THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,. PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL , 8, 1914.
THE JOURNAL
AH INDEPENDENT KEWSPAPER
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departments rrhed by tbeee tubers.
- tbe nnrrntnr what (Jepurtment "
teTvened, The traditional distinc- like a great emotion thatr sweeps
tlon .between senate and house-sometimes through the human
could not be laid aside. It could t breast. It can not be defined in
not be seen that this distinction fWorda. 'It can only be expressed
WUICiUN ADVEUTIHI.XO UKPHtBBNTATl V B
' Benjamin Ke-tnor Co.. BruDwlCK Biaf .,
33S fifth Ate.. New Sorb; HIS f1"
MalMM-rlixbm Wrai by mU or te any "'
erete lo the tolled State or Meil.o.
DAILY
Oh ytar I One sooth
BUnvi a
Om ur' ll.&O I On aoatk..
DAILY AND BONDAT.
Oh ' ft. bo I Ooe month c3
more theoretical than real and
could be sacrificed to a better sys
tem of dealing with bills.
The matter of committees brings
up the question of size of the leg
islature. At present this ranges
from the legislature of New Hamp
shire with 425 members to Dela
ware with 52. One half of our
legislatures have 150 or more
members. In Oregon and Kansas
by a touch of the hand, or the look
of the eye.
AT THE CHURCH
A
CCORDING to the plan adopt
ed by members of the min
isterial committee in charge
of the "Go to Church" cam
paign every person In Portland is
(CommmiieaUona lent to The Journal for
publication tn Uiia department abould be writ
ten on only one aide of the paper, aboald not
exceed. 300 words in length and must be ac
companied by tbe name and address of tbe
tender. If tbe writer does not dealre to
bare tbe name pnblianed. be should ao state.)
"Discussion Is the greatest of all reform
era. It rationalises everything it touches. It
robs principles of all false sanctity and
inrows tnera back on their reasonableness. i 1
tUe? have no reasonableuetw, it ruthlessly
eruabes them out of existence and sets up its
own conclusions in their stead." Wood row
Wilson.
to receive a Dersonal invitation
there is a serious discussion of the to attend some church, Sunday,
desirability of a single house. Re-
$ .zs.gardless of that issue it Is apparent
that the membership of most legis-
latures could be reduced and great
er efficiency secured.
How poor are they that have-
not patience!
What wound did ever heal,
but by degrees?
Shakespeare.
LOCKLEY'S LETTER
M
ONDAY, The Journal pre
sented Fred Lockley's story
of Ketchikan, the southern
most port of entry in ; after all
April 19.
It makes little difference what
church is visited, for all are repre
senting a cause as old as human
hope and trying tq contribute to
the uplift of humanity as they
see the light. You may not agree
with them but if you credit them
with honesty of intention you may
find that you are not so far apart
8AIA AGE THE REMNANT
Once upon a time an old Scotch
woman waB bleaching linen when
the minister called. To his ques-
Alaska
It is one of the small ports of
Tiiivini.ERlfiGER should I the territory.! It is but a beginning
Nbe sent to the legislature. I in comparison with the other and j tlon if BQe nad en to kIrk the
Governors do not pass ap-1 greater trading districts. Yet in;previous Sunday she replied that
' propriation bills. They do 1913, it received snipmems oi
not give away swamp lands. They merchandise totaling $1,962,124,
cannot rob the people of their mostly from Seattle,
public domain. I During the year, 1811 vessels,
That is done by legislators. It foreign and coastwise, -entered oi
ls the legislative thimbleriggers cleared at the port The trafHc
that plunder the public by resort aggregated 1.043 986 tons Of
!! iLr llBlatlon coastwise vessels, 721 entered and
to joker legislation I & combined net
l ne manner in wwlh iuo ivti
were shorn or most of their own
ership in submerged lands along
the Portland waterfront and else
where is example. An Innocent
wharf-out franchise law was passed
in 1862. It did not pretend to con
fer title.
But another Innocent appearing
law slipped through the legisla
ture of 18 72. It seemed as guile
less as a spring lamb.; It wore the
smile of the just and sported the
crown and halo of the purified.
tonnage of 76294 tons. Though
Portland is as5 accessible as any
other American port, she wa3 cot
represented by a single vessel In
the 1374 arrivals and departures
of American coastwise vessels dur
ing 1913.
Interviews with citizens showed
the readiness of Ketchikan to dual
with Portland. It was, however,
observable that business men there
Insist that an essential for Port
land to gain and hold a share of
But it broke the ground for the j n(,rm,t. of the
act of 1874. For thimblerigging . , . . . ... thar.a an
, 1 UI.U V Llliu, VUV1 V VWJi W V '
verbiage and devious language, the
act of 1874 was worthy of its or
igin. It said:
That the Willamette river shall
not be deemed a river In which the
tide e-bbs and flown within the mean
1c nt tlila art of which this act is
amendatory, and the title of this I
state to any tide or overflowed land
upon the said Willamette river Is
hereby granted and confirmed to the
owners of In adjacent lands; or when
any such tide or overflowed lands
lm.ve been sold, then, In that case, to !
ttio purchaser or purchasers or . sucn
tide or overfliwel lands from au h
owner of such adjacent lands, or some
previous owner thereof, as the case
may be.
It took twelve years to work
the scheme through. It began
Avith a mere franchise to give ad
jacent land owners the right to
- build a wharf out to deep water.
Its inception was the granting of
a mere privilege. Its end,, in a
flux of misty language, was the ,
granting of titlp to upland owners,
or "to purchaser or purchasers"
from kuch owner of such adjacent
lands "or, some previous owner
therpof, as the case may be."
For these lands, now worth mil
lions, not a penny wag paid. For
this great public inheritance, smug
gled into private possession by easy
stages from a mere franchise to
she had. She could not recall,
however, the text of the sermon
or anything connected with the
service: The minister was shocked
and reprovingly asked her what
good it did her to go to church.
"Meenister," said the old lady,
"d'ye ken the linen I'm sprinklin'?
"D'ye ken that a' the time I'm
putting water on it an the water
dries e en most as fast as I drop
it? But a the time the linen's
gettin' whiter and whiter. D'ye
ken the lesson I'm tellin'?"
You may forget the text, you
may go to sleep, but all the time
the linen is growing whiter and
whiter.
DIAMONDS FOR BOYDOM
T
doubt. Portland can get and hold
business there by maintaining a
direct and stable line of transpor
tation. As the Lockley letter shows,
even this outpost of the great
northern empire 'has. a large and
swiftly growing volume o'f business.
Yet it is only a drop in the bucket
compared with the vast business
farther north, as will be shown as
The Journal's special writer pro
ceeds with his further report to
Portland upon the conditions and i
HERE will be but small cost
in preparing the proposed mu
nicipal baseball diamonds
throughout Portland for the
use of the boy world.
Nothing will pay better divl
dends. When the boy is playing
baseball he is out of mischief. He
is off the streets. He is away
from temptation. He is strengthen
ing his limbs and expanding his
lungs
It is a place for him to get rid of
surplus energyr to drink in fresh
air and to take on the vigor that
is found only in the great out
doors. It is a place of innocent
uiiuiuuuo uuu ' , .
trade opportunities at the other . 7 DU''"uuulUKa tt,lu
mh f Pn..Mocb, Co,, ueusmiui enjoyment.
ship line.
In this initial Alaska article,
there is much encouragement for
Portlanders to redouble their ef
forts to permanentize the new
transportation enterprise.
OPTIMISM PREVAIL
ET busy" is the advice of
B. L. Winchell, traffic, di
rector of the Union Pa
cific system, who spent a
few hours in Portland Tuesday.
This advice finds expression in
i trade papprs, the prevailing tone
of which is one of confidence in
' . ., J 1 . i 1 1 A
a1.ur.1nto rr.nt of tltlo tho 1 Bu ..uo.i.ess rcvivii. A Big
-W.n . u,- ' ' ihlficant aspect is that those who i
The boys' baseball field is
practical place for laying the foun
dation for a useful career and a
ripe old age.
UNDERWOOD
B
Letters From the People
A FEW SMILES
Strongly Indorsing Dr. C. J. Smith.
Pendleton, Or., April 8. To the Edi
tor of The Journal As the primary
election draws nearer it becomes mora
apparent day by day that law enforce
ment la going to be the leading ques
tion. This is the issue upon which
the November election will turn rather
than the political affiliation , of the
candidates, so far as the office of
governor in concerned.
Dr. C. J. Smith was the first promi
nent candidate who came out strongly
for law enforcement. As an old neigh
bor of Dr. Smith, I can assure the pub- J
lie that no man has a better claim to
the support of the law abiding citizen
ship of the state than Dr. Smith. His
platform declaration is merely an ex- .
I ression of his own lifelong convic- j
tion. Away back in 1S98, when open
gambling was customary here in east
ern Oregon, Dr. Smith became mayor
of this city. Contrary to custom, and
far in advance of public sentiment, he
closed up the town.
In all the years that I have been
In public life here, I never have heard
his personal honesty questioned. The
highest testimonial that could be ac
corded the character of any man, and
especially of a doctor, is the respect of
the womanhood among whom he has
lived and labored. That Dr. Smith en
joys the , confidence and has the sup
port of Umatilla county women is
attested by the active and practically)
Unanimous interest they are takingrin
his candidacy.
As a business man, he is economical.
Being a large -taxpayer himself, he
would Incline toward economy in pub
lic affairs; yet as a public man, he
has never been miserly, but has sup
ported such progressive, constructive
improvements as true economy de
mands In growing communities.
I am a strong adherent of the Ore
gon system, and believe It a citizen's
duty to impart such knowledge as this.
C. P. STRAIN.
P. S. Dr. Smith was the first man
in Umatilla county who encouraged
Tommy had just completed his first
term at a boarding school. On the
evening of his return home, wishing
to impress his lit- I
tie sister with the I . 3l
vastness of his MSSESTlr
knowledge, he led
her to the nursery
window, pointed to
a star, and said:
"You see that
light up there?
Well, it's bigger
than all this world."
"No, 'tain't," replied his sister.
"But I tell yoU it is," returned the
youthful scholar. i
"Then why is It that it can't keep
off the rain?" came the! baffling re
tort. !
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PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
S3IAXL. CHAXGE
A patronizing young lord was seat
ed opposite a famous scientist at a
dinner ;one evening
not long ago. Dur
ing a lull in the
conversation he ad
justed : his monocle
and leaned toward
the scholar.
"Aw, y' know,
Mr. J o n e s," h e
drawled, "I . passed
your ' house this
mawning."
"Thank you," said Jones, quietly.
"Thank you very much." Harper's
Magazine.
mm'.
Not all the worms that turn are
as gentle and as tactful In their turn
ing as the one that a German paper
recently described.
A quiet, patient
little man had been
pushed about and
trodden on by the
other passengers on
a crowded tram car.
For a time tie suf
fered in silence.
Then, in a meek
voice, he addressed
an awkward youth standing next to
him. i
"Young man," he said,! I hope you
will not think me rude, but may I ask
your age?"
The youth stared at him for a mo
ment and replied, "Eighteen."
"Eighteen," repeated the little man,
softly: "Now, really, young man, don't
you think that you are Id enough to
stand on your own feet?"
Still, as to crops, all the- prospects
please:
No 'amount of wealth can bribe
Death.
At any rate this is the biggest
"region" in area.
After all, more voters have regis
tered than there are candidates.
A large number of ambitious men
won't be the next governor of Oregon.
Some candidacies are laughable, but
would: be serious matters n success
ful. i
1
Pity the millionaire, or hundred
thousandaire; think of the wretch's
taxes.
Yet New York will continue to do
some more banking business than Dal
las, Texas.
'
Liberal "angels" are all that make
grand opera possible in this part of
the country.
Most other things will be pretty
much i forgotten when baseball first
comes to town.
i
Grand opera is fine, high "art." no
doubt,, but, really, the movies and de
cent vaudeville is more appropriate
for most of us.
If the weather man was really the
weather boss, he, being very1 human,
would no doubt turn out a bright,
warm iday next Sunday.
The citizen who has a garden on his
otherwise nnoccuDied lot is a better
one, other things being equal, than
the one who planted noining.
IN EARLIER DAYS
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Toledo's two telephone systems arr
to be consolidated and a 16-hour ser
vice inaugurated.
The Sandy News, successeor to the
Eastern Clackamas Journal, is a new
v.nlnr ift tha TMWtDIMr field.
Charles R. Bennett, formerly of Dal
las, xs the editor.
The Coqullle Sentinel figures that
the rainfall which would cover Coos
county five feet deep In an average
vear, II none oi it ran on, amuuuin i
just a cubic mile and a half in the
aggregate or enough to cover the city
of Coqullle a mile deep.
a
The ground-breaking event for Al
bany's new postoffice building has
been filmed for reproduction n the
moving picture shows. "It will be of
interest to Jinn couniy peopic. j
the Sweet Home Tribune somewhat
severely, "but to no other locality."
Animal story related by the Beav-
artnn (IWl: "(iU ROSSI'S dog is the
mascot for the fire department- Every
time Hose Cart No. 1 goes out xor ami
Old Dick tries to catch the stream of
water in his mouth. H also is pretty
good at sending Rigolo's dog home
mornings when he comes up town.
They hit the sidewalk on the high
places, clear down past Squire's shop.
a t j t a Aimtv tttv lvv Hue tin
from its files by the Eugene Guard
shows for 13 a rate or mum.
a valuation of $7,109,000 and a total
revenue of $44,786, which last, the
Guard observes, "would represent one
good day's receipts on the present tax
being collected." The largest item of
expense was $3000 for roads, and
$2800 was alloted for paupers and
$6000 for interest.
Bj Fred Lockley. f
ELDER STATESMEN CAUSE OF JAPAN'S WOES
There Is a very rapidly Increasing
number of people in every walk of life
who are beginning to see the liquor
me in bringing about the equalization ' i w.i-h i ' k , DU8lne"
of assessments here, which resulted in 5" 51 wteIghed ln balance and
the startling advance of public utility
taxes in this county, and later through
out the state.. C. P. 8.
found wanting.
C. E. PEARCE.
Argument From the iRed Apple.
Portland. April 7. To i the Editor of
The Journal Mr. LinscDtt of Silver
ton wants to know if a mother is sure
that prohibition would place her boy
on a higher moral plane. She can be
Proportional Representation.
Portland, April 8. To the Editor of
The Journal When a great newspaper
starts an assembly of its own and
oroceeds to nominatn a renresenta.tlv ! sure of one thing, that ! the SDDle on
delegation to go to the legislature n i the "table is easy to get. But what
would appear as If the first element j about the saloon on the I corner? And
of fairness would be to include in ,s it flr to compare so Vile a thing as
such a list of patriots men and women I a saloon with a nice red apple? If the
known to be representative workers j aPPJe was poison, she would put it
and spokesmen of the minority parties out of the way instead of forbidding it
in Multnomah county. Instead the list i to him. And by the same process of
of patriots named does not contain the reasoning the fact that i the saloon is
name of a solitary woman. Yet it is i denied boys till 21, puts' the very idea
apparent that the women of Multno-j Mr. Linscott advanced about the apple
mah county have among them some into operation here. Of what use to
never got a dollar
But the scheme was so rank I
that, after another legislative steal
In 1876, the law was repealed in I
1R78. Few examples of legislative
I have most at stake are hopeful and
cheerful.
They are convinced that business
is on a sound basis. The old cry
i 1 1 A. 1 1 a t mm
piracy are viler. The real perpe- ,ldru V w,OU'n IO 1 ian"
trators will never be known. The reauct;on is no !on&er heard ex
subterranean gentlemen of those Cep ftrJom a few PrPheta ose
rlav whr. rat.rt .ia.Mnoi ! Predictions have brought their own
the 1-glslative corridors and In the! f,acre,dit- since, the new tariff
raw uEcame enecuve American
byways and back alleys of Salem
can never be exposed.
Meanwhile, there is a remnant
of -the waterfront on which up
land nwnpra did nnf napfoKt ttio
franchises by employing the wharf-'0f llvns Secretary Redfield said
Y A majority that is growing
Oscar Underwood, the Demo
cratic floor leader, has won
the nomination for the long
term senatorship in the Democratic
primaries in Alabama.
His election will take from the
House one of its strongest mem
bers. As leader of the House in
the latter part of the Taft admin
istration, Mr. Underwood displayed
commanding talents as a states
man. As leader again during the
consideration of the tariff and cur
rency bills, he has exhibited even
greater capacity.
Perhaps more than any other
man; save President Wilson, he led
the way in framing the tariff bill.
Its effect was the emancipation of
American industry.
Mr. Underwood's elevation to the
able and public spirited citizens
well entitled to seats in the legisla
ture as any man who has ever sat
there yet.
Then we have the Democrats. There
are fully 10,000 of them In Multnomah
county, counting men alone, who
should have, in proportion: to strength,
about 3 out of the 12. Then there
are the Progressives, who" might be
entitled to' at least once voice in a
legislature to be composed of a solid
patriotic delegation from Multnomah
county. The Socialists are not accepta
ble to Big Business organs, of course,
but among thm are some of the most
able, progressive and intelligent mem
bers of society in Oregon. Some of
them appear at the most fashionable
dinners and assemblages ,yet this dele
gation is not to be honored with a
single Socialist.
The fact is that the people must
sweep away the system winch pro
duces a mlsrepresentative legislature
as naturally as a swamp produces
skunk cabbage. The system of propor
tional representation, now out ,for ln
out privilege. It is proposed by
constitutional amendment and an
Initiative bill to restore this rem
manufacturers have, according to j senate has been fairly won. His
the department of commerce, done j presence will add to the standing
better In the foreign field than j of Alabama In that body,
ever before. Concerning the cost
, Widespread interest has been
aroused by the announcement of
the forthcoming visit of the King
and Queen of Bulgaria to the
recently:
.Many things are bought in the
wholesale trade more cheaply than
they were a year ago. nartieularlv
nant to the people. It is an effort ! wof,lens- bepf Hnd b'mer. Tiie ten-i United States this summer. As the
to do the little that can be done
to right a groat public wrong.
A
dency, therefore, is clearly and openly I f jrst rpfeninfr rov&Itips to xWt th
in the direction of a reduction of the ! IlrS Wgning royalties to Visit the
cost of food and clothing through great, repuouo iney win no qoudc
the removal of the tariff tax.
kklinitivf; REFORM Bradstreet's sees betterment In
the Jtv gf ? d west aud has client advices as
LelslaMv- refirm t D to wlnter wheat- The insistent
f.?ln J tl k I hl ,the demand of American business for
failure of. the New York lear- i
.i....- , . " ci)auoiuu auu me uuying move-
d tie lZ,IT lI,n bi,1S ;ment ,D the 6teel inusiry indicate
S,.SB,0; IlmJ ,',,'t l!iket.the world over are busily at-
that no business like consideration
is given to the wants of the peo
ple as a whole.
Cementing on the situation
the New York Evening Post said:
we may try to console ourselves
oy remembering that a similar condi.
lion prevails generally throughou
luumrjr, uui mis mases us ren
once more tne thorny nature of
problem of democracy.
i be objects of the greatest curiosity
and the leaders of American so
ciety, who dearly love a lord, will
contend bitterly for the empty
honor of entertaining their Majes
ties, who it is announced will
travel incognito. Additional in
terest will attach, to the royal visit
from the further fact that they
represent a nation that has passed
tending to the growing demands j through the trying ordeal of war.
of investors
Everywhere there is a spirit of
optimism.
HAM. AND RACON
HERE is the poet who can
adequately sing of the
The purpose of the visit, it is said,
is to. study American institutions
and take- back, those things that
will benefit a people long held
under Turkish domination.
An interesting sidelight to the
Mexican revolution is the cleansinz
neavenjlness or frying ham j of the reputation of General Villa
or thf hrat1tndoa nt hi-nil. ! i x n. , t , i i-1 -
cussion of : i;;tj:;t : lJL-y?!w aml whenBe-
- io Micros iu wuius me u hi icm rt annr a t i,iiimj v . t a m -isv.v
, - tUU tv as niiicu uo cvo a tuuiucici
that maris hv tha t .ii.ti... n . . . .
I :' T. "aQ casing aroma as it floats 1 Now that Torreon has been csd-
rtAm t-i rv IrltnkAM . S A . . .
vuc b.IIVucu uu yenetrates j tured It seems that he la really a
Into every corner? Many are the ! nieasant gentleman. One, is re-
j songs bf the homely things of life i minded of Kingsley's description of
i but -therfl la vt tn h fmm it . , , .
. tk. i, ,, .. , - - ivuu. o i me uotns. woo, in up tie ul an uc-
th7thn?U "P:fl8!l ,th,1..h?Pe ' v!re at possesses the inner .pint j casional inclination to robber and
faction wut IZL 7 i l Ar CM brea5:.. . ! murder, were thoroughly good na-
UM .couivo, iYiaeieriincK once saia "the soul tured honest fellows
a new form of government will of salt Is as Interesting as the soul ' ,
AVArl Tllfl IIU avwnw I a .
'rvr i 1 iV, . or sugar, but no one has com-1 John Matson, a rancher from
ZL M k v , reform w1 j Pared the soul of ham or bacon. j Richmond, Washington, went out
f Km .iT . wn ine nooa unaries Lamb came nearest to ( to the fair grounds to play poker
L Ji m uuucfa ;or it wnen ne made his famed dis-jwlth three new made acquaint-
.V7f. W-I5n a nu-isertauon on Roast Pig saying: "Ofjances.- They "strong armed", him
U1BU aiLl IIL1EM Mil II SUM HVBIOmfl T1T " flll t A. 1
- - J UVVUJWI,-
ing of committee work. It is point
ed out that much could be dore by
a system of Joint committees of
both houses which would save time
and effort. An attempt was made
In the last California legislature to
extend this method but insur
mountable political difficulties in-
erence Bureau of Nebraska iu a
bulletin on -the procedure of legis
latures In the forty-eight states of
the Union.
all the delicacies in the whole
mundus edibilis' I will maintain,
it to be the most delicate 'prln-
ceps obsoniorum.' " Lamb, how-
and took from him $85. Mr. Mat
son has learned the futility of try
ing to get something for nothing.
teach temperance and tell the boy that
a saloon is good for a town, but that
he must stay away from it till he is
a certain age, hoping ! that by that
time a boy would have found out for
himself the two-sidedness of his eld
ers' reasoning? You can't fool any
sensible boy like that. fJ knows bet
ter. A thing is either good or bad, and
he knows it. i
The people in Kansas; and other dry
states are getting along nicely with
out the saloon, and if the panic Mr.
Linscott describes did come, then it
would mean the peopling of our free
lands with men, women and children
who would develop as i God Intended
thereto. From a scientific or an eco-nomlc'-standpoint
the licensed saloon
is. a crime, and it should; be done away
with or else allowed to dispense liquors
An elder statesman, it should be un
derstood, is not appointed, nor is he
elected, nor yet does he Inherit his
office. In fact, he has no office. It
has simply been the custom for the
emperor to call on a few men retired
from public service, after long and
brilliant connection with it, to advise
him ln times of national stress. These
men gradually came to be known as
the elder statesmen. They became a
recognized group.
In the past few years there has been
general complaint that the elder
statesmen were out of touch with the
times, and the late emperor grew to
depend very little on them. His son
it is the widely expressed opinion that
their adice is largely responsible for
the present strained political situa
tion. '
j By United Press Special Correspondent. turned to them at once, however, and
If the emperor of Japan would seek
some advisers other than the elder
statesmen, up-to-date politicians in
Tokio are saying, there might be more
hope of his escape from the difficulties
in- which the naval graft scandal' and
the Yamamoto administration's attempt
to add Mo the country's already crush
ing burden of taxation have involved
him. '
It Is generally agreed that, however
good It may be for the country, the
failure of Viscount Kiyoura, whom the
emperor had chosen to succeed retir
ing Premier Yamamoto, to get a cabi
net together, was an extremely black
eye for the emperor. Really, of course.
the elder statesmen, and not the em
peror, selected Kiyoura, but the elder
statesmen are entirely an unofficial
group,, and the emperor must take the
responsibility.
unmolested.
MRS. C.
Violins.
Questions About
Monmouth, Or., April' 6. To the
Kditor of The Journal jPlease answer
the following questions! In regard to
ltlative signatures under the auspices I the Guamerius violin: ,In what year
and Indorsements of the leading men i did Andreas Guarnerius make his last
in the industrial organizations of Ore- ' violin? In what year did he die? In
gon, would naturally place to the front; what year did Corona, and Giuseppe
the ablest and best men for service ln ! Guarnerius make their last violin?
the legislature. It would give with What were the years of their death?
practical certainty a near approach to i W. A. B.
effectiveness in voting. Each party Andreas Guarnerius was born 1625
could and would secure voice In Che and died 1693. His violins bear dates
legislature. from 1650 to 1695 or 1696. authorities
The Democrats in 1906 secured ln ! differing. Guiseppe Antonio Guarne-
thls state one representative, when j rius was born 1683 and died 1745.' His
they should have had 24. The Repub- violins are dated Trom 1704 to 1745.
"In the summer of 159 the cattle
business became very dull in Oregon,"
said Cy Mulkey of Roseburg, . "and soT
I concluded to drive my cattle to Cali
fornia. I drove them to the Apple
gate river that fall, where I wintered.
Next spring I went on to California.
The price of cattle was so low I de
cided to hold mine until the next year.
After holding them for two years I
closed them out at $5 a head.
"Instead of coming out well heeled.
as I expected. I i-ame out practically
broke. I had barely money enough left'
to fit up a four-horne team suitable
for the freighting business. That fall I
went to Virginia City. I spent all of
the following winter freighting lum
ber from Washoe valley to Gold Hilt
or Virginia City. The roads were bo
bad I could only haul 1000 feet at a
load, and it took two days to make
the trip. However, I got $90 a thou
sand, and no 1 made good monev.
Toward the last. I had to pay 5 cents
ft pound for hay and grain for my
four horses. I discovered that in spite
of the high price I was getting for
freight, the horses were eating their
heads off, and I was simply working to
buy feed for them, saving nothing for
myself.
"I left on April 10 of the following
spring for Montana, taking 10 head of
horses and 30 head of cattle. From
Washoe I went to Honey Lake and
from there to the Humboldt country
In Nevada. About half way from
Honey Lake to the Humboldt river. I
camped at Deep Hole springs. From
these springs it was 32 miles, to Smoke
creek and 28 miles to Rabbit springs
ln the opposite direction. I did not
want to stop at the springs, as it was
considered a bad place to camp, but as
it was a case of necessity I camped
there overnight.
"The next morning when I waa ready
to start I discovered that more than
half of my cattle were unable to
travel. They had eaten wild parsnips
and were poisoned. I bled them freely,
which 'Saved their lives but made them
so weak they were unable to travel.
This waa in the Piute Indian country
ana the 1'iutes were very hostile. They
had killed the station keeper at the
springs a little while before and had
burned the house.
"Two young men, brothers, named
Partridge, had come from the Honey
Lake valley, Just before I arrived, and
relocated the place. It was a splendid
place for a station, as there waa no
feed or water fdV 30 miles ln either
direction." On the other hand.j'ou were
liable to be killed by the Indians at
any time. These two young men, siz
ing the situation up. were pretty anx
ious to get out; so they offered me the
place for a very reasonable price iind
I bought them out. 1 at once got
busy and built a house. I built it in a
rather peculiar shape to give me protection-
agnlnst the Indians. It was a
good sized house with two outside
Even Kiyoura, unpopular as he was,
might have succeeded in getting a cabi
net together but for one very startling
thing which did not leak out until
after his failure had compelled him
to tell the emperor he could not re
tain the post of premier.
It will be remembered that when the
Yamamoto cabinet tried to get the
necessary legislation for a heavy in
crease in taxation as a preliminary to
greatly strengthening the navy, vio
lent riots broke out, many believed the
throne was in danger, and parliament,
though pro-Yaraamoto in both houses,
was so badly frightened that it re
jected his program, forcing him out
of office. .
In spite of this, tne elder statesmen
evolved the scheme of having Kiyoura
liberately help itself to the money it ..AlJ eoon as , hH(j hu11t tne nou. r
needed out of the national treasury, rut tne wUd gralB made bricks
build warships with it, and then, after j 20 inches long by 12 Inches wide. With
11 naa oeen epni, a. isiiui!ui
Indorse ts expenditure and increase
taxes to supply the deficiency.
As soon as this highly unconstitu
tional proceeding was suggest to
prospective appointees to cabinet posts ' and fixed them so they could be -
thev one and all declined the proffered narreu. 1 men mane strong plugs to
portfolios, I f,t the portholes. I figured I was
ti,..- h.irin.. MiifMi hla fall-1 pretty well protected against the In
ure, however, the emperor turned at
this I built a wall all around the
house. The wall came up as high as
the roof, uml at regular Intervals ,1
left portholes through which I could
shoot. I made my doors very heavy
once to the elder statesmen for fresh
advice.
COST OF SELLING BONDS TO INVESTORS
By John M. Oskison.
" Louis T. Brandels says that the
profits of bankers who undertake to
market securities are often so big as
to put an unduly heavy burden on the
company which puts them out.
Lawrence Chamberlain, speaking for
the Investment Bankers' Association
of America, takes issue with Mr. Bran
dels He points out that the charge
made bv bond dealers for putting good
bonds into the hands of the investors
ranges from one-thirty-second of 1 per
cent to one-eighth of 1 per cent
charges far lower than are made by
dealers in notes and negotiators of
mBofhgare right, es frequently hap
pens when two men of honest pur
pose disagree. Mr. Brandels had in
mind the bankers who underwrite is
sues of bonds, and Mr. Chamberlain
was thinking of the, retail aeaier nm
whom Vou as ultimate investors buy
whom you as ultimate investor buy.
Thev are not very often the same.
The average underwriter banker is
theman wlfo 1- T.luot
ZZT he recently5 becomes' The de
ciding voice in determining the amount
and thl rorm of the bonds; his usual
arrangement with the corporat.on is
to take the whole lssue at a figure he
thinks fair in view of the corporation's
credit. After he gets the Issue of
bonds, it is up to him to sell them
to the retailers at the best price he
can get.
The retail dealers, wnom Mr. unam
dlans.
"J built a corral for stock and Iliads
a division in ft in which to stn k
hay. Lumber whh s luxury at $3iH)
per thousand; so I built this corral of
ro k. The corral could be ruard-d from
I the house, as I made the corral gate
next to the house and only 2') steun
away. I cleared away vcr- llltlo
hu.-V and cut the gras so that an In
dian could not hide within a distance
of 200 yurds. ln those days-the muz
zle-loadins; guns could only carry that
distance, ho I whs out of nun range.
"All that Kiiinmer there wan corn
slant travel. I usually had from 10
herlntn represents, receive their allot
ments of the whole issue irom tne to oi) wagons campen ii ine npnnits
underwriting banker; they are willing i from spring until November. Krom
to pav whatever prtce is placed on ' November on until next April, there
the bonds of the underwriter if they
feel that thy can sell them again to
their customers (the real investors)
at an advance ranging from a small
fraction of 1 per cent up.
Under the circumstances. It would
be absurd to say that the average
bond dealer whose agent you talk with
embarrasses the corporation by the
size of his charges. Mr. Chamber
lain savs that these men maintain in
the T'nited States about 4000 offices
for distributing securities to invest
ors; and there is fierce, real compe
tition among them.
But the underwriters (the whole
salers who supply the 4000 offices),
do often take advantage of a corpora
tion's necessities to drive sharp bar
gains Rnd ultimately, of course, you
investors pay the cost.
licans secured 59 and should have had
but 33. It is about one chance in 70
for a Democrat to get to the legisla
ture from Multnomah county. Some 1
sort of change in the grouping and
counting of votes must take place In
Corona is not known as a famous vio
lin maker, but Delia Coma, who made
violins, lived in Bescla in 1484.
For s Public Defender.
et Tnhni Or Anrll 7 Tn the
Oregon if we are to have effective bal- Edltor of The Journal The Sunday
mis ana enecuve jegisiauon oy ern- lssUe of The Journal was almost in
SlZSl' hnest a"d tr,ust legislators. teregtlnK one. The address of Judge
With three parties in the field, the j gteven80n to the public on the needs
Republicans with less than a ma- and beneflt8 on a pubUc defender was
jority of the votes, have repeatedly , wh t!ma1v. tnl.hlni. to th nnlnt
"My plea is for the. man who is down
and out; the man with neither wealth,
funds nor influence," is a noble sentl-
el.ected a majority of the members of
the Oregon legislature. They will be !
likely to do it again this year. This ts .
The proposed advance is along the ; ment- an? AU"d? .J f T "
line of human experience. Why not I tlons; but tne ls .more tne, ue
make it? ALFRED D. CRIDGE. I tlon tTom a Publ,c standpoint and from
nil ecuTmniiuixi BiauuMuin iuu.il iu3
The Hopyard Wage Earner.
; mere assistance to the man who ls
nn .nil nut n,- a D.iatani. r ti man
Portland April 7. To the Editor of wno ,m wronKfuUy accuaed. There is
he Journal There seems to be undue ! mr. , nl,.atinn h,.n i
anxiety chown by some over the stand j out8tr.tched nand td tn fall or a
Mrs. Duniway has taken on the liquor j nfel,ne to the drowning.
A public defender would brace fallen
ones against future criminal acts. He
would cause a growth, or increased
feeling, of respect, and a higher re
gard for the state I and state institu
tions, and therefore a lessening of
crime.'
Under a comprehensive act a public
defender might become a public watch
dog, as well as a liberator to unfor
tunates. .Portland has had some ex
perience in purchasing school sites
and other property for public pur
poses, lias fortiana ever paid ton
question. Mrs. Duniway. no doubt, is
an able writer, but the fact that her
argument ls far from convincing proves
that the source of argument for the
cause she represents is very limited.
Although che has warned mothers who
make their annual visits to the hop
fields not to vote out the saloon, as it
would deprive them of the chance to
earn money to pay their taxes, to buy
clothing and school boons, and to pay
the preacher, this ls a very Indirect
method of getting money, into the
home. A system that necessitates the
spending of the father s money for much' f0r such property? The Journal
beer. In order to create a demand ior!krinw.i r-onid not th nuhitr H.fniii-'.
hops, ls not very logical. Even if it ; k -n extended, without lr..o f
does furnish employment for the moth- j influence for good among the fallen.
. V.....V...C.. ... i tnat yearly tnousanos or dollars would
enables them to earn back the money I or couia be added to the public till?
that was alreidy theirs. Giving aj i think I am the only candidate for
man's family employment in exchange ; the office of state representative In
for what he spends ln drink is not a Multnomah county who, so far, has de
very satisfactory solution of the liquor ciared for, and made It one of tha
prooiem. wnen iausui: snow m leading planks in his platform, a pub
about $9 must be spent over the bar . iic defender, and again I pledge the
to enable the hopplckers and other em- i voters and taxpayers that if nominated
ployes of the business to earn 1. and elected I will endeavor to work a
If tho money- was spent direct it saving to the public and a blessing to
would buy more clothing and school the unfortunate through the means of
books and pay more preachers than i a public defender. I D. C LEWIS
wnen seni into ine noma oy me eaioon i
Racchus But if Mr. Woodruff will
feaad h"'-Bible be will find a Peonage
reverenced by Christians as God, wno
at I marriage feast, after the guests
were well drunk, made for them a
large number of gallon-f
will also find that this person said I it
was not what entered the mouth that
defiled but what issued from thence.
If he will read history closely he will
find that the church was in coiup.
control during the time these atrocities
happened that I mentioned so it must
be responsible for them. His questions
are unanswerable for the same reason
that a man cannot eat himse f hungry
or go to a fountain and drink himself
drv No one denies that Intemper
ance of any kind Is injurious, but what
we do deny is that he has the right to
depy us the use of liquor, any more
thin the use of coffee or tea. both o
which are injurious. '
Bye the bye, he forgot to mention
the name of the God who forbade us
to take a drink.
The Rev. Mr. Harris probably knows
that the strength of a chain is in its
weakest link. the Bible must stand
not only on its sublime passages but
on Its ridiculous ones as well. He
says if the money spent on lodges was
put into churches they could pay their
ta'xes. The lodges do not claim to be
of divine origin, but they do provide
for their members wlten sick or desti
tute, which no church doea.
The argument put forth on his sup
posed high authority (bye the bye. it
was Mr. Woodruffs) ls a mooted ques
tion and it is doubtful if underpaid
labor is not as much responsible for
vice and crime as liquor.
C. S. KNIGHT.
and hopyard route.
But' why do all the antl-prohlbttion-ists
keep slinging mud at the church
and the ministers? This is not a fight
between the church and . the saloon.
while it Is true that most of the min
ever, was only writing of roast pig, i Elections may -come and eleo-
not cured Die. which Is translated i tinns mav eo In Chicaeo but
to the seventh heaven of the palate t "Bathhbuse" John Coughlin goes "tJffS. J'!: " i!
on a chariot of fire. ' on "riprislnting" the First ward a. S"a "i'Jfd YJ.'vT.
The soul of ham and bacon ls I Its alderman. ' - - - . i formidable : hwin ' on -tcti- .
Mr. Knight In Rebuttal.
Astoria, Or., April 6. To the Editor
of The Journal There are now two
opponents for me ! to answer.' Mr.
Woodruff states that I evidently be
lieve In no God. He Is wrong. I be
lieve In a supreme being, but not in
the one described in my previous
article. He says the only God not for
Mddin th um, f Intoxicants -1
Mr. Denlinger Starts Something.
Portland, Or., April 7. To the Editor
of The Journal Your correspondent,
li. Denllnger. of Maplewood, Or., evi
dently wants to start something by
asking In The Journal. April 6, the
first dav of the holy week of Lent,
some t Irishman to explain why the
Orange Ulsterman don't want home
rule Mr. Denllnger must assume the
responsibility of his rash act.
In 1839 the big wind in Ireland not
enly blew the horns off the cows, but
blew the Orangemen's brains way down
in the back of their necks. Since that
fatal wind they have been a-blowty,
brawling, rawtoned, roughneck, boba
dll blubber cheeked, low browed, flan
nel mouthed, prick eared bunch of
rojndheads, who believe the Panama
canal is a tributary of the River Boyne
and the Hay-Pauncefote treaty a true
blue Presbyterian covenant. They also
believe in predestination and 'County
Antrim wh'.fckv" t- iiU" f at ---
jure up a vision of a government of
ugly phiz, eye gouging, rib smashing,
skull cracking parliament of bats.
The rest of Ireland would fain Chris
tianize them and save their Immortal
souls, but the slogan of the "yaller
jacks" ls "fellwldyez." The; imperial
parliament would Inaugurate; a "swat
the guys" campaign, but the; generals
of the army say, no, the "guys'' are
useful.
I have no doubt this explanation will
be followed by another letter explain
ing the explanation, and yet perhaps
another, thus putting Maplewood on
the map. J. HENNESSV MURPHY.
Registration of Voters.
Portland, April 8. To the Editor of
The Journal Alfred D. Cridge says
there should be deputy clerks and plen
ty of places ln the suburbs to register
voters. He is right. The present sys
tem Is one of the worst. It is an im
position on the citizens, and I do not
blame anyone for not going, losing
much time and spending money for no
earthly reason but to keep up a kind
of a graft in clerkship and draw peo
ple to the city proper to spend money.
In other places in the valley. Jus
tices' offices register ln the towns out
side the county seat. That is as It
should be. Wno wants to leave work
or business to put in a whole day
hanging around the court house to reg
ister. The sooner the imposition is
done away with the better for the peo
ple and the more votes to count at tht
elections. Do away with - these city
grafts and make it less expensive to
the clry dwellers. There is any amount
nf mnnev Knent with such a register
ing system that would not he if it was
made more convenient.
OSBORNE TATES.
was little or no travel. During the
summer I hired some men and cut
1000 tons of hay. For this 1 got from
3 to r. cents a pound. I ' taking t
big chance at b'nK killed, but I made
money fast and lots of It. and most
men will risk their lives and sell their
time and health and comfort for
money."
Pointed Paragraphs
Industry Is the mother of success.
Politeness Is an
eases the Jolt.
ilr cushion that
The one strong point of a busy bee
! not In his favor.
Home men would soon get rid of
tl.elr self-respect if they had to pay
taxes on It.
Almost every merchant has a cus
tomer whom, when his back Is turned,
he calls "Old Tightwad."
a
A man seldom gets any pleasure out
of a thing that doesn't separate him
from some of his money.
An Ideal preacher is one who caa
preach loud enough to wake up all the
sinners without disturbing the slum
bers of the men who contribute tbe
most. .
The Ragtime Muse
A Self Explanatory Letter.
Salem, Or., April 6. Mr. Lester j
Proebstel, Route Agent Portland Jour.-
nal for the city of Salem Dear Sir: ,
My attention has at various times been
directed to the character of The Jour- j
nal's articles concerning the public ,
welfare, and the demand its editors
have mad for efficient and clean pub
lic service, and the stand It has taken
In matters pertaining to moral stand
ards in levery department of social or
business, or civic matters, and I nave
become so favorably Impressed with
the paper's attitude ln these respects,
that I wish you to place my name on
the subvscribers lists.
You are at liberty to show this let
ter to .your overseer,, or to the manager
or the paper. E. H. ANDERSON.
Many a man's settled ways are set-
Frugal Iover.
I love you, gentle Caroline!
'Tls for your lovely self I cars.
Your graces personal In fine,
I am not charmed by what you wear.
Your gown, a costly thing. I know,
Serves but attention to distract
From your own beauteous features, so
Cheap goods are better, that's a fact.
Your beauty needs no setting rich.
That so obscures your charms; In
deed, Plain things become you most, the
which
I can afford, no more you need.
Your wondrous nalr beneath that hat.
Onlookers can't appreciate.
I know a simpler lid, and that
Would cost a. dollar ninety-eight.
Within a mansion regal mein
Like your can't prove Its power to
charm.
But you should show yourself a queen
Upon my forty acre farm.
Oh, will you. Carrie, share my lot.
And work for me from sun to sunt
Oh, very well, then; If you'll not,
I'll pay to nave my housework done!
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