THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, -NOVEMBER 3, 1914.
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p ij 'r I f t rVrc I ' A I ' a a People's necessities be
I fl L. : JvJ U lAlNAM Jore organizing the work tha
c s. Jackson
, .'. tnhMbr.
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irr loilii no ruins at Tb iMrnil Ball.
'o. Itmariw aaS Tiaihlll Portia. Or.
.uird al'ia iwwfw at ItariiaaS. Or., (nr
Irinaoalnalna tbrog(b , lb Sulla aa accost
rim matter. J j- ... :",' " -
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the im rir 4wftnirt T want.
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(M is lae United, State r Mcxleo:
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On, faat. . . . . .f 2.SA I On monta. f
CAIL' AH STJKDAY.
On rar 'TM I Oo montb. ......
f In our friend the richness '
Of life 1 proved- to M ty
what we Have gained; in. the
faces In the street the. rich-.'
, neas of life Is proved to us
by a, hint -of what we have .
. lost. Browning. -' ' -
that
l will com later
! ltAVA; t4at ' ftAmnletnK .Iti
A UC1 7, at UWVll ,VUi7iOllb
Cleveland and other cllles that effi
ciency was lacking' i lh' charitable
and philanthropic work. . One
charge la that top much money Is
spent , In overhead . . chargesvdu
largely to duplication of- effort by
many ' similar.; organizations. , "
; VTb Cleveland. Foundation Is de
signed to cure, many of the defects
of present-day efforts by organized
charity. ! The Ohio city's effort to
make v charity- f and 'philanthropy
more efficient will be watched with
keen Interest by other cities. Com
inunity welfare 1 will v be promoted
as It should be when the people
who furnish the money are assured,
that none of it is wasted! "
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ITS WAV.
, FAITH IS DEMOCRACY. ;
N the political campaign that
has just closed. The Journal,
' Irrespective of Ha own mater
ial interests, has advocated
V those men and measures, that
;! seemed to .mean the most to the
f masses pt the people, that Is to
'j.:iay, men and measures that seem
ed to mean the least to the few,
I'wjio-are sometimes called - the
classes. ' ' j
' So long as the people have ) a
I clean and untrmmmeled ballot and
; full and free, "use of It, they aire
safe and strongly entrenched wiu
lin. their natural rights. If they
- vote with Intelligence 'and beie
? fits follow, they receive these bene
; fits and their Interests are foj-
warded and strengthened tbereljfyt
. If they vote wrong and burdens
f come, nqboiy carries them but the
, whole people, the masses. What
ever these burdens may be (the
peopl 9, themselves are responsible,
V and The Journal is ready to jac
cept their verdict having infinite
: faith In the ultimate working jout
or that which is for the best of all.
.benign influences of free govern
f ment. It is a Mgh privilege tolllve
i in a free land where arguments
rare' made and the case submitted
x for decision to the great Jurjf of
public opinion. It is a splendid
assurance to salute a flag which
waves over a land of peace, abun
dance and prosperity and cafries
ito the world the gentle message of
peace on earth, good will tb.men.
It is such a flag that The Josr
' nal. salutes, while this great coun:
.try, awaits today Hihe decision
of the sovereign people onj the
' great issues-' of a closing campaign,
all submitted and , decided under
the ordinances ' and canons--jot a
'free government by a free people.
be" ;saved by ' conversion of the
mortgages. into ten-year land bank
loans. , ' -v-' -v r
New York has- started a program
for 'financing t the . state's farmers.
Farming in the empfre state has
fallen behind other industries for
laclt . of . proper financing Long
time) money ' at low interest rates
is as necessary (o the development
bit 'agriculture as it is in' the extea"
slon of a railroad system.. If New
York's land, .bank works out ac
cording to specifications, it will
mean Ahat millions of '"dollars will
be placed in the pockets of farmers,
the state's, most important class of
producers." - , i ,
A TRADE VICTORY.
T
THE railroads, - even though
public ' service corporations,
have a right to favor or op
" pose public policies, , such as
the tide lands legislation. '
But it is not within their legiti
mate privilege' to subsidize "a news
paper as a means of obtaining
their ends. Indirectly, " that is
what they do.
Thus, the Oregonian ! receives
from them and .from theatres and
from ; politicians, especially'Mf they
happen to be doubtful and nefar
ious, more for its advertising space
than it i charges merchants and
other general advertisers.
In other words, It puts a heavier
exaction on these class advertisers
for advertising service and space,
than it! charges the general public.
Why? ." - ,V . - -:
The extra charg Tls exacted Tto
cover a service to be rendered out
side Its advertising columns, that
Is to say, in Its news and editorial
columns. How the plan works has
been seen for weeks in the frenzied
opposition of the Oregonian to the
tide lands legislation, which the,
railroads came out In the open to
oppose In glaring advertisements
yesterday.
The j excessive rates . received
from the public service corpora
tions are the paper's pay for its
editorial services. .
It is that paper's way of betray
ing the people's interests into the
hands of the big interests.
tion for government assistance in
behalf of the grower.
The great ': lesson to be drawn
from the - experience of .the cotton
states is the unwisdom ' of too ex
clusive a devotion to a single crop
of any kind. ' la times of distur
bance It leads to' peril. - "
Letters From the Peopfe
NEEDS ENCOURAGEMENT
'4.
VILLA AND CARRANZAi.
I
lARRANZA has offered to re
sign as provisional presldentJ
.of Mexico, and even to go
' Into exile . if Villa and
. ' Zapata .will retire to private life.
There Is a new crder of things be
(low .the Rio- Grande. j
; Porflrlo Dial was blasted Out of
'the Mexican presidency.- Francisco
Madero was murdered white oc
cupying the same office. Victor
f lano Huerta made his exit at the
point of the bayonet.
j' Carranza says he desires that
his retirement from power shatl
.'not be a relinquishment 4f the
1 field to "chieftains with personal
j I ambition." . He professes vfilllng-
ness for the Mexican people to
rule. ? That. Is what Villa and
''Zapata have professed. Thus there
Is promise of peace and established
') constitutional government la Mex-
icO.: ' X.:'..: ' . s j
! If the present negotiations result
iln t working agreement . between
the leaders.- tfre Mexcans, for the
j first time in the history of their
' unfortunate country, will be in a
jfalr way to rule themselves
A
PECULIARLY sad situation
is that of Robert House. He
wants '"to get back- to the
land" but Is prevented by the
regulations of the forest service.
Arrested on a charge of ; criminal
trespass he was brought to Port
land from his squatter's claim on
the Paulina National Forest, 26
miles southwest of La Pine, , and
when he arrived in -Portland , the
criminal, charge against him 'was
dismissed and a civil suit begun
United , States Marshal Montag
came to his relief and supplied
him with funds necessary to re
turn to his home . where I hla wife
had been left -without a sufficient
food supply.
According to the story of Mr,
House the forest service maintains
that his claim is of no value for
agricultural, purposes and will not
give him a. permit to live In the
cablt he nas built or to protect his
garden with a fence.
He contends that he has proven
that the land is agricultural by
raising vegetables, grain and clover.
His story. Is sufficient to raise
the presumption that a great in
justice is being imposed upon him.
When a man is willing to, go into
the wild and undergo hardship for
the sake of establishing ai home he
ought to be given every encouragement.
HIS '-country , won a notable
trade vlctory ini its con ten
Hon with England over seiz
ure of the tank steamer
John D. Rockefeller, i Great, Br!
tain haa; made her position clear
with respect, to. ttafle between neu
tral countries during the war. y
Absolute -cpntrabahdf aa. defined
by the declaration of London will
be at "the shipper1 risk and., liable
to seizure on the high; seas. Con
ditional contraband, goods not in
cluded, in the declaration of Lon
don, but held by Great Britain Ao
be -contraband, will not be liable
to. seizure' if clearly intended" for a
neutral country.
v American shippers will be great
ly benefitted by the withdrawal of
England from a position she bad
maintained since . the Civil war.
Shipments to neutral countries will
go unmolested If the bills of lading
show a neutral buyer liva neutral
country,' Markets for a large class
of American products are thus
broadened and made safe. -,
, Cotton Is. neither - absolute nor
conditional contraband! Under the
British ruling cotton lean be car
ried in neutral ships without
molestation;-whatever! its destina
tion. Great, Britain says that if
the United States can ;flnd German
buyers for American; - cotton the
cotton .can be delivered to Ger
many in American ships and "no
British cruiser, will attempt to in
terfere. : '. .!..'- r" ;
England and France! have practl-
cal ' control of the high seas, and
it is because of this fact that Great
Britain's ruling is of such great
Importance at this time. It af
fords the United States an oppor
tunity (to extend its commerce
without fear of international diffi
culties. It places shippers In a
position where theyl will know
what they can and what they can
not do.
(Communication aent to Tbe Journal for
publication In tbia department aboold be writ
ten oo on It one aide it tha Daeer. ekeuld not
exceed SOU word a in lenam and must be ae-
iTjuipaniea oy loe name ana aur i -tire
sender. If the, writer doe not eaire to
have tbe name published, tie ebould ao .tate.)
"Dlaeuasion ' Ja the greatest ot aU reform
er, it rationaiueea everytnina; ic-ronroea. - n
roba nrinriDlM .1 all . fokui aanctitr and
throws them tack on their - reaaimableDeaa. If
the hTa d. . nuMnihknL it . ruthleaair
erusliea them out of eximence and aet up Ita
V 11 UIVUUHU1W J1 1UI.U m t-
wiiaon. . , - '
A FEW SMILES
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF,
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' Steward TWd you ring, tlrZ"
Beaslek Travelerw
B-ib-rTna; me con
tinenjt. if you ' have T
one. or s.n tsiana
anything, - steward,
so 1-1 o-long as It's
solid. If you, can't
sus-slnk the ship .
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A DAY WILL COME
Mr. pole's Claims Controverted
Portland, Or, Oct. tha Edi-
of Th Journal-For the JnforVnatloo
of the general . public, and especially
anyone who may have read the L. K.
Dole articles In The Journal, under
date of March 25 and May - 17,t and
who contemplate golnsr to Mr.eDole'a
vicinity ; in search of homestead land,
we.-the undersianed, havlna; examined
part or said locality, wish to give osac
views of it. , 'V : ; :
The distance from the mouth at Big
creek to Mr. Dole's place (s supposed
to be flye 19 Ilea. Ooina; up, this creek
had to be forded at least a dozen times
and fully that many times corning
back, with water from one to three
feet deep. A trail leads up o Mr,
Dale's place, and it is sure iy a very
rough one in some places? Everything
taken to or from tha place has to be
moved on pack animals. The nearest
market place is Florence, about 25
miles away., ;
Mr. Dole did not show us any land.
We were able to form ' a very, good
opinion of the country before we got
tp the place. Mr. Dole has -a fairly
good place, and he is surely growing
fine potatoes, which we have seen, but
as he expressed himself, he has- taken
ud the place mostly on account of the
chittlm bark. " ' ' '
Fair estimates have it that at least
200 people, among them several wo
men, passed Ocean View in search of
homestead land in Mr. Dole's vicinity.
Not over 15 ever reached their destina
tion, and out of the 15 not one located.
Also, the three from Winona who had
an article in The Journal, dated May
7, could not be found Up there.- LAnd
enough for agricultural purposes in
the vicinity ofSMr. Dole Is absolutely
not there, and anyone who is in search
of homestead land should read an arti
cle written by Alfred Powers of Flor
ence in. The Sunday Journal under date
"of February 16, 1913, about Simmons
creek, also called Big creek.
For information-we advise any in
terested party to write or go in person
to M. S. Dunbar or to J. E. Grible, both
of the United States forest service,
Waldport. Or. Anyone getting as far
as the mouth of Big creek should also
see Mr. Sommerf ield, whose place 1 is
on the north side of that creek.
i J. RICHARDS.
F. PETERSON.
Astoria, Or,
T. F. LINVILLE,
B. C. SCOTT,
- LLOYD LINVTLUB,
Mt.- Angel, Or,
A young fellow recently annlled for
a job as Hf swver at the municipal
baths ' in Minne
apolis, f
a An he was about
six feet six Inches
tall and very well
built, the chief life
saver gave him an
application blank
to fill out.
: By the way,"
said the chief life raver, "'can you
swim?"..- :.. j .
"No." .replied the applicant "but I
can wade "like everything." , ?
1 SMALL CHANGE! . i 1
Don't apologize for doing your duty.
! The average , husband la a silent
partner. .
One way to unsettle a question is to
argue about it.
! Never form your opinion of an egg
until the lid is off. v , ... ,, .
:H- ' - - -:'- v r :-:.vV...
1 IC only the brilliant sayings of the
first baby that count. i
: ;:.,iVv .V v' 1 ?-
.. i Even a fast man may not make a
rapid recovery when he's 111.. .
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! A fool friend can wield a hammer aa
effectively as a bitter enemy.
I
HUMANIZE THE LAW
M
The outlook it promising.! Prea-
ildent Wilson's firm hand "it still
guiding Mexican affairs at! Wash
ington. There, will be no sanction
' : by the United States of a Kovern
'ment unlets it is constitutional.
; Our ; policy will prevail, for Eu
rope Is too busy fighting to lend
further .aid tot warfare below tha
; :Ri4 Grande.
CCODIUMTY t WELFAJtB
... t
IHE
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- - r-w M mm . - ' .
Ttic Aieveiana f oundation, a
new departure In conjrhunity
welfare, has been organized
and Is ready do begin: ita .ac
tivities. It Is a sort of eornmanlty
trust; designed to secure efficiency
in philanthropic . public welfare
work that will In vita the jsupport
of men and women who Wish to
see their, money used to the best
advantage. . " 1 ,- i
The central Idea of the Ifounda
tlon is that it shall be aaorgan
iiation such -that men of; means
will leave bequests In their x wills
for the general welfare of Cleve
land. There Is to be a central J
tees, two ehosen by the Cleveland
Trust Cdat'pany." and one iach, by
the mayor of the city, the probata
judge and . the United States dis-
trict Judge. V It is aaid that r already
$30,000,000, ha been written into
wills,' the' income from these be
questa to be ,used by the ifounda
tlon. ; - y ;' t:-'f vv.-.,
Cleveland; is starting tho jwork in
cojmprebenalva manner. There are
to be palnsuking surveys c?f social
conditions and agencies both . pri
vate' and public. Everything hav
ing relation to the city's j philan
thropic needs is to be carefully
N A- RECENT address before the
American Bar Association, Pres
ident Wilson -'made a plea for
the humanlzatlon of the law.
"Law should grow by the life
that . is in it." . he said. In this
phrase is a reminder that laws in
their true function are expressions
of life and that human laws are
best when they arise out of life.
This --idea. Is also conveyed in
the old proverb, "the law of the
wtoe- la the fountain of life."
Public opinion is the real law
giver, the court of last appeal at
the bar .of which all ait, lawyer
and layman, president, king and
peasant.
Everyone can agree with the
president in his statement that
"citations seem to play -; so much
larger , role , than, principles" and
that the changing of law by stat
ute la "like mending a garment
with a patch."
The better way Is to i" read life
Into the lawr the intentions, aspira
tions and, resolves of the mass of
humanity which, lives Jbj Jhe law.
MILLIONS FOR FARMERS
N'
EW YORK Is about to under
take ; an experiment in . coop
eratlve finances. The last
legislature authorized the es
tablishment of a land bank, the
capital to be subscribed by savings'
and loan associations. : ,
: This bank Is , ready1 to open its
aoors. it .will provide : a-' system
whereby farmers of the state may
exchange their present mortgages
for slow-maturing land bank loan
at a low rate of interest. It Is es
timated that under the new sys
tem the farmer will save 2 4 0 on
every 1100 mortgage. : .
There are $100,000,000 In mort
gages on New York farms. If the
estimated:; saving -to be - brought
about by the land-bank is correct
ill
N HIS address at the Y. M. C. A.
anniversary In Pittsburg Presi
dent Wilson defended the prin
elnle that the weapons with
which enduring victories are to be
won are the - weapons ! of righteous
ness. He ia right. It was Victdr
Hugo who said: . '
,? K- day will come when, the only
battlefield will be the market open
to commerce and the j mind opening
to new ideas. A day will come when
bullets and botabshells will oe re
nlaced br votes, -by the; universal suf
frage of nations, by j the venerable
arbitration of a great sovereign ten-
ate,' which will be to Europe what the
parliament Is to England, what the
diet is to Germany, what the legis
lative asmbly is to Franco.
A day will come when a cannon
will beexhibited in public museum's.
just as an instrument; of torture is
now, and people will be astonished
how such a thing could have been,
A. day will come when; these two im
mense groups, the V-nlted States of
America . and the United States of
Europe,', shall be seen placed in .the
presence of each other.i extending: i the
hand of -fellowship across the ocean.
f President Wilson was no prophet
at Pittsburg. He heralded the par
tial 'fulfillment of ; a 'prophecy.!
America s peace , treaties, negoti
ated r during his administration,
treaties which were scoffed at by
the partisans, may mark the dawn
of the day that Victor-Hugo saw
lh the then dim future.
It is fortunate, not only for
America, but for -the world, that
there were men of vision at Wash
ington to negotiate these treaties.
Coming when they did, they fur
nish a great object lesson. They
provide for ja car efuk Investigation
Urf causes of disagreement before
nations resort to war.- No better
method of preventing armed' con
flict has : yet been devised.
The ..: time is; eertalnly coming
when nations will live side by
side In peace. A day will come
when each nation will respect the
rights of others. ,
Bird Skins and Plumage.
Scio, Or., Oct. 31. To the Editor of
The Journal Can you inform 'me as
to the law governing the sending of
bird e kins and .plumage for mounting
pusposes to Europe? Someone told ne
1 must get a" permit from the state
game warden. If so kindly give me
his address. C. U. SANDOZ.
tin the case, of game birds on which
there is an open epason no permit j is
required; vplumage1 may be. shipped,
though the package must be marked,
as to its contents. In the case of non
game birds that are, protected at all
times, possession of skins or plumage
14 an offense'punishable at law.-. The
inquirer would do well to address "Wil
liam M. Finley, state game warden,
Portland, and tell him what bird it is
that it is proposed to hi p. Mr.' Fin
ley will then advise. . I
He (wondering if his rival has been
accepted) Are. both your rings heir
looms r
She - (concealing
the hand) -r- Oh,
dear, yes. One has
been in the family
since . the time of
Alfred, but the other
is newer (blush
ing) it only dates
from the conquest.
Looks like a futile- transaction aU
round.
,rVhat af e you
kicking at now
"This fad for
large handwriting.
My daughter got a
box of expensive pa
per f rem a- young
man and used it all
writing him a note
ot tuankt. - Juage.
' Tbe man with a grievance never
misses an oportunity to mention it.,
! - ...... -i .y
: The man who is really and truly in
love doesn't lie to the woman in the
case.
i , " a . ' .
! A 'man's wife seldom thinks his ill
ness is serious until he quits using
language that wouldn't look well in
print.-'
a .
' During the courtship a woman will
frankly, acknowledge that the man in
the case is her superior, but- after
marriage-she admits she was mis
taken. a
i ' A new item sav tha Klum nf Wvw
derabad has several hundred wives.
Poor devil, he needs a counting' ma
chine to help him keep track of his
family.
OREGON SIHELIGUTS
At special election is to be held at
Bandon next Friday on the proposition
to sell the old school building . and
grounds for : $5000. the money to go
into the school fund of the district..
The new Y. M. C. A. building at
Astoria is rapidly approaching com
pletion. It is expected that it will be
finished in December and a general
house warming . will be held early in
1915. . . . ,
- The Eugene Register notes with sat
isfaction' that the United States mail
now goes from Eugene, to Florence in
eight hours, whereas it took two days
to make the trip before the railroad
wasbuilt. ...... i .'! . ...... v
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It is the oninion of the Iakeview
Examiner, in -view ' of . the 'European
war, that Lake county end all other
uecttnns of the northwest "will do well
to follow the, example of Baker county
in sowing more winter -wneat.
Postmaster Wise reports that As
toria, out of over 100,000 post ot f ices,
ronkn fnrtv-fedrth in - Kaln of postal
savings deposits. . Astoria on April 1,
offense possible against the subma
rine," says the naval expert of the
London Times. The peril of, this ves-1
sei .is tnat due to the Imperfection
of her development. She may sink,
as scores or her predecessors have
sunk, and her men .die the horrible
death of suffocation. But she is bet
ter protected against gunfire than any
ship on the seas. In almost complete
safety ffom attack, she ' makes her
way secretly to the side of 'the enemy,
and without' warning, without giving
any man a chance for hi ll6,she de
stroys her foe. t1
This is notva chivalrous ' act, how
ever necessary and praiseworthy it
may be from the stragetic! standpoint.
It does not deserve a name redolent
of 'the past glories of war.;
- Taking the argument from the other
angle, the "hyphenated, combination of
a couple of letters and a, numeral" is
about, as fittingly unemotional a name
as could be devised for a bit of mod
ern machinery destined for business
purposes only. And from Its. very ver
ity it takes on a kind of grim grandeur
that would be impossible for a more
romantic name. Mr. Kipling most suc
cessfully dramatized a railway leomo
tive under its decimal "shop number,"
and the New . York Central's i"999", was
as famous an engine of George Ste
phenson's picturesque "Rocket." -
No, we feel that "U-9" is just about
the kind of name the submarine, de
serves. VJe trust the Republican will
not resent our differing' from it on this
important point. . ; ' 4
in-earlieKdavs
Wy .Fwwl ; Luck Ivy.
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. One of ; the names, that looms large .
In Oregon's early History Is", that of
Peter H. Burnett. I hate talked during -the
past 25 years . ta great many of
the pioneers who knew him wet U Be-.,
cently while talking with Judge-George -tL.
Burnett of ' the ' supreme .court be
told me of visiting his uncle Peter
Burnett at his home in Callfomia' in
1S7S. He told roe many - interesting -
things about his uncle California's
first governor.. . By the way,, if you
want t6 know wftat Peter Burnett
looked like you need only lopk at his
nephew, Judge George II. Burnett, for
t'..crfr is a strona: family resemblance.
A day or two ago Mrs.-JamesjHembreey
of Iafayette gave -me manyf lnteresf
ing sidelights about Mf. an Mrs. Peter; -Burnett.
"We came afirOBS1' ttni: plains"
with them In 1843." said Jto Herabree, ,
;ana our lamiues spent tne; winter
1843-44 together at Xdnntoru? MrsiBuf-
l
nett was a very beautiful womant She
tan h. tins 7s with 1166 accounts. I naa dark eyes and dark nair ana
and'now.has $125,649r'Wijthr194$ ac (carried herself very proudly though she .f
Uk,, .OMivfl8be went. I entfcto echool to her all
Mayor ftice of Roseburg baa received . . t --tg. t i inn ion .:-. -v, - t
..nnojo-nmnnt wriRAibarrowB and 1 yvL winier at amnion. - v A i
shovels, and these wiu D piacea ,l i -: ' v r"k .:.4-
from tnat eiijr i J Missouri. ""When he was 19 years old
(exchange the equivalent j ne jreturned to Tennessee and secured ,
. 1 ! " , I prmttinn at $100 a year as elerfc In
1
From the Chicago Herald.
I President Wilson, in his Thanksgiv
ing proclamation, naturally mentions 1
f'peace with honor" in a year of world
wide war as a special cause for thank
fulness on the1 part of the American
people. He adds a penetrating inter
pretation of the influence that our
fortunate national situation, should
have upon the American national char
acter when he says: " '
. "Our people have looked upon their
own life as a nation with a deeper
comprehension, a fuller realization of
their responsibilities as well as of
their blessings, .and a keener sense
of the moral and practical signifi
cance of what their part among the
nations ;Of the world, may come to be.
The hurtful effects of foreign war
in their own industrial and commer
cial affairs have made there feel more
fully and see ,mor clearly their; mu
tual interdependence, and stirred them
to a helpful cooperation such as they
have seldom practiced before. They
have heen quickened by a great moral
stimulation. Their unmistakable ardor
for peace, their earnest pity and dis
interested sympathy for those who
are suffering, their readiness to help
and to think of the needs of others,
have revealed them to- themselves as
well as to the world."
iir.rai of transients who chance ta I glnianSi though he was ,borft in Ten
visit Roseburg during the winter j nensee. He was born on; November 17, ik
SOUClt looa irom lDl cny wu o i Missouri 'U'han ha u Ifi veara Old
.... . . L..K.... , V. &iii(vll,nl i .
in labor.
a hotel. The folluwlng year.'. when h
was 2fl bavins1 secured a ndaiuon in f
a store at $16.50 mont)Ahe 'married v1
Ha soon moved to Liberty, Mo- wnere
he engaged In buslnes and becajne edi
tor of a weekly paper, -The Kr west.
'A GREAT IVIORAL STIMULATION?
That the American people have felt
and are feeling "a great moral stimu
lation" in ' the events of this year is
undoubted and visible. They have
been stirred as seldom before to deeds
of human kindness and. to a realiza
tion of a human fellowship that over
leaps the bounds of nations and of
races. We are feeling, as never- be
fore, the force of the thought of -ths Whli; hls wag were low, ao'were hW
Roman poet long ago,, that' "we are
men and nothing human ; is alien to
us.
This is evidenced not only In our
efforts to relieve suffering abroad,
but also in a new birth or growth of
the spirit of cooperative ...helpfulness
here at home. The European war has
brought especial hardships to one sec
tion of our common country, and with
it nation-wide, movements to divide
the burden We are realizing, as never
before, our mutual interdependence,
and how in .the long run we must go
ud or down together. We have never
lacked individual energy or initiative.
What we have gained i a new devel-
opment of collective thought, initia
tive and self-direction. iWe find' it
easier to cooperate than before. We
do it with less friction. . ;
"Never before,- as ' the i president
says again, "have the people of the
United. States been so situated for
their own advantage, or the advantage
of their neighbors, or bo equipped to
serve themselves and mankind." For
that situation and progress,' for- the
spiritual growth that makes It potent.
as well as for abundant harvests, no
table achievements and peace with all
expenses.. He j)aid $25 a year rent.
Pork was a cent and a half pound,. ...
wood a dollar a, ordv Ks" 15 cents
a dozen, chickens 75 ; cent a, dosen, v
potatoes 20 cents a bushel nd corn 10 .
to- 15 cents a bushel.- sugar was sa
cents a pound and calico 37,Hcenla -yard.
; . . ,.
"He studied law and his first case :
wss appearing; against aomft Mormons ,
who refused to pay their debts, ho i
successful was he -that the Morrson i
leaders retained him, -with fcoionei i
Doniphan, as their, attorney a, to defend ,
them against a charge o - roDoery,
arson and treason. '
In 1843 he led . a party of emi
grants from what known as th
Piatt purchase to the rendezvous. 1 5
miles west of Independence, where
thsv were Joined by parties ' led by
Jesse Applegate. D. Matheney, Jf se ;
Looney, Daniel Waldo and T. D, Kaiser.
There were 117 wagons, n which there
were 999 men, women anq cm iaren.
about 300 of them being mh able to.
hear arms. Peter H. Bufnett wfca :
elected captain of the train andJ. W. .
Nesmith was maae oraeriyi urgenm.
In May. 1844, Peter Burnett, wun
M. M. McCarver, DavM Hig. M, uii-
more. Daniel waiao. t. r?. jvaisec,
nations. the American people . may Robert Newau ana a.' u. Ix&ioy were .
well give thanks in their homes na 1 appointed the legislative cot jmtttee of
wwi " the provisional government., .'Jum ner ,
appointed for the purpose, and on all
other days.
THE WAR AND ' HORSES. ;
S
Ctudled, the purposejbelnsi to.. ar-jit wiIKmean,'that24,O0O,0OO w
OME . apprehension has- arisen
as to the ability of ; the
United States to withstand
they heavy draft of horses
that is likely to be : made by Eu
rope .for; military purposes. v.;
According to the census of 1910,
the number of horses of all classes
was. approximately 20,000, OOOhead.
it is estimated . there has heen an
increase of '6,000,000 since the
census, was .taken. Assuming that
it win require 1.000,000 to meet
the European ? demand the supnlv
lor home use -ought not be danger
ously short. ,
WORKING OUT. -
TPfHB cotton situation in tbe
l '.; aouth is further ; cleared up
!' -py. Great Britain's - declara-
- tion .that cotton ia' sot even
conditional- contraband and can be
shipped vto belligerent as well as
neutral nations. The . effect . of this
will be to renew the" sale of the
raw -product, relieve the financial
stringency - in - the - cotton growing
states and -..discontinue -the agita:
Relocating on Public Lands, i
Brush Prairie, Wash.-. Oct. 81. To
the Editor of The Journal After re
linquishing my horaestead in one state
can I homestead in another state? j
A SUBSCRIBER
The state line has nothing to do
with the case. If one have the right
to relocate he can choose his land-4ln
any part of the public domain. '
Canada's Thanks. m
From the Chicago Post.
Last Monday was ''Thanksgiving"
in our neighbor country, a Thanksgiv
ing under conditions 'such as the dom
inion had never - known until now.
With 33,000 of her. sons on the far
side of the. Atlantic ready to taka
their places om the firing line, and
with tbe news from the front fraught
with anxiety, the -day -was one viof
severe testing ior tne tnanumi spirit
This Is the way the Toronto Globe
uses the opportunity to voice the hig.i
idealism that Jias marked Its leader
ship of Canadian thought since ' the
war began:- ; ..'' - ; 1
"And in the very-mJdstiofxbroken
ideals and ruined securities of peace
this young naticm may well be thank
ful that the middle walls between
class and class in the homeland - are
being" broken ? down, the' industrial
strife silenced, the social antaronlsras
fend the party clamor lost In the larger
unity of a common grief and aem
mon hope. It will mean a new nation
alism if in the darkness and bewilder
ment of this night there comes home
to rich and-poor,, to capital and labor,
to, the Haves and the Have-nots, to
the Ins and Outs, the deep; and genu
ine sense of Canadian brotherhood,
aiwu noi in canaaa- aione. ; xnere
can be no strangers or foreigners in
a world of brothers and or brother-
nations. . Briton and German; Teuton
and Latin, Teuton and Slav how skin-
deep 'are the Influences! How life-
wide the unities: Hate is but for a
night. Joy will come with the morn
ing. Fori the " sake of the peace that
is to be, and for the part Canada may
play, ought to play, in i the reconcilia
tion bougnt with blood reconciliation
just, mindful-of -the crucifying off In
nocent . Belgium, but not unworthy "of
Britain and France and: Kussia and of
the new- Germany and 'the new world
for the sake of the peace that la; to
be," Canada today, and all, Canadians,
may thank God and take fresh courage.
These will be - the Songs in the Night.
Thanxsgiving:
A community served by such
paper has in that alone an occasion
tor, thanksgiving.
Marchand at Fashoda.
' From the New York Sun.
The wounding of Colonel Marchind
at the front recalls his heroic reply to
Sir Herbert Kitchener at Fashoda on
September 19, 1898. - The French-flag-
Was flying over the government build
ing, where. Captain Marchand yhad
placed it after establishing posts in
the Bahr el Ghazal region and making
a treaty with the Mek of the ShiUuks.
Kitchener was a .major general and
Sirdar of Egypt at the time, but 6m-
durfnan was yet to be fought. Hearing
of Marchand's expedition he went up
tile Nile in a gunboat to Fashoda, and
there confronted the French colonial
leader.1 Both men were cool -and po
lite, but equally firm. Marchand was
informed that the presence of the
French at Fashoda would be regarded
by Great Britain and Egypt as a vlo
lation of their rights. Was Marchand
prepared to resist the occupation of
the district? Marchand, bearded, sal
low and wasted after: several years of
great hardship in equatorial Africa,
replied that he would die at his post
before hauling down the flag without
orders from his government. Sir Her
bert Kitchener then retired as quietly
as he had come and. reported to Lord
Salisbury. - ; . !?':, '-'
Captain Marchand stayed at Fashoda
while the issue,, which brought France
and England to the verge of war, was
heing settled. Meanwhile Kitchener
routed the dervishes, at Omdurman. M.
Delcasse, expecting ; that : the Sirdar
would then turn his attention, to Mar
chand at F'ashoda, Invited a ' "frank
discussion. It ran . along until No
vember :1. when . Lord . Salisbury de
manded -the -unconditional (withdrawal
- , Names for Submarines.
?It doseSeem," says the Springfield
Republican; .."that a, submarine heroia
enough to go, into hattle and.be sunk
is. deserving - of a better -name5 than
a hyphenated combination of a couple
of. letters ana a numeral."
We dq not think so.
In th first place, ' the function 'of
the .iuomarine does not fit: in with
DEMAND AND SUPPLY IN SECURITIES
By John M. Oskison.
If the demand for butcher knives
should fall off because housewives
couldn't buy as many as they usually
bought, the makers of butcher knives
would cut down their qutput. They'd
have to.
. S with good bonds when a terrible
European war cornea along, to dry up
so many sources of lnvestible capital.
Withtrt a definite period after the
first of August this year the amount
of new securities put out by our
cities, railroads, and industrial corpo
rations, was only about one fifth of
what was put out during the ; same
period last year. ;
Borrowers were made to understand
that there was capital only for : the
most immediate and pressing needs.
Cities and corporations - were told to
economise to the limit, and not to put
out a dollar tf new securities that
ceuld be got along without. Of ne
cessity, they obeyed the urglngs of
the banks and the securities : mer
chants. : -
But we are going right along sav
ing something from our earnings, and
creating lnvestible capital. We have
found that the European war has af
fected our saving, power very slight-
there is an interesting lUtltistdelight,
relative to the duties of therJegisiative
committee. Prior to this tSJ the ex
penses of government brj been, paid z
by voluntary subscription, f The legls-
latlve committee, however, .' believedr
that the revenues to run the govern- ,
ment should be derived f r6m uniform
They recommended the rais-
ly: we naturally want to find Invest
ments for our surplus. We are .cre
atine a stronger .demand for good i taxation
bonds, and we are Interested In soon 1 ine of revenue by taxation' and "pro
stocks. - I vided that any person refasing-to pay
We're in the position of the house-i their axes should derive no benefit
wife who finds that after all she can! from the laws and. should be dlsqual
afford a new butcher knife this win-1 If led from votinsr. Mr. Burnett .was
ter. . ? i . elected supreme .Judge by; the provls
-So we're turning to the dealers lonal legislature. He resigned this po
strain to ask what tood securities thir sltion to cro to California in 1848. He
have on their shelves. -We're creat was elected the first governor of 3all
fornla under American rule, and later
became a member of 'the supreme court
of California, being a fellow member
With Judge Terry." ' ; , -.
The Ragtime Myse
ing a fresh demand for good bonds
and stocks. .
Naturally, - sjs out demand grows
the supply wilf increase. - But it ia
probable that for a while the supply,
will not increase 'as -fast as the de
mand. What will be the result?
Higher prices. .If .10 housewives
wanted new butcher knives and tho
hardware store had . only eight In
stock and couldn't - get another two
right away from thswholesaler be- Cannot comb her. golden hair
cause the factory wasn't turning out
enough to keep up the wholesalers
stock, I think, those who bought
butcher Knives would , pay a higher
price. ;
So with good securities. It is the
part or wisdom to buy before the dci
mand becomes eo brisk that the prices"
are Doostea. ...
v Charming GirL . ; '
Lily's hands are wondrous fair. , -
J-.uy is quite sum tain irtm, ! t
itraot comb her-golden hair - . I
Hh. tiff-nt tha "iWiAi and OSl"f ' f '
Cannot sing or sW or cook,
Cannot read, can scarcely i talk, i;. 1
Tawns at mention of a book, . ' -
Cannot row or sWim or.Tvalk, ;s i -
Yet fair Lily's hand T seek! . 'Jl-j
Beg that she will be my snquse '
(I've but thirty bones a week, t , ;-- .f k
And my tuy cun t Keep nouge: )
KING QUALITIES
By Dr. Frank Crane.
pies back. A democracy has nothing
to gain by oppressing another .nation.
Bluster and boast, kaiserly mailed
fist, and ROoseveltian bisr stick.
uo.tn.ea bjt niga explosives anu battle-I tiiiy is tne giri ior me .
HI
Yen. verhapM. I should seek ens
Who would be-a helpmate true, ;
Sturdy lass who thinks work fun
A.nd can make a little do .,
But in-spite of that, you sea; ;
with you i cannot comar; -2
VWi
of Captain Marchand, the "herald of
civilization," : as - M. v Delcasse called
him. England had ? made -extensive
naval preparations, and war waS ex
pected. France, while - still denying
the British claims, evidently-did not
think Fashoda ' worth" fighting about,
and directed Captain -Marchand to takj
hie force through Abyssinian territory
to Jiboutil. France was never , served
by a braver of f ice? than Marchand and
his services do not seem to have been
properly, rewarded when '-18 years later
he has reached no higher?raak- than
that of colonel in the first stage ot
the great European war.
" , -
The CRristmas Ship.
From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Into the- maelstrom of war and of
suffering the American Christmas ship
wul carry a message ot peace and good
will, and sympathy -to the. innocent
women and children -in - the sone Of
trouble- Doubtless to these, in .the
dark days, It has seemed that the spirit
of good in the world has departed -and
that only unmixed, evil remains. The
Christmas ship, while not relieving the
sufferers , of their necessitous .condi
tions,,, will serve to ,' stimulate their
hope, and hold the promise of better
days to come. 1 ;
- It is something- to have participated
In this spirit of gfood will, as Seattle
has done in company with other Amer
ican cities, and to know that generous
men and women 'have spared time from
their own pressing concerns to devote
to the welfare of suffering humanity,
of , whatever- tongue or clime. '
. America's ' offering i bears the mes
sageof the Prince of Peace, not only
ta, the women , and children, but to the
soldiers in the field.: It Is the first
rift tn- the louds of war; the first re
minder that beneath the selfish exterior
of worldly strife the spirit of justice and
cf mercy, still moves -humanity to . un
selfish service. 'Perhaps through this
small-service ? the way may open - to
the larger 1 field, where America : may
help to still the strife of war and
point the way to an abiding peace.
Copyright, 1914, by Frank Crane.
It will do-the-world no geod to get
rid ot kings unless it gets rid ot the
king qualities. '
A king, a noble, an aristocrat, a
high-born person, is an outward sign
of an Inward. and spiritual disease.
That disease Is tbe lust to dominate.
The desire to rule Is the parent of all
cruelty, tyranny, and. social injustice.
What ' the world needs is that its
bosom be cleansed of this rotten crav
ing, which for centuries, exfoliating
in magnificence, has cursed the race.
No man or nation can arrive at
greatness neither, Indeed, can be able
to see ' with any sort of un purged
vision what greatness is until such
man or nation learns humility;1 which
is love of service and a distaste for
command.
The cheapest, vulgarest thing in
men is-pride. It is the product -f
egoism. It is the fever of an inflamed
eeo. Whenever manifested it stinks
.in j the ; nostrils' of all ; truly ,, cultured
neoole. . - .;4 '-
Pride goeth Deiore a lau: r or
mad mobs, is childish and chean.
- Pride and aggressiveness is the na
tional roaa to neiL -
. loose King qualities made, the
rrencn revolution. They brought on
me conapse or tne magnificence of
Spain and Portugal, "who once divideJ
me giooe Detweea them. They caused
England to lose the . United States.
lone I am the man for hert , ; t
Lily need not ever toil, , .
Nor, i, if she needs my. .moans;
She has miles of fertile soil ; . -And
a million, golden bna!
i
The IJttle GeiTnanjBaBd.. 1
!': From the Detroit ;Iewst U j v ;
They never laugh or - milethoee f
They have kept Mexico poor and left I bandmen, and their habits have; baf-
ner in perpetual revolution. They have f fled close study. From house to house
ffV!1 AU8tria- They haveUhey march on a hot afternoon, tootI
r:r." rrr--posnion -.i.h solemn vehntiic.'- Th.i
where, like Napoleon, she fights
wono.
the
The road of pride, of rule lust, the
way of kings and' classes since the
world began; it is paved with the dead
bodies of the workers it is lined with
take all frivolity out of he lightest J
atrs of last season. It lr only when,
some tune of the fatherla tid notably f f
"Die Wacht -Am ROein, h is being i
roffess01!
of mothers and Children lean against
charred wjilH; along it trudge- the
bowed oafs, tax-burdened, cursed with
king burdens, burning with those old
- v.c,CI, t , - S ...uiUi. LI
The people of America want no king
secreted effort All othet
ar mattora of business. I
Xne ' devoted to searchf ig out ob-l
scurities shadowed a G frnan - band
for hours. It was tnadefjup of . five
Jblue and ;
course
thousand symptoms of swollen ego. four coins, none ot tr,e f larger v ;
- . . . - ' l.nnm not nn than a Aimi. - i ;-L -v
virtues, such as pride, touchiness, in-1 glJ
flamed Sense Of "hftnnr" rxA v..lot
pride 1. an offense to the worid.nfl 1 d w
sooner -or later tne wona nas us M-T-ZZVl.r" I Mint-with melodr and ar more of tent
j sobriety, industry,, helpfulness and a than not ch"d out b tSe proprietor j
aesire io serve tne world and not to
the bravery of .."the age .when chivalry.
gave its spledid names -to the acts I with justice to all nations and to all
and -weapons or righting. - "There is no 1 peoples.
revenge." - ' - r '-
r Wherefore it produces In us a large
pain when we read , the statements o
Germans to the effect that Teutons
ought naturally to boss the earth, be
cause they know so much and. are so
active, efficient, scientific, and' every
thing else supermen, should be. '
r No less fat is our pain to hear the
boast that England is mistress of the
seas , and regulator 4 of the dry land.
Or that France is destined to rule
and lead.- t
Or that Hussia and -the Slav are
some day to be cocks of-the walk.,? w
- This pain, intensifies to acuteness
when we hear the bigstick Americans
preach their gospW of 200 battleships
and 1,000,000 armed men,' so we may
bei ready to lick everybody at the drop
of the hat, and thus become the grand
est bully and cad among all nations..
-It is the ' dreams -of -Oerman domi
nance, English dominance, Slav; domi
nance, - that ;i hover - - over - Europe's
slaughter. vV-'-- h"f;-f: : f-n
It is this septic microbe of domi
nance that fills the world with brutal
violence. . : V-v.vS-;--f.
V Why should.; any J--: nation want-to.
dominate? 5 The result would be only
Infinite rebellion, increasing taxation,
tyranny, and trouble. .- ,.'
And of all jiations why should we,
a democracy, a land full . of common
people, want to rule any other people?
'The only class proflt,i by ruling
an alien people is the kjn-and-noble
clatG, the -idlers riding- ui ;., -' peo-
after having been, paid byr admirers ia v
a few beers.- , t
s - On what manna on by what raveis
Is the German band fed? - -J
- We shall not be enUrtly . at Peace
until this Is made clear tous.,. f
dominate ft.
If we continue to bear ourselves
with dignity, to make no armed pre
paration that, shall belie our pacific
proiesis, ana to see that the brag
garts, bullies, and , Fhrnnnlm. . .if.
mailed fist, who ape- the royal nobis I The Countersign of Service.
gamecocks of a- decadent civilization, t Ked ruin wreck of impious war-
are retired to private life, we shall I Effaces beauty years have .gained, -
surely come to that true greatness of enlcs laeais so Jong maiptainea.
nauons, io s supremacy that incurs I i.iT .i. -.- -.!,'
no envy, to the grandeur ani Ina.ier.
ship, of service,
"" ! -'II11 Ml m If! Mi"-;
The Long Battles of, Today,
From the Philadelphia Ledger. .
Whereas it used to be "the day"
that was lost and won, it is now any
where from the week to the fortnight.
and - one wonders what- must be the
"state of soul' of officers and men
during these all but never-ending bat
tles. Marked by a great dullness,, we
should say, if not by a clearly defined
fatalism. Retreat means only, another
fight, as baa if hot ' worse. - Death
means relief. Getting wounded means
a sojourn in (hospital but the chance
of being shot even there. At a guess.
we think we should become fairly in
different to what oereii us there in
the trenches, and, if any perceptible In
terest relieved the boredom it ' would
be curioisity a vague, tired, dismal in
quisitlveness as to how - the infernal
set-to was destined t nd. :
higher
law j f
Seeirfpt tor service and noblesse
O Histerhood of Helpfulness. i
Still strive-to ease the sufferers' loss, 5
stretcn xurmer my protecting cross.s
James Terry- White. 4
T"
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