THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, -JULY 10, 1914.
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to handle-the . situation , is, slg-, Inland Empire's traffic over moun-
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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
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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 " . , . ' . .
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