THE ' OREGdM DAILY" JOURNAL, v PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 24, . 1914.
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Trua bravery Is shown by
performing without witnesses
what one might be capable Of ,
doing before ell the world.
Rochefoucauld.
CARRY THB NEWS
GAIN there jis positive proof
that the underwood tariff
octopus ought to be cast Into
outer darkness.
I British exports fell off seven
per cent for June, according to
the report of the British Board of
"Trade. The loss for the month,
as compared with last year. Is
$15,000,000. J.
- Furthermore, the figures" show
a declining British trade, both in
exports and Imports, for the en
tire six months of the year. The
board also reports that the Lan
cashire trade in cotton goods fell
Off twenty per cent, and the mills
are to be shit down to prevent
over production.
As further indication of the
. widespread calamity brought upon
the whole earth by the Wilson ad
' ministration, the British board's
report recounts evidence showing
that there is a slump in trade
throughout the world. In fact,
there is plenty of testimony that
the main business depression is in
Europe.
Carry it to Foraker. Carry it to
' Cannon. Carry itto the Ore
gonian and its private candidate
for senator.
The tide of Wilson progressive
Ism must be turned back or the
whole planet will be converted
Into one vast .desert of empty din
ner pails. Penrose must be elect
ed. Foraker must be elected. Can
non must be elected. Aldrich must
be brought out of exile. Mr.
Booth must be elected. Standpat
ism must' be called back to power.
- -i The anti-trust bills must' be
beaten. The income tax must be
repealed. The Payne-Aldrlch tariff
must be re-enacted. An American
army must be sent into Mexico to
protect Standard Oil and American
owned mines. The Wall Street
t dinner pail must be re-filled.
: Hurrah for Barnes. Hurrah for
"Penrose. Hurrah for Aldrich, and
down with the Underwood tariff
octopus.
Down with progressivelsm, and
down with a president who wants
a fool bill passed that will send
lawless trust magnates- to jail.
WET IAXDS AND WEAITH
THE department of agriculture
has Issued a bulletin dis
cussing the wet lands of
. Louisiana and their drainage.
It is a study of reclamation in the
South, covering a period of four
years, the purpose being' to en
courage land drainage by empha
sizing the benefits to"" be derived
from bringing the soil under effi
cient cultivation.
' The bulletin says that drainage
of land which once had scant mar
ket value has transformed sections
into magnificent farms. The in
crease in land values is marked.
Areas which have been drained are
' suitable for a wide variety of
crops. From 40 to 60 buBhels of
corn can be produced with little
cultivation, and it Is predicted that
when drainage is completed Lou
isiana land will become too valu
able for staple crops.
It is also shown that land, when
properly drained; is entirely freed
from malaria. Drainage destroys
the mosquito's breeding place, thus
decreasing an enervating ailment
which hat been a serious handicap
on ine state.
The .bulletin demonstrates the
relation! between wet lands and
wealth ;in Oregon. Development
of certain sections of this state
await drainage. There is an Intel
Ugent effort being made to re
claim the wet areas, but the work
costs money. Louisiana's expert
ence proves that such expenditures
are profitable in the long run
?.J DOIMY DIRECTORS '
r .... : .
PRESIDENT -WILSON haa d
rected that aujt be Instituted
to divorce the New Haven
and Boston & Maine rail
roads, and that a federal grand
. jury be given all the facts. A
restitution suit by which minority
stockholders seek to compel former
and present directors to reimburse
; the New Haven's treasury for
. $102,000000 alleged to have been
" Illegally used has been started.
, In Ban - . Francisco testimony
given r before the . state railroad
commission was to the effect that
; $1,098,000 . was abstracted from
1 the treasury of th Unite! Rail
A
SAVE THE RIVERS AND HARBORS BILL. '
HE most vital of all issues in Oregon Is the threatened defeat
of the rivers and harbors blllL A most momentous question
with ueoDle in the Oregon country is whether or not the un
derhanded, thoroughly organized and nation-wide fight against
it trill kill the measure.
Defeat of the bill would set back air river and harbor work for
whole year,, and cause Irreparable c loss of prestige and harm to
commerce. Even now the government work, In the Oregon district
is shutting down for lack of ' funds. - , --"VK,"-
v ilTae dredge at Coos Bayjwill be laid np at the only season of
the year when' it can work. The work at; Celilo will have to come
to a standstill at the very season of the year . when it should be
pushed to the utmost. . - . - '
Yesterday, it was announced from Washington' that the Panama
canal Js ready at any time for commercial use. Yet, the work on
the north jetty at the mouth of the Columbia would now be at a
standstill but for the contribution by the Port of Portland and Port
of- Astoria of $ SO 0,0 00 to the project. - . ,,
This contribution In. money, taken in taxes from the people was
made to keep the work continuous in order to hasten completion
of the north Jetty: Xt was $500,000 paid out by the people in order
to;help the government prepare the mouth of the river in the short
est possible time for the new commerce from the Panama canal..
But here is an organized banditti 'fight to kill the. rivers and har
bors bill and defeat the purpose for which private Portland money
and private Astoria money were thrown into the project.
The present bill provides for placing the North Jetty-on a con
tinuing contract at a cost of $5,100,000, and for the first time so
fixed the project that thepe would be no delay. . Its passage would
mean forty feet of water on the bar within three years, and open up
the river to any ship afloat, a fact of enormous potentiality for
everyman, woman and child from the; mouth of the Columbia to'
the British Columbia line, including the whole territory within the
limits of Oregon, Western and Southwestern Washington and Idaho.
Defeat of the bill now would mean delay in deepening the chan
nel at the mouth. It would postpone work there for a whole year,
and would mean that the larger ships which will seek the coast
traffic through the Panama canal would be denied entrance to the
Columbia. Trade and commerce Would settle in other channels and
our loss would be enormous. ' ' -
It would postpone for a whole year the completion of the canal
at Celilo and delay for that period other improvements 'above, and'
Include a year's postponement of boat 'lines that would otherwise
be established as soon as the Celilo work is completed.
Oregon has never fared so well in "an appropriation bill. But
Borah succeeded Wednesday In displacing the .measure on the cal
endar with the Trade Commission bill. Burton is prepared to filli
buster the bill to death. The attempt to kill it is not in a fair tight.
but by Indian tactics and by a false charge that the bill la a pork
barrel measure. '
General Dan C. Kingman, chief of Ignited States engineers, says
there is less than one half of one per cent pork in the pending
rivers and harbors bill. His statement is elsewhere on this page.
He is backed by . the whole corps of engineers, and against this ex
pert testimony are the cheap criticisms of pin-headed Congressmen,
Ignorant of what they are talking about, and railroad newspapers .
which fight the bill as a service to the railroad companies.
In such a debate, when vast commercial and Industrial ' Interests
are at stake, there is no question about which side to believe. When ,
great drainage basins are to be served, when vast producing empires
need appropriations for Improvement of rivers and harbors, when .
almost boundless agricultural areas need 'the lower freight rates
that improved rivers will give, it Is a crime against the nation for,
the greatest rivers and harbors bill in American history to be
stabbed to death.
Every project, in' Oregon Is hanging in the balance. Defeat of
the bill means stagnation in government work on every project for
a whole year. It means retrogression and loss.
The citizens, "the commercial bodies, city councils and every other
interest in the whole Pacific Northwest ought to bombard the fed-'
eral senate, not the Oregon senators, for they are doing everything
in their power, with demands for the passage at this session of the
rivers and harbors bill. . -
roads by former President Pat
rick Calhoun. Charles N. Black,
general manager of the company,
testified that he did not know the
money was gone "until June, 1913,
when Calhoun was deposed as
president. Three former directors
declared they did not know what
Calhoun took the, money for, and
that they had not asked him. Each
virtually admitted that he was
purely a dummy director.
Every shareholder in the New
Haven corporation must be hoping
that the stockholders' suit will be
pushed. Every person who sees
danger in the arrogance of big
business must be hoping that there
will be a "show-aown" as to
whether men who - defy the law
shall be permitted to go unpun
ished. Every patriotic citizen must
hope that dummy directors who
consider themselves pieces of
machinery to do as they are told
will be brought to full realiza
tion of their stewardship.
As in the case of the United
Railroads, the assets of the New
Haven road were dissipated. It
is' not mere wastefulness that is
charged, but violation of law.
There are no two ways about it.
Directors who accept a trust can
not evade responsibility for loot
ing It by saying that they only
stood idly by while others took
the money.
The time is opportune for es
tablishing a newrule to govern the
acta of directors. When they real
ize that they are handling other
people's money, there will be fewer
dummies and less looting.
HE IS EXTINCT
A
CORRESPONDENT of The
Journal asks if the American
passenger pigeon is entirely
extinct.
Bo far as known there la now
but one passenger pigeon alive,
says a writer In the Chicago
Herald. This is a 28-year-old hen
in the Cincinnati Zoo.
What has become of . the pas
senger pigeon? Nobody knows.
Its disappearance is one of the
mysteries of - ornithology. The
early Bettler in Oregon will recall
its yearly , migrations over the
Willamette; valley. , It wag then
that pigeon pot pie was a common
dish and the .old familiar hymn
was pharaphrased to read:
'When X ean shoot my rifle clear to
pigeons in tne sines
m " bid farewell to pork and beans
and feast on pigeon plea
The wild pigeon was peculiarly
an American bird. Other lands
have pigeons but they differ great
ly in size, plumage and symmetry.
Audobon, the noted naturalist,
tens or naving seen the birds In
such:- numbers in Kentucky tha:
the noonday : sun was obscured ' as
If by an eclipse. Their flightcon
tinned uninterrupted and In un
dlminlshlng numbers for tbrea
days in uecesslon, He rlslted one
roost that was forty miles long
ana three miles wide.
The birds were gradually killed
off In the East until they were
to be found in large numbers only
in the Mississippi valley and the
Great Lakes region.
The last great migration was In
1888 but the birds instead of nest
ing in Michigan as usual passed
on Into Canada - and disappeared
from the sight of man.
EST THE DAY'S NEWS
S'
rRANGER than fiction la the
story of Luke Dillon. Four
teen , years ago he was a
teller: in a Philadelphia sav
ings bank, a happy husband and
the father of six boys and one
daughter. He. was also an ardent
Irish patriot.
One day he mysteriously disap
peared. On the same day Karl,
Dullman was arrested in Phila
delphia for complicity in a Fenian
plot to blow up the Welland canal.
in Canada, at a time when feeling
over the Boer war was running
high. Dullman was kidnaped and
secretly taken to Canada, tried and.
sentenced to life imprisonment.
Dullman was Dillon, who had
given a false name to shield his
.family. From his cell he wrote
bis wife and told her that as heour editorials on the jisoo exemp
woruld probably die In prison she j Uo t.A . ,
nlight as well mourn him aa dead.
As she did not wish any stigma to
attach to her children she en
couraged this belief and it was not
until recently that the children
learned their father was yet alive.
In the meantime they had grown
to maturity.
A. few friends who were In the.
secret persevered in. their Inter -
cession with th Oanarllan mTO
V .
ment and a few days ago Dillon
was granted a parole. He rejoined
his family and took np the threads
of the life severed fourteen years
ago... ' - ,
A STREETCAR INCIDENT
S
HE was 'a young woman, pret
ty and dressed a la mode
She stood at the corner of
Yamhill and Broadway wait
ing tor an ea&tbound car. When
the car came along a number of
passengers got in butr. the young
woman did not move until the con
ductor signaled the motoraan to
go ahead, j Then she started to
board the I ear. She scrambled to
the platform with the aid of the
friendly . arm of the conductor
"Why did S you start the car when
you saw 1 was waiting to enter?"
she snapped at the conductor- "I
beg your pardon. Miss, but as you
had .plenty of time to get aboard,
I concluded you were not waiting
for the oar", replied the conductor.
Aa she paid her, fare the ? young
woman caid in a loud .voice. Til
report you for this. : Tho con-
ductor , smiled as he rang up the
fare. ? ifvi;:::rl;?;-ft f--i
It you ask the conductor If this
is an unusual incident he will teU
you no, that it happens a dozen
limes nearly every day, -.
, A streetcar is an . excellent place
to study human nature. It is there
yoT will find people who Imagine
they are entitled to special consid
eration and not subject to the laws
of courtesy, They act as though
the cars were operated for their
personal accommodation.
A- camel can go a long time
without water, but. nobody wants
to be a cameL Primitive man
lived naked in the woods, but no
body wants' to be a primitive man.
Letters From the People
.i5?J?nnff?tIon nt t Tha Journal tot
publication la.thl dapartBMBt abould ba wrtt-
? one ,ld" ot PPi. abonld not
aacl 800 words in length and moat be ac
companied by tb nam and addresa or the
yeader. If tha wrltar doaa not desire to
bar tha nam published, ba abould ao a tat.)
"Dlsenralon la the groateat of all reform
er. It rationalise ererthln; it touches. It
rob principle of all false asnetlty and
throw thm back on their raonablnea. If
tfte' no reasonable!! esa, It rothleaaly
crushes them oat of existence and set up It
own conclusion In their atead." Wood row
Wilson.
Differs With the Oregonian.
Portlaad, July 24. To tha Editor of
The Journal "How w shall come Into
our own" as regards Portland's rail
and water traffic as defined by tha
Oregonian In a leading- article of July
20, which, among other things, says:
"The Oregonlon expeota to see al
most the entire portion of the Inland
empire's product that comes to the
coast come down the Columbia valley.
eut it win not If there Is nothing In
the volume of traffic heory." There
is or course everything In this "volume
of "traffic theory." which is not a
"theory" at alL but an Incontrovertible
fact. Idle to discuss. Everybodr un
derstands It. The question is. Should
the two Northerns throw "the volume
of traffic" over the mountains to the
sound at excessive freight rates, or
down the water level grade of the S,
P. & S. to the ocean at rates the traf
fic fairly costs, plus a reasonable
profit. Was the 8., P. & B. built to
protect the northern roads or to ulti
mately give the producer and business
the benefits, to say nothing of rights
that would flow from nature's route
to the sea. The Oregonian thinks the
Interstate commerce commission will
not take this question Into account,
which Is to hold that this body con
siders only the interests of the rail
roads and Ignores those of the ship
pers. The Oregonian would seem to
be speaking for the roads rather thon
for the public, and Its thought may rep
resent Its desire. The Oregonian closes
its editorial by saying: "Water com
petition to give railroad rates their
first Impetus downward and the estab
lishment of the policy now in sight of
regulating railroad rates on the basis
of a fair return on definite value of
the railroad, ought in combination ta
do wonders for Portland, and give In
creased prosperity to the shipper."
Water competition may be waived for
the present. It Is not an issue. Re
duced rates to Portland will come, If
at all, only after Astoria has been
given the common point rate. After
that matter is decided and its effect
disclosed, it will be time to raise other
Questions not now germane, and in
jected only to befog and muddle the
real issue.
. That Portland has comparatively no
foreign commerce now, and has stood
still In respect to increasing It the
past 30 years, during 'which period tha
sound and British Columbia ports have
wonderfully developed their commerce,
is passed by in silence. Portland has
had the common point rate and has not
thrived thereon. If discriminated
against by the railroads, why has this
just been discovered? ' Is Portland not
barred from asking a lower rail rato
than the sound by the statute of limi
tation? What the results will be If Astoria
comes into her own remains to be
seen, and should be first ascertained.
Eminent railroad . officials have said
it would be Injurious to northern ports
If Astoria was given the common
point rate; the Oregonian says no
business would come to Astoria that
now goea to these ports, and that what
ever Ast6rla gained would be at the
expense of Portland. While Portland
has not much to lose, ahould the state,
mem of the Oregonian be true, there
are many authorities competent to
judge who think Astoria's natural ad
vantages would bring Into her harbor
a large and constantly growing traffic
that would not be harmful to Portland
and that would inure to the great last,
ing benefit of the whole Columbia
basin and adjacent territory. Why not
do a simple act of justice and, await
what the future discloses?
CITIZEN.
The $1500 Exemption Bill.
Arooftn TM t-V Tlilir 9.9 aJTat tli XT! f-rt
ofXThe Journal-ln The Journal
July 20, I read two letters indorsing
and I can't see any good In It. The
other exemption law, that Is now In
effect, exempting all household ef
fects. Is a crazy and unjust law," and
should be amended, and X think this
21500 exemption bill will be 10 times
more damaging to all poor people than
it is. This 21500 exemption-bill, espe
cially hurts the poor man, who Is try
ing to get a home for himself and fam
ily. The first thing a poor man has
' t0 d. t h wants a little home, is to
Ilnd a piece of land that he Is able to
buy- Generally ho pays part down and
t gives a mortgage on the land to secure
the payment of tha rest- He has got
to go ahead and work, if he ean get
work, to support his family, and pay
the balance on his place. X have been
through the mill, and X know what xnis
means. aiy nuw uaru u. is 10 s;e a
start on your horn. And all this time
this J1500 exemption bill 1. doing you
no good, but y?"
have no improvements to exempt, for
a number of years, and tne rate or tax-
latlon on your land Is so much higher
than it would be if this $1500 bill were
not in exlatanct, that It proves a heavy
load. - , While those who have plenty
get the full benefit of the 21500 ex
emption, your-land has to ba taxed to
make up for this exemption and you
get ne benefit from it.
GJEORGB mCXNBOTHAM.
Declares Knowles ou the Square. .
Vancouver, WashL. July 2 L To. the
Editor of The Journal I have 'bean a
reader of your paper constantly for
several years, and I - have - enjoyed it
j very much.
.But what I read In tne paper this
evening, written by Mr. Deming about
Joseph Knowles' being a fraud, gets
my' goat.-"' - .
I want to say right here that X was
born and brought up as a close neigh
bor with Mr. Knowles, and knew him
for' many- years, -v'-r ?y.; :.n--.s.:
I have tramped miles n snowshoes,
and paddled miles in. birch bark canoes
made by. his hand ... I have worked.
A FEW SMILES
Flubdub seems to " have a
wonderful opinion t
of his . knowledge. j
Pokus 1 should
say so. Why, I've
actually - beard Mm
attempt to argue
with his son who's
in bis freshman
year at college.
Lippincott's. ,
A well known aviator waanot feel
ing very well, so be thought he would
consult a physician,
to whom he was a
stranger. He told
the doctor his symp
toms. Tha doctor
examined him care
fully and said:
"My dear sir, you
are all right. What
you want is plenty of fresh air.'
A fellow stole a coat banging In
front of a South Clark street clothing
store the ottier afternoon. But the pro
prietor was on the
job, and before the
thief was half a
block away he - had
the police and most
of the neighbors on
his trail. The poor
fellow who had tak
en the coat was
really coauess before the crime. And
as he ran he struggled into the ab
stracted, article, which fitted him
pretty well, all things considered. And
when he was apprehended, about four
blocks from the starting point, ho
protested his innocence stoutly.
"What d'ye mean I sfole the coat?"
he said. "I've had this coat all sum-1
men Why, I ain't had it off my -back j
foraweek!" .
"Tou ain't, ain't you?" sneered the
policeman. "An have you wore that
there coat hanger Inside it acrost yor
shoulders all that timer
Saying which, the arm of the law
grasped the Iron hook projecting above
the collar, dragged the victim to the
corner and called for the wagon.
hunted and trapped over a part of the
same ground be has, and I know from
my personal experience with him that
what Mr. DemlQg writes is unlike Jo
seph Knowles.
Mr. Doming made the statement that
he was hired as a guide for Mr.
Knowles. Now, Mr. Knowles does not
require a guide in the woods In the
state of Maine any more than a red
fox of the same place. He understands
ways and methods of catching ani
mals, fowls and fish without the use
of traps, firearms or hook and line.
Mr. Doming also stated that the bow
and arrow that Mr. Knowles had he
made with his ax and pocket knife,
which Is again unlike Mr. Knowles, for
X know him to be a master workman,
and-when he' has not the tools he has
the Ingenuity to make them or use a
substitute.
X know of no man who Is as capable
of carrying out the task set before
him as he is, and I sincerely believe
that his trip In the Maine woods was
an honest one and his advantage there
was In knowing the woods, vegetation
and habits of the animals and fowls;
while in this country he knows noth
ing, and doubtless will have to make
new discoveries to win his fight, but
knowing him as I do I believe he will
make it, and make it honorably. But
should he fall I believe he will con
fess it before the world.
I have been taking a great deal of
Interest In reading the articles about
him. and did not Intend to eay any
thing, but I jost couldn't keep still"
and have a friend and neighbor be
called a fraud, although I haven't seen
him for seven years, and he does not
know I am in this part of the country,
but I have every confidence In .his
success and honesty.
DANA HOWLAND.
A Woman Admonishes Women.
Portland, July 22. To the Editor of
The Journal It Is with sadness I note
the stand the Women's Equal Rights
league is taking on the prohibition
question. They mix in a few well
known reforms that are being cared
for by other and nobler leagues. In
order to give them a 'more humane as
pect. But they are for the whiskey
men, and that is their main issue. The
whiskey barons must smile when they
see the loyalty with which they axe
defended by women whose homes they
have devastated. , The millionaire
brewers and prosperous saloon men all
over the world must Indeed be grati
fied by such faithfulness. We are not
surprised that some - men wish tbe
liquor business to continue, but for
women, who usually are for the bet
terment of mankind, who have not
been coarsened by drink and who are
barred from the saloon; who see only
the degrading sights of drunken men
either in their homes or on the streets
how these women can truthfully say
they are against prohibition la beyond
me. They ring in the old bugaboos
hard times and decreased values in
everything all of which is not true.
tJtJ Su
stitutions. maintained chiefly for un
fortunate drunks, with the revenue de
rived from licensed saloons, and it
prohibition should carry, which it
surely ought, we will still have the
same desire for eivie improvement and
more chance of money being circulated
In -in proper channels. 'Tis true we
may have fewer prisoners, fewer appli
cants for charity, fewer women break
ing their backs over wash tubs while
their hearts are breaking, too.
Let us think of the great and glori
ous day when there will be no saloon,
and we can truthfully say we helped
bring about this ideal condition.
MRS. GENE FRANCIS.
Film Censorship.
Portland, .July 23. To the Editor of
The JournalAccording to a state
ment in your valued paper, our city
commission is to play censor, even if
good - common sense and the funda
mental principles of liberty should go
t ,. . board, to as in.
, l0'!0, 0Jr, l
SayoV. should have the' rlghl to
J forbid "the exhibition of any picture,!
; lluatratlon r delineation of any nude ,
i .,,, . a v nthr mutt., i
I nf obscene natur or of.
tensive to tne moral sense, or a
njr
io-
murder, suicide, robbery, holdup, eta
blng, assaulting or beating of any hu
man being."
"To save our children," la the rea
son generally given for the necessity
of such a drastio ordinance. Not the
pictures are objected to, but the pub
lid. And this, X believe, speaks vol
umes t or' the frailty f the censor
ship that should .not be tolerated la a
free country. x -" -l -'-
It is shocking to inhibit a product
of art, to cause great loss to a legit
imate concern, for the " only reason
that a certain "picture should not be
seen by cnuaren. ux n our censr
Intend to apply this reason to the
film "theatre, then it should also bo
applied to-all other theatres to very
many books, and especially to the pub
lic press, which features the most ob
scene scandals In their most brutal
detaila :
Is it not mora slmnlA mors sans, to
force the theatres, by means of an or-
HOkU-"
PERTINENT COMMENT
Host men reckon time by paydays. ,
. Many a mas who la good baa a sad
look. . - ,
If the play is a frost the audience
soon melts away.
k Brides with sour dispositions are apt
to spoil honeymoons. :
-
. Most married women are a trifle en-"
vtous of a rich widow. .
The tastes of a millionaire may be
Imprisoned in a pauper's purse.
-. a ,
Pride makes some people ridiculous
and prevent others from becoming so.
-.a--
A man who can dispose of his
troubles for a consideration ia a sen-
,'iua. .
a"
Borne men are not content with be
ing treated wellj they want to be
treated often.
Why are people so foolish as to want
their own way when your way is so
much better?
- If If ' easier to preach than to prac
tise, it must be easier to bo a clergy
man than a physician.
It's a ease of love's labor lost when
a woman has to take in washing in
order to support a worthless husband.
It may not be very many years nntrl
people will be wondering wny tne pres
ent day experts made, so great a fuse! to their home at Tillamook, the trip
over such a simple thing as flying covering about three months, a thor
across the Atlantio ocean. oughly enjoyable summer.
NO PORK IN RIVERS
' . t .
The Journal's Washington
of July. 16 carried a statei
. t o vi..
dispatches
statement made
by General Dan C. Kingman, chief of
engineers, as be discussed the criti
cisms now being made against certain
features of the river and harbor bill,
which is here reproduced,' as follows:
"The river and harbor appropriation
bill Is the product of. a representative
form of government, and I am a firm
believer In the representative charac
ter of our government.
"The river and harbor bill Is the
combined Judgment of tha corns of
engineers engaged on river and harbor
work, plus the intelligent understand
ing of the needs of particular locali
ties on- the part of the committees of
the two houses of congress having Im
provements of our rivers and harbors
in hand.
"Without the representative charac
ter of our legislation, it is my hon
est conviction that appropriations for
projects might find their way into
budgets that would savor of puir rath
er than have the project stand upon its
own merit.
"The representative is the mouth
piece of his constituency, and as such
is supposed to present to the commit
tees of congress the needs of his peo
ple, and if be should ask for legisla
tion that his people do not want or do
not demand, they will very quickly
tell him so and will very readily find
someone who will represent their In
terests. "So far as the charges go that the
present river and harbor bill contains
an unlimited amount of 'pork,' I am
happy to state that in so far ava the
engineer corps is concerned, there has
been no recommendation made that has
not been the subject of dose and
painstaking study. The act of 1902
provides that after congress has or
dered a survey of a project, the local
or " district engineer reports upon the
advisability, adequacy, cost and com
mercial Importance of the improve
ments. "This report ia In turn, referred
to the division engineer, who approves
or modifies it as the facts appear be
fore him. From the division engineer
the report goes to the board of en
THE JAIL END OF
By John M. Oskison.
In Its latest bulletin the American
Society for Thrift prints a cartoon
showing seven human figures against
the background of a jail.
There's father. In the grip of three
policemen, being marched toward the
jail gate; mother (in fashionable hat
and gown) stands weeping In the fore
ground; Cupid, too, shuffling his feet
in the ruins of two broken hearts and
dollar signs, is weeping; and the sev
enth figure Is that of 16-year-old
daughter carrying her new high school
diploma.
Attached to daughter's commence
ment dress, In the cartoon. Is this
tag: "This dress cost four weeks of
dad's salary." To the bouquet carried
by daughter Is attached the legend:
"These roses cost four days' pay."
The Bulletin estimates that in the
year 1913 embezzlements to the sum
of 20,000,000 marred the record of
trusted employes in America; and the
proportion of such embezzlements
caused by extravagance in family life
is very large.
"Normal parents, of course, want
dlnance, to produce performances for
children. Instead of confiscating films
which, from a basis of social morals,
must -work an educational . effect on
adults, must suggest elose ' thinking?
Censorship Is the most dangerous
enemy of liberty. This enemy must be
crushed before It can take footing. To
this day we suffer the most revolting
encroachments upon our citizens'
rights; and if art, literature, press
sre to be made dependent upon the
will of probably uneducated and nar
row minded people, then the altar built
to liberty will fall.
LILLIAN DUDEI
The Committee of On Hundred.'
MoMlnavUle, Or, July JL To the
Editor of The' Journal I have read
with Interest the letter from the Com
mittee of One Hundred in "your paper
f TnW Si. T nrit at that elalm. thev
are an Independent orgaaizaUon. which
is undoubtedly true, inasmuch as they
v...,. uia ir- Onn'm am th r.i
nMMr man to man ihtlr ramnsisn
They do not deny that he is a paid
t organization man. They say they will
support no candidate, no narty and no
organization which . also is. undoubt
edly trua But -they do not deny that
back of . all this destructive agitation
known as prohibition ia a body of
paid agitators with their foreign am
munition and their arguments equally
foreign to conditions ia Oregon, known
as the Anti-Saloon league. '
The method to be followed,' if they
succeed In - their destructive theories,
will be to pass on, to another small
state, for i- notice , they are active
' only In small states, principally agrl-
cultural districts, and not In the large
states, Where the big cities abound and
where most of . the booze is consumed.
. : The Committee of One Hundred
agree with me that it is a' business
proposition pure and simple, the only
difference being the committee ' be
lieves in destruction, while X believe
ia building. They wonld kill a busi
ness that distributes millions f dol
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
A pipe organ baa been ordered by the
Baptist church of Albany for. Installa
tion about December U
The Ladles' Library elnb of Bend
will hold a flower show August 23.
This is an annual event. Prists are
awarded.
. e e .
Pendleton's new - gravity water sys
tem is finished and all that remains is
to make tests of the pipe line before
the water is turned Into the reservoirs.
'.-'."
Cottage Orovo Leader: The South
ern Paciflo company has made a sub
stantial and voluntary Increase In
wages paid the force of men at work
in the Pass creek canyon just south
of Cottage Grove, which benefits a
number of citlsens of this city.
- ;
Xa Grande Observer: Towns In the
Grande Ronde valley now have their
annual shows very well distributed.
Union leads off with- her stock show.
Elfin comes next with her Fourth of
July celebration. Cove has her Cherry
Fair, while La Grande holds her Chau.
tauqua and county fair. Let's all let
it go at that and make these shows
permanent and lasting.
Grants Pass Courier: C. W. and M.
Talma re of Tillamook were In the city
s few days to outfit for a trip down
the river, fishing, hunting and proa
pecting. These gentlemen last year
made a trip of 450 miles on foot, witli
a pack horse to carry bavggage. They
walked from Grants Pass down the
river to the ocean, then up the coast
AND HARBORS BILL
gineers for rivers and harbors, who ex
amine it with scrupulous care, giving
their approval if the project be mer
itorious, and finally it reaches the
chief of engineers to be examined by
him with just as much discrimination
as was shown the project by those
below. At each stage of the proceed
ing local interests may be heard, for
or against the oontemplated Improve
ment, and then, after It receTves the
stamp of approval of the chief of en
gineers. It Is transmitted to the sec
retary of war, who, in turn, sends it
to congress for legislation on the sub
ject. .
"Is It not fair to assume. In view
of the careful Investigation that Is
given every individual project by the
-corps of enigneers engaged In river
and harbor work, that anything that
looks like "pork" will tfo discovered by
this body .of trained engineers, and
will be reported upon adversely? It
Is ridiculous to believe otherwise, for
the entire corps Is jealous to a degree
of its rood name, and Its reputation
for clean methods as the servants of-
the people.
"The criticism that Is being made
against certain appropriations for
creeks, as carried in the river and
harbor bill, is also most unwarranted.
What would an appropriation of 25000
accomplish for the mouth of the Mis
sissippi or the Ambrose channel? Tou
might just as well shovel that many
dollars Into the sea as to expect It
to max an impression upon either
of these two great projects. But f 5000
spent on a creek may be the difference
between Increased freight movements
or the absolute abandonment of, the
stream , as a means of transportation.
"There are numberless cracks in the
United States, the word ' 'creek being
but a local designation for a stream
whose tonnage may rival mighty riv
ers, and a few thousand dollars spent
upon, them means the development of
sections that otherwise would remain
virgin soiL It means Increased crops,
increased markets, and Increased prosperity.-
"My judgment Is that there la less
. than one half of 1 per cent "pork
In the river and harbor bill now pend
ing In the senate."
EXTRAVAGANCE
their children to dress as well and
have as many pleasures as the chil
dren of their neighbors. That desire
is one of the effective spurs to ef
fort; It Is spoken of and written about
as one of the distinctively American
traits. .
Xt Isn't aa American trait It's uni
versal. We don't deplore It What
we ought to do is to teach the chil
dren of America In the borne. If we
have the clear sightedness to do it,
but at any rate In the school that
clothes and pleasures bought at the
expense of a father's honesty or his
health, are about the most extravagant
things It is possible to buy.
Grant that It is humiliating to sec
your neighbor's children better dressed
and entertained than your own. Sucn
humiliation is mors easily borne than
a burden of debt and worry. When 1
your children- are properly fed, de
cently clothed, and sent to the best
school you can normally afford you
have done your duty, and by keeping
within you Income you will b able
to give them better opportunities
quicker than by trying desperately to
stretch your income.
lars to the working fathers, mothers
and children of this state every year
in the Oregon hopyards which the state
government advertises as follows:
"There is no other business' equal to
the hop business -for distributing for
eign money among the people of Ore
Son." Vote wet five to one, and follow
the real business men of Oregon the
Chamber of Commerce.
. W. J. BISHOP.
The Ragtime Muse
A Slimmer Romance.
L"olle! ,n bX amlllng sea
With. a radiant maiden. Annabel Lee,
And. I smiled at her and she smiled at
me
And I placed my arm around her.
And just at that moment my rival grim
fcnealced up behind it . was rude of
him- .
And he smote me there with a horrid
vim,
And the girl, he nearly drowned her!
He cast v her into the raging wave.
And she seemed doomed to a watery
- grave, - . .
And only say. strong right arm could
save -
Wlth an airship I rescued her.
We then were attacked by pirates bold,
Who had no wish but to gather gold;
By them to the villain we were sold,
And tne villain still pursued her 1
But a company f brave marines
Appeared, Jut then on the stirring
scenes,
My rival resisted with all his means
And there was a battle gory.
The girl soon married the ensign guy
With. Prcaidewt Wilson standing by
Oh, pleese, - don't ask tne how or
why -'
'Tie a moving picture storyl
- " Nothing New.
Vigg They say that the silt skirt Is
2000 years old. Truly there is nothing
new under the sun.
Togg Right: Nor over the daugh
ter. , '
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Localey.
we were on ur way to Oregon j
la. 1845. we met Dr. Elijah White."
aid Mrs. Benjamin Cornelia f thla '
city. "Dr. Elijah White, who bad boon J
aa Indian agent m Oregon, was on
his way east to see about his reap-'
pointment as Indian agent. He met
averal of the wagon trains and ad
vised them to t&ae a shorter route to
the Willamette valley. Stephen H. 1
Meek, who was an old mountain roan
and a brother of Joe Meek, said he
knew the shorter route that Dr. White"
referred to was one that had been uaed
by the old Hudson's Bay trappers.
About 200 wagons in all decided to -try
this shorter route, or Meek's cut
off, as it was afterward called.
"After we crossed the Malheur
mountains we struck a country where
the lava cropped up and made the
cattle's feet so sore they could hardly
travel. The- water was poor and there
was rmrdly any grass. The bad water
resulted in- many of the emigrants
taking mountain fever, while others,
particularly the children, had the dya-
entery. The men in the train threat
ened Meek, so he and his wife crossed
the river, where they secured some
horses from the Indiana, and Meek
hurried back to The Dalles. Her he '
secured some horses and got a man
named Moses Harris to come to meet '
the settlers with food. Twenty or '.
thirty of the people who had followed ,
Meek died, and many of the cattle j
were lost. When we finally got to
The Dalles father went to see Waller
and Brewer, the missionaries there,
nnd bought some chopped wheat, of
them, which we used for flour. I re- ,-
member father was very indignant be
cause he thought they had taken ad-
Vantage of his necessity and held him ,
up for a big price. In fact, most of
the emigrants complained bitterlr '
about these missionaries making so
large a profit from everything they
old.
"We reached The Dalles about the
middle of October. The emigration to
Oregon was so mueh larger than was '
expected that the water transportation '
was wholly Inadequate. Our pariy '
made some rafts and logs on which '
we went to the Cascades. My uncle, .
William Walter, and my oldest broth
er, Charles, drove our cattle down by
the Indlan-trsll. At the Cascades "we
were met by Captain Cook's sloop,
the Calapooya. which had been built at
Oregon City a few months be f era He '
took us down to Vancouver. T.he Hud I
eon Bay company also sent their bat- r
teaux up to the Cascades to bring the
emigrants down the river. At Van- ,
couvcr father got a bateaux to take .
us to Llnnton. ' I remember the boat '
was so heavily loaded that It sank at '
the wharf at Vancouver, but aside '
from wetting our things it did no other
harm.
"We reached ILnnton safely and
we were there joined by our oxen. We
drove out into Washington county, set
tling about five mites from Iilllsboro.
We had a much more comfortable time
coming acrous the plains up to the
time we took Meek's cutoff than many
of the settlers. We had a big Dutch
oven and a good reflector, so we al
ways had plenty of light bread. We
had some good milk cows along, so we
were never without milk, butter and
outterniilk, and, of oourtse, we had
plenty of bacon, beans, dried fruit and
buffalo meat and antelope meat. We
didn't reach our place in Washington
county until a few days before New
Year's day.
"In tha summer of 14, we chil
dren went to school to old man Fickle.
There were about 20 or 25 - pupils In
this school Many of the pupils were
the children of the old mountain men
who had settled in Washington county.
"Late In the fall of 1S1. my father.
William McKinney and porne of the
other men, went to California. The
following spring my grand-mother. -Mrs.
Walter, and her two sons. Wil
liam and Philip, went down there.
Benjamin Cornelius had gone down
with my father, Mr. Walter. 'My
grandfather had intended going with :
his wife and their two boyn. but he
stayed to sell the farm. Before it was
cold word came that his wife had died
in the Sacramento valley, fe'o he never
went to California. The gold miners
returned in 1850.
"On July 15, 1851, when I was It
years old, I was married to Benjamin
Cornelius. The Rev. William Jolly,
whose son now lives in Portland, mar
ried us. We took up a pUce six miles
from Forest Grove, at what was then
called the North. Plains or Tualatin
Plains.
"We raised wheat on our section of
land. We used to haul it to Portland,
though we got our flour at Oregon
City. In those days; the cold weather
would bring the elk and deer out of
the mountains and down into the val
ley. We used to often look out in the
early morning. and see them io our
barn yard.
"My husband's brother, Thomas Cor
nelius, was appointed -colonel In 1861,'
and was authorized to raise 10 com-,
panics of cavalry. It was thought
that this regiment would be sent east -.
to take part in the battles of the Civil '
war. But most of the companies were
sent to Walla Walla and they operat
ed on the coast during the war. Mr
uncle, William Walter, had served In
the Cavuse war in '47, while my hus
band, Benjamin Cornelius, his brother
Tom (who was later colonel), my uncle
Daniel McKinney. and my brother Wil
liam MfKlnney, all nerved In the
Yakima Indian wsr. The only wound
my husfcand received during this war
was one time when he was shot In
his plug of tobacco. He h.id it In his
pocket and the bullet tore the tobacco
all to pieces and tore his pocket be
yond repair. '
"We used to have some very exciting
times during and before the war. j My -husband's
father, Benjamin Cornelius,
was from Tennessee. He wanted Ore
gon to come into the Union as a slave
stata My husband and bis brothers
wanted it to come in as a free state;
while my father and his family were
strong free tate people. So there
used to be some very , spirited and
lively discussions before Oregon b-,
came a state, as well as during the
Civil war."
Secured. '
"Soakem seems to be drinV.lng worse- ,
than usual since bis marriage."
"He's not worried now when he sees
'em. He married a snake charmer." . -
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