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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. -FRIDAY, EVENING, NOVEI.IEER 6, 1014.
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Samuel Smiles. ,
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A DRY OREGON
DOSSIBLY It Is . the enfranchise
ment of women that accounts
I 'for Oregon dry. Possibly
: other Influences contributed.
5 Anyway, Oregon goes dry in one
year from the first of next Janu
ary.
I . There is more than a year in
which, to prepare for the new order.
, It is a ye$r In which to make ad
justment. It Is a year In which
to so arrange 'matters that the
t change should not "be disturbing
to conditions-.
I ' It Is a change that was aggres-
' elvelv .resisted. Some expect to
'sustain financial loss in. rentals, in
t th'e, lots of use of plants, and In
other'' anticipation i of their own
'financial disarrangements these
I people assert that all business in
terests will suffer and that the
Vwhole city of Portland will see bad
4 conditions In consequence
J ,lt is scarcely reasonable that
' there will be any general depres
sion of conditions. In the very
nature of things, under the
I changed, order, the money that Is
i now spent for two dollars worth of
I boose, will, instead, be spent for
j a ; tWMSollar pair of shoes. The
? Saturday night wage that now goes
i over the bar will be expended for
groceries, or clothing.
'A Economically, about so much
wealth Is created in Portland and
abont so much is expended in
Portland, and If It la not spent for
lone thing, it will be spent for an
other. Therefore, aside from sucii
5 Interests as are actually engaged
I In the manufacture of Intoxicants,
there should be.no sound reason
- for anticipation of evil times to
come to Portland from a dry
Oregon.
Any,wayt It is here, or will be
inhere In 1816, and it will probably
; be hefe to stay. The- dry majotity
Is .so great that there is little
f 'chance that it could ever be re-
versed. It is the logic of the situ-
at Ion, therefore, for all concerned
tb "accept the change, to prepare
- fof'it; and to make the most out
t of at; '
'i ;;. -. -
' , - THE BALLOT MEASURES
ANY are said to have voted
against all the ballot meas
ures to express their dis
satisfaction with 'the fact
that so many were on the ballot.
Eleven of those measures were
submitted by the legislature.
Eighteen were proposed under the
.; Initiative. The number is smaller
t,than formerly.. There will doubt-
less be fewer at future elections.
. .' The Journal Is unable to see, as
Some profess to, that It is next-to
i Criminal for the billot to be long.
; It agrees that some measures are
i proposed that should have no place
..on a ballot. But there Is no way
to Ttpep them off. We cannot re
serve the initiative to the special
" use of a few select persons. If we
open It to all, occasional merltless
-and, worthless measures ? will be
V proposed.
,8o', far, the Initiative and refer
endum 'has never passed two bills
; at the same time raising the . sal-
i ary of . the same county official as
t was , dene, by the 1913s legislature
So far, no extraordinary Session
i of .the - legislature has ever been
called to correct errors under -the
- f
Initiative -as has been done twice
? recently to correct blunders made
by the legislature. s ,
, It 1 natural that big Interests
who know what they want and
, h'ow toget what they want of leg
: Islatarea . should - always condemn
V'thevinltiatrye'. f They condemn the
initiative because they cannot work
'subterranean schemes of legisla
'. tjon off on all the people.
. . But., plain, average citizens of
. Oregon have no reason to find
fault with - the initiative, it is a
I priceless implement of self gov-
'-.ernment. ,
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK
I HE New York, and Liverpool
cotton exchanges will reopen
JNorember ,16;, the .. day. jon
wnich ' tne federal - reserve
I hanking system will begin busi-
- n ess. There Is to be an outlet for
. the tled-up cotton markets of this
country, the opening of which will
be the first J. vlaj- move - coming
; from conferences or American , and
. British bankers to relieve the stress
of International affairs- due to war.
; 1 Our business elatlons with Eu-
rope, are working , out satisfactory
' ily, and the improved International
situation must soon be reflected in
better business at home.: Ameri
can exports have already taken a
? big Jump upward. There' Is j an
unpreceaentedi demand . rorv our
: food stuffs, Indicating that the
balance of. trade on the right side
of the .ledger will scon.be large j
dence, ' . - s .
Reopening of , the - cotton ex
j
changes will be a- tribute to the
country's bankers.- It is said that
a group or iTew. York financiers
has agreed to underwrite a - loan
ot . about 110,000,000 t to carry
brokers through ' the storm " that
will break on them ; with the re
sumption of t trading. - The .banks
will 4o whit they can- to prevent
disaster to' brokers "with contracts
made " while 'the exchanges were
closed.
' There is further reason for con
fidence in the future. It is said
one result of ti-e bankers' confer
anftta la that thura will ThA nn lm.
laLer'a ZT m ccessful candidate, is a pro
for payment In gold of current and
accruing obligations of American
business men.x It is estimated that
with the present increasing volume
of exports it, will be only a matter
of a few weeks until the necessity
of gold exports is removed.
The United States will not have
to send $200,000,000 to English
creditors.. Financiers who - have-i
Btudied the situation say that byi ZU 77 tr a
,,. iK ,K t. -Jt (great industrial communities, and
January 15, when the greater part L,WuBl.;lw in ,
of the obligations will mature, ex
ports will have reduced the amount
so that actual payments In gold
will hardly be felt by business in
this country. v
BUT
T
HE Oregonian says - Dr. C. J.
Smith was defeated because
he was supported by Govern
nor West and The Journal.
Dr. Smith entered this contest
with a handicap, of a Republican
plurality of nearly 100,000 against
him. .Though: defeated, the fact
that he cut the party plurality of
his opponent by 60,000 or more
is a victory. In fact, Dr. Smith's
Personal campaign, its aggressive
ness, its open and frahk discussion
of issues and its effectiveness in
the ' tens of thousands of votes it
won from his opponent has been
one of the conspicuous events of
the campaign.
If it was, The Journal's support
that defeated Dr. Smith, was 'it
the Oregonlan's support that lost
Mr. Booth the 65,000 or 70,000 !
ReDUbllcan votes that, in ; spite of :
the support of Governor West and
The Journal, went to Senator
Chamberlain?
DIAJIOND JIM
J
A1V3 .UlTHAWiM oninV a
AMli,h iJLLHArs AIn bkauy, a
New York millionaire known
everywhere as "Diamond Jim";
on account of his garish dis-
play of diamonds, has closed what
he, regards as the best, investment
he ever made.
Not long ago he was taken ill
and while lying on his hospital bed
reflected as follows: '
It is tough to be "sick when you've
got money to get anything you want
but. to be sick and broke is helL
When I get out of here I am going
to fix it so that any man who is
sick like I am and who is bregke can
get just as good treatment as I have
got.
A few days ago he inspected the
! James Buchanan Brady Urological
institute at Johns Hopkins .uni
versity on which he has already ex
pended $600,000 and . which when
completed will be one of the most
up-to-date and luxurious institu
tions of its nature in the world.
Any man, no matter. how poor, may
receive treatment here, the samti
kind that .Brady got.
While looking it over Brady said:
It is splendid. I regard it as a
good investment, perhaps the best I
ever made. The satisfaction I will 1
get out of thinking of my part in
it will be mora to me than dollars
could possibly be.
The money that is going into this
place will yield the biggest possible
returns. It is a fine investment, for
it will yield happiness as dividends.
The world has . misjudged
'Diamond Jim.'.' Underneath bin!
rough exterior and his vulgar love !
of diamonds there is the heart of
one who has struggled and over
come but who has not lost his
sympathy for those who are down
and out.
How fortunate for mankind if
more of the wealthy were Diamond
Jims.
THE UNEMPLOYED
I
N MAKING arrangements for the
employment of idle ment this
; winter on road work a practical S
It Is a work for which the public
necessity is plain.. Work under-
J??'? l?ln0 p
ueeu uu. oiwyij .u piuviuu employ
ment is always attended by waste
and lack Of beneficial result.
In every season of unemploy
ment there are always those who
seize the occasion to agitate a plan
for some nnbllc exnenditnrA t n
which they have a personal inter -
... fs.. o
Us own merit. - r -
If a public work-is to be based i
solely on the need for public em
ployment . and not on public need,
it should not be undertaken. Pub
lic waste and extravagance will
never solve. the . unemployment r
problem. .
nn tho, nfhor bn tb.V
permanent public improvements on
" v 77, ' . Z
wnich, it is easily, possible to af
ford winter ' employment to consid
erable bodies of men who would
otherwise be. idle. .These improve
ments can be 'Inaugurated as a
matter, lot business rather than as
a matter of philanthropy. - 1
' :It is. better for the men and bet
ter for : society that public en dea
vors of the kind be on I a business
basis and not on a charity basis.
It la better for those to whom em
ployment Is given that they hare
the consciousness that they are at
their work, not as mendicants, but
The roads are one avenue of em
ployment., ' There are others. The
subject is one-to which brains and
business should be . applied. The
unemployed are - with us. They
have long been with us. ' They are
prooiem to tne solution or wmcn
men : nd women should address
themselves.
AND HE WON
F
RESIDENT WILSON was re
pudiated , In the New York
election. There was no other
Issue bbt the resident and his
policies in the contest for the sen
atorshlp. James W. Wadsworth,
truthf ully "boastthat ' there is not
a drop of progressive blood in his
veins.
.'Mr. Wadsworth's platform de
clared that the Wilson administra
tion r is "incompetent" and "incal
culably injurious to the interests
of the American people"; that. Its
policies have been "deliberately
particularly to I the - state of New
York"; that the "ill-concealed pur
pose" of ' banking and currency re-
form was "to Injure the state of 1
New York and to drive canital to
other states"; that the graduated
income tax was dictated by "hos-(
tile and sectional Intent" against I
New York j and that the Democratic
party as a whole is actuated by I
"sectional jealousy and envy of
business success."
The declarations of the nlatform
.i.v.4 k l
... . . . . . I
mr. waaBwortn m nis speecnes. i ransa. Villa and" Zapata has been (Sc
Llke the platform, he condemned J companled by frequent references to
the currency bill "because the re-1 tne aavisawuty of this or that gen
o.or,i .n.. Knnirtn a I r. . leaving- the republic for the re
" . iu uwuiuii,
resources to "other states" instead j
of .confining theni as formerly to I
New York , and Wall Street. Like
the platform, he condemned the in-
come tax because a heavy portion
of the revenues from it are de-
rived from multi-millionaires in
.t -r .
Like the platform, he condemned
the. tariff as hostile to the "great t
industrial V communiUes" w h i c h
means that it no longer permits a I
few rich manufacturers to tax the
many for their own further enrich-
ment. Like the platform, his
speeches were a sweeping denun-1
ciation of President Wilson and
h4a Inonm. t ha n.v.nl.'a
' trol insteaa OI Wail btreet COn-1
trol of credit ari(j money, his new
laws for resisting tyrannies Of
v) i ., ,
trusts, his plan for government
control of railroad stock and bond j
issues and his measures for jail-
ing trust magnates when they vio-
..........
late tne law. r
It is to the high credit of Mr. I
Wadsworth that ho made no false l
pretense in his campaign. He left
no room for confusion over the
.sauna ' Ha mrlA rniiMrniilso on until the absolutely necessary
fight for straight-out standpatism'.
ne uuiuiy oewareu agamsi tne ventlon represents a start in the" direc
thlngs for which the Republican tfon of compromise The. fact' that no
masses and the Democratic masses hostilities of importance have ensued
have been contending for a dozen
years.
And he won.
THE SIGNIFICANT LOAN
T
HE French government has
arranged for a loan of $10,-
000,000 in the United States,
The money is not to be taken l
out
used
of the notintrv. hut will r,
cnLtu"DU"1 r"u-u
credit to cover tne purcnase or I
American foodstuffs and Other I
arttrlon I
The loan ShOWS how banking fa-
cilities can . control trade. New
York financiers will accept six per country.
cent French treasury notes run- There " aB RC?S?en how"
, , . v " . " ever. In the present attitude of non-
ning nine months and pay out the interference on the part of the Wash
money to Americans here In the mgton authorities in the financial ad-
United StateB who sell their rrod-1
nets to France. . The close connec-
tio between banking and the na
tion's, business Is aptly illustrated.
When the new banking and cur
rency law was proposed its framers
provided for close banking connec
tions between - the United States
i and South America. England and
Germany gained their South Amerl
f can trade ..largely because of ade
quate banking facilities. Business
to the" south of us is run largely
on the credit basis. Little actual
money passes between . the coun
tries.
Big financial Institutions In this
country are taking advantage ot Clal oonaitwns in mis country, con
4 , a w,f.t, sequent upon the war, will be the
branches to i Sothnerlc
wuu.iuug
The
French loan visualizes . how these
branches will benefit American in -
Hi.otra t-. A -u i .
f 1 y' . , I $ a WOaW be unable
to buy S10, 000,000 worth of Ameri
l0 SJi 25?,.!
.r" . ""r"
j j .
I wnen our banks do not have to
j work through, Europe.
THE INDIAN PASSES
MERICAN
MEDICINE com-i
menta
a
8howlng that Of the 265,683
' - ovmua
persons - classed, as Indians,
lOnly 56.5 per cent are full bloods,
i T V.
Tv. T
than half
! r " lu"u nan
lot the 265.683 are real Indians.
A
J : This. authority says it must nowof American securities, if , the stock
ZvcAfur 5.wwld Mldat.Th4euri
evolved for savage life is somehow the drain upon our gold resources
unfit to live- iri - civilisation. The would be.beavyk ' - - - -Indians,
he adds. . thrived under n th other .hand, foreign nations
nvlvatinn m,A nt.-.i
.. ..r- wvu,, lamiaes,
ana yet With IOOd. protection. edU -
cation and Other advantages of the
whitA man hv melt a
' w-va luvi,. snai, , ...
The mixed bloods classed as In
dians by the census are said to be
physically vigorous, but "such hy
brid types never have survived ; if
the two parent 'types were widely
different" vIt Is . predicted that
the tale of the mixed bloods will
be that of the full bloods, ultimate
extinction. ? "
The white - man' ' has from the
very start Insisted that It was his
duty to civilize the Indian. .The
Indian was driven - from place to
place, his lands .taken . from him.
his treaties - with the T government
constantly violated. The fact is,
we have not civilized the Indian.
We have forced him Into a mode of
living . not to his liking, we have
disregarded his, rights, we have
treated him much the same as we
treat wild beasts of the forest, and
we have wondered why he did not
take onclviiization;- ; 1
. It .may be too late to repair the
wrongs we nave done, but it is not
too late to remember how, the In
dian haa-suffered--We have taken
his lands, and now a medical ex
pert says we will? ultimately take
hW life.' .. .. . . .
THE FRUIT
O THE amaiement of every
body, C. : 1L : Hurlburt has
been . elected joint representa
tive . for Multnomah and
Clackamas, v : ' - i '
He . was ; repudiated by his 6Wn
party . organization. He was de-
nounced by his own party newspa-
pers. He even left the state, tem-
jporarily or otherwise, io escape the
shame of bis .exposure and these
repudiations. But he has been
elected. There was an appeal to
vote the ticket straight from ' top
to bottom, and Hurlburt Is the fruit.
Ao Government by Exile.
r rom xne untcaro Herald
The Jockeying; for advantage by Car
jnJHn', crOOd. Villa, ham UlraoHv on or
rested that Carranza do It. Carranza,
in turn, offers to leave the country if
cun"nuon minus ne snouia, put
omy on condition tnat villa retire to
private life and likewise go. if the
convention, thinks the country would
profit by his absence.
Ji118,, fhat go?,d results are to be
accomplished by exiling leaders shows
can conception of government, it
sws ,tnt Vi Mexicans have, not
frdTTs for K 7 ..-inlh.
country and agree, Here is what Mex-
Means on the constitutionalist side re-
aA,, r suces?rul r,eypluJ
the mai by t0 or -. Taea
men have led 4t, presumably, because
I'they were the' natural leaders; because
Lthev enjoyed popular confidence and
moment of succeaa It is srtotislv nro-
ot bucixbs ii 13 seriously pro-
posed that the leaders leave the coun-
V? - 11 seem not to be understood that
leaders tried and approved ought to
be an Thev to h. " rd
generally and to fegara -ich other as
a positive danger. "Experience is appa
"ntly thusht to unfit them for fur
ther conduct of affairs.
Mexicans might as well gefc-rld of the.
idea that .government -based on xtle
fa" fLm?2St : J"Jf?a?
sarily arise. And there will t.then be
a recurrence i to the exil afl: A-hd
i!S8 51
snows tne development oi at , least
some compromise capacity. But there
is still a long way for Carranza. Villa
and Zapata to go. They- Should start
at once. . : . . .
Lending to Warring . Nations.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
A. deep moral responsibility rests
upon the national and international
financiers without whose active as-
sistance wars would cease. .When
President Wilson a few weeks" ago in
United States, thoueh without leiral
power to prevent, would look with
strong disapproval upon " any organ-
ized effort to float war loans In this
operations in Europe, his position was
upheld by the public opinio of the
lustments that are being made to
ta J; f com?,JCe
warring nations of Europe. . There Is
wide difference between sending
American gold to Europe to enable
the nations. to$ prosecute the work
of slaughter and,taplne and between
the establishment' Of credits in Amer
ica, by which the belligerents can buy
our cotton and our. foodstuffs and the
other . materials of commerce. Doubt
less a portion of these credits1 - will
be used to 'pay; for munitions of war,
but Until civilization is organized upon
higher levels than at present and until
come of the issues now on trial by
the ordeal of blood and iron shall have
been decided, that cannot be' helped".
The only possible offset to the de-
I ntngement of industrial' and commer-
i trade opportunities opened to us by
I the paralysis which has overtaken the
f affairs of the belligerents. We are
1 anxloua. that tny snaU '-buJr Tm u
i cvcryininK we tu sell, ana tne
financial arrangement now under way
I have that end in view and only that
end.
What "Exchange Rate" Means.
"Jasper." in Leslie's Weekly.
I! presume that many of my readers
pay little attention to "the rate of ex
change" and have no idea that it fs an
Important factor bearing on the Ques
tion of the opening of the Ne Tork
Stock Exchange. When the old' world
I VXrO VI T ( All A y-ar a Vv 4 I
a;n1 mhlnn . rat.. rn nr. aa
I they have been doing since the opening
I va M.w sau V-x.aiM.iif3o , a.a0 W
in wf.
t w? re debtor nation and must pay
UIf debt abroad in gold. The warring
I i ,? ... .
our aeots aoroaa m gold. The warring
nations all need gold and to get it are
I willinr to sacrifice normous holdines
I need our eotton. wheat. - com, (meats,
t knd now esneeiallir a callinr neon n
I for extr4ordinarv Buonlie in the wav
I of clothing, shoes, and products ; that
iney wsuaiiy proauce at ; nome. w
these commodities the foreigners must,
of course, pay us in gold.. If we can
sell more to them than tWey can sell
to us, the golden stream will flow in
ward and not outward
; Whenever conditions 1 are equalized,
exchange will; go back to a normal
a;fevv smiles
The London consul of a continental
kingdom was .inform-.! .byrhla sovern-
trent that , one of his ; countrywomen.
supposed to be liv
ing in arat Brit
ain," had been left
a jarge fortune.
After , advertlslng-
without result
he
applied to tne po
lice, and a . clver
y o u n r detective
was eet . to." work.
A few weeks later his chief asked how
he was jetting on.
"I've found the lady, str. :i
"Good! Where is sher'
-"At my place. I married her,vestr
day."
A Scot ot Peebles said to his f elend
McAndrew: "Mac.J hear ye", have
fallen In lovt twl
bonny Kate McAllis
ter." .
"Weel,-6an d e r si
Mao replied. "1 was
near verra near
doin'- It;, but- the
bit: lassie had nae
siller, so 1 said to
maeself, . 'Mac, - be
a man. And I .wis a mon, and noo I
jist pass her by." Argonant.
Ascertain major in the Philippines
managed In some way always to get
leave Just before trouble wtttt the
nattves : wae due.
His colonel suspected
him of having no
stomach for fight
lng. -
"Some day," re
marked - the , colonel,
they'll want to give
that fellow a decora
tion and I'll suggest
one. It will be a wreath, of leaves or
absence."
basis and then the stock exchange will
be opened and we can meet all the de
manJs that may -be made upon ub.
Hence the reason why the rate of ex
change has such an important bearing
on the opening of the stock market.
The Outworn Howitzer
From the New York American.
The reported expl6sion of one of the
German 42-centimetre guns, with fa
talities fixed at such a terrifying fig
ure as to be '"incredible, suggests an
element of weakness in the German
forces today that had been overlooked.
The life of great guns of this sort,
or of the smaller ones which we have
mounted at Sandy Hook and at Pana
ma, .is estimated at about 100 rounds.
German authorities . say that their
great howitters are good for from 160
to 180 discharges, but it is obviously
Impossible that anyone can be able to
fix the exact moment when such a
colossal-piece -of ordnance becomes less
of a menace to the enemy than to the
men who serve It.
Certainly at any time after the one
hundredth shot these guns are rapidly
approaching the .danger point. The
war is now in its twelfth week.- Some
of the siege guns have .been in use
ever since the assault on the Liege
forts in the first week - of August
Many of them must be on the verge
Of structural collapse.
Serving a gun with the chances evenfO
between its dropping half a ton of high
l ..1 A M Anmv rntr.n mflAfe ;
- m " " '
away or scattering the same explosive,
together with Its shattered tube, among
Its -crew and the neighboring troops
must add a new nervous
the artillerist's occupation.
strain to
Confusion of Tongues. 1
From the Memphis Commercfa Appeal,
The commanders or the allied army
must be polyglotle. If they converse
with their soldiers. In the British
army on the continent there are now
Highlanders, whose language is more
Gaelic than English. There are Irish
men -from Connaught who still speak
the vernacular of the bid sod.
From Canada comes a contingent,
some speaking jangusn ana some
speaking French. From India an army
has been landed composed of Hindus.
Ceylonese and members of the tribes
whose homes are in the roofs of . the
mountains between India and China.
a tread v the French have; brought
over the -Arabians from North Africa
and Moors f rorm- the same region. The
French have also brought up a division
of equatorial African negroes.
When the war first broke out the
French called from Algiers its famous
foreign legion. In this legion are men
from every known race. j
When Napoleon invaaea itussia nis
soldiers conversed in 30 languages and
dialects. : ' ; ' '
The men now contending in ait tne
armies Of nations at War f probably
speak every tongue' that men nave
used Since Babel.
Easy to Guess the Author.
From the Boston Globe.
"It has, been vouchsafed to us. to
temaln at peace with honor, and in
some part to succor the. suffering and
supply the. needs or those , who are
in want." " ' ' ; -
"We- have been quickened, by ,a
jst eat tnoral stimulation." .1
"Never- before . have the. people of
tne unitea states oeen bo eimaira iur
tueir own advantage or the advantage
of thei neighbors, or so equipped to
serve themselves and mankind.'
-Readers of those three sentences in
the Thanksgiving proclamation will
generally agree, we think, that a
Washington correspondent performed
a work of supererogation when he
wrote a dispatch saying that the
document was not prepared at the
tate department, as has been cus
tomary i the past.
The language Is distinctly Wilson-
csquo throughout. :
Nobody except the president could
have written the call of 1914 (for an
acknowledgment, of our many bless
ings) in the form in ..which It was
Issued to the public. ,
Heal News From the Front.
From the Syracuse Post Standard.
Antwerp (N. Y.) Everything quiet.
; "Dunkirk' N. T. Situation- satisfac
tory. ' ! - - "f-i- ;! "
- Calais (Me.) People feel no effects
of war whatever. ' ! ' .
Paris (Ky.J Only forces threatening
investment Anti-Saloon league.
Berlin (Ala., Cal. Con., Fla., Ga.,
Ill, la.. Ky., Md.. Mass., Mich, Neb,
Nev . N. H, N. J, N. Y., N.r C N. D,
O., Okla., Ore, Pa, S. Ci Wash, Wls.
Not a house In mourning because of
the war. , ' .: - ; - -
v ... The . Price of iGIory. .! ' v ?
From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer; '-;
At least in. one company do Thomas,
nana mmi i- i .m.uio ccu s.uts V J
with equal Honor. , tSs comp.iny of
v. .r..i.t. w
A MaMaU 4a Via. xVttf A. K.a .,
thar throws a blanket of -terms over fa,c, ZTtV T
th -sanine? hole-where Thomaa cheek f burned forthwith. It Is estimated- that
V85Z thenar? t V cost
twisted gash that sent? Haas choking -.the -city 10Q.OOO ayear, r .. -and
squirming to - the sod; i that tem- t. -.-. , n n . ., . . .
pers the limbless, trunk of - Francois - - .:'t "Bat .the Rat". y -
and. screens tbe spurting blood lest'the", ,From -the Chicago Herald. ' - !
1 world be blinded.
i Thomas.-Hans and Francots'afe
-PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF"
SHALL CHANGE
Twolteads are better than one la a
kissing match. ..
tTh Burgfon koftws how to ret In
tl3 ifnormaiion. .
faults of other women. -
Time isn't always money to the
Chap who does a credit business.
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The . only war some men can save
money is by breaking- into jail.
. a a .
There may be terms in kisses, but
every iriri imnKs sne is .immune. -
The man who doesn't exaggerate a
uiue is seiaom an interesting taiketa
- a a
Most of us would be satisfied with
me snver lining without the cloud.
When a man boasts of being slow
but sure we are at least sure about
. tne slow part.
Occasionally a man is foolish
enough to try to run an automobile
on a trouey car income.
It costs a lot of money to bring up
a Doy-eo tnat ne won t do aDie to sup
port himself in after years.
''..-,:-. a a
When a young man tells a girl that
he'll love her forever no doubt he be
lieves It.
a
A man-hating suffragette says that
if she had 'ier wax all the women would
be put on one ride of the ocean and the
men on the other. In that event we
shudder to think of the thousands and
thousands of women who would be
drowned while trying to swim across.
TURKEY CONSIDERED AS AN ALLY
Prom the Boston Globe.
" While the Thunderer may roar in
London that the Crescent will be swept
from the European heavens, never to
rise above the horizon again, there is
no denying that the Turks can cause all
kinds of confusion.
Viewed through German spectacles,
it is easy to see that the Turkish gov
ernment has chosen an opportune mo
ment to inflame the Balkans again. In
spite of the death of that Hohenzollern
prince, Charles I, It is doubtful wheth
er Rumania will now take the side of
Russia. We have .been allowed to be
lieve, through English, French and
Russian sources, that the most power
ful country in the Balkans at the pres
ent moment has strong leanings to
ward the. allies. - Rumania, however,
has not forgotten Bessarabia, taken
from her by the Russians, nor has she
ceased to fear the Slav pressure bear
ing down on her. Rou mania Is not
Slav, ,
Bulgaria has executed a right-about-
face since Adrianople and Tchatalja. It
is probable that" Turkey would not have
taken the momentous step had It not
received assurances from Sofia ' that
the two countries would stand togeth
er, provided a generous slice. Of Mace
donia would be ceded to the Bulgars In
the days which may never come.
There is no doubt about Greece. Ath
ens has gone on record as saying that
If the Turks took up arms the descend
ants of the classics will mobilize.
- ece is already in Albania Be .is
Italy. Here is the possibility of a war
- .i T.tl--. . . ,1-1.,
WUQin M. WILT. X lie liauuta 1UBT
the Greeks over Albania and the Dal-
' '1. T."T ah,.M
the Greeks, who have an army of 150,
000 men, prove particularly pugnacious,
Italy might be driven back to stand by
the Triple Alliance.
The Turk, however, cannot count for
much in Europe "-outside the Balkans,
We have read of great activities in
Arabia and along the Persian and
Egyptian borders. ' The Germans hope,
of course, that their ally in the near
east will stir up a holy, war, capture
Egypt, drive the hated Russians out of
WHY NOT A "THRIFT YEAR"
By John M. Oskison.
. On the seventeenth floor of the Lyt
ton building, Chicago, the homemakers'
supply bureau of the American Society
for Thrift has Its home. It is a new
and Immensely hopeful, movement,,
Its first campaign Was. to make the
month of October a thrift month."
Its motto is "War on Waste!" Its
body of arguments is simple and clear
and convincing.
So good are these arguments for
making October a thrift month that I
propose they be circulated for the
next eleven months following: I pro
pose that you' and I make for our
selves a "thrift year."
How? Let me pass on some of the
suggestions of the new homemakers'
supply bureau:
Help to get your town or city to
hold handicraft or Industrial exhibits
to encourage the making at home of
things for sale. In such exhibits bring
maker and buyer together.
Agitate for the direct teaching of
thrift in schools. Let it be shown
how thrift affects the cost of living.
Encourage cash buying. Do all you
can to get the retail merchants to co
operate in this they might establish
a "pay-up month."
. Help to establish the plan of quan
bands, fathers, lovers, sons. But a
son does not look nice with half his
face torn off, and children shuh a
father hacked to a formless trunk; and
how can a wife loyal and true' as ever
cleve to carrion.
Men say it is the road to glory; that
in the slicing and being sliced is the
sunremp realisation of mortal duty.
ITlittv toll thtt women folks their Strick-
, n mftn ar(! noble stalwarts and the
! children that their fathers are heroes
ln the 41 vine cause. Only the women
know and pray without ceasing. And
the children, not knowing, see the wo
men pray and weep, and are fearfuL.
War writ Its summons in gory let-
iters full across the raw hearts of a
icontinenfs womanhood, and no fallen
fortress, no captureo cannon, n k.j.
phy can bring peace to the widow and
orphan. For there is no. peace.
; Doctors Adopt Popular Idea.
From the Christian Herald, j
The belief has long been held by
unscientific parents that soiled school
books used by suceesalve generationa
as long as the print can be seen are
the equal of any public drinking cup
as a germ carrier; and that searching
medical examinations of pupils for evi
dences of germ-guilt acquired at home
are apt to be nullified by the-books
supplied, to those same pupils by the
school. ; Philadelphia v has taken the
same view of the matter, and the board
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idled text books' by advjee-iTof the
- 4Cai,U ; OUaUV - -vs aua9
the first week
"bat the rat
OREGON SUlELIGHTS
So pleasant Js this November weath
er,", observes - the Eugene .Register,
"that it well nigh takes the evidence
of the calendar to prove that it is not
June." ..''
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Public sentiment at Cottage Grovs
demands the ban upon further, expec
torating .upon sidewalks and public
stairways, and an ordinance Is accord-
a a '-iJC : ,:
Woodburn 'independent: Many men
have not yet learned the lesson to. buy
land when lqw and sell when high. In
stead, they -do Just, the ppoatte. Hun
dreds of men . in Oregon are waiting
to buy farms in this state waiting,
probably, for prices to rise.
' a a v-'-Ths
date for the formal "opening of
the new armory at Roseburg has been
set for Thanksgiving day, November
28. Governor! west Is to make the
principal address, if he is ble to be
present. The ceremonies will conclude
with a grand ball .In the evening.
Optimism Inspires this note In the
Jaionh Herald: "With wheat il I
bushel asd better prices being paid
for all kindS of stock and produce
than hm hefhrn. Wallowa COUntV haS
no occasion to complain of hard times
rr .l,mliv.)inKl Anil thai Indications
are that prlcee next spring will stlU
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Hood River Glacier: An apple packer
left at Joe vogt's store last weea a
Spitsenburg especially marked for Hal
Iowaad. Two worm stinrs formed
eyes, while a couple of limb rubs made
a nose and a mouth, forming with the
natural coloring an almost perfect rep
resentation of a human face. The ap
ple waa placed on exhibition at the
Glacier onice, where it created no
small attention.
Persia, and cause India to revolt. Eng
land says she is ready for the Turk.
Russia is also ready for the follow
ers of Islam. Massed along her south
eastern border is an. army! of 660,000
Russian Armenians. Owing to the in
fluence of a large and- long and Ger
man, emigration to Armenia, the Rus
sian government has refused to sena
these troops into Poland and Gallcia.
This army alone is nearly double that
of the Turks,' and bristles with hatred
against them. In fact, the combine
armies of Bulgaria and Turkey are no
more than a match for this reserve
force of the Bear. .
There has been much Russianizing
of Roumanla during the last decide,
Petrograd being anxious to counteract
the influence which started on 'October
18, 1898, when the emperor and empress
Of Germany walked with the Sultan to
the Yildis palace, in Constantinople,
nnnn rod rnmata between- lines of
troops clad in new uniforms, haying a
waistband of the German colors. Tur
key is now paying the price for that
visit. - ;
Roumanla. therefore, is in doubt, torn
between two menaces.. But a diplomat
of the allies Is quite sure that its army
of 600,000 men will never join the hated
Turk. Viewed through the field glasses
of the allies. Turkey is a doubtful as
set. The English deny that India will
answer the call of Pan-Islam, and even-
claim that the Muhammadan half-moon
Is on the wane. No mutiny will start
on the parade ground at Meerut!
Viewed from any angle, Turkey is
a sinister ally. Men- 800,000 strong
and trained but no money. Whenever
the Turk moves there is a great dis
placement of troubled waters. Imme
diately his enemies rise up, as if from
nowhere. Wherever he goes he in
creases his enemies.-
Nothing Has been mors momentous
since the' first lineup of the powers
than his rise from a convalescent's bed;
nothing could be more dubious for
eastern Europe. The -flames of war
are spreading far. More men must die.
Who will gain when the fires burn low
no man can tell. One thing is certain
more will be lost than won.
V
tity buying in the fall of all supplies
that will keep through 1 the winter.
Quantity buying for cash is thrifty
buying. , , ' .
Do what you can- to. encourage co
operative credit unions -to save us
from the loan sharks and encourage
us to save. Through women's clubs,
fraternal society programs, .the Camp
Fire girls, and the Boy Scouts work
for the formation of such ; loan and
taving units. '
Find out what the young people of
your neighborhood have done toward
earning money in gardens during the
summer, or by other regular means,
and try to get the results ' published
where a lot of other young people Will
spe them. '
For yourself, start .a building and
loan account: for yourself i and. your
children, start a savings account. If
your schools have a school-, savings
system, help to make it more useful
by encouraging the children to earn
the money they deposit rather than to
beg it from parents. If your schools,
have no savings system, try to con
vince the board Of education that it's
up to them to establish one right
away. -v .v '
Work enough ahead for j a thrift
year? Bather! -. , '..-.
week. Tbe populace turns; upon the
army of the rats and put, them to
death. The people use poisons, traps,
clubs, guns, cats, dogs and ferrets.
They destroy breeding places, rat-proof
all buildings and starve tee rodents
by keeping food and refuse In ratproof
containers, Chicago, a city of : more
than 2,600,000 people has several times
that many rats and so far nothing
n as oeen oone towara ariving them out,
xet. a cnicagoan, W. Q.- Sberer, of
Sherer-Hillett company. Hob South
Clark street, was the first man to sug
gest at tne annual convention of the
food control authorities recent! v. that
tne campaign against rats bo mads a
nation-wide affair. These, among otli-
era, are tne principal reasons why Mr
Sherer does not like rata and whv h
thinks Chicago should rid Itself of
them: ; .
They gnaw insulating covering from
electric wires. They gnaw matches
and thus cfeuse fires. r
They gnaw lead pipes and thus caus
flooded houses, . i
They endanger the foundations of
Lbig buildings by their tunnels.
-mey carry fleas and spread dis
ease. . - : - -
They .cost the country about $150,-
vvtf.vvo a year, it is estimated.
They multiply- fast, on pair In
creasing to 800 irr a year. i .
Theyjoutnumber and outfight cats
ana dogs and ferrets. j
- Dr, George B. Young, health commis
sioner is al believer in the extermloa
Won of rats. "As in the campaign
against .th fly, so with the rat," he
says. ' "Prevention is the 1 one great
measajre that counts for extermination.
See that your, premises are clear of
rubbish. Do not leave pile of lumber
around your home. See that the open,
ings to tftV cellar are closed Or prop
erly" screened,, that the basement win
dows are alt secure and no lights brok
en. See that all vents are : properly
naana . -: ; - a, -'. . . .
;1N, EARLIER DAYS -
By red lAxkley
Many of 'the td pioneers; make "r
think of . teugh-gralnetL,. gs irlcd tld v-s
oaks.; They are of an entU ily dltter v
. . . a. . 1 . " . . . rrw . 5- m
eat type 1 rum tne men ot lavtajc.
are" plain-spoken, ' independent, . self-
reliant, with nons'of the iervilityof
the city man of . touay. ? -.. - -
They are survivors of "ail age jWlr
every man- was own i'boss ' and
earned his own living iqn his. own land.
They didn't 1 Isten tor . the, I ? j o'docic
whistle, punch tne time5 clock or
Worry abost somebody else "ge'ttlntf
their Job away frem. them.-: They are
typical,, old-time free-born Americans.
Frank Crabtree, of Cfabtree statiot
in Linn county, Is Juat auch; a man. 4 7
1 met mm at Albany a aayor : so ago.
aty , iatner, ueia isicner vuir -Ji 1
or 'Uncle Fletch, as everybody- called t
him. came to Oregon in 146," said Mr. .
Crabtree. . ;t': : iv -! J '
"There were from fifteen ."hundred to .
two thousand people cam i to Oregon;"
in mo. They started Cram u Joo,
Independence, Jowa ifolntji Elizabeth-
town or Weston. Some hf ld "Oregon,
all or none' painted on th ir t wagon
sheets. Others had 'Oregon1 64-0. "I
Most of the emigrants weraffrom Wis- l
sourt or Illinois. They hai'. originally 1
come from the south. My .father was v
uurn 10 Virginia in nie. -. ; ie came to
,J ,u .a.. u.a . -
misauuir in isti. wnen , je - was , o
jwri wo. nnen ne was 1 m ne roir-
rled my mother, Misa Phe fe Klanery.
Who was also born in .Virnla. .They
came out in Capt John Robinson's.
train. Joe Waldo, a brother of Danil
Waldoi, was in their train. He was
from St.. Clair county, Missouri,
though he was born In West Virginia.
"There were only 13 wagons in their
train, and they made almost record
time, it took them only tour months,
and ten days to cross the plains. My
ratherjj brother. John J. . .Crabtree.
-had come to Oregon the year befor-j,
in 1645. While coming down the Col
umbia on a raft, Mrs. J. J, Crabtree. A
my aunt, naa twin ooyv. rniy namea ;
the twins Newton- and Jasper. They ;
were born near the .mouth of - lh i
Sandy .river. Newton llveion th -old
farm, three miles south of Scio, ,
When they came -they moved into a
cabin built by John Pockwdod in Hii.Jl
J'hla was the flrat cabin to be , built f
outh of the North Santlam river. My j
parents reached Oregon ity on Sep
tember 10W and went at onc'4 to my rsth- - J
er's brother's place, near. the Santlam. j
Shortly after my parents got to my;
uncle's place my brotit, Francia
Marion Crabtree, was bortv- This was
on October 31. He was thfj first White :
child to be born in what now Linn
county. I was born in fc52, on tlio. -i
old place near Scio,. and au one of 10
children. ; . ' -
"If you see Newton Cr4 Kree pn his
farm near Scio tie can t4i you a lot
of interesting things aboLkt the early
days here in Linn c6unty.tf His father.
Who Is my father's brbthA', was born,
like my father, irrVlrgisialf ills mother,'
whose maiden- name was Melind&
Geary, was born in Kentuaky. Newtoa
is one of 15 children.-f Tlrere was
George, Peggy, Job, Bill. Hiram, Isaac,
Jim. Polly. Betsy, -Beckyf- His twin
brother, Jasper, Phoebe. .Virginia and '
jaartna. : . n - . V
"My father died at the 5ge of S
L -The Ragtime Mu$3
November, f
Come gusty winds all" raw and bleak
And driven showers of Vhiliing rain; :'
The wild things natutal tsjierl seek,;
xne old zoiKs or tueir actios cuuipiui.
The huddled cattle twltclf their hides,,,
The horses whinny front the stalls, .
The farnter by the fireside bides
His good;. wife mentis hut overalls.
With melancholy songs the hens
Now aimless wander to and 'fro;
Thi. pigs are squealing lnthe pens,"-
Too querulous, the hired .man
- Asserts that nnu3ew- in the nay;
He'r told to fork it when he can,
bo he regrets he spoke tba uway
The farmer reads the almanac. 1
The children swat, belated files. .'
The mother then suggests a snack- '
Cold, chicken andl far pumpkin pica
The rural postman brings the mall;. - "
All gather round the evening lamp . v
To read or hear the murmured tale. '
That s home. We city . folks but
camp! "- i ... .
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War's Menace to ijtoyalty .
From the Atlanta Georgian. ,
How much of new republicanism is
likely to come to Euroie out of this
war? : ...
France Is. of course, already a re-V
public. Her soldiers siirferlng , and '
dying in the field; hail clviliane-
mostly women -sorrowlnii and. wuf far
ing 'at home, will have ; pnly elected
oiin-iais to noia reeponsi fie tor , tneir
place in the murderous vadness. But":-
noiaing, as tn wnoie nav n aoes, mat-.
the war was forced upon; therri by the f
mcst prominent chaxnpioi ; o ths;J,dl
vine right of kings" In af '.Europe, tha I
t- rencn win. not ne swerv 3 rrom tneir
republicanism by the shoj k of war., -f
Kngiand, practically' si frepublle al
ready in many resDectalmore demo- i
tiatio than the Unltsd tates, l in
raucn tne same poaiuon igi rTjance, as,
too, Is Belgium Yet It yill be' amu-
ing if in bcth of these countries secret
diplomscy, at least -adngerous relle
narannal on rnvat 4trnarn'mnl- that s
has outlived royalty Itself- shall not i
be amended. If not anolUihed. - -:
Russia. Auatrta-Hungajy and Ger
many are at war because of. the powj
er. ami - iu vun;i( ui ( ir rvittuilK
monarchs. -This fact is hot gainsaid
by the equally unquesttoi td trutn that
at the moment the heart jof the whole I
German people is in jl war. - But I
should the Issue prove unfavorable or
. the suf f eri ng unbearably j eren among-
loyal Germans tere : nj ly bo revolt?
against the power that 4 M on to die- 5
aster. , - , - - - . '
-.It is necessarily In' tle three em-';
pires that the course of 3repren tat lve;
government and republican Institutions
must be advanced by war, 4f :it Is to
be advanced at all. Petfple. think bit
terly and radically - In the moments 1
following a war. The Third-empire
n . Pruned arav wiv trt tlir, nnhl(
and narrowly escaped th j commune as 1
tne 1 run ot tne peoues reaction
against dominant mllltflni4 Before i
complete calm settles ajrain over Ku-
.rope, forces which will dwarf evenl
the kaiser's famous Jiowitxer will?
be loosed, and not merely the tnap but
the . political methods 5f that conti-i
nent will be radically chaaged.' -h. --'
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The. Sunday Journal
JThe Great Honie Newspaper,
onsisuN'rr:'' r
Five new section i fplcte witfah,
- illustrated (eairres. . v
Illustrated magainrof quality.' .
Woman's page , of ?are merit
Pictorial new . supplement. ','
Superb comic . section. . ' , j
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