- THE" OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING JIT in 8, 1914.;;
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When You Go Away
Have The Journal Bent to
your Bummer adtlrens.
ter season instead of resorting to
the total shutdown that is . now
largely the rule. In such a cli
mate, it Is not essential for every
thing to be done in Jane and noth
ing to be done tn January.
It is a wise policy to so pro
gram the -work that there can be
a better balance between the sea
sons, ko as to lessen the number
of unfortunates in the ragged regi
ments of the winter Unemployed.
To meet and solve the problem Is
one of the highest duties of every
community, and to help forward
such a movement is the duty of
every citizen, whether a baron of
industry or captain, of a delivery
wagon.
I.V THF.IU Am.NOAXCE
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No books that ilo not Im
prove by repeated readings de
nt. rve to be read at all.
Thomas Carlyle.
Til Kilt CiAMK
Just as he squanders tJa money Al the United States - should " inter
left, him by his parents.". f .jvene, but it wotild certainljt be a
Many a fashionable father, and J bad thing for th United' States,
mother look with envy upon, the It required ten years fighting ' for
healthy child of another and won
der that their own child Is so dif
ferent. . ,; .
. The reason ma be that .'the
healthy child was not cheated' of
his vitality hy his parents $vho lost
no sleep by keeping late hours.
The man who does not get enough
sleep will majke a failure of his
life, or at- least greatly diminish
his chances of success. ' . - -
AN ATTEMPT is on to kill off
- progress! velsm anions the
ma.SBPH f the people., in
Oregon.
It. appear" in the onslaught
which utahdpat leaders ate mak
ing' on the Wilson administration.
that Adminiatration has given
Hip country an income tax which ia
a (tax on the rich instead of the
poor.
It lias giwn the Pacific Coast an
Alaska railroad act to break the
fetranffle-hold of the Guggehhelms
on Alaska.
It haH passed a currency bill
which takes control of credit and
banking away from Wall Street
and givea it to the peopje.
It has passed a tariff bill which
lessen the tux on the shelter, food
and clothing of the people, a turiff
which tha Taft platform pledged in
1908 and which Mr. Taft promised
on the stump in the campaign, of
that year.
It twin pending in Congress a
1111 to create a trade commission
to defend the people against the
tyranny of the" trusts, a bill for
government supervision of the
iKHiie of securities for preventing
stock watering, and a bill to send
to the penitentiary trust magnates
wfio violate the law.
This is legislation that the peo
ple have demanded for years.
It is legislation that Republican
masses and Democratic masses
have sought for years.
It is legislation that has been
promised to them for years.
It is legislation that the stand
patters have resisted for years.
And now that a president and
congress have appeared and are
giving the people what .they have
-Tought for, struggled for and voted
for, standpat leaders are howling
calamity and assailing President
Wilson.
Their game ia perfectly - appar
ent. They are out to kill pro
gressive legislation. They are
striving -to turn back the tide of
progressivism.
They clothe themselves in the
garb of progressivism and talk
'the language of progressivism, but
they are resisting everything that
is legislatively progressive.
Though robed in the livery of
progress and displaying badges of
progress, they are fighting the
lest and most progressive legisla
tion the country has been glveu in
a generation.
HE price of wool continues to
climb. Sales at Shaniko
Thursday totaled 1,032,296
pounds and prices ranged
from 16V4 to 20 Vs cents.
Among the sales were Thomas
Urogan, over 50,000 pounds at
19 cents; L. L. Jones, 44,000 at
18; E. McLennan, 77,000 at
1X ; -Hilton and Burgess, 68,000
at 18; M. J. Flnlayeon, 45,000 at
17; J. E. Hinton, 40,000 at 19;
F. C. Brock, 17,000 at 10 V ; J. W.
Fisher, 40,000 at 20, aud many
others in which the lowest price
was If. M cents and the highest
20 cents.
The advance in prices over last
year is illustrated . by . the follow
ing news dispatch printed in The
Journal in June, 1913:
Heppner, June ?.. At the wool .sales
here today, about 2S0.000 pounds had
hern sold up t't noon, bringing from
12 to 14s,, cents. Only a few of
the choicest flips brought hotter than
13 H. There will he offered this af
ternoon about 300,000 pounds. Crow
ns arc cry much dissatisfied with
the bids, but see nothing in the near
future that warrants holding lor bet
ter price.
Between the top price in the
Heppner sale of a year ago and the
Shaniko sale last Thursday, there
was a difference of 5 cents. At
the Condon sales last year, there"
was a similar difference in price.
The following news dispatch from
The Journal of June 20, 1913, tells
of wool sales that day:
Condon, June 20. At Hie wool sales
here .veste.rday; the prices ranged
from lO'z to 14 cents, although one
choice lot was sold for 16 cents.
Practically 700,000 pounrrs were sold.
The difference between the low
est price last year and the lowest
price at Thursday's Shaniko sale
wits " cents, and the difference
between the average high price
last year and the highest price at
Shaniko was 5 cents. There was
a sale at Shaniko, June 24, 1913,
at which the prices ranged from
11 to 14 cents. At Heppner,
June 25 last year, there was a
sale of nineteen lots of wool at
price ranging from 9 to. 14
cents. The same day. In 1913, in
a sale at Madras, the highest price
for coarse wool was 10 cents and
the highest for other grades 14
cents. The lowest lot was 12
cents.
With a margin of 5 and even
u, cents a. pound over last year's
prices, there should be great pros
perity lor the wool growers of
Eastern, Oregon. Their abundance
should give them a delightful contentment.
400.000 British soldiers, to subdue
160,000 " poverty stricken JJoers at
a cost of. $1,250,000.00 . These
same figures ' would, apply ft ' the
United States ever: I attempted , to
subjugate the Mexicans, -
"- iwi-y ' " " -" s-v,.
The prize of $10,00.0 for the test
American jday, offered- March . 21,
1913- by -Wlnlhrdp Ames, a Bos
ton theatrical man. nas 1een Tvon
by Miss Alice Brown of Boston,
who defeated, -1646 competitors.
The .usual is reversed In the fact
that though writing against many
of the best known American play
wrights, the winner was practical
ly unknown in dramatic writing.
filing of the Tideland amendment her efforts having been devoted
and an accompanying initiative bill chiefly to short stories and simi
with the secretary of state Wed- lar literary work. The prize plav
nesday. The two measures are is entitled "Children of Earth."
an effort to save a remnant of the and will -be produced early next
A GllHAt PUBLIC WBONG
0
REGON has paid a heavy
" price for the skulduggery of
. legislatures.
This is emphasized by the
A FEW SMILES
pertineNt-co'Mmen
Salafehian-1 Here's aa : larm : clock r -
that's guaranteed ! :
nnttivtv tfk mfltr I -s
jfiffP Hi' J
M. fellow jump out or ; qX Others.
If 5 shy of wisdom. rolt "by that
tea. i r
Mr, Ttrded -That's
what they all
ay--but let hear
.It ring.
Salesman It
doesn't ring it j
honks. Fuck.
"My hsnhand is Just getting over a
Bpell of fetckness and x want to buy
mm . snirt," Bald
Mrs. Binks.
"Tes, ma'am," re-
plied the clerk.
"Would you want
ieeraethlns in a. stiff
bosom?"
"No, sir," said
Mrs. Binks. "The
doctor says he must
avoid anything with starch In it.
tidelands and submerged lands in
navigable rivers to the people of
Oregon for public uses.
Ail such lands are inalienable to
the people in California. No legis
lature can legislate them away.
No California court can deprive
the people of them. No corpora-
lions can gather them into private
monopoly and use them to cinch
the public.
But, along with swamp lands
and other public domain, such
lands are precariously near private
monopolization in Oregon.' By
thimblerigging in the legislature,
a large part or them are now be
yond reach of Oregon people and
forever lodged in private owner
ship: A sample clause in the legis
lative act of 1874 shows how it
was done. Here is the clause:
That the Willamette river shall
not be. deemed a river in which the
tide ebbs find flows within the mean
ing of this act of which this act Is
amendatory, and the title of this
estate to any tide or overflowed land
upon the said Willamette river is'
hereby granted and confirmed to the
owners of the adjacent lands; or when
any such tide or overflowed lands
shall have been sold, then, in that
case, to the purchaser or purchasers
of such tide or overflowed lands
from such owner of such adjacent
lands, or some previous owner there
of, as the case may- be.
The wording of the act is proof
of its sinister purpose. Its , de
vious and sinuous phrasing shows
that it was a job. It was retro-
lactive and evidently passed to le
galize transactions that had al
ready taken place, transactions in
which "some previous owners' as
the case may be" had bought sub
merged or tidelands to which the
seller held no legal title.
The language is a plain dis
closure of intent by its framers to
transfer the state title to a pur
chaser who had bought the land
of a seller who held no title and
in a transaction that was not
straight.
It is on this flimsy and crooked
legislation that it is planned to
rob the stateof the remaining rem
nant of tide and overflowed lands.
season.
Letters From the People
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"I wish," sighed -.Tames, plaintively,
'that I was Biily JoneB."
"Why, James:" cried his surprised more.
motner. "wny
Only tongue-tied women aurfer from
brainfag. . , . -
-'- - ," '': it
. Painful duties are best performed
by aa understudy
. , ..
Swallowinr til nriH. uv.
t isfied a man's huneer.
If you would discourage trusts,
neither borrow nor lend.
- -But
few metl can tell h Wnmsn
means by what nhe says.
- - .
Lots of fool men eleha'nge single
bliss for matrimonial blisters.
Many a benedict ia an exftachelor
who was overtaken by a Widow.
'
The srengway seem to be in the
path that leads to political glory.
Figures may notlie, but statisticians
frequently get their dates mixed.
A woman in love Is more or less
ioousn dui a man in love is always
OU EGOS . 8IUELJOH1SJ,
fside-
ALMSAN I SEltVlCE
TH E WINTKK UNEMPLOYED
N
IN THE effort to minimize the
severity of the unemployed
problem everywhere presented
each recurring winter season,
A field is found for practical ser
vice to mankind.
Hy constructive endeavor, there
could be a heavy minimization of
the ordeal that annually comes to
a large army of men. Because
1 there I103 been, no effort at solu
tion, the problem has grown larger
and larger each winter.
In two weeks, there is to ar
rive in Portland, an economist
who, with a local committee, is to
make a survey of the Oregon situ
ation. He is one of a larce num-
- "uv ni iuui,ici ate j
with local committees in all the1
great cities of the country, in an
effort to gather facts and present
remedies. Father O'llara of the
Oregon Industrial Welfare Com
mission is now assembling a local
committee which will devote time
;and endeavor to the subject.
It is demoralizing to a com
munity to have throughout each
returning winter season an incon
gruous mass of idle people, who,
In many Instances through no fault
of their own, are forced to accept
charity at .the hands of the more
fortunate. No community is well
1 ' situated in which many persons are
without means of support and com
pelled to turn to alms for sur
vival. ..,-'
That community is most ciyil
ieed and most successful, In which
all its social atoms have an inde
pendent and self-reliant living
- The rich In such a community are
securer In the enjoyment of their
possessions than in communities
! where the pangs of poverty and
the menace of starvation create
unrest, masaus taction and com
munity .demoralization.
;' f, In Oregon, there are both pub
lic ahd private activities that could
- be so conducted as to be operative
to an increased extent in the win-
O LESS than $12,000,000 has
been dispensed in charity by
the American lied Cross in
the last nine years.
In the period, beginning in 1905
when the Red Cross was re-incorporated,
there have been more
than 75 disasters caused by earth
quakes, volcanic eruptions, fires,
floods, famine, mine explosions
and wars in this and other coun
tries.
Not included in the. $12,0u0
000, is the sum of $1,800,000
raised by the sale of lied Cross
Stamps, and used exclusively in the
war against the White Plague in
this country. The Red Cross con
tinually fights tuberculosis, main
tains a tystem of free nurses for
the poor, looks after .the safety
of miners, and has a volunteer life
saving force. .
It can be truthfully said that the
American Red Cross is one of the
greatest, if not the greatest single
institution for human welfare in
the world. Contemplation of its
work and comprehension of its
purpose, awaken a boundless ad
miration for the humanism that is
the inspiration of this almost
matchless organization. ,
ICommanleatloos ent to The Joornl fw
publication la tbia department abould tw writ
ten on only one niile of the paper, ahntild not
exceed SOU Vords Id leosth and uiust be -eonpanied
by the name and addreaaof the
ender If the writer doea not destr to
bare the name pubUshed. he ahoold ao siata )
'DiacoaaloB la foe greatest ef all reform
era. It ration Uses jeverjtbluj it tonrhea. It
roba principle of all false sanctity and
thrown them baelc on their reaeonablenpsa. If
they have no reasonableneas. It rothlesalr
crusheatbeiB out of existence ard atB up lta
ewn coueiuaioua in their mend." Woudrow
Wilson.
Mr. Chaf in's Prophecy. ,
. Tortland, June 5. To-the Kditor of
The Journal When Mr. Chafin, one
of thi4 national Prohibition leaders,
spoke In Portland he induced in the
usual proplieey as to what prohibi
tion was going to do this fall, Among
other things, he said California woulu
vote dry by 100,000 majority. Just
how absurd this statement was will
be understood when the fact Is taken
into consideration that since the adop
tion of the local option law in Cali
fornia in July, mi. practically all
of those units in California that.Could
be depended on to vote dry have held
elections, and with the total vote, con
sidered the liberals are over i.10.,000
votes ahead of the Prohibitionists- So
contests have been held in Sacramen
to, Alameda and Ban Diego, large cities
that are overwhelmingly liberal. Sfnce
Mr. Chafin's appearance here several
of the smaller cities in California Vfeive
changed from prohibition to iieeTise,
and Kureka, for instance, that only
carried for license two years ago tax
less than 300, the other day defeated
prohibition by 1142 majority in a total
of 4596 votes. California is awake to
the great injury prohibition would in
flict on the hop and grape industries,
hence Eureka is a good sample of the
change in sentiment. .
Oregon has just as great material
reason for defeating prohibition as
has California. The moral reasons are,
of course, the same. No law can be
classed as a moral uplift law that has
been proved a dismal failure as often
as statewide prohibition, enacted in
24 states and only nine now under its
ban.
Mr. Chafin also declared Oregon dry,.
but that's nothing; the dry ladies of
Eugene sang "Oregon Dry in 1010' to
ex-Mayor Hose of Milwaukee while he
partook of a lunch after his lecture
in that town, and they werei-Just as
good prophets aa Chafin.
G. A. MORRIS.
It is to save this remnant to the .
people for public uses that the V " " F' .,
. , . , . , , Portland, June 6. To the Editor of
Tideland amendment and its ' ac- Thp tonrBaii mk the rnrihat
ccimpanying initiative bill have ; sertion that prohibition dots not pro
been proposed. It is ah effort to hibit. In the very nature of things it
riht n treat nnhlie rnn 5- ""uul"- u ""
nDnt a great puonc wrong. , Gjnect it to nrohibit. whv nhonid
they? Why expect any prohibitory law
to prohibit? So I array myself on the
t side of those who say, "Prohibition
T IS now squarely up to.' the I does not prohibit.' btni i am going t,o
,,, tj.. . ; vote lor prohibition this tall.
people of Hood River county to , x am Qlte consistent. Did you ever
decide whether they shall con- t see an ax that would chop, or a scythe
struct their unit in the Colum- i that would mow, or a gun that would
bia River Highway , or allow their i shoot? I never did.
il i a t.iic iii it ii ucmnu pi uiuuiijvii tiiai.
should you wish
that? Billy doesn't
have such a good
time as you do. Ha
doesn't have a nice
borne, or good
clother, nor any
pocket money, nor
such good things to
eat, and -he's not nearly so strong and
well as you pre. His father never
gives hiin presents, nqr takes him on
nice holiday journeys, and
"I know all liiat, mamma," persisted
James, 'but "
ff "And think what nice books you
have, and What a nice room to sleep
in. And you never have to go out
It makes a toman heartsick every
time she has to cut a piece of valuable
old lace.
If it ia true the good die younsr. will
me uiuphi mnaoiunt pieaee otrer an
explanation?
The average man mighl just as
well fall in love, for he has to make
some kin.d of a fool of himself.
We are admonished to look not unon
the wine when Jt i red vet one little
cider apple did the world more harm
than all the wirje ever produced.
. Pub en a ia ia the midst of
walk- crusade, with 100 property own
era lifted to build hew walk or rm
pair old ones. . . "
- : .v
Medford Mall-Tribunf Thre bft
gars. all with their. &K off, came to
town Monday tdgbfc Ueged for alma
and were ordered on their way by the
police. - : v "
Oardlner Courier "A voutiz aeat was
caught at the: landing; hear the mill
company' wharf one. day tbia week.
It appeared to be very gentle and the
Doya are maiung a great pet ot iu
' V
The wnlamett Institute of Scien
tific Research - an organisation for act
entifk- atudv. .at Willamette iinlver
aity,-la planning a large actentific dis
play lor lite atate fair next tan.
W." AbdiU has been chosen by the
Yamhill county court to be the ferry
man at Dayton. There win be main
tamed a Z4 hour Terry service at a
place up utream'about 200 feet from'
the site of the bridge that tumbled
into the river recently.
P.end Hulled n: Mrs. Hannah N'el
feit f IWoomfield. Neb., accomplished
an unusual feat on.Tuesday when she
(limbed to th top of Lava butte. The
butte has been climbed many times
but perhaps never before by anyone
of Mrs. Neifert'a years' She is 80
years old.
t
Something extraordinary in the way
of congregational singing is to be un
dertaken at the Unitarian church in
Hood River. The congregation will be
divided, so far as can -conveniently be
done, so as to separate the different
voices, as in a chorus. The singing
will be conducted under the direction
of O. T. AVedemeyer.
- in Earlier days
li hrcil luckier.
THE MJNERS' WAR IN COLORADO
into the cold and wet to carry papers,
and "
."I know," grumbled James, annoyed
by his mother's lack of understanding,
"but Dilly can wiggle his ears."
"Then you didn't ask her for her
h&nd?" '
"No; when I went
to interview her fa
ther he was busy
with the furnace.
He said to come
down, and after
watching his strug
gles for half an hour
I didn't want to get
married."
for reform of the traffic in whiskey,
the general run of the saloons have
not undertaken to bring about better
conditions, though there are always
some ealoons properlv conducted.
G. L. PAXTON.
Criticises Public Financing.
Portland, June 4. To the Editor of
The Journal There are city and coun
ty expenses that are opening the eyes
of taxpayers. At the reckless rate at
winch money is being spent, it won't
bo long that we can be- called a
of homes, for the people can't afford
From Collier's Weekly.
In some respects our civil war in
Colorado Is of more national conse
quence than, events reported from
Tampico or Chihuahua. More lives
were lost at the battle of Ludlow than
in- the 'American occupation of Vera
Crua. Collier's views have been mis
interpreted by the more extremely par
tisan part of the eapitalittu: press in
(joioraqo, tut probably most of our
reaoers share Collier's conviction that
wrongs haVe been committed on both
sides. It is significant that when,
shortly before the outbreak of the
present strike, representatives of the
laoor unions tried to secure a confer
ence with the representatives of the
"Big Three," the request was refused
on the ground that the labufr letiders
were not citizen of Coloi-ndo. To
quote State Senator Helen Ring Rob
inson: "Perhaps all the wasted millions
and the wasted lives of the pnst red
weeks might have been saved if at
that juncture the people of Colorado
had realized that it was the time and
place to " . ' . b'irt into universal,
echoing pearls of mocking laughter at
I the idea of absentee mine owners re-
i t . f i n n ..-o n 1(1, ..fr.Lf.ntnA 1 I . . .
' II' 1 1 , - . . ..r 7.
FOR, THEM TO SAY
- . - . . f That Is by no means all. The state
of their street assesments. Before the . , .,
. .. . . , , .,., i has made itself a party in a dispute
election last year, we were told that!. ... , , . .
., . where it should have becjn an mediator
tho commission form of government' , . . - . ... , !,,,, 4,
OiailUlllh 1 V. 1 T .lllV.I , , I L. IIM11I1.II J '
tice. The state militia has not only
served the mine owners instead of
serving the state in many instances
mine guards, still on their companies'
payroll to the tune of $3.50 or more
a day. were enlisted as militiamen and
would be a much more economical '
way of running our city, and of
course we knew we were to pay the i
mayor and commissioners large "sal- i
aries, but we supposed they would '
manage in so economical a way that j
the city would gain by it, as -other
cities had. With nine automobiles
bought in the past six mo ins, and
$171,009 invested in autos and motor-!
cycles, and mora demanded, 'with sev
eral private ones being kept and used I
by the officers at the city's expense, j
I woncer how the- city fathers ever
did manage before autos were invented.
Vented.
T Q lu. nnt !ra YV-l-kAm 4 1 1 a' rnini t if r1irlr
hart to-co around to Instruct some of : increasing at an unirsual rate Second
the election board, instead of using a
wore the state's uniform and drew
the state's dollar a day while contin
uing to take orders from the operators.
These facts are reported by Henator
Itoblnson In the "Independent" and
also by Mr. McKarlane in this week's
Collier's. "Some of these men." w rites
Mr. -McKnrlanp, "never" reported to
their officers for drill and were never
disciplined." So-called business In
terests have undertaken to suppress
the truth nhontt folorndrt unt hitterlv
opponed Uovcrnor Amnions' appenl tVl
President Wilaon for federal troop.
Before the situation demanded federal
action, before; the iwesent strike was
declared even, the miners had a griev
ance in the non-enf orCemnnt of labor
laws on the statute book. A specific
inst.UK'e is that of weight Checking.
Whatever ae's feelings may be
about the inherent merits of trade
unionism and the "open 'hup, the
fair minded reader is Impressed, In
reading Mr. MeKurlane's article, by
certain questions plnlnfy and dlpas
sl"MHtly put:
"Is. it to b wondered at if the work
ing miners oa Colorado lost some of
their respect for lnw? Would it be
strange if this record with regard to
the laws Vhieh have not been enforced
the control of election, legislatures,
courts and juries kindled rebellion til
the hearts of working miners auainst the
very government itself.' Perhaps this,
too, will explain why the coal miners
of Colorado lwive grown so stubborn In
th-lr devotiia to the unlori Idea. The
conviction has been hammered Into
them . that they are holples
as individual. . . The state hav
ing utterly f:ilel to protect them, their
forlorn hope now is that the union
may."
WHEN "HAVE NOTS" BEGIN TO SAVE
By John M. Oskinon.
These are strange llms to the old
fashioned observer of the financial
health of the country:
i First, he sees the deiosits in the
savings bank used by the very poor
Here and there throughout tha wrt
you may Still meet an occasional 4 9cr."
Mctt like tL C- Leonard, tho owner of
the Goodaousli building, or' Charles
Hutchluts, also of this city, jvek aay of
these old California Argonauts and
taey will tell you of Oenerul flealc, the -transportation
k-.ng of California in
the -aily-dajs Most of the pack traina
and atagea running out of Sacramento
and Mars'llla to American Pork and
the rich diggings mU60 and 'Si wvra
controlled by "Ned" Be ale. , Common,
dore Stockton. Kdward 1" vHealo old
commander when Beale Wis a lieuten
ant in the navy, had resigned from the '
navy and engaged in mining and n, r
cliandlsing id California. He was asso
ciated with Mr. Aspinwall, a weal Up ' ,
New4 York, merchant. Beale was placed
in charge of their enterprise and made
of It a great success.
In 1S52 "Beale was appointed by
President Fillmore aa superintendent
of Indian affairs for California and
Nevada. General Beale had seen serv
ice in the Mexican war. tie had iuale
numerous Journeys across the conti
nent, being the first man to take Cali
fornia gold to the east, starting In
April. 184S, with sample nuggeta from
Butters mill race, going overland by
way of Vera Cruz and old Mexico and
arriving In Washington late in the
summer of 184. He had been a com
panion on numerous expeditions with
Kit Carson and he knew of the diffi
culties of 1 1 ansportallon throughout
ArUona, New Mexico and Lower Cali
fornia by personal experienced In lsf.4
when the war department, on account -of
Indian troubles, wished to send sup
piles to the few scattered army posts
in the southwest they eonsulted ; n
erat Beale about the matter. He con
gested organizing a camel oi ps. lit
told how he aud Kit Carson had nearly
died . of thirst while exploring Death
Valley and bow camels with their abil
ity to go for days without water would
solve the transiorltion problem of the
southwest.
Jefferson Davit!, who had been a
fellow officer In the Mexican war ;th
Beale. was sccrttary of war and to him
General Beale explained his plan. Jef.
ferson Davis was enthusiastic umt the
plan Bud, enlisting the nld of th.e nay
department, the store ship Supply a
(urnlshed and Oonernl Beale secured
he Interest of his kinsman. I fcn M
Dixon Porter, who applied for the com
mand of the ship
In May, ISii. Porter sslli-d for run'".
The whole country took the camel
corps as a huge Joke. Tins ina ie lef-f-oon
Davis, lieiivixl l:e,(le a''d I'-mi-modore
D. D. Porter all the - iu-mk
anxious o make n success of Im
proved ;
Commodore Porter secured iwo cam
els In Tunis mid at A lexand i ia ami
Smyrna tie seein,.! 33 neiefc lie
rived off Iridiaooia. Tevas. In A.'mi!.
Jr., with 'U out of 3." of his ratio l
Potter was m once sen! liaek to .o-i
Minor and th following summrr, S..'".
he returned with 14 nioie camels
IIpi;'-1hI I'nl" ma-U- t oio:e-im'rr
of America's lirst eamel -oips In ihe
records of the ar il"',art nieni j-,,n will
fill'l loe t.!l.iw,li M."tl I'ihi '.' nlml
Bfa'e I" I I; lord, who ,,l stu--ceeded
Jffffrson DjivIr as secretary ef
war
"F.l Paso. Texas, July 24. 1ST. Sir.
1 heve ttir hmmr to report my arrlMl
St this p'h.'o with the epedition urn'er
my itunniHiid We bine proj;test-1
rapidly aud wlthroit a ai-'Cle Slav's o--lay
from Sin Arlcn'ii We hmo w- !
the luliK Is e efy da) with hea , 1 'S ks
Mtid I e f f r ore U - !.! than
would have been t!. case If trnv' 'w e
w ith pa' k mules n stni tiiiH in' ti 'l
700 pound on eucli camel, wlilio tin V
have csrtleii daily.
"It Is ' be toped -a larger number
will be Imported for lv.li.io K'iili
with Infa'itiy eomj.anif i'i a comitr.'
8 bollv i.fiplled will, water as Texas
Bi d N ee. M.xieo t h y xv.e.ilil prove lu
i
terra
makes it prohibit. 1 am going- to work
beautiful valley to remain a
mCogmta. I for prohibition in order to get an ef-
NVith. an expenditure of $75,000 fective tool to work with an' ax and a
it is estimated that a hlsrhwnv can mattock. if 'ou Please, with which to
t is estimated mat a nignway can , chop down and grub up lhe legalized
be built from the Multnomah coun- j liquor traffic tree.
ty line. to the Wasco county bound-1 step on a street car here with a
aryt and the Hood River county ! lighted cigar in your mouth, and see if
. . .... . . . . . : the prohibition ax will not chop the
court is considering the submission , thing off risht under your nose. WJiy?
of a bond issue in that amount to Because there is a man behind it the
the voters Of the county. Portland. Kail way, Light & Power corn-
Should it Tip rlpciflpd nht tn rnn t pany-i--to enforce the city ordinance,
bnmua It Oe aecidea IlOt to con-; Qur railroad conlparies have made a
tribute to the highway there are i law prohibiting the use of intoxicants
two alternative routes. One o i by their employes. They put the tool
these is to carry vehicles On barges i into the hands of a man and made it
. ,1 ! work. , There is a law in Oregon pro-
from Shell mountain to Hosier, j hibiting raiiroads from carrying
This will give a good road from Port- drunken passengers. In my much trav
land to The Dalles. The Other is . eling several times have I seen drunken
to establish a ferrv service betwepn men. prev eitea irom ooaruing iratns. a
Cascade Locks and Stevenson and
INTENSIVE SLEEPING
A'
CCORDLNG to Frederick
Peterson in the June Atlan
tic, there seems to be such
a thing as intensive sleep
ing just a's we have intensive gar
dening and farming. By sleeping
intensively for two or three hours.
Bays he, we might eecure as .much
actual rest as we now obtain by
dissipating it over . seven or eight
hours.
Edison, it is reported, only
Bleeps four or five hours. He
would probably be classed as an
intensive sleeper. Napoleon was
an intensive sleeper but he paid
for it in the end when his power
of resistance became so reduced
that he w-ent to sleep during battle.
A man can live seven days with
out food or water, but few men
can live seven days without sleep
Dumas mates his D'Artagnan say
"He who sleeps, dines."
Of course a young man can go
without sleep for a whole , night
occasionally; and go on with his
work.. He can do this because he
has ' inherited a certain stock ' of
vitality which he- can squander
he sees the grocers and butchers and
1 . . . 1 . . ... 1 1 .-..- I 1 , 1 1 . ..!!
municipal car. ,3. was paid for auto ..iV
' 7 ' , . , to make ends meet. Third, he sees he
Now., in regard to raising the sal- i salea of what lie reKards as luxuries
aries ot account of efficiency, or any ! mount higher and higher. He is puzzled,
other reason, are thev not fortunate. probably it means u shifting of
to get th? salaries they are already classes. He who today is trying in
getting, which are the best some of nervous fear to support an automobile
them eer had? If they are dissatis- , existence on a bicycle income will sink
fied let them resign. - J to- the wage earning class, and the
If Mr. Lightner or someone else thrifty wage earner who is living with
will watch the county's bill, they will in his Income and laying up money In
find other unjust ones besides Super- ! a savings bank will rise to take the
intendent of Bridges Murnane's pay- place of the other.
ing ?33 for laying 30 planks on a! Mr. Have-Not Is working with a
bridge. MRS. TAXPAYER. much stronger purpose and a less
. ; worried mind than Mr. Want-More. He
he has earned, he is going to build up
the most effective "reserve" a family
can have tluit against poverty.
Mr. Want-More is worrying about
n.l.l in,, fim.l nnn.aUl.llH.I A ll
;... , .i . . ,v,na ., ...... i I x aluable 1 desire to . all your att- ti
I I I , lit) xj I lltl iu VI. 110 x. Ill i1! ' - II i a.
in honitvi Kt-ntxffl, ttighly profitably oc-
cupation; he thinks his daughters
ought to marry money.
Of course, Mr. Want-More la going
to be disappointed, for the supply of
gervteel and highly profitable Jobs, as
well as of rich young men ,is strictly
limited. When bis smasli comes he
Uescepds with poor grace and much
muttering aaiast a badly adjusted
fate, to the clas where the problem
of existence are simple but pressing.
It is in just such a time as ibis lhai
Mr. Have Net sees his opportunity.
With a comfortable balance in til
savings bnak; he in ready to take oVe.v ;
Mr. Want-More' suburban house ar,d
lot. I'erfcaps he turns the l.luv into
a two family dwelling and rents half
The? Creator of Alcohol I knows what it is to fear mere hunger , of it. In another two or tnree xcais
lieedviile Or June fi To the Kd- nd to value decent shelter. He means he is ready to take another Mr. Wa.it
itor of The Journal To" give God the ; to Insure himself against going hun- Mores autmnooile .at a reduced prleei.
nor or i ne journal io give uoa tne ti. ,..ii. ! tv,- in.u o n and niwnvt the
i pry; lie is noiiifs dt-c i.v .u.. i . .... - . -
dren are equipped to earn more thanthriity land on top.
Between BiggB and Maryhill.
Skamania and Klickitat coun
ties on the Washington shore are
man' behind the law, you see.
I want the law for a tool. Then, to
put the tool to working, I am going to
vote only for men who are willing .and
able to effectively work the tool. Kan
sas had" a tool for years that could
"credit" for making alcohol is all
wrong. He is responsible for the ma
terial alcohol is made of, but he never;
created the pure stuff itself. Man ' for he has 'The Oregonian' on the ram
alone is responsible for alcohol. It j page."
may be true, in this day, that the sup- ' From Ontario: "The Oregonian has
ply oU liquor is regulated by the de- been so unjust to us a Republican i.
manor but Mrs. Duniway cannot deny ; not helping our candidate at all. but
that the people were educated into the ' working over time to advertise Dr.
use of the intoxicant. Now that the Smith."
habit of strong drink has been formed, I "Let the good work go on. Mr.
the demand naturally must increase. J Dooley sas. "We are never hand
It will also be noticed that saloon j on the man w e don t invy.
men in a eood ranv cases et them-I Dr. O. 3. Smith has a record to make
vt-iy appreciative- oi tne import- have been used to demolish the saloons
ance of the highway and are bo- of Kansas City. But not until Charles
licitouB to have It routed that
W. Trickett, state attorney, picked It
,-, II.) 1 a . . f.f fcifi t i .... XI- . - Vi r 1
way. The Washington state high- made prohibition prohibit in Kansas
way commission has made an ap- City, kan. Bring th proper tool and
propriation of $60,000 to improve the PrPer man together, and prohibi
, v, f . , t tion will prohibit. E. S. MUCKLEY.
the road from Stevenson to Lyle j -
and tlie Klickitat county court has Remarks on Wets and lry.
made an appropriation of several ' Matiras. Or., June l. To the Editor of
thousand dollars for betterment i The Journal Mrs. Kate Richards
between Goldendale and Maryhill. i O'.Hara says the drys try to make it a
. ., .,: , I moral question, and the wets talk
At Biggs, connection will be j about personal liberty, and adds that
made with the Central Oregon high- drunkenness is not a moral question.
way that leads to California and I nor a question of personal liberty and
the
W
hill connection will be made with Lunderstand the issue, it is state wide
the road that leads through Klick- Prohibition, irrespective of the injury
itat and Yakima valleys into the " 5ht b,rtlnf ' l.rtprohlV,!,tl?n1,pt"
. ... . . , . don t deny that prohibition will inlure
Okanogan and British Columbia. a great many pe0pie. but argue that
These roads an be traveled the under prohibition there will be less
year arouna ana or tne entire sys- urunneniims. rveirixjiui.-i, one 01 men
tem the Columbia River H-hw-av- ha 3ust eaid that no one has a right
is the key.
ia) iimi ieau to i-aiiiorma ana x uucdhu iJcv"a- nucuj in-i
he road that leads to Pendleton, : that no. e .hRS a r'ght ? o ayythins
i-n xx- j o i a a ' that will injure anyone else, tot an m-
Valla Walia and Spokane. AtMary-;jury to one l3 an lnjury to al, u ,
men "invious."
. Let trie great molder of public opin
ion "mold-- risht along."'
CENIK .11:NE NMSSON".
President Women's Smith-fdr-ovei nor
Club.
selves into trouble trying to educate :
minors into the use of liquor. Our pa- j
pets tell almost every day, of their j
persistent attempt to teach boys the;
booze habit.
China once sought to bar opium, and
only after it was forced to yield at the '
noint of British bayonets did it let .
down tho bars. Yes, Great Britain, thB i
greatest Christian nation on earth, has j The Journal Are the lro:itbitior,ist
been for years trying to educate 400, trying to stop evil by legislation? If
000,000 Chinese in the use of opium! t!iey ar(, they are trying to do Store
Where is the Mrs. Duniway who will than the Almtgr.ty can do unless thy
dare to say it was the demand that tne wno)e natio u , )80.
flndTPwiVh the liquor traffic, 'lately absurd for a civilised -nation
fin it i.'with tobacco and with the ciir- - like ours to attempt such radical
' I'ortland, June 5. To ti e Editor of
wishing to, discard our national pa
tri')1ic song, "Amerira." He refers It
"millions who rightly believe," et'
Now it is not a tpatter of belief or
opinion lit all. ''but of fact. First,
neither piece of music can be correct
ly called hii .anthem; next, neither
piece of music is vf American compo
sition Put 1 tit ink be will concede
thut the words of both are American.
The tune '"America'' in calie,j "Hod
Save the King" In England, and goes
by another name in Germany, wher
it was composed, if 1 am rightly In
formed, while the music of "The Ktirr
Spangled l-lanner" is a British compo
sition, or I am misinformed
WILLIAM 1 1. WOOMKIKK.
The Ragtime Muse
I to do -anything that will injure an
' other: is not that .carryine water on
In the scenery of the Columbia both shoulders? The drys quote all
river Oregon has one of its great-' tne scripture they can find to favor
est assets, which Will be Capital- their argument, but never mention any
jr. . .. . . , . 'scripture which would disprove their
ized. when the. highway is opened contention. The wets quote alp the
to travel. r i scripture favoring their side f'of the
Furthermore r the highway will j argument, as well as the views of
supplement the open river, carry-! BretL8toPltn8- whl,,e ibe issute !
. , . iaa aa .a, i prohibition, the cause leading up to it
ing products between the river Ia licensed- saloons places where men
and the interior country. ' , ! can go and drink themselves drunk.
It is for Hood River county to I don't blame the prohibitionists for
... ..... . i -o nttnr to nu the milnnna out of enm-
arette. There never was created In a
human being a desire for any habit
forming drug.
To say that liquor and alcohol can
not be prohibited by votes is to say
the people do not rule.
O. E. FRANK.
"Molding;' for Dr; Smith.
Portland. June 5. -To the Kditor of
The .Journal T have heard much
praise for the fairness of The Journal,
for the clean, fair, editorials before
the primaries, but as a "molder of pub
lic opinion" the Oregonian is doing
some splendid worK tor ur. t:. j.
things. If the prohibition agitators
and orators would go out among fatn
ers and mothers and tell them how to
teoch t.ieir children good morals, dig
nity, will power and self respect, it
would no more good than !oyernor
West's entire militia.
; These few lines are not from ji
breweryman, a saJoon keeper, a drunk
ard or a prohibition orator, hut from
A conservative ma who Hve3 his own
rfe and attends utrietly to bis ow.i
affairs. J. G. G I" STAKE.
Kansas .Automobile.
Portland, June 5. To the Kifitor of
say wnether she shall share
this great improvement or not
in
j mission. I do not approve of the sa
jloon; and'I do not think there would
: : j ever nave ueen any, except ior ece-
Norman Angell, the author of inomic reasons. Neither do I believe
"The Rrpat TUiiKinn " in n rwont Class Of people under the constitu-
urid at Rt Tia oPid iWf 1 on has the right to say what other i
-v, x.K -.va a,jiaMv. V 1 rx r 1 a. rlXCi 11 Tl?l lT
i ixuxirjav aa a xji
Smith. I have received letters from : ne Journal .x. b. num qu'nrs iisurcs
all over the state, sent me in care of j to show that Kansas floes not leaa in
The Journat, from strangers to me. ! the rriimbt-r of automobiles. Now. I
which-bar me oixt in- this statement. ! ?k. what dierenre does it make
One from Medford says: "My wife which state owns the most automo
and I read the Oregonian. have for 20 ! t-"? Owning an auto does not always
vears, and that paper writins so much ; indicate protperlty. many farms
more about Dr. Smith than any other i r mortgaged that the owner may buy
candidate, we Investigate! him be- i n auto? The point is, Ioe prohibi
fore we registered, and His record ' llon me tT ProPrl' ' ,f he people?
caused us to 'register Democrats.". Puring.the recent terrible drouth in
One frcm The Dalles ha this: "It i Kansas, the governor declared that
was said when McKinley was assaaln-! $200,000,000 on deposit, the state
.wi !, th ;in' h..i. irat well able b weather a storm
fiit tr, tho set .tr . r9rti.n Worse than that. Kansas' boast Is an
a daily paper. -The cartoons that ap-!verg physical and mental ability
pear in the Oregonian from time to i qui-u
time, both of our president , and Ir. j
Smith, might well serve such a pur-1
pose. J I
Another from t:orvaillx iurx-s: "Mm
NotwithHtaodingJijeen a Republican 20 years. Am'vot-
LILLIAN M. OSTER.
The (tHtiMi of Antliemn.
Portland, June 5. To the Editor
1. n , . . . . . . I . - . WT. t , . j to i e. rtlll VUl' I VI 1 lie imi- ,11 uc.'mj n u-jui
ujihx, us . BTOu miiis mi airaito, i the fact that the people have clamored I ing for Dr. Smith. Mast be able man. lial D. M. O'Sulllvan cornea out as
Yearnings.
Al want to Ko bek -to my home on
the 1rairle.
1 long lor the dust of the alkali
plain.
To ee. the horned toads and the jack
rabbits wary.
And never be bothered with cloud
or with rain.
The hot. heavy winds of the desert
are caliinjr.
The coyote's howl will, it seema
nvet lease.
And all city comforts I find grow
more galling-
I Ion for t!i rictus and mehquite
and peart?
I would lie down and rest-on a tattered
old poncho.
My bead on my saddle, and watch
the bright tars. ,
Vb!lel hobbled. Is grazing my trucu
lent broncho, r'
Pee fkies full of angels a-smoklng
cigars!
Where the centipede crawls, the taran
tula. danc-.
And- th rattlesnake camps In the
prairie dog hole.
And the cattle stampede and a man
rlas fair chances.
I would find happy dreams and re
pose for rnv soul!
I long for the scent of the fat bacon
frying.
The black, muddy coffee a-boll In
the pot.
The leathery flapjacks, the . cooa'a
cheeful iyingj
The toil and the tir of that tiear-
euly spot!
But lo-re I am doomed to a life In tho
city.
The feaibers and fuss of a shiny
hotel.
And up in mv eyes well the tears of
self pity '
I am stfied by comforts; amid which
I dwell! -
tion to the flirt that liey live on to. el
Wbb-Vi toe intibrt reject id wtdeli
Bronx in tl greatest luxorlH'm-e In the
moM barren of our deserts - grea.-.e-wood
The 1 -vd from here to Hiii An
tonio is c. rtHinly the moM trying on
unnhod feet 1 have exer seen. I bav .
not Bxi cr.Hhod horae or mule 1 1 rx t i
not lame nr.il I have not a .nsle
camel that U even tender footed
"They ere tie mont docile. iallent
rind easily managed rreatiiics In the
world" iirnl infinitely more easily
worked than inules. Kneeling down to
rereixe his lfad It may be put u with
out hurry, as these animals r nwun
quietly on their knees until loud-d.
Contrast the la.HOing. blindipg. i--.il-dling.
j.ulling and hauling of mj.e on
a kicking mui with the patb Tit qui't
amel kneeling to receiv e Its load "l
this lourney we had them go 25 hours
wlthuut water with the mer:ut a
high as lli4 '.greeM 1 r. tlm shude a.d
wh n we eatne ' to ;iter not all of
them drank and tbos- that did w;th
Indifference. The Ani'rleunfi we l:a-.
.tnp'oved for drivers ore har,h. cruel
and Impatient and are unfit for camel
drivers. The Creek and TmV v e
M-eiiri d know no more of camels than
a New Yorker does of Puffalo In
rttfi of their genll'r.eH! our men r
prtjiidiced as a camel dan a Viot t' r
oclous looking set of t- '-th win- b !:t
-omtlimes displays with a ro.ir lie
a Ttencal t'.ger."
On January II. General P.eale
with hia camel corps arrived at !"
Angles In making n, report from
Los Angeles General Peale Ftild bis
camels hal gor.e from six to lo dr-ys
w:thoot wilfr, carrying k't of xxatrr
for the men and mules. He reported
they won:. I iriivel from i, i) ir il- s
a il J v w;th from to 1'HiO poji.ilH
and live on piiiklv pear, greasewood
and fac'l.n:.!. The teutnl r ai'1
nul drivers refused to lotndle l!.-tn
v finally thev were stdd i:-lr ih
hammer. Thore not sold were tun ed
out to shift for Ihemve.l ves aiel in
tim they increased .until theie xx a a
t otisldei able b.erd of wild cntoetx on
the Arixona desert. The Indiai.s a re
t-rrifled by the . :w .nl a;.;."'
ane of the tr;ii.ge Im.Uing l.eKt? h
t:me they, were ail krl'-d by, hunters
end i rospe tors. '
,iml Then the Wacon Ilnrkftl !.
"U'badila va think of this new
pitch-r IngersollT' ahked the b;irke-p.
"Well." replie.l the Rummy, "lie lm
a good face and tie knows liova to o-
Ibis bands. Of coarse be won't itprlng
much at this time, but be work nice-
ly. I lke his movement and the xvnx
he winds up ' I'll -t a dollar be ll
watch the banes "
But junt then th- liarrpp boo.! d
a Club on the liunii:y's head.
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