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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 1914.
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'Hava The Journal sent to
- your Summer, address.
It la with . narrow .. aouiea
people a with narrow necked
bottles; the lees they have, in
them, the more nolae tber mak
la pouring It out. Pope.
matlon service say: that failure of Sundar tare a real value.. Tney
Congress W act favorably on the call attention to a growing evil
pending ' bill will handicap nearly which In time will be suppressed.
20,000 .families now residing - on Why anould a jnan go to a picnic
reclamation projects. Failure to with a revolver In hie hip pocket?
act will seriously embarrass far- Why should he be permitted to re-
reaching plans Of Secretary Lane tain the weapon until he negins
for the comprehensive development I shooting Into the crowd! ; wny
of the west In cooperation with the I tolerate revolvers anywhere?
states. '" . .". -
There should r be no govern
mental handicap on the actual
homeseeker.'- He should be afford
ed every .facility- for ' making' his
homestead fertile. , He cannot make
a success of his undertaking unless
th
DR. WITHYCOMBirS CANDOR
D
R. WITHYCOMBE Is , com-
mendably frank in his views
respecting ' the plan to give
the governor . the right to
credit which .the government single items in appropriation
extends him is for a long period.
SPLENDID NEWS
TUB SPOKANE DECISION
N THE. whole history of rate
T mottnff. no lease approximates
Iin importance the Spokane ae
.!.!.' 'tnnnnmi " bT : the SU-
. -t LIDlUtt ' V " "
Court yesterday.
It meahs that the railroad rate
between St. .Paul and spoaane cau
n the rate between St
Paul and Portland. And that the
rate from Chicago to Spokane can
.v,. fnaat rata nv only seven
f meQU IUQ . - . t
ner cent.
1 And that the rate between
vtpvlanrl and Spokane can exceed
the Pacific Coast rate-by only fif
'teen per cent. And that the rate
"east" of Pittsburg to Spokane cannot
exceed the Coast rate by not more
than twenty-five per cent.
i- That is to say. the Interstate
'Commerce Commission divided the
iTnfri states Into rate zones as
follows: St. Paul and Omaha west
ward, zone 1; between the Missis
sippi Valley and St. Paul, zone 2;
from the Mississippi Valley to Pitts
burg, zone 3; Pittsburg to the At
lantic, zone 4, and the "southeast-
a i. n . nsnA r. Trio rtrcfV
em vtjrniuij, " -
of the commission is that the rail
road rate from zone 4 to Spokane
and like points can only be twenty
five per cent higher than to Port-
1 . . ..J olmllar C.nant terminals.
IBUU HUU DlUill.1 w '
from zone 3 only fifteen per cent
higher, from zone 2 only seven per
cent higher, and from zone 1 it
must be the same. In other words,
the Commission, in the Spokane
ease, has fixed the relation for the
country between water competition
and the railroads, which makes the
' decision of tremendous Import.
It means that railroads can make
lany reductions they choose to Pa
cific: Coast points, and it also
means that when they make these
reductions their rates from the re
spective zones must be similarly
reduced.
. The effect so far as Portland Is
' concerned will be to again im
press upon our business people the
Importance of a real water trans
portation. We can no longer look
to the railroads . to make greatly
reduced coast rates because such a
' reduction would compel, them to
reduce rates at all intermediate
points, a reduction which obviously
they cannot afford to make.
The natural relief for Portland
1$ ocean routes and a water com-
tlv Fnr thla nnrnnaa tha nnontn
w" - " - v i - '"-o
of the Panama canal takea on a
new significance to Portland.
. It is this city's great answer to
the Spokane rate case. It will,
however, only be of value In so far
as we improve our facilities, deep
en our channel to the sea, develop
our harbor and make our water
competition not a paper competl
Uon. but a real competition.
bills.
He Is opposed to the plan, and
does not hesitate to say so. He
says it would be a two-edged
HERE warf splendid news foe sword and that In" the hands of a
Oregon in The - Journal's 5 dls- radical governor would be objec
patches from Washington yes- tionable. It is "to the credit of Dr.
terday. - - Withycombe that he has the cour-
The committee on commerce has age of his convictions,
favorably reported : to the Senate , Of course, there are many . who
the river and harbor bill with the agree with Dr. Withycombe. ' It
Chamberlain amendments Included Is human nature for men to differ
Among these amendments is the on these public issues. There are
plan for placing the North Jetty many who, have strong faith In
at the mouth of the Columbia on legislative bodies, and It is ap-
a - continuing contract basis, and parent that Dr. Withycombe be-
fixing the amount to be expended longs to that class,
at $5,100,000. There are also in- On .the other hand, there Is a
creases In the appropriations for considerable body of people . who
the Siuslaw, the upper, Willamette insist that, the right to veto sin-
and Yamhill,; and. there is prom- gle Items in an appropriation bill
ise by Senator Chamberlain that he would be y a wise provision. The
will get further, aid-for Tillamook 1913 Senate in Oregon held the
in the Sundry Civil bill. same view as that taken by Dr.
The favorable report by the Withycombe, and defeated a plan
commerce committee makes it al-jfor placing single items in an ap
most certain that the Chamberlain I propriation within reach ' of the
amendments will be approved by j veto. ; -
the upper chamber, and there Is j How to properly balance the
reasonable hope that the iiouse can I powers between the executive and
be induced to agree to the in-1 the legislative department l al4
creases. ' " ' ' , . ways a . question. It is an issue
In addition - to these changes, that gives rise to two schools of
there is provision for a compre- thought. On the one side are
hensive survey of the upper Co-j those who have large faith in. the
lumbla for canalization above Ce-1 legislative body, and on the other
lilo with a view of ultimate devel-lare those who distrust the leglsla
opment of the stream for navlga-jtive branch. Among the former are
tion, reclamation and power pur-1 those who do not believe the execu
poses. The proposed improvement j tlve should have the veto at all,
of the upper river on modern lines,
is more expensive than the old con
vention 'and legislative processes.
C La ; Follette and his followers
are strenuously resisting , the on
slaught. They see In the program
an effort to elect a standpat sen
ator as the successor : to Isaac
Stephenson, whose . term expires
next March. They see also in the
high-tax furore a stealthy endeavor
to undermine La : Follette who
comes np for reelection .two years
hence.
There is a strikingly similar
campaign " in Oregon. A hysterical
cry against taxes has been suddenly
raised by the Oregonian. It raised
no protest when the 1913 legisla
ture was . annroDriatins; nubile
money with mad recklessness. It
smiled its sweetest and threw
kisses to the senate and house
machines when they lavishly passed
appropriation bills over the gover
nor's vetoes. It actually - con
demned the governor because he
saved the taxpayers $613,874 by
his vetoes at the 1911 session, de
claring . tnat West was "grand
standing."
It now charges that the hlrh
taxes are caused by' the Oregon
system. -.
The Wisconsin camnalirn helns
Illuminate Jhe situation In Oregon.
visions an empire in the making.
Its creation ot electric power and
its reclamation of unproductive
lands by the same projects with
which it improves navigation has
a meaning for the Pacific North-
CR 13113 AND THE MOVIES
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Letters From the People
ILLIAM PINKERTON, noted
detective, says that within
the moving picture's prov
ince lies a' dangerous power
west that Is beyond estimate in the for evil that c11110 De too serious-
thousands of people for whom it ly considered. 1 Addressing the In
will provide homes and in the 1 ternatlonal Association of Chiefs of
thousands to whom It win givePollce the other day, Mr. Pinker-
profitable employment. ion Bain:
, The Chamberlain amendment Ta a eerlal picture of aordld
rals th total mntomnin . (crime, like those that Illustrate the
saocklng features of white slavery.
prlations for Oregon to- nearly six drug depravity and gunmen ran",
and one half million dollars. The what good purpose can any normal.
placing of the Columbia improve- se"iah person expect them to serve?
ment on a continuing contract will 'lroTAT
enormously hasten the work, pro- a fire already hard to control. .
viding probably for final comple- The moving picture has become
tlon of the jetty within three years, a mode of instruction as well as a
Oregon has never before faced a form of entertainment. ..But, as
more favorable outlook - resulting Mr. Pinkerton said, train hold-ups,
from prospective congressional leg-(bank burglaries, gun play and all
islation. . lacts of outlawry- are more sug
gestive than educative. Whv
AGAINST AID FOR OREGON should a boy go to a movlnir tlc-
turn Rhnw tr lenpn liniir tn ntolr
S THE Oregonian trying to beat hock or to flourish a revolver?
"e "Jer aa naroor appropna- A movement has been started in
tlons for Oregon? Or, is its at- Chicago for twn 1aSBAa nf mnrln
lVf5ianl.0t,on Tba Journal for
tea on only one aida of the paper, ahoald not
exceed 800 word to ltng tb and must be ae
companleU by the mm and addresa of the
sender. If th writer docs not desire to
me name pabusbed. be enoald ee state.)
"niscnsaion Is the greatest of all reform.
rs. It ration allies ererjUilnt It toncbes. It
robs principlea of all false sanctity and
throws them back on their reasonableness. If
they have, no reasonableness, it ruthlessly
.ua uicia ovt ot existence ana seta np its
own conclusion in their stead." Weodrow
n uaon.
An Indorsement.
Portland June 23. To the Editor of
The Journal The Editorial 4n Sun
day's Issue of your paper, entitled
"Throw Off the Toke of Trade Tyran
ny, Bnouia do reaa over ana oyer
again by every business man. every
farmer, every citizen whose Interests
lie in the territory tributary to the
great Columbia river basin. lt should
not only be read by those solnterest-
ed, but the suggestions therein con
tained should be vigorously acted upon
ana strenuously pursued until' the i
lief so ably, pointed out shall have
become an accomplished fact.
under modern conditions of doing
business, the Question of transporta
tionof cheap transportation is most
vital to success, and nature has won
derfully favored us with this great
natural advantage an advantage which
if properly utilised means more than
any other s for the success and up
building of the commercial, the farm
ing and general business activities of
all who. are so fortunate as to have
become Interested In the limits of the
above described territory.
In other words, if the proper sup
port Is given to the plans and jaeas
ures which The Journal has so clearly
pointed out In the article above re-
f erred to, the question of successful
manufacturing, farming and general
business life will be solved for all
time to come, so far ' as human Inge
nuity can now foresee or sclentlflo en
deavor bring about within the confines
of this vast territory Interested. "Will
they do it? Will-they act?
N. CAMPBELL
A FEW SMILES
A. boy would persist in earing "I
have wrote." Th teacher, after many
reminders and remonstrances, set him
the supposedly cur-.
ative task of writing
the ; words! "have
written 100 f times
after ' school hours.
Leaving the lad at
his task, ah i forgot
all v about r him and
went home. On her
troubled return
some time later she found that he
had - effected : an ' Informal exit and
had left on her desk this note:
''Dear teacher: f X "have wrote I
have written' a hundred times, and
I have went home. V
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF:
- A trial- took place recently in Texas
before, a 'colored Jury. The twelve
gentlemen of color were "told by the
judge to retire and
find a verdict.
f They departed for
the J u rv . room.
Then began the
opening and shut
ting of drawers, v the
slamming of doors,
and other sounds of
unusual . commotion.
, aOIALla CHANGE j '
r - -- V. 1 :. ,- : . -,
Be a sport and get up in the morn
ing to see a few June sunrises.
. -
Meanwhile the water. In the Klagara
river continues to go over the falls. -
Besides "the June bride there seems
to ue the. Jfine breach, of promise case.
' This being a congressman is getting
to be is bed as having a regular job.
; a . a -
Just to while awav the time in Vera
Crus some of the marines are getting
married.
a a
Cleveland persists In claiming Mr.
Rockefeller an a citizen, or at least as
a taxable asset.
The colonel crobably changed it to
'After me. my dear Alphonso." during
that Madrid visit.
a
New York la to have a sane Fourth.
on which occasion it will doubtless ab
stain from discussing the Becker case,
mm
The rloara of war have ' evidently de
veloped the habit of sitting on their
hind legs ana awaiting developments.
Peace In Mexico that would leave
Everrona wonrlarad what tha trail hi a I tha mux a of the neODle stilr playing
was. s v I the part of mudsills would hardly be
At last the jury came back Into the iasung,
court and the foreman arose and said
"We hab looked eberywbar. in the
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
drawers and behind the do',' an can't
find no verdict, s It warn't in de
room." National Monthly. '
.Dasher bad ' evidently had experi
ence.
Lasher We're ,
going to have' some I
amateur t h e a t r i-1
cals at my house I
next week and ' a I
big supper after
ward. Can you Be
there?
Dasher Oh, I'll
De , mere, oia man.
but er I may be late.
rtTil 1
II n i n-
It Vrnnwi could settle its troubles by
changing cabinets every few minutes
it would be a happy little country by
this time.
What has become of the old-fash
ioned town that was famous if one of
its boys belonged to tne worm oeaung
Sox or Cubs?
It will facilitate divorce trials If
hereafter husbands writing to "Non
nle" will mark their letters "Exhibit
A." "Exhibit B " etc. It may also act
as a restraining influence.
In tha vear end Ins- June 20. 11.884
visitors were registered at the Klam
ath Falls public library. Book circula
tion .amounted tO ail 3. .
. a a 't
A contract will soon be let at La-
pine for a two story frame school
house. 65 by sn feet, or colonial a
sign, and to cost 810,000.
a a -. -
Editor McDaniel of the Coos ' Bay
Harbor, with his family, has gone auto
touring. The tour will extend as far
down the coast as San Diego. This
is his second offense.
.
The Sunset Valley correspondent of
the Burns News, listing the attractions
nromlsetl by tha iveoDla of Narrows for
the Fourth of July, Includes "a big
parade of Republicans and Democrats
with their Taf t and Wilson badges.
which no one can afford to miss.",
a -
Port Orford Tribune: A Curry eoun
tv bov and a Curry county girl one in
Portland and one in Bandon have
-lust led their classes in graduation
exercise! Cattle, hogs and sheep are
not the only things worth while that
grow to periecuon in urry county.
Florence recently tried an experi
ment in paving, mixing asphalt with
the sand In the street, but it was
not mixed right, and the experiment
was a partial raiiure. Aiore aipnui
has been ordered and some other com
bination will be tested. -
a a
Coqullle Sentinel; The statement
that half the business portion of Ban
don was wiped out by the fire !
hardly Justified. Nearly twice as
many business houses remain stand
ing as wenUown. But, notwithstand
ing the sev-clft losses sustained and the
paucity of pta Insurance, which did
not cover mere than one fifth of the
damage done, the business men af
fected are keeping a stiff upper lip
and getting ready to get right Into
the game again.
IN EARLIER DAYS
Br Fred ockley.
WHAT THE FLAG SAID
(Secretary Lane's Flag Day Speech to
the Clerks of the Interior Department.)
This morning, as I passed into tne
land office, the flag dropped me a most
cordial salutation, and from Its rlp
nilnar folds I heard it say: "Good
question, but there la only one side to
the liquor traffic Itself. That Is evil,
ana wnouy evil. : We eliminate men
altogether. The octopus behind this
beast is 'the whiskey trust, a soulless j m0rning, Mr. Flag-Maker.'
r h T . . 110 jnwey- I beg your pardon. Old Olory,
' Z.;; ,.;:-: r .T " . 1 1 said, -you are mistaken.
of man. Saloonkeepers themselves president of the United States, nor the
are merely their tools or hired men.! vice president, nor a memoer oi con
We are not abusing them. Many of gress, nor even a general in the army,
inem mignt be very good men were 1 1 am only a government ciera.
they placed in a shoe store or grocery I "I greet you again, Mr. Flag-Maker,'
or any other place where they were replied the gay voice. I know you
supplying a legitimate need of the welL "Sou are the man who worked in
human race. In no business in the the swelter of yesterday straightening
world does so small investment yield I out the tangle of that farmers borne
so great profit. This accounts for stead in Idaho.
ters to a boy who will write a song
that will give cheer to the millions of
our race. We are all making the flag."
I
u.u,A u. uumucb oi stupidity 7 one for children. But that would
apeaKmg or tne Diu.it saya through be only a partial solution oL the
Its Washington correspondent: problem. There are many grown
theTrk P-Ple of weak mentality whBo a?t
distributed in nearly every section xf UPOD. suggestion.
me country, it is charged that it I The real solution Is to banish
has been framed to catch votes, and the revolver and th rHmir.nl rVm
inus maae it practically impossible - - ' . " " ,
to block its passage. The South has tfce screen. A moving picture
been awarded large sums for projects I leaves a more vivid impression
aue8:ed Da Jn many cass than a book. It leaves the youthful
of little or no value for navigation A i- . . J , ...
purposes. New Jersey is one of the mind ln mCb. the same condition
favorites. It is alleged among other as when a circus has been In
thlhgs that the bill fairly bristles I town. Even hova whn lnv
T ih.. Hit V ui..'
m mo uiii, liio scuais CUUIUIIUW
V HELP THE HOMESEEKER
g ECRETARY LANE of the In-
terlor Department wants Con
V J gress to help the homemaker
7 on irrigated lands. The Sen
ate has passed a bill modifying the
conditions of settlement and ex
tending the time of payment from
ten to twenty years, of money ad
vanced by the government ' in
reclamation projects. The bill in
now held up in the house, and re
ports from Washington say it is
encountering the opposition of cer
tain members from the middle
west.
... There should be no opposition
to this measure..-' The United States
is the only nation with a policy
which hinders, the development of
reclamation farms. Other conn
tries are giving the land owner
from twenty to sixty, years to set
tle with the government. Even in
.France," with its thrifty and highly
experienced farmers, forty to fifty
years are granted.
. ; The government's net Investment
' In reclamation work is 882,123,
665.' Of the 1,500.000 acres for
which water is now ready there
will be .harvested next fall rops
on about 750,009 acres. The es
timated -value -of these crops Is
about 23 per cent of the total cost
of the , work; ' Settlement f of the
.public lands included in these proj
ects has been rapid. Of the 1,500,-
000 acres now irrigable only 27,120
acres remain vacant -,: v r
- It is sound policy for the govern-
' ment to lend its credit in develop
ing the arid regionsbut i is not
wise for the government to impos
conditions which the homeseeker
' cannot meet. . Officials of the recla
,.. th. river .nd harbor theatres 33iJgSJ
Testimonial for Dr. Smith.
Portland, June 83. To the Editor of
The Journal All who nave been so
fortunate as to meet Dr. Smith, can
on commerce gives Oregon nearly
seven million dollars, of which $5,-
100,000 is provision for a continu
ing contract at the mouth of the
uoiumDia. . wnat it t.he newspa
pers all over the Country attacked
AX IMPROVED OUTLOOK
T
HE Railway Age Gazette pre
dicts a decided Improvement
in the near future In the
railroad carrying and equip-
tne uregon allowance as' a pork ment businesses. .: After confessing
Darrei7 What if every, paper out- that it had been "as Mha as in.
side of Oregon referred to It as the digo for many months," the Gazette
Oregonian refers to other appro- declares that the time for a change
pnauons in other states by saying has come. v
that "it is alleged that the bill Three substantial reasons, for
fairly bristles with real estate proj- optimism are mentioned: The crop
ects? . I reDort. the most favorahlA In von to
It is probable that there Is a certain increase In railroad traf-
mealin every appropriation in the fic. and the sunremA court's rioMa-
Mll, jblst as there is merit in the ion in the Shreveport case, which
Columbia appropriation. It is not the Gazette says means the Inevit
probable that the only appropria- able harmonizing of state and fed
tion of mert In the bill is the Ore- eral rate regulation under supreme
gon allowance. When there Is authority vested in the Interstate
prospect that Oregon is to fare so I Commerce commission.
splendidly at the hands of Con- Tha Seattle Post-Intelligencer
gress, why fight Congress for its says the lumbermen'! of Washing
generosity and the bill for carrying ton are looking forward to an Im-
neavy appropriations? mediate revival of business in their
Incidentally, it Is far better for I line. So "confident are they of an
Congress to spend $93,000,000 on improvement In conditions, I that
rivers -and harbors than to spend a 1 no effort is ; being made to secure
billlorr dollars on the armed in- J low-priced orders. ,
vaslonrof Mexico for which the Ore-I The Seattle paper, reflecting the
gonian is loudly clamoring.
THE REVOLVER AGAIN
0
opinion of lumbermen, says there
is sound basis for this confidence.
The Railway Age Gazette, reflect
ing the, real opinion .of railroad
men, says the prospects of a large
NE man seriously injured and
the lives of ..many people increase In traffic cannot fall to
threatened is a revolver's hRVa - KAT1A,.iai v Th. i
recom-ai me HiagieS', PlCniC -ml a n.aAii fnr nnflmlcm
Sunday. The gun was in the hands ; Nothing is wrong with the coun
l aicnarsin5itry8 business outlook. . Already
it at random in. the crowd..
many mills and factories have re-
vw maujr more sucn mciaenis Bumed full-time operations.
i4uoi uttur uciuro existing laws
against the revolver are ' enforced ?
The! Sunday affair is Illustration of
the Imperative need of police 'ac
tivity in the enforcement of pres
ent laws. It is further evidence
that the revolver has no place in
II
THE ISSUE OP TAXES
N WISCONSIN, a . cry of high
taxes has been raised by the
standpat leaders in an effort
to discredit the system of pro-
any man's pocket,' and especially islgressive government - established
it proof that when such a handy j through"' a fight of . many years by
instrument of death is- allowed in 1 Robert LaFollette. "rx
the possession of v the vicious or They make the claim that the
the irresponsible it is a men ape to I high taxes are chargeable to the
everybody. (new governmental methods. They
But shootings such as occurred I argue, that the progressive' system
the great difficulty In dislodging it.
M. A. COOPER.
An Open Letter.
McMlnnville, Or, June 22. To the
Editor of The Journal Through the
columns of The Journal I ask to pre
sent to the Portland Chamber of Com
merce th following address:
"No, I am not." 1 was forced to con
fess.
"Well. Derhaps you are the one wno
discovered the mistake in that Indian
contract in Oklahoma."
"No. wrong again," I said.
"WelL you helped to clear that pat
ent for the hopeful inventor in New
York, or pushed the opening of that
new ditch in Colorado, or made that
ticket, or to hear him speak, cannot
Dutreei impressed with his personal
ity, nis wisdom and his earnestness.
That Oregon will be most fortunate,
indeed, to have for its governor a man
like Dr. Smith, Is plain to all who
meet and know him,
He made a most clean and fair cam
paign at the primaries for the nomi
nation, and came out of the strurfele
with the respect of his opponents and
the solid support of the party that
honored him with the nomination, and
that of thousands of others whose
grewing desire is to see him elected.
The day of political bosslsm In this
grand state is fast becoming a thing
of the past, and neither the whin of
tne professional politician nor the
narpmgs of pliant tools of greed and
avarice shall ever cause the neonla to
take a backward step in thler march
for freedom from political tyranny,
xnat ur. Kmitn will continue to
grow in publio favor with the people
as his great worth becomes more and
more known Is patent to all who know
him, and that he will be elected bv an
overwhelming mapjority is the predic
tion already made by those who best
know th, temperament of the voters of
mis state.
ONES OF THE COMMON PEOPLE.
Noah and His Descendants.
Gervais, Or June 22. To the Editor
of The Journal If I attempted to im
prove on God's handiwork, I would not
place, as He did, above all else, wlno.
saying, "Do this in commemoration of
me. Being temperate, I would not
change water into win a But God knew
of the coming prohiMton wave. He
also gave strong drink. I quote from
the Bible: "Give strong drink to him
that is readyt to perish, and wine to
him that is heavy of heart. Let him
drink and forget his poverty, and re
member bis misery no more." Tho
grape, planted by Noah, was also made
a specialty. He made strong drink
and got drunk, but he got drunk no
more, thus establishing temperance.
not prohibition. He did - not destroy
the. vineyards, though the herbs were
all his. Noah's son, Shern. was chas
tised fo laughing bexause his father
got drunk. Sbem was a true type of
prohibitionist. God, Bible and Noah
belong to anti-prohibition. Mr. Ruth
is an ancestral brother to Mr. Hollis.
if both are Europeans. Sam Lee. the
Chinaman, ana jack Johnson, the pugil
ist, are his ancestral first cousins. Mr.
Hollis, being a Prohibitionist. " takes
after his uncle Shem. Mr. Ruth, a very
smart man, takes after his grandfather
Noah,
Vote wet, for enforced law,' order and
temperance. ELLA M. FINNEY.
Gentlemen: Saturday's taners re-ii.. . Tiiinnii morn safe, or brought
port that you are soon to be called on. I relief to the old soldier In Wyoming.
- iu. rauii oi activity or tne Hop no matter, whichever one or tnese
Growers association, to cast a ballot I hnfiint individuals you may happen
vn wegon ary. .viaentlv tn han I - v,- t -r. vn,i B-reetlne. Mr. Flaz
B.vfc.a uciicvo juu win vote in xavor I Maker
of Oregon wet Do they have your '
correct measure? The statements In t was about to pass on. feeling that
ieir letter are subject to considerable j was being mocked, when the flag
.uanmco. xne iana now stopped -me with these woras:
in hops is not adapted to other croDS." v iin tha world knows, that
I am sure no land owner would a I . i .v. ...Mi.nt .nnv a. word
to A wmld Purchaser. He that made happier the future' of 10,-
would rather ay, "Land that will 0d0.000 peons in Mexico, but hat act
grow hops will grow anything. The loomg no larger on the flag than the
wettest or it will grow alsike clover struggle which the boy In Georgia is
and some farmers near Amity har- rnaklng to win the Corn club prize this
Vested 135 per acre from alsike seed mmr. Testerdav the congress spoke
last year. Hop land, as you well . rori which will open the door of
know, Is the very best in the vallev. . . mnther in Mlchia-an
The statement that Oregon dry will worked from sunrise until far Into the
drive the hop men out of business Is night to give her boy an education. She
at least an exaggeration, for very lit- toJ l8 making the flag. Yesterday we
tie Oregon hops are sold in this coun- made a new law to prevent financial
J uivoi arg uiuutu w Miiana. ie. I . v..t.r tin doubt, a scnooi
sides, our text books, which give the teacher in Ohio .taught his first let-
viu tu urtgun igr IV 12, list
"But," I said impatiently, "these peo
ple were only working."
Then came a great shout from the
flag:
"Let me tell you who I am. xne worn
that we do is the making of the real
flag. I am not tha flag, not at all. I
am but Its shadow. I am whatever
you make me, nothing more. I am
your belief In yourself, your dream of
what a people may become. I live a
changing lite, a life of moods and pas.
sions, of heartbreaks and tired muscles.
Sometimes I am strong wltn priae,
when men do an honest work, fitting
the rails together truly. Sometime
I droop, for then purpos has gone
from me, and cynically I play the
coward. Sometimes I am loud, garish
and full of that ego that blasts Judg
ment But always I am all that you
hope to be and have the courage to try
for. I am song and fear, struggle and
nantd and ennobling hope. I am the
rtav'work of the weakest man, and
the largest dream of the most dar
ing. I am the constitution ana mi
courts, statutes ana statute rouera, j
soldier and dreadnought, drayman and
street sweep, cook, counsellor and
clerk. I am the battle of yesterday
and the mistake of tomorrow. I am
the mystery of th men who do with
out knowing why. I am th clutch ef
an idea, and the reasoned purpose of
resolution. I am no more than what
you believe me to b. and I -am all
that you believe I can be.
T am what you make me. nothing
more. . , . .
"Iwing before your eyes as a bright
gleam of color, a symbol of yourself,
the pictured suggestion of that big
thing which makes this nation. My
stars and my stripes are your breams
and your labors. They ar bright with
cheer, brilliant with courage, firm wltl
faith because you have made them mo
out of your . hearts, fof you are the
makers of the flag, and it is well that
you glory In the making."
. "In February, 1 848," -th--volunteers "
matched . up to Whitman - station to
avenge the death of Dr. and Mrs, '
Whitman and the others killed at the ,
Whitman massacre." said Sol Durbin .;
of : Balem. one of the few remaining .
Cay use war -, veRana. , "Colonel .Gil-"
11am Interviewed the : Hudson Bay .
company's agents McBean, and also ,
Father Broulllet at Walla . Walla. We
also visited th camp of Chief Pen- v
peu-moxrtnox, who: was -In favor of ' :
peace. From there xw went to Dr.
Whitman's mission, where' we mad
camp. We' found th bodies of Dr. "
and Mrs.: Whitman, Rogers. Hoffman, :"
Sanders, Cthe Sagers and the others
who were killed, scattered around. We
made a big box, in which, we put all ; r
of - the skulls and bonea that were '
scattered around. . and - buried them. ;
The bodies had been dug up by th
wolves and most of the flesh gnawed
off the bonea Meek and some of the .
others 'saved some of Mrs. Whitman's
hair. It was long, silky and light red
In color. -. - - - :' -
"On th 4th. of March. IMS. Jo
Meek and his party started for Wash
ington to lay before tcongres the con- :
dMfon of Oregon affair. The ones
who went with him were John Owens,
Nate Bowman. Jim Steel. Samuel MJ1-. -ler,
Jake Lea bo, Dennis .Burrls and s
Dave Young. They had a very strenu- f
ous Journey, having to abandon their V
horses and make snowshoes out of
willows, and late In May Meek ar
rived In Washington. .
"On March , 1848, about 250 friend
ly Nes Perc and Cayuse Indians cam
into camp for a council, which was ,
held next day. After the council the
peacs commissioners we had with us
Palmer, Lee and Newell started back
for the Willamette valley, and Colonel
Gilliam got under way to where th -
Cayuse Indians were camped. By
making a night march, we reahced th
Cayuse camp, near th mouth of th
Tu cannon. There were only a few In
diana her. When we had climbed up
th bluff, we discovered that the In
dians' horses and cattle wer being . .
swum across th Snake river into th '
Palouse country. W captured a lot
of horses, mayb 1000, and as w .
started back several hundred Indians,
both Cayuse and Palouse, began firing
at us. We kept up- a running fight
all that day and night- Finally the
officers decided to turn loos th cap
tured stock, thinking th Indian
would stop fighting when they had re
covered the stock. At Touchet river
w made a stand and -had a stiff
fight. We killed four Indians and
wounded 14. We had one man (Bill -Taylor)
killed and several wounded.
"On March 18 Colonel Gilliam called
a council of war to decide what t do.
It was decided to send part .of, the
force to'The Dalles to bring back pro
visions. Our company, under Captain
Maxon. and Captain McKay's company,
left Whitman mission on March .20
with the wagon train.
"Colonel Gilliam came with us. - At
Wells rprlngs Colonel Gilliam pulled
his rop out of the wagon to stake his
horse Someone had left a loaded gun
in th wagon, and as Colonel Gilliam
pulled the rope out. his rope caught on
th trigger and discharged the gun.
The bullet hit him In the center of
the forehead, killing him instantly.
"We ate our supper, and. Instead of
camping all night, as we hall intended
to do, we got under way and traveled
all. that night and all the nest day.
We took Colonel Gilliam's body to The
Dalles, and there It was taken in charge
by Major Leo and Captain McKay, who
took it to his home in Polk county.
'I, with others, received an honor
able discharge at, The Dalles. II. A. G.
Lee, a young man from Virginia, about
80 years old. who had 'come out to
Oregon in 1848. was appointed colonel
of the regiment after the death of
Colonel Gilliam. They did not capture
the murderers on this expedition, but
I saw five of them hanged several
years later In Oregon City."
bariey at 12,600,000 and clover seed
at $1,000,000. but jdo not list hops at
an. aitnougn specifically stating that
Oregon supplies two fifths of the crop
of the United States. This Is prob
ably an error, but th authorities are
supposedly excellent.
THRIFTY SAVER AND FARM BORROWER
By John M. Osklson.
w learn from the controller of the
currency that at the end of the last
In one of th principal hon centers fiscal year our thrifty savers had
of the valley Is a Urge hotel, vacant nearly seven billion dollars to xneir
except In the hop picking season. Then credit in savings accoumo.
for a few weeks it is filled, not by The census of 1910 said that in the
hop pickers buf by the vultures who last 20 years the value ot the farms
prey on the pickers. ' Through them of the United States had doubled
raucn or the money paid labor they had reacneo a toiai viuo v.j
reaches Portland. about $600,000,000 less than the pres-
The hop business is esentlallv a I ent total of savings accounts.
gamble,' as one of your own lawyer More Interesting to the thrirty
members said to me last week In your owner of lendable money was the
city. It Is not that the Hotel Keepers' showing of the farmer's increased
association cares especially for the hop equity In the land. For the whole
business that they unite in clrcularls- country, in 1910, the average farm had
A , . . . . ' - .A AWAjl 1 7 1 F.
"8 .ou, "ui uecause tney want to re- I a valU OX tvzoi iu uwnci vt..
tain the liquor traffic In the state, and I and his unincumbered Interest in the
the enemies of prohibition are mixing I farm was worth $4574. This last flK-
tne question witn as many other ques- ure compared with, izzzu xn
tlons as possible to gain votes for I Tha noint is that the surplus money
liquor. . of thrifty savers has not been
For eleemoenary Institutions, penal I rotns- to the farm so much as to the
ana reionn institutions. court ex-1 manufacturing ana wanspurmuon
Sees Difficulties in Branding.
Salem, Or.. June 22. To th Editor
of The Journal Ella M. Finney will
not -have solved the liquor problem
when she gets her law to brand drunk.
ards. The human race has nevertaken
kindly to branding. Then, too, there
la a chance for a wide divergences of
opinion as to when a man is drunk.
If it was poor Tom Jones, without
money or mends, it might b easy,
but when It comes to some prominent
clubman it would b a different mat
ter. Again, a man might not be drank
enough to prevent his running an au
tomobile, and yet he might not be
sober enough to prevent his running it
Into the ditch.
, . There are many sides to this maa
penseB, eic, our state expends con
siderably over $1,000,000 a year. Those
best informed state that from one half
to rive sixths of it 1 occasioned bv
drink. The traffic costs counties and
cities vast sums in addition to this"
state expense. It is an economical
blunder, a moral blotch. Future gene
rations will be amased at our folly.
x appeal to you to cast your straw
vote xor uregon dry, and giv th
cause or prohibition your support.
CURTIS p. COH.
Prohibition's Effects Discussed.
Newport. Or- June 22. To tha Edl
tor of The Journal F. W. Nlckerson,
Writing June 18. says: ..."Men oppose
dustrles. In the view or tne lenoer vl
money, the farmer has not borrowed
as much as he ought to have borrowed
in order to raise his 'farm ta a point
where" Its output would be at th max
imum and his own working efficiency
at the highest.
Here are American savers with
nearly seven millions to their credit,
while the American farmers, with as
sets of nearly six and a half blllioTta,
have borrowed against their farm
less than a billion and thre quarters.
Compared with the average security
offered by railroads and manufactur
ing corporation, the farmer borrower
offers far better collateral. At the
same time, he has been compelled to
pay a far .higher Interest rate.
Presently this condition will b cor
rected. Meanwhile I think it is the
small investor's opportunity to get
hold of good farm mortgages. It is
an economlo axiom that when th de
mand for certain forms of investment
increases, the return on those invest
ments will decrease. If you hold O
good mortgage that brings 6 per cent,
with five years to run. 1 predict that
by May, 1918, you will be able to mar
ket It at a premium.
false to say that prohibition is hostile
to the free spirit of Christianity.
"Men who oppose prohibition because
they believe it to be immoral, un
christian and detrimental to character '
who ar they? They are the enemies
of the horn and free cnnuann -
those who put gold above
The Hop Industry's Beneficiaries.
Portland. Or.. Jun zt.io T-"
tor of The journal i - -v-v
prohibition because they believe it to a reply, to Mary Tillman s article m
be immoral, unchristian and ' detri- Friday's Journal. She says that our
mental to character." I it true? To few bop yards in Oregpn are not ail
m this is a new one. If it is true, that count In our state s
then the saloon- must be a kind of I this 1. but does she stop to think that
training school for morality, Chris-1 the hop growing inausiry i mo
tianitv and Dhrax-tr ,.. fn. l.aat 50.000 people-every year.
churches been turned into saloons, and True, Oregon i a great fruit state,
th pastor and deacon Into bar- but what fruits picked in our state
tenders? About 700,000 people went will arford a living for at least the
to death during Taft's administration 60,000 people who depend on the hops
through-the ealoon and white slave for their winter's supply? And should
traffic If it Is true that th probl- I our stat go dry, wno wm go uow iu
bltlonlst and Christianity ar behind I their pockets and give the amount
such hellish work I am then Oppose Paid each year to tneso peovc
to prohibition and will vote "wet for least five years, while we are waiting
myself, my neighbor and my country for our fruit trees to bear? In regard-
for -enforced law, order and temper- to our families, that lies in the home
ance." Look at Secretary Daniels He training. Bend a twig while it is
too, has become immoral, and worse! young, so will it-be when grown. WTiy
He has interfered with the "personal abould the people of our state suffer
liberty or the. navv. thua n1alnr th... I tne loss oi tneir irnuwi
on th down grade to immorality and !
ruin.
In a great speech before th United
Spanish War Veterans at Atlantic
City, our good president said: "I am
interested In fighting bad tendencies.
bad systems, things that lower all the
levels of our political and economic
morality.'
few have not the will power to 'control
their appetites and resist the tempta
tion of excessive drinking? ' "
MRS. I. INGLIS.
.The Profession, and the Habit.
- From the New York Post.
Commissioner Davis is entitled t
thai thanks of tha community for her
Mr. Nlckerson s argument is neither I viKordus efforts to break up the abom-
eound nor logical. The tendencies of I inable drug traffic in -our penal lnstl-
the liquor traffic ar all-bad. It I tutions. The arrest of Dr. Charles
lowers all our political and economic I H. Baxter, the house physician of th
morality, as President Wilson truly I Blackwelvs Island penitentiary, is
said. Its extermination would be a I startling revelation of the extent to
far greater reform than th tariff and
monetary systems combined. It is I
which this corrupt practice has gone.
What we should like to ask is: .What
are the reputable ; physicians and the
medical upeoclationa of this city going
to do about this case? Here Is an un
excelled opportunity for them to en
force the ethical standards of the pro
fession in case, of course. Dr. Bax-.
ter's guilt is definitely established on
his trial. Our medical friends are con
stantly bemoaning the fact that the
public takes osteopath and Christian
Scientists so seriously. Well, on way
to win greater public confidence would
be to rid the profession of a few of
its rascals and, by exemplary punish
ments, make it clear that the profes
sion has no scorn too great for a phy
sician who will thus degrade himself.
The least that can be done is to pre
vent such a man's ever practicing
again in this state. That some doc
tors are themselves too free In the
use of morphine and similar drugs is
all the more reason why this chance to
drive a lesson home should eagerly be
seized.
Sahara Ienert In Yoor Home.
From th Bulletin of the Rochester'
Chamber of Commerce.
"Moisture in the air we breath la .
necessary to maintain life." said a re-v
cent experimenter on the conditions
of Rochester homes. "Few people
realize the amount of water vapor
necessary in an ordinary nous to
maintain a proper humidity condition.
The maximum ' evaporation . in th
water pan in a hot air furnace, doe
not exceed five or six quarts .per day,-
whereas. in an average eight room
house during winter weather, from
80 to 0 quarts of water must be evap
orated every Z4 hours in order to main
tain the proper air conditions."
As a matter of fact, less than half
of the water pans in Rochester fur
nace ar filled at all. It 1 not known '
4yy peopi as a rule that the illness
prevailing during winter weather 1
largely traceable to- dry air in the
home. Throat trouble, swelling of
glands, catarrh, and such Illnesses ar
frequently induced by this dryness of
the air. Cracking and breaking of
furniture, the destruction of pianos,
etc., are attributable to this condl-'
tlon. - . .
It is necexsary to keep th humid
ity Insid the house as- nearly even
with. that outside as posaihlc. In our
climate, the average humidity Is from
(0 to 70 per cent of saturation. Th
desert of Sahara is about 33 per cent;
the average humidity In our homes is
about 20 to 28 per cent.
Pointed Paragraphs
Hot arguments can cool friendships
-a
The world ' soon gets tired of a
chronic kicker.
, a
. Better a penny in th hahd thada a
nickel in the slot. .
a
A hory man and a nagging woman
make a well matched pair.
. a v
Every time a man tries to show off
something gets his goat.
a a
Time never hangs heavy on th
hands of a boy with his first watch,
a
Experience comes high, but you
needn't tell the world what it costs ,
a a '
Why should a woman us a hammer
to drive a tack li tnere is a nairDrusn
handy? . ' -
The Ragtime Muser
Proxy Hero. -. -
I live to seek adventure -
And the lure of sweet romance, '
1 will follow boldly, gayly.
At a look. i
With hardship -and flre fighting
I will gladly take a chance " . .
But 1 find these all in plenty .
In a book! - , ' . 1 f
I am somewhat of a 'hero.,- ' r !'!
And of death I'm not afraid. -To
rescue some fair da nine I .- .
From her doom. - .'
I face a hungry tiger -.'
Or an army, undismayed;
In fact, I've often done so '
j In my room. . . '
Though vicarious "my daring, -
Thoush by proxy I am rash. ''
My admiration for myself i
Immense: - ' :
I -may b short on folly, ' -And
mur show but-little dsh. ;.
But-hang It! I. am strong in
Common sen!
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