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53
Most Of our censure of
others Is only oblique praise
Of self, uttered to show the
wisdom and superiority of the
speaker. It ha all the invldi
ousness of self praise, and all
the Ill-desert of falsehood.
Tryon Edwards. ,
WIIY?
WHY dcx3, Mr. Booth send
telegrams to Governor
West asking for charges to
be, made for Mr. Booth to
answer?
Mr. IJooth has never answered
t.b great charge made by Judge
Gilbert, of the United States court
1 of appeals, who, with two other
('judges assenting, cancelled the pat
j .enta of five timber claims for
fraudulent entries by the Bootb-
Kelly Lumber company, made while
I Mr. .Booth' was raanajor. . (See 203
1 ".Federal Reporter, pago 423.)
i -1 Mr. Booth has never answered
.tfic great charge made by Judge
.Bean, of the United States district
I court in Portland, who cancelled
J the patent to the Jordan timber
t claim for fraudulent entry by the
f' Booth-Kelly company made while
!' Mr.- Booth was manager.
Though called upon to do so on
September fl, 43 days ago, Mr.
i Booth has never explained why he
, omitted from his 10 column speech
t ."of, explanation at Albany, all refer-
) cnc"to the-Jordan '.Inim, and the
i fln.d"ings of the United States cir-
euit court 6f appeals concerning the
La Raut claims.
- Why "18 Mr. Booth seeking other
charges '" to answer, .when he has
j never anawen-d the great judicial
' charges, made from the' United
States bench and all of record in
the archives of the federal courts?
JUDGE BENNETTS TRIBUTE
NO higher- tribute has been paid
to the personal and . public
worth of Dr. C. J. Smith than
was that by Judge Bennett
Saturday night.
Judge . Bennett: was one of Dr.
Smj'th's opponents in the .primaries.
But they are both high minded and
honorable men, and their relations
throughout t-e primary , campaign
were mutually generous, kindly and
considerate. In his speech in . Port
land Saturday evening. Judge Ben
nett said:
Dr. -.Smith Is exactly the man for
the placo. He is an ideal1 candidate.
He promised yon aTid he is a man of
his word or he would not have re-'
crlMgd such a - tremendous ova'tion in
the primaries in Umatilla county that
he ; would give you a business mans
administration: .
These are strong words from a
strong man.' They are an indorse
ment from a citizen who has known
;i)r. Smith long and- Intimately.
They Are a tribute, from . a. -man
whose utterances are always re
ceived with- profound respect
thrpugho.ufOregon. Judge Bennett
added:;'
" Dr. ynlth is an able man; he Is a
conscientious man; he Is clean, repu
table, in every way. I think you- -are
being offered the best man for the
Placfr.
NEW GERMAN GgJNS.
N engineer In the Edison lab
oratories -at New York.. says
Germany' is building .a, num
ber of guns that will shoot'
21 to 25 miles. They will have a
caliber of 19.5 and 21.45 inches
and will make the 16 inch siege
gunp used against LJeSge, Namux
Stnd Antwerp "look like betin
blowers.".
j-N Under ordinary circumstances
such a statement Would be given
little credence,' but in a few short
'-weeks of, war Germany has sur
prised the world with the efficiency
jof her, heavy artillery. . Never be
f6re ftave such terrible engines of
destruction -Jaeen carried by an in
vading army as those used by' the
kaiser's troops in sweeping away
what ; were thought to be impreg
nable Belgian fortifications.
Military experts had long real
ized that more powerful guns wculd
be needed in the field if modern
inland fortifications were to bQ re
duced by an army. But there was
supposed security in the assumed
fact that guns large enough for
such a purpose would be too large
to be transported from point to
point.
. The development of the gasoline
engine solved the transportation
problem, while the- difficulty of
hauling heavy weights over ordin
ary 'roads was overcome by the In
vention of a detachable, tread for
the rims of gnn carriage wheels.
With these for use on bad roads
it has been possible for. the Ger
mans to,ru8h. their enormous how
itzers to the front, thus making
available against the Belgian fort!
lications. guns weighing 20 tons,
engines of destruction nearly as
great as American 12 Inch coast de
fense guns.
r There is no questioning the. fact
that Germany has advanced the art
of . We gun making far ahead of
TIRED OF GOVERNOR WEST!
D
R. WITHYCOMBB declared Saturday In the Oregonian that peo
ple "are disgusted with Governor West" and that "many are
tired of conditions at Salem."
What "people?" What people are "digusted with Governor
West?"
, . Asid from those who oppose law enforcement, the. Oregonian,
Dr. ' Wltbycombe, a lot of high brows, some reactionaries, the road
house keepers, the Copperfleld saloonkeepers, who Is "disgusted with
Governor West" and "tired of conditions at Salem?"
What are the things Governor
ithycombe is "tired" of? Is he
Is it Governor Wrest's fearless and free use of the veto that
makes Dr. Withycombe "tired of conditions at Salem?"
Is Dr. Withycombe "tired" of West because the governor fought
the legislative machine to a standstill at the 1913 session? Is that
what Dr. Withycombe, in the Oregonian, refers to as "petty politics"
tn the governor's office?
Is Dr. Withycombe "tired of conditions at Salem" because Gov
ernor West vetoed 21 bills raising salaries of county officials ajt. the
1913 session, including two bills raising the salary Of the same'offl
cial in Columbia county?
Is Eh. Withycombe "tired of conditions at Salem" because Gov
ernor West with the veto, prevented the legislative machine from
increasing the number of circuit judges from 20 to 31, and there
by saved the people $44,000 a year?
What does Dr. Withycombe mean, anyway, In his declaration that
so many are "disgusted with Governor West," and so many are "tired
of conditions at Salem?"
Are Dr. Withycombe and his "disgnsted" friends "tired" because
Governor West forced the legislatures of 1911 and 1913 to loosen
the hold of tne state printing steel on the taxpayers of Oregon, by
which there is now a saving at the rate of $31,411 a year?
Is Dr. Withycombe "tired" because Governor West by his vetoes,
saved 1613,874 at the. 1911 legislative session?
By his censure of Governor West on "conditions at Salem" it is
evident that if elected, Dr. Withycombe does not intend to be the
kind of Governor Oswald West has been.
the achievement of any other coun
try. The Krupp engineers have
demonstrated their ability to devise
a gun able to hurl steel projectiles
through steel1 and concrete walls
supposed to be proof against such
attack.
If the Edison engineer is right,
the new German guns will inaugur
ate an era of carnage which bur
dens the imagination.
A VICIOUS BrLL
1
T seems incredible that the bill
to revive the assembly in Ore
gon can pass.
Yet nobody knows. There
might be a slip. The friends of
the direct primary seem asleep at
the switch.
The fact that the bill is on the
ballot is some evidence of what is
going on. There could be no morfe
convincing proof that the assembly
is not dead. If any citizen of Ore
gon thinks it dead, let him turn
to page 88 in the state pamphlet
and read what is there.
It took a lot of money to obtain
signatures for getting this bill on
the ballot. It took more money
to put the argument for the meas
ure in the state pamphlet. All this
money is not spent for mere amuse
ment. It is spent by practical gen
tlemen who know exactly what they
want and who often get exactly
what they want.
The assembly bill is the most
vicious measure on the ballot. It
sets up the contention that the peo
ple cannot select fit candidates for
office without being advised. It is
a direct attempt to undermine the
primary system with the conven
tion system by resort to delegates,
proxies, manipulators and managing
men.
It has been said that the people
must be eternally vigilant or they
will lose their liberty, and that is
true. The few are forever seeking
ways to exercise powers that only
the many ought to exercise. The
assembly bill is an effort to put
into the hands of a few delegates
certain privileges that are now
solely in the hands of the people.
Four years ago. The Journal was
fighting an assembly scheme Just as
it is fighting an assembly scheme
now. The old scheme is exactly the
samiiK the new scheme, and the new
8cheoJi is exactly the same as the
old one. It Is the same old as
sembly, and the same old crowd
is -behind it.
It makes no difference what any
body says, the direct primary is a
priceless Instrument of government,
and if the people of this state ever
let the politicians and big business
brigadiers slip It away from them,
they will sadly rue the day.
Let the people of this state turn
to page 88 of the state pamphlet
and read what is there.
VOTE YES
I
T IS 52 years since the Oregon
legislature granted upland own
ers the right to wharf out to
deep water 'on the Willamette
river.
What would be thought if right
of way were granted a railroad
and the company did not occupy
that right of way with a track in
52 years? Especially what would
te thought or sucn action if no
deed conveyed title to the company
and the privilege of the right of
way were only a franchise?
Yet. that is the kind of a game
that has long been worked on the
people of Oregon. The present
rush to build wharves ln Portland
in order to comply with the terms
of the original franchise before the
tidelands amendment passes is the
proof.
It la a sample of the way public
resources are passed nnder private
control. The submerged lands
were the people's lands. The
wharf-out act was passed in 1862.
To this day, 52 years afterward,
the wharves have not been built
out to deep water, as Is evidenced
by the present scramble to build
wharves.
There could be no plainer proof
that the tide and submerged lands
legislation now on the ballot ought
to pass. There ought to be an end
to the process by which people's
West has done at Salem that Dr.
"tired" of law enforcement?
lands are first leased for purposes
of navigation, and then held with
out exercising the privileges of the
franchise for half a century, the
parties meanwhile holding the
lands as their own lands and final
ly getting title to them.
The pending tideland legislation
prevents further operations of the
kind. It saves to the public the
remnant that is left.
Vote 328 yes and 330 yea.
DP
W
HAT if another than Cham
berlain had been governor
when the legislature at
tempted to mutilate the di
rect primary by making it a crime
for a legislator to take State
ment One? '
Such a governor could have used
the great power of his high office
to help Mr. McArthur and his co
horts pass the bill and make it the
law of the state.
Has anybody ever stopped to
consider what the far reaching ef
fect might have been?
Had that bill become the law.
the word would have gone out to
,
an tne states that Statement One ,
was discredited in Oregon, that the !
"u ureu oi ii ana tnat a
law had been passed to make it a
crime for a legislative candidate to
take Statement One.
Today, the people of Oregon be
hold themselves electing their sen
ator by their own votes. That great
function is not exercised for them
by a legislative body, while they
stand powerlessly by and look on.
The people exercise this great privi
lege, and the election is by ballot
instead of by the notorious spec
tacles and bedlam and secret man
ipulations with which senators used
to be elected at the state capital.
But the people would not now
t 1 A 1 , -a
ue electing tneir senator if "the
knife" had been put to Statement
One. It was Statement One In Oro- I
gon that gave the Deonle of th 1
c. . .
fatates the present direct ;
election of senator under federal !
law. i
But if another kind of man than
Chamberlain had been governor in
the old days, a man who would
have aided the scuttle of the direct
primary and Statement One. the
McArthurs would have succeeded,
ana there would be no direct elec
tion of senator now.
WHAT IT MEANS
D
O his political opponents know
what is meant by this gather
ing tide of public sentiment
that is swelling and surging
towards Senator Chamberlain?
Do they know what is meant -by
the great audiences that greet him
everywhere with an enthusiastic
welcome?
Do they know what is meant
when men journey long distances
from one county to another to add
to the warmth and enthusiasm of
the greeting?
Do they know what is meant by
the fact that it is not merely voters
of his own party but voters of all
parties that are flocking to his
meetings to pay their respect to
the man and make public acknowl- i let is tne one want us to adopt,
edement of their annrpcintinn of!tney are PalnfwHV k in the most
eugmem OI tneir appreciation Of imnortant nrt thfv hv ltft t n
his great services to his state?
Do these political opponents not
realize that the efforts they have
made to strike blows at him were
feeble efforts in comparison with
the great whirlwind of blows that
an appreciative people are striking
back in his defense?
Do they not realize . that these
great meetings, these crowds, these
big assemblages of people mean
that the futile attempts to assail
Chamberlain only add to his popu
larity and the certainty of his
election? .
Never were greater campaign
blunders made. The people of this
state know Senator Chamberlain,
and know all about him. They
know that they promoted him from
one position of trust to another
because in each he proved to them
that he is honest, that he is able,
that he is on the level, and that
he is always on the peopleJs side.
Therefore, when newspapers and
politicians try to tell the people
something different about him.
they merely awaken resentment,
heighten his popularity and arouse
I his friends to action.
ABOLISH IT
0
NE of the measures to be
voted on at the coming state
election is the abolishment
of capital punishment.
This has already been done in
Michigan, Wisconsin, Maine, Rhode
Island, Minnesota and - Kansas.
Other states that give the jury the
option to apply life imprisonment
are Alabama, Arizona, California,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Georgia,
Kentucky, South Dakota, Nebraska,
Ohio, Oklahoma and South Caro
lina. The records of the states which
have abandoned capital punish
ment do not show any increase in
the number of murders.
This indicates that execution has
! no deterrent influence on the com
mission of murder.
It is the same in foreign conn
I tries. Hnllar.rt rwilierial oanltat
Tuni3hment in i7n RttiaM.fl
snow nineteen murders from 1861
to 1870, while from from 1870 to
1879 there were only seventeen
murders. Finland has had no exe
cutions since 1824 and there has
been no loss of security of person
or property. In Switzerland nine
teen out of the twenty-two can
tons have no capital punishment.
Other countries which have abol
ished the death penalty are Por
tugal, Italy, Norway, Roumania,
Costa Rica, Brazil, Ecuador, Guate
mala and Venezuela. Denmark
has had no hangings since 1890,
Belgium none since 1863. Russia
has abolished It save for treason.
The whole tendency of human
ism is opposed to capital punish
ment. It does not restrain people
from committing murder. Why
perpetuate it?
Letters From the People
.? onloHons seot to The Journal for
publication la tola department should be wrlt
5 ODe fcide toe Paper, ehonld not
exceed 300 words in length and mnat be ac
companied by the name and address of the
sender. If tfca writer does not desire to
hare tba name published, ha should so state.)
"Dlecussion Is the greatest of all reform
ers. It rationalizes everything it touches. It
roha principles of all false sanctity and
throws them back on their reasonableness, lit
tbey hare do reasonableness, it ruthlessly
rrnFhes them out of existence and aet up Its
own conclusions in their stead." Woodrow
W lUon.
Alcohol's Functions.
Gaston, Or., Oct. 15. To the Editor
of The Journal W. P. Bishop of Mc
Minnville says alcohol is a food, and
a great aid to the laborer, stimulating
nis digestive organs. I am a daughter
or a laoorer, the wife of a laboring
man and mother of Doys and girls who
o j uv. nwia. x WcLS
a resident among the laboring class in
earn inpir ivinir howl nm.w t . .
-.nicago ror Bl years, part of that
"w"! myseir among tne labor
ing women. I wish I could take Mr.
Bishop and all who think like him
through some of the scenes I have
-witnessed illustrating the "benetit"
of alcohol to the working class. One
example I will cite, and I could fill
the whole Journal with hundreds of
similar ones. In the Columbus shirt
factory at the machine next to mine
sat a little pale faced woman working
from 7 o'clock until 6 and during the
rush season until 9 o'clock. I noticed
tnat when we ate lunch she always
went out. One day I discovered that
she was going without lunch at noon
that she might feed her five little
children. I asked her if her husband
were dead. She said, "I would to God
it were so; he Is killing himself, soul
and body, and dragging ns with him."
I asked her if he drank when she mar
ried him. Sho Raid "Oh rtn- Y, rls
it first under a doctor's prescription.
to stimulate his appetite." She said
" had ftin?ulated.. nls PPete for
strong arm until everyining naa
he swent awav.
I should like to ask Mr. Riahnn If
as he says, prohibition cannot bring
ocii cuuuui ui kiia.ti.tz biruug tiiaracter,
it isn't just, possible it might be
able to control weak characters so they
cannot wreck the lives of innocent
women and children?
He also says alcohol is food.
Alcohol is a stimulant; so is strych
nine, but a food, never.
MRS. HATTTE EARL.
Prohibition and Penalty.
Nehalem, Ore Oct. 16. If the paid
agitators of the An ti-Saloon League
desire the people of Oregon to try pro
hibition, why do they not go back east
to some of those prohibitory states
and clean them, so that when they
come here they can show ns a single
example (just one) of what can be
done under prohibition and not what
is supposed to be done? But they can
not show success in a single Instance.
The only excuse they have to offer
for the failure in those states is that
the fellow they left on the job went to
sleep. Do . they want to repeat that
same failure in Oregon. They are most
certain to do It.
The law they are asking us to placo
upon the statute books is one of the
flimsiest sheila ever devised. It pro
vides that liquor shall not be sold or
manufactured (except for sacramental
and other purposes), but provides no
penalty for its violation. What are
our prohibitory folks going to do with
a man caught violating their law? If
the law contained in the voters' pamph
; important part they have left out its
teetn. a man violating mis law can
neither be fined nor imprisoned. This
gives free license to the fullest extent
of the word and absolutely no means
of regulation. Are the prohibitionists
trying to play a fanatical Joke upon
the people of Oregon?
a J. COTTON.
Licensing.
Mt, Vernon, Or.. Oct. 14. To the
Editor- of The Journal We can get
accustomed to things that are worse
than useless till we think we cannot
do without them. To write the word
"right, we use the two useless let
ters "gh." Without them we would
consider the word terribly mutilated.
But put tHem into the word "left.
Make it 'lefght.' Are they not use
less? Well, so they are in right; but
we are accustomed to them in the
one place and not in the other.
So we are accustomed to licensing
saloons in our cities and towns till
they seem, to some people, to be a
necessary part of them. It would not
do to give the, owner free rein so he
must be licensed and "regulated."
Now, If the correct way to manage
what you cannot prohibit is to license
and regulate, why not licence and reg
ulate' the burglar. Say he niust select
a seasonable hour to visit a house,
name whsdt thine ha mur . mrxti tnixv
A FEW SMILES
"This ig a new business for me,"
whispered the chairman of a. public j
meeting to a gray haired gentleman;
woo naa Been se
lected as the prin
cipal speaker of the
evening. "What shall
I say In Introducing
you to the audi
ence?" "You might speak
or me, if you choose,
replied the speaker; "as the nestor of
I 1 ai '1
the legal profession in this community. ! at?H "h V)11n-'t man, tlckied to
That is what I have been called some- ! dath he dQsn 1 2ie.of -times."
i -v-, .v, j , . .
The chairman looked somewhat pnz
sled, but he rose bravely to the occa
sion. -Ladi eS and tfnflAmffn" ri a
said. It affords me no ordinary pleas
ure to present to yon Mr. Jabez Hor
naday, the nest egg of the legal pro
fession in this community."
A pompous manufacturer of ma
chinery was showing a stranger over
his factory.
"Pine piece of
work, isn't itf he
said, when they were
looking at a very in
genious machine.
"Yes," said the
visitor, ' "but you
cannot hold a can
dle to the goods we
are turning out."
. "Indeed!" said the chagrined manu
facturer, "and what is your line?"
"Gunpowder," was the reply.
Iilttle Clarence "Pa!"
His Father "Well, my won?
Little Clarence "I took a walk
through the ceme
tery today and read
the inscriptions on
the tombstones."
His Father "And
what were your
thoughts after you
had done so?"
Little Clarence
W n y, pa,
the wicked
Judge,
T
wondered where all
people
were buried."
not take, tell him he mast not damage
what he leaves.
We might License and regulata
white slavery. The white slaver
would willingly pay a good round fee,
and so lighten the taxpayer's burden.
But, joking aside, prohibition should
win. Every lover of his state should
say, "Whisky is a nuisance and a
curse and we'll vote it out." Then if
men will sell it they will be criminals
and can be pnnished. W. P. "LAWRY.
Q notes Lincoln on Liquor.
Portland, Oct. 17. To the Editor of
The Journal The Wage Earners and
Taxpayers league is spending large
Bums in informing our citizens of
the opinions of the great and good
men of the past upon the liquor ques
tion by means of paid advertising in
the daily papers and on the bill
boards, but seeming, apparently to
take very little pains to verify the
authorship of the sentiments so pub
lished. The following passage from
, v, .. . . , v . , . ,.
the works of Abraham Lincoln might
be of interest to the league. There
is no doubt whatever as to the au
thorship of the quotation, and should
the management see fit to publish it
the honored president will not be
obliged to apologize therefor, or to
admit through the press that it was
known to be a fake when spread be
fore tr)e public
Mr. Lincoln had been speaking oCu
the political revolution of 1776 and
went on to say;
Turn now to the temperance revo
lution. In it we shall find a stronger
bondage broken, a Viler slavery man
umitted, a greater tyrant deposed; ln
it more of want supplied, more disease
healed, more sorrow assauaged. By It
no orphans, starving, no widows
weeping. By it none wounded in feel
ing; none injured in interest; even the
dram-maker and dram-seller will have
gilded Into other occupations so grad
ually as never to have felt the change,
and will stand ready to Join all oth
ers in the universal song of gladness.
And what a noble ally this to the cause
of political freedom; with such an aid
its march cannot fall to be on and on,
till every son of earth shall drink in
rich fruition the sorrow-quenching
draughts of perfect liberty.
"And when the victory shall be com
plete, when there shall be neither a
slave nor a drunkard on the earth,1
how proud the title of that land which
may truly claim to be the birthplace
and cradle of both those revolutions
that shall have ended in that victory.
How nobly distinguished that people
who shall have planted and nurtured
to maturity both the political and
moral freedom of their species.
The above may be found in vol. 2
(containing the early speeches; 1832
185i) "Works of Abraham Lincoln,
published by "The University Society,
Inc," of New York, 1908. It is from a
speech delivered at Springfield, III,
Feb. 22, 1842, C A WILLIAMS.
- The God of War.
Oswego, Or., Oct. 16. To the Editor
of The JourruJ The war is on. The
proclamation has been issued. The
prayers have been said. When shall
we receive a favorable reply? If it is
the God of the Bible that has been
appealed to I fear we have a long
time to wait, for this God always fa
vored and approved war, as the for-
lowing inspired testimony will show:
"So Jehu slew all that remained of girls of our city. Girls today for
the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all I tunately know when they are in com
his great men, and his k info lk a, and
his priests, until he left none remain
ing." 2 Kings, 10:11.
"And the Lord said unto Jehu, Be
case thou hast done wen tn executing
that Tuhtrrl Is T-lp-Ht tn mlna ava, a
. ..... ..m
hast done unto the house of Ahab
according to all that was in my heart.
th ,t of v, ...'
shall sit on the throne of Israel.'
Kings, 10:30.
CaV 1 V.... 1
jjim ui(.iii iivi, ftsui airty lm j lii man
and woman, infant and suckling.- 1
.Vj- , . , ...
JZ, ...Send p hvt
'1crZZ f L ; v v
Cursed be he that keepeth back his
s-word from Mood. Jer. 48:10.
Slay utterly old and young, both
maids and little children." Ezek. :.
Atso reaa ix. ami, rs. t4:i, ueut.
7:16, and Num. Jl:7-10,
E. L. DAVIDSON.
Portland Temptations.
Portland, Oct 17. To he Editor of
The Journal. The Anti-Saloon League
is distributine a circular which d.
clares that the women of the under-
world haunt the street corners of!
Portland, laying in wait for the hus-
bands, "sons and brothers of our city.
This statement is false. The men
who associate with such women in
Khmin ifw th-
these same men know that they are not
enticed by the women but on the con-
trary the men make definite plans to
meet the women. The men who make
such weak and unmanly excuses for
their downfall no doubt convince their
wives, mothers and sisters, should
their shame, become known, that they
were led astray by women of the un-
derworld. who . treacherously lay in
wait for them.
These statements are in line with
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL. CHANGE
Don't expect a medal for being a
meddler.
The man who butts In never makes
much headway.
a
-And wherc's Hobson? He's acting
nice a submarine.
a a
And the less some people give the
more they expect.
a
- c nns utai mm uurriu can near ana
speak the language of love
When a chronic kicker does gain his
point it is apt to be blunt.
Some people are WllllnK to take al
most, any old thins except a hint.
Let the man who put the "z" in
Frzemysl now stand forth if he dares.
An honest man never has to buy
space in a newspaper to advertise the
fact.
Successful men are those who make
more money than their wives can
spend.
No. A. Ruetem
the dogs of war.
muzzled.
Bey la not one of
Or if he is. he's
But it is easier for the average man
to fail in love with a woman than it
is for him to stay there.
And many a girl who- thought she
was marrying for a home haa dis
covered later that she is tied to a man
who can't even pay the rent.
Long after this war Is forgotten
there will still be quarreling over
who started it, as you might aay, if
you didn't mind using an Hlbernicism.
POSTAL AND OTHER SAVINGS BANKS
By John M. Oakison.
Why it was proposed (in a receht
bill which President Wilson vetoed) to
increase the limit of deposits in the
government postal savings banks from
$500 to $1000 was never clear to me
lt is true that the framers of the
bill also buggested that the govern
ment exchange its securities for the
savings deposits in these banks, there
by creating a big market for its bonds,
and permitting a large expansion of its
emergency currency. Possibly as a
war-time measure the bill had merit.
But when you know that the rate of
Interest paid on deposits in the postal
banks is properly limited to 2 per cent,
it is hard to see why a saver should be
encouraged to pile up more than $500.
When he has got that sum in the
postal bank he ought to be instructed
(if be hasn't already learned the les
son) in the art of getting a decent
return on his savings.
One thousand dollars at interest in
a government savings bank will earn
in a year $20 for Its owner. In a sav-
FROM CATAPULT
t,, , T, . , ,
Frank Parker Stockbridge in Popular
. . . a v
Mechanics.
From the stones cast from slings
with which the natives of Gaul sought
to repel the advance of Caesar's Ro
man legions to the huge German How
itzers hurling 16 inch explosive shells
against the allies is as long a step tne-
I chanlcally as it is in ioint of time.
But except for the temper of the
weapons, there is no appreciable dif
ference between the hand-to-hand con
flicts short sword , against spear of
59 B. C and the bayonet charges of
the French and English, against the
Germans In 1914. For nearly 1000
years the ground on which the Great
War Is being fought has been almost
a continuous battlefield. Every form
of weapon and every type of armor
ever used by civilized man in the set
tlement of international differences or
private quarrels has been tried, tested
and developed almost oA the same spot
where the efficiency of the most mod
ern Implements of warfare i now be-,
ing put to the supreme test. Omitting
the one distinctly modern military arm
the flying corps the differences be
tween the weapons of 2000 years ago
and the weapons of today are differ
ences in detail only, and excepting the
class of weapons making use of gun
powder for the propulsion of missiles,
it is questionable whether there has'
been any marked increase ln effi
ciency, either of men or of arms. As
a last resort, when the order comes to
rush the enemy's Intrenchments, bat
tles are still decided by brute strength
and hand-to-hand fighting sword to
spear, bayonet to bayonet Just as in
the days when Caesar wrote, 'The Bel
gians are the bravest.
When Caesar invaded Gaul, his sol
diers carried, besides their curved ob
long shields for protection, the famous
Roman short swords, sharp pointed
and two edged, for close Infighting,
with Javelins or throwing spears as
missiles. These were also useful in
hand-to-hand conflicts and were the
prototype of the modern bayonet. Steel
had not yet come into general use, but
these soft Iron weapons had at least
the merit of being easily sharpened
on any convenient stone. Arid back
ing up the foot soldiers and horse
men, just as the artillery does today.
League to the effect that the saloons
1 are the cause of the downfall of the
pany or men or women wnoe morais
need attention. They do not need to
be told that these companion ara
dangerous, for their own girl friends
of higher moral character desert
them, and as well as these same
. - . .
irle"UB are aw"" " ,
selected so are the girls who select
such undesirable associates.
j of the trouble is not with the saloons.
UUL WllU -!" """S " J
w. . 4 mmi m rr Tit nr r Q nrl t Via 11 1
' Uy Tose ho have In
charge the bringing up of these young
! people? The sensible mothers and
I fathers of Portland know this is the
j truth,
: Those families who have light wines
n their homes and who permit their
j children to partake with the rest of
' the family are not the ones who pa-
tronlze the saloons and they are not
possessed with an unreasoning de
mand for drink that characterises some
few unfortunates who were brought
up in homes where the presence of
wine or beer was unknown. Drunkards
do not come from homes where the use
i of wine or beer is a regular thing,
JAMES C. BARNETT.
'
I Asks, Whose Personal Liberty?
! Portland, Oct. 17. To the Editor of
The Journal A woman of refinement,
' and lovable personality, who never
i . . . ... . . , .
interferes with the rights of others,
J ha a husband, who is the beet of
I men when sober, but far otherwise
j when under the influence of liquor,
He interferes with her liberty, safety
! and happiness, and also with that of
Sail the other occupants of the house,
keeping them awake nights with his
insane racket and in constant fear of
some dreadful occurrence. Now, whose
liberty is to be considered, that of this
man'n fajullv end friend, ar hi oivn?
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OllEGON SIDELIGHTS
A women's auxiliary to the Klamath
Fails .chamber of commerce is the
la teat p-lan to be put forward by that
lorganization.
The Sisters correspondent of the
Bend Bulletin writes: "Those who be-
fre the fair in speaking of it would
re tne rair in speaking or u wouia
class it as 'Your rail- now speak or y-
it as 'Our Fair," and are already plan- " bank, but when they b;an putting
nlng what they wUl do next year.' i up cabins several blocks blek from the
. ' . . ' , , river carrying-water wa too much
Astoria Ifudget: Astoria has a - ' .
home famim-. Hundreds of people are,rk- th' legan digging wella or
seeking homes and apartments. Not building thMf ' -abiyis ner a spring.
a deirame Business location in tne
I H V I O fT aiiavit J a vav- a . vjrava
tunity is knocking at your door. If
you love your city answer the call,
a
Lovers of band music at Dallas axe
worklne- ,out a plan for the support.,
of theallas band by a city tax. The :
Itemizer argues tnat me Dana is road to Hortlamt so he decided to in
Of the best mediums of advertising augur ate Portlands firs?' water svs
the city that Dallas has ever had- and te, ln ,h" JL,? ,mi
money could not be better expended i ;"'' ,,n ,,8a' ,n" ntinon council
than ln its maintenance."
The La Grande of&rver urges the
adoption of new id-aa regarding the
Union county fair. The Observer sug
gests the elimination of "the buikaroo
rough stuff," leaving that to towns
which can put it on on a grand scale,
and the working up of "racing ani
other attractions in the way of higH
class entertainment."
Vancouver Columbian: Wasco coun
ty. Oregon, haa recently completed at
The Dalles a courthouse ald to be
hond ha vlnif ten nold for the our-
tne linest in Oregon outsiae oj -on- resident of Portland, with his partner,
land, at a cost of 1160,000. Th, won- John oreen. bought the water system
(ieri'ul part of this in that the building nd ,Ait. ' ' A . ? fc stent
was completed and paid for out of the ; 'ay! on?e .p,,ptH n,af,e "f edwood.
general funds, not a dollar's worth of I Later they put tn iron pines and
pose, Waaco county h& Rood Cause ruthers' creek and Ruh-IT creek, bring
to feet proud of hei court house, and , Ing the water to a reservoir on Fourth
also of her county officials. , and Market street. Tby put in a
, . . I fill mnln ,... 1 . i . . .1 j .....
inss bank which pay- 1 per wnl i m from th4, vjIamette Tiver :
interest it will earn $35; in on which "4 nJ aruthety creeks. A'
pays 4 per cent, it will earn $l. and If ! iv,iam':U W1U th" f nmon sewer
the bank can afford to pay S per cent, ; ol' Albany. CoPvallls. Kalenj
as a great many sound bank In the t 0,1 n fwn located, Jon its hanksi
west can certainly do, the depoSt'r tr' t-r became so eontjtmlnated that
is losing $30 a year by keeping his ttT' wa a great dealof complaint
thousand In the postal bank. . atut it. ;
Within 33 days Just before and after; In h legislature 'jpasaed an act
the European war broke out th pot- Permuting Portland to fpurehafie," own
office at New York city received new Tat it own water system. A
savings for deposit in the govmment 'vl many wanted th (jity t acquire
banks of $1,209,962. On two days th '"' '""' tprth in sist Portland;
daily receipts amounted to more than ; ' thT thotJiM 8irker lk, near utwe
$80,000. ;g,ret, norne wanted Crystal springs.
It is to be expected that tn war f w 'he committee finally decided on C.
scare times money savers should look i Xaibot's offer of Hol Run water
for the safest possible depository for i right. ; -
their money. In such times a good The committee appointed to secure
many owners of money in sums hfreer a municipal water plant offered to
than $500 would like to turn it over to
a government bank and be content
witn a per cent interest.
But he who continues to pile up
after he passes the $500 mark is
neglecting his opportunity and his
duty. I should be socry to see legist.
tion which encouraged such Dei lee t.
TO HOWITZER
, the Roman artillery, consisting
nleanttPUU' u"1 ,Were hUP .lm-
plements for hurling large rocks into
the ranks of the enemy, and the bal
lista, a device working on the same
principle, for throwing quantities of
arrows. In each of these the propul
sive, force wan produced by the sud-
aen releasing of a great beam or tree
trunk which bad been bent by means
of ropc-s and winches to form a huge
spring. A shower of arrows hurled
from, a Wilis la. most have created as
much iAvoc ln the ranks of the on
coming Gaals as the bursting of a
snra pcitl shell among the foot soldiers
, - .Tw- k I ' 7; , . 1 ne original water committee con.i.t-
thrown by the catapult were often aa ed of John Gates, V. C. Smith. C. H
large and heavy as the shells of the ! iwis. Frank Lekumf W 8 La-ld
modern ho withers. ' I Henry Falling. L. . Kliischner. W. K.'
.K . 7,M. . I Smith. H. W. CorKett, J. Lowenberg.
The one important addition that was ' s. G. Heed. it. B. Knap. a II John
made to the armament of European , son. L. Therkelson and T. M RlcharU
twdiers. prior to the introduction of
vguhpowder. was the bow. It
vaa nearly 1000 A. IX before the bow
became what it afterward was for
more than four centuries the prin
cipal weapon of the Kuropean foot
soldier, occupying in one form or an
other the same position that the mag
azine rifle does today.
The superiority of the long bow
over the crossbow was demonstrated
at the battle of Cressy ln 1346, the
decisive battle of the One Hundred
Years' war between the Knglish and
the French, where, aa the old chroni
clers relate It, the long arrows of "the
British archers flew in such clouds
that they obscured the sun. The man
with the long bow could shoot several
arrows while the croasbowman was
shooting one.
- In this battle, fought only a few
miles from the scene of some of the
fiercest conflicts of the present war,
gunpowder was used for the first time,
the English forces having three crude
cannon, or bombards, using the newly
discovered explosive to hnrl stones at
the French, Just as Caesar's catapults
bad hurled stones at the Gauls. It
was a hundred years or more after
this, however, before the use of fire
arms became at all general in warfare,
and nearly two centuries before
the hand gun, mounted on a stock like
that of the crossbow, began seriously
to displace the bow.
And for whom is the money to be
spent on his wife and children, or to
be worse than wasted on him?
I know a woman whose husband Was
a saloonkeeper. He lived high, drafk ' '.
up his money, mortgaged his property, ! for it the Safety FIrsf medal. Another
took a sudden cold, developed pneu- J great railroad company of the east
monia, and in three days was In his had "Safety First" as its motto also,
coffin. It was found he left nothing i evidently, but It Is In disrepute be
but a small life insurance policy, cause the meaning of the motto was
which was barely sufficient to paj very different. With them safety first
off the Indebtedness. His wife has to. meant safety first to Investments and
rent out rooms In her home and go dividends, while the Southern Pacific
out sewing by the day to support her company meant a f ety first to passen
two children. She opposes the saloon, gers and employes. The present pro
which, she rightly says, took her hus- hlbltlon campaign shown us forces
band from her. Is her personal liberty which are acting along similar llns.
to do what she enjoys, granted her? "Safety First" Is th .motto of each.
In California It is found more pro- The prohibitionists sgyi safety first to
fitable to feed grapes to hogs than home, chlldhd. business, schools and
to sell then to the.winery. It will be every ennobling cause.; The wets cry
found, better even from a business out safety first to Hie, hop industry,
standpoint to engage In that which to the brewery interests, for the dens
will allow all the ipeople to enjoy life, 0f vice. f ' ' i
liberty and the pursuit of happiness. When the votes are counted after
s- L LYMAN.. ; the election NovemUer 3 it will be
found that the majority will demand
Drugstore Liquor. safety first for those Interests whicn
Thomas, Or., Oct. 14. To the Editor ennoble manhood and sustain legitl
of The Journal I am not a prohjbi- mate business, by voting 332 X Yea,
tionist. I believe -the Apostle Paul t0T Oregon dry. CURTIS P. COE.
gave some very good advice to Timo- j ' " 'i 't , , a
thy when he told him to "take a it-1
tie wine for his stomach's sake and '
his often infirmities." I don't believe ;
in giving drugstores a monopoly of ;
handling this liquor business. Not i
long ago my family doctor prescribed j
a little whisky for my wife. I paid j
mm u cents, zor me prescription, ana
paid the druggist 60 cents for -a 4
ounce bottle. If the people want to
vote for this kind of robbery, all
right. I will not do it.
G. L.. SUTHERLAND.
"Safety .First-"
McMlnnville, Or.. Oct, 1. To the
Editor of The Journal People of Ore
gon are justly proud of the record of
uut v-ioaiMi railroad, which baa won
IN EARLIER PftYS
By Fred Lockle.
"Portland's water system, when I
came here in J1841, consisted largely
of going down toi the riverami dipping
up a bucketful ;of water!' said Mrs.
W. S. Powell of this clty.
"This was all well enofigh so Irma-
. ,oti, -,.,,, , -
just as my stepfather, Stephen Cof-
fin, started the People's; Transporta
tion company's boat Jtne fo reduce the
freight rates on the Willamette and
the plank road from Portland to Tual-
aun Ma Millsboro. to riVf the anri-
ington county -farmers ifi accessible
granted a franchise to 8t4then Coffin.
Kobert TVntlurnl. and JaWb Cltne, to
lay -mains and .pipes ln tfce streets of
Portland. They built a ftlam- on Ca
ruthers' creek in -the canjVin Just weat
of Seventh street. Thcp lot a con
tract to Job .McNamee fj bore som
fir logs to serve ax wato pipes. Adam
McNamee, who is null Sphere, helped
bore tln-ne early water pipes."
Later the company of which Mrs.
Powell speaks put a pumi in a spring
on Mill .street not far from the river,
ln IStil H. ('. Leonard. fe-J
! curta trie eity water nutiulv from Ca
( .,K cmuuii uj nif 01. tne rtv-
. cr and put up an additional reservoir
at Feventh and Lincoln streets. For
y-arg the entire water ..supply of Port- ;
i buy the Portland Witf r company's
plant. The owner ai:ei1 $H00,O.)0. It
was found that the whojfi system could
be duplicated for $30,400. The own
ers of the Portland H'ater company
were able to twice defeat an effort
In the legl'lattre to fivrrease the is
sue of bonds:. Finally. ;ifter fighting
the municipal plant bitterly but un
successfully, a compromise was ef
fected and $481,676 wai paid Leonard
& Green and the other stockholders tn
the nrivatp wut,r rnmrtnnv . Tt, ..).-
, at once cut the cost of ),water in half
I A Pe llne 31 miles long was la d to
Bull Hun at a-t t:t;KW
tier tne supervision of IX Ii. Clarke. m
January 1, l&o.l, the water committee
was reelaxed froth fiirtiier service ty
ine taxing ciiect of the new t itv ihar.
i ter.
In 1S85 the legislature gave the wa
I ter committee authority! to issue an 1
j sell not to exceed $70i.()00 of nonta
1 able bonds wjiich were tt run 36 j-mn
and draw 5 per rent interest. The
I bonds were. iHsued on 3ainaury 1. 1T.
On July , U93, an -additional bonj ',-
' Him iiF ft ' ' '.All .Will ... r . .
In the spring of 1N8 ('. A. Dolph
was appointed to takei the place of
John Gates, who had uel. U. B. Knapp
and L. Therkelson 8iryed the entire
17 years till the commute was dis
charged, death and resignation having
removed all the other, members.
The- Ragtime 1 Muse
f
Misfit.
He was a lofty candidate.
Yet bitterly he wept.
Because, you see. 1
Publicity
From him was ever ;kpt.
No matter what he ad or did.
Or what he'd darkly ifiint.
He won no faine
His noble name I
He could not get Irj print
He went unto the party nose
And meekly asked him why.
With wagging head, ,
The other said. .
"You neer 'pass the lie';
You never wear a checkered suit,
You smoke no black Igar,
You do not drill k--
That's why, I think.
In fame you re undr par.
"No Jewelled horneshe do you sport.
You don't indulge tj graft;
You've no, saloon l
For comrades boon
So people think you're daft."
He was an honest candidate.
And broken wan his heart.
"I will resign,"
He said: "in fine.
I do not; look the part."
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