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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 11. 1911
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Great and wise men have
ever loved laughter. The vain,
the Ignorant, the dlsboneeit,
th. pretentious, alone have
dreaded or despised it. Elbert
Hubbard. !
ANTE - ELECTION L'ROMISjKS
" . ., - - i
CCORDINQ to a recent decis
ion of the New York supreme
court there is no legal
method by which a political
, ' candldate can be, held to his ! ante?
'election promises.
This Judgment was rendered In
1 a suit brought to restrain Aiayor
Mitchell of New ' York City j from
l making any change in thel civil
V service laws affecting the ipolice
department. It was alleged that
; prior to his election he made cer
tain promises and representations
t to the voters disclaiming any in
, tontlon to change or attempt to
;' change certain laws during his
? administration, if elected,
i ' In Its opinion the court Bald:
' : . The authorities cited by the learned
..counsel 'or tl)n plaintiff do not in
thai remotest deejree tend to estab-
lrh the remarkalile proposition that i
j a. contract may be predicated upon j
ante-election prothiscs entitling a
"voter to restrain the promisor from
' violating such promises. If tjhe de-
' fendant may be restrained from ad
- vocatlng a measure which, violates an
ante-alectlon promise he might also
ba. made subject to mandatory In-
" Junction compelling him to affirma
tively live up to such promises.
J . 'The only court which has power
to deal with broken plattform
pledges and the pledge breakers
' Is that great tribunal of last re
sort, the sovereign people. They
; have the power and they ought to
j exact fulfillment of the contract.
( There Is no qther way to have real
i representative government.
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A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE
w
HEN congress reassembles
In December the Colombian
treaty will again he before
the senate for ratification.
i This treaty provides for the pay
' ment by the United States of $25,-
000,000 to the smaller republic
1 in compensation for damages done
f hr by reason of the establishment
Of the republic of Panama.
. ; In renewing the
campaign j
' as alnst ratification, the Los An
geies nmes aeciares tnat we oe
Colombia nothing, that her consent!
was In nowise necessary to enable
. in dlr .han.l. that ah hnd
lost the Btate of Panama utterly
and Irrevocably.
. There will be a big fight against
1 ntn - . . . i
Jt should not. The big issue for
, Americans to consider is the na
tion's honor, and on that Issue
there ought to be1 no difference of
Opinion.
i Th f?nlnmhian crrlAvnnrA hna hoon
discussed for years. Compensation
,by the United States has been rec
i ommended by Taft and Wilson ad
; ministrations. Nobody doubts that
(If Colombia were a great power
rather than a little nation her
grievance would have been satis
fied long ago. The Issue for Amer
icana Is whether a clear conscience
In the Panama affair 1b of value.
f
THOMAS CALLAHAN
I HAT mournful service which
Is the last man accords man,
was rendered in Portland to
day to the mortal clay of
.Thomas Callahan, who passed on
and out at Corvallis Sunday.
I -(It was a life lived on the ilevel.
a gams played in the open, a career
full of generous impulses and de
light' for his friends. lie forward-
ed no injustices, he wrought no
Vengeance, he engaged In no act
to .cause tears, but. throughout his
Season here, met smile with smile.
Justice with Justice and friendship
with friendship.
- It was a life and he was a man
to. 'hold In grateful remembrance.
POLICE REFORM
HETHER a mere
coimci-
denes or otherwise, the
heads of the Portland and
Los Angeles police depart
ments are almost simultaneous In
bringing forward new instructions
for the -guidance of policemen in
their personal conduct.
. - In .hla latest instructions the
Portland -policeman is cautioned
not -to make a gruff reply when
a-stranger asks to be directed to
a certain street number. He must
give ths' desired information in a
polite ; manner. He must, how
ever, not' talk to a citizen or a
brother officer Just to be sociable,
confining himself strictly to mat
ters In line with his duty.' Neither
can he lean against a building; or
a trolley pole." While' patrolling
Ms beat In ' the' daytime he- must
walk at the outer edge : of the
sidewalk and at, night he is' to
walk 00 the Inner edge next ' the
buiidm. . . - ,
v4 There ' is suggestion of '.the
NOT A TIME
T
HE JOURNAL Is for a prosperous Portland... It bejleves in. this
town. It believes in the people offrthis town. It, believe, in
the intelligence of the business., professional and working peo
ni nf Portland-! Ther are wavg to increase our prosperity.
laces to me tuivre. . .
Why not improve jthe transportation facilities of Portland? What
business Interest would not profit heavily from facilitated transpor
tation? I ' : ''' : '
It is a time for business men to think. Have they not grown
dull waiting "for and expecting that the railroads would voluntarily
perfect 'our transportation facilities? Has It never occurred to these
business men that In the more immediate sources of their profit,
they have overlooked a most important feature of Portland's wel
fare? ; -
In service, and In long haul shipments and rates on such ship
ments, the railroads have met their responsibilities with reasonable
efficiency. But the local distribution . is inefficient, is inadequate
and is expensive. It is a fault in
life of the state share because of
frr m mnr dlrt nrnfit and have
cheaper distribution of local products, of means for traaing netween
home and .near home people.
The line to Alaska Is a case In point. It was inaugurated under
difficulties. At one time it was a near failure. ' Two business men
took'it un and by personal sacrifice and personal solicitation, the
sum of $100,000 was raised, and the line kept going. j;
The Alaska line can be made profitable. When once It Is shown J
tn h ft nermanont flTrturn in this nort. it will have all the business
it cad handle. r
But the few who have stood back of it so far, should; : not be
left to bear the burden alone. There are others who, when they
fully understand the importance and benefit of the enterprise, should
be heaty and enthusiastic in its support. In benefiting Portland,
the line benefits every interest in Portland. j
The railroads have been asked to aid, but they have done noth
ing. . They lend no encouragement to this great community enter
prise. They even give the impression that they are agalnBt it.
There, are other local interests
By investment of capital and by freight shipments, these IopI . Inter-
ests are aidine Alaska lines out of
help the line out of their own port, though they appear to tie pleased
to be listed as Portlanders. i
A public obligation rests upon the railroads that erfier this
town. .When they came to Portland, they entered Into a implied
agreement to take care of the transportation end of the r game of
life and its activities in the Columbia field. Have they done so?
They have prospered. In one
from the people of this territory, was diverted by one railroad and
spent In the upbuilding of distant localities and interests. jjjjThe pub
lic has a right to expect that money so collected should bes used in
developing the field from which it was drawn. There ire other
striking instances of similar diversion of our home substance, and of
exploitation, of our home resources for the benefit of foreigij, territory
and advancement of interests distant from us and often moj;e or less
competitive with us. j
The people have looked upon the game with no very clear Idea
of who was being fleeced, and more or less unconscious oE the fact
that they themselves were beins preyed upon.
tie or nothing in their, own defense. ej
Growth in Portland and the great region of which se Is the
center means much to the railroads. It means more to thejai than to
any other interests. The development of an Alaska HnaJ and of
other trading lines out of Portland is as much their conceal as it Is
the concern of others. Whatever is done to develop Portland makes
more traffic, and more traffic means more profit for me road.
Broad vision by the roads should make them enthusiastic? in for
warding local activities, and the adoption -of that policy lstead of
the usual aloofness, would go far to win for them a fav-ed place
in the community estimation. ;
There should be a get-together spirit in. Portland. differences
that existed should be laid aside. , The past should be buffed in the
sunlight of anticipation, planning and optimism for the future. We
should all look ahead Instead of turning our faces regretfully to
ward "the past. ...
- The' railroads and the people can Join In a determinatSpn not to
"An" tin a onnHier . Portland nPAfln a. . watki. Una to Ala'Mrn Tria
ranroads can help supply it. The
valuable railroad bridge across the
become that tenant. ' '
cooperative endeavors can
. ..
bth- Why not try?
Golden Rule in the Injunction that
he is to harbor no ill feeling
against a brother officer or speak
unkindly of him
In Los Angeles officers are
warned against forming hasty con
clusions and the influence of per
sonal feeling.
When an Intoxicated person is
encountered he is to be conducted
home and Pu) to bed; , arrest3
are to be made for trivial offenses.
The offender is to be dismissed
with a reprimand. In case . it
should be necessary to make an
arrest the arrested party Is to be
politely "requested" to go to the
station.
Without full knowledge, it may
be assumed that the new Portland
instructions are wise, though in
some minor instances they are so
exacting as to raise the wonder If
they leave the policeman ample
room for .full self respect.
ITS FALSE CHARGE
A
N ARDENT supporter of Mr.
Boo.th, the Cottage Grove
Sentinel, says that in the
late campaign The Journal
I rpfuRd unnrA for a defense to can
I abates that It opposed.
. It Is not true. No man under
fire ever asked a hearing In The
Journal and failed to get it. No
candidate ever asked The Journal
for space In which to defend him
self and failed to get it
If The Journal - stands for any
thing lt stands for fairness and
j Justice to men. If it does any-
thing, it makes its columns .a wide.
! onen forum for all oeoole of all
ktnds and creeds and convictions-
to make themselves heard so Iqngn
as their language is decent and
itheir expression rational.
. Speaking of the Sentinel's false
charge, how about the ten columns
of Mr. Booth's Albany speech which
The Journal printed In defense
of Mr. Booth?
How about the verbatim address
of Mr. Booth in the West-Booth
Joint debate printed In The Journal
in defense oX Mr. Booth? :
MTLTNOJLIH'S BOND SALE
S
EVEN bids, each for the en
tire issue and all at prices
above par, were offered for
the $250,000 installment of
interstate bridge bonds authorized
by Multnomah county. This first
block of securities was sold - for
$233,375. or at a Quotation of
I10U5,. Tier. ..Une. Md.." For ions. Un' people hive pi
FOR;FEUDS
which the business ana proaucing
inertness. ,They had other fish to
neglected the important item of
who seem to stand in ithe way.
other ports. They decline to
instance $29,000,000, collected
They havefdone lit-
railroads need a tenant fjor a very
Willamette. The comTnity can
be entered upon withjprofit to
v
J
aggregating $1,894,500 par value
01 tne Donas. rne aemana was
nearly eight times the amount of
the issue.
This sale has large significance
lor two reasons, it insures early
inauguration of actual work in the
construction of the Columbia river
. , , . .. .
bridge to connect Portland with a
large and prosperous territory
seeking outlet through this city
The Kal mart a lr?nr st0n 1
ine saie marKs a long step for-
ward in Portland's .progress and
the material welfare of southwest-
era Washington
era wasnington.
The active bidding and the prices
offered are evidence also that
tM. tT . t
this section of the Pacific North-
wesi is participating in the benefits ty, the city, the state and the govern
of money seeking investment. The P1"?17 These ara protected by the
bridge bond sale Is proof here at
home-that financial conditions are
sound. It Is a forerunner of what
may be expected when the regional
reserve banking system begins busl-
ness next Monday, releasing more
tnan 400,000,000 of reserves now
held in the banks nf tho
Multnomah county bonds
county bonds
good Investments but that is not
tne entire reason why they are in
aemana at prices above par. The
financial situation throughout the
nation is sound to the core. I
FREEING JUSTICE
c
LEVELAND has a conciliation
court that rienl urttK tw "punuc. trial." xne iiarry, naywara
SSr - t ! Ti P?tty 8e of Minneapolis. ,1895, was a "pub
civll cases. Justice lls free Ho trtaL" And the, Harry Thaw casa
in that court, lawyers are un- in New York. 1907, was a hpubiio
necessary, the parties are encour-1
aged to make free statements un- S
hampered by time-worn rules of their vlcUms followed. Here la the
evidence, and. the Judge, having definition of public trial by "reason
brought out the essential facts. bl, d.0?bK' . BZl i'"0 ?rlaJ
seeks to effect an amicable agree-
uiuuu . - .
In eighteen months the; court
disposed of 5884 cases out of B184
filed. There were no court costs.!
no attorney's fees. The litigants
WOTS fairly Well satisfied that
i. JT f ' 5V" 3us:
uce had been done. The poor, of
Cleveland were saved a large-Sum
of money which under the usual
t,iQi . . .
Judicial procedure In Such cases
goes to lawyers and to the court
Itself in costs. "
o-i, iiH.ii','''a .
conciliation courts ...have.
existed In Scandinavia for a cen-
lury They have Droved their
worth In .Europe and are nrovinel
Z 1 ' - rr: proving
" America. . .
As" yet, they deal only With petty
cases. , hTey are effective in dls-
. . . v
pensing Justice, keeping the dock-
et clear and minimizing the cbst
I Of tnalntainlnst courts.
pealed , to the . lawyers jto reform
court practice and procedure,, but
always without effect. Do the
lawyers not see that the people in
i the new movement, are
iwuing
way to both reform the courts and
dispense with lawyers
Letters From the Pecpla
(Communications unl tit The! Journal for
publication in this department should be writ-.
ten on only one aide of the naoer. should sot
exceed 300 word, in length and most be ae-
wuipuuea 07 me. Dim, ana Auareaa oi tnv
sender. If the writer does not desire to
hare the name published, he should ao ata.te.)r
"DlBciusion la the arreateat ot all refonn-
lera. It rationaUsea eTerrtbinc It toachea. It
roba prlnciplea of all false sanctity and
throws them back on their reasonableness. If
they, have no reasonableness, it ruthlessly
crushes them Oct of existence arid set up Its
own conclusions la their stead!" Woodrow
The City's Dondi.
Portland, Or Nov, 10. Tp the Kdl
tor of The Journal Noting! the prem-
?"2T tJ":
bonds prompts me to raise! the quea-
"on, why ,Te pa1yln . Bi per
SZnZL SS?r$&
mortgage on the property over every-
thing but taxes. This security is sup-
STS? Vnl
cipai bonds are rated higher by the
government. Attesting the ifact that
the security la gilt edge isi the fact
that the government accepts the bonds
as collateral to the amount of 75 per
cent of loans from the postal savings
fund? - j v '
When! we turned to the cojmmisslon
form of government we wefe led to
believe one of the blessings! we were '
to receive was that our Improvement
bond matters would be readjusted. We
assumed that there would be an ef
fort made toward arranging for an
equitable rate of interest and an op
portunity zor the small Investor to
purchase these bonds without the great
mass of red tape and formality now
necessary, and which a small investor
will not undergo, for various i apparent
reasons.
In this connection might ! be men
tioned the fact that our improvement
bonds have always commanded a sub
stantial premium. That facti In Itself
is ample proof that they are drawing
too high a rate. A buyer of bonda or
securities Is very much adverse to
paying anticipated Interest. If he does
pay it, it la to a small percentage of
what the facts "' actually iwarrant.
Imagine yourself loaning a man J1000
at eight per- cent but actually giving
him $1050.
Another thing in this connection Is
that It is grossly unjust to the prop
erty owner, subject to the improvement
bonds, to sell the bonds, bearing such
a rate of Interest that they merit a
bonus, because this bonus has In times
pajit been turned Into the general fund.
This amounts to about $50 for each
$1000. In effect It actually penalizes
and puts an extra general tax on all
property under an improvement bond
issue.
It' may be said this sum realized
over and above the face is to cover
"incidentals," such as surveys. But
who pays for such incidentals when
surveys are made and the Work is
not carried out? The general fund.
Then why should it not, if the work
is carried out? What is our engineer
ing department maintained for, any
way? The statement may be made in this
connection that the security offered
in all cases does not warrant a lower
rate of interest than six per cent.
Should such contention he justified in
rare instances, it certainly cannot be
justified in the high priced residence
and business districts. The' interest
rates are the 'same in all cases.
It appears to the writer that it would
be a very simple matter to dispose of
these bonds at par. at a rate, of four
to five per cent, selling them I In de
nominations' as low as $5 to $10; to
also have an office at the city hall
where a person holding a bond might
list it tor sale, paying a certain i gradu
ated scale to tne city as a transfer
fee, depending on the size of the bond
or bonds. This would pay all costs
of maintaining the office and! would
not work a hardship on the seller.
At most, it would only mean the loss
of a few weeks of interest. !
The bankers, of course, would ob-
Ject to this. Why should thv not
wna they have such conveniences for
EIk r n? by
bonds, taking them to the postal sav-
ings bank and obtaining a loin t two
and one half per cent; then staking
,thlf borrowed money back for more
bonds. tc t0- And no incotne tax
to pay either! Isn't it a cinch!
it's hard to believe our city com-
mlssloners are so obligated to the
banks they are constrained tci allow
the banks to dictate l0 tnem fi tneee
matters.'
While I am on the subject, how Is
lt our emln- allows ou banks
to have preferred creditors the coun-
HoVsvo mtio TZt thta Umada
in the published reports. What if
Bomething should happenT Of course,
iUuV HouLoire
depositor fare on the skimmed, milk?
PROPERTY OWNER,-
p. . ' i .
1 w a HO WM aas-i. ww m w us lls w W
been the judical status of Judge
McGinn m his rerusai to grant a
'public trial" In the case of th State
ua A 1m n&a am mall am t. 4m a. f
exclusively, to allow any representa-
tlon during the trial, the prosecutrix
being a minor, calls forth censure to
the last, degree. The Breckenridge
case in Kentucky, almost 20 years ago,
was a "nubile trial." The Durrajit
I case at San irancisco ' in 1895 was a
triaJ All. of these eases cited are
of 'thT wCf? iaSI
land oDen -to the attendance of th
pUc at large, or of persons who
".rL": liZJZ
fit shall in all cases be oermitted to
J attend criminal -' trials; because there
I ar8 many cases wuiro, ujb u susr-
acter of the charge and the nature of
I th .vUsbca bv which it is to be snn-
ported, the , motiveai to attend the
tri&u on the part Por.tlonsi f
community, would be of . the worst
ttr.ct-r. and where a rea-ard top
pubite morals ana public decency
would require that at least the young
be excluded from hearing and-wit-
nessing the evidence of baUan T4
pravity which . the trial must necex-
l sarlly hring to light. The "tequir-
ment a Public trial is for the bene-
m Q the accused; that the publio
may se he Is-fairly, dealt with and
not uniustly condemned; and that the
presence of interested spectators may
: keep his triers keenly alive to 1 a sense
of their responsibility and to the im,
portance of their functions; and the
I requirement is fairly observed If, with'
JSf.".'wrto?!o't tt.'pobll1.T,-mf
A FEW SMILES
ing her - first Journey In a sleeping
car and oocupled a
drawing room with i
her mother. In the
morning she was
much astonished to
sea the. passengers
in the 'car emerging
In various stages of
dressing, from their
"Mother. why did those peopla sleep I
In the halir Harper's Magaxlne. I
I
It nnr-A .k,tw - mmM.
been dlninsr at soma little distance
from Laracor, his residence, was re
turning horn on
horseback in the eve
ning, which was very
dark. Just before
he reached a neigh
bor village his horse
lost a shoe. Unwill
ing to run the risk
of laming the anima
by continuing his ridts t mat airec-
Uon. he stopped at one Kelly's the
blacksmith of , the village, where, hav
ing called the . man, he asked him if
he could shoe a horse with a candle.
"No," replied the son of Vulcan,
"but I can with a hammer."
When Sir Thomas Lipton started in
business he Was very poor, and mak-
ine every nacrifice to enlarge his little
shop.
His
only as-
sistafit was a youth 1
1 ir ' i
J'.'01?' " JJt' be tempted to make.him a field mar
faithful and honest. I Bhal
one Saturday morn
ing he was heard
complaining and with I
Justice, that his I
clothes were so shab
by mat tie was ashamed to go to
church the following morning. Bays
Sir Thomas, in speaking of the Inci
dent: "I felt sorry for the lad, and,
after thinking the matter over, I took
a sovereign from my carefully hoard
ed savings and bought theboy a com
fortable, good suit of blue cloth. He
was so overwhelmingly grateful that
I felt amply repaid for my sacrifice.
The following morning, however, he
did not make his appearance at the
accustomed .hour, and later in the day,
as his mother was passing the build
ing, I inquired the reason of her son's
absence. "Well, Mr. Lipton," said she.
with a bland smile and curtsying,
Arry looks so respectable, thanks to I
you, sir, that. I thougnt I would send I
him about a little today and see If he
couldn't get a better job.'
fered to attend, notwithstanding that
those persons whoso presence could be
of no service to the accused, and who
would only be drawn thither by a
purie.nt curiosity are excluded alto
gether." The judge's statement to the ladies
who waited on him for his reasons
was that their presence would preju
dice the case against the defendant,
MICHAEL KENNY.
The Landless; of . Oregon.
Cottage Grove, Or., Nov. 9. To the
Editor of The Journal I think the
Sacramento Bee's suggestion a good
one. Why not help some of the Oregon
landless people' and save that trans
portation money that it would take to
import the Belgians? I an sure there
v , 4 rQauw .wsa,ar uia-. v a,u v v J
are plenty of people here at home that I
would appreciate help. Let charity
begin at home, instead of importing
more poor people. FARMER.
Why Japan Rejoices.
From the Tacoma Ledger.
Japanese rejoicing over the fall of
Tsing-Tau, strong German fortress of!
Kflio-Ohow. ma v neem to bs out nf
nrnnnrHnn tn Ih. mBrnltiiif nt I
achievement. ! The fortress was de
fended by about 7000 Germans, while
the attacking force was much larger.
tsesiaes, tne ; Japanese ana British
warships were able to aid the land
forces. There is a sentimental reason
for the great satisfaction taken In the I
outcome. Japan has. nursed a grudge
against Germany for 20 years, or sine
Germany was instrumental in depriv
ing Japan of the conquest of PoTt
Arthur in the Chino-Japanese war.
While" Russia was behind the polite
demand upon Japan that she return
Port ArthiFr to China, Japan held to
the opinion that Germany's support
of the demand was the controlling
factor.
, o.su fee w frr v v -l in u. , TV Ui. 11
Russia afterward took. In the war
between Japan and Russia 10 years
ago, Japan took Port Arthur after one
of the most remarkable sieges In
history. At heavy cost she won back the Republic ircn ec steei to., ana me
what she had been forced to give up. Pittsburg Steel company; the Chesa-
She did not forget what she consid- peake & Ohio Railroad Co., and the
ered was German's influence In the Maryland Pennsylvania Railroad
matter. Germany acquired a conces- Co.; the Capital City Traction com-
sion from China known as Kaio-Chow. pany and the Calumet A Arizona Mln-
After the present war broke out In lng Co. Other copper mining compa-
Europe, Great Britain called upon nies have passed dividends and shut
Japan, as an ally, to help gain and down as well.
bold control of Aslatio waters of th in general, those companies that de
Pacific Japan readily complied and pend upon European buying or the
at once mapped out a campaign movement of trade to and fro to
against th German concession of
Kalo-Chow.
'Reports indicate that Japan entered
upon the attack with much enthusi-
t asm because pf her. grudge against
Germany dating back 20 years.
Before Japan proceeded to the at-
purpose was not to make Kalo-Chow
Japanese territory and that, after
takinsr it from Germany, she would
restorer It to China. The United
Stated government was so informed
officially.
The vice minister of the Japanese
navy, after the fall of Tslng-Tau, gave
out a statement in wnicn he said
japan would noia 'ising-rau curing
.r!;1An.d aitV1?f wVUd ope?
as Japan gav. her pledge to the world n the Christian Science Monitor,
that in attacking the German fortress There is nothing perfunetory or
she had no intention of acquiring platitudinous about the president's re
Chinese territory, but would turn cent call to the people of the United
Kaio-Chow over to China, it U alto- gtatea to observe one of the most dis-
cuu Luywu.!,., u W1"
not keep her' word.
own interest to prevent dismember -
irvugw v.i""eso sorerniueni a a
means of stopping concessions to
European powers. Japan has the es-
..Mi.!,...; - , "j!.
trine for Asia under way and that she
intends to be the dominating power
Of Asia.
TUe fall of,, Tsing-tfau Will; leave
Japan free to engage In other activl
ties designed to
German warships.
ties designed to rid the Pacific nf
' : Race and Royalties.
From , the Chicago Tribune.
v The resignation of Prince Louis of
Battenberg aa first sea lord prompts
the ironic question: "How far?"
Prince Louis has been In the Britlsn
ZZZm-" -i ""Z
a lad of 14.' In that time he has
to the highest-worked up. not slid up
by favor and in all probability is as
loyal, as thoroughly saturated ih the
splHt of the British navy as any man
In the service If It Is a question of
blood there is not enough Anglo-Saxon
blood In the whole royal family to fill
a test tube. Perhaps" this rather re-
markable trtith. 'is '.-to be. -realized s
never before in England. "Her people
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
Never bet on aura thinr- uniMi
you afford to loose.
When women peck at each other
they call It kissing but la It?
It isn't necessary to acquire an au
tlmobUe to run into debt.
The law of supply and demand baa
notning to ao with tha making ox mis-
takes,
. , ' , , -
We admire a man who always laughs
a' our Jokes and never tells any of his
A atossinv woman ! had enousrh. but
when a gossipy man enters the game
its us ror. me tail timber.
The comnanv of a. helnva enod fel
low is very agreeable, but as a rule It
is pot saie to lend mm money.
An eminent New York divine thinks
it is a return to modesty that is les
sening the use of low necked - gowns.
out mayoe it s moies.
A rew weeks later, many a young
wife wishes she could dispose of her
stock in a matrimonial combine and
get her old Job back in the laundry.
The crusade atralnst the "masher
shpuld be as ruthless as the war on
rats. Both are great pests, so let the
Datue cry De: amasn tne masher.
Paul Folret has been made a ser
geant in the French army for design-
'"1 rif - . , . vvnT,,
As a friend of the telephone girls
we were successful in opposing the
proposed tax on chewing gum. If the
Kuvenuueui wnnu iu piiCK tne treas
ury with money we suggest that it lay
a tax on chewing the rag.
THE RUSSIANS
"Girard" in Philadelphia Ledger.
On to Jerusalem! ' Very shortly this
may become a more potent battle cry
than were She shouts in past wars of
"On to Richmond," "On to Parts." "On
to Moscow."
Turkey's headlong plunge Into the
European strife makes it Jiighly prob
able that a Russian army will seize
Jerusalem. Of European countries.
Russia is by far the most fanatical
as regards religion.
I have seen at Jerusalem long lines
of Russian pilgrims who had walked
several thousand miles to see the Holy
City. Rude peasants, men in lon
beards and both men and women wear
ing high boots, sleeping by the road
side for months, eating the scantiest
food, without shelter or vehicles,
stricken by disease and every physical
misery yet these pilgrims pushed on
to the site of Calvary.
I can think of no other possible is
sue which would rouse the Russian
millions to so high a pitch of zeaj as
another attempt of a Christian "race
to seize the city of that religion's
ancient citadel.
Barring a brief 11 years, Jerusalem
has been in the continuous possession
of Mohammedans for 827 years. In
deed, the Christians have had posses
sion of Jerusalem for only about a
century since Mohammed founded his
- , .
re"lon
So, today, when the visitor to Jeru
salem lands at the seaport of Jaffa,
his baggage is Inspected by Moham
medans, since Palestine is under the
rule of the Turk. Th railroad train
which carries you 76 miles to the Holy
City is usually manned by men of tho
same faith.
even If .the, locoiotlv
that pulled me was built by Baldwins.
Americana and Europeans reel
SOrt Of Shock When tbeV Visit th
Church of the Holy Sepulchre within
the walled city of Jerusalem. Turkish
stand guard and they are
nece88arUy Mohammedans.
rve seen many a one of those weary
Russian pilgrims as they entered this
church fall prostrate upon their faces
the cherished hope of their life bav
INVESTORS WHO ARE HIT BY THE WAR
By John M. Oskison.
Picking more or less at random
among the announcements of dividends
I passed, dividends cut, and bond inter-
est defaulted during the last two
months, I have come upon such com-
panies as these:
International Mercantile Marine
(the American shipping trustj; 'the
International Harvester .corporation;
nV considerable extent for their in-
come will be hit hardest. Investors
In their stocks and bonds will face
loss of dividends and serious deprecia
tion in prices of securities.
Investors in such securities will face
losses which will be very serious if
"? "9 'I'Tf
I nniHnar for the keep of a small
army of alien princelings and lt Is the
irony of this war passion that one who
i perhaps the most loyal and capable
of them all should be the first to be
I branded alien and suspect.
President's Thanksgiving Call.
tinctive of the national onaays. i ne
I 1-.v. not marred by cant
?r uy . TZ... t) .
" ' , . i in. ..rl that
"e claimed. It is only to assert .that
privileges carry with 1 them moral
iutfes of a kind such as were never
on 106 nation before. The. whole
emphasis of the homily is on the text
that much will be required from a
-people to whom so mucn bh oeen
arlven.
The call is to use me aay not.
for feasting and domesUc Joy and
'
the barns and warehouses so much -as
for a deeper comprehension of the na
tions present and future role in shap
ing a pacific course of world history.
Such use of tn aay win oe conso
nant with its origin and finer tradi
tions. Much of the best ethical im
pulse of the early New England folk.
J " ,
ioca.L state, national and international
e"-e dealt wi U by the cl ergy
on days set apart by civil rulers tor
worship. Their descendants wherever
they have gone have continued the ens-
torn, so that lt would be difficult to
overestimate the educational valpe
of recurring Thanksgiving days- In
shaping the moral ideals of citizens,
Of course, in a - remarkable way. this
holiday , has eonserved the ideal ' of
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS ; j
The contractor hones to hava the 1
6ew postoffice building at Koseburg I
enclosed before the winter raln set
in. The contract limit ts jaaxen x,
1315. .
a ...
tfAVWM f . CI- 111
cently killed a, fine four point Duck
tnat was grazing with some cattle ana
aiiowea - mm to come . wiimn ciose
range. This Is said to be Ui nrst
deer seen In that section for some
years.
Never in the history of the Eugene
scaools has there been such a demand
for music, according to GeOrge Hug.
principal, who reports 271 out of less !
than 600 pupils receiving high school
credit for the study.
In anticipation of the completion
of tne Coyote cutoff the Pendleton
Kast Oregonian says: "With tha
freight terminal In prospect and with
every indication pointing to record
prices for wheat and wool next year,
there is just reason for optimism
here."
a
. Oregon City Courier: This week will
see the work nearly completed on the
public elevator, and' the work on the
walk, to bixth street will be a short
job. There does not appear to be much
entnusiasm over the completion of the
public hoist, for the reason that it Is
expected there will be yet much wait
ing, litigation and trouble before It
is in operation.
Medford Mail Tribune: The hobo
question is becoming a menace to Ash
land, as a result of feeding them soup
last year. Now every wanderer In
the northwest ' thinks he will be fed
when he reaches Ashland, and strains
every nerve to get there. The city
council last week decided to use a
whito flag to call all citizens to help
the police load the undesirables on
freight trains.
AND JERUSALEM
lng been realized after so many hard'
ships.
No other city In the world has been
so frequently taken and retaken in war
as Jerusalem. David made it a walled
town. Solomon added more walls. The
gates of the city opened to Alexander
the Great.
Titus, with his Tenth Roman Le
gion, assaulted and -captured it. Thou
sands of crusaders perished in their
endeavors to wrest the city from their
religious foes.
In modern times the most famous
military operation in that part of the
world was conducted by the 'young
Bonaparte.
His French troops, however, did not
reach Jerusalem.
For reasons entirely commercial,
Russia might also wish to send an
army of conquest a bit farther east
and beyond the Jordan. There
stretches that new 1000 mile long
railroad which connects Damascus
with Mecca, and which cost $15,000,
000. The seizure of that lino would
enable the czar to mix a little business
with religion and so pay for the ex
pedition in something more staple than
sentiment.
That railroad to Mecca Is a wonder.
The engineer was a German, but even
he was not permitted to approach
within a' score or more miles of Me
dina and Mecca.
Engineer corps and workmen had to
fight nearly all the long way through
dreary sand wastes with Bedouin ma
rauders. These professional robber 1
fought as hard against that road as
the North American Indians had
fought against the Union Pacific when
lt pushed westward on its pioneer
journey from Council Bluffs across
the Rockies.
The Mecca railroad has enabled
Mohammedan pilgrims to maka theif
Journey in Pullman cars, whereas for
merly the trip to their sacred city was
afoot. Hence those Bedouin desert
robbers have lost their Jobs. Hence
also their opposition to the railroad.
bonds they own. Though there Is no
market officially for the securities of
American railroads and the big indus
trial corporations, lt Is of course pos
sible to find sellers and buyers, and
bring them together.
One little group of "outside brokers
in New York has been working at the
job of bringing the necessitous seller
and the cautious buyer together and
the prices established In this small
group show how hard Just now is the
tot of the holders who must sell.
But most of the companies that are
Conserving their resources by passing
or cutting dividends and closing down
their mines are perfectly sound com
panies. It is true that for a time the holders
of investment securities of the sort
mentioned are going to feel the pres
sure of hard times. It is up to them
to readjust their expenditures. In no
other way can they help to tide over
a period of economic pressure, due to
no fault of theirs.
Out of this experience, however, in
vestors in the future may learn some
exceedingly valuable lessons. Let
them follow the news of dividend re
auctions and omissions as lt dvlon
durlnar the next year. M
home home making, home keeping
and home coming. It has had its
idyllic holiday aspects as a day. when
sons and daughters came back to sit
under the family roof tree and to show
reverence and gratitude for parental
love and wisdom bestowed upon them
in childhood. Kor are there any signs
of overlooking or undervaluing this
phase of the festival.
Th same cannot be said of ths
more religious and ethical uses of ths
day. Popular concentration of atten
tion on sports and on physical pleas
ures of late years has not been with
out Its effect; and If the president,
through his serious and elevated mes
sage, succeeds in impressing the publio
with some of the higher usee of the
day and too hour, he will have done
welL American youth, we believe,' Just
now -more need to use November 26
for the purpose set forth in the presi
dent's proclamation than they need it
to play football or to take part In
cross country runs. ' -
Jfo Fear of Derlls.
From the London Cronlele.
"Even If the world were filled with
devil s," says Prince Bulow, in a rous
ing address to hla fellow countrymen,
-tne uerman people would still defend
their place in the san."' This Is what
the crow it prlnde himself wrote in bis
preface to an illustrated gift book, en
titled. "Germany In Arm a," namely;
"Though the world were full of devils
In arms against us, we shall outmatch
them, be the stress what it may," Both
quotations are based On a verse of "Lu
ther's Hymn," "Ein teste Burg lt wi
ser Oott,' which Frederick the Great
called ."God Almighty's Grenadier
March" thus rendered by Carlyle:
And were the world with devils filled,
i Ali eager to devour -us, . v
Our aouls to feat should little yield;
- They cannot overpower us."' '
IN EARLIER DAYS
By l-rwl rockier
"We reached Dr. Whitman's jnlaslon '
yn October 10. 1843. " said Mrs. James '
Hembree of Lafayette. "From Dr. j
Whitman s we went to ; Fort- Walla ,
Malla. now called Vallula. -Mosto f
our train decided ti try to take' their " 4
wagons and oxen on .through - to ths ?
Willamette valley, but my rather and t I
a few others thought it wasf so lats Jr
In the year1 that they would leave ! f
their wagons at Fort Walla Walla and i'
go down the Columbia on boats and on
rafts. . l . -v
"It took nearly two weeks to hI i
down the trees and saw them lnla
Planks with a pu saw.' Thy dug a,
Pit and ope man stayed den in the
Pit. and another stayed bit lh log, and
they sawed enough planks ? to build 5
flatboats for our party. They built :
two flatboats, and two good sized.'
skiffs. Jesse Applegate, lWBur- -nett,
William Beagle. J. B;. McLaln
and a number of others, besides our
own family, left their oxen and. wag- f
ons at Fort Walla VaUa ahd wenti'
down the Columbia. Peters; Burnett
hired a Huduon Bay boat; and an '
Indian as pilot. Dr. WM&mn ti:'.
was with us, as he was going down
to The Dalles to ret his wiTwhA wa
visiting there.. .. .;
"I will never forget our trij through'
the rapids of the Columbia. Tfhe water
seemed to pile up on bothAeldes of -our
boat. One of the boars tipped
over, and one of Jtwse Ajtplegateaf
boys was drowned. Elisha 4vplegate, :
Lindsey Applegate's boy.v and Will J
Doke succeeded In swimming out all 1
right. Two other men.'C M. Stringer
and McClelland, were drowned. One
of these men was a brothern-law of ?
Jesse Applegate. Our boat 63. me very
near getting wrecked coming through .
the rapids by hitting a roak4 but for-
tunately it did not upset, ; " I
"We stopped at The Dalles ' for i i f
little while, and then went 'down th '
Columbia to Fort VancoUvw where-3
Dr. Mclxughlin was more than kind :
to us. j-s - I
"Peter Burnett and General M. 'fct.
McCarver had decided to statt a town
when they got to .the Willamette vaU 1
ley. They picked out a plJge on tha f
Willamette river five miles?bove us f
mouth, and called it Llnn&n, after f
Senator Linn. Quite a fewSfof Peter
Burnetts friends decided toWast their
fortunes with them in the new town.!
The Coopers, the Bakers, thtf Penning- i .
tons, the Beagles, and our: familyaU ;
settled at Linnton. 'Whenjiwe went
there, there was one housfl but the
men soon had cabins burlfl and wsj?
stayed there all that winter,? General!
McCarver, Peter Burnett anf the rest
of the men spent most of t$e winter
making a1 road from Linntan to the
Tualatin plains."
The Ragtime Mifsa '
Arms and the Ma'&
Let other hards sing a brait song of
the sword ; f
ur else ot.the cannon's, HUd- roar, T
ji me ruie s crasrii
And the bayonet's Mash. .
On the stricken field, criSiaod with
gore. -
There many a bard such reapons ta
praise, 'i?." s
But 1 sit in my corner a'iJ croon :
A passionate song :? .
To those triumvirs&strong, f
The knife and the rorkancthe spoont ,
A pastoral sweet may be Opr to the
Plough, ' . .1 ,' ?
The noe and the rake andLlne .spade,
' While the song of: lib loom .
Goes out with a boni. . ' -Many
songs to the hamine: are made,"
The axe and the saw have. is place la
the sun ri '
And the brace with Its hi (ad grip oti"'
cork. : w .
But scorning ail ro-s - S
I will sing of my ; Join, 4
The spoon and the knite a- y the fork!
For weapons at best are belt made to'
protect. -Whlle
Implements ere to rovld ' i
- The stuff that we i"'At. 1
The bread and the i:at.
And some other victuals Reside; (
00 gram we an ear ior tne song long
delayed H
That spans such a measuf i of llfe,i -To
the tools used thf most
By the mightiest ht
The fork and the spoon ahf the knif el '"5
1 rr-eniyai auiu Jlrs. .1
From th Vancouver World.
It would ntrhina bm nrumtim tim ?
discuss what may be expect, id to fOU
low the close of the war; "hut there
are some directions in whlcj pragnoe
tication may be neither, premature,,
nor particularly liable jto- error,
It is suggested, for W exanipre.
tnat some of the piaee names I
wmc-n-jiave oniy in me present WSS
become familiar to readers in English)
might be changed with advantage. The)
suggestion is worth considering. There
is no reason why in the rejuvenated
Europe which will follow. the complex!
tion of the war the barrier : of language)
should continue to be what it is today.'
To convert foreign names into English; -
forms would be to give a 'great -1m
petus tb the study of continental Eif .:
ropean countries and peoples. Great o
would he the satisfaction derived from?
being able to pronounce the.nams of j
great men as they are pronounced byv i
the peoples of the countries to which r
they belong. The same might be sald-
w11.11 xcstu lu ciues snu JJI UT4lCa. .
The present war has brought before
unaccustomed eyes quite a aumber t J
nam Tl nf tHm h..(.ii 'sit ' O T
mysl," and this has been thii occasion :
of a great deal of newspaper 'comment.
One sometimes is dispose to think
that other peoples are not slow to
make names for themselves iris are we. .
The French, for example, .41 not say
"United States," but "les Eta;W Unis;
not "England." but- 1' Anglet jTre;" -not '
-Ixndon," but "Iondr.Ir not
many of the French HtbUee names j
are no more iiss ins usdics iu in
Varltah Rlhl than black IS 4lke wrhttsr.
For example, a Bible nam$- that war!!
make "Ahazlah" the Fretrth write?
'"Ochosias." The French say"ABVers; ?
we make lt "Antwerp." Farther, we
have our own pronounceable names
"China." "Japan," "Korealt? -Persia," U
"Turkey," etc, which are not th names
used by the peoples who ihrtbit those ;-
countrie. We feel no scruples about
using xnese, ana, logtcaiiy, stoma nave
no objection to a comrebensive :
Angllclzatlon of foreSn nan is, and of
even many other foreign V 6rds that
have become part of the Ekllsh lan
cuaxe. '
The Great Home ,. Ke5paper.4
- consists of a -V
Five 'news sections reph.te with
illustrated feature,). V- f
Illustrated magazine ofquaJity,
Woman's pages o! rire merit-,'
Pictorial '-. news upplem)nt ,
: Superb comfc section. ;J
5 Cehts the Cipy , I
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I The Supday Journal;
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