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0 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1913; ."JOURNAL N lfevifVl'-T KEWtMI'HB . fMhlllr ."U-tJ ati-alllis llrwi UUiiri 1J rfrjf -a.mlHjr owrnln it Tha Jnortial ItalM' a Inc. Hmnilavii YxmtllH t PnrtlHm) Or t.utrrrd i iu iitrK-a at NafiiaaMl. r., tur ' , traHMUilokluB tlirok the oH vau cl AM dajuirt nwnlt mrNnt -hy ' mtm -mtS Tall i-f nrm-nffr rhn 1mnrt'-nt Ton wwt. tu-pfuniln A Kfuluor Ca Bruailt,Bi'ill1tna:. . !' 'lfth ataes. WTer rM 'twlrt ... eiuwmnlnu jMlUf 6 bihII or lu b aihlrnM as Me lalti') Nuiu ar Metlcel - DAILY ' fear J.0O I Our BMtntb .80 8CNDAT . a fear ...... I.W I Ona month .i.r.. - - DAILY AND Sf.NDAT fwir'' $7.30 I On otolith We ask for Ions life, but 'tis deep life, or grand momenta that signify. Let the measure of 1 time be spiritual, not me chanical. Emerson. . A NATIONAL TRIUMPH W set HEN Woodrow Wilson signed the new currency bill and converted it into law last night, a new standard was in constructive legislative achievement in this country., It was an end that congresses and committees of congress have vainly i etrivea ; (or twenty years to attain Parties . . and .statesmen ' have nro- posed and planned but never, before have they, been Able to reach, an agreement. .. The Aid rich monetary commission worked nearly five years on the problem, and. went out of existence as ltd party , went . out or power without doing more than bequeathing to the Democrats the vast fund of Information and bank ing experience on which the new law is based. ; , The man who came out of the cumulative events of a generation and led and lighted the way to suc cessful currency reform is Wood- row Wilson. Though his leadership brought the change, the triumph Is ot his personal triumph. The vic- ry is no mere partisan victory. It Is a victory 'for American Institu tions and it should inspire the American people with a new confi dence . in their system of govern ment, i ., 3, Whether there should be four or forty1 regional reserve banks is a matter about which honest men can disagree.. . What the basis should be, on Which great Issues of cur rency are founded is a question over which honest men can differ. But whether the political leaders of a' great party that has been en trusted by tbo people , v. 1th power should keep their pledges is a mat ter about u which there cA be no disagreement 'among honest men. Unless political parties commissioned by the people, to administer govern ment keep " the faitX" unTCBB those who triumph at the polls redeem tlielr covenants with the pe pie, Republican Institutions aro a fraud and our; governmental system a failure , ' "" '.' ' There can be no representative government except in an ' empty mocking name, wheu tha people are promised reforms' with 'pledges that are not kept. There can be no genu ine successful government under the ballot box and ft constitution if the leople are humbugged, tricked, and hoodwinked with unkept promises. , Whatever anybody may think of the new currency bill, nobody can deny. that it is a fulfillment of one of the great pledges made by the Democratic party to the country in 1912, Even should the bill fall short of the expectations of its frame rs, in its great object lesson as a redeemed party pledge, It will still stand as one pf the moat splen did Christmas offerings ever be stowed by a chief executive and a congress upon-a self governing coun try In the. faith that has been kept, In the plighted covenant to re form the currency that has been fulfilled, an example of honest gov ernment and good faith has been eet that -no political party in this country will ever dare disregard, . It is a bill that is 'not . only a conspicuous example of redeemed promises, but it was framed and passed in the open. It was bought by no campaign contributions. It was underwritten by no captains of finance and its passage brought about by no system of intrigue. Its provisions and its prospects are so appealing that 37 Republi cans,' 12 : Progressives, one Indepen dent "and all the Democrats but two, joined in its passage, giving a. splendid Illustration of the new freedom at Washington in which corrupt lobbies are dispersed, legis lation liberated and congress made free. ' , Not In a generation has there been so much to renew national faith V ia responsible representative government. v convicts all the assistance 'It Is giv- celved handkerchiefs. ' And "they 'said. In an Interview, that the heavy ing people outside, the prison who were cheerful all the morning." : drain of money.' required td meet are not resident students, at the edu-j Their : dinner consisted "of poor 1 payments on vacant town lots In cational institution. ; - elk, "so Spoiled that we ate It about Portland -was ; a -large The Nebraska plan Is significant, through mere necessity," some cause or quiet business.. conditions for it suggests the conclusion that spoiled pounded fish and a few and tight money, Almost fifty per when people outside prison walls ac- roots. And yet they were cheerful, cent of installment .purchases of cept their full responsibilities to This record of the , first Oregon 1018 ,aPse t0 tne ."Hers after m o,tbers, there w,be some hope of Chrlstipjas is evidence that the day teen t0 twenty per - cent , of the depopulati '. " ' tlaries. " ' (think- Christmas is' not "ceieWaWd The rear estate-business :inriort- , ! properly unless there is an over'anI naa Den brilliantly conducted. ' A ND1JLE DECISION ! abundance of gifts, unless the table Some ot the best brains In Port- Kroans under tha weieht of rich ,an? piayea tne game censummaie HE California tide land decls- food n0b0jy BhouId eat. We lack ly and honorably. ' But in, the end Ion holds that tide and sub- tne pioneer spirit, the ability to be tne truth is pressed ; home . to -us .jnerged, lands are not sub- cheerful under adverse circum- tnat booming the town and trading Ject to sale by the state, and stances, and th determination to in lots will not. build a city. that the parties purchasing such maie tne mosT of our present lot. ; There must be something else, property did so sublet to the right Tha ,, la ,'t There must be payrolls.-Thvre must of all to use the lands tor com- ehTl8tmas 8ermon ever preached ln bo commerce, not with our own merce, navigation and fisheries. rw Tt t0.v,M h ,,nth back countm alone, but with dls- In affirming Judge Bordwell of the of matihe doctrine of rbeerfnine.4 tant peoples. There must be an superior court, the highest court in the advisability of abiding faith In outlet and demand for our Products the state declares that the com- the future when we ourselves are BUCh 08 ' Is created bv steamship monwealth never had any power to doIng aU wltnhl our ,,ower to shape lines connecting us with far coun trrant nutents for the 1200 acres n 4 tries. w - . k LA A 11 V CD 1 J 1 O. UCLLDl X U L U 1 C. T PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEftSiN BRIEF- of tide lands In dispute. The de cision says the lands were acquired by the commonwealth in its sov ereign capacity, and are held ln trust by the Btate for the benefit of all the people. i The term "tide land," as defined in the decision, embraces lands on ocean, harbors and T To get these outside trade connec tions, there must be steamship lines, and steamship lines cannot operate HE tall form of the pioneer on good will and fair promises. It AS AH EL DISH journalist-banker of Oregon takes money to buv coal and pay will appear no more on the I tailors. It requires dollars to sus streets of Salem. i tain a steamship commissary. For three score years, theimpres-1 UDlesB given, cargo by Portland- navigable sive figure of Mr. Bush was a famll-'ers, steamships cannot ply to Port- streams between mean low and high iar object in the busy business life, land. tide. The majority opinion declares or tne capital city. Thousands came that at any -time the state decides and thousands went in and out of that any of the tide lands aro neces- Salem, but the head of the great S&ry for commerce or navigation, it banking house lived on, spun on has the power to take them away and toiled on. Children were born from the purchasers. jinto the world, grew to maturity .On this point, Chief Justice Beatty, an d were called to their last ac saysT " '' count, but the great genius of AlthouRh outside purchasers of prop-! finance went daily to his desk and crty taken away might be entitled to remained a part of the vast finan compensation, still they may have cjai structure of the community, been compensated already by the In-j . ,, . , . , A. . , creased value of the land Inside thai Journalist Of his time was his harbor line. If It were shown tha equal. Some of the epigrams that property inside had Increased ln value, j he wrote, some of the sharp sar- The claimants to the lands injeasma he uttered in the political dispute who must now forfeit their ' campaigns of his newspaper days supposed title, are the Southern Pa-j are still repeated by the old timers cific Company, the Banning inter-lot the state. ests and the Wilmington Transpor-! As banker and financier. h was tatlon Company Communion tlooH aent to The Journal for putt. Mention lu f Uta department nbould Iw written en nnlr one tide of tht paper, bould not exceed 300 wurdi lu lvnirth ami mult bv arnMOipanleil The State COn-, without a snnpl ior The niJ1ofPfi I br tne niime aud addnsaa ot the sender. If tba r vt n.i- wiuiuuv a supeuor. i ne masierim wr,er doel deu t ua iwia tub. The Alaska lino must have sup port or it will be withdrawn. Un less Portland business houses es tablish relations in the North and give their shipments to the local Alaska line, that line cannot live. It is the trading cities of the world that become the richest and the greatest. If anybody doubts it, let them study the map. It is incredible that Portlanders will do otherwise than stand by the Portland-Alaska line. Letters From the People tested the validity of their tltleB on mind had a keen Inslttht Into men. the ground that tide lands cannot a gripping, compelling grasp of af be sold by the statei that tide lands faIrB and tnege twin facuities of lying within two miles of an incor- mfnd made hia way to fortune easy porated city cannot be sold, and and his power for substantializing that lands below the high tide mark his community vast and in navigablq water cannot bej For over fifty yearB the farms, BOld. i the business enternrlHes th whnla What .an unbelievable difference commercial and industrial life of in status is presented in Oregon! Marion county and the capital city Here legislatures by one step and felt the touch and were stimulated nnnthr tclNlntrl or tmrnnrteri to ' nnriaf ihn rnAnavaiiiin v l-lpt th. title tn anhmero-ed ,v,o-i.i 4v,., A burled In paupers' ajraves unless pro- .vo" v -.v. ( uioi uiuaHi5 cBLauiisiiiueiii video ror by tlieir children. lands . to private owners, though that Mr. Bush reared. Nobody knows I Then, how about tha Hiiirirant Th the enabling act under which Ore-lthe regiments and brigades of men I same fate is due them. Their parents gon.wa admitted to the Union de- that his aid in times of stress tided w.ere, abIe to educate them as they dared the foreshore on navigable over or his kindly assistance at the : to tig ""hool 'oil.S-Seir waters to be highways of commerce, right moment stimulated on to for-. clothes and other necessaries re too forever free. j tune. expensive for the father to provide, and Firs.t, the legislature granted a Mr. Bush was one of the great ' ,heyJ 'iav ,t0 lv p boo1 and get wharf-outright i .purported , pioneers of Oregon. The common-j- ' raHod to to confer additional rights on up- wealth as we have it, was carved generation. Why? Because the men Still another act pur-1 out or the wilderness and handed with all the weaita won't, give-them a Uibeti, be iliwuld an etata.) "PIcutlon l the freatrit ef refonnec. It rntlonnlltes eierytbing It tourbea. It robs urlnclplei of all flo auoctitj end tbrowe them back on tlietr rentouiibleuese. It tbef bare co reasonebleuetia. It rutbleielf ertube then) mii ot enatence and eeta up ita own ooacliulans tn llielr leJ." Wuodrow Wll0O. a A Plea for the Toiler. Portland, Dec. 23. To the Editor of The Journal For' nearly 2000 years the workinjr class has been compelled to work for the mere necessaries of life, and then In old age die poor, to be , SMALL ( IIAJS'GE Days are lengthenins;. " " 1 -Teachers and pupils are happy again, Sensible bankers! none ' of them Is velllnir "ruln.' , Talk- aboit Wir businessj- ' Consider that done by Santa Claus. . . . . .... a .- .. Two big things dona this year by congress; several others to be done in . ... , v-i' e '::,; :' ' Portland people are generally gener ous, but doubtless there ar some Scrooges. . e ' e ' Of course there will not be one-tenth enoughs regional banks to satisfy all ambitious cities. 4 - . Praise sweet women as one may, the average Bad Is a near-saint; he smiles during and even after 'the holidays, e a Is 1914 to be the 'good year, ftt last. when that Alaska steamship line will be finally and permanently established? A sow had a. Utter of-18 pigs, worth $50 each 1900 but not for table meat The man who knows how can get rich from a sow. . - Bankers all ' say the new currency bill is good, and everybody else is sat isfied; so congress can be forgiven for not passing it sooner. . . . . a a It is reporte3 that 'Huerta Is about broke again. But If he keeps sufficient ly loaded with booze he 'ran imagine himself the possessor of billions. , .:.-.- . ;' In refusing a woman admission as a lawyer, an English Judge ruled that she was not legally a 'person," , He should have been a Judge, if ever, .several gen erations ago. "Proceed Immediately to work on the West Umatilla reclamation project,'' wired Secretary Lane. That is the sort of a secretary of the Interior the coun try has long needed. OREGON SIDELIGHTS IN EARLIER DAYS By Fred,, Lockley. 5 tT I ' Ml A ..a.aa- a-la mw- -..a'u.l.- tmtlm.-n1 I Jjr ur a roii'g , now nJaring completion will cost near, moss." said Cy Mulkey of Koseburg. "I ly-110.000, It has a seating capacity of discovered that a- rolling stone gets no nearly 600.- It is built of cement brick of Its gold dust. At any rate, mine was and is finished In Oregon fir. . , -ji gone. and 1 decided to get a 'Job Testimonial to the city manager sya- Somewhere to get some more money. In i"ZL..Y 3ix-i7-Ai.. r wt,.-- "Sn far tne iau or ists snu me. spring, oi iov La Urande has no regret at the selection there ww of Maiuiger Lafky. if things continue was running a sawmill. I struck him tne way iner nave siarieu '"'""-" for a Job. I was.1T years la, ana 1 was hall the municipality will have some- . ' He t00ked at ma thing to be proud of in another year." -s, l?u Ior my 1 1 " . . Harney county is amone; those quail- can you do, boyr I drew myself up a fvlng as winter resorts. The Burns tall as I could and tald, 'I can do any- Times-Herald of December 80 reports: thing that anyone else can do.' H' "Sno-w fell here to dPth. of e Bald. vVhat, for example? Can yw Inches last Wednesday, but H has ."' T i . cleared since. It was thought, we would. 2 "".Im a,"m nava qui to a norm out so iar very m- , ' tie has fallen yet this winter. a Baker Democrat of December 81: The He said. 'All right. I'll give you a Job. I told him before I took tha Job I wanted s to know what the wages would be. He said he wou.d heaviest mail that ever went-out of pay me regular man'a wagea, $18 a this city at one. time was that last even- day me free whenever i?!tl??"e.Ate!i!!ctayIS.ViOT t52 i thi weather was bad and I couldn't sacks were for parcel post business ex- work. J. had been making a good deal; more (nun iiv n uny an i" imauvb, uut until mining opened up In tha spring, I was perfectly willing to take the Job at that figure. He had two, teams, A sailor who had deserted his thtp when It came Into tl.e Golden Gate, and haj heard of the gold fields, was driving one of the teams and I was to have the other. Mr. Kilburn went with me to the corral to point out my oxen for me and to help me yoke them up. "They were Spanish cattle. Not. the kind of oxen that 1 had driven across the plains, but long-legged slender ani mals with very long horns. He naa no cluslvoly. every sack being filled to ca pacity. The regular nrai ciass mail was handled ln three large sacks. ',. a - '.JV V The coffee club idea is making head way at The Dalles. - Urging the estab lishing of this Institution there the Chronicle says: "The very successful coffee club at Eugene has awakened an Interest for like clubs In quite a num ber of Oregon cities. Such clubs have become not only successful but very useful In a public and social way In a large, number of California' cities.", a . a Tribulations Of the . rural carrier, as set forth ln the iold Beach Globe: "Two MEANING OF THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT ROAD ADVICE land owners ported to complete the transfer. jdown to us by such men It was theold story of legislative skulduggery with its sequel of lost tide lands, sequestered swamp lands, stolen school lands, and gobbled for est lands. An attempt to right the wrong 0 chance, for fear , they may get a hold on a few dollars and start some little business and get a little of their trade And so they hold the poor down, work ing them like slaves for ten hours a NE of the greatest problems in day, for 10 to $15 per week. The poor front of the counties of the man nas to "ay rent- b"y fod ""d state is the rbad question. J,otn'nK for the family, and then, for it 18 PRrini Atari that f h at.c n.lii . ..... as to the Portland waterfront was , rillr.n; 7h7 , """" or ouy a mue nome on tne installment . . . , . . .. . I I'e spent during the coming year ap- plan, every few., years they cause a made at the last legislative session, ; proximately 14.000,000 in the con- Pan,c- Most overy one 18 tnen "t of but a railroad lobby beat the bill. Btn,ctlon of new rnft(1f, nnrt h,MM work for a year or no, all savings are The docks bill offered by Kellaher fin(1 tllfi " L, on7 DrBe gone, the payments on the little homes nronosed an honorable method bv . . rep lr and n,antenanceof are paat due and all because of the few proposeo: an nonoraDie metnoa by ex)stlng ones. How to expend tfcL dolIar8 yet to be pa!d) though perhaps wnicn tne states uue to us sud- money economically and obtafn a thPra httS been Pa,d several hundred merged lanas couia ne recoverea nrth f ,,. . .dollars with a -In at .nm nononiinn tn un onn . .. J - . aollar spent, lathe problem owners and so-called Innocent pur-1 If )o Q .'.. chasers. Lawyer Fulton, at the head of a i0(.a When some good man gets Into of- DUT- i it i lu ana inc wi bcv iu jieip tne - i i m u nrnii am ounn nnnnr.. m . . 1 . i . i . . . ....... t .1 solve for Itself in harmony with by tne majority, or put off from time From the Oakland Tribune. Every person should 'make it his or her business to bring Joy to somebody's heart this Christmas and every Christ mas that may come hereafter. The evo lution of Christmas is the evolution of human fellowship. The symbols of pa ganism have been applied to the ethics of Christianity. In the mistletoe we have the emblem of an ancient Druldlc rite and In Santa Claus we see a good elf which the worshippers of Woden re garded as the minister of childish Joys. Every custom associated with the Christmas festival, save devotional ser vices in the churches, was handed down to us by .our heathen ancestors. Every one speaks of virtues which the Chris tian religion teaches and enjoins. They are ethical and universal, and are recog nized as such by the disciples of every religious cult ln the world. Hospitality, good fellowship, love of children and the charity that flows from the heart belong" to every race and religion, to every clime and every age. Churchmen have endeavored to give them a relig ious significance, but the significance is not sectarian nor is it bounded by cr-cd- al distinctions. Love of home, or enn dren and our fellow creatures Is not a virtue any race or creed can claim for Its own; hundred and fifty pounds of groceries 1 ?xbJw" ", .htd Ji.iT JiP trantuil un In twantv unund narkaaraa I Spanish Style. A beam Was laid aero was last week sent by parcel post from the top of their heads and strapped. with Wedderburn to parties living at Clay rawhide thongs to their horna. . Thr Hill, eight miles above Illalie. Frank ' wumm. vnkm. harness and all were oweV let?.?1LinrrrK. til Jhl I hom m1- InsUad of chains, aa they gets out-of that kind of freight la the v. mnmt lnin, -mn thr .urt 4 1 av u waar"- aT braided rawhide ropea There jvas not a particle of iron In the wrgon, yoke or harness. The whole outfit waB -if wood and rawhide. We were supposed to make two leads a day, t riving to where the sawlogs were and bringing them ln to the mill. ' "The second morning I went to work. 'laugh' carrying It from the river to the Agness pos toff Ice." . In North. Germany centuries before Con stuntine inscribed the cross oh the battle flfliru nt . I T H rlirt atlnnltv a.l.ul ,mnn I the customs and symbols of Christmas 8"0' Tom, 0.u iSf0 v....... ,ki..u j and drove In our cattle I went Into the corral, caught my team, strapped That is what Christmas symbolises and practically exemplifies. It is broad ly humanitarian. It springs from all that is best and most poetic in human nature. It Is expressed in merry-making, tn hospitality and ln the interchange of tokens Of love end esteem. It is radiant with the spirit of kindness. It conjures up the memory of old friend ships and buries animosity with good feeling. The heathen Celts of Britain were singing Noel long before Caesar camfr and the Yuletlde was celebrated because they are emblematic and re- V n 1 An Aa . . I . .. .. f-l i 1 I teaches and endeavors to bring to their S,",1" ?ok!:,n?)! ' J5T!m highest development. So every man. woman and 'child can enter into the Christmas spirit with the ' Being a boy, I was sensitive and didn't want my boss to think that I couldn't do a man's work. As I came ln with lHn4 ha .a. An I n a ttafAra T , Vi a A lt . - ;;7 k " . "U8Wr l"g l"? ! tlo a log about five feet through. I ii i 1 " f, hl" "VUM- U f "?ot alxed it ip and decided that I ww necessary io subscribe to any particular, ,,. to ,ad thftt .,, bv reed to do this only to respond to the i lQi brlpf u ln next ,oadi It lay we1 on a grade so that I believed I could load it I drove on the hillside below it, put the skids on the ground under the log with the other end resting on top' of the bis wooden wheel. Sailor Tom showed me how to take a rolling hitch the duy before so. taking- a roll ing hitch with the braided rawhide rope I blocked up strongly, vnnitchid emotions of the heart, to surrender one' self to the- social Instinct at its best and at the. moment when the sense of kin ship makes its strongest appeal to the heart. In such a moment no one should neg lect to contribute to some person's hap piness, to do at least one deed of kind ness untainted by seiristme-js or hope of my oxen, got them with a downhill return. No purer Joy can be earned than Jpull arid they pulled the log up the skids by lifting some cloud of sorrow, rellev ing some pain or giving some token of sympathy to the lonely and weary. It will brighten the lives of all who do this, for the good deed done modestly and unselfishly sweetens the memory for years after and lingers in the recol lection like a hoarded treasure. "He that doeth good for love, of his and it dropped neatly on my wagon. Just as I had finished loading It, Sailor Tom drove up with his team. 1 too OUe of our rawhide ropes bound the log to the wagon with what they called a windlass, or Spanish hitch, rnd drove off to the mill. When I got to tho mill I got tho log off by the same ma neuver that I had gotten It on. Mr. conditions. Some counties ? "J "llf0!"6"-,, Z T' xa,?.p'e; skilled lobtiv. helped to smother the k- i ',. the law for the girls and women..Great . . . . uaic mi fee aicn aiiu oilittll jtsts Ot lint wt it And then thev kopn nut measure, and the people of Portland aB8e8gabie nronertv. Thl mMn, flVnr u r it,.Lh7nPPm are now forced to pay more than large ievjes an(j sman fund8 for tl- 18 elKnt dollars and a few cents $S00 a foot for foreshore that of roadH. some counties have greater f-ogh to live on? And they ought to rlarht Ih thn uponlo'a that in Call- , , .1U t. ' , ' f have a little to save for a rainy day. I I " P,?,l' ' " " ilt" ralllfal1 tnan others and the type of Btty no. and I think-you would get the fornia cannot be taken away from road that la best for one ,a not (iame answer from every woman or gir, the people, but which in Oregon adapted to the other. Some coun- in Oregon. Does it take a girl a year was alienated from the people ties have to brine thplr mntrini to learn to 8hake clothe ln a laundry, without a dollar of consideration 1 "5.1.. auu .iu.Um a, mcU Wl juoni.v.a.wu.1 niesns an increased cost. i a spool of thread over the counter of a ln moral or atatute law. Above all is the consideration 15 cent tre? it takes over $8 for that roads are to be built for the " r;.. .! benefit of the greatest number and out home or friend, going to live on $6? not for John Smith. ! Then they ask why girls go wrong. Road building requires technical' Then th employer comes up most CHRISTMAS IN 103 M' a -a. t a, A .Jk ... etixr. AM4t. knowledge and the first preliminary Ttk is to get good engineers or super- do we see riding around in automobiles, visors to lay out the work which and building new stores and factories, should be done with a single eye to covering whole blocks and up in the . . . :. air for hundreds of feet? Who pays . EDUCATION FOR COXVICTS NEBRASKA Das decided that con v Jets in the state peniten- tlarV shall have some of the advantages of an education. There Is . to be cooperation of the board of control, the state university and prison officials. in an effort to equin tho conylcis so that they may have a different outlook upon the world and a better opportunity ., to make good when given freedom. The state university has made ar rangements with the board: of con tiol whereby the state will furnish the books and the-'university will conduct a correspondence course for the benefit of prlsonerfcwThe course I will Include ,: arithmetic. American history, grammar; literature, baok , keeping and agriculture;'; lia' pro posed that the university ' give - the ORE than a century ago, in 1805, Christmas was cele brated ln Oregon by a sturdy band of pioneers at Fort Clat sop, a few miles south of the Colum- Kt r tvAta minth It voa tTiA fltat observance of the day In the Pacific fermanency- . A . ,0.u.ndat,on 8huld for all these things? Ask the working Northwpst The Lewis and Clark Ue maae n wn,cn 8,1 future work Is people. We say and we are not all aNortnwest. ine ewts aria uiark t b based Wh socialists, either that ail work should expedition wag at Fort Clatsop, and fl rf definite grade with uroner fce eKht ho"". a11 womn 8houl1 here U what Lewis wrote in his j? 1 f i proper be pald not less than $10 per week, and Journal- - dralnage the m"ey has not been an men nof less than $21 per week, and -,. . r a a .c.a. wasted. Neither Is money wasted if an employer can't manage to pay lrl- to capable these wages, let him get out of bust by the discbarge, of the firearms of engineers who will save many times. , gentleman In office in Port all our party and a salute, shouts and what they cost. i . d na8 a,ee trylnK to get six car tick a song which the whole party Joined in The kind of surface to be put on ets for 25 cents. Did it pass? No. It rXaTSSX -ads is dependent on local 'condi- l9r s oS ful all the morning. After breakfast tions and is a matter of after "'c. ?' nd Jlernor things would be we divided our tobacco, which amount- thought. First establish a perma- HS ent ed to twelve carrots, one half of which nent rade and dralnaKe and Burfac- 'V afraid to let you know they stand we gave ine men wno usea looacco .. ,.t .. . . . . " - . . n.(, , WeM aa can- and to those who do not a present of It with dirt or macadam but always for the worlds people . wl "h capn a handkerchief. I received a present keeping In view that the foundstion l81-'! ihould ,lav , fo t select few. of a fleece hosiery shirt, drawers and ls sufficient for a hard surface when P(opTe are waking up to this fact, and tail, from the. Indian women and some Road building is like any other J"-1"' aLa.l XL w f b compelled black root from the Indians. We construction, there must be a stable ha1' Z1 n ri h Kbt or gratify our appetites. Our dinner structure iu a progressive manner maaing siavet. . MnrPPTif H1?LP THE JXE I The Janitor. '.. aaUrn. Or.. Dec. 22-To the Editor of The Journal Portrod adopted corn- consisted of poor elk, so spoiled that : without loss of labor or money. we ate It through mere necessity, some spoiled pounded fish 'and a few roots, t The expedition was In winter quarters. The men 'had undergone untold hardships, and they were fac ing a dreary aeason of rainy weather in wretched surroundings. They Commerce committee is soliciting lnZ . Tnt.iiint citizen will deny that were far from , home in a strange ; business. . jthe commissioner" elected and tn wilderness. They were on their own! In Portland, we tried the nlari of icnre ,nte"i .to amft? B.01.and th,At ... ... a-. t . . tliey. are emaeqi. .nnwi nunuiamr, au seeing ncn ,oy swapping town economical and progressive, the T IS unbelievable that any Port- mt8;)0n government with the supposed lanaer win ran to support the object of making tne aaministranon new Portland-Alaska steamship more lcient, progressive, economical .a.. . '. ami direct, cutting red tape ln accord- uue ior wiuca a unamDer of r .r.w ,- th timaa. nj resources, with no hope of succor from other people. And yet they were cheerful. V '. , After breakfast, the tobacco, twelve J'carrota," ; or small bundles, called carrots because of their shape, wafc, divided,: the men .getting half, Those -who did not use tobacco re L.J5ome- months ago, , Mr. Selling peers lots with one another. . It didn't of anyone. The people having lnstl WOrk. As Mr. Ellers said at the ;tuted such an administration, one would t logically oonuiuue-nmi.. mcjr. wuuiu i?i fair enough to give ? tne new cystem p fair trial, 1 an other municipalities arj doing. This would mean, to give their commissioners a chance to create a new system . under which - the expected re forms could be put Into practice. ' but Multnomah Bar Association meeting, a trouble in Portland is the heavy Investment we are Carrying In non productive suburban property. behold! as soon as a move ln the right direction ls made a howl goes up. We all realize that there are a lot of pat riotic citizens whose patriotism and support of the powers that be ls meas ured by what there ls In it for them selves, at the expense of the taxpayero. ln special privileges through favors In ordinances and laws. If true reformats to be had and ef ficiency and econjlny are to be estab lished in any government It is obviouk that some changes have to be made. Portland apparently has an abundance of the privilege brigade. Reference is hereby made to the water meeting anJ a few more such delicate transactions. Other cities have had this then pro posed new system for years uid found It very efficient, and no 'boiled shirt mob Interfered. Being a veteran of 4$ years ago, and being a janitor of So years Btandlng do not mean office for life. A patriot is a patriot at heart. Jobs or compen sations are not essential to patriotism and to be just to your famous Janitor he very likely did not calculate his pat riotism 60 years ago by the rule of , dollars and cents. fellow man doeth himself a good that Kilburn heard me drive up and came ls above price," says, St Augustine. The out and said, 'Where is ToraT I toll same sentiment Is expressed by the He- him that Tom was back in the wood brew prophets, by Mahomet and by the and would be along soon. He said, pagan philosophers. It la expressive 'How did you get that big loe on 1 tire of the spirit of Christmas, the spirit of wagon?' I told him I bad loaded it on humanity and the finer feelings of civ- as anybody else would. He Said, Who Ulzed man. It ls an answering note to helped your I pretended to be very a call that man has heard, perhaps indignant and said, I told you I could faintly and imperfectly understood, ad- do a man's work. Nobody helped me. dressed to his soul by some unseen I did it myself.' He didn't eay much voice ever since he awoke to moral con- j Dut I could see he was siting me up sclousness. wltn great curiosity, and I heard from . 1 others that he used to do a lot of brag- , . . . . King about me. As a matter of fact all There are only 10 men out of about 60 th08e kini of mngn ar done mortl tv that mnr , n mnan A tVtalf. .arl An tn r.A . ... . V""" , .tow.ou KnacK man Dy mam strengtu. ir a money for license, just to shut out some poor man that can scarcely make a liv ing at the business. If the license Is raised the city will have some more fam ilies to feed, as not every sawman has $100. A WOODSAW MAN. man will only use his head he can usu ally make hia head save his hands. "This was ln the winter of 1848 and 184 and during this winter most of the miners came out of the hills either to spend their money m San Francisco or some of the other towns, or get jobs in the Sacramento valley and else where. A rood many of the men went Santa, Look in Your Pack. Portland. Dec. 24. To the Editor of The Journal Please print this among back to Oregon because the bulk of the letters from the people: I men - who came first arere those who Dear Santa Claus: Will you not re-1 were nearby. The rush from the east member a lonesome grandmother and and all over the rest of the world began send her a little Persian kitten? She In tno spring of 1849." .used to have one when she was a little girl. That was many, many years ago. Wishing everyone a Happy Christmas, both young and old. A GRANDMOTHER, S80 Morgan Street, Woodlawn. YOUR MONEY By John M. Osklson. Pointed Paragraphs A good manager caiTTie his own boss. In order to lay up money a man must salt down his coin. a a Just before Christmas the days are shortest likewise most men. a a Men are like women ln one respect- Soma ftna tnld ma tha nthatr Aav that In the ordinary walks of life a manlwhen Abraham Lincoln marrld Marv they ftre aU more or ,eM valn' 70 years old Is not so competent nor e? ;T dd h t dlrectlv to th. 01nhl fUlent as a younger man. It Is ali.o'4ioaa n" wen,t alrct'y Gl&e However, a good natured friend la tcTbe supposed that this Janitor, belr.ir tavern at Springfield. 111.,, to spend his sometimes an enemy In disguise. an honorably discharged soldier, ls, or, honeymoon and that he paid $4 a week a a should be a recipient of a generous pen- for the two. He didn't go anywhere else A yellow cur looks as lonesome as a slon. It should seem that he might or 8pend m re tn 4 k fa, defeated candidate afteV an election, retire and let a more efficient citizen . . ... " a a . , . . - , . I honeymoon because ha illit nnt hnv. th. - taice nis piace ana cioe painiui ep'- i - . - - - . . mentally strona- at 0lf h. .uone ospena ' can avoid falling In leva with a .Illy About a month ago. I was walking female of the species. along the towpath of one of the old ca- Take a close look at the people you sode. F, A. ENGLISH. The Case of Janitor Chamberlain. Portland. Or., Dec. ZSTo the Editor-nals of Pennsylvania, and t mat an m of The Journal There has been much In m n n d B.arted ,.f . meet every day and rejoice that you the papers of late concerning the sad ' ' wno naa "tariea nie as a mule , . n cannlbai - fate of a Janitor at the city Kail, who dr,ver on tnBt towpath. He recalled with WCre nl D r was dismissed for inefficiency, "an in-j satisfaction the time when $1 a week soft-hearted man always gets the famous acC' as-described by a prom- was the beginner's wage; when the sec- worst of It when he has occasion to Sill '-m..- Ik? t1.r T."th!?: ond man on th canal boat ot !5 transact business with . a hard-headed other side to this matter? Is there mn,y, H ,u" . . not a limit to what it ls possible for ajmonth' Rnd wh"n the cPln's wage one. grateful people to do, even for a veteran, was $ 25 a month. i' and has not that limit been reached! "Of course," he said, "things was . Ten year a. ,fr, ma r,af' t ' .m" when for many years a man receives a cheap in them days, and good, tool We JPPen nis wife thatjie loves pension and wages large enough for h:m didn't suffer from this wicked curse of which to throwTm P to live in comfort and put something hieh m.if.. wnicn to tnrow a nt. L hi. ;h S . in Tii. Zlfl ; ! Now- Personally, I can't see much: had his chance in life and It would be if .,, a,-, a,i, . , ' an Injustice tq the malty excellent men fi1"' i" J "wc5, Vt..f a 6ty who today are unable to find work at w,h'" J nIen"ful nd when . ... nil ma n iiinnr larflji o n aa n Virlrin aIh. any price to Keep mm longer. .-- , "7.,, ""Z tn eleventh hour, reminds us Jf Mr. Chamberlain were the only old fou "J ca.n 1 anytnjng etrectlve , that canltal riunishment arnwa man in the city's employ, it Would smlf0 lowering the cost of Uvlng-un- mgar;n f P repuK t Canadians that the city could afford to keep him j VJJTIV a"d g, ThP nlSlsUr of uZ dedared that a indefinitely, but from the array of wit- lh"0,W ", '"0s.t ?f careful ' consideration of all evidence nesses at the civil service trial It would thmgs we eat. - Mighty few of us b&i developed nothing to warrant a appear that he was one of many If j Wlll do that. , - . change of sentence. Then a petition the city wishes to maintain an old age' Instead of walling over the passing of with 60.000 signatures was rushed to bureau for men at high wages, well the days of cheap living, what ought we Ottawa, and Hangman Ellis ..lost an- and good: but.Jn. the name of Justice, to do? Certainly we have a duty. other opportunity to add to his skillful let "us not at the same time demand -of ; I believe that we can use exactly the strangling. The likelihood is that Mr. our city leaers economy and efficiency, same quality of frugality and forehand- Ellis .Will not officiate very often again. Jw.in?-l-V-r -!'ad,nR dn,'la'tn," i cents s dosen and it may not be necessary to look for Mr. Chamberlain s inefficiency, but from -eggs as Lincoln could in the time when a successor vhen he retires. - "v? v "" "" l it cost him f4a week to keep himself - 1 ' . r The Disappearing Hangman. From the Canada Monthly. Tha reprieve of Charles Gibson, mur- 7Lyr' tV?. nSXZTl wln,,ow .and-bride at the Globe tavern, and I am not the only timid woman who It win--iwavs ba trua that' would rather walk upstairs than-trust "T, " ."."iilt ...Vk ?,L myself to an elevator run by such as he. aNKWiiX Nti'KANCHISliJD, the tinv for efficient work will be a little more than the necessary cost of living; and , It will aiways be true that the worker Protests Woodsaw License. - '!?? tne most ot that difference Portland Dec. l4.-To the Kdltor of wa-f.?l 'rea8? h,a t sfac The Journals-Will someone, please ex- I."" V .JT" " a sa,v,n" worg ror- platn Why the woodsaw . men of . Port-' w mre hibm land want to raise the license for sawing " "ivch rent nV three times as mucfi wiwi'. trntn tH ner vaar tn tmft n., per doien for eggs as men paid 60' 6r $3 Doing so' "would not work a hardship on i rears ago, remember. that you start. Iq tne woodsaw men aione,- but ths people ; wrts, vn r jibbh,- pus tor i of the .city would have- to jpay oil the and that your captain gets, not $25 a way from IS cents to SO cent per cord month, but 20. 'V-J'J'K-.'-n-j? more to have their work done, ' Why not I : No, really, the old days were not so let everyone live at a reasonable rate? 'fine for the thrifty as are these! ' The Woman's Page The Journal each evening pre aents a number of striking features. Many of them are, of exclusive Interest : to vro-;' men; others are of, general .: ajnpcal. They all are worth while. Cultivate this dally feature ' page; you, will find it prof., . liable . reading. -.a. "V'