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RKYOXD THE RIO GRANDE
BEYOND the Rio Grande, great
events bang suspended by a
thread.
The stroke of a peri, the
lighting of a match, a single fren
tled impulse by Huerta can pre
cipitate armed conflict with all Its
bloody consequences. The threat
ening attitude of the mobs in Mex
ico City, the untamable and irre
Mponslble spirit of the lower
classes, and 4he racial feudism en
gendered by the landing at Vera
Cruz, surcharge the atmosphere
with forces as treacherous as dy
namite. A drunken group could, in a few
minutes, commit outrages ;that
would inevitably take our troops
to Mexico City, much as the presi
dent and the country are opposed
to a plan o deplorable. The rage
of the mobB may make Huerta
bolder, and as the anti-American
spirit gathers strength, the rabble
may swepp the dictator 1n spite
of himself into a frantic declara
tion of war. The displays of anti
American feeling in Huerta terri
tory outside the capital and far
away from restraint, can, at any
moment, precipitate momentous
consequences.
1 The only favorable omens are
the protestations -.of friendship by
general VilVa and the friendly
manner in which Huerta is send
ing American Charge O'Shaugh
nessy to safety at Vera Cruz. Per
sonal friendship for O'Shaughnessy
may account for Huerta's solici
tude for the safety of the Ameri
can representative, and that Inci
dent have no significance.
The utterances of Villa are an
intelligent position for the rebels,
ana ll tnis rebel leader has the
.power and purpose to carry out
his expressed views, our part in
Mexico would be measurably mini
mized! The American purpose
makes us natural allies of the reb
els, a fact seemingly understood
by Villa, but apparently Incompre
hensible to Carranza, whose fool
ish note to the Washington gov
ernment appeared In yesterday's
news dispatches.
The whole business is a situa
tion of impenetrable complexity.
There is nothing to foreshadow
what a moment may bring forth.
One spoken word, a wave of one
hand can draw us irresistibly Into
a situation from which we can only
extricate ourselves by dreadful ar
bitrament of arms.
THE riTRLIG MARKET
PLANS are 'well under way for
the opening of Portland's
public market. There will
be a civic parade, the new
municipal institution will start
with the backing of enthusiastic
people who Bee in its coming a par
tial solution of the cost of living
problem.
Assuming 'that the market will
be run by Its administrative offi
cers on efficient and economical
lines, with the single object of fur
nishing the people what they want
at minimum prices, the project's
. future will depend on the people
themselves. Success will not be
established by a civic parade; nor
will the market's namehave any
thing to do with Its usefulness. If
.Portland's public market is to
r serve its full purpose there must
be continued support by the people.
The history of public markets in
many American cities is that they
fall through lack of cooperation by
residents., Chicago recently closed
a number of municipal stores be
cause there were no patrons, in
Los Angeles eleven public markets
have dwindled to four, because,
according to the Times, they were
' the fad of women who never pat
ronized them. One by one, seven
of that city's markets were closed,
and today the remaining four are
not self sustaining.
A report submitted to the Los
Angeles council last week showed
mat net receipts ror nine months
from that city's markets were
$715.46 more than expenses. But
his result was arrived at by ex
cluding administration expenses
and the superintendent's salary.
.Including these items in the ex
pense account, public markets in
Los Angeles cost the city $536
more than net revenues. '
New Orleans and some other
cities have maintained public mar-
j-keta for many years. Seattle has
two jrery successful markets, which
on Saturdays are sometimes vis
's ited by 60,000 to 70.000 havers.
; If cooperation by the farmers
and steady buying by .sufficient
numbers be maintained,- there is no
reason why the Portland market
should not be successful. But to
keep it going, Portland women
must not permit the market basket
to go out of fashion. .
A WONDER SPOT
S IX hundred men are at work
on the Columbia - highway.
the work Is ahead of sched
ule, and the cost under the"
estimates.
In a single stretch of eleven
miles along the route, there are
ten great waterfalls witlb consid
erable bodies of water leaping a
sheer 400 to 700 feet into the
Stream below. In natural wonders,
no spot in the world presents a
more beautiful panorama.
Travelers who have explored the
world say the scenic beauty along
the route is nowhere excelled and j
rarely equaled. At one vantage
point the Columbia river can be
seen stretching away a distance
of forty miles and disappearing in
the gorges of the mountains. Rock
formations of extraordinary nat
ural shapes and forms, dizzy preci
pices, curious gorges and freaks
of nature are a setting for a foli
age that in Spring, Summer and
Autumn is more beautiful than
artist can paint or words describe.
All these wonder spots are with
in 23 to 35 miles of the Union
depot at Portland. The highway
leading through the scene will be
come one of the potential resources
of Portland. It will be an asset
to draw sightseers that in Its re
turns will rival the wheat output,
the salmon catch, or other of the
larger industr'es of Oregon.
The highway will be opened
to the public in time to be seen
by all who visit the Panama expo
sition. Ita popularity will ulti
mately exte.d throughout the
country, and its wonders, become
as well known as Yellowstone, Yo
semite and the other wonder spots
of the country.
There will be a wonderful recom
pense for the investment Mult
nomah county is making in the
Columbia Highway.
HABIT - FORMING DRUGS
NEW YORK has a new law, ap
proved by Governor Glynn
last week, for regulating the
eolA P : , .
oaio Wl U4U11-IU1 mwig urugs.
It is a measure of first Import
ance, for of the 500.000 Dounds
of medical opium brought into this
country every year less than 20
per cent is used legitimately.
New -York's law forbids the sale
of habit-forming drugs except upon
the prescription of a licensed phy
sician. If the prescription con
tains more than four grains of
morphine, thirty grains of opium,
two grains of heroin, six crains
of codeine or four drams of
chloral, the authority for the pre
scription must be verified. :
In order to fix responsibility
and ,as8ist the proper authorities
in locating violators of the law,
all drug dealers and physicians
must use order blanks supplied by
the health authorities, and these
will be serially numbered in dupli
cate. In this way it will be pos
sible to detect physicians who
abuse their privileges, and vigor
ous steps can be taken to' shut off
the illicit supply of drugs,
The drug evil amounts to a
scourge in America. It is said
that Americans are using today
about as much as is being used in
China. Habit-forming drugs are
making criminals by the whole
sale. These poisons are breaking
down character and producing
physical and moral wrecks -at an
alarming rate.
Other states should follow Now
York's lead and provide drastic
aws,- the enforcement of whir-h
will crush out the traffic. Ther
should be an imposition of stern
penalties. Men who are willinz to
profit through the debasement of
humanity should be run to earth
and punished.
A SANE VIEW
GOOD, sound, practical talk
was indulged in by Commis
sioner Brewster at Wednes-
aay s council meeting over
the proposition to Dermlt Htv em
ployes to join Portlanders who are
going; out to work on the Columbia
highway tomorrow. He said:
I feel that we have no right to go
and leave our work, neither have we
the right to allow the employes to
go. We Will eet a Int mn.- .v,
city If we quit this "glwd hand" busi
ness, i tninic it Is our duty to attend
" "ur """mess ana we cannot do tt
If we declare holidays trn n y,.si.
eons, to meetings and other affairs
when we are supposed to be caring
for the city's business.
Taxes would be far lower if
every official and employe , would
lane to heart and apply the spirit
or commissioner Brewster's words.
The city's business is not a joke.
The city's time is not for holiday
purposes. Both are a RPrfn ll a real
ity, and as Commissioner Brewster
oaja, mey are entitled to faithful
attention.
THE JOURNAL AND EXTRAS
A COMPETING newspaper
claims it got out an extra
ten minutes ahead of The
Journal.
Perhaps. But The Journal extra
contained real news, and enough
real news to be worth while.
The Journal has a reputation to
sustain. It exercises good faith In
all its dealings with the public.
It doesn't print an extra, for the
purpose of gathering up a few un
earned dollars by giving . buyers
nothing for something.. '
-The Journal only issues an extra
when there Is news that It thinks
the people should know. It is In
the business of giving the public
good service, and not to .bunko
them with fakes and unconfirmed
rumors that have, later, to be
denied.
That is why The Journal has
risen to its present position. That
is why, when It issues an extra, the
people buy it.
IS WAR TIME
IN NEW YORK, William D. Hay
wood, head of the I. W. W.
declared that in case of war
with Mexico, the I. W. W.
would declare a general strike.
"You had better be a traitor to
your country," he said, "than a
traitor to your class."
In the same city a few days be
fore, O'Carroll, an I. W. W. agita
tor, who has been in the United
States only a few months, declared
to an East Side audience:
We are the predatory powers. We
intend to get the goods the plunder
if you want to call it that.
Another speaker at the same
meeting declared, "I believe in re
sistance. I claim the right to
preach riot if I want to."
He was Berkman, an aparchist
agitator. His claim that he has
the right to preach riot is a claim
that he has rights that the law
abiding citizens of the United
States do not have. The; insistence
of O'Carroll that "we are going to
get the goods the plunder If you
want to call It that," is an asser
tion that he has rights to which
Americans make no claim.
If the United States finally be
comes involved in war with Mex
ico, a wave of- irresistible patriot
ism will sweep from -ocean to ocean
and echo from the Lakes to the
Gulf. If the O'Carrolls and Berk
mans will patiently study the his
tory of the United States, they will
find, that in such a time, it will
be dubious business for their
gentry to indulge in' wild talk.
A WORLD FASHION
EMPLOYES of Italy's government-owned
railroalls are de
manding an increase in wages
and better working condi
tions. Judged by American stand
ards; the men are asking little.
They want a minimum wage of
60 cents a day, with 20 cents extra
for night work; a reduction of
hours for engineers and firemen to
ten by day and eight by night,
and a minimum pension on retire
ment of $100 a year.
Many of the employes now re
ceive as low as 30 cents a day.
Under the wage scale demanded
an employe could make but $4.20
a week were he to work every day.
Many employes, After serving 30
years, receive pensions of only $g0
annually, and the demand is for
an increase of only $20.
The government has refused the
men's demands, saying that com
pliance would tnean an added year
ly expenditure of $20,000,000,
Yet, in spite of this refusal, the
government Is cheerfully spending
princely amounts on plans for hold
ing Tripoli in northern Africa.
The situation in Italy illustrates
in a striking manner the relative
importance which Europe attaches
to military expenditures. If the
$20,000,000 were asked for main
taining troops, in Tripoli, the gov
ernment would sanction the ex
penditure. The money would be
spent willingly on what has already
been proved a losing venture.
Italy is abreast of the world
fashion of imposing hardships on
her producers for the support of
armaments which Impoverish the
nation.
CRIME AND INSANITY
THE case of Dr. William T.
Kirby, a former Chicago
banker, has attracted the at
tention of people who Insist
that there is a close relation be
tween crime and mental disorders.
Dr. Kirby wrecked a bank. He
claimed that he was Insane at the
time, and a county judge agreed
with him. But a federal judge
thought otherwise and declared the
accused banker in contempt for
failing to produce certain records
In court. Dr. Kirby died last week,
but with death approaching he
asked that his brain be examined
to determine whether he was right
in asserting he was subject to
insanity.
Physicians who conducted an au
topsy found a tumor at the base
of the brain, the pressure of
which was sufficient to produce in
sanity. Their report was that , the
physician-banker was right when
he said in court that he was not
always accountable for his acts. "
Dr. Kirby's case proves no gen
eral rule, but it goes to show the
necessity of greater intelligence in
dealing with criminals. This man's
criminality was clearly due to a
physical defect. He was intelli
gent enough to 'insist upon an au
topsy which might clear him of
blame. He was prominent enough
to make his case an object lesson
for courts.
Hi Gill was recalled and came
back. as mayor of Seattle, Mayor
Fawcett of Tacoma was recalled
and came back. These returns to
the scene of their former triumphs
by the recalled, prove that the fury
of those who insist upon recall
elections has results that are vain,
ephemeral and transitory.
All over Portland, there are fac
tories and supply houses that are
busy with orders to go to Alaska
by the new steamship line. It
means more employment for Port-
land labor, more output . from
Portland factories, more business
for supply houses, more money in
circulation, more comforts In Port,
land homes. If : these orders and
what they actually mean could be
visualized to all of us, every man
and woman in town would be a
booster for the Alaska line.
The only man who has complete
ly baffled American reporters Is
John Lind, who through the long
months of watching and waiting In
Mexico was never quoted. It was
not until his return to Washing
ton that he gave an interview, and
it was an expansive smile.
Helen Taft, who is a student at
Bryn Mawr college, Is a recent con
vert to equal suffrage. It makes
a political split in the family, as,
the ex-president; and the former'
lady of the White House are classed
as antis.
Letters From the People
(Comrannlcatlona eent to The Journal for
pnbUcation in thia department should be writ
ten on only one aide of the paper, should not
exceed 800 words In length and must be ac
companied by the name and address of the
sender. If the writer doea not desire to
bare the name published, he should so state.)
"Discussion Is the greatest of all reform
era. It rationalises eterjthinf it touches. It
robe prlnciplea of aU false aanctlty and
throws them back on their reaaonableneas. If
they hare no reasonablenesa, it ruthlessly
crushes them out of existence and sets up its
own conclusions in their stead." Woodrow
Wilson.
Testimony as to Drink Habit.
Portland, April 23. To the Editor of
The Journal Hera are some expres
sions of opinion of a few iambus men
and women relative to the drink habit,
which I am eure will interest many of
your readers. I may add that it would
Jnterest me to read as many excepts
"favorable" to rum and descriptive of
the beneficence cf drunkenness to the
human family, if any of your esteemed
correspondents have such in their pos
session: "Habitual intoxication is the epi
tome of every crime." Douglas Jer
rold. "Drunkenness i3 nothing else than a
voluntary madness." Seneca.
"Troops of furies march in the
drunkard's triumph." Zimmerman.
"The drunkard and the glutton shall
come to poverty." Proverbs 23:21.
"Woe unto. them that rise up early
in the morning that they may follow
strong drink." Bible.
"A drunkard is unprofitable fof any
kind of service." Plato.
"Every Inordinate cup Is unblessed
and the ingredient is a devil."
Shakespeare.
"Thirst teaches all animals to drink,
but drunkenness belongs only to man."
Fielding.
"The axe of Intemperance has lopped
off the green boughs and left him a
withered trunk." Swift.
"There is scarcely a crime before
me that is not directly or Indirectly
caused by strong drink." Judge Cole
ridge. "The sight of a drunkard Is a better
sermon against that vice than the best
that was ever preached upon that sub
ject." Saville.
"A vine bears three grapes the first
of pleasure, the second of drunkenness,
and the third of repentance." Ana
charsls. "The drunkard forfeits man and
doth divest
All worldly right, save what he hath
by beast." Herbert.
"The bliss of a drunkard is a visible
picture of the expectation of the dying
atheist, who hopes no more than to
lie down in the grave with the 'beasts
that perish'." Jane Porter.
"Woe to him that giveth his neigh
bor drink that puttest thy bottle to
him and makest him drunken."-Haba-kuk
2:15.
"When he Is best he is little worse
than man, and when he Is worst he Is
little better than a beast." Shakes
peare. "Man has evil as well as good quali
ties peculiar to himself. Drunkenness
places him as much below the level of
the brutes as reason elevates him
above them." -Sir G. Sinclair.
H. S. HARCOURT.
A Coos vCounty Hog Case.
BandeAi, Orl. April 23. To the Edi
tor of The Journal George M. Brown,
candidate for attorney general, was
district attorney of this district some
17 years ago. There may be more
learned attorneys than George M.
Brown in Oregon. If so, I never heard
of them, nor met them. 'I recall one
of his first cases. He was was re
tained to defend a man named Hooch,
accused of the larceny of a hog from a
party named Sitcum. I was a Juror.
The state was represented by Attorney
Liscomb, who weighed about 300
pounds. Brown was a much smaller
and a very modest young man. He
weighed around 110 pounds. The state's
attorney strutted around before the
trial, and violated all precedants of
Coos county by wearing a high silk
dicer as slick as a black cat. Brown
wore a modest slouch hat. Our con
stable was a great man that day. He
strutted around and hunted up a forth
with and prospective juror. When he
had the criminal where he could not
escape, he. In a death warrant man
ner, served the prospective juror with
the summons.
The Justice, who was to preside on
this eventful day was delayed. He had
started, on a mule, for the court house,
which was a school bouse of hewn
logs, but a mile or so from the seat
of war, the rain began to come down
as It comes down only in Coos county.
The judge In a calm, judicial manner
opened his umbrella. The mule scared
at the umbrella and started In a gal
lop down the muddy road In the direc
tion of California. After running some
distance the mule suddenly turned back
homeward, which sudden change of
venue was a little too much for the
Justice and he parachuted gracefully
Into a mudhole. The mule In a few
Jmps more relieved himself of the
saddle and the Judge's war bags. The
judge, as he came up the road that day,
looked as if he were moving. He had
two large saddle war bags crammed
to the gizzard with legal papers. He
had everything from a death warrant
to a nix cum raus. along legal lines.
Court was called. Now the casus belli
was a dun sow. It appeared that Sit
cum, the owner of the creature, had
purchased her the afternoon Just pre
ceding the evening she was stolen by
Hooch, Sitcum. It appeared, had not
the dun animal's bungalow built to
receive her yet, so he left her In the
crate she arrived In, and on the eve
ning of her arrival. It was charged,
th defendant. Hooch, went to the
premises of Sitcum with a six shooter
on or about his person, and then and
there being, did then and there wtt
f ully, maliciously and f ellonously
threaten, force, abduct, take, steal and
carry away one dun sow, contrary to
her wishes and well being, and against
the peace and dignity of every hog
owner In Coos county. .... ' - -
Now the constable had found the
hoar la the yard of Hooch, still la the
A FEW SMILES
Tba superintendent of a Sunday
school was giving the elder boys a
talk on business success.
Be industrious,
my boys, and you
will succeed. Be
loyal to your em
ployer; never look
at the clock; put the
firm's : interest be
fore your own, and
success is sure to
come. You remem
ber, do you not, the great difficult"
George Washington had to contend
with ?"
"Yes, sir; yes, sir!" the boys shout
ed. "And what difficulty, what' almost
insuperable difficulty, nearly crippled
the great George?"
"He couldn't tell a lie!" chorused the
lads.
A well known athlete says that on
entering a Turkish bath one night he
found a stranger struggling in the
-i swimming pool.
There was nobody
near and the . man
was evidently unable
to swim, having
tBICTTOJjrjai Jumpea in probably
T&&&CJ wlthout ascertaining
wnetner the water
would be above his
head.
The athlete swam to the assistance
of the struggling man. Grasping him
by the hair, he towed him to the sid3
of the tank and assisted him to hang
on until he recovered his breath.
What were the first words uttered
by the rescued otie? Did he stammer
out thanks to his "human preserver?
No. The human mind is a curious af
fair. As the half drowned man strug
gled back to consciousness memories
of an old jest seemed to flit through
his brain, for he said:
"Lucky for me I wasn't bald
headed: The big man with the I-know-lt-all
expression sneeringly watched the lit
. tie man who was eat
ing from a sack of
peanuts. "
"Down where I
come from we use
peanuts to fatten
hogs," remarked the
T5y!LiT I ( "That so?" asked
. J the little man. "Here.
have some."
original package received by Sitcum.
We, the jurors, went out and viewed
the hog. She was in a crate, the crate
being in a high-sided wagon, so about
all we could see was along the top of
her back. We viewed the hog. Sitcum
identified her as his property. In the
jury's presence, giving her age, sex and
present condition of servitude. While
there viewing the hog. George M.
Brown asked the foreman of our gal
lant six to make the Exhibit A so we
would know the hog again. The lordly
district attorney assented. During the
trial, Brown, even when the most pos-.
ltive evidence was being related
against his client, merely smiled, and
the only question he asked Sitcum was
tho sex of the hog, and Sitcum swore
the . animal was a dun sow", eight
months' old and that he had looked
over a herd of hogs efore purchasing
the sow.
In his closing address Attorney Els
comb did himself proud. He gave us
Jurors an address on hogology, com
mencing at the dawn of creation,
thence to the swine of the Holy Land,
the razorback of the sunny south an'd
to the long-snooters of Arkansaw, and
wound up in a tearful, touching story
of the night of the. terrible crime, when
thunder boomed, lightning flashed, and
rain descended in 'torrents, and in tho
darkness came the defendant. Hooch, a
lantern in one hand and a determina
tion to steal a hog, In the other. He
told of the awful trip the poor dun sow
had up the muddy pike that stormy
night In a wheelbarrow pushed by a
cross-eyed man.
When Liseomb ended his address I
felt we could reach no verdict other
than guilty. I am sure all who heard
the trial concurred. But we had an
other guess coming. George M. Brown
arose and asked the court to discharge
the defendent. Hooch, as all the evi
dence given in the court proved Hooch
was not guilty and the original com
plaint also bore out this statement.
Brown then invited the judge to go
and Inspect the hog with him. The
Judge did so, and the mark left by the
forema of the Jury was on the hog's
ear. But inspection proved this was
not at all the poor unprotected dun
sow of the trial, but a dun swine un
mistakably masculine. So it came to
pass that the judge discharged Hooch,
a-s all the evidence showed, as did the
complaint, that Hooch had stolen a dun
sow. Brown had suspected he true
state of the case, and made a thorough
examination of the hog privately be
fore the trial.
WILLIAM H. TURLOW.
George M. Brown's Qualifications.
Roseburg, Or., April 23. To the
Editor of The Journal As George M.
Brown, 'of Roseburg, la a candidate for
attorney general, at the Republican
primary election in "May, I deem it
only Ju"st that I comment upon his
qualifications. I have known Mr.
Brown for a great many years, arid
during that time have been closely as
sociated with him in a legal and pri
vate way. In fact, it has been my
pleasure to defend hundreds of cases
in which he appeared as attorney for
the prosecution. I always found Mr.
Brown a man bent on doing his duty,
regardless of the gtanding'of the per
son charged. He is always the same
"George" and Is highly esteemed
throughout his district. Unlike many
men of prominence, Mr. Brown never
loses sight of the fact that the poor
man Is entitled to that same degree of
consideration that is accorded those
of influence and prominence. Mr.
Brown is a man who considers his oath
of office with sincerity. Although
known throughout the state as a fear
less prosecutor, Mr.' Brown believes
the laws were founded for the protec
tion of society in general, and were
not framed- with a view of punishing
the few... in other words. Mr. Brown
prosecutes crime fairly and impartial
ly, and not for the purpose of gaining
personal fame. As a lawyer he han
few peers In Oregon, and he stands
high among the bar- of the state. He
has been district attorney In southern
Oregon for 18 years, a fact which fully
attests that he Is well qualified to
handle the important duties of the at
torney general's office. From a law
yer's standpoint, I know of no other
attorney in the state who is better
qualified for attorney general than Mr.
Brown. As a man he stands high
throughout the state. ; He Is honest,
upright and capable, and is deserving
of political advancement.
W. W. CARDWELL.
To Save Expense.
The reinforced concrete foundation
for a lighthouse to be erected In Dela
ware bay :1s being built on shore and
will be floated to its position and sunk
to save the expense of a coffer dam.
"
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PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CUAMGK
Not in all cases ran th Dunlshmrnt
be made to fit the crime. ,
Doubt teas old General Porflrio Diaa
wishes he were a few years younger.
Thfl mnsa nf Uavians a a
unfit for self-government as the Fili
pinos. Some impossible candidates are
wasting money in vain efforts as
usual.
Now Huerta can. at least, boast that
he is a person of some consequence,
even of worldwide notoriety.
The Great Lakes are just open to
navigation earlier than usual. Win
ter is drawing to a close back there.
The unsuppressed desire for manv
things not needed at all is another
principal cause of the high cost of
living.
But Huerta should try to compre
hend that as long as Mexico is in its
present condition its "honor" and "dig
nity" are not visible or even discov
erable. Right or wrong, wise or unwise, the
president should be supported by con
gress and the country, says Uncle Joe
Cannon. He is red-blooded yet.
If the man with a hoe is working on
his own patch of ground, he is not one
to be commiserated. And even if he is
working on some othtr person's ground
he might be worse off.
There is yet a fascination about war.
Many people who deprecate war. and
when no war is in sight declare that
there should be no more war, seem at.
ready as anybody to hurrah for war
when one is in prospect.
WHAT TOOK PLACE
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The republic of Texas, which
achieved its independence of Mexico
under General Sam Houston in 1836,
was formely established In October of
that year, with Houston as its presi
dent, and the recognition of its inde
pendence status by England, France
and Belgium, as well as the United
States. It maintained a separate ex
istence until 1844.
On the last day of his term of office
President Tyler agreed with duly ap
pointed representatives of the new re
public that it should become a state of
the Union. In March, 1845, our con
gress ratified the treaty.
The United States insisted that the
international boundary was the Rio
Grande river. Mexico insisted that the
Nueces river, half way between the Rio
Grande and San Antonio, was the
proper boundary. General Zachar
Taylor, in the summer of 1846, was
sent to Corpus Chrlsti to compel the
Mexicans to keep out of the disputed
territory between the rivers.
In March, 184 6, Taylor was ordered
to cross the Nueces. The battles of
Palo Alto, May 8, and Rcsaca de la
Palma, May 9, were victories for the
Americans. Four days later congress
appropriated $10,000,000 to Carry on'
the war, and directed that an army of
50,000 volunteers should be raised.
General Stephen Kearney was or
dered to occupy California, then a Mex
ican province; Colonel Doniphan was
sent against Chihuahua; General Scott
was told to take Vera Cruz and
proceed thence to the capital.
Santa Anna, the vainglorious Mexi-
i can commander, who had been allowed
by General Houston's clemency to de
part to exile in Cuba, now returned and
took charge of the courageous but in
adequately equipped Mexican army.
Commodore Stockton, after the battle
of Sacramento, of February 28, 1847,
took formal possession of California:
Doniphan's men occupied Chihuahua;
and on March 9, 1847, 12.000 soldiers
were landed in the evening by General
Scott at Vera Cruz. After a bombard
ment of five days the city surrendered,
with 6000 prisoners and 500 pieces of
ordnance.
Taylor marched into Mexico on May
17, 1846, and crossed the parching des
ert to Monterey. From September 21
to 24, his 7000 men were pitted against
the Mexican garrison of 9000. The cap
ture of the heights and the fall of the
city were followed by the sanguinary
battle of Buena Vista, February -23,
1847, with Santa Anna in personal com
mand of the Mexican troops.
Santa Anna fell back upon San Luis
Potosi, and was thence compelled to re
turn to the capital to put down the
LET INVESTOR LOOK FOR "CANADIAN"
By John M. Oskison.
Canada Is begging, and begging hard,
for funds. Cities that are growing fast
are asking everywhere for funds: prov
inces, towns, municipalities, and dis
tricts have bonds on the market which
yield the buyer as much aa 6 per cent,
and behind these bonds lies the taxing
power of-H.he cities, provinces, towns,
municipalities, and districts.
Public service corporations and in
dustrial plants in Canada are in the
market for funds. The Investor fan
pick up and choose among them and
get 6 per cent for his money.
The Dominion is In great need of
money to carry 'out the development
already started. There can be no
question that when the money is sup
plied it will be so used that excep
tional returns will come to the bor
rowers, and when the borrower pros
pers the lender is safe.
Canada's borrowing began half a
dozen years ago the big borrowing,
that is. Many towns and cities, espe
cially in the west, grew to amazing
proportions almost over night; a great
amount of .money had to be found to
build water and lighting plants, to
provide sewerage systems and paving;
The Ragtime Muse
Plea for the Defense.
Let me be no "bard sublime";
Down the corridors of time
My attenuated rhyme
Would sound thin and pitiful.
Let me lilt my feeble lay
Silly, possibly, but gay
Pleasing one soul, if it may.
In this great big cityful.
This at least my verse may claim ;
It aspires not to fame
(Pegasus Is somewhat lame). i
But 'tis not didactical.
Never offers good advice.
Never tells one to be "nice."
Never drools of folly'i price.
Does not say, "Be Practical."
It does not essay to preach.
To admonish or to teach;
Thus the weary It may reach
Who are bored with platitude.
So I sing my tuneful bit.
It mav lack in worth and wit
What it Isn't makes a hit,
Earns a reader's gratitude.
Heard on the Wharf.
"So you're going over on the steam
er. Aren't you afraid you'll be sea
ick?" "Not a bit! You sea I've swung
around on the straps of crowded trol
ley cars every day for years,' so I'm
used to a rough voyage."
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
Coquille Sentinel: Dry wood wanted
at tlie Sentinel office. We won't re-
fuse to take it on subscription, but '
are willing to pay cash for it. If it '
weren't for a few piles of mill wood
ahead, Coquille wwufoT ' be Buffering
from a wood famine right now; and'
that is green enough to try the tern-1
per of a saint.
I
Tho Hermiston school, the Herald
proudly states, was one of two in j
Umatilla county qualifying every!
grade in the preliminary spelling con
test. The average was 9d. In the con- 1
tests throughout the county, not more!
than 40 per eent of the classes quali
fied. !
Definite plans for beginning the j
work of improving and beautifying)
the Skinner s butte tract and to make ;
a park of it have been decided upon j
by the city park board of Kucene. A
scenic driveway is an item in the Im
provement plan.
The Women's Relief Corps of Salem
has adopted a resolution declaring that
Memorial Day should "be- held sacred
to the memory of our soldier and sailor
dead; that we protest against anything
that would not be harmonious and in
accord with the sentiment of the day."
The Burns Times-Herald is puzzled
to note "local merchants unloading
outside bacon, hams and lard made by
the big packing plants, while local
packers are shipping the home product
to outside points. "-
Approximately three-quarters of a
mile of concrete walk has been con
structed at Weston and It is the pre
diction of the Leader that before the
spirit of improvement has subsided a
mile will have been built.
Plans and specifications are being
prepared for a four room school house
at the new town of Wheeler.
IN MEXICO IN 1846-8
insurrection of a faction known as
"Polkos" because their hostile demon
stration helped the cause of the Ameri
cans and the militant policy of Presi
dent Polk.
Taylor s army was at this juncture
reduced lo about 6000 in order to re
inforce General Scott.
Before the reinforcements reached
General Scott he was compelled to fac.i
at least 15,000 under Santa Anna at
Cerro Gordo, between Vera Cruz and
Jalapa, on April 18. Santa Anna's fol
lowers were routed the leader fled to
Orizaba, the army retreated to Puebla.
Finally Sauta Anna got back to the
capital and succeeded in recruiting 10,
000 men to resist the invaders.
Scott remained in Puebla, having
driven out the Mexicans, until by Aug
ust 7 reinforcements had raised his de
pleted forces to 11,000 men. From the
old convent of Churubusco a Mexican
garrison of but 800 men, under Gen
eral Anaya, with six nodescrlpt cannon,
offered a magnificent resistance to
more than 6000 Americans until their
ammunition was exhausted.
When the American general, Twiggs,
entered the convent he asked General
Anaya for the ammunition. "If there
had been any ammunition left, you
would not now be here," was the reply
of the brave Mexican.
After Churubusco, Santa Anna fled
from the capital, and eventually from
the republic.
Casa Mata and Molino del Rey next
fell into the hands of the Americans.
At daybreak of September 13, Chapul
tepec, on the outskirts of the capital,
was attacked by the entire army, under
Pillow. The fighting was desperate.
The cadets of the military college,
some of them boys of 14. were among
the bravest of the Trave. Lieutenant
U. S. Grant, who had mounted a how
itzer in the tower of the Church of San
Coarae, was conspicuous for gallantry
In this final assault upon the capital.
On the 14th of September the Ameri
cans were in complete possession and
our flag floated above the national
palace.
Our troops remained In the city of
Mexico till June 6, 1848, when the
treaty of peace signed February 2 was
j ratified. By this treaty. New Mexico
ana epper uanrornia I Dii.ass square
miles) passed into the possession of
the United States. The Rio Grande
was accepted as the boundary. The
United States agreed, in five annual
installments, to pay Mexico $16,000,000.
and assumed the obligations of Mexico
wherein Americans were concerned.
The cost to the United States was
about 25,000 men killed or wounded
and the expenditure of $166,500,000.
the electric railway companies had to
build new lines and extend old sys
tems, and the solid industrial plants':
like the packing companies, had to
establish branches faster than they
had planned.
All of these demands ,wer being
met, principally by British lenders,
until two or three years ago. Then
came that world-wide contraction of
credit which has lasted down to this
present time. Canada found that even
her principal cities could no longer
borrow in the London market at a
rate which seemed fair.
Gradually Canada's bid for funds
has risen. London could not supply
what was needed, and in the last year
Canadian borrowers have been coming
to New York, Philadelphia and Chi
cago with Issues of bonds to sell.
Take a recent Province of Alberta
iVt per cent issue. Here is a ten
year bond, about equal In rank with
one of our state issues, which Is of
fered to yield the investor 4.85 per cent.
You can't do as well buying bonds of
as high grade in the United States.
Mostly the issues offered by the best
bond dealers of Canada are of a very
hif?h class; they are certainly worth
looking into.
Pointed Paragraphs
Doing beats wishing, but It's more
like work.
Many a shallow remark is backed up
bv a dep voice.
Despair means the turning of oe'a'
back on the future.
Nothing Jolts an egotist so success
fully as being ignored.
Who wouldn't fall short If measured
by the Golden Rule? .
On touch of fashion, may make all
women look like freaks.
Every man's credit is good .when -it
conies to borrowing trouble.
The man who has no enemies usually
has the same number of friends.
a
' Every year is leap year to the young
widow who is wise to the game.
From his point of view no man ver
marries a woman smarter than him
self. The less some men have to do the
longer they fool around befor gaittlng
busy.
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Lockley.
By a recent mail I received a-letter
from K. B. Tichenor, the grandson of
Captain William Tichenor, one of th
pioneer manners of the racinc coast,
who, was captain of the Sea Gull, ply
ing between San Frant-isco and Port
land in 1852. Mr. Tlehenor's letter
reads as follows:
"I have reed in the different coast
Irer mat a salvage company is De
iog formed in Oakland, CaU, to make
an attempt at locating the wreck of
the side wheel steamer Brother-Jonathan,
which went down off the south
ern coast of Oregon in 186.. News
paper reports say that the search i
based on information given by an In
dian witness of the wreck, who kept
his secret for nearly half a century.
1 have in my possession a manum rip -riatiditl
down lo me from inv arrand-
fathcr, Cuiitaln William Tichenor, one
of the early sta captains who ran be
tween San Francisco and Portland 1 -have
never marie public this mamu
fcrlpt. My father kept It as a'secra
up to the time of his death. It wa
the intention of my grandfather to
try to secure the treasure that went
down with the Brother Jonathan. At
the time of the loss of the ill fated
ship the government offered $-10,0M
reward for the finding of the locution
of the wreck. I am giving you the
following information to protect those
who will possibly squander several -thousand
dollars on false Information.
"The Brother Jonathan did not sink
off the northern California coast. Her
bottom fell out off the coast of south
em Oregon. The upper part of the
vt-ssel floated for many days. The
lunging of the veftsel bucking the
strong north wind drove her heavy
freight contents through her bottom
and an eye witness of the-affair gave
the Information to mv grandfather.
The upper part of the Brother Jonathan
was found bottom side up after the
accident. It would not be much trouble
to locate the contents of the- vessel
during the summer months, as the
formation of the bottom of the ocean
where tne accident took place is of a
cement like formation, and the tress-
' ure safi would not b n tn h kit.
1 ered with Hand I am willing to glvai
to any legitimate concern the informa
tion I have, as I will never be In a
position to take advantage of it. Cor
dially, yours, F. B. Tichenor, Lyon
buildiiTK. Seattle, Wash."
Mr. Tlehenor's letter brings to mind
one of the most tragic events that ever
occurred in the maritime history of
the Pacific northwest.
The Brother Jonathan was built In
New York In 1852, and was brought
around the Horn by Captain (. ll.
Baldwin, who was afterward an ad
miral of the United Slates navy. Hiram
Sanford was her first engineer, while
L. V. Hogeboom was the first assist
ant. When she reached San Francisco
Commodore Vanderbilt purchased her
to run on the Nicaragua line. Later
she was purchased by John T. Wright,
who renamed her the Commodore. In
1858, with 350 passengers, she nar
rowly escaped foundering. Wright Im
mediately sold her to the California
Steam Navigation company, who spent
several thousand dollars In rebuilding
i her. During the next few years the
j Brother Jonathan was as good as a
mint. She coined money for her own
ers. She was a side wheeler, and all
of the old 4ca dogs said that she was
one of the best boats afloat If she wan
I not overloaded. She was scheduled to
leave San Francisco for her northern
trip on July 28, 1865. Captain Samuel'
I J. De Woif, her master, told the agent
: that she had as much freight aboard
' as It would be safe to send -her to sea
j with. The agent in charge was not
I the regular agent. He continued to
j receive cargo and put It abiard. and
1 upon Captain De Wolf's remonstrating,
he intimated that he whs a coward,
and said: "If you don't want to tak
the steamer out, we can find someone
i else who will."
The Brother Jonathan cast loohe
1 from tKc liu rf at iK-w.n mi ',a i. ... .
'eighth of July. After pusslng out of
! the Golden Gate, she immediately en
j countered a head wind with 'h lijtvy
sea. She was hardly able to hold her
i own. Two days later, v.lifii the Broth
j er Jonathan wai abojt 1 miles north-'
i west of Crescent City, Captain D Wolf
seeing the hopelessness of continuing
the trip in such weather, dv-dd to
put bark to Crescerrt City and wait
until the storm should abate. When
aboul eight miles west f Point St.
George, she apparently struck, for tlie
. passengers .and in-w were thrown to
the deck, and almost ,- immediate! V
brnkf-n pieees of the . kei f and splin
tered fragments tf the liflll floated up
' alongside. There whs a tremendously
heavy sea on. In the , testimony, of
Jacob Yates, the quartermaster, who
Was on watch at the time, he said:
"We ran until about 1:50 a. in., when
we struck with great force, knocking
the passengers down and starting the
'leek plunks The i up tain stopped -ami
iiaeked her, but could not move her. an
: inch. She rolled about five minutes.
By that time th.; wind and sea had
slewed her around until tier head came
; to the sea. when f ie worked off a
lliltle. The forerrftisf went through her
I bottom until the yard rested on the
! deck. Captain De Wolf ordered every
j one to look to his own safety and
said he would do the best he could for
Hll "
i The Brother Jonathan was insuffi-
ciently equipped with life boats anJ
, also had very little life saving a p para-
tus. Almost immediately a boat was
1 lowered, but members of the crew and
; passengers, crazed with fear, leaped
! into the boat with the women ami
'children The boat was overturned
find swamped and all were drowned.
I The third mate. Jamea Patterson, IS
j minutes later lowered another boat,
land keeping the men passengers and
! crew away, he placed five women and'
j three children in the boat. In spite
of his efforts 10 members of the crew
i scrambled into the boat and pushed
J off. The bost. though heavily over
j laden, and In spite of the heavy sea,
I arrived safely at Crescent City.
ltie United States government bad
sent aboard the Brother Jonathan
large sum of money to pay the troops
In the northwest, although the rerorln
I of the great treasure aboard were
exaggerated, as there was not to ex
ceed $200,oi0 In her safe.
,. As James Patterson, the third mate.
I was leaving the Brother Jonathan.
i Captain De Wolf said: "Tell thern if
' they had not overloaded us we would
; have got through all right and this-
never would have happened."
Not to Blame.
From the Baltimore American
"My dear, there's too much caloric
this soup."
"There: I tr Id tbe cook you would
ther have It seasoned with parsley."
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