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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, MAY "4, 1914.
THE JOURNAL
C. B. JACKSON
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fubllahad arrrr vatilc (szrept Somlar ad
wr tandar asarolnf at Toe Journal Hand
ing, snuaaway ana nmmu tn., -priiu.i-r
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department Ittcbtd br nambars. Tell
. tli operator wbat department you want.
materially in the days ..of the rev-j killed" and eight wounded, a total , of the Nazarene, It -can - still hold
olution to whom no memorial has -of 19 killed and 57 wounded. In
been erected.
' Recently Ji 3. Jusserand, the
.fcrench "ambassador, said "Nobody
risked so , much or did so , much
unaided for ; the .' United States : as
Admiral Fletcher's "recent opera
tions 12 men .were ,. killed and 5 8
wounded, while the Mexicans lost
126 killed: and 195 " wounded, a
total of 321. . '
frOKEIGN ADVEKTISIKQ KEPRK8BNTATIVK
Ifajamla Kcntaor Co.. BroDawjck Bid,
TO, Fifth .. ew . fork; 121 . Peopla
Ml Bldf ., Cbleaco. ..
- Sabarrtptkm tama hy -mali of to ajr ad
draaa In tba f7nltd States or Mexico:
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Oo year. ;.....$. 00 Om mKUi.......$ M
. "..,.--' scwrmr
Ona raar. ....... $2 0 I On montb. ,I..X5
- v, DAILY AND SUNDAY
0a rear. '.)..... $7.50. Ona month $ .65
:.troe faith goes hand In
hand .with power. Paul Ham
ilton Hayne, ....
VETOES AND MILITIA.
T
iHE OREGONIAN says West's
Idea of ' what a "governor
should do is to "veto bills
and call out the militia."
Why shouldn't a governor "veto
bills?" What is he given' the veto
for? , Most governors do not veto
bills enough. The veto governors
of Oregon have- always been ap
proved bj the people. They are
the" governors whom the people
have re-elected. Time and again,
governors who did not exercise
the veto power, were not given a
second term. '
Pennoyer was a veto governor.
He was re-elected to a second
term, although a Democrat In a
strongly Republican state.
Chamberlain returned more ve
toes than did Pennoyer. He was
re-elected governor and then
elected senator.
did De Grasse." .It was his .fleet of j The. coincidence is that history
war vessels that helped to secure j practically -repeated itself.' .It is
General Washington's victory overt probably a fair deduction from, the
fast to its ancient moorings while
going out to meet the radical
movements and participate in the
social service of this changeful
time without impairing the 'old
faith. .
There is an atmosphere of wel
come it can radiate, and a drawing
power for moral uplift it can ex-
A FEW SMILES
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
Lord, Cornwailis at Yorktown, thus; facts to say that the Mexicans areiercise. There are . generous re-
Hearing a
bringing the Revolutionary war to -little better shots than they were
an end.
' Washington has statues of La
fayette, Rochambeau, Steuben and
Kosciusko, f four - foreigners who
helped the American colonies in
their, war for,- Independence. De
Grasse's services were recognized
by General Washington, and they
have been acknowledged by Amer
ican historians.
The moral influence of the
French fleet as an American ally,
was of incalculable value in ''its
encouraging effect throughout the
colonies as well as for its discour
aging effect upon George III.' The
attitude of the French then and
that attitude since as expressed by
the gift of the statue of Liberty En
lightening the World is reason
enough for the' people of this coun
try to honor the memory of the-i
French admiral of the Revolution.
We owe much as well, to our
great body of French-Americans
and to them honor for De Grasse
would be a felicltlons token of ap
preciation of France and French
men. ' - ' .
ALASKAN SURVEYS.
T
67 years ago, in spite of the fact
tlfat losses inflicted upon the Ameri
cans py " snipers ' in unaeienaea
Vera Cruz in 1914 were practical
ly Identical with American losses
in 1847. . The comparatively
greater casualties in 1914 were
due to 'better guns, illustrating
the fact that' modern war Is even
more cruel than that of history.
KEEP THE RECORD STRAIGHT.
noise at the kitchen en-j
trance, the man
of the house slipped
quietly to the - rear
door and suddenly
opened It. The
grocer's delivery
boy was there with
a basket containing
dozen eggs, a
SMALL CHANGS
wards for right living to which It poundoTTutter and some Roquefort
can point and many a brave boy I cheese. . ';
and girl around whom it can throw Oh, it's you, is it, Billy?" said the
man. say wire is always afraid when
she hears a noise here, especially after
its protecting arms.
No one has -learned bad habits
from study of the life and work
of the Gallilean. No church can
make every day practice of His
teachings without radiating light
and gentleness throughout the
community.
The storm tossed life of Gen
eral Daniel E. Sicklea has come
it begins to grow dark. She thinks
it's a robber." y
"Well, she needn't chang her mind
oh my account" gloomily responded
the grocer's boy, handing over the!
goods and presenting the , bill, which
called for $1.87i
8 " .
"Now Tdmmy," reprimanded his
mother "don't let me catch you . throw
ing any more stones."
Well, what will
HE JOURNAL does not . pro-! to a close. His career was a most ! I do when the other
HE United States Geological
Survey has completed prepa
rations for the annual cam
paign of investigating the
mineral resources of Alaska.
Unusual interest attaches to the
work this year for the reason that
it will in a measure supplement
West vetoed 64 bills at the 1911 the survey in connection with the
Session, and about 70 at the 1913 i proposed government railway by
session. He vetoed a bill that ' determining the resources of those
among other things, provided funds , districts to be served by the ail
for payment of his own salary. It! way.
was an omnibus bill to which pet i Eleven parties will be put in
appropriations were attached as j tne fieid Gne party consisting of
riders in order to insure their Beven men and fifteen horses will
passage. West asked that they bejgo up the Matanuska river early
segregated, and asked 'that the in june and begin work near the
emergency clause be removed so scene of the new gold discovery
the people could use the referen-! n Albert creek. It will penetrate
dum on the objectionable items in ! a region little known, lying in the
case they were passed over the j headwater country of Talkeetna
veto. j river. Returning this fall the par-
But the legislature ignored ev- j ty will survey the region between
erytblng. It passed the bill, rid- Matanuska and Copper rivers that
ere, emergency clause and all, over . has been advocated as - a railway
Ihe veto and the -pet approprla-1 route.
tlons are now a part of, the high ) Another party of seven men with
taxes of the state. twenty horses will explore the re
pose to permit the legislative
history of . Oregon as reflected
in the 1911 and 1913 sessions
to be falsified to the benefit of
the legislature and the detriment
of Governor West.
Take, for example, Senator Mil
ler's flat salary bill, recommended
by Governor West In his message
to the 1911 session. It proposed
a saving of $25,000 a year in the
state printer's office. It.-paseed
the senate February 13, by the
following vote:
Ayes Albee, Barrett, of Uma
tilla, Burgess, Chase, Dimick,
Hawley, Joseph, Kellaher, Lester,
Locke, Malarkey, McCulloch, Mer
rlman. Miller, Norton, Oliver, Pat
ton, Slnnott, President Selling.
Noes Abraham, Barrett of
Washington, ' Bean, Bowerman,
Calkins, Carson, Hoskins, Not
tingham, Parrlsh and Wood.
The bill went Into the house,
where preparations had long been
ready to kill it. It was held up
there by the power of the ways
and means committee, from which
committee many members were
told that they must beat the print
er bill or their measures would be
killed. The scheme was deep and
cunningly laid, and the trap was
sprung at an evening session a day
or two before adjournment., The
measure was beaten decisively.
In a sensational message next
morning, the Governor demanded
reconsideration of the flat salary
bill for the printer, and, in effect,
stated that if it was not so recon
sidered and passed, there would
be retaliation by veto of the ap
propriation .bills of those who had
killed it.
The message was a bombshell in
the house. It broke the power of
remarkable one and was full of
romance and adventure. -By na
ture he was a. fighter. 'A pleasant
feature of his passing was tne
reconciliation with his wife from
whom he had been estranged tor
a quarter of a century.
Letters From the People
Tellers throw 'em V
asked Tommy.
"Just come " and
tell me," his mother
replied.
"Tell you!" he ex
claimed in astonish
ment. "Why. you couldn't
broad side of a barn!"
hit the
(Communication aent to Tba Journal tor
publication In tola department abould ba writ
ten on only one alda of tba paper, anould not
exceed 800 words la length and mut ba ac
companied by tbe name and addreaa of tbe
aender. If tbe writer doea not dealr to
bare tbe name published, be anould ao' state.)
"Discuaalon is tbe greatest of aU reform
era. It rationalises ererytblng it touches. It
rob princtplea of aU false sanctity and
throws them back on their reasonableness. If
tbey bare no reasonableness, it rotblessly
crushes them out of existence and aeta up Its
own conclusions tn their sted-" Woodrow
Wilson.
Denouncing Rockefeller.
Cherryvale, Or May 1. To the Edi
tor of The journal I want to thank
you very much for the very able and
humane editorial in a recent issue of
your valuable paper on the terrible
and appalling situation in Colorado.
This terrorizing and killing people in
cold blood must stop. Government by
gunmen cannot be permitted in Amer
ica. Some of the ablest newspapers
in the United States, among them the
Little John was full of -mischief and
1 during his firsf year at school hardly
a day passed that
he was ' not sent to
stand in the corner.
When the school
house burned dowh
and a new one was
Immediately begun
the little boy went
to his father, who
was county superintendent.
"Don't you think we could get the
carpenter to build a round school house
this time, father?" he said.
"Why, son?" his father asked, in
astonishment
"Because," the little fellow answer
ed. "I'm getting very tired of corners."
drink too much. It is true some things
contain more poison than others. We
cannot eat or drink so much of them.
W are not compelled to go to the
druggist and buv a blu- a rtA nf car
bolic acid and firlnk it Just because
the druggist sells it. The same Is
true of liquor. The nrohihittrmlat
liquor is
One never hears of the undtrsiied
eggs hens often Iay
la war, as In peace, a Missouri
mule can always be depended on to
do Its duty. -
Looks like the schoolmaster will
keep tbe congressional kids In school
all . summer again.
- -
Six days in a week is enough for
anybody to work, but necessity may
cause a few exceptions.
a
Of course there was a woman, or
women, in the case of Griffith, the al
leged embezzling army officer.
Nobody was surprised to learn, of
ficially, that there is lumber combine,
to restrict output and Increase prices.
There never was and never will be
a really good reason why Astoria
should not have common point rates.
Some of the refugees should not Dt
blamed very much for wishing Huerta
to be licked good before peac is ar
ranged. .
The awful condition of prisoners in
that horrible old jail m Vera Crus Is
one eloquent exhibit of Mexican gov
ernment. There is no certainty that young
Astor and his bride will be any happi
er than poor young couples married
tbe same day. ,
It is tothe Interest of the man with
alleged cure-dope to sell to make as
many people as possible believe that
they are ill.
It is easy to say that anybody who
wsnts to -cart get a job. but some cap
able men can't; somehow they haven't
the knack.
a
Roosevelt has discovered a new, or
hitherto unknown tribe of people, who
wear no clothes. Or so the polite and
entertaining Brazilians told him.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Silverton citizens have - bought a
17250 street improvement bond Issue,
at par.
A wagon factory Is the latest sug
gestion to arouse public Interest at
the busy little town of Sherwood.
'The wheat is looking so good In
this section," writes tne Arlington
correspondent of the Condon Globe,
"that many farmers who have not
smiled for years are actually laugh
ing out loud."
"Whatever Dallas may be deficient
in, it has a band that's hard to beat,"
is one of t,ie very first local obser-
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Lockley.
Discussion as to the route to be
selected for the government rallroaJ
In Alaska, brings to mind the dlff 1-'
cullies overcome in the early days of
the Klondike gold rush in getting the
mail to the" new camps. Captain Rich
ard Chilcott. an old-time mariner now
living In Portland, in speaking of the
early days of the gold rush, said:
"The obstacles to be overcome la
making a trip into Dawson City in
tbe early days of the gold discoveries
determined the government to survey
a route across Alaska. Surveyors were
Bent Into the territory early in 1898,
with instructions to commence the
vations recorded oy nutor uates tn survey at the most feasible tlde-
nm newiy purcnasea paper, tne uauas
Observer.
a
L. G. Harlan, manager, and L. K.
Harlan, editor are responsible for
the Heppner Herald, the six page,
six column weekly, the first issue
of which came from the press lat
Thursday. The publishers point with
Frlde to the first typesetting machine
n Morrow county, and offer a paper
that is all home print and all llvo
news and "business."
Thpse who were hoping to have a
Coos county building at the Panama
Pacific exposition are doomed to dis
appointment, according to information
roftAlvpH hv thn nnmmArlfll r' 1 1 1 V"t In.
terested. All exhibits must be made j lesser mileage than from any other
in the main exhibit palaces. poos point, the distance from Valdes to
county people had hoped to do exten-
water point ou the Alasaitn gulf. Af
ter Investigation it was determine 1
that Vuldcz, at the head of I'rince
William sound, was the proper toast
terminus lor the proposed road.
'T'ae points in its favor were a
land locked harbor which was easy
of approach, and the further fact that
it was the most northerly point ami
thus penetrated farther into the in
terior, as well as the fact that it was
free from ice during the entire year,
upon surveying the route: it was
found that the Yukon river coald be
reached at Eagle City, Just t'als side
Of the International boundary ltne,-on
sire advertising
tne tair.
of their section at
Eagle being 322 miles. The Alaska
range was crossed at an elevation
of 2300 feet, which was the lowest
HillsbOro talent receives the follow- i " l" range or moun-
ing compliment from the McMinnville tains.
re-ienhone Kegister: k. u. aioore, as i in tne. ran or iss the govern-
director, has good reason to feel i ment " asked for bids to carry mall
proud of his jrroup of playerB which over the route from Valdes to Eagle
irLltLtrh)!?, ' .ft ! City and on to circle City, which
city Saturday night, presenting 'The i
Man of th Hour, tor the benent or
the McMinnville library. This is the
second time Hillsboro people have de
lighted us with their home' productions."
WRITING INSURANCE ON "WAR RISKS"
say liquor la unwho nm v.vow.
Rocky Mountain News of Denver, the : body knows liquor is made of the same
Kansas City Times and other well i kind of articles that we eat. Where
known metropolitan papers, nave taaen is your proof that it is unwholesome?
equally strong ground. It is a proved fact that prohibition
Who is at the bottom of this horrible Is a failure. Maine has been under
butchery in Colorado, where women prohibition rule for nearly 60 years.
and children have been shot down Usas According to the age and population
As to calling "out the militia." glon between Lake Clark on the
OoveTnor West haB never used the east and the Iditarod district on ' the ways and means combine, and
uiilitla for other purpose than to , the west. There is a belt of coun-! caused many members to change
try here over 100 miles in width
which is almost an entire blank
on the map. The3 party will follow
a route that has been Suggested
enforce the law. The chief in
stance was at Oopperfield. There
the law was suspended. The dis
trict attorney and sheriff of Ba
ker county were telegraphing West j for a railway Into the great Kus
practically defying his request to ! kokwlm basin.
tbem to correct conditions at Cop- j Another party will cross Skolal
perflHd. The district attorney j pa8s into the White river basin
notified the sheriff that there was
jio law for correcting conditions
in the little frontier town.
, At that time, the mayoralty and
council of the town were in the
bands of the saloon men.
The high officials of the city
twere saloon owners, bar tenders,
and" one saloon swamper.
Boys of 14 and upwards were
being made drnnk, Oiien gam
bling was in progress. There were
and thence to the international
boundary. This is also a region
where railway building has been
considered.
Surveys in Alaska require prep
aration long in advauce and part
of the supplies are shipped over
the trails in winter. For this sea
son's work supplies were started
inland from the coast early lat
January und are npw cached at
convenient points for the use of
the surveying parties daring the
in
open charges of arson, and there
was testimony that people were, working season which begins
afraid to oppose conditions through i June and ends in September,
fear of firebugs. I These activities are the begin-
After West sent Colonel Lawnon 'nings of a vast development in the
to Copperfield and cleaned up the ' north. They are certain to add
town, tne aisinci attorney ana nis , new leaiures 10 me Known re
front. A motion to reconsider
was made, and in a succession of
votes the attitude of the house was
completely reversed and the bill
passed.
It became the law, and it was
due alone to the threatening mes
sage of Governor West that the
result was achieved.
Attempt was made in the 1913
legislature to repeal It. The house
and senate machines passed the
repeal bill, In spite of the efforts
of the minority in both houses
that stood together consistently
in opposition to the caucus gang.
But the governor vetoed the re
peal bill. A frantic effort was
made to pass the repeal measure
over the veto, but it failed In the
senate.
The Miller law la now In ef
fect, and It is saving the taxpayers
dogs? Who else but that cold blood
ed and greedy wretch, John D. Rocke
feller, and his delectable son? Read
the eon's testimony before a congres
sional committee. It might be well to
refresh the memory of your readers
with a true sketch from the history
of this Inhuman monster, who has
capped the climax of all his previous
villainies with these last atrocious ac
tions. There Is a settler living here who
formerly worked for the Merrett boys
In northern Michigan when they dis
covered the famous Mesaba iron
range, near Duluth. Waen its Jhar
velous wealth became known John D.
sent a hypocritical preacher of his
pretended faith to get into the confi
dence of these simple hearted men, and
Invite them-down to Cleveland to visit
him In Euclid avenue. Accordingly,
one of these men went down there, and
under the guise of religion, some
ji-oney- was advanced by Rockefeller,
well secured; in fact. It amounted to
a bill of sale, which be said was a
mere form. As he was unable to liqui
From the New York Evening Post
With the rise to 2 per cent last
Thursday In the price of insurance
covering the risks of war on merchandise-shipments
from United States
ports to Mexican towns, "war risks"
touched the highest level reported lu
this city since 1904. It was Just 10
years ago, during the conflict between
Russia and Japan, that the marine un
derwriters of Wall street reaped a
harvest through insuring vessels bound
for China carrying valuable " cargoes
belonging to American manufacturers.
The insurants were under contract to
make large deliveries at stated inter
vals, and since the vessels had to pass
of the state it is the poorest state In In the vicinity of the Vladivostock
. V. T I rrr . . ' . . . .
me union. The people have all left
there but a handful of prohibition
ists, and they sit around on dry goods
boxes and whittle and talk about how
wicked the people are In Massachu
setts, where they sell liquor. Massa
chusetts has gained' In wealth1 during
me past ju years two to one over the
state of Maine. God has told us of
every evil that exists in the world. If
you can find a passage in his book
I whprfl It sflv3 anv nt thm tvill h.1
j eliminated before Christ returns I am
willing to lay down. The prohibition
doctrine cannot be sustained by the
word of God, and it is an Illogical
theory.
I noticed In The Journal a short
time ago that Mr. Riechen said I re
fused to meet him in public discus
sion on the prohibition question. I
don't know how we- could discuss the
question any . more- publicly than we
are. ; E. A. LINSCOTT.
Genealogy.
Portland, May 2. To the Editor of
"c """" , r"' i The Journal While this most noble
date when this paper came due, old .,, ... .n . .
John D. took possession of property
wortlf untold millions. Later such a
storm of public disapproval of this
treacherous act was raised that Rocke
feller advanced another insignificant
sum if they would sign a statement
completely exonerating him from all
blame. One of the brothers committed
suicide when he realised what a for
tune he had lpst, and the other, with
two families on his hands, was com
pelled .to sign this humiliating article.
All of this will be found in the Con
gressional Record for 1912, and is
matter of public record. This money
monster has been guilty of many such
and worthy study has been almost
wholly Ignored and overlooked in our
generation' and on this western hemis
phere especially, it is worthy of note
squadron, the owners of the cargo
sought protection against seizure and
other hazards.
Through Insurances, effected on one
vessel alone, the Ardova, the under
writers reaped a small fortune, not
withstanding the fact that the war
risk on that vessel proved to be very
great The boat encountered in tbe
Red sea two Russian cruisers, which
tried to capture it. They fired upon
the vessel, but the captain, realising
that he -. had contraband material
aboard, made a dash to get away and
succeeded In' doing so. The incident
was fortunate for the underwriters,
since thev stood to lose a larsre amount
tn spite of $tbe fact that the premtu n
charged was Considered ample at the
time that the vessel sailed.
Shortly after the sinking of the Brit
ish steamship Knight Commander by
the Russian fleet in July, 1904. there
was a rush to secure war risa insur
anee. The Wall street underwriters
got as much as 2 per cent for large six
months' policies, collecting J25.000 In
! premiums on a single day when the
I excitement was at its height. The
I policies were of the blanket variety
and stipulated that the premium
of
the contract. None of the underwrit
ers took a loss on those policies, so
that In recent times some Elijah spirit ,d b M whetlier tne wpre
h,&" ,be1m6 nja'llff9t .and pe.op1,6 ' shipped or not. or whether peace should
ZZl' " . i be declared before the expiration
of genealogy is as old as Adam, as old
therefore as the race. We are given
the exact descent of the early families
In Genesis, while Moses wrote a book
to establish the lines of descent from
the 12 sons of Jacob. With the He
brews, the preparation of genealogies
.was one of the classic arts, and em-
that they came out handsomely on the
deal.
Some of the foreign companies, how
ever encountered large losses result
ing from the sinking of coal Bhlps st
Port Arthur. The risk was great and
premiums of 40, 60 and even 60 per
cent were paid. The vessels carried
coal for the Russian fleet and & few
boats got through all right But the
crisis came when Port Arthur fell on
January 2, 1905, and the Japanese cat -tured
all the coal ships with their
valuable cargoes. A good portion f
these losses j.robably fell upon under
writers at Lloyds, Ixndon, and the In
surances were heavy enough to wipe
out most of the profits cleared n war
risk business for several years.
During the Spanish-American war
the marine companies wrote very large
risks. These included every variety of
hazard from seaside cottages along t"e
Jersey shore, on which a premium of
. ner rent was nald. to insurances on
k,1 knit, ViniinJ for Vi A mwli'Jll I Slsted of
fleet, which Were covered at one tim Into two parts, one for the men, the
90 miles farther down the Yukon
rivor. During the summer of 1898 I
kept a man in the interior on an ex
ploring and prospecting trip. Ills
report showed that there were im
mense deposits of copper throughout
what was known as the Wrangell dis
trict, lying between the Chestochena
on the north and the Chittynaw river.
He met the government engineers and
for awhile traveled with them. ll
located in my name the town Hits of
Copper Center, at the best point n
the Copper river where tie trail froih
Eagle City would cross.
"After studying his report I bid for
the transportation .of the mail. My
bid was 11600 a month less than anv
other bid. I received 12830 for each
trip, the requirement being that I
should make st least one - trip' per
month, and that the first class mail
should not exceed 100 pounds m
weight I began at once to get rra'ly
to carry out my contract The coun
try was untraveled and I had to rnako
a trail over an unknown territory.
Within 24 hours of the time my
party left Valdez, our horses stam
peded, seven of . thetn"falllng over a
precipice and being killed. This mads
a month's dlay, as I had to send to
Seattle for additional homes'.
"We made the trail and etabllhel
camps over 20 miles. Our canto ron-
larg. log cabin divided
for a 10 per cent premium. There
were no losses for the underwriters on
any of these risks, the .most ridiculous
of which. In view of what afterwards
happened, were covered by the "bom
bardment policies" on New York city
property south of Forty-second street, J
which the insurance men consented to
write for a premium of 4 per cent.
It is true, however, that a good many
war risks represent gambling venturer,
pure and Blmple. The underwriters
usually ask as high fspremlum as they
winer pan xor mo norses In summer
and for the dog teams in winter. W.i
bad to pack into each camp full
equipment. Including stores, provis
ions, bedding, toolH, harnen mil
equipment for the horsn and dogs.
We :iired the Indians to catch atnl
dry salmon for dog feed, giving them
tea, flour, sugar and tobacco In .ex
change for the dried salmon Thl
made the dog feed cost about $10 a
ton. W used eight horses and 42
dogs.
can eet and demand aulck aoceptanci l ln "r!l ma toon tn was in
of the terms offered. The rate is gov- i September, 1899. M
y contract calltul
for carrying the mail for a term of
three years. As soon as the winter
set in wo turned the eight horses
loose, putting dogs on the sledges In
place of tho horses. The next spring
cles stipulate that the war risk does w ' recovers, t.ven or th.- worses,
not Include losses due to delays inri- T,ho J Ued and eaten by
blockade. Even In such "';; ,
the insurers would "- carrying tne man over this
iuuio, rrauzeu ns vaiuo as a rati-
erned also by the character of the
goods Insured and whether or not they
could be regarded In case of seizure
as "contraband material." Each risk
Is taken .on its merits and, most poli-
dent to a
cases, however.
have to pay for the loss of a ship de
stroyed in running a blockade, sines
the damage in that Instance would re
sult from an "Incident of war," and
therefore covered by the war risk.
BEST. INVESTMENT, POWER TO WORK
By John M. Osklson.
grand juryMndicted the mayor, tn- sources of Alaska. They are pre- lem T me people or Ore-
dicteil most of th oo.inHlmn nd i liminaries to ths h.,Hdmr f tn u" uau ueu P'uuuerea ior rorxy
I -O
of the Rtata $1800 nor mnnth nr
eon nnn . T i of unparalleled atrocity is the most
more than $20.000 a year. It nspoakable and unforgiveable of tUem
brushed away the last surviving all. Now, then, this man has put-him-remnant
of an extravagant fee sis- i self outside the pale of mercy and
charity, and his immense wealth should
Insurance experts say that the worker
damnable actions, but this last Infamy y?d th-e. 5?' toi?"L.0", ",,e - ves longer than the drone, and that
, the holder of an endowment policy
proceeded to a general cleanup.
The whole, aspect of government
In Baker county changed. ;The dis
trict attorney was able, after Law
son'g work, to rind law and find
evidence for Winging indictments
which he said before Lawson went,
that he could not find.
Such was the result of West's
use of the militia. He used It
because the law of the state was
suspended. lie used it because
Copperfield was in lawless hands.
He used it because the civil offi
cers , were winking at the lawless
conditions in the little frontier
town.- He used it for the purpose
of establishing law and order, and
' never was militia put to a better
; service. Never did use of militia
have a better effect In bringing a
'district attorney, a sheriff and a
grand Jury to a -proper under
standing and application of their
duty.
The people of Oregon owe Gov
ernor West unstinted praise for
what he did at Copperfield. and
' the great masses of the people. are
extending it to him
railroads under the Chamberlain
bill. As Captain MacGregor of
the steamer Stetson said, "Portland,
started her Alaska steamship line
at the right time." -
years.
VERA CRUZ, A COMPARISON
V
ERA CRUZ has twice been
occupied by armed forces of
the United States, and the
New York Sun calls atten
tion to a somewhat remarkable
coincidence. The recent seizure
FEMINISMS.
A
CCORDING to a statement
accredited to Mrs.' Charlotte
Perkins Gilman the reason
a woman is fonder of going
to church than a man, is because
the church is the only place to
which she can go as a human be
ing and not as the female relative
of man.
From this it would seem tthat
the assumption that women go to
of tha diatom hnnta anil n1a!ner
the Htv under American mntmi ' church because they are more re
cost the navy not far from the i -itfOM than men is an erroneous
same inM that rtenAri wurtoM I one- 11 also indicates, that every-
Scott sustained An his land opera-1 e except m me cnur.cn woman The few prominent names they give
J. PARNELL AVERILL.
Anti-Prohibition Forces.
Gervais, Or., May 1. To the Editor
people. They were exceeding partlcu
1 a ..... a. 1 . i V. n 1 (.:.. i
The Levitical priesthood, after the ,lves loner
days of Moses, was held only by those : out straight life insurance
of Droved descent. A man's word could i There is a perfectly logical reason
IT1& .vir for Th ZPr w Z be accepted when there was no ! why the worker who takes out an en-
sassssasr1 record 10 "li?
beiV
exia.ni 10 groaier ur less ucgiee m -- --- . . .
every land and at every period of his- certain sum. which wuld be payaoio
tory. Yet none understood the reason when he was 50 years old Then, 10
for this careful preservation of lines years later, start another fund to be
of descent, save the chosen seed of Va to nimsen wnea ne rn i
These would be in the nature of re-
,..i. r. lohn, t, turns on laoor investments over ua
writer. i nav.e already taken the double genealogy of the Saviour, given above the requirements of the moment
judges; now I am after the doctors. fc MalJnew and by Luke f orms the I venture to say that if the worker had
We are the populace; a few drunkar Js lon t and m0Bt remarkable chain of , sums coming to bim at the age of 50.
are the bone of contention. When E. genealogy in the world. It establishes at 60. at 85, and at 70 (and these
W. Durkee cussed Osborne Yates as wlth0ut question hat Jesus, son of j would be respectable sums. too. if he
one man against 61 doctors, bejittlng Marv was born in direct descent from had added to them from his twenty
him for standing pat for Mrs." Abigail ZlXi Tnd Adlm? aeCCnt IF m I second year to. his fiftieth, say!) he
UVV "O V V WI1CU UlUlOClf
beside her, not as one man but as
171,171 registration power. Prohibition
registers only 8545. To offset the 61
physicians I have estimated a world
number not yet heard from, 7,833,600.
of Tie Journal-ln, Monday's Journal 70 Voubtless learned by ge
I found I was ably assisted in my i revclatlon and tradition the vital sig-j Tl
capture of the Bible, by a Portland iflot)ri, Qn, ,i nf thi labor. T), ' turn
would be pretty sure to. take good care
of his health; his work would be done
easier; he would get up to the better
paid Job quicker, and bis family would
be a whole lot happier than if he had ;
no definite reward In sight
After all, your power to work stead- i
lly and Intelligently Is the "biggest and !
best investment you can possibly make.
Suppose some employer thinks you
worth 1500 a year; in order to pay
that to you, he must invest $30,000
so that it brings him In 6 per cent
he Is capitalizing your labor at $30,000!
So, when you Increase your power
to work, you are Increasing the best
investment you can have. If you can
increase and conserve that power br
setting definite rewards ahead of you.
It la vour dfitv to do It. Ona real
excuse for the endowment form of i
road route, so I made application,
with others, for a franchise from tho
government to build a railroad. The
application was granted without io
lay, and I laid some rails, did a little
grading and attempted to enlist cspl
taL After spending $25,000 .in the
work, I was unable to s't;cure tin?
neceHxary financial tacking and had
to give It up.
"it Is uuita probable, however, thit
the government will adopt tjls sam
route as the most feasible one for
the proposed 'government-owned rail
road in Alaska."
The Ragtime Muse
-J , :
Reformed Sea IKgs.
Now t hoy c-hrlsten our ship
For her maiden trip
By the hand of a governor's daughter
Of a state gone drv
With a slice of pie
And a bottle o' mineral water!
tlons In February, 1847.
Scott's army numbered 12,000
i officers and men, and Vera Cruz
was defended by a force of about
4400. The Mexican war had been
in progress nearly a year. Palo
Alta, Resaca de la Palma and Mon
terey had been subdued, but the
losses of these cities in northern
Mexico apparently had little effect
Hla fiffort i on tne i3sne of the iwar. A cam-
there will be of lasting effect in i PS11 asakist the City of Mexico
reminding district attorneys and
sheriffs of Oregon of the fact
that the old time custom of many
-of them In not enforcing aw and
winking at lawlessness is chiefly
responsible for the wide spread dis
. respect of law and authority in this
state.
' "If Oregon continues to have gov
termors who will force district at
torneys . and sheriffs to , do their
duty, this state will maintain a
position as one of the finest com
monwealths in the Union. .
, l HONORING " DK GRASSE.
'Vv.'. -iV-Y-.." 1 . "' v ' .....
:T T IS proposed: to erect a monu-
1
! ment In Washington to Admiral
; De ; Grasses Patriotic organi
ations behind the movement
urge the. fact : that the French
sailor .Is the only foreign ' com
mander who helped thla country
by way of Vera Crus became neces
sary. '
There was no opposition to the
landing of Scott's army, and he be
gan at once to invest the city.
Heavy siege guns were taken
ashore from the American trans
ports.and for fourdaya a steady
bombardment "of the city was car
ried on. A. mexlcan force of 200D
men was repulsed in an attempt
to flank the Americans, and there
is considered simply the
relative of man and not a human
being.
If woman is not the female rel
ative, of man how is she to be
classed?
The statement of Mrs. Perkins
is on a par with that of Mrs.JMId
dleton, daughter of Senator La
Follette, who is reported to advo-
In Europe and Asia, we find genea- '
logical societies of long standing, and'pigg" in dry' territory. He is very
since 1830 several societies have been carefui about his own hide. But he
formed here in the United States for : haa njs hired tool to do the work for
genealogical endeavors. These socle- him. True Teform starts at home, and
ties have for their object -the estab- we hope that next November there will
female i condemning drunkards I will Bet ! 11B"m e"1 1 1 ? Z?k th- 1)6 ucn ? '?Br ,l
i v-o- rivit i )eiiA nun v""w"" v.. - Homes UWUBl U"0
coTdemnaUon Wn drunkards dls- .Preparation mnd Printing of books jtrafllc wlfi be crushed out forever
J. r IVAil Ik
measure. 10 to 1, and thereby put Ore
gon in the front rank as a state where
pftome owners and home builders are
not penalized.
ALFRED D. CRIDGE.
like their own lack of forceful char-' r k h wt rtirnWirt i.
acter. The world stands for temper-!" h?fd Jbt f.T?!S
ance, not for prohibition. One rST.
says liquor does not let the unborn i
child alone. Prohibiting liquor often i Mf8- ... , . . . ,
encumbers the world with blrthmatk ' My f ond?.sLb rA8. LS
drunkards.
right: "Let
own kids."
make them
rne Bandon man is
them take care of their
Mr. Lin scot t should not
drink. They might like
cate that married women refuse to i ma ?o I.Tf 1Uw
o ,v . . , " , it. Just rob them, and put them on
assume the name of their husbands
and retain that of their father.
If her plan were carried to its
logical conclusion all women would
be called Eve and all men Adam.
A
A NEW CHURCH.
SPLENDID new stone church
was dedicated yesterday In
Irvington.
It Is one of . the costly ed
ifices of the -city; and if Its dedi
catory services are a faithful omen.
was "sniping' by the Mexicans , it is to have a career of great power
each night. Eighteen days after and usefulness. It is built and ded
landing his army, which at that : icated by the Presbyterian denom
tlme was a formidable force, Scott ination, but yits managers insist
received the surrender of Vera! that it is to be so conducted as to
Cruz. ".
The Mexicans reported losses of
600 killed .and wounded, but his
torians now say "that the number
was ... overstated. The American
army lost 1 2 men killed and 4 9
wounded, , the navy losing seven
be the church home for the entire
community. i :
There is no limit to the great
service that can be rendered :i at
such a place. As Dr. Boyd said
in the dedicatory sermon, if a con
gregation be filled with the spirit
Home Tax Exemption.
Portland, May 2. To the Editor of
The Journal There are about 45,000
buildings assessed In Multnomah coun.
season and out of season, with ever ' ty, but the homeowners do ( not pos
tncreasing love and pleasure. I do sin- 1 sess them all. Tne million dollar sky
cerely wish and hope that our state scraper Is not exempted a cent by the
supervisor for university and college j $1500 exemption measure. There may
the logged off land, where they want.
! education would allow space in these
. . lnvnlnfl.. W. AnA
G. A. Cobb, candidate 1 raB"lu"u" " ,
for tha Democratic nomination n.v more cnair. genealogy.
ed to put us.
George C. Brownell, candidate for tho
Republican, stand for prohibition.
Why don't they get into the Prohibi
tion party, then? Why are they un
der falsa colors, to work against pro
duction, commerce and labor? We
must ' snap the whip, sending them
and prohibition sprawling. Our liquor
merchants must . snap the whin.
J. C. WESTENGARD,
Illiteracy Figures. .
Reedvllle, Or, May l.WTo the Editor
of The journal Now somes F. J. R.
with some figures to show more illiter
acy In Kansas, a dry state, than there
is in Oregon. No uoubt ne gets
Information from some whisky organ;
knocking off all illegal sales snd di- . but concede that Kansas and North
order. Then w will proceed. w
did since the beginning of -ftime, a
free, law abiding people. Gentlemen,
bring your wives . and daughters to
tlja , polls and vote wet, ,f or enforced
law, - order and temperance.
: ELLA M. FINNEY. -
r Mr. Linscott Returns. : I
Silvei-ton Or., May 1. To the Ed
itor of . The Journal The Prohibition
ists remind me of a nest of hornets..
They an try to sting me at once. They
addle my brain more than all the whis
key I ever saw. -They say liquor is
poison. Isn't it a fact that we exist
on poison ?. f.-AU ' foods contain ' more
or less poison. If we eat too much- it
poisons us. , Tb same Is true If we
Dakota have a larger percentage of il
literacy, the cause is not bard to find,
and every schoolboy ought to know it
The bulk of Oregon's, population will
be found In its cities and suburbs, with
school facilities second to no state in
the Union; . whereas, the population of
North Dakota and Kanses will be
found in rural districts. There are no
mountainous districts In Kansas un
populated; there are no stretches of
timber on its soil It Is peopled from
one end to the other with a farming
class of people and the district school
Is oftentimes far removed from the
farms. The illiteracy in the southern
states Is due to the negro population
there. . Of course, the liquor man is not
found bootleggibg or conducting "blind
be 35,000 homes in Multnomah county
that would came under its provisions,
many of them worth less than $500.
The indications are that the average
exemption would be about $750 to
each home owner, but let us assume
that It will average $100. Then we
have $35,000,000 exempted from taxa
tion of tbe $341,000,000. The horse
his owner and the working man own but
a small part of the remaining prop
erty on which taxes would be increased
possibly 10 per cent If the home
owner has a lot worth on the assess
ment roll $500 and a bouse on it' as
sessed for -$500 his taxes would be
abolished on the house and Increased
possibly 10 per eent on the lot.
- This would encourage htm to build
and beautify and improve. The tiers
of empty lots around him, on an aver
age 10 to his one used lot, would
each pay as much tax as his. Would
not that make a demand for labor,
lumber, cement, freight, hardwood and
provisions? Would it ot attract thou,
sands and tens of thousands to the
beautiful city of Portland, where you
could own a "-house and contents, and.
if not assessed above $1500, pay no
taxes on it? -Jf
we want prosperity with a. big
Then we puts to sea
On a cup o' fa
And an ire cream cone per seaman,
Attri tha wr.u
life insurance (which regarded as pure 'With a tate tor grog
insurance is too costly) Is that It Is classed as a bad rum demon.
does set ahead -of the policy holder at
definite promise of reward; It leads l 'rh offers' mess
to better care of health and working ! e ul "water spaniels,-
i hev drink pink poft
Which the KaiTiR in xlop
When they toast Josephus Daniels!
power.
P and cash pouring Into Oregon for
development and Investment we will
But we'll be
vote for the $1500 home tax exemption ! To the C. T
(We'll cut out the femln!n lottavl
And work or fight.
We'll do it right.
And we feel a darned sight better.
Proposes a 'Union" Party.
Portland, Or., May 2. To the Editor
of The Journal The main reason pro
hibition has never been accomplished,
to my mind, is the people have never
been united on the issue. It has been
well eald that the Prohibition party is
not the one to solve this question, for
various reasons. It is too narrow In
its scope. It takes a large party with
a good name based on sound principles
to solve great questions. I am in favor
of a Union party a party In which
every Republican, Democrat, Prohibi
tionist Progressive or Socialist can
have a share in controlling it and a
party where all can ; take every Im
portant plank- from our old parties
and combine them for better and clean
er government A pure democracy,
based on the laws of God, for the
majority of the people laws wisely
made and Justly, also mercifully, ex
ecuted, BENJAMIN W. ADAMS.
Pointed Paragraphs
Eggs That Are- Eggs.
Portland, .May 2. To tbe Editor of
The Journal. I was pleased to read
the articles In regard to Mr. Braxle
ton's . Black Minorca ben, her large
eggs and her habits of living. How
ever, we can boast of bens nearer
Portland. The Garnet farm, on Colum
bia boulevard, has some Barred Ply
mouth. Rocks, and we measured two
eggs which were laid by' the young
pullets. On egg measured 7 finches,
and ths other 7 inches the long way,
and both 5 inches the short way.
. C. V. GARNET.
Some women one can't flatter after
the undertaker Is summoned,
What matter 'if a girl's complexion
is poor when her father is rich?
wen are iixe neeoies; wnen iney are
broke women have no use -for them.
The trouble with some people Is they
have their work In one place' and their
thoughts in -another.
When a bride begins to realize that
her husband is mach like her brother,
ber air castles collapse.
When a man has tnpre money than
he knows what to do wKh other people
want to land him some of theirs.
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