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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 28. 1914.
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Happy la the man who con
serves his God-given energy
until wisdom and not pansion
ball direct it. Elbert Hubbard.
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SACRIFICIXO OREGON
DO PORTLAND business men
ever stop to think how, by
its calamity howls, the Ore-
gonian is Injuring their daily
Dusiness .
ine campaign conducted oy u
ana us stanapat satellites uestruya
confidence. - It makeaj the buyer
reluctant to make purchases It
causes mra to wear uia um mi M
. i . i j 1 1 a
clothes longer, to hang on to the
u u iia.il -i oiiuro "u ovu o
nat ana to require memoers oi m
familv to foreeo the little luxuries
. v iifo nf
trade
Tt ronuaa Aha n n t hin 1 n fr I
o I
to hoard their money through a
false fear of evil days to come.
; -The constant and daily insist
, ence through cartoons and reading
' matter that times are hard causes
men not to pay their obligations
j, which has the effect to take the Literature is being sent broadcast,
life out of business and to prevent and there is going to be a sur
v men from collecting debts due prise in the vote that will be
: them. "
The sobs and calamity talk
-cause employes to lose their po-
sitlons, cause workers to have
r; their wages cut and cause those
. on the borderland or bankruptcy
; to be forced nearer and nearer the
precipice.
By the practice, advertisers are
. compelled to compete with empty-
: dinner pall9 editorials and hard
( times cartoons. If the calamity cry
- has the effect the Oregonian and
the standpat machine Intend it to
have, there is not. a business house
In Portland but has suffered heav
ily from the false cry uttered for
. political purposes
The business
people of this town have been de-
llberately sacrificed and betrayed
by these reckless politicians whose
sole thought and desire ; - m put
something .over on the in ( . 1 of
thls state without regard to the ah'ce fund. The Los Angeles Ex
welfare of the business world or press announces that the fund, be-
concefn for the Jobs and wages of
the workers.
It is a campaign of great In-
Justice to merchants, to tradesmen, into the fund on applications for
to shops, to workers, bo the cities insurance received and accepted
and to the state, and it ought to $462,514.
be resented by defeat of the can- During the nine months a total
didates who are encouraging the of 2278 accidents occurred. In
wanton sacrifice of all these in- eluding expenses and salaries.
,terests and people as a means of
i ' getting into office.
THE TIMBER ISSUE
I'
R, BOOTH'S corporations own
324,000 acres of timber
land in Oregon
In an effort to get some
Oregon timber land, the Booth
Kelly Company at the time Mr.
- tiootn was manager, abetted an
employe, Jordan, and the La Rauts,
In committing perjury. The per-
j Jury was committed In answer to
i Questions propounded in the course
4 of his duty by Henry Booth as re
, ceiver of the Roseburg land office.
who was also secretary of the
Booth-Kelly Company. (See rec
Lords Roseburg land office.)
j After reciting that the Booth
Kelly Company and allied corpora-
,?tions possess 324,000 acres of land
r In Oreeon. an official rnnrr hv the
commissioner of corporations to
t the resident of th lfnltrl RttM
: kv- "
-
That a substantial control of the
i land .situation and' of the transpor
situation and' of
tatlon throughout a large -timber re
i, ;.'ion gives a far reaching power over
t i the industrial development of the
Territory naraiy needs argument
i. j (page 183). , Moreover, those who ex
U ij ercise economic control in this fash
s ton- are likely to seek also pblltical
: ' control ' In . order to make
make their pos1 -
tlon, more secure, - (Page 1S3) -
These words' are not from cam-
, palen literature. Thev are from
a United States , public. documerA.
Never, were words mora nro-
phetlc, "Moreover,' those Who ex-
l.terclse economic control in this fash-
ion are likely to iseek also political
' control in order to make their no-
eiiion more secure.'-
Mr. . -Booth is a candidate for
i United . States' senator. He Ir
j fing the people of Oregon to com-
i mission' him to go to Washington
; to help dispose of the Oregon &
; tjmiiorma iauu grant oi more than
. 2,000.000 acres, about to be for-
felted to the people of the United
States.
A CITIZEN FIRST
HE best reason in the world
i -
tr
for passing the non-partisan The Upper Mississippi River Im
judiciary bill is the fact thatlprovement association has renewed
committee of corporation
f-'l lawyers, as self-appointedJ guard-
lans ot. the, public welfare,, are ad-
, rvislngithe people to beat the meas-
re. , . ' i .
This is tio Indictment of the
f' ' corporation Jawyer as such. " He
-haa-"his place jlQ ; human affairs,
; ; Perhaps he, is needful to society- as
we have it. But jbis viewpoint' is
the viewpoint 'pf'the, corporation,
and - what the: .American people
havevfiufferfd. trni' certain kinds
or corporations is a. national
tragedy.
There is not one sound reason
why
wny a Judge should not be an
American iirat ana a party man
afterward. The lawyers com
mittee, by Its opposition to the bill,
.,. ... f' , -
demands' that be be a party man
first and an American citizen af-
terward.
... . .,,,
Let every influence be taken
nra v Vi a f n 41 a v tra V oa rtl
,.. t hA rrmra
Let the Judges be
selected, not as corporation law
yers want them- chosen, .ut as the
people want, them chosen.
VOTE 835 NO
I
F THE bill to revive the assem
bly passes in the balloting next
Tuesday, it will almost cer
tainly seal the doom of the di
rect primary in this state.
If once the assembly be made a
part of the direct primary, there
will be Just reason to claim that
the system is too cumbersome and
too costly. Yet there are many
honest men in addition to the poli
ticians, the old convention gen
erals, the corporation, brigadiers,
the mtle Boss Tweeda and other
thousands who are strongly endea-
vormg to pa88 thlg bnl
A danger that the bm may paga
la that fW rfi since men
who have yleWs like Dr. Withy-
combe, who said in
a speech in
Pfirtlari(1 Jlino on
t w.ii, fnr tha, arnica of olanrini?
the field in advance ofthe primary,
the assembly plan is advantageous
While I favor primary laws. I believe
. .
system of eliminating candl-
dates.
such as the so-called assembly
of four years ago, should be adopted.
There is abundant evidence of
a powerful state-wide movement
for the passage of the assembly
bill. Much money has been spent,
and much more is being spent.
thrown for the bill
The measure with all its vicious
provisions is found on page 88 of
the state pamphlet. If the people
remain asleep at the switch, they
may soon wake up to find that a
iaw bas been passed which lays
down the principle that people
don't know enough to select can
didates without being advised
A FINE SHOWING
I
HE third quarterly report of
the California Workmen's
compensation commission has
been issued. It is an object
lesson in the benefits of a wise law
enacted in the interests of the peo-
Pie as a wnoie.
On September 30 nine months
had passed since the establishment
of the state compensation insur-
gun with an appropriation of $100,-
000 has grown into a total of
$567,000. There has been paid
which amount to less than 10 per :
cent of the premiums, compensa
tion" and statutory medical pay
ments actually made and outstand
ing, together with unearned prem
iums, and deducting the initial ap
propriation of $100,000, leave a
surplus of $124,020 in the fund.
The Express is right in its in
dorsement of California's work
men's compensation law. Ample
protection has been given employ
ers and employes coming under the
law. Abundant funds have been set
aside for reserve and there yet re
mains a sum equivalent to 15 per
cent of the earned premiums which
it is proposed to distribute as a
dividend January 1 next,
California has learned that a!
workmen's compensation law is not i
inimical to the employer. Califor- I
nIa 8 Perlence is practically iden -
ticl with that C Other States.
Tnere 19 no loss to the employer in
transferring his casualty Insurance
to the state, where there is a work-
i i, ,
meu 8 compensation law.
328 AND 330
I
LLINOIS, stimulated by Gover
nor Dunne, is lining up behind
Chicago's project for a navigable
connection between tha firpat
Iti j .v. ,, .
iviciico. mo
81 DO ra or ensineer3 nftS
orougnt lorwara a pian ior a canal
8ystem connecting Lake Michigan
auu "ue ""ssissippi river, tms wa
rway to nave a minimum -depth or
elSn reet.
Barses win be used on this canal
system, it win give unicago open
. .eww . w .-c "'kouo, ouum
Amenca and the Panama canal, not
Ior ocean going ships, but for ves
8ela that can carry merchandise In
"i"cient nun w mane tnem regu -
lators of ireignt rates.
I .-v... . ..- . Aa ui.Ui.buicu
tnat an eight foot channel 12
montns ln tne year from Chicago to;genheim?
St. Louis, and 10 feet from St.
Louis to New Orleans will secure
I the movement of millions of tons
of commerce annually where now
I there are a few thousands.
its activities in behalf of water
transportation as a regulator of
rates. This association has offrrt
assistance to river cities for the
bulldine of terminals. It la mtnta
out that th MisRluRinni -ariu f
reach Its full usefulness unless
wharves independent of railroad
j control are provided.
Throughout the length of the
river the demand is for terminals
not controlled by interests opposed
to full utilization of the river as a
highway for traffic Adequate wa
ter and public terminals are re
quirements of equal importance. -'
These requirements go hand In
hand in Oregon. If the people of
this state are to have the full bene
fit of their waterways, they1 must
have deep water and control of
dock facilities. That is why Initia
tive measures 328 Yes and 330 Yes
have been submitted to the people.
These proposals are designed to
place , Oregon , abreast of other
states. They should pass in the
Interest of a greater Oregon.
THE GOVERNORSHIP
N OREGON, there are two prin
cipal candidates for governor.
They are 0. J. Smith and Dr.
Withycombe.
No other candidate has even the
most distant chance of election.
Votes cast for any other candidate
will be votes thrown away.
They will be votes cast without
the slightest chance of exercising
direct influence on the result. They
will be votes cast without . the
slightest hope or expectation of
being thrown for a candidate who
may win.
Either C. J. Smith will be elected
governor or Dr. Withycombe will
be elected governor. It is from
these two candidates that the peo
ple will make their choice.
There is a wide difference be
tween the two men. Dr. Withy
combe thinks "this nation made
a mistake when it failed to elect,"
as he says, "that great statesman
Taft," and O. J. Smith is a follow
er of the WTiIson-Lincoln school of
thought. One is a reactionary and
the other a progressive. Their cari
didacies are a clean-cut contest for
supremacy between reactionary
government and a government of
progress.
It is no time for a division of
strength among progressive forces
All the standpatters will go solidly
for Dr. Withycombe. Every voter
who believes that we should not
turn backward ought to be behind
C. J. Smith.
Votes thrown to other than these
two candidates will be futile and
wasted.
WHAT WOULD THEY DO?
F
OR months we have had a cam
paign of Chinese eggs, flap
doodle, hard times sobs and
other slaps at Woodrow Wil
son.
What would these critics of
Woodrow Wilson do? What act
of Woodrow Wilson's would they
reverse?
Would they repeal the Income tax
and return to taxing poverty In
stead of wealth?
Would they repeal the Under
wood tariff and re-enact the Payne
Aldrich tariff, a tariff that; robbed
all the people for the benefit of
a few manufacturers and that
drove nearly all its framers Into
exile?
Would they repeal the new cur
rency law and again put us under
the panic-breeding banking and
currency Bystem which made the
Morgan-Rockefeller group of money
kings, the masters of the credit and
money of this country?
Wrould they overthrow the re
gional banks with people's control
of credit and return to the former
system of Wall Street control of
credit?
Would they destroy the reserve
banking system with elastic cur
rency and restore the old system
with tEe money reserves all in New
York, where, as in 1907, of the
millions they had piled up in Wall
Street money chests, outside banks
could not get a cent, though those
millions were used on the stock ex
change in the wildest stock gam
bling any nation ever saw?
Would they throw aside the new
system and go back to the plan
under which, when we wanted our
money for panic times, the banks
would not give it to us, but in-
tificates based solely on faith In
the banks and issued without au
thority of law?
Would they repeal Woodrow
Wilson's anti-trust bills?
Are they against his plan for
government control of the Issue of
railroad securities by which stock
watering and stock Jobbing are to
be ended? Do they want repeal of
the trade commission law by which
huge combinations are to be pre
vented from conspiring together
for the robbery of the masses of
the American people?
Would they repeal tho new Wil
son law by which 'it Is proposed not
merely to tickle trust magnates
with petty fines but when they
violate the law to send them to the
, penitentiary x
j Would they repeal the Chamber-
, iajn annronriation of $35,000,000
; for a rail ad in Alaska and the
; coal leasing law whicn saves
' Alaska' resources to the American
i people instes.a oi b''"6 gieai
! wealth of that empire over to Gng-
Would they give the government
of the United States back to Wall
Street?
With debt and devastation fall
Ins like a great cataclysm over
bloody Europe, would they reverse
the Woodrow Wilson peace policy
and still drive us into a desolating
war with Mexico at a cost of hun
dreds of millions of money and
thousands of priceless American
lives?
What do these' calamity screams
by the standpat squad, these Chi
nese egg sobs mean but an attack
.Z a K arr-t-. j vtrM
on tne tnings vvooarow wuson
has done?
Woodrow Wilson has done what
j Abraham Lincoln would have done,
Woodrow Wilson's work is what
Abraham Lincoln's work would
have been.. The standpat squad In
Oregon Is more out of tune with
the Republican masses in Oregon
than Is Woodrow Wilson.
THEY COULD -NOT WATT
A'
T SOME of the polling places
yesterday, busy men who
stopped to vote on their way
to business, were unable to
do so because election boards had
not promptly organized. At one
place, nearly & dozen voters waited
for the officials to get ready to
receive ballots, and many left with-
out votlne. because of the delay. l
It 1b on lnvinirinlftnp in which V
eietiora ougm not 10 De suojecteu. -
A e-aj- m . a a . j i I
i , . . . . . . j i
-.a WW -a Mai -ava. vv v "
r.ignt o ciock is tne nour tor tne
indeea and clerks nf eler.tioli to be 1
ronriv briA tha ma.hrAi.v Auerh tn I
. , , . 1
be in operation promptly to ac-
commodate tne busy Dusmess men
who cannot vist nrAclrtiiM mo-
ments waiting for the polls to open.
in next xuesaays election every
election official should be at his
rinut on th rint. m vntfnr mnv h-
r .Xh.,.1A
IN THE DAY'S NEWS
A'
T Salem a nine-year-old hoy
was playing with a rifle that
was thought to be unloaded.
He pointed It towards his
mother saying "I'll shoot you" and
pulled the trigger.
The gun was discharged and the
mother fell, probably fatally wound
ed, the usual result of playing with
deadly weapons.
A darkened home, a blighted life I
because they thought the "gun was
not loaded." It was an accident
but . an accident that could have
been easily prevented. In this is
the tragedy.
Letters From the People
(Communlcitloaa sent to The Journal for
publication In tbis department should be writ
ten on only one aide of the paper, should not
excead 800 words In length and must be a.c-
a.ndu. if tha writer doea not deaMra to
lompaaiea dj tne name ana saaress oi mo
have the bum published, he should so state.)
"Dlscassion is the greatest of all reform
ers. It rationalises everythinf It touches, it
robs principles of all false sanctity and
throws them back on their reasonableness. If
they haTe no reasonableness, It ruthlessly
crushes them out of existence and set up Its
own conclusions In their sterna. vrooarow
Wilson.
Prohibition in K&nsas
Topeka. Kan., Oct. 22. To the Ed
itor of tho Journal A communication I
in your issue of October 14 contain
a reference to me which Is very un-
fair. ThB Ta-rnav-rn nrt Wwe-Rm.
ers' league is using my name in such I
a wav as to eive the imnression that
I have, found prohibition a failure In
Kansas. In the name of a sauare deal,
niAiisA nnviii thio ttnmnt t y,va i
trnvpUH nil over Rannm - and tkH
with all classes of men. I have made
thoroughgoing Investigation, especially
in Topeka, and am prepared to show
that prohibition really prohibits. Kan-
sas ia satisfied with the present pol-
iey. The laws against th sale of
liquor were never more strict nor were
they ever more universally enforced,
You can't even buy liquor for medicinal
purposes.
Last; week I spoke at Hiawatha, at
the academy, and a member of the I
faculty told me of the stir that had!
been caused on a reoent afternoon by
the appearance of an Intoxicated man.
Many -of those Kansas boys and girls
of high school age had never seen a
drunken man. He was a curiosity to
them.
I have lived in license territory long
enough to know what the open saloon
means to a community. Aiier tnree
auu av uoji. BJi-fcicuv-a i eacn one mrown out oi wor, wnicn
I. can speak from first-hand knowledge means at least 60,000 people will suf
regarding prohibition. This is my con- fer from the depression of business
elusion: Prohibition at its worst is
lncomparabfy better than llcens at Its
best.
The sentiment for this policy is
stronger than ever. It never was more
hazardous to engage in bootlegging or
anything of that sort than at this
minute. TWo years ago there were
over 25 federal licenses held in this
OVer 69 A Oi llUJfiCS All lull I
county by men who tried to circum-
tra-nt- th.. atatm law. Thpv hav frlVAn 1
up. Today tnere is not one neia in
this county. A second conviction ror
selling liquor, lf only a glass of beer,
is a penitentiary onense.
ROBliiKT tiJKlKJJN.
rvitioisea the "War Sauad.
Kerby. Or., Oct. 24. To the Editor
f Th. Journal Can I sav in vour
, .h,t vnman vn.rthinir
about the "war squad" of suffragists
that havs invaded our western states
in a.n attitude of suDerior lntellieence
and dictatorship? They tell us in ac- tlon law was given to the state. The
tions, "You women out here in the precinct I lived in was among the first
wild west don't know how to vote; to adopt the law, and it has been dry
don't know what you really want. You ever since, and I can say that it is
need our great eastern intellects to still, one of the most prosperous sec
lead you and tell you how. You don't tions. I have been In many prohibition
want democracy. You don't want
and Wilson is a Democrat, and he re-
fnad t ft 1 t a T..rkafi nftttfl linn nf enr.
f ragists run him and his affairs. So,
a w MS w. aaramat
down with an uemocrats. wow to
us Oregon women most of us direct
descendaftts of those who created our
mignty state out oi uie wiiaerness
this sounds puerile, absurd, and trea
sonable.
The women of Oregon are the equal
of any woman or women of the east
ern states, and we consider ourselves
capable of paddling our own canoe
without any help whatever from the
"war squad, who, If they want to talk
politics, can go back where they came
irom, and not try to dictate to women
that have a perfect knowledge of what
our state needs and what our govern
ment expects of us. We are too busy
attending to our own affairs to go
"" f caoiera wumen now
in our choice of men or women for our
. y r ii.ic.icicuM
state officers.
ADAH M. MORRISON,
I""u wwCU; wer.
Portland, Oct. 26. To the Editor of
The Journal After reading some of
the articles regarding wages and con-
ditlons at the Booth-Kelly Lumber
company plants, most of which are
signed "Former Employe," and the
like, I want to add a word in this re-
gard which. I hope, out of fairness to
the present management of the com-
pany, you will see fit to grant some
of your valuable space, I worked at
the reconstruction of the mill at
Springfield from March 30 to October
1, and I wish to say that I never re
ceived better wages nor better treat
ment than I id during that time. I
was paid eight hoars' time for a reg
mar aay ana was paid time and a
half for two hours extra each day be
cause it was necessary,, to work 10
hours.
I have never seen a better satisfied
lot of workmen on any Job than there
were on this one, and I never, ln the
time I worked there, heard a man say
A FEW SMILES
"Father, why do giraffes hav such
long; necKsx"
"In order that
they may feed
from the tops of
trees." replied the !
father,
"But why," asked
the son. "are the
trees so high?"
In order." was the reply, mat me
giraffes may be able to eat.
ttn ni Vritz. two small boys.
had gorfe to the rink to skate. Hans'
overcoat hampered him and he wanted
et r'u "l
e r m a n coairooiu
u e r b u ii uucs hui
HA.
h k coat un.
ieSs you pay your
fee. The fee was
Only a penny, but
Hans did not have
the penny. H was
at a loss. "Huh:
It s dead easy
spoke up Fritz.
'Give me your ov.er-1
SSain'plS aU j ?&al V
He'll put It away. When you are
ready to go home you go to him
ask if anybody has turned a lost ov
coat in 10 mm. iueii, ui jv "
get yours.'
Peter Thompson went to visit his
son in-Montreal. It was his first visit
to the city and the
young man showed
him all the sights,
concluding with an
ascent of Mount
Royal. In a burst
of enthusiasm young
Thompson Bald:
l "See, father, isn't it
vouuei iui down there."
Well," said his father, "lf it's so
wonderful down there, what did you
drag me up here for?" Everybody's
Mazagine.
a word against the treatment ne re
ceived from the Booth-Kelly Lumber
company.
I am not particularly Interested in
politics, but I hate to see a man ac
cused of things that I know are un
true, and I hope you will grant these
few lines space in your paper of an
early isfcue. GEO. WURFEL.'
Prohibition and Cigar Making.
Portland. Oct. 26. To the Editor of
The Journal Before the .pronibltlon
aeltation started Up -last spring there
were'ver 100 cigarmaners wonting in
Portland; and in the last eight months
no less than 60 have lost their jobs
and gone elsewhere.
These men earned about oo a year,
and sixty times $900 makes 554,000,
which the cigarmaking industry has
been deprived of because of prohibi
tion agitation. Besides this, several
cigar packers, tobaco etemmers and
cigar delivery clerks have also been
put out of work, meaning at least
$6000 more to the bad for this trad. ,
ftnd bringing the amount to $60,000 in
loss to this industry. There are about
journeymen cb" "
these have been and are now working .
less than half time. If ttie saloons
are voted out, then goodbye to tho
ciarar factories in fortiana,
Tho saloons carry irom ouuu io o"
000 cigars, and when the prohibition
agitation started the saloons of course
began to reduce their stocks. There-
fore they bought as little as possible
from home manufacturers, and the
manufaeturgrs, because of loss or
trade, reduced their forces of men
until at least 60 have gone away.
Some of these men own property in
Portland, and while working In tha
east, are sending money here to pay
their taxes.
There are about 18 small shops
here that employ no one
but the
owner. These men will also be put out ,
of business if the saloon is voted out, j
making eom 68 more men looking for
"something else" to do.
Ten thousand men and women out
0f work Is a very light estimate and
even if only that number, you can
easily figure five people arrected for
should the drys win. Vote S33 X No
against prohibition.
M. C. KAUFFMAN.
Texas and Prohibition.
Hood River, Or., Oct. 24. To the Ed
itor of The Journal Ella M. Finney j
stated recently in The Journal that
. . I
Tas had recently turned down state j
uiuiuuiuun. iii onuuiu iic iu
three years ago, and she might have
added that Texas voted on the same
proposition In 1887, and got a wet ma
jority of 95,000. In 1911 the majority
was reduced to 6000. This indicates
the direction the sentiment is moving
in Texas. She might also have said
that all Texas is dry under local op-
tlon except seven towns, ana a very
few dark counties; this is another evi
dence of what they think of prohibition
In Texas. I went to Ellis county,
Texas, in 1876 the year the local op-
contests, .precinct, county and state,
predicted dire calamities to follow pro-
uivtHnn Knt thv tiavA nvpr inrnf
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They always promise to make the sa-
loon a lawablding, respectable and in
nocent institution, but they never ful-
I fm their nromiaes. W. B. PRUETT
Defending Booth-Kelly.
Wendllng, Or., Oct. 24. To the Edi
tor of The Journal I feel it my. dtity
to answer F. B. Jones' letter. I think
he must have -gone to Mable first. I
must say that that Booth-Kelly bunk
house and cook house are modern and
up to date. They have nice houses
oa the tract, painted white, with from
four to nine rooms in them. There
are shacks on the north side of the
tract which people built so as to" avoid
paying rent. We have a good side
walk and a mall delivery once a day.
1f v,ua Kaa nf tnr th- Pnnth
v. Pnmnanv Elrif a 1001 Tn
when they were shut down, and on
year we spent in Portland and one
year In Mable. I know what Mable
return to Wendlins-. If "Mr. Jones
will come to Wendllne we will be
glad to show him around and he will
see that he was mistaken. We have
a four room school house, with high
school. We do not have to send our
children away to school. And we have
I a nice church. I have worked for the
I Booth-Kelly company for IS months
I and they are very nice to me. I could
tel1 great many mdre things,
MRS. MYRTLE COBINE
Booth-Kelly Employe Quoted.
Warrenton, Or., Oct 24. To the
Editor, of The Journal I have read
statements about wages paid by the
Booth-Kelly Lumber company. There
la a woman that cooked In their Fall
Creek logging camp, living in Warren-
mm
ton. She says they only paid her $40 t plenty of tim to move it out or the
per month for cooking for 60 men, and j way, but apparently they are not try
would not furnish eggs to bake cakes i lng to move it and won't do so untU
nor other; provisions to make a table
that any working man should have.
They had three crews of men one go-
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PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF !
1 1 f
SMALL CHANGE
Deeper ia the blighted bud of hope.
Some men raurt. then m rrv thn
s tQ court aaln,-;
Occasionally a man's sense of humor
may head off the doctor.
It's easy for money to get an audi
ence when it wants to talk.
Many an ill natured wife has de
veloped into a good natured widow.
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A mouse scares a woman almost as
Dadly as a milliner s bill scares a man
mp.eakin& Jf Jofi BnP. whafa. the
matter with th hit nf tnniki...
dog?
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The skeleton In the wife's closet is
i" w oe anotner female of the
m m
wrs,01Jal1? we meet a man who
I0,0 as. lf h had tried to preserve
Aches and pains would not be so
"a ir tney aian t get busy at the
" " .ime ana in tne wrong place.
-k .5 reVlZ ant to marry, but
she finally yields to some iri&n's plea.
c mio lecu surry ior mm.
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The owner of a barking dog Is al
ways tne nrst to complain about the
uuise uiaae Dy tne neighbor s children.
Anotner reason why meat is hi?h
and cotton low ia that the porterhouse
comes along but once and is gone.
wnereas your shirt will come back
again.
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A New Tork dentist says defective
teeth cause more destruction to the
human system than alcohol does. That
may be true, but Just imagine th
havoc that is wrought when the two
work together.
CHAMBERLAIN'S SUPREME INDORSEMENTS.
The White House, Washington, D. C,
Sept. SO. My Dear Senator Raf erring
to our conversation of the other day,
I want to say to yu again how sin
cerely I hop for the reelection of Sen
ator Chamberlain. The maintenance of
the Democratic majority in the senate
is of the utmost importance to the
country if the present policies and pro
gram of the government are to be sus-
j tained and continued, and I take it for
granted that voters everywhere will
feel the force of that motive. Senator
Chamberlain has rendered conspicuous
6etvices to the party and I am sure
they will be recognized in' the result
at the polls.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON.
Hon. Robert L. Owen, United States
Senate.
United States Senate, Committee on
Banking and Currency, Washington, D.
C, Oct. 1 Hon. George E. Chamberlain,
United States Senate. My dear George:
Having received a letter from friends
in Oregon, stating that it was being
represented in Oregon against you that
President Wilson was indifferent to
your election, i spoice to mm aDout m
an(j Bent Mm the letter I had received.
I enclose his reply for your informa
tion. I think the state should know the
truth, and suggest you advise your
friends of the president's letter. The
people of Oregon should know that "you
not, only are greatly honored and es
teemed in the senate, but that the pres-
ident also sincerely hopes for your re-
eKction.
Yours very sincerely.
ROBERT L. OWEN,
The Vice-President's Chamber, Wash
ington, D. C, Sept. 26. My dear Mr.
Haney: I had hoped that the congress
would adjourn so that I could get to
Arizona, thence, to California and on
Uo nreeon. but it now seems Impossible.
Aside from the delightful experience of
meeting again a liberal-minded people,
untrammeled by precedent and seeking
th bat thinsrs. I had honed to be able
tfl Vive a few reasons why Senator
rhumhwiiiin ahould be returned to the
I united States senate. I hope he is not
going to be punished, at least for his
loyalty and devotion to duty. No mem
ber of the body over which I preside
la harder working or more painstaking
ir. the discharge of duty than is Sen
ator Chamberlain. He has never had
the slightest trouble with the admin-
JAMES J. HILL, THRIFT PHILOSOPHER
By John M. Oskison.
While I was in South Dakota last
fall, a county fair at Anoka, across
the line in Minnesota, was going on.
One afternoon James J. Hill got off
the train at Anoka and went out to
the fair grounds to make a talk.
That afternoon all the business
houses of Aiioka were closed, and
everybody in town went to hear Mr.
Hill deliver a sermon on better soil
culture, better stock for the farms,
and better farming methods. They
listened to some of the best fanning
philosophy I ever heard:
Restore the fertility of wornout
soil; keep cattle to that end; have
your soil analysed to find out what
It needs In the way of fertiliser the
state colleges of agriculture will do
that much for you gladly; see that
the cows you keep are not only
i capable of Producln ""ah d
J1J - w
With good cultivation, every acre of
tillable land in Minnesota ought to
be made work from $100 to $200 an
acre.
Mr. Hill isn't what he caUs a
"mouth farmer" the railroad systems
lng and one coming, while one worked.
I will say that when the vote Is
counted it will show we have not for
gotten Chamberlain, Dr. Smith nor Hoi
lister. A. H. SIMPSON.
For the Unemployed.
Portland, Or Oct. 26. To the Edi
tor of The- Journal Last winter the
city "paid 3 for eight hours' work.
All were satisfied while the work
lasted and full value was received for
money paid out. The sama w&g is
expected this winter, because those
who worW have others dependent upon
them. Let us figure. Two men can
put up -two cords of wood in eight
hours. The pries at the place deliv
ered is $11. Wages for men Is $6.
There Is A remainder of $5 for extra
running' expenses.
Givs the people a square deal and
there will b no discord and a sink
ing fund for the helpless.
Last winter the city allowed drunk
en foremen to run a gang. Take no
tics that the public during the com
in winter demand congenial environ
ments. J. A. CHAPMAN.
Complains of Nuisance.
Portland, Or., Oct. 17. To the Edi
th Journal How long must
the people of Portland stand the awful
stench from the rotten grain ln Lower
Albina? It would seem to ms that
j tne owners of this stuff have had
the people do something more than
register protests with the mayor and
chief of police. X live fully two milss
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The elt nff1na Wnnkmx v....
ben moved from the old quarters in
uuu r auuws ouiiaing to the new
city hall.
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Th Dallas Commercial club expects
to have new quarters of its own in the
near future where it can maintain a
rSi? room and also have a place for
the display of products.
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To Baker's new nitrogen street
lamps the Herald points with pride,
?Ter having been the first city in the
United States to order and the order
reached the factory before the first lot
had been completed.
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R. B. Coglan, for the past two vears
seed inspector for the state of Idaho,
has been selected to act a eountv ri-
culturist.ln Lane couuty, to succjd
Floyd W. Rader, resigned. He will r-
port for duty about November 1. Mr.
PoHit crna Vln.
Rader goes to King county. Was'i
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"Five Cent fares for the Pendleton
auto streetcars came in vogue today,"
says Monday's Kast Oregonian, "U. P.
Parker, proprietor of the service, hav
ing decided to cut the fares in two in
an endeavor to get the people, of the
city accustomed to the idea of riding."
Hlllsboro Independent: The com
mittee appointed by the Commercial
club to take steps toward establishing
a recritlon center announce that the
required funds have ben subscribed to
rent and equip a building. It is the
intention of the committee to institute
a permanent work In this movement,
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Eugene Register: Mrs. Marv K. foi.
the police matron, performed a mar
riage ceremony, when she pronounced
George B. 'January and Miss Verneita
Winfrey husband and wife. Mrs. Cox
was ordained as a minister several
years ago. This is her first marriage
ceremony since taking her present'of
fice. istration and has never differed from
it except upon the tolls question and
that was understood by the administra
tion to be not political in its character,
the vote upon it being effected by the
individual views of the senators.
If the people of Oregon are content
with the present administration and
believe that its purpses are for the
common good, they can do no better
in furthering those purposes than to
return the senator at the next elec
tion. Very respectfully yours.
THOS. R. MARSHALL.
Hon. B. E. Haney, Portland, Or.
Washington, D. C., Oct. S. My dear
Mr. Jackson-I wish you would express
to the Democrats of your state mj
sincere regret that it will be impossible
for me to come to Oregon and assist in
your campaign.
I am especially interested in the re
election of Senator Chamberlain and
the Democratic candidates for con
gress. It is of vital importance that
there shall be a Democratic majority
In the senate and house, to aid the
president in continuing -the progressive
policy upon which he has entered.
it would be most unfortunate if the
work of this administration should be
Interrupted by a change in the com
plexion of either house of congress.
Then, too. It must be remembered that
a defeat of the Democratic ticket at
this time would be regarded as a re
buke to the president: and I am sure
that the people of your state approve
of the course which he has pursuid.
I need hardly add that Senaitor
Chamberlain's personal popularity in
creases the interest which we all feel
here in his return to the senate.
Yours very truly,
W. J. BRYAN.
C. S. Jackson, Portland, Or.
WashingtonOct. 2. 1914. My dear
Mr. Jackson-CT am glad to see that
the prospects are so bright for the
return of Senator Chamberlain. Oregon
certainly cannot afford to throw away
the position of advantage she has by
reason of the senator's committee as
signments and personal Influence.
Moreover, the president deserves a
vote of indorsement from the country
and the only way he can receive such
indorsement is by having men such as
Chamberlain, who believs in him and
his policies, returned to his support.
Cordially yours,
FRANKLIN K. LANK.
C. S. Jackson, Portland, Or.
of which he Is a sort of president
emeritus maintain 200 five acre dem
onstration farms; and every state
ment Mr. Hill makes Is based on re
sufes achieved on these experimental
farhis.
Icwish we had in our American cities
a preacher of thrift as well known
and as sane as James J. Hill some
one to whom we would listen at the
price of closing up our offices and
factories for an afternoon; soma one
who could talk as concretely and di
rectly about the problem of having
something left over from our earning
after we had paid the week's bills;
some one who would show us how to
get our own homes out where the air
is clean and sweet and where tenements
are abhorred as a good farmer abhors
the cockleburs which choke the life out
of his corn and wheat.-
What Mr. Hill preaches to the farm
ers who live along the line of his rail
roads is thrift just the making the
most of your resources, seeing that
when you make an effort it shall be
made with intelligence and that it
shall bring you the maximum return.
I'd like to have Mr. Hill for a neigh
bor ln my town! .
due north of the docks where this fire
took Dlace. but when the wind happens
to bftfrom
something f
n the south the smells are of their candidate's biltli arid educa
f rightful, and for those un-ition that they glvo th; birthplace ox
people who Uvo within half ! hia wife's grandfatlieg ; and neglect
niiot r- a,imn unkuMhii. ! r.wn and tell lnsteafcl that he cat
fortunat tiaodI
a m41 I. -.not mlmnmw nn)M,a)il
If a poor lonely widow had a cow ! his first vote for iwj w m ' n
or a few chickens from which she was. was naturalized in .lSSit
trying to make an honest living, and j As the campaign dreftf8 to a close
they happened to annoy some of her there are several ;eatyterles that
neighbors by either their odor or noise, promise to remain unlived,, such a
it would not be long before a police j where was Doc Withycombe born?
officer would make the poor widow ; Where did Doc- get hisiltgree? Where
move the cow or chickens; but this did Booth get his monr-!? k
seems to be a bird of a different! rjr. smith has been! more5 -o lea
color. This rotten grain is ftot owned ! handicapped in this . carnpain. Being
by a poor widow, but by a strong cor-! a pim, home made product jpt Ohio,
poration. How long must this thing jne la compelled to coiajpete With An
e endured? It certainly cannot be imported article unprotected by any
healthy for those living close to if. tariff Also the doctjijjrj has no fas
and I am, sure it isn't pleasant for cinating mystery, such?: ax where did
those living two miles distant. Why get u surround inf his candidacy.
Is It that some one don't start omeLt thank QoL the docAqr has not gt
f-1'"" "'"'" .'". in
r k :V 'neratorr it
wouldn't be long before It was moved
if It were loaated in the district where
ui owners ui me biuii live, DUl so
long as people win endure It, it will i
remain where It is. Will somebody
start something? ISHfCABIBBLE.
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Unsolved Mysteries.
From the Medford Mail Tribune.
Because the Mall Tribune had the '
temerity to inquire about Dr. Withy- j
combe's birthplace and as to why he j
voted as an American citizen for, 13
years before he renounced his al
legiance to Queen Victoria, facts
strangely omitted from th official
pamphlet, the Portland Oregonian
characterizes It as "a vicious and nasty
IN EARLIER DAYS
By. Fred- Jjockley.
The first boas Wit ig ; Albany m
atin in use. Originally it atod on what
Is now the cornsr of Second and Wash
ington streets. , It has Seen moved
about -loO feet to makerofen for what
is called the Round Hous&, an eight
sided house, having- good-sized
rooms, built ovar CO years Mgo, toy Rsv
James P. Millar for a glfis' boarding
school. Albany's tlrst hoiife was built
by Walter and Thomas Moaatelth In the
early spring of 1849. I jslted Mrs.
Walter Monteith at Albiny recently
and she told me Of Albany's early days.
'My maiden name was Margaret A.
Smith." said Mrs. Monteflb, "I was
born in Indiana on February 11, 1829.
1 was 24 years old when 1-ca.me to Al
banv in IKK t
Monteith T .n Z ,sfu,Jce" Tr
"n October 1S; 1855. We
WfeTft married nv Rnu a &! Iniln. n
United Presbyterian m Ulster. My
husband, Walter MonteitB. -Was born
in Fulton county. New Yejrk. on Juno
16. 1816. His parents haft come from
Scotland some time befoGo his birth.
Prom New York they moed to Wilm
ington, 111. in the spring of 1847 hs
and his brother, Tom, an?, a neighbor,
bam Althouse, came to cfe-egon. Tha
first person to settle onj the site of
Albany was Abner Hacklefian. He set-.
wu vn iob east DanK or Willamette
near the Calapoola river, fie had come
across the plains in 184$. He hired
a young man named HirAn N. Smead
to take up and hold theihaLf section
Joining his till he couldi go back to
Burlington, Iowai rid bflng out his
family and let his son 3'Abrara take
up the piece Smead waa.'holding for
him, Abner Hackleman $rent back to
Icwa in the aummer of lj46 Intending
to come back to Oregon ijfith his fam
ily. He died soon after Jie arrived at
BuHingtoVi. His olaestfboy. Abram,
came out 'in the springgof 1847 and
took up his father's - olaigL,
"When Smead learned that Abner
Hackleman was dead m decided to
take up the section he was holding
for himself. In the spring of 1848
my husband, Walter &ntelth. and
his brother,. Tom, paid Start $409 for
his squatter's rifrht to'thc?! half section
Smead took up another oi$-half section
near by. My husband and Tom put up
a log cabin as a temporary home near
Second and Washington. Early next
spring they started a friine house oa
what is now the corner $' Second and
Washington. Almost everwono went to
the California mines in, tlie spring of
1849.
My husband
and! JiIb
brother
went, and they hired Jehn Burkhart
to live in theijr cabin while they-wero
away. They had burveye)d: 80 acres in
1848 as a townslte and i called It Al
bany, after the capital o their native
state. New York, liy 186 several peo
ple had settled here. Aram Hackle
man had put up a cab A in the oak
grove on his claim. Jhn Burkhart
and Captain J. M. MuConajiell and John
Layton and a Mr. Dav were here.
Davis and Layton put-up a frame
building and opened a store. They
soon sold to L. C. Burkhart.
"In 1861 my husbaru i his brother
Tom, and J. M. McContiell, started a
store. That same year they started
to build the Magnolia jjpllla. There
were several in the company beside my
husband." There was hisf brother Torn
and Jerry Driggsand Sam Althousa
and Sam Hill. It waji finished in
1862. the same year weot our first
boat up the river as far s Albany., it
was the Multtioniah. Atp"lrt wu lived
in a little frame housef but in l ST 8
we built the hous e tge now living
in. It was the bsst andwargest house
in town then. We usedo depend on
wells for our water supply. When
this house was built vf had a tank
built on the roof to cach ralnwaur
and the water was piped: all over' thu
house. I didn't think tserB could
any greater luxury thag that, but t
day almost every house. 90 matter how
small, has water in it Today they
consider as necessities what, we ustd
to think were fuxuri!).'"' ;
The Ragtime iMusa
Choose our Spots.
This world is bound leave some
k marks t.:
'Upon you, you may gft'iRble,
As through its maze it; dumps and
larks ,1 i
You creep or run or .r'amble.
The marks themselves ae uo disgrace
To any one who beara fern,
Unless they're badly out of place
Depends on where 'one"We&' em.
Your knuckles may 'jbe somewhat
skinned
As proof you've sparred with
trouble;
You may have wrinkle Where you va
grinned -f :
At failure, death's own double;
Though time to marvelous amount
Still men, the breeds sqf men thai
count, I ;
Will ail the more esfpera. you.
Far better have some 4arbolled fleph
Where life's fierce flrsel has browned
you, ' --
Than bear marks of the hammock
mesh . J:;
Where idle days hava found you.
Yes, better have a handtlat men
ITava. crushed in admiration
Than have a spot that jingles when
They boot witn execaon;
little Medford paper,' ana man in
quiry as to the nativity: of Vr. Smith.
Dr. " Smith was borftf!jih Ohio but
where was Dr. Wlthyci)ibe born?.
Dr. Smith received iilis degree ot
doctor of medicine frofij the Sterling
Medical college, ColumUs, Ohio., and
Bellevue university, Ne! York. Where
did Dr. Withycombe recWve bis degree
as doctor of horses? ; j i
Why all this mystftry? Are pr.
Withycombe, the Repimican central
committee ana tne urejsop.an
! Vtia rxrn flnrl tell inStefad'
the awful blight of tbe fcuppoit or tn-t
prize hoodoq. that tallied and Jaded
Je2ebci of journalismaUthe T'MtlanJ
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If your name appears in either i
telephone book can? either" of .t
these numbers anrrisend your i
message to buyers and seller in - ,
all part of Oregon - -s . ,
Don't be' bashful-icall up and . i
tell your troubles frt a Journal !
Want Ad.. That is ttib best knows '
way oi solving troejpie,