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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, TUESDAY - EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1914.
THE JOURNAL
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'Ths "tent of your Christian
character should be that you i
arejafjoy-hearing agent to the! j
woridT-Beecher. .- V !'
'.yiftO BOUGHT THE POISON?
I TSvOULD tie interesting da well
as 1 H'uminating "to know who
, bbUgftl the. bottfe of carbolic
;:. -acid tfhfeb app.earjrl In theal
loged fuiclicle ctAIrs Konning.: Jit
r-would also be of val do to- Know 4Jae
circumstanced undfcf which tae-Jtr-v
chase was mad,e." ' - ! .
:V Under thef law, if the law; was
" followed, the Bale is of record- -It
had ti be. registered at the time
? of the (sale, the sale had to bo
'made I by a registered pharmacist,
l and tpe record is. open-to the in
?spection of the police. j .
Si This case also directs attention
to the fact that the Oregon law is
weak. "In the restriction thrown
around the Bale of -carbolic acid.
,1 . - . . . .
Here that deadly poison is per
il jntttod :sale 100 per, cent pure;
while In " California, for instance,
only, a 10 per cent solution is per-
mltted to be sold,' and even then
t it la required to be' put op in-al-X
cohol and glycerine which -have
7 an antidotal effect without destroy
f iilg the medicinal quality of the
. :. drug.! ' . .; ; J . ' H'
J, Every few days or weks, car
bolic acid figures in -a' suicide, or
-..ln a death from getting hold of the
'! wrong bottle. Oorpmon prudence
' and a' decent n$pct for hunian
' ) life suggest the enactment and ap-
plication in Oregon of something
T like the Callirnla law.
4. . aaaMaaaMa-MaMMaaM'
' ' THE OLD STORY
AifE3 CHRISTENSEN. lata of
J
Denmark, has learned not to
carry, his money around loose
The lesson was taught him. by
a clever confidence man who only
' charged him $560 for his Instruc
ltlon. '
" While walking arqund in search
'.of employment Chrjstensen met a
charitably inclined gentleman who
wanted some, good, trustworthy
. man to distribute a large Bum of
" money among Portland's destitute,
but before entrusting the money
to Chrlstensen he had to have evi-
l .dence that he was a responsible
man. I . . is
This evidence was produced in
v. the shape of a number- of twenty
' dollar . pieces which Jingled - in
Christensen's pocket. "How care
, less pf you to carry your money
loose said the philanthropist, "you
should carry it like this," and he
proceeded to put if in a blue, hand-
. kerchief which he tied and put
deep down in Christensen's inside
coat pocket. A little later when
Chrlstensen dpened the handker
chief; the gold pieces had changed
; to iron washers.
It is safe to say that hereafter
Mr. Christerfsen will not carry his
money around loose and will look
! with ' suspicion on bine handker
" chiefs and newly found friends.
THE AUTO ARRESTS ' J
PORTLAND is having visible
i proof that any statute can be
enforced when the higher-up
I functionaries want it en-
' forced. . . ;
As a. result ' of the late, arrests,
" there ia ..not an auto driver in
Poftland who" la not linpressed with
the importance of driving hia
machine strictly within the law,
The same police activity, that haa
, been manifest in the past few days,
If .eiercised all the time, would
' make the streets comparatively
' safe.! The, same orders from above
that have suddenly brought about
3 the changed condition,;, would, if
continued, make the streets safe
; both! for law-abiding drivers and
i for pedestrians all the time.'
"..The. presetot situation proves The
' Journal's, contention that it' Is not
the rank and file and subordinates
In the police department, but the
higher-ups that are responsible for
lawlessness. It is habitual to abuse
the' man In the ranks, and relieve
the higher-ups from all responsi
bility. It ia an injustice, and haa
: always been an injustice.. The
men) below .with rare exceptions
will execute, the lawa if those. above
make It clear that laws mean what
they; say and are- to be- applied
" without fear or favor. ;
The' men above have the power.
They draw- the salary. They are
- paid, not to set laws aside by per
sonal ukase, but to respect, very
statute and see- that it is . impar
. tially and effectively enforced.? ,
, . -If this is not the business of the
chief of police and others In con
, troll of the pollcer department, they
, have no business If they, are not
responsible for lawlessness; nobody
. is - responsible. " The - men ' In the
ranks have been blamed over long
for that for which they are blame-
less. At this late date, the com'
m unity should begin to place the
responsibility where -it belongs.
.The average policeman has enough
to bear in his onerous vocation and
poorly temunerated services. ,
Of course, there are occasional
unworthy and Incompetent-men in
the, ranks. But as a general rule,
the man below Is made the -goat
for the shortcomings of hla su
periors.
BRILLIANT WITH PROMISE i
E
XPORTS from Portland for
the month just ended show
an. increase of 125 per -cent
over the exports for Novem
ber,. 1913 " .
The. fact is Impressive. - . Wheat
exports almost trebled, flour , dou
bled, .and, only lumber showed a
decrease. ..;';.' ' .U,- ' ;;.
Wheat ' exports for- November,
1913, were $6$9,&03 . arid for N6-.
vember. . 1914,' $1,824,829. , The
returns from grain and flourshlp-
ments for the autumn. ; months wlill
bring more than $ 13,0 00,0 8 O'Jnto
Portland by January 1. . It 4a $3,
60,0,000 more than was-received on
the : same accopnt for the same
period last year. - .-'
: These L are buoyant facta. ' They
are prosperity facts. , They -present
money totals to give the closing
months' "-of"' 19J4-'ajfd''the . opening
mioitha oflr'1915 & stiniulatlng in
fluence i ,-f oi '"actl vei-;business , condi-
Ucs, . ' : . ".
i There' isUJt .be'Tadjded the tici
that bank ' deposits show a .Volume
within $5.-000,0,QQ 'of th . highest
total in the "1rlst6yf of Portland.
They now total nearly $70,000,000.
Nothing, could better ' indicate the
fundaieqtal soundness pf the city's
financial condition.
The crop reports indicate that
the . Northwest wheat yield next
year will be 100,000,000 bushels
against 60, 000, 00"0 the past season.
Prediction is based on the largest
acreage ever sown Ho- the cereal.
The price Is certain to rule high
as a result of the world war, which,
even should peace be declared
within a few months, will leave
Europe without harvests and a
heavy bidder for American ' food
stuffs. !
In "Washington, D, C, reports
are .already .making for the Alaska
railroad. Chairman Edes of the
commission reports that the cost
of constructing the road will be
less than originally expected, and
that except for the transportation
of material from the states to
Alaska, would cost; but. little more
than ior building, In the western
part of the United Statea. ,
The transportation of this ma
terial, the furnishing of supplies
for the big , activities to result jin
the North will exercise an Import
ant influence in ..creating Portland
prosperity. , " " . I
Fortlana nas never raced a fu
ture more brilliant with promise,
or looked out on a present with
more substantial reason for optl
mism.
UVEMPLOYED WOMEN
G'
IRIS are warned by the Chi
cago Young, Women's Chris
tian Association not to go to
that city expecting to find
work. Girls with fine educations
are taking almost any kind of em
ployment to make an honest liv
ing; Young -women who read or
are told that female help is wanted
in Chicago are cautioned to be on
their guard. There is not one
chance in a hundred that the sit
uation is one which a decent-girl
would take.
The Chicago warning is for the
purpose of saving young .woman
hood from the dangers which
threaten the friendless in a large
city. Girls are told that they
should stay near their home folks,
where their prospects may be nar
row, but they are much safer than
on the streets of a great city. ,
Last Wednesday the Chicago
Woman's Club opened an em
ployment bureau., Hungry girls
thronged the rooms. The crowd
was so great that shortly after
noon the? doors of the bureau were
closed wth hundreds of women
outside Raiting - for a chance to
register. It wa3 said to .be a
scene almost rivaling that In war
stricken Belgium.
, Chicago realizes, that the unem
ployment sproblem affects women
as woll aa men. Women worker's
have increased greatly in recent
years. They share with men the
right to make an honest living."
The problem of the unemployed
woman, must be given serious con
sideratlon. Chicago' has . wisely
warned her away from the city.
but that warning is an expedient
rather than a solution
A SIGNIFICANT MOVEMENT
ORD cornea from - Washing
ton that congress will' be
asked , to pass ' a law re
stricting the sale of dan
gerous weapons in the District of
uoiumDia. benaior worKS or call
forrila has joined the movement.
He says: . .. V
I would make It a criminal offense
for anyone-in the District of-Colum-tia
to aell, Klve.-or hav In his pos
session a run: There la absolutely
no reason why anyone, except officers
of tha law and members of the mill
tary, should have a revolver In hi
possession in Washington.
The California senator declares
tha'tf he will favor any legislation
which will restrict the sale of fire
arms In the district, if a law can
not be passed making It a crime
to possess them. He, insists that
a revolver is of no' assistance to
a private citizen.
He is right. There is no excuse
for, revolvers' in. the hands' or homes
of - private citizens. The gun Is
a menace. It should be suppressed
for the protection of society. Ex-
tPerlence proves that it is a greater
W
danger than: a protection I to the '
man i who owns it. Not only that, ,?
but recognition of an alleged right
of law abiding people to - possess
pistols: has made It Impossible to'
keep' these; handy Instruments of f have to pay for the alluring adver
death away from the vicious. x jtisement, everybody can own i and
, Cofngresa should outlaw the-,re-
volver In the District of Colunrtna.
It should be done In the interesof
people who live, there, i It should
be done as an object lesson for
the entire country, I
A MEDDLESOME CUSS
ERE is another inventor who
ia making himself a nuisance
by fneddling with the rights
of the people. '., ;
He is a .Chicagoan, and his in
vention will' abridge the privileges
of the gentlemen who are wont to
whisk their automobiles around
corners and' careen .down a thor
oughfare at : a speed far above that
permitted by . law; It is an au
dacious and "contemptible invasion
of the -special rights and personal
liberties or our1 estimable and dar
ing .chauffeurs", 4. :
. The speed .indicator is placed be
side! the "license tag on the rear
of the machine, and the figures are
large enough - to ,be seen a . block
away. At sight it is illuminated
oy-the- tail-light. When the speed
Is above that permitted by law, a
bell rings, and notifies both the
driver and the public that the
machine is exceeding the" speed
limit. It thus performs, a' most
diabolical function. I
But this is not the limit of its
heinousness. A device to further
hunfiliate and pull down the hon
orable driver is that by: means of
clock work, the invention keeps a
record of maximum speed on a
roil of paper inside the indicator.
The latter enables the owner i to
keep tab on his chauffeur, 'and1 in
addition goes the length of un
speakable cussedness by affording
the ' police unimpeachable evidence
In case the speed limit be violated.
Is there never to be surcease
from . the devilish cunning of .the
meddlesome Inventors, , and what
is there left for a chauffeur to live
for if this kind of thing Is per
mitted to continue?
FEWER CITY "BONDS
Ntaw yokk. CITY proposes to
quit Issuing long-time bonds
forfirianclne nublic lmnrove-
s ' m. - . . . '
r r 1 n 1 u 'inAiv r ncir . cm . n r. .
Jtl
met by appropriations in the an-j - while these laws no Uonger ap
nuat budgets. " ' . i ply to seamen in the coastwise trade.
A resolution passed by the board
of ! estimate ! aDDliea to Imorove-'
ments made" by general city reve
nue and not such as are assessed
against property benefited. It pro
vides that one fourth tho cost shall
be paid from the: budget in 1915,
lr? JUL
other in 1 1917 and the remainder
In 1918. ! j
New York has issued fifty-year J
bonds, for improvements lasting j
fifteen or twenty years. The board
of estimate says it is wrong I to
ak nponlfl fiftv vpirj in triA fn
aite people iuty years in me in-
ture pay for something, which be-1
came useless, tuirty or iniriy-uve
years in the" past. - i
The board has also lnauired Into
the cost of Improvements that are
financed by long-term, bond issues.
Charles F. Cushman, bond buyer
for' a great insurance company,
prepared a table showing: that a
thirty-year, five per cent bond, met
by a sinking? fund after the ap
proved methods, costs $203.49 or
every $100 wnen paid. lie said
municipal credit may be an expen-'
sive luxury. s
New York has set the pace in
Issuing municipal securities on any
and everyi pretext. T-he European
war s found that city with $104),
000,000 of maturing securities in
foreign : hands. The city's credit
was saved only by the banks, which
formed i a gold pojl. to take care
of the obligations, j
One result of New York's experi
ence should be closer attention "to
municiDal financinz. Some public
improvements may properly be
financed by long-term bonds, but
it Is a process that should always
be invoked with reasonable pru
dence. . : k . : . .
GOOD ROADS
HE splendid system of good
- roads connecting all the chief
cities In southern California
1 Biiisi.ui cveij jear uiauy
thousands of automobilists and
add? increasing fame to that sec
tion as a. pleasure resort. It has
done far more. It has promoted
business, facilitates farming and
added to the general prosperity.
From Riverside, San Bernardino
and the foothills near Los Angeles
large motor trucks carry produce
and supplies.
- Next to production transporta
tion is the greatest problem. It
seems to have been solved In Cali
fornia. It eould be solved likewise
in Oregon.
WHEN?
T IS reported that an Inventive
T
genius has discovered a liquid
fuel that has twice . the ef
ficiency ; of 'gasoline and can be
manufactured for two cents a
gallon.
The next thing , in order f Is an
automobile tire that will not punc
ture or blow out and which will
cost not to exceed two dollars." ,
When gas and grease cost noth
ing, when tires will not wear out,
when" carburetors carburete, when
magnetos ' magnete, when i trana
mitters transmit, when cylinders do
not clog, when engines do not die
at 'the wrong time when the
enamel on the tonneaus does not j
crack and flak off, when chauf-
feurs . do not chauf, when brakes
do not get. hot, when garages are
free And when the buyer does 'not
run an automobile.
Letters From the People
(CommtmlcatlAB seat to f Tb Joarnal for
publication In this department abxxild be twrlt
tcn on on ly one aid ot tbe paper, ahould not
xced SUO worda la leagCb aad mnat b ae
tcmpanted by thm aama and. address of the
aender. If the writer . doea not desire to
bave the Dame published, be abould; a tate.)
"Discussion la tfte greatest ot an reform
er. It rationalizes everything; it toughc. It
robs principles of all falsa ai-3f and
throws them back on their reasenabk&ees.') If
they bare no reasonableness, it Vuthlefealy
crushes them out of existence and set up its
own eoneluslons In their stead." Woodrow
VMIuon.
The Seamen's Bill. '
PdrUand, Nov. 30. To the Editor of
The Journal One pledge of both, the
Republican and Democratic parties has
notyet been redeemed to give us r
safety at sea and freedom to .seamen.
The terrible disaster of the Titanic
and the quick repetition of fatal ma
rine disasters knocked .at - the. doors
of congress and asked for proper leg
islation to promote safety at sea, but
except regulating the system of wire
leas telegraphy, no action has thus far
been taken.
The two main tractors of safety at
sea are lifeboats for all and sufficien
t(
n
and efficient men to handle them. On
the high seas, , especially in stormy
weather, life rafts are no substitute
for lifeboats. This also prevails on
the Great Lakes. Still the last substi
tute of the seamen's bill provided for
those excursion boats on the Great
Lakes, which do not go more -than f iv(jp
miles off shore, lifeboats ror only io
'per cent, liferafts for 30 per cent and
nothing but lifebelts for the rest of
the passengers and crew. Everybody
who knows the Great Lakes knows also
that in a rough sea there would not
be many chanees left to the last 50
per cent. If the ship should-meet with
Although It is well to have lifeboats
for all, they become useless if there
are not ' sufficient and efficient men
to ' handle these boats. The laws Of
most maritime nations require for
every lifeboat of ordinary size at least
two ablebodied seamen besides the of
ficer in charge fit the boat and the
regular crew taken from the engineer's
and steward'! departments; and again
they require 'Tor ablebodied seamen at
least three years of experience on deck
of ocean goine crfts. Tbe Tfaited
I States .has no mahning Vscalegor
' standards of efficiency. ;
Freedom to seamen was nit provided
for in the thirteenth amendment to our
constitution. Seamen of the merchant
marine are still arrested as deserters,
detained and delivered back to their
ships. They are still imprisoned
cimr.lv nr oiilttinsr th
service 01 an
w.u.l... - -i - o ,
employer.
Vr ai remain m our xo,eign
And, an the other hand, every day of
the year some poor seamen" of a for-,
eign nation are filling our jails for
violating a private: contract.
Mayl the coming ' congress give us,
what so long was promised, safety at
sea and freedom to seamen.
B. CHRISTEN.
Expect. Scripture's VulflUment,
Lostine. Or., Nov. 28. To the Editor
of The journal Your paper Is always
Ifor with interes esoecuuiy on
b christian people are watching
j,whether"this is the great war and final,
predicted in Zach. 14:1-5, when God
enau satner an muuM i a.
t--,.,,- wherfor we eaererlv read
your paper to see the first indications
of its overspreading the Holy Land.
EVERT SMITH, Presbyterian Pastor.
"Bobs" on Grant and Lee.
From the Chicago Tribune.
, Lord Roberts was known to have
been a great admirer of General U..B
Grant. , At one time he was asked to
compare Grant and General Robert E.
Lee. His answer was:
"They were both, great soldiers and
deserved the highest praise, but Gen
eral Grant had the genius required for
saving the union,, and ou?ht not to be
placed second to any modern- com
mander." .
"Bobs" often, was represented false
ly as being a Jealous rival of Lord
"VVolseley and the Ashantee "gang" and
a scornful critic of Buller ni the Al
dershot set. "Veterans who hadserved
under him. knew- his value and were
sometimes injudiciounpartisang. but
he himself was neitheAaggresslve nor
pushful . and never, seirfmed to reflect,
upon Lord Wolseley arid insisted upon
its suppression, and he never encour
aged comparisons between hlfnself and
other generals In the army.
Lord Roberts always regretted his
lack of oratorical power. "There have
been times," he once confided to a
friend, "when I would have given all
I own or am likely to own, to have
been born with Gladstone's gift." On
the other hand, he was quick, .direct,
going a straight to the ' point as a
well aimed bullet to the target, and i
a pastmaster in the art of repartee.
Once he met-a certain English yacHts
man, a tall man who dearly loved to
get a laugh, at his neighbor's expense.
As everybody know
the famous gen -
eral was rather undersized. When the
introductions ' had been made the I ers of almost any security of ascer
sportsman remarked patronizingly: "I i tainable value were Invited to bring it
have often heard of you. Lord Roberts, to a special government bank, where
hut" shading his eyes as if the other they, received- up to 90 per cent of its
were too mi-ogcopic to be easily . "market value'J In a new paper cur
seen "I have tnever seen you." -I rency. " This, In .turn, la accepted in
the other's pronfpt reply, .
nave mmi seea you nere, sir," came
'but I have
never heard of you."
Size of the War Mortgage.
From the Chicago ' Herald.
The British $1,750,000,000 loan, au
thorized by parliament on Tuesday,
brings the known war borrowings of
the belligerents up to about $4,500
000.000. This does not include Austria
Hungary, nor loans between govern
ments, nor flotations by neutral na
tions, in part occasioned by the waft
According to available reports, the to
tal is made up thus:
EnclHnd tinelutUse $25,000,000
KicyptiBB tre- bills) -.$2,225,000,000
Germany. (InelirAiig $3TSWO,000
Prussian -statAs 5.. 1 ?LV) (Kin Ann
i to"1 onil1!""".: ", 4!&'?'iw5
iJapan 2s',50oiooo
Total ....... ....... $4,838,625,000
The French government had floated
a large loan only a few -weeks before
Austria's drastic demands on Servja
(Started the slaughter, which probably
explains its relatively small issues so
far. Austria-Hungary has resorted to
various financial devices, but definite
figures of their results are lacking. To
the war mortgage may al; be added
loans of $16,000,000 and $10,000,000 is
sued by Switzerland and 'Denmark. And
Holland is .talking of toner of - $100,-
000,000. ..-.. ' -.-;:-. .'" ::,-,
The end is not yet, for- Chancellor
Lloyd-George ; told the. commons -- on
Tuesday that the war would cost Eng
land $2,250,000,000 the first year. The
new loan of ILT50.000.900 Is- to meet
A FEW SMILES
'A.-, colored bricklayer in Macon, Ga.
was lying down, during the noon hour,
sleeping in the hot sun. "The clock
struck 1, the time to
pick up his hod
again. He rose,
stretched, and grum
bled; "I wish I wux
daid. "Tain nothln'
but wuk. wuk from
mawnln' tiH night."
: Another ; c o 1 o red
man, a story above, - heard the com
plaint and dropped a 1 brick on the
grumbler's head. ;
Cased, he looked up and said:
"De Lawd can' stan' no jokes.
Jes' takes - ev'y thing in yearnist."
He
"Mother."
"What is it dearr
"Are you a human
being?"
"Yes, of course.
my.darUng."
"Am I a human
being?"
"Certainly, lax."
lis fathek a human
IbeingT
"Weil, yet, 1 nuppose so.
A farmer was recently arguing with
a French chauffeur .who had slack
ened up at an Inn regarding the mer
its 01 the horse and
motor car.
' "Give h a 'orse,"
remarged the farm
er. "Them .traveling
oil shops is too un
certain for my lik-
certa
L"
et is prejudice,
"yiriend," the chautieur replied.
"Yon Engleesh are behind ze " times.
You will think deefairent some day."
"Behind the times be blowed," came
the retort. "PVaps nexl time the
Proosians are' round Paris and you
have to git your dinner off a , steak
from the 'ind wheel of a motor car,
yoj Frenchmen'U wish you wasn't so
bioomin' weH up to date!"
ELECTION AFTERMATH
Vancouver, B. C., Is Jubilant at the
success of. prohibition in the state of
Washington. Newspapers there pre
dict great benefits with. Washington
"dry believing that Washington peo
ple will spend their money in British
Columbia instead of their own state.
. a
James G.. Blaine ZII, a grandson of
the famous statesman of that name,
has been elected to the Providence,
L(R. I.) city council, over the protests
ii sumo ox nis townsmen Viat he has
only lived in Providence' since 1911
r
The official count. Just completed
In Pennsylvania, shows that Glfford
Pinchot, Progressive candidate for the
United States senate, ran second to
Boies Penrose, who was overwhelm
ingly reelected, while A. Mitchell
Palmer, the Democratic nominee, ran
third. The votes were u follows
Penrose, B13,021; Pinchot, 269 086
Palmer, 266,495. Pinchot ran jfegi
votes ahead of Palmer. Despite Pen
rose's large vote, he failed to get a
majority of the 1.104,969 votes cast
The large vote d.f the Progressive, or
Washington, party, aa it is called In
the Keystone state, is one of the few
encouraging features of the recent
election for the Bull Moose party '
r- .- . . " i
Nebraska voters refused to increase
the governor's salary from $3600 to
$5000 in that state at the recent elec
tion. With the exception of Vermont,
Nebraska pays the lowest guberna
torial salary In the country.
j
Defeat of the "full crew" railway
referendum In Missouri Is taken In
many quarters as an Index of chang
ing sentiment toward the railroads of
the country. - V
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- State pensions for indigent mothers
and the Incompetent and indigent
aged were authorized In Arizona at
the recent election. Another measure
passed i was that providing that not
less than 80 per cent of the employes
of any business shall be American
citizens.
Tha recent election in Pennsylvania
cost more than $2,1)00.000, making it
the most expensive in years. Con
sidering ali-. expenses, those of the
stat andf those made in the Interest of
candidates. It cost about $2 for every
vote polled. One reason for this stag
gering sum was that the Pennsylvania
corrupt practices act does not limit
expenditures. Gifford Pinchot, Pro
gressive candidate for the- senate, per
sonally spent $50,000, while his oppo
nents are estimated to have spent only
about $8000 each. Estimates place the'
expenaitures or tne Republican state
rammitfM at t'ltn finn n i u -
. uor dealf. of thl mtat " YA .Vt
The Republican committee alone sent
out 12,000.000 pieces of literature, cir
culars and campaign buttons.
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that part which cannot be raised by
immediate taxation, thoutrh this In.
clidea a doubling of the income tax.
a penny a pint on Deer and 3 pence a
pouu.i mora on tea.
Germany's "mobilization of credit'
was prompter and more lntrpntoim
, though perhaps more dangerous- in the
! end. As soon as the war opened hold
I payment xor interest-bearing govern
merit ; bonds and bills, . and is kent
staoie Dy orastic price ana "legal ten
der" regulations. Unless Germany
should win and exact enormous In
demnities the redemption of . the vast
mass of paper currency thus created
may eventually present great difficul
ties,, i
Aside from problems of that sort it
Is evident that the European -war Is
loading a mortgage upon posterity of
a size unknown since human history
began. And It will be a mortgage
whose Interest charge alone, to say
nothing or its principal, will rest upon
populations Weakened in material re
sources and In physical strength by
war's destructions. For the battle
mill consumes the "fittest first.
. The. Joke That Palled. '
" ! ; From the St. Louis Star. '
When a large arms manufacturing
concern was asked front whom It re
ceived an order for an Immense quan
tity of arms and ajn muni tin, the man
ager answered Jocularly, and in order
to make the answer as absurd as pos
sible: ' .:'-7, - ": -
"It was ordered ! by a missionary
from South America, who dropped Into
the factory a few days, ago while be
was. on a vacation..
-The significance of this answer Is
startling. ' Christians wjar have been
almost moved to doubt the effective
ness, if not the truth, of Christianity,
with the so-called Christian nations of
Europe engaged In this titanic and
unholy war, may take heart from the
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PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
Men ' who
pockets.' .
gamble pick their Own
Better a painful situation than' no
Job at all. ,
: One of the cheapest things of real
value ia politeness. 1
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, None are ' so blind as those who
imagine they see it eJL . 1
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But you can't Judge a man's brain
power by his tongue power.
.
The modern horn of plenty Is at
tached to the cheap phonograph.
- Eve tempted Adam to eat. bnt she
didn't drive him to drink, anyway.; ,
"What the average school boy wants
is a history that will repeat itself.
A soft answer "may turn away
wrath, and a short answer may stir
up strife. '
1 Successful merchants advertise to
get bustness then keep on advertis
ing to keep It- - r '
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Cheerfulness lubricates the axles of
the world. Some people go -through
life with a continuous -squeak.
"Whether it gives a woman the
greater pleasure to near nerseii
praised or another woman criticised
is still a Question.
The wonderful display of colors
seen in some of the new style Balma
caan overcoats leaves the impression
that they were designed by the mana
ger of a kaleidoscope factory.
A distinguished 'foreigner who Is
visiting this country says .we are a
wasteful nation, and he tells the truth.
Just think of the quantity of sugar
that is wasted in making a cranberry
fit to -eat.
The man who once held a. good po
sition and decided that it was impos
sible for the firm to- get along with
out him, is "now a seedy -trereon who
Sits on the step of the corner grocery
and waits for somebody to- invite hini
to take a beer. ,
COMING HOME
Washington Post: Doubtless the i
president and Secretary Bryan nave
Informed themselves thoroughly re
garding the situation in Mexico and
are certain that , the withdrawal of
General Funston's troops will not re
sult in any embarrassment or aisaa-
vantage to the United States or its in
terests.
It was necessary tot. keep the troops
at Vera Cruz so long as mere w ,
doubt as to the safetv of refugees
there, whose sole refuge was tne
American flag. Now tnat tnese ref
ugees have departed, there appears iu
be no good reason wny meu..
troops should remain on Aiexicau su
The withdrawal of the troops will be
the most convincing proof to all Mex
icans that the. United States is not
seeking a quarrel, and that It does not
covet any portion of Mexico or aeek
to control its politics.
If subsequent fighting between the
Carranza and Villa factions sbould re
sult in outrages to Americana or other
foreigners in Mexico, the United States
will have the right and the power to
infrA TTntn such necessity arises,.
it is manifestly a wise move to with
draw the troops, and tnus cerui
all Mexicans that the United States is
not attempting to dictate to the Mex
ican people. So long as they confine
their quarrels to themselves, the Lnltr
ed Statea has no -right to interfere.
Out of the welter may come an under
standing amons the factions, and the
choice of a president who. will restore
peace. The United States has no choice
for president of Mexco.
Vhij-.n) News: General Funston's
departure from Vera Cruz with the sea-
Boned troops unaer nis commas
a sense of relief to Americans. "While
their soldiers occupied the- Mexican
port there was an ever present possi
bility of a clash between them and
Mexican armed forces under some
leader or other the outcome of whlcH
might have meant war. The record
of our ocajpation may be contemplated
with pridf. To uphold the dignity of
our flag we have paid a toll of a score
of' lives and $10,000,000 in money, yet
no reprisals have been made and no
tribute has been exacted by way of
recompense.. For seven months Vera
Crus alone of all Mexico has enjoyed
peace and prosperity. Now that the
protection of the United Statesis with-
drawn it is not auuwu .
THRIFT MEANS ELIMINATION OF V?ASTE
By John M. Osklson.
Scotch manufacturers use the soot
from their chimneys to noe
blacking they Import cork shavings
from Spain and Portugal, out of
which to make linoleum. The cotton
mills of Lancashire, though they, pay
more , for the coal they burn, have
lower fuel bills than American- mill
because of more efficient stoking.
They utilize most of the cotton waste,
which Is thrown , away by American
mASthrifty housewife, the mother of
nine children, who lives in Minnesota,
say g that she saves. enough out of her
household, expenditures, as compared
with her neighbors' living costs, to
support another family half the size
of hers. .
When she buys potatoes she gets
them when they are most plentiful.
30 bushels at a time. In the same
way she buys quantities tjf cabbages,
beets, turnips, carrots, celery; she
buys flour by the barrel, eggs by the
crate, vinegar by the. gallon, whole
hams and bacon by - the hundred
pounds. These things she Stores In
her cellar, and she keeps, the key.
very contrast this supposed humorous
reply draws between true Christianity
and that spurious thing .which Is flood
ing the plains and mountains of .Eu
rope with blood. " ,
Every principle of the religion taught
by the man of Galilee is negatived in
this year. It is' not proof of th failure
of Christianity, but of the failure of
men to accept the splrit as well as the
name of Christianity. Christians may
well take heart and renew their faith,
when they think on these things.
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The Hons and Hungary.
From the Manchester Guardian.
In Germany the name of Attila.
which the kaiser has rather courted
than otherwise, -- has . a prestige and
even a certain popularity. One of his
sons Is named Kltel, which, says M.
Hermant, writing in the Paris Temps,
Is simply s German form of Attila. The
old German form is Etzel, and as Et
zel Attila piayjs a considerable part in
the "Nlbelungen." It is In the German
poems that Attila has undergone thiti
transformation from a barbarian rav
ager to a hero-king with a touch of
the chivalrous, rather the Charlemagne
of the chansons de gestef ;
Attila' s memory, it seems, ia Istili
more respectable in Hungary, where he
is still something of a traditional
popular hero naturally, observes M.
Hermant,' aip.es tha Hungarians are
AND NEWS IN BRIEF.
' i j OREGON SIDELIGHTS !
mmm - "
The Dallas Itemlser. has Just cele
brated U fortieth anniversary. It Is
now under its eighth ownership, pub ,
lished by Boyd & Bloom as lessees
V. P. Fiske,' postmaster of Dallas, is
the present owner. It Is One of. the
very largest and newsiest of Oregon's
many excellent? weeklies. , ;
Tillamook women have organized a
Civic league, i of which the Herald
sais: "While the object of the league
is ! civic Improvement in its broadest
sense it is also the intention to begin
a movement which it is hoped will
ultimately result in securing a county
library and a Carnegie building.
Lebanon. Express: While real es
tate is considered very dull through
out the- state, there are a few new
people constantly coming to our town.
These strangers usually saAthat theys
have heard good reports q this vi
cinity before leaving the east, and
before looking over the country have
a desire to see Lebanon: - . 4 -
The Canby Business Men's club has
been .revived,' after alapse of several
months and the secretary has beeri
instructed to notify ail members of
the Club that the organisation -has
taken, on new life and henceforth will
be doing the thing such an organi
sation is expected TO so. improve-
raeni ai uc icnj . ----
lamette river will be one of the club s
first taeks. . -
Woodburn Independent: Every
where theie is a brightening of the
times and the wave that is passing
over the land is perceptibly felt in
this state and section. The Independ
ent again impresses - upon all pros
pective farm purchasers : the advisa
bility of buying at once while values
are down and not foolishly waiting
until the spring rush.
That a work of practical charity
may be carried out in an unostenta
tious way as an incident tc- a pleas
ant public social affair, it is proposed
at Hillsboro to promote a public
Christmas tree. The Independent
says of it: "It glves;all of Hiilsboro
an opportunity to be a go"bd fellow
and .bing happiness to many little
hearts. In the language of the day,
go to it." .
FR0MaMEXIC0
why- 300 Mexican citizens are leaving
In the wake of the American forces.
Vera Cruz, deprived of Its reliable
guardians, may well have doubts as to
its future. Althou.eh General Fuhston
did not turn over the government to
any of the warrine factions, the city
is now occupied bv rontiiutlonallsts
lqyal to General Carranza. How long
they can hold the place for him Is ex
tremely uncertain and it is equally
uncertain what sort of government his
men will give the town. It Is unfor
tunate that the time set for the with
drawal of the Americans should have
come while conditions in Mexico are
chaotic However. Mexico's future
necessarily lies in the bands of Mex
ico's own people. .
Lincoln Star: The military Incur
sion into Mexico . was a step that
seemed to threaten greater military
measures. That it went nofarther
than the occupation of Veracruz is
almost marvelous.' due to the determin
ation of President Wihion and his ad
visors that nothing hostile should Ds
done toward Mexico that was not abso
lutely necessary.
It is Interesting to reflect that It
was first Huerta, and then Carranza,
who made spiteful protest against
Uncle Sam's occupation of Vera Cruz.
Carranza has continued. Sver since its
occurrence, to profess to misunderstand1
the motive of the invasion, . Only Villa,
the much-decried bandit, who may yet.
emergefrom-the long festival of blood
letting as the real hero of Mexico, has
continuously and persistently seen and
admitted the unselfish purpose of our
government to conserve the 'welfare; of
the Mexican people., ,
Perhaps the occupation of Vera Cruz
was not necessary for. the fulfillment
of the purposes of this government.'
It was" an Incident that was nnlooked
for and was not -in the plan, but that
It hastened the decline of Huerta's
power and speeded his .elimination can
not be denied. ..'
There will be sm-ceanplalnt bn
cause the troops have been withdrawn,
it will come from those who have self
ish interests to serve In Mexico, and
from the Jingo element of our citizen
ship, but the overwhelming majority
of the people- of this country - will
breathe easier and malntajltr added con
fidence in our ability t still honor
ably refrain fro"m Intervention In Mex
ico, i 4 il
- This woman buys "clothing In quan
tities, .and every merchant is willing
to reduce his pVlcesi under such con
ditions. : A
She has borrowed, money at the bank
tn order to. buy a two -family house
and eliminate the waste of. rent pay
ing and substitute for It some actual
i'n-ome from the- half jthat jCan be
rented. - ' - . .
What the Minnesota woman has
done is exactly what the successful
manufatcuring, corporations have bad
to, do in order to make good profits
for their owners. "There's no maglo
In thesei accomplishments.' said tha
head of j one of our country's greatest
and mofct successful public service
corporations, referring to Us" waste
saving program.. ,
Those! who aro able to see the finan
cial, value of waste elimination and:
act upon their vision are the sane,
steady, and persistent . workers who
can look beyond today's . needs and
predict the requirements of tomor
row. Personal thrift begins,- must begin,
with the elimination of waate!'.
the descendants of the Hufis. In this
there may toe some little truth racially,
though the modem Hungarians can
hardly be described as Tartar or Mon
golian types like Attila and his Huns.
Their language certainly belongs to
the Mongolian family, like the Finnish.
It is only in the last f00 years that
the Hungarians themselves V. have
thought it good enough for Hteratura
and cultivated intercourse. Right dowa
to 1839 or 1840 the official and literary
language of Hongary and the language
of educated conversation was Latin.
Hungarian Was not taught in the
schools till 1780. As a living language
Latin survived 200 years i longer In
Hungary than anywhere, .else in Eu
rope. It was the language of the Hun
garian parliament till 1825. As lately
as 20 or 30 years ago an educated Eng
lishman could travel all .over Hungary
with perfect convenience' by -using
Latin. -. . . . j .
- Curiosity smd Ambition. ?
From- the Ohio Btate Journal, v
" Some day we are going to sit down,
man to man. with one of our socially
prominent bankrupts, and. ask iilm how
it's possible to run around day after
day, year ia and year out. In $hQ04
Sedans' i without having any more Job
or anyimore money comlDg In than a
rabfiir as we'd like, to do it ourself
If It seemalaany way feasible.
IN-EARLIER tfDAYS
; By Fred Lock ley.
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Judge C. It Stewart haas been a resl-
dent of Albany for the past 60 years.
Recently at Albany we wers talking '
or Linn county's early da) a.,
w" county is-part oi what was
originally Champoeg county." said'
J uage. b tewar t. Original; Oregon was
iuea. jn 1845, ln, fouj districts-
v iamaui, . ciac jamas andl
v.nampoeg; champoeg ; ,county of
which -the present Linn muntv was
Part, was bounded on th, 'north by al
emVtM " 7 rrom wh'r lr adding rivef
2 nt5. wmaktt. to th,
boutSarv Kth Casalea 'its western
Puddle Kan at hJuth Of ths
r Ver ftnd rn ' feuth to the
Oascadwl."?; Th ni" otvthc
ascades was its eastern boundary and
-hounSn
lit l.Z"1. n the Wtllamette val-
.fir, im-l r "r. ne
ui ui lna Nun ami u . I
sitt !;rr?S? Mae- Pmaneht
cam 7r i;i ,s n01 "Dn ounty
nad V V, T,he lmin'rantS of 1846
comtnf QLl Jy. Particularly in
coming down from The Dalles. Some
;-he l,mmlras. becoming lmpaUent
the kde,ay the on'accouirtf
wag0ak.?ThOar? ,an? "-t their
.h "I at.T.ha Dal1 and' cam. acrosB
Whlc St.; mJ ?-n tTv Indian trail
whicn . skirted Mount Hdm n. th.
whicI becamelth.
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"Among those who fonk ihi. tni.n
FiliWereev- Ttrom KendJl. Hugh
ields and Martin llale; iand,' by tie
by. Mrs Martin Hale, who U now 92
"ith the nce.1 S.K5f.in. nn."on.
dlately after tl S 'mla'l
wnen thr -.L ...r. r--l
rltoria trnZ:Z ."""SI ln -i
to mnv. . " wers askedi
v fi, DoDUla'- loan, io q:uip and I
o tiil?!?"' M1Uon le was' on J
t ,h!'?"to Ho loaned $10o
Anr i in Vb7. "celv" bond dated,
-Je- f oted to BW:Ura " woney
ae?!f fLoveJoy an,!
a flr;1 tX: Btuillr-bulldl
a cabin anft L.ln. . . . r ": I
iiinn tountv t.n... n..i . . 1
- rwuoa wno
Whb IU' .Pla'n -l-"
ho built a cabin oh what Is now
called Crabtree creek, ij stayed her
until the spring of 1846. when ne soW
his claim to John B. Crabtree ' and
moved to the Puget soutid countryT
?r,JnfJly year" t his.bsen sup
wa, t. i; the am,ly moh Hale
Vr.st :lmmlfrattl 4o actually
Linn coun'y- ' kir. Hale lo-J
It ;hof? ete'ad on ? soutn bank!
t i .San'am river., a hort. distance
below- the present town' It Jefferson
M-i tTV "' January ? 3846. Mr
Hale had crossed the plat is from Iowa
J?aJ comPan'r Whlchjfbtwr Hackle
5ar captual-n Thiols the same
Hackleman who took oi the claim
'Sf"".1? ,of Alla Is now lo
cated. Mr.-Hale helped'Mr. Hackle,
man put up the log cabin; on his claim.
Mr. Hackleman startedV;, back acrosf.
"v.,t0 Burlington, Iowa, tv
5f!?fi' ou. hl faniily. bdt ,he - die.)
shortly after reaching home. i. son
Abram, carne out In thespring of M7
and located on the -claW his father
had-taken jin, - '. -) ' - .
"HS-c bun a ryi$ the sprinr
of 1S46 acress the Santiam river, an,
most qt the immigrants who Came int. I
Linn county cropsedl on ils ferry. -
-" siarieo ot nis rartn,- callet
Syracuse, and Just across the river oi
, biuo, anomets . town i . wan
started, called Santiam Citv.-
grew to the digAity of hwlng a stor.i
and, a hotel and possibly! a dozer
houses, but, now it would he hard to
una any sign or this pioneer city.
"While Mlton Hale hJs always beetj
sien -creoix or Demg yta first Sctua
settler south of the fiujfitiam, I hav,
since aiscoverefl that tbi.) Karl family
who settled at Knox Butfe, were realh
the first. The Earls came across It
1845 in the Hackleman train. Whs?
they came south in the fftpring of '4'
looking for a claim; thy found Mr
Hale -camped on the north side of th.
Santiam. He had located, his claim or
me soutn'siae or the stream in whs
is now Linn countv. but n-na.m
living. with his family la, a tempo rar
a Dm on tne north side of the Sa
tiam. H; was building a bostr for i
'erry. The Karls waifod two day;
for the boat .to be -finished, and -the-were
the first family fto be ferric
across, ths Santiam at il Tale's ferrv
They took up a claim and began work
on It the next day. .ft Is, very probablJ
mat r., .liale, -having i finished, hi
ferry. boat, began the cqnatructlon '
bis cabin on his -claim on the soul'
side of the Santiam a day or two afte4
tne ians started to bufld their Pabin
In any event, the Karls nd the Hale
were tne ursi two iaa plies to stard
actual and permanent settlement " I'
Linn eounty, that is.. H you do. no
count Mr. Packwood J ho- built th.
first cabin andi sborf y thereafte
moved to 'the Puget sot f)d." .
Bill Und Hank. . .
BUI Jevons. he was always soma: , .
He grabbed right holt, whatever coroeJ
An'- cum' an" cllm' without a. ston.
lA-maklng for the Upmost top. - - j
'Vile cllm' till now hes governor.
It wouldn't s'priso ine lfjh went ,
Maybe as high-as presid'snt. -
Hank Jevons he's 'a twit fa Bill, '
An lives right here In Elffewood still.
The cracker bar'l behind the door:
At old Josh Iiudnutt's j rocery stors
Is 'bout as high as Hank I'd climb ;
If he'd outlive ol' Father Time,
But If you was to ant, j-ftnt blank,
I'll ruther not be Bill, ; ut Hank, i
'Cause Bill'he's Just as ld as lead
An t no heart to htm; Ifai's all head.;
An blesH-you. Bill he's hever-clim' '
hxeert for fo"ks that's feared o' hfm.
But Jlank-T-say, now. the whole blannl
town, . i v . j ;s
Men, women, chllsjren.'dogs an dowa
we-a rutnec noyryi- ioi an eye
Than ' have , thaC drnei Hank J'evon
aie: i . s -
. Tilts of Proeress. ,
By the invention' of . a deodorizlnf
process whale oil again is being ex
tenslvely used In soap manufacture. "
Expert botanists have found that-fn
age of trees can be told by the tea
marsings, tne oiaer a tree tne smaur
and more numerous Its ;iea.f cells.
The Sunday Journal;
The Great Home New?pajer,v
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Five news sections replete witb!
illustrated features. :--Illustrated
magazine of quality.
v Woman's pages of rar , meriL
Pictorial news supplement ' '
. Supflrb1 comic sectipn. . .
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