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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, 1914.
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THE METER PROHLKM SOLVED
serv&tlve, bnt .the former gives no for which the board contracted to latins the last penny-and at the
evidence of Its' worthlessness, while pay approximately $7500 or nearly
the latter does, seven times its assessed value.
The decision apparently places a If a school board should pay 15
premium upon adulteration, and times or 20 times for land what It
that usually means the substitution is assessed at, would a court, un
of an inferior article. The inten-jder the Bradshaw decision, be still
tion of the law has been to pro-1 powerless to interfere?
tect the consumer, for the ordinary. The issue is one of moment
kitchen Is not equipped with a la- There is no question as to the hon-
boratory" lor determining whether, esty of the board, but with the lawt ings, are employers permitted to
the dinner about to be served is , requiring property assessed at its continue betting the lives of em-
same time to depend upon chance
for the safety of human beings?
Is it civilization or only a veneer,
when girl workers are led into
these slaughter pens with their
sacred lives staked on the perilous
issue that chance will be on their
side In case of conflagration?
Why, after so many deadly warn
A FEW SMILES
made j up 1n any part of decaying
foods ' whose real condition ie not
apparent.
, Something" surely must be wrong the light of the facts, be surprised
when" the highest court of the land, that taxes are high?
places greater importance upon the! There will have to be a change,
rights of commerce than it does ! or presently, the people will refuse
true cash value and the board pay- J ployes against the few dollars re-
ing seven times the assessed value,
whither are we drifting? Why, In
"The day isn't far distant when the
, man in the flying
machine will look
down upon the au
omobllist." said the
prophetic youth.
"And let us hops,
too." replied the
weary old pedestri
an, "that " he'll fall
down on him, too."
i a i
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upon the right to be healthy.
CASH ItCGlSTER PATRIOTS
R
to vote money for purchase of
lands.
Would It not be far better to
squeeze the water out of the boom
EGARDLESS of pressure from j prlceg we are payIng for these
S A result of his long experi
ence as a clerk in the East
Bide water office, Rj R. Mor
rill announces in the Oregon-
ian that no meters are needed in
Portland.
He tells us that he remedied the
.-shortage- of water in- 1909 and
J910, by simply sending out 'four
inspectors on bicycles after six
o'clock each evening, and the
Oregonlan points with pride and
triumph to his statement.
If, with four Inspectors, Mr. Mor-
rill actually remedied the water
shortage in 1909 and in 1910, and
If he can do it again on the same
terms, and if it Is really true that
there was no water shortage on
the East Side in 1909 and 1910
after Mr. Morrill and his inspect
ors got Into action, the thing to
do li to secure Mr. Morrill's ser
vices again.
That Mr. Morrill can be had, Is
revealed Jn a letter to Mr. Daly
' on file at the city hall. It is from
Mr. Morrill, and It sayB:
T V. . .. i . I .. -1 . 1 .. t ... nf .41.,
ponal and while I have not written
this letter ah an application for a
JoS; yet, If you should conclude that
the city could profitably use my ser
vices, and things were agreeable. I
wouW be likely' to get back into the
harness.
Evidently, the Irreparable blun
der of Mr. Daly In his administra
tion of the water department has
-been that he failed "to get back in
the-"harness" the man who has
proven that the great water short
ages of 1909 and 1910 were mere
myths because with only four in
spectors he saw to It that every-
.' body had an abundance of water.
within or without, President
Wilson will not change his
policy toward Mexico.
He is right. It is the Jingo' and
the adventurer who are for war.
The contractors and jobbers are
with them. The corrupt old poli
ticians who grew rich out of the
excesses of former wars are for in- j
lands by resorting to condemnation
proceedings?
AN ABSURD FEE
A
LAWYER'S fee Of $7500 for
foreclosing the mortgage of
Multnomah county on the
former poor farm is exces-
terventlon. Every American owner j slve and unreasonable,
and every European owner of oil j Lawyers estimate that ten days'
concessions or land concessions in j time was required In the case, In
Mexico wants American troops to i eluding the one day's trial. It is
speed beybnd the Rio Grande.
There is not a soldier in the lot.
There is not a fighting man in
the outrit.
All the clamor for intervention
a compensation of $750 a day.
No extraordinary amount of le
gal knowledge was required. It
did not entail exhaustive work. In
foreclosure proceedings, the stat
comes from persons who expect i utes are clear, and the proceedings
other folks' sons and brothers and j well known.
lathers to go couth and face Mex- j Judge John B. Cleland and iC
ican machine guns. It is not the i m. Esterly testified that in their
clamorous gentlemen m swivel j opinion the fee was excessive. One
chairs and comfortable upholstery ' placed the outside limit of a proper
quired to provide ample fire es-; An enthusiastic angler was telling
caDe? I some friends about a fishing trip to a
, ;lake in Colorado, which he had in
Continual fault finding with. -Are theirs any
President Wilson's Mexican policy 'trout out there?"
and sneers and iibes at him. be-1 asked one friend.
cause he refuses to take action .,l.h.ou,a1nd"
. . . , , , . . j . em, ' replied
that would lead to war; and, at angler.
tion to war, is illogical, unreason
able, puerile, pusillanimous and
unpatriotic. .Former President Taft
significantly indicated the other
day the awful nature of the calam
ity that war with Mexico would
be. In his patient policy of avoid-
of
the
"Will they bite eas
ily," asked another
friend.
"Will they? Why, they're absolute
ly vicious. A man has to hide behind
a tree to bait a hook.1
! ' The late Maurice Barrymore was the
1 idol of the "Lambs" during his life
time, and even now the members of
ing It, if possible, the president that club take de
should have every citizen's support. I uht in citing in-
I stances .of his ready
The trouble in -dealing with of-! 5pfhy or 8prlght-
lenses ana crimes against foreign
ers in Mexico is that nobody is of
ficially responsible. Politically
and diplomatically, there is no
Mexico.
Now, the Oregonian has Gover
nor West chasing some unknown
federal office. How he does wor
ry it!
Letters From the People
TnE HART BRIBE CHARGES
(OommnBlcatlom seat to The Jonrtial for
ocblfccatlon In this ilennrtmnnt ahanM h writ.
but the bronzed lads of working j fee at $3000 and the other at $1200. Uxe3 aoo'V'ta unltS iiTb2
rne proposed ree is almost dou
ble the salary of a circuit judge
for one year. It Is more than one
and one half times the salary of a
justice of the Oregon supreme
court for one year,
It is one and one half times as
much as the annual salary of the
How much blood and treasure j governor of Oregon,
should the American people pour j jt is, for ten days' work by a
out to swell the dividends on Mex- ' lawyer, almost one third the an
ican investments? ' nual salary of George Washington
It is easy for politicians to blow j as president of the United States, j adoption of text books in our Bchools.
trumpet blasts for war while ! The eentlemen of the leeal fra- i 11 ls to be hoped that they will select
One day, so the
story goes, Barry
more was swinging
down," Fifth avenue
when Sidney Rosen-
feld the playwright, rushed up to him.
all excitement.
"Oh, Maurice," he walled, "have you
heard of my misfortune?"
"No." Barrymore sympathised: "ls
there illness in your family?"
"Not that." said Rosenfeld; "but al
most as bad. My little boy. five years
i of age got hold of my new play and
tore it to tatterfc."
"I didn't know the child could read,
said Barrymore and continued hi
walk: Everybody's Magazine.
mothers and the .sturdy boys from
the shops and farms that will be
sent to assault Mexican strongholds
and chase guerilla bands into their
mountain fastnesses.
How many American boys should
be sacrificed to enhance the value
of Mexican mines?
com pa tiled by tbe name and addreas of tbe
sender. If tbe writer Ooea not desire to
bare tbe aaaae published, ba sbould so aute.)
"Discussion 1 tbe greatest of all reform
ers. It rationalises eTerytbing It touches, it
robe principles of aU falxe sanctity and
throws them back on their reasonableness. If
tbey bae no reasonableness. It ruthlessly
J crashes tbem oat of existence acj aeta np lta
own conclusions la their stead." oodrow
Wilson.
Text Books in Portland Schools.
Portland, March 3. "rt the Editor of
The Journal The members of the
school board are now considering the
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
The. hens seem to know when the
Lenten season comes.
Astoria mir arrow mora in 10 -rears
than It has grown in 100.
at
Let's not ret Into the atllv-town
class by a recall movement.
Probably Lincoln did not aar one
quarter of the remarks attributed to
him.
Tet there is no danrer that noth
ing will be left to reform or better by
the next generation.
m
Everybody expects 1915 to be a bis
year on this coast, but the thins- now
is to oo me oesi ana moil possioie in
Mr. tTRen savs he. la . not half
through initiating laws vet: another
cast or riding an originally good hobby
to aeaui.
If a man steadllv and faithfully
performs his utile duties, however.
humble, he has no oause to worry
about what people are saying about
mm.
In a fraction of a tessnoonful of
foodstuff shipped from San Francisco
to Portland an inspector found 9.000,
uuu.voo bacteria, which he thinks a
few too many.
m m
Advocates of corn planting might
quote Whlttier: "But let the good old
crop adorn the hills our fathers trod:
still let us for his golden corn - send
up our thanks 'to God."
a
An alleged grandson of the late
King Edward VII, and properly the
neir to the throne of England, ls a
IN EARLIER DAYS
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
I
A hoanital la tn be established at I
Enterprise. In a new building that will
be constructed specially for the purpose.
W 9
Bandon Is the scene of an active
campaign for recruiting the Commer
cial club, A fund for the publication
of booster literature is to be raised.
VAt - tit. rtln tr nr tCMmrm trie
Nyssa Journal and the Juntura Times
are engaged In debate as to which
town or id tnree is tne gaie city oi
eastern Oregon.
la the Polk county spelling contest
for February, Falls City won first
place in the seventh and eighth grades.
second in me mm graae, ana intra in
the fourth graae.
One hundred dollars has been riven
by Mrs. Q. O. Rodgers of Forest Grove
to the Boys' club toward their new
bungalow clubhouse. The boys will
soon call for bids for construction.
e
Woodburn Independent: A. Nelson
of Monitor this week finished deliver
ing SO. 000 pounds of onions to the
warehouse. He stated that he raised
them on two acres and that the net
profit would be nearly S50O per acre.
v-
The Coos and Curry jeDunty fair has
been dated for September 23 to ze.
The directors have chosen these offi
cers: R. C. Dement, president r. A. E.
Adelsperger, -vice president; L. A. Rob
erts, secretary; r. M. O. Stemmler,
treasurer.
.
The Fort Rock correspondent of the
Silver Lake Leader says if any are
skeptical as to the Fort Rock country
belnr a Dromlsina- country they "should
call on our merchants and see the
amount of home products on sale, such
Spokane waiter. How he got and' keeps as butter, eggs, cheese and home cured
a Job ls not explained. I meats."
By Fred LockJey.
THE FREE TOLLS MATTER
warming themselves at their own I ternity are taking themselves too i OKS wmcn emooay moaern iaeas ana rraua ana raisenooa is true,
firfsi.l and rlinninsr nonnnna from 1 .iri,,iv Th r niaMns- lnt ! teaching methods and are In accord- art, as stated In Sunday's J
Mexican securities.
FIGHTING IN ALBANIA
H
AnTtr Trpiwci i i
u?l,wl,w1 ,w?u, services are -worth so much, how is
that part of Albania claimed . Portland ever going to remalll soi
by Greece but awarded to the j vent and support ner 900 iawyers?
new kingdom by the treaty)
They are placing a lot
of fiction in the valuation they
place on their services. The pro
posed fee in the mortgage fore
closure is preposterous. If legal
ber. and that the undersigned has
telephone. Help stop any such silly
attempts to confuse or mlsrepresan
on the part of any circulator of the
recall petition.
Meanwhile the thing to consider 1
that the recall is indorsed by thous
ands of citizens who know exactly
what they are signing, and the legal
number, with a large surplus for good
measure, wlM toon have been secured.
ALFRED D. CRIIXJE.
It is not charged that Mr. Cridge
or his hidden associates are encourag
ing or sanctioning the fraudulent
methods employed by some circulators
of the recall petitions. But tat sig
natures have been secured through
The facts
Journal.
From the Washington Star.
Senator Chamberlain ls of opinion
that the demand for the repeal of the
free tolls law does not stand alone;
that it is connected with other matters,
which will be pressed upon this gov
ernment if that demand carries. If the
government yields on free tolls it will
have to yield on other things, until
American control of- the Panama canal
will practically disappear.
Fortunately, the point raised by the
Oregon senator is not to be discussed
or decided behind closed doors. Both
senate and house must give it public
consideration, and vote in the. open.
In the full light of the situation as it
then existed.
"f"WO months have elapsed since
I Commissioner Hart charged
that attempts had been made
to bribe him In connection
with the engineering contract for
the Interstate bridge. He insisted
that three attempts were made to
influence his action by proposed
use of money, the amounts In each
Instance being specified.
Though the ' charge was made.
public January 2, 1914, and though
a grand Jury has been in session
almost continuously ever since, no
indictment has been returned. The
grand jury has adjourned, and we
are told in the day's jiews that the
, charges made by Commissioner
Hart are turned over to the suc
ceeding grand jury.
Tne public would like to know
what the sequel means. The ma
chinery of the law is established
to sift out just such accusations as
were repeatedly and publicly made
by Mr. Hart. Mr. Hart holds a
public position of large conse
quence in one of the most populous
and one of the richest counties
west of tbe Mississippi river.
Does the continued ignoring of
these accusations mean that the
authorities charged with the duty
of probing these attempts at bri
bery doubt the word of Commis
sioner Hart?
Ofc-doea it mean that the author
ities do not think an attempt to
bribe a public official engaged in
an important interstate work, of
sufficient criminal importance to
challenge "their attention?
The facts in this case ought to
become known. Either the alleged
bribers, or Commissioner Hart, or
the authorities ought to be exposed.
of London. Prince William of 1
Wled, Albania's new ruler, insists j
that Greece obey the resolutions :
passed by the London conference, 5
and it Is probable that Prince Wil-,
Ham's demands will be backed up
by- the powers. j
HEALTH INSURANCE
G
REAT BRITAIN has a na
tional insurance act under
which one-third of the popu
lation, who have taken ad
vantage of the law, receive medical
Vienna dispatches say fighting j attention paid for by the govern
in the disputed territory is a daily j ment. A year ago 15,000 doctor?
occurrence, but there is sufficient j were enrolled under a provision of
evidence to warrant the belief that j the law giving physicians the privi
anotlier disastrous war will not fol- lege of seeking government em
low. Europe is evidently deter-1 ployment.
mined to impose peace upon the j Today 20,000 out. of 22,500 gen
Balkan states, and it is doubtful j eral practitioners are enrolled, and
whether Turkey's precedent in re-(last year they divided nearly $23,
taining Adrianople despite the '000,000 In fees. The average In
award of that city to Bulgaria will I come of each doctor for services
be repeated. 'rendered the government was
ance with the spirit of progress now
evident in the Portland schools.
There ls, however, a persistent rumor
to the effect that the Rigler arithmetic
will be chosen as the primer text book
in that subject. Probably nothing in
the old regime was more severely crit
icized than the Rigler system of teach
ing arithmetic. No parent who has
vainly attempted to understand the
methods used in the past wants tosee
them continued. The work ls too heavy
la the first year. The distinction be
tween partition and measurement ls
useless and confusing. The use of ex
ponents in addition is a most demoral
izing habit. All these things have been
familiar, but the book adds to the fea
tures a nomenclature which is absurd.
Imagine a primary arithmetic explain
ing "transformation of function." Les
son 21 is entitled in big black type:
"An Unstated Condition in the Multi
plication of a Natural Plurality." How
strongly that title appeals to the aver
age eglht-year-old child!
Typorraphically the book has noth
ing to recommend it. It is poorly
bound, printed on cheap paper, in a
bold type insufficiently spaced and ex
tremely trying to the eyes.
The system upon which the book ls
based has been the worst of several
evils from which we hoped we were
now free. It does not seem possiDie
Events are reassuring. Embold-! $1150, while in London it reached
ened by reoccunation of AdrianoDle. i SlfiSft and in Uvprnool xlKn in that the school board, by the adoption
TnrlfPV rpwntlv nurrhaapil rlrpnrt- ! om, tn TrV.!. thD rs ,. I of this book, will again impose the
nought from Brazil and began j ther receipts for drugs and pre
preparaations for another conflict scriptions.
with Greece for the recovery of l Two-thirds of the population are
Important Aegean islands awarded not insured under the act, and
to the latter country. It was rum- j these uninsured people probably
ored that Turkey and Bulgaria had paid as high for medical attention
formed an alliance and that anoth
stilted and absurd method upon our
children. A Ait. 1.
Unemployment and Intervention.
Astoria, Or., March 2. To the Edi
tor of The Journal It has been esti
mated that there are from 3,000,000 to
12.000,000 people in the united btates
er general war was imminent.
But the French government re
fused to sanction an Ottoman loan
of $140,000,000 until there were
definite assurances that none of
the money would be used for ag
gressions against Greece. Turkey
as did the insured. It is therefore I who cannot find employment. Assum
estimated that the average phyB- j ing this to be true and as a means of
ician's income in London is $5000,
in Liverpool $5500 and In Man
chester $45 00.
These figures, announced re
cently by David Lloyd-George,
.were compiled to show that the
relief why should not congress de-
i clare intervention in Mexico? ine
war maps have been made, tne w. jh.
Benton case ls still hot. and the orders
for the mobilisation of the troops are
readv for signing. It looks like we
ought to have Intervention. It wouW , himself.
furnish employment ror millions oi :
T
THE PURE FOOD LAWS
i HE United States supreme
court has given a new inter
pretation to the pure food
and drug act. That tribunal
has decided, Isr effect, that putting
poisons into food is ho offense
under the law unless the poisons
injure people who eat the food.
The mere fact that deleterious sub-
. stance Is present is not sufficient;
it must be in sufficient quantity
t to Impair health.
. This decision will revolutionize
administration of the "law. The
authorities must prove in each case
that the article complained of is
actually injurious. The work of
the department of agriculture will
be affected, and the decision's in
fluence will be felt in states whee
health officers have sought to ex
elude .food manufactures contain
ing benzoate of soda or other pre
servatives.
Something must be wrong some
where. Most preservatives used by
manufacturers of fcod are not
-. harmful, in themselves. They are
dangerous: because they suppress
evidence of deterioration. A bot
tle of, catsup containing a preserva
tive may be just as badly "spoiled
- as another bottle without the pre-
remained stubborn for a time, but English system of health Insurance,
Inability to get funds has forced under which the doctors are lim-.
the Turks to abandon their plan of Red in their fees, has worked to
conquest. The Aegean islands lost i the advantage of the practitioners,
to Turkey through the first Balkan j Some make more than the average,
war ,are irrevocably lost and the ! some less, but the doctors have not
Turks have quit blustering. challenged the statement that the
The firmness of France with j system h"as raised the level of re
Turkey will, have a quieting in flu- ; muneration of the profession,
ence. It is evident that the pow-j Sickness is one of the great
ers are- acting in harmony, and it ; handicaps of people in moderate
is probable that pressure will be circumstances. The $23,000,000
brought upon Greece to enforce paid English doctors by one-third
the treaty award of disputed Al-, of Great Britain's population in
banian territorv. Threats nf war1 1010 v, . i i
-' ' ' " i - i t u n ni uave .l i i t " i i i -i i i i - . . . i , .
in that corner of. Europe are too ; ous burden had it been borne alone statements is moreThan a.ateu wide!
depressing upon business every-; by the sick. But the financial ! and I was therefore somewhat sur
where to be tolerated. I load was shared bv th wpll Th ' prised to find in Sunday's issue a sen-
BawuiiisWiy iitrciueu oiaicmcui iuw who
The Virgin Birth.
Oregon City, March 8. To the Edi
tor of The Journal The analogy
drawn by "J. H." between his own
personal experience and that of the
Virgin Mary is decidedly unique. If
not convincing. Undoubtedly when the
child "J. H." called his stepmother
"mother," his parents "understood"
exactly the real relationship, but when
the child Jesus did the same neither
Mary nor Joseph "understood the say
ing which he spake unto them.'
And yet, if the record ls reliable,
Mary had been told that "the Holy
Ghost shall come upon thee and tho
power of the highest shall overshadow
thee. Therefore also that holy thing
which shall be born of thee shall be
called the. Son of God." And Joseph
had been told the same thing when
"being a just man and not trilling to
make her a public example he was
rhinded to put her away privily."
If after such miraculous testimony
they "did not realize," as J. H. says,
"that he referred to his father In
heaven" every one must marvel at
their wonderful obtuseness.
The fact is that the dispute about
the "virgin birth" ls as old as Christ
endom. The early church was convulsed
with the controversy. Each bishop or
minister, had a theory of his own
and so bitter became their quarrels
that the Emperor Constantlne, really
more of a pagan than a Christian,
summoned the first ecumenical coun
cil "to meet at Ntcaea in Bittlgnia
in S25 to settle the creed." If one
can picture a council composed of rep
resentatives of the several hundred
discordant Christian sects today, the
scenes enacted at the council of Ni--e
can be readily conjectured. The
"pious" bishops quarreled, fought and
disputed so acrimoniously' that the
emperor kept a guard of soldiers pres
ent to kep them from flying at each
other's throats. When agreement was
impossible the emperor simply inter
vened and settled all mooted points
Originally, the free tolls proposition
was pressed and carried on two points:
(1) This government had the right to
exempt Its coastwise shipping passing
through the canal from tolls, and (2)
the American public would benefit
from the exemption.
The leading opposition was from Re
publican sources, although both Presi
dent Taft and Secretary Knox favored
free tolls. Democrats In numbers voted
for the measure, and their action was
indorsed at Baltimore. In the platform
drawn by Mr. Bryan, and adopted by
the Democratic convention through bis
influence, the matter received commen
dation, and the nominee or tbe conven
tion accented the convention's view.
Lawyers, then, of the highest grade,
and men of the highest sense of honor,
personal and official, are on record for
free tolls. They declared themselves
What is the situation today? If it
differs materially from tho former sit
uation, who ls; responsible for the
change? If, as is alleged, this gov
ernment has been caught in a vise and
Is being squeezed, whose is the blame?
If the tolls plank looked good at Balti
more 18 months ago, and has stood-
without Democratic challenge until
r.ow, what in detail explains our pres
ent plight?
The coming d-ebate should develop
all this. Congress, indeed, should in
sist upon full knowledge of every fea
ture of the question as it now stands.
While In office President Taft and Sec
retary Knox preserved, as they
thought, the national honor in the
premises, and when Mr. Wilson and
Mr. Bryan took office 11 months ago
they were in agreement with the
Taft-Knox construction of the Hay
Pauncefote treaty and with the law of
congress bearing on the canal tolls.
There are men who !!! not favor In
Its original form the free tolls propo
sition, but who object, now that the
law is on the books, to its repeal under
a pressure which they think masks
othr and bigger things of deep con
cern to the American people. They see
an entirely new question presented,
and think the country should b ad
vised of everything bearing on it. And
maybe Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. O'Gor-
man, who have always favored free
tolls, and never more earnestly than
now, can turn on the light. At any
rate, there is much Interest in the an
nouncement that tney mtena to try.
PRIVATE BANK'S PROPER SPHERE
He fed them, housed them, paid all
workers. It would start tne wneis
of commerce moving, and incidentally
it would rake a good many English.
French, German and American chest
nuts out of the Mexican fire. We
ought to do something. In fact, some
thing will have to be done, either war,
or tlie hide of capitalism must be
nailed to the fance. Capitalism, that
nine-headed monster, fines or taxes
every man, woman and child in the
United States $500 per capita. No
v.-onder the high price of living has not
been solved. C. N. HESS.
Those Recall Misrepresentations.
Portland, March 3. To the Editor of
The Journal The reputation of The
H
1 doctors received smaller fees and
worked harder, but their pay was
certain.
TRUSTING TO LUCK
WHITHER DRIFTING?
OW far can school boards go
in, the purchase of property
at excessive prices without be
ing subject to intervention by
the courts?
Judge Bradshaw held Saturday
in the case of C. S. Jackson versus
T) T C.kl. i -1 i ..
u..oaum ei at iw permanently dnnr nnri harrprl wln.l.vwa holr?
restrain the school board f rom ! them there. But two men tore a
paying excessive prices for land, j hole through the roof of the stair
that, while the evidence showed the ! Wav and pushed the eirls out.
board was paying a very large j it was a case of mere luck that
price for the property, it did not ! the tin roof above the girls' heads
T
show a carelessness or laxity of
business principles sufficient to
constitute constructive fraud.
It was a victory for the school
Doarci. But does it mean that
recall petitions were being circulated
and signed under misrepresentations.
The story bears the earmarks of some
thing else than news, for it contains
no names, location or time. Across tho
foot of each page in large black type
nina thA titlp and statement nf whom
WENTY-FIVE girls were tne siKner seeks to recall. A man or
trapped in a stairway when . woman capable of reading and signing
a Chicago dyeing plant was ! his or her name could hardly sign any
burning last week. A locked-- aSnSt'S? PeminS
Surely your reporter is not pnnu
or illiterate that he has to turn page
after page with this glaring line under
his eyes to discover what the petition
was about and who it is that tt ap
plies to. What sort of a business man
is it who will sign his name to any
thing and fail to notice a big black
line running across the page he signs
telling what it is for and what it is
about?
Every effort has been made by the
Citisens' Recall committee to avoid
their expenses and had the soldiers
and civil law on his side, and so he had
his own way.
The Arlans of that day, the progen
ators of the modern Unitarians, who
denied the virgin birth, were a very
powerful sect In that council and
could fight as lustily, yell as loudly,
and quarrel as bitterly as any of tho
others, but at that time of his life
the emperor leaned the other way, an i
so Bishop Arias and his numerous fol
lowers were expelled, their doctrines
stigmatized as heretical, and their
books burned. It ls also well known
that numerous passages favoring the
views of the winning sect were inter
polated in the sacred "books and many
opposed expurgated a common pro
ceeding in those days. Some passages
were fortunately overlooked, like the
one quoted in Luke 11-48. The re
vised version of the New Testament
discloses several of thes emendations.
During the same year that the Em
peror Constantlne did such effective
work in fomulatlng the creed of
Christendom, he murdered his own
son, Crlspus, and several other rela
tives, suffocated his wife, Fausta, in
a boiling hot bath and committed sev.
eral other eccentricities of that kind.
That ls the man who had more to do
in establishing so-called "orthodoxy"
than any other Influence.
W. C. SCHULTZJE.
By John M. Osklson.
It ls a survival of a less complicated
age, the private bank. So far as the
average man ls affected, they all ought
to be abolished. Banking 4s In a sense
public service, and it is properly sub
ject to the inspection of officials we
choose.
One of the partners In the firm of
J. P. Morgan & Co. testified not long
ago before a committee of the New
York legislature which was investigat
ing the failure of a department store
bank in New York city and the gen
eral question of bringing private banks
under the supervision of the state
banking department This man. after
35 years of banking experience, saia
that private banks like the Morgan
and Kuhn, Loeb & Co. firms might be
trusted to conduct themselves properly
without supervision; but not the little
fellow.
Of course, you and I don't make de
posits with such private bankers
where an account of less than $5000
could not be profitably carried.
But the sort of private banker who
solicits our small deposits certainly
ought to be subject to the scrutiny
of the state: and that It ls still pos
sible in practically every state for lr
responsible private bankers to take
savings accounts is one of the won
ders of an Irrational system!
Incorporated banks exist everywhere
practically. Either state or federal in.
spectora go over the books of Incorpo
rated banks at regular intervals, in
spect their loans, and see to It that
their Investments are sound.
The state or the United States ls the
active ally of every depositor in in
corporated banks; and experience has
shown that such cooperation la
needed.
Don't put money Into private banks.
Every time you do it you help to de
lay the day of their abolishment.
Banking ls not a private business In
any sense which you and I understand:
the state ls liberal enough with the in
corporated banks to lead to the estab
lishment of enough to care for all of
our average needs. If we need more
(and I am ready to say that we do need
some form of banking service for the
wage earners) let us get them organ
ized and incorporated according to
law.
was old, making it possible for one
man standing upon the other's
shoulders to break a hole through
It.
There was no such luck for the
i i i
W.UUUI uuarus may pay extravagant 144 entrapped employes who lost
i""-" iur lauus ior i scnool pur
poses, and that so lorfg as there is
no fraucF, there is no way to stop
the mounting figures?
The suit to restrain the board
from paying excessive prices for
land involved a tract near the Cres
ton school assessed at $15,00.0 but
for which the ioard contracted to
pay about $48,000. It also in
cluded a five acre tract at Mult-
Jnomah station, assessed at $1175,
any such confusion and misrepresenta
tion an aiicsuu, inoi iiaung i ini
their lives in the awful Asche fire j title line unusually prominent, next by
in New York two years ago. Doors . instructing all who went out with pe-
were locked there, but the goddess
of chance had not provided a rot
ten tin roof. Those factory oper
atives, the majority of them young
girls just budjding Into woman
hood, lost their lives. The 25 Chi
cago girls were saved by luck.
Why is it that the law's strong
arm permits so many employers to
devote all their energy to accumu-
titions that the anti-prohibition Peti
tion must not be circulated with the
recall petitions. v
Any citizen will do a favor to the
recall committee by reporting the name
or the description of any person, cir
culating the recall petitions under
false or misleading representations, or
with or at the same time as the "anti
prohibition petition." Call Marshall
5203, or the undersigned, at 427 Worces
ter building, and insist that central
connect and that there is such a num-
The Immaculate Birth.
Portland, March 3. To the Editor
of The Journal Your morning con
temporary, the Oregonlan. insists on
being a religious, sectarian paper. It
is that and nothing more. Its religion
is non-Christian; but whatever it may
be called, the Oregonian in season and
out of season insists upon propagat
ing and spreading its own religious
views on every subject that comes
before It for review. A time there
was when the Oregonian had a met
ropolitan viewpoint of men and af
fairs, and was, what it pretended to
be a newspaper giving general In
formation . on all subjects and es
pousing none except that of good gov
eminent. Whatever may have been
the individual views of the editors on
supermundane affairs, they were kept
in the background; or, if they found
expression in 'the columns of tho Ore
gonlan It was done with a view to In
vite general discussion of, the ques
tion.
i But not so with the present hare
brained gentlemen. The Oregonlan
has become the organ of an antl
Chrlsiian propaganda, has narrowed
itself down to a Unitarian viewpoint,
and closes Its columns to any discus
sion that would injure its cause.
1 have no objection to the Oregonlan
or any other paper becoming a re
ligious organ or espousing any re
ligious cause so long as it does so
openly and expressly. But while the
Oregonian fjretends to be what It Is
not, it must be treated as one would
treat anybody who baits his hook with
a sham to catch the dollars of an un
suspecting public.
This letter Is occasioned by the
stand the Oregonlan has taken with
reference to the Immaculate birth of
Jesus. On this subject there arevi
j.ntiv two viewpoints, the Christian
and the non-Christian. The Oregonian
commits itself to tne propagation ui
the non-Christian view, aim mus in
hna Tirsistently closed its columns to
a discussion of the Christian belief on
tv,n ublect. WHO naniiK iichuhucb,
a. recent issue, it Insults every
Christian man and woman who repeats
.v,- wnrda of the Apostles' creed: "I
believe In Jesus Christ . . . who was
conceived by the Holy Ghost and born
nfsA than
Of the Virgin i'J.
500.000,000 Christians of every shade
of religious differences in aocinnai
matters have incorporaiea mm smug
of the creed as the symbol of their
belief Rationalists of the Aked-Eliot
type who cannot raise their minds
above a material view of any subject.
can readily find in me uregonian a
medium for the spread of their doc
trine But no repiy in aeieiine i
. , .. i . i. . .
Christ or unristmiiny nan m uo -
been permittea.
rr-iKtlanity is no mere set of reso
lutions, devised yesterday and applied
today to be. cast, asiae ai me wnim
of every unbeliever who chooses to
take a fling at It. Christianity is
now and has been, a reality in the
world. Christ Is no mere historical
figure with a niche In the hall of
fame, but a living reality. th vivify
ing head and life-giving energy of
Christianity. He is no mere man, but
the God-man. If he. ls a mere man,
why build churches in his name, and
through him and by him worship the
Eternal Father? "Who Is this man?"
asked the Apostles; "for the winds
and the seas obey him." And "Who
is her we still ask; for all the world
either loves him or hates him. Chris
tianity may be accepted or rejected.
I suppose, according to the perverse
wills and individual judgments, of
other newspaper has a right to insult
the millions of men and women who
believe in It, simply because some pul
plter has a sensational view of the
subject. W. A. DALY.
Pastor St. Mary's Church.
Among tha first actaj of Oregon's
first legislative session was the accept
ing from the government sections. 1
and 36. in every township .of the public
tana in tne state for the use of the
schools. House bill No. 11. which was
approved by Governor Whiteaker on
June 3. 1859. accepted for tho state
from congress a princely domain of
school land. In addltlon-'congress gave
to the state at the same time 71 sec
tions to be set apart for the state uni
versity and 10 sections for the ereclon
of public buildings. - Congress also
gave all salt springs within the state,
not exceeding U in number, with six
sections of land lying adjacent to each
spring, to the state, and provided that
5 per cent of the net proceeds of the
sale of all public lands should be paid
to the state by congress for the mak
ing of public roads, and internal im
provements.
George G. Brown has-been clerk or
the state land board since April 1. 103.
He entered the state -land office on
August 1. '1895. "Orlginslly." said Mr.
Brown, "wa had 996.0OO acres of school
'.and, 100,000 acres for our state col
lege and 45.000 acres of university
grant land, with 500.00j acres for In
ternal Improvement Of this, more
than 1,500,000 acres of land we have
about 500.000 acres still In our pos
session. The larger part of this land
was sold at $1.25. an acre, most of it
going to non-residents. A non-resident
must make application from some point
within the state. They usually write
to this office asking if we have lands
within a tortaln designated district.
We tell thera of the lands we have aud
end them an application blank. They
fill out thtir cppllca'tlon blank, which
must be acknowledged by a notary
within the state. If their application
Is approved they send us' one fifth of
the purchase price and -a certificate
of sale is iKsued, which ja virtually a
bond for a deed. This recites the de
scription of the land, the purchase
price, the atnourtt paid and the amount
tlue. One fifth is paid, at the time of
purchase, one fifth i due within a
year with intt-re.t at ft per cent, one
fifth in two years at per cent and
two fifths on demand at 6 per cent.
We usually demand tbe remaining two
fifths at the end of five years.
The land held under certificate of
sale ls subject to taxation. The owner
can secure a deed from the state at
any time within the five years by
making full payment a'nd surrendering
Ms certificate of sale and accompany
ing it with proof that there are no
unpaid taxes on the' land. Two years
after the oate of the certificate, if no
payment is made or if -.so payment of
interest is made within two years
Irom the date it is duej the certificate
is cancelled by the oard and the
money is turned over'-to the school
fund and the land Is jreeold at the
same or an advanced price.
The state land board- has an attor
ney in each county, whose duty it is to
receive applications arid pass on the-
abstracts and assess the property on
wnicn a loan is soughj.. ;iie is allowed
1 per cent of the loan, with a minimum
charge of $1. which is jald by the ap
plicant. The state loant not to exceed
one third of the cash valtie of the land,
exclusive of lmprovemejits. The notes
are drawn for one yea with a privi
lege of renewal for 10$years, provided
the Interest and taxeti are paid and
the security is not Impaired. We have
not foreclosed any of pur mortgages
for the past five years. -though we are
foreclosing a few at present.
My last biennial reports show that
we had received $489. 19 for the sale
of school lands during the past two
years. We have outstanding some
thing over $5,000,000 from the school
fund. Including the loftns made from
the university fund and the Agricul
tural college Tund, wetiiave over- $,
000,000 loaned on good security. On
August 1, 191S, we leased, for a period
cf 40 years. Summer lake and Laka
Albert. There are 43.535 acres In
Summer lake and 39.9Sj acres In Lake
Albert. We also leased 2373 acres bor
dering" on the lakes The state Is-to
receive 50 cents per ton for all table
salt or stock salt mined at the lakes,
and $1 per ton for thelother salts and
products extracted from the water or
the lands. The minimum amount to
be paid the state each yearfs $50,000.
The first payment Is due On January
10, 1915. The company leasing these
lakes put Aip a surety bond of $10,000.
"The resent minimum price of
school land Is $7.50 per acre, though
the board can either lower or raise
that price at Its discretion. For ex
ample, some of the school land may
not be worth over $1 an acre, while In
other localities it ls wofth $10 or $16
an acre, so that the board investigates
each offer made for -erthool land be
fore making a sale. Originally, the
uniform price was $1.2 an acre; later
it was raised to $2.60, and still later
to $3 an acre. Most f the untaken
land Is now in southeastern and cen
tral Oregon."
Was Jesus God?
Oswego, Or., March 8. To the Editor
of The Journal As a great deal ls
now being said about the miraculous
birth of Jesus, permit me to have
word. It will be found upon careful
reading of the gospels that the de
scent, the birthplace, the birth and the
death of Jesus are conflicting and lr
reconcilable. For example, Matthew
says the grandfather of Jesus was Ja
cob, while Luke says he was Hell, and
the preceding 10 generations all differ,
Each of the authors of the four gos
pels quotes the Inscription on the cross
differently. It therefore behooves us
to take their statements with caution.
All the evidence we have that a certain
child was born of a virgin consists Of
statements from authors who cared
nothing for precision and matters of
fact.
Now can we, as finite beings, think
of Jesus as God omnipotent; that this
omnipotent Jesus really suffered; that
when this Infinite Jesus prayed he
prayed to the omnipotent?
E. L. DAVIDSON,
Pointed Pan
araph;
The Ragtime Muse
Timely Warning.
Now. Polly, when yoif have the vote
New problems you will have to meet;
Of man's expt-rience take note
And be in conduct most discreet.
As sister, mother, sweetheart, wife.
What's innocent and full of charm.
In politics may mar your life
And do your candidate much iarra.
When you take others of your tribe
To get a social cup of tea.
Beware th&Jt it is not a bribe!
From such temptations you must flee.
When the election seasons come
Be very careful what you do;
Ice cream and cake and chewing gum
And carameie are all taboo!
Also, within one hundred feet
Of any modern polling place,
One must not sell a single sweet
If one would keep from deep disgrace.
All tea rooms now must rank with bars.
fo them from politics divorce.
However, you may with cigar
Corrupt the ballot at Us source!
men, but neither the Oregonlaa .nor ing.
The wise man eoes his duty and
lets the other fellow do tbe explain-
A grass widow la neer as green as
sne pretends to be.
i
But a crank ceases to be a crank
when he does you a good turn.
A wedding ring sometimes repre
sents an endless round of trouble.
j .
A) woman seldom nai.'S her-husband -unless
he Is that "kind of a husband.
They say that happit ess Is a habit
Well, here's hoping oull get ths
habit!
No man ever lived ng enough to
do all the things his wife wanted him
to do.
Some men wait for things to turn
up, and some others turn them tip
while they wait. I
Indifference 1s the orra thing capa
ble of freezing the milk of humaa
kindness.
Many a man has let- good job get
away from him because he harbored
ths delusion mat no otner man
smart enough to fill his place.
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