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THE OREGON ' DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31. 1914. THE JOURNAL Art IMnHPrKPKWT KRWRPAKR. 1 . JACKSON . . PnhltvtMir. i utillibad avary avaataa; Incept Saaaarli and Sands morning at Tha Journal BnlKt loc. BroaiHrav am Vsmhlll aM Portland. Of. a-atarrd at tba pottoftlce at Ifortlsaa. Ur.. (or . triBas-lsaloe tfcrouja toe mulls aa sacoad rlawi mattar. 1 tl-kPHONES Mala TITS; Boma. a-SOSI.-All aVpartmanta rascasd by tbaaa aembera. TaU. tha ofraor whst 4'Hirtmnt roa want. OHKIUM AUVKIiTISIKO REKKHSM NTAT1 V B-nJsmln Kaatoor Co.. Braoawlck BM-T-. 2S riflb A an.. Na lark. .MIS. Paoale'a ia BM OW-acm. aulaurripiloa tanna .br sjall er ta n s assa la tba Called State a ataxies , , . DAILY. .' baa tu. SS.oo I On ' SMota......) . BUKDAT. ' Oee rT 2.fi0 I om monta .as DAILT AND 6TJNDAT. Ona ar iTJl I Oae awmth S .SS Tread softly, ye throngs with; hurry In feet. Look down, O ye stars, Jn your flight, f And bid ye farewell to; a time that was sweet, - For the year lies a-dying to night Good-night, and good-bye, dear, mellow, old year. The hew is beginning to dawn. But, we'll turn and drop on. the . - while grave a tear For the sake ,. of the friend that Is gone. -Myrtle Reed. TIIK BRIIHJK CONTROVERSY I X THE various statements by the railroad people respecting the amount the public should pay for use of the upper deck of the railroad bridge, The Journal has observed no item crediting the public with the 'Vacation of pnrts of . Oregon and Adams : streets for the east approach to the structure. JMor In the exhibit has there been credit to the public for gifts to the roads of public streets along the fact side of the river. Nor has there been credit to the public of the long-time use of Fourth street without charge and with a long time 'refusal by the company to submit to public regulation on that street. ' - A- great deal has been done by the Portland public for the roads and often without compensatory cooperation' by the companies. In the street vacations alone there was a gift of ' hundreds , of thou sands of dollars to the roads, but ' there Is' no reciprocation In the terms which t the companies now demand for use of the upper deck pf tho railroad bridge. It recalls a transaction between the city and; the railroad when BurL&lde bridge was built. The obliging and generous city, through -its officials; had vacated a part of East Bujnside street for the company. A part of this vacated street was needed for a site for the cast approach of the bridge, and for It the city was required to pay a large sum of money. The public had to buy back at a cost of thousands that which it had presented free to the railroad. "How, would it do In the present bridge controversy for the rail roads to credit the city with the gifts of streets they have received, placing the price at the figures the city has been compelled to pan In the, purchase of ,81 tea for public docks? Finally, The Journal - has ob served that the city, in all deal ings with the railroads. Las al ways been patient, forbearing and self sacrificing, and it has likewise noticed that the roads, on the other hand .have been impatient, uncompromising and that they never yield anything unless com pelled to do so by law or by other stress of circumstances. LOANS ON CHARACTER THE Morris system of loaning money on character is said to be making a success in Detroit. A workman desiring a loan applies to the Morris bank. His application must be indorsed by two friends. All three are in vestigated by the' bank officials and if found to be satisfactory the loan Is granted, the interest charge being six per cent payable In ad vance. On a loan of $100 the ap plicant receives $94 which he is to repay at the rate of $2 per week. The only security required Is char acter. What better security can be given? Character is what a man really is. Reputation is what other men think he is. Character embraces a decent heart. - an honest mind and a hu mane hand. It is the greatest as set a man can have. The Morris system, intelligently applied, could be none other than a success. IMPROVIDENCE THE department of agriculture j is sending out warnings that' too many calves are being killed and that a meat famine threatens the nation. But these warnings apparently Interest - nobody directly.. concerned with the price of meat. The na tion goes on eating Its veal, and it Is suggested that If the year 1920 finds the United States importing meat on. a large scale to supply the home demand, many people will' be found asking how the thing cache to pass and why something was not done about, it long ago. Just now there Is much talk about the improvident. Social ser vice workers say many people drop Ttitj the unfortunate class because they do not provide for the future. When their incomes are -stteady the money is used for supposed needs of the day. All of the cash is used; nothing is saved for' the future.. - What . Is the difference between the improvidence of those people and that of the veal eaters? M The j department of agriculture says the time may come when the price oi beefsteaks will be prohibitive; .'If "that time comes, one of the contributing causes will . be the Killing or caives. The trouble, with the campaign against calf killing is that the dairyman finds often a greater profit through another channel than by raising the calf. The con version of the calf into veal re leases the whole flow of the cow's milk for the market, and it Is this larger profit that creates the veal industry. The meat proSlern has its factors that will always refuse to yield on any other basis than what the ef fect will be on the credit side of the ledger. TIIK HISS "A" LL governments are con ceived in violence and maintained by force." Such is the declaration in the "Unemployed Bulletin," a publication 'circulated at five cents per among the Portland unem ployed. It is published, according to its own statement, by thee Union of the Unemployed. It seems strange to have people who object to government, or who insist that government in Oregon and in the United States, which stands on the ballot, is directed by the ballot and upheld "by the ballot, is maintained by force. The only force required is to restrain men who would prey upon the weak, or hold in check those who want no law, or defend people and property against crim inals. , The I. . W. publication further says: ' t An empty belly has no code of ethics. Right anil wrong, good and bad, law and custom are not con sidered. Killing the belly Is the only iHsue, and all the lamentation and gnashing of teeth by the restaurant keepers will not change It. w What if everybody held to that doctrine? What if all people united in the claim that if men arahtm gry they can go anywhere and take what they want to satisfy their ap petite, where would we get to? If. we agreed that wo could all go together and loot a restaurant. we could also agree that we could go together and loot a clothing 6tore, a blanket factory, a liquor house, a gun store, an automobile garage, a jewelry store or any other place In which were articles that in our might we should desire to, have. Why preach such a doctrine when, on every hand, sincere! peo ple are earnestly striving to j find work and shelter and survival for the unemployed? Why fills the minds of idle men with a propa ganda which if followed can only bring trouble, disorder and, disap pointments? I Such advice is not In the interest of the unemployed. It is a plan to exploit the unemployed and prey upon their misery. It is not the advice of a friend, hut the rat tle of a snake, the hiss of a ser pent. SIGN'S OF THE TDIES T HE New York Central Rail road has declared its regular dividend to stockholders. The Pennsylvania's 90,000 owners have been assured that they will receive the usual return on their stock holdings. The United States Steel Corpora tion has announced that the wages of its employes will not be cut. This assurance is answer to rumors recently circulated that this cor poration would find it necessary to retrench by way of the pay en velope. The total exports from the port of New York since June are al ready more than $23,000,000 greater than for the same period in 1913. The excess of imports in the twelve large collection dis tricts handling S6 per cent of the nation's total exports was nearly $70,000,000 for the first three weeks of December. This Is at the rate of $840,000,000" a year, or nearly $200,000,000 more than the high record made In 1901. Direct trade with Germany has been resumed. Last week $450, 000 worth of goods, mostly raw cotton, were shipped rrom New York to German ports. President Schwab of the Bethlehem Steel Company has returned from Eu rope with huge orders for supplies and the word that Europe is ask ing for $300,000,000 worth of American goods. The national problem is being solved.- We are going to pay our debts to Europe in goods rather than in gold. The present offers a great opportunity to the pro ducer. Unless he produces to full capacity he cannot share as he otherwise would in the good time's. MILITANT JAPAN. N' EWS from Tokio indicates that the Japanese are not the militant people described by jingoes in this country. The Japanese diet has rejected the great army budget proposed by the gov ernment. The lower house of nar- liament has been dissolved, but the fact remains that elective repre sentatives of the Japanese people were strons enough to prevent, for the time being at least, further im position of tax "burdens In behalf of militarism. Japan is at war, and for that reason the opposition's showing against the government is all the more significant. Nobody will say that the Japs are not patriotic and farseeing. Nobody will say that they object to bearing heavy bur dens of taxation and military ser vice when it is necessary:, Neither are the Japs mollycoddles. They are a proud people, willing and able to match strength with any other people when there is good ground for a quarrel, j . But the Japs object to being taxed for the upbuilding of a great military machine. There is to be a test of strength between the min istry and the people. I An election will be held to choose members of another diet. It will be one of the most interesting happenings of modern times. Militarism is a real issue in Janan with that na tion at war. The United States can learn something from the this country at peace Japs. With with all na- tions, and no prospect of war, the big army men are clamoring for national "preparedness." want America to arm They want the United States to enter the ar mament race when almost all the rest of the world' Is trying to stop such a contest. ! WELIj fed workers 1 IHE JOURNAL'S contention that employers owe obliga tions in the slack season to employes who i made them profits in the busy! season, was voiced in the discussions "at the National Conference of Unemployed at Philadelphia Tuesday. 4t The employe, should not, by re duction of wages or j dismissal, be made to bear the brunt of a lean period. Even the United States Steel corporation admits this, in part and recently gave notice that there would be no reduction of wages on account pf conditions brought on by the war. It Is a principle tjiat thousands of employers have never thought of, but the justice of which, most of them recognize as soon as it is brought t6 their attention. It Is certain, ultimately, because o? its justice, to become a part of the ethics o' employment. It is a principle that cannot be effectively controverted. The ser vice of the employe j is a first es sential to the business or the in dustry. The humaii plant is as much a requisite as the material plant. The engineer is as essen tial as the engine, j The factory, or the store, or the mill cannot move without workers. If the owner finds it necessary to house the machinery and shelter it from winter storms, what about the worker? If the plant must be, con served, does anybody contend that the employe should not also be conserved? Is a michine of high er consequence than a man, a liv ing, breathing man? N Twin with this principle is that other truth that the worker is himself an engine. jHe is a great, undupllcated unparallelable human engine. He is an ehgine that c-n- not be made to run without fuel. His fuel is food, and if there Js not good food and plenty of It, he will be like an auto engine without gasoline his efforts will be flick ering and futile. Half fed workers cannot be ef ficient. If there must be fuel for the engine ' that furnishes motive power, there must1 also be fuel for the human engine which runs the plant or keeps the business moving. A $1.75 wage in a $2.50 year, or a $2.25 wae for a $3 cost of living is an inefficient plan by any employer and it ends only in waste or failure. For the near future, the business must plan Its affairs for employes In lean as well f as fat periods jand for work ers well fed. It is the logic of civilization. A GREAT COUTRY A' N-' ENLARGED vision of the great development in Alaska that will follow the construc tion of the railroad by the government is afforded in an in terview with a member of the sur vey party who recently arrived in Portland. According to his state ment it is probable that the work of construction will besin next sea son, much of the I proposed route having been already located. The main trunk; line for which a low gradient has been found will run through the Susitna valley. 150 miles long and 60 miles wide This valley is said to contain much valuable agricultural land capable of sustaining a large population. A surprising feature to those ac customed to look upon Alaska as a cold and bleak region is that the cl'.mate is not more severe than that of Oregon. In winteiklfee av erage temperature is ten degrees above zero and in summer the highest point reached on the ther mometer, as recorded, is 87 de grees. The yearly precipitation is from 25 to 40 inches. The snow fall is from three to four feet. In the Matanuska valley, which emp ties into the Susitna, 100 home steaders located last season. In this region are also the immense Matanuska coal fields. In making its way ta the Yukon river valley the railroad penetrates the range in which' is located Mount McKInley,- which j towers 20,000 feet Into the sky.j To the tourist this range will. Jn a few years, be a great attraction.! There are also here herds , of moose and cariboo making a paradise for the hunter of big game. i For the ambitious man there are great opportunities in Alaska in the fields of transportation, fish ing, mining' and agriculture. It Is a vast storehouse of undeveloped resources "which the business men of Portland should assist in un locking. It is at our door leck oning. Letters From the People IComraonleatlooa sent to Tba Journal for publication In thia department should be writ ten on only orta aide of tha. paper, abould sot nd 80O words ta lenjtli 'and moat be cempaoled by tba bum and addraaa of tba aender. If Abe writer does aot dastre to have tba Berne published, be abould ao state.) "IMaenealon a?tba rreateat ot all reform er. It ratlonaUsea TerytbJng It touches. It roha principles of all falae sanctity acd thrown tbeta back oa tbelr reasonableness. If tbey bare do icaaooableasas. It rutbieas; crushes tbem oat ot existence and aet op Ita own conclusions la tbelr stead." Wootlrow Wilson. The Case of Leo M. Frank. Bend. Or., Dec 28. To the Kdltor or The Journal I desire to express my opinion of the persecution of Leo M. Frank of Atlanta, Ga now being held for the marder of Mary Phagan of that city. To me, from reading newspaper reports and. magazine articles, thia looks like a clear case of persecution. Every man should at least get a fight ing chance for his life. Frank has not been getting his. Why do not the of ficials of Georgia take more, interest in the negro, Connelly, who is being held as an accomplice, ana who changes his story nearly every time he is questioned? Why did be get a fair trial while Frank didn't? Because Frank Is a Jew, is that a reason ho should not receive justice? Can this be a race war? Is he being persecuted on account of public opinion? Can it be that public opinion is stopping the wheels of justice? Did not the jndge who presided over. Frank's first trial say, "I am not sure whether Frank Is guilty or innocent," or words to that effeet? What kind of Justice is this? Surely, it Is not the kind that was meant by the men who framed the rights of citizens of the United States. It Is no small wonder that W. J Eurns, the famous detective, is taking so active a. nersonal interest in this case. He. among nunareas or great detectives who have investigated this charge against Frank, knows that It Is a case of "hang the Jew, which is the public opinion of the people or Atlanta. Ga., toward FranK. Why does not Solicitor General nor- sev claim the suuo rewara wn.icn Burns is offering for any proof against Frank's moral character? Mr. Dorsey Is so sure that Frank is guilty. I am not a Socialist, but It is no small wonder that so many of tha present generation are beginning to turn toward Socialism. If Frank Is guilty he should be dealt with as a murderer, but in the name of humanity and civilization, he should have Justice while being tried. at least. MEYER GOODMAN. Broadway Improvement. Portland, Dec 29. To the Editor of The Journal During the past year or so I have noticed a good deal of criU cism" in the daily papers about the property owners along Broadway near the east end of Broadway onage ipr making objections to proposed im provements of Broadway for a distance of about 10 blocks near tne easi ap proach of the bridge. The property owners along the street. there seem to get all the blame be cause the street is not improved, and In this evening's Journal another edi torial is printed to the same effect blaming the property owners. I wonder if the people, and iiKewise your paper, ever stop to think that probably the great majority -of prop erty owners along almost any street Keldom use the street, except the side walk along the same, and in the street cars that travel the street, but are ex pected to maintain costly street im provements and pavements lor urn benefit of those who .own horses or automobiles, and who desire to run the same past the property owners houses, keeDine them awake by their noises at night and filling thir houses with their. dust in the summer time? Would it- not seem more fair and just if some means could, be devised whereby those who desired to use Bie streets for their vehicles could be com pelled to pay for the pavements, with probably a nominal charge against the property owners for the additional value In the beautification of their premises, etc., by such improvements? I myself am paying on street im provements that I have scarcely ever set my foot on and will probably never use, and what for? for the benefit of those who, perchance,, live miles from my premises, but have occasion to use the streets near my home. A. J. MOORE, Kinsmen and Races. Portland Dec 28.To the Editor of The Journal Will you allow a little criticism of the very interesting article quoted in Sunday's Journal from the Boston Globe entitled, "Ger manic Kinsmen"? The author spfaka of the Bomans leaving the Celts (referring to the Britons) "unmixed with Latin blood,' Now. -as a matter of fact, there was scarcely a trace of Celtic blood In Britain when the Romans left. More over, there is no such thing as "Latin blood." There are Latin languages, the so called romance tongues, but no "Latin blood." If the author means, as he probably does, that there was no trace of the Mediterranean race among the Britons of 450 A. D. he is mis taken, for that was the dominant strain at that time. Again he says, "No one knows the fate of the Celtic Inhabitants of Eng- land," and quotes Green and Freeman who knew nothing about anthropology. in support of his assertion. As a mat ter of fact, we know exactly the "fata' of the original Inhabitants. They were not exterminated or driven out. They remained right there, and their descendants are there yet. and m the majority. It Is a well known law, as stated by Colllgnon, that "when a race Is well seated In a region, fixed to the soil by agriculture, acclimatized by natural selection, and sufficiently dense, it opposes an enormous resist ance to absorption by newcomers, whoever they may be." Moreover, tho physical characteristics of the Eng lishmen of today show that the Teu tonic type Is decidedly in the minority, and that racially the majority of them are more nearly akin to the Spaniard and the Italian, and even to the Ber ber, than they are to the German. The word "race" Is perhaps th most misused term in our vocabulary today, and in these days of "Pan-Germanism." "Pan-Slavism" and what not, it seems to me that a great deal of muddleheadedness might be' avoid ed If people really understood what race means, and what It does not mean. If the average man had some knowledge of the merest rudiments of the science of anthropology, which, by the way. Is not really so abstruse subject as the name would indicate. he would realize that all this talk about the Latin race and the Anglo Saxon race and pan-Slavism and pan- Germanism is the veriest rot- H would learn that the North German 1 much more closely allied racially to the North Frenchman than he la to th South German, and that the South German is closely allied not only to the men of central France, but lewalso A FEW SMILES It was 4 little country town and Mr. jodman. excellent citizen and kind hearted man, allowed himself, much against his will, to ' be : elected to the mayoral chair for tho fourth year in . suc cession. After the event he met Jones, an, enthusiastic though rather dense admirer, who shook im warmly by tho hand. "I'm right sorry, Mr. Mayor, said the wormy man, "that they've putten on you the trouble of officiatlngNfor another term, with all your many calls and worries of business. A far worse man would have suited us." "Brudder Bosanko didn't b'lieve - in banks, and so he hid his money in de back of a picture of Book er T. (Washington. Somebody dona stole de money and how Brudder Bosanko don't b'lieve In Book er T. Washington, needer." J udge. A Philadelphia school teacher has lately been Instructing her pupils in Grecian mythology. It is the plan to have the children read the tales aloud, and the next day re count them in their own language. One lad. to whom was given the assignment to render in own lan guage the story of the Gorgons. did so in these terms: The Gorgons were three sisters that lived In the islands of Hespende, somewhere in the Indian ocean. They had long snakes for hair, tusks for teeth and claws for nails, and they looked like women, only more hor rible. . near kin to the Slav. If these truths were realized, much of this silly rub bish about race antagonism would dis appear and the world would be just so- much nearer the millenium of peace. HERBERT B. AUUUK, John Muir. From the New York Times. To John Muir more than to any other man or body of men the citizens of the United States owe the preser vation of their great natural parks In the far west. Ho not only in itiated the movement to save them from the destruction which would have been inevitable in the march of material progress, but he helped to make their beauties and won ders Known and appreciated. He was. It seems, the first to comprehend the giant trees of (Jalirornia, and he discovered and demonstrated to the dismay Of approved science, which had made up its mind to the contrary. that the Yosemite valley was a gla cial formation. Of hardy Scotch origin, hronght up in the rigors of Calvinism and hard, plain living, his inventive gift saved him from a humble, inglorious career. Doubtless this girt would have developed and made him famous among inventors, if his love of nature had not drawn him away from the bench and lathe. From the day eyea first rested on the Sierras he was a naturalist, and in the study of ge ology and flora he had few superiors. He had already traveled, not taking into account his Journey In his child hood from Dunbar to the Wisconsin wilds before he went to California. Once there, his home was nowhere else. He knew the mountains and forests of the west as they are known only to one who has dwelt In loneli ness among them, hardened his body and nourished his soul In their splen did solitudes. But though he dwelt in California, he had visited all the ends of the earth and profited by his travels. In his time he knew everybody. Scholars the world over delighted in his acquaintance and friendship. Ho wrote a few books which are not likely soon to be superseded by more authoritative and "up-to-date" studies of their subjects. But his best attribute was his sturdy, self- reliant, seir-sacrluclng manhood. He was a type somewhat rare In these days, a man of, enormous intellectual capacity, possessing almost to the end the vigor of the habitual dweller in the forests, eschewing luxury, capable of enduring privation with nnfaninrr uneeriuinesa. i he influence of th Auid JvirK was always upon him. he never forgot his Scotch origin, but he was me Kino or man whom it is a pleasure 4o consider a true American. Loving One's Neighbor. From the Pittsburg Press. Attention is being called dailv to the unusual demands that the war will cause to be made upon the generosity of the American people. The provin cial: synod of the Episcopal church, which held its opening sessions yester day, with the bishops and elected dele gates of 11 diocesses in Pennsylvania, Ohio. Maryland, Delaware, the District of Columbia and Virginia in attend ance, lost no time In discussing this phase of Christian effort. And the synod decided, with little or no oppo sition, to make an effort to raise for the coming year's mission work no less than $1,000,000 in this province a very large increase of the amount ordinarily attempted. It is not only upon missions in th foreign sense, but upon missions in the home sense the missions which concern themselves with the poor and afflicted in the back alleys of Pitts burg, and Philadelphia, and Raltlmore. and New Ydrk, and Chicago, and every other large city that Christian men and women must expect to expend both tnetr purses and themselves to excep tional degree during the next few months. The strain of war has told on neu tral countries as well as the countries engaged In it. From one cause and an other there has been widespread unem ployment in the United States. The church and every other uplift agency must do its utmost to care for those in.! distress. The commandment is to love one's neighbors as one's self. The sin - ceniy oi our tjnrisuan civilization is in more than one way being put to. the test It Is to be hoped the test will be splendidly met. In the meanwhile, all sorts and conditions of men will cor dially indorse the sentiment of 'the letter that the house of bishops of one of the great denominations has caused to be read in all the churches of that denomination reminding us all that In the presence of such a terrible world, tragedy as the war, whose shadow has fallen upon all lands, it is meet that there should be a sober spirit and an earnest desire among all good men and women for social service rather than spending on social ostentation and fri volity. Advertise Your Goods. From the Salem Journal. C. L. Burton, in writing the Port land Journal, hit the nail squarely on the head when he said he wanted to buy "Oregon made goods' but could not do so for the reason that he had I no means of. knowing what goods were I made in Oregon. That Oregon people generally would - give the preference PERTINENT COMMENT SMALL CHANGE It's a poor resolution that will not hold water, If you have resolves to resolve. pre-J a Don't let your pretensions take a fall out of your intentions. When you climb aboard the water wagon in the morning don't ask for a transfer. a However, any old resolve with a new coat of varnish will not answer the purpose. Sweet are the uses of adversity pro vided, of course, some other fellow is enjoying them. a , a wok over your actions during the last year and vou'll ho enmri. , the number you would gladly over- a Even the angels in heaven will not any better than the average man thlnKs he will be during the coming Jr . a When a man gets into the habit nf reading the thermometer In the morn ing it is the surest sign that he is growing oio. a When a man ama ahmit tnarn Knott ing that he is self made a great many people are sure to find much fault with, the job. On the first day of the glad new year a gopdly crowd of men will get busy and assist in repairing those, fa mous pavements made of good Inten tions. This is a good work. a When viewing motion pictures of the war in Belgium it is ralber dis concerting, to see a New Jersey cor set factory loom up m the background. VON HINDENBURG (Berlin Cablegram by Raymond E. Swlpgo Chicago Daily News.) As -tle jfersonality of Field ' Marshal von Himcfenburg becomes known one notices characteristics in this, the most brilliant of German generals, strongly reminding one ot General Grant. Taking up the work of hold ing ofT the Russians in East Prussia after three ..generals had failed and had been discharged, and combining dogged ness with genius of the highest military order, he has shown in his career a parallel to the work of Grant after the latter took charge of the western forces in the Civil war. Add to this that von Hindenburg'e relations with the German government might have been called almost un friendly before his reentrance into ac tive service, and. one is reminded how General Grant failed to hold the con fidence of Lincoln's cabinet, even after the chief western command had been given him. Both men have had the trait of cigar chewing and taciturnity. Of course, the resemblance is not exact. Von Hlndenburg Is a man with more strik ing bulldog tenacity. This quality gleams in his massive, persevering face and tells In every gesture. Whether or not Grant was the greater strategist will be made clear only after the conclusion of the war. But the battle of Tanneburg. of which mo little has been known, must have been, if one can glean the facts with reason able accuracy from little bits gathered here and there, the' most extraordinary battle of many wars. Until two years ago von Hlnden burg was a general in the regular army. He was looked upon as a man of unusual ability,' with an amazing knowledge of the country along the frontier. In the maneuvers two years ago he led an army against the kaiser's forces in a Posen sham battle, but the judges, whether or not moved by gal lantry, awarded the victory to the kaiser's forces. Von Hindenburg, with typical independence and care lessness, wrote his resignation Imme diately, only adding with emphasized directness words to the effect that had he been a Russian commander, facing the Germans, he would have annihilat ed his opponents. When the war broke out. though von Hindenburg would have been the logical choice for commander in the east, this incident stood In his way. But necessity proved stronger than prejudice and finally he was put In command. Though suffering acutely from gout and though physically hand icapped by stoutness, he has shown most unusual activity. He is said to ride near the front in an automobile, bringing with him an empty keg, which he places in an ad vantageous position. He seats himself on the keg, lights a cigar or chews one unllghted, and watches the progress of the fighting, unmindful of the shells and bullets flying around him. Some adjutant is said to have reminded the CHANCE FOR NEW SORT OF PROMOTION By John M. Oskison. Suppose half a dozen of the soundest and most successful men In your city sent an agent to you with this propo sition: We are going to start The Thrift company. It will have two- objects: To encourage home owning and reg ular saving. On savings entrusted to the company and allowed to accumu late for a fixed period will be paid interest at the rate of 5 per cent T-j steady workers and permanent resi dents who want to buy or build homes money will be loaned at 6 per cent, to be repaid in monthly Installments over a period of 12 years; security for loaiu will.be first mortgages on the prop erty. We expect to start modestly, keep the company's expenses down to the limit Promotion of the company will be taken care of- by a committee of directors who shall get nothing for the work, and whose Interest in the company Is limited to the amount of stork they subscribe and pay for. We don't expect to pay dividend for four or five years. Our profits will come from the 1 per cent margin between what we pay on deposits and jwhawe receive on loans, plus certain to goods made In Oregon Is beyond question, but they have no means of knowing such goods. It Is up to Ore gon manufacturers to so advertise their wares that the public generally may not only know them, but that they may become household words like many of the food products. If Oregon rolled oats' are put c the market, give them an Oregoa brand. If Oregon furniture is made, give It an Oregon name and advertise it under that name. Make the name one the public will remember. It Is not enough that the things are made in Oregon, but the people must know they . are made In Oregon, and where and by whom. When they learn this they will give the Oregon made goods the preference, and until then they will continue to buy indis criminately. The buyer la not going to ask: "Was this made in Oregon?" You cannot expect him to buy your products and do youc advertising, too. The latter part of the Job is up to the manufacturer. AND NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS Work has heiriin on a nw hall! at Dlxonville, and the structure is to: be completed by February lb. The land was donated and the lumber and other materials needed in construction were subscribed by residents. j - I Beteburgs council has authorised a plan for extinguishing the city's 170, 000 indebtedness, taking one bond is sue at a time.- hy the creation of a sinking fund. The S33.0V0 street im- -provement issue win be taken on first. a The county and state tax In Clat sop county will be 4 mills less this year, or 14 mills. Speaking of this, the Astorian Kays: "We would shout with Joy for thia rllil"'not th thought of that 22 mill city levy paralyse our shouting facilities. ' j ! Investigation having shown several Bororuy and traternitv houves at tu gene not pronerlv eauinned for ufetv the city council has ordered the erec tion or Tire escapes. Two hotels and a business college were also reported uj me lire marsnai. ! Dallas .Observer: Cupid's Knoll, a favorite sightseeing and resting place ror Ktudenta since pioneer days of the normal at -Monmouth, now a grain and orcnard farm, nas Deen closed to gen eral public gatherings and citizens have been, led to discuss plans for a city park. a a Marshfleld Record: The morning daily, which was to have commenced pu Duration January I. will, at least be late in starting. It was heralded about by Secretary Smith of the t namner or tommcrc at North TUn.i that thr city was to ee the birth of v iiew imimr on jamiary i, ana at va rious times there have come reports about carloads of machinery being on tne roao, Dut so rar notning has ma terialized. general that it was his duty to; keep himself under cover, but the onlV reply was: "I should rather -die from bullet than from gout" ' i One of the best anecdotes told of von Hindenburg is that once when a newr general was to be given him he was asked whom ho preferred. ! He answered with a single word: "Joffre," Another anecdote tells of a ivlsit made to von Hindenburg by some un der secretary in the ca'uinet, who ar rived at headquarters just as vonlHln denburg was riding to the front in his automobile. The governor Invited the official to accompany him, and j they rode on, coming -nearer and nearer to the firing until the car Itself was In the midst of a shower of bullets, one of which grazed von Hindenburg's cheek. This so alarmed the official that he demanded that von Hinden burg turn back. ' "It is our duty o get back to safety," he exclaimed. "Nobody in thls'Car has any duty to perform besides myself, replied von Hindenburg. The car rped on. all the time In the thick of the firing, and the official again protested. He demanded that the car at least stop, so that he could return, for he' considered it his duty to get under rover. "This car is not going to stop," said von Hindenburg. "If you want to get out you will do It at your own risk. When the official returned to Berlin he told the story and application was made on his behalf for an Iron Cross, This application was sent to von Hin denburg for approval. His only com ment was: "I do not recommend Iron Crosses for men who are brave under protest. So the application was withdrawn. One more anecdote showed how rig orous a soldier von Hindenburg Is. At one of the battles In Russian Poland the commander of a detachment of troops failed to arrive until the en gagement was over. He went to head quarters to report Von Hindenburg was working at a table. Without say ing a word he rose, seized the man by the collar, shook him. as a teacher shakes a school child, pmt him out of the room and banged the door after him. The generaln adjutant ran after the commander, offering profuse apolo gies, explaining that tt was only von Hindenburg's way, and so forth. But the commander only replied:' "He was quite right." and the inci dent was closed. Although von Hindenburg for two years previous to the war was persona non grata to the kaiser, his brilliant work against the Russians has been recognized by the emperor without stint. His elevation to the rank of field marshal was given without hesii tation and has been hailed with grati fication by . the German people, who regard von HlndenbUrg in the light of another Moltke. charges (which will be reasonable, regular and legal) for examining titles and drawing papers. On straight sav ings accounts (which we are not or ganized to encourage) we shall pay 3 per cent interest, and what money comes to us from this source will of course yield better return than tha installment savings on which we art to pay 6 per cent Interest j We need at first a large capital, for loans must be made in the beginning- from subscribed capital. Aa our deposits increase, however, they will take care of an increasing per centage of demands for loans. In time, if the company is well managed and gains the confidence of savers (and that will be the constant thought of its directors), it will pay good divi dends on capital put into it We want a great many subscribers to The Thrift company's capital. Will you become a subscriber? j I am very anxious to know what your answer would be. Will you! please write to roe, in care of this paper, and tell me exactly what you'd think of a proposition put up to you thus jfrank ly? Give me any criticism , and com ment you have to offer. It will be useful. . The Ragtime Muss Babe-I. In Babylon they builded A tower toward the sky. But it was not completed There is a reason why. There was a walking delegate And be began to walk. And the workmen stopped' to listen And then they stopped to talk. That heaven soaring tower. Has crumbled quite away, And thefe In riot a trace of It Remaining to this day. Now gone Is mighty Babylon, With Nlnevah and Tyre. And the reason you may ascertain j.i ngntiy you inquire. i ' - j What? Yes, I gave the reason For the failure and the fall In- stanza one; however. t That is by no means all, - I For though tha cities crumble) And empires men forget We are the tower builders I And we are talking yell 'sV COUtfTRYt: IS EAHLT DATS" By rred ocUy. Special Staff 'Writs mt Tfce Journal. 't - - William H. Packwood, a pioneer of 1849 now living in Baker, la the last surviving member of the 60 delegates to the constitutional convention held In Salem in August, 1857. ' Jn. a . re cent lotfpr fmrn XI r Pat-Vwnnri ha Ml speaks Of his trip to Oregon In 1849,; Jj while serving as one of the military j escort of General Wilaon, the com- miasioner or inoian anairs. vapiam Morris, who was In command of the military escort." had been detained at . Fort Hall. The' party proceeded " irv- charge of Lieutenant Haynea. At the ainks of the Humboldt,-the party stopped . to cut wild grass to feed the teams while crossing, the; desert. Captain Morris rejoined the: party here. :.- ' ' -;. V ."r He says: "Lieutenant Haynea re . . a ported to Captain Morris the conduct of the teamsters in refusing to stand guard. We soldiers were on guard every other night. We had been traveling about 20 miles a day, and living; on bread 'and coffee. When Captain Morris heard the report of Lieutenant Haynes. he told me to tell Thompson to parade his teamsters. In a short time the 28 teamsters were formed In line in front of Cap tain Morris tent. Captain: Morris ff came out. He said he had been in formed that the teamsters - had re fused to obey Lieutenant Haynea' or- der to Btand ' guard over the stock. He explained that his men would. not be able to continue the strain they had been unaer, and that he thought it was unreasonaMe in the teamster " to refuse to share the guard work. and concluded: "All Of you who re fuse to obey my orders, should I , order you to stand guard evry other night, step to the front two paces. Mr. McKibbin, General Wilson's car riage driver, and O. A. Brown were on the right of the column. They immediately stepped out. then Oth-. ers, until 15 were in front two paces. "Thirteen stood fast. The captain turned to Mr. Thompson end said: . 'Give the 15 men their dunrfage and see that the men and their j dunnage ; are outside the lines of camp in 10 minutes." Captain Morria then or dered me to call the sergeant -and, direct him to place four sentinels, , one on each pide of the camp, and to arrest anyone attempting to enter canSp. The next order was to the commissary, to make ' putMlO days " " rations for the 15 men and, take it to them over the lines. ' The orders -were' all delivered In an even tone, , as thouglj, we were on parade or at drill. .,1 "You can imagine the .ijsastj to pack up and gt outside the aquars formed. Thf 15 men wentj'i about -quarter of a mile from our .rmp and . made a fire of sagebrush. ?o the 13 who stood, fapt during tliei.JIme the captain was giving the, rders, he" said: "I hU double yofir wages from today, until 1 dischfsifge you Their "wages were $tp a if)onth, so this would give them .t80jj.i month. Extra guards Were plaoeijj on the : stock that night. On one- ;;dde was " Hangtown, on the other si4 of. tha Sierras. This was the nearest point . to the westward. Fort.Hajjj was the nearest point on the northjfjWe werey in a hostile Indian country: and the, " striking teamsters had" 10 jfiays'-grub and no transportation, wjtli a 60- mile desert ; to face on 4thSij west, as : a starter. The horrors of tie, DonnoK : party who perished in the Know le8 than four years before, wre vivid In our mpmorieM It wan lslift in- Or- toben Our party was tlM last on the road, so there was ntm hr-pe of being picked up. The banlfjjed team sters kept a fire going 5ji 1 1 right while preparing for their tiflp. They threw away everything exrpt what they believed indlnpensableij! "Next morning Captain Sjorris or dered some wagons abandojid. so as to have teamsters to go "-atjound. It became necessary to have carriage driven for Mrs. Wilson an her two, grown daughters. An olij . German named Losoh was sent to tljjke charg of her carriage and mules. .M rs. Wil son and the girls watched jjLoseh at work hamesfing the muljrs. Mrs.. Wilson and the . girls were;ralsed In Kentucky! and knew more ctfbut horses and mules than Losch fier could learn. Mrs. Wilson culled: him and asked him if he had ever? driven s team. Losch, In broken Enjillnh, told her he knew nothing about It, but that he would try, if ordeVad to do so. Mrs. Wilson called thi. general. Their tent was still stanSng." Our tents were struck and we jfore ready to pull out. She told rer husband, the general, that Losch wa no driver and that she .was not going to rink having their necks "brokenjjj and that she wanted McKibbin back. !p "The general went to ; uric- Captain Morris. .The order was ji; given to strike camp and pitch tbft captain's tent. The captain and General tll- -son and Lieutenant Hayneajfwent Into the tent and tha ulttmatumiCf Captain Morris wea this: General you can take your choice, diKpensei with the services of the escort, or jtjiave t V mutineers? Mrs. Wilson arifl the gen-. eral decided In favor of IjShe muti neer, so as to have McKpbbln, her cartage driver, back. -, - "The services of the eswfort being dispensed with, Captain Moirrla aban doned all our wagons, except one, a little light rig to have for Mrs. Bird- -sail. In the event of her being -.mable to ride on mule back. We packed everything so aa to travel-ilght. and next morning we were OHf tur way. The atrlklng teamsters wer Immedi ately sent for, and the gerlerat took' ten of them back on rull pay. Gen eral Toel Palmer acted a 3 puide, and they took Thompson sJid th 15 term sters with them. They welt by the LawHon route, while we' Htook the Hangtown route.- We betthem Into California by two or . thrfe weeks. We crossed the summit-oh; about Oc tober 25, at night, and none too soon for our safety -from - the winter' storms. Vp to Snaff.l - From Judge. Arthur Vriah Urn son m .de a great hit. at school during theS hay fever season. 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