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t department ranched by bea number. Tell
t 1 tba operator ahat rte i'rtaigat yro want.
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tne rights oi. Christians in .mat. i wk aiuu wui again come w m ; city.
country. Whatever the European j assistance of the united States,
war has accomplished. It has ; not j furnishing gold at a time when
opened up the opportunity for I It la most needed. s
Turks to . vent their spleen , upon Its gold will be welcomed, but
Christian missionaries, American Alaska's substantial development
or European. ' ' along all lines of progress will be
Europe has prptested against hailed with acclaim; The time has
Turkey's action, and the United passed when Alaska's wealth was
States has lodged a separate pro- supposed to be stored . in precious
test, lit is a question of religious minerals. The .development of that
rights of Christians. -If the Sul- country means more than the
tan's courts have been so modern- opening of gold streaks,
ized that they can be trusted to Alaska will become a dependable
do "justice to Americans haled be- part of the United -States when its
fore them, the problem will be resources, other than gold in the
simplified. But If Turkish courts earth, are made available. That
are no modern, then both America time is coming. Alaska is to have
and ;Europe wilt insist upon treaty a railroad; it is to be given an op-
arrangements guaranteed in Tur
key since 1830.
The noblest contribution'
which any man can niake for
the benefit of po.terlty U that
of a goodicharacter. The rich
est bequest which any man
can leave to the youth, of Jus
native land la that of a shin
ing, spotless example.- ft.
Wlnthrop.,
.WHAT IF TWO WARS? v
THREE million men are locked
in a death struggle in a sin
gle battle over the sea. It
Is a battle that military ex
k peVts say In destruction of human
1 life Is to be the horror of the cen
tury. It has already raged for
eight days and the losses, three
days ago were estimated at 100,
; 000 men. It la almost without
1 precedent or parallel in the annals
of slaughter.
With this frightful catastrophe
i to mankind taking place the Ore-
gonian seeks to make political cap
ital of the United States war
It is the great cataclysm of battle
over seas that has made American
war taxes necessary. It drove com
merce from the ocean and enor
mously lessened revenues in Amer
ican custom houses. That is why
there is an American war tax. The
tax is along the same lines as the
war tax imposed by McKinley when
he was president, to meet the re
quirements of the Spanish war-
Now . since we have to impose a
war tax on account of the Eu
ropean war, how much war tax
would we be compelled to impose
if the Oregonian's advice had been
followed, and our lnvadiag armies
been sent into Mexico?
If we had a war with Mexico
now, in addition to the European
war, how much war taxes would
the United States have to levy?
. The estimate of the war bureau
at Washington was that an in
vasion of Mexico would require an
army of 350,000 men and a pre
liminary cost or $500,000,000.
How much war taxes would.we be
levying now if Oregonian states
manship had been followed?
What If we had to collect war
taxes for two wars Instead of one?
If the Oregonian had the faint
est semblance of shame it would
never mention war taxes or any
thing else that would tend to re
call its many months of vociferous
'demands for President Wilson to
send the armies of the United
States Into what would have been
a war of conquest in Mexico.
portunlty to demonstrate its wealth
in products other than gold.
THE MULTNOMAH MESS
THE MEANING OF
E
N
OBODT knows the true status
. of estates in Multnomah
county -since the Supreme
Court held that It was un-
T
HE United States has a tre
mendous respect for Wood
row Wilson- His present
place in .the esteem of his
THE HANDY REVOLVER
constitutional to transfer probate countrymen is almost without
matters to a newly created Judge- American precedent. In his time,
ship. every president, even Washington,
Nobody knows whether ,or not had his critics. But it is the ex-
the newly created judgeship is con- traordinary privilege of Woodrow
stitutlonal. Wilson to be almost without critics.
Nobody knows whether the His popularity undoubtedly had
county judgeship was abolished. much to do with the remarkable
Nobody knows whether Judge result in Maine. National speakers
Cleeton is a county judge or a of every party went into Maine,
circuit judge, though the lawyers The campaign was conducted al-
think he is either one or the other, most wholly on national issues.
Some think "he is both. , The Democrats appealed for the
Nobody knows whether or not election of their governor as -an
there is a legal title to real prop- indorsement of President Wilson,
erty awarded in estates to widows The country knows the result,
and ' to orphans by the newly ere- A Democrat was elected governor
ated Judge. In fact, the cloud on with a plurality of several thousand
all such titleB is such that it will There is not the slightest doubt
probably be difficult to sell any that the popular desire anionic
of it or mortgage any of it, or many voters in all parties to send
transfer any of it for usual pur- encouragement to President Wll
poses until there have been suits Bon in his great career of national
to settle the matter. reform, constructive legislation and
The far-reaching and serious ef- world peace is responsible for the
feet of the decision is the constant extraordinary verdict,
subject of discussion among Port- Normally, that is to say, in the
land lawyers. It was the subject old days before 1912, Maine was
of discussion at a meeting of law- always Republican by 30,000 and
yers held for the purpose at the upward. It gave Mr. Taft, in
courthouse Friday night. Some of 1908, a plurality of 31,000,
the attorneys favor an attempt to A change in Maine, the state of
induce me supreme court -to re- Blaine and Reed, from the 30,000
venae useu ana moauy its nna- of other days to a heavy plurality
iQ. for a Democratic rommnr in tfca
The 1913 legislature demanded late election is a strikine shift of
the passage of this bill. Governor public sentiment. What is most ex-
West opposed it. He vetoed It- traordinary is that it took slace in
But the well lubricated legislative I an off year and after a downward
machine In the two houses passed! revision of the tariff by the Wil
li over the veto. son administration. Thr ha
That legislature never missed an been nothing exactly like It in
opportunity to create a new office American history. There is but
or a new officeholder, never missed, one explan&ttan, and that explana
a chance to create more salaries tion is the powerful appeal that
and more salary drawers, never Woodrow Wilson is to the sober
failed when possible to increase judgment of his countrymen and
the bills for the taxpayers to foot, the hold he has upon the hearts of
The pretty mess into which es- the American people.
tates and lawsuits , and titles are The verdict in Maine fa rrn-
plunged in Mulnomah county is a doubtedly the expression of the
part of the outcome, . thought that is in the minds of
What was going on at that ses- millions of Americans regardless
sion is partly of record. One'mes- of party to the effect that in these
tage by the governor to the legis- times of world war and economic
lature illustrates. Here It Is: change, there can be no surer, or
I return herewith House BUI No. safer man In the White House
28 with my veto. This bill carriers that in his great work he Rhnnlrl
74 ltema and a total appropriation of " f.,.. . snonid
$1,231,216.90. Most of the ltema aw liave a united America' behind him,
meritorious and the appropriation Bd that he should, whenever the
necessary for the proper conduct of people have a chance, be riven a
our state government. There are Vrf nf nnfM,n '
other items and amounts, however, of tG T cnndence-
Chairman of the vice commis
sion which rendered the first re
port oh prostitution, member of
the Chicago school board and sup-j
porter of Ella Flags Young.: Chi
cago's progressive superintendent
of schools, the first clergyman to
require health certificates of both'
parties to marriage, lyceum. and
Chautauqua lecturer before audi
ences Jn every 'part of the country,
president, director and member of
most societies for unselfish service,
as dean of the cathedral of the
vice and Blum districts in the West
Side of Chicago, he has so minis
tered as to help its residents en
dure things which could not be
bured and to cure the evils which
could no longer be endured.
Dean Sumner has revealed him
self as a Christian worker to whom'
nothing human is alien. He is a
civic builder and a social worker
as well as a minister of his own
church.
It is no surprise that all sorts
and conditions of persons and so
cieties taie a warm interest in urg
ing his acceptance of his election
as bishop of Oregon.
A FEW SMILES
' A' man tras arrested on the chars
of robbing another of his watch and
chain. It w&a claimed that be- had
thrown a bag- over
his victim's - head,
strangled and
robbed him. There
was e little evi
dence, however, that
the Judff quickly
aldt
"Discharged !"
Tbe prisoner stood
still in the dock amazed at being given
his freedom so soon.
"You're discharged," repeated the
judge. "You can go. You're free."
Still no move from the prisoner.
Who stood staring at the judge.
"Don't you understand? Yon hare
been acquitted. Get out!" shouted the
judge.
"Well." stammered the man. "do
have to give him back his watch and
chain?"
Letters From the People
(Oommnnicatlons gent to The Journal for
publication in tfcls department Bhould be writ
ten oa only one aidt of tb paper, should not
exceed 300 word in length and mast be ac
companied by tbe name- and address or the
aendef. If the writer does nut desire to
have the name published, be should ao state. )
"Dtecosaion I the greatest of an reformer-
It rationalises everything it touches. It
robs principles of all false eanctlty and
throws them back on their reasonableness. If
they bare no reasonableness,- it ruthlessly
crushes them oat of existence and set up Its
?f,n conclusions la their stead." Woodrow
W ilson.
An elderly gentleman went into a
photographic studio and asked to see
the proofs of a picture recently taken
of a young man
whose name he
gave. They were
handed to Mm as
a matter of course
and he examined
them critically. He
seemed pleased and
finally said:
"These are of my
son. This one Is a remarkably good
photo of him it is very like him in
deed. Has he paid you for it yet"
"Xo, sir," said the photographer,
"not yet."
"Ah," said the elderly gentleman,
"very like him indeed.'
N ITALIAN laborer was killed
A In a Portland saloon last Sat
urday morning. That even
ing a duel was fought on
the streets : of Heppner, and an
other man was killed. The revol
ver was the handy instrument of
death in both instances.
The Portland killing was ex
plained by the man under arrest
with the statement that his vic
tim threatened to "get his gun and
come back and kill me." The man
was shot dead as he entered the
Ealoon.
It Heppner two men met on a
street made, more than ordinarily
busy by the closing day of the
Morrow county fair. They im-
mediately -began firing at each
other. The bullets from one re
volver went wild, but fortunately
did not hit anybody. The other
. man's bullets found their mark.
Self defense will be the plea of
both men. It is possible that the
plea is Justified by the facts, but
there would have been no killings
had there been no revolvers as
handy instruments of passion.
These two killings Illustrate
law's failure to prevent murder,
' tvv - ' ... .
j neppner victim carried a
i loaded revolver and was killed be-
fore he could kill. A jury will de
termine whether the Portland vjc
rtim was intent upon murder. The
facts In these two cases demon
strate the necessity of closer Bur-
venaince of the revolver. It
should be located and confiscated
before, not after, it kills Its vic
tims.
TURKEY'S STARTLING MOVE
T
i AKING advantage . of the Eu
ropean war, Turkey has abol
lshed the whole existing body
l Of separate rights which for-
,lgers have enjoyed. The chief
. of these ' are tolerance of religion
and exemption of foreigners from
the' judicial system of Mohamme-
; dan government.
The Turks have acted with their
usual shrewdness. They seized
, upon an auspicious moment' to
. promulgate a decree as to extra
territorial rights. The Youi
. Turks, from -whom much "was ex
pected, have shwon that they have
the limitations of their race. They
re Turks always. ;
There is little probability " that
V the United States, or Europe either,
will calmly submit to Turkey's ab--'
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GRAFT TN ARGENTINA
RAPT in North American cities
Is accepted as a general prop
osition indicative of urban
life. We are accustomed to
G
questionable merit Which have been
included in this bin and undoubtedly
for the purpose of Insuring their pas
sage.
The practice of presenting blanket
appropriation bills Is wrong In prin-
iple because it deprives tbe execn
tive of his constitutional right to
veto unless he should take it upon rhrr( nf rr
himself, as I have done in this in- Cr"", Tl "i
stance, to veto the bill as a whole municipal matters, but a report
and thus delay needed appropriations, from Buenos Aires is evidence that
Further, the measure carries an emer- Kraft has secured a frvtttn- In fha
gency clause which deprives the peo- cfv. - i, . .
pie of this state of their constitu- font American country now look-
tional right to invoke the referen- S w we united States IOT com
dum upon any part thereof. mercial salvation.
uooa Dusiness ana m oesi inter-1 . m.. .
est of the taxpayers of this state 60 Buycrameai nas
demand that such appropriations as I compieiea a new congressional
are covered by this bill be classified I building on a 6Cale befitting fbG
Vrexirxa bu republic's status. But the cost ran
know of no greater service you can . . , ,
render to your state than that of I rar beyond anticipations and a
presenting these appropriations in the I congressional committee was ap-
manner iiere BUBsreoveu suia mtsreuy pointed tO lOOk Into the expend!
set an example for future legislators. . ., T1I .1
T thrpfr ora rtiirnlnz Houu I " cuu. iijuu Jiubl Wliai
Bill No. 628 with my disapproval, for the people got for their hard-
further consideration, leaving it to I earned Desos.
the already over-buraened taxpayers 1116 committee had no difficulty
of tats state or to force from their in aiscovenng gran and excess of
pockets, by doubtful legislative met- expenditures aggregating $11,00 0,-
ZZl ZTJL- ' J 000, but the difficult task of trac
Thi tr.A-5.i rpmiAsrHn- h I. Luc "Miey to me gratters has
islature to take the uuestionable aut oeen aecorapusneo.
items from the general bill and T?ie incident goes to prove that
present them as single items went j Argentina has a genuine American
to the legislature February 25, aty' ine un"ed States can pro-
1913. But, drunk with its power once -examples of wierd bills of
and reckless of the interests of th expense in connection with the con-
taxpayers, the steam roller machine "ruction of state capitols and
passed the measure over the veto ptQer puouc improvements.
in both houses, and the people Argentina's clean-up of $11,000,-
are now paying the penalty In high 01 & state capitol is evidence
taxes. that the South American republic
What might not har been done kas taken rank with the most
by the' 1913 legislature had Gov- nighly developed, states of. the
ernor West not freely and fearless- American republic
ly used the veto?
Why Elect Booth?
Portland, Sept. 17. To the Editor
of The Journal We note all sorts of
comments and cartoons In the Ore-'
gonian in behalf of R. A. Booth, pic
turing him from the day he was a
janitor and a sheepherder, and so on.
and making bis living by manual labor
on a farm. He made fortunate pur
chases of land, which no one will daro
to dispute, as we all have read his own
reply to the Albany Democrat's query,
"Where did you get it?" We read his
own admission that three times the
Booth-Kelly Lumber company has
been before the federal court for this
district. One time was when the gov
ernment undertook to cancel title, be
cause of its fraudulent nature, to land
tnat the company had bought from
the railroad company. Another time
was when his brother was in the land
office at Roseburg, where he could
give R. A- Booth undue advantage over
outsiders In securing timber lands.
And from the proceeds he undoubtedly
started in the lumbering business,
from which he accumulated his mil
lions, enabling him to dispense liber
ally along benevolent lines.
Mr. Booth has been in the state sen
ate twice, and now seeks to defeat
George & Chamberlain for the United
States senate. He must be afflicted
like George, running for office. Even
more so, for he has been on the road
campaigning since December, 1913. A
man who is popular and has a good
public record does not have to cam
paign 11 months to convince the voters
he is the man of the hour.
He Is not like George E. Chamber.
lain, who has a good public record, and
who is reinforcing it by remaining in
Washington and placing duty above
his personal interests In looking after
the appropriations for Oregon's rivers
and harbors, which are the making of
a greater Oregon; while the Oregonian
is hollering pork barrel, to the detri
ment of Oregon's interests.
' Chamberlain served as district at
torney two terms, six years as attor
, ney general of the state, and was twice
elected governor, and the same peophr
sent nrm to tne united creates senate
as an acknowledgment of appreciation
for faithful services as a public of
fleer. If he was a tax eater, why did
they send him to the senate?
The call of the people of Oregon.
and of the nation. Is for better and
purer politics, and more truly repre
sentative men, like. Senator Chamber
lain. It is not for men who have been
tried for land frauds.
The Oregonian will not get very far
in its efforts to replace, with an In
experienced, untried man, George E.
Chamberlain, who is the senior sen
ator from Oregon. As a member of
the most Important committees, Sen
ator Chamberlain is now entrenched !n
the respect and confidence of his as
sociates, and stands In the front rank
with the most distinguished of them.
He will be returned to the upper boose
of congress if the -voters do their duty
In the interest of tbe state.
CHAR. D'HF:i KRT.
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
When in doubt, button your tt
Bven a tailor cannot lvva nt on t
his rivals.
.Cupid could give the fool killer a
lot of pointers.
Better a burnlns kiss than m un-
burned love letter.
People are unnecessarU-r
when they stir up trouble.
active
"My husband," remarked a Phila
delphia matron to a group of friends,
"was a confirmed
smoker with, a to
bacco heart when
I married him a year
ago, but today he
never touches the
weed."
"Good,'" said one
of the group. "To
break off a life
time habit requires strong will."
weii. mars what rve got," said the
A word to the wise doesn't suffice
sny more; they want a surety bond.
Don't have too little confidence in
yourself or too much in others.
It's easier to purchase a flying ma
chine than to sprout wings.
Wealth may not bring happiness,
hut it saves the bill collector many
m The older a girl is tbe easier it Is
ror ner to lorget her birthday anni-
Before it's over, Africa ought to be
able to furnish the colored man in th
war wooapne.
"Don't Jump on the cars." But even
the president of the United States does
it, ra trier tnan be late.
It seems plain enough that "the Brit
ish Hon" gets very respectable assist
ance xrom -tne , .British bulldog."
A spinster of 30 needs a chaneron.
but a widow of 25 is capable of look
ing out for No. 1 and also for No. 2.
The news of the swimming of the
Vistula by some Russians will prob
ably be noted with peculiar interest
DJ uenerai j-unston.
When we hear a man say that he
would rather have a clear conscience
tnan a million dollars we are remind
ed of what David said all men were.
wife.
come out victorious. In consequence
she now feels chagrined because she
begins to realise that her position on
this great moral question is untenable.
Mrs. Duniways contention for a wet
Oregon is an argument for an abnor
mal appetite, a plea for an Indulgence
which is plainly against moral up
lift, an upholding of a dangerous per
sonal liberty, a liberty to debauch
one's self, a liberty which no good
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Fourteen new typewriter have
barchased for McMlnnvilie's school.
indicating that education in Oregon
Is becoming actually practical,
The Polk County Itemize grows
ironical: "Did you hear the new from
Maine? Th Democrats elected tne
governor and otner state oiricers.
Looks like a Republican year, aoesni
it?"
"Scarcelv a yard in this section."
says the Aurora, Marion county. Ob
server, "produced the same amount of
hops this year as in 1913." The sea
son's crop is estimated to be 30, per
cent below that of 1913.
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Lockley.
"Dr. McLaughlin, Dr. Tolmle, Pta
Skeen Ogden, James Douglas, Donald
Manson, TomMcKay, Pierre Pambrua.
Dr. Barclay, James Douglas, all the
old-time Hudson's Bay men I used to
know as a girl, are gone," bald Mrs.
Mary Aplin of Woodburn, whose fa
ther, Peter Wagner, was a dairyman in
the early thirties .at Fort Vancouver,
for Dr. McLoughlUu "Some were very,
well liked; others wore not. Donald -Manson
was the foreman who had
charge of the Hudson's Bay servants.
My father was one of their servants,.
! working at first in the dairy and later
as a trapper. One of the French Ca
nadian Kervante was light-hearted and
Cannpd iackrabblt as one of Ore
gon's products is proposed by D. B.
r. , (( 151(7. W and " t fond of work. Mr,
Cxiv nmnUina that Mr. Jackrabblt
canned would do iar more prunuuw
than Mr. Rabbit roaming tne sage
brush plains.
The Courier says the past summer
has demonstrated the necessity of irri
gation in the Rogue River valley. In
sured success for the agriculturist or
horticulturist depends on irrigation. In
the Medford district, it is said, there
are many orchards where apples did
not attain marketable' size because of
extreme dryness.
A year's effort to advance the In
terests of Sweet Home, Dinn county,
has not been financially profitable to
the Tribune. But that paper's editor
is not discouraged. The Tribune will
struggle on. hoping that losses of its
first year will be compensated by
profits when Sweet Home comes Into
its own.
Jackson county's school directory
chows that of th 1913-14 fund of
$325,502 available for school purposes,
$75,991 was unexpended and is avail
able for the current year. The county
has 101 schools and 233 teachers.
There were 680C children of school
age November 25, 1918. The esti
mated value of schooXhooses and
grounds was $00,000, and of furni
ture and apparatus, 160,000.
TURKEY'S MISTAKE
Prom the Troy Record. .
While any fairmlnded person win
concede that the Constantinople gov
ernment has reasons for desiring a
termination of conditions which en
able foreign governments to interfere
with the autonomy of Turkey, the
cautious observer win declare that the
Porte went too far when it abruptly
set aside the capitulations involving
the territorial rights and privileges .of
foreigners in the sultan's dominions.
The Young Turk, who seems to con
tinue in control of the government, has
not been shown in a favorable light
since the downfall of Abdul Hamid.
DEAN SUMNER
MORE GOLD IN ALASKA
E
HERB is an earnest hope in
Portland that Walter Taylor
Sumner - may accept the "'of
fice of bishop of Oregon, to
XTENSrVTS gold fields have
been discovered in Broad
Pass, Alaska, showing thai
even in this thoroughly Iwhir-h h Vtaa Itiaf hean eAtwtaA an1
searched world all the Eldoradoes j that he will come to Portland and
nave not been advertised to the I take up the work
puDiic. i. Dean Sumner la an unnnnal fir-
Alaska is peculiarly a land of jure. While others advanced the-
romance and adventure. First ories, he plunged far into the prac-
came me ivionuige witn its re- tical phases of 1 social service.
warns ana us horrors.. From then I Dean Ruimier. thonh imiier in
on Alaska yielded many treasure j has won renown beyond -the bor-
epots. dui me greatest or them aHlders of his church and his state,
is said to be Broad Pass, where thelAa dean" of the cathedral of St.
gold ledges are said to be from I Peter and &t Pa.ni a.t nta . v.
100 to 1000 feet Wide and greater han a natlnnal rpmitntlnn no a
than any of the gold ledges of worker ior civic and social right-
South Africa.
man or woman ought to desire. Now
really, Mrs. Duniway, do you not be- j He started out as a progressive, only
lieve that the appetite for intoxicating to end as a reactionary. If the peo-
iiquor is an unnatural appetite, tnat pie oi xuritey earnestly desire an ab
its indulgence is not essential to rogation of the nrivilesrea Vhich have
health, that as a rule the gratiflca- made an anomaly of government in
tion of this appetite is detrimental to I an anomalous nation. they should
our physical and moral well-being and I have insisted that those in authority
tnat tne people of this world would be proceea aooux un Business in a regu-
better off if they never swallowed a manner.
drop of red liquor? Are you not con- A-ny patriotic Turk B&onld fame
tPTiriliif tor a fhfn tt u nihi7 1 over uw uougnt tnat loreigners Te
against the best Interest of every 10 posttloa to fix the tariff rates
man, woman and child in this world?
and maintain post off ices of their
Can you show us one solitary Instance Z? ifl11 ."e3,. f
where the use of intoxicating liquor VT Tb. TrrV:
1,0- w-w v,i, 4hi rr fore.igncr ln . the sultan s country
has given the world higher ideals or
has tended In any way to advance man
in thought or morals?
might be protected by his ambassa
dor, or tried before his own consul
and not by Turkish courts, and that
jn tne otner nana zras 11 not own Christian seminaries operate under
your observation that its tendency is the protection of foreign powers,
demoralizing? Don't you think that should be considered in the question
personal liberty has its limitations, and under consideration. An tndepend-
that those limitations are determined ent. self respecting nation would not
by the effect our actions win have on tolerate any outside interference.
tbe lives of . ourselves and others? I There is a possibility that Turkey Is
Does not our personal liberty end when L becoming self respecting if not in de-
it runs counter to the well being of I pendent.
society? Is not this a fact in sociol- Because of the attitude of the ports
ogy? We were proud of your victory during the present war in Europe,
for woman's suffrage and we had
hoped that that victory would rest
upon your head as a crown of glory.
flooding the pathway down your ae
dining years with a golden splendor,
but our hearts deeply deplore the posi
tion you have taken against human
ity's cause in this great conflict be-
Great Britain, Franc and Rnsrria have
been led to believe that the sultan's
government has torn up the treaties
that assure territorial rights to for
eigners with the Idea that interna
tional complications might furnish it
an excuse to go to war. The text ef
the replies mad by the ambassadors
for Great Britain, Russia, Franc and
Italy, in regard to the notification of
the rejection of the agreement. Is
identical.
aianson said ha was trifllni? and
worthless, so he punbihed hlra. He
beat-him over the head with his heavy "
cane and told htm to go away and
stay away, as he was a bad example
to the others. U wandered away
and the Indians killed him. Dr. Mc
Loughlin was away on a long trip.
Douglas heard about the Indiana kill
ing this Hudson's Bay servant, so he
took the chief of the tribe who had
killed the French Canadian and put
him In jaiL The chief said the man's
head was all cut and bruised and he
claimed to have been beaten up by
the Hudson's Bay people. The chief
said 'We thought you did not like him
and would be glad to have us kill him,
as he was running away.' Douglas said.
It you bring his head to m and prove
it was cut and beaten up. I will let
you go.' The chief sent one of his
Indians to where they had buried the
man and they brought his head to
Douglas. Douglas saw the chief had
told the truth, so he let him go. Doug
las was a fine looking man. He was
tall and strong and very dark. His
hair was as dark as an Indian'a No,
he didn't have any Indian blood. His
father was a Scotchman. His mother
was a Creole. He was bora on the
Island of Jamaica.
"Isaac, the halfbreed son of Peter
Skeen Ogden, married Ionald Alan Bon's
halfbreed daughter. Isaac was very
fond of liquor. He was killed at Cham
Poeg. In the old days Dr. McDoughlin
would not let any of the Indians or
half-breeds have liquor, but when the
settlers came then there was liquor
to be had and soon the Indians got in
lots of trouble.
"My father married an Indian wo
man. Most of the Hudson's Bay men
did. Dr. McLoughlin married Mr-
tk. MninTnra n,.i, an inuian woman, thn widow nf
Is not an autonomous Institution of I r McKay, who was drowned
the Turkish empire, bat an issue of
international treaties, diplomatic
agreements and contractual acts at
divers kinds. Consequently this regime
can be modified only on the basis of
an understanding with tbe contracting
powers, and failing such an under
standing before October 1 next, tbe
ambassadors win be unable to recog
nise the executory fore beginning on
that date of the unilateral decision of
the sublime porte."
While the United States to equally
interested with European powers In
maintaining tbe treaties which offer
privileges for foreigners ra Turkey, it
has refrained from joining the Eu
ropean authorities in the protest be
cause of a desire to keep out of a dis
agreement which might Involve the
Washington government In an inter
national controversy.
If the Constantlnopl government
would proceed as Japan did after its
war with China and won Id negotiate
for the withdrawal ef the privileges
now accorded foreigners in Turkey, it
might escape a dispute which will
surely end In its dlscorafortur If it
continues to Insist upon its rights to
tear treaties to snreds.
INVESTORS AND SECURITIES BARGAINS
Two Totes for Chamberlain.
By John X. Osklson.
One good banking house advertises
circular , giving the closing prices
tween right and wrong, and it Is with July 30. the day the exchange went
bitterness of soul that we have thus out of business, of 1X8 issues of stocks
to contend with one who has other- listed on the New York Stock Er-
wlse fought so valiantly for truth and change. In the circular Is gtwea the
justice. We do not Blur or maugn yon percentages earned on both the par
but we expostulate with you to b of BtocXa and their market
reconciled to the truth. am.
W. H. BUCK. I vn-iuc, - "
denu rate ana tne mgn ana ww prices
for 1913.
Another good brokerage house ad
vertises:
During the recess of the New Tork
Why Is An Ass?
Toledo, Or., Sept. 19- To the Editor
of The Journal In the Oregonian to-.
day there is a cartoon with the qxtes- I stock. Exchange its members are per-
tion in the lower corner of "Why la mi tied to enter orders to buy pri
an Ass'" vateiy from other members, provided
.,"1, .v.- onAstw. their clients pay in full in New Tork
been puzzling my brain ever sine the funds, and provided they bid closing
Oregonian has been Insisting on mak- prices of July 30 or higher. On that
lng a monumental on of itself oa the basis this firm is asking for orders to
tariff question and Chinese eggs. 1 noy sux?is km
rv. .i.. rrr , unftMii vrv soon after the exchange dosed
.v. - inn tt tr rtnan n- its members saw that some provision
p eared in quote Oregon eggs at 34 would have to be made to 51
cents per dozen, butter xat at 33 cents, private -XZ V, 7vT7
hogs on foot at $7.50 to J8.40-. beef tare of things occur. The first thing
- . e A r A. A. I ,atj -a -v T 1 W TrMi I 1 1 1 i 1 1 UKJOW
on hOOf at b.tU to lO, wueai at uiey uiu - -
figures quoted at the closing of the
exchange.
He who can take cash to the broker
age houses in these days, and who
believes that, prices which, for ex
ample, grre a yield of 9.61 per cent
on steel, of over 7 per cent on American-
Telephone and Telegraph, of 7.04
on the Tonquin.
After the cominr of th thrwivt
missionaries "and the nriesiM th In
diana soon sang their Chinook songs
10 uyrna tunes, nut In tbe Old days
they had their own music, which was
very different to the white man's
music. When 1 was a little girl, about
70 years ago, I learned many of these
old Indian songs from my mother nd
the Indians around Fort Vancouver.
Listen, I will sing you an Indian love
song with the real Indian tune."
She sang, a song full of wild and
weird monotones in a plaintive minor
key.
"That means in English. "She sings
to her lover: '"Where are you going on
horseback, my young c-hief?- ne sing:
"I am going to Bpain (be means Cali
fornia. It ued to bo called New
Spain in those days) for long-horned
cattle. I'll be gone but one moon,'
Then she sings: aood-bye Pierre,
good-bye till I see you again.'
"The Indian girls were always mak
ing up love songs in the old days.
"La Framboise, Lucie. Du lireuil,
Gervals, all the old French-Canadians
of that day, are gone now. They were
a good-hearted, contended and happy
j people. Bishop Blanehet used to have
me teach the Indians the hymns in
Jargon. They would sit on the grass
' quietly and I would sing a verse. Soon
they would Join in and by the time I
had sang it eight or ten times all
would know it by heart. For 30 years
I sang the Latin hymns In the church
choir. In the convent they taught me
the songs and hymns in French and
Latin. I sang In the choir till I had a
daughter old enough to take my plaee.
My husband used to com to the choir
to hold my babies- when I sang. In
rwf ftrtt on TTnisin 'Paifi. a twI 1 AT
per cent on Northern Pacific, will those days babies did not cry as they
have opportunities to buy real bar-'do today. They nursed and then went
gains. ' to sleep. W did not have Urn to
He wont b doing a loan shark amune them. ,
business, either; instead he will help "Sometimes In our congregation we
to reestablish a normal market when would have Kanakas from the Sand
the financial situation in Enrooe is ! wich Islands; Iroquois Indians, most of
cleared up and our own money own
era regain their courage.
It la desirable to keep ta mind the
rules under which the reputable brok
ers are operating. Ton can follow
them and still make as xonen on an
Investment as you ought to make and
keep a clear conscience.
A close study of prices tn a time
Eke this is weS worth making and
filing away for reference. Securities
which hav held up best in this crisis
are nearest to being the real "gilt
edged" stuff that genuine investors
TTood River OrT SemTie-To T the U.09. hay up, to $15 per ton, pota- which trades might not no maae-i
bUt9 Cfcl ' ' ' I
Editor of The Journal I am a Re
publican of Republicans and voted for
Lincoln among my first votes. Later
I was, and am today, a prohibitionist.
true blue. Yes. just all that. But
after all this I wish to say to you and
through you to the public, that I hare
voted for George E. cnamDeriam
twice for governor, and also support
ed him for senator, and have at no
time seen reasons to regret my cholco.
should certainly think any wen
posted man a blunderer who would
not support him now. What especial
ly pi eased, me was the uncompromis
ing fight he mad against the repeal
of the Panama canal tolls exemptions.
I could see no call for this repeal, and
I was thankful I was not alone In my
conclusions. And Mrs. Rlgby says to
tell The Journal that Mi. crramner
laln will get two votes at our house.
j. w. itiu x.
-"No Absolute Personal liberty.
Portland. Sept. 18. To the Editor of
The Journal Mrs. Duniway's rejoin
der is but the babbling of words.
There Is no absolute persjMial
liberty in a highly civilised demo
cratic eovemment. Each subject sur
renders to every other suDiect eerraw
concessions and rights in' order that
the person surrendering such ngnts
may enjoy a like privilege in civiliza
tion. There is a civil liberty which every
citizen has the right to enjoy, and
that is the liberty I plead for. Every
youth in Oregon has the right to have
an unpolluted environment, a pure so
ciety in which to live. The elimina
tion of the saloon will be one of the
greatest acts of pnrf ieation that has
ever taken place on American sou.
W. S. IIOLLIS.
eousness. Because of his past work
, jSroad' Pass has given 98 ? per J and'"f uture ? promise, he would be
cep gold. For certain streaks an I a valnahia adriitlnn " t. th wnrWora
estimate of $250 gold per ton Is I in every line of community better-
Mrs. Duniway and Personal liberty
Portland, SJt, To th Editor
of The Journal -I notice in today's
Journal that Mrs. Duniway in replying
to one of , her -ritlcs claims she has
been slurred and , maligned. . I ' think
he takes this matter too seriously.
having usually been right in her con
tentions on other questions and having
and everything else that the farmer deinned to theJalhi of th provinces
has to sell in proportion. In the name oncbec and Ontario during three.
doeshThrOreiaCrwmrt Tthe w .comJn-.
of high prices, and how much has the or crimes committed under th influ-
tariff hurt the Oregon rrmer; n,ven ence oi onus.
the sheep have turned on the Oregon- The state board of police Justices of
lan, and their wool has sold for the ew Tork said In their annual report:
highest price this year that has been ..We are fuUy persuaded that intoxica-
known in the life time of the ordinary um ig th- OM ereat that ren-
"res the Oregonian think everybody ders our police . courts fff
fools, or has it harped on the tariff Two years after the prohibition tew
so long that It has hypnotized itseiiT went into eiiect ia w. " "
Just think of the poor farmer having 0f the state penitentiary reported to
to part with his .eggs at only 35 cents tfe legislature: "We are SQ0,00O be-
per dozen at this season of the year, tknd the work contracted for, because
How it must wring his heart to only the number sent to the pentitentiary
get $8.40 for his pork, ir It was not have so decreasea w csnno carry wui
for Argentine beef he might get more the contracts.
than the miserable pittance of 7.25 The report of the assistant state's
on hoof for his beef. But then, what's attorney of Kansas, who, in 30 days
the use? In other words, "Why Is an routed the saioon irum
A POOR FARMER., 1 Kn , reported that an Business miuwai
remarxanie lmpiwauwis uci.. in
creased In all the banks; that there
was a great increase in the sal of
women's and children a shoes.
These are strong eceonomic reasons
who are- opposed to the measure ex
cept some few I. W. W, and they are
opposed to anything that might make
times better, because they think the
worse off a worklngman is the sooner
he will become a "revolutionist." I
would like to have a good home my
self, and the less I am taxed for hav
ing it, the more likely I am to get
one and keep it. This measure looks
like prosperity lo me.
L. L. STEVENS.
whom were Catholics; French Canadi
ans with their Indian wives and chlW
dren, and sometimes our white-hatred
governor, the well-loved Dr. McLough
lin, would be there.
"In many ways th dlseowery of
gold was bad for Oregon, for It de
stroyed the old peaceful and happy
life of the settlers. By taking away
many of th most faithful Catholics ef
St. Paul to California ft crippled the
church work. St. Joseph's college for
Catholic boys stopped its work la 1849,
and it never resumed. Later th Jes
uits closed the mission of St. Francis
Xavler and three years later, in 1852,
the convent at St. Paul in charge of
the Sisters of Notre Dame, was dosed,
as well as the school at Oregon City.
But we still bad the church and thou
of us who were left were faithful n
its support."
The Testimony of Judge
Portland. Sept. 18. To the Editor of
The Journal To Mrs. Duniway and
otners, wno are so auuuus to retain i v.iiv.; .-. tiH there
the saloon. I submit the testimony of I i!, iT
certain judges
Chief Justice Hale, a learned Eng
lish judge, said: "The places I have
me opportunity to observe the original I
cause of most of the crimas com
mitted in the last 20 years, and I find
that four fifths of the murders, rob-
are other things to grow that will pay
as well as hopa More nopgrowers
have mortgaged their property tnan
any other growers in tbe Willamette
j, a. 1.1B i
The $1500 Exemption Measure.
Portland. Sept. 18. To tbe Editor of
beries, riots, adultery, hav been The Journal The Oregonian has a
caused hy strong drink good deal to say about small matters
Judge Decker ef Denver said: I in attacking th $1500 tax measure.
"Ninety-flv per cent of all crimes . .- .hn.n -1 nv working-
coming before m originated in drink." i . . hrt. will have to
The presiding Judge of a Chicago " . 1... .
court said: "The saloons of Chicago S P oecauM OI ". "
are responsible for the police force, j When the Oregonian does I will snow
Justice courts, criminal courts, the I It tnat in wages or tnat roan ami ui
county jails, a . great -portion of tho j chances to get a Job . will go up 100
nenitentlarv crimes, t h mnro-n th-1 times mor because of It. I am an
poor house, reform .schools and the I electrical arorker, and all f us know
insane asylums. Ow where you will I the measure will nejp in ouiiamg
you will find whiskey is- the root of I trades a wbol lot, Mr taxes are not
the wii." 1 much, but Because peopi. rt iinea u
The commissioner of the house of i they build homes in Oregon, lots of
commons of Canada said in his renort. I us are Idle many day every , year. ;
-inat zi.iss or in zs.zss persons con- I I aon i Know oi any woriungmen
Preferring Egg Plants.
Portland, Sept. 18. To the Editor
of The Journal Will some reader Of
The Journal inform me if there is any
way to preserve egg plants In their
natural state through the winter
months. I have heard they can be
preserved by varnishing them with a
thick coat of varnish.
ANXIOUS HOUSEWIFE.
War arid, life Insurance.
Frome the Philadelphia Ledger.
Inquired of a man high up tn the af
fairs of the Provident whether th
killing of so many soldiers will bring
heavy losses upon American life Insur
ance companies.
"Far smaller than you might think,"
was his answer. "It Is true one New
Tork company has $400,000,000 of in
surance in the countries which are. at
war, but th nambcr of soldiers killed
will be but a small proportion of aQ the
people who carry insurance.
Some Americas' life companies do
not insure soldiers. Nor do they in
sure persons living north or south of
certain degrees of latitude. Other
companies are so comprebensiv that
they Include the earth.
The Standard Oil company's sign 1
saw in cities all over the world. Next
to the prevalence of this Rockefeller
business legend, I found th sign of
an American life Insurance company.
I've read such signs under the burning
un on the equator and In place like
Bombay, where every published weekly
death list showed many, victims of
such maladies a cholera and baboo ic
plague. . ..-:: r.;-
HOP'S HOP
By John W. Carey.
'
Who's' balled by Teutons as th
man who built for Germany th sec
ond largest navy that Is known ta
history? .
Who did some 60 years ago his
Ship ahoy!" debut, when mighty Ger
many could boast of but a scow or
.two?
Who mad so good ln'cours of
time the kaiser picked him ; out to
dope a sea fore strong enough to put
1. Rull'a tA rnntf . ,
Who longs to face the fleet that
files the flag of England's king, so
he may show th kaiser that h did
that very thing? .-' ; . . . -
Who ur stand wll at court at
that, to dare to flaunt, by gad, those
awful whUkerette of his? That
-Ad" Von Tlrpits lad.
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