THE OREGON : DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1914,
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THE JOURNAL
' A If IKDEPKJTDEST KgWSPAPKtt.
,0. S. JACKSON
I'ublUher
Fak-lalied trtwy ATtnlnf exeept Suartar) and
rry Sunday Bwwulng at The Journal Balld
lot, Broadway ami XaiqiilU 0t.t Fortlmnd. Or.
tatarea at the poatofflee at Fortlaad, Or., tor
inuoiHiua wrautfB toe biui u -ocuww
aur,
XiU-k;. HONKS Ulo 71 73; Home, A-061. All
UlwrtnMiDU Macaed bf these numbers. Tall
i m operator waat oepsnsoaoi job wmi.
The progressive men in th com- ranks of the Huertlsta and Con
pan seized upon th Idea and a stitutionalista, who. loo upon him
laundry plant was installed. The as the ablest man that could hare
farmers bring their laundry when been found for. the position he now
they corn with cream and on their I occupies.
next trip- carry - the? laundry home.
irOaXlWN aDVEBTlSIN O KEPKESEN TATIB
Ben is aria A Keotoor Co., Brunswick Bids.,
: 22. rift Ave., Keir-ork; 121S People's
. ea BMf., Cblcafo.
araaa la tbe Cnlted Ststea or Mexico! ,
DAILY . , ' '
On year......$5.oo I one nontk. M
Om ' fttf. 12-ftO I On mittu...a.f .23
.$ .65
W yiir $7.fiQ I One month.
When .You Go Away
Bare The Journal sent to '
X your Summer address. ..v
-a
After all, the kind of world
on carries about, in one's self,
la tha Important thing, and
tha world outside take all
Its grace, color, and . value
from that. -Lowell. -
The laundry bill Is charged to the
cream account and taken -; out of
the cream check at the end of the
month. Fire cents per pound Is
charged for 4 washing. All flat
work; is ironed In the mangle and
no extra ' charge is made
DB. YTHYCOMBE AGAIN
A
8 REPORTED In the la
Grande Obserrer, Dr. Withy
combe, in a recent speech at
The Ob-
La Grande, pointed out the
rnZZ I heavy cost of the direct primary.
rough dry is Ironed by hand at and though .ta&Oag J.
fifteen cents per hour. With 160 for the system. clared that the
patrohs theplant was able to pay People owe . it to tt7". J
. .. . devise some plan of - eliminating
average cost per family was $4.61 tremendous cost.
r, server says:
"" 7 - " " ; 'I V. In speaking of the direct primary
The saving of strength for other haw. -Ir. Wlthycombe praised. It along
duties more than compensates for with all' other laws passed , by -the
the cost. The day is not Mr dls- PeoP1 insisted that if
I u y govemor he would protect and ; stand
tant when every cooperative cream- by tb free ul enlightened ; system
ery will have its cooperative of rovernment. Just as ha had always
laundry. " I stood by It as private citizen. But
no cua iiav las sni i
. v, w Y.na. nnw 4r.i-r.
AGAINST AID FOB OREGON "irfinrm efectlons and In-
slated that tha people , owed It to
W WERE la the kind of nmmnnl-1 themselves to form soma plan or
I I is.-. -. nn ir. a tA I ellminatlnsr this tremendous cost.
n
along the Columbia. . The other i
factor's importance is visualized byl
the new Cape Cod canal. '; "v i ?;
It is 200 ; miles by water from
the Columbia's mouth to Puget
sound. That distance will be saved
to - ships v which : carry . the Inland
Empire's freight. through the Pan
ama canal if the Columbia route
la used. Private r capital has in
vested $12,000,000 to save 70 miles
by water for Boston's freight. Use
of the Columbia route will save
300 miles for the Inland Empire's
freight
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4 FIGHTING OREGON
i ONTINUING Its fight to defeat"
the Oregon appropriations in
the .river and harbor bill, the
Oregonlan "-. this r morning
speaks of the" Oklawaha river in
Florida for which an appropria
tion of $733,000 is proposed. It
derides the project and quotes
doggerel by Representative Frear
of Wisconsin, as. follows:
We have a crooked river that bas a
crooked name
And trabs a crooked mlllloO . while In
a crooked game.
To make' a crooked waterpower run
up a crooked hill
It crooks your Uncle Bamuel through
a crooked river bill.
. Against the doggerel of this
congressman. The Journal l, wll
quote from the of flcial report of
the board of United - States ' En
gineers. The United States en
gineers, by the way, are known
throughout Christendom as the
best engineers in the world. They
an the engineers, who, after other
world engineers had ' failed, - built
the Panama canal. In an official
, report, January 7, 1914, the Board
of Engineers, after visiting it in
atlons for the Oklawaha project,
and says:
River has source In numerous lakes
In central part of Florida and empties
into Bt. Johns river about twenty
miles above Palatka. . The project is
for Improvement to secure channel
six feet deep part of the way and
four feet deep for another' portion.
Depth not yet attained. Commerce
how about 100,000 tons per annum.
This project was reviewed and modi
fled aomewliat, as per report to Board
of Engineers December 3, 1$1S.
In this case the board visited the
locality personally, held public hear
ings and made a personal ' inspection
of the .stream. The. estimate la, I
1733,000 conditional 4 on ' local cooper
ation 1 1. various . ways including the
of Burton, Borah and the "
The demand by Dr. .Wlthycombe
for some change in the direct ? pri
mary was also voiced by him be-
others in their fight to kill
the, river and harbor bill.-" June
24, the Oregonlan said:
The Oregonlan will reply to an I .
where he said
While I favor primary laws," I be
lieve some system of eliminating- can-
Letters From the Peopla
Ooramanlcatlona ant t t imriut tar
pablleaUon in ttUA department abooid ba writ
ten on only one. aida of tha oaoer. ahoald not
exceed 800 word la lengtlr and mnat be ae
eompanled by tbe name and addreas of toe
sender. It the writer does not desire to
bave the name pnbUnhedbe ah sold so state.)
'Dl? cam Inn i tbe greatest 6t an reform
ers, it rationalises everything it touches. It
robs ' principles of all falsa sanctity and
throws them back on their reaaoBabtenesa. If
they have no reasonableness, It ruthlessly
crushes them oat of existence and seta up Its
own conclusions la their stead." Wood row
Wilson.
A FEW SMILES
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
A girl who saw tha 'Atlantio ocean j " 4" fiSULLh CHANGE
for the first time was standing- on the V
beach. . g a s 1 n gi . i ' .To
dreamily ; over thei
expanse of foaming
water. -
- "So this la tha first
time you've ever seen
the ocean," said her
escort.
s'TTes, tha very first)
time.
, -And what do'you, think of ,itrv
"Ahl- she sighed in ecstasy, nt
smells Just Ilka oysters." National
Food Magazine. - .
1 t i a ST :..(
3mz . v. I
n.1 I Tir
Tina.
err Is human; to sidestep la dl-
rivers and harbors bill by saying un
reservedly that it is opposed to con-
aj UNiiwuinu us ugni io aeieai igxessional pork in every form.
(the Oregon appropriations in The appropriations for the Co- u3Jl IfiJZTvJZ
rivo nnri hsrhnr wit the i v,- J. - I the so-called assembly of four years
- iUUlBIB flVCf Ufl tt IUk Ui., WAUSI I agO
. Iirearonian I III mOnUQKItha Orocrnntan tarma In . "nnrlr ho y- I ... x r Jt - 41..
rel' rivers and harbors bill. Speak-Jbjgh cost of holding the direct pri-
lng in tne same editorial about tne i mary. Dr. Wlthycombe is in har-
cnances or unamDeriain ana lane i m0Qy with the primary plank In
getting tne uregon appropriations the Lane County Republican plat
through, it said, "we are none too form. It says: .
sanguine." Under the heading We believe steps should be taken
."Abolish the Pork Barrel", the to provide a-plain, economical and
Oregonlan sald. June 28: " VL&& ?ol
If the Newlands plan could be political offices. The direct primary
adopted, 4t "would take tha curse jaw nas DOt only proven an expensive
off tthe present (rivers and harbors) method to the taxpayers, but, has
bill. 1 ; been a complete failure In torn re
July 12, under the heading, spects. The" last primary election
"Greatest of Pork Barrels", the cost the taxpayers . of the state of
nnnu. .ii. Qregon approximately $200,000,. a sum
Oregonlan said: sufficient to pay the salaries of all
. They .have passed through the the state officers and more. It has
House a rivers and harbors bill which Been a complete 'failure In the re
waS originally of quite respectable spect that candidates submitting
size, for it then appropriated J43,- themselves for preferment before the
289,004. -But" additions In the senate people are not bound by the vote of
continuing contract, allowances and the peopla as evidenced by the. lnde
new . obligations have, swollen the Dndent candidacy of Mr. Lafferty
total to 193,529,425. , Frear said. "It ofice of Congressman for the
Is the largest pork barrel and the Third district. We, therefore, recom-
worst ever submitted to Congress. mena to the consideration of the next
It ought to be defeated." But it is fcarialature this Important question,
likely to be passed, though Senator bellovlng that there la ample room
jiurion, wno strove vananuy to re-1 for wholesome Improvement.
l?r,7LLe wlye:wa Dr. Wlthvcombe called attention
a a " nnnTrmjin rr rna riniisst rnm rn in a , -
person, recommends tne appropri- j Js a hJg best tQ defeat Share Ut La Grande to the heavy expense
in the pork are linked together In I of holding primary" elections. The
the phalanx whicn is irresistible. Lane cotmty platform calls atten
Among "the continuing contract Uoil to tno neavy cost of holding
allowances mus aenouncea Dy tne prImary elections..
uregonian as -porK is tne con- wlthycombe Insisted at La
tinning contract for the. mouth of rimmi that th neoni ow it to
?e. Senator Burton is themselves to devise pome plan of
striving "valiantly" to defeat, the eliminating this tremendous cost."
$5,100,000 for a continuing con- Tha Tjina ennntT nlstform declares
tract at the mouth of the Colum- tnat primary jaw ha8 not only
Wa, and striving valiantly to de- proven an expensive method to the
feat the other Oregon appropria- taxpayers but it has been a com-
Speaking of the rivers and har- and It calls upon the legislature
bors bill, the Oregonlan, through Its o devlSA soma wisft and eeonom-
Washington f. ..correspondent, said, lcal plan - - f or omlnatin'g party
4 we, i d . ; ... .t . . cnnrHdatea for . nAlftfeal of f IcasJ
CAN IT BE?
donating of all land necessary, that
property owners agree Project tne Examination of the bill shows that
United States against elalms for dam-thft barrel na- been Kenerou8ly
lgtaC00tt a,T a?d th,at my I distributed in nearly every section
be flooded, that local Interests give of countrv. It Is charred that
satisfactory assurance tnat tney win ,t h. b rarnpd to Mtch a t.THOnOH both are nennhll,
aM.M.,lflA niiklU nrr.a w .nlfr.hU i T ! ' I M
rerm Urn! facUi .es In tha" Vicinl y of ! Jl"e2L f the United States Sen-
a. ata
LeeHburg. and will establish and op- i va C " ...,,17 i;. X. I r ators from Pennsylvania do
w w e ov!.., war?rv?y projects which are alleged to be, m not synchronize. : Penrose
unMMtmMBy-ema ot llto or no vaIU9 otuva the affairs of the country 111
railroad aud not subject to control u.nti.- mnMM Mm Tra. 1. 1 . . .- . -
or purchase by railroad or other cor-1... . .v.. T. i. In ' !T I e irom oaa xo worse until stana
porate Interests Provision was also amontr other things, that the bill Pt government Is restored and the
lS i,19,? fif: I brisues with real estate Payne-Aldrich". tariff, is reenacted.
to deposit with the Secretary of War pro.J . , v Oliver says "within the' next
an amount equal to the estimated cost 11 uregon, wnicn lares so well twelve months general business
of such improvements. in the bill, fights Congress, why conditions will be ' booming with
inus, me uaiawana project lsjsnouia -jongress neip uregonz I unnreceden ted strength "
a canalization of the river on ex- If Congress Is made to believe Can it be possible that this fll
actly? the lines emptoyed In Ger- by such publications that-the state vergence of opinion is due to the
many, France, Holland' and other which receives proportionately fact that' Penrose is a ' candidate
icuropean countries, ana in nar- more tnan any other state in the for 4mmedlat reelectioa while
mony with sclentlfio1 river and har- Union is kgalnst the rivers and Oliver is secure In his ' place for
sl m . A . 1 . S a a a . .al - - ' "
oor improvement, it proposes rec- j nar oors mu, wnai incenuve will I gome time to come?
lamation, ana drainage, a competi- j (jongress have to pass the rivers
tivo (boat line mamtalned by thej and harbors; bill?
people in opposition to railroads.
and the contribution by the people
.of an equal amount to that pro
vided bf the government. "It is ex
actly the kind of Improvement the
Oregonlan argued for recently in
commenting on the German, plan
of Improving waterways.
FRANCISCO CARBAJAL
T
Can it be that Penrose, . like thi
other great standpat exiles, howls
calamity in order to get: back, into
office, while . Oliver talks optim-sm
The Grange and Prohibition.
Albany, Or July 22. To tha Editor
of Tha Journal The "Patrons of Hus
bandry' commonly known ' as the
grange, as a whole, vehemently oppose
tha licensed liquor traffic. At the
session held May 25. 1897. at Corvallls,
Xhe writer Introduced this resolution,
which was unanimously Indorsed:
"Resolved, That, as , officers and
members of tbe Oregon State grange,
we demand the enactment by our state
and by our national legislators of such
laws as shall prohibit the manufacture
and sale of Intoxicating liquors except
xor necessary medicinal purposes.
It might have Included, "for sclen-
. tirio purposes," but not "for sacra
mental.'' This last clause might well
have been left off in our proposed con.
stitutional -prohibition . amendment.
Fermented wine Is not used by many
churches. As far back, at least, as In
the seventies the W. C T. U. and the
Good Templars protested against Its
use; for alas! often persons who were
trying to reform and had united with
some church - by the Influence of, and
for tha helpfulness that Christianity
gives, had the old appetite . brought
back by a taste of the alcohol In wine.
Liquor dealers understand this element
Of human weakness when they sprinkle
the sidewalks In f roiA of their saloons
with some alcoholic compound. Two
kinds of wine are mentioned in the
Bible. As I understand It, one Greek
word means "pure Juice of tht grape."
Such as this Mrs. Laura Turner of
East Portland (one of tha "Kelly clan")
gav me the formula to make from
grapes. In the summer of 1876. It was
used to make sweet wine for tha Tay
lor Street M. E. church, Portland.
But. back to the grange. At the late
May session of the State grange In
Monmouth the committee on "good of
the order," to whom was referred a
resolution favoring prohibition for
Oregon, submitted the following, which
was heartily adopted: .
'We recognize the liquor traffic as
tha enemy of good government and the
home, and place ourselves on record as
favoring any law, either initiative or
legislative, which would, when en
forced,, eliminate the liquor traffic"
Quite certainly a large majority of
the people of Oregon believe In prohi
bition and feel sura Oregon is going
dry, but therein lies the most danger
that It will not do so; for too many
may ba "so sure that they will fall to
register, or. If registered, will not vote.
and Oregon will remain wet. It Is
f-easy to sea how even liquor dealers
will join the refrain, Oh, yes, Oregon
is going dry,- thus hoping that thou
sands will ba saying, "It's no use for
me to vote. The state is going dry
anyway."
Electors! Voters! Please all regis
ter and then, next November, all vote
for the right, "as God gives us -to see
tha right." and this, no doubt, will be
to help redeem our peerless , Oregon
from tha curse of strong drink.
CTBUS H. WALKER,
Chaplain. Qregon State Orange. '
"When Blllinger bought hi new
house it was with the express under
standing that ; ne
should have a room
all of his own a den
or study."
Tes. I know what
you mean. Old . be
get ltr' .
"He got it and his
wifeiurnlshed it."
"How 7" -
"With a sewing machine, a cutting
table, two dressers, dummies, - three
sewing chairs, and a full length mir
ror.
rrri
n iGt
j
"I have come to ask for the hand
of your daughter," said the young man.
"Have a chair," said her father,
kindly. "I presume
you have made an
estimate of what It
will cost to keep my
daughter In the style
to which she has
been accustomed?"
"I have, sir."
"And what are your
figures V
"Ten thousand dollars a year."
"I'm sorry, my boy," said the older
man, "but I cannot afford to throw
away $2000 a year. Another suitor
has figured he can do It for 48000."
Financial
cases.
conditions alter V legal
Tha coming man Is seldom noticed
ucui ne arrives. - . ...
Real rratltude never ' consider- It.
self out of debt.
Even the babv In the cradle flnda
this a rocky world.
Every new . invention is "exnected to
revolutionise things but does It?
- . . . . . . t . .
Bettlnr is an arrumnt that la com.
vinclng only when one happens to
win. . ;. ...
. . . , .. . . f -
An the world's mi. elreus rise and
each ot us at times essays tha role of
ciown. , .
It's almost impossible to discourage
the man who thinks he can tell a
zunny story.
Some men -are candidates, for office
oecause mey-can't neio it. but usu
ally it la because the people can
neip iu
Any ' man who can hold a fussy
baby for an hour without saying
naughty words lr In the same class
witn joix . . - -
'
Tou wouldn't ask tha man who gave
you an automobile to furnish the oil
and Kasoline. Then whv insist that
th world which gave you Ufa owes
yuu uvuig, ioot
T ; OREGON SIDELIGHTS v
Tha Woman- ImnroT,mnt dab of
New berg is going to make tha park at
tnat city more attractive Dy putting in
a number of artistic seats. . -
: - .
The First State Bank of Seaside has
announced that the I2S received by it
for the best decorated building on July
win oa used to install a puniio arin.
inr fountain In front of tha bank
building.
.
Improvement note In Joseph Herald:
A town looks 1000 per cent better with
clean, well graded graveled streets
like Main street Is being 'fixed through
tha business district. The street should
be graveled the same way clear to the
depots -j - '
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Lebanon Express: Professor C. A.
Lron. of the "fresh air farm." took six
boys back -to Portland Saturday, and
returned today with six more, who will
be given an outing of two weeks. 'A
little girl named Laura also came up
wtth the party and will ba entertained
here by a kind lady.
, -
"Local beach resorts." " says tha
Wheeler Reporter, "are teeming with
life these days. Tha tourist travel over
the P. R. & N. Is increasing dally and
should the present warm weather con
tinue there Is every Indication that
this season will show a decided In
crease over last year,'
"Weston Leader: Quite a few Idle
men have drifted Into Weston for the
harvest, but are finding Jobs few and
far between. The Increasing use of
combined harvesters bas lessened
rreatlv the demand for harvest hands.
and most of the crews are readily
filled with local men.
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Lockley.
!
PRESIDENT WILSON'S TRIUMPH IN MEXICO
lng brotherly love and trying to cre
ate brotnerly love by action. Thia
is a world of action, and "show mo"
by practical applications.
Religion will never be Interesting as
long as It tends to arouse enmity ot
people, and as long as preachers don't
show more brotherly love to soma of
their enemies to show them what It
really means by practical application
and not by pulpit speeches. J. H.
HE" new provisional president f tnere reason for 0PU"
m lr..l.. IJI . 1 - -
strong, personality. He Is I
fifty-five years of age and his
entire ' life has been spent in the
The Oklawaha was passed upon Practice of law and in Judicial po-
duiuuc, ia uas ucvet Lttaeu a part
In , the politics of the disturbed
THE CAPE. COD CANAL
" " The Hop ; Business.
HlUsbororOr., July ?L To the Edit
or of The Journal As good a writer as
Ella M. -Finney should have a better
memory, and a, better causa. I have
lived , In Oregon 24 years, but have
raised no hops and have ' picked none.
Neither have I drunk of the brew made
of the things. In these years I have
noted the only ' times ' the' 1 armer got
good prices for his hops were when
the fields were about to be plowed up,
then. to encourage them to stay with
It, -the .-price. ha gone up. Ten meQ
have gone broke - In the hop business
where. ona' has made good. -With big
prices for a year orjtwo, mora young
hops ara set out. Then down goes Mo
Qlnty." ; '
I A few years ago our legislators con
cluded if. wa did not quit chasing deer
with dogs and give them a closed sea
son wa would soon have no dear. Tha
same men, or soma Just Ilka them.
after being visited in person by
tne umieu states district en-
0"
N JULY 29 the peninsula of
Cape .Cod will become' an
Island. A canal which cuts
throueh from Buzzard's bav
glneers, and by the National Board I rePhlic " Ion the EOUth to Cape Cod bay on
of Engineers." It Is backed bv . rnysicauy ne ts a robust .man the north will be formally onened
I M A a . i m I . .
them as shown In the official re- OI BlIsQtiy less man tne average on that date.
port. It is the same kind of a DelSnt ana weighs about 160 - Something like $12,000,000 of
project that the Columbia basin PundB- H wears a long mous- private capital has been expended
wants along the upper-Columbia, tache which, like his eyes and in constructing this New England
What chance will we ever 1 have nair I ,a Jet black. Coming from waterway, which shortens the dis-
to get it If we fight Congress1 for a amly of -wealthy planters and ftance for coasters bound into and
providing for the Florida Improve- himself ...rich he has always been out of Boston by 70 miles. From
ment and Improvements provided 1 : "oerai, espousing tne-cause of 30 foot water in Cape Cod bay i to
xor in other states?
Sprinkling That Counts.
Portland, Or., July 28. To 'the Edi
tor of The Journal If tha Portland
water department has ever Introduced
a wise rule, it certainly is tha ona
that limits the sprinkling of yards to
alternating days and allowing mora
time for sprinkling. This new water
rule would ba a credit to our best
veteran gardeners, and certainly baa
my enthusiastlo approval, as It Is th
means of more rational care of lawns
and gardens in general. The average
man who does not make a study of
gardening, but has to care for a lawn
or garden, is In the habit of sprinkling
superficially and doing it frequently.
This does keep tha grass green until
dry weather seta In, when it results In
burnt lawns in spit of the frequent
watering. Tha roots of growing plants
constantly grow toward tha source of
moisture, which nature has stored m
the deeper layers of earth. During
warm -weather the surface soil will dry
out, forcing the root system to extend
Into the deeper soil. Of course, even
this will gradually dry out, and then
vegetation comes to a halt. A daily
light sprinkling, as a rule, only moist
ens the soli on the surface, seldom
more than one inch deep, and more fre
quently only a half Inch. The affect
of this is to causa all tha rootlets to
grow to the very surface. This sur
face water Is very quickly evaporated.
Therefore it is harmful . to coax tha
life supporting rootlets to tha sur
face, where (he ground is so quickly
dried out, thereby killing these roots.
Besides, it Is a wasteful method to
store the water In the most exposed
part' of tbe earth only, which IS done
when only enough water Is given to
moisten one inch or less of tha soli
surface. The right and logical way
Is. to water until tha soil Is soaked
four, or better, six inches deep, Tha
surface may- dry out just as quickly.
but below the water la retained for
days. It does take a long while to
soak dried out soil deep, but It will
need - repeating only every three or
four days.
Where a person does hot have
enough time to water the" lawn thor
oughly, It is far mora advisable to
water only part of it and tha next
time tha other part,-
By having longer hour to water, a
chance la given to do a mora thorough
job," and -then there Is no need to ba
at it every day. I hope many water
users may profit from this explanation
and go to It cheerfully, knowing that
all Is batter the-new way.
To all lovers of plants and garden
ers, X wish to say, look out for tha
cutworms. They, are at-work now In
greater numbers than ever before in
this part of tha country. They are
From tha Philadelphia Publlo Ledger
(Republican).
The administration has succeeded In
achieving on a gratifying basis in Mex
ico what the Knox diplomacy brought
to pass In Nicaragua. In tbe case of
Zelaya, and what Is In process of com
pletion In San Domingo and Haiti. It
has established the moral hegemony
of tha United States north of tha Isth
mus. It has translated tha president's
Mobile speech from a theory into an
actuality. There is no longer a ques
tion of our right to Interfere In the
domestic affairs of rebellion ridden
neighbors. We have ' overleaped the
technicalities of International . law and
have asserted a new doctrine, based, as
Is tha Monroe declaration, on our
physical power to enforce It, and look
ing toward vindication of Its righteous
ness in tha ultimata good that must
coma from tha cessation of the revolu
tion as m, custom. There will be here
after no successful revolt, in Mexico,
in Cuba. In Nicaragua, in any of . the
nearby Latin-American republics, tin
less It bears our sanction, and every
potential dictatorwili find a complete
bar to his aggrandisement in the attl
tuda of Washington.
President Wilson has accomplished
his purpose by Indirect intervention.
He has avoided war, but secured Its
fruits. Whatever Huerta thinks, the
constitutionalists know - that tha
springs of their success were north of
the Rio Grande. We opened to them
an inexhaustible arsenal. Wa put tha
Huerta government in an equivocal po
sition before the world, effecting Its
financial starvation. Our attitude as
sured its ultimate dissolution, but at
the menace of war, now happily avert
ed whether by good fortune or other
wise. We have, however. Incurred 1
corresponding responsibility - for tha
cause which wa Indirectly nurtured.
Huerta' s abdication Is an avowal
that the federalist causa is lost. Car-
bajal Is an Interim authority to ar
range for tha peaceful transfer of
power. . Ha has already sent a commis
sion to arrange this. Our government
has been prompt to notify Carransa
that recognition will immediately fol
low such a transfer. It may safely be
expected. .
Tha new government will control a
military force mora efficient than any
before organised In Mexico. There Is
no bandit who can stand against it. It
is sufficiently well disciplined to as
sure tha semi-military government
which Is vitally necessary to tha res
toration and maintenance of order.
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I -
The astuteness of tha constitutional
lsts has been shown by their refusal to
be drawn Into the mediation proceed
ings. They coma into authority- with
out compromise. They are bound only
by the dictates of justice, and justice
mey must administer to the satis tac
tion of the United States. They can
begin their program of reform under
conditions far more auspicious than
those which greeted Madera As an
offset to factionalism, which is their
gravest menace, they have the assur
ance ' of American support, whloh
stamps with futility any revolt before
It begins. It is in. this respect that
our moral hegemony continues to ba of
superlative importance.
Tbe president has led tha nation
through tha valley of the shadows.
Peace haa been over a powder maga
zine in Vera Crus for weeks. The na
tion was brought to the very verge of
war. But so far and no further. The
result is the thing. Huerta has gone,
armed Intervention has- been averted,
our forces can be brought back from
Vera Crus, there I an opportunity.
even a promise, that chaos will whirl
Into order, after inevitable delays.
" That the situation might have been
Just, as good if Huerta had been recog.
nixed Is ndt the question. The presi
dent's policy sought a particular result
and It has been accomplished. From
that viewpoint, he has won a conspic
uous success, an almost unbelievable
triumph. He steered successfully
through the rapids; most ot his coun
trymen believed that he should have
kept In buoyed channels. Ha did not
and ha has won, -whether by skill or
good fortune does not matter.
I Tha civil authority has already dis
ciplined Villa. Ha will ba subservient
to tha established government. What
ever tha episodes of today or tomor-
n ...i.rat!n v vl.tiUi In rttnr1np
civil control and accustoming the rebel
forces to the ways ot peace. It is prob
able that the foundation has been
laid for stability, and out of the dis
cordant elements soon to flood the cap
ital will come a strong man with
strong lieutenants to begin tha stu
pendous task of political and ma
terial rehabilitation. If not and the
lust of loot again becomes ascendant.
it is Inevitable that our moral doml
nance will eventually take a more ma
terial form. We are dedicated to the
principle that Mexico shall not con
tlnue to be a plague spot of the west-
tern hemisphere. ,
TOGETHER IN LOCAL THRIFT CLUBS
concluded that if wa did not protect
our fish they would soon ba things of I nocturnal in their habits, climbing up
the past. So away went our personal 1 the growing plants and flowers and
PASSING OF THE WASIITUB
the masses against the conserva- J the same i depth, in ( Buzzard's bay
uveB.r xi mis u?ea particularly the canal IS 13 miles long though
strong in his opposition to the the peninsula proper is but eight
land owners or ' clentlf Iron. Rvm a mil.. m ., tv, nnin.
A k .1, -7 U. ' a,bout to have ! attributed this to the fact It is estimated that 15.000 ves
. be lifted-from vthe farmer's that there is Maya Indian blood in sels will pass Ithrough the new
v a Wsjelns. , Caaal next year, Its minimum depth
o lonr ar her daysto He was a member of the peace of. 25 feet at low water making it
be. filled with despair and her commission which -met at Juara tii.v.i .fn nf.tin .11 ,.
nights - given over to troubled in 1911 and brought about' thAir.!,nA rna nnQatin? tmffto -nv,M
dreams ,. about - the JtamHy wash, termination of , the war between I of the enterprise anticipate no dif
She can look forward w th pleas- Diaz and Madero. ficnlty In realizing a profit on' their
ura . coming 01 tne weeks As; chief Justice of the supreme! investment, for coasters are bound
for there is to be.no washtub on court he refused to sign the de- to follow the shorter route.
Monday or Ironing table on Tues- cree j declarlne Huerta's asstiir- n,. tt ti. hari i,., hn,i:
day. The family washing can be tton - of the presidency following ness men have invested $12,000,-
seut to the cooperative laundry the assassination of Madero to be 000, on which they expect to make
and paid for out of the Creamery legal. . At the risk of his life he a profit in a eanal . that wUI save
fund, j -, . . . l rendered al mlnorltr nnlntnn ,0. ?a mi. t ii,ihu ,- -.... -v
They are doing this in the little serting that" Lascurtan. should be mastine nhtnn haa lare-A .i?r.tri.
town of , Chatfield Minnesota, Madero's successor. cance to the inland empire. Two
wnere tne passing or tne washtub Though threatened . by Huerta factors enter into freight charges
first began. A cooperative cream-1 with imprisonment, Senor Carta jal against water and rail traffic One
ery .was. in Buccessiui operation refused to withdraw his oninlnn 1 1 iha ennt of h.nl w mil am
here : and the superintendent i con-1 and his firmness and courage won I nthr in th a nt of irHn v.v
celved the Idea of utilizing the the respect of Huerta, who made! water. One la regulated by distance
power used In the operation of a him minister of foreign affairs land grades; the other by distance
uuK uiacuiuo, ; l . . . v - : . - i mat ne micnt succeed to the nrn-1 linn -
.in 01a caurn operated. Dy a. oeit visional presidency. . - 4 ; 1 TAr bin- hAn - imnis shnvinr
from the shaft" which uns the Throughout Mexico . he is .re-1 of thft AXCAfut r.nat hv rail over
creamery machinery was converted j garded as a Just and Impartial man mountain ranges to Puget sound as
v wasner ana 11 aia tne trick ana - there are. many, both In the compared ' with water level grades
liberty, and the hop people never said
a word about It. Now tbe people of
Oregon have a notion that booze is not
tha proper thing tor our boys and girls,
for our trainmen, nor for anyone else;
so we are : going to protect them by
voting our state dry. -
I also remember that back in Mis
souri X came to the conclusion that I
could not live and continue to have
fever and ague; but tha atmosphere
was full of it, so I sold my. property
and left the old state, well as I loved
it, came - west and started anew. I
write this experience for the encour-
I agement of hop raisers and suggest if
Oregon gets too ary tney can sett out
and get pat. - - -.' " ;
But the atmosphere is full of pro
hibition, for -, several " millions of us
have concluded tha United States must
go out of the booze business, and we'll
never quit the fight till victory comes.
C. H. WATMIRBL
eating off everything In sight. . Dur
ing the day time they bury themselves
1A loose soil. Spraying ; all plants
bothered with these cutworms with a
solution of arsenate of lead as par
directions supplied with this - poison
will prove effective. Another means
is to take a lamp and pick them off
between 9 and lip. m.
,. J. -Ok BACKER..
By John M. Osklson.
Experts have been studying the
question of an ideal committee to
boost tha thrift idea In the - typical
American community that is. In a
city of fair slse. They say it would
be made up about as. follows:
First An active representative ex
tha women's clubs.
Second Tha head of a representa
tive bank, who has a broad outlook
upon business and economics. '
Third -A - memner ox. me iwn ai
education who is ready to make the
slogan. "Be thrlftyl" his own.
Fourth -A school aupennienaeni ot
principal who will. work out a- prac
tical scheme or tnnxt intruc-n.
Fifth The head or a gooa ouuorag
and loan association.
Sixth The active head of . an ap
proved charity organization. .
ff such a committee could not stim
ulate interest ' in thrift tha experts
would Ilk to know the individuals
who ought to ba added. For myself.
I'd ilka to see added tne treasurer ax
the biggest and most progressive
manufacturing plant in tn --, eon-
Criticism of Ministers. .
Portland. July 2 -To tha Editor of
The Journal In regard to tbe edit
orial on cut-throat competition in Sun
day's Journal. I would say: i - -,
The reason for so many denomtna-
Ltlons in a community arises from the
fact that the religion is not- pure,
or else peopla would be satisfied. The
churches are adopting too many clvio
problems In their doctrines, which nat
urally results 4a a split. I know of
many i- cases where members of one
church quit - that church because It
adopted a problem which had ho direct
bearing on bringing the members to
gether as meaning tha brotherhood of
man. v . -
Preachers wonder why mostleaders
of cities don t take interest is rails
lob. X know for myself the most prom
Jiient men orf oruana are either out
pUying golf, fishing or staying home
and reading something Interesting.
Pure religion la interesting, but this
preacher likes to talk about soma clvio
problem which Is handed out tha other
six days to him. and ha naturally is not
interested. -
Then, of course, peopla never prac
tice wnat tney near xrom the preacher,
because he tries to be tha leader ' of
soma civic problem instead of preach-
A Voice From a Prison, y
Portland, July 22. To the Editor of
The Journal Tbe following petition,
signed by 1500 convicts In the state
penitentiary of Pennsylvania, for pres
entation to its legislators, when they
meet, is pathetic. Is there a heart so
hard it will not respond to the appeal f
"To the Senate and House of Repre
sentatlves Tour petitioners, repre
senting the major portion of ."tha In
mates of . tha state penitentiary 0
Pennsylvania, respectruiiy aver: .
"That they believe fully 70 pefcent
of crime within the state la attribu
table to the excessive use of intoxicat
ing llauors: and . .
That many of them nave a personal
knowledge of its debasing influence as
exemplified in their own lives; ana
"That, believing if tha sale of in
toxicating .liquor was prohibited by
your honorable body, tbe effect would
be to reduce crime at least SO per cent,
if not more: they thererore
: "Respectfully pray that you will fa.
vorably consider he introduction of
any measure having for "its object the
curtailment 01 tne liquor trairic and
strive to obtain tha passage of an act
to prohibit tbe sale of such intoxicat
ing llauor anywhere witnin tne bounds
of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
"We further pray that you will give
due consideration to this petition, com
ing to you as a voluntary deed of ear
nest men and -women, acting entirely
on their own initiative without sugges
tions from others. x . ,
. What a strong argument for prohi
bition that petition is. The legislator
who -turns a deaf ear to the appeal
poses as one who is willing to give his
Influence for that which causes men
and women 'to become criminals and
robs them . of their: personal liberty
munlty. He ought to ba able to sug
gest soma mighty practical problems
for tha committee to tackle, backed
by definite figures as to income
earned by a majority ot tbe city's
workers.
Perhaps - the banker ought to take
tha initiative in calling such a thrift
boosting group together. However, it
may be done by anybody who Is sur
flclently interested to carry It along.
In ' , the vary . beginning take tha
newspapers into your confidence.
They will be glad to help In making
tha campaign or thrift education fa
miliar; tbey will stimulate you to
find new ways of interesting peopla
and their editorial pages will bo
opened freely to your arguments it
you will make them logical and gen
erally applicable,
School savings banks and school
gardening for tbe kids; tha building
and loan for the grown-ups; the-sav
ings banks for everybodyhero are
the foundations for a local campaign
for making thrift popular and prac
ticable. What would you do to
J supplement it?
No one is held in so grievous bonds as
the slave to strong orina. . -1
tiia movement was started by the
editor of the prison paper, "The Um.
aire. Most Of the prisoners respond
ed eagerly. , MAKX HUmsB.
Voter Shouldn't Be Disturbed-,
nervals. OrJuly St. To tba Ed
itor of The Journal Jack London it
not in it with ouf Mrs. Abigail Scott
Dunlway. Her letter in b uuaars jour-1
sal was a masterpiece, .She haa been
criticised. Tha same was true or
Christopher Columbus. Our Edwin
A. Unseott answered well," I will add.
Neither church nor saloon should di
vest tbe concentrated thought of the
voter on election day. During serious
rioting, when brickbats are flyng. and
militant - suffragettes are, - burning
churches, both church and saloon
should keep In the background. Neither
has power to lift the mind from its
sober Intoxication. Music alone has
power to soothe the savage heart. Try
"Caeey Jones." ; - V'
' Mr. 06ulllvan is- right. Divorce
needs reform. It is divorce that causes
divorce. Our newspapers do not say
that drunkenness is the greatest causa,
since the causa is sober. Prohibition
must carry it 'on Its own shoulders.
If they say we sank tha Titanic, wa
might say that they sank the Em.
ureas of Ireland.. The white . slaver
and beldames of tha underworld are
necessarily very aober..- Again, sobri-
t-r ia tha causa of the evil that prohi
bltion uses to besmear our cause. Cur.
tia'T. Coe must not slur our hop pick
ing season. Very nice peopla pick
hops, city peopla giving onr country a
metropolitan sir, -If -he plows up our
heps. X would advise hm that toe much
clover brings low prices. .,
To H. 8. Harcourt, let ma say
tha $700,000,000' California loss Is
correct. The tax receipts ara cor
rect. The . first is a destruction
from- all Interests of all the
liquors. - " The t ta , receipts tax
wheat land, barley, ate., as cultivated
land. Hon land is. designated singly,
as mora valuable, -and is taxed, higher.
Yet barley, : used mora in beer than
hops, is taxed, under another heading.
Can t I make him understand T .
; Vote wet, for lower taxes and
greateg Oregon. ELLA M. FINNEY.
I
"X came to Oregon ia ltii," said
Mrs. Rachel Cornelius, mother of Dr.
C W. Cornelius of this city. . "My . ;
maiden name was Rachel McKlnney. (
My father, William McKlnney, .was a
farmer and was bom in Ohio, while j .
my mother, whose maiden name was j
Anna Walter. wa born In Pennsyl- ,
vanla. I was born on June 10, 18JX,
in Indiana. l
"When X was I years old wa went J
to Illinois end when tha treaty was
made with tha Indlanstbrowlng Iowa
territory open to settlement, we moved
to Iowa. We stayed in Iowa until. the'
spring of 1S44, when we started for J
Oregon. Tfim spring of lsit was a '
very wet spring and In consequence
many of the streams were high and
th brltraa w r iih.il mil W V
were so delayed by the flooded
streams and tbe missing bridges that
when wa arrived In St. Joa the i
company we were to go with had al- (
ready started for Oregon. Father de- , -
elded to stay In St. Joe until next .
spring. During tbe year we spent In '
St. Joe we children went to school.
t. Joe. Mo., in those days was
tbe Jumping off place tor all of tha t
unsettled Indian country to the west-
ward, as well as for the great plains '
and the Santa Fe country. 1
"As a child I used to be greatly la- 1
terested In the pack trains that came
out of the upknown. stayed for a little I
while, and then, with their Mexican '
arivers, oisappearea again over tne
western rim of the horizon.
' "There were six of us children '
Charley, Isabell, myself, James, Wil- i
11am and Joseph. There were only a t
few hundred people who were per ma- ,
nent residents of St. Joe. Among
tham waa a "inrhmin namAiT JaaDh
Robidoux, the founder. - ot St. Joe. '
with his Indian wife, and their half- '
breed children. He was . a trader 1
among the Indians and a trapper. - Ha ,
had settled in St. Joe in 182C. For (
a while he ran an Indian trading sta
tion at Roy's Branch; later he changed j
the location of his store to the Black
Snake Hills. A postoffice was eetab- t ,
llahd there in 1840. The name was 1
changed from Black Snake Hills to St.
Joseph when the plats of the city ware j "
recorded in July 1843. The year after
we left It became the county seat and '
In after years It was the outfitting
point for the California miners, and
later the eastern terminus of the pony 1
express. ,
In the next spring, the spring of ,
1846, it seemed as If everyone had de
cided to go to OregOn. Some of the '
companies left from Independence.-1
while several companies left from St.
Joseph. Hackle man' a company as well ,
as the company under W. O. T'Vault ,
left from St. Joseph. In our company .
there were 5 wagons and we elected
Sol Tetherow as captain. Mr. Tethe- '
row had two grown daughters and '
some children of about my age. With .
us was my mother's father and mother.
Mr. and Mrs. William Walter, witn
two of their children, and two grand
children. The grandchildren s names
were Joe Allred and Ella Ann Allred.
Joe was killed by the Indians In
southern Oregon some years later.
James Miller also crossed with us, as
well as the Charltans. the Wooleys. the
Adams family, the Cornelius family,
and the By bees. There were four ot
us girls who were almost inseparable.
We were all of about an age: Ellen
Wooley, Mary Tetherow. Isabeth
Miller and myself, we used to oe
together most of the time. We would
start out before the wagons got away
in the morning and walk on ahead eo
as to keep out of the dust. I can re
member how curious : the antelopes
used to be. Tbey would look at us a ,
while and run, then turn and look at
us, and come toward us, and again Be
come panic stricken and run away."
Tbey seemed to be futy of curiosity
and to have little fear, one time we
were a mile or two ahead of the train
add saw a "cloud of duet approaching
us and flnaUy heard the hoor beats
of the horses-of a band of Indians
charging toward us. W ran as hard
as wa could toward the train and aa
the supposed Indians approached, they
turned out to be a small herd of buf
falo. Wa were very much relieved.
Sometireea the stampeding hards of
buffaloes caused us a lot of trouble. I
remember one time the men went out
to shoot into a herd and turn it but
some of the buffalo would not be
turned and salloned right tbrougn our
wagon train, causing a lot of confu
sion. One buffalo Jumped between
our wagon and the wheel oxen.
A large band of Indians stopped us
once near Fort Laramie and demanded
that wa trade flour to mem xor out-
fala robea and other things they had. .
Wa finally compromised by stopping ,
and 000 king tha Indians a Dig roeai o .
bread, coffee, dried fruits, bacon an
beans. At another time several hun
dred Indiana approached us on horse
back, shooting their guns and yelling, .
so tha man corralled the wagons, put
ting tbe women and children Inside tha
corral and prepared to defend them
selves. Wa had a man named Green
wood who was a mountain man and
acting as our guide. He had two of
his halfbreed sons with him. He went
out and parleyed with the Indians and ,
they finally went away. They were ;
Crows and Greenwood married a Crow
woman, so he bad a lot of influence
with the tribe. .
"While we were on the Platte the
Pawnee Indians shot some arrows Into
some of the loose stock which had'
straggled toward the rear. They ran t
among the otter cattle bawling, whleh .
started tham to running, and as thw
loose cattle swept by the wsgons.tho ;
oxen stampeded. Soon almost all ef
the ( wagons were tearing along in
hard as they could go. Several of tha .
wagons were broken and Mrs. Woolay..
bad her leg broken. It took us several;
days to fls np the broken wagon. be
fore wa could go on. .
."Near the Snake river my grand
father, William Walter, traded bis gun
foT a beautiful Spanish horse to ona of
tKe 8nake Indians. That night tha
Indian came back and stole the borsa.
Wa didn't get to the Willamette 'val
ley' until a day or two after Christ
mas." ' .'.
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The Ragtime Muse
Bettina's Salads.
lively girl i my Bettlna,
Most exemplary her. habits,
Save that I can never weau bar
From concocting tough Welah rab-
. bits: -. .
Also, fudge she's always cooking
8ucbhlng leave tn weak end pal-
Apd forever she is looking . "
; For somewhat to make a salad.
Salads are her ruling passion; '
She will Disks them at all hours, ,
She adopts .each salad fashion.
Makes, 'em, out .of fruit or flowers.
Ones, when wa had friend to dinner
Nothing else then had my lady
She with dressing made a winner
Out of just ray old straw oidyl
In tha year we've been housekeeping
Naught but foolish food I've eaten.
And for aolida I am weeping.
Though -th salads can't ba beaten!
Life seems vapid, silly, petty.
And I told her so, doggone it! -
What do you suppoxe said Betty f
"Put soma salad dressing en it!"
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original idea." said the would-be con
tributor, as ne gainerea up jus uisnu-
"No, replied the cold-blooded editor
"we'd rather, have good ones." -?
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