1'HE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 13, 1914.
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be - saved' If birds .-. were - given 1 a
chance to live and work.
Nature has been, from the begin
ning, a crusader for bird conserva
tion. The number of Inserts aha
been limited by birds and the num
ber of birds by their food supply.
When men break In upon this
wise arrangement danger and trou
ble ensue. :
f The duty of protecting birds has
been neglected so long . that only
vigorous measures will suffice.
iFOOIi OF THE FAMILY?
Hlatory can be formed from
permanent monuments and rec
ord; but lives .can only be
written from personal knowl
edge, which is growing every
day, lees. and In s short ttms
la lost forever. Johnaon.
FOUR GREAT DAYS
TUDGMENT3 conflict. .It ia
human to differ. We' are all
1 born dissenters. There is
' "J scarcely a subject oh which
there is unanimity.
But the vote as to the late fes
tival is practically unanimous.
Every guest of the city was sur
prised and delighted. The spirit
was a festival spirit. It was the
spirit of the glad hand. It was. a
season of good fellowship and fra
ternity. The pageants were the best.
Even the showers failed to dampen
enthusiasm over the monster mili
tary and, civic demonstration. The
vvarlous organizations and societies,
in the enthusiasm and' local pride
.1.1. -..V. I U than tiirrtAd Ollt re-
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.fleeted great credit on Portland.
:The story of the beginning and
-achievements of Oregon as told In
the electrical pageant was u uu
; tiful and inspiring narrative.
We are learning how. We are
becoming' adepts In the festival
game. The four-days plan 1b the
' better.
IN OREGON, parades of school
children, the welcoming of vis
itors, the keeping of open house
by the chief city, the music of
bands and the distribution of flow
ers are testimonial of peace and
good will among men. , ,
In Colorado, the disputants in
a civil war between employers and
.employes are only kept from each
other's throats by presence of fed
eral! troops. So far. in the strife,
66 persons have been slain, 48
wounded, and the cost to the state
the mine owners and the workers
is $12,000,000.
'" Through t h e uncompromising
arrogance and greed of the Rocke
fellers, men have been dehumanized,
women have been shot and child
ren slain. Hired gunmen with .fire
and i bullet have taken the place of
ttrhirraHnn ond AmffirAmlflA fMvll
government in several counties is
at an end, the stat authority Is
incompetent to command enough
respect- to settle this single domes
tic problem, and the gaunt spectre
bT anarchy stalks through the state
unchallenged except by the federal
power. A great, industry is bru
talized, a great state is a moral
bankrupt and the constitution and
laws of a commonwealth are pal
sled and powerless. '
Oregon has been called the "fool
of the family" of states. But is
she?
Justifies such traffic, for the elected i lar buildings are required so that '
official has .nothing to I trade. - .He j standardized plans s may be used
is In office as the people's repre- J and provision for the standardiza-
sentative, and his vote is not a ! tion or plans made possible. : ; :
personal perquisite. " - 1 Aa an example of the Inconslst-
jencles of the present system .he
FREE TOLLS r . cites the. appropriation of $58,000
:tTr a postoffice and courthouse atj
A FEW SMILES
PERTINENT-COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
There recently came to a fashionable
ehoe shop a daughter of a man whose
twealth had been ac
KMALt. CHANGE
T
HE passage by the senate of jwilkesboro. North Carolina, and
1 t1ai mmadI : Kill aVOfl I - .. . .
kho ucfrwiw uw " i ine appropriation or 105,000 for
rv am trnta ? C at t1 J ra Til A - - - . . ....
K. HimilQI Mtllrlinf In mm A aIr n n 0 A aa
town. " Both buildings eovered the
same area., The sum "of $86,000 ne aaJd
was appropriated for a public build
ing in Idaho and twice that amount
for a similar structure in Texas.
by a vote-of 54 to 35.
malorftv for r the bill was
heavily increased bjr Republican
support.
The SImmons-Norrls amendment
specifically reserves all the Amerl
: : !
quired within rery re- of a loafer at we aoor
cent year. The younc , " ; a a -
woman was disposed The end of a busy little bee la more
to patronise the clerk, or ieae painful, -
and rejected a.num- a a
ber of "claaay" slip- K Many a soldier's first engagement
per he produced for IU weaainj.
her approval. Finally
can rights under the Hay-Paunce-jit all seems to depend onthe abil-
fote treaty, and was a strong n-.ty of congressmen to get their
I think, perhapa. I shall take these
two pairs. But -Louis XV heels are
Folly la a man's worst enemy and
discretion his best friend.
GOOD TIMES
w
HILE calamity howlers are
staking their political for
tunes . on so-called hard
times. Chairman Gary of
the" United .States Steel corpora
tion ; says we are approaching the
door of prosperity."" '
Another manufacturer, who
gives favorable testimony, is Lewis
W. Parker; head of .eighteen South
ern cotton" mills, who asserts that
The concentration of ef- & neriod of nrofltahl. himlnaaa la
'fort on those four aays yieias su- rignt at .hand and -that the out
nprinr reaulta. The killing pace -Of lnnlr fnr nil imafn- tv,
for a whole week.
fluence in drawing support to the
bill. It eliminates any surrender
of American rights, and leaves this
country, free to claim at any time
the right to exempt American
coastwise shipping, a fact (hat ren
ders the repeal bill far less ob
jectionable than as originally
framed. :
The present legislation Is not the
end of the canal episode. Per
haps there will be later on, some
step for cbanging the treaty. Per
haps there will be legislation . to
correct our antedeluvlan naviga
tion laws, so there can be restora
tion of an American marine.
That President Wilson has ' a
further program Is not doubted.
He Is an earnest advocate of Amer
ican waterways as a means of prop
erly forwarding American agricul
tural, commercial and Industrial
welfare. In the end, it may be
certain that good will come out of
his efforts, for in other and more
important subjects during his ad
ministration, he has proven bis
independence of selfish interests
and his deep concern for the wel
fare ottbe masses of the American
people.
Senators Chamberlain and Lane
of Oregon were among those who
opposed the repeal bill to the last
Both went on record agalnBt It in
the final ballot.
Whatever may be the individual
judgment respecting free tolls, both
senators will command high respect
for their political independence in
going on record ' against the
measure.
measures through
In defining what he believes to
be the true policy Mr. Burleson
says buildings , should be author
ized primarily for" economle rea
sons and constructed for utilitarian
purposes.
His policy is sound, and ought
to be rigidly applied
Though the long wait for intel
ligence from the three missing bal
loons Is disquieting, there scarcely
seems reason for alarm. The
pilots were all skilled aeronauts,
and, the air currents since the miss
ing balloons disappeared were not
violent. - The clouds of yesterday
may explain why neither was re
ported as seen in the sky. If they
alighted, after following a south
easterly - course for many hours,
any or- all of them could easily be
at considerable distance froro civ
ilization, where many hours will be
required in establishing communi
cations. Of large concern for the
time Is the tidings brought by car
rier pigeon from the St. Louis bal
loon with the information that Cap
tain Berry is badly injured and
that with his companion, O. Y.
Morrison, he Is lost in the woods.
Bom mas r Kstra Bill, wi . v
- j.id. vj , o tup a bus 1 auu viucfs i 1 k v4i o iiKnt xor them
or, stay perhaps Louis XIII will be I "
high enough." Harper's Magaxine.
"That old barn of yours Is decidedly !
picturesque," saia
the artist. "May I
paint itr '
"Wa'all, a leetle
paint wouldn't do
it no ' Harm, re
plied Farmer CI ov
ertop. "What do
you charge?" Llp
plncott's. ;
UNCIVILIZED INDUSTRY
M'
RS. MARY MINORA, not yet
fifteen years old, but mar
ried two years, and the
mother of a six-months-old
baby, was a witness the other day
Harry Godfrey has a granddaughter
in thu thre.vea.r-old class. She has
Ideas all her own about things out of man comes alona- and unmakes It.
rwm & raw navi I -
ThOUffh truth mav II f h tmitAm
to fish"11 V'rr ,ew n1 there
a a
Victory Is sure to perch on the ban
ner of the chaD who never lets doubt
to creep Into his heart. .
a
Many a woman who wants her hus
band to be honest is sorry that his
honesty keeps him so poor.
a a
All the mean acts of his life are
quickly brought before a drowning
wwi vr canaiaaie tor Ollice.
a
Alter a woman mab,, ,m v.
she may not be satisfied until some
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rarden. Miss Tire
Year Old observed I The averaas srlrl miv hin a hnr.
the proceedlnga J ror of robbers, but-still not be en
with Interest. Pres- I tirely averse to having a kiss stolen
ently darkness! o-aionany.
f,ma nn &nd she 1
" .1 Krtm, m.11 will . K . v. -
1 uu iv a lii" wnQ can l
m. and
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Frrd Lockley.
If VOU hlV. n.v.r n.t TW nna.
Free movins; pictures- Is an Item ! 1,1.1,. -
that is reiled upon to swell the crowd II ,1 V -i-T. lur"- -
at Hillsbors tor the Fourth of Jul J1 ,ea,?v of nhln on a dark
celebration. Jday. She is like a refreshing and e-
tnworaung sea Dreese. Her eyes twia-
A feature of Molalla's Fourth t -kla and aleam with hnmnr mnA tima
July celebration will be the formal puts on his running shoes' and goes
opening of , the fine new public hall, awlftlv when aha talk rt A.ri ,T. v
bu.lt by th. MolaUaband. , JW "g" r
ITmatllla s old commercial club hav. ti aoout out is comparatively rare
lng bwomt extinct, it was decided at personal magnetism. To talk to ber
a public meeting to forget It and take Is like the jlay of sparks when ateel
an entirely new atari A. O. Mean Is struck on flint,
was elected president. 1 k,. dpo. m. nn. tn h ,mrm
In Madrord s Better Baby contest J tt0"l, ,B .S10!100-
babiea scored 8. and better. Eleven t or two ago. I Intended to spend an
of them beat S. The best of all were hour. Befoie I knew it the morning
Claire Virginia 8herard and Doris 1 was gone and I stayed to take Dot luck
Bundy. with S9.S
uveiy.
and l.76. reepec-
Lafayette Visitor: It Is predicted.
with her for lunch. She had rotten un
before S that morning, had driven to
the beach and dug two big palls of
and tha nrediction i'm a aafa ona. thai : clams so pot luck meant fried claraa.
there will b considerable building here j Peas, potatoes and gravy, homemade
tnis ralL Many from the outaide will : oread and butter, sweet pickles, sago
seek the town as soon ss they know
fire protection is assured.
Hood River Glacier: More cow,
and more hogs, more mowers and more
raxes. More diverstried farming. A
pudding and a heaping dish of freshly
gathered wild salmon berries with
cream on them, so thick It would hard
ly pour. After lunch wa walked all
over her beautiful farm, and In the
little more work for the orcliardlst, J afternoon ahe took me out driving to
wno is learning tne art or rarming. nut t see the country. My hour's visit last-
iE f uo eranddad Tu should take a course in then he Is sure of an evener Income. The ed all day. and I enloved every mln
if?,:toh of manly art of self-defense before start- diversity of farming back of the Pre- i 1a' mna 1 nJa ery mln
:: : vu '?. o snow
dominant orcnard spells prosperity.
At a recent meeting of the Newport
ute of it.
Tou can't put talk in words you
can't get the slow and solemn ticking
Commercial club, as reported by the ' of the old-fashlened clock in, nor the
Letters From the People
mlsslna- from tha family hearth.
search immediately was Instituted,
ba induced tn tr at 1
and, to the. surprise of all, they found I start one in the kitchen range.
ner sitting Deside a row 01 poimoca.
"Why, what are you doing here?"
granddaddy inquired a bit peevishly.
"Waiting for the potatoes to come
up," was the reply.
"Well, you come on into the house.
Tou ve scared us all half to oeatn
Unwillingly she took
8ignal, all were enthuaiastlc in their
praise of the work that has been done
on the channel between Newport and
Toledo, and it seemed to be the sense
of the meeting thst "If a little more
work was done on the entrance to the
harbor we would have one of the fin
est ports In the world."
CELESTIAL STATESMANSHIP
From the Chicago Post.
Henry Watterson, one of our grand-
grandad's I est old relics of the past In politics
hand and started toward the house. I nd journalism, has been reading Sain
Buoceniy sne oroa away ana ro Blythes Mexican chat with Prealdent
back to the potato row. Pointing her I w..
at it as If to command, she ' "'V V . . . "
finger
said:
Saturday Evening Post. And Marse
Potatoes, don't you dare come up I Henry is provoked into exclamation.
till I get back." I It Is preposterous," says he. "Such
statesmanship exists only in Heaven.
The killing pace x
'such a function cannot be kept up
If a week, it
: degenerates Into a drag.
' Having found ourselves, our fu
ture festivals will be better and
t better. Meanwhile, the .men and
women who made the last four
' days four great days of gladness
and beautyT are entitled to unstint
ed praise. They made sacrifices
of time and effort. They-forgot
; private affairs In this great public
affair. Their wprk was effective,
and the results pre-eminently suc
ces8ful. . In the midst of the congratula
tions, there should not be forget
; fulness of those who financed .the
festival. Back of everything was
their gift of money, and without
money there could have been no
, festival. '
look. for all "business the country before the United States Industrial
over is .bright. He adds that for- Commissioners sitting in New
elgn competition, under the new
tariff is notgoing to injure the
textile industry.
When practical business men
talk In this? strain, it Is time to
turn a deaf ear to the croaking of
a few political birds of -ill omen.
Why should not business pros-
York.
. This wife and mother testified
that she was supporting her hus
band and child by working thirteen
hours dally In her tenement rooms.
She was able to make aa much 'as
sixty cents a day doing finishing
work on clothing. ? She began when
MILITANCY RETARDS
T
pectB be' bright? The country's 8lle was ten years 01a. Her nus
financial : condition is sound and band aQd ner father v have been
there is ahead of us the biggest ot of work for nine months, and
crops In historv. it is atimtAd the women of the family support
that the farmers are going to add tnm Mrs- Minora's mother some
ten billions to the natfonal wealth tlmes makes eighty cents a day.
this summer and autumn. The case of this chlldmother Is
Business always has its ups and Bald t0 be typical of condlUons
downs, tariff or no tariff. The wnlch the Industrial commission
causes are numerous and world was authorized by Congress to in
wide. To fix trpon the tariff or vestlgate. Chairman Walshstated
upon governmfnj ctton -generally n,s PurP8e to vl811 the tenements
as the explanation of the state of and fInd out whr wrk Is being
business at a given time Is absurd aone at ine C0Bt 01 1116 ana neaitn.
,..'.?on'"tlo,' to Taa Journal for
publication la thla departraeat anoald be writ
2 on ld ot the papar, abould not
exceed 800 words in length and moat ba ac
companU.il by tbe name and address of tha
sender. If the writer . doea sot desire to
nave the name pnbliahed, be shoald ao atata.)
"Dlaenaalom fa tha .11 I
"S lt .rsUea ererythlnj it toarhc. It
roba principle, of all falsa aanctlty and
throw them back on their reaaonableneaa. ' If
they hare no reaaonableneaa, it rnthleasly
cronbea them oat of existance and aeta ap iu
own conclusions la their atead." Woodrow
V, laawo.
.a definite connection la
There Is something radically
iHE cause of woman- suffrage
in. England has undoubtedly
been greatly retarded by the
outrages on property by the
-militant faction. In the destruc
'J,' ion of art relics and the attacks
on ancient churches there has been
aroused a spirit of resentment and
' "Let them Die" is becoming a
. popular slogan. The militants
seem to be doing all they can to
'. make enemies of the common peo
PU. - " i
; A curious feature about the out
rages of the militants is that they
are committed and approved by
I. women of education and culture
who, In their Illogical procedure,
confirm the assertion of opponents
I of suffrage that women are jiot
j' fitted for political responsibility.
".They also lend color to recent ar-
AUU1UUUV IU LUC UUUDV UL
.that inasmuch as women are in
the majority the nation will be en-
dangered If they -be given the
; right to vote.
No measure can be . passed
through parliament merely through
. the energy of enthusiasts, said
Lloyd-George recently. " "You carry
t things through," he added, "not
merely with the assistance of. the
people who are -thoroughly con-
t- M. IlL A .
viucea Dut wua me aia ot tne
people who merely assent."
The harm that militancy has
; done Is the turning of this mass
of possible assent-into actual hos-
tility. The suffragist movement
tilrillicm tn T)ucata ' !
unless
shown. , If the . denresslon wfirJrong with our civilization when
confined to the United States alone the cradIe Is robbed by industry.
therer might be some ground for lt ia Possible that Mis. Minora, has
attributing the cause to the tariff a worthless husband, but, even so,
but when It is -world widn th ron- tnere snouia do some plan ae
nection cannot be traced vised to punish him rather than
Even when the captains of Indus- lm,p6e cruel hard8b,P3 on wife and
TV tiolri iwtT rufn, e.l.v.a j. I WU11U,
v. rf . " t iicjgut rates
were regulated, before rebates were
cut off and .when the monopolistic
manufacturer did pretty much as
he pleased there were periods of
depression and even panics.
About the only person who hates
"to see the approach of prosperity
Is the reactionist who has a stand-
pat record to defend and a political
office to obtain.
The time will, surely come when
all the people will give heed to
the Mrs. Mlnora's and their babies.
Industry does not demand their
sacrifice. The price of no gaftnent
should be lowered by. 6tunted chil
dren and withered mothers.
A Valedictory.
Portland, June 18. To the Editor
of The Journal On Oct. 28, 19X2. I ad
dressed a letter to a prominent citizen
of Portland on tha desirability of es
tablishing direct steamship service
between this city and New York with
Portland owned ships, and solicited his
assistance. I was turned down so em
phatically and with such prpmptlteasw
that I was convinced there was noth
ing to be done in that quarter. I then
carefully matured plans for further ac
tion, and on April 7, 1918, at great
personal sacrifice, I commenced an ae-,
tlve agitation on the proposal l had to
make.
Since that date I have been actively
and exclusively engaged in endeavor
ing to educate the community to the
necessity of locally owned shipping
to create a port of commerce tn real
ity, fully demonstrating the act that
Portland cannot assume the import
ance its geographical position entitles
It to without ships. I pointed to tha
facts that neither the construction of
docks or wharves', the dredging-of the
river, me deepening of the baiy giving
Astoria terminal rates, nor legislation
Of any kln4 can ever create commerce
without the means to -handle It.
I haf shown that three-fourths of
the imports and exports, excepting
wheat and lumber bear a burden of
a freight differential up to 81.60 per
ton; that 8200.000 can be saved to th
wool growers of Oregon annually; that
8150,000 can be saved on the shipment
of 1,000,000 cases of canned salmon;
that 850,000 can be saved to the con
sumers of Cumberland coal, and so
on with many other commodities, with
direct service. "
1 have Interviewed every man In
town who I thought could and should
be interested. I have gone into every
detail of this subject a thousand
times. I have always acted In the
open and have never deviated from a
straight, legitimate proposition, and
A certain youngster .was one day I It has no abode on earth."
suffering greatly by reason of an aoh- I Of course, the althruistlc proposals
lng tooth. His mother was endeavor- 1 of the president amaze Mr. Watterson.
ing to calm him whose experience In politics and states,
against a visit to the manahip has been comprehensive
dentist. enough with the kind that savors more
"You'll have it out, of the celestial antipodes. Of course,
won't you, dearie?" it is absurd to him that a high ideal-
the mother pleaded, ism could control' in matters of this
"It won't hurtmuch kind, for Marse Henry is the prag-
and then the ache will inatlst who set forth during his earlier
rta all nvar." - controversy with Candf ilato Wnntmw
iJut tii uimappy child continued to I Wilson the belief that money was tha
howl with pain. His brother, . a year j most important ractor in politics, and
older, was likewise distressed and add- I who now clamors for Mexican territory.
ed his pleadings to those of his mother.
"Do have it out, dear," repeated the We may ourselves. In common with
mother. many other observers. Indulge doubts
"Yes, Pick, have It out." added the as to the ultimate success of tbe prest-
brother. "It will be one fees to clean, dent's program, although we confess
w a www
you know."
Christian,
struggle.
should enlist now in the
MARY E. TOWNSEND.
Liquor Used In North Dakota.
Portland. June 18. To the Editor of
The Journal Mrs. I H. Additon
quotes opinions of governors of prohi
bition states, among them L. B. Hanna,
of North Dakota. Governor Hanna is
the doubts are not as strong as they
were in the earlier stages of his slow
ly developing policy. But we would
not, like the Kentucky editor, cavil at
its heavenly qualities and despair that
It an be made to stand on terra firms.
snapping of the drtftwood logs In the
huge old-fashioned, fireplace; nor can
you get the frequent smiles and the
merry laughter in your atory. Though
much that as most interesting In our
all-day talk will have to be left out.
nevertheless I am going to try to give
here and there a sidelight that will
give an Idea of the wonderfully inter
esting lire of Dr. Owens-Adalr.
"My name how f used to hate It
when I was a little girl," she said, "Is
Bethenla Angeline Owens. I finally
tolerated it, and now 1 rather like it.
as it Is so unusuaL r used to be
'Beth' when I was a little tot. unless
they wanted to tease me, when I was
called Bethenla. When I waa little
they said I was a regular little tom
boy; sometimes they used a harsher
term, and said I was a regular little
devil., I never was aTrald of anything.
Iong before I ever had a pair of
shoes 1 would get on the up-hill side
of a horse, catch It by the mane and
putting my Mr toe above Its knea I
would scramble on. If It dumped me
off I would set It cornered and un I
ments by which a road can be built would crawl again until, in sheer dts
for order and Justice and enlighten- gust, the horse would give up and let
mnt- I me slay on. All my life all of my
I relatives, frienda and acaaalntanrea
And is there anyreason why govern- have been ashamed of me. I have been
WHAT TO CHARGE FOR SMALL LOANS
PARCEL POST PURCHASES
"LOGROLLING" AN OFFENSE
Ti
T
HE experiment of bringing
country producers and city
consumers into closer rela
tions by means of the parcel
post is being watched by govern-
By John M. Osklson.
Remedial loan companies have
Just as accurate as any. of the rest. rroWn in numbers and (experience so
therefore we wi use mm as a sample. that tentative conclusions concerning
Mrs. Additon. referring to Governor the DU8lnegg mmy be ,tated.
Hanna, says: -He further states that Ir beeQ found from ft ,tU(Jy of
, r?,C '" JlVu'LIlll " of these companies over a series
Book shows the number of gallons per . .
capita iof Intoxicating drinks consumed of years that the annual expenses
in ltll in North Dakota was nothing." amount to 14.4 per cent, of tha aver-
The lady quoted the governor correct- amount outstanding In loans,
ly, therefore no criticism attaches to Adding 6 per cent, to that as a fair
her, but so far aa Governor Hanna is return on the money used, you get
concerned, either he did not know what over 20 per cent, as a fair return
he was talking about, or he deliber- which may be expected on loans made
ately falsified. No recent or ancient on. the security of personal property.
Brewers' Year Book ever purported to Ob loans based on the security of
show the "consumption of liquor in the borrower's salary, the men who
any state, but does show the number are fighting the sharks say that 3
of gallons "manufactured" in each per cent, a month, in addition to cer-
state, and a governor who does not tain restricted charges, should be
know the difference between "manu- charged if the company expects to
facture"- and "consumption" shouldn't make a fair return on its capital and
make public addresses. really meet the needs of the most
In a published article H. L. Sheldon, needy borrowers those who want to
recent head of the Oregon Anti-Sa- borrow j10 or 820.
loon league, m. .iu.u In N(JW York u opersting he olJ
that Governor Hanna ia guilty of. and anfl b, t remedial loan com
Rather, we think what the president
is trying to do Is Immensely worth
while stteraptlrg.
Apart from the possibilities of suc
cess magnificent possibilities if they
can be realized this experiment in
Idealism is of educational value to the
nation and men in new channels as to
me manner in whlcn tne duty or a
great people to elvilixation-may be ful
filled. It centers attention upon the
value of the pacific method, the plan of
reason and persuasion, the program
cf dignified and considerate patience
and restraint, as opposed to the old no
tion that might Is right and that bul
lets and bayoneta are the only instru
ment as well ss Individuals should not ( a thorn in their flesh simply because
begin, even Imperfectly, to answer the j I wanted to live my own life In my .
age-long prayer of Christendom: "Thy own way, and I have done It, too.
will be done on earth even as it Is in ! "My father, Thomas Owena. . is of
heaven?" It !s not likely that Presl- Welch descent, though both he and my
dent Wilson, In his modesty, would , mother were born in Kentucky. My
claim that this Is what he has been j mother was one of the besf 'educated
seeking to achieve, but since his csvll- ! women I ever iiw, though she couldn't
ing critic of the Courier-Journal would ' read nor write. I have seen too msny
damn him by labeling his staiesmsn- educated fools to think that reading
ship with th tag of Heaven, why. not or writing makes one educated. She
accept the label and let those who will, '.was self-reliant and resourceful, and
glory In the may of war, which, on'-could do with what she had and keep
good authority, has been likened to cheerful. You could sit her down Irr
nu j the trackless woods, and ahe could
(start like a bee for its hive, or a car
rier pigeon to Its home. Khe never
owned a wstch In her life, but she
could ,tell the time by the sun within
'five or ten mlnutts. She knew J1 ref
ers' association offered to donate 81000
pany one with a working capital of
1 AAA AAA Tkl. . n ... ...I
. . . , , ek ,1 I a I VVf V.VU V. XIWO CUIIIl0,My iVUUU
? a.ny cna "V IZl-, ..m. 7- .1 that loans of 810 or less on which 1
Rr,wtr' Year Book purporting to deal
with the consumption of liquor. The I in 8166.784.605. or an average' of
woman who
has a lot does mighty little. My father
built us a cabin and then got work
splitting rails. Mother cut the ard
Oer cent, a month la rhir,.!
pay. even when they run for a year, i tion by ,he ",,r" r V'e ,no !' l!"
It has found that a loan of 8260 re- tr""8' 8he ould do ,ot wUh ""i
r.aM In tnrra wlra .ki.k . wmie nuwiuiit m.i
of one-half of 1 per cent paid, will
Just repay the cost of making tha
loan and the cost of capital used.
T'V, I .1 1 .
w 'nuiuii vuaiii 1 o Drove use i . . v- . , . . , .
fin,t?h.thiohla0w,n;akr?Mwho r t.
ling the Job of legislating the sharka , nave rioney to get them. So Uiey tled
out of business. They ought to help j p. acr0 tne roof to hold the
those associations of men who art -hakes on and fastened the poles with
trying to right the sharks by-putting roDe, ma(le from the Inner bark of
and made a chimney and a fireplace.
decent companies into the field.
Loaning money In small amounts,
where it is necessary to look up the
standing -of the borrowers Is an ex
pensive business. You
such loans at the legal
the hemlock twisted or braided. In
place of nails, everything was pegged
together with pess. Mother had
brought somft-f,sBecl with "her, and
can't make soon she ad flsx growing. She
rate of In- rotted it and of the fiber made thread.
terest, and any law which tries to and aoon we had good elk hide shoes.
prevent the small loan comnanv t ram i She traded the linen thread to the In-
collecting "usurious" interest Is play, dians for salmon. They made bets of
ing into- the hands of the sharka.
! her home-mad i flax
thread. Often
the beach.
It is the loan shark who will r.rom 'wbaJea would drift onto
Ise to make loans at the legal rate 'and the Indians would try out their
and then exact his 100 per cent, orihlubber. They traded this whale oil
n'ore thrpugh disguised charges- and i to mother for flsx. She put the whsle
it Is the honest company which will oi ,n cracked cup and a burning rag
... AAmnAll 1 . . . . . . ...
i7 luiniKiim iu puc up 11s shutters
IT restricted to
"legal" interest
the charging of
offer was specific and official, ant1 about 8224 for every inhabitant ot the
made conditions easy for Mr. Sheldon, state; that 223,169 people have de
but up to date ho has made no attempt posits averaging 8401 all due to pro
to get the 81000 for charity. hibltion.
Why do the Sheldons, Hannas and xbe report of the United States
Mi.., nrohibitlon leaders persist in comDtroller of the treasury for June
have never Interested a single man to making statements of this character? I 4, 1913, shows that the population of
Men of their experience Know mai no 1 Maine, esumaiea Dy in government.
consumption 01 1 actuary, is tzi.vw, mac me
have local option, and we are regulat
ing under this law with apparent sat
isfaction to all persons Interested."
Former Governor Plaisted of Maine
HE Washington Supreme Court
has established a precedent 1 fiai- S
aUiuS voces. ul interest.
fea9ance in office. The higher -"."Z'
?AnllTAJt decl6,0fn ?y through the mail In the month of
SSffJT.f?1" May was forty thousand parcels.
of May 5 at which three members partmeht Inaugurated Its plan for
"rBl brining seller and buyer together
rvu . . I Juno ucu otAi; y5i VUU
Rftaiusi me COUnClI-1 Th vlK nmt nf m.rVntU.
men were that tHey had agreed to ters largeiy into the high cost of The Journal
trade votes, one faction seeking to iw,. in.Hn.(n growers has
defeat the confirmation of Police hnarfcrtlne ar d., th. nnnan..
Chief Jnsche and the Other seeking and often unprofItaDle prices which
u u! au yiuiuuce cios- tne farmer receives.
ll.ni ,5Ja!!,.SteIner 8 . ecwou accomplish a great deal for na-
Mo-m iai6o -niBumoauce. it estao- Nmal ilhi-i
the extent of his saying "I will.".
Furthermore, I will wager that "tha
really astounding assertions herein
made will not stimulate a single indi
vidual to even look up and take no
tice. I desire In " this, my valedictory, to
express my thanks to the proprietor
of Tha Journal, who has kindly ex
tended to mo the use of its columns
to exploit my views on this subject
and enterprise.
In conclusion, I will state there is
a strong possibility .of financing this
enterprise elsewhere, but having spent
a great deal of money in this direction
I do not fl that it is Incumbent upon
me or that 1 am abl to contribute
further for the benefit of Portland.
RICHARD CHILCOTT.
A BIRD CENSUS
CENSUS of birds In the
United States is about to be
taken, by tbe department of
agriculture with the cooper
ation of bird lovers throughout the
country. ...
i The object Is to determine how
many birds ot particular species,
? breed within definite areas. r It
f Is thought, that, by a comparison of
. j census figures with others already
avai 1 a Die 11 win do possiDie to as-
llshes as a principle of law In the
After all, though, the success of
certain whether the present state
birds are increasing, or diminish
Ing in numbers. ;'; : ..-
. ; ' The department estimates -that
, i American farmers lose a 1 billion
t dollars every ; year through Insect
,' " ravages. A vast deal of this could
YJ?J Pl Spends upon the enter-
.' . , K v lcyi.ea.tuia,uve prise and attitude of the producer.
'LiL'.?!" 7"! Uhe consumer: will increase his pur
. ruo" B,-uuy ' chases by parcel post
The history of government in
America bears evidence that log-
r6ljlng by congressmen, members
of state legislatures and city coun
cils j has been responsible for much
vicious legislation. A system of
PUBLIC BUILDING POLICY
r
N HIS advocacy, of a new polfcy
In the- matter of public build
ings Postmaster General Burle
son is receiving the sunport of
barter and trade In the delegated I the American Institute of Archi-
surrrages of the people has grown I tects. " - r
up. I Its evil effects have been! MrJ Burleson's Dlan Is to base
.,and federal laws are effective land J shown throughout the entire gamut (the appropriation for a publle
bwv uu . luovtuTui vur W8. icfcioiauuu., luuuiuuai. slrta nnn t hniinmir nn inn semcB to tne irw
national. r - ealitv in which it Is to be built
There is every reason why rep-1 with a provision for an increase In
jeooniaiives 01. tne people should J service ana personnel during ten
toot j be allowed to trade votes on I years ; after a. careful ; study of the
any; . proposition whatsoever.: No i requirements; ... tbe purchase . .. of
correct - theory -of representation I similar sitea in towns where siml-
Hops and the Soil."
Portland, June 12. To the Editor of
The - interests or nop
been much discussed,- and
as fair minded persons we must give
due consideration to these vested in
terests. But is hop raising to thelr
best and most permanent Interests?
It Is undoubtedly true that there Is no
other cron except tobacco that so im
poverishes the soiL . New England
farmers tell us that it Tfore out the
oil and sucked the fertility out of
their land. ' &o they quit hops. How
long before Oregon soil will be in the
same condition? And ' again It is
truly said that most bop fields are
owned by large corporations and cap!
talists, so that the interests of eom-
psritively few people would be in
volved. All Intelligent students of the
subject concede and believe that nine-
tenths of the peopW of our common
wealth suffer either directly or Indi
rectly from the evils of the liquor
system. Then no one who wishes for
the greatest good to the greatest num
ber would aver allow tha hopquestlon
to make votes for the wets. ..
TKa 1 1 rttiir rm f Arr4 tv la . tv. 4 . w
losing fight. Scfence, economy and!lt?
ihnwtm tne
llauor has ever been complied by any- bank deposits aggregate 8148,913.688.84
one, for the very simple reason that or 4198.71 per capita. This Is much
It la impossloie to ao so. 1 lower iun "'i'"' k -, ...
n a. MORRIS. I anv other Kew England state.
The average deposits per capita m
Mr. Woodruff on Key's Song. the license states r .r. nnri'
r Inn, 12 Tn tha PM. '-""' ..''Z.1Z'
ruruau . - - are a, follows: Kew jiampsnira,
itor of The Journal Mr. O Sullivan v.rmont $24o.64; Massachu
comes again with an alleged definition ' ;24S.11: Rhode Ialand. 8248.68;
of "anthem." and pretends to quot. Connectlcut t270.2.
Webster. x na. . M Additon quotes Governor Craig
Webster at hand. I find the-definition rth Carolna as eayin, that the
of "anthem" to be: sacred tune. or - . . ravenu8 of that state for 1913.
piece of music set to woros taken rrom under prohibition, greatly exceeded the
tha Psalms or other parts of the Scrip- totai revenues for 1908, under license,
tures." So I was entirely correct, un- DUt tne governor falls to mention the
less Mr. O'SuIUvan can cite the Psalm fact that taxes have been Increased
or Scripture containing the substance au along the line to provide this addi-
of "The Star Spangled Banner," one of tional revenue made necessary by the
..tiniial annim. The naarest tn a I increased cost in aaminiaier ins me
recognition of God in "The Star Span
gled Banner" is in the last line of the
last stansa, to-wlt: "And this be our
motto. Tn God Is Our Trust'," whila
"For more than half a century we have
had upon our statute books, and for
more than a quarter of a century Ir. the long as there was a newer country to
In the oil cave us our light. If there
was no whale oil she used bear grease
or melted elk fat for her oil lamp.
"My father and mother moved from
Kentucky to Mlanourl, so I am Ken
tucky bred but Missouri born. I was
born in Van Buren county on the sev
enth day of Februsry, 180.
"The Kentucky blood of my fsther
and mother called for change and ad
venture. Missouri was too tame so
constitution of our state, prohibition
of the manufacture and sale of intoxi
cating liquors: and looking back over,
these years no fair minded man can
refrain from a feeling of disgust; not
only hss the purpose failed ef accom
plishment, but hypocrisy, corruption
snd disregard for law have been be
gotten." Governor Baldwin of Connecticut:
"Our state has had its experience with
statewide prohibition. Recently a lo
cal option law was adopted, and I be
lieve our present law is giving satis
faction to all concerned. Local option.
whereby the people of each community
can decide the policy to be adopted in
such matters as the license question.
appears to be the most satisfactory
method of dealing with the license
question." LOI8 I. CRAIO.
state rovernment.
Finally Mrs. Additon quotes Govern
or Hanna of North Dakota as saying
that the Brewers' Year Book shows
that no intoxicating drlnlts were con-
Titwainlntrv in all avainat th,ni TXi.t I
more than all. morality la against thai Those Figure From Governors.
trarria. ana tne nan ox jeaovah is up-
the whole Of the fourth stansa of the 'Z?? Vtate in l5fl. This Vs
hymnn "America breatnes a spirit of RD8Urd anti Mrs. Additon admits that
worship, of trust in, and of petition to ,t , a misstatement The Brewers'
Almighty God. Is this why Mr. O'Sul- year Book makes no such statement.
Uvan and his colleagues are so anx- but aoem state that no intoxicating
ious to knock "America"? I do not liquors were manufactured- in Norta
know of any wno nave Deen or are Dakota in 1911,
knocking "The Star Spangied Banner." I HARRY K. HALL.
isn I do know of those who of" late
have been knocking "America," in sea- Lbcal Option Testimony.
son and out of season. Really patri- J Portland, June 18. To the Editor of
otic Americans j are fond of both The Journal I notice that Mrs. Addi-
hymns. My ancestors came to Amer- ton, in her communication of June
lea about 300 years ago. How long quotes the governors of three prohlbl-
ago did Mr. O'Sulllvan's come? I have tlon states in an attempt to show that
a framed certificate in my parlor that prohibition Is a success. J suggest
I am proud of. certifying that I am a that Mrs. Additon might quots other
member of the ."Francis Scott Key governors and former governors of
Memorial- Association," and a sub- states where prohibition has been tried,
scriber to the fund Yor the purchase who hold decided views to. the con-
and preservation f the historic home trary. .Here are a few: :
of Francis Scott I Key, at Washington, Vice ' President Thomas R. Marshall,
n r im Mr rvftuiiivan t m,mw e former governor of Indiana: Men
WM. It- WOODRUFF. I cannot e iegiai
trlniis. KxDenence nas provea imi
statewide prohibition falls in appllca-
on : it. w hoever can measure the
worth ot a boy -or a man, can measure
tn some degree the character destroy
ing power of the saloon. -.
t There is a new star in. the borison
of our state, yea, of our nation, and it
is the star of deliverance from the ab
solutism of rum, The American peo
ple must unlock, arms with the liquor
business and every patriot, or every
loose V X Z " tion. and local option, which embraces
Portland. June 13. To the Editor of :L "' ., 1. , t ,n.,rnm.ht 1.
The Journal In a communication pub- l rlL . .
iai in m, rorau.umc.uoo puo-1 - - frr-d to an statewide en
lished in The Journal on June . Mrs. I " . . . , -
ii. awmu "7V a.. V' Former Governor Pothier of Rhode
three prohibition states in an effort to . -fh. Rhoda Island conaUtu-
prove tbat prohibition is beneficial. If'a: T ii J5 rhVwVirr
Governor Haines of; Maine is quoted tion was niended V" rph0b"n
aa saying that with a population of the manufacture "f j 'nicfa5:
but 743.000 Mains has in her savings " .lloow Ijat ow ln .t1:
banks, trust companies and building factory working. of; tha amendment It
and loan companies assets aggregat- was repealed in 1889. .At present we
Americanism of "America."
Portland. June 12. To the Editor of
The Journal I notice D. M. O'SuIUvan
objects to the singing of "America" on
Flag day. It seems,if me we used to
sing that song wherf was in school,
years ago, and I don't remember any
thing that was un-American in it. I
have tried to locate my old songbook
but have been unable to do so. Would
you kindly publish the song In the
columns of The Journal, so we may
all see what there is about It that does
not represent "true Americanism'?
JOE BLISS.
The Ragtime Muse
Laud Problenf.
"If I were not a turtle."
Said the turtle with a grin,
"I'd be a snail, for you alao
l.ivo your own house within.
Aristocrat,) of nature,'
VYc be all clad in mall;
Our homes we carry with us."
Said the turtle to the snail.
"We're righteously exclusive,
. And homes we never lack;
We are noble and we carry
Our castles on our back;
And If dangers ever threaten
Or even harm betide.
We creep into our fortresses
And lock ourselves inside." .
"You speak." the snail said, "truly.
But. alas! I've never found
A placo to put my castle.
Free of rental, on the groundf
"Be off. you silly pessimist;
You only weep and wall;
We are eaten for the ground rent!"
Said the turtle to the snail.. .
ao to. so with the first wagon train
of 1843 they started for Oregon. The
Oregon emigrants met nesr Independ
ence, Mo., to organise. We were with
the Applegate party. Peter II. Burnett
of Weston, Mo., waa there with a party
from the Piatt purchase. T. I. Kaiser
had a party, so did Daniel Matheney
and Jesse Looney. There were oyer a
hundred wagons In the Prty, and
nearly a thousand people. At the Big
Blue river the company was divided
into two sections. Not only wss It a
problem in so large a company to
graze the oxen, but many of the emi
grants had loose stock, so there were
several thousand cattle In the train.
"Jesse Applegate was In command
of our train after the Big Blue was
crossed. They called It the cow col-
...... . -. w . -1 ...... -
umn. I was a nine iui in
old I had Mack hair and shiny black 1
eyes, and waa full of life and go.
Jesse applegate took a great liking to
me. He would carry me for inllra
perched on his shoulder. He wss as
good ss be was homely. lie was
homely thst he would never liava his
ploture taken. We landed In an In
dia'n canoe at Tansy Point, now called
Flavel. on Chrlatmas dsy. 183. Fsther
had (0 cents In money, but both father
and mother had plenty of courage.
Father was 38 years old. He was a
natural woodsman, and a lightning
striker at splitting rails. He hart
been deputy sheriff In Kentucky at I
years of age. and had proved his cour
age thoroughly during the eight yara
he held office aa deputy ana iavr as
sheriff, so they bed no fears for the
future. In less than two. years ho be
came the first sheriff of Clatsop coun
ty The old donation itno ciaim jainrr
took up In 1843 he later sold to Judge
Cyrus Olney."
The -Woman's" 'Page.
The Journal each evening: pre-"
sent s a number of striking
features. Many of them are
of exclusive interest to wom
en; others are ot general
appeal.
They all are worth while. Cul
tivate this ' dally feature
k ; page; you will find It profit
able. .. , '