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THE OREGON. DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, i. TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1 1914.
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COPlKKFIEIiD
THERE was arson at Copper
?". field. There - were residents
.who feared to leave their
j homes . " lest an incendiary
would do his work . during their
V absence.
, There was gambling of every
'kind. Among the gambling para
i phernalla captured by Colonel
Lavson were appliances ?o hastily
; removed that the money . was still
( in them when found. The gam
. bllng, in addition to other places,
wag carried ,bn by the mayor in
, his saloon. It was also presided
over in" that-saloon 'oy a member
of the cty council.
i Other city councllmei presuma
- bly managed the gambling in their
places of business. With a saloon
swamper, which is the man who
cleans spittoons and performs simi
lar service, as one member of the
;city council, the government of
Copperfield was truly inspiring.
J i Most of the things forbidden by
the statutes .of Oregon were car
ried on. There seems, in fact, to
.. have been little pretense at en
t forcernent of the law.
The statement is that the ma
chinery 6f government was used in
putting out of commission a rival
. of the mayor In the saloon biisi
'ness. The rival was securing a
lion's share of the trade. At first,
hia saloon burned down. After
that, the city government in its
. majesty abolished the rival on the
ground that hia new place of busi
. ueee was outside Copperfield's "re
stricted district."
i The carryings-on at "Copperfield
nci C UVl a 111 OLULUD 111 A LITIlliCU
State. There was a condition of
lawlessness that made the place
an unfit habitation for the law
abiding residents. '
- The remoteness of the place and
"the. natural conditions were fa
Worable to the status of suspended
,law that obtained. It was un
favorable to enforcement of the
law irt s almost any other way than
'that adopted by Governor West.
' There may be those who take
Issue with the governor's plan.
Theie can be none to question its
efficiency. Seventy or eighty per
'cent of the people of the state will
applaud the fact that Copperfield
thus been transformed from a pest
hole into a decent town.
MA It Y STEWART
A'
T CORVALLIS last Friday as
the new year was drawing
its first breath, Mary Stew
art, a pioneer mother who
ad attended upon the birth of
ninety-two years and had long out
lived her generation and direct is
sue, crossed the Great Divide.
' v Mrs. Stewart, or as she was
called by heT familiars, "Aunt
Polly,' was the first white woman
in i Corvallis. With her husband,
? John Stewart, she came to Oregon
In 1845 and settled the following
year on a donation claim one mile
north of Corvallis where the re
mainder 6f her life was passed.
She was a remarkable woman.
Although 92 years of age she re-
tained her' faculties and cheerful
disposition hich neither time nor
Storm could undermine.
1 Her husband : and two children
went . Into the unknown country
long ahead of her". Two grand
Children alone remained to comfort
.and support while she waited for
' the night :
Though old in years Grandma
Stewart was ever young in spirit,
, ver delighting in the society of
' the young who as eagerly sought
aer companionship. "J will never
get, old," said she. To her, life
' was always full.
A pioneer of pioneers she ever
ept abreast of the magtcat growth
of ithe" Oregon country, of which
. she was a part.
4 EXTERMINATING TYPHOID
ITH an enlisted strength of
mors than 80,000 officers
and men, the United States
1 army got through the year
1913 with only twe cases of ty-
jphotd- fever. One was that of a
man who had not been immunized
with .the typhoid vaccine, and the
: other case was among the troops
"jn China. The tiavy reported only
even ' authentic cases of typhoid
among Its 50,000 enlisted men. '
: Such is the record of the . pre
ventive treatment which already
has practically exterminated . ty-
phoid In two branches of the gov
ernment , service, where danger of
death , is greatest. Before the re
sort to Immunization typhoid cases
-In the army averaged about three
per 100 Or enlisted men, or in the
neighborhood oT 250 per annum.
There portly tyo;;, cases lasj
ft!
year: One soldier-rwas believed to
have contracted the disease before
tie enlisted. The other soldier was
immunized in 1911, but the history
of the, case ia ia doubt, "
! Soma scientists have thought
that use of the typhoid vaccine In
volved an increase of liability to
talercuIosis. But army surgeons
who have been analyzing their fig
tires say they have established the
fact :. to be exactly the eqntrary.
f hey say the new method of pre
venting typhoid acts also as a pre
ventive of cons-ana ption. '
j The nation's army arid navy
have given efficient service in be
hatt cf; ma allied. They have es
tabliaiied the fact that lives can
be saved, that the sum total of
human happiness can be increased.
THE GEMJIXE AX1 HOGIS
CALL for fifty men to breajc
rock for the Portland park
department, brought forty
men to the rock pil3. Twelve
started in on the work after learn
ing the terras, and only five re-t
ntalned at the end of a couple of
hours.
! ! Fifty men were' offered sub
sistence and shelter and $20 an
acre for clearing' land, and only
one accepted the offef. Nineteen
men serving sentence on the rock
pile, ; whose terms are expiring.
Were offered work and refused,
?aying they would not clean streets
or do like work because they "did
not have to."
Seventy per cent of the men ap
pearing at the- Portland Men's
Resort are spendthrifts but willing
to; work, ten per cent are agitators,
five per cent incapacitated by sick
ness and fifteen per cent tem
porarily embarrassed.
Twenty-five per cent of those
given employment in the Portland
department of public works were
loafers and had to be dismissed,
and the average of those employed
is twenty-five per cent short of
the usual efficiency. The same
shortage in efficiency appears in
the department of public utilities.
These are among the facts
brought out at a meeting yester
day to consider ways and means
for aiding the unemployed. It
also appeared that there are men
here from Chicago, Kansas City.
Spokane, Seattle and other points,
having been drawn here by the;
mild climate and Portland's gen
erous attitude toward the work
less. From time immemorial In Ore
gon oSr any other state, there have
been unemployed men in the win
ter season. Not so far back, it
used to be a common custom for
farm hands to work for their
board for a couple of idle months
in the winter, and be glad of the
chance.
Many a man in Oregon who
subsequently rose to prominence
in public affairs fed the stock and
did the chores at farm homes in
winter tifiie for his board and
lodging. There are men of high
standing now in Portland who
washed dishes, cleaned out livejy
stables, sawed wood and did what
ever else they, could find to do, at
whatever wage they could get, in
the old days and were glad of the
chance. i
There is a different spirit in
these new days. There are honest
and manly unemployed " who de
serve all that can be done for
them. This town, this county and
this state does itself honor to
help them.
But. there is a sort of aristoc
racy of so-called unemployed.
There are those who pose as un
employed who will not work and
do not intend to work. Thy have
convinced themselves that the peo
ple iwho by working ten to sixteen
hours per day, including in many
an instance half time on Sundays,
owe them a living. They are a
soft handed gentry who make it a
specialty of being unemployed, and
whose acts and attitude bring un
deserved odium on the deserving
unemployed, by hardening the pub
lic heart against all so-called un
employed, deserving and unde
serving alike.
There is an easy way to find
out the .difference between a pro
fessional and a genuine unem
ployed. The test should be ap
plied, and the soft-handed gentle
men: who refuse respectable em
ployment be dealt with as vagrants!
WISCONSIN MARRIAGES
7 ISCONS1N has a eugenic
KI marriage law, effective
YY , January 1, which has re-
Oiltorl In a rwnarlralila oi
uation in that state. Because the
law requires tests of men, the teste
costing $10 or $15, and because
the law limits the nhysiclan'a fee
to $3, there was no marriage in
thatf state January 2. A special
eesston of the legislature may be
necessary to amend the act.
The law requires a certificate
from a physician totheMfect that
the man receiving a marriage, li
cense is free from certain dis
eases, The certificate can be
given only after physical examina
tion and "by the application of
recognized clinical and laboratory
tests! of scientific, search." it is
also provided that any physician
whq I wilfully makes any false
statement In a certificate shall be
guilty of perjury, upon conviction
of., which, his license to practice
in Wisconsin shall be revoked.
j Physicians of the state were ac
tive in securing the law's adoption.
Itj U said that 95 per cent of the
medical profession in Wisconsin
ia inJ favor of legal restriction of
martg to those iot are physical
ly fit. '::-Bat ith physician fin sonal sacrifice that should more
themselves up against the alter- than ever endear Dr. Young to
native of losing money on each both factions, and stands as an
examination of a prospective bride-: unanswerable reason for all feud
groom or of risking prosecution Ism to be dropped.
for perjury and possible annulment
of licenses to practice.
The situation is further com-;
plicated by a recent kecislon by the -
Wlaconsin sapreme court wnerem
it was held that no ceremony is total cost is too much compensa-
necessary for a marriage in that:tion for Waddell Harrington.
ary ior a niarri5w iu mk
state. This decision stated no new ,
rtate. This decision! stated no new ,
law, being simply irecognition oi .
common i law marriages, but the
fear is expressed that under-exist-!
ine circumstances matrimony may
degenerate to a point not content- to accept a lower and a flat com
plated by the legislature. : pensation, the board has it within
The law is an expression"" of the its power to make another selec
general feeling that (little children tion.
should be protected from the de-; ' '
filcment asd blight 6f which thou-; No more brutal butchery of a j
sands are victims as a result of j human being ever occurs than was .
marriage.
A CHRIST5IAS STORY
THERB has long been a sus
picion among I many people
that Christmas gifts were
sometimes reshipped by the
recipient to another triend, becom
ing, as it were, a sort of medium
of exchange with which to dis
charge social obligations. .
That this is true jone particular
Portland family bag confirmation
as 6trong as Holy Writ, for the'
bread It cast upon the waters re
turned to it after a fewc days in
the same form it left.
The good house wife known for
her excellent plum jpuddings pre-
pared and shipped one to a friend
When the pudding arrived at the
home of the Salem friend it found
her in the midst of ian anxiety to
make some acknowledgment to a
friend at Ashland. She extricated
herself from her Sdllemma by
rewrapping the pudding and for-
vrarolng it to Ashland
Vhfn the. nuddine arrived at !
ohin ii.. Av ho woaiit
Aouiauu HIS? m.wA lWJ VM.
' t x i - u
worrying anout wnat sue wuum
0 n
send to a friend in Portland.
The plum pudding was an act!,t
of divine Interposition especially as
her friend was fond !of plum pud
ding. She placed.it in a neat paper
box and shipped it to! her Portland
friend with her eomblimentsv
When the Portland friend opened
the box, lo and behold, there was
the same pudding that she had sent
a few days before to Salem. She
identified it by the little plum
that stood In the center.
Some Christmas gffts are like
the winds. No man knoweth
whence they cometh or whither they
goeth. !
A TRADE WAR
ENGLAND and ermany are
said to have united in a trade
war against the Jnited States.
Diplomatic denial of the
statement comes from; London, but
is seems to be established that
these European commercial, nations
are becoming alarmed at America's
growing foreign commerce. It is
said that Jhe refusal! of England
and Germany to participate in the
Panama exposition at San Fran
cfsco is a part of thejr plan for a
trade war. j
Whether or not there is a se
cret trade compact ! against the
United States, the fact remains
that America's rapidly increasing
foreign commerce is peginning to
worry the great manufacturing na
tions of Europe. They see in the
Panama canal the meins for put
ting the United States in a more
favorable position to extend its
South American trade. 7
Europe haa long looked toward
South and Central Americafor
trade expansion, but it is surpris
ing to see 'England aiid Germany
making common causel against the
United States. If either or both
of those countries are afraid of
American competition I and think
they can better themselves by com
bining, there is nothing Americans
can say to prevent, it. cotp n.ng-j
land and Germany got into South
America's rich field ahead of us.
They established their steamship
lines and banking facilities, and
these influences have j worked to
the disadvantage of the United
States.
The report of a trade war, fol
lowing England's protest against
free canal tolls for American coast
wise ships, is now supplemented
by a British protest against forti
fying the canal. This last extra
ordinary move, cominf; after the
fortifications have bien nearly
completed, is bringing the American
people to full realixatin of their
proprietary Interest in the canal.
When It was dnlyf a. question of-J
tree toils to American coastwise
ships, the United States was. di
vided on the proposition. Then
the argument was use!d that we
should accept Great Britain's con
struction of the Hay -Pauncefote
treaty. Now that Englai d and Ger
many have Joined forces to over
come America's threatened trade
supremacy, the questio i naturally
arises: , Willj the antij-free-tollers
continue , fighting EngUnd's com
mercial battles against the Ameri
can people themselves?
Many Fortlanders regret the res
ignation of Dr. Youngd Through
out his pastorate, he has not only
been a strong and successful leadi
er In the church, but has remained
in close touchwith thi pulsebeat
of humanity, ready ; tej' lend his
strength to any movement that
promised succor for the weak or
progress ior the elty, Hia retire-.
ment in an effort to - bridge the
differences over the nnlon f tha
I Orace M4 fim churches, ig
R
moajesai oneruig u. ,,(..
the lnter-state bridge for $60,000.
a yve per ami gomuiismuii n
. - o
i ne onuse uuiu BUUUiU .ul
The bridge board should cut the
ugure iu a num uu ....1
reasonable limits as compared with;
the Modjeski proposal. If Wad-
oell & Harrington are uhwiuuik
the killing of the Wilson woman in
a Front Street lodging house Sat-:
urday night. With his- knee be-
. , , . . 1 i.
tweej, ner snouiaera uu uue uauu
erasnine her hair, the butcher
sawed her ' throat "'in short stablike
cuts from ear to ear. The police
deserve credit for the prompt ap
prehension of the alleged mur
derer and a very material witness
Letters From the People
(Communications tent to The Journal for
publication in this department hould 1 wrtt
ti'ii oil only one side of tue per. should not
.,wl .'Km nurils In lencta and mut be uc-
.-r.mn.nieil hr the name and addresa f th
sender. If the "writer doea not desire to
bare the name publiabed. he should so state.)
TMsenssion ia the greatest of all rcform
i, ..rlri,ll m-rTtblnc It tnllrhps. It
rb principles of ail fnie sanctity
Tnrow inem nacs on ineir rr,pnuic""
it ii
they have no retisonnblonesK. n rntniesMj
.Fn.hu th.m nut nf -xtntpnce Rnd sets 111) Its
own conclusions in their stead.
Wilson.
-Wood row
Property Rights.
Portland, Jan. 3. To the Editor of
The Journal I ask space to elucidate
the question of property rights as
advocated by Socialists. Their con
tention for puhlic ownership of the
sources of wealth does not carry with
the abrogation or an PW'J
- . .
rie-hts as some suppose.. Lnaer
So-
-7 ,,,,
ouiiom Vio naAnifl n-nuld own much
more property than they do now, for
,a a plan whereby the product of
labor shall belong to the one who
creates It but for his use and not
lor exploitation, exploitation being a
form of legalized robbery.
There is a vast difference between
rights in property of orte's own cre
ation, and the vested title In that
which nature intends for the. use of
all, or artificial rights to that which
J another has created for us. . Then
I "property rights" as understood by
Socialists means rights to the product
of labor as distinguished from rights
to the sources of wealth and to as
much of labor's product as one can se
cure under our present system of le
galized robbery .
Socialists propose to secure this
equitable distribution flot in an arbi-
trary way, but as the result of the
working of a scientific economic busi
ness system.
Note also their plan to eliminate
tire capitalist by setting aside a small
portion of the product of labor as pub
lic capital to be used to facilitate the
production of wealth, instead of, as
at present giving a large percentage I
of their earnings to the captains of
Industry, who unwittingly rob and en
slave them.
I will also call attention to the
two expressions which are understood
by many as being synonymous: First,
"An equal distribution of wealth,"
which means a division regardless of
desert or Justice, and the other, which
sounds very much like it, "an equit
able distribution of wealth," which
rrfeans a distribution according to
merit or justice. The first expression
comprehends communism, and latter
Socialism, their significances are
a8 widely different as day and night.
Socialists believe in an equitable
distribution of created wealth, and
say with Paul, "If any shall not work
neither shall he eat."
W. H. BLACK.
The Poor.
Portland, Jan. 3. To the Editor of
The Journal Your Chrtntman ulltnriai
was suggestive, but the hit ihinm !
saidotthejvlctims of Dovertv. name.lv I
that they were ignorant and drunken,' I
r,nr. - ... t -'.
ion ofij w u - iow. iguuraiice, oi
i i i . .; . 1
ail ni iiii:iiih: v iitt.JciiLfI, ig- not SOieiV
i conrinea to those in poverty, but
reigns in the ranks of the. rich.
Mis Fracis E. Willard at one time
thought drink occasioned all the pov!
ertv but after studv of ,1 . . ,
! close observation she discovered that !
poverty
led many to drink. Jesus. I
With ,such aa engineer
i i t j . .
"had not where to lay his head." You
intimate that nothing can be expected
from the poor in the way of relief.
But Jesus tried, and helped as he was
able, and, with maxims which if car
ried out would wipe out poverty,
charmed the common people. But that
was not all. The bankers, merchants
and manufacturers who oppressed the
poor he denounced as robbers of the
jl mr
widow and the -fatherless. Of the
scribes and Pharisees, represented by
ite.l hv
the editors, teachers and preachers who
today foster exploitation by the com
petitive system, Jesus said they "were
whited sepulchers." You know what
became of Jesus for so talking on the
streets and by the mountain side. And
today the crucifylngsptrit is operating,
and agitators among the poor get the i
same dose. l recau mat even ine
?,mJL ? .''J. ' ill I.-,
IT a .1" .
others who deny to tthe Socialists and
others working for -tha, uplift of the
poor the -ight to be heard on i the
KA7.ai,eA I tilaniltfth Tint thOMe
who today trample upon the poor.
01 cc.,, ...
The declaration, in part, in your ed
itorial will be widely Indorsed, but
many will be longing for Information
aa to how the maxims of Jesos may
be evidenced and poverty wiped out.
Remember that an avenue of escape
is needed and that although) we have
a Wilson-Bryan administration, pov
erty la aa rampant as under Taft and
Teddy and that the spirit ' of "the
lion's claw, the beak and "talons," still
prevails. JOSEPH BARRATT.
t, -
Kebukes Patrons of the Dance.
CorvalUs, Or., Jan. 3. To the Editor
of The Journal I have been waiting
patiently to aee if some one would say
something in regard to an article
which appeared ln The Journal of De
cember 17, headed "Dancing ln the O.
A. C."
Are the dances of today of any
benefit to our children? I say no, and
for this reason: My son has not at
tended O. A, O, as he intended when
-..4 . r , . . .
arriving here; I surely respect tin
few that do not take part In thet
dances. I chanced to overhear ' two
lw jgrt .go.
wnue leuininRR ana maxims you l n - -. inui i . A T, rPAfli,Bf, whrt
dorse, was a victim of poverty. He to n 8 , rrd 88 r,ean as Th-t the small money earned is g
y,cA h.in i m. i,' vn..IMr. Chamberlain- has kept his. I that tn Bma11 money earner is get-
A FEW SMILES
The ambitious mother had been look-
ins with disfavor upon the visit of
lxr daughter's latest -! j'-ounsri
cutaduslr.
A nvlmiu irAk.
I hope you are not
KoVmarry-
mg young cuta
dasi He si
P
spencs
he
earns,
pretty Daughter
wh, wen, ne aoesn t tai v-y much,
.. thThoItes i.Mrtm, h.r
BUMt iooSSgiS! Z "t .
anve nome, i.ut us a lovely evening
"Yes, iBn't it a
ine night?" an
swerd the guest
addressed.
K trn,,-!! hav. a'
eo you a nae a .
nice drive and
won't wish you
hadn't come to see
me."
"O n the c o n-
trary, l assure you, I always think
drJvc home is th very beet
that
part
vi in j an n iiivc lilia
Another one of
the things that
might have been put differently if one!
had liad time to think it over. i
"I always knew women wgre incon
sistent, but I heard of one today that
Stakes the cup cake."
What did stie
dor
. "phased her hus
band out of the
house with a stove
lifter and then
cried because he
left her without
kissing her good
by." Prospective Buyer Yes, I think the
horse will suit me-rbut what age is it?
Dealer What age
Oo you want?
Prospective Buyer
I don't want it too
young and I don't
want it too old.
Dealer Then it'll
suit you, guv'nor,
'cause this hoss is
just middle aged say
thirty, or so.
In an allusion to the domestic cat
the school superintendent said to the
little boy:
"Now", T o m m j
tell us the name of
the animal which
when all the house
is dark and every
body is asleep,
comes creeping
softly and silently
upstairs'."
"F a t h e r!" said
Tommy, promptly. Personality
attends O. A: C. : "Why did you not
stay a,t college tonight for tlie big
blowout'?" The college girl answered,
I never dance." How many of the
students can say this?
For curiosity's sake, my son attend
ed Ms first arid last dance last win
ter not at the O. A. C, but at a fine
Grange hall near Albany. If some of 1
the parents of children who attend !
these dances knew what took place i
there, tney would surely
blush for 1
shame. I would like to ask here if
the Grangers of this country encour
age such carousing. If not, why don't
they purify their communities by stop
ping dances at colleges and their halls
S, F.
Criticising Mr. Brewster.
Portland. Or.. Inn S Tn h ri
nf ThA Tm,rri-i j it,- v. .
ThDe JoUI-nal Like Bahquo s ghost.
uicwDier win not uown. n,ven
after the civil service commission has
ruled against him, he keeps up the
fight. Evidently Mr. Brewster is aft
er Mr. Chamberlain's goat. What If
Mr. Chamberlain Bhould retain the
Job? It would b to him what Gen
eral Sherman said of war.
Mr. Brewster is showing a relent-
les snirit. Mr. Chamherlafn h
IPs
i 1 I
1 1. r r 1 v
that job for 14 years, which is to his represent the deposits of all the busi
credit. He is willing and anxious to I ness PP1 and capitalists and farm
work. Which is also, to his credit. Mr. ! ers who kept their money ""hject to
Brewster's predecessors found no i ch5clt"
fault, but on the contrary were well u savers have to your credit
mMed Rut then thv vara ,. I more than twice the amount of all the
a record. It appears Mr. Brewster is
after one. but it should not be at the
exoense of old aee
expense of old age.
if that is his desire, just to cast his
ye over that which is being done
and see If he cannot tmr,- -
ernciency, even in jiis own depart-
rnent.
The 0,d Prverb holds good
'A new
broom "weeps clean."
It Is true Mr. Chamhprlnln m
. . "-
nassed the three score anrl tor,
-' .
and yet he does not want to be osier-
tzea. tie mimes ne ns a right to live
Let me rm'nd Mr. Brewster that
" linking people do not approve
of his seeming Indifference toward
?d ae- Mr- B't?r "hould not try
lo ma!le a. recora a.1 tn expense of old
iflFA it nnmm nnt aaIt wall t v. i
HENRY M. JONES
. !
The Journal Changes Make-Up.
. A '
l"c i:-u"or.
When it is a question of preserving
tradition in serving the public. The
Journal brushes aside the moss. That
Is why the Spectator's esteemed con-
i i i, ,1 i . . .
, r 2 ..." 'Mf - l" ?."ul." th.
"crlLers yesieraay. ine journal is an;""' ."".'-' - -
eight-column-to-the-page paper now.
The day of the seven column paper
is past. Many of the leading jour-
rala in the" eaat have adopted the wider
measure, which gives opportunity for
better display of news, and makes it
easier for the reader to find the hap-
penlngs of the day.
Some years ago, nearly every daily
: r In the ?""fy ran eight columns
we page; mat was tne time of the
blanket Bheet. xhe w ,d
nnsightly. and unwieldy. An eastern
publisher thought he could make a hit
K.. U V. :
j j .cuu,k .uiu vi ins paper
aiKi py giving more pages. He did;
the narrower paper became popular.
and soon the manufacturers ceased Jower became the tone of society, its
making presses to accommodate the gor,a breeding. Its delicacy. More and
blanket. Some of the important pa- m0re were monde and demi-monde asperse-like
the New York World never 80clated ir. newspaper accounts of
abandoned the eight column form, but ; fashionable doings, in scandalous gos
reduced the width of the column. .... courses. In Imitation of
The return to the eight column page
will soon be general. The Journal la
leaomg me procesaion on tne coast, or
course, we shall never have the blanket
sneeia ' issueu
in the size that will become the stand-.;
rd.
Federal Builders Always Leisurely, my own country has Incurred and is
From the Kansas City Star. suffering." the lady continued, "I can
It is announced in Concordia that not heln fe'in sorrowful when I see
"dirt will fly" on the new postoffice England signs of our besetting sins
.whin .1. wk -rh. appearing -also. Paint nd cnignons.
dently." advises the Clay Center
Times, "not acquainted with the
method pursued in th.e erection of
government building. It Is carried
out a spoonful at a tirre and then all
wnrlrnlltn. f flSTlMtira tt e-jiftiar
tha workmen, inspectors, ete.. gather
around and hold a half a days argu-, . i John Ruskin thought thi message who knows the evil that wee poa
reent as to whether or' not another wa.perUnent enough to be printed ih I sible and ithe monstrous tyrannies that
spoonful -should be excavated that day Whs preface to bis "besarsXaod Lilies." ; were actually practiced under the sy.
w the next." , -v i- e - -4-He thought it expressed IjgfutifuUy the, tern which has been abolished.. ," ;
PERTINENT COMMENT-AND NEWS IN BRIEF .
8MALL CHANGE
Ammr the good wars ia tbat on tu
berculosis. . That normal averagf of rainIl
r.iust surely have ben reached at last.
That sprint? is near Is al.o indicated
y the amount of baseball team news.
When tlie year is young, many
people don't feel as young as they
ought to.
Many kinds of good work will go on
faster and better tlisn ever before dur
ing 1914.
There have been rows over the Co
lumbia river bridge. Hut it will be
built, nevertheless.
About the luckiest man in 19H will
th .. ji, .,,..., ..,,iillm
(be the one who discovers
i mine if anyone does.
Now begin if you haven't already
to make lilt a buy-mHde-in-Oceson-products
year; aid keep it up.
The Republican national committee
"straddled" on the southern represen
tation question, and pleased nobody.
Arthur Wallace Dunn in Review of
Reviews. ,
The cattle farms of Argentina are
very large, a ranch covering many
square miles. Generally It Is equipped
with a' ranch house, the home of tt.f
owner or superintendent. In the center
of four large tracts of pasturage is
windmill which pumps water that
flows in different directions and sup
! plies the herds In fhe four pastures.
Comparatively little care is given the
cattle except In the matter of breeding,
where particular attention Is paid to
securing the best stork. While Dr.
Melvin was in Argentina he attended
a fair where a Durham bull was sold
lor $35,000 gold. The beef raisers of
that country' have learned that it pays
to produce the best. There Is trouble
with the cattle tick in the nothern part
of the country, just as in some parts of
the'l'nitel States, but the pasturage
method affords a better opportunity to
care for the stock than If the animals
ran wild upon the range.
Although the herds which-feed upon
the alfalfa are very large, they never
exhaust the supply unlefs there is a
drought. In summer the cattle seem
to be stamlng knee-deep in pasture of
which they eat until they can eat no
more. And they get very fat. The cat
tle owners sav the breeding cows get
j too fat, and it is often desirable to
! keep them in less luxuriant pasturage.
The change tn the method of raising
cattle in Argentina has been in prog
ress 15 or IS yaars. The cattle grow
ers are to a large extent English,
Scotch and Irish, now in the second
and third generations. But many na
tives of the country are cattle raisers.
The foreign element purchased lands
from the government and from private
owners who desired .to sell out at the
advanced prices for farms. The na
tives In many casesi are the heirs ''of
those Spaniards who long ago obtained
What Cheer For 1914?
By John M. Osklson.
By, John M. Osklson.
Was last year (I mean the fiscal
year 1913) a good year for you act a
saver of money? It was. Let me re
call the figures figures . taken from
the books of all the ban Its of the
country which take savings accounts.
When they reported last to the con-
j troller f lho currency at Washing
ton, these banks held 6,972.069,227o
j the credit of the country's thrifty; and
' that represented an increase over the
j year before of almost 475 million dol
I lars, or better than 7 per cent. Out
I of every $2.50 on deposit In all the
' banks of the country, you savers had
I y"ur creun n-ienvinj me i.ou to
I money
In circulation in the United
i States evenly distributed among the
population of the I nited States your
savings would suffice to give every
man' woman ana cnua ' cn-
i This year you saved ach man-
I woman and child of you, the whole
ninety-five millions of you $3 each
1 more than you saved last year. You
who live in New England states bet
tered your last years record by $7:
you of the Pacific states, by $3; you of
: th, .,,.. .titter
i me eastern siuies,
by $'; you of the
! mid-west, oy ; you or ine western
! ",u " , ' " , ". .
' mor P"1"
' ?hy os llZllw'
69 en,s a.nd. '5 centf re"pec"v,r-
" f Z.Tjt f .'ZIZ
" ; "t ,1 Z,Z
aiKuiiirm, uv ' - v . . v
! tln8 l in the neck harder ana naraer
. ah the time. . .
! A"a. whe m Tn! nVtL"
capital fothe development of the re-
!nm. nf thla country must come
!ifl, eei v out of this hoard of savings.
; you can not hold the conviction very
' long that legitimate enterprises will
i be crippled for want of capital. How
, v. V.o w h n von havl
be. when you have added
i ln lu y,Hr" y"u "uuc"
i four billions to your store: and you
i l! fal1 behind in your stride last
yeaf-
; ; "
Warning From the Second Empire,
From the Kansas City Star,
Writing to the London Times in De-
',h. irto a French ladv ascribed
Z"' humiliation and suffering her na-
tion hnrt iut undergone to the frivoll-
, on had merf s of i ood Frenclh
! wmf ,mmoaeEUe" gOWl f rencn
..Everv year did dress become more
1 ' V - ' .. ..
-xtravagant," she wrote, "entertain-
more costly. exDenses of everV
ki d m0Te. considerable. Lower and
eacn other's costume, mobiliers and
slang. Living beyond one's means be.
habitual almost necessary for
every one to keep up with, if not to go
bevond. every one else." ,
ThiB ,ettsr to the Times waa written
; as a warning to English women. "Deep-
i ttr nnrt
fearfully impressed by what
";'dfneuoUMfully moiil novels re in
r,jL0 f ZSJl.S.ill
;iol"maIvy years ago they would haTe
ar,rptirftd .err heinous ones: Wt thevi
e quick and tempting conveyance on
- .1 : . . ., liim 1 r.
. -,rv rtanrVrous hiam-oad." "
1 THE REEF BARON IN SOUTH AMFRIPA li
j - aaaas r I
j,
OHCGON SIDELIGHTS
I
The Budget says the ltH Christmas J
buying at Astoria was better than ever i
. j" ld ton
nnd a hnlf of candy, and the turkey
ma
rkct was utterly cleaned up. !
Mighty little comfort those Oregon ;
excursionists will get out of tha Med- ,'
frrd Sun. "The California excursion- j
ists left perfect winter weather for the ,
iiiim ii a vuuiiB cycione, ami a iiooq. ;
says the Sun.
For the six months of 1913 in which f Ramsdell "I W
widow s pension act was In force Jack- 1,1 .W 1 rn on Octob,'r 17-
son countr expended $6f.. 50 for the : ,B-1- Jn the camt liomt tliat my fattier
aid of ltt dencrxlitnt wlilnwa Cmmtv was born in in Kutlutit Vt I um ik
Judge Tou Velio considers the law . a 1 oldtst child. Shot tjy after my parent'
KOod one and anticipates a gradual in- 'marriage, thev went west settlintc In a
crease in the number of claims allowed, j wild aid un.'ettled part of New York
U Grnnde Observer: If there is a "t'h'.r-- 1 J ytT" uM V
place In the whole country where everv i , , r 8 ralhtr cam from ermont to
farmer should hnve an automobile t't , "t U!- My fthifr was Scotch, so
is here in the Grande Ronde valley! mv imt!iers father. Uoto were
wnere distances are arreat. A few days
atto Frank Conley drove In from his
ranch. 18 miles distant, transacted
lot of business and was homo between
noon and dark. It is the farmer who
neeos rne machine the fellow In town
can a:et alonir verv ntcelv withn.n hii,ne unaerslundine tlmt mv father
garage bill each month
large grants from Spain and later from
the republic. For years these lands
were tlie famed pampas, level as the
sea for miles and miles, upon which
grazed herds of wild cattle which pro
duced stringy beef. The later genera
tions have applied scientific method;
fecured the best beef producing cattle;
turned the pampas into alfalfa pastur
age and made fortunes out of thel
beef. These lands a few years ago sold for
per a("r- They are now worth
lrom J75 to J100 per acre, according
to their location. No attempt has ben
made towards improvements beyond
building the necessary houses for the
headquarters which the foreigners call
campa. The plains are treeless except
where groves have been planted; there
Is no shelter for the stock either from
the winds of winter or the beating rays
of the sun in summer. Just a sea of
pasturage covered with cattle as far
as the eye can reach; a level plain of
moving herds and waving grass with
out hill, mountain, or line of timbor
to break the eternal monotony of the
scene.
The Argentine beef producers are fa
vorably situated for their business.
These vast plains of pasturage stretch
westward from Buenos Ayres 123
miles, and much farther north and
south, and are within easy reach of
n tidewater market. Most of the cattle
are produced within 75 miles of Buenos
Ayres, and many of the stock farms
are near the Rio de Ta Plata and the
Parana. Some of the abattoirs are on
the banks of these streams, and where
the water is not deep enough for ocean
steamers the beef is loaded in barges
pnd transshipped. The packing estab
lishments are situated at the waters
edge. In the matter of transportation
Argentina has a great advantage over
the United States, as rail shipments
are reiiuired only for short hauls
dangers of immodesty in dress and
manners and. In his following passage,
presented a right conception' of modest
gayety :
"Far be it from me to preacd the
contempt of all that can make life lov
able and wholesomely pleasant, 1 love
nothing better than to see a woman
nice. neat, elegant, looking her best
In the prettiest dress that her taste
and purse can afford, It is
the degree beyond that which to us
has proved so fatal."
Oregon in the Van.
From the Cleveland Press.
Speaking of Christmas presents, that
was a dandy one of the state of Ore
gon to its women workers no pay en
velope hereafter to contain leas than
J8.25 for a week's work in a factory,
shop or mill; and no employer to re
quire in a week more than 64 hours
of toil.
Bear in mind the principle Involved.
Oregon says to the man who wishes to
make a profit out of the labor of worn.
en "Very well; but only under cer H' whUe we were waiting the Pawnee
tain conditions. You are not to tak ' I?dUn? Ikilld "on? of our clltU "nd
a . " not to taKe.a80 8f0je sorne. We sent a party out
complete advantage of women's weak
ness. You are not to beat the wage
level down to the point at which the
neediest must sacrifice themselves in
order to exist. You must arrange your
business to pay a wage consistent with
the woman worker's self-respect and
not prolong the hours until you have
destroyed her capacity to fulfill wom
an's highest function, wholesome
motherhood. Unless you can do that
your Dusmess is a cruel and d est rue
live Dusmess; ana ih!
s state will nm
permit it. to continue"
Such a ruling comee with necullae
appropriateness near Chrl.tmaVVme
for It 1. a fine, practical expression or
the spirit of Christianity
Vnr almont th fir.t
turles we here have a cardinal te-ehl
Ing of the Christ written lato a man
date of law.
By It the minimum pay of virtue Is
lifted to about'a third of the average
pay of vice.
How long
wln u b re Christmas
Will have the Special in v
everywhere
With Which it Will thla VMr nm. -
many workers ln Oregon?
- - io
Passing of "J. P.M Court.
From the Atlanta Journal.
It is hard, almost Impossible, for a
justice of the peace, under the
j
RTHtom tn trv a efM wllhAnt 0,1.1.1
- ' V .111 lllll
of the costs."
This was the Interesting observa
tion of Judge Edgar H. Orr upon rr-1
tiring from the justice of the neac'
court over which he has presided ably I
and conscientiously for 21 years. It
is peculiarly significant for the rea-!
son that it was made by a magistrate;
in whom! the fcst elements of the "J. 1
P." system were exemplified. Judge
Orr had the advantages of a rounded!
education and the instinctive
or ine man to wnom truin and right
ars supremely important in an things.
His efficiency and fairness ar t..
j tested by the fact that the great ma -
jority or nis aecisions reviewed by;
higher courts were affirmed. When!
auch a Justice declare that it is diffl- j
cult, "almost impossible," to try
case. unoer tne ree system, without !
thinking of the costs, we may be eure
that this system Is inherently bad.
The people of Atlanta have rood
reason to welcome the approaching end j
of justice of the peace courts In this
community and the substitution of a
municipal court free from the tempta- 1
tlons and rruditiea of the old lnirjui- j
tous order. Most Justices of the peace
themselves cordially approve the ;
change. -Indeed, several of their num
ber' worked for the state constitution-1
al" amendment under which it became
"lbl 'or tne Urger of Qeor1a !
; io supplant their "J. P." courts with
and trustier methods,
The new court will enter upon its
duties with the confidence of the peo-
i r 1 a rA tti. moral StlODOrt of MMTAllil
1 Pie and the moral support of everyone
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fi d Lockley.
"oanas Manly Ramroell has been in
Oregon nearly 70 tears. He lives at
: the home of hi iJauKhter. Mrs. Anna
IN. Ad,ran n- ...
fourth f t In litis city? I t Mr?
' rlrf,t at ) the meeting of a
p,oneer assocnt'ors liist June. Sinf
then 1 have vifited at his home and
he has told me many interesting de-
iiih oi ine early Instory of Oregon
We chance mor here in the west
j hot hearted :in,l I gitcs hanl heated.
in any vvent. rr.y mother's father yi,
there whs no need of her enduring so
muoh hardship ,1V1d irsisted on her
returning to Vermont with him. with
"""'u eiue up ine,ai lairs una return
there so.m, Howevj, he never went.
"My mother. witJi her four small
children, starved for a while at her
iu pr. piac-n. -I was sent to my
uncles. From there I went to my
grandfather's place-. My- mother died
when. I was 12 years old and the next
year my grandfather and grandmother
were -sold out und moved to phio to
live with relatives The relatives,
however, had no use for me, so I was
turned out to rustle for myself. I
found a place with Mr. Rhodes, a car
penter, where 1 worked for my board
fr two year. When I was 15 de
cided I needed an education. I found a
place where 1 worked for my board
with th understanding that the man's
wife, who had been a school teacher,
would teach me .arithmetic and gram
mar. After a year there. 1 appren
ticed myself to a joiner, where I
worked until I was- 17. I then took
what few books I had and my tools on
my back and starijd out looking for
work. I walked through southeastern
Ohio for a week o. 10 days before I
found a Jeb.
"The man who (five me work waa
building a house f$r Elder Going, a
Baptist minister, who was connected
with Granville college. Klder Going
found that I was anxious for an educa
tion and advised me to go to college. I
spent the next four years there, going
to college. Ry work trig every .other,
term I succeeded j In getting four
years of school in.
"When 1 was 21, 1 secured a position
ns' teacher In the Olhleville academy.
I taught music. Greek and Latin. While
In Clrcieviile I ran-' across my father.
He had gone to Canada, become an of
ficer in the patriotic! arm v. 'taken part
in the rebellion nndi In 1 83 had es
caped from Canada Ohio with-a re
ward of fl'iM) on bis head, dead or alive,
"I'rom Ohio I wit to the western
bounds of MiFsourl'. jjut after spending
a yenr fighting tiiejfever ami gue. I
decided to go to Teicin. While mak
ing preparation to go there I
ran across a man itamxd Hoover who
was looking for a .man to d;-Hi; his
cattle to Oregon. I : p;!ied for the
job and was nt once ucc i-pted.
"Our company ri om d the M!s0'.ii'l
river In April. IS 1 4. W found the
grsr-a did not )inij- Ktienmh enough In.
It for the cattle ,t,o .travel i n so we
waited- for u month for th kvah to
become better. Our company w.tn (be
firHt one to leave frjr Oregon from Ht '
Joe, the other companies having l-fl"'
lrom Independence. Mo. Af,er we heil
Joined the party v went one d i '
travel end then stoiuied for a '?iy to
organise. General Clftlle.m- wan elecd
leader of the psrty.. We wer- !i
vided into four rarqjpHnies. u cuptnin
and ar. orderly Kcrpi'Jnt hi-ing selecie I
for each of the companies. I wan
elected orderly sergeant In Captain
William Show's company. Three mm
panied bad started- out that spring,
one from Council Bluffs, another un
der Colonel Ford, from I ruicpendence.
and our party undqr Colonel Gilliam
from St. Joe.
"The spring of 1SM4 wan-an unuiu
nllv wet siason. Th'p ground was soft.
cr-UKihg the wagons i frequently -to Iiok
down. The streams liml all overflowed
and there waS a constant succession
of heavy rain storms and thunder
'orm. We had tq wait 14 days at
! he Blue river, before we could cross
to recover our stock. They were un
able to get the stock that waa stolen
but they made the Indians give them
Rn m a other Ktock lntnl.-ire of them
"We met Colonel ford's party from
Independence on the'IMatt river. There
had been quite a little friction in our
train before this and Captain Gilliam
refused to continue longer In command
on account of the Insubordination of
soma of the party. Frorh the Platte
westward, each of the f our companies
looked out for itself.
'On one of the swoUen streams hear
ln lle apiain wutw wantea us all
t0 n hJ$Z ground One of the
mn' .k rf'y"d do B1
camped pear the strm where water
and wood would be handler. Durlnr
n'" 'l1' J.n" t1""
swelled the stream until the water was
up to the bed of Holt'a wagon, and
thinking- if was about to float away
and that he would. be drowned, he
climbed a small tree. -The current was
j so swift that, the tree would- tremble
; and frequently bend clear over, dipping
Unit In th wnlln tram ft mnM
I .u ...-... ... v.1. - .-
iiirn b n m-m ii trn uy, ivr a wiuie
and repeat the perforrrtance. . All night
long Holt shivered in that tree, first in
the water and then out of It. It
stormed all night an& the noise of the
' Blorttff f?! ? r ne,p
we
ee i i
t TW t U1U V . 1 1" I t "1 .
""""'"b
Pointed Pafegraphs
gome people mistake notoriety for
fame
' '
If we ning our own praise .we must
nrovlrf.i our own. encore.
i ' " '
a .'onuclentious min -should back
Linctive attitude; up th good opinion 'he has of hi:n
truth and right self.
ntt.
a .... imii.n,. nr i.
.
! better than the real thing.
a
Probabrv a spinster remains ijliii
because s'he wos unible to make a
hit .H-
Here's the sorrow of It: Even the
hero vho died for TIs cojuntry is a
dead one.
The Sunday Journal
The riondsy -Joidrnal's news
columns are supplemented
by . variety of news reviews
. and Illustrated ' features that
command attention. '
Tbto big paper is complete ia
five news sections, 12 page
magazine and comic seciiom.
5 Cents the Copy ;