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brass, time will efface It. If '
we rear temples, they will
crumble into dust- But if we
work upon Immortal souls. If
we imbue them with principles,
with the Just fear of God and
love of ! fellow men, we engrave -on
those tablets something; to
all eternity. Daniel Webster.
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WHO'S THE HUMBUG?
THE Orefconian says It finds the
preliminaries all arranged tor
"another Jiumbug Chamber
lain campaign of non-partisanship."
,
' How about poor bid John . H.
Mitchell? Heney and the Oregon
ilan "got" him. They claimed the
old man got a fee through his law
firm- for expediting timber claims.
So perhaps, he did. But he got
no timber.
He man t even nave money ; to
pay his hospital fees in his last
sickness. He hadn't even money
to pay bis i physician who attended
htm- on his deathbed., -; A- friend
had to guarantee both, and there
was a friend to "do It.
It was the other boys who got
the timber. John Mitchell . was
made the goat for them. " He was
slowly dying when he was tried.
Even without the terrors of the
trial, even without the relentless
hounding with which the Oregon-
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ian pursueu uiui iuiu we vauey ui
the shadow, death would soon have
claimed him.
Not so with the boys who got
the timber. Far luckier or else
far . smoother than poor old John
.Mitchell, they are happy' in the en
joyment of wealth, they are loaded
down wltfc the honors of the day,
they, are rich in the possession of
a despoiled" public domain.
Speaking of a "humbug" cam
paign, this, state of Oregon has
nerer seen och a icolossali can
palgn of, "humbug"! as the Ore
gonlan is' setting 6ut to carry on
for senator. . 1 ,
MR. RDUFFEE
OCCASIONALLY, there is. a
Deputy Sheriff McDuffee.-
But he la a rare species.
Somehow the : desperate busi
ness on which train robbers are
bent tends to make all train guests
gently and1 sweetly docile.
In fact, every train robber fully
makes up his mind before he be
gins ' business, that, if necessary,
.he will take life. It is realization
of- this that makes the average
man. Bit lamblike, amiable and sub
missive, sobbing -if .the pistol artist
says sob, laughing uproariously if
the masked .gentleman indicates
that it is time to laugh. It is an
easy and simple way to keep a
human skin Intact, and. who can
censure man for manifest prudence
in times of stress?
But - none the less,, the public
must doff its hat to Mr. McDuffy.
More of him would make train rob
bing letis popular and less profit
able. " ' -
SEATTLE REJECTS CHARTER
BY' A large vote In the nega
tive, Seattle has rejected a
proposed new charter.
The proposed - charter pre
served the ward system and pro
vided for a council of thirty mem
, bers. The , strongest ' objection
- against this feature was. on the
ground that it was not progres
sive but reactionary. '
It sought to divide the functions
q municipal government into three
hads, the legislative, which was to
be entirely in the council; the ad
ministrative, which centered in a
city manager, and the executive,
which hd to do with the execution
of the moral laws. The mayor was
to be head of this department and
was the only official to be elected
at large.
At attempt .was made to combine
the old System with the commis
sion .form and city manager form
of government. '
When the fifteen freeholders
- who ; prepared . the charter were
chosen last March it. was the gen
eral understanding that they were
to prepare a commission form.
That was what the voters evidently
wanted, according to the returns:
A census report on financial
statistics ; of cities having an estimated-
population of bver 30,000
.each throws some light on .;' the
valuei and economy of r government
by commission. ; It also " calls at
tentioh to. the rapid spread of that
form of local government. Out' of
i 195 cities covered by the report,
sixty-nine have ; discarded the
- mayor and council form 'in favor
WHO: ARE RATES MADE FOR, ANYWAY?
ORTLAND caught a glimpse at
freight rates from the ' Interior to Coast points are abased on
the costly haul over the Cascade mountains instead of the Inez
pensive downhill haul along 'the Columbia.
Thus, O. IV Fisher, manager , of the Fisher Flouring Mills at Se
attle, and L. F. Baumann, assistant manager of the Centennial Mills
at Seattlertestlfied that terminal rates at Astoria might Injure busi
ness at the Sound. i ' :' ; ' : i 't -r
I " T R M. Calkins, traffic manager of the Milwaukee railroad, at. Se
attle, testified that 'a market at the, mouth of the Columbia river
would be hazardous to Pu$et Sound .commercial interests ." .
' No tase could be plainer. The Seattle mill owners want ; rates
maintained as they are, because they own mills at Seattfe. . They
'want rates' for Columbia river points . based on the haul over the.
Cascades because rates made on the cost of haul down" the Columbia
might "injure their milling "business on the Sound." ; '
The Milwaukee traffic manager objects tb, a Columbia river rate
based on a Columbia river haul Instead of an" over-Cascades haul be
cause it "would be hazardous: to Puget Sound commercial Interests."
TheMilwaukee railroad owns ifs own road to Puget Sound and does
not own a road to Portland, How natural for the Milwaukee to want '
rates so fixed as to wholly benefit the ' place to which Its road
leads! How natural, even though to pull a tain over its route
costs nearly four times as much as a train down the Columbia!
What if an -Astoria terminal rate "would be hazardous to Puget
Sound commercial interests?" Is the rate-making power to -be ex
ercised solely for the benefit of "Puget Sound Commercial interests?'
What about the "commercial Interests" of Portland? What about
the "commercial, Interests" of Astoria? ' . ; ; :
. What about the paramount Interests of the great army" of men
and women on the wheat fields 'and producing prairies; of the vast
Columbia basin, who grow the wheat, raise the barley and livestock
and produce the great volume of products upon which the rest of the
population is nourished and enrfcAed? What about the obligations
of justice, and what about the rights of man? f .
The freight rates from the interior down the Columbia are fixed,
not on what Portland and Astoria deserve, but on what, will benefit
Puget Sound. There can be no doubt of it, . in view of the testi
mony at the rate hearing. ,. .'. - j
It was because of this thatThA Journal began its fight for
justice for the Columbia river, and the -testimony at tne hearing is
a triumphant vindication of its contention. . !
of; one or another variety of com
mission , rule. , The total number
of commission 'cities and towns is
over 300, embracing a total popu
lation of 7,000,000. .
From a financial point of view
commission rule seems t6 be irk
ing well. '
It Is, the cost, the waste, the In
efficiency, the Irresponsibility of
the governments of so many.Amerir
can cities that are leading the peo
ple to scrap the old machinery and
substitute simpler and .more mod
ern Instruments.
HOME BULR FOR IRELAND
THE amending biU .relating tq,
Ulster has been introduced
in the British Honse of Lords.
- The measure contains no sur
prises; it embodies nothing which'
had not been offered by - Premier
AsQuith and rejected by the op
ponents of home rule for Ireland.
The bill provides that Ulster coun
ties will be permitted to vote on
their own exclusion for a period
of. tyx years.
There Is little probability that
the amending bill will prove satis
factory to the men and Interests
that are fighting tfelf government
by Ireland.- They are afraid that
most .bf the Ulster counties would
not stay out once the home rule
bill passed by. the House of Com
mons is given royal assent." They
want Ulster to be treated as a
whole In spite of the fact that in'
a total population of about 1,600,
000 the home rulers number 44
per cent.
It is said that should the Ulster
counties be given the opportunity
to vbte as units, four of the nine
wouhl almost certainly place them
selves under a Dublin parliament
Thati is why there is objection to
taking a vote by counties; it would
end the fiction of a united Ulster.
' The amending bill is regarded by
some observers as a joke. JThe
lords may notxaccept terms which
were rejected by the Unionists in
theHouse of Commons', but the
lords cannot amend the original
bill without sending it hack to the
commons. There the Asqulth gov
ernment has a majority ready to
defeat any proposition not meeting
the' terms embodied in the amend
ing bill.
It is apparent that the only dan
ger to home rule is the possibility
of King George vetoing ' the orig
inal measure. Should that ibe done
there would be a crisis la Brltist
affairs, but it is a remote possi
bility. The lhdieatons are that Ire
land will get home ruW under the
bill which passed the .House of.
Commons. i .
IF WOMEN, WHY NOT MEN?
THERE t Is some virtue In the
claim of the Portland woman
who insists that If the mayor
forbids the wearing of diaph
anous skirts by women, he ought
to , also prohibit men from wear
ing tight trousers.
indeed, why not? In fact, to
be perfectly consistent, ought n.ot
the men, as a means of completely
hiding the shapes of their pedal
extremities, rbe required to wear
either; bloomers, or skirts, say ttf
the knees?. ' , :
If th; stern authority of the
city government is exercised, to pre
vent women from exposing their
persons, :it, ought to be exercised
also to ' prevent gentlemen with
straight legs,, or beautiful legs or
bandy, legs from exposing their
persons. - '
And, really. the mayor oneht tn
et the example. .
HOOD RIVER TO VOTE
SPECIAL ! , election , will- be
held "In Hood River ' county,
J uly 12, ; f or : the-' purpose of
voting ; on a bond ,-'tRn est
$75,000 whlch.'Is to be applied to
the construction of the Columbia
Highway through the county.
The bonds are to run for twenty
years and are to bear five per cent
interest. Beginning with the
the Astoria rate hearing of why
eleventh year one tenth of the
amount is to bo retired each year.
Under the state law, bonds for
permanent roads can! be issued up
to two per cent of the assessed
valuation of a county. The valua
tion of the taxable property of
Hood River county Is eleven mil
lions. It would, therefore, hare
been within ,the law if the Issue
had been fixed at $220,000.
But having chosen the smaller
amount the court has no power to
Issue Turther bonds without author
ization by a majority of the voters.
With $75,000 It Is 'estimated that
a good road can be graded from
the Multnomah county line. " If
the cost should eiceed this. S.
Benson has given aj pledge to the
county that he will
pay the addi-
tlonal Bum.
- The -road is to be 1 built, under
the supervision of the' state high
way commission and will be made
tO Conform With tha atnnrt
by the commission In order that it
may be possible to have it accept
ed later as , state Tilghway in
which vent the stater "would, take
over the maintenance and hard sur
facing. t M . ;r : . . . " .
One argument in favor of bond
ing for road purposes is that the
burden Is placed Qn . the elty prop-,
erty holder as well as on the coun
try . taxpayer, present and to come.
SAD END OF PROUD LIFE
THE Navy Department will open
bids September J for the dis
posal of the old frigate Inde
pendence, nowj lying at -Mare
Island navy yard.
This old time man-of-war ftninn
prominently in the history of the
American navy and from her peak
there have flown the flags of four
notable commodores on voyages
of importance.
Balnbridge silDervfsed ' her on-
struction during the war of 1812
ana Decatur made her his flagship
when he started to subjugate the
pirates of the Barbary coast. Nich
olson walked her quarter deck on
a -trip to EuroDe and in ijur Rhii.
brick commanded her at Guaymas
ana iuazatian during the , war with
Mexico.
Now she is to be sold for old
Junk. "The harpies of the shore
will pluck the eagle of ther sea"
and the timbers that vibrated when
the thunder of her guns shook the
deep and. the irons that held the
timbers and the guns' will be re
forged into implements of .peace.
There is a sadness in her fate
and reflecting upon it the lines of
Oliver Wendell Holmes' In his
tribute to "Oltf Ironsides" spring
into memory: r
Oh, better that her shattered hull
Should sink . beneath the wave;
Her thunders shook, the ml-hty deep
And there should be her - grave.
Nail- tothe mast her holy flag-.
Set every threadbare sail, '
And give her to the god of storms,
The lightning and i the sale.
THE "PLUCKING" LAW
SECRETARY; DANIELS1 has an
nounced that he will ask for
the repeal jjthe law under
which the annual ''plucking"
of naval officers is done. The law
was, enacted In the interest of naval
efficiency' by ; providing a means
whereby officers who were a hin
drance rather than a help to the
service mlght be retired. v ' ,,
But . Secretary Daniels says the
law some', time ago eliminated offi
cers who ; were palpably disquali
fied and ' that the fifteen whose
plucking-- was announced Wednes
day were fit for any naval service
in the matter of habit; tempera
ment and professional ability. -
There has been much-"; criticism
of the plucking board's methods.
Individual cases have been cited to
show that the board did 'not make
examination of . the recordsr - but
acted on information ot an inade
quate character. . The house naval
committee .recently - reported that
Captain Armistead LRust; : who was
selected for retirement in 1912,
when about to be promoted, was
illegally retired. -The
plucking law does ' not nro-
mote efficiency if. thoroughly, capa-
Die men are eliminated, v Secretary
Daniels is . right when he says that
a new -law should be passed which
will; avoid objectionable features
of the present ? enactment. K The
plucking law Is - too arbitrary in
its terms;; it defeats . Its own pur
pose, .vv .; , - yy Ci --i
There should ' be some 'way of
getting, rid of ; Ineffective officers
who are not guilty of-acts war
ranting' jtheir expulsion from : the
navy. - But when an "efficiency"
law drives capable men into retire
ment "under-'pretense of promoting
excellence, ! the law . should- : be
changed.- The navy needs the best
men It can secure, whether they be
old in the ' service or mere strip
lings. . .
An Investigation of the books of
the La Salle Street National Bank
of Chicago, one of the' Lorimer or
ganizations that recently failed, re
veals the loans of large sums to
persons in the bank, on Inadequate
security. The federal authorities
are . making inquiry into an item
onf the books showing a loan of
$40,000 to Thomas H. Paynter,
former United States senator from
Kentucky, and-a member of the
first senatorial investigation com
mittee which sat pn. the validity of
Lorimer'B , election to.; the senate.
Paynter voted, that Lorimer was
entitled to his seat .
A new element .has been intro
duced into the interaatlonal ques
tion of Increasing naval armament
by the sale by the United States
to Greece of two second hand bat
tleships. It may overturn the deli
cately balanced sltuVtion in the
Balkans and Near East. Hereto
fore battleship .competition has
been restricted to the powers, of
the first class, but If Greece, Tur
key and- Bulgaria begin buying
against each other the compara
tive tables of naval ; strength, in
stead pi being prevised, once a year,
will be changed .every month.
nnMw.?a,,1.?t,?? to The Joarnal for
pablicatlon in til department aboald be writ
tec on on7 on J(i of tb paper, abould not
exceed aoo worda in .length udoul be o
eoicpaniad br tbe natoe and address of tbe
aecder. If tae write does not deaire to
bate tbe same pubUabed. ha ebould so state.)
Dicaalon U thr greatest of 'all reform,
era. It ratipealixes eerrthlng It touches. It
roba principles of v all false sanctity . and
throws them back on their reaaonableDess. If
tber bare dq reaaonabledeasv it ruthlesslr
ernabes tbem out ot existence and sets up Its
own conclusions In their stead." Woodrow
Wilson. . v .. c:'- '
A Clamor. and v Crista.
Portland, June the Editor
of The Journal-The railroads of the
United States, according to. the 1914
World's Almanac, " have a -bonded, debt
of 10,989,608,651 and. a' capital stock
of $8,B82,463,256f or a combined capi
tal stock and bonded debt of about
$85,000 per mile. The peopla of the
United . States- la I91s- -In passenger
and freight rates paM to the rail
roads $2,848,468,965, which is nearly
aa much as the entire, circulating me
dium of the nation. That the people
of -the United States have been pay
lng freight and passenger tariffs
which, enabled the- railroads to pay
dividends upon billions of dollars of'
water, is a matter of common knowl
edge. In the days when railroad mag
nates oould get together at a banquet
and raise freight rates to "all thl'
trafflo.,would bear,". the market values
of railroad stock-wasrpl maintained at.
highi prices, butvWhen th supreme
court of the United States in 1908 de
cided that .the- interstate "commerce
commission had "authority, to regulate
freight rates - the railroad -.magnates
began .to ee - the "hlndwrltlng" and
to get out from under it Since that
time the market value of railroad
stocks has 'shrunk over 3,000,000,000.
In other words, already. $3,OQO,OQO,000
In water has been squeezed out. Hbw
many more billions ' in watr remain
is a question. ' '
There is . undoubtedly yet a great
deal of water in' the railroad stock?
for there la a concerted movement on
the part of the railroads. Wall street
bankers and allied Interests .to Intimi
date the interstate commerce commis
sion into the approvalof ithe rail
roads' valuatlod of vthelr - systems b
granting an increase In freight rates,
based n tB'at valuation. " in other
words, if the interstate commerce
commission, acting - for the govern
ment, grants the increase In freight
rates, it amounts to the stamp of ap
proval upon the valuation which the
railroad officials hav placed ' upon
their own property, and admits- that
the - valuations ' are - sound; that the
water is gone and that on such valu
ation . the railroads are ' entatleo to
greater ; earnings. .-' " -
It is apparent that with? the increas
ing sentiment for government owner
ship of railroads,' the railroad official
are Anxious ; to have, the government
admit a valuation': of the -' railroads
which contain as much water as pos
sible; that Is, the railroads don't want
the government to wait until another
$3,000,000,000 is' squeezed out: of their
stocks before it O. JKs their valuation
by granting an Increase : in freight
rates. , . i "
In view of these facts,- is' if any
wonder that the subsidized press of
the country is doing everything it can
to discredit this administration. The
Oregonian, . among other atandpat' pa
pers, has boldly stated editorially; that
if the railroads were permitted to In
crease their freight rates,, prosperity
would start with a Jump. , . It is not
the little fjye per cent Increase 'which
the railroads cara f or, v but . It ; is "the
stamp - of- approval, of . ths 'United
States - government Upod theirs valua
tion Tefore more water leaks out.-''- -;-
. In, I90T in the midst octhe Koose
velt pafiio Morgan and "Perkins made
a special trio to Washington, secured
an Interview with Roosevelt before he
had had breakfast and told , him that
they would prevent the spread of the
panic, if he would prevent hla attorney
general from Interfering with thai pur.
chase 'of the Tennessee Coal & 'Iron
company by the ; steel s trust, Th
Tennessee Coal & Iron company-was
the formidable . rivai of ' th b4;ateI
trust It had immensely valuabie iro
ore lying alongside of coal mines with
cheap flux near "by. and. It -was subse
quently testified by .; Charlear : M.
benwah and others duringhe investi
gation that steel could be produced
cheaper hy tha Tennessee; CosJ b IjUjI
company than - anywhere else? in the
world, r It was also brought out "at the
investigation that the Tennessee Coal
' Iron- company's rroDerties- wer
worth $225,000,000, but 'Morgan 'and
Letters From the People
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A FEW: SMILES
Goodheart I've got you down for a
coupl of ' tickets;
we're .getting up a
raffle for a poor man
over our way.
, Joakley- None for
me. thank you. I
wouldn't know what
to do . with poor
man if . I won mm.- mi
Brown to Boshs, 'who. prod uce4 the
great seAsatlonal - drama) WelL old
man,'
now did - your
sro? - .
?ece
Dobbs First - class.
anow several men
Who
Were nrtiint
every hight and who
sat through the whole
show.
"Is that so? Who
were they?
"The musicians."
Little Arthur and his .mother ' were
staking a walk, along country 'road.
There were some ducks running back
ana forth across the
road -and '.Arthur
lagged behind his
mother K w art e h I n g
them. ' . He became
greatly Interested and
a puzzled look crept
over hla face. After
a hll h.ran un to
his" mother and, pointing back at the
ducks, exclaimed: - : '
'Mamma, those duk aren't' made
right!",' ; ' - -
. ; "Why, 'yes, dear, why not?" his
mother answered.. . -'
,rVell, they've got their eyes on the
sides of their heads and mine are in
front!" '
Perkins, who had then brought on s
panic, as they are trying to bring It
on now. intimidated Roosevelt into
sanctioning the purchase of the Ten
nessee Coal & Iron, company by tbe
steel trust for; a paltry $29,000,000, or
less than one-seventh Its actual value.
Every loyal : American should be
thankful that -we have a president in
this crisis who Will not yield, to the
demands of Wall street for a few days
of temporary: prosperity, and it he
hooves .every American citisen to
stand by the administration and giye
It his moral support J. T. FISHER, '
Sees Rain in Prohibition. . ,
PorUand,: July a.V-To the Editor of
The Jouraal The editorial page of "f he
Journal seems to be the battleground
of the prohibition fight "The advo
cates of prohibition never get down to
a practical or sane view of its many
dangerous and disastrous consequences.
Prohibition Is confiscation, pure and
sjmple; it robs and gives nothing in re
turn, consequently it is unchristian,
unpatriotic and negative, the Image
and weak, conception of the nation's
powers to control, and Subserve the
interests of tha people. If prohibition
were necessary to- control the appetites
of the. people of ; this country, then in
deed vwould, they descend from their
wonted pride of self reliance and per
sonal control. If prohibition were, en
acted tWbsghout thlountry it would
bring on-more-disaster and unforeseen
crime than anything-we-can now con
ceive. "Wi of Oregon are only a part
of this nation,' ahdl still our resources
are unlimited, but if, can retard and
destroy many pf those by a false step
and I bellev that step would be pro.
jblbitlon. ,: Prohibition would destroy
Oregon's hop industry, would close the
doors of hundred of wholesale and re
tall business house and throw thou
sands -out of employment on a labor
market - already"' over-congested. ' The
farmer would loss the sale of millions
of bushels, of. corn, wheat, "barley and
rye that are used ih th manufacture
of spirituous and fermented beverages.
Thousands . .in the manufacture of bar
rels corks, hoopsv knives, spoons, mir
rors, glassware, furniture and many
other things too numerous to mention
hr, would buffer. . If the'prohibitlon
hrt wquld turn: bis energy to the pro
hibition - of divorce that blighting and
diabolical destroyer of virtue and-the
home,-, ho -rwouljH be, In -a Sane and
righteous causa. 'Three hundred thou
sand divorces last year; 800,000 homes
broken up--thls is. the crying evil of
today, surpassing -beyond - all com
parison the evil of drink.- We do not
irear any objections to divorce from the
prohibitionist D. '.M. O SULLJVAN. .
;? Inquiry Concerning Solicitors.
:i North Powder, Or.June t?. To the
Editor of .'The Joiirnll Please tell nts
if you aver heard of a building at the
Panama ? exposition set aside for-, ad
vertising;: .different , sections " of the
west?-".;." - i ' . ' v '
There was a man through here gath
ering data and pictures, whlch he said
would be used, to . advertise-different
sections "of tha farming jeeuntryi-.-for
example. ; He- took ohs "of my hus
ban'i pictures, - and-. ; thav committee
chose it, with several others, to repre
sent this district , So 'a few-days ago
another man -came and -showed us a
partly finished picture, which ha said
would give us. some idea of the fin
ished painting , which would hang in
this building: and beneath the picture
would - be the name; address, -number
of acres, and so on,, so eastern' bayers
oould write " direft;' to the" owner and
head off the real estate agent j .
AU very well, you see; "but the dupli
cate painting was for sale, if you cared
for It Of course" it was a great honor
to have it in your som, and so on.
The usual size he sold and that was
only for the paint alone was ' $20;
some ran as high as $160.-part of this
to be paid to the man then, and the
rest when the. picture was delivered.
This may 'be on the square, all right,
but I would feet better, over it If you
have heard , something about It
: f itils proposition, on the face ot
IU would seem to be open to graves tJ
suspicion. The Journal would be -glad
to. have the names of these agents, and
tb-names and-, addresses of their
prinolpals.1 ' x ,.,--v't
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liquor Comparisons. .
. Portland;. June 3. To the Edltor"of
The Journal It must bo that anr con
nection with- the liquor . trade has . a
degenerating effect on the -bump of
logio a well as the consclenoe, for we
hear; the' strangest -comparisons mads
to bolster up the arguments In "its
favor. Liquor Is compared with foods,
tea and coffee, and lately to automo
bllesv ; : - - - ; . - ; - 7 .; ' '
iCan tti be that in spite of, '-a.il, ' the
education In" the public schools, the
revelations of scientists ahd the testis
mocy pf physicians, there are yet those
who don't knowv that alcohol - is not
like- food. : drink," necessity, utility "or
luxury, but that tt.i a habit forming
drug, destruotive te the drteker and
dangerous to tbe community? As such,
it . can and must be J prohibited . as a
"fteverage-rv?--i- '.;i-.:.'v:-i -4.
;-Xventare to -Assert that more auto
moblle "wreckr have occurred through
a driver with a few drinks driving his
brake beyood iUnormsJ-control, and
caution. than Ca any- other way, but' to
try to .compare-, drtvlnar' ititnmnhii.i
with liquor drinking Is rldiduious when!
- ' ...wi uiiefl UUC8
a sober man ride before he becomes
temporarily --insane and tries to run
down . his neighbor, or throw-his wife
PERTINENT: COMMENT
SSIALl CUAXGJB ;
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As usual, the French birth rate is:
lower. -- -v..-...- - -
- y;,-.r ...c-e, m ' . . . . (
- .Very few reactionaries would refuse
to cash in. even on Democratio pros
perity. . - - . :
- - 1 a--- ; . -
m At -oneend of the alphabet are the
A. B. a" mediators and at the ether
end Is Zacatecaa.
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- Again adverting; to the high eoetot
meat, there is Tyrus Cobb's $90 fine
for hitting a butcher. . --t
. .
: President-Wilson . seems to have a
keen sense of the beauties of "the
word fitly spoken in season.
. -- - a-,
That Villa- peratm upsets the tradi
tions of war la Mexico by going out
and-taking the places he wants.
'; .- .'v.'..'-a.-.-i-; ; ,-
So the - gentleman " who Is to fly
across the ocean has postponed his
departure 'for a time. -Perhaps it is
Just as well. , , '
.-. ; e '
Another horror of war la brought Up
by the Kansas City SUr, which fears
that the army worm wiir attack the
navy bean.- i ' -
' It is asnrnnrlata onnna-H in.
portrait of Thomas Jefferson on the
postcards, which ; are nothing if not
Democratic. . . '..-
Now that a: rranddaughter. of Gen
eral Sterling -Price ; has . married a
grandson of General Ban Butler, the
cruel war xnay.be considered at an end.
"
Forehanded ; brass bands In- Mexico
City are doubtless practicing "Hail to
the Chief.", and that stuff about the
"Conquering Hero," looking forward to
the advent of Pancho Villa.
SALEM PAST
From the Detroit News.
Salem's present 1 disaster had Its
Origin but a stone's throw from Gal
lows Hill, the site of Salem's greatest
shame. The plant of the Korn Leather
company, in which volatile and highly
Inflammable solvents used In the man
ufacture of patent leather were stored,
was rent with violent explosion at 2
o'clock Thursday afternoon. ; and - the
building was soon a mass of flames. '
Salem is chiefly a 'town of wooden
buildings, and many of these are very
ancient," .When -a tltful and at times
strong wind, swep these flames first
in one direction -and then in another,
and thes hurrying firemen found tha
water supply deficient fqr their needs,
everything In . the . path of the flames
seemed doomed. ,The Industrial sec
tion with Its factories and cheap tene
ments f modern construction bore, the
worst of the disaster. ' One small sec
tlon of historic residences was de
stroyed, but .most of the ancient land
marks -were saved. ,v
The frightened residents hurrying
through the streets with 'armsful of
of their possessions, the hasty lmpres
ment ot all sorts of vehicles for sat"
vage purposes and the heroic efforts
of the firemen to stay the march, of
devastation with water on the biasing
structures and exploding dynamite la
others already doomed, must have
made a weird spectacle. ' .
-It could have. been no more weird,
however, than several other specta
cles which long ago passed -.through
the town, hurrying away from It On
the west side of Washington . street
near Iynde ?ls a tablet bearing this
Inscription:
"Nearly opposte this spot stood, in
the middle . of the street -. a building
devoted from 1677 until 171$, to munici
pal and Judicial uses, a In It In 1692
were-tried and condemned for witch
craft most of the 19 persons who suf
fered death on the .gallows. Giles
Corsy was here . put to death on the
same charge, and-ref using . to plead,
was taken sway and pressed to death:
In January, 1693, 21 persons were tried
here -for witchcraft, of whom. t were
aoquIttedkand - three . condemned' ...but
later set free, together with about 160
accused persons in a general delivery
which occurred in May." ,,; J..
. From this tribunal of fanatical, superstition.--
rude carts hurried tbe vic
tims away , to Gallows. Hill to Insure
their execution before publlo senti
ment 'might revolt in their . favor.
CHART READING FOR WISE INVESTORS
By John M. Oskison. ; , .
. Under a chart showing a 10 year'
variation In . the prices of 25 railroad
bonds, one of the best bond, houses re
cently printed this wise statement: -
"It is never possible ' to determine
when prices are at their lowest, but It
is possible to determine when they are
abnormally low and to act accordingly."
I believe that the rational' use ef a
chart in foUowing'the history of ny
form of security Is likely to be profit
able: Its overuse will. I'm 'Dure,: bring
l-loss and disappointment i . .
It Is possible in dealing with stand
ard long-terms bonds to gel their' price
history into a graphic fornv that will
show true tendencies in market Value.
One of the financial papers; for exam-. I
pie, printie regularly a chart showing
the price of '10 of the' highest grade
bonds (called "selected saviaga bank
bonds") Reduced to a 4 per cent ln
opme basts, the .history ot hese bonds
back to 1900 is showtt. - . v.-
In this .chart aheavy black, line go
shooting up and down in that period on
a- piece of paper ruled both -.-ways;
across tha top the years are. named in.
outt H6w many tripe cause him to be
come Incapable ot attending to. his bus
iness or of holding his , jobt Ir he
rides "bf ten and far. will be go down
and out and get to be a brutal loafer?
Will he beg, steal or forge a cheek o
satisfy 'bis mania for riding, as, I have
known f a formerly capable and respect
ed young man to do when in the, grip
of theidiqnor, appetite? If; set Jet mJL tak to themselves . wings . and flee,
prohibit automobiles, ' for r" lives T andThis! U "peculiarly true fTthat taken
drains - are more precious man prop
erty , uiRS.. U PRATT.
. .-r Cla Drjr Kansas, -r
Portland, Or..' July . To the Editor
of The Journal-In Monday's : Journal
Thomas R- Kelson writes good .words
Tor y Kansas land ? prohibitiong imwit-
tirigly. ,It Is'true where he' says that
that state baa been Jn tha dry- eolpmn
since 1$ . . . If prohibition. ; were - a Is ad
thing for ; her pocketbook; ; -Kanas
WotfM bare found It out long' ago, and
It would new be found In the discard.
It'is a well knows -fact that the liquor
habit is a disease, and its victims will
employ almost, any agency , to " get
liquor, but - the young generation of
Kansas,, who have grown up under pro
hibttloa laws, enforced by such men as
Governor 8ttfbbvwiU all tell the same
good story that Mr Nelson does of
himself: "Nor was I ever tinder the !h
fluence Of liquor in my life;' He was
lucky to havegrowed up" ia dry Kan
sas and not in wet Oregon. I am. fa
miliar with conditions ia Kansas City,
Mo, and Kansas City, Kans. I bought
merchandise from the wholesale mer
chants on the Missouri sids for, 25
years, twice-a year, and visited friends
on - the Kansas . side tn the intervals
AND" NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
- Albany's four days' Fourth of July
celebration opened Wednesday with a
free outdoor vaudeville show at First
and Washington streets. . - v -
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At Elk ton, Douglas county, it is re
ported, there is no resident physician
and there Is an opportunity for one
so disposed, to supply a long felt want
. Pendleton's new ple system is near
ly completed, and It is hoped to have
water running by the middle of this
month from the new supply source,
Thorn Hollow Springs.
Voleme of Medford's street and rail
traffio is indicated by a count kept for
two a ays ty. tne watchman at tne Main
street crossing of the Southern Pacific.
There passed in that time 4600 pedes
trians, 2000 automobiles, 195 motorcy
cles. 800 bicycles and 81 trains. , A cer
tain citisea made the crossing 43 times.
o
Corvallls Gasette Tiroes: That Cor
vallls shall deserve the title of "Aster
City" .this fall is . evidenced by the
number of asters that have been
planted In Corvallls during the past
month; .1850 aster plants have been
sold bv the Parent-Teacher elrcles of
Corvallls. A flower show will be held
fcere lh the fall. 'The asters planted
recently will bloom in time for the
show.
.The appearance of Jim McCabe. an
Auburn prospector, at Baker last Mon
day, with a bottle of gold dust and
nuggets worth about $60, and the story
of uncovering pocket from which,
according- to his story, he had taken
about $3000, caused much interest and
the yarn was magnified In the telling,
the Democrat says, until the old days
were recalled and a rush to Auburn
seemed imminent It was stated that
the amount taken from the pocket by
McCabe was anywhere from $100 to
xz.ouu, evidently increasing as the
awry was passed arouna.
AND PRESENT
After one batch of eight had been
festooned from the gallows, -the Rev,
Ifioholas Noyes of the First church
exclaimed! "What a sad thing it ia
to see eight firebrands of hell hang
ing there!- The ministers of the town
were, the most sealous persecutors of
the unfortunates. Rev. Cotton Mather,
great scholar and . pietist as he was.
wouia nave teen the American Tor
quemada had public sentiment "aus
talned hla frantlo seal to rid the com
munity of the agents of the "devil, yet
curiously enough one of the victims
Who became gallows fruit, was a min
ister ' named Burroughs. Rev. Bur
roughs made a noble martyr and as he
stooa on the gallows he closed a verv
touohlrigsspeech with a prayer "so well
worded and uttered . with such com
posedness and fervency' of spirit" that
many were . moved to tears and it
seemed to some that they would hin
der jthe execution." But - Cotton Ma
ther an the accusers cried out that
"the black man stood and dictated to
him." 7 -
- Immediately following the execution.
Cotton ' Mather harancuad . tha. prnveA
seeing evidence of a revolt aealnst the
persecution, and explained the saintly
conduct of Burroughs by saylns- that
fThe devil often had been transformed
into an. angel of light But the people
of that fanatical time could not- be
long held In restraint, and in the
spring of 1693 they threw off the yoke
of their spiritual .advisors-and com
pelled the Jail delivery which turned
loose 1S3 trembling Innocents who had
been falsely accused of witchcraft The
wave of revulsion spread with light
ning. rapidity and soon witchcraft
ceased to be a belief of sane people.
It: may be" said "of "-Salem that -the
town has been the . home and ' birth
place of more eminent men than any
other city of similar size iti the United
States, and it is doubtful If any other
place contains so many historic real
dences in the beautiful architecture of
the Georgian period, so many old fash
ioned gardens of rare beauty, or so
man relies of the. old days when the
colonies and early states were entering
the markets of the world and their prt
vateers were eVcourglng .the .seas. Sa-i
lem stands on t$e site of an old Indian
village known ' as -Xaumketg. .Cotton
Mather explains that ' the name was
changed to Salem for. the peace which
the settlers had and' hoped for In it
Cotton' seems to have had little sense.
of humor.
the spaces, and at the side the prices
of the bonds on a Pr cent Income
basis are shown in one point variations.
Quickly this chart tells the reader
that those bonds were worth 106 in
1900; they rose to 109 In 190& they fell
to 103 in )903; they rose to lfo in 190$,
and Is the panic year of 1907 they fell
nearly to 85. -- Next year, however, back
they came te nearly 100; in 1909 they
got nearly to 101, when they began to
fall again. ,In ...January of this year
thev were down to 82 "A: then for tha
next five months of this year they rose
nearly 8 points-to above 95. '
' The 25 railroads bonds chosen for
use on the chart sent Out by the In
vestment house showed ' nearly -Che
same history of violent fluctuations;
in their- eafee the end of 191$ saw a
Drlce within t points of the low price
of-19u7-fc. The early month's of 1914
shewed auick.opcllmb, with two short
reactlfiBs. '.... ' - . - .
; i Danger appears "for the chart reader
when he tries to chart the abort and
small "changes in prices, and believes
that he can make money speculating
on the quick changes. "
of business; The people on the west
Side are very proud of their town and
many of the best business men of the
Missouri town live there, attracted by
its -advantages-lor -raising a family.
Mr.. Kelson need have no fear ot bad
financial results where hoys and men
are being- lifted up onto a higher rnoral
plane, -Character is abiding. Riches
from the 'helpless Wife and her still
more helpless cnuaren. .
..-i-A EDWARD ' WLERKOJf.
Ragtime Musq
Poetry - and Pravcticability.
l V ' he. . .
Do they measure time where thou art
Sweetheart, sweetheart? ... -.
Do the moments come end $Ta, -
And tha boars, haply, flow,, - '
And tbe days drift soft and slowf ''- V
Does time passt - , .
Orf. Father Time beguiling , - '' '
With your smiling, - ... ' 1 -
Do you stay the flying year, -With.
Its blesstnge and its , cheer, -Andv
make . age disappear, - r 1
Ldvely lass? , . ' r ,-;
".' v, SHE. ' -; " -.
Nay, time' we do not measure.
That fair treasure! , - . - .
Bui we know that It doth pass -By
the cost of rent and gss; :
If you doubt it you're ulas! - .'
Well; a . goose i. . :;; v Jr-.w'd
As a thrifty' modern hero.-.", ..
Tou are zero: - -j . .. .- . -If
the flight of time you doubt
Watch my stock of clothe wear out
There!- I've put that men to routl .
What's the use? .., ; . , v,
IN EARLIER DAYS
By -Yea. Lockley.
"The generations born since the Civil 1 "A
W'ar have no concention of tha troub. i -
lous ttmes In Kanaa and Missouri -during
the fifties." said Salmon !
Brown, the last surviving Son of ' !
John Brown, the liberator." Slavery 1 ;
had been forever prohibited tn "'all l.
territory lying north of 36 degrees and ;
BO minutes. A compromise had been J
made whereby Missouri ha hn i
made slave territory, and now the 1
south needed Kansas. On the 2Sth -of
May, 1854, the compromise was re- i ?
pealed, and Kansas and. Nebraska were l
thrown open to settlement, with' the
understanding that the question of '
slavery should be settled by people of I !
the states themselves. . For the sake of 1 !
keeping Kansas free, settlers from the ; i f
north, poured Into Kansas, but the
border ruffians' from Missouri In.
vaded the state, burned the cabins of "
the northern settlers, tarred and .
feathered them and committed all '
sorts Jf outrage ' j
"On November 29. 1851, at tbe first
election ever held in Kansas to elect a i
delegate to congress, over 1700 border
ruffians from Missouri, Invaded Kan- !
sas and voted for the slavery cahdi- !
date. My. father decided to get on the 1
firing line. My brothers John, Jason. 1
Owen and Frederick had moved te
Kansas, and in 1SS5 my father and I
went We settled near Potawatomie j
creek, about eight miles from Osawa
tomie. Late In the fall of 185 we were '
summoned to come to Lawrence to help ! -defend
it from the border rufflana !
from Missouri. Governor Shannon and i
Sheriff Jones had come to enforce the .
infamous Lecompton laws. We hitched
up our horse and wagon, loaded it with '
guns and cutlasses, and father, my- '
self and my three brothers started for ! -Lawrence.
We started late In the 1
evening and reached Wakarusa bridge j
next morning. Although the' bridge
was guarded by border 'ruffians, our'
party was heavily armed and they did I
not attempt to prevent us from cross- i
lng.
"We were met and greeted with '
much Inv hr flan -Tam.M T . . --x i
. . WH. 1,11. BIIU
Captain Abbott. Lane is a . second
cousin of Senator Harry Lane of Ore
gon. We were assigned quarters in
the Free State hotel. - We slept on the
hotel floor with . the other daf endara
of Lawrence, of whom there were 1
about 600. General Lane had fortified
Lawrence by building earth embank-'
ments around ths town. Shortlv after '
we arrived a northerner waft killed 1
asout mil south of Lawrence bv
some border rufflana under Sheriff (
Jones. He had been out to his home
to see his ramily, and while coming
back to Lawrence was killed, by " the '.
Mlssourians. Some of the defenders of
Lawrence- posted behind the earth '
works .heard the firing, and went out 1
and brought in tbe body of the mur-, '
dered man. If my memory serves me
correctly, the murdered man's name
was Barber. The body of the mur-'
dered man was brought to the Free
State hotel, and a squad of our men 1 i
went to his home and brought his , 1
wife In. I never witnessed a more -heart-rending
spectacle .than when the I
murdered man's wife entered the room '
and saw his dead body.- Tou could'
hear her cries of anguish all over the
hotel. Soon the town- was Wildly ex-
cited. ; ,
"Governor Robinson had arranged te
meet Governor Shannon that evening ' i
at the Free State hotel to arrange an'
agreement Governor Shannon was
one of the finest" looking men I ever- t
eaw. He was over six feet tall, of v
pienaia pnysique, straignt as a liberty
pole, and a good talker with a very
impressive manner. His faUtag. how-
ever, was too great a fondness for
liquor, and before the negotiations had
proceeded very far he was drunk. ,
Dl 4 - a I. . 1 A . . , . . . j
owi una oeiween tne un as 1 ,.
men and the Robinson men. but when ' ",
a rumor was' circulated that -he in-'
famous Sheriff Jones was to b ad-'
mltted tq -the conference there -was a
scene of wild disorder. It looked for
awhile as If the free state men wera .
going, to. have a battle o their, own
Qeverhor-X-ane at this critical momtni, '
Jumped on a bench and said, 'If Sheriff
Jones comes into this house" where
the dead body of Barber is lying, we"'
-erill carry Jones out with a eoupleof
Chips Father had come there to fight ,
hot to parley. He oould not see how
there could be any agreement reached
with murderers who; had come to kill
the free state tnea. My brother. John
told me to watch father? and prevent
hlfn from shooting Sheriff Jones If
he came, for be had .declared Jones
should never leave the hotel ellve.
However,, calmer counsel prevailed,
and Jones. was admitted to the council.
Next.. morning Governor Shannon ha4
sobered up, and, realising how Robin
son and. his crowd had outgeneral(ii
him getting him drunk, he stn'l
on a raised plank ' in front of th
hotel, and ina very dignified siee'li.
explained that m- coropremias had been
effected; that no blood, would be ehr-d.
end the validity of tbe Lecompton law -would
be up-heJd. Tn other words, the
Robinson crowd had got u) the con
cessions they wanted. My father 'had
asked for permisgion. to make a nlsht
attack. on the border ruffians who ha
come ttrere tq bum the town and kill .'
the bona fide settlers. - When hi- re
quesr had been refused, and. when h
heard Shnnon's spejeh, he was ro
wrought up be got up on the.- same
plank from which Shannon had spoken.
and made, a fiery speech, in which h .
said 'that the free-state men bad t-n
betrayed by tht compromise.'- Ths fol
lowers Of Ittobinson, however, got hold
of him and pulled hlra down and pre
vented his speaking further. The next
day we .were all draws up in- Una by
General Lane, 'and Robinson, , stepping
out in front of the command, apolo
gised very humbly for asking. Sheriff"
Jones. into the council after be had
come with the blood of an innocent
msn still fresh on his hands, and
while the body of the murdered man.
was still in the hotel.' We werefcthen
discharged and advised to go , to our"
homes. My faber always regretted
that the (00 free state man 'present
had not -attacked the border, ruffians
and given, them a needed lesson of
staying at home and not interfering
with a neighboring state.br killing its
citizens and defeating their will In the
-.elections." - -.'
Ko Swimmer. ,
From Jodf e. - - '
Kdna Did she sink in the social sea?v
Wlntfred Tea: sha went barsiui hr
depth. -''. -
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