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THE OREGON DAILY, JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY KVKN1NU, J AN UAKY 2, 1914:
"Tf I r- ' f firs fv I A I
1 I ML 4 UwUnCINML.
i ' AK IXIiKl'KXOBXT . NEWtd'At'Kn
-,c. h. JU KwtM ...i-nhiHtwf 'like of which lies never been hith-
t'ttblWueil over ' evening- 4x-nit fcumlajrt n.r ertO fanOttc4.'' " ' . "VS -i
rrjr fttiftdar muriiitig at The Jim real Hullil- . , . . 1 - ,
twg. Brdwmy rnM VnnihlU 1'wtln wl.w. i V It the notes are USijri0U8, pOUe
. . Entered t rtm jai(flc -at tortlfiud, Or'for pf . .tfccni ; cao 1)3 collected under
; ' J th1 New York lawSj! bat the
TKufcj'iiuxK M.tu ?n:j? jhe. a-wu a makers jtnisht : be ; foreed to fight
rcbKi kr tta uiimborK t-ii ia : the i courts. ' The borrowers
th tiM-ratir what Awartwwt ym wio c .V . ! '- . r-' . , . ".
ougiuxUoyKxatt'BkxTAt-ivfc'r HPt. to great; trouble and
Benjamin & KentBor c Brunk expense ,in any event.
Vi.a25- JCtftbi. JkTe York; 121. FBtj.k.-; -ft n ..(.,. !
g nam wag.; rirm. . , ( , xolman s conviction ana the
Huhaertptio term br t any u-
f tem ta the Catte f'uiM or Mi-iiw
)iJi :i'"'i.:M:S i;-:f-. DAILY ' '
Otw . ..fi.su ne OKmUi . ; . .
- TH.XDAY .
' One tW. : j One mmith..'..
Otm )ar.j .i.'. .T.?i One lnt. . .
r,tt
A
gomo. men mov throuph life
a band of music moves down
; tl street flinjrUijr out .pleasure
onvry, side througli the a!f.
to f vvtrry one far ami; near, t hat
can JUten. Henry AVard Beechnr.
it
Its ueaija,: watek
HE i twelfth death from typhoid;
t fever Is- announced at Cen-!
rtwlavWoBhlngton, .l I
S iThe"epidemlo there Is die-
scrlbed'as; the worst ever known
in thej Pacific, Northwest.' Up to
Jast! Sunday, there bad been 29X
- -ases, Jl 6 suspects, and 11 deaths.
' v Another" death yesterday raises'She1
; mortality to 12. Ae resistance ' to:
lhy eiildemlc, 3600 persons have ;
- received the first inoculation of .
'Inoculation has been given to 600.
t The cause of the epidemic is
.the city water supply. The city
-water was used by all but six of
Ihovfctftns.'. : It ft u.Qiped ffoni, ja
wellwhich Is very near Skookum
nuck creeu. a. stream that is
In ted. t by f the filth from barns,
lniues and other sources of germs
thadiie its;battksl :
. The epidemic .haa; already cost
... the pegpl Oi the town and county front of the same on Pnget Sound,
more than would have been the j. defendant i claiming under a stat
.tutiretosi of, iv gra vity water ays- , ute, and 1' plaintiff claiming the
tent. A twenty-threo mile pip! right to use tha, waterfront .as a
- lino vould bring to the place the ! pc,rt of his riparian or littoral
1 purest Uvaier from the streani la ; rights, but it was held that plain
, ;si roreit reserve. i.tiff had no right, below ordinary
It is i Impossible for coiuiuunities high water line which the stats
;'to lonser ignore or dispute thi cblm not cut oEf. and that the
proveu. facts, of experience. It is,; 8tate com authorize whom it
t (tempting fate l.nd inviting pejstl-1 WOuld, to use the water below or
jlcnce for any community to te dinnry hitrh waterline.
satisfied with an uncertain wafer j In another Washington case the
v-;C.wPpJy '1' I nn.i'a riffhf ws nimilarlv con-
s .' .W f ori an1 tnlllr 9ro Vio r.hlafJ
milk are the chief
, . means, for infection with typhoSX
.j 1 uwiu". me iever pa-
tients. the loss of time, the suf
jfering. the anxiety, the bereave
. 'inents arid all the countless Ills in
l Ident to Centralia's epidemic can-1
ipnm ne statea in terms or dollars.
r j , iney are tar .costlier man pure
HJwatcr- Thev we a terrible warn-
jng to cities and communiUes;was vahiable for a tom and boom
everywhere. Eite. but it ; was held that the trial
HCHOQU TEACHER'S HEALTH
Pi
rQRE AT safeguard against!
illness among
lAkf hora In th
h?sln
j, public school
U,1.a u iv.., la
-. w n u) site oiiuyi uoarti. " . ., ic . , , 4v,- wool,
, 'Uhrougn a modification of the reg - Justice dhadwlck of thejvash.
t.lation: governing absence on ac-!lnton 8Pe court further said
U konnt of ilvdinposition. ! in the decision: .
. -j , - i i T,. state has asserted title to the
v Theimle allowing full pay when ' laTdhe l jtich the tide ebbs and
.the . absence did not extend over flows, and Uspondent's title carries
; 'a period if three days has beeaMhem no farther than the Hne of
Ranged tJ provide that pay shall; tl'1e-l
3 .&bo cllowe J only for three days txi r tlV relied vW by respondents: The
!; Jv'Ilfc' BlOn.tll. lUaderAihe. Old rule the rule pertolnfna to the rights Inci-
- :teacBer might be compelled to bernt to ownership of lands Blong
-bSennthre.cSecutive days, re-j hr$t oSS
j ?turn to school for a day and then 1 WRS before the court in the early
' tbe forced to be absent three days j case of Eisenbach vs. Hatfield. A
n succession , again and not suN ' careful review of the authorities im-
;'" . i au xv, ! polled this conclusion: "The result
'' I t i f g monthly: of our lnvcftlCTtion of the- authorl-
l -v. 4-CBeck.-v - ( i ' ; tis leads us to the conclusion that
i 7 The Change in the rule is not a riparian proprietors on the shor of
"Wrkf teaCh6r' bUt VeV
tae contrary, Is a. measure of; therein as an incident to their es-
-liealth insurance. It Is a well .t tate. To hOM otherwise would bo
kftown law in 1 therapeutics that I Au? he power of the state to
f f those Insured scainst a loss nf d6rt wlth owa V9V7
, , :r7f "gainst, a loss oiymr deBm tot th pu1sij0 gooA
,,!rPy fall !I11 easier and remain ill tt the state cannot axsrclsa its con
conger tham' those who have no stltnttonal rigrht to erect wharres
". 'such protection. v i , and other stniotares upon its pnhUo
't- vajtuuiuii i iui is wen
understood.) . The determination to
recover quickly is w help to re-
cover, j Th lack of a need for
qulcif recovery retards recovery,
1 ;It tt plainly obvious that In- Its
oc.tlon ! the board . has done much
for the benefit of the teacher In
..the.wajr xf conserving health. . -
f :' THE JAIL
CXTttE
G
OYERNOR GLYXN of New
Yotk has before him a re
markable illustration of the
, Jail as an: efficient ourefor l
at certain class of crimes. fiavM
It, Tolman. Iking; of v'.th'v loan!
sharks.- was recently senl;tocprisOd
for six months after conviction of !!
aavjing cnargea a vytim 200 per An. advance ! statement by the
cent tnterest 4 on a' $ 1 0 loan I United SUtes : geological survey
; , Now Tollman's wife and eon are j places Alaska's 1 13 gold output
attempting: to ' secure - the loanjtvt $15,450,000, as against $17.
s'dark'a pardon, and as an induce-i 154.951 the preceding, year,
nitmt they; have offered to burn There was a marked decrease
half' a miUion dollm': worth of :i!ln copper production," and as the
usurious notes, thus destroying all Alaska silver output Is largely ,'a
written evidence of debts contract- :by-product of gold and copper min
ed by mor than 20,000 men and jlng; the production of silver also
woiqen who borrowed from Tol-.decreased. The territory has pro
lan. It Is claimed by the loan,'duced mineral wealth to the value
Ehark'B attorneys that the offer isilof $248,300,000: , Of this $22b
bona .; fideCllnat Jnthe: vent of 200005 is gold, $l.580.ooo copi
Tolmaa's ypaf donVnotattempt-wkl r per. $2,000,000 silver. $360,000
be made ; to ttecteven. mone tin, iea,
loaned 'pn thnotes?;. - and . petroleum.
Covernpr ; Glynn haa,v employed Copper mining, began in Alaska
an 5 experMoexamiae.tbe "notes in- ltttli; and the total production
submitted for inspection and CAl- ft about 116,000,000 .pounds, .
binr diiatchea say jtha If ;na ; la'tbv The geological survey says there
convinced. the offer is really -worth ; are several reasons for the de
hile favorable" action- will bef crease of over $3,500,000 in, the
ite uu tu appucauon xor par -
on. , I
It Is : an extraordinary . case.
From one -point of view the", offer
1
may cl4S3el Httte more than
bribe., but it It has that characi
A- i . J ' . - ' . . "r. a '.. aw 1
ir is an auempi to cnue laeiiurnibues-iwo imru ui. m suw
present etiort to secure Dis iree-
Com have large sisalticance They
prove that. the. Jail ia the place
tanea of ' others. Tfi iall is a
place in Which u&' men can iuedi
late on their crimes and t&erc
is" no Viler Crime than imposing
! fnrther misfortune upon the un-
i fortunate.
OCtt HANDICAP
CALIFORNIA people own ' their I
a I tidelandc.
V Washington -people own
. t. ( .i.. - i
Oregon people do not. !
The seaport cities in the state !
south or us are not confronted J
with private monopoly in meeting j
the. merchant fleets of the world as
they troop through the Panama i
canal.
The seairort cities in the state
north of us are not embarrassed
with private monopoly in sub-
merged lands in bidding for world
cosnmerce.
But; Oregon is handicapped in the
race for Panama canal trade by
havinc tot jay more than $800 a
front foot! for dock sites, of which
i part is in actuality the people's
' own foreshor.
The people's sovereign right toj
pol-,jHidelands iln the state of Wash
; Ington is reported in Second Wash
-
-
jjngton supreme court reports, j
upland owner sued to enjoin t
An
the
defendant from erecting a dock in
firmea. it was In the case of the
-. . j .1'.. .v.;
Gray3 Harbor Boom Company vs.
i Lownsdale,, 54 Washington.
The plaintiff sned for the con
demnation of certain property
: along the lumptulips river. De-
fendattt was-the adjacent upland
owner and claimed special ' value
,, be$Qge 0f his water frontage
hUr- P-tflin witnesses testified
,iitTi- noftnln wltnpRKPS testified
court erred In admitting such tcs-
1 ' timony because "the right of main-
Stream wi iuo " -
! incident or appurtenant to the
; nnlands." .
j the consent iof adjoining; owners, it
I Is oh-Ionsly deficient la the power
M 4vipnat, which every o-
ersmont - la
proposltioa
to which we canaot
assent."
But five members of the present
Oregon supreme court held to the
contrary, reversing former Oregon
decisions in doing m. That is
why, when Portland people wanted
a ; dock site Ferd ' Reed ; got a
commission, of more than $20,000
on the sale. .
ALASKA IN 1013
(HE valued! Alaska's mineral
Output in 1913 is estimated!
at $18,900,000, as compared i
with, i zi7,S3 1 in 1912.
; vaiue oi Aiasna-s mineral output
as compared ;with the previous
year. The most important of these
is the condition Of tho placer toin -
lug Industry.- which, in .pite of
advances made In lode' mining, still
A .. ' v A. A 1. X -J ' . . -aa-n.f 4
output. "
hesn than .40 per cent of the
placer gold . is produced by large
plants, the balance Jeing still won
from-the rich gravels that catt l
profitably mined by hand methods.
Marked flifctuation in the placer
gold output is inevitable. : due to
exhaustion r bonanzas and the
diecoverV of new districts. Small
operators are more dependent on
the local water ; supply than are
the tyrge plants, and under such
conditiona noT stability of , placer
gold prod uction can be expected.
.There ' is no shortage of gold
bearing graveis imAiasKa, out only
Of deposits . which can be mined
unaer ine present mgn cosi 01 oy
oration. What i3 true of the
placer, mines applies also 10 lode
mkiljng except oa tidewater. -The
coastal region is developing rapidly,
but too marked progress can be . ex
pected in the inland region until
i a transportation System Js provided.
M w . it ... ... A
lion1 in Alaska during 1913. Of
Ihe j 466 miles of track previously
built only about 260 miles were
operated. The high cost of fuel
ancj a tax of $100 a mile,, upon
ail operating lines are saia to nave.
discouraged the railways, especial
ly those which are but partly com
pleted. ,
PAUL ORD
T
HERE was no i excuse for
sightless Paul Ord to smash
the great window .pane of a
Portland department store.
Xor was there excuse for the
ceiebrators of New Years who
broke his metal newa stand into
fragments.
All in the dark, as he is, the
odds against the man are heavy.
Trudging through the storm to
his news stand at five a. m. with
anticipations of a profitable day's
business in the sale of annual edi
tions, it was a bitter disappoint
ment when he found his; metal
stand in ruins. '
On his Bjde is the paramount
fact that he is not one of our un
employed. " Though sightless, deaf
and dumb, he was no petitioner
for fj-ee lodgings, free meals and
free support.
Instead of being a healthy sup
pliant for public bounty, he was,
though maimed and marred, mak
ing his own way and asking no
favors, a self reliant and self sup
porting man.
With three of his most import
ant senses almost or wholly gone,
Ord deserved wide public respect
forthe fact that he was not a
mcndldant, but a man. It is past
findrngr'out why there should be
in mankind a spirit of meanness
that was willing to wantonly do
him harm.
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK
I
N' HIS annual review of business
conditions throughout the na
tion Henry Clews, New York"
. banker, says the United States
has entered upon a new era of
great political, social and economic
possibilities. " The year 1913 will
go down into history as one of the
most marked In social and political
changes in several generations. '
The New York financier is opti
mistic. Ke has observed no serious
consequences growing out of ; the
new tariff. Time is necessary for
ascertaining Its full effect, i but
thus far there is no cause for
alarm.jin spite of the cry of wolf,
wolf set up by interests which
have been required to cut down
profits?" ' .
Mr. Clews ays the currency law
is a big step forward in placing; the
United States in the front rank
of international financial leader
ship. We are to have an elastic
currency fitted to the' growing re
quirements of the country, with
the advantage of public control tp
prevent abuse by private interests.
Business Is now. assured of a cur
f ency system which will prove a
bulwark of safety in, time of emer
gency. or panic.
In the year Just closed the na
tion's foreign trade grew at a
tremendous rate. Exports for ten
months Increased $13.0,000,000
over the 'same period last year.
The exceg3 of exports over Im
ports for the same period increased
$185,00Oji00. This immensely
strengtnEs our credit abroad, and
"so will the new currency law, for
Europe sets a higher value upon
sound banking than does the
United States."
Railroad earnings for eleven
pionths . were $849,000,000, com-
pared v with $797,000,000 a year
ago, showing that an increasing
volume of ; traffic was maintained.
Security issues fell off $519,000,
000.. imt the amount of new issues
was large, exceeded only by 1 91 1
and 1912, Building operations
showed , a decline, and", busioeas
failures increased. But Mr. Clews
says there is nothing to be gained
from dwelling upon? the discour
aging statistics. '
- There was. soma ' reaction, espe
cially during the latter part of
1913, but today the business out
look is more encouraging. . There
is no oyer, productipn in any linf
of industry . and hjns'ness should
resume normal activity. The finan
cial situation will :'be ' much Im
proved by the new currency law,
the banks are in generally good
condition : and there is little over
expansion outside of real estate
in any direction. ' ; .. .. ,
: - Mr,. Clews says that in spite of
all drawbacks there are. sufficient
J changes for thebetter' to warrant
a cheerful attitude toward the, new
year. " , . - ". -
r In -Woodburn', the saloons oper
ated ? had ' no- screens, no ; back
rooms, no lunches, no chairs and
no tables.: The license was $1500
a year;Thre were tot two sa
loons of which one earned a fair
profit while the other; made too
money.. The town .has gone dry
four times and wet four. It is
dry now and the" story is that the
womens vote did It.
The electric 5 train will begin
service from Portland over the Mc
Minnville sloop .January ,13. The
fertility of the latfd and its capa-;
bilitles ar to sustaining population
make quick transit and easy con
veniences of electric service an es
sential in the Willamette valley.
Letters From the People
(Communication sent to The Journal for
publication In thia deportment xhouM be writ
ten M only oe aide of the paper, ahould not
exceed .'iOO word in leggtb aad muat be -H.mpauied
br tbe tutme aud addreaa of tae
ender. If tbe writer does not desire to
have the name published, he aboald so Mate.)
"Dineawiion In the greatest of all reform
ers, i it rationalises everything tt tonehes. it
lobe principles of alt false sanctity and
throws theai liack oh their reasonableness, if
they have no reasonableness, it ruthlessly
crushes them out of existence and sets up Its
own conclusions in? their stead." Woodrow
Wilson.
Complains of Insolence.
Portland, Jan. 2 To the Editor of
The Journal Anyone not acquainted
with the rotten politics carried ' on al
most continually in this -.ountry,
would not and could not but ieel that
the country is -fast drifting 'n to the
lines of the rotten klnedoms jf
Europe. A reflection of this state of
things is not to be seen in tjhe higher
class officials of the government, but
always in the -petty ten ar.d fifteen
dollar a week government emploe.
The overbearing of these men is in
tolerable. It segms thpy want to give
the impression that they are permitted
to do a whole lot of things arbitrarily.
Especially is this true of the clvi
service employe. But nobody will be
lieve this for a moment, berause the
civil service has1 one characteristic,
namely, exactness, and to such an ex
tent is this one feature casried ou.
that the result -is one of elaborate
Study and most minute detril. Such
responsibility accordingly would be
too great for the men of fhat posi
tion. .'f
The stof fice; is an instance of this,
and there also ere to be found men
who have more insolence than becom
ing modesty. I went there a vei
short time ngo and csked for my mail.
The nirbt cierk answered in this maa
ner:". "Now. So and So" calling me by
my last name "you have omc here
migfity often lately.and you must c.-t
this out." I was . uoth insulted and
surprised, not knowing what in. the
world he was aiming at. Then, after
flinging tt.'s insult at me, he explained
that the. general delivery was only f o;
transients and not for those living in
the city. 1 replied that I ! did not
know this before. "Well;" he replied,
with his usual insolence, 'you know it
now." So much for the politeness of
the civil service. But of course,
"civil" in this case docs not meat',
"polite."
Now, how is a man to receive h'
mail, if he Is one night in r 25 cent
rooming house, another night in a 10
cent bed, and perhaps another night in
a mission room on the chairs.
Predatory wealth and the power that
goes with graft and roobery r.re surely
forcing us poor people who are indus
trious along the wrong lines. Into the
most abject misery and destitution as
may be seen from even the little inci
dent that i have related. I
THOMAS FARMER.
Handling the . Turbulent.
Portland, Jan. 2. To the Editor of
The Journal The proposed plan of
Sheriff Word and Chief of Police Clark
to handle the unemployed situation Is,
in my opinion, deplorable. How does
Mr. Word know these 2000 unemployed
will not work? I think it would be
more sensible to first give them a
chance. No doubt thefc-e are tome up
desirables among themi but tne only
way Jto weed them out is to first give
them an opportunity to labors It wilt
be time enough to talk rockpile after
we have given them- a square deal. I
witnessed the arrest of those who dis
turbed the religious meeting on the
street on Christmas day, and '.he sen
tencing by Judge Stevenson, but the
utterances made by those concerned :n
the arrest. I think, were a mistake.
The large man In citizen; cjpthei
who ;was leading the two young men
away to prison, said to the squad of
police.as they entered the crowd:
"Give them the clubs. That j is what
those fellows need. They want to g
td jail." And afterward I heard him
say. to another man: "I told the po
lice what to do to them, and ithey did
it." I
Now, I doubt the wisdom of such an
inhuman program, especially: at thl
critical time. I think it would show
more magnanimity on the part of
those in power, to first be sure thsy
do the rig!:t thing by these ; eople, be
fore adopting such an inhuman pro
cedure. These men may have behind
them th power vested in them as
chief officers, and they may abuse this
power by beatln the people ,up witb
clubs, instead of giving them a chance
to earn bread, but I do not think they
will have one single , kind reart wit i
.them or one . particle of human sym
pathy from the people of thlr city.
Judge Stevenson is right, .and the
commissioners stem to be making a
struggle to help the people, but I be
lieve that in the final analysis of our
dilemma Governor West will prove to
be the man of the hour.
' W. H. -JoACK.
Christmas Tour for Waifs.
Portland, Jan. 2. To the Editor of
The Journal Few hearts, if spy, were
made more happy Christmas day than
the little waifs of the Children's Home,
who were given an auto ride through
the courtesy of the Tyrrell Sightseeing
company, to the Barnes circus grounds,
a permit having been obtained to have
the youngsters shown the animals. The
children numbered 85. and the attend
ants' were loaded in the three large
sightseeing cars at 10 o'clock a. m..
and amid the blowing of horns and
hearty caeera proceeded op their way
to the Barnes winter quarters. All
along the way the children were greet
ed with friendly smiles and flourish
ing, hands. Occasionally a passing car
would salute the men who in their
noble work were casting a ray of sun
shine into the lives -of these homeless
tots. Arriving on the circus ground
tae children were escorted through sev
eral buildings. Each trainer vied with
the other in the effort to entertain the
youngsters. Much enthusiasm was
manifested in the building where the
elephants were kept, the trainer taking
much pains to show, how easy It wet
to make these animals perform,-while
the children's delight knew no bound
a they watched the seals eat and per
form. .With many words of praise to
tbe trainers the happy group departed,
arriving at the home at 1 p. m., each
- ... ?
one calling tb simple word Thanks"
as they alighted from the- auto. :
"You may choose your word like a
connoisur, i . ' . :
And polish it up with art, !
But the word that wuye ajid' stirs an-1
stays -.i ,
Is .the word tha,t coms from tjf
. nesrc.-
These worthy
gentlemen deserve
much praise for their most aenerou
act They have ' set an example
other Denevolent people to roilow.
lA SUBSCRIBER.
Governmeat Ownership,
Pendleton, Or., Jan. J-To the Edi
tor of The Journal The proposoal 'xt
;he postmaster general .for govern
ment purchase and operation of the
telephone and telegraph lines arouses
anew an old but always Interesting
subject, and that official probably, re
flects the views of a much larger pro
portion of the people that the metro
politan newspapers, .now la opposi
tion, realize. Upon a free vote of the
entire, population of the 'country I
have a notion that the proposition
would carry . nearly two to one
Personally, the writer favors the prlnk
cjple Involved, but there Is a quest
tion whether at this Juncture there
are not other fields of government
ownership calling ' more loudly for
departmental action. We can get
along very well for many years yefc
under present telephone and- , tele-;
graphic conditions, with proper rate;
regulation, but Is It not for the in
i est of the people that the govern
ment take over .the coal mines and
oil deposits, things In which every
liome is Interested in some way? The
natural : productions of earth, necesy
sary to all mankind, surely Provi
dence never . intended to be monop
olized. Coal prices are exorbitant,
and in the great cities almost pro
hibitive - to the poor. The housewife
is paying too much for the kerosene
for her humble lamp, and the In
creasing army of -automoUilists and
gasoline users are paying an unnat
ural und unnecessary tribute to' tho
Standard Oil company. Every coal
mine and every' oil well ought to be
restored to' the government, and the
products assured the people at sub
stantial cost. The price to be paid
would not be greater, probably, than
that requisite to buy the telephone
oh ol.T.h. linn. A small Drofit
u. aa V'-vBu'a , - I
charged, the oil refiners and handlers
of by-products would soon pay c the
purchase price In any event.
STEPHEN A.
"Who Is My Neighbor?"
Portland, Or., Jan, 2. To the Editor
of The Journal In the great city of
Portland I have found only three
nlnrea that will answer for the Good
Samaritan. One of these places is the J
Portland Commons, one is jrisgan
home and one -Is the Pentecost Mis
sion. The first place let me have a
suit of clothes, the second let me have
a dollar and the third lets me have a
heme when I am there. These are
nelarhbors." for they have done what
the Bible tells all of us to do, and
when we do that we are . Christians.
There is no other way to make one
only that way. It Is right to show
kindness on Christmas day, but we
need It Just the same In January and
February .and.. March.
Seme will say we could not no ma.
Yes we can. The city of Portland now
could let every man have work If it
were not any more than to pick up
sticks. It would be work, and the
poor could get something out of It to
live on If they were paid for It But
then we forget It and go around ask
ing who our neighbor is. He Is not
very far off. it we will look for him.
He is anywhere that you find a man
that needs work. That is me one
the Bible says Is your neighbor.
O. E. SHI RE Y.
Plans for Aid of Unemployed.
St. Johns, Or., Jan. S.To the Editor of
The Journal Please give space in your
paper for a few lines from a working
man. There are 000 men idle In
Portland. Are there 6000 people In
Portland who will take one man each
and keep him for three months, taking
him to a hoarding house or to his
home, or lend him the money to help
him until he can get a Job. the man
to pay the money back as soon as he
can? If this does not suit the people
of Portland, there Is one more plan:
Are there 6000 people In Portland ,tiat
will give $50 each to help those men
until they can earn the money and
pay It back? I will give mine. I will
not give any alms. This is a loan to
be paid back. This would be about
1300,000. I would name about 12 or
25 men to take charge of this, giving
them the full power to act. When I
say men, I mean men and women In
need of help. If the people of Port
land have a better plan than this lat
them bring It forward; It will suit me.
Any clan to better the times.
TIMOTHY SEXTON.
Business Inconsistency.
Portland, Jan. 1. To the Editor of
The Journal Can you Imagine any
thing more Inconsistent than your
morning competitor. Just think. The
kindly Mr. Pittook is president of tha
bank at Sixth and Morrison streets
and this bank ordered fixtures for Us
new. quarters from a Milwaukee -concern
without even a figure from tb
local firms, all fully equipped for this
class of work. Again, Mr. PlttoCV Is
building a residence, the furnishings
of which were ordered In the east.
Note these transactions; then not
that clear across the top. of page 10
of 'the Oregonlan of December 29 ap
peared these lines. In large trpe: "The
Oregonian's Home Industry Page
Support the State That Supports You."
I say he. Is a mossback of the worst
variety. No wonder our local mer
chants suffer, and even after spend
ing their good money for adevrtislng
in hla theet THOS. BOYLAN.
An Original Journal Man.
Portland, Jan. 2. To the Editor of
The Journal I have not missed one
single Issue of your valuable paper
since its first publlcaton, and I aw a
subscriber for the dally at this time.
I have been reading recently In The
Journal of the depredations of chicken
thieves and would like you to publish
my experience In that line. On the
Friday night before Christmas I lost
about $35 worth of chickens. Mr. 8am-
mons.'an old veteran, and his son,' lost.
about the same. Mr. Reeves, an old
man who came here In 1849, I think,
and Mrs. Thurston, on the Canyon
road, were both losers at the same
time. I am 73 years old the 25th of
March.
Mr.. Sammons will 'be 71 years of
age on April 5. Mr. Reeves 75 or 7.
All of us live at Cedar Mill, Wash. Co.,
Or, D. C. BURTON.
Esperance Clark . Defended.
Moatavilla, Or- Jan. i. To the Ed
itor, of The Journal The neighbor
who made- UP that false story of Es
perance Clark running' oft to Rocky
Butte to . shoqt " herself ought to be
had up fo llbel.V It Is' not the first
time she' has tried to ruin the girl's
character. - Esperance did run away
from home Christmas day. but she
merely went to friends In Monta villa.
Tbe girl Is very hot tempered, but she
Is not crasy to try and kill herself.
MRS. GEOJ2GINA M. CIARK.
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PERTINENT COMMENT AND lEWS IN BRIEF j;
. S3IAIJL CHAXGE . j OIuiCON' SIDELIGHTS
Seattle is a fine. hie. nrorreslv
city, but it is pretty wen up in a
corner. ' .. ;.' -; . ,
Borne big good things done in 1911;
bigger and better -ones will be done
intii4.
IThe problem of the unemployed eon.
frents1 all other large cities as well
as Portland.
'
flcerns that almost xtverv coniild.
erabie Job done for the public needs
investigating soon -afterward
t most be admitted that the trade
in i skates and hand sleds Is seldom
vt r brisk In western Oregon..
. ! . " .
(jrent bargain prices on7 liquor also.
In to-be dry towns; bapy bargains for
buyers, though, at any price.
I i . .7 . .
lUncoIn Beachey is doing great
stujnts in the air. It won't be Ion
till we will all bemourning 3Nr him,
Two men fought a duel for a 'girl,
and both were hilled, immediately after
which she t)er up to a third and less
roojlish "feller."
. It is complained that our navy is
notj; keeping up with the navies of
Great Britain and Germanv. abut is this
necjessary? In several important re
spektsthe United States is a,"diffei
entff Country.
" 11 j
Of the :'muitltude of societies of all
imaginable kinds, one recently organ
Uedi for the promotiqn of longevity
seems to be or.e of the best.- Future
generations are likelv to rise un and
call it blessed, especially if they can
live j under better conditions than pre
vail; now. . - ;
NEW YEAR'S DAY IN
Israel Katz, in American Magazine.
Oyer in the little Ghetto town of
Russia where I was born, the Christian
,Newi Year was a day of fear and
dread for us Jews. I remember how
""they" used to march on New Year's
Payh through the streets of our town
arryihg the holy Images of the Greek
hutch to dip .them in the river while
t J ... X .IU IV. . 1
"r"
u" " i" " ' " iBlirc
Ji m
order and reverence. We boys used to
watch that procession from the dis
tance with tear in our hearts and a
feeling of strangeness and oppression
upon our young souls, for we were
strangers in our native land, foreign
ers and outcasts In a land where oar
forefathers had lived for generations.
Not bne of us dared show 'himself
upon the streets on such occasions.
And here I was among people who
call
themselves Christians, and yet I
i welcome eyes everywhere. In
I was taken in as one of them,
for the first time in, my young
E felt no fear when the bells of
fabt.
Arid
life
Trjnly church began to ring the old
year put and ring the new year in.
1 j
t knew very little of New Year's
resolutions then,, for was not it "their"
New Year, and what had I to do with
this outside world of my Christian
enemies. But as I stood there with
my I head "bare' and with tears in my
eyes while the bells rang midnight, a
resolution began -to grow within my
hearty a resolution that was not made
consciously and in cold reason as most
resolutions are made, one that sprang
up Jthin me spontaneously, one born
out of the welcome which I .had re
ceived for the first time from the out
side jjworld the Christians.
I resolved then and there to show
to this Christian world that love, lib
w
at Cheer For 1914?
By John M. Oskison.
On result of the runaway tendency
among those of us who handle money
Whether In big masses oft capital, or
In thL form of a restricted allowance
ha sj been that in the past year we
have (begun to know the meaning of
thrift! j
Th year of 1913 was one of read--Justmnt
in points of view by the men
and itmen who handle money. They
have begun to learn that it Is not de
sirable I to spend more than is taken la
and 1J13 was a year for bringing
home this lesson to the carelessly ex
travagant. Thrjpugh the year, the greatest
bankers." organization in the country
kept ii its campaign for the proraul
gatloifiof the Idea of thrift In Us
simplest form the building up of a
savings! account. The bankers used I he reminded him of It, and Gene said
their local Influence In every way pos-lh,. would think It over. Nevt day In
Sible, land the national organization j "Sharps and Flats" appeared the fol
prosetfuted a publicity campaign which j lowing paragraph: I
reached far and wide. "William E. Curtis, the dlstln-
Toward the end of the year was bornl ruished Washington correspondent.
the Ajtnerican Society for Thrift, a so-
clety ftvhich uses the portrait of Ben-1
lamln l Franklin in all of Us literaturt
and tikis quotation from the maxims
of "Piior Richard": -
"Tia hard for an empty bag to
stand fiupright."
It was this society which announced
a competition unwns .i...-
dren Ji the country- for the best def-
Inlttoiii of -thrift and for the best 200
word f story illustrating individual
thrift. H And more than 2000 children-
in high schools ana primary acuooia
sent either definitions or stories. It
was a Pennsylvania high school girl
who won the prize for the best def
inition", i This is what she wrote:
"Thrift Is management of one 8 af
fairs in such a manner that the value
of one's possessions is being constant
ly increased."
ahr arfrt who called . thrift "the
rllDsed virtue," said in-her definition
that while economy signifies saving,
thrift "signifies 'both saving and in
creasing deflnUion of thrift which
we have undertaken, as a legacy from
1913. to make known to our people.
And we; find ourselves In a receptive
mood.
t r vi an Vri as Biz as an Ant
If man were much larger or mucn cate that this may re the cause, also,
smaller than he Is he could. not have of some railroads' troubles.; While
accomplished many of the most lm- the' Interstate Cogimerce commission
portant feats of civilization, says - a i was engaged last March , with the In
wrlter ih the World Magazine. For I vestigatlon of thta, banker managed
man by his stature,, is Just the right ! corporation, 'the directors met in New
size to make the best use of every- i York to consider its necessities. Their
thing around him. In an article in dinner cost the company J1J.50 Per
La. Nature Georges Claude points tout j person; each luncheon averaged 86.15
some of the reasons- f or this. J per person. The New Haven has Just
If man! were the size of an ant.' for passed Its dividend after an unbroken
example, he could hav mad none of dividend record of more than 40 years,
the machines with which he has con- During all that time the New Haven
niiereck the world. The dimensions ot
...h n.rhtnM as he could hav built
would condemn them to uselessnees,
as the surfaces upon which friction
must take place would b out of all
proportion to the volume, of the ap
paratus, j '
Such a man could not make a oai
i v,at wmiU float In the air. Th
.leltcracv iof the materials he would
have to -iemploy would prevent this,
for when a certain . point of tenuous
ness i paased the gas diffuses quick
ly through the. envelope. He could
not build ships that would woss the
.on nr! float on any large, body ; of
water, because the dimensions of such,!
vessel woeja nave Be""r
to th length and height of th waves
"A white Christmas may be all right
In it pmee,-- says tne Eugene Regis
ter, 'put the Oregon kind certainly bat
its advantages." .
The Cornelius Tribune closed the old
year with a denunciation, of the Spug.
traUing him or her "a Sychophant:
Picayune;- an Undecylenlo Glebe."
!
The organization of a University of
Oregon club at Hooil River will be
completed in the April vacation.. Pre
liminary e.eps were taken at a meeting
last Monday.
The editor of the Salem Journal hates
M 1. V- . ) 1 . I . It. .mi,a Ka
)aVK -a rt irtlwl n tr Anl airain but he'
complains they are doing-it so slowly
that "one is forced to think they are
taking patterns after the way an ed
itor's bank account Increases."
Salem Statesman: Subscriptions to
the stock of the -coffee club have bei
coming in very slowly, much lo thv
discredit of Salem. It Is noteworthy
of the Salem spirit that this proposi
tion is not hurried through, and the
institution put to running at a time
wfceq. it is most needed. Th cof re
club s not necessarily a dry tow.i
proposition. It is good for any citv
that has poor people.
A luen that deserves a name consist
ing of a letter of the alphabet and a
numeral of at least three figures, Ijko
those O. A. C. fowls, is thus honor
ably mentioned by the Cottage Gro-ie
Leader: "Mrs. S. B. Mores has a faith
ful bfcldy 11 years old. which -Js still
so vi-orus thut ?he can hutdly be
pointed out in a flock of last sprlns's
pullets. She still persists in? laying
a lot ef eggs rvery year besides hatch
ing and caring for a brood of chick
ens." TWO COUNTRIES
erty, and Justice are never wasted
even when given to a Jew. I re
solved to take advantage of all oppor
tunities offered to me for education
and advancement so that I might be
come In time a 'worthy citizen of this
great country, my country.
. The next few days were hard. The
wolf had to be kept from the door, but
the little spare time and money were
used in getting an education. Every
new book I bought was like a dear
child to me and I used to sit late
at night reading lovingly.
At last the great day come, and my
heart was filled with Joy and happiness
as I began my college, career, deter
mined to continue the struggle with
eagerness. All barriers, I thought,
must disappear before this iron will
of the Russian Jewish boy resolved on
getting the education, denied to htm
in the land of oppression.
And two years ago, on a June morn
ing, there was no happier and prouder
young map in the whole world than I
as I walked up on the platform of the
college of the city of New York to
receive my diploma at the hands of a
Christian, now no longer a stranger
to me but a fellow citizen who gave
me his wishes of love and affection
and told me to go out Into the world
as a son of the great metropolis of
our country and carry the torch of
education, culture, and rnM citizen
ship among my fellow citizens.
I knew then that a' great part of my
resolution had been carried out, and
I hope to God that till the end of my
days I shall continue to live in the
spirit of that resolution and work for
the good of my adopted country, which
is even dearer to me than If my ances
tors had been of those who landed at
Plymouth Rock.
as to make certain the Immediate
swamping of the tiny craft.
He could not even produce great
hpat, because the external surface-of
his furnaces would b so large In
proportion to their volume that most
of the heat would be lost. This would
cut him off from S& the chemistry
that Involves high temperatures, and
therefore from metallurgy and me
chanics.. But a change-in the size of human
beings would not make their exist
ence Impossible, nor would It pre
clude a high civilization. This, how
ever, would be a very different civili
sation from ours, perhaps one evolved
from some such primitive beginnings
as those of the ants.f
Stories of Gene Field.
From the Chicago Inter-Ocean!
William E. Curtis, the well known
correspondent who died two years
ego, once loaned Field $50 In Kansas
City. Many years later In Chicago
; was in the city yesterday looking after
some of his permanent Investments."
Kansas city, wnere ne lived xor a
time. Is still redolent with Field mem.
orles. George Gaston of that city .was
proprietor of a cafe and bar whither
gathered the choice spirits of the
town. This man fairly worshiped
Field, who was prone to run up ac
, counts that he could not square with
ready cash. A little squib or a poem.
1 however would serve to - wipe the
slate clean and the poet's credit was
as good as ever. Once a simple Christ
mas poem that Field wrete so touched
he heart of the cafe proprietor that
he erased a debt of more than 1100
and handed Gene a receipted bill for
the amount.
"I understand, then, said Field,
"that this acount Is paid."
"It Is," was the reply..
"Well," said the irrepressible Field,
"Is it not customary In Missouri when
one gentleman pays another gentle
man in full that the latter always sets
up Wine?"
Directors' Appetites.
From Harper's Weekly.
James J. Hill declared that our dif
ficulty In making: both ends meet Is
due largely to the cost of high living.
Recent Nw Haven disclosures lndi
i has been preeminently a widows' ana
1 orphans investment, nan tne stock:
holders are women. More than 10,000
of th stockholders are presumably of
small means, for they own only from
one to ten shares each. It would be
interesting to compare their luncheon
and dinner , menus with those which
the directors enjoyea ai in srocx-
t holders expense,
. Welletdey Kcort's. - t
From Llpptncott's.
"Well. I'll tell you this." said the
college man, "Wellesley in a match
factory."-
"That quite true," assented the girl.
"At Wellesley wc mako the heads, but
we get the sticks from Harvard." -
IN EARLIER.DAYSV
Uy ed LOckleyv,
Somewhere I have ; heard the ex
preseion: "Said the' mouse to the ele
phant, Who ar p shovingr.iyery
much on a par With . this is 'the
thought of San Francisco asking per- i.
mission of Oregon City- to Incorpo
rate. In the recorder's, office at Ore- a
gon City the official map of San
Francisco Is dulyiTecordexl. ' - V ,
When It was desired to ineorporste
San Francisco, the; only United States
district- court on the. coast was . t
Oregon 'City, consequently Oregon
City was the point' at which the map
of San Francisco had to be recorded.,
it lu vullnw nn1 fratil antf old. Ia the
corner of tjie mop -Is the legend. "Of
ficial map of San S-Yanclseo. mad by
William Ai. Eddy.tCS ' E.. drawn by
Alex. ZackerxowskJ Mcx-Votlsh offi
cer), copy for reeorSd'In the clerk's of
fice of the United . States district
court of Oregon." Across the back of
the map is indorsed: "Filed In the
clerk s office -at Oretslpn City this first
day of February. -A. .D-18S0. Ueorge
U Curry, Clerk, by 8.' Holland, dep
uty." - , i -v
On the" map is shown Montgomery
Fort. The Batteryj Sansome- street,
Montgomery street; Kearney, Dupoht,
Powell. Mason, Taylor and other t
streets so familiar to the forty-niners.
E. P. Dedman. the .county recorder,
is planning to have; the frail and yel
lowed map, mounted On-linen eloth so
that It will not erumble away. It
should be exhibited - in the Oregon
building at the P4 nam a-Pacific, fair. -Very
feW people know that Oregon
City is the godmother of San Fran
cisco. I " ' ' ' '
Another Interesting document to T
seen in the county recorder's office at
Oregon City Is the original map Of
Oswego, riled by j C. Trulllnger. the
proprietor pf the Ijwo. It was filed
for record oif January 18, 1867. by J.
M. Bacon. the recorder. The Oregon
Iron company's holdings are shown,
as well as Furnace street, Durham
Plare, Slate street. Leonard street.
Green street, Ladd - street, " Wilbur ,
street and several others.
Among the other interesting-documents
is a map of Mlhvaukle. filed on
Jiint- 21; 18C5: Canemah, filed;" on Sep
tember 16. 18C6; Canby, filed On Au
gust S. 1870; New ErS. filed January
7, 1876; the town of Sellwood, filed
on July 14, 1882; the map ot Robertson-
was filed on March 1884.
Marshfleld, which has almost passed
from the memory of man, was filed
on April D. 1870. Rockland was .filed
on February 1. 1870. Cuttlngsvllle
was- filed on Arrlt 18, 1867.
Moil interesting of all, however. Is
"the original map of Oregon City. It
i.iiin tii it nreclan end clerkly
hand and Is signed by John McLough
lln. The raver on which it is written
Js yellowid wlfch age. It has been
moupted on linen cloth nr.d where the
folds ore the paper has cracked. In
the right hand corner is an old-fesh'
lont-d wax 'seal. In those days, when
they wrote "Witness my hand and
seal" the seal was not a little pen
drawn screll. hut was a" masslva af
fair of re wax with a real seal at
tached. It was recorded In the fol-
" lowing languajte: -Oregon territory,
ClHoknmas county, lie It rememoeri
that on tMs second day of December,
In the year of our I.nrd one thousanu
elKht hundred and 'JJiV. persona -iy
auDeared befoVe me Francis 8. Hol-
lsnif, clerk of "the prol ate court of
Clacknmas county. In Orcfron terri
tory, the above named John Mclaugh
lin. With whom 1 am personally ac
quainted, and acknowledged the sign
ing bt the above and foregoing Instru
ment for the purpose herein men
tioned. Witness my hand and the
seal of my office, the day and year
above mentioned. F. ' 8. -Holland,
clerk." Indorsed across the back or
the map are the words, "Kerordea jan
uary 7. 181. F. S. Iloaand, clerk of
probate." In the map 1 shown the
Island occupied by the Oregon Milling
company, i The title or? the map de
scribes It t the .map and plan of Ore
gon 'City, though we have long since,
ceased to refer to maps and r'sni,T"
we now say map 'and plat. Though
the writing is faded. It can still be .
read- It reads ae follows:
"This, the original plat. Is on a
scale of IR0 feet to the inch. 8o much
of the town as lies between Washing
ton streetf and the: river was sur
veyed in the spring of 1844 by Jess
Applegate. The remainder of th
town, from block numbered 83 to I7f,
r..i..i. -a, am aiirvvd . by Robert R.
Short in the autumn ef 1H. AU
streets except Sixth street are
wide and cross each other at right
i. R!th street Is 60 feet Wtd
on the hill or cliff and at the' rtyer
cut Is only about 3 reel wie m iut
r . ftt Ail lota in that part-
i v " . .... - - - -
of the town.-surveyed by Jesse, Apple-
mm mm' aT i its i t On
gate are at least oo ii irvm -,
feet back. -The alleys In this part of
the town are ten feet wide. All lota
In that part of the town surveyea oy
en. n shnrt rs 61 feet front and
106 feet back. Th alleys In this part
of the town are ze reei wia. xh:
numbered 6, 40, loz ana J3 ar pont
ile squares. :
"That part of th town set apart
by red lines' has been donated to th
probate Judges of Clackamas county
In trust and upon conditions specified
in the deed conveying It. ' Th
space between the edge of the bluffs
in blocks 83, 82. 37. 30. 73. 74, 75, 7t,
is donated for a promenade for th
Inhabitants pf -Oregon City.
A1J streets, alleys and scares are do- '
nated to the city corporation for thv
public, th streets to b forever kept
up, the squares to be enclosed " if
Aw,m tA vnMtJfnt All f.rrv etvftta
pre reserved along the entire front of ,
me town, dunn aicuvukiuhi, - .
T H r. Vioral.v r tri I f v t Vi ? th. .luMr.
plat,' representing the town of Ore go
ni . i a T. n m. .
liy, is correct. rv. xv. onun, our
veyor." ,
Pointed Paragraphs
j
Only very young "men understand,
women. .
. "- v -i
The richer a man is the i richer he
wants to be.
Most worryn wouldn't want their
Own way, If they could hav It. '
."'
It's difficult for the average man t
live up to .the opinion he has of him
self. : j , '
- . :
A heavywelg'ht sweetheart 'work
havoc with the freshly tailored cresses
In a young man's trousers. --. V
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