THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,-PORTLAND, - THURSDAY - EVENING. JULY 9. 1914.
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From the king,
To the beggar, by gradation,
all are servants; -And
; you must grant, ths
slavery is less .
To stody to pleas one, than
many. Massihger.
WHY?
IT IS strange, but it is true that
senators of the United States
are opposing a proposed reduc
tion pt the double-fee system to
a single-fee system in some of
the states," and are fighting the
plan, to place all clerks of federal
courts on a salary basis.
Senator Chamberlain introduced
a bill which provided for these re
forms. Some of the senators whose
court clerks were included opposed
the 'bill J and whenever the calen
dar was. called and this bill
reached, they made objection which
had the effect to postpone consid
eration. It Is n amazing spectacle. The
clerk of the federal courts in Port
land received In the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1913. net fees to
taling fl2.465.10, not including
his feesj In naturalization matters,
according to the report of the at
torney
States.
District
general of the United
The clerk in the Western
of the state of Washing-
ton received $12928, and in the
Eastern
District, $7, 767.91. The
the Southern District of
clerk in!
California received $9,491.47 and i
in' the Northern District,
$12,-!
$17.80. The clerk in Idaho re
ceived ,$7J81 and in Montana.
$9720. The fees of these clerks
do not include their fees in natur
alization matters.
All these- clerks receive more
compensation than the judges of
their courts are paid. In Oregon,
in Washington and in Northern
California, their compensation is
more than the combined pay of
two federal Judges. " "
What! influence, what unseen
force is it, that induces senators
of the i'nited States to fight for
continuation; of these, amazing
fees? What are federal judges
doing that they silently acquiesce
in fees so notorious and so nearly
approximating public scandal?
Because of the opposition of
senatoral Senator .Chamberlain was
forced to abandon his bill and, re
sort to the expedient of incorpor
ating inl the Sundry Civil bill a
provision reducing the clerk ' in
Oregon (to a salary of $3500 a
year and reducing the double fee
system to a basis of single fees
In all litigation. Even In this ex
pedient which concerns only Ore
gon, there is' danger that he may
be thwarted because of the prece
dent it would set.
Meanwhiler how can any sen
ator of the' United States explain
to his inquiring constituents why a
three-thousand-dollar court - clerk
should receive more than twice the
' compensation of a slx-thousand-dol-lar-
federal Judge?
A MODEL TOWN
CLARKDALE, Arizona, Is to be
l made a "model" town. W,
A,. Clark, , former United
Stites senator, owns a cop
per mine nearby, he owns all the
land in j the neighborhood, and he
announces that he proposes to
.build a jdty large enough to house
all the workers In his smelters.
He will jown everything in the community.!-
. ;
A $50,000 schoolhouse has been
.completed., Already 125 homes,
sixty feet apart to give the chil
dren room to play, have been built,
and a brick kiln is turning out 40,
000 brick a, day for more homes.'
ine town is expected to contain
3000 Inhabitants when finished.
Mr. Clark proposes to run the
place to) puit himself. In an Inter
view he said: "I own , thousands
' of acresl all around the town and I
' can sen any bad character far be
yond It limits." He proposes to
be monarch of his own property
and also of the people whom he
-employs!. But will Clarkdale be
. a model .town? - -
. A similar experiment was tried
; at Pullman, Illinois, and it resulted
In ' failure. , The Pullman Palace
Car Company built, fine homes for
Its employes and furnished them
with all; the necessities, of life. But
. Pullman was , owned by . the com
pany, and in time . contented citi
zens .became - discontented. The
United States Steel Company tried
a somewhat yslmilar . experiment; at
f Gary,. Indiana, and, Gary has been
- tha sceneof violent disorder.
; ... The ' trouble with -Mr. - Clark's
project its that he has conceived
aomethfng 'which does not conform
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WHEN ASTORIA BOAT LINES PLY TO PASCO
A 30 AT line to ply between Astoria and Pasco - is projected - by
the Port of Astoria Commission. The line will go into service,
if present plans materialise, on' the completion of the Celilo canal.
It. is a splendid; project. By such a plan, Astoria can give
herself terminal rates via the j Col umbia without regard to the wishes
of the Paget Sound middlemen ; or the transcontinental' railroads.
v Thd greatest Interstate Commerce Commission or Railroad Com
mission in the world for this region is the Columbia .river. ; It Is
a rate maker that all the power of Puget Sound and all. the power of
all the railroads on earth cannot bully, cannot cajole, cannot control.
- All that is required is for the people along its banks to lay hold
61 - ft great power- and put the river into full utilization. It can
absolutely be made to -dominate the Inland Empire to-and beyond
the Canadian border, and be made the tie to bind together in com
mon destiny and common interest all the communities along its
great :length from its source (to the sea.
The people of slow-going Western Oregon need contact with the
more driving population In the light atmosphere beyond the mona
talns. They need the more active individuality of the Northern
states to ad3 aggressiveness and stimulation to character In our softer
regions. We should , be bound in common interest with the peo
ples over the mountains and far Into the Canadian territory, and this
can be done by the forces to be radiated by a canalized Columbia
with projects that will supply "water for irrigation, hydro-electric en
ergy for lighting and motive power while opening the river to navi
ratlon. I -
The
Astoria "boat line will come
nature. It is an ordainment
fitness, and can neither be defeated
It will be a good thing for Portland.. It will mean that, for
once, this Indolent city will realize the time has come to hustle. It
will mean a friendly rivalry and new forces and new energies aroused
in a town that has long dozed because it had everything its own
way. ' s '
It will mean a Columbia river lifted into its great potentiality;
freeing an empire of people from the domination of railroads and
giving them a power for progress and enrichment too splendid to
be described in words. .
to American ideals. He is attempt
ing to prevent individual ownership
of homes, and individual owner
ship of homes is the basis of 'a
model town.
He is thrusting upon his I em
ployes the ' realization that ithey
work in Mr. Clark's mine, are shel
tered in Mr. Clark's house, live in
Mr. Clark's town, subsist, in short,
on Mr. Clark's bounty. And when
they come to remember feudal
times, they see that Mr. Clajk is
the feudal baron-and they his ten
ants and retainers, bound to his
land, branded with his brand! and
dependent upon his will. j
Mr. Clark cannot tag an Ameri
can citizen as Mr. Clark's citizen,
and long hold him in dependence
and submission at Clarkdale.
EUROPE'S MOXEY LENDER
F'
RANCE is floating a $161,-
000,000 government ZVi per
cent loan to meet current expenses.-
It was reported on
the Bourse Tuesday that the pub
lic had applied for more than
forty times the amount of the is
sue. If this is true fhe applica
tions amount to, more than the
entire national debt,
grance has long been the mon3y
lender of Europe, regardless of
the fact that she has a public
debt of $6,000,000,000, with a pop
ulation of about 8,000,000, and
most of those in modest circum
stances. She is , a, wonderful ex
ample of the virtue of saving.
France owes her ability to finance
big undertakings .in Russia and
some of .the South American coun
tries to the'inherent instinct of her
people to work and save and keep
their living expenses inside their
family Income.
But there may be an extraordi
nary reason for the flood of ap
plications for the new loan. The
government, to prevent French
money from leaving home in ex
change for industrial securities
and government bonds of other
countries, has levied a five per
cent tax on foreign Investments.
It is probable that this tax has had
the desired effect, increasing the
demand for French securities.
Whatever x may be said about
such a tax, French thrift is worthy
of study. The recent applications
tor portions or the government
loan, the great bulk of them in
small amounts, are on a par with
the manner in which France paid
Germany's billion dollar indemnity
at a time when the conquered na
tion was prostrated financially and
divided by civil strife. Frenchmen
dug up the indemnity themselves
and would not Jet their govern
ment make a foreign loan at usur
ious rates of interest.
x ranee has contributed much
to civilization, but ber example of
tnrirt is the more valuable
HIDDEN FORCES
C
HARQES that "Big Business
is financing the Mexican! rev
oiuuon ana endeavoring at
the same time to. obtain ad
vantages in northern, Mexico! are
based on correspondence, said to
have been stolen from the Office
of Sherbourne Hopkins, a Wash
ington lawyer, and printed in the
xsew York Herald. The letters
show on their face that Hopkins
nas been - acting as adviser to H
uiay Pierce and has been doing
everything In his power to further
the latter 's-oil and . railroad Inter
ests in Mexico by attempting . to
persuade Carranza to put the) rail
roads of Northern Mexico in a
separate system under favorable
control. . ,. . . - .', : ,
It Is pointed out by those im
plicated In the correspondence that
Pierce's Influence did not extend
ueyona nopiuns himself and per
haps some members of the Con
stitutionalist Junta. . v-ijw
v An Impression derived from the
correspondence Is that foreifen. nar.
ticularly British, Interests, are be
hind Huerta and tha; the conflict
of. financial interests is the chief
obstacle .in the way of successful
meciation. j
An attempt is made to discredit
jonn juind, President Wilson's con-
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, iiueiiLiai . representative, by' rep
to pass. it is tne logic oi
of destiny.. It is a' decree of eternal
nor long postponed.
resenting that he was opposed to
Carranza's joining in the mediation
proceedings."
It is a story of political intrigue
and-serveB to illustrate the diffi
culties of the administration in the
Mexican controversy.
Whichever side one takes there is
danger of supporting hidden forces
of a more or less malign charac
ter. The task of securing justice
for the Mexican peon is a long and
difficult one.
NO AX TO GRIND
T
HE JOUJRNAL has no private
or personal interest in the
saving to the 'state of tide
and submerged lands. -
In advocating the measures for
putting these lands out of the
power of legislatures " to legislate
them away from the people, The
Journal has no ax to grind. It has
no enemies to punish. It has no
friends to reward.
In such advocacy, It outlaws it
self with certain powerful interests.
Its course awakens - their, hostility
to the paper, invites reprisals, and
causes The Journal financial loss.
But Oregon needs these lands.
The people need these lands. Di
rect or Indirect benefit will flow
to every person in Oregon by the
saving of ahese lands to the pub
lic instead (of permitting them to
go under private monopoly.
There have been too few papers
willing to sacrifice personal Inter
est for the forwarding of the 'pub
lic Interest. That is why . swamp
ands have been . stolen, school
lands sequestered, forest lands gob
bled, tidelands alienated and the
submerged lands along navigable
waters monopolized by railroads
and .other private and special in
terests.
The proposed measures are the
Waterfront and Dock Amendment
and the Municipal Docks bill. They
ought to be passed by the people
with overwhelming majorities, be
cause they are people's measures.
THE SUMMER GIRL
E'
VERY summer resort has a
summer girl. There would
be no summer resorts If there
were no summer . girls.
In fiction, she is pictured as a
languishing ethical - creature, a
being entirely apart from the., win
ter girl.
In poetry, "she is dawn, noon
tide and sunset in one. She Is the
twilight's softness and the first
star's gleam. . She is the whisper
of winds . and the call of night
birds."
In fact,, she is a delightful com
panion. She is one of life's com
pensations. She "reconciles a
man to exile upon this sorrowful
star." . .
She can swim and she can dance.
She can fish and she can play ten
nis. . She can walk and she can
ride. She is fond, of candy. Ice
cream and soda.-. Like the winter
girl, from whom she does not dif
fer in the least,, she Is eternally
feminine and a- Bummer resort
would be no resort without her.
NOT TO BE ENVIED
OHN D. ROCKEFELLER cele
brated his seventy-fifth birth
day yesterday linder conditions
, that do not excite envy. ' It
was not . a cheerful anniversary.
According :- to a- news" item his
wife was- ill, his son was In
seclusion In the Maine woods and
heavily armed guards and savage
dogs protected his Pocantico Hills
estate from intruders. The only J
pleasant event of the day was a
game of ignteen holes on his ' golf
links. . -
If he reviewed, his life, he prob
ably was most strongly impressed
with the , reflection that there are
a few ' things in the world that
money cannot buy. " .. ?
It cannot buy happiness or pur
chase the serenity of old age. ,
' It cannot, buy health. It cannot
buy the confidence of fellow men.
It cannot buy the sympathy and
gratitude .of workmen. .
It cannot buy a . legacy of love
or purchase a life story, of 'kind
ness and though tfulness.
It cannot bribe, the recording
angel to "write me as one who
loved my fellow men." -
There are a few things money
cannot buy.1 ' ' -..
. TOCJfO STONER
G
LARENCE STONER. the con-
) fessed train robber, now In
Jail at Pendleton, has sup
ported his mother and sister
since he was a small boy, and at
the time of his arrest had almost
finished- paying for a small home
ror them. r - . .
Every bit of schooling I have
had, : I owe to Clarence,' was the
statement of Grace Stoner,. his sla
ter, who arrived with the mother
at Pendleton yesterday;- to visit
the youthful prisoner. ' J v 1
If . the respectable : boys could
only know! If, 1 before It is too
late, they could only be made to
understand .. what bad associates
mean! . -
The leader of the hold-up trio
was a Wyoming gambler It Is
but a step from gambling to train
robbery. He fell In with young
Stoner, and the rest is history.
If the boy .who supported his
mother and sister and nearly fin
ished paying for their little home
had only known enough to Bhun
the gambler, what a different story
there would have been for ttie
mother, for the sister, and for the
boy! "
Never was there a more power
ful object lesson to American youth.
Letters from the People
(Communication sent to The Joarnal for
pnblicatlon In this department anonld be writ
ten on only one aide of the paper, abould not
eeeed 300 words in length and most be ac
companied by the name and address of tbe
sender. It tbe writer doe not desire to
have tbe name published, be abouid so state.)
Dlscuasloii ' la tbe greatest of aU reform
ers. It rationalizes everything It toucbea. It
rob principles of all falsa aanctitr and
throws them back on tbelr reasonableness. If
they have no reasonableness, It ruthlessly
crashes them oat of existence and sets np Its
own conclusions ia their stead." Woodrow
WUson.
Business Men and Prohibition.
Roseburg. Or., July 7. To the Edi
tor of The Journal The Portland
press . recently reported the result of
a straw ballot taken among 585 of
the 860 members of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce. The ballot
simply shows that 470 business men
of Portland are against statewide
prohibition of the liquor traffic. Such
"votes" worked up by the "wets" will
be much heralded during the present
campaign and a few reflections as to
the value to be attached to them may
not bo out of place.
In the first place, the absolute pro
hibltion of the. manufacture and sale
of liquor . is a radical reform. The
natural attitude of the business world
generally is "Let us alone." No gen
eral support of. radical measures.
either economic or moral, can be ex
pected from that conservative, time
serving individual . known as the
"business man." His supposed eco
nomic Interests partly, and more
largely the unreasoned timidity that
naturally belongs to the ' bourgeois and
to the man who has embarked his
Capital in business upon the faith of
things asr they are, maka him ' the
chief moral coward of his community.
Of course there are exceptions, and In
times of great palpable publlo danger
there are few men so mean as not .to
bo willing to prefer the publlo weal
to private Interests, But I speak not
of the times that try nfen's souls,
rather of tha ordinary times of fair
weather and smooth seas, - when the
evils that - threaten are Insidious
rather . than open.
If to the general reluctance of the
business man to countenance anything
revolutionary in economics or morals
be added a direct personal Interest in
an Institution under fire, or in some
allied trade or Industry, it Is easy to
see why rerorms are resisted In cer
tain quarters. It la not so long since
it was pointed out' in the Portland
press that much property used for
saloons and their brood of parasltio
evils . belonged . to some of the most
respected business men of the city.
Most men are likely to be conserva
tive, if not reactionary, when their
rent rolls or brewery dividends are
threatened.
There are, however, business men
everywhere "who have no direct or in
direct interest in the liquor business
or in any of its allied trades, who
yet hear with fear and trembling any
threat of uprooting that business, be
cause those directly interested in Its
continuance are spending their money
to spread the impression that the
liquor trade makes other trades pros
per. This is contrary to common
sense, because money spent for 'liquor
is not spent for dry goods, clo thine.
i provisions, shoes, jewelry or automo
biles. Wherever prohibition, has been
fairly tried,'-men in legitimate lines
have found their business Improving,
because then with more working men
payday means settlement of the store
bill and purchases of articles of ne
cessity and comfort for the family
with money that might have gone over
the saloon- bar. If any one is suffi
ciently interested to test this state
ment, I ask him to make candid in
quiry among the business men of
Albany, Eugene and Roseburg.. , He
will find in those cities many mer
chants, who will say that though they
pace opposed prohibition they now
favor it because it has helped legitl
mate business, and It has harmed only
the saloon and its allied evils. Let
the candid business man of Portland
Investigate and learn the truth. -
A few months ago, when hundreds.
perhaps thousands, of rnen were living
on charity in the olty of 'Portland, it
was truthfully stated that a largo pro
portion of these men had earned good
wages during the summer and fall in
the logging camps, on the railroads
ana elsewhere Jaut on coming to Port
land they had parted with their earn
ings in the dives of the north-end, aad
thereby - made themselves . publlo
charges. Business men ought to have
some taste ror economio questions, and
x . ass any . member., of . the Portland
Chamber of Commerce to show us the
economio benefit to the community in
Portland or to society at large of this
great waste of manhood and monev.
Who benefited from it aside from the
lanaioro, the axvekeeper and ths brew
er and distiller? Win the shoe mee.
chant, tbe clothier, the grocer and the
butcher and the landlord . who .rents
only f or ' decent : purposes, come for
ward and show what benefit they, re
ceived? i. 4 : - -:-r f v - : . . -
The laboring man," too, is asked", to
vote against prohibition , because an
alleged 'Industry"! is about, to be de
stroyed ana men thrown out of em
ployment. Let the working man re
member that the liquor business pays
out a less proportionate amount for
wages than any other business, and
whenever the capital now embarked in
tnat Business shall be diverted to use
f ul Industries more men will be em
A FEW SMILES
Betty, a bright Uttl I yar. old. was
a. born gossip. It was her custom
as soon as ih arrived at her grand
mothers, to say: - -
"Coma into , tha
klthen, gma, I'v sot
a lot to tell you."
And she generally
had, being blessed
w It h . three popular
grown up sisters.
One day, however,
she came In looking
despondent.
Any news, Betty?- inquired grand
mother. -
Tfot much," , said Betty, soberly.
"William (Sister Mabel's fiance) was
over last night, but he and Mabel
spelled most everything." Judge.
Tha fair creature's head looked like
a haystack. Each separat hair stood
out.
"What's the matter,
dear? Tour . hair Is
standing on end."
"I put it up in curl
papers 4ast nignt, and
the newspaper I used
was filled with horri
ble crimes."
nere is one mat was told at a re
cent dinner by Senator Thornton of
Louisiana, in demonstrating that there
always more than
one way of getting
around a difficult
proposition.
One afternoon Hans
and Fritz were ram
bling along- the street
when they came
abreast of a laundry.
Instantly Frits stopped and began to
study the characters on a sign that
announced Sing Lee's excuse for being
in America. '
"Vot makes yoif stob here. Fritz?"
asked Hans, wonderlngly. ' "Vot vos
you looking adt?
I vos looking adt dot sign, Hans,'
was the smiline reioinder of Fritz.
Can you readt him"
"po, I can't readt him." answered
Hans, glancing at the sign, "but If I
hadt my horn here I couldt blay him.1
ployed, great economic waste will be
checked and everybody will be hap
pier. A recent Hquor article refers to
the Jeopardy of the California vlne
yardlst by the threat of prohibition
In that state. This is hardly an Ore
gon question, but most people like un-
zermented grape juice uncommonly
well, and It has not been Bhown that
the vineyardist can not make as much
money by selling to his - fellow man
that which will build up and bless as
by selling a liquor ruined for useful
purposes by the poisonous product of
fermentation.
In closing I would commend to cer
tain members of the Portland Chamber
of Commerce the unbiased study of
the alcohol problem by reading some
Of the carefully written works which
are available dealing with the ques
tion upon scientiric, eoonomlo and
sociological grounds. Sometimes preju
dice and self interest will blind our
eyes and keep us In ignorance when
we might easily broaden our minds
and enlarge our hearts.
' B. L. EDDT.
In Appreciation of Service.
Portland. Julv 7. To the Edl tor ttf
l he Journal We wish to thank you
and the donors who responded so nobly
and bountifully In aid of a suffering
and wbrthy family who have been re
lieved by a touch of human sympathy
in tne nearts or a areneroua tipnnl.
xn response made to the call for re
iier is evidence that there exists in
the average human heart a desire, to
icuevo uistress.
The action of The Journal in male.
irig known' to the neonle the wont r
mis xamiiy entitles .it to praise and
commendation for the Interest so
heartily manifested in its publications
of the case.
We also visited a number of business
men who contributed to the relief and
wiese we also thank for the kind con
siaeration shown us. To thosa nrh
did not feel like contributing we have
winy Kinaiy leeungs and sincere r
gara JOHN A. SERNIS.
E. U. PHILLIPS.
Rational Health Department.
Portland. Julv 9. To th pvnr,,. f
The Journal When the reverend gen
tleman quoted in Monday's Journal ad
dressed his congregation in behalf of
a national department of public health,
his remarks were undoubtedly well in-
tentloned. When, however, he chars r.
terized the objectors to such a depart
ment as the "misguided opposition"
and alleged that certain beliefs held by
the opposition had become a "national
menace" he permitted his seal to out
run his wisdom and lead him to be
more generous with his allegations
man no couia be with bis proof.
The publlj in seeking to reach a cor.
rect conclusion as-to the need of a na..
tlonal health department will remem
ber that it is already paying for city.
county and state boards of. health, to-
geiner wun a national publlo health
service, costing mora than 120.000.003
a year, a service declared by compe
tent pnysicians to be entirely adequate
to carry on all the health activities
within the jurisdiction of the federal
government. The proposed decart
ment has been conceived, nurtured and
urged upon congress for many years
oy tne American Medical association,
composed of thousands of "reeular"
doctors. Its ultimate object, as proved
by the evidence, in the Congressional
Record, is to place the allopathic
school of medicine in control of tbe
nation's health activities and brine
the country's citisenry under, the rules
and surveillance of an army of "reg
ular" physicians, whose medical opin
ions wouia oe given the force of law.
A great saving in life and -dollars la
the promise held out for this inroad
on the national treasury and the ac
companying invasion upon the rights
ox tne . waiviauai. i nis promise, In
the light of tbe multitude of medical
failures and mistakes,' seems a shaky
base for setting up a national medical
oligarchy clothed with - governmental
sanction and bolstered with legislative
enactment.
The American Medical association
whose well organised political and pub
licity machinery is furnishing the dy
namics ror advocating the proposed de
partment, has been for years a power
in state and - national politics. At its
behest, legislatures have passed laws
restricting other systems of medical
practice. - IUlberality and Intolerance
have marked its whole policy when
once In a place of power. Practition
ers of ether, schools have been treated
as charlatans and persecuted as crlm
i rials. The association's endeavor has
always been to strengthen by law its
ever shifting theories and establish.
la so far as the publlo would permit,
a medical monopoly. What It has done
or tried to do in the states It seems
logical to presume It would try to do
when entrenched behind federal law
its many protestations to the contrary
notwitnstanaing. - .. .
For the many earnest and consci
entious physicians who are striving- to
auay tne woria's surzering z entertain
a very high regard. : A large number
of them, l believe, are content to let
PERTINENT COMMENT
A friend in neert seldom " hesitates
to tell you so. -
Some men trv to reach the ton. and
others prefer company.
,
A bare hook will do when a Dersoa
fishes for compliments.. -
, " - - . - ' v -And
some people count their chick
ens before the eggs are laid.
" ton't waste - other people's ' tim
while you are wasting your own.
- - .
Ths most changeable thing on earth
is a woman. The next Is another
woman.'
,. '
The family that has occasion to
move six times a year seldom moves
in good society.
Even If a woman thinks her hus
band wise she doesn't eonsider one
word sufficient.
when a man is anxious to lose his
identity an n nas to do is to marry
a violent suffragette.
Nothing- but a large dose of practical
experience wilt induce a man to appre
ciate a dear ana aumo wire.
During the courtship a girl Is often
unable to explain her thoughts, but
sne manes up lor lost time after mar
riage. Decrease In the meat etfpply Is not
worrying the truck gardeners, who soe
prosperity timidly snuggling up to
thera.-
Little boys who save their fingers
until after the Fourth may have lees
excitement, but eventually the sensa
tion of being disappointed will 'wear
orr.
Paris is now viewing with interest
fashionable shoe with no toe. Can
it be possible that the human foot is
to be released from its ancient bond
age?
WHAT MOUNT LASSEN MIGHT DO
From the Sacramento Bee. i
J. S. Dlller-cfT the United States
geological supvey, who recently visited
Mount Lassen and found it mildly ac
tive as a volcano, appears to be some
what of a "Job's comforter." -
In his official report to Washington
he remarks that the mountain may
subside to its former quiesence, but
one must not forget that tbe top of
old Vesuvius blew off and -that Kraka
toa exploded from its very base. He
adds:
"There seems no good reason at
present to fear a Krakatoan outbreak
at Lassen Peak; but . the part of wis
dom dictates a close watch."
Thus the geologist puts himself In
position to be able to say "I told
you so," in case of a Krakatoan oust
up. In-- that event, however, it may
not appear that "a close watch" bad
done much good. And the close watch
ers might be missing.
Krakatoa was a small Island In Sun-
da Strait, in the neighborhood of Java.
long quiet, but showing geologic evi
dences of ancient volcanic activity .be
fore the great convulsions of 1883 oc
eurred. In May of that year the vol
cano began to get active and to dls
charge ust and pumice, with some de
tonations, .
During two days of the following
August four great "paroxysmal ex
plosions" occurreJ. the last of which
totally destroyed the island, leaving in
the bottom of the sea a cavity 1000
feet where Krakatoa formerly rose to
a height of 1400 feet.
An enormous quantity of stones.
ashes and other material rained down
upon neighboring islands and into the
sea.
According to the Encyclopedia Bri-
tannica. and incredible as it may seem,
the tremendous explosions were heard
in the Philippines, SoutS Australia.
Ceylon and other remote regions, even
as far as the island of Rodriguez, suuo
miles away, in the Indian Ocean.
There was a world-wide disturbance
of the atmosphere, and for a long time
afterward the fine volcanic dust dif-
fused through the higher regions of
the air brightened the sunsets even in
far-distant Europe.
PROMISE AND
By John M. Oskison.
I believe the man who wrote the fol
lowing letter to me has been "stung.'
However, he has no remedy, and tne
insurance company officials who dealt
with him think that he Is getting as
good a settlement as he should expect.
"Will you." asks this man, "give Toe
your opinion in regard to a $1000 life
insurance policy, 20 year payment plan,
which matured June 14 of this year?
This policy was taken out at the age
of 84; the annual premium has been
134.10 total cost, lisz.
"At the time the policy was Issued
there was attached a survivorship con
tract with these options:
"First At the end of 20 years to
continue the policy as a paid up Ufa
policy, with participation In annual
profits, and draw out in cash tbe
amount Of the survivorsnip aiviuenu
credited to the policy during the 80
years of its life.
"Second To continue the policy on
the same basis, but take an annuity
Instead of & cash dividend.
"Third To substitute additional
paid up insurance for the cash divi
dend. "Fourth To surrender policy ana
dividend for, a cash payment.
their system stand or fall on its own
merits and that is all that should be
asked for. Those in need of healing
will find the system that will give ret
lief, and any system that cannot rely
for Its success upon the Intelligence
of the citisen is the last one to be
given the sanction of human law. ' I
am convinced that the time is not yet
when the people of, the United States
are willing. to surrender the right to
seek for health where they believe It
Is most likely to be found. Medical,
as religious freedom, is tbe right of
every citisen, and the preservation of
this right Inviolate is as dear to him
when its importance is once recognised
as the preservation of his right to
worship God as he desires. In the last
analysis, these rights are coordinate
and eorrelatlveu. Both are essential to
the enjoyment of life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness. ',,
PAUL STARK SEELET.
'. Good Times Coming.
From Reedys Mirror.
All reports agree that times are get
ting better in- Europe, and that the
betterment begins to renecf . Itself
here. When prosperity starts com
ing, even President -Wilson's policies,
effective or prospective, cannot atop
it. Strangely they help it, because,
surely, one helps traffic on a road
by removing obstructions from the
road, and one helps industry to thrive
when one . frees tbe arms .of Industry
by taking off the shackles. President
Wilson has not, put a thing in the way
Of - Creative industry, . Serving . buai
ness.- He has cleared the way for it
to come with one grand, free ; man.
He has, to be sure, taken certain ad
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OKKGO.V SIDELIGHT!
Randon'a twn l.mlVorL 8tn Oal-
lier and J. W. Mast, 'are members of
the new city council, which was In
ducted Into office July 1, s ' -
"If all the dredge talk to be heard
on Sumpter's streets should material
ize, says the American, -we can
for six or eight new gold boats In the
bumpter district wimm yr.
that was run down by Ralph Cowglll
in an auto on the desert near Agate
has been added to the soologlcal dis
play at the city hall. ? ',
Eugene continues to be agitated over
the question of naming the fciklnner
butte park, which has been referred
to a committee of the city council. The
ancient name has sturdy champions.
who strenuously oppose any cnange at
all. ,
, ' .
. Antnrtu Tturie-et: A lS-tare publica
tion illuminating the beauties of Sea
side as a summer resort, is the latest
to bid for public favor. . The publica
tion is issued under the name of the
"Seaside Flashlight" and its sponsor is
the Seaside band, an organisation, of
gumption, harmony ana lorce,
An nnMnnr rrpnt t ton ? of iThO
Mikado," by home talent, was a Fourth
of July celebration feature at Hood
River. The Mikado's body guard was
i-nmnnwi r,f rea.1 J&Danese. residents
of Hood River. The local Japanese
are credited otherwise with enthust-
.tin on.i aiitnmtt nartlclDatlon In
the patriotic program oi the day.
In an article welcoming the home
oairav oant muntv. the Canyon
City Eagle says: "From the rate the
vacant lands have been going It win
n-. K. lAnor hafnra it Will all DA tjLKCn
rim rock and alL Quite a number
of the locations have been made by
new arrivals and quite a number Dy
1 rMsnt hn arrived to the COll
elusion that it was a case of now or
never with them.
There Is a theory that the waters
of the sea found entrance to molten
masses underlying Krakatoa, causing
steam to form which resulted in the
great convulsions that destroyed the
island and occasioned the deaths of
36.000 people by tidal waves along the
Strait of Sunda.
But Mount Lassen Is about 100 miles
from the ocean and. for that reason
as Professor See of the Mare Island
observatory has pointed outthere
would seem to be no probability of
any great catastrophic outburst in this
instance. He has called attention to
the fact that all the active volcanoes
are within 125 miles of the sea unless
Lassen is to be regarded as lastingly
active.
There are however, numerous the
ories as to the causes of volcanto erup
tions, and all appear speculative. One
of the latest Is that they are Induced
by gases generated below the crust of
the globe.
Another, and perhaps the very latest.
which finds at least attentive con
sideratlon in recent works of reference,
is that radium in the underlying rocks
may generate heat sufficient to lique
fy them, under enormous pressure, and
that this heat. Joined to the chemical
action and decomposition of various
elements, develdps steam sufficient to
cause volcanic convulsions, with or
without admission of water from the
surface of the earth to the molten in
terior or ''pockets."
Fortunately, the slopes of Mount
Lassen are virtually uninhabited, and
there is no town or village in its im
mediate neighborhood.
So If any great voloanlo disturb
ance should occur there it could not
be much of a calamity. Even the
forest -might escape permanent injury
or widespread destruction. v '
Numerous local earthquakes usually
precede vdtcanlc eruptions. But thus
far no great shakes. If any shakes at
all, have been experienced on or about
Mount Lassen, although "rumblings"
and slight Jars were reported from one
or two points some 60 miles' away
about the time the peak "awoke from
its long sleep.
PERFORMANCE
"Fifth To surrender policy and
cash dividend for an . annuity.
"When the policy was sold, the com
pany guaranteed a cash value at the
end of 20 years of (In case the insured
was still living) $528; at the same
time, the company predicted that the
survivorship dividend would be 8568
giving the policy a total cash value of
81091. Also, the company predicted
that (these were not written promises,
however) the paid-up face of the policy
at the end of 20 years would be $2024,
or, the Insured would be able to keep
a paid-up policy of $1000 and draw
$563 in cash.
. -As it turned out, the company of
fered in cash for the survivorship
dividend" only 889.72, instead of the
estimated $563; it offered to continue
the policy as a paid up policy for $1000
with $150 of additional insurance;- it
offered to pay $617.72 in cash for the
surender of everything; It offered an
annuity of $46.12 for the surrender of
everything; and It offered an annuity
of $6.70 In lieu of the $89.72 payment.
Insurance sellers ought not . to be
permitted to make promises which
can't be carried out by the companies.
It is misrepresentation.
vantages away from some few who
found a profit In a favoring tariff,
rather than in excellence of product
and efficiency in service. With bis
policies working for the coming two
years, his. party will win the 1918
election, even though- It lose the gen
eral election this, year. The Wilson
policies are all right and for once
nature is working for the Democrats
to produce abundant crops. -All signs
point to a phenomenally booming busi
ness this fall. And the boom will be
bigger as we realise that business 'is
vastly freer than it has been in SO
years. So, everybody sing, "Hard
times, come again no more."
The Ilea son Eggsplained.
From the Philadelphia- Telegraph.
The food for thought at a recent
banquet Included matters of the stage.
and this story was handed across the
board by Joe Dawson, of automobile
fame..
Some time ago two esteemed citizens
met" during a ramble along the. boule
vard. One of tbe pair bad once been
an actor, but had shaken the footlights
for a different brand of glory
. "By the way, George," said the ether.
when reference was made to the the
atre, "you were on the stage ones.
What ever made you leave Itf ;
"Sort of a warning,", responded the
first. "I had a gentle hint that Z . was
not suited for the business."
- "I see,"- smiled the second, signifi
cantly. -The little birds told tou."
"Well, no, not exactly," was the re
flective answer of the former Tbes
plan, "but they might . have become
birds had they been permitted - to
hatch." . : , - .
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Lockley,
Every old resident of Astoria, ever
amy officer who has ever been sta
tioned near the mouth of fhe Columbia,
as well .ag most summer visitors to
we beaches on both sides of the Co- '
lumbia's mouth, will remember rn-
Uln Thomas Parker, a pioneer naviga- :
tor at tne mouth or the Columbia. "We ;
crossed the plains 52 year, ago," caid
Captain Parker. v
5,? w "UyeU hot time. J
!fhH0m tt,r we went 10 Olympla, at
ifh-.?.Iacs 1 aw lt water for the
w. V' : . "u1 w" rau'a Illinois. .
We ucnt to the Grays Harbor country
and spent bur first winter at West- .
win . ftML ,prlnt we wet P the
Willapa, where father took up a 160
acre claim. My first Job determined
my life work. 1 got a lob a. a-v. .
hand on the old General Canby. which ;
was built in South Bend. It piled be
tween Astoria and Ilwaco. It had the '
government, contract for carrying the
. u mose aays mere was one
mail a week. Later It was increased
to two mails a week, and eventually u
became a dally service. My next Job
waa firing on the Varuna. which was
owned by Captain Gray. After three
vca v- ' .....t. , .
" - not my mate s papers,
and eventually I secured my license aa
captain. That was In 1882. My first
command was the General Canby, the
t. sot my nrst job on as a deck
hand. I was captain of the General
Canby for eight years. We made reg
ular dally trips, and towed logs at
night The General Canby wus sold in
n later waa wrecked in Alaska.
The Ilwaco Steamship & Navigation
company bought the Suomi, of which I
was master for a short time.
-My mate, William Starr, was an -old
man of warsman. He has been
with me for 27 years." As we talked.
Captain Parker kept his weather eye
out for drifting nets. "Once in a while
I nave to run owr . net." he said,
"though 1 try my best to avoid them.
It is wonderrul how the salmon indus
try has changed during the past 2S
years. Ten years ago you could see
the sun glinting on the sails of 2000
or 8000 salmon 'boats. Today, though
there are 3000 or 4000 salmon boata.
you will look In vain for a sail. They
are all motor boats now. In the old
days they were dependent on the wind;
today they can come and go as they
please. In the old daya a sudden
squall meant overturned boats and
heavy off shore wind meant difficulty
in getting in. Frequently it meant the
wrecking of oonie of the boats and the
drowning of the fishermen. -Not only
has the salmon induatry changed great
ly, but I notice the character of the
men who apply for work as deckhands
has changed greatly In. the .last 2
years. In the old days we used to be
able to keep a man for a year or so:
today a deckhand who has worked for
three months is an old timer, and al
most the dean of the crew. They will
work for a few days, or possibly a
week or two, until they have a big
enough stake to get drunk on, and then
they quit. Working men nowadays
seem to have an idea that they can
get along without hard work; they are
always looking for snaps. It almost
looks as If the old time breed was run
ning out. .
"Another thing I have noticed In rriy
long service at the mouth of the Co- -lumbla
is the wonderful increase in.
urtuner travel. In the old days a
good many people used, to come and
camp out. Today these people have
their automobiles and their summer
cottages. Certainly it would be hard
to find finer beaches than we have
near the niouth of the Columbia."
The Ragtime Muse
The Cave-Man of Josephine.
Bv W. R. McCrackcrt.
I went to vrew the caverned miles
The marble halls or Josepliine.
I trod its grottoes and deities.
Then bowed to Mature as my queen.
To "Prison Cells" 1 slowly crept.
And wonder grew. Then memory
shone. '
I saw again (as though I'd slept)
My old cave-home carved In the
stone.
THE VISION.
Far up the Rogue my foes pursue
Intent upon the bride I stole.
Nor night nor" day my prlze I woo
Until we reach the marbled goal.
As yesterday 1 see my bride
Crouched in a receas by the "Kalis."
And bear the searchers as we hide.
Tap war clubs 'round them on the
walls. .
With huge' stalactite raised o erhead.
At "Bridal Veil" 1 met the foe.
And slaying some, while others fled,
I kept my bride for weal or woe,
.
Delve In the "Pit" and you will find
Tbe bones of bride and cave-man
there.
And countless others of their kind :
Lie dank in that deep sepulchre.
Grants Pass. Oregon. July 2, 1114.
Pointed Paragraphs
Remorse is memory that has soured.
m
Honesty always pays-r-but It's often
slow.
All women are beautiful. Ingenious,
and truthful.
Scolding women are less ridiculous
than swearing men.
Did you ever hear of a woman suf
fering untold agony?
Domestic discord s the apple. The
man In the case gets the core.
The man who admits that be is)
sentimental made tbe mistake of Ills
life in not being born woman.
A man may marry In haste, hot lie
usually takes his time about settling
the bills contracted during the honey
moon. Fish may be excellent brain food,
but la the case of any man who would
wear a feather in his bat, what a
waste of fish!
"A little learainar Is a dangerous
thin." we. are told. Also. "Much laam-,
ing maketh a man mad." So what are
we going to da about it?
If you can- read the persuasive ad
vertisements of a patent medicine
without being convinced that you need
a bottle of it, you are strong minded.
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