THE JOURNAL
AN INDEPENDENT HtWUPArglt
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fualtaaed every avaalag (esrapt HontUy) n4
every gaBday morntaf at Tba Jooraal Build'
IBM. Broadway aa timtlU ata. rortiana.or.
Lotarsd at tbe pontnfflca at fwtUad, Or., for
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DAILT AND 8DHDAT
0B year..' M 0 awnta. 3
When You Go Away
Have The Journal sent to
your Summtr address. ,
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Reflect upon your present
blessings, of which every man
has many; not on your past
misfortunes, of which all men
have some. Dickens,.
T11K CITY HALL RECALL
THERE Is renewal of the threat
to file the petitions for recall
of tbe mayor and two com-
mlssloners.
There la no merit in the plan
Thsn ia no reason for the recall
Thra is no condition at the city
hall to justify resort to a costly
recall election.
Rack of the movement and with
out the knowledge of many of the
signers of the petitions Is dishon
est politics. In the background are
masked" political figures who are
plotting the recall for sinister pur
poses. The names of the honest
signers will, if the recall be filed.
be used for secret and unworiny
schemes.
' Why a recall now? What has
happened to justify action so dras
tic? What has transpired in city
affairs to warrant the strife, the
turmoil and the turbulence of
special city election?
There is no charge of dishon
esty. There is no hint of graft
There is no surmise of crooked
ness.
Nothing at the city hall 13 in the
dark. Everybody knows what is
going on. The city business Is all
In the open. No governmental
' favors are being served out on the
sly to special interests. The agents
of Big Business are not lurking in
the shadows at the city hall to get
secret grants and underground con
cessions. All business has to be
done, in the daylight under the
commission system, and there can
be no crooked deals.
There is not one reason in the
world for a recall. The recall was
not Invented to be used for spite
work. Or because certain persons
do not like Mayor Albee's moral
views. Or because sundry citizens
do not agree with Commissioner
Dieck's method of handling the
paving work..
The recall is for bigger things.
It is the people's defense against
crookedness, graft. Incompetency
and rottenness.
Why make it a toy? Why make
it something to play with? Why
make it a farce? Why make it
silly?
ST. LOUIS IN STEP
S T. LOUIS has fallen in step
with other cities which have
- discarded the ward system of
government. The Missouri
metropolis will vote on a new char
ter In November, and there is ex
cellent prospect that the voters will
approve the document.
The new charter has for its con
trolling idea the reduction of elect
ive offices and the centering of re
sponsiblllty in a few men. It is
the commission plan, by whatever
name it may be called. It means
a short ballot and ability of the
voters to hold somebody responsl
ble for misgovernment.
A pamphlet recently Issued by
the Civic League shows that St
Louis electors choose more than
100 eity f fleers. Hereafter, ac
cording to the proposed charter.
the voter will have but four offices
to consider mayor, comptroller,
president or the board of alder
men and alderman.
The mayor will have large ap
pointive power.. His official family
win consist or tbe directors of nub.
lie utilities, of streets and sewers,
oi puwnc weirare and of public
safety. These men will constitute
a board of public service to wnrv
in close cobperation with the may
or, financial matters will be nn
der the control of a board of es
timate, composed of the three
. 1 . A. f aa 1
nwiive ouicers other than the
mayor. There will be an aonoint.
ive efficiency board to draft civil
service regulations.
Sixty-nine ot 195 American cities
having 30.000 or more population
are already under the commission
xorm or government.
THE REVOLT IN ALBANIA
TllfEWS from Durazzo indicates
l that Prince William of Wied
lY may not succeed f in estab
lishing his kingdom in Al
banla. He is being hard pressed
by the rebels and reports indicate
that his defeat seems, certain.
AThe weakness of Prince WH
liam's position is that he tried to
rule without the support of ' the
Albanians. He was selected by the
. greatjowers without consulting
Jii prospective subjects, and pres
NOT POOR SMITH3JTP00R JOHN MITCHELL feW. r
OOR SMITH." exclaims the
about Dr. C. J. Smith, Democratic nominee for governor.
. It would be more appropriate 1 for the Oregonian to say
"poor old Mitchell,", the poor old John H. Mitchell that It.
hounded through life and hissed at In his grave. If It did penance
for a decade, it couldn't atone for the injustice it heaped upon that
unfortunate man and his memory.
The dead Mitchell is one of the mournful tragedies of Oregon.
He was dying when he was on trial. A fatal disease was sapping his
strength and destroying his powers. Even without the trial and the
brutal attacks of the Oregonian, his life lands would have - soon
ebbed. . , .. ' .
His money was gone, and In his great trouble, all but a tradition
al faithful few had forsaken him. When the blood flow that diabetes
often causes was started by the pulling of toothy he was without
money to pay hospital attention, and a faithful friend guaranteed the
amount. He was without money to pay the physicians, and the same
friend stood good for the charge.
For weeks before, the bowed form and long patriarchial beard
was a familiar figure on the streets. The clothing was poor and the
face drawn. Loneliness and sorrow were in, every feature and the
pinch of near poverty In every line of the unkempt figure.
It was on this: weakened derelict that the Oregonian, rich in tim
ber land, rich in mills, rich in bank stock and bonds and real estate,
rained blow on blow, insult on insult and abuse on abuse. Not sat
isfied with a quarter of a century of persecution, it followed him into
the chapel where a great concourse of people paid tribute to his
memory, and there it sneered at htm as he lay in his coffin.
The fall from the heights of the federal senate to a position
among the lowliest of the lowly was the tragedy of John Mitchell.
A nart nf rhA nAtttlcal RTHrm of th
airafnat than almost nnv man of hli
erous nature made him the target of the timber' cormorants who
swarmed through the state. They fattened on the system of the day,
crooked as it was, and are now enjoying the fruits and the honors
of their ill-gotten gains. By the partialities of the law and the in
justice of a fickle publid sentiment most of them loaded down with
wealth and timber went scot free wtflle hapless John Mitchell was
stricken and scarred and slain.
In the eyes of those who helped butcher him, It was Mitchell's
fatal fault that, he was progressive in principle, though the term was
unknown then. Twice he introduced
MkMvna VU -A. TV AW AAC3 A AAV A WU U0
tion for direct election, of senators.
did not live to see achieved, but for which his voice and his vote
were freely given on the senate floor. His sympathies were with the
people on the lower . levels, and there was never one of them that ap
plied to him for succor that did not
ant from tne day he entered his
dragged down to the depths, he was
was tbe only important newspaper In Oregon most of that period,
and its lifework was to harass, handicap and crucify Mitchell. It
never used its Influence to strengthen his hand and his work. It
pursued him at home and undermined him at Washington. It gave
him no credit for what he did, misrepresented his purpose, and ma
ligned his endeavors. .
jn an Mitcneira lire, ne never
chance. He never had fair play.
properly represented before the people of Oregon. When fighting for
the state at Washington, he was always under attack from the rear
by the Oregonian at home. The hounding did not cease even when
wasting disease and the pinch of near poverty held the bent figure
in a relentless grasp. Mitchell dying, and Mitchell dead still re
mained the object of the paper's
of pain, the depths of his grief, the
row coffin did not protect him from the cruel onslaught.
mi . a i i . . .
tne isregoman gnouia iorgei
old John Mitchell.
ent disturbances are indication that
possibly all Europe cannot impose
a ruler upon people who is not
wanted by them.
Essad Pasha was the strongest
man in Albania. He was the mem
ber of the Young Turk committee
chosen to carry to Sultan Abdul
Hamld the news that he had been
deposed. Essad wanted to be
Prince of Albania himself, but he
gave way to the powers and be
came Prince William's minister of
war.. Ordered to disband the army
he had collected around himself,
Essad refused, and he was finally
subjugated and exiled to Italy by
the powers.
It is possible that Essad would
have been acceptable to the Al
banians, but It is certain that his
followers are leading the revolt
against Prince William. It would
be a difficult task for anybody to
secure loyalty of the tribesmen to
a central government, but the task
may be Impossible when the at
tempt is to govern without the con
sent of governed.
Has Europe blundered again In
Its solution of the Albanian prob
lem? The powers blundered when
they permitted the Balkan wars.
What Is all their military strength
worth If they cannot subjugate a
handful of tribesmen?
TURKEY'S PROTEST
T
HE pending naval bill con-
. tains a provision permitting
Secretary Daniels to sell the
battleships Idaho and Missis
sippi to Greece and to use the pro
ceeds for building a big one. Tur
key has protested against the pre
posed sale, and European diplo
mats contend that the United States
proposes to "intervene in the pol
ities of the old world."
Secretary Daniels' says the two
ships are "misfits In our fleet," and
ne ravors tneir saia as an eco
nomic expedient. Turkey and
Greece are on the verge of war
and ownership of the Idaho and
Mississippi would make the Gre
cian navy superior to that of Tur
key.
The Turks recently sought to buy
a 27,500 ton dreadnaught from
Brazil, and English builders are
attempting to hasten the comple
tion of two large battleships for
Turkey. There has been no protest
against these transactions; no Eu
ropean diplomat has contended that
Brazil "Intervened In the politics
of the old world. No suggestion
has been made that the English
ship builders are outside their
rights.
Whatever else may be said for
or against the plan for selling these
battleships to Greece, the iact re
mains that the proposal Is in the
nature of retributive Justice. With
the trouble in Mexico threatening
the peace of America, Europe
claimed the commercial right to
provide the warring factions with
guns, ammunition and money. ; .
Europe furnished the Mexicans
with the sinews of war and then
protested to the United States that
it had not restored order. The
right of trade witb the Mexicans
was held-to be inviolate, but now
Oregonian In closing an article
I
tim. hn waa more sinned'
c-PrmraHrm His kindly and aran- I
In the federal senate a resolu
QVA Ui VU0 ICUUt Ov AA M ,J Bt A vJV "a I m
It was the great reform that he
meet with a ready response.
public career until he was
a marked man. The Oregonian
had justice. He never had a
He never had opportunity to be
ferocity and brutality. The pangs
sorrow of his fall, eren the nar
roor smitn ' ana remember poor
that the peace of Europe is threat
ened the same right of trade is
denied
WhPthor of nnt tho lAahn onrl
Wnetner Or not tne taanO ana I
Mississippi go to Greece or into the
. . . . . f
"Mlii iucy usvs serreu a i
to the part commerce has in nre-
rinit&tini? warn
upiiaiiug wars.
MIGRATORY LABOR
c
ONGRESS has enacted a law
for the protection of migra
tory birds. Secretary of La
bor Wilson wants an enact
ment for the benefit of migratory
labor.
The department of labor Is a
sort of clearing house for men who
work with their hands. It keeps
in touch aa wpII as it ran with tho
in loucn, aa wen as it can, wun tne
supply and the demand. But there
Is no machinery by which laborers
and employers Can be brought to-
eether when thfv need arh nthr
. Wt.? need, each Other.
This important function is left
either to chance or to private agen
cies which grow fat upon the neces
sities of the man who' needs work
and the other man who needs
workers.
secretary wnson wants a com
. a vwwa
plete Checkine un system, in which
state and nation will coonerate.
that .m m.iA :
- iuo muicuicuto ui 1
migratory labor and see that it is
put to the best use for Itself and
for tha conntrv TT ,
anm a-troam v . . . i
congestion Tin Tone rart n
congestion in one quarter and
Daiviijr in nuoiuer may oe avoided,
sucn a system may not be es-
tablished at once but the fact
that there la a f , w
tnat tnere Is a secretary of labor
in ornce wno sees its need is en-
couragmg. Congress may yet be
Induced to seriously undertake a
solution of the labor problem.
TAKING A CHANCE
CORONER'S Jury found thatJreacn8 wel1 up lnto th thousands-
i atam aa rfc-l nil 4 wt . 4- a m. wa raw1 T . jf J4 A tab!
A
a youth was killed at the
automobile races last Sunday
because he waa a tresnaKSAr
and also because one of the drivers
entered a repair pit at a dangerous
vu- "vu were utamg cnances. I
The Empress of Ireland went
down, carrying 960 persons into
eternity, because the captain of the
Storstad took chances on running
at unusual speed In a fog.
The 6teamer Iroquois recently
grounded In the Hudson river be-
Klnoa :
lis WUiaiU Waa IHHITIF
enances in a fog. In a letter to
the head of ' the steamboat service
Secretary Redfleld of the depart-
ment or commerce said:
I Should say that this oantain If
ne naa passengers on board at thn
time or the accident: should hv. hnri
- " "
na iucuh Buapenaeo at least ror the
fct"-"" " wins provea tnat he
had run at uauni
afar.
xne undertakers are working
overtime because people are taking
Cnances against death. The wil -
lingness to take a chance, desoite
aanger, is responsible for a great
.
uuuiDer oi accidenU on land and
water. And it t not
chance-taker who is hurt. Too
oiten his recklessness results in
tue injury of tha id thu Infirm.
the Innocent.
people who meet V death on the
streets, of the homes . that are
burned and the lives that are lost
through familiarity with danger.
Taking a chance is America's be
setting sin.
A seventeen-year-old boy should
not be condemned unduly because
he took a chance and lost.1 Judg
ment at seventeen is not what it
should be at thirty. Portland's re
cent tragedy Is evidence that men
of discretion in charge of danger
ous places should exercise their
utmost vigilance against the chance
takers.
AFTER FOURTEEN MONTHS
T IS one year, one month and
twenty-nine days since Broad
way bridge was opened to the
public.
Ten blocks of street leading to
the east approach remain unpaved.
The stretch has a rougher surface
than most of the country roads
leading into Portland.
The thoroughfare remains unim
proved because of tbe protest of
owners of abutting property. The
PavlnS of tne stretch has been agi
ted ever since August, 1905, but
has always been put' aside on ac
Count of tbe objections of the rest
dents. January 24. 1912. paving
was proposed, but In April of that
vear it was arain diRmlHRort. June
11 1013 tba rrwt wo. n.n.j I
J AM. J . - . I
biiu ik cauio uowu us a legacy iron
the former administration to the !
city commission. I
Th. t.av i
uvt. a'ouweut ou t ci ubcu i
. - .
Jf" an1 was n Pint of
awarding contracts when remon
stances by property owners stopped
proceedings.
The roughness of the street
drives most of the traffic, except
the streetcars, to other bridges.
Though the Broadway 'viaduct cost
$1,586,921.90, it rises to but a
small fraction of its Usefulness on
account of the condition of the
street Though the structure is
one of the show places of Portland
the .effectiveness of the picture 13
destroyed by the vile condition of
the adjoining street, a street in
the geographical heart of the city,
It Is an indefensible status. The
DroDerty owners oneht to with-
S, tL,?:, "g , "
draw their objections. Their prop-
erty has been enormously benefited
by the bullding ot the brid and
in all fairness the owners owe it
to Portland to permit the street
to be paved
Letters From the People
(Communications nent tn Tha Jnnrnal fnr
DtlhHf Will ill thla - . 1 J k. 1 .
ten on onI one i(J f h PP. -noold not
exceed 300 words in lnth ,n7 mm h.
SPlnle,1tbjr.vthe "f me ;nd ddrf" n'
" iu. writer uuev I1U' aevira 10
nave toe name published, be should so state.l
"DiflCUBHfnn In tho ..atMt nf all p.fA.M.
it rationalizes Terytnin it touches, it
principles ot all faloe aanctity and
throws them back bo their reasonablest-as. If
they have no reasonableness. It ruth lastly
crashes them oat ot existence and acts op its
own conclusions In their stead." Woodrow
VMisoa.
To Employ the Unemployed.
Salem, Or., June 19, To the Editor I
of The Journal Permit me at this
time, since ther Is ao much general
discussion
over the "unemployed" I
problem, to call your readers' attention I
tn thA wnrlc nrnmoted bv tha Socialist I
party , membership of this state In an I
effort to solve this problem.
t Petitions are now being circulated
place a measure ou the ballot for
, , u .,k
nshment of a department of industry
and public works under the supervision
and control of the state labor oommis-
sioner. This department is to furnish
j ment to tne unemployed citizens
. v,.. ....ui.ki.. ,4. .....
I VS. VlCgUU tJJ COiOWUOU'lift tiiMUOMivo,
"systems of transportation, dlstribut-
in atAtinnn and nubile works."
This proposed new
law dn not I
create any new offices or commissions,
. . , , I
' u " i.wy.uo " i
The measur provides
that "funds 1
1 for the operation and development of
this department shall be derived from
tax upon ine 8.s. ?L ceasa I
Persons, appraised at au.uuv . or more i
jn value. Said tax shall not be leas
than 10 per cent, and may be gradu
ated abov that percentage by law.
This measure Is intended to aolve
me prODlem oi me unempioyeu.
WhlCn ha,8' ln P.aSt ar;,been morH
or less of a perplexing question for our
state aamimsiranon. ji wm oe re-
memDerea mat tne governor cauea
raM"n" ot tn 8iaie noara oi oontrot
10 consider "Vr"r question; but that
nothing could be done, for ther was
no law giving them power to act. II I
this proposed law is placed on our
statutes the administration would be
able to put these unemployed to work
in some established state Industry or
on tne pumic roaas.
It should also b remembered that
the -number of unemployed ln Oregon
ravoviau ii vim
there were no less than ooo in Port-
land. These thousands hav been, and
will continue to be, a burden on the
citlzenshlP our Btate. uPtl J?
them a chance at all times of th year
to earn a living.
I Copies of thla measure can be had
by communicating witn rice.
E. I CANNON,
state
Secretary Socialist Party.
So Many as That?
Portland, Or., Juno 20. To the Edi
tor of The Journal Having noticed In
I J '
I ..ltn V.m vamor fln.ni.liil mni
tion of the country, I would appreciate
through your columns a reply, to the
U-in fact. an Industrie m th stat of
I nM.M olnno 111 off mora than
Hnn nnn .mninvM aTif tiM rirt of
k t,,art t -m men
1 V f . J . . . . .
Yjat.iv lirnrtrntlm.
? An .ariy AincKraKer.
I i (From th Chicago Post.)
VmUv VkV. 7 Vh. ie7. r.
asylum; th wretched conditions of
iallors on merchant veasela and slmi-
Lu' ?v"- T,er .f?
i nw i-nmriPfi kbqi;. wiidhc nunurraui ed
Uiversary passed without mach notice
last Monday.
l! H waa one. of th earliest muckrak-
f' hVtuIf,. J...??,!".
purpose ot quickening th social con-
1 science of his time.
I R'cl gave new impulse to th work
vcauii . J
A FEW SMILES
i "Now lt as put our
head ' together and
seo If wa can't ar.
ran matters."
:i "Put our heads to
gether? That would
hardly do, Maude.
Tour green wijr and
my purpl hair won't
harmonise,"
Little Marjori was telling about
ber number work at the family dinner
table and papa, wanted to teat ber
.mildly. ,
"Can you add
a mall sums?"
glrller a
Tea, papa."
'And can you
subtract, too?" ;
Take one num
ber from another r
Tea, papa.'
'That's nice. daar. Vow. let me hear
you do it Supposing there wera four
fllea on a table and Z killed one, how
many would be left?"
One."" waa the proud and sparkling
answer. "The dead one.
A bacteriologist says millions of
germs ride on
crowded trolley
cars."
"I'm not s u r
prised to hear that.
A germ is about
the only thing that
could ride on a
crowded trolley
car with any degree of comfort."
Whom have you there in towf
This is Rio Van
Winkle. He lust
up?
u.
so carefully?
"We'll, we're let
ttam h,m e the
w mens Styles
gradually, don't
I a-
hou know?"
Two sisters while visiting in Ire
land in Victoria's time got into conver
sation one day with a tenant of their
hostess. One . of the
girls, .who is quite
stout, asked the old
woman it she would
have- known them for
sisters.
Well."was the an
swer, "ye look alike.
' but jer sister's slen
der, while you, miss well, you favor
the quane."
Ho paved the way for .the work of
Samuel Plimsoll. tha "sailors' friend."
Who AntereA n.rHamont o t
time when Reade's "Foul Play" was
a ractlng the attention of the public
10 lmso s subsequent erf orts is duo
measure which gave the British
board of trade stringent regulatory
powers over the merchant marine.
Reade followed the laboratory meth
od in tha writing of his novels. He
collected enormous masses of material
t rom personal observation, newspapers.
books of travel and government docu
ments. From this Information he fash
loned the atmosphere out ot which he
wove his stories vitalizing them with his
imaginative gift and presenting them
in dramatic -style, leaving fact and in
cident to convey Its own Impression,
lth little Of comment or subjective
analvsls. It wan Ma amhltinn tn fc
recognised as a dramatist rather than a
novelist, but In this he failed. His
plays were disappointments. He Is
remembered for bis stories.
The Earth From Four- Miles Up. J
Augustus Post in American Magasine. i
For every mile's ascent 96 milea of
view open out, so that at the highest
point I have reached, more than -four
miles, on could Be 200 milea on the i
earth's surface in every direction, un-'
less low-hanging clouds 11 between the
aeronaut and tbe rest of humanity.
Sometimes like fields ot polar ice.
sometimes opal and rose and gold,
aometlmea crimson with unut dna
it is a wonderful thing to see th up-
per aid of a sunset! the floor of
clouds, ever shifting, ever taking on
more varied shapes, move beneath
vou. or von rise through a. hi v.
ing one. in a brief white solitude. One
side of th cloud floor may be red
above the last rays of the sun, while
waves of orange, purple and sulphur-
ous yellow stretch across to the cold
blues of the east and the silver anlen-
- -
dr of the moon; for it is at full moon
"at iong-aiBtanc Daiioon raoes are
auwsvys "ngRi u puwj.
Here
V'U iu,u" i. lxjr"Z ' 9
the mass stretching beneath you and
I . V. .. 1 J 1. I . m
nnri ki, ui.. .io n .1
V-" ? . I , . '
currents of hot air breaking through
the cloud bank from below.
Tour pulse rat rises; your respira
tion grows faster, perhaps your hands
and feet a trifle numb, as th baro
graph needle rises indeed, by this
time It has risen above th card en
tirely, for th Instruments commonly
in use record only to 16,000 feet, and
is making its mark on the metal of the
cylinder; in time U will leave he cy
irjaer altogether.
If you 0Den a bottle of water the
alr that ha3 been conflned at a lower
level pp, out it you werft openlns;
a bottof charged water. Going high-
8tinfor mA bave reached an altl-
tude ot 8eVen miles the air is so thin
tnat on mUst -take along oxygen to
breathe, the pressure at sea level being
15 pounds. Up here you are subjected
to only half tha pressure; -you feel
lirhter than cork: the nerves are
drawn taut. If von seka a nencil or
vn. finder into vour akin tha inden-
tatlon will remain Just lik making a
a- - A a V . a m
i noi in a piece oi putty, uoctors can
this "nitting.- and on th surface of
J the earth they tak It aa a proof that
I nfft 4- extinct. There Is less "mountain
sickness" than one would think, Judg-
rfaks ot earth, but then in mountain
climbing there is great physical exer
tion, exhaustion ven, and her ther
is absolute calm nothing to do till to
morrow, and that seems a long way
ahead, with no ,brese, no sound, no
motion, save aa some, movement of
your own jars th basket a trifle.
The Umbrella,
' From the Washington Star.
A man represented aa qualified to
speak on such a subject was recently
quoted in tbe press as saying that th
umbrella Is becoming obsolete and that
fewer df thes devices for th protec
tion of one" a self, and ethers, ar be
ing manufactured in this country year
after year. It Is hard to believe that
an lnatitution so popular as th um
brella, both with borrower and buy
ers, la doomed to b rolled up and
packed away for ever and ay. Th
world wagged, of course, before th
umbrella was Invented and will eon
tlnue on Its way even should.lt disap
pear. Every man who has owned an
umbrella knows bow quickly It can dis
appear. An umbrella, particularly a
new one. can vanisk without leaving
a clew to Its new address. Another
strange thing about th umbrella la
that it will go out and fail to com
back when the weather is most In
clement. It does not often disappear
in fair weather, j It will stand for days
contentedly and demurely In th hall
rack or umbrella stand while th sun
glows or the stars gleam, but let black
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PERTINENT COMMENT
tMALlj CHAXQB
Aa in tha Tamnlea hlorkari affair.
Gen. Uuarta'a - second thoughts are
nearly always best.
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What ia needed ia an inktdittmui
belt one that not only will keep the
trousers up but the ahirt down.
Many of our Ion headed buatneea
men are wlshina? to ainlain thav hail
invtmea meir savings ia a straw hat
mine.
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It must be conceded that women ap
pear to be cooler and mora comfortable
than men. And they are easier to look
at. anyway!
However. Mr. Mellen mar not be
called upon to explain why the rail
roads should have more money for car
rying the mail.
When steamers 800 miles apart can
converse by wireless It la plain that
solitude is going to be a scarce article
on this planet before long.
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One thing that may account for the
Mexican situation la the fact that Mex
icans eat chile con carne and drink
mescal and pulque in summer.
Further evidence of tbe plutocratic
nature of our population wfll be found
in the bulletin of the New York board
of health which says that Americana
eat too much meat.
Smooth wire is driving out barbed
wire in the cattle country because tbe
government says It is lust aa aood and
costs leas. Koonomy is a great little
assistant to numanejpropaganda.
Poor Kermlt Roosevelt! Not only
must he submit to the obscurity of the
conventional bridegroom, but even aa
a Roosevelt he must be overshadowed
by his protean parent in person.
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Senator Cummins seems to. bave bea
renominated by a decreased majority
"on suspicion." The standpatters sus
pected that If he were not renominated
be would become a progressive and the
progressives were afraid that be would.
ROVING FARMERS
From tbe. Christian Science Monitor.
Our contemporaries in all parts of
th United States, and especially in
tbe middle west and southwest, are
commenting generally upon the migra
tory tenant farmer, and they are al
most a unit in deploring the fact that
he is becoming a factor of soma con
sequence in the agricultural situation.
He is a very different person from the
emigrant who seeks and settles in a
new home, for he is not. It appears,
in any true sense a settler. The cen
sus bureau notes his presence and his
tendency to move about from one farm
to another, apparently Just for the sake
of moving. It has been claimed that
one reason for his restlessness Is the
insecurity of his tenure; on the other
hand, it is asserted that his methods
are such that he prefers to obtain a
few crops at the least possible expendi
ture of labor and, when he haa dissi
pated the fertility of the soil In one
Quarter, to move to another.
As to the question of insecurity of
tenure, the St. Paul Dispatch, speaking
doubtless with knowledge of condi
tions in Minnesota, says that landlords
as a rule would rather have the ten
ants remain, but that the tenants are
often rovers and are not happy unless
they are moving every year or two.
There is still Another way of looking
at this problem. Perhaps it is Just
aa well that tenant farming is not
Lwholly satisfactory In the United
States. Tenant rarming is necessarily
o u mrn I a t wlfh lnnrllardiom and land-
iordism and successful agriculture
have not been regarded as identical
anywhere. The tenant-and-landlord idea
BORROWING ON INSURANCE POLICIES
Br John M. Oskison.
Within the last two or thre years
the llf lnsurajic companies have
bean preaching to their policy holders
against the practlc of borrowing
money from the companies with poli
cies as security. In Its last annual
report the company in which I am
insured says that its loans on policies
at the end of th year amounted to
over $88,000,000; this waa per
cent ot th total assets of th com
pany. According to its statement my com
pany has a better record than the other
big companies. A
The companies ar quit right ln
urging policy holders to refrain from
borrowing on their policies. Making
a life Insurance company act as your
banker Is a mighty expensive way to
finance your needs. Just as the in
surance policy ought not to b con
sidered as an Investment in th ordi
nary use. nor aa th most profitable
method of saving, in the sam way it
should not be regarded as a legitimate
business asset against which to bor
row money for ordinary needs.
If life Insurance haa any intrinsic
clouds roll up and rain pelt down and
that umbrella Is gone! It has no sense
of direction and no homing Instinct and
never finds Its way back.
Widows and Orphans.
From the Seattle Sun.
It has been said that th first us
of the term "widows and orphans" as
designating corporation stockholders
was in defense of the New York. New
Haven & Hartford railroad. There la
grim irony in the phrase when used
in this connection, since this railroad,
by the rottenness of its roadbed, roll
ing stock and equipment has made
real widows and orphans of more
women and children, perhaps, than
any other road in the country.
Now a new bit of irony is being in
jected Into th situation. Th -widow
and orphans," long th fU front
behind which the directors hav hid
den, ar rising to demand their rights.
They contend that th directors not
only hav robbed the public, but have
robbed th stockholders as well. They
will sue, it is said, to collect a hun
dred million dollars or more that has
been diverted from them by the dl-
rectors.
Success to the "widows and or
phans." If their efforts do nothing
mora than to let still a little more
light Into th way th New Haven and
many other railroads ar managed,
they will have served a good purpose.
Old Type of Engine Revived.
From the Birmingham News.
. That Ideas frequently take a long
rest has been demonstrated once more.
This tlm It ia ln the construction of
the latest and largest locomotive. This
locomotive, built for a big northern
road, will. It i predicted, give the
steam engine a new lease of life, be
cause the tender. Instead of being a
dead weight, has been converted into
an engine and aids ln carrying the
load. By this means the advantage of
the electric locomotive, which carries
no tender. Is offset, and one of tbe
prim reasons for the substitution of
the latter -haa been eliminated. Th
steam engine, despite Us tender, be
comes as powerful, pound for pound,
as its rival.
. Thla 1 chronicled as a marked ad
vance in locomotive construction, and
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
. OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Slogan contests are in progress At
Rose burg. A slogan for the city and
one for Deuglas county ar to be
adopted on or soon after July L
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Certain streets in the-city -of Flor
ence are being planked in lieu ot pav
ing, and property owners along the
new roadway are preparing to put la
It foot cement sidewalks.
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Editor Toung of tbe Sentinel, be
lieves It Is tlm the Kansans at and
about Coquille were organising a
Sunflower club; hence he summons
them to enroll, and advlaea an early
picnic
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Manager C. I Oand of the Eugene
cone ciuo reports that the free em
rloyment bureau conducted by the club
found Jobs for 1081 men- during the
months or March. April ana May
Since the club was established .15
months ago 6ISI Jobs have been
found.
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That too much prosperity Is a seri
ous handicap, even for a country
editor, la v the conclusion of the Mo
Mlnnvllle Newa reporter, which ob
serves that tha newspapers of Yam
hill county are "much more newsy
since the political advertisements
have disappeared from their columns.
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Corvallls Gasette Times: It Is to
he hoped that the flower show sched
uled ror an indefinite aate next rail
may prove the Inspiration for much
plantlna- at this time. Corvallia can
grow aa beautiful flowera aa are to
be found any place on the globe. The
dtr can max its flower show a
great advertisement It It cares to do
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fossil Journal: The atlla for the
new Christian church have ben laid
by the minister, II. u. Ford. They
are IS feet off the ground in front
owing to the steep slope of -the hill
and that will make it eaav to ex
vate the basement that ia planned.
Tha buildlnc is to be considerably
larxer than the other church build
ings of Fossil.
AND FARM UPLIFT
has never been popular In the United
States, If for no other reason than that
tha removal of the owner from the
land and the substitution for him of
a person who has but a temporary or
passinc Interest in the property. Is
disturbing to the social, moral and re
ligious organisation of agricultural
communities.
In a recent issue of the Farmers
Mail and Breeze is a strong article
bearlnar upon this phase of the uufajec
from th pan of Warren H. Wilson of
th Preabyterfan board ox home mis
slons, Philadelphia, in the course of
which he saya: "The best farmers in
America are religiously organised.
Good farming means perman
enc. a a a xh farmer who let
go, no matter how much money he
takes with him. Is not a good farmer.
To stay in the country means that the
farmer is serious and devoted to the
best interests of the country communi
ty. a a The church in the coun
try is an expression of th devotion
of the farmer, to th land."
There are priceless grains of truth
here. Turning th land over to the
tenant often to th stranger, frequent
ly to the alien, can hardly be called
good citizenship, no matter how it may
be regarded In a business sense. The
cities of the United States have tor
years been recruited from the coun
try; It will be well If th republic
shall look to It that th recruiting
ground for Its cities in the future re
mains in pOHBession of persons having
something more than a passing inter
est in the soil. The purity of th
stream cannot be preserved if Its
sourc be neglected.
merit It lies in its valu as a protect
ive measure. It is a good way to
provide against possible loss of life or
Incapacity ln tbe future, so far as
your family Is concerned. The whole
business is organized and figured out
with the thought that what the com
pany sells Is insurance. They arc -not
the best agents for handling your in
vestments; they can't do nearly as
well through endowment policies) as
the savings bank if you think of them
as depositartea of your savings.
But because you can borrow up to
the indicated loan valu ot a policy
and get the money at S or 9 per cent,
with a minimum of "red tape" you
are forgetting (about one ln five' of
you) .what you meant to do when you
took out your policy.
A lot of you who borrow on your
policies are never able to repay the
loan. This means that you have aban
doned the theory that you owe some
sort of protection to the women and
children of your family; you have
enlisted in the army of fatalists who
says:
"Live today and let tomorrow tak
care of itself!"
the achievement has brought forth
much favorable comment from tech
nical journals. Now comes the Scien
tific American, and. while giving full
credit to the latest railroad monster
for Its power and efficiency, goes on
to show that th idea of converting
the locomotive tender into an engine
is not new. It publishes a photograph
of a locomotiv erected In England
over a half century ago, in which the
principle of the self-propelled tender
was embraced.
Fifty of thes engines, the superi
ority of which waa unquestioned, were
built at that time and were in us for
several years. The final abandonment
of the type waa due to the fact that
It waa far ln advance of th times.
Trains were not heavy like they are
today, sidings were not long enough to
accommodate trains of unusual length,
and the aded power of the new loco
motive was -not . needed. Since that
data matvelous changes have come
about, tne advances in this- country
being: most marked, and the revival
of this type of locomotive seems to
have come at an opportune time.
"Dumb, Driven Congressman."
From the Tacoma Tribune. -
Th reactionary press is now crit
icising President Wilson for forcing
the anti-trust bills through th house.
It Is charged that the president used
all his Influence and compelled th
house to vot for th measures, al
though the members did so very reluctantly,-
even sullenly.
Let us see. There wasn't a single
vote against th trade commission bill,
there were only 12 votes against the
railway securities regulation bill, and
only 64 against the Clayton anti-monopoly
measure. In other words, not
only was ther no opposition ln th
majority party to these measures, but
only an insignificant handful of Re
publicans and Progressives dared to
go on record as opposing them. Thi
can hardly mean other than on . of
two things; either th measures in
so Inherently reasonably that even tho
politicians in hostile parties fel that
they could not justify a vot against
them, or public opinion Is ao strongly
for these bills that they ar afraid to
7lac themselves in opposition to it.
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Lockley.
Sol Durbla is a Buckeye. II waa
born tn Richland county, Ohio, .
8eptmbr 17, 11:9, and has lived I
Oregon for th past years. Botb -bis
father and mother wr of Grmia "
deacont. having baea born in Feun- -
sylvanla. "When I was a little chap.
IS rears old, w moved from Ohio to '
Illinois.'' said Mr. Durbla. "Our plac
was not far from Nauvoo, the Mormon .
settlement. I can remember I was
greatly interested in a building they
war putting up that had a wood a a ot
under each corner. Tbey told m it
waa a tempi built after th styl of
in tempiea built la th Blbl times.
in 1111 we Went to Clinton rountr.
Mlaaouri. My mother-a baauth waa
very poor and father thouaht liat a "
Chang of climate would help lir.
iothts health did not Improve, so w
decided to go out to Oregon, where w
heard th climat was very healthful.
Whn w atarted from Missouri for
Oregon mother waa so poorly ah had
to d helped Into th wagon. We did
not expect her to Jive. Sh got stronar
and hearty coming across tho plain
and she spent nearly half m century
ner in Oregon. Sb lived to b (1
years Id.
Thar war It of ua children. In.
eluding a pair of-twin boys and a twin
ooy and glrL W crossed th river at
St. Joe. Ther wer about t whom
In our party. W elected W. O.
TVault captain. Th graaa was fin
and w mad good tlm to th South
Platte. There we split un Into two
parties. V went with th amaller
party of CO wagon. Wa struck out
ahead. Amour those who went with
us wera that T-Vanlia tnhn n cv-i
Waymire, Sol Tethrow, the Fullers,
Amoa King's father, the Simmln fam
ily, who settled on Howell prairie near
Sal am; th lngalla and th Harron
family.
"We cam on to Ash Hollow, on to
th North Platte, the to Ft. Larami.
then on to Independence Krx k. V mat
Brldger at Ft. Bridger and ne waa
mighty cordial to us. From ther w
went to .Soda Springs, then on to Ft.
Hall.
Near Ft. Hall th roads fork, on
going to California and the other on to
Oregon. It was near Ft. Hall that wa
ran acroas Stev Meek, a trothr of
Joe Meek. He had his wife along wttn
him. They wer both on horseback.
He told ua about having to leave th
wagons at Th Dalles and having to
build rafta to go down the Columbia.
H said ther was a better road by
which we could drive clear through
th Willamette valley, so they hired
him to act aa guide.
"In coming down the Snak river w
struck a party of several hundred In
dians, who had been out on a war ex
pedition. All. we men folks of the
train went- out with our guns s few
hundred yards from thi wagons and
refused to let th Indians com near
the wsgons. W crossed the Sna'A
and went down about a day's Journey
and then struck out tor th Malheur
river. We traveled up the Malheur for
a day or two until we struck a anyon
which led off toward Harney lake. W
crossed the divide and struck th north
side of Harney lake. From there w
struck off for th headwaters of
Crooked river. When we cam t
Stinking Hollow some of the party re
fused to start out across the desert.
Those who did had to come back for
kegs of water. The rough lava rock
rut the hoofs of the oxen. There was
little or no grass and the wstor was
so strong with alkali that nelttier th
peopl nor the cattle could drtnk It
Right then our party got hostile and
threatened to hang Steve Meek. Meak
rode day and night trying to atrlk th
trail he was looking for. He ?-.ad to
leave the party to escape being, killed
by those who thought he had led them
off on a wild goose chase. We finally
started bac, passing near wher
Prineville now la, and struck rp th
Deschutes at the Big Bend anj trav
eled until we came to where Shearer's
bridge now Is. We crossed th river
by swimming the rattle at the mouth
of Tygh valley. We took ihe women,
children and our goods across th
river by uMng our wagon beds for
boats. In Tygh valley we met W. H.
Rector and Sam Barlow. They wer
going across the mountains an-1 want
ed us' to come along, but we had bad
all the mountains we wanted, so w
went on to The Dalles.
"It was our party that started all
this talk about the Blue Bucket mine.
I do not believe there ever ws any
thing in that story. You see tMs was
ln '4 5, and gold was not discovered
until three years later. Than a--i
one In our party claimed to hav seen
ftomething that looked like golj while
we were wandering around In the des
ert. At first th story waa tha it waa
a nugget as big as a walnut tliay had
hammered out flat on th wagon tire.
Pretty soon thaw" nugget had grown
to be as big r your two flata and they
claimed It was used to hold the Kitchen
door open. As a matter of fact. I te
lleve the whole story wan a myth, for
our wagon tracka could have been
readily followed when the party went
out to look for the Blue Bucket mine
In the early '60 s. 1 rode the range all
over that country In i73 and I could
atlll find our old trail."
The Ragtime Muse
Wishes.
It's rather late for wtuhe now.
Though once I'd plenty;
At forty I've forgotten how
I wlahed-at twenty.
Mv hopes were rather lofty then.
" No doubt, and sporty;
But many things tone down ln men
Who've rounded forty.
In youth of course. I need not sr, -
I hoped for riches.
I'm glad enough to own today
On pair of breeches. i
Aria mm (vi idwwi
That era ne'er bit me
Ther war none then. I've one hop
now
That non may hit me!
I recollect I hoped for fame;
To cut some capers.
My fond hop now to keep my nam
Out of th paper. .
T. A. PAIT.
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"I am afraid there would be a bowl
about It it you did."
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