OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, ; PORTLAND WEDNESDAY I EVENING. APRIL
15, 1914.
THE JOURNAL
AN INDKPEKPEKT XEWMAPEB
C. S. JACKKON
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elaaa ettter.
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department reached b numbers. Tn
the nrwator what MWmnt wn want.
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Ja Bl'lr.. ( hlra.
121 royw
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traaa la tba lulled tati or Mexico!
DAILY
ad.
One ft.
,.$i.'iO I One month
tllNDAY
One fear $2.jV I On mnn?s. . ...
DAILY AND SUN DAT.
flat rear 7.So I On month -
Endurance Is the
quality.
And patlenc-e all the
of KT'ut hc-arta.
K
crowning A
passion
-Lowell.
their maximum development for
causes that are quite preventable.
If started n the race of life fairly
they will become assets instead of
debits. There could be no move
ment that Is more commendable
than to see that they are , started
In the right direction. .
IX CASK OP SCUTTLE
C
FKIKXDLV RIVALRY
ADDRESSING the late water
ways convention in Portland,
Governor .Lister of Washing
ton declared a friendly rival
ry between Ktatea is beneficial but
that over-zealous rivalry Is harm
ful'. It is true of states and true of
cities. The whole spirit of efforts
in behalf of Inland waterways
should be cooperative and rriendly.
It nan been ancient prejudices
between cities and lack of coop
eration 'among them that has held
back the Improvement of the Co
lumbia aud limited the commerce
that it srouhl now be carrying.
The -appearance of a city of 100,
00d at Vancouver would not be
detrimental to Portland, but would
stimulate Portland into that
healthrnl rivalry of which Gover
nor Lister Kpoke. The growth of
Astoria into a port of great im
portance would not dim Portland's
lustre or interfere with her rise,
but would only spur her on to
OMMISSIONER WATSON
charges that wildcat operators
are engaged in a concerted ef
fort to ' hamstring the Blue
Sky law. He points out that ar
ticles tending to discredit the law
are being printed in papers;
throughout the state, .and says:
It Bhows conclusively that an organ
ized press bureau has been established
for tbe purpose of furnishing- mislead
ing news items to'the public press. It
is because the law Is accomplishing its
purpose that the wildcatter and the
stock Jobber are banding together
destroy it. The Oregon law is opposed
by two glasses of people. 1) The pro
moter of doubtful companies and the
neller of doubtful securities; 2 The
person whb docs not understand the
law, and whose mind has been filled
with miHinforniation by those of the
first class.
According to the report of the
postmaster general the people of
the United States spent $200,000,
000 for worthies stocks during the
past year. These were not stocks
of doubtful value, but of such
utter worthlessness that the pro
moters were convicted in the fed
eral courts and sentenced for mis
use of the 'mails and for fraud.
The figures are based on convicted
Cases, and do not include those
cases under indictment or under
investigation.
It iu to prevent this victimizing
of unsuspecting people that Blue
Sky laws have been passed in vari
ous states, Oregon among them.
Legitimate corporations have no
reacon to -oppose the principle of
the law, but on the other hand
have every reason to have it in
full force and effect.
Oregon has ' been done almost
irreparable harm both at home and
abroad by the- sale of securities
in mushroom corporations, such as
the Oregon Inland Development
sued for slander and when she re
fused to apologize the judge fined
her, agreeing with thf? complainant
that cultured people, would not en
trust their children to her. if she
were a suffragette.
'There was once a time when the
German woman exercised great po
litical influence. Tacitus in his
observations of the ancient Gaul3
noted It and commented on it in
hfs' writings. She did not retain
her power but she is making great
progress in her attempt to re
cover it.
cannot be . perfected in - a few
weeks. The thing to do ls'Jtd be
patient, and everybody- do .team
work to help along the new enter
prise. :. ' ::. . . .
A COLOSSAL BUSINESS
T
greater and greater achievements
The great point is to get ship- company, which sold as .fruit lands
ping into the Columbia river. If to distant buyers, lands in the top
it comes into the Columbia river, cf the Blue Mountains on which
Portland will get ner snare n there is snow as late as the middle
she deserves it, and if she does or fav
not make herself deserve it, sne it is the undoubted nurnose to
ought not to have it.
The overshadowing, command
ing and paramount issue is to open
attack the law in the next legisla
ture. It will be an unpardonable
blunder if the effectiveness of the
the Columbia at its mouth, in its measure is in anywise impaired.
channel to Portland, and canalize If thimblerigging is resorted to
it all the way to its source. The and the law scuttled, there will
service of the people of the vast almost certainly be resort to the
inland region and throughout the initiative, and the result may be
territory It which its influence can a measure far more distasteful to
b exerted Is the end and aim of wildcatters and other exploiters of
waterway development. The ulti- worthless securities.
-mate purpose Is Dot to build cities
but to benefit a rcople by giving
them every known facility and
convenience In transportation.
That policy, pursued as it can
be. and should be, would line the
banks of the Columbia river from
Its source to its mouth with thriv
ing cities, rich communities, thrifty
people and a commerce that would
HE Inland Waterways organ
ization, which concluded its
session in Portland last night,
has decided to extend its ac
tivities.
Its resolve. It is to be commend
ed. The highest duty and great
est opportunity now confronting
the" citizenship and statesmanship
of America is the development of
waterways.
Eight -times as much money Is
collected from the people annually
for railroad transportation as is
received by the United States gov
ernment for duties on imports
More than three times as much is
collected from the people by the
railroads in one year as Is received
by the federal government from
all sources, not including sale of
bonds.
The railroads of the United
States in the fiscal year 1906-7
collected from the people appro"!
mately as much money as was re
ceived from all sources by the gov
ernments of eight of the principal
nations of Europe. The American
railroads received $2,85,689.520
The eight European governments
were France, Great Britain, Ger
many, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Aus
tria-Hungary, and the Netherlands,
and their total combined revenues
were $2,880,958,332, or only $5,
268,812 more than the revenues of
the American railroads for the
period.
Thus. transportation in the
United States is a tremendous in
stitution. Scarcely anything goes
so far in affecting the life of the
people. It touches every human
being and lays its1 impress upon
every affair of life.
What activity Is more Important
than the development of water
ways so there may be a regulative
force in the colossal business of
moving the natural and manufac
tured products in their distribu
tion to the people of these United
States!
A REPUBLICAN CONCESSION
FORAKER RED! VI V US
u
seas.
NITED STATES SENATOR
""RTON of Ohfo has issued
a statement to the effect that
he does not expect to be a
candidate for reelection unless cir
cumstances change materially.
During his twenty years' career as
spread itself all ' over the Beven congressman and senator Mr. Bur
ton nas not been a man who
played to the gallery and he has
USE THB KEY been compelled, he says, to take
certain positions in legislative mat
THE Alaska steamship line is ters which temporarily, at least,
to be a community proposi- have been unpopular. For that
tion. It is to be a young bus- reason he does not want to submit
mess men h proposition, nis popularity to tne test or a dl-
Not only is this indicated in the rect election.
general expression over the plan Coincident with the announce
to finance the line but it has ment of Senator Burton there
taken concrete form through the comes a voice from the tomb say-
action of tie Rotary club which by ing that former Senator Foraker,
resolution na suggested tp otner "Fire-Alarm" Foraker, wants to
clubs in the city the formation of "come back." It will be recalled
a general committee which shall that he was retired a few years ago
formulate ana direct a comprenen- for good and sufficient reasons and
nive campaign for the furtherance that a number of his colleagues
of trade with Alaska. whose tocas had been soiled with
As an incentive for going after Standard Oil, withdrew about the
the Alaska business it may be same time.,
pointed out that Portland has It does not seem reasonable to
something to offer In the way of expect that in his retirement For-
prices, as compared with those of aker has become any less reaction
competitors. For example in the ary than before or that his con
article of rubber belting the net ceptlon of government has grown
San Francisco price on 4 inch 4 broader.
ply is 22 cents. The Seattle As a stump speaker Foraker
price Is the same. The Portland used to be effective and it is per-
price is 19 cents. haps on his ability in this respect
' The San Francisco price on 3 he is hopeful of election. He may
inch U "ply is 13 Vi cents, the Seat- find though in these tatter days
The scientific world - is eagerly
waiting to learn ; whether vthe
"Curucui" killed In the wilds of
South America by ; "Muy Slmpati
co", or as he is known in .'Africa,
"Bwano Tumbo", or as he (s called
in the United States. "Teddy", is
an animal or a bird. Some.- con
tend it is a .bird. ' Others maintain
it is an animal. . It Ms a safe bet
that Teddy knows.
President W. T. Foster of Reed
College In declining the presidency
of a large Eastern university "has
decided that it Is a larger work to
shape a new institution to his per
sonality than to shape his person
ality to an bid institution. In do
ing this he has -made a wise choice
A FEW SMILES
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
A pompous physician who was in
clined to criticise others was watching i
ing a stonemason build a fence for his I
neighbor. tie i
thought the mason ;
SMALL CHANGE
Don't let the Alaska enterprise fail.
But many fine.
used too much ; com In e
mortar. 1
I "Jim," ha said.! Now those gardens
mortar covers up a J with a rush.
good many -vmis-
fair Sundays are
in coma
on
ma koi,
per's Magazine.
takes.' doesn't it?'
j "Yies. doc for,
calmly replied the
and o uoes the spade." Har-.
"I am Inclined, to the so
briety of the last
student in our
class." i
"Why so?" !
"When I asked
him what were his
favorite studies in
ornithology, he te-i
piled, 'Swallows,
bats and larks.' "
Magazine of Fun
i
Another infringement on per
sonal right is reported from Cleve.
land. Ohio. - A woman was refused
alimony because she had spent pre
vious alimony for an automobile.
What did she "get her divorce fori
If it was not for alimony to pur
chase an automobile?'
Letters From the People
The mayor was fitting at his desk
the other day deepjy Immersed in the
hupip.-F f treat city when a mes
senger boy wa ad
mitted to the office
and edged up to
ward the desk. The
jm a y o r kept on
working until he
jhad f lnshed the job
: that required his
immediate atten
tion, then he looked
'if'
(Communications sent to Tba Journal for J
pnoucauon in tola department anouia tps writ
ten on only one aide of the paper, abould not
exceed 300 words In length and must be ac
companied by tie name, and address of tbe
sender. Jf the writer does not dealre to
bare the name published, be should so atate.)
"Discussion is the greafeat of all reform
era. It ratinnaUxea everything it toucnea. It
robs principles of all false sanctity and
throws them back on their reasonableness. If
they nave no reasonableness, it ruthlessly
crushes them out of existence and aU up lta
own conclusions in their stead." Wood row
Wilson.
'Take your hat off!" he said to the
boy, sternly. ,
I ain't got me hat on, answered
the boy. i
Don't be Impertinent and don t tell
liea to me. Takelyour hat off!"
I tell yr I aSn't got me hat on.
Dis ain't my hat it belongs to a
friend o' mine what sent me up here
wid dis letter." j
The mayor had to laugh. "Well,"
e said, "the next time you come up
ere with a message you bring your
riend along, so that he can take his
hat off. Will you promise?"
T
tlo price 1 4 cents, and the Port- that while people applaud the
land price 13 cents. speaker, that is no Indication as to
On canvas stitched 8 inch 4 ply how they are going to vote
the San Francisco price is 284
cents, the Seattle price 32 cents,
and the Portland price 28 cents
The tJan Francisco price on 1
Inch 4 ply is 33' cents, the Seat
tle price 31 cents, and the Port
land price 28 cents.
REVOLT OF HAVSFRAU
T
START THEM RIGHT
HROUGHOUT Europe the great
isms today are militarism,
socialism and feminism. These
isms are Interrelated and it
It Is the same with hay, eggs and ls not surprising that, fn Germany,
other articles. ine ,ana or militarism ana social-
President Wilson's comparison Iem- feminism also is beginning to
or AlasKa to a. vast storehouse 1Iounsn- or aes tne German
which only needed the key of the hausfrau has devoted -herself faith-
Chamberlain railroad bill to tin- uy ana wunout complaint to the
lock was a most appropriate one. 1 children, cooking and the church,
Portland has a key in the new ine ree ways oi salvation pointed
steamship line. Will she use it? ut to-her by high authority. She
nas even worked in the fields and
performed a man's labor In other
things. She has at last revolted.
THE greatest Investment of a Owing to the persistent demands
people is in its babies. This of powerful womens' organizations
fact i going to be forcibly Prussia was compelled to 1908 to
luiproBeii upon me citizens open the universities and second-
of Chicago -during next week by ary schools to -girls and this ex
the Infant Welfare Society of that ample has been followed by nearly
city, tncier the auspices of this all the German states. Gradually
society stations win be establlsDed new careers have been made dos
where physicians and trained sible to feminine activity and to-
nurses will meet the mothers, ex- day there. are women lawyers, phy-
amine tneir emmren and give in- sicians. chemists, architects and en
structlona how they shall be fed gineers.
ana carea ror. l Woman suffrage. howver. i
The society is conducting this yet a long way from realization in
educational campaign , for the pur--Germany. In some quarters there
pOBe or securing an annual income is considerable . opprobrium at
o; siou.ooj to permanently carry tached to politicaf activity. A few
on Its work Of th thousands of days ago a physician's wife near
babies - born in - the cities every l Cologne called a woman school
jwr uie or iui w aiuam i leacner a sunragette. ' iSha was
HE plan for reducing Southern
representation in the Repub
lican National Convention, re
cently agreed upon by the
sub-committee of the National
Committee, is a compromise. It
recognizes the congressional dis
trict instead of the number of re
publican votes cast as the funda
mental unit of representation
There are to be four d'elegates-at-large
from each state, two dele
gates for each representative-at-large
and one delegate from each
congressional district, and an ad
ditional delegate from each dis
trict in which not less than 7500
votes were cast for a presidential
elector or congressman in 19 OS
when the party was united.
This arrangement deprives the
South of 79 delegates but it still
leaves the Southern Republicans
with much greater power in pro
portion to their numbers than the
Northern Republicans exercise.
Illinois, for example, polled 629 -932
Republican votes in 1908 and
bad 58 delegates in the national
convention, or one delegate for
every 10,861 votes. Mississippi,
which polled 43 63 Republican
votes, had 2 0 delegates, or one for
every 218 votes. On the Illinois
basis it should have had less than
one half of a delegate.
Under the compromise plan it
only loses two delegates, as does
New York. Hawaii. Porto "Rico
and the Philippines are deprived
of "any vote, though they may send
delegates.
As a further concession the sub
committee has lecommended the
recognition of the credentials of
delegates elected at the state pri
maries or otherwise in accordance
with state laws and- provides for
putting on the temporary roll the
names of all delegates who have
credentials from their states.
This concession is even a greater
one than the reduction of Southern
representation, for it is a complete
surrender of the power of the
committee over the temporary roll
which is called for the preliminary
organization of the convention.
The Inland Waterways conven
tion which ended last night in
Portland adopted resolutions de
claring for free tolls. Not' one
organization has declared for the
repeal bill. Many are protesting
against it and declaring for free
tolls. To repeal free tolls means
to' put a toll taker on the canal
to exact a tax on Oregon products
en route to Gulf and Atlantic
ports.
In Earlier Days in Idaho.
Albany, Or., April 13. To the Edi
tor of The Journal I have been read
ing with unusual interest "Cy" Mul
key's experiences as related by your
splendid correspondent, Fred Lockley.
That given in last Saturday night's
Journal especially interested me, tell
ing of his haulitsg supplies for soldiers
from Fort Boise to Fort Hall. I was
there in 1865, with a detachment of
Company Bv First Oregon infantry, as
I will relate. One of my favorite
"boys" was William J. Mulkey of
Monmouth, Polk county, and perhaps
related to "Cy." Our company was
mustered into service at Salem De
cember 26, 1864. We spent the winter
at Fort Hoskins, in Kings valley, Ben-
ten county, and on April 10, 1865, went
to Corvallis and thence by steamboat
to Fort Vancouver, thence immediately
to Fort Dalles. On May 6, 1865, we
left Fort Dalles to accompany a gov
ernment supply train of 26 wagons,
six to eight mule teams each.
We reached Fort Boise June 13 fol
lowing. Our company was then broken
up Into detachments, one under Lieu
tenant J. W. Cullen, going to Camp
Reed, Goose Lake country, and Cap
tain Ephriam Palmer and myself as
first lieutenant were ordered to take
40 of our men and proceed to Camas
Prairie, J00 miles distant. We left the
tort June 29, lSba.
I kept a daily record, beginning on
the above date and ending June 29,
1866, when we again reached Fort
EOe.
We made our camp on Soldier creek
on Camas prairie, so called, as a de
tachment of Oregon cavalry, as
understand, was stationed there lor a
time. On this prairie began the Ban-
.. .. r 1G7C
My journal is now nn the hands of
George H. Himes, at the Oregon His
torical rooms, in Portland, or I could
give exact dates of events following.
About the middle of July I was or
dered to takev22 men and proceed to
Gibson's ferry, on Snake river, 150
miles distant, and -above Fort Hall
about 12 mils. We took our supplies
on pack animals, ourselves marcYiing
as we did all the way from The Dalles
to Fort Boise and to Camas prairie,
also marching to Lost river.- There
we learned there was a desert to
cross before reaching Snake river, so
I thought best to take our pack ani
male and with a few of my "boys'
ride across. From Lost river to Black
butte was 10 miles, arid a spring was
our last chance, for water for SO miles
so we filled our canteens at the butte
Ten miles out . we met some men
driving oxen loose through lo water
and some miles farther on came across
the wagons, turned out of the road. In
one was a mother, a Mrs. Lucas, and
her new born infant, a son. The party
was nearly famished for want ' of
water, so we gladly emptied our can
teens, knowing we could reach ws
before dark. We camped at the "Big
Springs" all night, "Shoshone" 1 think
they are now called, and next day
reached Gibson's ferry, 12 miles above,
where we spent one night. We met
lots of " immigrants crossing.
Returning to Lost river, we took
the back track for Camas prairie, but
about half way met a team and wagon
loaded with supplies for trs, and bear
irur orders to return to Gibson's ferr
and make camp at the mouth 9t
Blackfoot, a short distance above th
ferry, which we did, remaining until
In September, assisting the Immigrant
all we could in. the way of advice as
to camping places, etc.
In September we received orders t
move camp to Fort Hall and go to
cutting hay, as Captain Palmer waa
coming up with the balance of ou
detachment of 40 men and with teams,
bringing their baggage and supplies,
probably Cy Mulkey's for the most
part.- I receipted for the supplies as
A. A. 3 M. and A. C. S. October
1865, at Camp Lander,- I. T., the name
given to the abandoned" stage station
we occupied, built from the adobes of
the deserted Old Fort Hall, two miles
away. Here we spent the winter. Be
fore winter weather set In a wagon
and several yoke of oxen, with Ira F.
Powers as driver, came up from Fort
Boise with supplies. Returning to
Boise he sold out, went to Portland
and started a second hand furniture
store. . This developed into the famous
Powers Furniture company. Mr. Pow
ers was a noble man and did much to
uplift Portland.
. CYRUS H. WALKER.
Senator Sheppard of Texas In Review
of Reviews.
. When Woodrow Wilson declined to
recognize the Huerta government in
Mexico, he gave his own country a
position of moral leadership on this
found mostly in spber society, are more hemisphere which will mean much for
icious than the drunken brawl. Cop-
perfield, dead, colild have lived quot
ing O. E. Frank of ;Reedville, on Febru
ary 23. Manufacturers, wnoiesaiers
and retailers shoiuld organize to coop
erate with the law, not sell to mino-s
nor drunkards. I Divorce the saloon
from houses of prostitution. "Force
the liquor business to put on a clean , they will see that what they have long
shirt," was sound logic. SJowever, one believed to be the frowning colossus of
critic, on March j 16, got his own shirt I the north, with professions of amity
on wrong side oil t when he suggested on njs lips but with the lust of land
putting us on logged off land. j and power in his heart, is in reality a
Rev. Harris spbke of the 1150,000,000 brother, whose onlv ambition is the
loss prohibition jwould cost California j people's good in .all the Americas,
growers. saying; ' now about the j whose only purpose is the consecration
drunkard's loss?' He would rob Peter i of the western hemisphere to liberty,
to pay Paul. All up and down the Wll- j to progress, to fraternity,
lamette valley producers are sober j In refusinfi; to acknowledge the
Encircle Portlan. block after block of ; Huerta regime, the president of the
sober homes, true as gospel, all sober Unitert gtates in tffect announced that
but a few; a socjer Oregon, ssiy oipsy governments on the two American con
Smith workmen! say Miss Rinehard tlnents mujst have a higher basi8 than
gave J50 a day to the poor? Because , absolutism sired by treachery and as
she helps to handle our $150,000,000 : 8assinatJon. Thci beneficent and
crop, she is a queen or commerce. ev. i 8t(fadying effect of this action can
Harris, lift yout hat; vote wet, lor ( hardly be measured by the present gen-
May the anti-fly crusade last through
one summer.
Did you go to church and treat the
contribution box liberally?
.
Don't i condemn every bug; one kind,
it is said, enriches the soil.
Now that all the candidates are In,
the pot will boll and bubble.
wm
Cablegram tells that the colonel has
shot something, but nobody knows just
what.
Higher wool under the no-duty law
greatly troubles some standpat news
papers.
i Don't commiserate the farmers
they are free of many troubles that af-
nict city rolks.
The citizen who prefers weeds to
vegetables or flowers on his lot needs
rurther civilization.
Toung people may live to see the
auditorium built, but It ls doubtful if
ttiose over 40 do.
a
Such haste has been made in the au
ditorium matter that it ls necessary to
ouca up ana Degin over again.
O'Shaughnessy seems to be better
Titled ror a diplomat than some men
in rar nigner diplomatic positions.
If all suggested approaches to the
interstate bridge should be utilized.
not everybody would yet be satisfied
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Lockley.
! "I came to San Francisco In 1859,
An oil tractor for use In roadmaklng mai i u - .... r j
ill soon b. on the highways of Wal- ."T . " wu"""' VL
Where do yeu hall from, and What
do your initials stand for? I asked.
"Well. I hall from Vermont, where I
Was born on July 6. 1838. U P. W.
stands for Int Porter Woodruff, whh-h
is some name, when It comes to names,"
Iowa county.
.
Rogue River fruitgrowers have been
cheered with the announcement that a
weather forecaster is to be established
permanently at Medford.
Immediately following the recent ho- '"'unwa-
tel fire at Condon, in which a life was , 1 years old when I went U
lost, steps were, taken to organised California. 1 had been there only a
volunteer fire department. "Two com- short time wlien I' went on the Vatcr
panies have been formed, wagon.. In those days San Franeiaco
had no ttltM' iL-tt.m wnvhir - t h .
of Baker cour
rut ui iijc iut.o.1 uniuuaii itid.ii.d n.. -
The collector says -this is better than lufr! ",ual "ave "en iit or s water
tne taxes nave come in lor some years ' hvh ori up a route,, an?
past. -- j within a few months 1 was 'making
" , " over 1300 a month. Where 1 furnished
Pendlton s roe show, held last families a bucket a day 1 charged 11.50
year, gave floriculture a wonderful a week Th. ,,,,.' ",,,,,. ;
boost. Insomuch that the show to be , .lu : ,? were goodcu-
held this year, some time In June, will tomeJrs- Py"K me 5 a week. We
be immensely superior to the Initial curd our water f rois deep wells. Aft
effort. j er a year or two, I got a good offer fi .
j my water route, ami so 1 sold ltrand
Medford Mail Tribune: Evans ral- : hnncht u riuinint n .ri.., ..,
, " , nad no water system worthy -Of tlm
10 there remained unpaid name, so water for drinking purpos a
ounty taxes only 1 5.6 per ' ,, "','". " , "
total amount. i41J.481.89. K,rm. WU.r carts.
"country life" school the first con
solidated rural school. The ene room,
one teacher district school is doomed.
Good roads sounded its knell.
Salem Journal: Some local women
met at the First Christian church yes
terday afternoon, and talked over a
plan for fighting the vlgarette in Sa
lem. The women would abolish the
use of cigarettes among minors and
will work toward this end.
Significant change noted by the En
terprise Record-Chief tain: "The hills
at the head of Montgomery.
"Hearing of the rich gold strike In
Idaho, 1 sold my restaurant and boug'-lt
a ticket for Portland, where 1 arrived
February 22. 1862. From Portland I
went to the Salmon river mlnca, where
I ran a pack train between Lewiston
and Salmon River. We got as high as
50 cents a pound for freighting, and at
times, when there was snow on the
ground, and supplies In the camp had
run low, I would get 75 cents a pound.
Bunch grass was belly-high to our
horses, it was great feed. Even whe"n
immeoiateiy east oi Enterprise are , the snow was a foot or two deep, our
nowdsUe'tnfe fcof trlI TT Z"" io" th
rn rnnnlrv 1nr- tho firm Km. In lta BnOW ' -the bunch graSS. Wt nSVer
CONFLICT WITHIN MEXICO INEVITABLE
the permanent advancement of both
North and South America. That action,
supplemented ty his speech at Mobile
last fall, has given' the Latin-American
peoples a new conception of the
mission of the United States. As these
peoples come to Interpret that mission
by the standards of Wilson and Bryan
history, and complete the circle of ! carriea a pound of reed for our horse.
farms around, the city." "After a year or two I came back to
: T3,l .. J .. . JL. . 1 . I I .
j . ui.iaiiu m.iu ri inio inw livery dubi
i news with W. 11. Bennett, who was
I'nited States marshal. In connection
iwith our livery, we conducted a for
warding and fommission business. The
I first platform scale that ever came to
: Portland waa put In by Mr. Bennett
and myself In our Mvcry barn. We
alHO brought the first hack "to Portland.
; "Along about 1865 1 sold out and be
: came a partner of Sam Smith, or 'Muck
! Muck' Kmith. as he was called. Our
in Mexico and the American govern
ment as well are doing everything pos
sible to minimize the injuries that
must to some extent inevitably come
to Americans and other non-combat
ants who insist on remaining In Mex
ico. Mr. Bryan said to me only a few
riflvn na-o that It wn -m aim tn An
everything he could for distressed n"""1 ws vaneu at mat tune t.ie west
Americans and others in Mexico short "rn l,otei. though later It waa renamel
of making war on Mexico. . thk o.cl.lcntal. .It was Portland's high
Those who criticise the admlnlstra- 1 J"1""" noU'' Jn tho d8- 'n S I
tion for what they claim to be a lack bou?ht ,ln Lincoln hout.: It had for
of vigor in these matters foraet that mer'y w" called the Canton house..
: lean Exchange. It was located On
: Front street, not far from the foot of
j Washington.
This old hotel had an interesting
history. On October 10. 1853, the Pres
bytery of Oregon met at the Canton
; house. Two days later they met at the
j home of W. P. Abrams, on the corner
of First and Jefferson, to organize a
church. The organization of 'the
! church and the installation of Its el
ders took place In. the hall of t ie Can
! ton house on Sunday evening. January
enforced law. order and temperance.
ELLA M. r IP JNH, i.
eration. It is a promise of freedom
j and opportunity to the lands below the
I Rio Grande. it nipnriH that humanitv
Testimony Quioted Against Beer. , conscience, right, must hereafter be
New-Dort. Or.. April 13. To the Ed- the dominant consideration in deter-
itor of The Journal Osborne Yates, in mining our attitude toward our Latin-
The Journal of April 10, speaking of American brethren
the wages earned at the hop yards.
says: "It helps rui many a nour par
rel that otherwise would be empty." A
The point I now wish to emphasize
ls that our government has rendered
recent report of the United States com-' every aB8i8tanoe witnln lts poW(.r ln
every Instance of outrage on Amerl-
, , - jr i T. x. . a I vuo v .-a7 v a. w a,aa,( ,vuuil ico a. 1 let V
used in a single year for the mahufac- . . hrmivh. tn ttnti RtH
ture of lor-rtth9 Huerta government and the Car
part of this grain, ground into "our. authorities have .riven rlrld in-
would have lined i,34.4o Darreis, or ... ,..-
would lave given 337,446 famines an . , , ... .
any other course more emphatic than
that already pursued would mean
armed intervention. Intervention would
mean war, and war . would mean death,
bloodshed, distress, agony on a scale
beside which present conditions would
appear insignificant. If injury to our
private citizens who remain in Mexico,
or who insist on going into Mexco,
could be made a Just cause of war, any
foolhardy and adventurous Amercan
would have it In his power to throw
us into a conflict under the conse-
i-ssc. , i ,g&4 Tll1 rFaHnn hv mmt th.rf.
inJnta t n.r.. B " by w P- Abrams and Stephen Coffim
t -P2 T v .Were k'"ed On Srund floor were stores - the
. ' ' "u sKiond story was used for offices, anj
1 " , ' the upper floor was used as an assem-
,.,,, . ,. , . ; biy room, in which dances were heU,
Such is the national feeling among and in wnft. cnurcn wa ;ie)ll on Sua.
all Mexicans that. If we should for days
any purpose invade Mexico both sides ; T'he American Exchange hotel of
would unite to resist us. After a San Francis.-o and myself shared th
bloody and expensive combat their de- ; expense of keepi..K a runner on the
feat would follow, but the conflict be- boat that ran between San Francisco
tween the opposing elements ln Mexico i and Portland. Tli American Exchange
would only be postponed. The present i hotel be.-anie the headquarters of t ie
contest ln Mexico Is an outgrowth of Republican party in Oregon, and for
conditions that sink their roots in the years it was Portland s leading hotel,
past, and it must be fought to a con- "The rear end was burned In 1875.
elusion before permanent peace will j and the building was moved to its
ever be possible in that country. (present location, at the corner of .Front
It ia a contest as inevitable as was ' and Jefferson streets. Ves, I presume
the war between the north and south ; it is the oldest building in Portland,
in our country some 50 years ago. In- ; It was built In 1849. In 1881 Dr. Wll
tervention by us would therefore mean ' son built a hotel for me, and I started
either a postponement of the Inevitable the Qulmby hotel. The 'bus In which
contest between certain elements of I I brought the passengers to the hotet
empty, because they have been robbed
by the lkjuor traffic. Again, he says,
Take any country, even where beer
is used as a beverage, and where will
you find more health?- Look at the
German."
Dr. Hugo Hoppe, the great German
nerve specialist, says, The result or
extolling beer as the mightiest enemy
of whisky and brandjk has been that
the consumption of the distilled llquois
ernment to make every possible effort
to relieve all cases of distress. In
other words, the leaders of both sides
the Mexican people, or our permanent
occupation of that country. Will any
one say that either result ls to be de-felred?
FROM A PRIMER OF MONEY. SAVING.
By John M. Osklson.
Occasionally a bank managed by
men of enterprise puts out. a booklet
has changed very little, while to these J of very great interest to people who
liquors has been added beer, the use of i don't know the technique of banking.
which has led to a great and still in- 1 1 wish that more or them would do It:
creasing beer alcoholism." I One of these booklets explaining the
This eminent German specialist, who simplest facts about making money.
knows more than Mr. Yates about med- and thert making money earn more
icine and health, says, "Beer leads to
alcoholism." "Alcoholism, leads to de
lirium tremens and death "but its
healthy!" !
Another eminent German physician.
Professor StrUmpel, says, "Nothing is
more erroneous t'aan to think of dimin
ishing the destructive effects of alco
holism by substituting beer for other
alcoholic drinks."
Von Moltke, the great German gen
eral, puts on1 the cap-sheaf In these
words: "Beer, is a far more dangerous
enemy to Germany than all the armies
of France." 1
Dr. Charles B. Towns, widely known
as a successful specialist In the cure of
drug and alcohol addictions, said, "Li-
money, has this catechism:
"How do people make money?
Through their labor and the products
of labor.
"How do people save money? By
spending less than they earn.
"What ls the secret of money mak
ing? The real secret is. the saving of
money, for saving money is the first
step toward making money.
"What ls essential to saving money?
Making a start, no matter how small.
Every penny saved helps to save an
other. "Is it the duty of everyone to save
money? Yes. By doing this one need
never be dependent upon others for
from the depot was an old thorough-
brace stage, which at one time had been
Ben Holladay's private stage, ln which
he made his Inspection trips. It ls now
up at Bingham Springs. I ran the
Qulmby hotel from 1882 to 1886.
"Governor Geer appointed me game
warden. I was Oregon's first game
food or clothing and in time of sick- and forestry warden. In the early days
ness saved money will be a great 1 b"11' brick building on the corner
comfort. ! of First and Taylor streets. I also
was one of the promoters of the white
"Why should children save money?
Because it teaches them the value of
money; its care and uses.
"Why should parents save? In ad
dition to always having ready money
for emergencies, by this means the
children may be educated or later
started in business.
HoiiHe road. In 1868 I purchased a lot
on the corner of Sixth snd Washington,
; where the Hlbcrnia bank was built. I .
' paid S3000 for it, and held It only one
year, when I doubled my nvmey, sell
, ing it for $6000.
j "What am I doing now? What is It
W Vi 9 Loaitna aa st . - a kau 4 - . I
What is the lesson for all ? To save his time playing many parts'? Well,
for the benefit the habit brings; to the part I am playing right now Is run
save for the children; for business , ning a movlng picture theatre."
comfort, and for the happiness of de- ;
pendent ones."
At bottom nothing ls more simple ,
than making money, saving it, and
making the savings Increase. As the
average man and woman hears them j
discussed, however, these topics are I
burled in a bewildering tangle of
strange words and terms. So I wel
come every primer talk on money and
saving I come across I
Pointed Paragraphs
quor has worked greater havoc in thj i
aggregate than all the plagues, the anouia note some or me muio ieis
's curses. If not "gainst strong anna: -w me is a
greatest of humanity
another drop of it should ever be dis
tilled, the world would be the gainer."
I submit that these eminent practi
tioners are better authority on the use
of alcoholic beverages than Mr. Yates.
- Mr. Yates further says, "In England
pure beer la used as the great system
builder by medical authority." He
doesn't tell us what kind of "system
builder." ,
But let us look Into English "med
ical authority' a little. I have before
me a Physicians' Manifesto, issued by
67 of Birmingham's prominent medical
practitioners on Cie relationship of
liquor to the welfare of humanity.
They issue 20 statements, one of which
I submit as a fair sample of the whole.
It reads: .'We agree that the great
mocker, strong drink is raging, and
whosoever is deceived thereby is not
wise." "Look not upon the wine when
It is red; when It glveth Its "color in
the cup; when It moveth (fermenteth)
itself aright. At the last it blteth
like a serpent and stingeth like an
adder." Also, Habakkuk 2:15, which is
one of the greatest woes to be found
in the scriptures. I quote the full
verse as it is - in the ancient manu
script: "Woe unto him that glveth
his neighbor drink, that putteth thy
bottle to and maketh drunken also,
that thou mayest look on their naked
ness." In the King James version
the word "him" occurs twice ln the
verse, but both in Italics, Indicating
that they were not in the original but
added by the translators, doubtless to
amount of drinking of alcoholic liquors ' obscure the real meaning.
The Rotary . club has declared
for the Portland-Alaska line, and
calls upon other clubs to get be
hind it. If all the clubs of Port
land make the Portland-Alaska line
their line, nothing can stop the
movement to make it a great big
permanent enterprise. .
Some Portland shippers are com
plaining because the Portland
Alaska line is bo far unable to
maintain its . schedule. ' Time will
i right all things. A steamship line
Ella M. Finney Extols Sobriety.
GervaisOr. April 14. To the Editor
of The Journal-i-Prohibitlon overshoots
the mark; Temperance is the right
level. J. Engelke of Bandon is right;
party politics can "not come under one
church head.- To cfturch belong the
commandments, love of God and neigh
borand temperance, not prohibition.
Hood River and Portland mothers who
raeet af clubs ana banquets to rob ns
should go home and call tbe family to
evening prayer, teach them temperance,
not to rob, or murder, that "a soft an
swer turneth away wrath.. .
Trying to shatter the Bajidon man's
letter 'with paper bullets won't; do.
We will only "take our, share Of the
blame. He forgot to mention the name
of the minister- who murdered his
sweetheart. Many who wear the -mark
of Christian can not be classed as sa
loon folks. Jealousy, envy and wrath.
among the working classes of this
country is one of the greatest evil ot
the day, destroying, more than any
thing else, . the health, happiness an.1
welfare of those classes, and neutral
izing, to a large extent, the great In
dustrial prosperity which Provident
has placed within the reach of this na
tion. I ' .
Here is the testlmonr of 61 highly
educated gentlemen In the science of
the medical profession against one man,
who says he takes his stand with Mrs.
Duniway. ,1 E. W. DURKEE.
Scriptural Texts Examined.
Portland. April 15. To the Editor of
The Journal Mr. Knight's "rebuttal"
has come to my notice. I am loath to
continue the . controversy; however,
there are some -features of the rebut
tal that seem to deserve notice. Mr.
Knight says he believes in a supreme
being, but not in the one be described
in his previous article. If he does
not believe "In God.,, as represented In
the Bible, what kind of a god does he
believe in? jln the next sentence ha
misquotes me. , What I said was, "I
know of only one god that has not
condemned strong drink, and his name
ls Bacchus." Next he refers to Jesus
turning water into wine, and attempts
to twist that: into a divine Indorsement
of the drinking of Intoxicants. He
Mr. Knight surely knows that two
kinds of wine are mentioned in the
Bible. One, the unfermented Juice ot
the grape, was the kind our Saviour
caused the water to turn to. It was
the kind that Jesus partook of with
his disciples. It was harmless, fw Role-
some, nourishing, it was not con
damned by the Inspired word. But fer
men ted wine and 'strong drink were
condemned. At the time of the
Saviour's remarks as to what defiled
a man. strong drink was not under
discussion. The utterance was called
forth by. criticism of him for partak
Ing of food at table with others with
out first washing his hands. In the
absence of such Implements as we now
have. It .was the custom then to take
the food from a large dish, or tray,
with the. fingers; henoe their scrupu
lousness about clean hands.
WILLIAM H. WOODRUFF.
. A Definition.
Harrisburg, Or., April 14. To the
Editor of Tbe Journal Please Inform
me, through your columns as to the
meaning of the word "antldisestablisb-
raentarlanism." GERALD A. RICE.
The word can be built up in this
way: An established church is one
maintained at the state expense; to
disestablish such a church ls to' with
draw state maintenance, and, as. an In-
One can't always tell a barber by
his mug.
Were It not for women all the men.
would be savages.
Some men are even too lasy to In
dulge in guesswork.
rldent, to disendow, aa well, though! It is far better to marry for riches
that Is a separate consideration; diB- I than for a chance to get even,
establishment Is the act of dlsestab-!
llshlng, or the state of being dlsestab- Might may not make right, but It
Hshed; a disestablishmentarian is one , frequently succeeds in making good,
who advocates disestablishment; dis- ' . " , ,
establishmentarianlsm is that system , ru " "s-y V -7
of argument whereby It ls sought to ' lm8 run" "y'"" ,h chauffeur.
make the appeal for disestablishment j . . .
effectual: the prefix -anti." as Is ob-L ?,,en our tvi.' L r' ?n. h-' bl7J
vim,. mV e th. wn-rf l..t A- 1 tnina w navn in. oi a. muvm. -
a designation of an "ism" ln the inter.
est of maintaining the established
church.
A Valued Appreciation.
Portland. April 14. To the Editor of
The Journal I want to express my
appreciation of. the editorial page of
last Sunday's Journal. The leader,
"Easter Thoughts." was exquisite ln
diction and full of philosophy. "Social
Thieves" also touched a deep subject
In an interesting way. It ls evident
that The Journal fully senses the new
dispensation of social gospel.
L. K. REYNOLDS.
The Ragtime Muse
Theory and Practice.
I wonder what you'd do
If I walked up to you
And toek you ln a fond embrace '
And kissed you?
Would you very greatly care?
Would you scream and pull my hair?
WeH, I find I cannot stand here
And resist you!
Would you tremble and turn pale?
Would you, frightened, loudly wail?
Would you call for angry parent.
Or big brother?
Would you speak to me no more.
But point mutely to the door?
Would you pile on me reproaches
Till I'd smother?
While I'm standing doubtful you're
Smiling coyly so demurel
You must think me quite the awk
wardest Old spooner.
Well, here goes! One ran but die!
Oh, goodness, gracious! Why
Did I not resolve to show
My courage aooner -
Hoping against hope is too much
like betting againtit another man's
game.
Any woman can hold a man's Inter
est by getting a first mortgage on
hi property.
It's far easier for many a man to
declare his opinion than to prove that
he really has one.
mm
Love Is considered the ruling pas
sion, but occasionally the almighty
dollar administers a terrific Jolt.
Speaking of appearances, youth
with a red nose may have been court
ing a girl with hand-painted cheeks.
There is nothing In the theory of
the survival of the fittest. Tailors
aver that the misfits stay wltn them
longest. -
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