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a dozen pollcomen'a clubs.
Jacob A. Rils.
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NO MORE PANICS
D
ECLARING that under the
new currency law panics are
Impossible, A. L. Mills, presi
dent of the First National
bank of Portland aroused enthu
siastic applause at yesterday's
luncheon of the Progressive Busi
ness Men's club. He said:
Under the operation of the federal
reserve banks, such a financial dis
turbance as that which swept the
country in 1907 will be an lmpossl
hllltv. The mobilizing of the re-
u,v. in one of the chief features
of tha act. Through Its provisions.
it ! nlh1e to (father up the re
serves from all of the banks, and
hold them In readiness for Instant use.
Mr. Mills likened the reserve
system to a great central reservoir
from which are purr the
tTOtma nf money to .itirts
where relief is necessary, .ie de
scribed the issuing of emergency
currency In times of monetary
stress as the one main and Immedi
ate source of relief.
Mi? Mills' testimony Is In accord
with that of many eminent experts
and of the president of the United
States. The new law prevents
great New York banks from being
masters of Individual enterprise,
. and enables them to be more per
fect instruments of individual en
terprise. It puts an end to the co
lossal power over credit and cur
rency that has been exercised by
a few very powerful men. It is a
measure which removes private
control of credit and establishes
public control of credit.
There can be but one result
from such a measure. The springs
of national finance can no longer
bo corrupted or unworthily con
trolled. Credit and currency are
emancipated, and private and pub
lic enterprise made free. With
the Btreams and currents of busi
ness unchoked by the artificial de
vices of designing menVor by the
inadequacy of the former ineffi
cient currency and banking system,
there Is certain to be steady progr
ress in the country's business and
a constant augmentation of uni
versal national prosperity.
The passage of the currency bill
was the greatest piece of construct
ive legislation in a generation. In
Its world aspect, it takes rank
with the emancipation proclama
tion. It Is one of the greatest meas
ures ever delivered by a national
administration to the American
people. It Is a personal triumph
for Woodrow Wilson and a na
tional triumph for the power and
purpose of American institutions.
SUBMERGED
WHAT the rule of Penrose,
and the other mandarins
of reaction in Pennsylvania
means, is illuminated by a
recent address before the Pennsyl
vania 4 Manufacturers' Association
by David A. Reed, chairman of
the Industrial Accident Commis
sion of Pennsylvania. He said:
i ne sort coal workers at present
enjoy aimoat total Immunity from lia
bility for the countless accidents In
Mielr mines. This Is possible under
a decision of the supreme court.
which regards the mine foreman hs a
fellow-worker of the miners. Mine
owners are absolved from any ma
terlal responsibility for accidents.
In one year in one Pennsylvania
mine, sixty-five men were killed in
preventable accidents. The document
ary evidence showed that the mine
owners paid less than $25 damages
for each man killed.
Mine owners are absolved from
any material responsibility for ac
cidents. In one year in one mine, 65
men were killed In preventable ac
cidents. It cost mine owners less
than $25 . per head damages for
each man' killed.
This cruel report was made by
a man who openly opposes a state
compensation law like that in Ore
gon. In his address 'the cheapness
of -a miner's life at less than. $25
per, was ' not ah Indictment. It
was a boast. It was,a felicitous"
report to the mill owners of Penn
sylvania as to the fine arrangement
of things the courts and the state
government had fixed up for the
mine owners of Pennsylvania.
The' charred bodies of five little
boy workers of 14 were taken along
with the 180 dead from the mine
In the recent explosion in West
. Virginia. But even West Virginia
has a workmen's compensation law
'with, fairly generous payments to
th wives and children of mine
Victims. West Virginia's state gov
ernment ana courts, even though
permitting children of 14 to go
down and $rk.in the deep mines,
maksrnine owners share response
btlity, and the widows and chil
dren of dead miners are granted
something for subsistence when ac
cidents come. ,
Not so in Pennsylvania. There,
mine owners are absolved. The
courts of the state so declare.
The owners require insurance for
their engines, buildings and other
property. They need no insurance
against accidents to their men.
The life of a miner is worth less
than $25.
Penrose rule in Pennsylvania
puts property above the man, puts
the dollar above a life.
WOMAN OUTDONE
T
HROUGHOUT history, it has
been the woman, who used
her stocking for the safe con
cealment and carriage of valu-
ables.
In that secret spot she has depos
ited almost everything from a roll
of bills to a bird cage, or from, a
diamond necklace to a family
Bible. The capacity of a woman's
stocking as a means of transporta
tion is practically unlimited, if all
the tales told of it are true.
It has been the place of conceal
ment for the razor with which she
has filagreed the windpipe of a
faithless lover. It has been the
ready receptacle for booty from a
looted jewelry establishment. It
has served as many purposed and
done as miscellaneous a business,
if tradition and tales are to be
trusted, as any average city deliv
ery wagon.
But in Portland this week, the
woman's stocking has been paral
leled in the dare-devil performance
of a man's sock. When taken in
custody by the police, . there re
posed in this man's sock, the load
ed pistol which he was accused of
having stolen.
In the usual search, the police
overlooked the weapon, and It
still reposed in his sock when he
was locked up in his cell, where a
day elapsed before it was discov
ered. Even woman is fairly outdone
when a man perambulates this
planet with a small cannon in his
footwear.
MAKE A MECCA
A
MOVEMENT Is on foot in
Philadelphia to make the cel
ebration of the Fourth of
July in that city a national
event every year. The President
and members of his cabinet, Con
gressmen, Governors or states and
Mayors of cities are to be invited
to make a pilgrimage to the Bhrine
of American liberty and renew
their patriotism at its source.
Commenting on the movement
the Public Ledger says:
It Is a err eat privilege- which pre
sents itself to Philadelphia as cus
todian of the national birthplace to
offer 1$ each year to the use of the
nation"; to arrange for a celebra
tion commensurate with the occasion,
to assure the success of the under
taking. It Is a greater privilege for
Mr. Wilson to be the first president
to consaerate this day, in this way,
to a national festival to establish a
precedent that will run through the
years.
Contrasting the many historic
places in Philadelphia with those
In Boston which is filled with vis
itors every summer it is pointed
out that the National congress
never met in Boston, and that
while its merchants threw a cargo
of tea overboard, they did not over
throw a foreign government as
was done in Philadelphia when the
Declaration of Independence was
passed. While a lantern was hung
in a Boston church spire as a sig
nal to Paul Revere the stars and
stripes were made In Philadelphia.
While Franklin was born In Bos
ton he left there when seventeen
years of age and went to Philadel
phia to carve out his career.
When you come to think of it
Philadelphia is a very Interesting
city.
OV It SMALLER YIELD
I
T IS estimated that the wheat
crop of the United States this
year will be 600,000,000 bushels.
This means money for the farm
er and when the farmer has money
he spends it to the advantage of
the merchant and the manufac
turer. Still, in the large yield there Is
not much to brag about. It ought
to be, at least, a billion bushels.
It would mean much in added pros
perity, if, at practically the same
cost of labor our farmers had
400,000,000 more bushels of wheat
to sell from the same amount of
land.
Of the various problems in
volved in raising wheat profitably
none is more vital than the produc
tion per acre. Our ability to com
pete successfully in the world's
market with our surplus product
depends largely upon this.
The average production per acre
of wheat in the United States from
1903 to 1912, inclusive, was 14.1
bushels. This is far below that
of other countries. In Great Brit-
tain the average was 31.7; in Ger
many, .30.1; in France, 20.4; In
Austria, 19.8; in Hungary, 18.4;
in European Russia, 9.7; in Can
ada (in 1912), 20.37.
It Is evidently not primarily, nor
chiefly, a question of soil, for
neither the soil in Great Britain
nor Germany compares in fertility
with the black lands of Russia nor
that of the United States, nor
Canada. The land irr Germany and
England has been tilled for cen
turies and yet these countries head
the list in production. They are
able to maintain this lead because
they follow scientific methods and
give back to the soil its strength.
KUsia,- wuh its low production,
is an example of unintelligent la
bor and antiquated practices.
Such statistics as are available
indicate the cost of raising wheat
in the northwestern provinces of
Canada Is somewhat greater than
in our northwestern spring wheat
states because of the higher cost
of farm labor and of farm machin
ery and the lack of as cheap and
adequate transportation facilities.
Yet, the greater production per
acre, nearly fifty per cent. Is a
serious handicap to our farmers.
The hope of the future for all
grains lies in the steady spread
and increasing knowledge of scien
tific farming methods which lay
stress on both the need and possi
bility of a large increase per acre
as the most obvious and feasible
solution of the. problem of success
ful and profitable agriculture.
BEATING CREDITORS
T
HERE was an acquittal in the
case of Robinson and Oppen
helmer, charged in the United
States court with concealing
the assets of a bankrupt.
In the testimony at the trial,
there are details on which there
will be no acquittal in the great
court of public opinion.
One of the defendants admitted
on the witness stand that by dally
withdrawals, he took out of the
business cash totaling about $18,-
000. He admitted that he was on
the way to Canada when taken
in custody. Testimony showed that
the money withdrawn from the
business had - already preceded him
in his flight from the United
States.
It was the withdrawals that
helped to break the business. It
was money derived from daily
Bales, and from which creditors ex
pected to receive their pay. Under
both the Bpirit and purpose of the
bankruptcy act, it was money that
belonged to creditors until their
claims were satisfied. In morals
and in fair dealing between man
and man, it was money to which
creditors were entitled to the ex
tent of their claims.
But this great sum of money im
morally withdrawn from the busi
ness was appropriated to his own
purposes by one of the partners.
This he admitted on the witness
stand. He further admitted that
he paid from this money, $1000 to
Fulton and Bowermtn as attorney
fee.
Many lawyers Justify themselves
in accepting loot In payment for
legal services in defense of men
accused of crime.
It is true that in the Robinson
Oppenheimer case there was an ac
quittal. But In morals, the money
applied to this ' fee belonged to
creditors.
What if others than lawyers en
gaged in such a practice? Out of
respect lor their honorable pro
fession, should not lawyers In such
cases, always advise restitution! .
CAUSE OP DEFEAT
w
E HAVE lost to Great Brit
ain at golf but polo and
yachting and a few other
things remain.
One lesson learned from the
golf contest is that the American
invasion was given too much pub
licity. Weeks before the game it
was proclaimed far and wide that
the Americans were not only send
ing over their best golfers but were
applying scientific, principles as
well.
This aroused the British and a
gallant resistance was undertaken
and the old veterans were sum
moned to repel the invader.
As a result of all this prelimi
nary advertising and shouting
player and public were keyed up
to a high state. of nervousness. The
strain was too much for the Ameri
can player and the realization of
the great responsibility resting on
him to make good, made him so
self conscious that he "foozled"
the ball.
A contrast that carries its own
moral is the contest of last year.
Then we had a player named Hein
rich Schmidt who came very
near winning tthe championship.
Schmidt went over to England un-
neraided ana without any prac-
tice entered the tournament. When
he began to defeat Englishman
after Englishman people asked
"who is tills Schmidt?" He went
to the semi-finals where he was
beaten on the nineteenth hole.
It were better next time not to
send a brass band. .
Peace becomes monotonous some
times but It certainly is economical.
The total expenditure in connec
tion with the Mexican affair to
date la nearly five millions. It
cost $2,429,000 in railroad and
special steamer charges to trans
port troops to Vera Cruz. A horse
shoeing bill of $25,000 has been
accumulated. ' Incidentally the
trouble In Colorado has cost the
federal government approximately
$50,000.
A Hood River .church has pur
chased an automobile in- which to
carfy its choirmaster l&ck and
forth. Why not extend the automo
bile service and carry the members
to and from worship? Herein Is a
suggestion, on how to solve the
question why many do . not go to
church. The mountain '. would not
come to Mahomet, so Mahomet went
to the mountain,
A woman has -been called as as
sistant pastor of a leading Port
land church. 'Within thirty years,
the submergence of woman, was
euch that, a widow had .no right
to burial in the family lot in Mas
sachusetts, and s could not occupy
the home of 'her late husband
more than forty days without pay
ing rent. The " world Is moving.
It "will be vastly bettered by the
rise of woman.
Letters From the People
ICotDmaaleatlona um ta TTi Journal for
publication In tta la department abotild bo writ
tea on onlr one aid nf tbe naner. ahoaid not
exceed 800 worda la length and moat be ac
companied by tbe same end addraaa of tbe
eeader. If tbe writer doe sot deelr to
bare tba name pnbllabed. be aboold ao atata.1
"Dlftenaalon la the areareat of all reform
era. ft rationalise eeertbtne; It toaebea. It
robe principle of all false aaoctltr and
tbrowa them back on tbetr reaeonableoec. If
tbe ba no reaaonablenesa. It rotblea!
rrnaboa.tbem out of exletence ad aeta op Ita
ewa couUuatoa 1b tbetr etead. Woodrow
Wtlsoa.
The Thoughts of the Sages.
Portland. May 27. To the Editor of
The Journal The public school was
founded for tha purpose of teaching
children attending them to think log
ically, to express themselves so they
can be understood, and to work out
problems as they present themselves.
Primarily, all advancement comes by
the use , of language. Without some
means of transmitting thought, the
-human race would be but little better
than the seasts of the fields. Above
all other things we should endeavor
to Improve ourselves In the use of
language. And how can we better do
so than by studying select portions of
the Bible? By the daily use of this
simple, yet beautiful, language, we
form the habit of expressing our
thoughts in similar terms.
And why stop with the Bible? We
have the words and thoughts of all
our great philosophers from every kin
dred and every clime, who at 'times
have toppled over the thrones of ty
rants and sent the world onward to
ward the goal of pure democracy. By
Imbibing their thoughts, the child of
today will tomorrow think toward the
same goal. Then, too, we should pick
out a few jewels of thought from Con
fuclus and all the other founders of
great religions. Coming down to more
recent date, wo can pick out the writ
ings of the zealots who did so much
in helping to free the world from re
ligloua bigotry. In fact, a composite
of all the great thoughts of all times
ought to be made familiar to school
children. Our schools should turn out
broad-minded men and women capable
of viewing things from every possible
angle. "Ye shall know the truth and
the truth shall make you free," is
a good motto to be placed in every
school house. W. V. CHAPMAN.
Decoration Day at Lents.
Lents, Or., May 28. To the Editor
of The Journal Multnomah cemetery,
a beautiful plot of ten acres, will be
the scene of the Memorial day serv
ices of Reuben Wilson post, G. A. R.
The old soldiers will be assisted by
the women of the G. A. R. circle, the
Sons of "Veterans, Spanish war veter-
ans and the children of the Lents and
Woodmere schools. After decorating
the graves the- cortege will proceed to
Johnson creek and after the cere
mony of casting flowers Into tlae creek
in memory of the sailor dead of the
rebellion, will countermarch to the
I. O. O. F. hall, where the services
will be concluded. '
Multnomah cemetery, where the
beautiful ceremony of decorating the
graves is to 'be held, is an ideal and
beautiful spot on the Oregon City
road, one mile north of Grays Cross
ing. It was platted 12 years ago, and
is in charge of John Dorsey. WhlleH
the cemetery Is an ideal resting place
for the dead, 'made so by the watch
ful and painstaking care of the su
perintendent, it is & sad fact, that
many of the graves are sadly neglect
ed. ' While many of the monuments
show the ' thoughtful remembrance
of the "living for the dead," others'
have been forgotten."
At this time, while kindly thoughts
of those who have gone before are
uppermost in the minds of the peo
ple, it would be well if a little ef
fort were made and a little money
expended by those who have dear ones
sleeping "until the great angel shall
sound his call," to help In keeping the
graves and surroundings in proper
care and order.
BERNARD MULRINE.
Declares Prohibition a Failure.
Portland, May 27. To the Editor of
The Journal I consider barkeeping
one of the most degrading of all hu
man pursuits, and the habitual drunk
ard the most degenerate of all crea
tures, and nothing whatever can there
fore be said in defense of the grog
shop. But I am also convinced that a
Prohibition law such as Is now pro
posed for Oregon, and which now is in
operation in a few states, is utterly
useless as a remedy.' The Prohibition
scheme is hardly anything but an idle
dream, a sentimental nonsense, and a
fad that w-lll soon fade away. The
Prohibition idea is based on a false
principle on the theory that supply
creates . demand, or that because of
the abundance of alcoholic liquid there
are thirsty throats. But all right-
minded people know ' that demand ere
ates 'supply, and that because of the
many dry throats and the persistent
demand We have liquor and the drink
ing saloon. The efforts of ministers
and other good men in the interest of
Prohibition are largely wasted. They
should preach .the gospel, in season and
out of season, and not Prohibition; for
Christianity is, after all, the only sure
cure for the evil habit of drunkenness
Let therer be also systematic and per
sistent education, beginning with the
young child ln the publio school, and
the number of drunkards will be less,
As for the manufacture and sale of
booze, it " is here to stay, aa well as
other forms of sin. We. may talk and
sing of prohibition, of universal peace.
and of converting this old, wicked
world, but it is all a pleasant dream.
never to come true ln this dispensa
tion. VICTOR NEWMAN.
Bootleggers of Kansas.
Kenton. May 27. To tha Editor of
The Journal I have - read the letter
m last Saturday's Journal written- by
Chris Engleman of Vancouver. I have
had a somewhat large experience ln
my traveling through - Kansas. No
doubt the gentleman was right when
he said he could' get all he wanted to
drink, in Kansas. No doubt he knew
on which leg the bootlegger carried
the whiskey. ' I was riding on a train
through Kansas, seated behind two
men. Neither knew what the others
business was."- Their conversation
drifted- to prohibition. The - question
was asked by one, "Does prohibition
prohibit?" The other said. "All one
has to do is to travel for some die
tillery; he would soon find the differ
ence." He said be was selling for a
large St. Louis wholesale liquor "house
and his territory was Kansas and Ne
braska. "Why, I want to tell you, my
dear friend, I can sell a tralnload in
Nebraska, or any unprohibited terrl
tory 'quicker than I can sell half & car
load In a prohibition territory.
E. M. BORNE.
Approves Marquam Gulch Fill.
Portland, May 28. To the Editor of
The JnurnaWThe movement taken up
by. the South .Portland Improvement I vinceA that th Illusion they re pur-eVil. The Father placed all the alco
club to have Jutarquam gulch filled and I suing Is no "genie," and will have no hoi required for our ute In whole-
A FEW SMILES
The foxiness of father was referred
to at a secent social affair when Sen
ator George Suther
land of Utah was re
minded of an incident
along that line.
' Some time ago the
senator said, a pretty
little baby girl arrived
at' a happy surbaban
home and immediately
the entire family, including aunts,
cousins and mother-in-laws, were busy
selecting an appropriate name.
"Harry, Joyously cried mothef when
the old man returned home one eve
ning, "I have decided on a name for
tha baby! We will call her Gwen
doyjn!" For a moment father did a hard piece
of thinking. The name Gwendolyn
sounded to him like a fire whistle out
of tune, but he knew better than to
oppose mother. Therefore he grew
foxy.
"Gwendolyn! Gwendolyn! he mus
ingly replied. "I like that a whole lot,
dear. Long before I met you I had a
girl named Gwendolyn, and she "
"Who said anything about Gwen
dolyn?" Icily interjected wifey. "Your
hearing must be defective. I said we
will call the baby Mary, after my
motner."
In a recent play tha stage manager
staced a meadow with ehewinir arum
V5i F m.?f- 7AilJlJ7L frf. Ln
and cold cure and cigarette ads on
every rock and tree
and fence. j
"Hold, hold," said
the star. "Ads la our
meadow scene! That's
carrying commercial-
Ism a bit too far."
"Coramer c 1 a 1 1 s m
nothing." said the
stage manager. "Im a realist, I am,
and I want that meadow to look like
a genuine one."
"Speaking of animals, in my opinion
the elephant is the cleverest of them
all," said the old circus man. "I re-
memDer once, many
years ago, when Jacko,
who was then under
my charge, showed,
me that he could read."
"Oh, come now!"
said the listener.
"I'll prove it to you
In about two minutes,"
said the trainer. "Well, as I was say
ing, the old fellow, got Into a scrap
with the Bengal tiger, and before we
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and-T7;
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x e&ai. jie a
wh"e you wait.' Of course he had made i
a mistake. But what do you expect of
a poor, dumb brute?"
.
going wild!' somebody shouted. 'Don't ! ,m . , lnV k
you believe It.' says I. Now where do I is a f ,ve foot aluminum bronze shaft,
you suppose that elephant nt to?" weighing 800 pounds set in 2000
"Went to the surgeon s. I suppose 1 Punds of concrete. At less Important
Can't you get up a better yarn'" , points the monument is smaller, a cone
"No, he didn't go to the surgeon s of the same metal- and requiring only
He went straight to a little shop 1500 Pouns of- concrete. There are
where a sign said. "Trunk r.nnir.,i ! approximately 200 of these monument.
thereby obliterated is one which should 'work, remarked:
have been taken up long ago. The ugly ; "The start was made from one of the
gash, extending from the hillside to i desolate peaks of the Mount St. Elias
the river front, has long been an eye- Alps, on the southern extremity. There
sore to the community and a blot upon J we laid our course straight for the
an otherwise beautiful portion of the : Northern Lights and there after
city. If Commissioners Daly and Big- I swerved not so much as a hairbreadth
clow have devised a scheme whereby peaks, gulches, bottomless swamps
they can dump ashes and other refuse I wherever the needle pointed there
there and at the same time safeguard j we went, one day cutting our way
the health of the nearby dwellers this j through brush tangles, the next build
project should receive a hearty wel- , ing a track across marshes, or crawl
come. Of course, they will meet with ng over rocks and through crevasses."
opposition; but this does not mean that ! Small steamers, on Yukon and Por
tteir plan is not a good one and that ! cupine cooperated with the expedition,
it does not merit some consideration, i Dut they were able to reach with sup
The whole west side from North Port- I
land to the gulch in question has been
a series of fills. Many of these fills
have been made possible by the plan
proposed ror Harquam gulch. The
scheme is no experiment. By all means
let us accept it.
SOUTH PORTLANDER.
Portland-Made Goods.
Portland. May 28. To the Editor nf
The Journal I would like to have you
publish the following In your paper,
as soon as possible, as it might do a
certain class of laboring men a lot
or good.
Now we hear a lot about "patronize
home industry," and I see much ad- I clared by the tax authorities "delin
vertlslng of eastern manufactured J quenL" After that, the county carries
goods in Portland. Now in Sunday's the taxes for a time; then, ln case the
paper there is a half page telling tha I owner does not pay them, any one may
public about the fine quality of a cer-
lain easiern-maae mattress. There will cate." This tax certificate may men
be hundreds, no doubt, that will go j be redeemed by the owner of the prop
and see It and buy, while the Portland j erty, before the property Is sold to sat
mattress makers are starving. ! itfy the claim, by the payment of the
While I was reading that advertise-
ment my wife was getting dinner
ready, and it Is an actual fact that
there wasn't enough In the house to
eat.
The mattress business is all paid bv
piecework and some days It doesn't
reach a dollar. It some of the peo
ple of Portland go around to the si. ops
and see how we make our living. Most
all the mattress makers ln Portland
are men with families and It is a Hard
struggle some times to pull through.
The eastern mattress, of which I
have spoken. Is a good mattress, but
the very firm that had the advertise
ment in the Sunday paper has just as
good Portland-made mattresses in Its
store and what is more at $6 to $10
less in price.
Now let me ask the good people of
Portland to go to the demonstration
and when the salesman gets through
talking, ask him to show a mattress
that Is manufactured in Portland. He
has them, and mighty good ones too;
So when we need anything here In
Portland why not buy a home product?
We shall get just as good and at a
lower figure.
Maybe this letter is not written as
it should be. I am only a popr labor
ing man and do not know how to put
it in form. But at the mattress dem
onstration let Portland people ask for
a Portland-made mattress, so that we
mattress makers may receive the bene
fit. And if they do I may have a bet
ter meal next Sunday than I had last.
A MATTRESS MAKER.
Mrs. Doniway to Mrs. Ayers.
Portland, May 29. To the Editor of
The Journal An excited little be
liever in the quack nostrum of prohi
bition, as a sure cure for the evils of
the Intemperance in men that we all
deplore, met me this morning, and al
luding to the letter of Mrs. George H.
Ayers In your columns of yesterday,
said excitedly, "Answer it if you
can.;' I can see nothing in it to an
swer, except to ; assure my friends
that she reminds 'me of . Toodles"
In the old fashioned play of "Thomp
son with a P," who persisted in seeing
"two candles." when. In reality, there
was but one. And, as "Toodles" in
trying to grasp the real candle, al
ways clutched at the Imaginary one
(because he was Intoxicated and
couldn't see straight); bur prohibition
friends are likewise intoxicated (with
another stimulant) and are clutching
after an "unbottlei genie" whlch has
no real existence. I; am well a Ware
that much experience will be required
before .men and women who are pur
suing an ignis fatuus can . b eon
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALx. CHANGE
No matter, yet. how they are run
ning. e
The only campaign on now Is the
Rose Festival.
Those who planted will get great
growth now.
e
It was a regular "glorious" early
summer Oregon rain.
Is it possible that the mediators will
agree to anything this year?
The person who has somfthinr tn
sell that many people want is all right.
The farmers are the princes of pro
ducers, who keep the world alive and
moving.
But has Huerta even yet to protect
and preserve his personal and official
tugmty T'
When Wilson and Roosevelt meet,
the limelight in all other localities
becomes dim.
Roosevelt perhaps wanted to see if
the White House had been kept prop
erly scrubbed.
The world suffers larger or lesser
losses daily. Bishop Scaddlng. vet In
his ripe prime of usefulness fell sud
denly. ""'' oi Rrcai unanciers ana
rallroad Presidents Is invarlahlv very
noor ln .., n., I7,,ir, ,hAn, oj
why such forgetful fellows ever got
and held their jobs, and monef.
e
Another man gone who constantly
tried to do good, and really did much,
was Jacob Riis. Nobody can calculate
how much good, or how far jt will
reach, such an humble private person
can do.
A 600-MILE LANE THROUGH WILDERNESS
From the Tacoma News.
The great work of marking the
boundary lice between the far north
ern dominions of the United States and
of Canada, begun ln 1907, will be fin
ished this summer, under this direction
of Thomas Rlggs Jr.; representing the
United States, and T. D. Craig, repre
senting Canada. Through? 600 miles of
wilderness the stone markers are be
ing carried through a lane ln the tim
ber 20 feet wide. The monuments aro
set three or four miles apart. The
United 'States party Is composed of
some 60 to 80 men cowboys, forest
Pn..nr. DkH rrnlun
The monuments are of two types.
prominent stream crossings and
The conveying of heavy materials
mostly on pack animals, sometimes on
'the shoulders of the men themselves,
j was slow and laborious.
Hno tt tho onrrineers defrihinff the
TAX REDEMPTION BONDS NEW INVESTMENT
By John . Oskinon.
A firm of Investment bankers of the
northwest recently offered an issue of
"tax redemption bonds," ln denomina
tions of $100. $500 and $1000, to pay
7 per cent.
To me the issue presented a new
form of bond, and I was interested in
the firm's explanation. It was this:
When taxes on real estate in mu
nicipal organizations are -overdue
a
certain lene-th of time, thev are de-
! pay them and receive "tax certifl-
original sum advanced ana interest
High rates of interest are allowed on
suoh payments in the western states.
According to the bankers, these tax
certificates become an absolute first
lien on the real estate, and it is upon
these certificates that the issue of
more permanent power over human
nature than that of the edict of a
former pope who Is said to Iiave Is
sued it against a comet. Such at
tempts at argument always remind
me of a mountain In labor to produco
a mouse, or a mythical Jonah, trying
to swallow an imaginary whale.
"Give woman of th fruit of her
hands," said Solomon, "and let her
own works praise her in the gates."
Freedom for every individual to do
the best and highest good for himself
and others is the real "genie'" that
Mrs. Ayers thanks me for "unbot
tling." T:ie "truth of knowledge 'f
good and evil" Is the real "genie." The
era of economic equality for woman
is now before the mothers of the land.
Let us not throttle It with sumptuary-
laws which men will use to fur
ther enslave the mothers; but let us
follow the mission of out Lord, who
came to break every yoke and let the
oppressed go Iree.
ABIGAIL SCOTT DTJNIWAT.
Disagrees With Mr. Yate.
Portland, May 29. To the Editor of
The Journal Please aocord me space
to answer Osborne Yates .and his
friends, who so valiantly uphold the
liquor traffic.
"Prohibition does prohibit, else why
does the liquor Interest so bitterly
fight it? It is true that God did endow
man with creative power, and man, as
the social creator, can create a heaven
of a hades on this earth. Just as he
desires. A great social step toward a
heaven on earth will be accomplished
when we abolish the greatest creation
of the devil in man the rum traffic
Caesar's Image on the coin was all
Christ alluded to, and rendering unto
God the things that are God's, surely
means a good, clean, healthy mind and
body, which are impossible when one
is accustomed to fill up on beer or
whisky, as then, mind and body he
come abnormal. The Golden Rule I
construe as doing good to our fellow
man; uplifting and not debauching and
degrading him. or defrauding him of
bis money and giving him liquid dam
nation for same.
To the person voting wet, what a
hollow mockery the following must
ne: -ray kingdom come ." "Lead us
- not into temptation,"
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Klamath Falls papers report snow
r.ii.miv tlisappearinar from Crater Lake
nrtional park and travel to Crater lake
ponsibly nearly a month earlier thia
season than usual.
Kugene Guard: Eunne policemen. If
they must smoke, have been Instructed
tj ''snatch a Btnoke in the early morn
ing hours when there is no one around
to see." Smoking is getting to ba a
dreadful thing.
Marshfield Record: John R. Smith,
who is conducting a mining camp on
Smith Inlet, says Coos Bay is going
to experience the greatest mining boom
in the history of the coast in late
years. He says some of the sand and
conglomerate will produce $20 to $200
per ton.
The Chronicle uttors the assurance
that the biggest Fourth of July cele
bration in the history of The Dalles
win he pulled oif tnis year July 3 and
4. A baseball tournament will be a
feature. Surplus proceeds will be
turned over to the rodeo, which will
be held next fall.
Prosperity lineup in Baker Demo
crat: "The mining Industry in Baker
of.unty never looked better than now
and a steMdv advance in development
seems certain. Only the brightest
prospects seem In store for Bukvr
county farmers. The range, too. Is all
that could bo desired."
Competition is the life of town build
ing as well as of trade, according to
ihe Wheeler Reporter, which says,
speaking of a near neighbor: "Nehalem
City is entering upon an era of unpre
cedented progress in the building of
new streets and the undertaking of
things not dreamt of several years ago.
Th. city of Wheeler has set the pace
and we nrc more than pleased to see
our neighbors across the river keep in
line."
plies only a small portion of the route
South of the Yukon is a vast region,
more than 5(i miles in extent, over
which all supplies had to be trans
ported, for the most part, on the
backs of horses and mules, the wagons
being made useless by the terrible
mud which follows the escape of
frost.
The greatest difficulties were encoun
tered beyond the Arctic circle. The
joint expeditions established their base
at Rampart Houseman ancient Hudson
Bay station whence several dashes
were made before the Arctic ocean
was reached. At Rampart House the
Indians were amared at the drove of
what they first took to be huge dogs.
They never had seen nor heard of the
horse.
Almost at the water line bf the
Arctic ocean one of the larger of the
monuments stands. The final lap re
quired to place it there was over a re
gion fairly bristling with natural dif
ficulties, although only about 100
miles across! The course led over the
treacherous lakes and swamps of the
Old Crow country, over the American
mountains and the Davidson and Brit
ish ranges. Wild animals raided the
caches and menaced the surveyors;
ravenous mosquitoes settled upon them
in hordes, day and night; phantom
lakes, mountains and cities lured and
confused them, and over all blazed the
summer sun of the Arctics, 24 houTs
each day.
The farthest north monument w.is 1
placed in October. 1912. Since thon
the line has been traversed several
times to close up the divisions, and the
work is not yet complete. Each year
a large force of men will be employn-1 ;
to brush out the lane and keep th
monuments in order.
bonds were based. They are deposited
witn a trustee orr a Dasis or nu5 or
irusieo orr a. ubi or iuo i
tificates roiVevery $100 bond
The bondftrf?for 10 years.
the law usually permits tha
tax certificates
issued,
and as
sale of property three years after
taxes are declared "delinquent" the is
suing corporation finds itself in a
position to Insure the payment of the
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. w 7 .
The bonds are put out as the supply'
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Ul Ut.V tl'l Ulljrtlta ill mo imnua liio
corporation grows.
Nearly everywhere this opportunity
is open to the investor; nearly every
where owners of real estate are falling
behind in paying tax p. The shrewd
money owner who takes advantage of
this opportunity will known that h,
not only has a safe investment, hut
also omj which pays the highest "cur
rent rate of return.
1 believe that it is a form of bond
wnlch wiH have a wider populai
than it now enjoys. But the- buyer
fcliould consult the taxing authorities
of his city before taking them on, for
any legal defect would prove very
cctly.
some, natural products of mother
earth, and never Intended them to be
fermented and then used, a perverted
use, which persisted In Is largely re
sponsible for the many perverts In
a whiskey town. The writer put ln
2.r years traveling ln every state In I
this nation, and was long since con
verted to the undying truth of p)hi
bltlon, from scientific, economic, moral
and religious standpoints. Vote dry,
for the sake of your city, town, state
and nation: aye, and for Moll v. home.
and the babies.
A. J. MARTIN.
Likes Hans and Frlti.
Portland. May 29. Dear Mrs
stnjammer Please bring your
boys back to The Journal man.
Kat
little I am
6 years old.
GLADYS LUC1LE POWELL
Pointed Paragraphs
Some woman haters are floor walk
ers in department stores.
A mars credit Is seldom good If he
Is unable to make good.
'
No man is so poor that he can't af
ford to smile occasionally.
Only one class of women want hus
bands those who have none.
But when a woman puts her foot
down the size of her shoe cuts no
figure.
Most people have good memories
except In regard to the favors done
them.
Occasionally a woman piles no much
lair on the back of her head that it
tilts her chin up.
Doubtless Eve told the neighbors
that they moved from Eden because
the landlord wouldn't paper the flat.
And many a man has spent half his
life in making a reputation and the
other half In trying to live it down.
At 16 a romantic girl expects toH
marry a prince who will drink wine
from her slipper; 10 years later she
may grab a chap who drinks suds from
a can. -
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Lockley.
"While a soldier in the Mexican
war," said Alonso Perkine of at
Portland. "I was captured with Mr.
Gonzales, a well to do planter, at
whose home I had bun visiting, by a
band of guerillas. We reached their
camp late and I at once went to sleep,
I was so exhausted. I was awakened
by a fusilade of shots and mingled
yells and cheers. Our captors, who
had been campletely surprised, made
a rush for the fix fooi adobe wall to
escape, but thty were caught like rata
in a trap. As tlu'j mounted the wall,
half a dozen buiwt.f would spat all
around them, and as many of the bul
lets would find their human targets,
the outlaw would roll hack killed oi
desperately wounded.
"It was just daylight, and as long
mere was a Mexiran in siht the
attacking party kept firing ln a few
moments there were no Mexicans
around, except jVad ones. The troop
ers came in and we discovered they
were Texas ranger in commund of
Lieutenant Dan 1'. Henrie. They had
been sent out as a re.onnoltering
party from u,e sei ond division of
Wool unny. in passing they had
noticed the horses picketed outside.
One or two of their number had crept
up and discovered that the udobe huta
were occupied by Mexican outlaws. So
they camped and waited for daylight.
"In those duys there was no quarter
given nor asked between the Texaa
rangers and the Mexican guerillas.
The Alamo was too recent a happening.
Sir. Gonzales and myself were fur
nished horses and saddles from tha
bend owned hyHhe dead outlaws, and,
accompanied l-y the Texas rungers,
went back to Mr. CJonzalOK' nluntat Ion
pVe arrived there about dusk. lnea ,
was marly wild with joy ' to see us
back safely. She embraced her father
and then threw herself Into my arms
fend kissed me while she murmured
endearing terms. We knew, then how
much we loved eaih other.
"The housekeeper soon had all the
servants busy and they prepared a
fine supper for the Texaa ranger-.
They were going next morning to re
join General Wool's command, and I
suppose I should have gone with them,
but I wanted to stay with lne unttl
the last -foment. To have me there
ln the flesh when she had seen me led
off with a rope around my neck, never
expecting to Bee me again, filled her
cup of joy to the brim. That night
I told Inez I would have to ira nxt
' day and rejoin my command, but when
the war was over I would return. She
promised to wait for me.
"That was 6S years ago. 1 was 2,
she was 18. I have never aeen her
since. I have been married 66 years
and have had eight children. No, I
never learned what became of her. I
always remember her as I lost saw
her after our parting embrace with her
eyes full of tears and her arms held
out to me. Mr. Gonzales drove me to
the Rio Grande, whern we found the
troops. The first man I tuet was tha
adjutant of the Second Illinois, John
A. Logan. I reported to him and he
told me to report to B company until
We reached Monclava, wltcru, I re
joined my company. They had lonjj
ago given me up as lost."
Mellen Tells Why.
From the Baltimore Star.
The? testimony of ex-President Mel
len. of the New Haven railroad, be--
fore the interstate commerce com
mission iniilry yesterday was start
i ling in its revelation of involved and
' illegal stork and financial transac
! tions; but It wsh even more startling'5'
! in its revelation of the causes which
led to the mismanagement of that
road physically as well as financlnl
ly, and resulted in the terrible series
of heavily fatal wrecks which were
I nritnarilv resnonslhle for the InCen-
: iipation of th.- road that has been
proceeding I
than a yea
: pract)ca, "rP0
lnK powers.
nroi'pwllnE In vnrioiiK wavs for mora
ear and has resulted In a
reorganization of its rontroll-
It whs generally believed and wide
ly asserted, after the Wnllingfvrl
wiei-y-. that incompetence kihohk. the
operatives was not nearly so blam-
worthy, in connection
, . , ' . ,.
btanifonl and other
wltli that, the
costly wrecks.
as the lack or attention to operative
detail and equipment even then al
leged to due to the monopoly ef
the o 'fleers' time and attention by
finmi'-'al and other Interests. Mr. Mel
len seems to have fully confirmed this
view. He himself, as president, tic
cording to his testimony, spent much
of lit-i time covering the track of
shady transactions instead of looking
to the safe arid profitable operation of
the rond as a carrier of passengers and
freight.
It is interesting to learn the truth'
from such a reliable source. It will
be interesting to see whnt hl! be
done to provide safeguards' against
, similar conditions in future.
The Ragtime Muse
Meditations of a Iazy Man.
I should not like to K" to jail.
The very thought my bosom chills;
But there my creditors would fail
To vex me with their bills.
And if 1 had committed crime.
Crime loathly, picturesque, and fIl,
Fair women might, from time to tint
Hring flowers to my cell.
I would not sleep beneath thi sod
With grassejt waving o'er my- breast.
But then who would dlstufb a clod?
One there might Kt a good, long
refit.
And in the quiet of t hf grave
One might In dreamless slumber
dwell.
Nor have a frowning 1kss to brave
Nor heed his anry yell.
But I should like a desert Isle,
Remote In some fur sapphire sea.
With beauty by the tropic mile
Oh, that would he the life for me!
There all my food on trees should
grow.
And clothing I should quite Ignore.
But how gooi gracious could I know
The latest baseball score?
Historic.
From the Philadelphia Public ledger.
"Hay, waiter," said the traveling man
to the hotel waiter, "what kind of
chicken do you call this?"
i nai s a fiymoum mock, i Deneve,
replied the waiter.
I'am glad it nas some ciaim 10 mo
toric mention," said the man. "I
tnougnt it was jusc an orainary too-
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