cus
tomers to the saloonkeeper's shoul
ders. JMuch importance attaches 'to the
appeal.. Laws-in at least two other
states, Illinois and New York, per
mit similar suits, but only a few
persons have taken advantage of
. thenJ.' Less than a month ago six
children in Illinois secured a ver
dict of $5000 against three saloon
keepers. Tt was proved' that the
children r were "'often without food
, while their father was intoxicated
in the saloons. "
, The Nebraska liquor dealers say
they are' merely filling- the role of
purveyors to the public wants, that
no -man need drink unless he wants
to, and that in any event they
should not be held responsible for
the consequences, provided no po
lice regulations' are violated.
jbe other side of the argument
is that whoever "engages in a dan
gerous occupation or deals in com
modities of a dangerous character
must be held strictly accountable! for
his actions, -H Is an old ; doctrine
of law, fffeclite !n-many useful ac
tivities. . . " .
Tho ''Nebraska law and similar en
. . r fr - - !
DRASTIC bill providing for
the control of cold storage has
been introduced in congress by
Representative McKellar of
Tennessee. It is now before tho
house committee on interstate and
foreign commerce, atid its Import
ance comes from the fact that the
attention of national law makers
has been called directly to storage
evils.
The bill provides for close fed
eral control of food products so
far as the cold storage plants are
concerned. It proposes not only to
regulate, but to penalize agree
ments for storage, pooling, division
of territory, interference with com
petition, or other restraints of trade
in food stuffs. It provides fines as
high as $5000 and imprisonment
ranging - from' six months to ten
years.
Among other provisions, the bill
says that beef cannot be kept in
cold storage longer than seven
months, veal two months, pork or
mutton four months, poultry or
game three months, fi3h two months,
and ecus three to six months. It
Is also provided that all cold stor
age articba must be labeled with the
dates of production, killing, pack
ing or manufacture, and the period
of storage.
The house committee should give
the bill full consideration, for it
places the burden of proof where
it should be. If the proposed regu
lations and penalties are too severe,
It is up to the food gamblers to
prove the fact.
A USURER IX PRISON
N'
EVV YORK'S appellate court
ha3 decided that Daniel H.
Tolman, known In many cities
as the king of the loan sharks,
must spend six months in prison.
Technicalities did not save him from
punishment tor cnargmg zuu per
cent interest on a loan to a man
in distress.
Tolman resorted to all the Jug
glery and squirming which high
priced lawyers could invent. He had
been caught in the law's trap, and
he sought to keep out of jail by con
tending that the actual offense was
committed by a woman employe,
acting without his knowledge or
consent. The court held that Tol
man received the advantage of the
transaction, that the woman had no
incentive to bleed borrowers, and
that Tolman must accept the pun
ishment as he had accepted the
profits.
The decision upholds the verdict
of a lower court which refused to
be persuaded by the sophistry of
Tolman's lawyers. That court placed
the blame for usury where It be
longs, and it directed that the usurer
be placed where he belongs.
SOME SUGGESTIONS
GAN a city government be con
. ducted on the same impersonal
lines that a successful private
business is? Can it submit
employes to the . cold test of effi
ciency? .Ought It be made to suf
fer from excessive cost through -the
HARTER amendment No. 114,
yes, relating to the sale of pub
lic utility certificates, should
be adopted. The charter now
authorizes the sale of these certifi
cates for the original purchase or
construction of public utilltlos.
The only purpose of the amend
ment is to mako the certificates
available for tho extension, enlarge
ment or reconstruction of public
utilities already owned and operated
by the city. There Is nothing hidden
in the measure.
No sane person would put his
money into a business undertaking
and tie his hands so that needed
improvements or extensions could
not be financed. But that Is Port
land's present position as to public
utilities.
The theory of these certificates
i3 sound. Any public utility should
pay its own way. Both the cost of
original construction and the cost of
extensions or reconstruction should
be met by the utility itself. In other
words, the voters should Insist that
public utilities be self-sustaining.
The cost of water mains should
not be met by proceeds from gen
eral bonds. All such charges should
be against the water department, to
be met by earnings of the depart
meht. That is the purpose of the
proposed amendment.
Vote 114 yes.
(Comnitirilcationa aent to Ilia Journal for nob-
llotlon in tula department should be written on
only one aide ot tbe pr, abould not eacood
a 00 wurd lu lungth and must be accompanied
by the name and add rex of tbe aender. If the
writer doea not dvalre to baa tot name pub
lished, da ibould so atate.)
"Olirdulon la tbe a-reatrst of all reformer.
It ratlonalitea CTerjrtbliig It toucbei. It rob
principle! of all false aauctity and throwa tbem
back on tbelr reaaonablenew. If they bare no
raaaonablenraa. it rothlotsl crushes tbem out
of existence and acta up Its owu conclusion to
tueu- teu. ' Woodrow Wilson.
Wants More for Markets.
Portland, pr.t Dec. 8. To the Editor
of The Journal If a tithe of tho money
expended on fancy driveways and the
beautiful in Portlund could bo used In
erecting half a doen public markets.
It would add moro to the general health,
welfare and well being of the citizens
of this beautiful city than all the
hygienic and other high sounding reso
lutions ever passed. Appropriations are
nitulo ft. r some nwessury .improvements
and fur others that could wait until
the taxpayer has a hearing. AVith an
increasing valuation and a 33 per cent
tax raise, as well as less employment,
and in some instances a lower wage, it
mlicht act his a stimulant to greater ex
ertion. But it is a million for pleasure
and $25,UOO for a public market, if the
charter amendment wins. This is
enough to build one ordinary market,
for at least 200.000 people, living on 50
square miles of territory. If it is so
voted, it must run the gauntlet of the
middleman's opposition before it can be
utilized to help many people, who feel
keenly the high coat of existence.
It is safe to say that nine of every
ten people would vote a tax to build at
least six markets, but, liko the audi
torium location, it would be a risk that
some interests would not be likely to
tolerate. The basic principle of a dem
ocratic government Is the greatest good
to the greatest number. The present
liabilities, with a stiff tax, will no
doubt render many of the small homes
untenable by the present occupants. The
awakening of Seattle should be a warn
ins- Stop, listen, look! . Something
might lrop. A JOURNAL RKAbER
i cornstalks, let some genius proceed to present sacrifice in the faith tbat it
convert yesterday a newspapers into l win mane me town jn wun-n wj "
cattle food. I In some way better in the future.
JEREMIAHS IN CONGRESS
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MOVIES AS KDUCATOKS
D1SON says that moving pic
tures will revolutionize educa
tional methods. He Is col
lecting films which will show
plants growing, flowers springing
into bloom and people from all por
tlons of the world engaged in their
daily occupations.' He insists that
in this way education will be made
a pleasure of youth; that boys and
girls will learn more and remember
more of what they learn
Edison may be right about It. In
New York the other day a set of
reels from Germany was exhibited
The life of Richard Wagner was pic
tured In a succession of scenes rep
resenting episodes in his career; Tbe
great German composer was first
shown as a boy, then as a beginner
in music, each scene picturing the
Joys, struggles, tragedies and suc
cesses In Wagner's life.
Many noted singers and musicians
were in the audience. Most of
them knew intimately tho works of
Wagner, but many confessed ig
norance as to tho story of his life.
They learned it in two hours, and
the chances are they will not for
get what they learned.
Most people find biographies tire
some. The number of people who
voluntarily choose books of history
is lamentably small The tendency
of the times Is to take our reading
la tabloid form, or to read only that
which especially pleases. As a re
sult, people are; going without one
phase of-education which was once
considered essential.
The New York ; incident goes to
prove Edison's claim that moving
pictures will be a great aid to edu
cation. If they can bath interest
and - teach groWn people, they can
do the same for youth, r,
li 1 ,
, Three propositions, j all, affecting
the welfare. of taxpayers, as a whole
and also the welfare of individual
property owners', i dominate charter
amendment &o.y lQfl yea., If , .this
The Case of Chamberlain.
Portland, Dec, 8. To the Editor of
The Journal Much is being said in re
gard to the Chamberlain affair. It is
said he will be thrown out upon the
world jobless end penniless at the age
of 72, after serving his country faith
fully for many years. If this bo true,
shame on the state of Oregon! But if
we go a little further we find that con
gress passed a bill allowing soldiers
who fought In the Civil war for a
rerlod of 90 days or over, and has an
honorable discharge, J30 a month at the
age of 72 years, and the government
provides a good homo in addition. How
many thousands of able bodied young
men would like to have the same re
sources? A maxim old and good, "Live
and let live," expresses my feelings
thoroughly. I am closely related to the
late war. My elder brother, not yet
17, gave his life to free the black and
enslave the white slaves. I served in
company B, Second Washington volun
teers in tho Spanish-American war, yet
I do not feel entitled to any privileges
In this competitive system, over my
fellows. At the age of 72, it seems to
me, H a good time to retire from all
laborious duties, and give way to thos i
who have little mouths to feed and
little bodies to clothe if we felt sure
those would get the Job;, but too often
it is the fellow with a political pull
that gets tho position.,
FKANCI8 I. GAMMON.
Is Stcrilixation the Only Way?
Oregon City, Or., Doc. C. To the
Editor of The Journal In The Journal
of December, there was a letter from
a man who seems to think there is no
way to obtain desired results' save by
sterilization. That plan works all
right for tho lower animals, but we do
not belong to that class. We are itij
telligent beings, and can be controlled
by law and order, and I believe that
when the great mass of the people get
a chance to study this matter intelli
gently they will agree that steriliza
tion of the human race Is a very un
necessary and also a very barbarous
way of controlling them. One of its
worst features is the leverage it gives
a moan, designing man or woman over
another person. It could bo used ns
one of the most degraded and powerful
moans of blackmail. The more an in
telligent person studies this matter the
mote he will be in favor of regulating
it by strict medical examination of
both sexes before marriage, and by
strict laws, assisting the medical ex
aminations. 1 think I would not advise
prohibiting marrlago In all unfavorable
examinations, for we all llk6 to have
companions, especially In our eld ac
and lu sickness, but I would strictly
forbid these unions with young. women,
or of young women. , .
tiEORGK J1ICINBOT1IAM.
From the New York Evening Post.
Political prophets are . constantly
coming to grief, and the words of their
outgivings are as the crackling of thorns
under a pot. The making of all Import
ant legislation . Is accompanied by
prophecies of evil from the minority
party. The makers of lamentations arc
not silent at this Juncture. On the
floors of congress and elsewhere the
present day descendants of Jeremiah
beat their breasts and rend their gar
ments as they foresee and foretell the
effects of currency legislation.
Not long ago John Skelton Williams,
assistant secretary of the treasury, had
occasion to take notice of theso regu
larly recurring phenomena. His mem
ory took htm back to 1SS7, when Cleve
land was president and the bill to create
the Interstate commerce commission
was pending in congress. He searched
the records and found some contempora
neous comment on the interstate com'
merce bill, some of which has curious
resemblance to present criticism of the
impending change in the currency sys
tern. Here are some of the extracts
from newspapers and speeches of 1887
expressing the sentiments of some of
those who "viewed with alarm."
Senator Nelson Aldrlch of Rhode
Island, discussing the then pending in
terstate commerce bill, said:
"What I find fault with is that, in
order to cure evils which are apparent
to the farmers of Illinois or Michigan,
you propose to demoralize the whole
commerce of the country; you propose
to establish an arbitrary, unjust, un
reasonable, impractical rule, which
while it will do what you Bay, will do
much more."
The Congressional Record quotes Sen
ator Piatt of Connecticut, as follows:
"It seemed to me, with mx knowledge
of the history of the management ofJ
railroads, and with my knowledge oT
legislation upon this subject, that the
result would be an immediate rate war
by ' all the railroads of the United
States."
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, in ex
pressing his disapproval, said:
"Here is a proposition' which, In my
judgment, would be destructive to great
business interests in the country, es
pecially to the export business of the
principal city of the state which I rep-
r resent."
And Senator Leland Stanford of Call,
fornta is quoted as follows:
"If this bill shall become a law its
consequences will be most disastrous.
In my judgment, to the varied business
interests of the country."
Congressman Hanbeck of Kansas was
equally pronounced in his opposition.
The Congressional Record quotes him
as saying:
."My judgment leads me to believe
that the legislation proposed by the bill
in question will be fatal to the best in
terests of my state, as well as to the
whole country.
"I think it is safe to say that these
great lines of industry, the product of
capital and the employer of labor, ought
not to be interfered with, as they will
be by the provision of this bill."
The opinion entertained by the Repub
lican leader at that time. Representative
Charles II. Grosvenor of Ohio, is
summed up In the following words:
It will unsettle rates, disorganise the
Industries of the country, and thus force
a reconstruction of systems of produc
tion. In the meantime labor will suf
fer, the farmers' products will lack a
remunerative market, and uncertainty
will discourage industry. It is a dan
gerous stride toward a centralisation
of power In the hands of the few to the
hindrance, vexation and permanent In
jury of the many."
Certainly, no railroad manager, Invest
or in railway securities, or shipper
would desire today to have the inter
state commerce commission abolished
or its powers abridged. Indeed, the
whole tendency of legislation In recent
years has been in the direction of in
creasing the powers of the commission
and broadening the scope of its Influ
ence and activities.
ferred to, Is a revelation that here Is a
social condition among us 'demanding
a remedy. Free advertising may help
a few to find work, but their industrial
dependence goes on and injustice con
tinues. Currency reform, temperance
reform or. any other reform will not
remove the dependence of the workers.
Nothing but a constitutional revolu
tion that establishes industrial inde
pendence can do that How long will
society be blinded by politics which is
the god of the world? How long. Oh
Lord, how long? The industrial de
pendence of tho workers is tho slh of
the political age, A repentance that for
sakes and rejects the sin is the only
repentance that is worth w-hlle. When
that time comes the industrial age will
have displaced the political age, and
Independence, righteousness and peace
will flow like a river and the soft sld?
of a pine board will not be the dlsidera
tum of the worker.
D. M. BROWER, M. D.
Melba and Kubcllk.
Portland. Dec. 6. To tho Editor of
The Journal As regards the Melba-
Kubelik concert, was it such a dlsan.
pointment as J. L. V. In his criticism
In Friday's Journal would have us be
lieve?
Certainly Madame Mclba gave us none
of her coloratura work; there was noth
ing of a florid style, and this must have
been disappointing indeed to those who
eatne expecting a display of vocal pyro
technics. But the exquisite beauty of
her voice was brought out more than
once during the evening, even though
she lacked her characteristic warmth.
As for Kubelik, it is true that most of
his numbers we have all heard at re
citals; but have we heard them as well
played?.
Perhaps, when an artist has been ad
vertised as the "Wizard of the Violin."
the public is expecting a "Paganlnl' to
appear and perform all sorts of gym
nastics upon the instrument. But lsn t
it more a measure of true artistry, to
play something within the reach, tech
nically, of the average player, with a
tone of extreme delicacy and sensuous
beauty and such, to my mind, was
Kubellk's tone han to go through with
any number of difficult tricks.
W. M. E.
up, found It to be a dry, sandy,
rocky bluff, and never went back to
it again, consequently never got any
good out of It, has he still the right
to file on a homestead?
PROSPECTIVE HOMESTEADER.
He is entitled to reffTeon another
homestead if he did not relinquish
his former homestead for a valuable
consideration. However, the one who
seeks this information apparently
violated the law, though doubtless
without positive fraudulent Intent, if
the Impression formed from his letter
is correct; because the homestead af
fidavit, to which the applicant swears,
contains a statement that the appli
cant has seen the land, knows where
it is, and is desirous of taking up a
homestead on that particular tractj
YOUR MONEY
By John RI. Osklson.
AVKh "pine Board" at a Text.
Ashland, Dec. 5- To the Editor of
The Journal I 'would like space for
comment, on a news article in The
Journal of December 2. headed "The
Soft Hide of a Warm Pine Board." To
some the article may have beeri amus.
Inn. but to me It spells tragedy. How
anyone with red . blood in him. can read I
it without going red is amazing. The
sight of the unemployed unable to find
work la common, like ' sickness and
death, and we are so used to seeing
them that we are utterly, unconcerned
unless our own houses are Invaded.
Otherwise we pass unemployment as a
matter of course, and ' Unavoidable.
However, sickness and death, except in
the very young end extremely aged.
are avoidable, and. except for our so
cial or collective sins, could be avoided
except In very rare cases. Who would
dare to say that unemployment and
poverty, except - in- the- ca of - "the
physically or mentally infirm, of which
there ale but few, cpuldbenot avoided?
The economic or industrial depend
ence of a strong, moral man advertising
for work even when : the ad. is given
gratis as revealed in tho article . rc-
Question ns to Citizenship.
McMlnnville, Or., Dec. 6. To the
Editor of The Journal I wish to pre
sent to you a question relating to
citizenship. A family moved from the
the , United States to Mexico and
resided there about six years. Two
children were born in this family
there. Tho boy was three years old
when they returned to tho United
States, of which country Is he a citizen?
A SUBSCRIBER.
If the parents retained "their citizen
ship while out of this country, , the
children are citizens of the United
States. The parents retain their cit
izenship while out ef the country if
thev are natives of the United States.
If they are naturalized citizens of the
United States, to retain ineir citizenship-
while in a foreign country they
must register this intention with a
consular agent or ' othetj representa
tive of this government In the country
where they - are residing. Otherwise
they automatically expatriate them
eelves.l ,
A Homesteader's Right.
. Portland, .' Peo 6. To the . Editor
of The Journal: Please answer through
The Journal .the following question:
If a man 25 or - 30
Induced to' v,, flirt ,on a homestead
without first seeing the land; then,
after going and hunting the - land
In one of Alice Brown's New Eng
land stories (and stories which reflect
admirably the shrewd, long-headod
country type of man and woman), a
young man explains why he and his
uncle quarrelled:
"I was engaged to a girl down to the
Gorge. She's pretty ambitious. She
wanted to get on faster'n I thought I
could, no matter how hard I worked.
So she went to Uncle Cyrus, unbeknown
to me, an' told him we'd like a part of
what he was goin' to leave ma We'd
like it quick, so's I could buy some
timber land I wanted."
"Well," commented the practical girl
to whom the young man was confessing
this, "I guess your uncle didn't liko
that very well."
"No," the young man agreed. "He
thought I'd sent her. He told me so,
an' we had a row. "
The practical young woman asked
how the girl who had gone to Uncle
Cyrus for money for her glance noW
felt about her experiment.
"Oh her!" said the young man scorn
fully. "1 ain't troubled myself to find
om now sne reit. -.wnyj. Bpchuha T
ain't no interest in her, that's why. Do
you h spose i a tninK , twice about a
girl that would do a trick like that?"
As I read this, I wondered what
would happen tt a lot. of corporations
railroad and industrial if the nn
of money ln this country took the same
level-headed view of their demands for
capital to ouy something which they
can't afford, but which they believe
would be profitable.
For that young man on a New Eng
land farm the attempt of his girl to
forestall tho future ln order to get
some of its blessings for the present
marked her Instantly as undesirable.
His standard of virtue, in a money
sense, was simple and high.
I am afraid, however, that the young
man's Standard is not very widely held
Cities, corporations, firms, and Indi
viduals are growing mora on r
reconciled to the Idea of collecting in 1
advance and leaving to a later genera
tion th Job of squaring things. It is
a bad way to get Capital to finance yourself.
treasure. TThoUgh my father was nniv
13 years old, boys were taught respon
sibility in those days and he made th
trip from the Sacramento Valley to 'the
Willamette Valley alone and in safety.
VIn the middle fifties my father went
to Forest Grove, where he became a
student under Professor Marsh. John
W. Johnson, who later became the first
president of the University of Oregon,
and my father were schoolmates. Mar
shal Kinney at the Portland hotel can
tell you allabout those days, as ho
was a Htudcnt there also.
"My father and J. W. Johnson went
to Yale together, being graduated in the
class of 1862. Father met and married.
Mary E. Porter, of New Havon. ,
"Shortly after his marriage word
came to him of tho death of his father,
so he same at once to Portland to settle
tho estate. Ills bride followed him
shortly, coming by the Isthmus of Pa.
nama. Father studied law with JiMia.
Shattuck. He was admitted to the bar
in 1864. He became chief deputy for
John F. Caples, the district attorney.
For a while ho was in partnership witn
W. Lair Hill. lnplS68 ho was elected,
district attorney.
"My grandfather was one of the rich
est men in Oregon at the'tlmo of his
death.
"The winter of '61- 62 was very se
vere. On Saturday, Jan. 4, tho stat.e
left Walla Walla for The Dalles. Joh i
D. Jones of Walla Walla, was the Wells
Fargo express messenger. Among tho
passengers wer0 I. E. Jagger, 28 years
old, a clerk in John R. Foster's hard
ware store and a son-in-law of It. It.
Thompson of Portland, W. A. Mood,
Dr. Jas. Gay and 11. B. Miles, all of
Eugene, Charles Wilson of Salem, T 3.
Jeffries of Bethel, Polk county, and
several others. They reached John
Day on January 8. where they found
poor accommodations. They stayed
there several days. My grandfather and
several others joined the party at Joha
Day. My grandfather had taken in and
sold to the mines a herd of cattle and
was bringing out 25 or 30 pounds of
gold dust. On January 12. 1862, James
uay, w. a. Moody. T. M. Alphin and
Pat Davis started on foot for Deschutes.
On Wednesday, January 15, John D.
James, the Wells Fargo messenger, se
cured a wagon and six Worses and
started for Deschutes. In his party
were I. E. Jagger, H. Wellington, H. S.
Miles, Dongal McDonald, J. 13. Glover,
R. Bolton, T. S. Jeffries and my grand
father, Johnson Mulkey. They left John
Day at 8 o'clock In the morning. The
snow was four feet deep and the coll
was Intense. Most 6t the men had
belts of gold, and James had vef 300
pounds of gold dust in the Wells Fargn
treasure chest. By noon three of t.ie
horses were exhausted and had to b-j
abandoned. The travelers held a coun
cil of war. John James, with Bolton
and Wilsdn, returned to John Day and
trlerl in nArunn,lA 1 1 . n . i ,
also. The three men who went baeic
stayed at Tom fe'eott's douse till Sat
urday, Jan. 18, when they started
again. They got to The Dalles on Jan.
20, and found that none of the rest of
the party who had pressed on afoot
had arrived. C. H. Johnson and Fred
M. Stocking started out with food and
blankets to hunt up the missing mer.
Just when t:io mouth of tho Deschutes
was reached they crossed the Columbl i
river on tho ire to Mr. Poole's house,
where they found eight of the partv.
They brought in two of tho men. C. H.
Johnson, ln one of Tae Dalles Portage
company's sleighs brought out four of
them. They took William Itlddle, Don-
I gal McDonald, 11. Wellington and T. S.
i Jeffries to the Umatilla house and Dr.
uay ana w. A. Moody to tho Western
hotel. Tho rescued men eald that Jaggr
gave out and was left on the road IS
miles from Deschutes. John Irvln, Wo
brought Johnson Mulkey, had his foot
frozen In moving him in. They found
the bodies of Jagger, Alphin and Davis
and brought them to The Dalles.
William Riddle died at The Dalles on
Jan. 30, after 'having his legs, which
were frozen, amputated at the knees.
My grandfather died Sunday, Feb. 2,
a Deschutes. Jeffries had both feet
cut off and Wellington lost one leg.
The search party in charge of Wood
ward found a miner named Brown, who
had 35 pounds of gold dust in his belt
and who '.iad lain in a snow drift for five
days and six nights. T.iey brought
him to Tho Dalles, but he died WitAin
a few days. Thousands of Indian horses
and thousands of head of stock were
frozen that winter. Every pioneer re
members distinctly the hardships of
the long winter of '61 and '02." '
Pointed Paragraphs
The big stick" tho average man fears
is his wife. '
1 ' .- . -.
Tho man who knows the least gen
erally thinks he knows the most.
The fruits of Industry do not grow
on every family tree. -:
The dog in the manger is only one
of the chrohic growlers.
f To make good resolutions is all right,
but it is better to make good.
Some gifts were better left ungiven
the gift of cab, for instance.
And every girl wants to swipe a
name for herself by marrying.
,The husband who thinks he Is hen
pecked is very likely to suspect the
truth.
The McMlnnville News-Reporter gives
this brotherly boost to a new journal
istic enterprise 1n Yamhill county T-j
A. Hart has taken charge of the Wil-
lamina' Times, and will
paper, altering Its style and typograph
ical appearance.- He Is giving Lafayette
a tiewsv Miner uml win fin ih .i
yearn ago was I willamina. The field is larirer and
the opportunities for a splendid country1 1
weekly will be facing Mr. Hart We
believe him equal to the task.'
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