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f to debate the question.- Charles
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COPPERFIELD
BOYS of 14 to lb testified that
they bought drinks as often
as they wishejd, . on Sunday
or on any other day, af the
. saloon of the mayor .of Copper
field.. ' . ; -
Three members of the city gov--.ernment
were connected with that
saloon... They were: Mr. Stewart,
one of ,, the partners, who was
mayor,"; Mr. s Warner, the other
s;jiartner, who was councilman, and
the swamper in the establishment,
who was also a councilman.
. Harold Barns, a boy, testified
that he had taken $2.50 from .his
mother and had lost it in gam
bling at the slot machine in the
. mayor's saloon.. He also testified
that he had become drunk in the
- saloon conducted by Mayor Stew
art and Councilman Warner, and
. in : which the swamper was a coun
' dlman.
- - At the saloon of Council man
" Wiegand, whose "bartender was
also a councilman, there was a
vfrjrnfshings store in the rean It
" Was the custom of the boys of
Copperfield to go Into Councilman
Wiegand's saloon and call for a
pair of "shoes." After paying the
price, the so-called j shoes, in the ,
shape of a bottle.' jo f beer or a j
flask of whiskey, woiuld be waiting
for thera on a certain shelf.
With a city government so con- j
ducted," and with the district at- j
torney, of the county resorting to ;
the old threadbare practice of sit-
ting down in his office and ask- j
ing for somebody to "bring in the;
evidence," what wonder that Gov
ernor West sent Colonel Lawson
to deal with thejMtuafion?
Under oath t6 enforce the law, !
Oovernor .West, after noting the bilities. Next to them are the Wil
point blank! refusal! of the Baker j Iamette valley districts! Almost
authorities, ' had either; to send ; before it is realized, the dairy out
mtlitia or wink at gambling and . put of .the state will mount to
drinking by boys of 14 and up-1
warns in the saloons of the mayor;
and councilmen of Copperfield.
MINUET TEAS
T
HE tango, like every other
frenzy that has possessed hu
man kind froth time Immem
orial will pass in due season.
Already from London come tidinga
or returning sanity .through the ! preme court for "dissolving" the
. medication of the stately and grace-; old combination. That much dis-
f ul minuet of former centuries. cussed prosecution of a giant trust
.At' 'a large restaurant in the J was a ghastly Joke, for when the
West End of the English capital ' opportunity came to make compe-
there has been lately given a series j tition real, the attorney general's
of minnet- teas as well as tango department consented to a decree
suppers for the purpose of giving the only practical effect of which
4 patrons opportunity to compare was to change the form of the
and choose between the two dances, ; trust.
- While begun as an experiment the; standard 0"il was "dissolved" in
minuet, has provoked such entha-j the latter part of 1911. Prior to
Blasm n;hat it has been decided to ; that time the parent company paid
continue it j dividends of 40 per cent, distribut-
. The modern slit skirt and syn-;n-g annuai profits of a little less
copated "Too Much MiKjtard," thin than $40,000,000. In 1913 the 34
In sound and look,; vainly appeal segregated companies which con--
gainst the melody Of the old Eng-' stltuted the former unlawful trust,
, lish' 'Dorothy" and- the powdered paid profits aggregating $67T000,-
wjg, dibck paicu, pannier, rea
heeled slipper, gow of pink bro
" : cade, nndergown of rose 'satin,
iicnu oi creamy lace, stomacner ana
jewel fastened sleeve of our great
grandmothers. . ; "
;That the tango should give way
to the minuet is not surprising
when the latter's beautiful accom
paniment of music,! color, statell
ness and grace are recalled.
Hasten the day when jaded
fashion turns from the tango and
takes op the minuet with the old
music and the old costume.
,,! Hasten the day, when Portland
society discards the tango supper
for something more dignified and
Intelligent.
FOR RURAL OREGON
6
OYS and girls clubs for rural
advancement are to be intro-
I.' duced In Oregon. .
The movement met with
.great success in the Southern
: States. The boys corn clubs
achieved results that amazed the
nation; Various other clubs for
forwarding country I life challenged
universal interest pecause of the
success attained. ,
The state agricultural college
leads the movement! In Oregon, and
- has the -cooperation of the state
superintendent of public instruc
tion. t An elaborate plan has been
worked out. Involving no less than
" ten classes of clubs'. Among them
Vtll be corn clubs, vegetable clubs,
And dairy testing clubs.
" ; :Tbe j?lan Is far better than the
mere, program of growing products
hitherto carried on,' 'in that the
arrangements include directions
from and reports -to a bureau In
Director Hetzel's department of ex
tension at the college, which win
.enormously heighten interest .and
.disseminate instruction in see"d se-
-.lection,, .'germination, cultivation
tnrai -production,
The' program has the cooperation
of 'the federal government and will
be assisted financially and other
wise from Washington, j D. C. It
is to be programmed on a basis
even more promising pf success
than were the clubs which achieved
so wonderfully in the South, where
boys In their teens ; doubled the
corn record. '1 i
Bulletins announcing the plan
are nearly ready for distribution
in editions of 65,000. As stimulus
to the youngsters, therei is a long
list of prizes, the capital .award
being a trip with all expenses paid,
for the ten principal winners, to
the Panama Exposition.
AN ADVANCING INDUSTRY
0
NE of the great i stories of
prosperity told by I The Jour
nal's year-end editions was
the phenomenal advance in
the dairy industry. j
The value of the dairy output
advanced to $21,440,000 compared
with $16,090,000 in ;1912, and
$10,158,000 in 1911. A great in
crease in the number! of dairy
cows accounts chiefly for the vast
increase in the value of the pro
duction. 1
It is beginning to be patent that
the advance hag only begun.
Farmers in the Willamette valley
realise it better than do others.
On nearly every farm there is, in
process, the gradual enlargement
of dairy operation and a steady
transition from the old order into
a new one wjth cows and hogs as
the paramount issue.
A well known and widely ob
servant Polk county farmer re
cently declared the whole Wil
lamette valley is going to surren
der to dairying. He iasists that
the section will rival jWisconsin.
He is convinced of the coming
change by reason of the move
ments of his neighbors ahd farmers
generally, wherever observed.
The open winters, the mild sum
mers, the tter absence of extremes
of temperature give. Western Ore
gon an enormous advantage over
Iowa, Wisconsin and the other
great dairy states. While they are
locked in the ice and ! snows, of
-winter,- green grass is actually
growing in the .Willamette valley,
By use of kale, it is within the
Oregon dairyman's easy! reach to
have green feed for his herd all
the year round, while ithe other
great dairy states are under snow
two or three months.
The Coast counties of Oregon
are unrivaled in their dairy possi-
$100,000,000 a year and dairying
become one of the masterful fac
tors In the bank accounts of rural
Oregon.
OIL, TRUST PROFITS
s
TOCKHOLDERS of the Stand
ard Oil system have reaBon to
thank the federal government
and the United States -su-
COO, in addition to which the
Standard Oil Company of New Jer
sey, the, parent company, shorn of
its subsidiaries, made a special
payment of $40,000.00tr in a dis-
tribution of accumulated assets.
when the dissolution decree was
I nntorerl In 1911 tVia irmniii ninl.
tallzation of Standard Oil and con
stituent companies was $277,015,
954. In 1912 the capitalization
was increased by $66,233,993, and
In 1913 there was another increase
of $81,200000, so that Standard
Oil grew in two years frotii an un
lawful trust of $277,015,954 to a
court-recognized capital strength of
$424,449,947, upon which exces
sive dividends were earned.
These capital increases resulted
in juicy "melons" for shareholders,
as the new stock" was distributed
in the form of stock dividends and
offerings at par. Thus under the
protection of a supreme- court de
cree Standard Oil in two years in
creased its capital stock nearly
$150,000,000, upon which It now
claims the right to earri dividends.
In view of past efforts at trust
busting, with results disclosed by
Standard Oil figures there ia am
ple reason for Attorney General
McReynolds' insistence that the
government- abandon empty forms
In the dissolution of trusts.: .
SAVINGS OF AMERICANS
s
AVINGS banks, find, their pa-
irons, m large part, among
the workers, the L people in
ordinary circumstances, whose
condition reflects general: . condi
tions In the United . States." For
that reason the report of the comp
troller of the currency on savings
bank deposits at the close Of "1913
Is a fair index of prosperity.
Banks of the country; which han
dle .savings - accounts had on - de-
posit . at the end of. the year a 1
total of $6,972.09,2271! "'In-?
Crease of more than i $476,000,000 j
over the total for 1912, These de-i
positors had to their credit more '
than twice the amount of all the
money in circulation In the United
States. ' '
An analysis of the figures is
interesting. The country' savings
deposited In the banks, if equally
distributed would give every man,
woman and child in the country a
nest egg of $71. The savings for
each person In the nation amount
ed to $4 more than In 1912. The
savings in New England were $7
per capita more than in 1912, and
the per capita increase in the Pa
cific states was a little more
than $9.
The figures are a convincing
showing of thrift in thtf United
States. The American people are
taking on some of the characteris
tics of European people who have
learned that their future depends
upon preparing for it The $476r
000,000 item is evidence that sav
ing is possible to those who will
save. t. .
SIGN
SIGNATURES are sought
" throughout the state for an
Initiative bill to prohibit the
purchase of property for pub
lic mes at more than double the
assessed value.
The present law requires prop
erty assessed at its "true cash
value." The proposed bill would
be supplemental to existing law
and exercise some Influence in
making assessments equitable.
Governor Wot recently Bald that
It is important "for the people to
devote more Trtndy to taxation."
They have the taxes to pay. They
ought to cnow more about how
taxes are collected, how they are
assessed and how it fares with
each taxpayer in contrast with all
other taxpayers.
Some people In this state are
paying proportionately twice as
much taxes as other people. Some
are paying three times aa much
proportionately - as others are
paying.
In most Instances, it is the very
persons who can least afford it
that are taxed at the heaviest
rates, and that is because the
strong . are always able to protect
thernselves. That is why such a
bill as the proposed initiative meas
use should be encouraged. It is
one more defense of the weak as
against the strong. It Is one more
protection of the poor, against the
proud.
Nobody should be more Interest
ed than Oregon farmers In seeing
that the bill gets a place on the
ballot. Nobody, more than the
farmer, is forced by the Inequities
of taxation, to pay more than a
just share. of taxes.
Farmers should sign the peti
tions and help get signatures for
them.
PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE
THB New York Post says some
thing like a propaganda
against Philippine Indepen
dence is now being carried on
in the United States. The Post
suggests that it Is pertinent to ask
what interests are behind the
movement and who are the people
paying the bills?
No one objects to fair argument,
as suggested by the New York pa
per. Philippine independence is
In politics, and public, discussion of
the administration's plans for the
Filipinos is in order. Former Pres
ident Taft holds that an indepen-.
dent Filipino government short of
a generation or two hence would
be a mistake. His honesty is not
questioned, but the disinterested
ness of the organized movement
designed to create public opinion
advewe to turning the Philippines
over to the Filipinos is questioned.
There are unpleasant stories
about development companies en
gaged in exploiting the resources
of the islands. Whether these re
ports are based on facts will de
velop later, but the history of
American occupation of the Phil
ippines' lends color to them. If
the campaign for keeping the Phil
ippines dependent is being financed
in order that the islands may be
bled by a few Americans, the
shameless interests behind the
movement should be brought into
the open.
Thus, the history of hemp in the
Philippines is an Impeachment of
America's good motives in the isl
ands. Hemp growing is the chief
industry there, and It, has been
prostrated by congressional legisla
tion. The United, States constitu
tion prohibits export duties, and
yet congress levied such taxes on
Philippine exports. The law was
later; amended y abollshingsuch
duties on exports, except hemp, to
the United States.
An export duty on hemp con
tinued' to be levied, but the duty
was refunded upon a showing that
the hemp was actually used in this
country?" The result has been , that
the hemp trust, in addition to beat
ing down prices in the Philippines,
collected lb rebates something like
$4,000,000 in nine years. In 1910
this "rake off was four per cent
of the total value of the Philip
pines' hemp crop of that year, and
it went to the hemp trust of the
United States.
Some of those on the waiting
list to be governor of. Oregon,
didn't know where, they stood on
the interesting subject of Governor
West and Copperfield.- :There was
a straight out indorsement by for-
raer State Senator 0. J. Smith. The
Oregon City contingent came down
strong for the '-West plan. One
eminent Portland statesman was
pronounced in his opposition. Tom
Word approved and others had
more difficulty in reaching an
opinion than the Portland school
board has in making up its mind
about dancing.
The patrons of the Heflig theatre
complain that "much of the first act
of Kismet, has been t lost to them
by the practice of seating late
comers during the performance!
Those who reach the theatre after
the curtain is up should be com
pelled by the management to re
main in' the foyer until the end
of the scene.
Sheriff Rand of Baker is. now co
operating with the state executive
in law enforcement at Copperfield.
There is only one thing for any
sheriff A to do, and that is to en
force law as he finds it. It is not
a sheriff, but the legislature that
has power nnder the constitution
to repeal a law.
The paramount issue In the
court proceedings at Baker Is
whether the executive department
orhe judiciary of the state is gov
ernor. It Is an issue of whether
the governor or a judge Is the
executive department.
Letters From the People
(Communication sent to Hie Journal for
publication la tbi department should be writ
ten on only one side of the paper, should not
exceed 300 words in length and must be ac
companied by the name and address of the
sender. If the writer doe not desire to
hare the nume published, be should so state.
"Discussion la the greatest of aH reform
ers. It rationalizes CTerytblng it touches. It
robs principle of aU false sanctity and
throw them back on their reMonablenes.. If
they hare no reasonableness, it ruthlessly
e rushes them out of existence and set up its
own conclusions in their stead." Woodrow
Wilson.
Janitor Chamberlain.
Portland, Jan. 8. To the Editor of
the Journal: A splendid display of
the chivalry of American manhood
has been shown In your columns in
the defense of Mr. Chamberlain, janl
t$r at the city hall, the old man who
1st striving to retain his position to
earn a livelihood, and is compelled ia
his declining years to strain every
nerve in an effort beyond the scope
of his years and far beyond the ex
pectations of the people of Portland
and all for what? Because Mr.
Brewster, vested with power for a
short time only, wants to Impress up
on this wotthy old gentleman, . soldier
and citizen, that "might is right" and
especially so when It comes to hand
ling a janitor at the city ball.
Mr. Brewster I know nothing of. I
Wish to rpftnpct him for thm rtnnttlnn
htk ocramlpti arA fnr th firtnn. K. '
stowed upon him by the city. I look i
upon his action, aa do all whom I
meet, as lacking tact, which I wish to
define as the lack of sufficient knowl
edge of ' details necessary to form a
judgment as to the most desirable
course of action. Life is too short to
be spent in nursing animosity or reg
istering wrongs. But few of us ever
get beyond the spanking age; when
our parents stop, experience begins.
As he holds the position of commis
sioner, I desire to call his attention
to the point of economy in the long j
run. Impressing upon him that a little
difference in the service rendered by
an old man, long in the city's employ,
is well repaid if only as an incentive
to younger men, engendering loyalty
and devotion to duty, they thus know
ing their positions are theirs so long
as they attend to business, Irrespec
tive of age. It is just such an action
as his that breeds discontent in the
hearts of the masses.
I hope Mr. Brewster will always
prosper, but should the great wheel
of chance in his declining years stop
at the pitiful junction of want, I hope
more kindly treatment will be accord
ed him than he has shown so worthy
an old gentleman. In all this I can
count thousands ,wh voice my sentl
if not fully earned, is more beneficial- j
ly expended than much of the city's j
money besides.
"A bee can buzz its life away in a
bottle Without getting . anywhere."
Let ua get out of the bottle get into
the open and be free of all vlndlctive
ness. BIG. LIPMAN.
A Statement Corrected.
Portland, Or., Jan. 8; To -the Editor
of The Journal In order to correct
a misstatement In a recent issue of
yeur paper in reference to the pro
posals for engineering services in the
interstate bridge matter, I wish to
state that my associate in this mat
ter ts an eastern engineer of unques
tioned ability and integrity, and of
the highest standing as a bridge ex
pert. The statements In the proposal
clearly Indicate this, and therefore
the publication of the statement that
W. B. Bell of this city is my asso
ciate in this matter was entirely un
warranted . I have been ready at any
time to name my associate to the
commissioners, and to verify all
statements contained in the submit
ted proposal. GEORGE RAE.
Appeal for Pisgah Home.
Lents, Or., Jan. 1. To the Editor
of The Journal I saw the P'.sgah
home mother yesterday and asked her
about the needs of the home. They
are needing help most urgently. They
have more inmates than they have
ever bad. Some of them are sick
from exposure and neglect, v She said
to put ihem into decent, sanitary con
dition more sheet's were needed im
mediately. Nourishing food is also
needed for men who havle been fam
ishing. Let us all help a worthy
woman and a worthy work.
PHEBE HAMMER.
Mr. Billion Explains Charge. j
Portland. Or., Jan. 9. To the Editor
of The Journal If you will allow me
the space in your valuable Columns I
wish to make clear to your readers
the .ground I had" for making the
charge I did at Wednesday morning's
Bess ion of our honorable .commission
ers against W. H. Daly, Commissioner
of public utilities. First, there Is an
Xlle an overwhelming majority of freer
holders and residents on Halsey and
East Twenty-fourth streets who have
remonstrated against the croBStown
carllne being routed that way. Sec
ond, there is on file a large majority
of freeholders and residents on East
Twenty-eighth- and Broadway who
have petitioned for the line to be
routed their way.? Third, Mr. Daly
said to me some three or four weeks
ago while he was reviewing-the dlf-r
ferent routes, that he could see no
reason why the Portland railway could
not take the -Twenty-eighth and- Broad
way routes and satisfy and serve the
people who are-In need of car aervloe
. A FEW SMILES '
Tourist Ton lose considerable,
don't . you, by autos running down
yonr chickens In the road?
Villager Oh, they 1
are Insured. !
, Tnnrl T AiArSt '
know you could in-
sure cmcaenB.
Villager It's this
way. When the au- i
toists stop at my
blacksmith ahop for
repairs I always
tack on a .little to cover any possible
loss of poultry.
i "This," said the asylum attendant,
j pointing to the patient in a padded
ceii wng was uoag
, ing back and forth,
. .! 1 A.
ia won we con
sider a hopeless
case.'
"What's the mat
ter with him?" In
quired the visitor.
"He thinks he Is
continually dodalna
automobiles and roller skates."
Louise had made lound and repeated
calls for more turkey 'at the Sunday
dinner. After she had disposed of a
liberal quantity she
was told that too
much turkey would
make her a 1 c k.
Poking wistfully at
the fowl for. a mo
nent, she said:
Well, give me
uiuzzer . piece an'
send for the doc
tor." Ladies' Home Journal.
Mr. Jones See here! This horse you
sold me runs up on
the sidewalk even
time he sees ai
auto.
Horse Dealer
Well, you don't ex
pect a 60 horse to
run up a telegraph;
pole or climb a tree,
do you?
"Following Prank Mayoa wonder
ful success in "Davy Crockettf in this
country, he took his play to London,
where, because it
dealt with rural
characters of west
ern America, it
failed to succeed.
After the first night
performance in Lon
don,. Mayo was ap
proached by an
E n g 1 1 sh theatrical
man.
" 'I say, old chap,' he began, you
said something In the play about b'ar
meat. In this country a bar is either
made of wood or iron. What, may I
ask, did you mean?" "
The two wom
were discussing theh
fashions.
"Did you say that
your husband was
fond of those cling
gowns?" "Yes, Indeed; .he
IIkes ne ? cling to
m Jr abont f,ve
in that locality, and at the same time
satisfy the people on Halsey street
who have ample car service and only
a 28-foot street between curb and curb.
Fourth, Mr. Daly at two different
times made the assertion that he did
not believe the railway company would
ever Duiid UMs line.
I said. "If this
Is your opinion, why not recommend
the Twent(-eighth and Broadway route
in place of the Halsey and Twentv-
fonrth street route? By so doing you
will satisfy the people in that vicinity
and still not interfere with the rail
way people." . He said he would con
sider the matter, but his report showed
no change. He stated that he wished
to quicken the time by the shortest
route, whereas it ia less than 100 feot
to be saved In distance and time, and
but a small financial saving for the
railway people. By observing the way
the car tracks are laid on Twenty
eighth street between therldge and
Halsey street, one 'Would conclude that
the route along Halsey had been chos
en by the railway people before the
matter of the crosstown line wan
brought before the people in this sec
LMrDalyasTvoHng 'Sy coE
foS;
7, and on the impulse of the moment
I could not resist the charge, -and I
still feel that If the corporation is not
being favored there possibly might be
a little joker near East Twenty-eighth
and Halsey streets.
V. A. BILLION
The Taft Myth Come True.
' From the Walla Walla Bulletin.
President Wilson Is doing today ex
actly what the country expected Presi
dent Taft to do four years ago. but
what he failed to do. Have you noticed
this aspect of the administration?
When Mr. Taft became a presiden
tial candidate In 1907. many people
believed that he was the one man In
the country best fitted to carry them
out to "flinch the Roosevelt policies."
as he waa fond of saying. His ad
herents recognized that he was tem
peramentally different from President
Roosevelt. But at that time it was
a saying that Roosevelt had succeeded
In the gigantic task of arousing public
sentiment and that it would be the
duty of Ms successor to crystallze
this sentiment into legislation. The
"country had had the prophet; how it
was to have the lawgiver to put the
teachings of the prophecies Into ef
fect. It has the lawgiver, the clincher of
sthe Roosevelt policies, at last, but
only after four years' of delay. In
the tariff revision. In the reform of
the banking and currency system, in
the proposed trust legislation. Mr.
Wilson is following out precisely the
course of action that the nation was
looking for from Mr. Taft. His quiet,
but effective methods, his sure hand
ling of problems, his driving force ex
ercised with the least possible appear
ance of compulsion, are Just what peo
ple supposed would be displayed under
the Taft administration.
The Taft myth has turned Into the
Wilson actuality. . . ,
A Grandmother of Revolution.
From the San 'Francisco Bulletin.
There is a high note of Inspiration
for all men, in whatever part of the
world, who cherish an ideal- of human
progress. In the life of Catherine
Breshkovsky, "Grandmother of the
Russian revolution," whose name .was
recalled recently' when she made an
unsuccessful attempt, , at nearly 70
years of age, to escape from her
Siberian exile. '
Said Madame Breshkovsky, writing
to a friend. In quaint Russianized
phraseology: "One thing ia wonder
ing me a little; it is your admiration
of my character and patience to en
dure my fate. Firstly. - X shall say
that there are many and many, people
with us. whiob proved not less If not
more -courage" and grandeur of eoul
mm
I T- ,1
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
Mass meeting send for the police.
Market item says "eggs will break
soon." Dropped or thrown?
Yet 1914 will have its woes: already
a special referendum election is talked
of.
Every winter some people Mem
greatly surprised because some storms
occur.
Is it possible that the more things
that are taught in the schools the less
the pupils learn?
Isn't shipping whiskey out of Cop
perfield cruel and unusual punishment
for some men up there?
A person who belieres anything
strongly enough can never be con
vinced to the contrary.
'
The witches must have had Mac
beth In mind when they said, "Wa'U
do, we'll do and we'll do."
Though additional judges have been
provided, the state supreme court is
farther behind than ever. Too many
appeals.
Soon comes another, a rival .cat
show. Whether the cats exhibited will
be superior or Inferior to those of the
former show depends on which cat club
one Deiongs to.
From the Los Angeles Express.
The Pennsylvania society recently
held a banquet at the 'Waldorf-Astoria
In New York which was attended by
Mr. Taft. Among the guests also was
Henry P. Davidson of the business
family of the house of Morgan.
The New York Times reports th
speeches of these two guests on the oc
caslon named, from which It appears
that Mr. Davidson's address Is full of
the new vision shared these days by
many men of keen business Insight and
native conscience.
The carefully prepared remarks of
ex-President Taft. who was elected In
1908 on progressive pledges and lost
his oportunity when he betrayed hie
trust, were slavishly conservative, nar
rowly and blindly reactionary and
deep tinged with bitter sarcasm.
Here follows an excerpt from the
statement of the representative of the
house of Morgan Mr. Davidson pre
sumably plutocratic by association:
"For some years past this country,
in common with other nations, has
been feeling the movement of the new
forces, new utterances strivings on
the part of all citizens for larger op-
TAFT OUT-MORGANS THE MORGAN MEN
portunity, ror a more active snare injto help other people, and that this ir
the conduct o.i government and busi
ness. In accordance with the expres
sion of this desire we are witnessing
daily changes In the aspect of our po
litical parties and of our commercial
worlds Whether a man be
radical or conservative, whether he be
sympathetic or otherwise, he most
unless he closes his eyes completely
recognize the changes that have taken
place and are taking place. And If In
any degree he is to serve his day aa
generation he must take cognisance vt
this new order, he must try to possess
himself of the spirit that permeates
IS YOUR MONEY SAVED OR WASTED?
By John M. O ski son.
In a letter dealing with some of our
financial problems a man who haa
been concerned In the framing of the
new currency and banking legislation
made this statement:
"Per capita, we are the biggest eat
ers, the biggest squanderers, and the
smallest savers of money in the whole
civilized world."
To convict us of Improvidence, this
man quoted a report that only 99 our
of every 1000 of our population are
depositors In savings banks, while
Germany has 817, France 346, and
Switzerland 654; Italy can show 220
savers to each 1000, Japan 270 and
England 802.
Now that looks bad on its face. How
about another sort of comparison,
however? The latest official reports I
can find tell me that in this country We
have over 10,000.000 of savings bank
depositors; they have nearly four and
a half billions of dollars to their credit
or an average bank balance of $445.
I don't find as great a total of sav
ings credited to the people of any
Other nation.
Germany comes nearest us in the
during all their life and so many
young people that died aa heroes.
Secondly, we Russians are a people
of religion, and the worshiping of
the beloved Idea is our national trait.
This capacity to appreciate the wor
shiped Idea above all the rest of the
material world makes us strong and
willing to sacrifice ourselves for the
sake of It This my conviction makes
me bashful and confused when hear
ing or reading beautiful words about
my person. I would think it is so
easy and comfortable to serve a caue
chosen by ourselves."
The "ease and comfort" of her sac
rifice has meant for Madame Brsb
kovsky years in prison and years
more of guarded exile in an unfriend
ly climate, cut off from all the
genial influences of the outer world.
Yet she has survived to write cheer
fully, at the age of nearly 70 years.
"1 think my age Is not at all so high
as to throw me out of life and the
life Is growing more and more inter
esting. I wish to witness it."
The plains of Siberia are a long
way from San Francisco but the
struggle for human liberty and for
human progress has no time or place.
And even now and here one may find
on Russian Hill, in .the Potrero. men
and women who have sacrificed all
they possessed and gone into exile
in a foreign land for the sake of an
Intangible, unasaayable Idea. Surely
they rebuke the hard materialism of
a country which measures success by
the number of dollars a man controls,
and prosperity by the clearing lists
of its banks.
Cyclone" Davis Not a Joke.
From the Tacoma Tribune.
"Cyclone" Davis has announced him
self as a candidate for governor of
Texas and the New York Sun says
"that would be a huge" Joke." There
are many "who. remembering the polit
ical history of the last JO years, will
refuse to look upon "Cyclone" Da via
as anything like, a Joke. Some of his
methods may smack of the humorous
but those who have opposed him have
quit looking upon him as a Joke. "Cy
clone" Davis began chasing the money
devil more than 10 years ago and haa
never let up. He walloped John Bar
leycorn In 110 counties in Texas and
asaisted in defeating Bryan for presi
dent in 186 Just as he had assisted In
defeating President Harrison in .18921
He calls himself a Wilson progressive
today, but be fought the. Democratic
party for 25 years. He is at work
bow. Separating, the sheep from the
goats and driving the old guarders out
of the Democratic party. He is a
humorist at heart, bnt he Is far from
being, a Joke. f t -
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
W. Q. Ritchey of Nampa. Idaho, is
revisiting his old home town, Eugene,
after an absence of ID years. He says
Skinner's Butte hasn't changed much.
Kor the benefit of boys between the
ages of IS and 21, the school board of
Klamath Falls has decided to estab
lish a night manual training course.
-The
La Grande Observer perspica-
ciously remarks that if this warm
weather continues Congressman Sln
nott can prepare for heavy garden seed
requisitions.
And the Pendleton East Oregonian
keeps It going by saying that i "if the
now prevailing brand of climate con
tinues Pendleton will have a prema
ture epidemic offspring fever."
This is the Baker Democrat's "We
should worry" in relation to Copper
field's troubles: "After all. there are
matters of bigger Import to Baker than
the Copperfield muddle our splendid
winter climate, for instance."
Under a headline of its own, "Ap
propriate in Salem," the Medford Sun
reprints this, from the Salem Journal:
"Professor Charles H. Edmondaon took
an audience back 25,000.000 years in
an illustrated lecture on 'Prehistoric
America.' Which use of the Item Is
so ill-natured that the conductor of
! this column refuses to reproduce it.
It; he must try. to the extent that hi:
Intelligence permits, to work for It, not
against it."
" What waa the attitude of Republi
can Mr. Taft? Let his own words an
swer. This is, In parr, what he said:
"The truth Is we have arrived at
time In our social development and our
freedom of thought, when we know
everything, and know It hard, and
among other things we know that peo
ple who preceded ua In this life, ant
especially in this last 100 years, die
not know anything. .We are able t
suspend the law of gravitation or any
of the economlo laws that have been
thought heretofore to work with as
much certainty as physical laws, and
by their suspension we are going to
make everybody happy without indi
vidual effort. We are going to make
the rich moderately poor and the pool
moderately rich. We are going to ar
range by legislation that those who
don't make any effort are not going tc
be oondemned by loss of Just reward
for merely living. We are going to re
arrange human nature in such; a way
that men will strain their minds an
muscles to the point of nerselratlon
not going to be confined to the few,
but It la to Include everybody. We ex-
pect to exclude the word 'demagogue'
from the language, to drive out of
business politicians, and to have
statesmen who, with complete power
over legislation, will make good the
promises of every eloquent period that
la calculated to win rotes."
Mr. Taft Is a convert to the theory
that the average American Is as unfit
for self-government aa a Filipino, and
like all new converts, he preaches his
new-found theory with reckless enthus-
lum.
amount her people have saved, and keeper. He wouldn't come out from
she Is nearly 1772.000.000 behind, behind the bar ar4 when I reached for
though the number of her savers rises him be stuck hls.evolver against my
above the 20,000,000 mark. The aver- ' stomach, but before he could pull the
age deposit of the German saver is J trigger I caught. him by the hand and
1180. turned the revolvir to one side.
Tou see. we have hardly begun as! "When they started the mounted
yet to Interest the sort of people who police. Chief Hunt was looking) for
give body to the statistics of saving men who could 3 ride. Quinton and
in Europe. A mere beginning has Shane, two of the policemen, told him
been made by the postal savings about me, so I ws appointed mounted
banks. At a recent reckoning, given policeman. Six years ago I waa made
out by the postmaster general, the de- sergeant. Some years ago I was ap
posltors In the United States postal pointed officer for t.ie Oregon Humane
banks have Increased to .10.00& In . society. My duties are to see that am
number) their deposits have grown tojrnals are not abused. Frequently
nearly $14,000,000; and their average ' horses with very .ore shoulders ate
deposit is $102. Of such are the huge worked or horse are overloaded. I
army of savers In the Older oountrles. j visit the various- grading camps and
We make much, we eat much, we 1 examina the hortex also the commla.
live extravagantly and when our,
mind is turned toward saving we save
more per capita than any other peo
ple in the world.
And, do you know that there is un
der way In this country a wide-reaching
movement toward making thrift
ropular? Personally, I believe that
this campaign will be successful and
then watch the figures as to our sav
ings accounts!
A Product of Endurance.
Agnes Reppller In Atlantic Monthly.
Drf Keate. the terrible head-master
of Eton, encountered one winter morn
ing a small boy crying miserably, and
asked him what was the matter. The
cblld replied that he waa cold. "Cold!"
I oared Keate. "You must put up with
cold, sir! You are not at a girls'
school."
It ia a horrid anecdote, and I am
kind hearted enough to wish that Dr.
Keate, who was not without his genial
moods, had taken the lad to some gen
erous fire (presuming such a thing was
tc be found), and had warmed his
frozen hands and feet But it so
chanced that In that little sniveling
boy there lurked a spark of pride and
a spark of fun, and both ignited at
the rough touch of the master. He
probably stopped crying, and ' he cer
tainly remembered the sharp sppeal to
manhood; for 1$ years later, with the
Third dragoons, he charged at the
strongly entrenched Sikhs (80,000 of
the best fighting men of the Khalsa).
cn the curving banks of the SutleJ.
And as the word was given, he turned
to his superior officer, a fellow Eton
Ian, who was scanning the stout walla
and the belching guns. "As old Keate
would say, this Is no girls' school." he
chuckled: and rode to his death on the
battlefield of Sobraon, which gave La.
Isore to England.
"Make Good, Fellows"
From The Survey.
The "honor system" of using con
victs for work on roads, successfully
begun by Colorado, extensively adopt
ed by Oregon and recently tried In
Washington state, has Just had Its
first test farther east In Illinois one
day in September 45 prisoner, includ
ing murderers, forgers, holdup men.
thieves and, other varieties of offend
ers, went out from Jollet penitentiary.
By day they work "like human beings"
under a superintendent; at night they
live practically unguarded in a camp
over which flies a banner with 'the sig
nlficant name, "Camp Hope." ' "Make
good,, fellows." called the 1400 who re
mained behind; "for God's sake make
good and help us to get out Into the
sunshine again!"
Work for Humanity.
From the Condon Globe,
The Oregon Journal did a great
work for humanity in collecting money
for Christmas gifts for the poor, and
needy.. Towns like Condon have little
idea or the poverty and want of th
cities and but for such philanthrope
work, thousands of children- woult
have watched and waited, and dreamrt
of Santa, Claus in vain. -
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Frtj Lockley.
If you see a fta.ll. slender, gray
hatred police serieaft on horseback,
sitting his hornet as though he and .
the horse had b4jn cast at the same
time and in the m mold, it Is Ed
ward Crate. Cereant Crate was ap
pointed patrolman In the Portland po
lice department In f9r. I met Ser
geant Crate a few days ago as he
was saddling "Blaze." his hore. to go
on duty. ;'
"Tell me all about yourself and
about your wortt a officer for th
Humane society,"' I aid.
Sergeant Crate's face lit up with a
smile as he said: "IfI tell you all
about myself, that'll take me back
quite a ways more than sixty years.''
- "You ride your: horse as If you had
been born In the: saddle," I Baid.
"Well. I oughtjto ride by this tim
I have been In the saddle most of
my life. I was bWn at 4 o'clock lo
the morning of July 4, between Uma
tilla and The Dalles, in -the early
fifties. At 8 o'clock that morning my
mother and I werjjjj on the road to The
Dalles. Most mothers, nowadays, don't
start on a Journey four hours after
their baby 1s botyti but in those day
they did. They jftxed up some polt-s
or one of t.ie ptjnles nnd she and I
rode in that forythe first few da
instead of on hortj'back.
'My father eaiirfc to Oregon In 183$
He was a Hudson fe Bay man. He had
charge of the bapteaux for the chief
factor. Dr. McLovrghlin. at Vancouver.
My father worked for many year
under Prter Kkeh Ogden. He worked
for the Hudson Bay company for
about ten years, j ' In 1S49 he took up
a ranch t.uee mifs -below The Dal If
at what ia known;n Crate's Point. Hp
bought thrt-e latlaux from the Hud
son's Bay company good Btz-1 ones
that you can ha3il about three tons
in. S
"From 1S50 for.'freveral year, he was
kept busy each fall bringing immi
grants down theflver to Vancouver,
Portland or Oregon City. A good many
of them would hasre no money, so they
would give him 4 lame ox or a thin
cow or sometimes a horae. for bringing
(hem down. Sometimes they wars
very poor, 8o he would bring them
down with the1 understanding they
would pay him later If they got the
money. i;
"At the time of the Whitman mas
sacre, my father, with another French
man, brought H. l. Spalding, the mis
sionary, down toThe Dalles. All of
w boys were practically born In tlia
saddle and raisedln the saddle. When
I was 15 I caroled tnall from The
Dalles lo Walld Walla. For eight
years I was a rovboy. Later I worked
for Joe Teal s faher, who was lit th
cattle business. ijAfter that I drove
cattle fOr ("On mil' I unent arma ra
1 In the Cariboo costit'ry mining From
the Cariboo I went up to the Peae
River country, bt I didn't like three
I feet of snow in the' middle of July, o
j I bought, a canoe! and came down the
j Frazer river, alotie. .as far as the -Big
j Rapids, where I Jiiad to abitntlop my
cnoe and go the? rest of the way ou
I foot. For the neat few years I drove
! ta8a out of Carjfooo. After . running
'; R butcher shop lifiThe Dalles for some
tlme 1 came to fortland in the same
bulne- doing (slaughtering for the
! Amf r . " D.res"e MeRt company,
( In 1892 I waaappolnted patrolman
I on the police foriM. My beat was In
the nqrth end. Sometimes they were
pretty ugly dowrt there. I remember
one time while 1 was under Chief of
Police Parrlsh. I had to arrest a bar-
slon houses and stockyards, to see that
conditions are sanitary and that the
turkeys, geese and chickens are not
overcrowded or abused. All reports of
cruelty to animals, such as working
horses hard and keeping them out
through bad weather, starving them,
as well as abusing them, are referred
to me for Investigation. There Is
much leas cruelty to animals thin
there was some jeara ago, when leas
attention was pajd to the matter."
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Pointed paragraphs
It keeps a poorl workman busy look
ing for a Job. f
t
A fit of blues will bring out a man's
yellow streak.
Do- the best yu can at all times
and let the other fellow, worry.
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The average man Includes his cigar
bills in the hlgg cost of living.
4 .
A good cook lordly ever gets hers
through a correspondence school.
t
If you want to hear powerful lan
guage ask a bavber what he thinks
of a safety razor.
The man who l always boasting of
his xmartness or greatness never
mentions his unpopularity.
When the avrrpge woman buys her
husband a bargain counter necktie
she usutilly selects one that Is loud
enough to start af riot at a funeral.
I'nccin verted.
I've lived In the north.
In the blizzard zone. -Overalls
frost so stiff
They would? stand alone.
I've lived In -the east
In the monjh of Jiihe
And heard tfie cyclone
Hum its mirry tup.
I've lived In, the south.
Where In balmy springs.
Mosquitoes iote grindstones
Under their! wings.
At last I cam west
Hoping to gain.
Still 1 m up against It -Installments,
taxes and rain.
By Forney B. Austin.
SUNDAY FEATURES
The Sanday Journal Magavine
offers these compelling fea
tures for. women readers
each Sunday: ?
Patterns for the home dress,
maker. '
Suggestions for tlie needle
woman. ' ' .
Hints on home economy. -
Talks on health and beanty.
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