THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1914. -
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About Beventy-flve roads are in
cluded In the proposed Improve
ment. They do not come under
the state law by, which the county
and state share in the cost.
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He I always the "J?"
censor on the merit of other
who has the leaat worth ol his
own. K. L. Magoon.
matloa. It ! a part of Woodrow
Wilson's new freedom.
JTJ8T FAKING
WHERE WAS HE THEN?
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many unsuccessful- experiments.
He died In 1826 a disappointed
man but he confided Ms secret to
his fourteen-year-old son Alfred.
Alfred left school and worked
at the crucibles and in 1851 he
attracted the attention of the
world by exhibiting at an interna
tional exposition a cast steel Ingot
of 4500 pounds and a six pounder
cannon also of cast steel.
Eleven years later he showed a
steel ingot of 21 tons in weight.
NOBODV KNOWS
WHATEVER ele they d. the
J people should hold fast to
VV their direct primary.- It
" Is their means of using the
ballot for exercise of their own
Patrol over public affairs and
thev should never consent to have
it abridged or expunged.
It Is no mere accident that a
bill is on the ballot to revive the
assembly. That measure is on the
ballot by design, and it was put
hr hv men who know exactly
what they want and who know ex i Etrtlctlve asaemblyism
actly what tney are uu.u6. --
. friend of the direct primary lull
himself into inaction by the mis
taken assumption that there is no
chance for the bill to pass.
It is 'no mere accident that the
Oregonian declared of the assem
bly bill it is "politically prema
ture " and that Hie Salem States
man' said of it. "Not yet ready for
ihls " It is no mere accident that
a central committee in Lane coun-
t ty adopted a platform in which it
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said that the
too much," that "it has been a
complete failure in many reapects,'
and that "we therefore recommend
to the, consideration of the next
legislature this Important question,
believing that there Is ample room
lor wholesome improvement,"
At the last election, an attempt
was made to pass the notorious
"majority rule" amendment which
meant the absolute scuttle of the
initiative and referendum. Had
that cunning strategem succeeded,
it is extremely doubtful if another
initiative measure would ever have
passed in Oregon.
The fact that we have actually
on the ballot at the coming elec
tion a proposal to restore the as
S IT because Senator Chamber-
berlain has never been In the
federal courts for wrongfully
and fraudulently acquiring gov-
N ALL past history In Oregon, ernment timber that the Ore-
has Dr. Wlthycombe ever been gonian is trying so hard to beai
beard " of as a defender of the him?
primary system? I It assails him for not getting! nine feet high and four feet in
When the system was under at- more reclamation, money for Ore- diameter. In 1861 Prussia adopted
tack four years ago, did anybody at gon. But It has never assailed Krupp's breech loading cannon
any time or anywhere see Dr. Congressman Hawley for not get- which largely contributed to Ger-
Withycombe among those who ting more reclamation money for man success in the French war of
were fighting to preserve the prl- Oregon. Yet there is exactly the 1870.
mary? Did anybody hear his game reason for assailing one as Meanwhile the little Krupp
voice lifted in a call to the people the other, and no more. The fact workshop grew into the, giant
to enter the field and fight to pre- that the Oregonian doesn't 'assail works of today which have' a cap
serve the primary? Hawley but does assail Chamber- ital of $45,000,000, and which give
Did anybody hear Dr. Withy- lain, convicts it of being a faker, employment to 70,000 men
combe, in the strong assembly it shows that its whole reclamation
movement of four years ago, warn J attack on Chamberlain is a fake. The fifteen hundred dollar ex
the people of what was then going! Nor does it assail ex-Congress- emption proposes an exemption of
on? Did Dr. Wlthycombe write I man via for not getting more re- $1500 from the assessed value' of
any article to any newspaper, de-j cjamation money for Oregon. Yet! the dwelling house, furniture, llve-
nouncing the assembly scheme aa there is more reason for assailing stock, machinery, orchard, mer
a direct attack upon the primary, Ellis than for assailing Chamber- chandise, buildings and other im
or did they hear him in any speech iain: Ellis was on the House com- provements. It applies alike to
contend against the rising tide of j mittee that engineered the legisla- j the big property owner or the lit
assemblviam as a clan for under-ltn hAn( wnh th Hrpcnniin I tie DroDertv owner. It can have
mining the primary system? shrieks. Yet it doesn't say one! no effect on the properEyless. It
The Journal challenges "the ad- word in criticism of Ellis. That repeals the exemption provision
cpsers" and challenges Dr. Withy- shows what a humbug its whole j under which household furniture is
fcombe to-point to one word or one reclamation attack is. j exempt, whether it be the $14,000
syllable of warning in which he . Ellis, remember, was on the worth of furniture of the mansion
called upon the people to resist House Committee which engineered or the $100 worth of furniture in
the onslaught on the primary sys- the Section 9 legislation. If it j the cottage. If the people prefer
tem with- a discredited and de-1 was bad legislation, why didn't he J an exemption which exempts more
stoo it? If he couldn't stop it, ror the wealthy man than for the
History cannot be repealed. Dr. j wny didn't he make a minority little fellow, they should vote
Wlthycombe made no struggle four report? Why didn't he go on the against the $1500 exemption,
years go to defend the direct prl- floor of the House and make an
mary. On the contrary, he Joined open fight so the country would The masterpieces of Rubens
the assembly madness. He was near about it? which hung in the cathedral at
one of its brigadiers. He counte- He did none of thes.e. things. Antwerp, belong to all the world,
nanced the program, and gave it nv man in flnnirreRs was in better and it is hoped that they have sur-
his support. All of his influence position to stop the bill than was vived the destructive hand of war.
and all of his encouragement was Mr. Ellis. Yet, the Oregonian has
thrown nn the Ride of the assem- AaA vim 1116 reputation of the Boston
blyites and agains; the direct prl- What further evidence is needed baked bean ls bein fully sustained.
mary. 1 to chow the romnleta hnmbue of
He even went to the limit of be- the Oregonian's reclamation attack Letters From the PeODle
mg a rauumaie in iu tttsseuiuij. i on tjnam benain 7
rxo act or nis eouia more power-1 That naper would make morel (Communications aent to Tba journal for
insane on account of lack of room
Kansas asylum.
The doctor and the records of the
Kansas legislature didn't agree. It
would seem that he should explain why
he was renting rooms Irr a state s
hospital when they couldn't ret their
own family in, before he did anything
else.
Dr. Hatfield Is hereby informed that
John Koren was one of the committee
of SO experts, also that human natura
is much the same today as it was i
years ago men are just as insistent
on their rights to govern their own
souls and appetites as they were wneu
the committee of 50 made Its report.
To Dr. Hatfield's question, -What is
Mr. Bishop trying to show us, any
way r permit roe to say that r.
Blshoo is trying to show tnai prom
otion substitutes an Infinitely meaner
brand of liquor for mild beer ana wine.
and brings about a conaiuon unu
which it ls obtained that, to say the
least, is very -unwholesome to any
community. A. B. uin.
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
Quotes Further From Lincoln.
Portland, Oct. 10. To the Editor of
The Journal Please allow me to add
to the words quoted by I F. Clark
from Lincoln's speech in Springfield
in 1853, the following: "The most ef
fectual remedy would be the passage of
a law altogether abolishing the liquor
traffic. Law must protect and con
serve right things, and punish wrong
things, and if there ls any evil in the
lapd that threatens society or in
dividuals more than another. It is the
liauor traffic"
Ani on the morning before his as
sassination. ADril 14. 1865. he said to
J. B. Merwln: "After reconstruction.
the next great question will be the
overthrow of th liauor traffic
This "great Question" has been ig
nored, sidetracked and tinkered with
for many years since the great states
man and humanitarian uttered those '
words, but now. Tike the slave trade. !
this destroyer of man's life, liberty
and happiness is going to be Justly
overthrown by an intelligent people
who begin to realize its work, and wno
wield in their own hands the weapon
of its destruction, the ballot.
voting to stop the liquor traffic is
right, if it were not good business
policy, and it la good business, if it
were not right; so we can all Join
forces in this cause.
MRS. C. L. PRATT.
SMALL CHARGE
But many a fair woman ls unfair.
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Liquor doesn't drown troubles; , it
floats them.
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A man loses his appetite If forced to
eat his words.
A lazy man wants to paddle his
own canoe by proxy -
One can often dodge a coming event
by observing Its Hhadow.
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Well, why shouldn't a green grocer
fall in lova with a grass widow?
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Laugh and the world laughs with
you unless you are telling the Joae.
Some men outlive their naefulnejoi
If they live to be a day over 21.
When some MODle do rood hv atealth
they manage to let it be found out bv
accident.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The Oervals poa toff ice has been ad
vanced to the third elaaa.
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The Baker board of education has
IN EARLIER DAYS
By Fred Loekley.
should succeed and merits all the sup
port that can begivea."
fully encourage and support as- headway in forwarding the candi- ItWJ
semblylsm. No act of his could dacv of its Drivately selected can-1 cei soo word in length and mnat be ac
. . . . .1 . v ... I companied by the name aad address of the
birme a more enecuve diow at tue didate for senator, if it would ex- sender, it the writer does not dartre to
primary system, and at a moment piajn Why the Booth-Kelly dinner D"e nm pnbUshed' e ahoM ut-
when the nrlmarv Rvatem. mare r.,11 to n f..n an4 ttia T o t? ante I "Tiiiu-nMikm r th mxtut r n reform.
I . . " . IJUil la dw 1U11 BUU .... v urn 1 r. -' 7
than at any time In its brief his- dinner pail so empty.
tory, was in sorer straits or in !
greater need of staunch' friends.
This is a subject on which there
can be no dispute. No matter what
his managing men cause him to
say 4n this campaign about the di
rect primary, the fact remains, that
TIME TO WAKE UP
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era. It ratlonaUzea everything it touches. It
robs nrinclDlea of aU false sanctity and
throws them back on their reaaonableneaa. If
they have no reasonableness, it ruthlessly
crushes them oat of existence and set op its
own conclusions in their stead." Woodrow
Wilson.
HERE is accumulating evi
dence that business conditions
throughout the country are
Improving. President Wilson The Journal I am reminded, when I
when the direct primary was in has received reports that many .S1 ese v J! ,VT
IJt- u! iL MM.i.r tZ 4mv,n mrAa I similar efforta back through the years
"BI"' wueu luc primary w " f ,v to prevent man from fighUng and
on trial for its life, when the di- e being received and that the umpng hia fellow man. all as equally
rect. primary was on ure very verge ""i. ""vui w .ulUyeau w ell meant) and aa equally impotent
Of annihilation, Dr. Wlthycombe war on American inuusu-y nave the Dresent efforts. JusUnlan
Dipping Into the Fntnre
Portland, Oct. 10. To the Editor of
sembly by law is evidence of what was not on the side of its defend- j passed.
is in men s minds. Many nave
never been satisfied with the Ore
gon system. Thfy chafe under the
power that system gives the peo
ple. They do not like what they
call the "mob" to have so large a
hand and voice in shaping public
matters.
Nothing would better satisfy
these men, nothing would better
satisfy the thousands of old reac
tionary standpatters, nothing would
better satisfy the great group of
those who live by politics, nothing
would better satisfy the crowd that
rejoiced when the attempt was
made In the Oregon legislature to
'make the taking of Statement One
a crime, than wAuld the complete
overthrow of the direct primary
and the return of political condi
tions to the oraer when the people
were comhelled to delegate all
their authority to a proxy who
acted for them.
What they are actually trying
to do is evidenced by . the assembly
bill. The very presence of that
bill on the ballot is unmistakable
evidence that the direct primary
ls under attack and under attack
right now.
And the evil in the case is that
nobody knows what forces are
massed behind this bill, or what
. ; means will be employed to pass it.
Eemperor of the eastern Roman Era
era but was one of the brigadiers I Normal conditions are returning, pire a Belgian, by the way in A. D
among its enemies, going, even to and the Seattle PosWntelligencer 627 began his great war with the
the extent of loudly praising thejsays .it is time for American busi-j Persians, and at the end of a five
action and work of the assembly ness men to wake up to the fact, years' struggle joined with them in
in q nnflc.n h. fir r Thin la th ftdvinft of manv nthr what was called the 'Endless Peace
vention hall. Republican newspapers, which as But in les! than on,t yea,r 30;"
THE OLD AM) NEW
a matter of politics might wel-
000 people were slain in the streets
Marriage is seldom a failure if both
members of the combine attend strictly
to Duainess.
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Paying their respects to the dead ls
about all that some people in this
world ever pay.
One-half the world rruiv not know
how the other half lives, but it spends
a 101 or time trying to Xind out.
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The first thought that comes to one
on considering the buya-bale move
ment is how perfectly bale rhymes
wiui aaie.
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A man may have a lot of sense, but
the chances are he will not display
any or it wnen he gets into an argu
meat with a pretty woman.
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HE hlg red house at the cor
ner of Couch and Seventeenth J states
come depression as an argument dUlon among the citlzena, and the
against the Wilson administration, j next year the Belgians swept down
Judge E. H. Gary of the United over Greece, burned 33 cities and tooic
Steel Corporation says, &way 120.000 prisoners, ana, witn uie
Servians, soon after were overrunning
and thundering at the very
streets is being torn down to
U," uew bhuc- more than ever is more couraee: I Qo r thi arMt ntv. and old Gen-
ture- this is not the time for Americans erai Belisaurus was called forth to
"Change and decay In all around tohe quitters " Commenting on conquer them, which he did so well
I see," wrote the poet. Changes this the PhiladelDhia Ledger sava- that the praise of the delivered people,
not merely in hous but in our- mJrl!VlLS vi7Zp&nSS?S
selves as well. Changes in cus- capital can commit is to scare it- aunge0n,
toms, pursuits, points of view, 8elf a f hatfca- Ameri- And It ha8 been from the time
aaa and t.ourtu. ZT ZZZZ
How soon the old landmarks Tne New York Herald says: "To treaties and violations, promises, as-
disappear. Houses we moved yield to the first ImDUlse to be- surances. undertakings made and
among, are razed, streets are cut Here that all trad j must he bad swept aside by red wrath, greed or
through the fields In which we because business in some Quarters l0T? f ft8. k ii
I X 11C ft, J not v c utcu "KK
has suffered a setback is to ignore God'a aid has been sought, the sooth-
It is as imprudent as ing, restraining influence of Chris-
The Hop Growers Curtailment.
Portland. Oct. 10. To the Editor cf
The Journal Anti-prohibitionists de
clare that if the prohibition amend
ment should go into effect it would
throw 60,000 hoppickers out of jobs
and ruin the hop Industry in Oregon.
Now hopgrowers declare that 95 per
cent of the crop is sold outside of Ore
gon. So, at the worst, only 5 per cent
of the crop would be affected. The
law will not prohibit the growing of
hops, but it will prohibit the manufac
ture and sale of liquor. That will not
stop the growers from growing hops,
nor will it stop their sale to other
countries. Thus the 50,000 hoppickers
will not lose their Jobs; neither will
the growers lose their profits.
A great many of the hopgrowers pro
hibit the use of liquor in their hop
fields. They see what it leads to. Im
portant and influential business firms
will not tolerate intemperance on the
part of their employes.
In regard to Ella M. Finney and
Mrs. Duniway, I should think women
would be ashamed to advocate a cause
the results of which would have1 to be
borne by their sisters
JOTCE SAVAGE.
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A Suggestion to T. T. Geer.
Portland, Oct, 10. To the Editor of
The Journal Why do not ex-Governor
T. T. Geer and his standpat party as
sociates get out an injunction and pre
vent an election on November 3?
While the Australian ballot law has
been generally adopted throughout the
United States to provide secret and
honest elections, If we can get ex-
Governor Geeis ideas into effect, we
can save the people the cost of hold
ing elections and merely take the reg
istration figures for it.
The Portland Railway. Light &
Power company, which was, or is. Mr.
Geer's employer until he reentered
politics, and all special interests that
seek to control the votes of their em
ployes, will surely Indorse Mr. Geer's
theory that It Is not lawful for Demo
cratic Progressive, Prohibitionist and
Socialist candidates to campaign and
seek votes of those registered as Republicans.
How in the world did such a stand
patter (mossback would be better)
ike Geer ever get to be governor of
Oregon? c.
From the Scientific American.
The German 11 inch mortar marks a
great stride In power and weight, and
particularly in mobility, over any
other mobile artillery as yet con
structed. The outstanding feature of
this great mortar ls that it is so
mounted that the gun and its carriage
can be hauled either by motor or- by
horsepower at a speed approximating
that of the lighter siege artillery,
and. that when it has reached the
designated position, it takes but a
short time to have the gun in bat
tery, ready for the attack.
The barrel of the gun is made of
steel, and it consists of the inner
tube and an outer jacket, the total
length of the gun being 11 feet. The
breech is opened and closed by turn'
ing a handle through a horizontal arc for
about 135 degrees; and a safety device
operated by hand is provided whieh
prevents premature rinng or acoi
dental opening of the breech. In spite
of the fact that the breech mechan
ism weighs over 1100 pounds, the con
struction ls such that the opening and
closing of it can be effected easily
with on hand and in a few seconds
of time.
Recently I SDent several hniina
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Powell at
25 Eleventh street. In thl
ins iMKer ooara ot eoucauon nu i r -' .
decided to employ a truant officer this 1 Lowell la a pioneer of 147. and
year. I auep-uaughter of Stenhen rw r t
I Mr.- Pnwaii . . . . .
"The auto street cars." save the " w "
Pendleton East Oregonian. "will be a lather a name was Elijah Hill.. .
particularly good convenience wnen i was oorn In Massachusetts said
the weather is bad. The enterprise Mrs Tnwii vr '
was Lucina Pickering. She was born
n Rhode Island. Th. ......
Since the installation of Nys6a's new about lK.tn u.... w . .
ater works early this year the town ... . k,T. , 1
has become notable for fine lawna. lne second child and was born on
Street improvement ls now in order, September 18, 1839 ja Vermont. Their
and a contract for eight blocks of CO- first child Chart tr.nr mn ..
ment walks has Just been awarded. hnr " h. - Henry Hill, was
.... . JaJO e uvea in Orting.
Neighborly sentiment inspires the I "an- e was the first carrier hov
Baker Herald, which says: "Haines employed to ctrrv t
has the hustling habit more than ever
in trying to secure a $10,000 race track. ""MS Qajs one carrier delivered all
Every person who wishes the country l" papers. Later he learned to set
to grow will wish that busy city the type. He has followed tynesettirw
best of success." w alI ,. ' WM typesetting
Lebanon ExDress: Nature has on I "When we .started fr k -orin.
display in this vicinity Just now many I ette valley in l7 hr r.
K,,tifi .rimn nf her handiwork 1 . In 47, there were four
The apple orchards are splendid with or us children Henry, myself. Frank
fruit ready for the harvest, ana along - nt Clark was the baby. He
the roadside tne Druiiani. rea or me i not quite a .year old. He died in
rose tips give the needed touch of J the Black Hills country Mother said
color to the landscape. on. of the hrd ,1 J "l.
. . u.nnn.T 4.1 Uad to do was to drive awav from th
taking steps to furnish better fire pro- D8W ma?0 and leave the baby,
tection, especially to railway and ware- WIo had never been away from her
house property. "Much of the wealth for a elngU night, alone la that
of the community at the present time," barren and desolate land
says tne ncmu, louna.a. g "t-aptaln Cllne was cr,r
tracks in the shape or wneat ana worn i train. Ha hrnMu . : '
ihi. n.VAr hn nrotated an . ,n brought out soma tiroded
norses. I remember while we were
passing through the Pawnee country.
Captain Cline had driven ahead of
the train. Presently be cam fcn. k
at a rapid gait and called out to cor
ral tne wagons. I don't think there
were more than 49 fighting men in
They drove in a circle
In a mo-
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and this has never been protected
it should have been.
GERMANY'S FORT DEMOLISHING GUN
HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT
TEN years ago all the states
combined only appropriated
approximately $2,000,000 for
roads, according to the statis
tics gathered by the Department
of Agriculture. For 1914 the ap
propriation was $43,000,000, an
increase of $13,000,000 since 1912
.alone. In 1913 the state of New
York spent $15,000,000, Pennsyl
vania $5,000,000, and six other
etates over $1,000,000 each. Local
"expenditures have likewise grown
by leaps and bounds. In 1904 the
total throughout the nation barely
reached $75,000,000. Inl913 it
;was estimated at $167,000,000.
This, added 'to the amount ap
propriated by the states, makes a
used to play and the peace and i
quiet of the country is swallowed
up in the noise of the city.
The old game is abandoned for
a new one for a while until it be
comes old In turn. The old song
is crowded out by the new which
is sung for a brief span until it
joina the songs of yester year. The
old dance ls displaced by the new.
Clothes booq go out of style. It
takes but a little while to become
old fashioned In everything, so
mutable are the preferences of
men.
Yet after all it is but the law
of life and progress. "Men rise on
stepping stones ot their dead
selves to Jhigher things."
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NOT A COMMODITY
HE one declaration In the re
cently passed anti-trust bill.
tnat tne labor of a human be
ing is not a commodity or ar
ticle of commerce" takes labor
out of the category of a mere com
modity where piatocracy and greed
have heretofore placed it, is worth
all the money that has been ex
pended during the past eighteen
months while Congress has been kept
In session, even If nothing else had
been done. Senator George E. Cham
berlain. When all mankind assents to
th facts
It is unnecessary." tianity has-been applied for 20 cen
. v , , - . . . 1 LUI1CB. miA Bit aaw v u-
juage uary is rignt ana tne with all the record of all the years
newspapers are right. This is no before us, and with this present war
tlmft for "emitters" in America, as a climax, how childish is prayer.
September showed a large increase YV0
in exports
York custom house reported ex-1 Just what is the true ultimate of man?
ports valued fit $20k032,000, an ab- Th way Paul, Isaiah Hugo or
solute high record for that period. p'Ti, when w
ror aeptemoer as a wnoie, wneat and etrife have wiped out principal!
exrjorts ran 60 per cent above I ties and powers and the mighty ones
last year ' of earth, leveled all racial distinctions
. " ... , and national boundaries and alf peoples
Charles G. Dawes, comptroller of become one people with the same lan-
the currency under President Mo guage, the same . purposes, and the
Kinlev. declared in Cleveland last same means of attaining them.
Saturday nfeht that the ennntrv And is this condition coming to pass?
baturaay nignt tnat tne country n 8eem3 to me tnat it ,s slowly 8urely
iaces unparalleled prosperity
spite of the European w r.
THE M'ARTHTO REVOLT
iQ I coming. But will civilization be high
er? Will it be more worth while to
live? Will there be less of pain, of
suffering of poverty than now? Who
can say? O. G. HUGHSON.
thA drwtHn that tria ToW -f n
grand total of over $200,000,000. human being ,s not a commodity
1 11B last, ion jraio uxo dccl a
half doien state highway commis
sions grow to twenty-two. . Only
seven state3 .are now without a
or article of commerce" human so
ciety will have taken a great for
ward step
The great blunder has been that
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HERE is a strong Republican
revolt against Mr. McArthur.
His candidacy is unsatisfac-
Keeping the Brother,
Sherwood, Or., Oct. 9. To the Ed
itor of The Journal So it's all silly
tory to. many voters In his talk, is it, that I am. my brother's
I t- - T ic e- s-v T V wham
own party. . h kena him? Tou anrl T
Their way to defeat him is not J Eighty-two per cent go to the pen
to waste their votes on Mr. Laf- through the open saloon
fertv. The votlne nonulation of Suppose he goes to the county farm.
r, . Who keeps him? The taxpayers.
roruanu nas never laaen mnaiy am one of them. Nienty per cent go
to canaiaaies wno repudiate tne to the poor farm from booze
verdict Ot the direct primary. Suppose he dies a drunkard. One
Mr. Flegel is a atronger candi- lfl7aL!; 'V.T n;B
. u . - , keeps his family? We in Oregon pay
date. He has a much more for- hJs wldow a widows pension.
mldable backing. He is acceptable Am I my brother's, keeper? Cer-
to his own nartv. There is no re- tainly I am. Let us have an ounce of
The gun is transported on two eepa
rate vehicles, each of which can be
hauled by a singla motor truck. Dur
ing transportation one unit consists of
the gun carriage, slide, recoil cylin
ders, trail, and permanent axle and
wheels, the last named being fitted
with broad flat feet after the manner
of the Diplock ped rail. The after end
of the trail during transportation is
mounted upon a pair of wheels.- The
gun itself is transported upon a car
riage upon which it is placed in such
a position that the majority of the
weight will come upon a pair of
pedrail wheels.
To mount the gun when it has
reached Its assigned place, all that is
necessary is to back up the section
carrying the gun against the section
constituting the mount, and then, by
means of wire cables, draw the gun
forward into the sleeve and bolt the
lug to the piston rod of the recoil
cylinder. The gun transporting sec
tion la then drawn away, the trail ls
lowered to the ground, and the gun is
ready for firing. v
The 11 inch mortar was developed
and constructed in large numbers at I our train.
the famous ordnance works of Krupp I and got their guns ready.
at Essen. In respect of size, weight I ment or tw several hundred Indians
and destructive now-r .thi r,ie n . h?.rseback be coming in twos
ov. .v.- '. . :., ana tnreos and half dozens over the
" " x - ''u edge of the hill and riding down
mem oi neavy ordnance capable of toward us. They were on the war
being transported with an army and I path, and were all painted up in reda
quickly em placed for the reduction J ana yeuows. They were armed with
of permanent fortifications, such as j bows and arrows and seemed to be
those which were reduced at Leige anxious to attack us. Their chief
and Namur. Up to the time of the 1 made them stop and called for the
Russo-Japanese war, a distinction was 1 captain of our train to come out. The
made between heavy and light siege I chief and Captain Cline had a talk.
units. The latter were mounted upon I Captain Cline told us the chief said
wheeled carriages, and they were I his young men were angry because
capable of being moved with an army I so many white peopla came through
on the march. The heavier siege J their country eating the grass and
units, say of from 9 inch to 11 inch I killing the game or scaring it away.
caliber,' required special means for I He said If we would give them a feast
their transportation. The massive 1 their hearts would bo right toward
parts, such as the gun and its car- I us. Father was near the line of
riage. bad to be conveyed by standard 1 wagons with his gun. Mother stood
gauge railway or by ship to some place I In front of the wagon with an ax In
adjacent to the field of operations, I her hand.. We children were lying
whence, it was customary to lay a 1 down in the wagon. One of the In-
light military railroad or devise other I clans pointed to mother and laughed
special means for transporting the I and said: "White woman big brave;
batteries to the locations assigned to j big warrior.' Captain Cline -said for
them. Before the mortars could be each wagon to give whatever they
erected and placed in working order, had cooked up to the Indians. The
it was necessary to provide heavy Indians spread out two blankets,
masonry foundations, of sufficient Mother had boiled our last ham the
area and mass to. withstand the heavy j evening before, so she put It, very
shock of recoil. it can reaany De unwillingly, ,on the blanket. After
understood that this preliminary work , the blankets had been heaped with
entailed the loss of
time.
much valuable
This was the method employed by
the Japanese in the reduction of Port
Arthur. This enterprising people was
the first to employ 11 inch siege guns
for the reduction of permanent forti
fications. They dismantled a large
number of their coast defense mor
tars In Japan; transported them by
sea to the port of Dalny: laid a light
military railroad from Dalny to the
base at the hills encircling Port Ar
thur; built heavy concrete founda
tions; and erected upon them the mor
tars and their gun carriages. It was
these siege pieces which assisted In
the sinking of the Russian ships in
Port Arthur, ' and contributed very
largely o the reduction of the forts
which crowned the hilla around that
city.
j ONE PROPOSAL TO PROTECT INVESTORS
Believes in Prayer.
Cornelius, Or., Oct. 9. .To the Editor
of The Journal R. R. Bratton, "an
old man," has given his opinion on
prayer in The Journal of yesterday.
He Is satisfied there is nothing to it.
am sure he is In in error. Jesus
said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you,
whatsoever ye shall ask the father in
my name he will give it unto you.
Jesus is not a liar. He could say in
truth, "Heaven and earth shall pass
away, but my word shall not pass
away."
I am nearly 75 years old and for
more than 60 years my life has been
a life of faith and prayer, and, through
faith and prayer, a most happy life.
In the face of approaching death I can
say and confess with Paul, "I know
in whom I have believed, and am per
suaded that he ls able to keep that
which I have committed unto him
against that day."
J. F DOEBCHER.
By Joh'n M. Oskison.
Some time ago, when I proposed to
boost an American organization to
protect the interests of investors, I
had in mind a fairly claar picture cf
the sort of agency that would help.
It was something like the coopera
tive associations of France, Holland
and Knrland. It was to gather in
formation about all the romoantes in
this country and abroad, whose bonds
and stock you and I would be tempted
to buy. -Then, when you and I asked
about a certain security, we could, if
we were members, find out the facts
nhih nurht to control our judgment.
To the working officials of such an
association its members could- go free
ly for information ah to the progress
of the companies whose stocks and
hnndi were owned. Facts so revealed
would guide members in holding or
selling securities aireaay ownou.
s.h or. -.aociatlon would under
take to represent its members who
owned securities of companies that got
into trouble; it would fight for repre-
..ittlAT. on "orotective cumiuiuKu,
t-nrmod when receiverships were imml
nent and would have a voice in reor
ganization plans.
state highway law. only nine fall it ha3 iong been considered legiti
to make regular appropriations for . mate to exploit ,abor The Btke
;road building. !at Lawrence revealed an inlr.a-
The aims of state highway com- (tioTKOf workers that was a national
missions are to equalize and dis
tribute the burden of road builid-
-Ing, to insure wise outlay and pro
vide engineering skill and to clas
sify the state's highways. Many
' states have learned that progress
depends on laying out, first a sys
tem connecting "the large centers,
: next connecting county seats and
then improving local roads. j ,
In connection with these local
roads as distinguished from state
aided roads. Crook county, Illinois,
. in which Chicago is situated, has
scandal. The Pittsburg survey dis
closed that men were worked In
the mills by the Steel Trust twelve
hours a day, seven days' a week,
and that often three or four fami
lies occupied the same shack,- beds
being occupied by workers from
one shift as soou as emptied by
workers from another shift.
It is a splendid fact, when a
nation declares in a solemn statute
that "the labor of a human being
is not an article of ' commerce."
It sets a new standard v for the
decided to submit to the yotera a 1 contemplation of mankind.
proposition to bond the county t in J l it i legisWion cloily approxi-Jcret of making , cast steel "after
volt against him, .He has,.' in ad-
prevention instead of a pound of cure.
Vote 332 X Yes. for prosperity, happy
dition, the support of other large horaes a"nd lower taxes.
elements that count neavny at. the
polls. In this ls a large following
that ls supporting Mr. Flegel be-
cause of his clean life, his high
moral character and his known
standing as a progressive and Intel
ligent citizen.
The way to beat Mr. McArthur
DORA N. CROSBT.
The Keeper of the Brother.
Reedvllle, Or., Oct. 8. To the Editor
of The Journal I am my brother"a
keeper. If I were not, the man in
the gutter would appeal to me in
vain. The victims of nature's wrath
would receive no succor. The victims
of war's awful havoc would cry into
deaf ears. The crushed ship at sea
would flash out its cry of help to no
avail. The man with his brother's
blood dripping from his hands must
give an accounting of his deeds to
society. The deadly mill which, is
sending this array of sodden wretches
in a miserable procession to utter
ruin roust answer for it to an out
raged .public The liquor belongs to
the liquor traffic, but aU the hell It
causes belongs, to the people. The
people are going to kill off this thing
next November. Let us put the public
welfare above the liquor Interests.
O. E. FRANK.
Is to" support the strongest oppos- j certain."
ing candidate, and he la Mr. I Dr. Hs
Flegel.
Kansas' Asylums. -,
Portland, Oct. 10. To the Editor of
The Journal C. L. Hatfield, M. D., of
Scappoose, closes his letter in The
Journal of October 8 with these woSfts:
"These statistics from Maine and Kan
sas are too far away, most of them
too stale, and, as presented, too un-
THE GUN MAKER
B'
EHIND the reduction of the
forts of Antwerp by the heavy
guns of the Germans is the
figures of Fried erich . Krupp,
who, 104 years ago, learned the se-
rr. Hatfield gave some Kansas sta
tistics himself a short time ,ago, in
which . he had Kansas renting out
rooms in her insane asylums to sister
states. If 1 remember rightly his at
tention was called to the - page and
chaster of the 1911 and 1913 session
laws of Kansas, wherein It was shown
bv an act of the legislature tnat x.an
sas was building new asylums; and
during the 1913 session, appropriated
over $8000 to reimburse counties that
had been forced to care for their own
The Human Argument.
Portland. Oct. 10. To the Editor of
The Journal Mrs. Griswold is light.
It is not the so called "paid agitators"
of the prohibitionists that are making
the people think of the benefits to be
gained by voting Oregon dry. Neither
are the people going to be deceived by
the bill board ads or other paid 'ads of
the liquor men. Very few people have
time to hear the speeches that the pro
hibitionists do make. People won't go
to halls to hear a speech. A good
sneaker on the street can only hold a
small crowd. But as it is said of the
writing on the wall. We know it is
true that booze does not benefit, but
rather destroys. And common sense
says vote dry.
Producer.
Portland. Oct. 8. To the Editor of
The Journal The wet writers in the
present political campaign writ a as if
the only things of value in the state
were those which could be. measured
by dollars and cents. Mr. Bishop,
some time ago, in landing the hop
growers, asks. "What would become of
the state if peopled by 'such men as
Mr Coe"" It is an excellent thing
that there are still some who believe
.v.. -ii vain la not measured by the
dollar sign some who believe that
manhood, virtue, health, education are
worth while, in tne '
been found, and still will be found to
be true that the development of mind
fs as great an act of patriotism M il
the development of an acre of hops.
Men that are worth while, are ever at
a premium, and there are many scat
tered from Illinois to Alaska who are
willing to concede that they have been
greatly helped by Curtis P. Coe, the
dry candidate for congress in the First
rio? M. C. SMITHSON. "
Women Who Are Candidates.
Portland. Oct- To the Editor of
The Journal I notice in The Journal
of October 1 the name of Mrs. Rose M.
Bchenck of Lincoln county as having
the honor of being the only woman in
the state to be a candidate for county
clerk I am pleased to say that Benton
t hi. a candidate for county
clerk in the person of Mrs. Lottie Her
bert Blake, who has the distinction of
bread and meat, the Indians wanted
some salt, so each family gave one
or more handfula of salt, The In
dians than, rode away and w went
on.
"We had a big yellow-brown dog
named 'Watch.' It wasn't any par
ticular breed; just an old fashioned
dog. It was large and wOil.v l:ke
a collie dog, only larger. It hated
Indians. They used to naek arou.iil
camp at night to steal. Watrh would
charge out at them savagely. One
night an Indian shot him With an
arrow between the eyes. It ripped
his skin open for about four tnrne.
That made him hate the Indlatis
worse than ever. Captain Cllne wbm
afraid his blooded horses would ho
stolen, so he used to tie them to our
wagon, knowing that Watoh would
set up an alarm if the Indians came
near them.
"When we got to Dr. Whitmans
mission. Dr. Whitman had just re
turned from The Dalles, wlwre he had
escorted a party of immigrants; We
For such real serrlee investors stayed there a few days. Dr. Whlt-
wouid nave to pay liberally enough I man learned that my father was a
to insure the hiring of thoroughly . skillful worker in leather and a good
competent and honest officials. I shoemaker, so he camj to our camp
"We'll get round to the formation of and had a long talk with father. He
some association like that in time. wanted him to spend the winter at
Meanwhile. I've had called to my -Walilatpu. ' Dr. Whitman told father
attention tne pian proposed by a he could , arive him employment all
friend of organized business." winter. Father thought well of It.
This "protective association" wants I fent Cantaln Cline said: You don't
no fees you join by signing a coupon j want to stay her.. Hill. Ton started
ana mailing it to tne organizer. Jt tor the Willamette valley. You had
proposes certain things, such as to http n there. And anyway. I can't
protect American Investors against the! rfct along without Watch to take care
criminal use ana misuse oi ine savings I af ra- horses for me.' Mother didn't
and property of others, "the attacks Mn atav. mo father decided to
of demagogues. Socialists and an-1 fro on to the valley. Several of our
archists upon property and savings of party, however, concluded to stay.
wo ni.ii.wj. amM imuw iu uiuum i gjjfl they were murdered a lew weeaa
mwrBBia uuuugn reKUia.uuu ua iu-1 iter in the Whitman massacre."
vague: uoo i imagine in case you I w . T. .
tinn that i will vat n ...i v. i jrrom Keeors mirrur.
You won't get much real help in the I Some seem to think this will be the
ninnnitnt of vmir lnva.rmMt 1 last war. anynow, tne laat great, war.
until you are willing to pay fer It. 1 1 wish I couia tain so. i wouia inw..
Anvwar. If not nroteotion xrolti.t lao if I Were sure tnat aome power
legislation that you want its guid- could have influence enough on set-
ance in the wlldarncjta af Incatm.n I tUBff aav. alter tne lines axe urawu e
1 opportunities. I as to prevent racial exacerbation, o
itrike down and anmnnaia mow eco
nomic incitements to war protective
worp. sne is very airabie and well I "T.. ,!. thrm.rhont th
qualified for the ofce and her many rldfreY trado in labor on land, a
friends through the county predict Zlli mJ trB trade In commerce over
that Mrs. Lottie Herbert Blake, the UongTimaginabie
uui-iu-wm cunaiaaie, win De tne next " 1 , mtrim and war. It
clerk of Benton county. C"UV .toa not soldiers, cre-
TAXPAYER. ktors'of wealth, not destroyers. Great,
I -.,.-v. . hi. fur. net In that dir?-
i I crwuu - . .
imiitTiiKuiK air. uisnop. , viivve. And so have we. Ana
Portland. Oct. 10. To the Editor of Va.r of all the Russias must have
The Journal Mr. Bishop, having ex- some inkling of the truth if be has
hausted his fund about prohibition half -prophesied, as reported, the Unit
Maine now nroceed. to tell n. .hout ed States of Europe arowUig out of
alcohol being a food. According to hi. I this ,XwM tavi
argument the people-of Orego'n have German rfc bV
aouoie pneumonia, tnererore tne wnii- " . ; , , v - ,-
k!V, VZL ... w' There I. not enough
. 'r u ,, .. 7 , . ,,, . . nf it now anywhere. France's democ-
of the time allotted in telling ns about or 11 .,r.ll. T. ,
his home community, Its en'vironment racy Ij. sot -S'V
ana its nnanciaa aepression causeo ny ,.,,- nmrtnm Am.
v iv. i al . -wrwr em i AT w r 1 l RnrruuLrM j - v - .
prowoiusa nr. o. nui4.ia. -V Z.,,, . 1f the mllltarv
- land other class forces did not fig
Aruenuy supports mcamrj. 17. -n.v,M ,n A to or event adequate
Turner. Or, Oct. 9. To the Editor Zij. representation. In Great BrlU
of The Journal This is an appeal to ...-. . niIirl votina- and txx-ex-
an m oirarai yrvMc rcBwu. I .rnDtlon for land monopolists ana uiers
us. regardless of our political beliefs. wa nnUj recently, an upper chamber
wriie vni its jui.'.'j " uii u. mrllamtnt avble to DIOCK til uem-
tickets this fall. We have a right to.
cratic advance.
wo. In Vnrnn th in fw "hnmm I v.nn- th first WOlMJi in Heniun
that have not been hit: so with booze, 'county to enter the political arena.
Booze and death are no respectors of
persons. Nearly all of us have some
dear friend or relative under its spell.
Again Mrs. Griswold is right. Peo
ple read the papers, and one doesn't
have to be prejudiced to see the hand-
Mrs Blake spenx ner iinowi u
in Corvallis, where she completed her
education, being a graduate of the O.
A. C She is one of Benton county's
most successful teachers. Sue has
pent the last few years in high school
ns hjtnrt toaretner ana maice him I . . . : it;,,i.m
... " Icret diplomacy, protective lanmaui.
we ougnt to. ne L'a I 4nnk.rtm. landlordism, exploitation or
man for this place. A. L. cannon. m man against man
i x n a via w a. n " uatskiivo wa
The Farmers' canaiaaie. ttiZ mtarference with racial lines and
Portland, Oct. 6. To the Editor of natural trade development that has
The Journal I have Just returned I cxuetA the war. And from this war
from a trip in the Willamette vallay j ,. now nothing worthy the name Of
and find the farmers are getting 10 tojfcte,,!,, gave what may be of demo-
1 3 cents per pounu vr i (f.rtk5 tendency ana acnievioBi, j
Eggs are su to cenw a uran ana
w.nihlnr else in orooortion. Wool.
hides, etc are from five to Iff cents j and for beef cattle two and one-half to
higher than ror in past 10 to z I three cents per pouna.
years. Of course theso farmers are I If sometping is not aone to stop
going to vote xor r, uooin tna ur. l tnem, tne pgee- mumn ua
Withycombe and -do all they- can I ever heard of all over the - state or
against , Wilson and Bryan,; because I Oregon Is going to support wwon ana
under the foTer tarirr scnflule tney 1 Bryan, Chambcnam ana ur.-tamnn.
rot from flvw to 10 cents leas for wool.l J- M. HOWES.