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' r- ..J ' . 1 1 - i Si ' ," if,. t'S V i n i , I E ! it'- j e i rz II il if I '5. I r 8 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER .7. 1914. !5! THE JOURNAL AW IWDEPKNPEWT NEWSPAPER. - s ' C. a. JACKSON ; . . . i . ; ; . .'. PnblUber. fabiUbiKl er.ry nit (ept Sondarj .ad enormous Bums ai dome iuero ararv Bandar aaornlna at The Journal Bolld- Inc. Broadway and Yamhill ta.. Portland. Of. Soured it tt pc-tofflta at rartlaBd, r.,- tat traDamlaaloa Uwraxb tia aialla aeaoad elaae matter. ' ' ' '.. TKLKFHONES Malo T17; Hotaa. A-fl06t. All apartaianta taaebed b tbaae uumbera. Tell tba aparator what datiartmont yon want. OHJCIGN AD VEKTlSllXti KBPHBBKNTA.il IV Vnjaaila Kaotnor Co., Branawlck BMC;. fcffl Hfta Ara.. New York. 1218 Paoplaa ma., unioaao. - Ctuiawriiition term by mall or to aaj. ni trate la too United State or Maslea: nAiLY. L 18.00 Ona moot. 8 60 SCNDAT. ' .....12.80 I One month. ...... nitrv ivn unNDAT- aar $7.60 I One month. Ona rear. One ear. One .8 .65 -a They who cannot from the heart forgive their enemies, ought to think twice before they Bay the . Lord's prayer. Mary R. 61elsht. 68 A THIRTY - FOOT CHANNEL to ?:ba determined .when -these short loans are funded Into con sols or a permanent war loan. As to Germany's ability to raise is but little doubt. A few days ago Imperial bonds for one billion were over subscribed 25 per cent. The interest , borne by the bonds was not stated. , j ' - How Russia will raise money is not bo clear-. To carry on its war with Japan it-was obliged to secure more than half of the requisite amount from France. France can rely on 'home capital as it has been hoarding money the past three years for the emergency that has arisen.' Austria was hav ing great difficulty in borrowing before the war began. What will be the effect on the general Investment market of these enormous impending war loans is an interesting - speculation. It would seem that the price of in vestment capital will be substan tially increased. Journal 'Is- - another - message 'in which the : governor appealed for aid for the school fund. It is as follows: ! I wish again to call your attention to the QUI House Bill Ko. 578. which is aimed to repeal the Thompson swamp land bill. I am calling your attention once more at this late hour that you may take advantage of the opportunity i to turn several hundred thousand dollars into the common school fund of this state. Not one word did the Oregonian utter, advising the machine to pass the Gill bill. It didn't care a whoop for the common school fund. It never has. been or is con cerned about the common school fund except when the interests of the common school fund run coun ter to the interests 61 Its masters -the big interests. S AVE at a single point, a 30- foot channel from roruanu to the sea is the announce ment of the Port of Portland Commission. The excepted point is Slaughter's, and before the end of the season, it, too, will have the requisite 30 feet. This great fact is proof of what the Port of Portland has done in tnannel making. Iess than 25 years ago, vessels drawing 17 to i feet of water were frequently obliged to lighter a portion of theirl cargo, and at some oi me snoai spots, it was necessary to wait for the tide to get vessels of 16 feet over. this difference of 16 feet and 30 feet is the net benefit Portland . has received from the money ex pended by the Port of Portland. What better encouragement can THE MAD SCRAMBLE D R. C. J. SMITH was perfectly justified in his criticism of late sessions of the legisla ture in his address before the East Side Business Men's club Monday. Nobody knows it better than Senator Dan Kellaher, a mem ber of the club and also a member of ' the State Senate, but not a member of the -legislative machine Those who are reading The journals series or 'articles, pre pared from public documents in explanation of why taxes are high, agree with Dr. Smith. They agree heartily with him when he says: Late sessions have seemed nothing more than mad scrambles for ap propriations, and at a time when the state was in poor position to meet so heavy a drain on its re sources. How about the mad scramble to raise a salary in Columbia county. or fifth time lie has come to-The Journal JwlthX ten-dollar; gifts for those reported in distress. There are now ten precious dol lars, life-saving dollars, for the woman, her, little ones and the venerable mother, and there is a man somewhere in this town whose quiet charity re-baptizes faith in the humanism of mankind. Mil. GEER'S CLAIM M" tetters From the People 1 Pori landers have for money they have paid out In opening the ban- ; in which two bills were passed to nei to world commerce? ! increase the same salary, both A 3 0-foofe, channel from Portland having been passed over vetoes of to the sea used to be the slogan, j the governor? it is now time to make it a 35-foot j How oout the mad scramble to channel to the sea. I ralse the salary of an official in Why not. since the national gov- j "kAama8 county from $1000 to mnt ha made the etream a 1600- and that over the protest lederal project, and is cooperating of Senator DImIck of Clackamas d with the Port of Portland tn the " "-' "" CL" " u nel? In what xvo have achieved there not great stimulus for us to i Pf" for one of its own members, How about the $1000 appropria- ia tion that the legislative machine a: go on achieving! WHICH? A j Mr. Carpenter, over the active op position of legislators In both j houses, and over the veto' of the governor? Dr. Smith's solemn pledge that he will, if elected governor, stand between the people and such MID the-gilded settings of a fashionable hotel, Mr. S. B. Huston, corporation lawyer and reactionary candidate for j abuses with all the power of his legislature, viciously assailed ; office, is a matter of weighty con sideration to the taxpayers of this state. . ' the Senator Chamberlain. L. S. Lyon, ex-streetcar conduc tor, in phrases -that are eloquent from their simplicity and heart im pulser commended Senator Cham berlain In the "letters from the people" column of The Journal Monday. In part, he said of Senator Chamberlain: Years ago I was a conductor on the Irvlngton line, and as such, met him many times and no matter how busy, or tired, or worried he was, he always had a kind word for me and my work mates. No distant stare in his make-up. But best I remember one night wheji I was ill and hardly able to hold the Job down; he went out on a late car and noticed . I was ill. The then governor of the state went home, built a fire and prepared something hot, and with It and other medicines, met my car next trip. I say a man like that is good enough for me to vote for, and I can also as sure any one that is halting between two opinions that Senator Chamber lain would meet you and treat you as he did me. The humanism of a governor who had a concern for this work Ingman, is a good kind of human ism to help legislate for a nation. It is a good kind of pulse beat to put Into these United States. Remembering what the thoughts of the martyred Lincoln were, is It best to have such a senator as Mr. Corporation Huston would se lect, or the kind of senator Mr. Workingman would select? THE SCHOOL FUND T WAR EXPENDITURES IT IS estimated that the total daily expenditures of the five chief belligerents approximate twenty two million dollars. It waa recently given out at Ber lin that the cost to the German government was averaging five HE waterfront amendment would aeprive the school fund from the sale of tide lands. Ore gonian. Where was the Oregonian when the school lands of this Btate were despoiled? Where was its voice in defense of the school fund which should now be $30, 000.000 Instead of .only $6,000,000? How much money did the school runa get out of the gift of the Yaquina Bay ttdelands to a rail road.' How much did the school fund get out . of the giving away oi tne Alsea tldelands? Where was the Oregonian when those gifts were made? How . much, did. the school fund get out of the giffto private inter-. ests of the Willamette river sub merged lands? ' Not one solitarv cent ever went to the school fund or any other public fund for these submerged lands, for which the public s now forced to pay as high as $876 a front foot for dock sites. Minnesota, by proper husband ing of her school lands now has an irreducible school fund of $200 -000,000. That state.'s management of her public lands is on the plan proposed in the water frontage amendment and docks bill. That state protected the public against subterranean legislation which is me purpose or tne present tide land legislation in Oregon. If the Oregonian is a sincere de fender of the irreducible school fund, where was it when the -vuiiovu owdnip jana Diu was uciure me liiij legislature? The R. GEER, who went to Ari zona to convince the Art zonans that the Oregon sys tem is a bad system, and who is one of the brigadiers in the fight against. Dr. Smith and Sen ator Chamberlain, has written a letter to The Journal in which he says: The nominee of any party under the Oregon system, being the honestly chosen representative of his party, is entitled to the support of every voter who has registered as a member of that party. It was Intended to se cure the uninfluenced voice of the common people, so that bolting party tickets would not be necesaary, it a voter belonged to a party. To hold one's self as under no obligation to support the nominees- of his party chosen by the people Of that party. is to ignore the very purpose of the primary law and to align one's self with a tendency to set aside the identical object had in ' view when it was adopted. And this is what The Journal. Governor "West and their fol lowers are doing at this very time. How strange it sounds for The Journal, to be accused of being the enemy of the direct primary! But for The Journal's great fight for the direct primary and against as- semblyism four yearjs ago, where would the direct primary be? i How strange for Governor West to be characterized as the enemy; of the direct primary! He was elected four years ago for the great fight he made for- the direct pri mary and against assemblylsm. Where was Mr. Geer four years ago when The Journal, Governor West, the grange, union labor, the Oregon workers and thousands of the honest people of Oregon were making a stand in defense of the Oregon system? Down in Arizona telling the Arizonans to avoid the Oregon system aa they wduld poison. How strange for Mr. Geer to hold that the direct primary re quires every member of a party to vote for the party nominee! How about legislative candidate Hurl- burt, whom the Multnomah county executive committee has publicly excoriated as unworthy of Bupport, notwithstanding, that he is the Re publican nominee of the direct pri mary? Mr. Geer's contention is repudi ated by the official act of execu tive officers of his own party. A FEW SMILES PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF A regiment of regulars was making a long, dusty march across the rolling prairie land of Montana last summer. It was i a not, diis tering . day and the men, T- longing for water and rest, were Impatient ' to reach the next town. A rancher rode past. "Say, f Mend." called out one of the men, "how far is it to the next town?" s "Oh. a matter of two miles or so, l reckon,! called back the rancher. An other hour dragged by, ana anotner rancher was encountered. . "How far to the next town?" the men asked him eagerly. "Oh, a good two miles." A weary half hour longer of march ing and then a third rancher. "Hey. how Jar's the next town?" "Not far," was the encouraging an swer. "Only about two. miles." "Well," sighed the optimistic ser geant, "thank goodness, we're holdin' our own, anyhow!" asked "What name are you calllngT the telephone girl over the wire. "McCohen," the customer answered. "I beg pardon?" asked the girl. "McCohen." The wire was si lent for a moment, then the girl said: please. Z think the wires are crossed.' 8 MALL CHANGE But many a man who has a red nose is not guiity. r A henpecked husband reminds us of a has-been rooster. a a Even a dignified man is apt to un bend when he Is broke. .A fat woman probably doesn't con sider Hie a dreary waist. a ' a But' a man must forget his failures be for.) he can hope to succeed. a a If a woman is good looking she can easily fool a man without brains, a a Foresight is including the alimony when counting th cost of getting married. a A woman's idea of a rood figure depends on whether it is her own or a rival a, a a It Is a safe plan to keep your hand your pocaetDooit when a woman Walt a moment At the bedside of a patient who was a noted humorist five doctors were in "1 consultation as to the best means to produce perspiration. The sick man over heard the discussion and, after listening for a few moments, he turned his head toward the group i and whispered with a dry chuckl: j "Just send in your bill,- gentlemen; that will bring it on at once." 1 on attempts to jolly you. The averment tjoaii wobU K. all -ik if he were only half aa perfect as he inman aim oeignDors ought to be. a As long as a man Is able to keep oat of Jail he thinks no other rhn h. -anything on him in the way of good ness. a a It has been reported that the Saltan or Kanzibar is at Paris with 15 wives and no money. Or, was It $15 and no wife? - The modern woman is trying to fol low in the footsteps of G. W. She wants to be .first in war. first in peace, and first in the heart of at least one of her countrymen. a a (Comnradcattoaa aaat te That Joaraal for puoUcatkm in tbia department ahaoid be writ tea on only ona aide ot the papar, aboold not exceed 300 word in lengtb and must be ac companied by tba name a ad addreaa of tba aeader. If tba writer doea not desire to bar tba aante vobUabed, be abeuld ao atate.) "DlacQBsloii la tba grcateat ef all reform . It rationalise Terrthinc It touch aa. It robs principle ot ail fa la aancUry and throwa them back on their reaaonableoeaa. If tbey bare no reasonableness, it rstbleaaly crntbea them oat of exiatenee and aet up ita own conciuaioaa la tbeir atead." Wood row WUsoo. The Dunne-Hahn BilL Portland, Oct. X. To the Editor of The . Journal The latest attempt of the old gang to drive the knife up to the hilt in the Oregon primary sys' tern and to control Oregon politics for their own mutual benefit is an amendment known as the "Dunne- Hahn" amendment. No. 354. This is a rival of the old assembly idea and is. as most measures against tne com mon people of Oregon, originated and supported by a small and select group of Portland politicians, high In the councils of the Republican party. This same group have sent down to defeat many brilliant Republican candidates. This bill is the most important meas ure on the ballot and if we are to maintain the purity of our election system we progressive citizens must be on our guard and fight this bill. Do you wish to go back to the days of Shotgun Sullivan, sitting at the window defying the police and stop ping honest citizens from expressing their wishes at the polls? . Do you wish to see the gangsters of the north end stealing ballot boxes and smash ing heads in Irvlngton? Do you wish to see the counsel of a great railroad system smashing the furniture on the head of the mayor of Portland and strictly moderate drinkers. With their capturing the convention from his I daily hard labor the drinking of henchmen? I s-lasai nf haw or win la uot onlv harm Old Pnrtlrwlr will rftneJl these fa- i n alvnrHiiff tn r.Vii-tn1no-iml i must involve securing-for them eoual miliar scenes of tha old convention tnsMmnnv hcnefiniAi tn thlr health. I human rights with others in each, of days. Honest cltisens stood for hours Must thy be deprived of their natural j tne countries wnicn now discriminate and could not get near a ballot box. I right because the prohibitionists be- ' against Jews, either by their law or by If a soldier in this European war prefers death to saturation, it is at least something that ho has his choice. And there are lots of people who would rather be dead than drenched. OREGON SIDELIGHTS """ " a The Gresbam Outlook urges the state fair authorities to raise the appropria tions for prises for county exhibits; claiming that an adequate display can- not be made for the present maximum, 250. a a - Lane county's treasurer reports a delinquent tax total of $147,311.95, which includes $90,000 against O. & C grant la mis. Penalties totaled $1683.61. The delinquent list is no greater than usuaL. a a Company G, of the state national guard, of Oregon City, baa leased the BuBch hall for armory purposes, for three years. This haii. the Courier claims, is one of the largest and fin est In the state. a a The. Douglas county board of equali sation by a sweeping order has re duced by 20 per cent the valuations of all lands assessed at $5 an acre and upward, as shown by the 1914 rolls, and not previously equalized. a a A movement is on foot to organize a fair association at Cr en well, for the purpose of holding an annual fair. An attemDt will then be made to get an appropriation of $250 a year from the county court to be used for premiums only. Marshfteld's new auto fire truck. costing $9600 and combining chemical. hose cart and pump. Is ready for ac tion. TThe North Bend Harbor says of it: "The new engine will be a great thing for the whole bay. as in case of fires in North Bend it can bo quickly run to this city to help. a a - Roseburg Review: According to people who have returned from the state fair, Ray Diamond, committed to the penitentiary for burglarizing the Glendale State bank at Glendale about a year ago, had one of the best ex hibits on display there. The exhibit included a number of drawings and at tracted wide attention. He was award- i ed several prizes. rrrr- IN EASUER DAYS By j fired Lockley. JEWS AND THE WAR "Some memr of the Looney famHy has been caoxpted at, the stats fair grounds ever fainc .tha atate fH started 6$ ijkrs ago,"., said Mis Pauline Loon to tne when I visited ' her in her tei!ln the oak grove, near the fair grovfas entrance. -.-' "For years ipaj. mother " kept opea house, or ratKe'r'open tent here. Rela tives and fr&nds from all over tho V state made ojj tent their rendesvous. ouuiaerner xo pass woru, pio neer' the countersign, and - in lieu of those friends or 'acquaintance' served equally welliQrs Is an old fashioned , father, Jesse Spooney, was born in T Tennessee; mV mother, whoso maiden name was Ri$y Bond, was born In Kentucky. Shajy were married in Alabama. Wihsshthey came across the plains in 18Mthey had five children and five mora! were born after coming- to Oregon. "The children who came across the plains were i &usan. who married Mr. Stiewer; Johf who lives at Jeffer son; Ellen, wjifr married Abner Gaines. ; a son ot Giernor Gaines, and who ' now livs a dependence; Jesse "Wal-'i ton Looney ;and Ben V. Looney, who lives at Jet;i-gon. Susan and Jesse are both dei Dave and myself. Norrls. JYanfcrMl and Addle were born in Oregon, j $Yancea Looney Cornell has been maJtHon of the state hospital for many yi. Her daughter. Rath Cornell, Is thjji chief clerk in the cor poration depytment. Addle, now Mrs. Fairbanks, ;f es In California and is president d Uhe Woman's Trt-State Good Road .association. "The plonkers had good sized fami lies. You ejsi ours was no exception. ' In the pioii3j days children were am asset not a! a nihility. TV. UtL. .4 -.m From Harper's Weekly. Of utmost Importance to the world, as well as to the Jews, is it that when the time for peace negotiations come, there should be a settlement of the Jewish problem. Such a settlement While the gangsters voted early and neve that the drinking of alcoholic Often. The head of a great morning I iirt- bvii in tv moat moderate, a nan paper will recall the day when he shall be stopped? They advertise oiuua iour noura iu hoc, wwi i tne slogan. "I am my brother s Keeper." oilier lacvion wouia not tei mm vuie. Let's go back to the old convention system. Let's turn from a system which is the most orderly, fair. Just and dignified of any election held in this country. Look upon the result. if this Dunne-Hahn assembly bill be comes a law. Can you see, on conven tion day, the delegates assembling? The . little select group has met the night before in some small room down town and made the slate. The conven tion opens. The boss gives the high sign and the roller goes merrily on. (Then your taxes will be high.) Esperanto for Peace. Maplewood, Or, Oct. 4. To the Edl- Th aanm Kl v Kill wnnl t tnir frnm tor of Th Journal It is perhaps un- the people the right to elect delegates known to most readers of The Journal ! interpreter to tie other, and civUhia to the national convention. I wonder If that there is in Portland a little club ! "on. demand'-.Vlai .? W-1 h.!? V?I l Esperantist. which ha. been meet- If tVwortd U tVSve fully laid lan of variow smooth 7en- ln regularly W week for more than 1 in peace and is to advance undisturbed, tlemen of Portland? Of course? it three years. At this club nothing but :a better mutual understanding between would be agreeable 'to have a . hand- Esperanto is permitted to be spoken, j nd west is essential. The Jew is The members, who for. the most part , wminnw j. -"j "coi w speak Esperanto Just as freely as they do their mother tongue, discuss all manner of topics. The object is to elected by the people are so hard to become prof icient in the, language by HISTORY RECALLED A' N EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD girl has been awarded the golden apple offered by the Califor nia apple show as a prize to the state's prettiest girL A few thousand years ago the award of a golden apple to the prettiest girl was followed by dire ful results. A young man named Paris, who was chosen to decide between rival beauties, decided in favor of the goddess Venus who in turn introduced him to the wife of Menelaus who is reported to have been an exceedingly handsome wo man "whose face could launch t thousand ships and burn the top less towers of Ilium." The sequel of this introduction was the elopement of Paris and Helen to Troy. Menelaus did not go into the divorce court but gathered together his army and navy and entered upon a ten years siege of Troy in which all the lead ing gods and goddesses partici pated and which resulted in the fall of the capital of Priam and the overthrow of his dynasty. Let us hope that history is not to De repeated. Is spending an equal amount and Cfjf1!6 m&cb Passed that bill the cost to ' Russia is said to be ftvA nnA rtnat half mdlfstna Tka estimate for Great Britain in three i 1 tne. governor over the governor's veto. The Gill bill was Introduced to and one half millions. Assuming that the dally outlay of Austria Hungary Is two and one half mil lions the grand total reaches twenty-one and one half millions. In addition to this there is to be added the expenditures ot Belgium. Japan, Servia and Montenegro, and the very considerable protective cost on the part of neutral states such ai Switzerland, Holland and Italy. . Prom the date of the declaration i ' gvfQiuur ap- iaiu iu me , legislature, for the sake of the common school fund to pass the Gill measure. On Dane 1Z37 of the 1913 House Journal is a record. It is a message from the governor to both houses. In pari., ii says t LW 11 yur attention to Hou.o Bill No. 578. introduced by ," ' r an acl to repeal the Thompson swamp land bill, passed , k l xms bm has been held in the Public Lands Committee lut'iue ivui aay or February A3 you were previously advised, the" pas- f war to trt nraaant rha i sage of the Thomnson hilt viu ... - - - yvrai. iu . . ' ...... the principal belligerents is esti- sevaTVunS a land which would be sold for the benefit pf the common school fund. Inasmuch as your honorable hoH ho. tili EZ?8? bll!a appropriating about $750,000 for the support of our state iHBuiuuuns oi mgner education. reel that I may take the liberty of speaking a word' in behalf of the little country school Oswald West. mated at one billion dollars, if hostilities ; continue four . months longer the apparent total outlay will run between four and five" bil lions. , The financing, of this bug ex penditure . is. a serious problem. Thus far, the British, government bas . borrowed fifty-one million pounds on, treasury bills . with six or twelve ; months to run. These were placed In Lombard street at rates ranging from 2 to 3 per ' Cent. f y:f j-'': '- -,C That, however, is no criterion of the eventual rate which will have Not one word did. the Oregonian offer in support of the governor It was back of the legislative machine. One word from it would have led Its machine colleagues to a different course, but; that word was not spoken. x ' On page1235-ot the" 1913 House IX THE DAY'S NEWS T HE death dealing gun which they did not know was loaded has caused sorrow in another home. This time it is the home of D. E. Lilly near Pendle ton. There was a-, gun in the house. The fourteen-year-old son was playing with it. He pointed it at liis twelve-year-old sister in play and pulled the trigger: There was a load in the gun which was discharged, The little sister was killed. Who was responsible? it was not the boy. So long as revolvers are made and sold and allowed to fall into irresponsible hands chil dren will shoot and kill. administrative practices. Among Esther things, this involves a removal of the disabilities under which the Jews labor in Russia, in Roumania, in Persia, and in certain respects in Palestine. The Importance of removing the dis- - . . . h , ajauiues in xvussia ana in itoumania of , eastern wet towhoinntt ap- have been mucfa d,8caasea pabltciy em as to those countries my brother's keeper." Did you ever th nrobl.m ncAPna poiti i a borrowed expression which is utterly silly and disgusting when applied by a bunch of foreign agitators from a lot n-. not .tfltft, whn want to ALFI. point themselves lawmakers for a lot ! t. t. ' fr. of liberal minded working men. Tim isrell binders bear anything sillier? Just imagine having a lot of these prohibition agi tators dictating our actions. W. J. BISHOP. not as well understood. The near east must play an Import ant part in the future history of the world. It is to the near east that we must look for a reconciliation of the contrast and antipathies oetween the orient and the Occident. Each needs an He can understand the Mussulman and the Mussulman can understand him. Increased settlement of Jows in Pal estine, the establishment for them there of the publicly-ecognized, legally secured home for which the Zionists are working, would teerefore not only. satisfy the longing of a large number of Jews the world over but it would serve as a bridge between the Mus sulman east and onv western civilisa tion. The Ottoman Empire also needs what a Jewish settlement in Palestine can give economic development through an industrious and able people, - edu cated in the best that modern science can afford and desirous of becoming permanent citizens of the empire. From such economic development the western world would gain, as well as the Otto man Empire. picked delegation to the next conven tion. They will be men tractable, and perhaps some nice federal Jobs would appeal to them. You know, delegates the east and of the east to the west. The development which has been made of Palestine through the Zionist inspiration, particularly in the last 10 years, has proved that Palestine Is fitted for the modern Jew. and that the modern Jew is fitted for Jalestlne, The Jews, in reasonable number, are sure to go If tbey can be given reasonable assurance of equal civil and political rights and of the opportunity of devel oping the country. In the settlement of the world prob lems which must follow the war, the relation of the' Jews to Palestine is therefore one of truly first rate lm- I portance. control. A convention system controls candi dates. Candidates trade patronage for convention nominations. Patronage makes a political machine. Political machines are boss-creators. Do you fathers and mothers of Oregon want a Boss Barnes, Murphy or Cox in your fair state? If you want this, vote for the assembly bill, for that means convention. Convention spells boss and all its horrors. CHARLES W. ACKERSON. Stand by Chamberlain. Portland, Oct. J. T the Editor of The Journal Senator Chamberlain should be returned to the senate if we look at the matter from the stand point of Oregon's best interests, and that is what should Influence all of extensive use of it. Last Friday even ing we discussed the European war for j more than two hours. Esperanto would be one of the great est peace promoters, could It once get started. Right now it is, like other , peace movements, somewhat mnaerea on account of the great war. Many Important Esperanto conven tions have been held within recent years, at which hundreds of delegates from various nations participated. Ar rangements were, made for holding such a convention In Paris this year, but the war interfered and no news of it has come yet. I believe if we could only make a few thousand enthusiastic Esperantist converts among the people of Portland within the next year it would start such a movement for peace among th nations as was never dreamed of. We CHURCH'S EXPERIMENT IN INSURANCE v. us. Take a pure business view of the sit- wm,ia h wtnra an niavs and ser uation, Chamberlain is on some ot tne -E-narfljito. th lanaruaee of most important committees. Just where neutrality and. peace. Our light would ue cajj wiuuittiiu uu ueuaau lesisia-i B.n. nllt .nA other cities and states tion for Oregon and the Columbia fnnnv , ,mni until the river Dasin, tnai we must nave ana oi,, worid would be moved. By John M. Oskison. Back in 1892 a group of German far mers in South Dakota, who were mem bers of the Evangelical church, de cided that the old Insurance companies were overcharging them for hail, light ning, tornado, hurricane and firs insurance. j They were practical men, and they decided to form a little company to ' write their own insurance. They made ' it a church organization. They pro J vlded funds to pay losses and take care of the detail work of its low paid officers by fixing assessments. They made this rate lower than that in force by the old companies. For four years the company went on all right, paying its losses. Then there came a season of extraordinary damage to crops on account of hail. The company found itself without funds to pay losses, in io7 it was reorganized and incorporated and its that Is vital to our maritime com merce. To send to the senate either Hanley or Booth in the place of Chamberlain means that we at once sacrifice our strong position in exchange for the weakest. Can anyone give one good reason why we should of our own free will and volition make such a fatal mistake? I am now, have been and expect to be a life long Republican, but when it H. DEN LINGER. control taken out of the hands of the church. Today the company is doing busi ness in both Dakotas; it has some 4500 policies in force; and when I talked with its secretary the other day, he told me that the rates were still lower than those quoted by the older and bigger companies. It is still doing business on a modest scale, and it is paying its losses. Why there are not more such co operative insurance companies doing business I do not know. It- seems to me that there is an opportunity for people of enterprise in the community to organize as those German farmers did to cut the cost of what has be come a necessity. j For insurance of this sort. It seems to me that the assessment principle is all right, though it is not the best form for life insurance where the con tracts have a long time to run. I'd like to have your ideas on the subject. The Ragtime Muse Asks Votes for Nation Dry. Portland, Oct. 7. To the Editor of tk- Tftnmal MoriT vntflrs of Oresron would be delighted if they could cast a j Remember Methuselah. vote for the nation dry, as easily as j jt never does a bit of good lor Oregon ory mis iaii. we uave. however, no national initiative law, and congress has not been willing that the question shall come to us by its initiative. But there U a way by nhioh . vnta for nation dr-r mav reallv comes to tie vital question of electing 1 D6 registered by casting a vote for Chamberlain, a Democrat, in order to I Arv mtn coneress. in both house and senate. But if those dry men are on the Republican ticket, no one will know whether the vote is intended for the 'full dinner pail" of the Oregonian, for higher tariff, or for the standpatlsm of Representative Hawley, or even for dry condition if be should declare for that issue. A vote for the Democratic candi- hold our imperial position at this very important time in the United States senate, I shall vote for him, because what we need and can get through the position he occupies on committees is more important to every man in the Columbia river basin than the senti ment of party that, strictly followed. would send either Hanley or Booth to Washington, there not to fill Chamber lain's place, but to hang around useless dates might be considered a vote for for the next six years, because it wlU I the administration, for lower tariff, take either at least that long to reach or ror any other thing ror which the the position on committees that Cham- Democratic party might stand, but no berlain now holds, and, therefore, they one, much less the candidate, would could not for six years to come do think the prime reason for voting that tho eff Aotive work that Chamberlain is ticket was to make the nation dry, -tcrh now ' A vote for -the Prohibition candi Men of Oregon, regardless of party. '? stlile r enata, and let's hold the advantages that go with UrU Coe for tho house, will be Chamberlain, and not exchange them deemed by every one, regardless of fTTh. nivantaees that we are sure what olse the Prohibitionists stand for. A STRANGER'S GIFT to be under if either Hanley er Booth ia elected.' For my part, it seems to me that the sound conclusion is to Keep tnamoer- lain in Washington and get our own, and not send someone else and get nothing. Better an effective Democrat than an ineffective Republican. Let's place our best interests above party and stand by the man who can do for us what is vital to be done,-and done now. Jj. H. PJ.ril.fX. as a vote for the nation dry. These are the only men who. by party and personal platform and by active Bervice are proved dry. "M. C. SMITHSON. s UNDAY'S JOURNAL had an editorial recounting ,the mis fortunes of a woman with three little ; children and a mother of 74 to support, and who was moneyless, jobless and food less, i She applied for a widow's pension, but because her husband had deserted her, , the law denies her aid through" that medium. Carrying " the editorial in his hand, a stranger walked Into The Journal office yesterday with a ten-dollar - contribution for this case of distress. He declined .to give his name. . It is the fourth The Brother's Keeper. McMinnville, Or., Oct. 5. STo the Ed- itod of The Journal No one eie fig' ures so prominently in the drink prob lem as the wage earner, rne pronmi tlonists would deprive him of the pos-j same date tor ths of Prices at the Public Market. Portland. Or., Oct. 7. To the Editor of The Journal In The Journal of October 6 there appeared a commun ication, from R. D. Hill of Lenta, Or, objecting to a statement appearing in The Journal of September 27 by W. A. Hessian, grocer at 1193 Hawthorne avenue. It appears from the state ment of Mr. Hill that on September 27 three grocers in the city of Portland were charging i.vt, !.! and 12 per per sack, for potatoes, when on the T h,uir vAiir memorv 8 back By loading it with woes you should Have left along the track. Of hard luck you may have a lot. But Just the same, my friend. You've lived through all you ve had; why not Forget it la-the end? Forgetting's easy, anyway; if troubles you have nw, . Just simply take the stand that they Were never very bad, -That now ypu see there s Joy ahead And every present day Is so much gain before you re dead And duly tucked away Methuselah, beyond a doubt, i n.M hntrak wailed Of WW His span of life was measured out Nine hundred years or so. Tou may be very sure that he Denied, himself this wrong . Of treasuring his woes or he Would not have lived so long! ALL FOR DR. SMITH slbility of procuring anytning to orina i potatoes .1 because a numoer i vib Buu.ci i ajack. was charging SL35 per from the effects of its abuse. Their Now I wish to state to the public methods are unfair and there Is no that it matters not what I may sell beneficial result. In dry territory orv nor what three other grocers may many a wage earner procures his liquor 8ell potatoes for, but it does matter to nevertheless. The prohibitionists make the public, who are financing the him, a law breaker. He procures his farTOera in their market, what they liquor from other states, or contents Beu for. The farmers, if provided with himself with the vilest stuff obtain- free rent, should at least meet whole- ahla through illegitimate ' Channels, a-ala nrfcea and I would sufi-Msr There Is a very important side to this J even sell below wholesale prlcesf for question which the irrational prohl hi-1 the reason that they have no rent or tionlst overlooks. There are many J taxes to pay. whatever. Is the farmer millions by what two or three unconscionable grocers may ask for their products? Or, better, is ho going to examine The Journal or any other daily paper of the city, ascertain what the wholesale price is, and then In conformity to the spirit of the law, meet these prices and give to the consumer the benefit which. was intended by the law? The public must certainly know that the retail gTOcer must make his prof its over and above the wholesale prices; therefore I can see no Justi fication for the public market selling at a price greater than L myself, sell for. I am not seeking a aesirucuon of my business, but whatever the re sults to my business may be, I do ad vise square dealing on behalf of an institution which I at least nave some interest -in.,. I am paying taxes and helping to sustain this public mar ket and I think I have a right to In sist that honest means be employed in its dealings. - W. A. HESSIAN. ' - Dean Sumner's Promotion. From the Chicago Herald. -Dean Walter T. Sumner has decided to accept his ' election as Protestant Episcopal: bishop of Oregon. His many friends regret his departure from a community in whose better civic life he has been such an efficient factor. They recognize, however, that not only has he deserved the professional ivauktrtAvlAti ri . atsA rhtit . wKa, .."nhenflra fs Wtuv a, a v u a stiw uaav a -. miq vi lan iigj v Dr. Smith Impresses one with the belief that he is fully capable of handling the office of governor. Gold Beach Globe, August 11. Dr. Smith is a clean, able man. Port Orford Tribune. August 11. Dr. Smith is a man of strong per sonality and to meet him is to admire him. North Bend Harbor, August 13. Dr. Smith's stand on law enforce ment, the single item veto and on the assembly is meeting with universal approval among all classes of citizens. Toledo Sentinel. August 21. Dr. Smith ia a powerful and convinc ing talker. Paisley Press, September 3. Dr. Smith is the right man for gov ernor. Fort Rock Times, September 3. Dr. Smith addresses his audiences in & business-like way. Lakevlew Exam iner, September 10. Dr. Smith is a widely read and in formed man. His discussion of state Issues showed an Intimate under standing of the business of the state Ashland Record, July 15. Dr. C. J. Smith is a strong man and has proved his worth. Richland News, August 21. Dr. Smith is a man of more than ordinary depth and ability. Tillamook Herald. Dr. Smith is a big capable man who makes new friends wherever he goes. Enterprise Record Chieftain. Dr. Smith, from all appearances, is a man who doe's things. Blue Moun tain Eagle. Dr. Smith Is a strong man and is making a strong campaign. Nyssa Journal. 184S was tha first large rijlgratlon to come to Ore gon.' Ther iwere about 1000 people, of whom atjnbt 800 wermen over 1 years owl i plater . Burnett brought a party frorhiiear Weston, Mo. Jess Appiegate cs p with a party from 8U Clair counw Missouri. Wrth hlms were his brothers, Charley and Lind sey, and tlss Waldo. T. D. Kaisef came with! I Ik, party, so did Daniel a&atneney, ana my ratner Drought a party alaon&j the general rallying place. j f pi "While liwaa born In Oregon, yet I have heard ny father and mother talk it over wBiripther pioneers cf 43 so often it aim&t seems as though I had been along)-J "Father Itajd three wagons. He had seven blooded mares and 30 head of, cattle. Wen they reached the Whit man mission his stock was so gaunt he decided j .to winter there. They stayed wifit 'Dr. Whitman Oil spring and then tun on to the Willamette , valley. Mother and the children went from The palles to Fort Vancouver in Captain Grant's boat. Father settled near where Jhe town of Jefferson waa later bulltV.;H bought out other set tlers until had a farm of over 8009 acres. WJi'bti he died in 1869 be left It to his-Children, share and share alike. -i v "In 1853 Hullngs Miller and his wife Margaret Witt Miller, came with their family o our neighborhood. One of their boys was destined to make a name for Mfo'self. His name wsj Cln cinnatus Heitner Miller. : They used to call hiM Helner, not Heine, when he was a aoyi His mother called him 'Nat.' Later - he took the name Joaquin Miller from his first little book of poems, which was' called 'Joaquin ey aX My brother has one of the finsg 'poems he ever wrote. It has never Men published. His father worked f org my father for a while and Helner, or; Joaquin, as he is usually called, earned money by digging pota toes for father to buy himself a pair of boots. ; T "In thoe'Idays everybody rode. I could rldd '-anything that had four Tegs. Heirier used to come to our house to ;ej my sister Ella. Though Ella uped $ to; say it was I he come to see. He fa a homely boy, as homely as LUh Appiegate. whom he resembled strongly. ;le used to go occasionally with Miranda Parriah. I think she rather IUyd him. The Millers lived Just acrot from our place on the billslde. bere Charley Miller's piace la now. ;& jutted to go to school at Jef ferson.5 . One day after school I went out ii to get my horse. I found Helner haJC; brought it up for me. He was rfdthaj: a calico horse. He satd he bad eoaee to ride home with me. As we wire galloping along he saw a squhreF On the fence and quick as flash be gulled out a pistol and shot at it. 1$t.: horse was spirited and Jumped from under ma I found my self slttitk In a very undignified way on the rogdj He made me pretty mad. Helner oLught my horse, and though he had it' grin, -he seemed so sorry I forgave i'itn. The family moved tn Eugene, ; but whenever Helner came through :Lb valley be would stop at our hous-j-i- In 1880, when he was 19 years ed,! he went to Idaho and started aj-pony express. He came back to Eugene and edited the Eugene City Rersayr during the Civil war. It took theS f aouthern side, so it was barred fysro the mail and suspended. Miller tha went to Canyon City. Or, and lateijiabout 1870. he went to Lon don andCmade a great came for him self as ar-poet." tr ot, wage earners who are to fix; the price of his commodities, of work" from a crowded city to what la largely stin a frontier may have the effects of a vigor prolonging rest In 1 announcing his decision Dean Sumner, not only expresses the usual polite regrets; but pays Chicago a high compliment, when he says: "1 doubt if there is to be found anywhere a stronger sentiment for social and civic betterment than in Chicago. Her civic workers are not equaled in num ber or ability by any other city In tho country," All loyal Chicagoans hope that is true in fact as well as In Dean Sum ner's belief. And if Chicago does ex cel In efficiency Ot. effort for social and civic betterment of all sorts and conditions of her. people, Chicago un questionably owes much of that spirit to the splendid example of tho Rev. Walter T. Sumner. He has shown what "public service" means by do ing it. ' : . JjjlHOO'S H00 y John W. Carey, Who' s Utah-born and there for year was keeiiJfor Brigbam Toung and dedi cated to? his cause his well-known sil ver tongnjji? ' "- Who i a day changed his tune and now puii-in his time en route lambast ing Mofmonism and denouncing one Reed Singvt? ' Whohtflfo flayed democracy end for tho p. burned colored fire and tore hii Hair in wildest ecstacy? v Who ''flip-flopped gracefully agala and noj is wont to say, "If e'er that ; g. o. p comes back, it's "goodby, U. 8. A. ? .' Whoiiised in Washington ,,X shine but findrf for fancy pay Chautauqua- lng skitjc politics? That Cannon Frank r- r- ;M ' V