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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24, ; 1914. l "THE JOURNAL AM INPEPKJfDKNT KKWWAPKW. C. .. JACKSON ..Pabllnher. ft'abttabeS ever availing (relJl Suodajr) and . Wf Bandar omlii at Tfaa Journal BulM iat . BroadwtT ana Yamhill t.. Pari! a ad. Or. k.Dtar4 at ta Boatorflce at furtlaad. Ur.. fur tranaailaaton tarougb tba malla as claw on I tar. XKUtPHONKS Mala TlTS'.v Horn. A-SOSl. All e'opartmenta raaread by taaaa unnbtrt Tell ' tbe operator rhat datiartmest yon want. 0HE1UN .ADVERTISING UEVMEHKNTAll IV Benjamin ft Kaatnor Co.. B""T,ckL'!f 823 rift. At... N.w Sort. 1218 PPl Uaa fclda.. Chlcaao. tMitwvnuuoa imtum by nail or ta au art Sraaa la tba Unltvd Stataa or Mexteo: DAILY., . , m far 5.oo 1 One nontn -00 SUNDAY. .an na year. . , . . .$2.W I One moots DA1LT AND SD5DAY flat rrar iTJ On. month..... ' -a The beat shield against slan der la ao to live, that nobody will believe it. Augustus Hare. THE BOOTH -WEST MEETING G' OVERNOR WEST did not seek last night's joint discussion He did all that, in the deli cacies of the situation, hlKi jn New York could do, to avoid u. V Jl was Mr. Booth and h la friends who Bought the meeting. They, ; pressed- it upon Governor West bo t aggressively that he could not wen decline. A perusal of the cor respondence makeB all this perfect- . ly clear. ' A greater blunder could hardly have been nade by the Booth managers. There was not a Booth adherent nresent but realized it beore the meeting waa half over. '-'.There can be no answer to the deadly court " testimony that wai read from the records by Governor WeBt. A Booth-Kelly official took the La Raut people to the land of fice at Roseburg, where Mr, ' Booth'B brother, the secretary of vthe Booth-Kelly Company, waa re, ceiver. The official gave the en .' .trymen a -3ootb.-Kelly check with which to pay the filing fees. A . government Inspector, bap- pened to be in the land office when , the nartv arrived to nroverUD. and it "a-ppeared in the testimony that .'- the entrymen: were told to "wait ;.-an inspector is around." They . went to ope side and . eat. by f window hall an, hour, until- the " government inspector left the place There was nd way to explain f these things. Mr. Booth did not - try in his closing Bpeech to explain them. Nor could there have been , greater blunder., than was Mr . Booth's attack oh Judge Gilbert of '- the Court or Appeals. Judge Gil ' r bert waa not the only judge rej ; sponsible for that decision. There were three Judges Judge Gilbert Judge Morrow and Judge' Ross 4 . who participated, in the decision . which took away the five timber . land patents because of fraudulent entries by the BoofluKelly com l pany, and while Mr. Boplh himself ,was the company .manager. V Mr. Booth's own ..admission that i" his company handled more than A a .million ATes of Oregon lands, and the report by the United States .Department of ' Commerce read by Governor West and shoeing that ' ' the company has . now 324000 acres are facts of tremendous bear 'i ing on the issue bf the senator- ship and that raise grave" Questions i to his candidacy. , WHY TAXES ARE HIGH NO. 15 B ECAUSE, road with a lust for raising salaries and making rmore' salaries, and for creat ing more 1 offices afid" .more , office holders,' the 1913 Legislative ' ttachine drove bills " through over the, governor's vetoes, all in "addi " tlon 1q passing appropriations that caused the collection from the . people in two years of more-than ,46.000.000 in taxes. ' ,. In itsmadness, it passed a-bill raising the salary of the school su perintendent in Clackamas county . to $1604) a year over the gover nor's vetff and over the protest of r: the senator from Clackamas, who -.wanted the salary placed at $1200 It even passed two. bills raising the - salary of the same county official in Columbia county, one tixing ttLe figure at $1350 and the other at ' ; $1500. SBoth were passed overthe ' governor's veto. . ,... . ' ,A public document which throws , ' light ori what the' machine . was . ' doing is a message not hitherto , published In this series pi articles, I aent - by - Governor WesjL to the : .: House of Representatives. It is i found in the 'House Journal of the 19 J3 cession, and is as follows: I wish to call, your attention to - .House BUI No., 678, introduced by Mr. ; GUI, and ' which I nhderatand haa been - or ia about to be -reported un i favorably tfyr the Public' Lands Com- f. mi nee. , r -xne raiiure or inia oui to nass t means that .Oregon will be "robbed of j' the opportunity to. secure title to .ra aevecai lunarea xiioua.na acres or awatnp and over-flow land tn thfs ' '. state. Title to -these lands must be i' secured from the federal government . and they can never be Becured when ,xlt is learned that the State Land '; Boetrd will be required to deed them ' ln.trapcta .tff perhaps a hundred thou- j f ean'i acres to some corporation. This Is. indeed a aerloua matter. 1 In 'view of the -raids which I Tare being , .made Upon the public , treasury through the demands for -appropria tiqns ana the failure or the' Jegisia i -T lure, to provide new s6Urce; if reve nue which Would at least la a small - way lighten, the burden of the tax t i payers, it seems - that it Is -not aa unwarranted - request that "this meas - ure which Is aimed to protect, and aaa revenue , to ine . common school i rumi or this state,v be given yor f . roost earnest ahd " careful - consider atlort. Oswald West Governor.- J " But the bill wai never passed, ;-The' .machine .'was wllen. and d-e-j tcrmined. The. measure was Jdnei " by that oldtlme-and effective pro- cess of letting it sleep itself to death In committee. Its death means that more taxes hare ta be raised by direct collec tions, when a proper husbanding of the public lands from the -first would have created an irreducible school fund on which the common schools could have been supported almost without direct taxation. But the legislatures legislated. the lands were frittered away, and the taxpayers are paying the price. WHAT A CHEAT BOSS SAID B' OS3 TWEKD Bald, "If I can nominate the candidates, I dont care, who elects them." He knew. All the poli ticians khow. All the Beekers of special privilege know. All who seek profit, pelf, power and privi lege through inside workings of government know. That is "why there Is a new as sembly movement in Oregon. That is why there is opposition in every state to Ihe direct primary. That 1 why Murphy and Barnes resisted the direct primary to the bitter "If T pan nrtminnra tha candi dates, I don't care who elects them." Tweed knew a thing or two that some Oregon people may be forgetting. Whenever they give up their di rect primary, they give up their power to name the candidates. Whatever mistakes ' the direct primary may make, whatever weak nesses it may have, regardless of the fact that the Oregonian and Dr. Withycombe say "it costs too much," the people's direct pri mary is the embodiment - of their power to nominate, and the citadel of their Btrength to govern them selves. If, by inaction, or by Inattention, or by indUference, they pe'rmlt passage of the bill reviving the assembly, they will dig the grave for their direct primary and there by proceed to bury their present priceless privilege of going to the ballot box and directly regulating their public affairs. It Is all summed up in the fa' mous Tweed epigram If I can nominate the candidates, I don't care who elects them." EVIDENCE OF COURAGE T HE war tax measure has been passed by Congress and signed by tne president. It con tained no provision for a gov ernment bond issue to. take care of . the South's imperiled cotton crop. Never was there a finer example of political, courage .and statesman ship The. war tax law is answer to .repeated charges that the Wil son administration subordinates everything to the "solid South." It is evidence." that whenever a ques tion of statesmanship is involved, the man in the White House, ably assisted by leaders in House and Senate,- decides the question c- cording to broad principles reguat lng good government. - The South is Democratic in f solid line. For forty years the South has been solidly Democratic, furnishing nearly two thirds of the votes that have sustained the party, It was urged that because of these facts, the Souths' should have the support of a Democratic adminls. tration in a plan for the issuance of governemnt bonds to buy the South's surplus cotton at a time when the market is demoralized. The whole country sympathizes with the South and hopes and be lieves that the difficult situation will be successfully handled. Not only the Souh, but the entire na tion, is vitally interested in sav ing the cotton growers from bank ruptcy. But the majority in Con gress was justified in refusing to undertake an experiment bad in principle and dangerous as a prece dent. The South should now be as sured that Its financial necessities will be cared for by the people themselves. New York bankers, it is stated, have agreed to furnish $50,000,000 for the cotton pool proposed in St. Louis, provided the rest of the country will provide $100,000,000. The evidence of courage at Washington will as sist this enterprise. It will prob ably be the salvation of the. cot ton planters. LOS ANGELES' EXAMPLE L' OS ANGELES has started an active movement for sectying possession of harbor frontage. Two ' suits against railroads for possession of frontage property have been Bta.rt.ed, and Frederick T. Woodman, president of the harbor commission, has announced that all harbor frontage to which good and sufficient title cannot be established by private holders, such as, railroads and other corpora tions, will be seized by the har bor commission by means of suits to forfeit the land to the city. . Los Angeles is preparing for the development of her commerce. Los Angeles knows that the city's over seas commerce cannot be developed trj Its maximum so long as con trol of the tidlanda rests In inter ests antagonistic to the develop ment of water Bhlpping. Los An geles Is fortunate in a California, supreme court ruling . which said that vthe ttdelands were held by .i . . . ... . . . " jtue state jd. us sovereign capacity andvpouldnot $e diverted to pri vate' Interests. . i. Los Angeles wants to become a t.i - . . . .... uiggeFiCity. Hits anxious to' nan die the -commerce of a-wide ter ritdry. Therefore Los-Angeles Is determined tn' regain control of the watenront; j. order that commerce can have free access to cheap wa- :that which he : must believe is a ter transportation.: j complete betrayal of Mr. McArthur Portland hopes to compete with j Los Angeles aa a 'shipping center. But such competition is impossible i unless the people acquire control j of unused waterfront. That is the j purpose of measures S28 Yes and) 330 YeB, to be voted on at the elec-i tlon November 3. ! Passage of, these measures will mean that Portland and other gon ports will be in a position to meet the competition of Los An geles and other California ports. Defeat, of these measures will mean that Oregon will be hand! nar.no in rfQ0innm0nt wa. ter transportation at a time when!,oner she -is kept from docking, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seat tle, Tacoma are forging ahead as shipping centers principally because of. their control of the tidelands. IP HARMONIOUS N' OBODY questions Dr. Withy- combe's honesty or sincerity or good intentions in his program of having the legis lature and the governor "harmoni ous." But the troublo with the plan is that the "harznonousness" would all have to be on one side. The average Oregon legislature 1b always jealous of its supremacy. Generally', there is in its mem bership a number of smart young lawyers, as well as some shrewd old lawyers. Some are honest and straight and some are not. There are also numerous lawyers from up-state towns who know a thing or two themselves.' In this mixture of smooth gen tlemen, there is Interlarded an oc casional farmer, now and then a business man, and the smooth, Bleek gentlemen of the third house who are on hand to advise. Gen erally, the third house members are the well paid agents of Port land corporations, public service and otherwise, who know better than do the people how the peo ple's business really ought to be conducted at Salem. For a governor to be "harmoni ous" with an aggregation like that would mean that affairs would have to be conducted, generally speaking, in a manner agreeable to the legislative body and some-, what agreeable to the. purring and oily gentlemen who go up to the capital from Portland to offer advice and help run things. The latter are gentlemen who may have jobs in the legal department of their corporations to offer young and risng lawyer legislators after the session is over, an event that has hot Infrequently happened. Or, they are gentlemen who can throw legal business from their corpora tions to the young and rising law yers as well as the older lawyers in the legislative body after the session is over. But is "harmoniousness" with a body like that a safe "harmonious ness" for the people? In fact, If a governor is " to be "harmonious," why have a gover nor? Why not save the governor's salary and let the legislature run things? THE BELGIAN REFUGEES C ALIFORNIA has started a movement to secure Belgian refugees for settlement of that state's vacant lands. California's development board at a meeting "Wednesday appointed a committee to call on large land owners and learn where available lands are located and the terms. on which they can be rented with op tion to purchase. There is a large Idea" in the project. It is proposed to pro vide an objective point for thrifty Belgians who have been driven from their homes by the horrors of war. It is California's aim to secure for that state a class of immigrants who will develop the soil, thus benefiting themsevles and adding to the state's wealth. A committee was appointed to Investigate the question of state aid to the refugees. The tentative plan agreed upon, contemplates aid in financing immigration expenses, the money to become a lien on the lands on which the Belgians settle. Such a combination of business and philanthropy carries a strong appeal. It Is said that the Immigration laws may interfere with the plan. If so, Congress should make amendments that will admit to our own peaceful land the homeless and hapless refugees from Belgium or other of the war-stricken nations. BOOTH SLAYING M' ARTHUR A' N AMAZING Incident in Mr. Booth's speech last night was his attack on Governor West with reference to reports on jurors at the land fraud trials. It was delivered in his set speech at the opening of the meet ing, and was therefore by deliber ate selection and in utter disre gard of its effect on the candidacy of Mr. McArthur, Mr. Booth's run ning mate. Any report made by Governor West was not one-thousandth part as strong as the many reports made by Mr. McArthun . It Mr. Booth considers his refer ence in that respect an argument against Governor West, he must consider it a thousand arguments against Mr. McArthur. That is; to say. In the belief that he was aiding his own candidacy, Mr. Booth, deliberately stuck what he , believes to be a long, keen knife deep Into the candidacy of 'his own running mate, and in the most reckless disregard of all the ethics anj. ' obligation; of helpful ness between candidates. ' pr Mr. Booth's willingness to do was -one of the sensations at the Booth - West meeting. GERMANY'S ALABAMA T HE German cruiserEmden will become the Alabama of this war if her career, is not soon checked by a British cruiser. Ore-jThuS far 8ne naa captured or Bunk in the neighborhood of twenty British merchant vessels in the Indian ocean. . The Emden is one of Germany's finest cruisers and has a speed of twenty - four knots an hour. The tfhmiff'ri thfa brwfctttt will H orroauo It is Interesting to recall that the Alabama was a boat of only 1040 tonB yet with British aid she kept afloat twenty-two : months cm i sine all over the world. . . ... .1 uuring ner cruise she destroyed American shipping to the value ot over seven million dollars. There was no wireless telegraph In those days and the Alabama had the ad vantage of a silent sea, a condi tion that the Emden does not have In her favor. . (Communications Bent to The Journal for pubUcatkiu la tbis department abould be writ ten on only one aide of tbe paper, should not exceed 9X1 wards la leasts and must by ac companied by tne name ana address ol mo sender. If the writer does not desire to have the name published, he should so ite.) 'Discussion is the . greatest of all reform ers. It rationalises everything It touches. It rols - principles of all false sanctity and throws them back on their reasonableness. If they ba te no v reasouublensss, it ruthlessly crushes tnem out of existence sod Set up its own conclusions ia their stead." Woodrow Wilsou. Mr. Mickle Cites the Law. Portland, Oct. 23. To the Editor of the Journal. I have Just read the protest of farmer Atkinson, of Red mond, in reference to a letter which I wrote him regarding the slaughtering Of animals for public consumption. Section 2242 of Lord's Oregon Laws reads as follows: "If any owner or owners, occupier or occupiers of ahy slaughter house, or of any premises where hogs, beeves, or other animals are slaughtered, ehail permit the same to remain unclean, to the annoyance of the people of this state, or any cf them, every person so offending 6hall be fined for every such offense any sum not less than $5 nop more than $50," etc. Section 4904 of the code also author izes tha dairy and rood commissioner to make rules and regulations for car rying out the provisions of the pure food act, and in accordance therewith rules and regulations have been pro mulgated governing the construction and operation of public slaughter houses, to which we called the aten Mor. of Mr. Atkinson by letter. Duving the past two years we have conducted an aggressive campaign against unsanitary slaughter houses and, in justice to all, we haVe not exempted the farmer who t makes a regular practice of killing and selling meat to , the public. Mr. Atkinson called at our office not long ago and stated that he would probably kill 10 or 12 cattle this winter, also some hogs, and that he desired to comply with the law. and we explained to him that in order to do so he would not need an expensive building, but that he must provide a place where his meat could be properly handled. Such a requirement is certainly in the in terest of the public .health; further more, when Mr. Atkinson enters Into competition with other butchers in his community he must comply with all rules and regulations that govern them. J. D. MICKLE, Dairy and Food Commissioner. Booth-Kelly Employes. Marcola, Or., Oct. 23. To the Editor of The Journal In your issue of yes terday I noticed a letter from "Lum ber Jack." and note what he says about the private law of the Booth- Kellv Lumber company. I will say that while many a poor fellow has been forced to put up with conditions to hi a likine for the period of three days' grace required, by this sweet scented law, I desire to give one instance Where it was not applied in that fixed sense which "Lumber Jack" describes. It happened during the summer of 1909. A tall and wiry tim ber faller in one of the camps decided one morning to "hunch" it. When he approached Mike, the foreman, he Was informed that as he was quitting with out notice he would be obliged to In dorse this fact on his time Check, which would prevent his drawing his pay until the 10th of the following month. To this the faller replied he did not care what he wrote on it, so it stated what was coming. At the office in Eugene the check was duly presented and examined Yon have auit without notice I see.' said the clerk. "Yes," said the faller. "You will have to wait till pay day remarked the clerk,, as he handed back the time check. "I prefer to have It today if it Is all the same to vou." "Can't do it. You know our rule, don't you?" "Yes, .1 read youf notice, but I will ask is that rule in corporated in the laws of tha state? "No. but it is the law We go by here. "Very well," said the faller, "I- will begin suit within One hour and you will pay costs in the .bargain." When he had reached the door he was called back and the cash pushed out for the time check. So, for once, the law of Booth-Kelly failed to work, A FORMER EMPLOYE Chinese Eggs. . Hillsboro, Or., Oct., 22. To the Edi tor of The Journal I am not going to attempt a reply to the morning daily, as no one belieyes anything because it is prlfited ' In that paper. But the Republican state committee says the Chinese eggs are going to kill the Oregon egg business. As one Who has had some experience in the poultry line, I will say I don't care if it does. I am not a Democrat; neither am I a Republican. I am not an expert on the tariff game. I see the1 tariff crowd don't say much about protec ting American ; labor any more, for even a fool. I. Vf. -W. knows better; so they have started in to try to fool -question. Eggs, for political purposes, have long been used; but nefctner the eggs nor those who used them have stood In very high, repute. But, to get down to the Oregon egg. I assert that the ' eggs harvested In Oregon nave cost more than, the farm erg have ever received from Front street. I claim that Front street Is and has been a greater load on the Oregon hen than the Chinese' empire, and these political roosters wh crow so loudly about Chinese eggs have never tried to help the farmer or farm er's wife. The poultry business In Oregon Is useful to a limited extent . 1 1 A FEW SMILES r H There flourishes In a Washington J office building a colored janitor who la , very conscientous. One day some one j passed hini a CoUn- . terf eit bill. W nen . -i tut presenting this Dm to the superintend-, ent he discovered j that it was bad and I he became greatly j ps-clted He wouia know, if he saw hltn again, the man who swindled him, and day after day he would stand in froht of the building in the hope of catch ing the rascal going by. The superintendent several weeks later happened to think of the jani tor's counterfeit and asked him If he had succeeded in finding the man who had cheated him. "No," said the janitor, "de man dat give me de bill he ain't never eonte around no more. But what's the dif ference? Some days, sun, I things de bill is good and some days I thinks it's bad. So I am waitin' for on ot it s ba dem days when j think? it's good and then I passes it out.1 "It Is thought that the pyramids were built to give employment to many people. "Of course," re plied the vivacious ly positive girl. Anybody could guess that. Look at all the guides who depend on them for a living.' "So you think , you have yOur op ponent defeated be fore the campaign starts ?' "I'm sure of it. He Is depending on old fashioned hand shaking methods, to make hlmsolf agreeable. I'm 1 learning to dance. to give fresh eggs and clean up the waste around the barn or house; but as a business it does not pay. Its greatest benefit In the past has been to help "the real estate man sell acre age to city people. Nearly every man and woman in Oregon who has had land, from a city lot to a section farm, has tried It; and no one ever tried to make a living selling poultry to Front street and stayed with it as a business. I know they can't do It. So if fear of Chinese eggs had coma sooner it might have saved the would be chicken raisers of Oregon thousands of dollars. I don't care where Booth got his; but please show me the rich chicken raiser, and show me where he got his. THOMAS H. BROWN. The Prince of Peace. Holbrook, Or., Oct. 22. To the Editor of The Journal. I noticed an artltle in The Journal entitled, "The God of War," in which the writer cited some scripture from the old testament. If I he will read all of the chapter he will find they were idol worshiDsrs of re- beilious, backslidden Jews that would i not repent, whom God commanded to be slain. Those nations had, by their sin, rendered themselves unfit, to live. 'Shall not the ludee of all th earth do right?" Genesis 18:23-25. The writer also referred to a new testament scrlnt- ure which read, "I came not to send peace,, but a sword." Matt. 10:34. If he will read the whole ' chapter, un prejudiced, and study the life of Christ he Will find that Christ did hot mean that his followers should make War, but he meant that in some instances the unregenerated would persecute i i:nristians. 11 tjnnsi taugnt war, wny did he tell his disciple -to put up his sword, when he cut tne high, priest s servant's ear off? More than that, Christ-healed it (Luke 22:50:61.) Read John 18:36: If ail men would follow Christ's example there would be no war never. He Is not the God of war, but the prince of peace. (Isaiah 9:6.) This world will never have last ing peace until this prince of peace shall come to reign and set up his everlasting kingdom, as stated In Dan iel 2:44, and a great many of his fol lowers believe it Is in the near future. HERBERT E. PAULY. The "Big Mat" Strikes' Back. Portland, Oct. 23. To the Editor of The Journal B. J. T., the apostle Of "Fletcherism, who, in your issue of Tuesday, censured the "Order of Mute" for allowing the kiddies to eat three apples, of course never was a boy. He merely spanned the parlous decades from the squawk of the stork to his own doleful manhood In fear and trembling lest he should never grow up. The "Muts" are guilty of every thing he charged, and. more. The ap ples We fed the boys were not exam ined for the dipplococcus or 'pellagra germ. Those luscious, red-cheeked pomes may have been seething glob ules of cholera cultures or deadly balls of virulent "pip." The hammer with wilch the apple boxes were opened was not Sterilized, nor were all the "Muts" who distributed the fruit to the lads vaccinated. Some probably hadn't eVen washed their hands for half an hour. Worst of all, not ohe of the 186 lads who enjoyed the splen didly successful ''feed" as the guests of the "Muts" was a eugenics or hy gienics baby and therefore will prob ably survive our heinous pathological orsry. BILL STRANDBERG, , The Big Mut. -i The Divided Oregonian. Portland. Oct. 22. To the Editor Of The Journal Can't you use your po tent Influence to the end of calling a conference between the editorial staff of th Morninz Oregonian? Yesterday morning we find on the front page a picture representing star vation riding the Democratic donkey along a road skirted by corn fields and gardens the picture of bountiful crops, but of, abject poverty withal. Today we find, in the editorials, ref erence to the high cost of provisions and expressing hope that they may l soon be reduced in the name of common sense, what is meant by provisions if it does not refer to the very produce for which We are paying the farmers a larger percentage now than they have ever be'nre received? . ' Do you think that a sanitary com mission should be called to sit on the case? A MUCH DISGUSTED REPUB LICAN WHO IS GOING TO VOTE DEMOCRATIC THIS YEAR. Home and Mortgage Taxes. Oregon City, . Of., Oct. 23. To the Editor of The Journal Mr. E. F. Riley is opposing tne ji&uu nomes tax exemp- tion amendment. He says the pay- ment of taxes is a sacred obligation and "Voting for exemption .from these . n v A M will Vrt a , O t1 ,Bmitla 4 am taxes will be an act of repudiation.' When It comes to repudiating taxes It Is worth while to examine Mr. Riley's record. Mortgages have not been taxed in this county since 1893. I find on the record more than 150 mortgage for money loaned by Mr. Riley, and he has not paid a dollar of taxes on these mortgages. Does he count him self to be guilty of repudiatl6n of his moral obligation to pay taxes? It Is strange that the capitalists and PERTINENT COMMENT SMALL CHANGE A clear conscience makes a soft pil low. ruwiuiy one Jong in ten irouwdu nmhe peepU uugh, . K v,m m ? a You can't give away your temper, but It may give you away, opinion oi a canaiti person it - U takes a lot of confidence tc en able a man to enjoy hash. A man can never judge by appear ances if there's another Woman back of it. as - Truth is mighty, but U doesn't al ways prevail ih the revised. War ttew.t. a Some men feel their importance otherwise they would never know they had any. The Kirl who steals a man's heart Is liable to get a life sentence at hard labor. Wise is the man who appoints him self chairman of the advisory board of his owh business. It's hot an easy task to convince a married woman that man is the noblest Work of the Creator. The first woman handed the first man an apple, but her daughters have been handing men lemons ever since. a It is far better for a woman to laugh than cry unless she haa oc casion to work her husband for a new nat. a A woman can never iinderntanrl whv i her husband has to work so hard in order to make both ends meet when he Is so much smarter 4han other men. CAUSE OF REPUBLICAN DEFEATS From the Salem Journal. C. B. Moores, of Portland, who Is the Republican party of Oregon, if we may believe his own utterances, haa muz zled Withycombe, candidate for gov ernor, and taken full responsibility for the campaign of Booth for senator. What he says goes, and he is saying a great deal nowadays through the col umns of the Oregonian, that great champion of the plain people, provid ing the plain people will be good, ask for little, and expect less. He Issues more proclamations than a Mexican rebel general. Moores is a standpatter. He has always stood for the old order, the convention and the machine, as op posed to the dlrkt primary and the right Of the peopto select their own candidates. He questions their intel ligence or their honesty perhaps both and believes, no doubt honestly,-that only a select few are capable of self government in this country. Putting such a man at the nead of its campaign committee ahd keeping him there in spite of repeated defeats. mainly explains the disasters buffered by the Republicans of Oregon. He does not represent the masses of the party, has nothing in common with them, ! and. Judged by his actions, entertains only contempt for their opinions and desires. And the Republican party will I never win the victories at the polls that its apparent majority entitles It to until new men. strong and clean, i with faith in the plain peaple, of whom I Abraham Lincoln said God must love them, because he made so many of them," are placed at the head of its affairs. The Republican party is not, or should hot be, a standpat party. It came up Into power under Lincoln as an expression of the masses against the Bourbonism of the Democratic party of the early 'sixties, whose lead ers, as some one expressed it, "knew nothing and refused to learn any thing." It stood for progress and a new order of things until long-continued power caused the representa tives of predatory wealth to corrupt its leaders and seise the reins of Its control. Then, came the revolt, the progressive movement led by Cum- HELPING TO INCREASE MEAT SUPPLY By John M. Oskison. A few weeks ago I met a young man who lives in New York and whose occupation takes him to various part3 of the couhtry. He had Just come in from a stay of several months in Oklahoma; down there he had been the guest of a successful cattleman. "As soon as I can find a sale for a little railroad stock I Own' the man told me, "I'm going to put a thousand dollars, or so into my Oklahoma friend's ranch. He has the knowledge of cattle and can get the range; it looks like a good chance." Do you know that beef steers reached the highest price on record in the Chicago' markets last July? Their average price was $9 a hundred pounds, while "prime" animals brought $10 a hundred. At these prices a fine beef animal would bring the Owner from $130 to $1601 Now, it' pays to 'produce meat ani mals at such prices; It pays big. Throughout America lie vast areas Of farming land of moderate price that Ought to be devoted - largely to money lenders like Mr Riley and the members of the Non-Partisan league, mostly very wealthy men, should be so well satisfied that exemption of $1500 worth of Jersey cows, other farm live stock, buildings arid improvements. Will be so bad for the farmer, while they themselves get so much pleasure out of the exemption of mortgages, the dodging of tax on mdney, and tha complete exemption of all their house hold furniture, diamonds and other Jewelry. W, S. TJ'REN. The Founders of Reed College Portland, Oct 22. To the Editor of The Journal Reed college is eager to collect everything of historical value connected with Mr. and -Mrs. Simeon G. Reed. We shall be grateful for let ters, photographs, anecdotes and other Information, as Well as anything owned by Mr. and Mrs. Reed. These will be permanently preserved In the historical archives of the eollege, and used in the preparation of a life of the founders Of the institution. Anyone in a position to aid directly or Indirectly will confer a favor upon the college and the city by communi cating with Dr. Kenneth Scott LatoUr ette of the history department of Reed college who Is in charge of the mat ter. WILLIAM T: FOSTER. Capital Iunishment. Portland, Oct tt. To the' Editor Of . The Journal The people Of Oregon on November 3 determine Whether j tne noose shall remain a blot on a progressive state. Two years ago the . . 1 . . & 1 , I . 1. ' I question was arisi iimi?u in wnq i vi a condition which is not likely to occur again a series of horrible crimes com ing he after another and each involv ing victims helpleps and alone. Two years ago il was Instrumental, through. The Journal, in giving the people et Ore gon the story of. the atrocities of George and Charles Humphrey (who were hanged at the state : peniten tiary). The voters seemed to believe the nooce should be preserved for just ANC NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS, . Medford's fire department rs have a light automobile for use running ta small fires. to In 'easiness man tn me nays oi ua pro Woodburns council l tow .accepted the visional t6Vrnmeat ! The treiSurer'a ftew Carnegie Horary building and1 " taa work or moving rrotix itie om i quarters will soon begin. The Modern Travelers' club, of Al bany, sold apple cookery .on Apple Day. cleared $5 and will devote the proceeds to the purchase or books ior the city library. Cor vail is' uostmaster is able to re port, as the result .of the recent count, that his office is handling almost dou ble the number of letters and pack- ages handled by city carriers at the i same date in and more than double the weight of mail. O. A. C. graduates and former stu dents at Burns have organized an O. A. U. ciut. u-niontiuy meetings will h- hlri Officers are: Prpsi.lfnt .1 t' I Leedy; vice-president, Frances Clark; secretary. Miiurea Wilson; treasurer, Neil Smith. a Discussing the movement to have a portion of Malheur county annexed to Baker, the Baker Herald says: "We assure Bridgeport, Ironside and Mor mon Basin that they will be welcome new members to the Baker county family and that Wev sincerely hope they will soon be with us." as Tillamook Herald: Neilson & Lang, cattle buyers, lost six head of cattle, the same being carried off by the high tide last Sunday. They were pas tured on the Wilson hear the Whitney ranch. There Were about 40 head tn : the water at one time. However, all j Were saved but six which were car tied oat in the deep Water and were drowned. mlns, Brlstow, Roosevelt and other j great leaders who voiced the protest of the rank and file that the sacred functions of government had been prostituted to the uses of greed and personal interest. The insurrection swept the party from power in Uia na tion and In every state where the pro- gressive forces failed to dominate the party organization. In Oregon a little , clique, headed by Moores and the Ore gonian, still cling to the wreck of the party macmne, ana nave Deen apie to tnwart every effort or the peopia to re- between Pendleton and La Istande. -I gain possession of the organization ; have Jtnown "Uncle George" Hfor years, that it may again become an instru- j having become well acquainted with ment for the furtherance of popular him lh Pendleton when I livf d there. Ideals and progressive government. It He was born In Maryland ."feptember Is said that the Progressive party is 4, 1824. In 1842 he went to ptanntbul dying it may entirely pass out of ex- 'county, Missouri, where hetAecame a istence as an organisation but the"; tinner. In the year when al(Jye8 were seed it sowed has taken root In thai fastened on the Goiden Wesft 1849 hearts and minds of tens of thousands j he married Mary E. McDaiftlel, who of Republicans, and for all time, to j lived In Mark Twain's lioBnp town, come will find expression at the ballot j Hannibal, Missouri. Shortly jarter his box through the fearless. Independent j marriage he started for they California voting of Utose who, though they reg- : mines, where he stayed forjsvo years, ister as Republicans, acknowledge no ! In 1882 he returned "to Hannibal and party ties that would stultify their ! after a brief stay he.movedj Jo Shelby duty first of all to maintain good gbv- j ville, Missouri, where for litf years he erhment, honestly administered in the carried on his business, tfiat of tin- . Interests of the people. i a turmoil over the Civil waj, he tame State Chairman Moores and his ' by ox team to Walla W,alltjj' Hp went organ, the Oregonian, are the most dis- i from there to the Idaho 'mines. At the credited political prophets in Oregon, ! close of the war he returned to Mls but they don't know it. They are grop- sourl for his family and iln 1885 he lng In the dark, blinded by their own again came across the plaijps with an egotism, and deaf to any counsel that i ox team to 'Oregon, settling at La does not harmonize with their own Views of matters political. They can not see the lowering clouds of another impending defeat, and when they rear their heads from the debris of the av alanche of November 3, they will pro ceed to charge the disaster to every thing but its direct cause Moores and the Oregonian.. They are the real wreckers of .the Republican party in cans, who are better citizens than they are partisans, will continue voting the Democratic tlcket until these relics of old-time machine' politics are buried too deep for resurrection and clean ffleh and fair methods represent the principles the party of Lincoln once stood for In the history of the republic. the raising Of graded stock for the meat markets of the world. In such states as Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas, Montana, and Colorado opportunities exist by the thousand. Only a few, comparatively, who live in those states eeem to realize them. How can we who. live in the cities and gather up a little capital to in vest share in such opportunities? I'm riot prepared to answer, though I be lieve a way will be found. If you can make connections with reputable cattlemen, as my friend -n New York did with the Oklahoma man, I believe that capital invested in good ranch property to be used for turning out good meat animals will be largely increased. Upward steadily the price of meat and of meat animals goes. There may be recessions from last July's fancy prices, but not for long. The demand is too great; and it will be greater than ever afler the warring natlohs of Europe cease fighting and find that their native supplies have been radi cally reduced. , such cases, in all the history of Ore- gon not another such revolting Crime had beeh unearthed, and It is safe to say It will at least be as many years In the future before another such con- ditlon of degeneracy will develop. In any event. Is It necessary to keep tbe noose waiting to deal with the Isolated' case of brutality, when punishment can be meted which will be as effec- tive as hanging? j I have In the line of duty witnessed six hangings; ordered by society, 'by the law. 1 have listened to the stories of the victims as they counted the minutes. I have had ringing in my. ears for days the death gurgle of a fellow man sent to th rllnn he.- cause he could not control his temper, burn freely and brlgiitljff while their or because he overestimated the in- length, about 10 Inches, . Sake a very justice which others heaped uport him. convenient slite lis - 1 have seen1 the weak mortal, having - As Is well known, the Alaskan native sinned again and again, finally walk la fond of tallow as a fWd. Thin led to death for having committed a crime old Captain Healy, comtimnder of the but little different from crimes com- famous revenue cutter, t)j Bear, to re mitted by those who were spectators mark sentehtiousiy; j:J to his ignominious end. The men whom: "They're not at all Par-licular, those I saw swung into eternity were poor, Arctic feliowsj if 'one itf them has a men, vicUms of social discrimination, ; want, he'll ue the flfcejt thing that perhaps, victim of poverty in the : comes to hand. If he Lwants a Hgh blood. Not one of the poor fellows Diooa. not one or tne poor reiiows had really able defense in court; not. one had friends and support In the time of greatest danger. , After a culprit. Is given a few terms, 1 hanalhar has no terrors for hi in. He Sometimes .feels that If he could even 1 up scores he would not be unwilling' to go out at the end pf a rope. Men facing the gallows have told me so. Men who thirst for blood legally) shed should think, of the little that has been gained through all the ages on ' the old plan of demanding an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.' A. H. HARRIS. France's Population. Mabel, Or.. Oct. 20. To the Editor of The Journal Kindly let me know what is the population of France. PBTER RILEY. The World Almanac for 1914 gives 81.801,509.1 IN EARLIER DAYS Ujr toetl Lockley. f. The expense- of the state treasurer's office for salaries is abuut I year, which shows we are doiiiga more rspori is in nrei pmrwionn ture makes strange reading. Jocjay. The taxes were paid , entlyly on scrip. The assets consisted o?s2. 21 taxes received: f fom : V the , Hbjlff of Lewis and Vattcouver countJK tUi taxes from the sheriff of jjglatsop county; a $10 absentee tax, license of $100 from R, Payne id' one for a similar amount from H.FIiA WiBtf- low. To this Waa added $1JJ.16 in taxes due from1" George "AUnethyr Captain John H. Cc-Uch, ,JT" Vfej Petty - grove ad the Hudson Bay tympany interest paid on scrip eut the ft nds on hanrt rloa,, tin t- iv,. "and dovn to M03.7-. While tb, itles. amounted to $483169, ot $2815 wan the money collect by A. ijovejoy, the administrator: of the estate of Kwlng Young, anJ-J turned Into the treasury. The next largest item waa $18T9.(4 due on outffl andihz aerlp and the third and last bb ligation was $140.14 owing to the Hudfcon Bay company jvi! In his . meirtage to the legislature referring, to the financial situation, Governor George Abernethy sysi "IA my message ot 1845 I . recommended that in addition to gold onfj silver, wheat should be the only article ued in the country as letal temftr. The legislature added treasury drifts and orders on solvent merchants, i.jjj would recommend tne repeal or that; (par or the act which makes treasury drafts and orders on solvent merchasriti law ful lender, receiving treasury' drafts, however. In payment of tajses abl debts due the government.. Jold and silver are much more plentiful than two years ago arid could beWiade tha only lawful tender without iletHmont to the community. Still I thlk wheat had better remain with gold.aqd silver, as It Is a staple article and ckrj always be disposed of to merehari'ta nd oth ers." . r?i George W. Webb, Oregb's 15 th treasurer, was elected in if&SS and served from January 10, lSSfjT. to Jan uary 12, 1891. and now at the age of more than 90 years, is stllt ;llving In eastern Oregon. He dlVideif jhls time smith. In 1882, all Missouri being in Grande. He lived at La prandc Tor 10 years. In 1875 he wenJd Pendle ton, where for years he Migrated a hardware store. p Phil Metschan Is another jia I treas urer who is still with u4 He wan born in Germany in 1840, sijij.lio la now 74 years old. He came toilihe United States In 1S5. He Went t)Kansas in 1859 and arrived at h-oruarwi m ise-. I City, at that time at -the Height of Its j glory as a hilnlhg ramp. lifiHe tan a i butcher shop there forawhilfj?. In 16 I he was elected county tpfasurer of ' Grant county and wervediifwo terms, (From 1878 to 1H78 ho was Hunly clerk ; of Grant county and from 8J to 1 R88 he served as county Jud In 18510 he was elected state tfaaurer anu served two terms. servlng-U'from Jan uary 12, 1891, to January 9,jl89, when he was succeeded by CharltJ 8. Moore. The Ragtime Wearing Cotto Out upon your silks andi$atla. la brio re re Jrom overseas; Out upon creafioh'S La$ri!-i- Costly garments do (t please. We are bent upon retirjn'hlng; " Native cotton pleases s We shall see It without liaohlng. At Ha price we'll niakg no futsa. Printed calico and glngBarn; "Butcher's linen." all'gfhe lot Glorious fabrics we shas thg 'em. And the prh-e.of theW we've got! Sifters, rally to the sta"atra, Wlvea and daughters,'!'' the warns; Native fabric, have beert hindered Put the slanderers tdiflhamet With our women wearHnJ rotton We shall soon get ofe of debt ,' Ancient woes Will he fry-gotten, We'll be rich alrcadM-ell But. alas; they dd nottlly: They'll not help ti Sftve our pelf "If you like It." sayw v Sally. "Wear the cotton atiilf yourself !" U- NW l'f;e for 'Jlt. Of a number of linen, heefldea that of food, to which fish may bpfput. uch a.t the menhaden for fertlllji-. fishbone for needles and scales f! knives, .the strangest is that to whlopthe Alaskan P"1 tn olkn. a sHvfegjy little flub, fJje Arctlc waters. JA These he usea as rands. Catching thm during the seasoipS when they swarm in the Alaskan w-gervjie dries them, packs them awaj3 athe old fashioned housewife woull vm-k away her winter's supply of taflgow dip,-and when, during tlie long lactic nights, he wants a light, he iKjnjftes one end of the oolakati, sets It utf;gfirht--and he has hi candle. The olef in which the little fish Is very rlclijinaltee them diiHnar the ntht he'll iiam and Hsrhi during the night, he'll iSJp and the breakfast fish, and, Mine get gry during the flay, he' eat u BUppr -candles." - f . . : ni - ' . 'U; a nun p tha The Sunday journal Great Home ewspapcr. consists Of Five news sections replete with - illustrated" fwif res.; Illustrated magazinejjof quality. Wbman's pages of "-re .merit Pictorial news- supplement Superb comic sectiotj- 5 Cents .thejCopy 1 ..a v--. :- V - ' 3