THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10, 1914.
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WHY TANKS AKK HIGH NO. 11
THK Lakeview Examiner op
poses the single item veto.
That paper strongl supports
V. Lair Thompsgrh, who is
dated by the machine to be presi
dent of the next senate, and wlo
was a leading figure in the famous
legislative machine at the 19 H
session.
The Kxamlner's position is the
same as that of Dr. Withyrombe
who says the single-item veto is
"a sharp two-edged sword" and
"dangerous."
Governor West endeavored at i
the 1913 session to have action
taken that would put theyttngle
item veto in effect in this state,
fii his general message at the open
ing of the 1513 session, he said
In a message to both houses:
The practice of the past of sub
mitting for- your considei atlon blan
ket MpfMopriation bill should be
avoided. These bills should be re
duced to the MinH.ll-t practical units.
In order that the members may have
a belter opportunity for considering
the merits of each. ,.
()ur constitution should bo amended
so us to permit tbu governor t! veto
any Item in mi appropriation bill.. As
thf matter now stands, useless appro
priations are allowed to slip through
for the reason th it they are inciuueo. ( road should be built inside or out
In a bill carrying af.proprlat.ons ol j thfi fQrpst Jong &g u prQ
"'what the governor asked was j "tea .agricultural development or
that the executive be given tne
richt to veto a single item in an
appropriation bill without invali
dating other items. Thus, a great
blanket appropriation
bill at the j
19 13 session contained no less than
"4 ltms 1
Under' the constitution as at
present, tho governor could not
veto one of these items without
vetoing the whole bill. Yet in
this great appropriation bill of $1,
231.216.90 there were among the
74 items a numbed of unmeritorl
c us appropriations. The total of
the undesirable appropriations has
been estimated at $200,000.,
The governor vetoed the whole
hill, but because of the many
items, TRe legislative machine was
able to pass it over the veto. If
he had possessed authority to veto
single items, the governor could
have applied the veto to tho unde
sirable items and the machine
would have been less likely to have
been able to pass them over the
veto.
The machine paid no heed to the
governor's request for submission
of a Bingle item veto amendment
to the people. A resolution was
introduced In the Senate. It pro
posed .that the people be allowed
to vote for or against the incor
poration of the single Item veto
into the constitution at the suc
ceeding election.
But" the Senate resolution was
promptly killed by indefinite post-
ponement by the machine. A sim
ilar measure passed the House,
but when it reached the Senate,
It too was killed. The machine
was unwilling to trust the people
with a vote on the measure, and
t we still have the governor hedged
in with the constitutional require
ment that he must either veto the
whole appropriation bill, or. noth
ing, no matter how mray objec
tionable items it may contain.
ThlB unfortunate requirement in
: the single Instance of the $1,231,-
. 216.90 "bill at the 1913 session
co6t the taxpayers of the state
about $200,000 and ia part ex
planation of why taxes are high.
THE CHIEF FORESTER'S PLAX
HENRY S. GRAVES, chief of
the United States forest ser
vice, proposed before the
Progressive Business Men's
club Wednesday, a plan that should
make the people of the North-
" -ov "I'lMcwaic men uo-j ner. one uvea to we come 06
: pect of profit from the National i grandchildren. 27 great grandchil--
Forests, as weir aa the interest the j dren and two great great-grand-federal
forestry officials have in : children: She has left to them the
the development of this region. j heritage of a good name and a
Counties with national forests 1 blessed memory
1 . . 1 V J I . . . t
nuuui meir uuuuuai tes now re-
ceive from the government 25 per
cent of the gross revenue from the
sale of lumber or the granting of
grazing permits in the forests. The
money may be used by the county
for roads or schools. An addi-
- tlonal 10 per cent of the proceeds
from the national forests may go
for roads within the forest which
! serve public tneed. If the timber
i Is inaccessible or lacks a market,
the amounts received by the coun
ties under this plan will be small,
but the aggregate over a number
. of years is a large sum.
; Chief Forester Graves proposes
that Congress advance at least
; part of the money1 that would be
' racelved by a county or a group of
counties during a period of years
' and permit its use Immediately
, under cooperative direction In the
.1 building of permanent roads.. He
- equal rights for
T
HJG $1500 exemption measure on
the big fellow, the big taxpayer, the big land owner, big specu
lator or any of that class. But it is fairly equitable.
1 It is a measure strictly in favor of the "little fellow," the
small taxpayer, the small land owner, the worker tb,e "common
folks" that really work, construct, create and produce.
The measure bears somewhat heavily upon the idle rich, as well
as the loafing poor. It will encourage industry and enterprise, if it
becomes a law. It will stimulate production and assist in driving
vacant, and unimproved land into productive use.
Under the present law, and the present custom of assessors, the
personal property of the well-to-do and the rich escapes taxation, or
is not assessable. There are hundreds of; instances of large individual
holdings of personal property escaping taxation, while the owner of
it is crying out: "All forms of property should be assessed." This
evasion amounts to millions of dollars throughout the state, two
fifths of which is within the city of Portland. j
Under the $1500 exemption bill, if the measure becomes a law,
personal property, as well as household furniture and possessions,
will be assessable and each holder thereof will have the privilege of
exemption only in the sum of $1500 of personal property of one kind
or another and no one will be entitled to a larger exemption.
The poorest and the richest will have the same rights of exemp
tion, and all personal property above this sum, individually owned,
will be subject to (taxation.
Does thf smaller taxpayer believe the buncombe that The Ore
gonian, the organ of tax evasion, is ladling out? That reactionary,
unprogreesive, dull and selfish Bheet pretends to believe that the
$1500 exemption is in favor of the rich.
If it were, that paper would ue as silent as the tomb, and there
would never be a chirp from it. But the measure is against the
hoarders, the speculators, the big idle land owners, hence the Ore
gonian's distressing wails,- its cry of "stop thief," and other contempt
ible insincerities.
If the workers, the producers, the industrious, the enterprising,
the thrifty small folk, and those who now really carry the burden
of taxation in all forms, desire no relief, but wish to continue to
carry the classes on their backs, along with the burden of taxation,
they should vote against the $1500 exemption measure. If otherwise,
they should vote for it.
Precious is the privilege that every voter has of voting without
tear of intimidation, or without penalty, otherwise than what wrong
voting will bring to him or her, and since this privilege is available,
will the voter stop to think, and, if he does, he will quickly discover
that those who advise him or her to vote for the $1500 exemption
measure are those responsible for his possession of this privilege,
while those who advise him to vote against the measure and are bit
terly opposed to its passage, are those who fought principally against
a secret, free and untampered ballot, and as bitterly fought the en
actment of what is known as the Oregon system.
So voters, of both sexes, can vote as they please, blessed more
than any people on the globe with a free ballot, clean and incor
ruptible, in the light of their own intelligence after careful consideration.
is indifferent as to whether the
-
Since the amount advanced will
certainly be repaid out of the coun
ties' proportion of proceeds from
lne national ioresis, no is certain
inere W1" e no possimnty or loss,
ojtner nana me most
powerful development agency the
permanent highway will be pro-
vfded when most needed
The plan merits the most earnest
consideration; the motive of ser
vice that prompts it entitles Mr.
Graves to approval.
SAUAH C. EVANS
I
N THE old days each setting
sun saw the homeseekers a
day's march nearer home. They
had left their homes and
friends and gathered at the fur"
therest outpost of civilization Jfor
the long trip across the plains to
the land of promise in , the valley
of the Willamette. Some fell by
the wayside but the pioneers were
of stern and resolute fiber so most
of them reached the lanil of their
heart's desire.
Sixty years or more have passed
since that long-gone day when the
slow-moving ox teams wended
their way westward. One by one
the survivors of that heroic band
who helped build a commonwealth
by the shores of the western sea
are setting out on another journey.
Today their hair is scant and
gray, their eyes are dim. Time
and age have subdued their youth
ful ardor. Old friends are no
longer here. Many of their rela
tives have taken the last journey.
They are about ready to take up
tne line or march for a distant
land. Soon they, too, shall lay
down the burdens and infirmities
of age and cross the river to the
land of the hereafter to join the
innumerable throng that awaits
them on the other side.
Soon they too shall go to the
land of their heart's desire where
their youth shall be renewed.
Mrs. Sarah C. Evans, who died
at her home in Portland a few
days ago was of the true pioneer
type. She crossed the plains with
an ox team b$ years ago. With
her husband and baby she left
her home in Illinois for far-off
Oregon.
For ninety years she cheerfully
did her part. Ten children were
born to her and her husband, who
at the age of ninety still survives
HAS KEPT THE FAITH
A
COGENT analysiB of the re
sults achieved by the nation
al administration is contained
in an article by Colonel
i George Harvey in the October
rortn American Review. The ar-
tide will be reproduced in the
Sunday Journal tomorrow.
Mr; Harvey reaches the conclu
sion that President Wilson has
kept faith with the people and de
serves their vote of confidence and
gratitude as an appreciation of
conscientious public service. .
The session of Congress now
drawing to a close has demon
strated the capability of the Demo
cratic party to enact constructive
legislation.
As a party leader President Wil
son has be- :. the chief personality
poor and rich
the ballot is not in favor of
at every stage of this legislation
which he has so aptly character
ized as a "charter of freedom" to
honest business.
This accomplishment alone is
sufficient to entitle him to a vote
of confidence but when there is
added to it the result of his Mexi
can policy and his tact and deli
cacy in dealing with the situation
growing out of war in Europe the
obligation is increased m&iy fold.
PROGRESSIVE PEXDLETOX
t
A
N INNOVATION in municipal
transportation in Oregon is
the auto bus service estab
lished in Pendleton the other
day. One of the recults comment
ed on by a Pendleton newspaper
'is the effect upon building activi
ties. Owners of building sites on
the outskirts of the city say the
new service is doing more than
anything else in bringing subur
ban lots to favorable notice.
It remains to be seen whether
the new service will be a financial
success.
The East Oregonian says:
It will mean much to Pendleton tn
have a pood auto streetcar service.
The benefit will be particularly felt
oy tne travel between the state hos
pital and the city.
The Commercial Club of Baker
has endorsed a. movement to es
tablish a similar service in that
city.
There are large possibilities for
an auto service in cities of the
size of Pendleton and Baker and
its adoption by them is an. indica
tion that they are abreast of the
times.
RA 1 LROAD ECONOMY
I
T WTILL be recalled that when
the eastern railroads began agi
tation some time ago for an
increase of freight rates Louis
Brandeis was severely criticised for
suggesting that they could' save a
lot of money by economy of man
agement.
Announcement is now made that
the Pennsylvania and Reading rail
roads have adopted the suggestion
and as a result will not increase
their passenger rates. In August
last the operating income of the
system fell off $2,500,000, yet the
month shows a net gain over last
year of $334,000. The secret of
the increase is economy.
By such management the sys
tem discharges its obligations to
the stockholders and to the public
Boston culture is now being put
to the supreme test. Will the
Braves continue along the victori
ous road they entered last sum
mer or will they be overcome by
the Athletics? The answer to this
question is awaited with as great
interest as is the answer to the
question that is being asked on
the banks of the River Aisne.
Warning to Gamblers.
From the Kansas Citv Star
A man in Jamestown is quoted by
the Optimist as relating this Arkansas
poker story:
"I was setinin a little eame in a
town down in Arkansas. It Was off
from the railroad about 20 miles and 1
was a stranger. I noticed that the
furnfture was a queer design and there
were carved ornaments in the room,
which was in the back of a saloon
and it seemed like an old place. I was
losing right along and was surprised
when I found -that nobody ever showed
his cards when a bet was called
just called their hands and turned em
face down on the table. I thought I'd
just try that myself, so antled up
strong, and another feller stayed, and
we got up a big stack of Chips. Well.
I finally called him and he said 'three
tens.' 1 didn't have a durned thing,
but I called a queen flush and raked
in the coin.
"After that I called whatever 1
wanted to and won a big bunch oS
money. Frettv soon I was rubberln'
around and thinkin' about cashin' In,
and I saw a couple of skeletons dan
gling from a rope away up In a little
cupola thing In the ceiling. I asked
an old fellow with long chin whiskers
what they were. "Them's just the re
mains of a couple of strangers,' he re
marked sort Of careless like, 'that
come in here onetime and miscalled
their hands.' Well, Leashed In pretty
quick and got out of town."
Letters From the People
(Coajmualeatlou sent to The Journal for
publication la this department ahould be writ
ten on only one side of the paper, sbuuld not
exceed HOu wordt la length and muat be ac
companied by the name and address of 'the
sender. If the writer does uot desire to
have the name published, he should so state.)
"Diseusslon is the greatest of I1 reform
ers. It rstlonaiixes everything it touches. It
robs principles of all falsa sanctity and
throws them back on their reasonableness. If
they have no reasonableness. It ruthlessly
crufhes them out of existence and set up its
own conclusions iu their stead." Woudrow
Wlbiou.
It Is Flegel or Mc Arthur.
Portland, Oct. 9. To the Editor of
The Journal Do the Democrats of
Portland and Multnomah county real
ize that A. P. Flegel, their candidate
for congress, ia in the same fortunate
position that Senator Harry Lane was
in two years ago, namely, with two Re
publican opponents and a Progressive
opponent? Mr, Flegel has always
proved himself a good vote getter and
is one of the Democrats who is out
to win this time.
He is the kind of a Democrat Re
publicans have always cheerfully vot
ed for. Let it be remembered that he
was elected to the city council in 1902
in a strong Republican ward, and made
a good councilman for the entire city.
Two years ago he came within 100 or
200 votes of being elected to the leg
islature without any such active cam
paigning as he and his friends are do
ing this year.
Flegel is by far the ablest man of
the four in the race for congress.
Htandpat Pat McArthur is a tool of
special interests. Arthur Moulton, the
Progressive nominee, has the support
of the Kvening News (support Lat
ferty had in former campaigns) and 1b
sure to make a fair race, but can not
hope to win. A. W. Lafferty was eas
ily beaten in the Republican primary
election, and as an independent he is
hopelessly beaten and can not poll as
many votes as Moulton. He had his
trial at McArthur and should step
aside unless he is in the race to beat
McArthur by hook or crook.
The bitter fight between McArthur
and Lafferty, with Moulton swatting
both, is causing voters to say, "A
plague upon both your houses," and
they are tjrning to Flegel by the
score.
No Democrat should have his "brains
scrambled" by the henchmen of any of
the other candidates by listening to
the old cry, "A Democrat ran not be
elected." This is the way Oglesby
Young was beaten for circuit judge
two years ago; also Judge Munly, for
mayor, when he ran against Simon
and Albee, and when he ran for con
gress two years ago. Let us bear in
mind that In every three or four cor
nered fight if the Democratic candidate
has not won he had been second in the
race.
Many Democrats are still kicking
themselves for voting for Selling to
beat Bourne, or Bourne to beat Sell
ing, instead of voting for Dr. Une,
who b-at both. Remember that this is
a Democratic year (see returns from
Maine). Also, remember that the fair
minded voters of Oregon believe In
'proportional representation" to the
extent of being willing to elect Dem
ocrats of ability and character' when
we offer them as we do in the persons
of Flegel and of other Democrats now
before the voters.
Everyone who voted for President
Wilson is proud of it and will vote to
sustain our brilliant president a
great statesman who has solved suc
cessfully so many difficult foreign as
well as national problems. A. F. Fle
gel is the man who will stand with
the president, can win and is out to
win. A DEMOCRATIC VOTER.
Mr. Neal to Mr. Wilson.
Portland, Oct. 10. To the Editor of
The Journal I ask space for the fol
lowing, in reply to Mr. Wilson of Cor
vallis: You infer that the poor laboring
man doesn't pay any taxes. You had
better brush the standpat Republican
wool from over your eyes and take a
good look at your surroundings.
Doesn't the poor devil, when he pays
the landlord his month's rent, pay the
taxes on tho property he occupies?
If you are fortunate enough to own
a building, which you rent,' you first
of all figure thus: "My taxes on
this property are so much per year;
my insurance on the building Is so
much per year; the depreciation ia so
much, and the interest onthe invest
ment is so much. Then you say,
"Well, I'll have to charge so much
per month." So I rent your property,
and at the end of the year, who pays
your taoxes. You, or I? If you are a
successful business man you will fig
ure as above stated. You can't even
go into a store and buy a 5 cent pair
of socks but a certain percentage of
that nickel goes to pay the taxes.
Your income tax, which you speak of,
is about the most cold blooded bunk
that I've ever heard of. I belong to
no party nor creed, but I do my best
to follow the golden rule, to treat and
do unto others as I would have them
do unto me. Therefore I go to the
polls and vote for the man I believe to
be the best man; also, I'll vote for
single tax every time I get a chance
to do so, and I hope to see the day
in the near future when we shall have
graduated single tax in operation here
in Oregon. Then, and only then, shall
we see all of this vacant land in use
and houses on these vacant lots in
the cities and a just and equal tax on
one and all alike. O. F. NEAL.
Mr. Cotton to Dr. Hatfield.
Nehalem, Or., Oct. 7. Dr. Hatfield
desires to know why certain people in
this state are opposing prohibition. He
charges us with being agents of the
liquor business, and alleges that be
cause more liquor is sold in prohibi
tion districts than licensed, we should
be satisfied. Let me explain to the
doctor: The object of prohibitory laws
is to protect society against those who
are .too weak or too vicious to respect
law and the rights of others. It is not
to take privileges away from the men
and women who have sufficient will
power to control their own acts. Any
law designed to prevent men and wo
men from overindulgence in alcohol or
any other substance must aim at the
man who overindulges. The individual
who can and does drink temperately.
and there are millions or them, are no
detriment to society. It is the one who
cannot control his own appetite or
passion. While the prohibitory law is
designed to influence the one who
overindulges, it strikes the same blow
at the temperate people. It is there
fore the wrong remedy for tho evil it
ia supposed to overcome.
I want to tell Dr. Hatfield" that "we
are not proud of the fact that more
liauor is sold in dry - territories. w e
are sorry for the condition which per-
Jmits it. Therefore, we are opposed to
The Ragtjme Muss
Despotic Rale.
Her eyes are a snap and a sparkle.
A button she has ror a nose.
And that you must seek 'twlxt a
plumpness of cheek;
Her mouth is a dewy, new rose:
She's all arms and legs when you hold
her,
A squirming, delectable miss,
A mite and a mlekle.
A tummv to tickle
And then she's a laugh and a kiss.
She speaks in a wonderful jargon
Of "Da-da's" and "YVa-wa's" and
"Ah-goo"s";
A language It's vain to attempt to ex
plain We learn to remember and use.
She wants what she wants when she
wants it.
Delay her desire ,wlll but whet,
She gels It instanter
We go at a canter
For something to make her forget!
She's up with the birds in the morn
ing. She won't shut her eyes when It's
time:
There's alwayR a hand to accept her
command. ,
Her coo is both reason and rhyme.
The wiseacres tell us we spoil her, ,
But if we admit it as true
We'll cuddle the baby
And whisper, "Well maybe
We're -sorry we're glad that we do!"
the injecting of this condition into our
own community. We have found from
experience here in Oregon that the pro
hibitory law is no protection to the
man who overindulges. And further,
the wet goods sold in dry territories
is the most vile to be found any
where. The law prevents the selling
of standard goods, so the seller eeeks
the cheapest stuff he can secure. We
do know that boys and girls secure j
liquor in dry districts and direct from j
the dealers, something they cannot do
in licensed areas. S. J. COTTON.
Will Vote for Oregon Dry.
Portland, Oct. 9. To the Editor of
The Journal I have been diligently
seeking information on all the pro
posed amendments. I have listened to
arguments on either side. It is a rel
atively easy matter to secure light
from both advocates and opponents of
all the measures with the one excep
tion of the prohibitive measure. While
the advocates of "dry Oregon" are un
usually frank, those who are fighting
for a "wet" state are, in my opinion,
consciously trying to confuse the is
sue. I have attended meetings of va
rious leagues actively opposing prohi
bition. The speakers attack prohibi
tion from, to my way of thinking, a
negative standpoint. Prohibition is
denounced because it is claimed to in
vaue personal imoriy.'jis enacimrni
would constitute tne enrorcement or a
sumptuary law; it would decrease rev
enue income and Increase taxes. Of
late, the speakers are questioning the
sincerity of some of the people advo
cating prohibition
All this is but begging the question.
If the liauor traffic is right, there
must be good reasons for its contin
ued existence. Why not present therm?
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ny ouiil urn 'i4" ..v-"-. ! f acted and what awful r.rle, I e
r own banner, present a Positive I1Mi.i,Li r ,..i.a
ument for the preservation of their ... ; "
ustry? Why have the liquor dealers ,. " ,,,, (. .
e v.V, i f T(r ! Governments may pas. dynasties may
m public and df "a,htiir.'l"'ivnll1. but the peoples of Europe will
Why have they left their defense to i.nMiW th-v . with
leagues, apparently formed to oppose
prohibition, while escaping the odium
with which the saloon burdens its ad
vocates? In registering my vote for or against
prohlbitioin, the one consideration that
will actuate me is whether the liquor i
traffic is a positive benefit or a poet- I
tive detriment to the community,-the
family and the individual. I am sure
that the manner in which the "wets"
have conducted their campaign will
cause me to view aiconoi as an evii.
and vote dry." C. A. OLSON.
Revenue and Prohibition.
Portland, Or., Oct. 9. To the Editor
of The Journal Certain voters are
ready to believe the cry of bigger
taxes if the drys are in the majority.
Most of these are shortsighted. Even
though we receive several hundreds of
thousands of dollars in revenue, does
not everyone see plainly that in tha
next few years we would reduce our
state expense for handling criminal
charges and for the maintenance of
all of our state asylums and homes
for incapables more than offsetting
the loss from revenue?
WTe. the taxpayers, are at this time
paying the bills for treatment and
cure of 1600 inebriates who, if cured,
would thank high heaven and every
voter aa well if the drink were taken
out of their sight forever. And when
we are dry our standard of citizen
ship will be higher. The generations
to come in beautiful Oregon will be
better, from a standard of strength.
Intelligence, education and environ-
. ment, which means so much to our
great and growing state.
Will Mrs. Duniway vote with Emma
Goldman, .who is leading a campaign
for the saloon, and whose tirades are
unprintable? They describe themselves
on their letterheads as "an organiza
tion of patriotic men and women who
are opposed to morality by law." '
Can any woman be willing, or be
prevailed upon, to vote with or for an
organization conducted by Louis Ep
stein and E. A. Cantrell, who in work
ing .here talks against religion and in
the interests of the liquor system?
MRS. M. E. TOWN SKIS U.
ti.. f Mammnn
" " a pvnt.- f
Portland, Oct 9 To the Editor of
The Journal Occasionally, during a
political campaign, the oregonian per
mits its vision to stray beyond the
narrow confines of partisanship, and in
giving expression to the light it thei.
sees, it quite happily hits upon a great
truth. For instance: Yesterday it com
mented editorially upon Theodore Drei
ser's new novel, "The Titan, ' and had
this to say of the hero:
"Cowperwood is a sort of overgrown.
spiritually aborted, morally defective
superman. America produced rar toj
many of them in the riotous, God-forsaken
period that succeeded the Civil
war and lasted for almost half a cen
tury. Its watchword was "Success"
and its religion dollar worship, with
that adoration of sensual pleasure
which naturally accompanies the cult
of Mammon. Historians of the next
century will look upon this period in our
own life and tn that of Europe as a
partial reversion to barbarism."
Exactly'. "tviotous, God-forsaken
period" concisely expresses the orgy of
selfishness for which the Republican
leaders were responsible after the Civil
war and until the people took their
emancipation into their own hands. It
epitomizes all the evils of special priv
ilege, protective tariff, timber grab
bing, monopoly, unlawful combinations
and political corruption. And every f
fort of the Oregonian is now directed
tow.irds re-establishing those londi
tions in this country. L. T. H,
The Council Criticised.
Portland, Oct, 9. To the Editor of
The Journal While I am not a recall er
nor a pessimist it hardly seems to me
that our commissioners are doing i..e
best for Portland. There seems to be
a constant turmoil. Not a month goes
by without the council chamber being
filled with citizens voicing their pro-
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMAIX CHANGE
Humility is a virtue we all admire.
in others.
Some people thirst for knowledge,
en if. It is dry.
even
Wives can't understand why hus
bands need pin money.
Self-esteem never stops until it
bumps into a stone wall
'hJiil'.V to convince a mule that
he is stubborn. He knows It
Men boast of their bravery when
they resist a small temptation,
The woman who wants her own way
cant understand why her husband
doesn 't.
A woman forgives an injury one
day and forgets that she has forgiven
it the next. B
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If people don't take the trouble to
flatter you they have no immediate
use for you.
The report that the Russians have
captured Cayschky must be a lie No
bodv but themselves has any such
place.
It,Js,a encouraging sign that the
world fails to see anv glory worth
mentioning in connection with this
WAX .
If those European generals were
baseball umps there might' be some
hope of postponement on account of
weather.
And there are some men who are
so conceited they imagine they are
the whole parade every time they go
tor a walk.
THE INDIVIDUAL MUST DESIRE PEACE
By Ferdinand Schevill, Professor of
History at University of Chicago.
Behind this war there is more than
politics and diplomacy. Behind it is
the whole civilization of Europe which,
brilliant though it bo in some respects,
must be suffering from many and
wasting cankers to have been brought
to this sorry pass.
Let the newspapers and diplomats
expatiate as much as they will on
tliis or that "Incident" which caused
the war, the real reasons lie deep
down at the very roots of our culture.
They lie in our wild pursuit of wealth,
in our rampant commercialism, in our
race hatreds, in our insufficient love
of our fellowmen, in our competitive
and military psychology, and in a
hundred other things constituting in
their totality what we boastingly refer
to as our civilization
To talk of peace while the cannons
fill the earth with their ioar may
look almost like a savage no.iic, cut
I peace, a durable peace, should even
now he hopefully looked forw-ird to as
in; only reasonable end of all in":e
i calamities. I have no desire to rpju-
late as to what the war may bring,
what territorial changes may f-
in their historic boundaries.
But these battered and impoverished
peoples will be preserved for no other
r uac u vn, unv biJlug o Wi u .
IF YOU PICK STOCKS, WHAT CONSIDER?
By John M. Oskison.
I have no doubt that certain stocks
are worth buying at this time. Your
banker, if you can induce him to go
over the list of better known Issues,
can point out a dozen that are cheap.
Perhaps they will go lower than their
present quotations, which were estab
lished at the time of the closing of the
exchanges. I don't know no one can
tell for certain.
We do know, however, that the
stocks of some American companies -
, railroad
and manufacturing are
; sound investments. We can preaict
' with tolerable certainty that these
j companies will profit very largely as
: a result of the European war.
j Grant that American companies will
j profit from increased business, what
J ought we to look into when we come
j to choose from among the dozen or
more whose stocks appeal to usr
First I should say that the company
whose record of earnings in the past
has been steady will be more likely to
continue a money earner than the one
that shows earnings of 15 per cent
test against some new expense and ag
gravation the officials plan to put upon
us. Days are spent haggling over put
ting muzzles on dogs, or scratching the
arms of school children; bothering
some man who has an old building to
compel him to erect a new one, cut
ting "comers off streets, persecuting
negroes who desire to erect a place of
worship, opening and paving streets re
gardless of hard times, planning li
censes of students of the occult, psy
chology and other cults, trying to
make the property responsible for
water rent. It keeps us on the watch
all the time to prevent the officials we
elected to protect us, from slipping
some new injustice upon us.
With the empty houses, the lower
rents and the lack of employment, our
! Tnost urgent need is factories manu-
i facturing establishments. If our com-
, lsloners want to be remembered with
pleasure and not with regret, let tnem
cut taxes down to the minimum, stop
harassing the people, and use their
energy and influence to secure factor
ies for Portland. W certainly need
them before we spend another dollar
for more parks, playgrounds, commun
ity centers, armories or streets. Every
earnest effort they put forth to plant
a factory here will fill the room with
friends where now they have critics.
A WORKMAN.
Lincoln and the Liquor Traffic.
Portland. Oct. 9. To the Editor of
The Journal I wish to enter'a protest
against the use of the name and pho
tograph of our first martyred presi
dent, placed by those who favor the
liquor traffic. There is nothing in the
whole life or character of Lincoln to
Justify even the insinuation that, were
he alive now and here in Oregon, he
would be found favoring legalized
boose Joints and those who have of
fended well know this.
Let all those who revere the name
of Lincoln enter their protest against
this impudence, by voting against the
interests of those who had the temer
ity to make use of it.
It is bad enough to see the billboards
of the town covered with pictures of
Taft. Roosevelt and Wilson, but when
it comes to the besmirching of the
name of Lincoln, I protest.
JOHN H. DUNN.
Indorsing a Candidate.
Salem, Or., Oct. 9. To the Editor of
The Journal As your paper will be a
large factor in informing the voters
whom tc vote for so that the state
shall derive the best results in the
way of honest, efficient servants, end
J being interested from a borne build-
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Fifty-two pupHs are enrolled for
the commercial course In the Pendle
ton high school. Two teachers are
employed in this department.
Physicians of The Dalles and Wasco
county are forming an organization that
is to be expanded into the 'Tri- County
Medical society," to embrace Wasco,
Hood River and Sherman counties.
The Glendale News reports favor
able progress with a union high school
plan to include three districts on Cow
creek. The site, two acres, is to be
lonated by the Asalia ranch and Cap
tain McOlnnis.
Baker Democrat: About 25 or 30
people of La Grande will go this week
to Callow valley, in the southern part
of Harney county and Just 60 miles
south or Harney lake, to take up land
under the 320-acre act.
Grants Pass Courier: The gasoline
motor car to be used upon the munici
pal railroad will be pm into commis
sion within a few days. The coach
will have a seating capacity of 15
persons, and as soon as It is ready
to operate will take the place of one
of the regular trains lally.
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Speaking of a recent storm, The
Dalles Chronicle says: "The Dalles
was visited last night by what is
known in Oregon as a 'terrific thunder
storm,' beginning about 7 o'clock and
continuing, at intervals, all night.
Native Oregonians declare the light
ning was 'something terrible,' and the
thunder absolutely awrui,' uut tne ex
easterners shrugged their shoulder,
and said, 'It was simply nothing; why
you ought to see some of the storms
vie used to have back home. I remem
ber once,' etc., etc."
purpose than for new wars and new
disasters if they do not fit themselves
out with a new mind. And that means
that tho individual for everything
depends in the last analysis on him
must learn the lesson of peace and
love for "which in Europe, much more
than in America, he is aa yet not
greatly receptive.
If the European man does not ac
quire a new set of dominant ideas, the
present war, irrespective of who wins
or loses, can only add another mass
of terrible rancors to those already
existing. Rancor piled on rancor that
way madness lies. Europe lias fol
lowed a wrong track and must impera
tively cail a halt. To do that is not
an easy matter, for a chanse of direc
tion requires a difficult tielf-conquest
fallowed by a steady inner renewal
of every nation and its individual
members. Such moral triumphs may
not lie within the reach of those poor,
distracted populations, but without
them it is certain that the old system
will continue with no abatement even
after the war is over, and that the
pr-sent struggle will merely breed an
endless succession of new ones.
Brothers, let us pray for peace, but
not for the peace imposed by the
sword or by an irresistible combina
tion of the strong. That is the mili
tary peace of which Europe has proved
nrlv "rather" for th. DeacV that is
based on the deep conviction of every
man and woman in the civilised world
end grows and blossoms in the in
dividual Consciousness.
one year and of 3 per cent the next.
This Is the element of "stability" an
attribute of a company which is Just
as valuable as the same quality in a
man.
In a time like this, the company
with a big capital and a strong re
serve is in a better position to make
money than the smaller company. In
lilttll Ul C IU I 1I1K, l i 1 1 0 Will 4 CiS lAiijr
- ! , ,
true, ior tne new expansion oi ouiu-
ness we Americans hope to see in 'the
rriA rt!H i.i ..r.fnhin., of
our capital resources.
A rich com-
pany will have an advantage over one
not well supplied with capital. , u Was organil janUarv m4 liH
The company whose stock you buy j orlsinal boun.Hrle8 were all that part
shouldn't pay out anywhere near all of Oregon lyL.g east of the Cascade
its earnings in dividends. U It earns j mountains. I$s county seat is The
10 per cent and pays 6 per cent, and Dalles. The French voyagers of the
has followed that policy for years, it's I Hudson's Hay company, in speaking
very much safer than tho one which j of the narrow ehannel of the Cotum
earns 8 per cent and pays out 6 per j bla at that point, called It the "dalle."
cent a year in dividends. ! or the trouahi of the river. It waa
Here are some or tne consiaerations
that should guide the investor in the
choice of stocks. Your banker will
suggest others.
er's and tax payer's standpoint, I woold
like the. privilege of calling th vot
ers' attention, through the medium of
your paper, to one of the candidates for
state representative with whom I have
had long personal acquaintance and
whom I know to be capable and worthy.
For several years only a roadway
separated our homes. We conversed
dally. So, I know his trend of thought
and real desires to better the cause of
humanity.
He was always redhot in his opposi
tion to public graft, and if sent to
Salem as one of Multnomah's repre
sentatives he will not become entangled
in any dirty political combination or
crooked deal, but for 40 days will be
found working for all the people all the
time.
I earnestly recommend D. C. Lewis
to the consideration of the voters. No
mistake will be made in voting for
him. W. E. COMPTON.
Personal liberty.
Reedville, Ore., Oct. 8. To the Ed
itor of The Journal Personal liberty
is all right as long aa it doesn't get
VUL U L IiariUUlJJ W1L1I UIIVDlUll, iiiuisi !
and spiritual law. A man can fill with ; . .
booze; that's his personal liberty. But!" MiXt wT"
when he gets crazy over it and runs j Why go We wlth blood-lust, and
wild, right there is where his personal ) slash, add cut, and slay?
liberty strikes the rocks. And again, j Why follow al I the beck and nod of
the human race has a right to prevent j crazed, Ambitious kings,
posterity from becoming tainted with While in the O ad, fierce struggle, our
alcohol: has a right to say to this man j dath "ltmn rings?
whd harps so loud about personal lib-
erty, "you shall not exercise it to the
detriment of the body, to the ruination
of your home and to those who in the
future might be called upon to recog
nize you as a father." Is it fair to
Indulge in personal liberty when by do
ing so one adds to the expensa of a
community? Personal liberty Is sel
fishness, because it too often trample
upon the rights of others. Personal
liberty is anarchy, because :t bows
only to self and repognizes no gov
ernment. O. E. FRANK.
Women TlVho Vote for Liquor.
Jefferson,' Ore., Oct, 8. To the Ed
itor of The Journal. I cannot under
stand why some women take the liquor
side. We all know, of course, why the
liquor dealers fight prohibition. They
want the right to tempt our boys after
they have finished off the old drunk
ards. It's the women who suffer and
are brought to poverty when hus
bands, sons or fathers spend their
money in the saloons.
The saloon standing open invites the
boy to take his first drink, and starts
him toward the drfinkard s grave.
MKS. M M. ALLEN.
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IN EARlUER DAYS
Br FreJ; LockJey.
J
.As chessmen -j jmd checkers are
moved by the payer, so our counties
I have been movedjaad changed by suc
cessive legislature. For example, a
certain district lisf in Klamath coun
ty was first In fiasco, then In Jawk
son, later In Lake county, and is now
a art of Klamahl Umpqua was cut
up and divided Around until Just 50
years &go4it lost; Its entity, and was
wiped offgthe nasi
Lake coHnty ttjaa organised on Oc
tober 23, 1871, aid was named on ac
count of Its nurfrrous lakes. It orig
inally included fdamath county, and
Linkville was lis first county seat.
In 1876 the coulfty seat was changed
to Lake view. '
Lane county 'a carved from Linn .
and Benton counties on January -I,
18ol. It was ns.iied in honor of Gen
eral Joseph Lut statesman, warrior,
orator, citizen a d neighbor. Eugene,
the town found. J by Eugene Skinner
in 1847, was cjCuaen county scat in
1853.
Linn county Is named for Lewis F.
Linn, who, like Senator Benton, worked
for the interests of Oregon. Linn
county had its rlgln on December -'8,
1847. It Included all of the territory
south of Chamgoeg to the Mexican
possessions, or he northern boundary
of California. ani least of Benton coun
ty to the Rocky jmountalns. Albany,
Its first countjr seat, is named after
Albany. N. Y. ;The county seat was
founded in 184il)y Walter and Tom
Monteith. i
Marlon countjj was one of the four
original district-: Into which the pro
visional goverrjnent divided Oreini
in 1843. Its orlnal name was Cham
poeg county, bu pn September 3. 184V
the legislature jCjianged the name to
Marlon county, In honor of General
Francis Marion.! ;It originally includ
ed all the territory between Puddinj
river, a small si ream south of Salem,
to the Hussiai J possessions on ths
north, for in thf jdays of the Joint oc
cupancy of old jQregon we claimed to
the southern boiihdary of Alaska. Its
eastern boundary was the summit of
the Kocky mountains. Salem, founded
in 1841 by Jasiift Lee. was Its first
county seat. riglnally Salem was,
called Ohemek)i. but David Leslie,
one of the MetBujlist missionaries, re
quested that it hf: renamed Salem, for;
Salem. Mass., anil Salem it has been
ever since. j !
Multnomah ciunty, named for Ohlf
Multnomah, wai 'organized on Decem
ber 23, I8i4. bpihg taken from parts
of Clackamas f.fld Washington coun
ties. Portland, r"iunded by A. L. Love
joy and F. W. &Vty grove, in 1845, was
Its first coiini'yIHeat. It was incorpor
ated in January 1851, and the firt
city government was organized nn
ADril ,r'. ,,51
III! K rniinlUntq. nAm. n t
dent James K. 'Olk, and was organized
December 22. If45. Dallas, named for
Vice-President 'Dallas, was made the
county seat In3 $50.
Tillumook cdunty, named after the
Indian tribe d jihe same name, w:is
organized on peoernber 15. 1853. from
v iaiaop, iamts.li and Polk count I.-.-
'"1 VHy of fmo the county
Ken t
I'matilla equity, named for the
Umatilla Indian, who, from time Im
memorial havj made their homes on
the western sjfbpes of the Blue moun
tains, and on he upper reaches of tho
i'matilla rlv.f,i was organized Sep
tember 27. llt1. Pendleton, named for
a southern jtatFman, Oeorge H. Pen
dleton, was s jftkd in the late '60s, and
became the comity seat.
t'nlon counter! was created October
14. 1S64, and ibfelng organized in the
crucial days the Civil War it wjh
named V'nlon tpiinty. After some diN-
, tussion as to Scpunty seat. La Grande
was rinally Sposen. Daniel .Chaplin,
who settled thee in 1861, founded th
rown of La 3rande in October. IKrtl.
t I I . . m J ,. , . , . ,
i He named it fsom the dencriDtlve term
,.r,i,j K .i 3 r.- .. .
I vLTlev L JliJ Zn 'J"18 t0 tho
I ... ' U Kra.nd vallee.
Ih. ii. J ?. . "7 "
narrows or ' & 11 t h. r'ni.lnv..
founded by and Perkina. Mfthadut
missionaries, Hi 1838.
Washington; county was originally
called Tualltidistrlct. It was one of
the four orlgJuj.1 divisions of Oregon.
It was estabshed July D, 1843. its
name was cjsknged to Washington
county on Scffember 4, 1849. David
Hill, who, witfi ID. Gale and A. Beers,
formed the executive committee of the
provisional government, founded a
town in 1843Jcalled Hillsboro, which
became the county seat.
Yamhill county was also organized
July 5, 1843, ad was one of the orig
inal four districts of Oregon. Lafay
ette, founded uy Joel Periclns, in 181
and named afr Lafayette, Ind was
the-' original cnunty seat.
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The Flag g Love and Peace.
, By iH. G. O.
This life is brief, in fact we call it
but a span,
Then why should man engage to kill
his fellow, man?
Though kings ?seek foolish pretext,
and go 6 war for pride.
Why should Ijwith the lance of hate
pierce n brother's side?
We boast of civilization, but where are
its frulfe
When blood iikt, primeval rules us like
the brutei?
If God is o'4n father, then there's
brotherhbiid for man:
'Why all this Wholesale murder, when
me is mil a span;
Frown down atavistic trend to' all
tne sav&gefpast;
Tramp in theSnire of deep regret the
flag iconoclast.
Aye, let us ujand for better things.
ana duut in tne oust
The memory accursed war, and thi
miUionsUt has crushed.
Forget for aj the boasted deeds of
savage, y bloody - kings;
And, "Woman, ing no more in pride of
such inglorious things.
For how can '3pvely woman, when she
thinks. Hnd thinks aright.
Strike the har of victory for the wan
ton meiwho fight?
There dawns grand new era, when
brotherJSood shall be
The thought Hand act, co-equal, - that
shall m4ke us free;
Free from tSje deadly passion that
ushered ghastly war.
And painted g rim son misery on the
landscape of our star.
So, let us frwn the warrior down,
nor elnigr of ancient Greece,
Bat to the fjt of heaven fling the
flag of .Jove and peace:
And let it wae in sweeping folds o'er
all tneBlsnd and sea.
An - emblem gof man's brotherhood,
when "tMr no more shall be.
I Vale. Or., tlet. 20. 1914-
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