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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, 1 PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1914.
THE JOURNAL!
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Every man, as t, character.
In the creature of the age in
which he Uvea. Very few are
able to raise themselves above
the Jdeas of -their times.. Vol
taire. v.
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THE MESSAGE
GREAT times afford inspiration
for the geniuB of big men.
The world war thrust large
themes into the president's
message, and they were treated
with marvelous power. No master
ever took his tools In hand and
modeled with more exquisite finish,
or dissected with skill so extraor
dinary. . Never before have American In
stitutions and American; traditions
been more faithfully or more ade
quately mirrored in words. Never
-before have our purposes, our as
pirations and our destiny been
more clearly outlined for national
contemplation. Here is a passage
.from his discussion of national de
fense: I have tried to know what America
is. What her people think, what thpy
arc, what they most cherish and hold
dear. I hope that some of the finer
pnssiens am in my own heart some
of the great conceptions and desires
which (rave birth to this government
and Which have made the voice of
peace and hope and liberty among: the
peopleB of the World, and that speak
ing my own thoughts, I shall, at
: leant In part, speak theirs also, how-
ever faintly and Inadequately on this
vital matter.
The loftiness of the thought and
the vision of our place In the es
timation of mankind as carried in
this passage is an appeal to the
pride arid patriotism of every
American. Nor could there be a
defter dissection of naval estab
Uslimentn than is contained in
these words.
Vfhen will the experts tell tis
what kind (of sjiips) we should con
struct and when- will they be right
for ten years , together. If the. relative
efficiency of craft of "different kinds
and uses continues to change as we
. have seen it change under our very
eyes In these last few months?
A whole volume of discussion
'coiild not more convincingly de
scribe the shifting and changing of
naval construction. Nor could a
whole volume more adequately de
, fine what the national policy should
, be than in the following: '
Otir policy shall not be for an oc
casion. It will .be conceived as a
, permanent and settled thine;, which
We will pursue at all seasons with
out haste and after a fashion per
fectly consistent with the peace of
the werl3, the abiding friendship of
states, and the unhampered, freedom
of all with whom we deal.
It Is a state paper of rare and
wonderful appeal. The splendid
balance and poise of its author, the
grace and beauty of its diction, the
lefty view of our national , destiny
and the broad 'conception, of our
responsibilities and duties are con
spicuous features of the message.
SHOP EARLY'
"TIIE Christmas spirit seems to
I' be more-prevalent this year
B than ever before. It Is also
apparent that there Is more
: sanity in theselection of Christmas
gifts. The question is not "how
greatly will it please?" but "will
It be useful as -well as please."
This thought' should be carried
farther- into, the early Christmas
Rnopprag movement. The move
ment is economic and hnmanltari
an. The early shopper is not
served by a tired clerk and he has
a -larger stock to select from. De
liveries are prompt. It is in these
pmall things that the true spirit
ot Christmas Is realized.
A GIRL'S STORY
YOUNG" girl sat in Oie wait
ing room of the emergency
employment bureau of the
Chicago Woman's club. She
wore a boy's knitted cap pulled
down to her ears. She had sold
her hair for $2.50, of which she
had only seven cents left, and the
cap was to cover the short hair
that was still strangeib her. She
told her story:
Last night I slept with a girl
friend- who earns SS a week in a nov
elty factory. She -told me to come
back tonight If I did not find any
thing to do. I orjly-knew her since
yesterday. We talked together on
the car going home, and she took me
right in. I, had to leave i the room
1 lived in because my landlady said
a-he could n' trust me any more. I
liad my hair cut off to pay the rent
on the room, which was H back. I
'asked a woman on the street who
had hair "the color of mine If she
didn't want more and she said she
would pay me J2.60 for it. Now that
Is all cone but seven cents.
.Half the world knows nothing
about how the other half lives,
Nothing approximates the hopeless
look on the face of a woman in
the deadly grip of poverty.
1 It la a sight , never to be for-4
. gotten.
The Chicago girl is merely a
stray leaf blown hither 'and yon j
by earth s storms of adversity.
There are myriads of leaves like
nf hr fnvlfl
locks Bb.8 only shows In a new way
how a fart o! humanity struggles
with; the great gaunt wolf at the
door, the wolf that gnaws at ' so
many thresholds and? lurks' about
so many firesides. 1 . ,
One. afternoon at the Journal's
Winter Ro?lef Bureau would be a
revelation to many a comfortable
Portlander In the pitiful cases. of
poverty It would visualize.
Stories are told there to-' almost
melt a heart of stone, stories far
more touching than the sale of her
hair by the Chicago girl for the
means a a few days' survival.
Ont OWN UNITED STATES
w
E ARE at peace with all
the world. No one who
speaks counsel based on
fact or drawn from a just
and candid Interpretation of reali
ties can say that there is reason to
fear that from any quarter our in
dependence or the integrity of Our
territory in threatened. Dread of
the power of any other nation we
are incapable of. We are not
jealous of rivalry in the fields of
commerce or of any other peaceful
achievement. We mean -to live
our own lives as we will; but, we
mean also to let live.; We are, in
deed, a true friend fo all the na
tions of the world, because we
threaten none, covet the posses
sions of none, desire the overthrow
of none. Our friendship can be ac
cepted and is accepted without res
ervation, 'y-ausj it is offered in
a spirit and for a purpose! which no
one need ever question or suspect.
Therein lies our greatness. We ure
the champions of peace and of con
cord. And we should foe Jealous
of this distinction which we have
sought to earn. Just now we
should be particularly jealous of it,
lieeause it is our dearest present
hope that this character and repu-
talicr may presently, in Cod's
providence, bring us an opportunity
such as has seldom been vouch
safed any nation, the opportunity
to counsel and obtain peace in the
world and reconciliation and
healing settlement of many a mat
ter that has cooled and interrupted
the friendship of nations. Presl
dent Wilson's Message.
RECALL PETITIONS
R
E PORTS to county prosecutors
in Washington indicate that
3550 people in that state
were illegal signers of the
petitions in behalf of the pro
hibitory amendment. In San Fran
cisco petitions for the recall of
Sheriff Eggers were found so full
of fraud that they were rejected
rortland recently spent $25,000
on a recall election which resulted
In the voters sustaining three city
officials. After the election it was
found that the petitions were load
ed down with forged signatures.
The Spokane Spokesman-Review,
using the Initiative measure , in
Washington a a text, cautions peo-r
pie against careleseness in signing
political petitions. Public authori
ties are told it is their duty to pro
ceed speedily and unremittingly
against all. persons who appear to
have signed petitions illegally.
There should not be great dif
ficulty in finding a r?medy for
this abuse. The signing of ficti
tious names or the forgery of
names on these petitions can be
made by legislation a very unsafe
and very undesirable performance.
It can be made so hazardous that
nobody will engage in the practice.
The legislature could make the
abuse the subject of a special act,
and could provide ;2nalties that
would put fear and trembling into
those who have been guilty of traf
ficking in bogus names and fraud
ulent petitions. The legislative
body would be fully justified in
enacting such special legislation
because present laws seem not to
have been effective. The right of
petition is a sacred privilege in
government, and It should be
strongly safeguarded, especially in
this state where petitions play so
Important a part in political life.
IS IT AN OMEN?
A
SIGNAL utterance by . a rail
road president Is the follow
ing: We must rive our railroads
the hlphest character for honesty, and
In order to do th4s we must be hon
est and sincere ourselves. And when
I say that, I don't mean only about
money, but t mean we must be hon
est of purpose anA honest of state
ment and stamp out all evidences of
foolishness in personal and railroad
conduct, and eliminate anything that
looks suspicious in the affairs of
great public- service corporations.
Sometimes we are asked to so" Into
politics, and as you know, the rail
roads and business generally have
been charged with enscing too much
in politics .and trying to manage
politics. That day has gone by.
The words are from an address
to railroad men by Howard Elliott,
the new president of the New
Haven. A more extended quotation
is to be found on this page.
What a splendid fact if the con
duct of every railroad should here
after square with the utterances of
Mr. Elliott! How much better
for the railroads! How ,much bet
ter for the public and the country!
, Honest railroads, like honest
people, suffer from the sins of the
dishonest. One dishonest lawyer
does more to bring the legal pro
fession Into disrepute than a score
of honest lawyers can undo. A few
medical knaves can bring odium
upon an army of . members of the
medical profession. One New
Haven railroad with, its corrupt
politics, Its juggling : and theft of
stockholders' funds. Its attempt to
control the governments and the
transportation of , half a dozen
,n
In I
stofoa Hoclrnra nnMlc ennfirienco
all - railroad management to an ex
tent that it will take years to
restore.
Mr. Elliott says those days are
gone by. Let it be hoped that they
have. It is due to such wicked
ness and dishonesty that the roads
are having difficulty in financing
extensions and new projects of con
struction and improvement. Stock
holders have been robbed. In or
der to compel a reform within, the
government has applied measures
for reform from without.
The fndlctment at the instance
of President Wilson of many high
officials for the rotten work in the
New Haven is a consequence
brought on by the railroad Itself
and is richly deserved. It is a
kind of government activity that
should have been invoked a score
of years ago and against many
other roadj. It is for the Eame
reason thai there is legislation to
restrict "dishonest inflations of, se
curities by railroad manipulators.
President Elliott states the case
perfectly. The days of the old
follies hare gone by. The true
rule is to give "our railroads the
highest character for honesty."
If that be done, legislatures will
cease to be hostile, and congresses
wlU be more considerate. And the
roads, by being honest with stock
holders and the public, will yield
better dividends and encounter less
difficulty in attracting investments
In, their securities.
JA railroad, as such. Is not a
thing 'towards which the public
should manifest hostility. It is the
occasional wicked manipulations of
railroads that have so often laid
them under suspicion.
The railroad itself is a great
public institution, of incomparable
value to society and a natural fa
cility that adds enormously to the
comfort and happiness of mankind,
CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS
T
HERE are reports afloat that
some members of the legisla
ture will favor a repeal of all
continuing appropriations, the
millage levies for educational insti
tutions among them.
It Is not probable that the legis
lature will agree to such a plan.
One of the best legislative accom
plishments in Oregon is the placing
of all state educational establish
ments on a fixed and permanent
basis. It is a work- that never
should be undone.
The millage arrangement gives
the institutions opportunity td know
from year to year, what they can
count upon. It enables those in
control tty program their work. It
removes indecision and uncertainty
by providing an income that is
stable and always available in car
rying out the plans that sometimes
take years to complete.
To force the institutions to go
back to the legislature for appro
priations from year to year places
them on a make-shift and indefi
nite basis. It places them in t
position in which they cannot lay
plans with certainty for the future
It reduces them to a status in which
they are likely to have too much
money after one session and too
little after another. It makes all
their work contingent upon the
whims and passing fancies of the
legislative body.
The millage arrangement does
not necessarily mean that the in
stitutions will cost more. It is
more likely to mean that the
eventual cost will be less. What
it does mean is that, by knowing
all along what income to depend
upon, there is opportunity for each
to plan definitely in advance, and
by that process to reach the great
est efficiency at the least outlay
and with the least waste.
But there is an even more im
portant reason for retaining the
millage arrangement. It removes
education from politics, and keeps
politics out of education. Through
out the past, the educational ap
propriation bills hav necessarily
figured in the legislative proceed
ings. The institutions were forced
to go to Salem and importune for
support. They were forced to get
into politics. Trading and log
rolling forced them to be drawn
into legislative combinations. Less
worthy legislation compelled them
to take part in proceedings from
which the higher education of the
state ought to be saved.
From all that, the institutions
are now free. One element that
took the time of the legislature
and that more or less complicated
legislation has been removed.' Edu
cation is out of politics and politics
Is out of education. The present
status is .immensely to the credit
of Oregon, because it is a distinct
step in purifying government, and
it seems incredible that the legis
lative body would even consider a
plan, to abandon it- for an old and
discredited arrangement.
It is wholly lmprbbable that the
governor-elect would be favdrable
to such a change. Far bettor than
most other men, he knows the im
portance of. a fixed and definite in
come in the great work of carrying
on successful educational endeavor,
and it is practically certain that ne
will be entirely out of . sympathy
with a plan to bring the higher
education of the state back into
politics.
A SIGX OF THE TIMES
T
HE announcement that ' the
New York. Stock Exchange
will resume dealings In stocks
next Saturday is encouraging.
It strengthens the feeling that
financial conditions ; in' the United'
States are normal.
The governing body of the ex
rhatur baa amrowerrd tha onecial
committee of five, which : has ex
ercised full supervision over stock
dealings during the period of en
forced closure, to authorize buying!
and selling of Stocks on the floor !
or the exchange. But the situation
ls not yet such as to permit trad- i
ing in shares that are held largely ;
aoroaa. i
The announcement is a! sien of I
the times. Trading in bonds and f
... , , ,
unofficial dealings in stocks have
uoi precipuaiea a panic; f rices .the lad. 1
have been maintained without efl "Xo- I can't. i;m sorry to say." re-
fort, and there is accumulating evi -
dence that investment money is
anxious to begin working. .The dol
lar has forgotten its war fright.
The coming resumption 'of stock
trading under restrictions is im
portant, for It will furnish greater
opportunity to the nation's business
to secure necessary capital.
YEON OR MAf THEWS
T
HE non-committal replies of
commissioner Lighther and
Commissioner-Elect Holbrook
to the direct question whether
they will adopt the recommendation
of the advisory budget committee
and reappoint John B. Yeon road-
master suggest a thought on "aelr
part to place political expediency
above the interest of the taxpayihg
public.
In taking refuge behind the dec
laration that they will decide when
the matter comes up in the regular j
course of procedure they Imply
that it will all depend on what
Jack Matthews says.
His orders are bf more import
ance than the wish of leading tax
payers. The latter are permitted
to supply the funds for the supr
nort of the conntv envprnmpnt. hnt
the "machine" -wants to have I
charge of the expenditure
In a matter of such great public
Interest the commissioners should
be abje to say either, "yesM or "no'
without hesitation.
There will be. many who will
have- hesitation . in advocating a
bond issue for road improvement if '
Mr. Yeon is not reappointed.
(C iiuualcationa sent to Tha Jearaal for
pnbucatkia In tola department aboald be writ
ten on only one aide of tha paper, ahonld net
exceed Sou words la length and mnst be 'ac
companied by the name and addresa of the
aeader. If the writer doea not .desire to
nave the name pabUahed, he should ao state.)
"Diacosalon 1a the createat of : all reform
ers. It rationalise everything It tonene. It
roba principles af aU false aancnty aid
t brows them back on their reasonableness. If
they hare no reasonableness, it ruthlessly
crnsbea them oat of existence and aet no ita
own conclusions la their stead." Woodrow
WUsoa.
Questions American Neutrality. !
Reedvllle, Or, Dec. 7. To the Editor
of The Journal - Will The Journal
kindlv exnlaJn how It hannens to h a. ,
violation of the country's neutrality to
Letters From the People
snip provisions to uermaiv warsmps , his war hobby." Me Is lauded because
when we ship all sorts of provisions ; fae would make war. becaU8e he1 wouJ
to the English and thlr allies? . . ' . ,.
"Farmer Paul" has certainly raised a avenge outrage with outrage There are
question that must set people to think- BOm yrho 8X8 never satisfied; some
tng. Are we at war with ! Germany, whom even peace and prosperity fall
that we put up the bars against her to satisfy; some who are craving more
and open them up to the English and bloodshed. The horrors, devastajtation,
their allies? Who runs this couni starvation and death wrought ffey the
try's affairs? Is It Great Britain? European and Mexican wars, do not
The repeal of free tolls no doubt was serve as an example but; it would
due to British pressure. Still, we built seem, only excite and Increase their
the canal with American labor and abnormal.- lust for blood. Again it is
American money, and when we sought the old story. We must have revenge;
to run It in our own American way, but the lives of. others, not ours, shall
we jammed up against British protest.be sacrificed to gain it. l!
and took: water. During our Civil war ! It has been sard of Mr. Bryan that
Great Britain was instrumental in wip- "he would make peace with hell."
Ing our merchant marine from the seas Thanks to J. Hennessy Murphy for that
ana since mat ume it naa never Deen
replaced? Why Should this country
view with alarm shipments going to
Germany or German war vessels, when
England is getting provisions right
along? Why should we discriminate
against Germany? We are not at war.
nor Is there the most remote chance th various letters from the people on
of ever being so at war. Any student the unemployment of labor, and the
ot history can bear me out in the landless man. With the products of
statement that the only nations that . the farm going to waste in immense
ever proved a menace to our institu- . quantitle3 at ene end and mulutule3
tions and our policies were those same! - . , , . x ' ,
countries that now are asking us to of starving people at the other end uh
discriminate against a country which able to-buy at any price, the absolute
never In all history afforded us a sin- 1
gle moment of trouble. Why not have;
fair play?
O. E. FRANK.
rThORft who am nprrtle-f-erl hv th
j .i . ' " -
cu.u:i.i...v w.e v,..u,.u,ri.c
sents will do well to note the differ-
,
bci ica ul aauLo cquitoiciii cue uao
of a neutral government s porjs as out-
fitting points that is, as naval bases;
and the case (2) of traders who seek
to ship was supplies and ! munitions
to one or any of the countries engaged
( .r hioh tffi (hoc. frH;L
dertake at thlr om. risk and to which
their own government extends no pro- !
tlnn whQt.v.r Tha HlffArr,f ir, f.
feet, between these cases, may not be
great, but the legal distinction is very
wide. Furthermore, shippers of sup-!
plies, contraband or otherwise, merely
seek markets, and would as willingly
sell to one belligerent as to another.
If more is beard of sales to the allies
than of sales to Germany, It is to be
considered that the British: navy eon-
trols all the sea routes toi Germany.
so that shipment to that country is im
possible. The United States does not
make International law. American
traders operate under International law
as they find It. j
Itoosevelt and the Wars.
Portland, Dec. 8. To thet Editor of
Roosevelt is attempting it sortie againut enl V"" B'en as a remeay
the administration for failure to pro-ifor Present economic conditions?
tect Catholictnen and women in Mexi-i 1 am not sayin th;at the present
co tn the civil war that wages there, administration has not done what It
The colonel is notorious for obtruding promised, so far as legislation is con
himself, and makes this staB at Wilson ! cerned. but it is all a dismal failure
and Bryan In order to aDDear once more
In the limelight. Everyone knows and is
willing to admit that the heads of ad
ministration are as intently awake to
the welfare of all peoples as any genu
ine humanitarian on earth.)
Roosevelt Intermeddling In the af
fairs of the Catholic church In an en
deavor to have an ambassador at Vi
enna visit the pope at Rome in the in
terest of . the appointment, of Arch
bishop Ireland as cardinal, which was
indignantly denied by Roosevelt after
exposure : but amply proved la tha
"Dear Maria" letters, as also by Arch
bishop Ireland himself, - exposes the
colonel to the- world as ani intriguant
anxious to swerve papal policy to his
ambitious purposes, which was sub
merged In a tempestuous denial, with
his favorite use of "liar" and a storm
of objurgations to counterbalance the
calm affirmation and proof by Bel
lamy Storer. !
The Catholic church and its propone
ents will scarcely take to heart the
sincerity of this man, who for the pur
pose of vaunting himself -attempts a
religious cast to the Mexican muddle.
It ia unfortunate that an Internecine
war 1 xausrht tkwarak. av im
A FEW SMILES f
A sturdy little Lancashire lad, went
to a recruitine station o enlist.
He was much dia
aPJlnte? ,? re
wftooaT and
! too vountr.
"Can't you find me
Jb tne
what I am big enough
forr. anxioUsiy asked
1 the omcr fn T
he said :
"Well, dpn't blame me if tlT bloom
In' Germans lick o' t" lot of yo"; that's
all!"
The justice ot the peace in a town in
Ohio In pursuance of his duties had to
hear and Jugde tne
same cases that were
.brought before him.
and al$o to perform
occasional .marriage
ceremonies. He found
it difficult to disso
ciate the various
functions of his of-
Everything had gone smoothly until
he asked one bride: "Do yod take this
man to be your husband?"
The bride nodded emphatically.!
"And you. accused," state the Justice,
turning to the bridegroom, "what have
you to say in your defense?'
An old soldier, being desirous of of.
ficial dignity, was appointed marshal
In a parade on Me
morial day. Vet
trans bandmen and
School children were
lined along the
streets of- the town
patiently waiting the
Signal to start.
Suddenly Mike, on
a prancing charger, dashed up the
street. After Inspecting the dignified
procession he gave his horse a; quick
clip. Then, standing up in his saddle.
trLZW a voic filled with pr,de
and authority:
"Ready, now! Every one of yea,
kape Bhtep with the horse!"
cated in the states of Europe; but for
the United States to forcibly interfere
Is impossible in either direction,
ijoubtless a . hundred times more
priests and nuns have been immolated
In Belgium than ever in Mexico, as
well as hundreds of thousands of other
innocent victims, but the colonel, who
desires to vaunt himself 'for a brief
Strut in the public gaze, has never a
word of sympathy, or concern tn that
direction.. '
Let it be understood once for all
that the sober sense of the American
people will not permit the "united
States any other than a calm and dis
interested attitude as to the combat
ants; we have not and Will not permit
upstarts of the stamp of Roosevelt and
that mighty warrior of the Oregonian
office to embroil us In war to add an
other million people to the holocaust
of stain. CHARLES P. CHURCH.
Advocates of War and Peace.
Portland, Or., Dec. 7. To the Editor
of The Journal Thje ever restless na
ture of the Colonel has again asserted
itself, with th usual evil effrt
It
is the old story of "the Colonel and
remark, and thanks to God for Mr.
Bryan and peace.- ANIM SNT3TAG.
Unemployed and the System.
Ly'le, Wash., Dec. 8. To tha Editor
of The Journal I read with Interest
rottenness of the system under -which
the masses are forced to eke out an
j existence are shown. These condi-
tions appear most lntoieraoie w.nen we
know that these producers of .wealth
are the backbone of this nation, and
of all nations.
j Thft IntTOdUC
oa,......,- an.
PVl , j
".3 f '
nd governmental, in the
ate capital, is the chief
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":" vs iseS
large surplus of manufactured prod-
"ctB- and the "tter, ,n.abmiT, of tn
masses to purchase back sufficient of
i worn ui inir own nanus to give
theJn a ecen living.
i r"e im
want, urges greater sou production,
' levying on the now over-burdened tax-
I i uwu"- '"suluu mai
1 end- u ,a ot my object to, decry
science in farming, or In any other
I linG of productive energy, but In view
! ot Present conditions it is secondary
In Importance.
If the. federal commission now In
vestigating this problem does no more
toward solving it than all past efforts
It means nothing. How about the
Rural Credit commission, the tariff
revision, the anti-trust legislation, the
currency legislation, with its auxiliary,
the fake postal money deposit law,
and all other legislation past and pres
i as regaroa meeting tne proDiem. we
must bear in mind that the claim
was made that such legislation would
remedy the high cost of living with
ita accompanying ills; and the logical
conclusion must be that, sincere as
the present administration may be,
it does not go to the root of the evil,
and so far as results are concerned.
stands for nothing more than Its pre
decessors, which for 50 years fostered
nothing but loot for the few at the
expense ot the many; and yet, the late
election would Indicate that the fool
people are ready to flop back to their
old exploiters. , They never get ' tired
drinking In the buncombe of political
hirelings and the "interests." ,
The bankers of the country were
well satisfied with the currency leg
islation, claiming It precluded future
financial panics. Well, that may be,
so far as the banks are concerned,
but how about the general i public,
despite the fact that the federal treas
ury has made possible $500,000,000 for
this emergency? v
The railroads are crying for cbeap
money, and those blind or directly In
terested with them are claiming they
vaxULt tULiuk haklo or ata iatta U Juandat
fice.
PERTINENT. COMMENT
. SMALL CHANGE
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It takes a enod; woman to admire a
man who lsn t.
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It's; human nature to want other
people to be liberal. ' '. . .
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The man who isn't true to himseli
isn't true to anybody. -.
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An observing woman is a whole pub
lic opinion in one' package.
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If a man's conscience never troubles
him he has it pretty well trained.
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But no married man can understand
why a bachelor should have need of
a rest cure. ,-
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If you would prefer to work for $12
a week rather than $13, you " surely
are superstitious. ' v
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The inventor of tailor-made gar
ments for women tried his best to
prove that figures will lie.
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When people call at your home It
Isn't necessary to ask one of your
family to sing unless you want to
chase them.
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Many a girl who aspires to become
a missionary doesn't even break into
the kindergarten grade by helping her
poor old mother launder the dishen.
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The earth and the fullness thereof
was created In seven days, and It takea
about that length of time for a man
to get completely rid of some of the
fullness.
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When We read the war news tellinip
of the suffering In the cold and we
trenches a warm bed and a cheerftt!
fire are powerful arguments for the
blessings of peace.
The progress of civilization Is
evinced by the disappearance of whisk
ers, plaid vests, ruffled shirts and box
toed shoes.
NEBRASKA VERSUS KANSAS
From the Omaha World-He'ald.
William Allen White; a Kansas Bull
Moose editor, famous as the employer
of Walt Mason, who came to him
from Nebraska, has sufficiently re
covered from the effects of the recent
elections to take a feeble poke at Ne
braska, The New York Times having
remarked that General Funston's pro
motion would give satisfaction not
only "In Nebraska, General Funston's
state, but all over the union, ' Mr.
White rises and remarks as follows:
"And for such as this Kansas has
fought her way to the stars! Ne
braska colorless, eventless, uninter
esting Nebraska that an Intelligent
editorial writer should confuse Kan
sas with Nebraska, merely because
they lie west of Columb: 3 circle and
south of the aurora borealis! Ne
braska is a milk eyed, placid, blue
stockinged old maid, who never had
a throb of emotion stronger than a
Platonic yearning for a tabby cat. Ne
braska's feet never are found tango
ing up and down the primrose path
of dalliance with any idea more di
verting than a geometrical theorem.
Nebraska never has produced a public
man except Bryan, and she never has
given htm a sustaining majority when
he needed It. Nebraska is so prim
that a cyclone never twisted her off
her feet and kissed where ehe stood.
Nebraska never surged with a hot
wind nor howled with a blizzard. Ne
braska is so blamed virtuous tnat her
emotions are ingrown and her morals
callous. . The idea that she would
produce a gay, frolicsome, picturesque"
festive and Intrepid fighter' like Fun
stort is positively grotesque. Why not
speak of Norwgy as the home of
Dante, of Berlin as the home of
Napoleon, of Manitoba as the home
ef' the Wild Man From Borneo and
Utah as the home of the popes! The
Ignorance of the rising generation is
the chief cause of the Increase of
crime!"
Base envy, as the poet remarked,
withers at another's joy, and hates
that excellence it cannot reach. . So
was it ever with Kansas.
Nebraska raises corn and alfalfa
and wheat and pork and beef and
Kansas raises hell. Nebraska piles up
wealth and Kansas'- piles up Rand
dunes. Nebraska is so righteous She
can trust herself to freedom, and
Kansas so wickrd that she must re
strain herself in gyves and chains
and then cries out, "See how good
I am!" Kansas tries all things and
Nebraska picks up those that are
OPTIMIST WHO CAN
By John M. Oskison. ,
Following the general publication of
the recent circular of the country's
biggest bank, in which it was said that
business recovery in the United States
Is very near, came the monthly "Digest
of Trade Conditions," which is put
out by a much smaller bank in New
Jersey.
I've been reading this New Jersey
bank's digest for a ' great many
months, because I've found It to be
an able and discriminating summary
and forecast.
"We are not on the eve',' but really
In the midst, of a material improve
ment in business," said the New Jer
sey bank. "Although some lines must
still suffer because of the European
conflict and other unsatisfactory con
ditions, the larger portion of the busi
ness world and the majority of lines
will show improvement from thiis
time on, partly because of the' war atid
partly because business depression has
lasted as long as It can."
Early In 1911 business went below
normal
Then it rose to zig-zag aoove
k,inv normal until the middle of
1913. Since then it has remained be-
low normal. It fell to Its lowest In
of receivers. What about the condi
tion of other business that might be
benefited by cheaper money?
In a recent issue of Th Journal it
was 4aken to task for Its Socialises
tendencies by a Mr. Lamar, who
claims to be a working man. I would
say for the benefit of all such, that
any tendency of The Journal or any
other publication towards ' Socialism
should be encouraged rather than
otherwise. It is safe to say that Mr.
Lamar does not know what Socialism
means, or else he is the type of labor
ing tnan and humanitarian who has
by chance acquired four lots more
than those less fortunate, and has vis
ions of some day being able to live on
easy street" at the expense of others.
Individualism, selfishness, greed. Is
and always has been the 'prime curse
of the human race, and In view of this
whole question. I am compelled to ask.
How long, O Lord, how long! before
the people as a. working majority will
awake to the fact that they are play
ing the other fellow's game and are
being buncoed? D. L. M'LEOD.
A Dickens Character.
From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
The newspaper 'accounts of th
death of John Gottlieb Wendel at SO
years presented the name for the first
tima to the ordinary reader. But the
many obituaries that have been pub
lished of Wendel reveal him as one of
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHT9
J. C. Savagd
has disposed of his in
Couiile Sentinel and
terest in the
will go to Florida, where he haa al
ready invested in fruit lands, and i
will ' grow ora
igej and pecans,
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Last Sutuid
X. and "Pl5' nlnt8!f
Medford citizens were ,
violation of the citv at
a total of 23
arrested for
ordinance relating to the lighting of
automoDiics, and were lined a dollar , souri and I have1 heard ojthers say It
ap ete" a a ' ' ; was the case In Indiana. Illinois. Ten-
That Ileppner be called the "Chr s- t ne"ee' and Kentucky. Mjch of the
antiiemum City," and that an an-: river traffic was by keeli Soat- Mer-
SStanennlVHay" aSallf-h?; upfront Lou!, in-
proposals indorsed by the Herald. bots t-uled up or lined url '4 Sugar and
which passes the decision up to the sa't. Iron and calico, coffjjs and cot--women'
clubs of Heppner. j ton goods were all- high pied, while
j pork would only bring $Jf25 a nun- :
Lapine Inter-mountain: Work on dred pounds In cash or $-50 a hun
the. Silver Lake-L.Rkeview nd of ' dred In trade. Corn sold afe 10 cents a
lH lF'ne nd Southern' Telephone bushel. Homespun jeanW auid llnsey
ueidngTe'uSi?edh noTUgtellne I w? -
in readiness for winter. There is our clothes of and home-Utmed leather
considerable talk in the Silver Ijike
country, of establishing a line to j
Klamath Marsh.
The
Hillsborp Independent
notes
witn warm approval the tact that a '
majority of the road districts In
which meetings were held recently, !
voted to continue the work of high- j
way improvement. "Washington conn- .
tv has reason to be Proud of this
type of good citizenship and f nil I or no' rhonev, we got alongii 'ji the coun
credit should be given," says the In- j try. The woods were full !c hazelnuts.
dependent.
T.a Grande Observer:
That age is 1
no serious handicap in the battle j" iawin, aquuir wuu mr
against nature in the attempt to win i keys and deer and an occasion! bear. ::
a homestead in eastern Oregon is 11- "But there was muoli! . chilU atid
lustrated in the case of William M. i fever. , Everybody seemed tj have the '
Heughan. of Starkey, who is 74 years ! apre t,r Marcus Whitman was lec
of age, yet has successfully mastered rne- nhnut Oregon nnrl? Hnr1ina ont
the hardships encountered, in holding : V!"nf 1bout 'Jn?f?n sending out .
down a claim and is today the owner , descriptions of it. Senior Appleton
of a good farm. I and Senator Linn were fifth working
good and holds onto them. Kansas talking about Oregon Mil getting
keeps the rest. Nebraska is philo- ready to go hext springy ureter Bur
sophic and h'appv, Kansas a fretful, j I1lt- lawyer at Weston; got o'n his
impatient insomniac. Kansas vainly horse and traveled all oyfir that dls-
, . i. . . . o .a . j 1 11 ft Tffin If I n iv . BTioppnea ft rl n rtonitlA
chimeras, Nebraska finds it in the
simple virtues our mothers taught
reinforced by all the good things that
a rational use of honestly acquired
wealth can procure. Nebraska is
courteous , and unobtrusive, Kansas
a shrieking self advertiser, boasting
even of her blizzards and hot winds
as colder and hotter and more de-
strutive than can be found anvwhere
else on earth. Nebraska outrank
Kansas in all excellences and bless
ings and Kansas outranks Nebraska
in her ability as a ballyhoo artist.
Kansas likewise excels Nebraska In
the production of Bockless stalesmen
whose- ideas are as unkempt as their
ix-hi KUcra suiA nf writers who are the
delight of all those who read with
the aid of their index finger.
But when it comes to the produc
tion of that which, is of enduring
worth, from bank balances to artists
and geniuses, Nebraska has Kansas
crowded over Into Oklahoma and the
panhandle. Kansas may boast her
Simpsons, her Funstons, her Mary
Ellen Leases, her Carrie Nations and
her William Allen Whites. Nebraska
has only to mention, off hand, Bryan,
the world's most popular statesman
and most hopeful promoter of peace;
t It a Knrfrlnm the ff-reatest Hvinff
M.lnnra- t.nl. th rM' ffrM .
. . - " -
est explorer;
Bessey, the greatest
living botanist, and Rosewater, the
deadest living Republican. Where is
th her tatterdemalion;
anything were left of
e necessary only to j
Kansas then wl
hall of fame? If
her it would be necessary only to
push forward Captain
forward Captain Vic Halllgan-s
. the world's greatest football
, -,..h s.b. -iir,-
crew,
team, and watch Kansas lake yelping
to the underbrush!
If this man White really thinks we
are "a milk eyed, placid, b'ue stock- 1
inged old maid who never had a throb
of emotion," let him come. up and try
-. . . . 1 nf- Vi t rv t-- r Ir ca 1 1 at f Iniinl n
whicr is a"Ka;sarbrrn.ph;;ted- i?" J- f' N;.4h.,orr,r
. . . " . . i sergehnt. ? he eniisrant- V erevnll ve-r
by a Kansas breeze and not a Ne-i, . ' , .,- f ,
. , . ... . . . .. indenrndent and as thff raeVd the.'r
braska town at all, aac make his! , , . ,
ii 'ox teams to pet nhi'nd au4 iMd'jt mind
wav straight to Omaha, Let him ; ... . , , I v-,i
. iu i. h-i. I. . wha mA ..Captain Burnett, he. resigned a fid Wil
glad, mad light In hla eye. He may
go home fagged and dazed and bent
fnd broke, but st the least he can
say, "1 have .ivea. Ana ne win nave;
the rest of his life to devote to re
cuperating and remembering. He will
have been to Carcasonne.
SHOW THE FIGURES
July of this year. It was still very
low in August, bett-ered a little In
September, and early in 1915 business
ought to be at "full normal." -
Puch is the Judgment and predic-
tions of this -New Jersey nanK. and n
off icers are in touch with a vast va-) my a(ron mv mother an the vounger
riety of businesses. It adds these j children rode. My wag-oifr had a Ten
significant words of warning: nessew wagonbed. Mv. htyw t tinted it.
"Just now loom times' are being : j never have gotten over 'despising "it.
talked, and such talk should be
frowned upon because it leads to ex
travagances and causes jtoo strong an
anticipation of possible business.'
Over extension of credit and over
borrowing should be carefully avoid
ed, but the times are propitious in
most lines for a'good, strong pull with
every promise of a material increase
in business and profits."
The bank says interest and dividend
payments amounted in this October to
as much as a year ago, even In Sep
tember the number of spindles active
in our cotton mills were about th-j
same as last year. The price of all
commodities essential to our living and
manufacturing needs was lower than
at the same time In 1912, but slightly
higher than last year.
It is a sane note of optimism stru
by thlst observer. '
the most original characters of hi
day.
John G; Wendel was one of the
largest holders of New York realty,
lie never sold a plecs of property. In
deed, when the Hudson Terminal com
pany condemned one of Wendel'w hold
ings he fought the action through the
courts for eight years and to the day
of his death regarded the public util
ity corporation as a trespasser. , lie
never rented a building to a saloon.
He abhorred the automobile. He never
permitted a telephone in bis office or
in his residence. He would not trust
a safe deposit company, but main
tained In his office 16 tales that ran
the gamut from early, crude affairs
to the last word 6f safe manufacturers.
He rented his property at a rate that
yielded him but one per cent above
carrying charges. Educated at Co
lumbia, Gottlngen and Heidelberg, he
prided himself upon his ability to con
verse with his foreign tenants in their
native . tongues. He - maintained a
summer home in Quogue, Long Island,
for his friends, and expended $10,000
a year on a. free bus line, employing
five men to take children from the
town to the seashore. His greatest
hobby, next to real estate, was good
cigars. ' v .
It is a character such as this that
makes us realize Dickens was not a
carkaturlst. His imagination con
jured up strange characteristics, but
they have their counterparts io the
diversity of a great city's life.
IN EARLIER; DAYS
Hy fred Lockley.
In the - late thirties and early
forties; everything in Missouri you
bought at the store was dear
i and everything you raised .waa
cheap.f said W C. Hembrea. a pioneer
1843, when I visited him recently
. , ,, , - .
h,s, home In McMinuyiJle..
'I know this was the cse In Mis-
or buckskin served for qjr shoes r
moccasins. The women iaarded and -
spun the wool, picked thejifbttori seeds
out of the cotton, or rottrtj and bfoka
the flax to make linen t&read. The
men with their flint lock hept th :
.mii .imn.i ull j ,, j ,i - ,
T,"y : ""PPHed with gami tnmd the
hlles nd gathered hoftey.tf m the bee
trees and sold the bcesw.lH.
"ForHinatelv. thoueh Wi hail litt'"
pecans, walnuts, wild jiirvs, wild
"l""- lrsimmuus, paw-i iws coon,
to settle Oregon with Atnf qlcans. They
were trying to get eongrifjs to give a
section of land free to fVjery settler, -so
everybody aloncr the lniriJer beaan -
i t0 to Oregon so It woiilA become tin
American settlement In plif e of- belnsj
j taken ;by England. Ilei f old tf the
j fre land the people whild have f
they went there and thg wonderf I
climate where there wa gno slckne
anl every man could ahead, no
! ur family decided to Jnffj the wagon,
! 'rain to go the next sprinlgj the spring
! of 1S4S. (3,
' "V went to where mh emlerant
were to start from near .ft dependence.
I was: 14. large of my afe and could
come pretty near dotng Roman's work
In many ways. About lStffwagons and
nearly a thousand people withered near
Independence. .Tes A(jlegate and
his brothers, Llndsey id Charlev,-
i eame with a lot of thel
came with' a lot of their: neighbors. D.
Matheny brought a party. "J"0 did Jesse
Ixioney and -T. T. KalsfA W cflme
from Dade county, near; Dadevllle,.
about 1ft mllea from Boitver and SO
miles from Springfield, S (There waa
quite ,a hunch ot us. , Th' -'re werr my
father and his family, t' icle Andrew
llemhree. Uncle Ahsolti Ilemhree.
Elilalt Milllcan. .Inhn O. Inker. Charley
Oray.j T'ncte Bill Newhy.jN. K. Sltton
and some others. ; -j
"On May IS. 1S4. thftVnen hi1d -a
meeting and rinpo'ntea al onitnltee to
consult Dr. Whitman aj1)ut the best
wav to go and another! StnmmHtee of.
i seven to inspect nil Tttit ras.
t all TttitfilsJ
' teams and
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rules for the trip. Th
he mmlttep saw
11 M&tln and 'Xm
Dr. Whitman, and Bll
Majhenv were gjven nuttf.r y to- hire
rLohn !"ra,,U U,'!e tipllot t., to
fort j Hal1- TtV. set U-on- . A-.irTav.
' T
t "7r"'n- "' w,f ,nr
f'm ove, ho"t l. ml . .Two r1,ra
1 In'" we crossed the -WaQsalusIa rive
and a few days later wt crossed the
Kansas river. We metja '.couti nf
priests here. Father Tei on who whs
later istationed or! Frewlb rfairje. and
Father De Hmet. The tpy flftrr ve
crossed the Kansas riverC he mpn hel I
a meeting ana elected t-jMer immni
liam Martin was elected . -fn.pt n In.
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' ;V Yau V iFZ u lil
"f M"'rk t,,
,.-2
Krom here on we linl identv -nf
. - VJ -
bu'ffajo meat. While ntfi wiiwn laia
by ajdav on June 26. nijl'my slsten
Nancir .lane, -was born,, "father went
Ular liuntprs appointed '!in took the
swlf test-iorses and keptjjhe train sup-
nliorl with buffalo meat Aa there wad"
1ittp!rtr nn wood we n"4;lrloi buffalo
.,,!,...-v,,.n fit-r.? The women
folk"! didn't liko them an -Jvell fin drift
Wqod! or wiljow. as t hc? . JTJ rn1 wlowly
i and sort of smoloerd, t: My - rattier
, Arn A one team Hnd I di4F.ve- one. In
i j. sloped tip In front aridi at the fear.
It was nam to get mt a-no nam to
get ut of and the oril; ;thlng It was
read good .for was. when we came: to
hlghjwater. It made ahjltfea! boat. -"My
wheel oxen "wer! 3-year-ld
ramed 'Buck' and 'Lkiri.f.l T broke the
leaders myself. Most ' nk ' the way
across the plains I waited beside , th
oxeni while mother and rjjr baby and
the little children dozed that Noah's
ark if a Tennessee wagofiitjed."
The Ragtime Iflusa -
first Aid, to Hairiness.
Our iwishes always seem tk he
Atj variance with thingft)tat are;.
None knows this half so i tell as he
Who through Hits lifewfias tcavc-led
i far. fT
It often seTns r be our fate
T(J have ttre things at wftich we fuss;
The; thines we acorn, the things we
j hate. . A
Come always tagging rafter us!
Then, on the ether nain the things
That we det-'ire to makfour own
Are. by the most ootrageqjs flins -
Of mocking fate far frqfu tm thrown
No matter how we strain 'ind strive.
No matter how we loil'ynd fait.
No matter' how our workjfke drf, -
Tl;e thin? we want .. wtj cannAt get!
More happiness we shoifl 'possess
It in this world in whV J we tive
We who so -tejisHv forwi jrd ryesa
To grasp a joy that's asHle.
Would rtraightway froB.oui" tablets
strike. . i 1
The things so far tx-yiirifl our snhere;
And set ourselves to le.it 'a to like
The things that are abu it, us here. '
f$f
The Sunday Journal
The Great Home 'jtewspaper,
corsistt .of i
Five news sections -replete with
'illustrated featfes.
Illustrated magazine' -tl quality
Woman pages of l ire merit.'
Pictorial news suppt tnent. .
Superb comic sectici'C" '
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