THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, -JULY 10, 1914. ' i s I I r M A I -i i Hallway . furnished transnortatlon 1 In I nr ' J J J 1X1 NrAl ."to more than five hundred minis- - niflcant. It means that the rat ; tain ranges to Puget Sound. It Is to handle-the . situation , is, slg-, Inland Empire's traffic over moun- Al' mnirrKNPKNT NEWSPAPER .PahlMier C JACKSON ' I.; Bro.-.', and Y.mblll ats. Portl.nd.Of. tr renlnf iept Sunday ao od mornloi .t Tk. Journal Bull. ters of California. They Went tojmust go; it is evidence that New j an economic waste, the .price of iserKeley, and there were the guests Orleans was wamabie ior not ex- j wmcn. is paid by the people them Uiuitilfloa trough tba iUa U mcw elaaa mmUft. la.l.fcilo.KS Main T1T8; Hoi,. A-005U AU - toartnDta reached bf ibeae Boabera. TeU '" tl opcrimr bil department ro - wnt Bn .ln K.utnor Co.. Bmoawtck Bid-.. MitiMrrtpiwu ierni by mail Of to an' srcaa la lb tuui iiiui w !. DA.ILX OM 15.00 On moDtk.......$ 80 OWDAI $2.60 I On month ..S M DAILI AMD 8UMDAT IT. So I One moot ..S .65 Oa teal. On When You Go Away Have The Journal sent - to your Summer address. Something" there Is mors need- i ful than expense. , And: something previous , to taste 'tis sense: ' Good sense which only Is the I gift of heaven, . And though no science, fairly worth- the seven. Pope. " of the State University for a week, wmie ,they heard lectures and saw terminating the rodent before. ; Belves. "Waterways, the : natural The battle against any disease regulators of rates and accommoda- demonstrations of new facts, meth- Is more than half won when the j tlons afforded traffic . have been oas and processes, belonging to the higher v interests of humanity. The movement is full of mean ing, and - our University, does well to follow other great schools- in at tempting to sympathetically relate itself to the work of suh an in fluential body! of citizens as our ministers.-, -i BIRDS .OF PKKY 0 cause is Known. i ue as"- ucsitxieu. n nas Deen so every Cleanliness Is won by painstaking ; where. A propaganda has been care. Yellow fewer was conquered j busy diverting traffic from the by exterminating tne mosquito, cneaper route to the dearer, Ve drink pure milk and pure wa ter because officials charged with enforcing the law are vigilant.. Even though Portland is not threatened by the bubonic plague, the rat Is a menace. The better way is to eliminate it before there is imminent danger. It can be RDERS are in preparation bygone; it should be done. wmcn tresiarag j uage uavis , COURTHOUSE SECRECY THE? people of Multnomah coun ty! know very little about what 1st going on at, their court house. Nobody can find out. An atmos phere of "secrecy pervades official business." A game of stand in and silence prevails in many of the de partments. - Many pleasant, and urbane gen tlemen! hold positions. They are fair to look upon, and charming in conversation. Some of them ren der a dollar's worth of service for a dollar's worth of salary, but others do not. It is Important to know Who Is ? who. Even a county commissioner who is trying to administer county af fairs something like a private . busi ness is administered cannot get at the bottom of things. He cannot, even when he applies for it, al ways get Information officially asked for of some of the depart ments. Though trying to conduct the peoiple's business with the same painstaking methods with which private business is conducted, he is snubbed by departments, outlawed by some department heads and de nied official information even by clerks. ; A good time has cftme to reduce county j affairs to a business basis. There is no need of maintaining places at the courthouse tftmply to provide a 80ft berth for lilly-fin-gered gentlemen who live by poli tics. Taxes are high enough to Justify a clearing away of the driftwood and deadwood. ,' Of course there are effective and meritorious officials and employes .In the; lot. .But they are being harmed by the attitude and the doings! of the drones. It i a good time for county af , fairs to be looked into. An elec tion is coming on, and the people need to know something about what they aie paying for in county government. Commissioner Hol- of the Multnomah circuit court will dismiss 296 cases. In 475 cases on the docket, the attorneys were notified to show cause why their litigation should not be dismissed, and in 296 cases there was no janswer or a response from attorneys expressing a de sire for dismissal. Some of the cases were begun in 1910. The Journal has called public attention ' to ;the offenses of bar ratry and champerty. It has point ed out that those offenses are fre quently committed in Portland, notwithstanding the attitude of the Oregon Supreme .Court on '. the subject. , And here j are 296 cases with which the court dockets have been congested, to) be stricken off at a single blow ;as litigation pending but useless. ; Of course, some of the matters may have been settled out of court. But others, of the cases were begun in folly, were pursued in 'foolishness and they end in dismissal with ignominy. A sample case was the twenty thousand (foliar damage suit brought by . James G. L. Howard against The Journal through F. H. Greenman as! his attorney. A war rant was issued for Howard's ar rest, but was not put of record at the timei The Journal pub lished the fact and attempt - was made to sequester the warrant so as to make The Journal liable, and then suit was brought. When the case was called, neither Howard nor his attorney appeared in court. It is a sample of some of the le gal practice ; and some explanation of how dockets are congested and, courts made costly. J. E. Daigle brought suit for $50,000 damages, against The Jour nal through; his attorneys, Seitz & Clark. The case was so weak, that The Journal presented no tes timony and : the verdict for plain tiff was not $50,000 damages, but $1 damages land $1 costs. There are eminently respectable and splendidly honorable lawyers. As taught in the books, the law is a conspicuously honorable profes sion with a long line of exalted men whose careers began and ended in the practice. But there are disreputable regi ments of shysters and pettifoggers who are not lawyers, but mere birds of prey. KANSAS, TOO T IME will show that the Ore gon Supreme Court was wrong when it decided against the city of Portland in the docks case. The California Supreme Court decided the other way. The Kan sas Supreme Court has decided the other way. In Kansas the 1913 legislature passed a measure relinquishing to upland owners islands in adjoin ing navigable waters, under cer tain prescribed conditions. The measure was declared invalid by the Supreme Court of the state. The court held to the broad gen eral principle that the legislature cannot apply public property for private benefit; that if this could be done, the loss must ultimately be made good by taxation, and that the taxes must accordingly be levied upon all for the benefit of one or a few. It held that equal protection is defeated by a gift of that which belongs to all as ef fectually as by compelling a contri bution from all. By a decision exactly opposite in Oregon, the result was a strik ing confirmation of the reasoning of the Kansas tribunal. The fore shore in Portland was needed for public dbek sites, but the Oregon Supreme Court held that the leg islature had granted publicly-owned foreshore to private owners, and as a result the public was com pelled to pay $864 a front foot for one site, $876 a front foot for an other, and similar prices for others. That is to say, the decision of the Oregon court forces the people to ultimately make good by taxation the loss which the legislature cre ated In attempting to legislate the Portland foreshore into the hands of a few upland owners. That is to Bay, the Oregon Su preme Court confirmed the legisla ture In doing exactly that which the Kansas Supreme Court says a legislature cannot lawfully do. The people of Oregon should right the wrong their Supreme Court and their legislature has done them by passing the Water front and Docks Amendment and the Municipal Docks Bill which will be on the ballot in November. . But Professor Lyman said the old era and methods of develop ment either have passed away or at least must be supplemented with new methods in the new era now opening. He Is right. The people are coming to a realization of the economic worth of waterways. They are relearning the A B C's of commerce. The other day a barge line Was started on the Mississippi. It will establish a rate of half a mill per ton mile from St. Paul to New Or leans. Why should people served by that waterway pay more for carrying their fr eight? Anything m excess or tne cneapest reason able rate, by water or land, Is eco nomic waste and the people must pay. Why should people of the In land Empire pay a premium for hauling their freight over moun tain ranges when the Columbia and Its tributaries are Inviting traf fic? The extra cost Is a handicap which use of the rivers will overcome. A FEW SMILES PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF "L" said the temperance man, 'strongly object to the custom of chris tening ships with champagne." "I " don't replied the other man. "I think there's a tem perance lesson In it." "How can that be?" "Well, immediate ly after the first bot tle of wine the ship takes to water and sticks to it ever after." "My dear," said the proud father, "I cannot understand your objection to young Prudely as a suitor for youi hand. I am surt that he Is a model young man." "There Is nc question about his being a. model," replied the bewitch ing beauty; "but, fa ther, dear, the trouble is that he is a 1912 model." Magazine of Fun. I HI "Don't you think you could do some thing with that orchestra to improve my song?" asked the lady soloist. "What's the mat ter with It?" asked the orchestra lead they could hear my song drum." we can put in a couple more drums." Letters From the People (Communication sent to Tb Journal for publication in thia department aboaid ba writ ten on only one elde of the paper, ahould not vjiceed aiK words in length and moat be ac dmpanieU by the name and addreja of the aender. If the writer doea not dealre to cava the name published, ha ahould so atate.) "Disctualon ia the greatest of all reform ers. It rationalizes everything it touches. - It rcba principle of all false aanctity and throws them back on their reasonableness. It tbey have no reasonableness. It ruthlessly crushes them put of existence and sets up lta own eonciusioTui Wilson. in their stead." Woodrow THE WILLIAMS INCIDENT A LBANJA has a new champion In George Fred Williams, who has resigned as United States Minister to Greece and Montenegro that, ho mav hn T-nUmmA ik. i i m J - W1V,.3V "" '- iuwb uu iur an of the restraints of a diplomatic vestigation, and is appealing to post v public ! bodies to make it. Whjf should there not be an in quiry?! Why hide from the people the thlngBjthey are paying for? CERTAIN COMPENSATION 0 AT OREGON UNIVERSITY . THE I minister's conference . to be held next week in- connec tion with the University of wrsou is a. part ui a move ment growing in magnitude, and covering a wider area every year. It is ai feature of that broader ser vice otf our educational institutions, .which jalms to encourage study and Improvement throughout the whole period; of life. To confine educa tion to the youthful period Is an error, j The colleges and universi ties aife attempting to follow men and Women in their adult years, and to be the medium of imparting that - information and constant quickening of the mind, so neces sary to continued efficiency in rery jwalk of life. . This movement also recognizes the- Importance of the ministers as a teaching force. No class of men !?S lnstrumwtai Jn savins one section Mr. Williams enthusiasm for In seeking to find a solution of I a serious ' racial question he has presumed to set principles of com mon humanity against the interna tional politics of Europe and his announced intention to encourage the formation of cantonal govern ments In the Balkans will be re garded by some as Quixotic. Looking at things from an American point of view Mr. Wil liams found at Durazzo anarchy, incompetence, hypocrisy and mur der. He I found a . prince calling himself a king with no powers, no territory and no subjects except his wife " and children. Mr. Wil liams said: I could- not await the acceptance of my resignation by my government to denounce these cruel and inhuman N JUNE 8 an employe of the Home Telephone Company at Los Angeles lost his life while engaged in the per formance of his work. On June 30 that company, of its own voli tion, urged the secretary of the California industrial accident com mission to take action necessary to award the widow $2250, the entire sum to which she wss entitled under the workmen's compensation act. New York state has a similar law which recently went Into ef feet. Painless Parker Replies to Critic. Portland, July 9. To the Editor of The Journal My attention haa been directed to a recent issue of a local weekly publication, containing an at tack on me as a dentist, on my meth ods of making it known to the people by street talks and demonstrations. and on the newspapers of Portland for printing my advertising matter. I am called a charletan, a faker and other choice epithets, any one of which, if warranted, would be sufficient to dis qualify me from practice. Now, I do not presume to speak for the newspapers of Portland in this matter. They are amply able, I take it. to protect themselves from such at tacks as this, which charge them with aiding and abetting a "charlatan" and "faker" in victimizing the public for that is what such gentry are supposed to do and in "attacking the members of an honorable profession," meaning, apparently, the members of the Ore gon dental trust. The newspapers of Portland appear to carry an absolutely clean line of advertising. But their weekly critic insinuates that the money I have paid them f$r advertising is "tainted" perhaps because 'taln't paid to tne bus Jness office of bis publication. It is merely Incidental that the weekly publication in question sollc lted advertising from me, and was not given a contract. I am asking no favors. What I want is a square deal no more, no less and I propose to have it. The newspapers and city authorities of Portland, or anyone else, for that matter, are Invited to Investigate me In Portland or elsewhere. As for me, I have Instructed my at torney to begin suit for $25,000 dam ages for criminal libel against the au thor of the attacks that have been made on me in the weekly publication, to which 1 have referred in this letter. PAINLESS PARKER. policies practiced upon a people which ' lance-chasing lawyer on the basis schemes, and I take full resDonsi bllity for my acts, the details of which I trust will later appear. I hote to Is so constantly and widely engaged In teaching as the men of the pul pit. Their ability or incompetency has important bearing: upen the welfare of society. This is especial ly true of the country minister. Hence; if is, that the government of the United States, a' few years ago, appointed a commission to ex amine! into the rural church. ' The report of this commission attracted serious attention, and was so stimulative that a large liter ature jhas grown up on the subject, Justice does credit to his American sentiment but it may be questioned whether he will accomplish any practical results , In view of inter national Jealousies. THE RAT MENACE T HE rat was recently discussed by .J. j D. Mlckle, state dairy and food commissioner. He called i attention to the fact Warns of a Hindu Peril Portland, July 8. To the Editor of The Journal Now that interest Is cen tered In such an Important incident as the Hindu problem at Vancouver. B. C. It Is a good time to remember the col-1 losal blunders we have already com mitted in our ignorant tolerance of yellow Asiatic immigration. Let us not make the same mistake with brown Asiatic Immigration. who thought that the handful of yellow men that came to our westtrn shores in the forties would swell to Its present vast proportions? And who foresaw that the despised, stoical ort ental would lead us. in our ignorance. to the verge of war? it is not the purport of this letter to speak of the social and economlo evils that have arisen and will continue to confront you. Tou have only to study "the crisis In California, to wake up. Jt la a mistake to be indifferent to the na tion's greatest problem because you are not a farmer in California with yellow neighbors on either side of you. Go down to the North Bank depot and watch the Hindus trickling in from Canada, Go down and study them. They are harmless looking brown men, and there is only a hand ful of them coming in at a time. Tou will find bearded and turbaned Sikhs (the best that is in India). You will find now and again a Bengali, the born sedtlonist and trouble maker of India, who cries "India for the In filnnn" but means "InrllA. for thai Ttan been compelled to resist. Toe Htl-1 C. J I f a - aaoia galls." Also, you will find that the gation would h&vo bppn inntr riDn ". - 1 bulk or them are casteless and of e we xeei is ev misuinexi cause. x aave Appreciates tlx Open Forum, Plsgah Home, Lents, June 9. To the Editor of The Journal We are some times amazed at the elasticity of your character as a paper at the length ! and breadth and hjelght thereof. We i - - .11 I wt. ml .. a..i.tt.. r 0 1U muubinai commission nnlnlons n veil kirtdlv tolorata in there is working overtime flline I all. When a paper will publish all applications of employers who wish ' tne different sides of a question, re to come under the art p.to. J gardless of its own standpoint, it , . , ., , i shows a broadness that is remarkable. u' tu w xorK commis-iat least in these days of rrasplng and slon are substantially less than j grabbing. The power of the press is rates heretofore charged by thB 1101 abating, and the freedom extended casualtv romnanlco n your columns is the open door to Tk. T . , ! progress, giving the people the prlvl- ine Los Angeles Express ears I io-. nf nr,..inn arenmtnr tn th that California's workmen's com-1 dictates of conscience. This Is trur pensatlon law has done nwnv -nrUVi democracy educative.,- How much bet the old doctrine of greed. Under ter than ha'"f controversies carried ' ,on through different papers. We are former conditions the widow ofat close Quarters on this battleground me aeaa teiepnone employe would and can fight It out face to face. have fallen victim of some ambu- I 1 I asi Ml C 1 1 hardly i i eVfor that I " - VW "Well, interstate commerce committee, has reported the bill to the senate, thus amended. This legislation, now as sured by this agreement between the executive and the legislative leaders of the majority party, will be an admis sion by congress of the evils which are the cause of the country wide support of the Stevens bill (H. R. 13,305), "to prevent discrimination in prices and to provide for publicity of prices to dealers and to the public" This latter bill aims to take away from the big retailing monopolies the chief weapon of cutthroat competition by which the great producing trusts have established themselves, and requires all manufac turers operating under it to publish and file schedules of prices with the trade commission. This new turn of affairs at Wash ington has resulted from constant pres sure by consumers and small business men for laws which will really pene trate to the roots of dishonest business practices. The passage of the Stevens standard price list bill will be an eloquent tribute to the real power of "small" business, which at least seems to be working unitedly In the interest of legislation needed to protect the public from the exactions of the rapidly ex tending monopoly in retailing by big city aggregations of capitaL The following editorial from the St. Paul (Minn.) Dally News of June 18, is an example of a forceful stroke in a good cause: AN 'AWFUL MENACE? EXPOSED." "The nub of the legislation which Wilson is asking congress to pass now, before summer adjournment, is this: "Declaring unfair competition In commerce -unlawful, and creating a commission to drag It Into the open. That's all there is to this awful threat ened Interference with prosperity. Can you think of a single good reason why honest business should ob ject to such a law and try by might and main to obstruct Its enactment? "Neither can we. "As a matter of fact, we doubt that the obstruction originates with honest business. "He whose skirts are clean needn't fear the spotlight." AMERICAN FAIR TRADE LEAGUE. Edmund A. Whlttler, Sec'y. BMALl. CHANGE But a mothr.in-iaw can lav down the law to a lawyer. Short men Ilk to stand on their dignity. But why not? Barring hand organs, noma good comes out of everything. - Satan nrohnbl v ha1 a ifinn excuse for not learning to skate. - Eternal vigilance is the price of retaining a good umbrella. While the little do la barklnr the big one absconds with the bone. mm Many a srlrl catches aT husband bv baiting her hook with indifference. m m When It comes to manual labor, the average man is a tramp at heart. Critics are pessimistic' persons who have a penchant for throwing stones. The Judge doesn't charge the Jury as much as the lawyer charges his client. Too many business women are In terested only in the business ef their neighbors. Society may have been invented by a woman who was married and wanted to forget it. The waves, like some men, arrive at the seashore in grand style and go away from it broke. v )A.nd many a timid man gives an other credit for his own ideas because he isn't sure of their merits. -: But a man gets a lot or t dinars ne doesn't want in this world, and a woman wants a lot of things sbo doesn t get. An old bachelor says there are no marriages in heaven because there must be some way to distinguish It xrom the other place. OREGON SIDELIGHTS Weather order placed by the Salem Statesman: "The farmers want more of the Bame. kind of weather, for say two weeks anyway till they get their hay all in." Bend has become so metropolitan that the railing of parties by name over the telerhone no longer gets past rentral. Henceforth it Is number or look in the book and see. . Colonel Clark Wood, of the Weston Leader, having learned that a Mr. Clark Wood is engaged in the printing business at La Grande, blandly re marks that he "trusts he bears a good name. La Grande Observer: A cluster of five beautiful. fragrant roses no bunched as to resemble a solid bud or enormous size, was plucKea oy r. u Haisten todav. The bud has been thu object of wonderment and comment by passersby for some lime. w 'P munn ntAmolOKl8t connect id with the extension division of the Oregon Agricultural college, has gone to Klamath countv, where, in the Vood river valley, he will wage a fight for the extermination of grasshoppers. which have been doing some aamagf Roseburg's business progress Is shown by the postal receipts indicator tn iiava Heen an 11 ner cent proposi tion in the fiscal year Jut closed, as against the 34 per cent or xne previ mm riaf-ai vpr The actual increases in dollars, were, respectively, $642.10 and J2063.77. "Not In several years," say the Baker Democrat, "have mo many min-ina- men made their appearance in Tinker ranntv in search of idle or a ban doned properties showing values that nffer inducement for development. They are not pocket hunters but on the contrary are looking for low grade ores in sufficient average values to warrant extensive development and treatment." "THEY SAY." WHAT DO THEY SAY IN EARLIER DAYS By Krcnl Lockley. From the Detroit News. j A recent trip up the western elde and down the eastern side '. of the state enabled the traveller to Inquire in many communities regarding busi ness conditions there. There were, Interrogated country merchants, travelling salesmen, small whole salers, dairymen, business men from other states who were resting at the north Michigan resorts, and any who in a casual way revealed ills knowl edge of affairs. The most striking feature of the whole proceeding was the course wjfich the conversation invariably took. "How is business up this wayT" the questioner would begin. "Well, I hear It is rather qulet," would be the answer. "HeAr it is quiet?" the questioner would remark, "What do you mean by thatr "Well, the papers say things are quiet that's all I know about it." "So they do but how is business with "TOUT "Oh, my business Is all right I've got no kick coming." "Do you know anybody who haar -No come to think of It, I don't." That was the invariable result they say business Is quiet, but my business is all right." I was pleased to read that letter of the hopgrower's wife, who was will- has committed no offense and is the of a contins-Ant fo , , ln 10 turn ineir Droaa aores ot nop victim of an international conspiracy have b f"T "" wneat iieiu witnout &fi-a.int ita lihertw t win nave Deen Illea for an Impossible murmur, and for the letter of that ceai the fact that I have taken meas-1 DUU1- company would nave NSler w"" "aB iuiuo a dhuhS ures wmcn ; promise lo unite tno peo ple of Albania under cantonal forms In rmvna4tnn 1 1 vuw, yvilu rapiuiy multiplying costs. Appeal would have followed ap peal. In the end the widow would have been left with a hollow ver J l X T 11 t .. . uicL uuuow oecause all but a trifle of the money received would be consumed .in fees and costs. AX ABC OP ECONOMICS P last Tuesday that transports tlon is an A B C of economics always been a Republican, because I knew nothing besides, being-born ani bred In it. No doubt when she gets through with this controversy her mind will have broadened, and her heart softened to the sufferings of humanity and will lose sight Of these Interests that are now so dear to her heart; that is. If we, her adversaries, deal with fairness, Justice and love. One thing sure, she is .the kind that has to be shown, and if she will stay on the field, eventually we will show hei not by the ballot alone, but ROFESSOR LYMAN of Whit man Colleee told th t kane Chamber of Commerce thf 'TZXZ t0 We regret the fact that In the com ing change any man's business or that this rodent is not outlawed and sjome of the most advanced in Oregon, j as it . should be. He universities of the land are annu-i urged a campaign for its exterml- ally inviting the ministers of the various churches to attend courses , of study involving the work and problems of the church. : The ... Uni versities of Wisconsin, ;. Missouri and Kansas, have each large sum ' mer conferences at which hundreds of ministers gather. The Agricul tural College of Michigan has done this for a long term of years. , Mr. j Ralph A. Felton, who Is to ." -conduct courses on "Rural Sociolo gy,", domes fov Eugene next week from k longer" course at the. Agri cultural College of . Washington at : , . Pullman. ' ; ;. " Last year, the Southern Pacific nation, basing his argument upon the rat's filthy habits and Its per sistency inj sampling the food supply. ; . New Orleans is - now engaged upon a rat-killing campaign. Bu bonio plague threatens that city, and the rat is recognized as its carrier. The situation is threaten ing because! New drleans is located at the mouth of a great waterway and rats are prone to infest ships and wharvs.r rThere - may be no occasion for general alarm, and there probably is not, but i the fact that the fed eral authorities have been called We regret that anyone Is in a position-to be run over by the Juggernaut csfr of progress; but it is Inevitable. The time has come. .It's in -the air. Prohibition in Its true sense has come to the Pacific coast, and eventually will come to all America. PISQAH MOTHER. He declared that full development meana of livelihood shall be injured. or the Inland Empire depends upon use of the Columbia, the Snake and other waterways as ar teries of .commerce. The Spokesman-Review summarizes Professor Lyman's address aa follows: j The improvement of waterways Is, one of-the vital problems of the In land Empire. It Is fairly well sup plied with railways, and the move ment for good roads, as it becomes In creasingly effective, will prove Of the greatest economlo value in sup plementing the trolley ; lines, the lo oomotlve and the freight car with the auto truck. But such streams as the Columbia and the Snake, the Pend Oreille and even the Spokane contain such Invisible resources for the pro motion of the prosperity of the In land Empire as only one In a thou sand or our people appreciates. , There has been an era" of rail road building, resulting, unfor tunately, in diverting much of the An "Unfair Competition" Bill. New York. June 10. To the Editor of The Journal Admittedly, the most far reaching development In the formu lation or ' anti-trust legislation Is the president's approval of the incorpora tion in the federal trade commission bill of provisions declaring "unfair competition" to be "unlawful." and pre scribing that "the commission Is here by empowered and directed to prevent corporations from using unfair meth ods of competition in commerce." The commission, under these new sections of the bill, la further empowered to call upon the federal courts to enforce It orders, in the event of disobedience. Senator' Newlands, chairman of . the questionable history. The writer has spent many years in India, and recent ly has spent considerable time at the North Bank depot. It la reasonable to suppose in faot It is almost a certainty, that the United States immigration laws will now be tested to see whether ship loads of Hindus may not be landed on our coast, since Canada does not want them. Watch and see. Filially, do not forget that when your troubles come, you will be three states. California, Oregon and Washington who will cry In vain for the 45 east ern states that you have an evil that you want them to help remedy. Take your lesson now from California, and back up your Inspector of immigration Camlnetti. who realizes that east Is east, and west la west, and Is trying to make you understand it. PESHAWAR. Why Men Have Weak Eyes. Portland, July 9. To the Editor of The Journal When a small boy the writer had for schoolmates four boys whose eyes were imperfect. Their afflictions ' led me to : make a study of optics, in the hope that I might lo cate the primal cause of weak eyes, and for 40 years I have devoted a great deal of time to this intricate problem. Z now have statistics that show beyond all question that 699 out of every 700 persona who are bothered with eye ailments put their eyes out looking for the best of It. Certainly there are politicians who go blind looking for an issue, but that comes under the common head, fwr whoever saw a politician who wasri ready to take the beet of it or over looked a chance to serve the people 1 As further proof that ' my dlscov cry is based on granite facts art! not A coffee salesman of experience says that May of this year was the best month of his whole career in point of sales, and that the year thus far has been the best year he has ever had in point of collections. Asked what his customers said about business, he replied that everybody said it was quiet, but everybody was ordering goods and paying for them. A department store merchant in a hustling northern town said that in hi a olaoe he had never seen so mucn cash business done voluntarily. People are not asking credit, and those who formerly had the credit habit now seem to have money. A real estate man of 10 years ex perience, whose business is' building houses for workingmen and selling them on monthly payments, said that he had more contracts made tills year than any other, that initial payments were larger than any year of his ex perience, and that monthly payments are coming in with a steadiness that Is surprising. Yet he says that "they say" business Is quiet. The resort hotel keepers are Jubilant at the early opening of the season, in spite of the backward weather. In the Petoskey and Macklnao countries they don't remember a June that opened up with such a burst of good business. The farmers ar, rery high hearted about the promise of orops. and It is heard everywhere that "dairy checks" were never larger or more numerous. And "dairy checks" mean ready cash for farmer and merchant. Conductors on the smaller railway lines of the north say that travel Is heavier than they remember it ever to have been, especially considering that so large a part of the travel is done by the resident of the districts thereabouts. Boat men everywhere were happy about the share of business that has come to them and the promise of a big season looming before them. Indeed. In 10 days of almost eon stant Inquiry In every branch of bus! ness large and email, not one case of poor business was uncovered. And yet the Invariable remark was, "They say things are quiet." It appears that President Wilson was pretty nearly right when he said that the so-called depression waa more psychological than Industrial. It is of course true that business is not going at the fever-heat, break-neck pace of a few years ago. Business has come' down to the healthful normal. But it appears to be stronger and the st.fidler for that. At any rate, In spite of the talk about things being quiet It is a most difficult matter to put your finger on a place In Michigan where business is actually suffering. Even the psychological conditions pointed out by the president seem to have been powerless to affect, by sugges tion the strong foundations of our commerce and industry. WHY ACOMPANY'S PROMISES WERE NOT KEPT By John M. Osklson. T fcawa mentioned In this series of articles the case of a man who took a life insurance policy. 20-year pay ment plan, for $1000, kept up his pay ments, and then when the policy ma tured was offered a settlement so far below what he had been lea to expecx from the company that he waa disap pointed. , In writing to me about It, this pol icy holder enclosed the company's letter, explaining the low offers of set tlement. Twenty years ago. when the company sold tills man nis poncy, they led him to expect that at the nd of 2(1 Years It would have a cash value on surrender of $1091: what the company actually offered waa u.u. The company's letter said: "In so far as the accumulated dlvi dents ($89.73 instead of $663) have not equaled the original esuma.ia made with great care at the time of the issuance of the policy wmiM sav that they were calculated upon the basis of the then existing facts regarding interest -.-. etc.. which. If was aaaumed. would continue. "You. yourself, will, of oourse, ap preciate the very heavy drop in the rate of Interest during the last 20 years. Another ractor wmcn has ma terially affected the results is the out rageous system of state and local taxation. "We would also state that the num ber of terminated policies In these classes were very much smaller than we looked for, and aa results under a policy of this kind depend in a large measure upon the contribution of profits from terminated policies, the fact that the number of such policies was small has had a very Unfavorable effect on the results." This la a first rate example of the futility of trying to predict earnings over a long term of years. Many In surance companies are spending a lot of time and labor trying to explain these days why their old psoudo prom ises are not kept. Any investor who buys any sort of security or contract whose value de pends upon present earning being continued Is Indulging tn a speculation. on oapstone theory , I cite the in stance of a man here in Portland who erected two house for a grocer. For this work th wood butcher exacted union pay for his men and a stiff profit for himself. He bought milk and bread from th grocer while on the Job, but sought th prlc cutter for his main supply of fodder, and frankly told the grocer he could beat his prices. - Then the grocer asked the carpenter to reduce the price on a third struc ture. "What! Me out the price of workl Not on your tlnplate; I'm a union man, I am." Thereupon the grocer let the con tract to another at a higher price than asked by Mr. John J. Reciprocity, anl th result wa that John J. fired, two men for buying groceries in that tore. Glasses nor goggle will save that fellow' eyes. And now. If more clinchers are seed ed to convince the doubter, I cite the case of the Oregonian, whose editor felt bound and compelled to exert him self In steering the Democratic party clear of an undesirable candidate like Dr. Smith, while keeping mum as to his choioe for the Republican . nomi nation, and then advising us that Wil son's tariff bill would have bankrupt ed th wool men only for th blslng of a short crop. Yes, sir, .they go blind looking for th best of it 1 ROBERT O. DUNCAN. j Something Wrong. 5 "Thes potatoes taste strongly of gasoline, my dear." What recipe did you uT" . "I must have got my recipe mixed." answered th young wife after aome reflection, "and used the one for cleaning f velvet," v , - The Ragtime Muse Possibly So. A hammock swung beneath th trees "Two In the shade," a lazy breeze. Email talk, the drowsy hum of bees On afternoons In summer. Upon the lake a snug canoe, A mnnnllt troll m.TiA In lit wat t wa Ho. hum! What could a poor chap dot The night s, tnaeeo. a hummer I Long horsebaok ride through leafy lanes, Th shadows lengthen, daylight wanes. The magic' of Fan's woodland fanes. And Kolden autumn weather: A handclasp and a. soft Brood-night! And "Pleasant dreams till morning Drigni. Aye, rosy dreams of dear delight. And Just w two, together. Oh, welL Tt may be souls akin, Affinities there Is no sin In euphemy but love will win Hi6 way, somehow, remember. And spring and summer, yes, and fall, Are sfaftons that he uses alL To bring about no. not man's fall A wedding m December! Pointed Paragraphs Every homely woman ha a license to doubt th accuracy of all mirrors. ' When a widower begin to tell' hi troubles to a widow, she know. - Success never come to th man who It on a dry good box and whistles for It Satan use many different kind of bait, but he ran catch alUthe loafers he want with a bar hook. - .- If you would - get - a Itn on your popularity a a publlo speaker go hire a hall and charge SO cents admission. One of the most interesting of Or egon s pioneers is r. . gtiliwelL who came to Oreii.m in 1844. Me was in born In Ohio in 1S24. He served in the Cayuse Indian war In 1$48. went to tne California gold diggings !n 11 and two years later he was married in lamhill county. v It u-1 1 ! K . . . . ... ...... luu lunar a siorr to ten you about my early experiences," said ' Jr. btiiiweil, -but I will tell you Just one incident that happene.il to me In February. J84S. Sol Durbln and about 0 more of 1is had been 'sont out hv Colonel Gilliam on a scouting expeJLi tion. We struck out from th DeaS chutes toward Buck Hollow to locate " " the Indians. As we were riding along we unexpectedly ran across a bunch of Indians who were bound for Buck Hollow. Our men began firing the moment they caught sight of -them, and we struck out after them. Th oTficer in command of us gave us the order to roprime they Co not hav that order in the manwfil of arms any more because they do not have to put caps oh their gun nipples. A good many or the fellows who had fired when they first came In eight of the . Indians were In hot pursuit with their empty Runs, so the quartermaster said; -Do not stop to load. Knock them off their horses with your guns.' I was gaining on the bunch of them mainly equawi when he hollered out: 'Knife m. knife em!' I turned around and hollered: 'Knife em your self if you want 'em knifed." Sol Dur bln and I were both on good horses, so we forged ahead of the rest. All of a sudden we came In sight of the main Indian camp In Buck Hollow. Sol pulled up hia horse and hollered to me to come on back. The Indian I was chasing had a fine horse, so I -hollered back to Sol : I will come bacic as soon as I get this Indian.' I ha l reloaded and reprlmed my gun, and raising my gun, I shot at the Indian. l nit mm in the sule; the bullet went clear through him. but he did not fall off his horse. He grabbed it around the neck and rode-right on Into camp. When I fired, the whole camp was In an uproar, and quicker than you can tell about It the whole bunch of In dians had grabbed up their bow and arrows and the few guns they had. Jumped on their horses and came rush ing out after me. I ran back to where our company had been, but they were gone. I did not know It at the time, but later on I learned that they had gone over the edge of the hill and were In the hollow Just beyond. I had a good horse, and I had him going for all he was worth., wltn the Indians whooping and hollering after ma. The arrows were whizzing past me and I was dodging and zigzagging bacx and forth to keep from being shot. I felt my horpe flinch several times, so I knew the arrows were finding a mark. Pretty soon he stumbled, and, seeing that he was apt to fall, I swung my leg over the saddle. Jumped forward and lit running. One of the Indians on horseback ran his home at me as I ran at top speed and let go with an arrow. It got me In the right h'p good and deep and I took a bad head er. I Jumped up again, but the arrow had given me a cramp tn the le. I tried to pull it out, but it was stuC in tight. By twisting and yanking at It I finally Jerked U out. but I saw by the raveled sinews on its head thst the flint arrow point had stayed In' my hip. I could hardly use my leg;. It kept cramping me, so I ran for the bluffs and dropped over a ledge 12 or 16 feet high. "The Indians could not follow me in canyons or over rocas on w nome back. so some Of them Jumped iff and came after m afoot. I saw a brushy ravine, which I made for, but It was full of thorn apple and devil' club, so rather than fall Into this thorny' mess I let myself down and held tr?" I rested my chin and elbow on th ledge and braced myself with my other hand. As I hung there a bullet struck me Just over the ear in the side of the head and cut my hair as If It had been shaved. The bullet struck a roc right in front of my eyes and threw a lot of -sand and bits of rock Into my face. . I dropped on all fours, scram bled up and started to run down the hollow. "I had to run sideways on account of my leg dragging. I zigzagged back and forth and the Indian finally lost me. 'I felt pretty sure the Indians would get me, so I decided to hide back of a rock anJ get one more Indian before they got me. I heard a bunch of horse men coming up on one side where they could flank me, so I crawled away, from my rock. Afterwards l round out it was our own troops. I hll out until dark, and. crawling an! limping around the trail, I ran. across an Indian horse with a rope aroun.l1 Its lower Jaw, with an Indian saddle and buffalo blanket It would have been comical If someone could have watched me trying to get on that horse. After trying for quite a pll I found I could not drag myself P into the saddle nor raise my foot to the stirrup, so I led it to where there was a big rock, and finally by crawl ing up onto the rock I got Into the saddle. "Before I had gone very far It com menced snowing. I was about - bausted, so tying the horse to a bunch' of willows I unsaddled him, and, crawling under the saddle blanket I went to sleep. At early dawn I wok up from the pain in my hip. I ws bo stiff I could not get on th horse," so I led him. I was hailed by an In-' dlan, who proved to b on of our own scouts. I told him I was Bill Still wall and asked him where Roland's met wa that was th mess I at with." H told me; and as I passed along by the different fellows who hadngot ten up. I heard one of them ay. TPoor Bill, I reckon th Indians are dancing' around his ealp.' When I got to Kd-. lend' mes. I said to on of th boy. How about something to eatT It wa still dim, a It was early morning and he did not recognize me. Ue id. Can't you wait until breakfast r I told him I hadn't eaten for quit a. spell and If be could fix me up a cold, bite it would taste mighty good. Sud denly an Irishman in our roes recog nized mo and he yelled, Why. fl Is Bill Stillwell!' and th next thlnr he threw his arm around my neck and kissed me. I never wa so disgusted In mv life. 4 "ly leather breeches had stuck to me on account si my wvujw uannn bled a good bit. The arrowhead had m ttni nnt aulte an Inch broad' - where It had gone through the leather. Colonel Gilliam wanted to end ni . . . - .v. JlMtAp hut T mmiA X7 colonel. I owe these Indians a day mwnrr nf I want to clean un th lob bow So, after a hasty breakfast, f ' started back with the boy for BaCfc u.ii tn mit in mv day work. Pare of th time I wa leaning on rfhm -horse's neck and part of th tlms lj was walking. That arrowhead cr-, talnly did wnggi arouna against tny -.. hm bone a powerful lot - Th surgeon! - would never pun it out, so i is thtr - . - MM l ...... ft. trmt .1 a. vah m imin nm wouin miv m artery if he went to digging after it. It never hurts sales it takes a notion to shift around a bit, which It do I occasionally " . , . ' . . r