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THE OREGON DAILY. JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER ' 7. 1914.
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a urn. waaswar ma yanuiu eta., rwuuwui.
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a t aljlrili
Z imuaoiUatun tarvasfc w Bulla aa . hu
aattar. - -
4tnBiHta raaebad by toeee MHtbars. Tail
the tircor
tor t airiiui
h.niuii. A iia.. Urtutawlck Bids..
Ui f e, Vanr;- W .aaW
. blU.. CbiCTs. 1-
I fcuttavraptluft larau br smU . tJf -
t .. la,U ballad State Maleas ,- ;
tea ra-..- 2 1 J"":
Una rar.
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Fcar to do baa. J-mwortny
thing 8ls valor;
If they be done to uv to sur
fer .them : .'
la valoi to.
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THE BURTON BI1GHT
m FTER nearly eighteen months
I A nf -nlendld legislating, the
! A United States senate ought
-w to nermit its session to
be blemished by the mad scheme of
' Burton ' and - his senatorial and
'newspaper allies. .
' No American senate can point
to a better record of achievement.
$ I No senate ha done so mucn to
'bring government DacK w mo
;ple. No senato has done more to
1 emancipate business, to liberate
MniWrv and to Increase public
! I coofldenre in Tree representative
;' But Burton and his backers are
? pushing a plan to tarnish the
'. 'Z splendid work of the session. They
' are trying to turn the wheels of
2 ' i i.-,o Thv have
progrenn untiv ni
i ' plunged hair the waterway projects
orins iuuuh j iiiw 1
t ' thrown into idleness the thousands
5 nt mn mnloved uDon them. They
-a v -
i . " , .k. Hvprs land har-
M " " " . i ..Icharee that th 1Q1 ? unnmnritiHnn I
bors bill and therehy 8 agnate
every waterway project in me
5 ronntrv. addinK still other thous-
1 ? anile tit the ranks of the unem-
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mloved through a winter UKeiy to
(be made lean by the awMl con-
Sh over leaa.
I I V. t..,for,iat- fiiicreed.
S f ,1.'' !,. hrm,rl. mn.
li ,u' -ir.., ,, Th
S will be loss in deterioration of
t nlanta There will be i waste
'thronrh A am tie f. from the elements
J to uncompleted work. There will
lb added cost in the work that will
have to be done over again. : There
J v. f,f ,,t
itouiu a u -
ffoiiv. For four vears the eovern-
ImMt has hen carrvine out a DOl-
j icy . of annual waterway appropri-
fatlons of about $50.0tf0,000. In
! l0 ; years of Buch policy most of
a 'the great waterways of the coun-
jtry -would be splendidly developed
rand transportation - be made.- less
costly because of more facility. It
A .
, nl.n Tuolt wnrthv of 9. irrAnt
IS UIWM v j w a. " 1
.nroereaBlve nation.
. .
In installments, Burton Is
de"
jjivering a speech that began last
jnna n talked RAvnn hnurn last I
t : ml. " j... ,1- 7.. 7 " :
, ,muiou.. "j"e "
out the patience of members and
,' 2 -prevent a vote.
The senate has shown Its great
2j capacity for legislation. It should
I now show its capacity to deal with
S the Burtons
Jt should not permit the Burtons
to make an ass of the senate.
NOT' AS ANSWER
BOOTH'S answer to the
Albany Democrat was not
an answer.
11. ti tv. -kAA n
ertnee to the Jordan claim. Jordan
W-ui - an employe of the Booth-
ftellr Comnany. At the su-efees-
t tlon of Mr. Kelly. Jordan filed on
la quarter section of Umber select-
ed by a Booth-Kelly cruiser. Jor-
? -ji.L ,t .j ..4
S u.tiuiaij oecureu paieui.
and turned the timber over to the
. W a . a
JdOOtD-iLeiiy uompany. ...
The government of tha United
I '..4 government, ot tne unitea
5 States brought suit to cancel5 the
patent, At the trial. Jordan, con-
.leased on the witness stand that he
S5 raji .ln effect,' only a dummy en-
; 5-ltryman for the Booth-Kelly Com-
- f pany. Judge Bean ordered the
, 2 patent canceled on the ground of
- I fraud and collusion, and the tim
per was directed to be restored to
the public domain. On appeal to
the circuit court of appeals in San
irM..i.n -,.u . v 4..j , 4
gon court was affirmed., The
rron court was irnrmnit Thai
facts, all of which are of record in
b6th courts, show how Mr. Booth's
answer the Albany Democrat
a,
... a. a. .
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S : t f tement respect-
. Insf tha lit Rant, rlafma ! nnt nnu
7 tZ I . . .v .
J, , c r " . . - "jl whenever there Is a conviction arelBOiaier8 m tne e received a thor-
fhf? !L f i!! r- A?0' veW dence that the government is onsh, masoning, and a large pro
that; the entrymen -ftr these, four I ..m ' . v. r Dortion of th mmn wh
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5 were dummies. .
.In the case of these filings, the
Icr TT
S chargeaOtt.thebook. df. the. com;
pany. The books showed that the
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m ?H-i,Vr4.v.tvr,iiI uvrymen. as
3 tn company s expense. i ? ?o ac-
count waa kept on "the books' 'with
the n.trymen. until . proof- had
- beeir. made , upon . the rdaims.
. ;na?a jjaieuw were sec urea, so
s counts ...were openea . wun each.linr on account of tha war. man
deeds '"re taken from each, 1 100
wa pia to.racn ana tne account
i. was immediately closed. - None of
th , account. was ever opened
f again.-up to the trial of the case,
ana in ianas were carriea into tne
- general lana account or tne com-
pany . and ..treated , as , v part...f
H4h'of potation's timber' holdings. I
company ' thereafter paid the a
taxes on the lands. s - 1
None of the .entrymen ever saw
the land after they were vtakenj
thereto by "the company's 'timber I
cruiser. None of the entrymen I
ever . took any steps td ascertain
the amount of' timber of. the value
therepfNo attempt1 was' made by
the euirymeno to ' dispose, of the
timber 16 any one else. No :In-
qniry-f wa- ever. tnade; by the ''"en-1
trmen"as Jto ' the amount of ex-
pense1 rlhcuwe'd" In ' perfecting the)
entry, i In fact , nothing was .done
by' "anr of nheT entrymen except to
render' such services as they were
directed to, in perfecting 'the title
for, the Booth-Kelly Company.
Though these, entrymen received
7n jZZL-limrz
ho- ,L J r"
TV' r " zz. :i
for the poorest claims and from
$5000 . to $10,000 for the best.
The court of appeals at San' Fran
cisco cancelled these patents, on
the ground of fraud and collusion,
and ordered the lands taken away
rrom the Booth-Kelly corporation
The facts are Of record in the!
court, and cannot be denied -or re
pealed.
In effect, the court held that
the claimants were dummy entry-
men, and dummy entrymen have
been the means by which enor
mous holdings of United States
timber have been illegally taken
rrom the public Mr. Booth's an-
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swer to the Albany paper is not
an answer.
STILL PURSUING
T
rittKiii is one tning, at least,nors. ic is me everlasting rigm
In which the Oregonian is con-1
sistent and that is its policy
of mendacity towards Gover-lwheh
nor West. I
In connection with the affairs I
of his office it does not hesitate
-w ....... LUO lacui. 11.0 i
'nisrepreseniauon is to
"ts"7fr"
- T,,-
l0e truth is that the legislature
Of or.n.nnJ.I.J . 1 I
fi'.i'wi.cu iub sum oi
V -1 0 onIy' f this nount
ther5 ,s 450 available. The
Iunds Practically exhausted are
those aside to sustain the gov
emor-s law enforcement camnaisn
"'"T ?y ine Ure
. - - misrepreBenia
tions.
The Oregonian's wanton Perse-
cution of Governor West is iden-
tical with its ferocious pursuit of
Door old John H. Mitr.heli whom
r- :".
11 aia not cease to hound even
WBen his unburied clay lay In Its
coffin, waiting for the mourners.
AMERICA'S FOREIGN BORN
rHE j-enort on nonnlation 1b. I
sued Dy tne census bureau!,
shows there were 13,515,886 J
nersona of foreien hirth in
persons oi loreign Dirxn ffl
JL 1 TT.Il-J itl.. a I aa am
luw uuutju Duties in adhi. xsiu.i
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cent of the total nonulatlon when I
the cen8u wag takeQ ag ed
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wun a Proportion or 13.6 per cent
g 1900i 1
The number of foreien born I
white males over 21 vears of
in 1910 was 6,664,317. Of these,
3,034,117 were naturalized,
772 had first papers, 2,266 534
were aliens and there were 775.-
393 for whom there was no r-
port on citizenship.
The report shows that many
mieranta who rom tn nnr- hoB
I . " . . . i
nave no intention of becoming clt-f"
izens, and it Is significant that the
more .highly civilized countries
send na neoniA who arp mora dia-i
Posed to become naturalized than
are Immigrants from lesser clvil-lr"".
Ized countries. , Out of Germany's
representation the number who re-
main aliens is small, and the same
13 tre as to Great Britain, France,
Rmnrlnnnvt. and omo
wu.u-
"les
mh fla A
proDaouiiy mat mer
European war may cause Immigra-
; TTnttawi .
"A ? the United States to fall
ofr 11 18 Possible that our Imml-
Bra"n problem is being solved bj
the sw&rd la Europe.
niDIKlTTOntfl inomnamn.
ixaiuuiiiu lllisrviVl fjmifi
A
r KuisKAij grand Jury . at
Washington has indicted
thirty-one food dealers on
counts charsdne rHro ft vino-
It Is the first big development in
I- - "s uoiDiuuuieui mill m
. .
under direction or the president,!
against men who have seized upon I
I i rm r nrnnanTi arn t t a a -rya-aa.v
, .. " lwi
I OOQIUK IUP VUO JL 11 VI UK.
, These indlctmenU and Attorney S10'000 men' " large a 8lnele
General Gregory's statement thattmy as ever entered battle in the
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Prison sentences wui be demanded
1 ney general -saia; .
r tT.fT- nAiL.m ........
j throughout the world, capitalisation
TZSSSZ, 'ao
p-cuiiarty . reprehenaibu that vhen-
ver convictions can be Obtained the
I a.n.MM.n mill :
nf elvU remedy win b. deemed ade-
Iqiiate. '
f!-: The price fixers should be sent
to jail., In ordinary Umea their
operaUons are bad enough, but
- 1 with many prices legitimately rls-
whose greed'.capltallzea misfortune
py Dogus , price inflating have no
proper place outside the Jails. ; ' '
It is not charged that tho thirty-
one Indicted men were entirely re-
sponsible for higher prices. The
charge , Is nhat they arbitrarily
I fixed.; prices each',. day and clrcu-
lated. -'price-lists 'which" eliminated J
competitive market for food. I
The illegal nature of such, metnoasioi
differs In no way from practices j
used by the big trusts, against the
continuance of which the govern-j
ment is fighting. . . , I
, It Is more than a question of
law.;; There are -degrees of crtmi-
nality;v What Is the essential dif-
ference between a " man whose
greed , wiihholds food from the
hongry and the other, man . who I
actually steals?
IiABOR DAY
N
O MAN It born Into the world j
wnose worsris noi corn wiiu In the invasion of France, how
him. To labor Is the mean- evePr the Germans seem to have
ing of life; to labor with the made much headway. .
bands to labor with the mind and
tone is to contribute his share In
labor and he who shirks this ob-
ligation does not sound the depths
of life.
ti - 1 . 1 . .
snouia D oumea into me con-1
science of every man. whatever I
his surroundings mav be. .that
everything he coifsumes every-
thing .that ministers tO his wants.
labor, some Ones laDOr.
If he does not do enough pro-I
uucuve couBtruciive worn w ou
set 'this he is a social thief, a para
site, to the extent of his deficiency
f
tne bandit on the highway.
Work, says Carlyle, Is a social I
function and property a social I
i trust. The great economic prob-1
lorn of th a Is th nrnnsr Hi.
Ml?? I fy, ,! tne PTPer "
VWlon OI t9 irUItB OI laDOr. A
' m i . m ma a I
fair day s wage for a fair dayslencai strength of -the Republican
work is as Just a demand' as
nmort mn ov.r f t,wo.
v Ovv--t1
of man."
Doubtless the time will come
there' will be a universal if
Work day Of eittht hOUTS all over
the United States with t.hA reniilt
that the capitalization of natural
ujwuupuiico iu wi iviiu values win j
"e correspondingly reduced with
rnrroonnnHitiir 4mnn-vATvBn n v. i
""v
wno earn 11. bomeining ror notn-
B8 then be more and morel
f11tf1fM.lt f .Holn-AAnt
LEASING COAL LANDS
0
NE of the five items of Sec-
retary Lanes' program of
conservation, the Alaskan
COal leasing bill, has been
passea oy me uouse -or representa-I
uvea. The bill is complementary
to the Alaska railroad act and it
Urin hio to L7'
m a general way the bill author
general way tne pm author -
es me aecreiary or tne Interior
tn . I
ml,,MTw -hr ocu
Tne royalty fihall not les3 than
two cents per ton and coupled
With this "a competition feature is
added as an additional safeguard.
w w u -uowea to
lease lor commercial pnr-
wu bvcuoub preyent lessees
, . I
lllJlftl 111 IPTUM H Inf' nW nVTlinfl- a M aj i
t . wt-.b i
aW A. m A 1
terest in otner leases, nrovidinsrl
forfeiture and penal provisions.
The lease period of twenty years
ttiow k ranmA -
rTV' ' . ttUU".a" re"
louuuo xuu new royalties. Tne I
aecreiary tne Interior is au-
rizea to retain tne surface area
or't.alc"ure . n deemed
m ... i
570,-118108 tnis is nignly Important, J
M "B development ana conserva-1
a further encofr
ouier- As a further encouraee -
Iment to agriculture and mining,
im-lperm'18 W1U 06 given to home-
aieauers ana small miners for the
QQ nt n i. . . ,.
-w ee 01 royalty.
. ,u 8auiBt dummy en-
Sfn Peti-
-"" "w "6uu!ui, ui Dan or an
ieaBe II? to M made without
ff'"': -OT uie aepartment.
r?17 most far reaching
fe wZii L, each
J6 ? contain a clause wither-
Vts. "sequent upervlsion y
tne department insurinsT dilis-nnfn
.... .viM... , .
. Property.
I U m. Ls V Cll L1UI1 t J I Mr MM! M VJ TI rt JTn Jaj A Ba1.. . - . . V
. ' - umcr
' ; 1UI ueuin or tne
United States as may be necessary
tfa Dreventlo yZ ?JB&TJ:
Jn If"0 of monopoly and
r.. O"w6uo,uiu VL public
welfare.
The Whole design of the bill t
I " uasuuvuu vl mo-
I LO mmOVA tn, lllr.llkJ
uopoiy ana onng the rreat ooai
iieias or Alaska into use
BEASOIfKD TROOPS
I 1
tItmDS-WORK makes an
Interesting comparison be
tween the European armies.
1 vt.i .
. wii tu us iroopa that
nav 6 86,311 active service are In
a- skuvi-wvi uact-u j.uilcb.
i Al MnMM lr, i9na v-.
f . w V UDPiA UftU
r ?-"- "urm- ine czar's
uB aimy now. ine kus-
sinns mada rond nifiia.
I not. -their fault that the czar lost
K.o ha. troop, seasoned
by actual warfare. Within the
hast tn v-a, wnv ,.
I 1 UCUJ UBU BB
at one time. They aecured.no ex
perience ' against soldiers Buch a.
Germany s has. bnt ' tb WrAn,.?,
north African force -became one of
the best known fighting armies : of
the world.
l twaIvo tmh . ao-n pnt..A
1 1.000.000 men la the field to crush.
the Boers, and many of these men
should be available for use on the
continent. The Servian, and Mon-
tenegrin. are veteran, of two wars
(hardly a. year gone by
On-he other hand,' the German
larrdV Austrian armies are 'without
actual war experience. Except for
the southwest African .campaigns
i9U3-uo, in wnicn less tnan
20.000 German troops were en-
gaged at one time. Germany has I
not had a larger body of troops
i
than this engaged since the Franco-
Prussian war. Austria,-except for
small , operations; tias not had
actuals warfare since the conflict
with Prussia, in 1866.-, 5
As yet the fighting in Europe
bas furnished no basis for com
parison between the armies. But
if seasoned troon rm an nnnmt . It
IS aDDarent that (lrniiinr tiA Ans-
r 9 . I
Itrla ara handfrannoil in thla
, .. T T7,
spect.
Letters From the People
(Oommaoicatiofis itst t "rh inmii tor
pobUcaLkm to ttaia department sboold be writ-
ru n odij one io or u paper. aboaM M
iHcm aw WQTOB in l.nrth nl mna, h.
companted or h nam. na Vikiru. or th.
"": u h writer 4ea not dtr t
" "
..Jg
rba principle of U false aaoctlty and
Jther b s reaaoomblenee. it ratblaaal
uiruws laem na m tneir reaaooableneaa. K
the bara , DO reaaonablenMa. : it rnthtaaalr
nMh" tbm, t ot ezlatenca aod HU op tu
im
Pro-Republican Predictions.
Portland. Sept. 5. To tbo Editor of
-e.m. to be a tore
rone conclusion that the' Republicans
of Oregon are again to go down in de-
"at in the coming election. They!
tnemseivea fully realise this, but are
no w"n to acanowiedge it. 1
continue to quote figures from
" wining lo ttcKuuwieuge 11. iney
reetstration hooka u nrnof of th num.
v a-vw .aBMic tlVl" - -
gov-jpartJr which, as we all know, is no
I criterion or indication as to how peo-
Will vnfa whan 1 .nm ala
tlon. This has been proved over and
lover again in Oregon. It is. claimed
JUVa,1 o the v0te8 reularly
fears reeardina- th ontcom "nf the
election if Republican methods are
regard principle above party, and are
going to vote accordingly, as they
have done for manv vears heretofore.
patters. or in other words, the machine
politicians. We need pay no attention
to figures taken -from registration
books, as they are of no special value
in determining the probable result of
an election. Such figures are some
what like blank cartridges; when fired,
Ihpv KOiinrl Hkn tha real thine- hilt
count for nothing in a real battle.
They may be used in an effort to
people, but that's ail. We
aa th w.v neonle reeister but
by the way they vote.
S. E. CLARK.
Personal Liberty.
Portland Sept. 6. To the Editor of
The journal C. A. Ball wants to pro-
hint coffee, tea, and other di
v ..M ..r , vin.
wonder if Mr. Ball drinks coffee or
tea' " rdy ta.
nil ca vh.r, ona rlflRS of TIAOdIa thihk
that because they do not like a certain
thing, all other people must think as
5L-.Tie7.-n.l
did not approve.-On being reprimand-
ed. ha preached the next Sunday a ser-
luvn vu uu",tul .",
nhwi on th forbidden thinra for
w -
wt,i.h
c.u ,Tknrf an t do. hut do a, i
.4.ra
say." Many take prohibition for
nUl,rIiheirheearr fhefel"-
but In their hearts tney leei iwn.i
do as I do; do as lay.". Personal
iibi
ihrtv Is th one . thinar everv one
should be proud of and hold to with
e7ei.""?
There ' are some
naan a iv -t-i. wnrin vno ara mirntv
"They want everyone, to think
and act as they. do. As for :me, I want
everyone to act, as tneir consciences
lnTrinC
ih nniitifn. nor church affairs
with state affairs. .If we do we create.;
monarchy, ADranam iincom saia,
o
r1""1 "" ..wirr'
man. jueaning yuur nuwt..T
beiong to you and no otner has a
right to rule to that regard. Prohibi-
- ?Zaml
- . ,r DT.TnT
Women's Votes ana Jt-roniDition.
PorUand, Sept. 6To the Editor of
ersVha? bav TbraTnt and aoStV
'uSfthem? tSeVeforec"rd"g to
him. they will voto wet. They may do
so. if they believe the things that sa-
loon advocates would have them be-
ry lt la o Oregon use
their juagment tney. wm surety say,
"w ww at i wui we can w
op "is curse." Here la a question
that the voters of this state would do
wea to tudy: Does any man. or any
community, -or any town, or any city.
state or nation, benefit in any degree.
Physically, morally financWly. ment-
I . "
I ficl
The same writer gives ns a good ar
gument against the liquor traffic when
he tells of the things caused by liquor
in the state of Maine. I have never
lived In that state, but I know people
who have, and my understanding is
that if women there had the vote, aa
they should nave, they would elect men
to enforce the law and drive the liquor
ours from that state, just aa tha men
and women will in Oregon this Novem
ber. " . - i
We ara all much impressed with the
arguments against prohibition. One
writer tells -us that prohibition' has
ruined this or that state; another, that
mora liquor la aold in that state than
before prohibition. Thla leaves the av
erage reader In a sad state of mind. Ia
it, orohibitlon that hurts the state, or
is it the liquor that is sold there?
Let's call tha liquor dealers bluff
when they say they, wilt flood the state
with liquor ' and , make Portias tha
wettest dry-city in the country, and
vote lt but and keep lt out. Nona will
be th worse and many -will fee the
better. ROBERT GREGG.
A Dry Town o! Oregon.
McMinnville. Or, . Sept. To 4
Editor of The ' Journal For 5 two
months I have been touring this con
gressional district, and I -have yet to
find a city that baa mad in tha last
three year so substantial Improve
ment in business blocks, street paving,
public buildings and "private residences
as McMinnville. One may asic tha
people' there why they have been . able
to male thla Improvement and seven
out of ton will say lt la because they
have time ana money ror these things
because they ara not. kept busy. caring
for - tha wreckage 'and the waste of
tho Manor business.
- From other cities and state, dosens
of families have come to McMinnville
and Tarahul county because they are
dry.t -J; Onovman brought hfes family
600 miles to'- settle on McMinnville,
before having seen the city.. and even
A FEW SMILES
wnted a nw automobiio i tbouht
i bm -would throw
Thornton
"When jWUHo jWUnpua
out a broad" bint to
his father, v-';
Bo a o m a ry did
,the. scheme work?
Thornton Not
exactly. He told the
old gentleman he
would like some
thing be could t start . and stop,- and
his father bought him a dollar watch.
A M .a m. a H
"veier. oousnt a ucaoi ana wen,
going - out on tbo pUtform. said:
How soon ' does the train start?
"wny, tto ere she
goes now," said a
porter. "You've Just
missedi her." . i
The traveler kept
on the line and set
out in pursuit of
the train with all
his might. fBut in
two or three minutes he came trudging
uacK. v
A laughing crowd had gathered and
me porter said;
"Well, did you! catch herr
"No." said the traveler, "but, by
jingo, x made ner puff."
"I don't tiuite see the point of that
remark of yours," said Mr. Sidnner.
the grocer, aa he tied up the package.
or sugar,
"Whati remark
was thatT asked
the customer.
i ou i just re
marked that some
men; had an 'off
hand way of doing
things. And von
wished I was one."
Yes; I wished to remind vou that
your hand was on the sugar when you
wainea it."
he came. His - reason was that Me-
Minnville is a dry city; It is a school
center, without the contaminating in-
zxuences or the saloon. I doubt not
this instance could bo found true le
numerous cases. :
A brewer in West Virginia who was
forced to close his business July 1.
converted his brewery into a packing
piant ana when he opened the new
establishment he was compelled to
employ 10 men for every one he had
employed as a brewer. That does not
look very much as if prohibition would
lessen the chances of the laborer to
secure a Job. Booze never helped a
man to get a Job nor to hold one. The
booser Is the last man to be employed,
and then only when the labor market
is short, and the boozer pr even the
moderate drinker .is the first man
to-be laid off.
When under prohibition fathers and
sons have good Jobs at remunerative
wages, girls will not need, in nearly
so many cases, to go to department
stores to labor nor into the bop fields,
for their own support.
The hop field is acknowledged, by
all who have had experience therein
and who will speak the truth about
the conditions there, to be one of the
most demoralising influences in the
whole state. Watch it,
CURTIS P. COE.
Comment on a Pamphlet.
Portland, Sept. 6. To the Editor of
The Journal Some . one placed upon
my front porch a pamphlet entitled
"True Temperance," by Mrs. Abigail
Scott Dunlway. According to the lim
itation typewriting across the front
page, tha reader would understand (be
little sheet to be' put out by the Press
Printing & Advertising company ot
Portland, Or. I do not find such a
firm listed in either the telephone or
city directory, but I read her purport
ed speech, which lt contains, and at the
end of the article I find tha
words, "Issued by the United States
Brewers' Association, New York," Mrs.
Dunlway says she is not interested in
the liquor traffic, pro or con. Will
Mrs. Dunlway please tell the publio
why she is defending something she
is not Interested in. It Is certainly
the height of folly to defend a thing
in which the defender has no interest.
She closes her speech with a letter
claimed to have been taken from The
Portland Journal, March 18, 1914. She
adjures her readers to follow the ad
vice ot Mrs. Partington to her son Ike:
"The best anecdote for plxen is not to
take the stuff." This waa good phil
osophy for the dark ages, but in our
enlightened day we have learned It ia
much better to . prevent s tho plxen
(whiskey) from being made apd sold,
thereby avoiding tha carnage caused
by It.- .
She aaya: "To quote my late broth
er, H. W. Scott. The fault Is not In tha
whiskey, but In man," Indeed the
fault ia In man in that man allows tha
accursed stuff to be made and sold.
The saloon Is a product of the physical
law, therefore it Is an absurdity to
expect the moral, law to correct the
evils created by tho physical. . Such
reasoning begins at no definite point
and ends nowhere. W. S.,HOIIIS.
Coffee and Alcohol.
Portland, Sept. 6. To the Editor of
Tbo Journal 1 have read C. A. Ball's
letter in last Monday's Journal and
I want to thank him for his able ex
position of tha evils of exeessiva cof
fee drinking. "When its dangers are
more generally' understood ' there win
be a stronger movement for its elim
ination. But unless Mr. Ball can show
that tha-ttM.pl intoxicating liquors
lessens the use of coffee, X! fall to see
Jn tha evil, of coffee drinking, any
logical argument-- against prohibition
of tha' liquor traffic. , According to
my limited observation liquor drink
ers as a class use more ana stronger
coffee than most others and also to
bacco In its varioua forma, which con
tains S more deadly poison tnan eitner
coffee or alconolio liquors.; But how
ever Injurious to tne general neaith
coffee may be. it does not make Its?
devotees quite so "crazy in tha bead
aa alcoholic - liquor and does not so
Injuriously affect - their moral sensi
bilities, and If we should prohibit
coffeo and retain liquor; &s a bev
erage, what won ia tne late annxer do
for bis cup of "blaci coffee" to coun
teract tha alcohol and steady , his
nerves for an explanation to the fam
ily for bis Ming "detained at the
clubr :" " ' " . - ' 1 -
All reforms cannot, be earned f or-
ward in one movement, and; to neglect
on, because others are necessary, will
never get ua anywhere. Let us first
eliminate tho traffic tn boose, and then
we can take up other reforms,. as pub
lic aentlmant shall demand, f i
Vote .Oregon, dry for social "purity,
home and the children. . !
v , ; J. O. GARRET8ON.
1- :;: "EscIijNevr yLurn.:1
- Portland, Sept 5 -To tha Editor of
The Journal I -cannot refrain from
addressing you a taw words of thanks
and congratulation in connection with
the article entitled "Each New Morn."
which appeared on the editorial page
of - The .. Journal "last V Sunday. . No
doubt many other poor , storm-tossed
mariners besides myself were encour
aged and cheered", by the! beautiful
thousht so ; ably expressed," that even
j though the night which had-Just closed
3
PERTINENT COMMENT
GAIAIA CHANGE
A long face gets
a abort welcome.
irom toe nusy. man.
Unless vail trv vou will nvr Vnow
what you .can't do. - ' ,
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Yon can buy a thing cheap If there
w aw viusr maaers.
.
Family prida ha th, ruination
of many a young man.
. - -
Some men tell their wives a lot of
things that never happen. - -.
.
Cold cash melts away faster than
most of us can f reese to it. .
. .
It isn't always the pretty girl who1
makes good -In a photograph.;
. If a man ' deserves success it Is rea
sonably sure to come his way.
Every day it's "a little more of the
left wing, please," from Germany.'
,. a .. a
Ustially a man would rathkr visit
a dentist than his . wife's relations.
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As a sticker, the chronic bore has a
porous plaster beaten to a fraasle.
,-:
If you think you are" wise, take a
dav off and observe bow little people
care about your wisdom.
- a
Carranza should take warning from
Huerta. Huerta tried to see how far
ne could go, and he went clear to Eu
rope. '
Russian enthusiasts promise a big
reward to the first soldier of the czar
to enter Berlin. But what if he enters
as a prisoner?
Who knows but that in keeping this
country out of war with Mexico Presi
dent Wilson also kept it out of the
Digger European conflict?
- Arter a man has known a woman
about so long he begins to tell her th-i
story of his life and three-fourths of
the story is fiction.
a a
Americans who choose to hang
around in Europe out of mere curiosity
may not have heard about the gentle
man who lacked the sagacity to come
in when it rained.
THE SILENT WAR
From the Philadelphia North American.
Historians seeking a name for the
present titanic conclict in Europe may
well call it "the silent war." With 10.
000.O0O men under arms or trooping to
the colors, with battle lines drawn half
way across a continent, with two mil
lion men engaged in a death struggle
front to front for 200 miles, the wait
ing world can hear hardly a cannon
shot.
Probably nothing could more accentu
ate the brutality of war than this al
most supernatural silence. It robs
war of the last vestige of romance. It
leaves only Its horrors.
War becomes Just a huge, cruel, in
exorable monster that goes on and on
and on, crushing the bodies of men,
breaking the hearts of women, leaving
children fatherless, destroying homes,
laying waste fertile fields, smearing
death and destruction over the face of
the earth.
And to accomplish this more effec
tively, tha powers which are conduct
ing this war throw over it a vast
blanket of secrecy, through which only
the most meager details are permitted
1 to seep. .
For the first time since hostilities
began, the names of commanding of
ficers were mentioned in the reports of
the great battle in Belgium this week.
But even now there Is no certainty as.
to the extent of that battler as to the
number engaged on each side, as to the
degree of advantage gained or as to the
general officera who directed the op
erations of any of the great units.
Tho dispatches, as if by courtesy,
mention one or two young sprigs of
royalty as having been In command of
armies. But that is all.
For nearly a month the forces of
France and Germany have been facing
each other. Frontiers jfhavo been
crossed, cities have been taken, battle
has raged back and forth ; yet tha pub
lio could not name a single general of
ficer In the field.
It forcibly illustrates tha fiendish ef
ficiency of the new warfare. Good
BEFORE THE EXPERTS WILL LEND MONEY
By John M. Oskison.
They're talking about putting an
luterburban trolley line across a part
of tha old range where I used to "ride
fter cattle and go hungry at noon
because there wasn't another ranch
near enough to drop into for a 12
o'clock dinner.
And I'm far from being a gray
board! , ,,
Nowadays, as soon a the fences au
Join in any part of the new west,
somebody says:
"Wo got to have the railroad
through here!" But. If a harder than
It used to be to Induce the railroad to
throw out a branch, Tha road's offi
cials look over the land, ask about
right of way, and what the community
will do to help, and go away with
some vague promises.
"We must get an interurban through
here!" says another hopeful. Ho ln
tareats the local banker; the local
bunker writes to his St. Louis or Chi
cago banker correspondent and tails
lum all about it; and perhaps tha big
city banker will call some one on the
pnone.
"Hello, Bnlggsr he'll say. "Come
over and hear what a friend of mine
out in Oklahoma has to put to you."
so full to overflowing for many of us
with pain, bitter disappointment and
humiliating experiences, had been
seemingly unending, that at last, thank
God! tho dawn baa come, and the
"morning is ours to make the most
of " Let us take renewed courage from
this cheerful, elevating outlook on
life and Its possibilities, and resolve
to make the "new morn" one of beauty
and helpfulness to othera by strug
gling constantly to avoid the mistakes
of "yesterday" and of the many sad
yesterdays' which have gone to make
up the griefs and -errors of a dead
past. Let us keep our ayes steadfast
ly turned to the future and Its won
derful possibilities.
One's sympathies naturally revert to
tho unhappy one who, "with all the
light out. fought aa for a kingdom,"
-.th. than to. the one who would
! weajtiy yield to adverse circumstances
.n fall tn tha battle. of life.
We need' more of these cheerful, op
timistic ideas cast abroad, at this
strained stage of world-wide disturb
ance and unrest, and hope that your
editorial page will continue to furnish
many more such. ?. K-
Cedar for Lead Pencils.
' NewportTtir, Sept. a. To the Editor
Of The Journal i have read in . The
Journal a dispatch under a Berlin date
Una regarding the cedar supply for
lead nencil making. When residents
of th cedar belt of lower Alsea, Lin
coln county, read thla Hem they won
dered If Uncle Sam had no expert me
chanic who could fashion a lead pencil.
I own .a quartet - section with . cedar
Sufficient -i to ? make pencils f for the
world. V And when they . read of hem
lock bark being shipped outside they
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
:; OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Meaning- the Grand Ronde, the 1
Grande Observer says: '"If yon want
to see the prettiest sight in th na-;
tlon drive through the valley at the
present time." ; ' . . '
. ;
In a mood of deep congratulation
the Baker Herald exclaims: "It's
good to be in' Baker county where.
crops ara enormous and where peace
and plenty reign."'
. a a f
Medford Mail Tribune: There Is a
decided, but as' yet, uncrystallixed sen
timent amons- farmers and fruitgrow
ers of the valley for irrigation, inose
who scoffed at irrigation when it was
offered now see its value. " ?,
. a
The news that an ample supply of
cold water is likely to be found In the
well across the river is very nearly as
interesting to Eugene people, the Reg
ister reports, as that which la appear
ing on the bulletin boards.
Specifications havo been prepared
for street improvement at Carlton.
Concrete will be used for the hard-surfacing'
and the pavement will be sim
ilar to that recently completed at Day
ton. Wlllamina also has some con
crete streets.
- a a
The Panama canal having been
opened and the Oregon City locks deed
having been forwarded to Washington,
the Salem Statesman remarks: "So we
may say that Salem is over 7000 miles
nearer by water to New York and to
Europe than heretofore."
Astorlan: When Astoria has made
Coxcomb Hill a Mecca for tourists and
tL bv-word of delight to travelers.
flotann mov n'll turn It attention tO I
making Saddle Mountain a greater lure,
by opening a feasible and safely-fast
trail up and down this majestic monu
ment and cast a fine road 'to It from
Astoria. It stands invitingly, one of
the sheerest glories of the country
and It should be made easily accee
sible to the last of its 3,100 feet.
strategy has always dictated that a
general hide from his enemy the dispo
sition and strength of his forces. But
here is a war in which the enemy
doesn't know even the name of the
general who is in front of him.
The reason for this is plain. One of
the most important factors in deciding
a battle where th forces are nearly
equal In numbers, equipment and
morale ia tha psychology of the com
mander. Students of our Civil war know how
much depended on this. General Lee
varied his' plans according to whether
his opponent was McClellan. Hooker.
Burnside or Meade. -In turn, the in
scrutable Grant always threw into his
calculations the psychology of the
great Virginia warrior.
In the big wars since the element of
the commander's personality haa fig
ured. But here Is a war In which lt is
eliminated. Here is a war in which
there is no commander, in " the old
sense. For all the plans have been
made weeks, months, years in advance.
Great armies are hurled Into the mouth
of hell by the directions on a card,
much as a piece of steel might be sent
through a well-organized machine shop.
And each side knows that the ether
has carefully catalogued every officer
in the enemy's army; that an adjutant
in Berlin may turn to the index letter,
pull out a card and ascertain at once
the age, education, theories of attack
and defense and the mental bent and
disposition of every man likely to have
an Independent command In the French
forces. And that the same process may
be repeated in Parla with German
namea on the card index.
So, even the namea of the generals
is kept a secret in this war. And
the public wonders why the reports are
so meager from the front; and parti
sans, disappointed at receiving so lit
tle comforting news for their side, sus
pect the newspapers of conspiracy to
deceive the world.
And the war of silence goes on.
Brlggs is one of the staff of a big
investment banking house of the
class of banking houses which , get
money to build new electric Unes'aod
consolidate old ones.
Brlggs reads the letter, writes to the
local banker and promoter for more
data. When lt arrives, Brlggs goes
over lt with this axiom In his mind:
"In the case of a trolley lino pro
moter, believe nothing he says and
only half of what he shows you!"
But, If through Brlggs hostility and
unbelief the proposition does pene
trate, he takes it up with his house.
If the others agree, the house sends
an investigating engineer (whose serv
ices are paid for by the local pro
moter and bis friends who expect to
take the stock) to look over the route.
To secure the backing of the bouse,
this man's report must show that tie
line will earn at least S&000 a year a
mile and meet other standard tests.
Few communities these day- can
meet tho testa of the trolley experts;!
they are principally busy now in mak
ing consolidations and cutting ex
penses of roads already in operation.
Remember that the experts back
only about one In fifty who ask finan
cial help. It's a good hint to you.
wonder If lt would not be cheaper for
tanneries to locate here, where wood,
water, bark and hides are plentiful".
AN ALSEAN.
. Vacant Lot Gardens.
Portland, Or Sept. S. To the Edi
tor of Tbo Journal I have Just been
reading a description Of a garden
grown on vacant lots. I pride myself
on owning a nice garden grown on
vacant lots. Aside from the regular
garden vegetables, X am raising cotton
on a small scale, broom corn. . "-Tana.
nese cucumbers," calabash gourds (th
kind that pipes ar made of), French
gherkins, also a plentiful supply of
muskmelons and watermelons. My
Rainbow corn la a beautiful ornamen
tal plant. Gardening pays big, and
doea much to reduce the high cost of
living. 1 nav sold over ti worth of
cucumbers and summer squashes, be
sides having from three to nln vege
tables oh our table every! day-sine
June 8. I have potatoes, carrots, cab
bages, etc., to winter us, and have
not Jost a day's work to cultivate
; ' t'-'''f -:-'" : -a 8. M-. '
The Storing of Explosives. --
Crabtree. dr.. Sept S. To th Ed
itor of The Journal What is tha law
In regard to tne distance a. powder
magazine or storeroom, . or nitroglyc
erin " or high - explosives : of any kind
must, be kept away from , any publio
building, like a achoolhous or church
or poatoffioe? V.':' A SUBSCRIBER, r
tit seems this Is a matter th legis
lature has overlooked. At least no .
or in me session acts 01 mil r III
that regulates , the storing of explo
sives. - , " - -
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IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Lockley.
"When my .enlistment ' had expired
In the cavalry in 1 861, I knocked
around a while till I had spent what
7V left mr nd:then got a
Job as head herder lor Wright &
Stewart. said Jimmy Belleu, an Or,
son pioneer of 1844. "They had. a
!trf f0r hQl,g bridge Umbers
and piling ahead of the bridge crews
and construction gangs on th. Union
Pacific railroad. I had six Mexicans
to help herd the. stock. Old Judge
J':. Co. ad a
admT,.. ,u; '"ln ct that was the
w, Um ?f th- who1- tts of
Y,mlDK- He was very proud of it
on L , Ut ! tu While I was out
ChJL!i K '!th the took old Dan
hunted in W'U. known fPP and
th?o.,.ho8.day"- cm m from
wOU"!f'n" LwUn .e Pack horses
Iurs- - Ji had beaver.
?Lo crroia8V marte. 0-wifts, one or
skin. h and " Uve- gray. fox
?iV H a anxious to get to
Green River and take the train for
the east I paid him a dollar a pound
furi,." eBtltl'ated tu wlht of the
in, .Ja v ia.d charee of th freight
ing and had been very anxious to se
cure Judge Carter's silver gray fox
fckin coat. A little while after I 'had
bought the furs Stewart, his partner.
? &nA 1 howed him the furs
I had bought. I gave him the 11 silver
gray fox skins. H, was so delighted
that he gave me his favorite riding
SSr,6, H P"-,J me Just what; I had
Paid for the skins and when be sold
them he gave me 10 per cent of the
pront on them. He was offered 11200
for the sliver gray fox aktna hut k.
Wouldn't UCll thm tne Iav. nr mnnji,
He had them made into an overcoat
at lAraml. All the tails huna- out
l.ke a fringe. It waa one of tha finest
coats I ever saw.
"I couldn't keep away from tha
army, 'so in 1874 I went to Alibene.
Kan., and Joined Major Frank North's
scouts. We served under General
Custer or 'Long Hair.' as tha Indians
called him. We scouted around the
South Platte, Ladville, Dead wood and
through Wyoming. You couldn't know
Custer and not lovn him. H waa an
bright and happy and so good-heartl
and courageous. His men would walk
into the Jaws of Hell for him, and
with his sunny mile and gay laugh,
he would have led them there if the
department commander had ordered rt.
He was too popular. It resulted in
his betrayal by a brother officer, who
deliberately let Custer and his. com
mand be slaughtered. When we got
there Jealousy and treachery had
played their part and Custer was out
of the way, though his death left a
stain that was neVer erased from the
officer who by falling to go to his
assistance helped in his death.
"Well, sir, I had been roaming
around a good many years, so I de
cided to go back and see how ray wife
was. When I got home I found she
was married. She had heard I was
killed by Indians and after waiting a
year or two, the had decided I must
be dead, so she got married. She
liked her new husband and -he stayed
around home a good deal better than
ever I did, so I told her it was all
right with me and to let lt go. at
that. She was willing, so as I had
r gotten used to being away, I. went
back east of the mountains and I have
been up here ever since."
HOO'S H00
By John V. Carey.
Who stands in line to alt upon the
German throne some day If same can
be located when the smoke baa cleare-S
away? '
Who's marked for place because ha
haps to be bis father's son, and no
because he's proved himself a -second
Washington? '
Who spent the days that other, lads
give up to youthful Joys In puttering
with guns and swords and other
Krupp made toys?
Who's leading now, . mid shot and
shell, the Death's Head regiment and
seeks of foes of Germany to rid the
continent? -----
Who says lt sure Is cruel war If it
be fate's decree that' royalty must g
to work? His crown prince majesty.
The Ragtime Muse
Lay of the Party Boss. .
When I see a hale and hearty
Chuckleheaded, serious party
Who is cursed with lust. of office
Or of honors, fame or pelf.
Then I say. "Old chap, go to it!
I'll turn in and help you do It.
For if you assume that bur dee -
I'll be free from it myself!"
For my notion of perdition
Is to fill soma high position
Always in lb rubllo ontlc
Always in th publio optic.
Scutinised by night -and day.
So if others are persuaaed
To b publicly paraded '
I can go, serene, unnoticed,
Happy on my bumble way. ,
,
Worldly goods, then, do-not tempt m.
From them fortun must exempt m;
But I have ray own ambition- -And
rewards that labor brings, ' .
In tha background, and obscurely,
I sit smiling aa X surely. ,
Work my little "Punch and Judy"
rn th man that pulls the i Strings.
To prevent i horse running away an
Indians man has patented a lever te
be fastened to a wagon wheel to which
a hitching strap may be tied, pulling
backward. If the bora starts. .
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