THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY' EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, 1914.
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Sympathy 1. the first attrl-
; but oX IdV a well as" its last.
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IN 191v
1
THE debris of the election
returns is Theodore Roosevelt.
At ho 'time In his career has
. M suffered so overwhelming a
defeat ' ,
-..".As president, he used his- great
office to quicken the moral con
science of the country. -As presi
dent, he was the greatest of all
forces for national conservation of J
- natural ; resources. As president.
he was the figure who translated
.Into , action,, questionable though
'tome of them may have been, the
influences necessary to start the
Panama canal on the, work of
actual construction. .
! 1 Except ' La Follette, no single
raan did so much to break Jthe re
actionary leadership of tlfe Repub
lican party. No other single influ
ence did so much to drive reac
tionary leaders of the party -nto
: exile." : ' ... . . -... ,. a t
f The extraordinary feature of the
election is that RoQseyeltism seems
n'o longer militant among Repub
lican' masses.' practically ..two
thirds of his' Progressive follow-
poll of the country last week. The
effect is to almost definitely fix.
the lines upon which the campaign
pt .1916 is to be fought.
ihe proof of this is the calling
back of many of the old .reaction
ary exiles to leadership In' the Re
publican party. Penrose, the arch
chief of reaction, is re-eleeted In
Pennsylvania with a staggering
vplurality. Cannon comes back
from Elba in Illinois, and with
him are McKinley of the same
: atate and Nick Longworth of Ohio.
' ; : McGovern. the reactionary bp
l .p'onent of La Follette in Wiscon
; sin, was only prevented ' from go
rin to the senate because beaten
by a Democrat. Other reactionary
brigadiers returned to power are
Smoot of Utah, Sherman of Illi
nois. Curtis of Kansas, Brandegee
! of Connecticut, Wadsworth of New
York,' Jones of Washington- and
Dillingham of Vermont. In no In
. .stance, is there a drop of progres
sive 'blood in the veins of these
men. ' The triumph of each is a
triumph of political reaction They
vare. men who stand today for
; everything they stood for when the
Progressives under Mr. Roosevelt
broke away from the party organ
ization and leadership of 1912.
:', .Their election is a courageous
defy to the progressive Ideals of
j the rank and. file of the party. It
, is a brave repudiation of the pro
- 'gresslvism that for ten years - has
'held sway among 'the Republican
masses and Democratic masses, It
: Is a bold challenge to Republican
insurgency and Democratic ' pro
gresslvism, and it almost certainly
! fixes the lines upon which the pres
idential campaign of 1916 will be
fought. -
i These reactionary cohorts were
i retufned, to power in a campaign
, of. attack on the Wilson admlnis-
ewe. -1 Jl J I 1
Opposed to them In the finish
ht. will, be the Wilson admin-
fight
istration, standing on its record
of constructive achievement. That
administration will have 'back of It
the realization that American gov
ernment was never more Just,
never more wise and never more
In sympathy with the heartbeat of
the republic. . . .
It will be able to -point to more
popular demands? enacted into law
by the Sixty-third congress than
.was ever done by a dozen con
gresses. Greed and graft have
been-, taken out ot the tariff, and
Wall ' 8treet has been stripped of
its financial absolutism. American
business and . the American people
have been safeguarded, against the
.tyrannies of the trusts, and the
robbery of railroad stockholders by
over capitalisation and stock job
bing has been ended. National
and .individual Justice , has been
. forwarded -. and the country has
beenv preserved - and protected in
national safety and profound peace
at Ai time when every other great
.nation Is In thethroes of a world
war..' . " '" ; ';
Never before were the lines of
demarcation between political par
ties mote clearly marked than they
are likely to be , in the great po
litical contest of 1916. .
ONE COUNTRY"
SECRETART M'ADOO has an
nounced that $80,000,000 of
,the $100,000,000 which-northT
-era , banks, are to. raise .for
the $135,000,000, cotton fund has
been subscribed ' and that the re-
irauon. .ineir cauuiuac.es were . 5M00 for the .relief of Belgians,
the opening skirmishes In the greatJTne provinces are making their
battle Of J916. I contrlhntlona in coal 'hnr faort
! NOT A TIME FOR
T
HE population of Alaska will double" within . a short time after
' work begins on the Alaska railroad.-' That is the v claim of the
governor of Alaska; , who was in Portland yesterday. .
V It is no time now for ompJaJning9 in Portland. There never..
was a time when there was greater reason to face the future with
confidence. There never Was a time when this town could look ahead
with brighter prospects of material prosperity. . - ' ' f
. The federal government, by, the Chamberlain act. will spend $35,
000,000 in building the Alaska railroad. The leasing law opens the
great oaI deposit of Alaska to. mining . operations. : The sum total
t of these aftivitiettwlll If our, people
nity, add enormously, to the material welfare of Portland. .
, The building of the railroad will mean vast sums of money spent
for the subsistence ;of the workers, spent for tools and machinery,
spent hi wages, spent for lumber, spent for clothing and supplies,
spent for the innumerable' materials and products that are factors and
requirements in railroad construction and empire building.
--"'The northern states of the Pacific' coast will be the commissary
headquarters of this vast I enterprise. , From the fields and factories
of this regi&n the Northland will draw Its necessities. There is no
limit to the market that Alaska will offer for the products and goods
for which Portland is i:bh of the great clearing houses of this coast.
The activities that wllr spring Into Jife with the commencement ot
rUlroad construction will l)e manifold an4 pressing. ; The possibilities
of this new-theatre of human activity can not be cantemplated .with
out optimism and enthusiasm. , ; 1
Three million feet' of lumber-was carried from Portland mills Into
the north country by the Portland-Alaska line. the past season. With
the building -of Irundreds : of miles of railroad line, the opening of
coal mines' and the 'installation of plants, there will be an enormous
demand for lumber, la t supplying of .which Portland mills can se
cure & heavy share, jf ordinary business Intelligence and enterprise be
applied to the , problem. ; ' -.:';v "
.Railroad building will mean that towns will spring up, nouses will
be built settlements be established and a new and vastly extended
trade be inaugurated. This Will 'meandemand for flour, for meat, for
clothing, for fruits, .-for tools and for all the things incident to a new
ly installed civilization and in the
a new country," a country; as rich In
ican state, and as limitless in its geography as a veritable empire.
Nobody knows the extent of material fortune that lies buried in
this northern kingdom of gold and coa). Nobody yet realizes the ex
tent to which the migration of people to Alaska will go when the new
activity begins. '''That the opportunities which' the late favorable leg
islation has unlocked will send many thousands into the territory Is
beyond 'the shadow -of doubt. - . '
In all Portland there is not a single interest but can expect profit
from the new situation. An empire of minerals that .has lain dormant
under American ownership for 47 years is suddenly on the threshold
of an extraordinary development. It offers Portland a boundless field
for trade, a boundless theatre for enterprise, a boundless market for
the output of our fields and mills. .
y It Js stated that . construction on the government railroad will be
gin in the spring. ' Whether then or later, the proposition before Port
land is the paramount question of . whether we are going to be a
part of this great prosperity. Will we be in the center of this activ
ity, or will we merely be in the fringe of It, taking what comes to us
as crumbs that fall from the table?' ;
If we maintain the Portland-Alaska line, Portland will be In the
mid-center of this vast industrial upheaval now ready to burst forth
In the North. f
" It is no time for complainings. It is a day for the get-together
Spirit, a day to make more geography for Portland.
mainder is , assured. - There are
no definite reports about the $35,
000,000 to be raised by the cot
ton states. t
The success of this nation-wide
movement to aid the south seems
assured. Northern states, which
do not grow cotton and have none
to sell, are undertaking the larger
part of a task for the direct bene
fit of southern . states. . It is a
large example . of human bigness,
for if the cotton growers? were left
to their own resources to save
; themselves I they would face finan
cial ruin. .''-'".. ' j
By the woi of the i northern
bankers there is no Mason and
Dixon line. The bankers are dem
onstrating that this is one country.
WAR'S COST TO CANADA
C
AN AD A has already: proposed
to raise and equip 55,000
men for the European war.
The. dominion will 'pay her
troops. $1 a, day, which means $1,
650,000 a month. A yearns service
by 55,000 men will cost Canada
more than $20,000,000 i in pay
alone, for the officers receive in
excess of- $l a day.
If: the war isprotracted Canada
may be asked to plade many times
her," present allotment of troops
on the firing line. In that event
her payroll would be Btaggering.
But that is only one-item in the
cost of war to -our northern neigh
bor, . : . ' '
The dominion has already .fur
bished $3,000,000 worth of flour
to Great Britain and has voted
' and food gupplIes. Canadians are
..h,,,, -a a nr. f.,.
donating to Red Cross and other
funds, o Counties, elites ahd towns
are assisting in equipping troops
and providing for the families of
men going to the front. I
The cost to Canada in dollars
and centsr is not the big item.
There will be loss of the domin
ion's young manhood. Canada has
been reaching out. for desirable
people to till her. soil and to. de
velop1 her Industries. She is, pick
ing the best of her citizens as tar
gets for bullets. A growing coun
try is .paying tremendous toll to
war. ! i
HORSES AND MEN
E
IGHT hundred horses on. the
British steamship Rembrandt
'were., burned to death when
the ship took fire off. the
Virginia capes. The animals were
for use by the allies in; the Eu
ropean war. ; ,
Humanitarians ; have ! protested
against , the '.. , sale ; of 'American
norses to the nations at war." The
protest wtll not be . heeded, for
when civilization is nutting up
men to be shot by the jwholesale
it is not probable that horses will
he spared.-
Even the mere thought of 800
aumb animals in a ship's hold
seething with flames strikes, terror
io tne stoutest, heart, r But 'did
those horses meet a worse fate
than would have been theirs had
theyvvreached the battlefields of
Europe? Was their suffering worse
than .that ;.of human , beings who
lay , In flooded trenches I or spend
COMPLAININGS '
vision and , seize the opportu
new and vigorous development of
mineral wealth as the best Amer-
night after night . on ; the water
ioaked and sometimes snow cov
ered ground without a blanket.
. When human beings are left to
suffer, and die while other human
beings are Intent upon multiplying
the maimed, and dead. is. it to be
expected that wounded horses will
be given even ' a bullet to end
their agony?, After all, the 800
horses may '.have been luckier than
the soldiers. The. dumb brute's
agony did not last long.
Nothing lasts long -when civil
ization breaks down under the
horrors of a relentless and bloody
world war. ' .
A NEW AMERICAN GUN
A'
N American cannon, that is
expected to outdo the famous
German howitzer, is under
going initial tests at the In
dian Head proving grounds on the
Potomac river.
It has a calibre of 16 inches and
a penetrating power double that
of the Krupp guns' employed in
battering down the fortifications
at Liege and elsewhere in the
present war. Its range is 15 miles,
and the weight of its projectile
more than a ton.
The present tests will determine
whether or not the new weapon
win be adopted for the new ,Amerl
can dreadnaughts. , The largest
guns now in use in the United
States navy are 14-inch and are
carried by the ' dreadnaughts of the
Pennsylvania, ' Nevada and New
York class. T: T -
The new gun was produced at
the Washington navy yard and the
fact of its - plan and construction
was known only to a limited circle
of naval experts. ;
Modern warfare, by the intro
duction of aeroplane scouting' and
the . perfection of guns- and explo
sives, has become more than ever
an issue of artillery. The duel of
the big guns with contending 'men
and batteries hidden from one an
other, are frequent features of the
news from the great battle fronts
and in pne production of the new
weapon,: the United States seems
in the van of war Invention.
A CALL FOR TEACHERS
H
ARRY G. SELTZER. Ameri
can consul at Breslau, says
Germany furnishes . an un
usual opportunity to Ameri
can teachers. Hundreds of Eng-
liah teachers in the schools 'and
tutors in the homes have been dis
missed by the uermans, who now
warn tnese places fined by Ameri
cans. -
For years England has supplied
almost all of the English speaking
teachers and tutors in, the homes
of the. wealthier classes and : the
nobility. The work consisted In
Instructing German children and
adults In the elements of Engiish
and In attending the large " ui-
versitles. themselves. The teach
ers have always been" shown the
highest respect and have been ; as
sociated with the best families in
Germany. -,,.
Mr. Seltzer in. Daly Trade and
consular Reports urges American
teachers to ; take advantage of . the
opportunity, in ' Germany. He says
the European :war has 'opened hp
a chance for qualified. Americans
to attend German universities, pay-'
lng'their way while finishing their
education.-- .
jjuoihhu. k
MM n toon), ,.mmm Hf-I
w ""S'"" ei.u,u.-.,
erature - and composition from
German-English text books. They
must be thorough and scholarly.
The teacher who - could not r get . a
position in ' America would . have
little hanc In Germany. -: 1 v.;
THE BETTER TOXB ' ,
T
HEY say there is a better tone
to Portland real estate. There
would have been a better tone
all along but for the wildcat
boosting of values and sales of $40
lots to . poor people at $500 per
and upwards. . '".'
Values cannot always balloon on
mere wind. If buyers would con
sult the assessment roll to see what
the holding is assessed at before
they make the purchase, they can
protect themselves against unfah
prices, and at the same time give
to the realty market a consistent
and constant "better tone." .
(Cotnmanlcattoos sent to . The Journal for
pablicaUoD la ttiia department ahould be writ
tea on only one side of the paper, ahould not
exceed 800 worda ia length and must te ac
companied by toe nam a ad address ot the
sender. If the writer does not desire to
have the nam, published, be should so tte.)
"Discnaslon Js the greatest' of aU reform
ers. It rationalises everything: it touches. It
robs - principle of ' aU false sanctity - end
throws them back en their reasonableness. If
they have - no reasonablensss, it rnthlessly
crashes them our of existence and set op Its
own conclusions la their stead." Wsodrow
Wilson. .- . . ;f
Free City Martlet.
Hillsboro, Or., Nov. 11. To the Ed
itor of The Journal I believe the
farmers will ruin the beat friend they
have the city market if they ask too
much for their produce. Some things
there are high and some cheap. Back
In New England, .where this market
Idea started, there was little need to
regulate the price, as it was Yankee
sellers and Yankee buyers, and both
were onto their Jobs, The price should
be below the store price.. As to, eggs,
they are in a class by themselves. The
stores don't have fresh eggs and can't
get them. Neither Chinese eggs, Ne
braska eggs nor Oregon storage eggs
compete with the "market," for fresh
eggs are a luxury that can only be
bought in the market. A poor man
can't afford them and the farmer can't'
make any money on them, because
when they are high they are scarce and
when plenty they are cheap, and feed
is high the year round. I say, regulate
the quality of eggs and let the price
take care of. itself.
THOMAS p. BROWN.
Declares Hatchet .Not Buried.
Gervals, Or., Nov, 10 To the Kditor
of The Journa!--May I speak again
for anti-prohibition, and when I speak
my voice is the voice of our thousands.
Be it governor, editor or ministers who
oppressed us, they , merit our.. just in
dignation. They wounded our American
eagle. Prohibition has firfet insulted us
with defeat' It is an imposition on
our natural rights and - our personal
liberty, and hatred is the solace, where
the wounds, have" struck deep, 'Do not
think the hatchet is buried. It flea at
the corner of our hop yards, where It
struck its last blow at production
I see 48 states, only 13 prohibition.
and in those states are. our thousands
who stand true to production. Too
late one writer brought to our aid his
70,000 German-Americana. Ere their
great guns could thunder the ballots
were cast. All Americans were led by
their newspapers astray. Our governor
marshaled them all the wrong way.
ELLA M. FINNEY.
Notaries.
Portland. Nov. 11. To the Editor of
The Journal Please answer the fol
lowing questions In The Journal:
What are the necessary qualifica
tions to be a notary public?
what Is the proper course to follow
to be appointed one? - A READER,
It seems the only qualification is
citizenship. Information on this point,.
however, as well as upon the proper
atena to he taken bv dne desirine to
be commissioned as a notary public.
may be obtained doubtless by applying
to the county clerk or the secretary of
state, each of whom is'concerned with
the keeping of certain records pertain
ing to the notarial office.!
1 The Table of Returns.
Indenendence. Or..' Nov. 10. To th4
Editor of The Journal--Kindly inform
me through your paper by what ma
jority Dr. Wlthycombe won the gov
ernorship of Oregon.
r J. V. MOKUAK.
iThe final return, as . officially
compiled, will he published in The
Journal as soon as they are complete. KJ
The Bird on the Hat.
From , the Memphis News Scimitar.'
"Audubon hats" are now being of
fered in the shops at prices to suit the
tastes and purses of purchasers, of as
fine material and make as any con
structed of feathers torn front the
quivering bodies of living birds.
The scheme is a practical demonstra
tion of the fact that fine hats can be
had without fine feathers, and that It
Is therefore unnecessary as well as
cruel to destroy the lives of the birds
for their plumge. -
For many years the Audubon so
cieties have been waging- relentless
war upon the destroyers of our pretty
and useful friends, the pest-consuming
birds. With patience their official and
unofficial members have been explain
ing how these busy friends of the
farmer and the fruit grower protect
the grains and the fruits by devour
ing: their enemies, and pleading that
they, in turn, may be protected against
their enemies, the ruthless pot-hunters
and feather-seekers.
Both ot these classes have been mur
derous in their work, until several va-
Serl? enoSlvntVVa!
nixmn now uri, r,r m-hniiv .v.
tinct. Many of the sweetest song, birds
have become ecar.ee. ;-.-
The Audubon societies succeeded in
securing the insertion of - a clause ; in
the new tariff law forbidding the ad
mission to thla country of feathers
for milliners' use in any form or from!
any part of : the world In -all cases
f where procuring the feathers Involves
the death of the birds.
tTnderfed School N Children.
From the Chicago Herald.
- Mrs. Florence Yosbrink and Mrs.-C.
O. Sethness of the school Board, after
a personal study of i the situation,
have recommended to J that body the
opening of "penny lunchrooms" in cer
tain , schools, r that children attending
then may, by being better fed, be en
abled to do their, school Work more ef
ficiently. The movement j'i' - timely
and commendable -There; are Children
whose helping in this respect .the com
munity, must take in hand, not only
for the - Sake of the children them
selves but for the preservation of It.
Letters From the Peopla
1 , " ri , - j " -
A FEW SMILES
- ..... ., i t
rrvspwun I iu.r-i-.--
You've
rot Bom narvt to
ask ma for an ad-
vance payment of the
dowry, iv I think "you
ar a. fortune hunter.
The Count .Oh.
no, monsieur,. I .: am
only what you Amer
icans call - s 'safety
first crank. Puck. .'-
Mrs. Tlmkina wa taking her son to
lmpresaing the schoolmaster with th 1
necessity 01 i
cation, finlahed up I ,
" i
by saying: Ana oe i
sure ne i e a. r a a
f I Latin.
"But, m yd ear
madam." sal d'- the
schoolmaster. "Latin
u a dead lanauaae." ' -
"All right," said Mrs. Tlmkins, "he'll I f
.mi,. . evAiie it uq mi uuu.i-
taker."
A train leaves New : York," sup
posed the teacher, "traveling 40 miles
an hour. It is fol
lowed 3 0 minutes
later hy-.a' train,
traveling SO -miles an
hour. At what point
will the second train
run Into the f lrsW
iThe class - seemed
at a loss; that is. all
except Willie Green, wau va stand-'
lng in the aisle vigorously wagging
ms nana. 1
'"WeU Willie T" said the teacher.
'At. the hind end of the rear car, j
ma'am," answered "Willie.
own social health. These are future
citizens rulers of the state. On
grounds of public welfare as well a
of human sympathy they .must not be
permitted to grow, up under any re
movable physical and mentar handlcaD.
I It is to be hoped, however, that thf
; movement wm not stop with mere feed
, . . . . . . . , . . . . ....
nJE ,underfcd and lllfed children, f
jiiurr an i mat is , mere v oawauve.
though necessary. The condition f
theaa imi.rf. hiMr. i. -k.n.
rior even larzelv a ,-PKtitt at nnv.rt, I
at homily HnsftheTord.
roverty is a relative term and there 1
are many grades of the condition com
momy : so described. It Is largely a
result of ignorance, resulting In waste
and unthrlft. As a people we are no
toriously wasteful. And this condi
tion is often most prevalent in what
may be termed "border line families,
which are "getting along," but might
do much better if they only knew how.
An astonishing number of mothers are
oalnfullr i and i1nrni..iT
about how children ought to be fed
ma
and about how to make the most of " " ' iuJCK"""B OI morpmne, or any
their resources. The feeding of chll.other Plum derivative, are dangerous
dren should b fniinw. n uk .! t both mother and Infant, while ether
widespread "mission to mothers." Fori or chloroform can only be admlnis
prosperous Vomen who "know how" I tered n email . quantities. Layman
here is a field of social service' in
which the laborers are pltlflully less I
than the need. .
In Persia.
From
the Troy Record.
i The devU and the deep sea, Scylla I
and Charybdis, the upper and. the neth-j
e millstone all these comparisons j
are but mild compared to- the reality j
of Peraia's dilemma. Absolutely under J
the control of Russia nnri p.rt I
am. permitted nothing but the show
iriCnCe .beln
a.uuu,., . vtu vi preparatory to
munun, it presents a miserable pic- I
iure pz. aroignty empire in. its deca-
aence. it-rnaa not the force within
itself to be freed from the dual yoke
no nation from without can hope to
id. The aristocracy are under the
thumb of their western masters, and
the proletariat are without the leader
ship which might hope to save them.
$ Today the Persians see their Mosr
lem brothers In Turkey declaring war
on the very nations which are bind-1
Jng Persia in subjection. Every hope
of independence lies In the defeat -of
me nan eo, yei ins nation cannot speax.
If a word issues from the throne it
will be of neutrality or of alignment
with, the allied governments. ' So ab
solute is the , control of the British
and the. Russians in government af
fairs at Teheran.
j The end of the war will mean the
alrmanv VrVM viSftrtn,. W-ah.ili
aermanyproves v letortou. . Pbablr
it will, mean a Turkish or German
suzerainty for the Asiatic country, But
If Persia- were allowed to take sides
with the Ottoman, victory would mean
restored Independence. But its ambU
I Liuiis aic tiuuiucu uj. kilo vuiuuicrviai
and political demands and plans of
i w ..t nnw.ra - Rrt TrKia m.
So Persia lies
between two destinies, both of which' i
point y to its elimination as a factor
in tne eas n not na ausuiuio rna a
a sovereign power.
! A British Estimate of Wilson.
Vl A T .rtai A Tei -rr M'aaiVaH
UrV.:.r. ;Jure;out why these fellow, have
i ....
wona wnose reputation nas risen as
steadily as President Wilson's, or
stands higher. - He has accomplished
great things in domestic legislation.
but even mdre ' valuable from the
standpoint of the world at - large is
what he has 'accomplished in interna
tional affairs. . He has created the cdii-
Viction that his conduct of foreign af-
fairs is determined by Justice; that he
has an iron will to pursue the course
ve think, right In the teeth of clamor
ajnd passion; .that he hate, jingoism
and loves peace; that his understand
ing is as clear, as -his principles art
high,
: The United States are a great coun
try, rich in individuality,. but It is most
Improbable that they, possess anoth
man equally richly endowed with these
qualities.; They happen to be the
qualities imost needed by hi.ountry
Just now, for they guarantee that the
United States will be carried simply
and honorably- along the ways of
peace through this world conflict They
happen also to be the qualities most
meded by the world at large, for they
grantee to the warring bowers modi-
1 strikes for the discussion of peace,
: The . Fatal Brother-in-Law.
From the Pittsburg Press.
t The police "sequestered", yesterday
a. jji-c.b vl uuiuwiiwi;ci;u(f am UBW
to be worth several hundred thousand
LniLr. ! km 10 vmt. s. ...
tiollare. ! Not 10 years ago he was.
widely known as a successful business
man. r He tela a reporter that his fail
ure was caused by the rascality of
his brother-in-law. - It is amazing how
many rascally brothers-in-law : there
are in the world. ' Why,, a mother-in
law is not 10 per cent aa'fataL We
hurdlv . ever - eaeounter a. fellow -aim
has gone to the financial scrap heap
whose , brotner-in-iaw or partner wa.
not to blame. At least It h wasn't
ruined ;by. a wicked brother-in-law or
aa. worthless partner, be signed some-
body', note. P:.y.r sVt:
Tou can find these peor martyrs
everywhere. Fellow, that used to own
sawmills' or wholesale egg houses, or
pickle plants. Or big hat stores, but
who, alas, were ruined by a rascally
brother-in-law- w never could quite
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE - "
Manr trains of thouzht 'carrv no
freight.
Women are always sincere when
angry.
It'a a wise mining stock that knows
Its own par. ,
A thoughtless man loses time when
he hurries, .
a -. m .-. --
Never try to dictate to a woman
" - .
ta,j,, -,.M thm onn-refration
iiKA mui mr.ii rrotn tn duidii.
a
, Many a man who la sure he's right
joes ahead and finds he was wrong.
Some men kre better satisfied with
failure than." others are with success.
A society woman's Idea of a foolish
girl - is one - who wants to marry - fur
' Did it ever occur to you that most
of the men who drink to excess are
married T -
A . man is always - exnecting his
friends to do for him what they ex
pect him to do xor tnem.
a
Columbus was probably looking for
a place where - hay seven, was un
known when he discovered. America.,
After - living on bread and - cheese
and kisses in a, cottage for a. few
weeks the young married couple , be
gin to economise oy cutting- out the
kisses. .
. . . . y .
Now that the war has caused the
supply of imported rouge and face
powder to be exhausted we expect to
.w lusuf B' uu iu sireeis
looking like their real selves.
THE TWILIGHT SLEEP
From the Detroit Tribune.
Detroit has heard its first word-of-
mouth newa of "dammriehiaf.'' the
twilight sleep, reputed to have lifted
i.. -n- t ,r .
K Lv Z 4Zxr i7al
Mngk, of New York, explained the use
the, scopolamine and morphine, or
J5?.? Jh! Trrg
, s " Ti .V
sistant to the -originators of the
method enables Dr. Schloeesingk to
fe.u'?or"a"v.ely', ln? any hop
raised in jthe hearts of Detroit women
by glowing magaalne articles testify
ing to the complete efficacy and
safety of the anesthetic are officially
dispelled. '
Efforts to mitigate the pangs of
chiblrth through the use of ordinary
anesthetics have been only partially
'8"c.c,essful, becu f the Peril to th
scientist auae, tnereiore, turneu
wIth interest to Freiburg when
th twilight mixture was heralded as
positively abolishing pain in the ob
stetrical clinic.'
How many similar announcements
hav hn ma. nt mr n ir,v
eries, only to be followed by disap-
pointment when rigid examination was
made. In the case of the twilight sleep
tlle drawbacks are peculiar. .
No one has denied the wonderful
i" Id "'S.,
hafannt .rUatdSt"
r there IS exceptionally high
v But the relief offered probably
never can be extended so that It will
EMPHASIS ON THRIFT IN SCHOOLS
By John M. Oskison.
In 1910 Massachusetts put thrift in
struction into her public schools. The
action came as a direct. result of the
recommendations of the state's Old
I Age Pension Commission. Let me quote
j something of what that commission
I said ;
"Whatever eolu tlo"n of the problem
of old age pensions -may ultimately
be settled upon,, it ia Certainly most
desirable to- take every. - practical
measure to encourage habits of sav
ing throughout the population.
The teaching of thrift in the
W01" hOUld; deal with thaStodivid
arid social hics of saving-In gen
savin sr in aen.
craL . and should also. Illustrate the
principles of insurance and Investment
in particular" 1 ' -
Rlnu lh 1910- law Ihrtft- In ,.
Massachusetts ' schools' "has been
I . . . , . - , .
taunt largely through
I oy members of the Massi
lectures
Massachusetts
Savings. Inauranee league.
Aa the
league puts it. Its object is:
"To inculcate the virtues of thrift
and foresight and the spirit of self-
help among the working people of
Massachusetts especially by bring-
inot since got a divorce from the broth
er-f h-!aw and tried it over again. It
would seem odd but refreshing to meet
a failure who lost out because of his
! own blunders: to hear a fellow say:
I "I had a good business, but-because
of my own wooden head I let it get
away." There are men, plenty of
them, capable of such a frank con
fession; but you seldom hear it, for
the simple reason that a man who
j takes his own knocks like a man, and
I never-tries to shift his own responsi
billty, does not go down an dout.
Left and flight on Shipboard.
From the Boston Globe..
The Joke is on those marine humor
ists who once laughed long and up-
( roarlously at Honorable Josephus
I Daniel. fo cutting the words "port"
I and "starboara- out -or me i oi
I naval terms and substituting "left"
I and "right".
No : landlubber, we now learn, was
responsible for the change.
"It waa suggested to me" explains
I the secretary or- tne navy witn a
twinkle in his eye, "by Admiral Dewey
and the member, of the general board
The Innovation originated in the
minds of old sea dogs.
'Tradition and whatnot may have.
been Ignored when tne -lert ani
right" order was Issued from Wash
ington, but the new regulation has
I , i favor' ateadilir arnnnf
?inct,5rWf the fleets and a maJrtt?
I the men of. the fleets ana a majority
nf them no longer regret that "port"
and "starboard" have been marked
obsolete in their dictionary. ;
Armor for Soldiers.
fYom the New York Times..
'Metallic covering for soldiers' wear
I went out of use and forever, It had
j been assumed soon after gunpowder
I gave to missne weyou rwr tne-
I traUva power. than bow. provided, it
I W .tranga," therefore, that now, when
f cannon are larger - than ' ever before
1 and rifle, shoot harder and faster, at
least two at tne countries . at . war,
France- and Russia,, are .reported to
be experimenting, with -the -abandoned
device as a means of protecting their
troops.
1 V Expectations are presumably . based
AND NEWS IN BRIEF:
. OREGON SmEUCHIS '
Th An,rlm,iit fnnfnallam at the
f Ualverslty of Oregon ha established
a museum or. freak newspapers.
- i
The Grants . Pass Commercial club
has renewed agitation for a , federal
building appropriation1 and for per
mahent county fair grounds.
. .. . . ' . . " . '
"Tha commission charter,' cays' the
Salem Statesman, "should be adopted.
Then, perhaps, there should be some
amendments made.' at
the eiecuon or
December, 116, before it goes
effect".
Into
Recent Improvements
street, at Fossil, have given that thor
oughfare an appearance! so -metropolitan
that, the Journal says, there is
talk of changing the 'name to Broad
way.' ' . ;
. .. a : a
The Christmas War Relief society
of Eugene has been formed. The pur
pose is to divert the gifts ordinarily
exchanged during the Christmas sea
son by grown-ups, to the war suf
ferers of all nations, combatants and
non-combatants.
"a a
, Hood River News: When winter ar
rives one of the familiar figures which
will be missed will be W. M. Stewart
standing in the show window ot his
store and patiently swatting flies. Mr.
Stewart haa incontestable- qualified for
the title as "Champion Fly Swatter of
the County."
Woodburn Independent: There have
been many, inquiries for farms, but
the inquirers have been waiting, upon
advice that they consider emanating
from good authority, for further de
preciation. Values will now be en
hanced, and if they desire to take ad
vantage of the reasonable figures of
fered at the present moment they will
no longer hesitate. The wise investor,
thes close observer, notes this. fact. -
be available to all womankind. For
seven years the Freiburg staff haa
been perfecting Its technique. Long
and arduous not to say dangerous
experimentation has developed a corps
of nurses competent to assist In . the
use of the mixture, while but ne or
two veteran physlciana are qualified
to assume charge of the clinics.
The patient's surroundings, to
begin with, fconstltute a highly Im
portant f actorl The color of the wans
of the room, the quantity of light ad
mitted, the absence of sound these
are essentials. The narcosis produced
Is not a profound unconsciousness.
Patients ara able to respond to the
surgeon's admonitions. Memory is ob
literated and shock lessened, while the
patient is held in a' semi-coma which
partakes strikingly of hypnosis.
Research at Johns Hopkins has re
vealed all the obstacles and perils of
the new method. So highly specialized
is the equipment required and so del
icate Is the technique that few hos
pitals could afford to establish twi
light clinics and few persons ' afford
to take advantage of them. The best
that can be hoped for Is that the pro
cess may be resorted to In cases ot ex
treme necessity. The human equation,
in all probability, is too large to per
mit ot the extensive use of the Frei
burg system. There are very few men
sin the world now able to handle the
drugs as they should be handled, and
few have .the time to devote to learn
ing the trick.
Meanwhile science will go On, pa
tiently explaining that the surest way
to minimize the pangs of parturition
la wholesome living and a mental out
look that is free of morbidity.
lng to their attention the advantages
of securing life Insurance and old age
annuities at actual cost".
Here Is an excellent beginning. Tou
know that in Massachusetts you can
buy life insurance from your savings
bank at a lower cost than from the
regular commercial, companies. The
league says that more than 9000 men
and women In Massachusetts hold the
savings Insurance policies.
That commission which studied the
subject of old age pensions made an
other suggestion as to the way thrift
may be taught in the schools. It Said:
"The arithmetloof saving could be
taught effectively by using mathe
matical examples In the school texts,
which should bring out clearly the
methods of saving and Investing
money." -
Savings bank insurance Is young and
little known; especially laws are need
ed by every state to make it popular.
Not so with the proposition to write
into our school text-books the princi
ples of saving and using money, which
are the foundation of true thrift Tou
and your neighbor can urge that upon
your school board at any time and any
where. on, the proved efficiency of the thin
armor plates with which motor cars
and machine guns have been equipped,
but even these safeguards are of sucij
weight that an analogous defense
would hardly be practicable for men
from whom much or rapid motion wa-j
expected. The knight Of old wa. a
helpless creature except when he had
a horse to carry him. .
But much of the fighting In battles
of the new sort is done in trenches
occupied for considerable, period, of
time, and it 1. easily believable that t
breastplate, made trora one of tha I
Improved steel, would deflect some
bullets, even though stoppings none of
them'.' ...
An AppeaL : ':.
From, tha Kansas City Star. A
"All Europe is one great slaughter-houe.-
write, an American Woman
from France. . What does it matter
whether, any particular atoty of cruel
ty or brutality 1. true or false? The
all enveloping cruelty, and brutality of
war Is the terrible fact Whether with
conscious individual cruelty , or with
out it, soldiers of -alt nations are the
instruments of 1 th barbarous devasta
tion of homes and hearths. They are
reverting the usual meaning of "wom
en and children . first," and the chil
dren 'and the mother, and wives are
first in desolation ? and suffering. If
in the face of that apepal for your
generous succor you permit any false
understanding or any quibble over iso
lated stories to tighten ; your purse
strings and your heart strings, cast
it out ' Let your concern be to do
what -you can to mitigate the horror
of the tragedy. " . , ' ; -
Po ward. , -.
From the Utlca N. Y.). Observer. ' '
Not .a thiog that ha. been accom
plished by the Wilson administration
in the past few month, can be undone.
There may be modifications, if tha con
dition, .how. that, they are necessary,
for .Wilson i. not a leader who will
blindly atick to a course if he dis
covers that it leads in the wrong di
rection. But the great step, that'have
been taken wilt not be retraced and the
country, will go forward , under an ad
ministration that is Democratic in both
legislative and executive branches.
IN EARLIER D$S
5
ly Kred - Lockley
Russia has - her
her Botany fcay. and It tlid United
w, ever use a country to
which to ban I ah Ha rotnu -rU innn.
drels, the utility of such a g1oir as i ,
Oregon will be demonstrateiV' - -1
If Vnii Orlll Inm. . .wTCi'L: f-
- t ineia con
gressional reoarts. vm, mw.4 ..
w. L. Daytotw United Statelji aenator
um jtrtey, u a sp9?,ch made
Y- tn Vmted States fapate on ,
xeoruary 13, ig. arave thia'ftatterlng J
opinion of Oreaon. Twtiv tUm
t -
he was running foe vie .Drideat on. k
the same ticket with Fref font, the '
Pathfinder, r. man who ha -f beenall
ovr the Oregon country, t j well as '
California, and knew of its ast extent -and
great resources. It seer strange Jj
row to think that the great Statesmen 1
of that day looked upon Oregon as
worse than worthless, -spite or ?
such opinions expressed a Oregon,'
thousands" of hardy settlers gathered i
along the border la the eaifv forties. i
were preparing to start oKsthe J0OO Jt
mile Journey across the plafUl for far f
off Oregon. 1; -. j. . iill
A few days ago I had thl-i p'leasuie!
Sf.,?,sndlne n ftrnoon wlj Melvlna.
Mlllican HemDree. r . . , r
"Atter living for a whila'i-m Arkan- e
saa and Missouri and Texaa,if e aetUed ?
in Dade county, Missorui. no! t far frqm ;
Greenfield." salrf Mrs: Hesjbree.' "I i
was .9 or 10 years old wheir we went
to Dade county. 1 remember Its school. J
The. principal book we haij' to study
waa'Webster'a Elementary. ( seller: we
always called it .the old t.ue back 1
speller. v Teachers of tiflse days
taught tha rule of thr,eLfeadin, i
writing, 'ritltmetlc-mostly I v the help t
of the hickory tlck." Now Jays they ,
think it is dreadful if a tej fcher pun- ;
lshes a ptiplL but then it -was part
of the course of study. . 1 w int to one
teacher, though, who neve i whlonad
a single one of her pupils,'? ind all of Z
her pupils loved her so that you T
couldn't- get them ; to . do af jrthlng to
wqrry her. This teacher i f?a Mrs.
Harriet Burnett, the Wirafiof. Peter t
Burnett, who later 'went to- California g
and became the first Ameri jan gover.
nor of California. sVW , 5
- "The first winter we weg here. In I
w settled at iinnttfrv, Ueneral n,
McCarver and Petar n nrnAf f ihAiah I ft
there would be a big citylsbme day J
on the Willametter -o' theyi tried to I :
otart it there. That was biore Port-1 .'
land was started. OeneralMcCarver
promised a free lot to ai-.yone who! -would
build a cabin; so f ve or six'
families built cabins that Winter at
Linn ton. . - Jj
"Mrs. Burnett taught all,ilx of her I
own children and six or teen of our f
family all that winter. 't 'studtd
out of whatever books we h jppened to
have, and as Mrs," Burnett oly taught f
reading, writing and figured the fact
that we had different, books- dkdn't1
make much difference. i'
"Dwlght was the oldest if the Bur-
nett chUdren. He was H years old. a'
i -r.- . r i. . i . ... .
next child, Martha, who wij 1 years -5
old, was born In Liberty! j Missouri, f
Ht-r sister Just younger tLin herself ?
was named Rcraeteta, but ;vo always
called her Romeo. She ws I years
old that winter. John was ft years old.
Armstead was 5 years old, and Sally ,
waa the baby. She had Her ' second
birthday on the plains. ; My . slater
Letty, who was the oldest jin our fam-
lly, was about the same age as Dwight, i
while my twld sister Maryland myself
were, about the same age i Martha
Burnett , Letty and Mary a?id Andrew
and Louisa and Willie weft to Mrs.
Burnett's schdol. Jimmy f. and John
were too young to go. " :fj) . s
I always look back, to ft lat Winter
at Lirtnton with great plea Jure. The f
: men were out chopping a rq id- all day, 3
.while tlio women folks Sttytd home ?
and cooked over an earth fireplace, and?
did the housework. In the 1 Venftng we
all visited back and forth;' ! In' those
days the women didn't' hat 1 much to
say. The man was pretty apt to be
the head of the household. -: Nowaday.
.the women vote and have 4 much to
say about who shall gover them and j
how ti e money shall be eh Int aa the
men do. y. ,.
"In coming across the plains, father
took care of the oxen, got jthe wood
and the water for motherland then
his work was done. She ttfek care pf '
the children, did the cookl g over a
fir of sagebrush, driftwood ir buffalo
chips, washed the dishes, did $he mend-
ing, and, if necessary, wai t ready to
fight the Indians In defer ie, of , her:
children. I remember one 4 y:we saw
a big dust in tha distance, "f - couldn't '
tell whether it was a herdf if buffalo i
or Indians. Finally we aawtfTey were -horses
with men on .them, nd so We
corralld the wagons and j got ready
to fight the Indians. - Mr.' i!arey, who
had been-a neighbor of j. back In
Missouri, got out their ex t fjt flintlock -gun
and stood on the waan. tongue,
ready to shoot "Her huafand, with
the-other gun, was out wifH the men.
One of the men hurried brck to the
wagon and wanted to borrotir her gun.'
She said r No', I ' won't glsfe up this ,
gun. l am going to use i'ta defend
my children.' Some of the C the worn-: A
ep broke us soma wood fjhey-, were $
carrying along, built a tli got, out
the bullet moulds, and beg running .
bullets. In a few minutes Ue Indians
approached and made the alaf i of peace,
so we didn't have any figh.1 ( after all. ?
Mrs. Carey settled hear u.jjfi Lafay..
ette. She lived .to be yokes' old. '
The RagtiTie'Mfise.t'it
'l rinngi VAMvaa
Ambition, 'vaulting high and wide, "
Unhorsed, is ever at our aider
And yet and yet in spite of this, -' -
Of fair resolves that go amis, .
'TJa dally dinned into our ear
To labor for some great carreer "
Or gt into; the field of trarja - .
And lay old Midas in the sWade, T 2
' . . "- . . -. . - v-- : -
AH well enough! For there. o harm
In ready cash or name-of oharm;
If tood to hava a V or - .' '
And lialf the country knowing you:
But you are bound, thougb you'Jl
ehooae. . - -
Some treasured thing o wolsth to loae,
Well does the weeping xtoet sing
That drawback, lurk In i try thing, s
We gather gold or carve ahiame ?
High In tha vaulted halls 41 fame:
But what can ever take the "place - r
Of nicknames. won by boyhd's grace.
Like 'Piug,Vor Boots," ori fspud. i
0v $LSTj'rtU' or lptimV of
Win what we may or how
i r when.r
Jln againt
xnese tnings we lose -nor
The Sunday Jdlirriali
The: Great ' Home v Newspaper,1
consists of ' - . v
Five news sections repj tte with
v illustrated feature, . .
Illuitrated magazine. ofyo.uaI.ity.
woman's pages of rac merit. '
. Pictprtal . news suppler ht .' . ';
Sunerb. comic section '"1 1
t 5 Cents the "ujpy
n
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