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Fonder this simple maxim well,
A wife man's censure may ap
pall. But a fool's praise Is worst
of all. Bonn Mas.
3
THE CARRANZA TOTE
; a uisyuin;iiXNU incident in
A iha Mexican situation In the
suggestion by Carranza to
the Washington government
that the United States troops be
withdrawn from Vera Cruz.
, li A JI.M-AH4tM. 1 e1n4
rebel leaders may. after all, make
common cause witji Huerta. The
a .1 I.ImiI I am xiMTn.An Vl A visit.. 4
such a light, and Is reported to be
considering a plan to prohibit the
further shipment of. arms and. am
munition from the United .States
into Mexico. '
The new embargo on the ship
ment of arms would undoubtedly
be accepted by the rebels aa evi
dence of hostility, and thus, one
misunderstanding may gradually
lead to another until we be brought
face to face with the Mexican peo
ple re-united and wildly antagon
istlc to the people and government
of the United States. In such a
case, even the great wisdom, for
bearance and firmness of Presl
dent Wilson may not prevail to
prevent war.
The case presents a situation of
election It-, will be - easier fori is it good business for a nation to
Americans to : understand ; French"
politics, t It : will . mean an end to
changes ' ' in i government brought
about by failure to hold .together
essentially conflicting groups In the
house of deputies.
A COMMERCE OF MILLION'S ;'
IJBT podge steamer line be
tween Portland and San
T
place- the large bulk" of a single
resource' in one man's hands? In
dividual thrift Is a good thing, but
thrift based -upon lax guardian
ship of the people's resources is
not sound national policy.
WITH HIS SWAGGE
Francisco has added another
ship and Is to maintain a
twice-a-week schedule.
An additional ship also goes
Into service for the North Pacific
Steamship company, and the Ar
row . line has added the steamer
Yellowstone to" its Portland-San
Francisco-Coos ; BayT service. The
service of the steamer Breakwater
between Portland ran1d Marshfleld
has been increasedSfrotn a weekly
to a five days sailing schedule. A
similar activity Is reported among
other lines operating out of Port
land. There is but an inadequate un
derstanding by the general public
of the value to Portland of these
coasting vessels. A little 350 ton
gasoline schooner operating out of
Portland to points along the Ore
gon coast carried out of this city
a traffic of above half a million
annually. It was merchandise, fac
tory products, farm output, machin
ery and ' varied supplies sent to
coast ports from Portland houses.
There were return cargoes of pos
sibly equal value, the total con
stituting a consequential business
of great help In sustaining the
population, the commerce and the
Industry of Portland. .'
If coasters so small are of value,
what of - the larger vessels repre
sented, in the fleets of the -companies
cited above! They mean a
commerce of millions.
The story of big cities In the
world is the story of cities located
on waterways. It is true of Eu
rope and trde of the United States.
By the census of 1900, there were
24 American cities which had a
population of more than 150,000,
only one of which .was not on a
navigable waterway. By the issue
census, there were 22 cities that
reported a production of more than
565,000,000, and again there was
I
Press that the fact of the landing
first reached the authorities at
Washington. The accuracy and ef
ficiency of the United Press by
which The Journal Is served has
been demonstrated -as superior to
all competitors, a condition proven
by the fact that every Journal extra
has contained ; news' worth while.
A FEW SMILES
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
N LOUD, angry tone, a fat man
gruffly ordered a waitress to
take away a dish with which he
had been served.
She was ' a frail, timid girl.
Probably there was a mother and
brothers and sisters at home, whom
she was helping to support.
Of course,, he was coarse and
gross. There were lines of self-
indulgence In ; his bulging , face.
The arrogant hauteur of his man
ner was token of the disdain, he
held for all. plain people.
Rich raiment and swollen, bank
accounts do not save this person
from a just charge of being a cad.
In his harshness of tone and ar
rogance of manner, he was cheap
ly vulgar. A real gentlemanls a
gentleman whether addressing a
waitress or a magnate, a laborer
or a millionaire.
It is all a mistake to hold that
the girl who serves at the dining
table, or the girl who sits . at the
telephone switchboard, or the lad
who wields the lever on a street
car, or the man who swings , the
sledge in a blacksmith shop Is an
inferior being. It Isn't the" job,
or the salary, or ' the' Income, or
thet bank account, but the heart
and mind and purpose thatxmakes
the man or woman.
Your coarse person In the tea
room, whether man or woman, who
shouts at the service and brow
beats the server is a bully, whose
Influence in . life tends to dehu
manize and brutalize others of the
race.
An unfailing test of true man
hood and womanhood is the per
sonal attitude toward those of low
lier vocation and minor position
in life.
The bully of whom these things
are written, is but one. There are
multitudes of them, male and
female.
Miss Katherlne B. Davis, New
York City's commissioner of cor
rections, says killing men for com
mitting murder has not reduced
the number of murders. . As a mat
ter of fact, killings, legal or il
legal, hark hack to semi-clvillzed
days, i Our boasted civilization in
many states is yet a mere figment
of the invagination. "
At Placervllle, California, Frank
Zentgraff Is dead with a bullet
through the neck and Gus Wulff Is
athe point of death with two bul
lets in his body. They were brothers-in-law
and both carried pistols.
They met on the road. It is only
for killings that pistols are made.
"Farm products cost more than they
used to."
T: "Tes. replied Mr. CorntosseL "When
m. farmer Is supposed
to know the botanical
name of. what he's
raisin' an the so
olosrical . name of the
Insect chat eats it,
and the chemical
name of, what .will
kill it, somebody's
got to pay.
almost unparalleled difficulty. Forjbut one, not on aavigable water-
niAHA tnnn a lrnn'o tats nVAeMAnt I
tllZIt7 vuau jvaia f.U0 Ja COiUCUb i gy
nas maneuvered lor peace. lie What other proof does Portland
Das euDoramaiea rorce 10 iairness. nee(j Df the value of her waterway
lie has endured criticism and ani the importance of multiplying
braved censure in the patient en- tne number of Portland-bound
deavor to avoid resort to arms. He Bhips?
nas sougnt to accomplish witnout
cost of life an end that will cost
hundreds or thousands of lives to
gain by war. He has tried to do
justice to the Mexican people as
well as to the American people.
- It was in the Interest of consti-
LOGGED-OFF LANDS
T
JAPAN" TO BE NEUTRAL
0
I HE Coqullle Commercial Club
has decided to take an active
part in disposing of logged-off
lands In Coos county to actual
tutlonal government and civiliza-1 settlers. At a recent meeting of
tlon that he refused to recognize I the club the secretary was in-
Huerta. It was to "save their con- structed to get all information pos-i the United StateB and is a cordial
stitutioh. and their right to gov- sible in regard to logged-off lands friend of thin country. He re-
ern, themselves by ballot Instead of for sale, and to have it available' gards Mexico as no field for Japan
being governed by bullets that at alf times. I ese enterprise. He has predicted
American recognition was withheld, The Coquille plan, as stated by emigration to South Anferica, but,
first by President Taft and. then the Sentinel, is to secure . pur-
FFICIAL announcement has
been made , In Tokio that
Japan will remain neutral
during the crisis in Mexico.
Nothing else was to be expected,
but the statement, coming at the
time it does, is sufficient answer to
alarmists who have been trying to
convince Americans that the Japs
are looking for an . opportunity to
precipitate trouble.
Japan Is having trouble at home.
Count Okuma, who was selected to
form a new cabinet, reflects public
opinion in that country. He knows
If all. other nations have equal
right in the Panama canal, ought
they not Jo remit their share of
the cost?
Letters From the People
(Communications sent to The Journal for
publication In this department sbonld be writ
ten n Ooly ona aids at tha naner. ahonld not
exceed 800 words In length and tnuat be ac-
nnniwun vj ue nam ana aaareas or ue
sender.'' -If the writer does not deslr to
have the name published, he shoo. Id so state.)
"Discussion Is the greatest of aU reform
ers. It rationalises arerrthlng It touches. It
robs principles of all false sanctity end
throws them back on their reasonableness. If
they hare no reasonableness. It ruthlessly
crushes them out of existence and sets op its
own conclusions la . their stead." Woodrow
Wilson.
One afternoon the bookkeeper em
ployed by a certain concern bulged
into the private office and timidly
approached the desk
of the boss.
"Mr. Jinks." aid
he, after some hesi
tation, .."during the
past week I have
been dolng the
clerk's work as well
i my own, and,
thla being nay day,
I thought I would remind you of that
fact"
"Let me see," responded the boss.
thoughtfully. "Tou make $10 a week
and the clerk makes SS. It that
rightr - -
"Yes, sir," answered the bookkeeper.
with a hopeful expression.
"Good!" smiled the boss. "Then as
I. figure it out you made half a week
for yourself and half a week for the
clerk. I will tell the cashier to fix
the amount at $7.60."
SMALL. CHAXGK
by President Wilson. If, after chasers who will make farms and
such an endeavor, the Carranza gardens where the ground is now
group be ungrateful enough to take cumbered with stumps and rub-
the side of the cutthroat at Mexico bish. It was urged that these
City, a complexity will come over lands should be kept out of the
the situation, to which the end I hands of speculators. Men who ex-
can not be foreseen. pect a rake off of 100 per cent as
u it shall mean as the ultimate middlemen should be thrust aside
a Diooay journey by American for men who will dig out the
troops to the Mexican capital, his- stumps and make the land pro-
tory win record that the American ductive.
nation was long surrering ana en- The program mapped out by the
aurea mucn in the errort to pur-1 Coquille club- has foundation in
cnase peace, ir we nave to resort pound business Judgment. One of
to further force, it will be, as it Oregon's greatest needs Is an in
should be, because we cannot avoid flux of hardy pioneers who will
it. If lives are sacrificed, it will KO onto the soil and conauer if
be becauoe the patience and gen- There Is no reason why these peo
tle forbearance with which we pie should be handicapped from
have met the Mexicans throughout the start bv aneenlatlva nrinnn
the whole of this unpleasant buBl-1 fixed by Interests whose only pur-
ness nas Deen mei wim msoience, i pose Is to levy tribute upon prog
vrcacuery ana aownrigm ingrau-1 ress and . Industry.
... . , A PllcT of eliminating middle-
vve urn nor. mane me conaiuons men in the sale of Oregon lands
in Mexico. We are only meeting ja being adopted by some of the
them. We' cannot afford peace at large holding companies. The Coos
any price, even though the life of Bar Times savs that a renwentji.
4ne American boy is worth more tlve of a local company's refor-
at present, he urges that Japan
give all her attention to the devel
opment of Corea, Manchuria and
Formosa.
It is, perhaps, fortunate for the
United States that Count Okuma is
premier of Japan. He is com
mitted to eradication of naval cor
ruption and to other Internal meas
ures having relation to Japan's
greater welfare. Heis progres
sive and bold, and a't the same
time a man with a profound knowl
edge of world politics.
It is evident that u:iless there is
further cause for stirring the an
tagonism of the Japanese the
United !States will continue to
have a friend in that country.
LANDED AND LANDLESS
I
than all of Mexico.
' THE FRENCH ELECTION
jplRANCE will hold an election
L4 for seats In the chamber of
deputies next Sunday. While
the murder of Gaston Cal
mette, editor of the Figaro, by
Mme. Calllaux, wife of the former
minister of finance, will figure in
the balloting, the struggle will
center on a plan . for creating la
dominant party in the French re
public'
estratlon department will soon
leave for San Francisco- Intent upon
selling about JS 000 acres of logged
off lands. The lands .will be sold
in small tracts only to bona fide
settlers, and not to any one for
speculative purposes.'
A PRODIGAL NATION
T
'HE death of Frederick Weyer
haeuser, wealthy timber own
er, has directed attention to
his holdings. . His estate is
estimated fU hleh nn x1 Finn nnn .
France has been ruled by a 000. including 40.000.000 acres of
cuauuuu ui parties or groups oi 1 forest.
individuals, rsone has been strong The Ta Atip-pIpo rnrwa
enough to command the situation, that this colossal fortune repre-
wam me resuu inai-rrencn cam- sents, as none other ever has or
nets nave been made up of con- can. the operation f - nW-wnrM
, flictlng elements and tenure In thrift under laws which have taken
oiuco nas rjeen incident; 10 gooa little account , of the claim of the
luck In holding together members I people, as a whole, to thfi erpr
of, the different groups in parlia- generous natural resources of a
ment. continent.
M. Brland, former premier, is at- It is probable that the present
tempting to establish a dominant! actual value of Mr. Weyerhaeuser'a
pany in r ranee, ana me coming estate will never be known. Rut It
election turns largely on the issue is ; Immaterial whether the firnr
whether his Federation of Demo- be half a billion or. a billion and
crats, composed of . progressive a half. The fact remains, as the
statesmen,, shall be given control Los Angeles paper savs. that vast
of the legislative chamber.. If M. timber holdings were concentrated
Brland wins it may mean the end in one manand that without ade-
01 swut cnanges in the government quate compensation to the original
of France. - I owners the peoole themselves
The growth .of radicalism, in! There is an Outcry' against nov-
France during the last few years lerty and want. We have eone on
has been . attended by, the faU of sacrificing nearly .everything to a
cabinets, uriana and nis aseoci-1 program for the encouragement f
ates are Inclined to favor a middle individual, enterrfrise. "TThe result
course In matters affecting home J has been millionaires ' and hungry
ana roreign arrairs, out, tney . m-1 people. '
elst that there should be more sta-J t A halt has been called, and the
billty to French politics. n r ? complaint is heard that business
- If Brland x wins at the coming I enterprise is being throttled. But
N AN attempt to get the 'Owner
and the buyer of farm lands
together, the State Immigration
Commission of Oregon has a
representative a-field, making a
list of properties for sale.
It Is a plan to eliminate specu
lation and protect owners against
exorbitant commissions. . Many a
homeseeker has, by the smooth
representations of enthusiastic
agents, been led into purchase of
greatly over-capitalized land.
It handicapped him in his sub
sequent farm operations. He had
paid too much. The ground would
not earn an adequate profit on the
investment. The excess price was
a stone around the neck of the in
dustry. The system led to debt
and loss. -
Every buyer so bitten, becomes!
a knocker. Every victim of fren
zied finance, whether In Oregon or
Timbuctoo, Is plunged Into a bad
mood. . He is resentful, and, with
reason. You cannot pluck a 'man,
and expect, him to be a sweet
souled,4 forbearing Christian gentle
man altogether.
A satisfied citizenship is a coun
try's glory. Peaceful and pros
perous' homes are a nation's sheet
anchor. , - ,
( The better class real estate
agents are In sympathy with the
program of the Immigration Com
mission. They agree with other
good citizens that wherever and
whenever possible,, the transfer of
farm lands to the buyer should be
on other basis than, speculative or
boom figures. K
The: first news that Huerta
wanted war with the United States
was brought to this country by the
United -Press. It was through that
medium that - the fact was first
brought to the attention of the
Washington government. It was
by the United Press that' the first
news of the landing of American
marines at Vera Cruz reached the
United States. It was by the United
- The Source of License Money.
St. Helens. Or., April 21. To the
Editor of The Journal Mr. Engelke of
Bandon, who tries to defend the liquor
traffic in his article published April
20, rebukes some minister for stating
that persons committing crime are not
religious, and then attempts to back
this up as not true, because, as toe
says, "all preachers are believed to be
religious." He then refers to crimes
that have been committed by some
preachers, and then asks us to Justify
the liquor traffic because these par
ticular crimes could not be laid at the
door 'of the rum shop. He attempts
to break the spine of the religious
world and Justify the liquor traffic by
asking, "Who ever heard a saloon
man or one who drinks criticise the
church V
' He answers the question himself. In
the negative, a little farther he be
rates the churches because there are J
so many different kinds of "faith.", I
presume this is another reason why
the liquor trarrio should be given full
sway.
Mr. Engelke may try. to shift the re
sponslbUity wherever he pleases. I
presume the churches of various de
nominations are perfectly willing to
assume responsibility for the great In
roads being made on the liquor traffio
by prohibition. If he will listen he
will hear the onward, unfaltering
march of those who will down the
liquor traffic. Business, the state and
the general government are demanding
it, and one of the greatest acts of Sec
retary Daniels, one that will go down
In history. Is his order on the liquor
question in the navy.
Mr. Engelke bids the churches "take
care of your own lambs." That is
what they are trying to do. He also
says something about "taking away
the young people'sMiberty." If there
is a rattlesnake in the dooryard, Mr.
Engelke's plan is to let the boys and
girls go, if they get bit- The saloon
pays a license, which clears It and
pays for any costs incurred for arrests
and court proceedings. . The only thing
to do, and that which Is going to be
done. Is to go at it hammer and tongs
and kill the reptile outright, and the
question is settled.
Mr. Engelke says something about
the immense amount of money the sa
loons pay for licenses,. which helps to
keep down taxes. Ye Gods.' where do
they get this money? Is it possible
they have some secret source of reve
nue that they are able to do this? No,
no; every cent paid as license or as
taxes passes in over the bar out of
the laboring man's or some other
man's pocket. Why is ,lt neoessary, to
hav the saloon as a go-between to
get this money to use as expense
moneyt Wiiy not pay It direct, and It
would not take so much, as there
would be no profit to pay, which goes
to support the saloonm&a In luxury?
- A READER.
A tourist "doing" one of the many
old Inns of England had ordered tea
and a sandwich. The waiter .was
boring her with
his tiresome de
scriptions of the his
torio connections of
each piece of furni
ture, and the legends
surrounding every
article in the house.
"So everything" in
the house has a
legend connected with it," she re
marked when he paused. "Well, do
tell me about this quaint old bam
sandwich." Everybody's Magazine.
The county poor farm Is itself no
pauper. . . - . . -
Huerta mav think he hasn't much to
lose, anyway. . : .
Now. young man. don't you wish rou
were a marine?
Even a good law can't be made Just
right, to fit every case.
Apparently' nobody is sorry-for going
to church last .Kunday.
And yet, strange, to relate, no can
didate has promised no taxes at all.
"There is no sense" in putting regis
tration off till the last day or two.
Even a day's work by everybody
helps the good roads cause a little.
1 .
Most arguments . are in behalf of a
particular, not the general, interest.
Some Imported early fruits are not
"half bad." but are far. Inferior to the
later Oregon products.
One quarter of the dispatched battle
ships would have done Just as well, but
01 course all wanted to go,
-!.-
Conrressmen all want an eariv ad
joumment, but to people at a distance
it doesn't seem as 11 tney act tnat way,
Both imports and exports have In
creased under the new tariff; more
trade, mutually advantageous; nobody
ruineo.'
i
Won't some one Dronose a law next
that no man may look toward or for
any purpose ever speak to a woman
unless in tne presence 01 her mother
and grandmother?
Nervous Lady (In whose street there
have been several burglaries) "How
often do you police
men come down, this
road? I'm constant-,
ly about, but I never
see you."
Policeman "Ah,
very likely 1 sees
you when you don't
see me, mum. It's
a policeman's busi
ness to secret 'isself!"
OREGON &DKL1GHTS
' v
r. h fstawatrtj for several years
manager of the Commercial club of Al
bany, has been reelected unanimously
for another years service.
Pendleton East Oregonian: Bert
Kelley was ' the first hero of the
Round-up and one 01 our piucmetti ana
most skillful riders. AU who knew
him or saw him ride will regret nis un
timely end.'
The Wasoo county fair will be held
this year on Thursday, Friday and ,
Saturday. September 23. 24 and 25, Just
in advance of the state fair at Salem.
City and country schools in Wasco
county are malting preparations tor
big exhibits.
Fiv-dollar prizes offered by the
Fossil Commercial club to- hiich and
public school pupils for bent 60U word
arguments in favor of bonding the city
in tne sum or ibvuu to ouy a putmo
park and improve the water system.
were won Dy .Kay uar and A.cinur
Stewart.
Mining news item in Gold Hill News:
"Punctual aa the calendar and reliable
as a Bank of England draft, the
Lucky Bart Sardine creek's famous
little producer sent an $800 brick In
for shipment Wednesday. This clean
up was the regular monthly affair,
which never greatly varies." 4
1
Salem's floral outlook for 1914-Is
thus stated in Tuesday's Journal:
"Many roses are blooming throughout
tho city, the climbing varieties being
earlier than others, and, while a few
blossoms have appeared at intervals
throughout the winter, the first of the
spring crop appeared a few days ago,
several weeks in advance of former
years."
IN EARLIER DAYS
By . Fred Lockley.
THE AMERICAN NAVY OF TODAY
thians 10:21. "Put me In remembrance;
let us plead together." Isaiah 43:26..
We should not be deceived. The
very nature of their occupation ren
ders It Improbable that the stand of
the liquor dealers on any publio ques
tion should ever be disinterested. There
is nothing so unjust as . Ignorance.
"Touch not; taste not; handle not."
Colossians 2:21. "Let us," says Paul,
"Judge this rather that no man put a
stumbling block In his brother's way."
Vote dry. The action of the present
day Is the hope of the future. We
best meet the purpose of life by doing
what we can to preserve the race and
bless mankind. MAT GIL.TNER.
From the St. Louis Star.
Never was there assembled for of
fensive purposes In the whole naval
history of the world a fleet as power
ful aa that which the president ordered
to Mexican waters, and this is true
whether it refers to the fleet as a
whole or to' Individual ships.
While much has been said about the
inadequacy of our navy to our needs
of defense, this must be understood to
apply only to the number of ships and
auxiliaries, and not at all to the char
acter of the : individual ships. In the
strength and fighting power of indi
vidual battleships, we lead the navies
of the world. Our naval designers
have kept at ' the head of naval con
struction. As fast as other countries
have come up to us in size, armament
and armor of ships, pur designers have
laid down still larger ones, with more
and heavier guns. '
solete, and we, in common with other
powers, began at once to build up a
new navy on the dreadnaught principle
of all big guns.
Scripture on Liquor Problem.
Boring, Or., April 22. To the Ed
itor of The Journal Ella M. FJnney
has a seal for temperance but not ac
cording to knowledge. As it is writ
ten, "They that are unlearned and un
stable, wrest, as they v do also the
other scriptures, unto, their own de-
Parcel Post Delivery Methods.
Portland, On, April 23. To the Edi
tor of The Journal Several weeks ago
Postmaster Myers made an entrancing
speech before the Civic league, telling
how the parcel post, under the business
like administration of Uncle Sam, was
to reduce the high cost of living. A
number of us were so enthused we
signed up requests to be put next to
country producers who were to ship
us food products at prices that would
be shorn of- rent, clerk hire and com
missions. About once or twice a year, If I
feel unusually prosperous, we get a
chicken or duck, and eggs and butter
when they get down below famine
prices. So to a producer about 62
miles away we sent an order for 12
worth of low cost of living. Including
a 66 cent duck. The producer sent in
the package all right, but Uncle Sam
would not deliver It, because there
was nobody home. Did he leave a
notice in the mail box to that effect?
He did not. Uncle Sam is not doing
business that way yet. It is too sensible-
a scheme, too business-like, tod
up-to-date. Did he leave the package
at the substation, eight or nine blocks
away? He did. not. As aforesaid,
Uncle Sam has hut own way of doing
things, even with the pared post
Forty-eight Hburs after that pack
age had been taken to Its point of
destination and returned the postman
deposited a notice In the mail box
that some sort of a package too heavy
for him to deliver was at the station,
a mile or more away. Meanwhile I
went duck hunting and discovered that
fact for myself. Also, the duck had
made itself, known to the habitues of
the station. It was nearly strong
enough. to walk or fly. Anyway, it
was necessary, in order to preserve
sanitary conditions thereabouts, to dis
pose of the duck in the way Huerta
disposes of his obnoxious fellow coun-
The building of big ships began im
mediately after the Japanese by sink
ing the Russian fleet proved the value
of superior gun power. England im
mediately laid down the first all-big-gun
ship, and named it the "Dread
naught." By that act she practically
sent to the scrap heap the navies of
the entire world. Including her own,
and destroyed at once her own domi
nating supremacy at sea.
Up to. that. time the largest number
of big guns; carried by any ship was
four, most of, them r2-inch, though a
few had 18-inch, as have several of
ours. The Dreadnaught mounted 10
12-lnch guns, which gave her two and
one half times the gun power of any
other-ship. She also had a displaos
ment of 18.J00 tons, which was 3000
tons larger than our then latest and
finest ship, the New Hampshire.
The magnificent fleet we had Just
sent aroundr the world to show out1
strength was immediately rendered ob-
We immediately Jumped to the front
as to quality of ships In this new race
for naval strength, and when every na
tion sent ships to the coronation cere
monies at London, the United States
was represented by the Delaware, at
that time the most powerful fighting
machine in the world. She carried the
same number and size of guns as the
Dreadnaught. but was 1100 tons larger
and had heavier armor, as well as
other improvements.
Other nations immediately began to
build ships like the Delaware, and
even a few tons larger, but the naval-
constructors of the' United States
again set the pace by laying down
ships of 26,000 tons, of a class now
known, as "superdreadnaughts." When
other nations followed suit in this, we
forged to the front again by mounting
heavier guns.
Our latest additions are the Texas
and New York, the latter put into com
mission this week, which have a dis
placement of 27,000 tons ami mount 10
14-inch guns. No other ship now In
commission In any navy in the world
equals in size and caliber of guns these
two huge battleships, which will be
come a part of the fleet in Mexican
waters.
They say that money went further
in the early days than it does today;
that the cost of living is much higher '
in the Portland of 114 tnan vtUe Port
land of 1850- Possibly this is true,
because the pioneers owned their own
cabins so they had no rent to pay. They
had no monthly bill for, water, gas.
electric light, automobile 'repairs and
me score of other expenses that the
Portland citizen of today must meet.
They had no servant girls, nor assess-
inents for sidewalks, streets and sew
ers, but nevertheless they , did pay a
pretty good price for some things.
For example. In looking through the
old book of Washington county deeds
recently. 1 ran across a deed .Which
showed that the cost for legal services
in those days was very high. The
deed is dated April t, 1853, and recitee .
at great length and with a plentitudw
of lgal phraseology that Levi H.
Woods transfers to P. A. Msrquam for
10 and certain legal services the fol-
lowing property: Lot 8. block 7; lot 7.
block 11; lots 4 and 4 in block 25; lot
6, block 48; lots 7 and 3 In block 2;
lots 3 and 4 in block 101: lots 7 and 8
in block 111; lot l in bloclc 167; lots
7 and I in block 25T.
In other words, Levi H. Woods gave
P. A. Msrquam for his legal services
$10 and 16 downtown lots in Portland,
wIch, considering the value of the .
lots today, is certainly a record for a
legal fee.
In 1801 and 1852 many of the deeds
are witnessed before Benjamin Stark,
notary public, or Hugh D. O'Bryant,
mayor of Portland.
Among the early transfers of prop
erty in Portland were transfers of,
lots and blocks from F. W. Pettygrove
to-Ueorge McNamee, Horace Lyman to
H. McDonald. J L. Cllnkenbeard to J.
H. A. Mills, D. It Lownsdale to Wil
liam McMillan, W. W. Chapman to H.
McDonald, John H. Couch to Tirzsh
McMillan, and Ftnlce Carruthers to
Mount Sinai cemetery.
Portland's Slow Awakening.
From the Salem Weekly Visitor. .'
Portland is in the throes of an eco
nomical Caesarian, operation over fi
nancing a steamship line to Alaska,
Seattle has long had all the business
from Alaska largely because Portland
kept her money in her pocket, she
thinking that tiie business must per
force come to her. Like the ancient
Mohammedan who waited for the
mountain to come to him, Portland has
at last discovered that she must go to
the mountain. Portland has always
assumed that there was no need of her
doing anything towards helping, trade
and commerce for her merchants, since
geographical location and Nature have
done enough for all time. But she is
beginning to get her eyes open a little.
After many years of Seattle's Alaskan
prosperity, Portland has discovered
that with all her natural advantages,
etc., eta, the trade - will not come
without some effort on her part. Now 1
she proposes to build a steamship line
to that rich and undeveloped country -lying
at her doors. One would think
that no trouble would attend the fi
nancing of so palpable a benefit, but In
this we are mistaken. The Oregonian,
( atmospherically, or metaphorically.
I representing the very Interests which'
But this Is not the limit of our ad- j should dig -the deepest for Portland's
vance. The Oklahoma, which was re- future, is quite tame over the prospects
cently launched and will be ready tor, of putting up any real money for this
service in a few months, has a din
placement of 27,600 tons and will
mount 12 instead of 10 of the 14-inch
guns. Nor is this the end. Still larger
new business. The Jogrnal, not allied
with the descendants of the early set
tlers, boldly demands financial support
of this meritorious scheme. Ik begins
ships are under construction, and I t look as if the necessary support will
larger ones yet are Deing aesignea lor
those authorized' at the present ses
sion of congress.
HAPPY MEDIUM IN THRIFT PRACTICE
struction." 2 Peter 8:16. She says trymen. it was nuned by Uncle Sam.
Jesus manufactured wine at the xbpA. i leuwi.
ding feast. - No one should addute this
miracle In ' favor of drinking wine.
There is, moreover, no evidence that
any other part ef the water was con
verted into wine than that which was'
drawn out of the waterpots for the
Moral: Have your low cost of liv
ing parcel post packages marked "per
ishable goods," and then in case you
are not at home the postman will hav
. to bring it around, no matter how
strong the contents or weak the post-
iiha nf th irnvAmnr or tha Th.t ' man. If the package is also' marked.
- . .
. -1 ,c6.iuic9B vi jitLriy not, oeing
at home,", you may get it as promptly
as an express package would come.
Perhaps Uncle Sam will modify his
rules. The apstofflce. employes can't
help the old gentlemans' obfuscation.
If Postmaster Myers will jrive a little
more information as to how packages
shonld be addressed so as to pbvlate
busy people staying at home to receive
them, perhaps some time I shall : go
duck hunting -with him aain. Mean
while, I have laid a duck on the altar
01 my country and have no kick com
ALr'RED D.. CRIDGE.
was not brandied wine, nor drugged
wine, nor wine compounded of various
substances, and such as is drunk in
this land. ' The experience of the
world has shown that water, pure
water, is the most wholesome, safe
and invigorating drink of man.
And Jesus took the cup, that is, the
cup of pure grapejulce, which they
used at the feast of, the passover, and
gave thanks saying, "Drink ye all of
it;" that Is, "all of you disciples drink
of it," not drink all the wine, and Jesus
gave the pure interpretation of that
drink. "For this Is my blood of the
new covenant, which Is shed for many
for the Temission of sins.", Matthew
26:27-28., "For as often aa ye eat this
bread, and drink of this cup, ye do
shew the Lord's death till he come."
I Corinthians 11:26. v ,
Mrs. Finney says, "Jesus was not a
prohibitionist; Jesus blessed the sac
ramental wine
example of what we should do. It is
written, "There are three that bear
witness; in earth, the spirit, and the
water, and blood; and these three agree
in one." X John 6:8. "Spiritual things
are spiritually discerned. Because as
he is, so are we in this world." I John
4:17. And : the water is a beautiful
image of the water of life which Jesus
gave and taught all men should drink.
fWhosoever drinketh of the water that
I shall givenim, shall never thirst;
but the water that I shall give him
shall be In' him'a well of water spring
ing up Into ; everlasting life." John
4:14. "Whosoever will, let hlnv take
the waters of life frtjely."; Revelations
22:17. Te cannot drink the cup of
the Lord, and the cup of' devils. -Ye
cannot be partakers of the Lord's ta
ble and the cup of devils." I Cortn-
ing.
Pistol Toting in the Movies.
Portland. April 21. To the Editor of
The Journal It goes without saying
that moving pictures are invaluable
for educational purposes. We can sit
in a 6 or 10 cent show and watch the
great ships Come and go in New ViM-ir.
He did, showing an j harbor, our fleet moving majestically
By John M. Oskison.
It was aSwlss banker who lately
said, while on a visit to us:
"There should be a happy medium
between the , saving habit of the Euro
peans and the spending habit of the
Americans, j There is a half-way
ground on which the advantages of
both methods may be realized."
Some of our second generation Ger
mans have, it seems to me, found this
happy medium. I Trad a talk with one
of them the other evening.
She is the wife of t a professional
man whose earnings are modest. Long
ago, the man turned 'over to her the
handling of the money that comes in;
be has been satisfied with her hand
ling of money, they live . well, and
their children are the sort of kids that
you like to t know neat, unobtrusive.
well fed, -ana well bred. 1 asuea tms
daughter of a German mother 'what
her system of household finance is:
"I shouldn't call it a system,- sne
protested. Tve always known Just
about how much money was to coma
in for six 1 months ahead, and 1 va
planned the spending that far ahead.
Running the Kitcnen ougnt 10 De aone
on so much, clothes ought to cost so
much, we ought to spend so much on
theatres and ball games and. circuses
and summer outings, and every six
months we ought to add something
definite to the investments we have.
"If I find that I am saving some
thing out of my allowance for. run
ning the house I may put it into more
clothes, or better clothes, or I may
spend it on more amusements. In a
family like ours X think both clothes
and amusements are the sort of lux
uries we most appreciate.
"I won't add my saving out of my
different allowances to the allowance
for saving at least, the savings ac
count would have the last claim. I
sometimes think my husband is thrift
less and X get into a panic wondering
what would happen to the family If
I were run over by a train; at such
times I'm tempted to become miserly.
"I have to resist that tempta-tion,
and I have two new blouses in my
bureau drawer now that I. dont need
which I bought with a surplus X could
find no more pressing need for. IX X
find a surplus In June I'm going to
use It to send the children to the base
ball games."
That Is what Is meant, T believe, by
a happy medium in thrift practice.
not materialize. True, the line has been
"established." and one steamer has '
gone to Alaska to bring back aU. that
she finds loose but that Is not perma
nently doing the Job. Seattle's drum
mers are there and If anybody can get
anything worth while awsy from them,
they will have to arise earlier than
they do in this pan of the country.
Some day Portland will outgrow her
personal bondage to vested property
and wealth and In that day when she
cuts loose from ber master, she will
"do things." She is merely going ahead
In spite of herself under present man- ;
agement .
Pointed Paragraphs
low that the actual demonstration of
one or all of these crimes will have
a far more i deleterious enecu now
the idea is this: One can step into
hardly any moving picture show with
out being confronted with a scene of
an actor, gun in band, working out one
of these crimes.
How consistent we are. We enforce
a law that forbids the sale of revol
vers, and at the same time permit the
public display of scenes .wherein are
enacted all the dangerous uses of the
w. v.
weapons.
Kansas and Prohibition.
Portland, April 21. To the Editor
Of The Journal Jn The Sunday Jour
nal Mrs. Mary E. Townsend cites Kan
sas as a shining example of the bene
fits of and prosperity under tEe pro
hibition oolicy. We admit that Kan
sas was poverty stricken 80 years .ago,
but allege that it was grasshoppers
and not whiskey that did the striking.
Admitting that the prohibition policy
wiped the grasshoppers from Kansas
and . that Jt was responsible for tha
discovery of its oil fields and cement
deposits and abundant crops, we will
not admit that It has prohibited the
consumption! of liquor to that state.
Mrs. Townsend 'states that owing to
the. great- prosperity caused by "pro
hibltlon there are only . three states
that exceed Kansas In assessed valua
tion of property Admitting this 'to be
a fact (which it is not), it does not
in line of battle, factory employes in speak well for Kansas, .Assessed val
factories turning out wares, or any of
the multitudinous scenes in which we
act. But because of their adaptability
for giving instruction, therein lurks a
dangerous element. Let those things
be portrayed that have a degrading in
fluence, and ' immediatelv harm 1-
ginning to be wrought. Already the
United states government has taken
cognizance of this fact. Insomuch that
It now prohibits the display of prize
fights in one state that took" place in
another state. Cities also are working
along this line by establishing moving
picture show censorships. .
We are quite uniformly of the opin
ion that an unrestricted sale and dis
play of revolvers leads to highway rob
bery, burglary and murder. ' If this
opinion Is well founded, it must fol-
uation of property is the state's own
idea of the lvalue of Us property for
the purpose of taxation. The assessed
valuation of property in Kansas Is
I2.746.865.967 and the levy-is 1.20 per
thousand. ' Ouchl The bonded Indebt
edness is $370,000. Two ouches! The
aggregate debt of. Kansas Is $35,774,
494, and of Oregon, $1L202,400" and no
bonded indebtedness. ' (Last compila
tion bureau of census). ' This is going
some for a state in which- there is nq
city of .85,000 population 'and only two
over 60,000 (and one of these is mere
ly an extension of Kansas City, Mo.,)
and -with less than. 6 per cent of its
roads improved. . - f;..
. That "prohibition" has made Kansas
so wonderfully prosperous la quite
doubtful.-: Kansas ha&K 20,240 savings
bank depositors with deposits of $4,
689,387, or $231.69 capital. Oregon
has 38,152 savings depositors with
$13,891,787 to their credit, or $364.12
per capita, and the population of Kan
sas is 1,018,184 more than that of
Oregon.
The population of Kansas 80 years
ago was one-third jf neater than Is the
population of Oregon today, yet, from
1900 to 1919 Kansas gained but 16 per
cent In population, while Oregon gained j
62.7 per cent. In other words, Oregon
gained 38,774 more inhabitants than
did Kansas. And what is more, dur
ing the 10 years immediately preced
ing "prohibition" Kansas gained, in
population, as many inhabitants as it
has during the 30 years or more unSer
so-called prohibition.
It does not speak well for prohibi
tion to admit that there are nine coun
ties in Kansas which have recognised
inebriates, and Kansas "dry" for over
30 years. . F. J. R.
Homesteader's Rights.
Siletz, Or April 20. To the Editor
of The Journal Will you answer the
following questions?
1. If I made a final proof on a
homestead In 1901, can I take another
homestead?
2. Can I take a desert claim?
3. Is there any way to get another
claim? J. S.
1. The first claim exhausted home
stead rights.
2. Owning a homestead, a desert
claim may be filed upon. ,
a A homesteader, like an von e else.
Man .n,ji(i,fl. n tlmhnr r-1 a ( m fmm t H -
government at the appraised value es
tablished by cruisers on the basis of
merchantable value of the timber.
Self corffessed saints require more
watching than self confessed sinners.
a
The form of physical culture that
fat men naturally prefer is running
for office
Judging by what some girls face the
parson with, they must hate to work
for a living. 1
Almost the only time a suffragette'
objects to standing up for her rights
Is in a crowded car. '
, He Is a wise man who knows he
Isn't wise enough to answer all the
fool questions asked him.
. .
Never- go between a dog and his
bone, a man and his hobby, or a woman
and a milliner's show window.
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; It's an easy matter to acquire a" flow
of language, Alonso. All you have to
do is step on a tack with your bars
foot. 1
An old badhelor says' that a mar
riage dowry is a lump of sugar in
tended to nullify the bitterness of the
dose. - ' - J
The Ragtime Muse
Sad State of Things. ; ,
For me the robins sing no mors, . (
No sweetness fills the April air; ..
Life has become a dismal bore. .-.
Life that I once deemed passing fair.
The universe is out of gear:
Approach and listen to my tip;
I've cause enough for feeling queer
I've got the grip!
" f
When day has sped to distant shores
And Morpheus taps his drowsy brews,
I lie and groan amid the snores
Of those who sleep like circus crews.
From sunset star to cockerel's song-
I never into dreamland slip;
Each hour is more than eight years
long .. - -
I've got the grip! 1
When finally I cash my checks 1 j
And leave this grip Infested sphere,
I think St. Peter I shall vex,
Though I shall read my title clear;
For I shall claim the biggest harp. .
As through the golden gates I trip.
Because of H these sufferings sharp
I've got the grip! ,
Partting Him Right.
- From the Chicago Record-Herald.
"I see that a Chicago woman has
taught her dog to say 'mamma' and
lemon.' "
"I can't understand it. In fact, , I
don't believe it."
- "Don't you believe it Is possible for
a dog to speak such simple words as
those?"
"It may be. but if the animal In
taught by a woman he will say papa'
and 'lemon,. :
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