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THE OREGON SUNDAY; JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1914.
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He that doe good to another
do a good to himself, nolt only
In the consequence,, but In the
vry;at; for the consciousness
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ple re-ward.-1 Seneca. ,
NEEDLES HVKISEiOJER
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iHR. copuclttjifinti sentiences in
hlg freejtofls message make
it: practically certarnj that the
president seeks Yepeat of free
tolls as a means-, of . holding Great
'Britain, and "other nation in line
!for his Mexican policy.
President Wilson's polflcy south
'of the Rio Grande is tool exalted.
.too nigh minded, too just.itoa hon-
' -L. Intt.l
;tba principles of peace to require
'.rrender of anything at j home in
ieichang for assistance from
.abroad. I
I His attitude toward Mexico is
f jene of Pwise. patience, peace and
patriotism. It is a strong policy
because it Is a wise policy. It has
the fall approval of the masses
let the American people because it
,ts a jst policy.
i- It has won the faith of the civ
lUlscd world as the best means of
'pacifying Mexico. It is a policy
In hormoiy with, the high aims
to which this administration is
pledged. It is a pjau bfjpeace in
contrast with the war which, to
say nothing of the sacrifice of life,
wotld mesa more taxes, more debt,
more pensions, more grafS.
been a leader in many things. It
has conquered the soil, and In so
doing has defeated poverty and dis
tress. This has been accomplished
through agriculture. Kansas jhas
no large cities, no Important man
ufacturing Industries, and yet that
state's jl?er . capita -wealth' is .esti
mated 'at 91743. ,' - '
A state approaches the economic
ideal when its people grow rich
together. Kansas had an inherit
ance tax law for four years. 1. Dur
ing the period the law was In
force the estates of 68,000 de-; Is lightened, f
cedents came under its operation.
The state tax' commission .has just
compiled the records. '
It finds that only three tenths
of one-per cent of those who died
left estates in excess of, $50, 000.
Only per cent had property
worth more than 925,000 and less
than 950,000. A total of 10 per
cent had property valued at about
95000.! Among the 68,000 estates
there jwas only one that reached
91,0001,000.
Under the law all estates of
950001 or over were taxed, and
there were only 7403 estates that
were subject to .the tax. There
were 225 with a valuation of $50,
000 ori more, 962 with a valuation
between $25,000 and 950,000, and
2888 Ivalued at from 95000 to
925,000. .
. .Kansas is no longer entitled to
sympathy, and neither does she
want it. A state which makes it
possibie for all to share in the
general prosperity- has ample war
rant for boasting. Its methods
should be studied by other states.
and when the military Authorities
asked to have the dramshops
closed their request :Waa: denied. -
Russia faces a gigantic problem.
Is the ciar strong enough to pre
vail against influences which have
debauched an entire people to pro
mote the interests of a few? The
future of that ; country . depends
upon developments during the next
few years. Militarism is a heavy
burden but when to that is added
national drunkenness Russia's back
ma certain to break unless the lead
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THE CURSE OP BOYHOOD
N leBANON, it has 'been made
a- misdemeanor; for any minor
to emoke cigarettes or use to
bacco in any. form.' The city
health officer has volunteered to
treat any boy smoker with the ni
trite of silver, free of charge.
The movement to rescue boys
from the deadly cigarette habit is
swiftly spreading. The Lebanon
plan of making It a misdemeanor
for the boy to smoke is a new step
as to many cities'.
There is no question as to the
advisability of a fight against the
cigarette all alone the line. It
In these Jnt purposes, Woodrow Is tne: wight of boyhood. It is es
timated that 1200, American boys
Vale tJxited states
iVViloMi'a fpYipjin iirtllfv raC nn I
foundations as imperishable as Gi
braltar. It will stand untouched
and unshaken without aid from
abroad because it rests on the se
cure basis of truth, and. justice.
jTliere is no need for the president
;to falter in hij high aims or make
concessions iu OTder to gain foreign
sspport, for Christendom is back
iof him and in harmony with him
. jl'n seeking "the restoration of the
jcoRfctitutlon, the ballot i and fair
elections in Mexico and without re
isort to fire, the sword, and slaugh-
'ker.
I President Wilson should not mis-
SAAC - SELIGMAN. - American
millionaire banker, and Frank
Bliss, Standard Oil magnate,
have become British subjects to
avoid payment of the American
income tax.
Here are instances of dollarmark
patriotism. An average goat has
in his breast as much love of
country as -do some millionaires,
Money getting, apparently atro
phies the higher sentiments and
dulls the nobler impulses. A- con
stant stream of gold '' from New
York rentals pours into the lap of
Waldorf As tor, who long ago re
nounced American - citizenship " to
become a British subject
It is almost amazine that Mr.
Seligman and Mr. Bliss have bel
come subjects of King' George.
Why did they not pledge 'their
fealty to some remote .realm, or
buy an island of the sea and set
up a government of their own
where incomes would escape tax
ation and millionaires be at rest?
As British subjects, their in
comes will be taxed. Away back
in the Pitt premiership in 1799,
England imposed a tax. on incomes.
au incomes aoove $zoo were
taxed, the largest at 10 per cent
With the exception of a few in
terruptions, the system has been
effective ever since. It Is the chief
source of British revenues. For
the fiscal year of 1909, the Income
tax yielded the British exchequer
9165,103,000. It Is more than
three times the sum yielded by
the American Income tax from " a
population nearly three times as
large.
Since our newly expatriated
countrymen have wiped the dust
of America from their patent
leathers in order to escape our in
come tax by taking up the bur
dens of Great Britain's income tax,
we are forced to the conclusion
float j away beyond recall. . His
heart action is Increased. Some
times' the Increase is 25 or 30
beats j a minute. No cigarette
smoker ever graduated at the
head of his class at Harvard. High
school teachers, after an investi
gation, recently reported that
cigarette'' smokers stand, at least,
ten per cent lower than non-
smnVlrttr' clnKsmfltfln ' and urn nn-
lake the noisy yeUs of Jingoes, T trustworthy, untruthful and de
Jobbers, contractors, adventurers, ceitful .
begin i the cigarette habit every
day. ' A boy conquered by the
cigarette is conquered for all else.
In the smoke of his cigarette
the rrtost precious chances for life that the only reagon they ever
were American citizens was be-
grafters and demagogues in their
rlamors for war, as the voice of,
the people. Their clamor is the'
Ipeistence of those .who expect to
profit from the excesses, abuses,
contracts, 'and rakedowns of armed
ton met. It is roaJhly the howls of
financial hyenas who want to coin
the lives of boys.. from the shops
and farms and the mourning and
suffering in many rnes into divi
dends. It is partly the yelps of
financial jackals and blood guilty
concessionaires who are- ready to
sacrifice uncounted American lives
and pile np more war taxes," war
debts, war pensions, and war grafts
, for the profit an armed con
flict in Mexico would be to their
Mexican investments.
. Woodrow Wilson's Mexican pol
licy is far above and beyond the
range of these mole squeaks of
the cash register brigade. Their
Whoops and their plaints cannot
make more impression on the ius
tice and grandeur of the Wilson
program south of the Rio Grande
than can the breath of a ground
'squirrel on the bosom of Mount
Hood.
From 1861 to 1865 there were
.thousands of politicians and edi
tors in the North who thoueht
they" knew better than Abraham!
-Lincoln how to put down the!
; American rebellion.
- In 1914 there is a similar num
1 her of persons who are confident
that they know better than Wood
row Wilson about what to do In
Mexico. There is nothing easier
In government than shedding some
body else's blood.
, T; But. these are not things to
; shake Woodrow Wilson's conf 1
aence in himself snd his purpose.
They are not things to lead him
to surrender at home in order to
' get help for, his Mexican policy
v abroad. :
Judge Ben Llndsey said that
the ; cigarette not only has a
grip upon boyhood, but it invites
all the other demons of habit to
come? and add to the degradation."
If j the' people of Oregon once
f ullyJ realized ' what cigarettes are
doing for their boys, they would
stop at nothing short of armed
revolution, if necessary, to put an
end ; to the habit in youth. Dr.
Ferguson says:
I believe that no one who smokes
tobacco before the bodily powers are
developed ever make a vigorous man.
It not only injures the body but the
mind also. . .
A. NATION DRUNK
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TJSSIA'S big problem is inter
nal rather than external.
cause we had no Income tax.
Wherefore, since there may be
other millionaires who have been
American citizens merely to es
cape taxation of their incomes,
they, too, perhaps will .feel -Impelled
to renounce Yankee land
to become sub'ject King George
the czar, or Emperor. William. ,
These eventuations are probably
the most powerful known argu
ment for the American income tax
It 16 one way to get rid of men
who' think all of their millions
and nothing of country.
GERMANY'S PROGRESS
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yields for five-year periods 25
years apart.
What Germans have done with a
naturally po6r son is shown; by
per acre crop yields for the year
1912. Germany averaged 33.4
bushels of wheat, Russia 10.2",
France 20.4, Canada 20.3, the
United States 15.5, and Argen
tina 13.8. The' per acre produc
tion of oats was: Germany, 53.9
bushels;' Russia 23.6,' France 35,
Canada -41.7, the United States
37.31 and Argentina 39.2.
German manufacturing indus
tries increased their output three
fold In 25 years. Railway mileage
increased 60.7 per cent, the move
ment of freight multiplied nearly
four times, and passenger traffic
grew in even greater proportion.
In the five-year period ending
with 1888 American exports to
Germany averaged 960,000,000. an
nually. In ! the five-year period
ending, with 1913 the yearly aver
age was 9282,200,000. During the
same time American exports to
Great Britain increased from
9372,100)00 to 9551,700,000, and
to France from $47,150,000 to
9128,000.000.
REAL GREATNESS
A SPLENDID GIFT
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.By Dr. Frank Crane.
SPLENDID gift of twenty
acres of land in South Port
land has been presented by
the Oregon-Washington Rail
way & Navigation Company us a
campus for the Medical Depart
ment of the University of Oregon.
The gift lsa credit, to the rail
road corporation and a high com
pliment to the educational instltu
tion. It represents the confidence
felt by the executive committee of
the corporation in the' class of the
work in , medical education per-!
formed by the institution It was
after a searching Investigation of
that work at the suggestion of Dr.
McKenzie and an ascertainment
that it was accounted as of first
rate that the decision was reached
to place the land at the disposal
of the school.
Thf University of Oregon "Med
ical School is the only institution
of ' the kind In the Northwest.
There Is a tacit ' understanding
among those who guide education
in Oregon and other Northwest
states that so long as the Univer
sity of Oregon gives class A med
ical Instruction, it will be per
mitted, to remain the solitary med
ical school in the territory.
The new gift is a step in adding
to the efficiency of the medical
school.- It is a campus of extraor
dinary possibilities. It affords
ground space for laboratories, ad
ministration buildings, hospltalB
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Co9yriht. 1914, by Frank Crane.)
Jacob H. Schlff. at tha annual ut-
ins of the Hebrew Free lioan society
ot New York, said , the other 'day. when
he wis Introduced 'as a 4srrtet man:"
' TJreatness often mi, fmm
dent or -favor, mnd If this 11$ ts .us above
l'le mujatuao it should cairry with it
wio reauzauon- or arreater feapojnsiblU
ties on our part taward o tiers
I And herein , Mr.. Schiff Showed one
trait at least of a great min, and said
! ot you .can OlsMnruidh a treat
man from . a small jnan in this, that
when riches, or honors, or J prominence
come to him the sreat mark Is bumbled
and sobered' tor his sense of dot v. and
by his consciousness of how littla after
an na had to do with it. 1
; No incer aoul really thinks ha la
superior. Success "comes" to us. No
man earns it; or, gather,, tho one who
earns it is aemed Jt as often as not.
! Oliver Wendell Holmes - ascribed
now an idea -came to htm,- striking
him like a bullet, as he ex Dressed it.
t Kvary creative mind has fait this.
now things "Just-come." The compos
er of music, the painter, the sculptor,
tha novelist, dramatist and! orator, the
inventor,; all .'hava that sense of re
cipiency, ;Only the egotistic fool
thinks he 'is ' the : author of his own
conceptions, j !
Socratas had his "daimon" that
whispered to him suggestions. And
every .other great constructive soul
has had that peculiar feeling of being
played upon by some force or spirit
not or himself.
I Only littla souls are cocky and chesty
and greedy for praise, whether they
deserve it or not. These ere tha pla
garists. copiers and second raters of
the world. 1
' Tha same is true of the greatly rich
For there, are contemptible rich and
noble rich.
Under existing economic! conditions
a man may inherit 11.000,000. In pro
portion as he regards It as "mine, to
do with as I please, he is small. He
probably will spend It in luxuries and
amusements. He and his sat are
"nuisances. Their very existence is im
moral.
But it ha realises that destiny, un
der Its laws, has pat this wealth upon
him, for no merit of his own. and that
the high and serious task of adminis
tering it for the welfare of mankind
Is laid on his shoulders, than he be
comes great.
So also if a man makes his own for
tune. He still perceives; if he t
great, that "accident or : favor has
played Into his hands, and he can have
no peace nor self-respect unless Jie
gives himself over to doing what he
can to help those less fortunate.
This is the modern conscience, which
Is better and sounder than the con
science of any other age. !
More and more the magnificent ones
of earth are hearing the dim voice of
that something or somebody, call it
God, call It humanity, saying to -them:
"What hast thou done with the talent
lent theer
WHEN EVERYONE KNOWS THEY'LL START TO THE MOVIES AS
SOON AS THE DISHES ARE WASHED . ' :
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GROWTH OF CHURCH MEMBERSHIP
Letters From the People
and all the varied structures inci
dent to a great medical establish-
, ji.i
v of modern medicine, surgery
and research. The men at thg
head of the institution have vis
ualized to them In this gift a splen
did institution ' from which will
radiate the truths unearthed by
research and experiment and the
instruction from which there win
rise here in Portland a powerful
contender with great eastern insti
tutions in achievement in behalf
of the life and health of mankind.
The crar's recent manifesto i
kkmainx s wonderful eco
nomie progress since Emperor
William began his reign in
1888 is described In Dally
Consular and Trade Reports. De
Witt C. Poole, vice consul general
at Berlin, summarizes the mone
graph published at the time of the
emperor's silver jubilee last Jane,
the- purpose being to disclose the
importance of Germany aS a mar
ket for American goods.
The present gross Income of the
nation Is placed at $10,000,000,-
i 000, aB compared with a little more
WARRING ON VICE
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concerning the drink evil i
' than half
years ago.
that amount twenty
Of the total income,
.auio ur a lour Ul cue empire Adit AAA AAA t. n
during which Russia's sovereign an . 0 Knn aaa aaa
witnessed scenes of aterial squalor j representing automatic increases
auu wutu vcgiBuuuuu wutcu mean
the end of the empire unless a
remedy is applied.
Russia, through a government
monopoly Qf the liauor traffic, is cent In twenty years.
uciwuums in i &my upou nation
al intemperance as a recognized
source ot revenue. The czar has
in property values,-, may be added.
Germany's national wealth is es
timated at more than 975,000,-
000,000, the increase being 5fi per
announced"' his determination not
to tolerate this .'condition of things
any longer: "He realises that the
state Tliquor - monopoly , has encour
aged drink for the sake of revenue,
and the ministers of finance's task
is to devise, means whereby Russia
may become sober and productive.
The situation has been ; described
Germany's average per capita
wealth is 91168, as compared with
91460 In France, 91214 to 91380
in England, and 91309 In the
United States. But the average in
come of German people is greater
than that of the French; who are
being overtaken In the race for
national wealth.
During the 25 years from 1888
to 1913 the population of Ger
many increased from 48,000,000
rxr th a VntfAa TrkMM. ' a a i - 1
yuxja. .av present , to 66,000,000. There Is a yearly
pet vapiia uicome OI . hlrth v rtf ar,ftM
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ECONOMIC KANSAS
ANSA "! believes it comes
' nearer, being, an . ideal state
.itom thV SCoTio JliLc I stan dpoiat
tnan any., other common-
wealth in the country, it has a
greatfet per capita wealth than any
otner .state, and has fewer; rich
men "jthan almost any other state.
MiU16nalres are scarce in Kansas;
thre are many men and women cf
consiierable wealth,' but there are
ho"'swollen" fortunes. " ' . .
-It was only a few years ago
" when Kansas was Tthe prey of
grasshoppers, the " victim of cy
clones and the object of commis
eration ' by the multitude. People
more fortunately ' situated Were
.genuinely sorry for Kansas, for
with them" misfortune had fol
lowed misfortune In doleful pro
cession. '
, But of late- years .tha-state-has
Russian people is 930. With this
they manage to pay more than $1,
500,000,000 in taxes, and they
spend more than $500,000,000 on
drink for the benefit of the gov
ernment treasury. The entire sum
spent on education Is less than
one third the amount spent for
drink.
There are only about 5,000.000
pupils In Russia's elementary
schools. On anything like the'
American basis Russia would have
az.vuu.uuu pupils. Russia has
1 60.0Q0 teachers, and one third
are said to be ignorant or all but
illiterate. Even school girls in
some places are said to have taken
to drinking, and a recent report
of the governor of St. Petersburg
province called attention to an
alarming spread of drunkenness in
the villages.
: General Kuropatkln. command.
1 er-ln-chief in Manchuria during the
PwAl with Tunon Vo. t.i . . .
. "- . una vaiea op tne
fight against drink. In a newspa
per article published in St. Peters
burg he -said that Russian troops
being transported to the front were
kept drunk at government paloonir.
"IL was-ia. drunJtejo,. jaabUizatlon."
excess of about 800,000.
Emigration in 1912 totaled only
18,500j and for the past ten years
Immigration has more than com
pensated for people leaving the
country.
During Emperor William's reign
Germany's population Increased
nearly 31 per cent, and the na
tional wealth Increased more than
50 per cent. The figures are
tribute to Intelligent- industry
While the number of producers
was increasing the productive ca
pacity of each Increased. This
phase of German progress is illus
trated by. agricultural statistics.
Although .the acreage planted
to the chief crops did not material
ly increase and the number of
persons employed in - agriculture
remained at a standstill, the re-
turns grew enormously. The Ger
mans made - their land more ; val
uable by making it produce large
crops. In 25 'years the per acre
yield of rye was increased from
16 to more than 28 bushels; wheat
jumped from 20 to 30 bushels
barley, .23 to 37'4; potatoes, 130
to 198 and oats, 31 & to 53
bushels. These figures are repre
sentative.., for -rthey, ..ara- average
(Gommanlcattona aeat ta Tha Xonrnal for
pcbUcatloB in UUa dapartmant sboald ba writ
tea on only u aide of tha paper, sbcftjld not
exceed S0O worda In leasth aad nmat ba ae
eoaipaalad by tha naaae and addraaa ot tba
aeaoer. u Ut writer coca tat deaira to
tara ta um pabtUbad. a abasia a aUta.)
I
"DUcoaalon Is tha greateat of an reform
a It ratiaaalisaa eCTthtn it tooebca. It
roba Brladslea of an -fatoa aanctltr and
tbrowa them back oa thalr raaaaaaalenaaa. If
they un no reaaonablanaas, i It mtileaaJy
erashea them oat of ezlataBce acd acts np Its
own toncluaiaca la their a taaa. Woodrow
WUaoa.
Manufacturer Asks Questions.
Portland, March 7. To tha Editor
of Tha Journal There ta much said
and dona by really progressive rsitirens
to bring to and build factories in Port
land, bnt whan on actually tries to
manufacture in Portland he runs uu
against soma startling problems, and I
should like to ask you and the people
of this city what you would do tr
confronted by them:
1. If you could buy your raw ma
terlals In New Terk or San Francisco
and pay the heavy freight and still
beat the Portland prices by a large
margin,
I, If you were compelled to buv sta
ple materials elsewhere In largo quan
tities or pay retail prices asked in
Portland and unable to gt them at
that unless, you placed your orders
long in advance.
S. If you must pay freight on raw
materials, and then found you must
pay more than twice tha freight from
Portland to San Francisco on your
finished products that you could ship
xrom ttan iTancisco to Portland.
4. If your home city imposed a pro
hibitive license of $10 per quarter per
man it you should employ some of the
hundreds of unemployed men to dis
tribute a bit of advertising from door
to door, and a tax declared lunconstltu
tional. and found in no city but Port
land. If you had under consideration
From the Lincoln Star.
While reports current a year or two
ago told of the abandonment of hun
dreds of church buildings in various
portions of the country, from which
the conclusion may have been reached
by many that church membership must
have been falling off. a bulletin of the
federal council of tha churches of
Christ in America Issued recently dis
closes that church membership grew
in 1913 at about tha same rat as tha
population of th country.
while the returns wera not com
plete for some of the, denominations
for 1913. tremendous progress was
made during; the year both in Protest
ant and Catholic communions in the
way of providing: more reliabile sta
tistics, both as relating to church
membership and church finances.
HE war on commercialized vice
is' gaining momentum under
the Impulse of an awakened
public conscience. Last, week
St. Louis abolished that city's seg
regated district, and recently an
nj unction and abatement law sim
ilar to the Oregon enactment be
came effective in the city of Washington.
a l r v a m a .
AitacK is oeing maae on vice s
vulnerable spot 'the financial
profit which comes to interests
that commercialize immorality.
This phase of the problem was dis
cussed last week in a report to the
Massachusetts legislature. A com
mission conducted a detailed in
vestigation into 79 cities and
towns, and reported to the legis
lature:
Th financial nrofit of th hiisinBM ! tha location of a new and much larger
of prostitution is the principal reason factory, and other cities miking every
The net inoraasa in the number of
persons actually enrolled as members
of Christian churches .within tha
United States Increased during 1913
by Sli.000, or l.S per cent. Soma of
tha quit small bodies lost in mem
bership. If ther b considered only
the active bodies their total increase
last year was 5 5.000, or only a frac
tion under S per cant. This Is at tba
rats of 30 par cent a decade, or quite
equal to the phenomenal population
growth of tba country-
Tha Metnooists are reported to nave
sustained tba largest increase, tha
number being 310,000. Tb Methodist
North alone ' increased . 132,000, its
larcrest arowth in soma years. Tha
next largest Increaa was made by tha
Romas Catholics, tba number being
calculated at 212,500. The Baptist in
crease was S4.S00, that of tha Presby
terian ohurch 46,600, of the Lutheran
for its existence. No other form of
criminal offense so flagrant and
open and so harmful to the commun
ity would be tolerated for a day in
this state. '
The. commission said that mil
lions of dollars are invested in
establishments utilized for immoral
purposes and that "prostitution in
all its ramifications constitutes a
vast business extending all over
the state." One half the women
examined were found to be feeble
minded. Many of them were led
into the life because of unregulated
lodging houses, public dance. halls
and recreation parks. In the larger
cities the most flagrant examples
Inducement to get you to locate else
where with none of these conditions to
overcome, would you still be loyal to
Portland and shoulder all mesa disad
vantages and advertise a jcity which
seems to ba and is fast becoming
known as the city where tjhe attitude
seems to be, "What can vrh do to tha
stranger coming here, and not what
can we do to help him?"
These conditions will cause tha re
moval from Portland within the next
few months of one factory whose
owners would like to be good loyal
boosters of Portland but can't under
these conditions.
Again I ask, what would 'you do?"
J. EJ STIEES.
323 Russell street
The Cost Per School Room.
T3Aa-1aiiil Vwm 1 fVk. U T7l
of commercialized vice were found ot ThB journal Throe years ago the
in . connection with saloons.
It is significant that the Massa
chusetts commission, like every
other similar Investigating body,
says tnat xne -evu can De success
fully attacked.
Meanwhile vice is being attacked
at its source. Men even respect
able property' owners who profit
from it are being singled out. It
may not be long before the man
who owns the property in which
women sell their souls will be
classed with the procurers. '.
Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont called
Senator Ashurst a "traitor" for
demanding immediate vote oh suf
frage.. Her language smacks, of
English suffrage militancy. The
"more of such stuff . women intro
duce into their "campaign, the
slower they will be in securing
general suffrage. The quickest
way for women to get the ballot
everywhere. Is, for the women to
1SQ 1$ wisely.. ,
civic council of tha city of Portland
proposed plans for a 34 room fireproof
construction school building that con
tractors offered to build for 94500 par
room and agreed to deposit tba sum
of $5000 that they would enter Into a
contract with the school board to
erect the building complete for that
sum. The school board would not con
aider the proposition or even allow
tha architect to appear before them.
This coat price for building fireproof
school buildings still stands.
At the present time the architect
guarantees to build, construct and
erect fireproof school buildings for a
sum not to exceed 94200 par; room and
of a type of school building that em
bodies the latest Improvements in
fireproof construction andi sanitary
features. The architect is convinced
that if contractors were iven the
opportunity to bid on these plans tha
school board could get tenders from
reliabla "bidders to erect fireproof
cnooi ouuaings xor 4H0 per room.
This letter is .written at ithis time
In view of the -fact that the school
board is about to ask tha city council
to amend tha ordinance- to allow it to
erect mill constructed school build
ings. It being said that tblsl typa of
building could ba erected for 91000 per
i , arcnicou- neraay publicly, an
church 39,100. of the Disciples 31.900
and the Episcopal 19,900.
The figures ara compiled by Dr. H.
K. Carroll, who was In charge of tha
government census of churches In
1390. He explains that ba waa unable
to secure statistics for Christian Science-churches
for 191S, and so he gives
those for 1912 as 85,099. Whatever
growth was sustained would swell th
figures representing tha growth Of
church membership for tha year.
The bulletin gives tha following fig
ures showing the relative strength of
religious bodies In th United States
having mora than 500.000: Roman
Catholic 13,099,611; Mathodiat, 7.135,
099; Baptist 6.934.962; Lutheran. 3,
333.733; Presbyterian, 2.027,693; Disci
ples of Christ 1.519,399; Protestant
Episcopal, 997,407; Congregational,
748.340.
' Dr. Carroll stimats tha Jews In the
country at 3.000,000, of which New
York contains about 900.000. making
that city the greatest canter of Jewish
population in tha world. He gives the
Mormon church membership of 299,000.
From tha ChicagoEvening Poat
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Lckley.
The total increase In tha number of
churches in 1913 waa 2033. as against
1102 tha previous year, attributed to
"the enterprise of many bodies ta
going after and organizing; scattered
communicants, and also a . realization
Of the economic fact that small
churches, save in particular cases In
centers of large cities, ara to be pre
ferred to large. In that relatively they
reach and interest larger numbers of
people at lass cost for maintenance."
This expression of Ova federal coun
cil is oat of harmony with tha outcry
wa have boon hearing her for amal
gamatiou of churches.
nounces mat ne stands reauy aou
willing to build, construct and erect
tb latest type of fireproof school
buildings for a sum not to exceed
24200 per school room xor, tno scnooi
board of District No. 1. Multnomah
county, Portland. Or.
NEWTON V.
A Rural Credit Problem.
Roosevelt Wash., March . To tha
Editor of Tha Journal A is an ordin
ary, average farming; community any
where in the United States; a la known
as a fairly well to do farmer. He has
neighbors who from one cause or an
other are not so well off. Occasionally
be finds that ha has a littla money,
perhaps a few hundred dollars, mora
than ha needs. What disposition shall
h make of It? He would be satisfied
with a moderate rate of interest His
neighbors are occasionally needing
from a hundred to a thousand or more.
Khali he loan on their notes, secured
by chattel , or real estate mortgage?
The banks, charga 8 to 10 per cent,
whila ha would be satisfied with seven.
Yet he decides to deposit his money in
th bank, or buy bonds at rive per
cent He is not a Daa neignoor. dux
for some reason he prefers not to loan
to Ms neighbors, though tneir secur
ity la ample. Tha neighbor must go to
the bank and pay a nigner rate oi in
terest while ha Is receiving a lesa rate.
and the money changer thrives. What
la the trouble? Just thla: B knows
that he would not be regaroea xinaiy
bv the community should he be com-
. i II - l- L.
palled to roreciose, wane usuu
would be regarded as indifferent to
th.lr denositors' rights should they
clemency- Will not farmers
banks remove tnis trouoier wn is
their purpose 7 A-
Right of Registration.
Portland, March 7. Ta the Editor
of Tba Journal I will bo 21 years of
age May 6. this year. Aa a foreigner
I obtained my first for intention) pa
pers in this city and have also lived
here for two years. Can I register
as a voter-In tha present registration?
Ia there any fe for registration, or
any poll tax? SUBSCRIBER.
(This inquirer cannot register for
this primary, because tha registration
closes before May 6. However, ha
has had his first papers for more than
a year, and has been a resident of
Portland six months, ha may register
for the general election next Novem
ber. ' There is no registration fee nor
poll tax.)
Camp Fire Girls.
Detroit Or, March 8. To tha Edi
tor of The Journal. Please inform me
how to organise a camp fire club, or
wbara to get tha desired Information.
FOREST RANGER S DAUGHTER.
The- correspondent might do well
to apply to .Miss Alberta Corey, in
cars of T. W. C A, Portland, Or, for
lnf ormatlon.1 .
NEWS FORECAST FOR
THE COMING WEEK
A partial eclipse of the moon Is to
take place Wednesday night and under
favorable weather conditions will ba
visible throughout practically the
a hole of tba United States and Canada.
On Thursday tba Jews of America,
in common with their brethren
throughout the world, will begin their
annual celebration of the Feast of Pu
rim, one of tha moat important festal
days on tha Jewish calendar.
A mortgage to secure bonds having a
possible maximum of 9900.000,000 la
expected to ba authorised by the stock
holders of the Pennsylvania railroad
when they hold their annual meeting In
Philadelphia Tuesday.
Rear Admiral Charles B. Vreeland.
member of the general board, and ona
of the best known officers of tha
United States navy, will ba placed am
tha retired list Tuesday on account of
age.
Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of
the German Emperor, la to sail from
Hamburg Tuesday for a tour of Ar
gentina and other countries of South
America. Prince Henry's trip has been
widely commented upon, owing to tb
report that tha object of his mission is
to impress tb South American coun
tries with the political and commercial
importance of Germany, and to offset
tha Increasing influence of tha United
States in tba southern continent
Among tha gather! n ara of tha week
that will attract ' more or lass pablle
attention will ba the executive board
meeting of tha National Equal Suf
frage association in Birmingham, Ala.;
tha annual convention et tha Cattle
Raisers' association of Texas in Tort
Worth, and tha annual meeting- of th
American Bottling; Congress in .Buf
falo.
The Ragtime Muse
Shadowed.
Want to gat away, .
Far away from here;
Want to go an' play
Way off yonder!
Want to up an roam.
Far away from home;
Down the road to stranger lands
Want to wander.
Want to up an go
Over Atll an' vale.
Where tha moon awing low
And th wind Invites m.
'Croat ther purple sea,
.There I want to be;
I would rise an' go there,'
But oh thing- affrights ma
Travel far or near.
As Pva often dona.
: Everywber is "here; '
Everywhere It's "wa go."
WbeVesoe'er I lodge, .
I can never dodg
That old chap that foTlari ma.
..That old XaUer. "Ego. , ,.
"I was born in Btpnville. Mo., on
November 7, 1832." rUd Mra W H.
Bennett of Portland -My maiden
name was Lucy J. I&n. We started
for Oregon In th spng of 1845. At
Fort Hall we came aj;osa Steva Meak.
who told us of a tHjnjter road to tha
Willamette valley. Part of our train
refused to take this ijut-off and went
by the old immigrant' -oad. but a good
many of us. followed 3 leek on what ha
since been called Matte's Cut-off In
ona of the Immigrant traina of that
year were Joel Palma, and 8amuel K.
wrt ln !h coml'ny h us were
W G. rvault and Jo?Jn Waymlre. An
other company was,'? commanded by
Solomon Tetherow.
"The road wa took fad been traveled
by the Hudson's Bay! 'ur trappers, and
While It might have lien all right for
norsea, u w certainly not
adapted to Immigrants traveling br
ox train. s .
"The water waa bfr. so full of al
kali you could hardly idrink it. There
waa very mile grassland before long
our cattle all had aor- feet .from trav-
a mi oarp;ara rocka.
"After several of oyr party bad diad
tha men discovered -!hat Meek really
.new noming aDout Jha road.
"Dan Herron, wboiwaa in our com
pany, and who is a iephew of W. J.
Herron, ,1s said to hae found gold on
one of the streams-; in southeastern
Oregon. He did not Jtnow then that it
was gold, but afterwards In speaking
of It he said that could hav got
ten his blue bucket l&U or gold whara
ha found that piece.-'- Ever nine they
have spoken of this fa the Blue Buck
et mine, and several parties have gone
In search of it but bre never located
it
"After Meek bad lft us wa struck
back in tha general.: direction of tha
Columbia river. . Wh4a we cama to. tha
Deachutea river wa 'ferried It In our
wagon bods. My brttther swam across
tha stream to fastenth ropes on th
opposite bank. Wa 'finally struck tha
Columbia river and arrived at Tha
Dalle. The Tetherow - and Woolley
families cama down with our family
on a log raft to ta Caacades. Wa
walked around tha fascades, packing
our goods on our bac4cs. On th other
side of tba Cascade wa met a man
named Dan Clark, fio later married
ona of tha Herron g-rls. Ha went on
to Vancouver and rtecured from Dr.
McLaughlin a flat 1 iost
"When wa got Vancouver my
father and my yooiweat brother went
to th fort to aea Dr.gdoLaughlin whll
tha rest of us stayed; In tba flat boat
Father brought back Vlth him a hand
ful of small seedling- apples Dr. Me
Laugtittn bad given rjim. Aa this waa
th first fruit we haul tasted for jnor
than six months, yo.( can imagine wa
children thought tftey - war - pretty
good. - - -
"From Vancouver ,jre went to LI an
ton, where wa put lip our tent and
camped for a week;! awaiting father's
return. Ha bad started off afoot for
David Hill's claim, r w Hlllsboro. Mr.
Hill was a scbool-nsjB of my father's.
In a few days Mr. mil and my father
returned with Mr. I Sirs ox team, and
wa want to hi Mr. H1U had
built a log cabin t5T. It was lata
in tb fall and it ws raising so Mr.
Hill insisted thai my? mother and chil
dren sleep in hla.cabgu Tha men folks
anvayea in a lent, -jsiaar ma iouiu
a claim on Tualatin , prairie where wa
stayed for tb next two years. Father
bought a claim, agr Idas; to give 309
bushels of wheat Xor jth place.
"In 1849 father went to California
to th gold mines. Ifc prlo of wheat
had gone up from tl a bushel to 35 a
bushel, and tha m who owned th
place Insisted on 800fcushela of wheat,
which was tha samsAa $1500. - Fathe
offered him 9300, wtUch was the pries
of 300 bushels of -ieat at th tint
the bargain - was made. - Th former
owner finally eonsestad to sttl so
tbes terra a -.
I was married on Washington's
Birthday in 1949 to If. R. Bennett Wa
wer married by a PJesbytorian minis
ter. My husband wa) sheriff for eight
years and a United States marshal
under Abraham Um ?ln. I still hav
his commission as t? Sited -8tata mar
shal signed by Presflent Lincoln,
"Among tha old fmfers that I -was
best acquainted with ,Wa W. W. Chap
man and his family 1 Stephen Coffin.
J. H. McMillan, Ben ,3 tar k. A. L. Lova
joy. Jamas Terwillliyr. Father WUbar
and Jlmml Stephens and hi brother.
Jlmmls Stephens baj a farm on th
east side ot tba rivaifsnd used to bring
people back and fort in sis canoe. It
would take a good tfiahy canoes now
adays to handle th'i traffic between
Portland and. East ItorlasaVV ..... .
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