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' 4 ' THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,' SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1913. THE JOURNAL W JgrE1ETB?CT WKWPAPKH 4tI4liJ,Md BHIV .ftMiluM aA(ltl NUUJ.J I rrr Sunday stamina- at Tea Jnarnal Bell !. BKr..rtwr nn Y.mhlll ta.. Pnrtll 0. a.uiviva' ( ttM u.iii flt-r at funiaud. ori tur innmMiai ibrouirb ma aiaua aa mww Smlter. Ul.l.i tluMiH il.iu film Huwa. A-KiAI All aartratnte me r mkar, ien ma nwninr nnarTiwnr thw wm, fc Fifth imn Kaw Verts MIS FaopJe'i ma laiura Mates er hmmi v . . nin.T Oaa rar ...... 3.0 I On month .M Ooa yaar ...... f 240 I One nnntli t DA1I.T AND lUXOAl Ona rnr ...... ST .40 I Ona month 3- ' What men usually say of misfortunes, tlmt they never coma alone; may with equal truth fce said of good fortune; nay, of the circumstances which gather round us In a liarmoni- . oua way, whether it arise from a kind of fatality, or that man haa the power of attracting to himself things that are mutual ly related. Goethe. 5 -is THE NEW SYSTEM T HOUGH be opposed the bill be cause It did not provide (or a central bank, President Frank Vanderlip of the National City , or oped by the Port of Portland; the Cellio canal will soon be an actual ity. There will be water transpor tation for the wealth of a great in land empire, Portland has been the center of activities which lire still preparing for a greater material development. But Oregon's year-end story would not be complete should it deal only with big buildings, big ships and Mgr crops. - All of the- big world movements, social and civic, have been reflected in this state. Ore-1 gon s development nas not been one-sided. People have made money and they are in tho way of making more. But Oregon people have also developed along cultural and hu manitarian lines. inree important laws were en acted during the year. They are the ' workmen's compensation act the law creating the Industrial wel fare commission, and the blue sky law. All these enactments are for the purpose of looking after people who cannot look after themselves Oregon women have been active In public affairs as never before; the use they have made of the ballot Is shown throughout the state. Their exact relation to Oregon's social and civic progress cannot be demon strated, but their influence has been considerable, The Journal wishes to Impress worker students that distance does. affairs of disturbed ot backward not keep them at home, nor rain states. . x'" .. - and snow deter. . At a class at Calve, . So fa as' Great Britain is con in Lancashire, during a snow storm, cerned Sir Edward Grey, the foreign so violent that no train could run, a tutor appeared to find twenty- three out of thirty members present, secretary, is the . official exponent. In a recent speech he declared that the using . of the humanitarian in- CHRISTMAS By Dr. Frank Crane. My Dear Friend Christmas is com ing, the great human festival. It Is mak- and among them all six of the wo-ffIuence of this country to promote the t YVSTn llll i.ien oiuueum. a wBrnuriugB pru- humanitarian objects In the world lo "et "om life are my friendships, f lessor of economics, who was to. ja the 'fourth great branch' of Brit-L . want iv something to ms meet a class, in a Midland county missed his train, and wired that he Rockefeller bank of Newi' nn - n.An,a tw no-nnc York, strongly commended the main Portland's development the past year rftAtlirAfl aF ftia ftw ii itwonntf Kill I . nas been symmetrical. Neither state features' of the new currency bill. Testifying before 'the senate com mittee on banking and currency, he 6a id under It "a repetition of the u pnnic of 1907 would be impossible." Testifying before the same com mittee, Jacob H. Schif f, another l.rominent .New York banker who opposed the bill because it provided no central bank, declared that the recent delay in the passage of the pending bill was the chief obstacle to the restoration of financial con fidence and stability. Here is valu ' able testimony from two great finan cial captains who are opponents of the bill, and. It Is direct assurance of great good that will come to the : country as a result of the enactment of the measure Into law. No testimony could be of more value. It is even better than the favorable testimony of Republican Senator WeekB, the only banker in , the United States senate, who went out of : his party and Joined the Democrats in the final vote on the bill. The new law is certain to mark - the beginning of a new epoch In the financial history of America. It is designed to liberate credit, to free the', financial life of the country from Wall street" control and put It under public control, to make the currency system more elastic .and prevent the recurrence of disastrous panics, Under the present laws there have , been three great panics,. all from the same causes. "They were the direct result of the practice allowed by the existing bank system of centering reserves in Wall Street for use on call In great speculative campaigns, and their withdrawal in fright when the ; bubble Is about to burst and they are most needed to prevent a disastrous collapse, ,' The consequence was suspension of cash payments, bank failures and business failures. It spread ruin. and devastation far and wide. It brought upon millions the wide spread misery of bankruptcy and sent idleness, despair and misery stalking through the land These financial upheavals -were peculiar to this nation. They were - scsaadal to this nation in the? fact faac the causes have not been be fore , removed. The change to an orde free from such condition is what the new measure means. It is an emancipation of finance, busi ness and credit from private control to public control for the public in terest. It is a new freedom that will beneficially affect the business life and Integrity of every com munity by renewal of the open op portunity in vogue before a few seized dominion over American nor city has traveled ground whjch must be retraced. AT BETHLEHEM D ARKNESS and confusion had come upon the world. The columns of the temple were cast down and shattered. The working tools were broken and scat tered. A willingness to work no longer entitled men to bread. The stars of hope and faith were shroud ed In the universal gloom. The constellation of love was darkened and the mourners went about the streets saying: "How can there be a just God when his creatures re morselessly prey one upon the other? When millions make count less millions suffer? When ill-clad want and shivering hunger gaze through the brightly lighted palace window of dance and feast? When the last moan of the dying is min gled with the first cry of the new- Horn? When on the scales of jus tice the evil of men outweighs the good?" - Ever blacker grew the night. Ever crept the numbness of want and misery. Is the messfah, prom ised, never to come? Has Jehovah forgotten his children? "We have no hope, save in the mercy and goodness of him of whom the universe of worlds Is "but one thought." In the supreme moment of lone liness and desolation drear the shepherd guarding his flock on the Judean hills saw a gleam of light in the oriental sky. The constellations of faith, hope and charity sprang Above the horizon. A burning star shone over Bethlehem and a voice called out of the silence "Fear not, for, behold I bring you tidings of great Joy which shall be to all peo ple. For unto you Is born this day in the highest and on Earth peace to Christ the Lord, and this shall be a sign unto you. You shall'find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in the manger." The heavens were filled with the chorus of the angels, "Glory to God in the highest and on Earth peace and good will to men." A new day dawned. The working tools of love were restored. The temple was rebuilt. would be an hour late, and asked for instructions. The. answer came, "Come on, we will wait." On ar rival he found all the students pres ent. His Cambridge class of under graduates would have departed if the professor had been twenty-five minutes late. These are all evening classes. Neither students nor teachers could afford to give up their labor in fac tory, shop, or home. Students are working for results, not for show, and their self chosen courses last for three years. , For several years prior to 1907 the good work was in progress. In that year it was first brought into public notice, at a small conference of well known men, where a trades union manager, and a dockyard worker from tho Plymouth yard, and the president of the Cooper ative Educational committee, met the Bishop of Oxford, and a well known scientific writer. The whole story has been written by Mr. Albert Mansbrldge, tlie sec retary and chief moving spirit of the "Workers Educational Associa tion." His new book, "University Tutorial Classes," Just published In England by Longman, is described by a most competent critic as en couraging and even exhilarating reading. These students are most effect ively helping themselves. The term 'movement" is well bestowed, for both in inception and in its rapid development, It is a sign of the times that may counterbalance many pessimistic utterances on the attitude towards life of these men and women who glory in belonging to the "working classes." fourth great branch' of Brit- ,..Jla i f,Ve "omething to my tot. ...., .. ..,cuo. ) - vv' " Th other nlht- ' thinking It U l,PTtden.tIaDBT.,"4wtUlg!l fBCUg" r'Iwsrprlse4 by the old truth, nltlon of 'General Huerta, even as wh,cHcamr strongly to me, 'that what de facto President of Mexico, be- " cause he had usurped power, and Therefore I am going Juat to tell had, at least, connived at the mur- you I think of you, that Christmas to der of President Madero. An al- !? men y". that u are a part of most exact precedent is found tni"::"ntJ'mi h-i , I to tel you that tho thought ciu.ai ui uini, uiiiwu iv gi you IS sunsnine to me. When mem. recognize King Peter of Servia, I ory brings back our days and words when he had secured the throne tof?threr- 1 m la1- thromrh lh mnrdftr of hi nrndiw L " ? wer Fat should make you , 1 . . ' ry nappy, i mould write auceess up- cessor. In that refusal Great Brit- on your hands and brain every day, and ain was followed by other European bring restful sleep to r every night, powers, and a general principle of ?acn mpula front my heart goes out far reaching authority was estab- tI.,yorA? angry "with the Iiened. apace that separates us and the circum- Presldent Wilson was faced with "tances that render our meetings few. the necessity of action. His subse- V,tnmil.k.ind0LoIk," and 1 have , . . constant desire to be near you. quent policy has been based on and i do not believe any of us realize has logically followed on his refusal how much friends mean to us, )iow their to support an usurper and a mur- BP,r,t subtly touch and stimulate ours derer by the recognition of the wh" "L5flJlrt.'.-a"La United States. If this is intervon- us wh,'n "heTr 7 aroWd us iion in me anairs or Mexico me in ranoy in our moments of loneliness. word must receive-a new meaning, r001" 'ace my friend, is often with me, But there will be little dispute u .it.V. bri Wn" cneer inai wnne jrresiueni wuson nas so here's to you! I raise the glass resolutely declined to be "maneu-of memory brimful of happy recollec- vered into war" with Mexico to UT" "a arln.k to 'ou- out of light just iri one's prime I was Si years old -to' toll unceasingly and unprofitably from day to day for 2Q loner years, and hMnar .ahov all. t con stantly confronted by the thought. iNo nope, no nope lor life, for life. ,1 can ay and beg no -more. ? Only", pray the supreme Judge, who always tempers his Judgment with mercy, may so lead the hearts of the honorable board to show me mercy." j-v Wa ever more eloquent indorsement or the straight and narrow path? Could any man preach a greater sermon in the same number of- words in favor of the brigh t highway that "smoothly' stretches toward peace, contentment and years full of happiness as against the rocky, bopgy road that leads in rough Journey to crime, the gloomy prison walls and trie unmarked grave? In the penciled outpourings from the heart of this gray striped man there is a lesson for all for those who contemplate acts that can only have their closing scenes in courtroom and Jail, for those who never sin against the law and thus never know thn awful travail of men who do. Murphy, tho Jlfer, Is out of prison. His prayer was answered, and speedily. Ha can best pay the debt he owes for that. wherever there aro ears to hear, Letters From the People RAILROAD WRECKS T EDUCATED DEMOCRACY r HIS article has to do with "the education of working people on lines devised by them selves." The soil In which this movement is at work includes the factory districts in Lancashire, Yorkshire and North Staffordshire finance, and by restoration of faith I in England. The "Working people' in the financial establishment of our common country. ANOTHER YEAR g BEGON is rounding out an I I other year of progress. Port- . 1 land is near another milestone , ; which marks the forward movement. There has been sub tantial growth by both city and tate; this section of the Pacific 1 Northwest is richer, better, further ahead than it was a year ago. The Journal is proud of what Oregon and Portland have accom pllahed in a year's time. The storv is worth telling to the world, and The Journal will tell it in a series of special editions beginning next Friday. These issues will not be so much an individual enterprise as they will be a mirror of the city and state, telling how far we have gone and the direction in which we are traveling. Tbera is no question about the .material development of city and ttate. ' Oregon has Just harvested the largest aggregate crop in the tate'a hUtory. There has been a gratifying advance. In scientific methods on the farms, and the larger returns are now to the credit pi farmers. Oregon has joined the procession ofjrlch agricultural states. The tame progressive spirit has been shown In Portland, . The city has Quit talking about doing things and is doing them. Railroad devel opment throughout the state has been met by development of -Portland' shipping fatillUes. ' fcublic docks are no longer a mere dream: Uoctlsnd Is actually building them, The Columbia river J being cevel- to use their own designation of themselves are the workers in, the great textile industries of Britain and strange to say the clay and pottery workers of North Stafford shire. Readers of Arnold Bennett's "The Five Towns," and Clayhangers will best appreciate the wonders the last twenty years have wrought there. Twenty one of these personally operated and home taught classes are now at work In this last district. Each of them testifies to rare devo tlon and self sacrifice. The teachers are working men and women whose daily work ,1s exhausting. They travel long distances to meet their classes. They neither expect nor receive remuneration. Their aim is to give to their brethren and sisters the benefit that they have gained In similar classes. The project was originally suggested by a woman student. The attention of the authorities ot uxiora university naving Deen drawn to it, inspectors from the unl versity. have examined these self taught and voluntary classes. The favorite subjects of study are his tory economic and , industrial Po litical Economy English Literature, and Natural Science. Mr. Headlam and Professor,, Hobhouse , inspected the classes for the Board of Educa tion, and Mr. A. L. Smith for the University. AH s reported most fa vorably of the work done and of the teaching given, while Mr. A. L. Smith declared that twenty-five per cent of the essay$ submitted to him were equal to the work done by stu- Wents who. gained first classes In jtijscory ac uxrora. i9v eager ana inwrtptea are these I HAT human life Is still held cheaply In comparison with property is strikingly brought out in the annual report of the Interstate Commerce Commis sion in its discussion of conditions revealed by investigation of train accidents. During the year graded June 30, 1913, the Commission inquired into 6 accidents which had caused the death of 283 persons and the injury of 1880. It was found that G6 of these accidents were directly due to dereliction on the part of em ployes, but primarily they were due to a lack of supervision on the part of officials. In its arraignment of officials the Commission uses words that bite deeply, saying: The lack of supervision and inspec tion with matters affecting the safety of trains Is unexplalnable when the areful supervision of all matters dl ectly affecting the revenues of the roads is considered. The auditing and checking systems ued for detecting the dishonesty of employes are marvels of ingenuity and careful attention to detail, but moans of determining whether trains are op erated In accordance with the require ments of safety and in conformity Ith rules are almost entirely lacking. When it comes to economy in the use of coal and oil there is a- rigid supervision and Instruction, but when it comes to a question of safe guarding the lives of passengers, operating officials seem to proceed on the theory that when they have issued certain rules their responsi bility ends. When It comes to the saving of draw heads there la careful instruc tion In the use of the air brake, but when It comes to a question of breaking the bones of passengers operating officials overtook the fact that "no rule, however good it may be, is effective unless it is obeyed." Either a great majority of rail road accidents are unavoidable or else there Is a widespread lack of effort to minimize the mistakes of employes. With due allowance for human proneness to make mistakes it Is up to the railroad officials to show that all reasonable measures have been taken to prevent accident. It seems Inconceivable that in their desire to make money railroad oper ators should pursue a penny wise and pound foolish policy by saving oil and shock, of equipment and dis regarding the larger economy of life. That this is their policy the record proves. Checks are provided to detect the dishonest employe Who handles the funds of the road but them Is no check on the careless employe who controls the movements of trains. Tho dollar js greater than the man. This condition will probably re main until public sentiment crystal- ires in a law requiring supervision, Instruction and examination of train service employes at stated intervals as la recommended by the Commission. All . . A. borrow an expression from the Lon- UoT. T are wnaV yV ha" aon paper yet tne errective use or i meant to me. I value your personality, the financial bovcott that he has I Just as It Is. I clasp your hand throuah succeeded in establishing, with the ' e n J st f-'r0 th9 bo V , . , ...... i " . . torn of my heart I say "God bless vou!" aid of Great Britain and other Eu- r thlnk of you when l recal, -te ropean powers, is surely If slowly words of Goethe: tending to the downfall of the "This world Is so waste and empty, usurper whose reliance is only on Hv!r.7nf',rwUt,to V anhln" ana . I, . , j. rivers in It; but to know that some outside financial support. one is living on with us. even in silence. If this be Intervention it Is hl makes our earthly ball a peopled nolthpr thn "fnllv nnr thn rrlnio f garaen. attempting to shoot the Mexicans Into respect for constitutional gov ernment." To quote, once more, "the world would suffer incompar ably graver intellectual and moral NEWS FORECAST FOR THE COMING WEEK The national ranltal la at tK. i,.i.kt damage from the spectacle Of BUCh of its preparations for the Christmas a war than from the momentary season. So far as official Washington success of a ruffian like General 18 concernea. there win be little busi Unorta " nes" of lmPrtnce transacted during nuena. tne coronB. week. xhe number of con Is it ignorance or Insincerity that gressmen who are going home for the claims the calm and patient adher- holidays is very small, in comparison ence to a definite and proclaimed "h '?r Le!":.utAh '!th.at l plan of action to be mere drifting capital Is not taken to mean that they Into war?" The. nation and the win overwork themselves during the world may well thank President ho''day season. Wi!.n j ,, 0f0,- Many department heads and clerks Wilson and his Secretary of State as hav) obulned leave of .bgence t0 enJOV well, that bo far no act has been the holiday season at their homes in committed " by the United States other parts of the country. It will be a that would serve as pretext for mrry h-istmas at, the White House, .,.,. ,,. , where President and Mrs. Wilson will uniting all sections of the Mexican be 8urrounded by nearly all the mem people In resisting a powerful in- bers of their Immediate family, and a vader who hid his DurDo'ses of es- number of other relatives. There will tabllshing constitutional government b,e ,nerestmg Christmas celebrations , . . . , . . , also at the various embassies and lega- behind screens of Infantry, cavalry, tions. especially those where there are and machine guns.- A campaign is children. a noor teacher of the Ideals of All signs point to a "Merry Chrlst- democrarv and national social nrnir- mas" throughout the length and breadth nomocracy ana national social prog- of th6 and The threatened idUBtrlal reS8. drnrMiiInn has not vet materialized. a'nJ The critics of President Wilson though some of the railroads and other and his policy personified at this reat corporations are reported to be time in Professor Woolsey of Yale S""e"',n Vh.. y" E In the New York Independent, and ports of the mercantile agencies, issued In the no less dogmatic columns of today, show that the Christmas business the Oregonlan are apt In setting has been satisfactory in practically all up a scarecrow in order to knock ""wd'events of importance are it down. They omit to notice that scheduled for the week, as is to be ex General Huerta was not, and has pected at the one season of the year giv never been either the de facto or en ovnby practically every one to fam- (Coiaaianltattona teat to Tbe Journal for tab. Ilea tian la tlila denarttueut ahonld be wrlttaa es oni? una (iae ot ina paper, auauia w ncra 800 word in length and aiuot ba aceomuaalad Ur tba name and addreaa ot lb tndr. If the writer dot not delre to haw tba unoia guu llibad, be iboula to atata.f . - "blacaHioa la the sreateat ot all reformer. It raUouallcea everything It tourbe. It robs principle of ill false aouctlt mid tbraws tbtm bark on tavlr reaaonableoea. If tbty have n raaaOBablanena, it rutMetRiy cruabaa tbein oal ot axutence and aeta up Ha oua uuaeliuioua la tbelr ataud."- Wuodrow Wllaou. IN EARLIER DAYS Mf Fred JtclUey. 4. "Early n the spring, of- 1149, 1 quit "j juy iiuuuiig ios lor ivuuuni bhw. mill," said Cy. Mulkey, Oregon pioneer of 1847. "In company with two broth ers,' Ben and Houston Crisp, who hailed from Texas, and the two Davis bovs. John and Tom, and Elisha Biddle and Mat McCul ough, all five of whom had come from Mrsourl. the same year 1 Strictly speaking, you couldn't call It prospecting, for you could strike, gold most anywhere. we went to Yubaville. and laid- in enough supplies to last us all summer. and then struck out for the hills. We went up the north fork of the American river. On the third day out. in the aft ernoon, wa oame to beaverdani country, where we had a good deal of trouble in getting across with our outfit. A few miles on the othar side of the beaver dam we struck a smatl .creek -corAing through a -beautiful littla vallevf It was nearly noon, -and as we probably would not find a better camping place, we decided to stop there. I am going to tell you this Story to show vnu what weighty consequences sometimes come from trivial Incidents, and to show you how someof the rich strikes n '49yrriCJlforiila. John Davis and myself, aR soda Ra the packs were off, begajf getting Awrier, Oftentimes, in a Party,, you wffil have ona . fellow hn doesn't want t6 hold his end un. Mat McCulloucrh was not much nf a haiui , do bis share of the work. Aa a matter of fact, he was the laziest white man I ever saw. He not onlv illn't wan r, do his share-of the work, but he wanted the others to wait on him constantly. As soon as we came into camp he would unsaddle his riding horse, spread out ins saddle blanket for a bed and, with his saddle for a Billow.' he wnnM 11 down and at once go to sleep. As soon as the coffee hud come to a boll and the bacon fried, John said to me, Cy, better go wake Mat up tell him dinner's ready- The boys began talking about it, and said, 'It'll do Mat good to miss his dinner. He's too laav to llv. u lets us do the work, and all ha want a tn do Is to be waked up for his meals.' We decided to eat without him to teach him a lesson. Aa we were sitting around eating dinner, John Davis said, "What's the matter with playing a trick on Mat?' I was 17 years old, and I loved to Joke eat. Primaries and Candidacies. Yoncalla, Or., Dec. IS. To the Editor of The Journal A gentleman, probably of the old school in politics, writing In the Oregonlan and seeking to boom R. A. Booth for United States senator, evl. dently doea not believe In the primary law, allowing any one to come before the people for an office, but prefers to have friends of the candidate work up meetings and call at the houses of rich men and hold paid meetings in different portions of the state by a few boosters and writing up resolutions ex tolling their good qualities and saying and play tricks better than tr. they want men who will not stand for When it came to fun. I was willing trl selfish Interests. Viewing It from this do more than a man's work. In fact, I point, none but rich men can have the was a regular old man for fun. We d'is- rignt to run ror otnee. Ben selling cussea what kind of a trick w would spent many thousands or dollars in try- piay on him, and finally decided to pull Ing to get the views of the people, but off an Indian scare. Each of us had a he did not actually find out their views tie rope for our saddle horses. The until after the election. Kicii men like Mexicans can these McCartvs. Mr. Booth and Mr. Bourne can spend "John said, 'We will tie five or six of larKa sums of moneV in setting soma Mr Mccartys together, tie onn end people to demand that they run for of- around Mat's leg and the other end to flee. There are some .pretty big men that bush near him. We'll fire three or In Orearon who are also ooor men and 'our shots, yell like Indians, and Mat who can't afford to advertise themselves wul K "P. minit the Indians are aft- and get up a demand that they offer er "nd run like a tow-head.' I was themselves for .the good of. the dear afraid Mat would wake up that I people, and from my viewpoint they V dn stop to "n'Rh my dinner. I went will stand as good a chance to, be elect. tho different saddles, got the tie ed as some of the rich men who have '""" wea mem logeiuer, rastened one accumulated great wealth In a very few -fcureiy arouna Mats leg and tied :i.LER. wiuer iu . uuau. men we got our yea rs. A. U MILLER. ily celebrations. Educators, scientists, sociologists and the de Jure ruler of Mexico. He was not nor has he ever been more economic experts from all parts of the than a blood stained usurper, country win gather in Minneapolis at Climbing into a tottering chair, the end of the week for the annual meet .neo vj ings of the American Economic assocla- " ""w " moijuicu uj I Hon and the American sociological socl much more than half of the terrl- ty. tory Of that republic. They forget Tn appeal of former Governor Mor- the 1lHftnnpnrnnofi nt- hia hanrla hoJ an O,. Bulkeley. of Connecticut, and ine disappearance at his hands, be-other Btockholders of the New York. hind dungeon wails, of the only New Haven A Hartford railroad from duly elected representatives that the decree of the public service commis Mexico has ever had. They hide Blon of Massachusetts authorizing the Atu, ki railroad to Issue 167.552,000 convertible """J "v"i uiuvu, auu debenture bonds, will be arguea in the age war that have disfigured Mex- Massachusetts supreme court on Satur- ican history ever since this admitted day. despot claimed to bo the head of 11 18 expected that the choice of an (h. ., engineer for the Interstate bridge will " be made this week. On the other hand the "derision The motion picture exhibitors of Ore of an uncharitable world" will be gon are to meet In convention in Port- the portion of these self appointed land Monday ana Tuesday. Objectors tO a policy Which is daily . n Parirranh. more and more justified by events. From the TimM. But, even if it were true that penned away from his fellow man for "nothing succeeds like success," In a score of years, herded and caged like diplomacy. In war, or in the Btrug- wiM and dangerous beast, one Murphy, , . ,, ' .. . . a life termer In the penitentiary al gles of ordinary life, it is yet more S,,iw.,r Minr.. wrote to the state true that a higher standard is being prison board seeking a pardon: applied today. than ever before In! "Twenty years! Can any man really tha world's historv. Men atnn in realise what that means? to be shut tiotr tliAmflAlva. "I. If . t n-1. ! Mn .U A. uon. biivuiDci . v3ct ir v I 6"l, IttLUCI I I . Irnr A HI IT IO A i irr than to put the question to them- UHKIo MANNY lO A LIFE selves, "will It pay?" Observers of guns, went up on the hillside, where we PIpm. for rhriHtmaja Knlrit ivu,u ,,,ue "u I,reo rur or rive shots. ,e ,or - nrisimiwi wpim. I Mat ro led over. nt m ,hh hi. ..... . ... ..u.iu, .jv . . i'" i...v.i iiiinu started to vnwn. w rirri tm,r The Journal I have seen many tetters five more shots, and when several of wniien oy renaers or j ne journal, ana tne hoys gave the Indian warwhoop I thought this letter to the public, which yelled to Mat to run for his life that I first wrote on my birthday while I the brush was full of Indiana t tn was behind the bars, might be valuable you, Mat stopped his yawn in the mid enough to occupy space in your paper: die. I thought I had seen things move To the Men and Women on Our Side: fast, but no Jackrabblt or covote ever Tes, this is the "pen," my home for lit out much faster than Mat did. He the past two years. Oh, how that day Jumped straight up and lit running. He looms up the black day of my life when never noticed the rope around his foot, the whole world looked at me and said: sna wnen ne came to the end of his xes. ne is guuty. Away, away with t inrew mm so nara that he him." I said, "Not guilty," and say oouncea uo line a rubber ball It now. Who sees me now with eves Mat had an ugly temper. Ha saw of love, as I sit by this cold wall, or how we had played a trick on him, and will put a hand on this swollen headV.and na wae furious. As he sat there he be- drlve away the pain. You have stolen an cussing us, and swore he would kill my youth, my love, my health, my ln" Ilr"1 man lnal aw. and that he honor, my all. and you have given me Tf . , T!ry one or u" for Pla'lnK bed of disgrace. l"" lr'c'1 on "r.r.ve!" Whi a wrri i Tr mm.. tn n sneaKeo. oft ok aways and held a m. ........ v,n,, n,,f knn, .h.n t council of war. - The boys all decided The guard? My fellow "con"r NoLchy nad 9"r out of camP 'or Wt'r. dvlnr for a frlendUo tak hv tha "'". 1 " l"c "i"iiuui, io iet Mai hand, St.... 1 J VWUJU HID WVI 111 UUl IS I. UllO KIllllUDO Ol I ,, . , . . . , ... this play of human brute force, the !lnanl " ,'y toIme to, "neak ,nt0 light of love, the dove of Christian fcP', "MT0.-0! .f." ?'c.k and a .a M fin i h i... ... - I V i" "iiu iiicr iibiib. ana we I ' . y. i , "'"' " would spend the rest of the day pros chance to help ourselves. Give us the pfccting. nesri oi a inena, a iooh, a word or -f -,f-h.j mv e. I tnnl orif) Innlt tham Alii U-.--. I ----- "viu wuv .u iii 3 tuc we have longed for a friend many a I boys were. We started down the creek, a oaIi. ,., . a"a traveled for about a mile and a half. w r i o nai iiu nun jlui tru i urn An Bra en m a n ..-.ii ..t i . Please send n letter, a flower, a card. th f "lch and faveled up beside It for Bound up with a bunch of good will. PiHlbIy a couple of hundred yards to It will keep you from feeling quite so whore a dry gulch came into It. We nsra uiruc up tne dry guicn and went up AgaliiKt the fellow at the foot of the that for maybe a hundred and fifty .A-ui-H. i yarns, to wnere it made a ihnri turn Arnunn a nnlnr nf ,iu.k. One of the Very Tiniest. "I had spent most of the summer and Portland, Dec. 20. To the Editor of fall of the paevlous year. 1848. ln rjros- The Journal In the list of wee pectlng and mining, and somehow or babies. I would like to enroll my other. I had a hunch that this would be own daughter. She weigher hrlv 21 a good place. We could see that water ounces, was perfect In every way, and had run In the dry gulch during the was only prevented from taking nour- winter, and right where the point of ishment in the natural way because her roch" ut across the gulch I stopped on mouth was too small at first. I could "PP" flldo of it and said to Ben slip my wedding ring clear to her Cr,aP- 'at's sink a hole here.' We had shoulder. She now wears it as her own been out " ouI. trlp ,for tnr Ja's' ani wedding ring, as she is married and the . w", lV 5 . "oten mother of three children. She Is 23 .k i , lva'K""Ki nu years old. She slept her first two .JLI . 1 1 L"VtB.r" "?u e" months ln a large cigar box. 8he wa I "7"'u, "L-.Lr "u menuonea stop- born in Iowa. MRS. M. HANSEN. ' " ..i .v. ,.,; . . President Wilson's official acts rec- From a Sermon by Edward Everett Hale. ognize his purpose to measure pub- Now, when we say that Christianity lie affairs of the nation ln relation I a life and not a creed, we mean that, to the wide world by the plain rules whether a person can read a creed or of right and wrong binding the not. whether he had been taught it community no less than the Indl- !n. woIa" OT 1 7 . , .1 vidual. When we come to gauge UI"i!r and measure his dealings with the when h, ,n8,stea upon actlon ln8lead of Mexican usurper suppose we try 10 expression. And It is very Interesting adopt his measuring rod and line, to see, in his own personal history, how I closely ho held himself to his own a banner carriea tnrough the statement. streets .by a crowd Of fifteen or I Take that most pathetic conversation "HUMANITARIAN" TOLICY Y THE title "humanitarian policy the (London) Nation labels the course pursued by the United States, under the guidance of President Wilson, in handling the burning problem of Mexican government. Two questions are discussed bv that . influential paper-the first. how far diplomacy may rightly in clude "humanitarian ends" among Its purposes, and, second, how rar it may go In "intervening" bv one method- or another, Jn the Internal twenty so-called unemployed yes- with the young nobleman of Edom. So terday was inscribed, "You give us 'r a verbal expression went, he and work, or we Will give you hell." j th Savior were at one. The young man No real worklngman makes such "ve nepi Ten threats. No worthy person utters Commandments "bat is, I have obeyed, ..,.h- ..nfirv.oT.4a rfv, i the written law "from my youth up." such sentiments. The carrying of T ..... hlm v.t ,.. uvu mivue." uio on colo 1 wnicn ne nceds. ougnt not to ,ue toieratea. This is The ona thing he needs, it seems, is a government by law and not a gov- action. "Follow me; do as I do; lift up ernment ly bluff tht which has fallen down, bring com- m.M ... .n Irnnw that Ih. tpln.J.M v of God is at nana From the Washington Star. w ny aon t you run ror ornce7" 1 Ml the established churches, when "I've thought about it," replied Mr. I young men come to them who wish to Dustin Stax, "but I'm satisfied to sub. ba ministers of the eosoel. sav. "fen. scribe to campaign funds. The factjif you will go Into uch and such a inai h 111 tin is wuiinit lu give prizes lorianhnnl anrl atiHlv such anrt anrh l.n- U;?h'?. tuhim ."l".?'' put hfm unaer guages and read such and auch books. and pass an examination ln those books, obligation to aviate." . Competing Consumers. From the Washington Star. "You used to say 'competition is the life of trade,' " ' "So H is." replied Mr.'Cumrox, "only Instead of competing to sell things th Idea now Is to corner 'em ud a.nn a-t people competing Xocjr. chance to buy." at .the end of such and such a time, if you believe what we wish, we will give you a license which shall enable you to go out and say to all the world that the kingdom of Ood is at hand." But Jesus Christ took no such pre caution for good grammar or for con servative utterance. He . found some fishermen .trashing, jthelr. jiets( Ha did not say to them "learn anything, ne saio, "Follow me. He found a the tax broker' say to him "learn anything," but low me." but! Degan digging. Tne other boys all stopped and said. .'All right: we'll sink a hole here to bedrock, and see what we get.' We struck bedrock at about 2H feet. I got a pan of dirt, walked over to the little gulch with water ln it and man changing money at r'a"ne?-K , ; rou11 a good "f80 n"- toil n a-. j u j 1 mm a. lut ui coarse KTOJa. Wn tw hid uuHArt ii ici waruii. una n weighed $83. Well, that was all we unaitul Tf .ta. J . . . There is not the slightest Indication " a"aJwoea that one of the 12 apostles had made ia h. A.- rPh... - '!. ? t Z J i . wnere we strucK Dedrock that wasn't of the Jewish church, or of the Christ- rich. We stayed here between three and lan church that was to be. Thev were four mnnthi nri th. a. , . . , . 1 , w.v "'non, T C IIIAUU Biiupjjr men wno. bs jesus inougnt, naa was about 76 a day, and from that un. piucic ana energy enough for the posl- We named this camp Crass Valley, and tion to which he was to appoint them: It proved to be one of the best and rich. wno naa lonowea so rar mat ne Knew est smites in tnat district. ' something about them, and whom he therefore appointed, because they were Inen of action for the emergency. And the Master is willing that his church shall stand the test to which he leaves fisherman, apostle, vouna nobleman and repentant sinner. It is the same test for kings and emoerors and fishermen, for preachers and black. smiths, for artists and dressmaker that simple test of thistles and vines and :fig-treea. All of them, the emperor like the blacksmith, shall be Judged by their fruits. Tne fishing net and the church will be Judged by what they do. The doctrine will be Judged by the-life. The lire win not be judged by the doctrln. At fnls plan of his the doctrine-mak ers .Will always be dissatisfied. Tha men of words Will skillfully twist Words to say "It . were better the other way. How gladly would you and I get over tne need or traveling io miles on foot this morning if It would answer to say w have done It! But It will not answer, To Jive as one lives who knows that Ood Is here haa not proved to ba easy. But to say, 'I bejieve In God, the1 Fathv' er, Almighty, tne Maker of heaven and earth," proves very easy, Religion in not . a creed, but a Ufa. By, ,thelr.-XruJt. shall jre know them, Pointed Paragraphs 1 It's easier to boast than make good, a Encourage kindness even if you have to practice on yourself. ' a When poverty comes In at the window It Is gotaway day for love. a a Don't expect the world to laugh with you If you -are laughing at the world. The Woman's Page The Journal each evening pre seats m number of striking features. Many of them are V of exclusive Interest to wo men; others are of general appeal. , . They all sire1 worth while. Cultivate this dally feature) page; yon will find It prof itable reading. v 1 fh 1
