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8 -- THE JOURNAL ' ; AM INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER ' C. B. JAC2UOM... .PublUber I'ttbllabed e-sry -tening exrpt BsnaT and , ar- Snsdaj mornlu kt The Journal Bull Itr. Brosdwsy and YamhIU ata Portland. Or. . Knt-rat at tb poatofflce at Portland, O.. traastnlastoi. Uroufh ibe mail ecooa -Ims aiattar. ' . TiXEPHOKES Main T1T3; Hrn A-0S1. AM departments rt-arbd by tbeaa numbert. Tail I be operator wbat iepartmeat yon want. FOREIGN ADVERTISING BEPI-ESENTATM- B H-njsmin A Kantnor Co.. Brn"lcko!1?': , 23 Fifth a-a.. New Xork. 1218 Paopls'a ; Uaa Bide., Tilr.ro. Sutmeription tnns by mall o t any ad dree la tk Csttea Ma tea or Mexico: DA1LT . On year... ....$3.00 " One month. -W .. BCNDAY One year;..i 12.60 I One month....... . DAILY AND SCNDAT. One year IT. SO Oom month... ..'.. , - In giving of thine alma In quire not so much Into the person! 'as his necessity. God looks not so much on, the merit! of, him that m"18; ; as to (the manner of bim that relieves. If the man deserve ' not, thou hast given to hu- : manltj-Quarles. GOVERNOR W1TIIYCOMBE GOVERNOR WITHYCOMBE en ters office with clean hands. He omes from a field of ac tivity widely divorced from politics ind political schemes. He IS transferred saddenly to a po sition around which beat all the conflicting forces f state life. Tor years political schemes rah riot at the state capital of Oregon, The state house wat, once the clearing ' house for all kinds of Jobs, schemes and public plunder, The then status is disclosed In the fact that at one legislative session the house failed to organ ize, and through forty days shame, riot, bedlam and corruption held high carnival. The use of monsy in legislation, the frittering away . of Tjublici resources and Joker legis- - latlon figured so conspicuously ia Public affairs that they were com- : mop knowledge throughout the ' state. . ; "But there has bejn progress. -The people revolted and in a sue- . cession of ballot revolutions or dained a - change. They created new machinery of government and put it iinto use. As Governor Wlthycombe enters office, he finds thr Btate changed from the old to, a new political orler in which tie schemes of politicians can be resisted, and in which a govern ment of, by and for the people in all its purity and beauty can be -maintained cand applied. It is snch a government that the people have committed to the keep ing of Governor Wlthycombe. The power Of the office whose great responsibilities he . now assumes has, for the past dozen years, bee- exercised with signal devo- -Uon in resisting the demands of those who would use public affairs : for private advancement and pub lic resources for private gain. No governor in recent years has taken i his place at the head of Che gov- eminent with a greater opportunity . to pursue in comparative peace a policy of pure and popular admin istration in the interest of the whole public than falls to the lot of Governor wlthycombe. The Journal congratulates him upon the public career that thus opens before bfan. V ;Though the order in political Oregon has changed,! human na ture remains the same. Selfish '. Interests are not content with things' as they now are. The forces of special privilege will rally at the capital and under the guise of reform and with pretty platitudes about virtue seek change. Poli - ticians will be on hand with propo sitions, fair on their face but evil ; In their consequences. ' Resistance to these things is Governor Withycombe's way to a successful administration. He owes nothing to politics or politicians. He waB. not nominated by them. He wa not elected by them. His great vote came from he people and it was a voteof confidence in '.' his purpose and his desire to ad minister the government at Salem as Lincoln administered it at Washington. RELIGIOUS REVIVALS 1 rtnO SAY that the old fashioned I r I revival meeting is out of har r 1 mony with the modern idea . of religious expansion is to controve-t the dictum of Professor -. William Jamesfan-4 other leading pbychologists. that it is a very le gitimate form of religious expres sion. . ;.The history of religion marked by revivals. Buddhism was the result of 4he return of Gautama to the simpler elements of the v, earl Vedic beliefs. Mohr.mniedan lsm drew its chief strength from v Its appeal to the first form of . . .a .' Hebrew .monotheism. Confucian- I aM TAHanl Un annAtlnnii X . 1 t ' ism found its sanctions in primi " ,tive Mongolian traditions. Chris tlanity Itstlf is a fulfillment of the" law of Moses. ( According to the earliest docu ment of Christian history extant ' thej popular vnatal hour of Chris tianity was a revival movement in which 3000 persons were convert ed. Amon the most notable re- . vivals were those of St. Francis of Assist among the hilf towns of Umbria and the cities of the Lom bardy plains; the effect of ' the preaching 'of Ambrose of Milan and Bernard of Clalrvaux; the awakening Of England under St. Augustine; Wycliff and Wesley; the resp-inse of Ireland to -St. Pat rick, of Hungary to Hubs, of Ger many to Luther, of Switzerland to Calvin and of Scotland to Knox. .The beginning of history In New England was the fruit of the Puri tan revival. v The echoes of many an evangel istic campaign still resound throughout the United States and there are . still living those who date the beginning of their re ligious life from the preaching of a Moody and the singing of a Sahkey. EXCELLENT ADVICE I N HIS message, Governor Withy combe makes a number of ex cellent recommendations to the legislature. Here is one: I venture to recommend that this legislature set a record' for, brevity, particularly in the number of laws passed. Nothing in the g-eneral situ ation demands great activity In the field of lawmaking-, and assuredly the popular frame of mind presages thankfulness for the least' possible new legislation. A short, sane ses sion, with a few good laws is at this time infinitely preferable to a lengthy assembly, replete with dras tic changes and burdened with many enactments carelessly devised. This is excellent advice. It is counsel that the whole public will approve and applaud. There is no need of multiplied laws. It is the multiplication of bills that opens the way for half- baked legislation to go through. It is while members are busy with hundreds of peanut measures that schemers work their jokers through unnotibed. However, excellent as is the gov ernor's suggestion, it will prob ably go unheeded. Twenty-six bills introduced within nine min utes was the record in the house yesterday. ' The bills, bills, bills, the bills, bills, bills, the wilder ness of bills more than anything else, contributes to the demoral ization of legislative sessions. SOME SUGGESTIONS I T THERE is to be endeavor to forward irrigation in Oregon, certain suggestions as to an orderly manner ' of procedure may not be out of place. First, everybody concedes the importance of bringing irrigable lands into cultivation; second, the vast Majority of people believe it can and should be done only by public authority. The reasons for this are so many it is unnecessary to state more than two: First, those who settle on the lands should have them at the low est possible cost, which cannot pos sibly be the case if it. is done by those building for a profit or spec ulators; second, the work should be so permanent that the water would be guaranteed forever and be just as secure as the title to the land. This can only be done through governmental authority. What we should do Immediately is this. This legislature should ap propriate at least $450,300, as we now have a pledge from the fed eral government that It will apply a like amount to be expended un der the . direction of the Secretary of the Interior at such places as he may select in the state of Oregon. This eliminates all local friction and allows the selection to be made by the Secretary, and the rivalry of those representing dif ferent projects will not interfere with the passage of the bill. By thi3 procedure they would devote their energies, first, to the passage of the bill, and, second, to having it applied to some particular proj ect. Meanwhile, irrigation meetings should not merely adopt a lot of resolutions and then pass the sub ject on to the members of the leg islature who know but little about the matter and only have forty days' time in which to consider and prepare- laws on a most diffi cult r.nd complicated subject What the irrigationists should do, is to appoint the very best and most trustworthy committee hav- ing no special interest to serve, to prepare a law. Naturally such a committee should be absolutely above suspicion as to having any thing in mind - but the general good. , This committee between the sessions of the legislature should prepare a law based upon the principle of the establishment of a broad, logical, and continuous policy of irrigation development. In this way. and In this way only can the question be presented to the people. The people of this state will not blindly vote either direct bonds or to lend their' credit for Irrigation purposes. They- will have to be shown what it is for. In illustration of the point it is . recalled that the water code was discussed four or mora years bjore it was finally passed. In this case strong committees , pre- pared a tentative measure and sub mitted it to criticism and discus sion not only to people here but i f Canada, Australia, Wyoming and idaho, and in fact wherever there was anybody that knew any thing about irrigation and would be willing to help. Indeed the committee went fur ther and raised money to bring some people here to advise on it. The bill creating the railroad com mission was prepared long in ad vance, distributed, discussed and every feature of it had stood the test as nearly as it was known how to put it to a test before it was ever submitted to the legis lature. Our forest code was pre pared and submitted in exactly the same way. , A number of our cor poration laws', the Inheritance tax law, and scores of others were all considered with similar care. In other words, those proposing the measure did not thrust . upon a bunch of uninformed men on a spe cial subject the obligation and duty in a forty-day -session of preparing a most complicated law on a most important subject. . . If this line is followed some thing will be done. But above all, those I selected for .the committee to prepare the law should be so far above all suspicion of working either in their own Interest or in the interest of others that there should be no question about it. Otherwise, the law will be so se verely criticised that it cannot stand ! the fire to which it will be subjected -7hen It goes before the legislature. IN JUSTICE TO SIR. EATON i I N THE late speakership fight, The Journal was an onlooker. Thie man elected is an excel lent citizen. So Is the man who was djefeated. It was a contest in which, whatever the outcome, there was promise that the state would be well served. Butj in that fight, many hard things were said by the Oregonian against Mr. Eaton. " They werej undeserved things-. Mrj Eaton is n6t "a snake in the grass.' Nor "a public enemy." Nor a "broker in favors." Mrj Eaton has been elected rep resentative from Lane county five times. At the late election, he received the highest vote on the legislative ticket. He was nomi pated not only by his own party, but by the Democratic and Pro gressive parties. No i higher tribute could be paid any man. The confidence of his neighbors and the people of his own county as expressed in that election Is incontestible evidence of Mr. Eaton's standing at home. There is more to the credit of Mr. Eaton. He was one of the pio neer Supporters iOf Statement One. He voted for every Statement one United States senator. He was always on the side of the people in the struggle for popular govern ment! in Oregon. He has always been 'an ardent advocate for re form of rules and committees In the legislature, and at the' 1913 session made a strong fight in that behalf. In the legislature, it has always seemed to The Jour nal that Mr. Eaton was a fair, sincere and consistent supporter of those measures' that made for good jgovernment. It seems only Just to Mr. Eaton that these things be said in his behalf at this time. A good name is the most precious jewel in a man's life. To rob him of it, is to make him poor, indeed. For any man to have a worthy ambition for a speakership is not a sufficient offending to warrant a wanton mutilation of his best as set, an honorable fame. ' THE WAIST LINE T ttE latest edict of the Fash- Ion Art League is that the waist line, must come back to the place where it belongs. As a ; result of this decree the wo man 1 who is fashionable but fleshy must diet or lace. There is to be no' cheating with a movable line ithat may be anywhere be tween the shoulders and the knees. The waist line of a costume Is the key to its modishness. In re cent years this line has- gone up and down the figure from bust to hips and back again and has sel dom been seen in its normal lo cation. The mode of 1915 will be a well defined line with a ten dency: to a pointed front.' There will be a military sug gestion in the slight nipping at the center, sides and front some what j on the lines of an officer's uniform. It jmight have been worse, so perhaps we ought to be thankful. With the war to suggest the mili tary modishness, what we might have been up against wa3 our gen tle Women in eqaulettes, plumeu helmeV spurs, brass buttons and with ia, saber by the side and a military swagger in the gait. Ai POLICEMAN'S HEART T HERE are many charges : of raf t, . corruption and collu sion against Chicago poltce inen. But in the midsti of all ' these allegations comes the story of Tom Williams, for twen-ty-fiv6 years a patrolman, but now no longer a member of the force.1 , The greater part of Williams' service was in looking after crip pled (Children who attended the Spaulding school. He rode on the bus that took them from homes to school and back again;, he car ried them from their beds and wheel chairs to the bus, and from the bus to their desks. He has been at this job for years, and in all that time not a single child was injured. Thie children had to be fed at school. Some of them would have gonehungry had not Williams pro vided food. He says he never paid for lunches, but Chicago sas the recording angel wiped out-the rec ord of that statement with a tear. The children did not go hungry. Chicago needs more policemen to protect property, and so Tom Williams received an order to re port Ifor other duty. Bun. instead of reporting at the station, he sent jin his resignation, saying he had served long enough to be en titled to a retirement pension. The children needed him, and he pro posed to remain with them. . It lis a pretty story, such as to Inspire greater respect for ' men who often are criticised unjustly. It jls a look Into one policeman's heart. - - - 5TATE CONSERVATION By C W. Lamar, of Portland, The Oregon Conservation com mission, with "Cooperation" for its slogan, has submitted to Governor Wost a report covering its work of Investigating the natural re sources of the stateduring 1914, with recommendations for legis lation deemed necessary for its protection and development. ?'he report is remarkable for its austive analysis of each subject ana contains a fund of valuable statistical information told in an intensely Interesting and inspir ing way. It is the result of pains taking research work such as only an intense spirit of local patriot isnji, with the public welfare of the state as a whole sincerely at heart, could have accomplished. Its urgent plea for a closer cooper ative spirit between the federal and state government, and of the state with the county, is a worthy recognition of the old adage that "14 unity there is strength," and must be stimulated and encour aged If the "greatest degree of efficiency is to be attained." This is shown by tjie splendid results achieved In the past four years, through the , combined ef forts of the various county and prjvate patrol associations working harmoniously with the federal and state governments, in protecting our forests from the ravages of fire during thil dry months of the year. It is stated that in 1913 this total loss , of green timber was Uvalued at $460.25, while or the season just closed, the driest in the history of the local weather bureau, the loss is estimated at not to exceed .20,000,000 board feet. During this time some 400 men wre employed by these associa tions, including the state and the federal government. In normal years approximately $125,000 is expended by private owners for forest protection, but in seasons like the one just closed, the amount is much greater. The state expends $37,500 an nually and as3 a result of such expenditure, received $10,000 fr,pm thje federal government. The r3 port recommends an appropriation ofj;$100,000, an increase over 1913 ofj $25,000. When it is understood that "Oregon's forests still con stitute, next to land itself, her greatest natural resource it would appear from the excellent records made that this sum is none too large for its, adequate protection and ought to be ap proved and the amount asked made available for the use of the state board of forestry. Closely allied with toe protec tion of our forests from fire, is the question of their taxation. It Is! made clear in the report that this is vital to the success or utter I failure of the forest policy of the i state, and recognizes the futility tof expecting any relief from our present system until constitutional amendments to our general land tax laws have been made. The report advocates a tax on the land value with a yield tax oi timber as a stimulus to the re forestation of our logged off lands, and .emphasizes "as of grayest Im portance In a forest state, the danger that lies in new and radical tax propaganda that does not bear forestry In mind." I The correct solution of this great complex problem is universally recognized as of paramount im portance and our law making body will commit a very grave mistake if;, for any reason, it should fail to relieve by legislation, as it has in the past, a condition that is" actually retarding the development of the state. Naturally enough, with an in crease of 120 per cent in the pop ulation of Portland and a corre sponding increase In the state as a! whole, together with a flood of untold millions expended for the betterment of transportation and market facilities, all within the span of a few years, there came, necessarily, an increase m public expenditures, which means higher tax levies. These are the influ ences which have contributed largely to, if they are not entirely responsible for, the extraordinary prices now being asked for our lands. It Is necessary: that we have a readjustment of our as sessed valuations, with a more equitable levy, if we are to de rive benefit from the expected im provement of financial conditions. '.-.' Another momentous question confronting the state for an early solution, and exhaustively consid ered in , this report, as that of reclaiming the vast areas of Wild, nonproductive logged - off lands, rich in agricultural possi bilities, that are scattered through all of the counties west of the Cas cade range of mountains. . Accord ing to this report, in the 18 coun ties comprised in this section of the state, there are 2,024,680 acres of improved land. Estimat ing the average farm to contain 66 acres, we .have 30,458 farms in western Oregon upon which a population of 210,000 reside and cultivate 1,321,455 acres with an average value of $125 per acre. I On the other hand, we are in formed that there is In this same Iection of the state, in every way .3 rich and as capable of sustain ing just . as : large and prosperous a population,' but ' now a waste and a burden to the state,: 2,811,344 acres of this logged off and burned over land with an . average value of $8 per acre. It exceeds the im proved land by 786,664 acres and the cultivated land by 50 per cent and Is increasing at the rate of 90,000 acres per year, r . .. ' j That we should remain passive and Indifferent to uch a condition and permit it to exist longer in the face of a crying demand for cheap land, not alone from -our home people, but from the thou sands in the eastern states with eyes turned westward, seems In credible. In pursuance of a solution for the reclaiming of these logged off lands, the report, as near as can be computed, gives the cost of clearing the brush lands at $63-50 per acre and the heavily timbered lands at $75 to $180 per acre. Continuing, it says: if land-clearing can b conducted on a sufficiently large scale and under some sort of business organ ization employing' adequate engineer ing methods and machinery the pres ent coat can be reduced from one half to V -o thirds, and If- some prac tical process can bo devised for sav ing and marketing the useful wood products obtainable from the logs. stumps, roots, etc. encumbering? the land, ' the cost might be overcome al together and in some cases a profit maae rrom clearing operations. From investigations and exnerl ments which have been made during the past five or six years it has been found that from 25 or 30 up to 150 or more cords of useful material can be obtained from an acre of the logged-off land In the heavily tim bered districts. The only organization competent to deal with this question in a practical way, is the county with the aid of the state. The interest of the Btate being the greater of the two, it should, after an ac curate survey had been inade, ac Muxio nuo io bucu lanas as are best suited for its .purpose. This does not necessarily mean, as is popularly supposed, that we must go to the people for their approval of a large bond issue. On the con trary, it is doubtful if the state would need to advance a single dollar in purchase money. Indeed, it is almost certain that many of the owners of these large tracts of land would be willing to transper their interests to the state at a reasonable price and accept In re turn an Interest-bearing mortgage, maturing in five, ten or even twen ty years, if secured by the land and the good faith of the state. After obtaining title f to such lands considered best suited for agriculture, it would then be a matter of making them attractive to fthe homeseeker. This can be done, first, by offering the land to him at the actual cost price. Second, a low rate of Interest on deferred payments. Third, not less than ten years in which topay for it. Fourth, by clearing and mak ing ready for the plow, five or six acres, which would be enough to sustain himself and family while making required Improvements on the balance of the forty, sixty or eighty acres as the case might be. The county, under the supervision of the county court, can do this, as well as blaze the trails which later would become roads, because It is amply able to buy and oper ate the expensive machinery neces sary to do it. The same power used to operate this machinery will euffice to turn the stump and other refuse into the products mentioned in this re - port, such as cordwood, box board and a wood pulp suitable for the manufacture ofthe heavier kinds of commercial ahd building paper. These products are of great com mercial value and could, with rea son, be expected to pay operating expenses, if they did not actually pay the entire cost of clearing the land. Governmental and private ex periments have been made in the belief that' resinous products of great commercial value could be extracted from the refuse of these lands whiclr in time would attract capital in the development of an industry of -great magnitude. This, it Is claimed, would eventually solve the problem of colonizing these waste,! lands. This plan, however, is entirely too vague and Indefinite for consideration. The time is the present, not the future, and in advancing the suggestion that I the state and county take over and colonize these lands, we are only applying, in a broader sense and on a larger scale, the principle of the successful real es-J tate firm in, handling logged-off Uands. It is of utmost Importance that some action looking to a practical solution of this problem be taken at the present session of the legis lature, j The report concludes, with a lengthy discussion of the water and mineral! power .resources of the northwest and its Influence upon the development 'of the state, recommending the closest cooper ation between the state and fed eral government, especially men tioning the various Irrigation proj ects under way or projected. Marching Orders. From Everybody's Magazine. An old Irishman, long desirous of official digrtity; was finally appointed marshal in a parade on Memorial day. Veterans, bandsmen and school chil dren were lined along the streets of the town patiently waiting the signal to start. ! Suddenly Mike, On prancing charg er, dashed up- the street. .After In specting! the dignified procession, he gave his horse the quick clip. Then, standing up In his saddle, he yelled with a voice filled with pride and au thority: . .- .-.'' ' '"Ready., now! : Every one of. yea, kana shun with the norsel" PERTINENT COMMENT SMALL CHANGE The averare man likes to work bis wife'a relations. Most men wouldn't do a thine if they didn't need the coin. ai The heart -of a nrettr airl may be as chilly as a dog's noae. Some men ar rood because ther find It cheaper than being bad. The man who does things can afford to let bis wife) do all the talking. - ai A woman's work is never finished if she ls-trying to reform some man. a The more indignant women can be come over a scandal the more they enjoy it. A woman is never more anxious to hide her age than when she begins to show it. Women will find it awfully monot onous in heaven if the fashions never change there. If the silly actions of a man are not due to his being in love, they are probably natural. a a A woman has to be in society at least six months before she acquires the art of being real rude. a a If a man coaxes his wife to accom pany him on a business trip it is a sign that the trip is going to be short. Even when the doctor doesn't know what is the ma.ter-wMh the patient he usually knows enough to keep his lack of knowledge to himself. - HOW THE JUNIOR By John M. Oskison. Tou ask me who gave me my start? I didn't have any 'start' given me. I worked and made my oppor tunity. Like you, I came to this place when I was about 19. "For the next year my old employer seemingly took no interest whatever But at the end or tnat lime. wnen m father died and my mother and sisters came to live with me, he called me to his shelf-like desk and asked me how much money I had saved. I - showed bim my bank book. "My bank book showed only a $100 credit, but I had scrimped and saved to get it. At the same time, I had tried not to seem a 'tight wad,' and I had picked friends, too, who talked about other things than money. Well, the old man made me his junior part ner. . "It wasn't much of a store then " You don't have to be told anything more of the history of the man who was made a junior partner. But the author of this story, to which a bank's little magazine gave a prize, went on to say something of the young man to whom the veteran was (Communication! Bent to Tba Journal for pubUcation in thla department abould be writ ten on only one aide of the paper, should not exceed 300 words tn lengtb and moat be ac companied by the name and address of the sender. If the writer does not deeire to have the name published, be should so state.) "Discussion Is the greatest of all reform.. It rationalizes aTerythlng It touches. It robs principles of all false sanctity and throws ibem back on their reasonableness. If they nave no reasonabl-ness. it ruthlessly crushe them out of existence and sets up ita oun conclusions la their stead." Wood row Wilsot. Tribute to Retiring Governor. Cob.urg, Or., Jan. 10. To the Editor of The Journal Please accept con gratulations, which you surely deserve, on the. appointment of our governor, Oswald West, to a position on The Journal's staff covering the legisla ture. I am writing today, so I can address him as our governor, for to morrow he will step out and give way for Governor Wlthycombe to hold the office that he has so faithfully filled. I felt proud while I was In Washing ton to hear a noted man say Oregon had the best governor i in the United States. I feel that The Journal has done a favor to ail the people or ore- i west. We thank Governor West for ; his fearless work In prison reform; so, tor his noble work in the prohi- Dition campaign, as uie . um piuvciu says, we are known by what we have done. MART J. TILLMAN. As an Auditorium Substitute. ' Portland. Jan. 11. To the Editor of The Journal We have not heard lately from the much discussed and notori ous auditorium; neither do we hear a very loud clamor for the resuscitation of its Ignoble memory. It seems that in its palmy days Portland was In fested with a lot of visionary day dreamers, whose purpose in life was to davise ways and means to separate the patriotic and progressive taxpay er from his hard earned money. Vari ous plans were proposed, including the stupendous "city beautiful" plan, Ross island, a subway under the river, a scenic auto Joy riders' boulevard, and others, all entirely non-essential and commercially worthless, including the aforesaid auditorium, for which was provided the power to market $600,000 worth of bonds, and if sold at par there would still be a balance onhand, after paying the already contracted costs of preliminaries. In order to consume this remaining balance, be fore it is necessary to cut down the size of the building again and. Issue more bonds for its completion, I would like to suggest a substitute for the use of this money and one that would be of great commercial value to the city. Say we take this $600,000 audi torium fund and divide it in four funds, and each of the four funds Of $150,000 be arranged as follows: $25, 000 as, premium for the best approved or adopted invention, with the patent rights assigned to the commission or trustees of this fund as a security of good faith and repayment of the fund; $25,000 site fund; $100,000 (or as much as necessary) for building and Install ing machinery, the use of which to be donated free for five years, including power and 'taxes. At this point the in ventor would have $25,000 working capital with a well equipped factory to manufacture a patented non-competitive article. At the end of five years he should be required to' repay on the business as follows: Assume the taxes and power cost, and pay to the trustees 6 per cent per annum for 20 years, to be applied to a sinking fund covering the total cost of pre mium, site, building and machinery, taxes and power, at the end of, which time the sum of $150,000 has been re produced, plus, the taxes, power, etc., when the property would be deeded over to the manufacturer. With the $160,000 site fund 160 acres of land in the immediate suburbs could be pur chased, and in the center 20 acres set off as sites, five acres .for each, leav ing 140 acres, which could be subdi vided easily into 6 lots 50 oy iov ar a cost of not more i than $175 each, which in turn could easily' be sold to factory employes ' on : an Installment plan at per cent interest for at least $4.00 each, leaving a profit on the 57$ I lots of $129,600, or $32,400 for each Letters From the People AND NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS Eugene's anti-dog ordinance will be come effective February 1. After that there is to be no more running at large. ' Coquille Sentinel: Efforts are being made to add another school district , to the new consolidated'district on Coos river. It lies south of th cnnnnltdiLtpri district, but has only 10 residents of school age, while its assessed valua tion is more than $1,000,000. a a Speaking of gold strikes, the Baker Herald says: "When central Oregon has opened all its possibilities for gold, we invite them over to eastern Oregon to see the real thing. At that, we wish good luck to all those who are trying for riches over there." a a The Helix and Adams school boards have combined to secure a manual training instructor, who will divide his time between the two schools. Walter K. Burgess, graduate of Wash ington State college, is the man. Therv is but a single criminal case on the docket for the present term of circuit court in Josephine county, and there was but a single indictment returned by the grand Jury. From this the O rants Pass Courier concludes that the county is getting better, or me evuaoers are getting more careiul. a a Under the direction of R. T. Jackson of the department of agriculture, resU dents or the west end of Umatilla county aro about to open war of exter mlnatlon upon the Jackrabblt, using poison, as a weapon, one ounce of strychnine to six ounces of . water, and spread over 16 Dounds of chODned alfalfa, taking precautions t protect sneep ana cattle. PARTNER GOT IN talking. He was on the point of quit ting his job with the firm; he said that his salary was too small to live on; that he was in debt, and that the boys he was accustomed to train with had more to spend than he. That clerk who wanted to quit and take a better paid job in a smaller and more precarious business came to town green from the country. The veteran merchant, who had come to the age when he was looking around for a junior partner, had trained him carefully. But because the young man would not live within his income his employer had to shift his attention to another clerk. This Isn't one of the old falw stories about the making of a great merchant prince. Tou "see the char acters of thlg story in every Ameri can city and town. If young men could see these early meagerly paid years as an investment in experience that would yield largely later on, and know that the basis for all real prosperity rests upon the ability to live within income, I be lieve fewer would grow discouraged before they know their business. A FEW SMILES "So you come from New York? said an Kmrlish lady to a traveling American. I sup posed of course you came from Boston?" "Why did you think that?" asked the New "Because I sup York lady. posed all cultivated. intelligent Americans came .from Boston. ' "But wbat in the world made you think, that? ' was the natural question, "Oh, I don't know exactly. I think it was a Boston lady told me.' Christian Register. Tour legal department , must very expensive." be "It is," sighed the eminent trust mag nate. Still, I suppose you have to main tain It?" "Well, I don't know. -Sometimes I think ltl would be cheaper tej obey the law." A senator from Mississippi asked an old colored man what breed of chickens h considered best and he replied: "All kinds has merits. De w'ite ones Is de easiest to find, but de black ones Is easiest t hide after you gits 'em" subdivision or factory. The Interest on the $7500 annuat'payment for 20 years, at 6 per cent, tplus the interest on $32,400 profits for each factory di vision of lots, for 25 years would more than pay interest on the bonds and cost of management, and at the end of 25 years Portland would have at least four huge manufacturing plants and no doubt others attracted hereby with the bonded indebtedness and in terest paid. Can as much be said of the auditorium? And besides, what would be left of the auditorium by that time? This plan Is elastic and can be ex panded in many ways. E. J. M. . World Peace. Portland, Or., Jan. 11. To the Editor of The Journal It is pleasing to see so many of your contributors crying for peaee, and world, peace is the only kind that can endure. In The Journal of January 10, "Mrs. T. W. J." writes well of "The Resolvent of Love," but she goes too far. She asks for sup pressive laws. This would make it a class movement. Love ' was . never forced nor suppressed; It must be free. It is labor's love, not its price in ma terial wealth, which is acceptable to God. St. Paul, that great metaphysician, by trying- to hand the power of love over to the patricians, only, in disre gard Of labor, nullified the power of love. He said, however, that if this power' were accepted by all men, we should be "changed in the twinkling of an eye." The last session of eongress de clared that "the labor of a human be ing is not a commodity of commerce." This is the wedge we must drive home. The plan of "Abou Ben Adbem" has been worked out by one here- In Port land whereby this wedge may be quick ly driven to do effective work. It will be given to the world as soon as this wave of, fear and hate sball sebslde, so that love can get a hearing, and by this plan, the few who know of the power of love may actually construct, and live In a condition of peace. And woe-unto bim who (whose) business in terests) stands in the way of this power. So be of good cheer. - r "Tear not, little flock; it is Your Father's good pleasure to jrive you the kingdom." C. A. STRICKLAND. Nothing Overlooked. - From the Cleveland Plain Dealer. ' It is now said that Mr. Bryan took violin lessons when be was a boy. A public man's enemies remember every thlnc ! -If c tW EAELT DATS By ft Loeklay, Spacial Staff Writer The Journal.' ' " Early in January, 1862, while en route from San Francisco to Port Or ford, our vessel, the Lincoln, was wrecked near, the mouth of Coos Bay," said William IL Packwood of Baker. In the early days the Indians used te scan the beach every morning after a storm, to see ife a whale might have been driven ashore In the storm, or a vessel wrecked. .To find a whale meant food for the whole tribe for. weeks.- At daylight an Indian sentry sighted our vessel rolling in the heavy surf and 'soon there were nearly 200 Indians xn the shore waiting for what the sea would bring them. v "The tide was running out Vapidly and the sea going down so that a man could Jump overboard and by running when the tide was out, reach the shore' safely. We began, with the aid of the In dians, to get the cargo ashore." Thef I tide would sweep In around the ves sel, but when it ran out the cargo would be dumped over the side. Some times before It was out of the way the return tide would come and many narrow escapes occurred from being caught and swept to sea with the re turn tide. One of our men, Martin Manly, was caught in the return tide f 1 and swept around the stern of the vessel. Fortunately there was a tiller rope swinging over the stern of the vessel and as Manly swept by on the tide he saw this rope and caught it and held on, swinging with the rise and fall of the breakers. I remem ber hour.: long It seemed to be before he was rescued from the grip of tne breakers. There he was, hanging onto a rope and the breakers breaking over. him and leaving him at times swing ing in the air. Finally a rope noose : was made and he was hauled up safe and sound. A man named Lock wood had cargo of liquors aboard. I saw a bar rel of whiskey raised out of the hold,. the head knocked in and the men with ; tin cups drink from the barrel as: though It was drinking water. One of - ourrompany, Jimmy Gordon, was at the hold helping raise the cargo. told Jimmy it would be better to have the grub saved ln.stead of the " whiskey. He stopped the hoisting Of liquors and got out provisions. We expected the vessel would break up in the next tide, so we wan ted. -all the grub saved that was possible. With the work of the Indians and our own men," we soon had on shore a large part of the cargo before the return tide cut us off. Everything was : carried onto the first sund ridge back of the beach and Ktacked up. About 2 o'clock lii the afternoon Lieutenant Stanton took me and two other men, - and we went down the beach to the ; mouth of Coos Kay. Sails were stripped from the vessel and the supplies cov ered, with tarpaulins. We made tent houses of the sails, also. They were located on top of thousand ridge" on the east side. We soon had a regular military camp. "Next day Lieutenant Stanton raised a f Lag staff by his sail tent,-- When the flag with the stars and stripes was raised a great chet-r-went up from all of us. "During the entire. time of the storm, from "San Francisco until we landed on th beach at "Camp Cast AWay," T tin nnt rmrr hr hnvintf anvthtnc warm to eat. . Our cook's galley hsof been flooded at the beginning of tha storm. I remember we tried to build a fire, but It was put out by some heavy seas that broke over the vessel. We ate hard bread and raw salt jwrk. as this was before tho day of canned goods. ' V Via. -urorA ohnr a fir was soon made, and nearly all thei men got drunk. We had a night of it. never to be forgotten. It was one continuous round of drinking, roaring,. fighting and eating. 1 and one or two; others were the only sober ons In. the crowdf The reaction from the dan ger of a watery grave.-and our present.' safety on land, and the whiskey, to-; gether with the hard work and excite ment of the last few hours, nearly all had become wild with drink and excite ment. Pistols and weapons were brought into the melee. Fortunately no lives were lout. Captain Nagle, th Commander of the vessel, and our of ficers. Lieutenant Stanton and Dr.1' Sorrel, remained in their tents on the hill and let the men have their orgle without interference. Had the officers interfered I think the result would have befn serious. Captain Nagle had: taken the sun on January 1. It was decided at that time to change our : course, and unless the storm abated the cargo was to be thrown overboard. to lighten the vessel, end if this did7 not help matters It was planned to take to the whalo boat.; It was known that the officers pistols were loaded and convenient for se. In-case it be came necessary to take the whale boat and leave the vessel. I remember hearing some of our men saythey havd as much right for a chance In the boat as any officer ad thfiy would have a say as to who should go. If it came to that "Captain Nagle was in error In his last observation. We were one do-: gree north of where -be thought we were. He laid his course for Port: Orford, which, he expected to mske nexi day, January 2. This error In his reckoning caused ih to strike the beach, north of Goos Bay. If a man was sent along the coast from Colum bia river to San Francisco to find more favorable place in which- ' to-' beach a vessel, It could not be found. When I look back and think of the fearful fate that overtook many of those saved In this wreck, I wonder-. If It would not have been preferable: to have, been drowned in this wreck In place of being massacred by the In dians, as many of thnm were," The Ragtime Muse New Deal. I'd dearly love to live afar On Juoiter or some big star. . Where every day lasts quite a week- Existence 'there is most unique. - Consider how in that far land 1 1 could hold Arabella's hand And sit In heavenly delight From Monday morn till Wednesday niguit I'd bid her good night at tne .door, Tilt Thursday morn say a or And then go home and get some sleep; Tut Monaay morn i a smrnDer-aeep: A Year un there would be fourteen Of burs; for years, like that I'm keen xnua we coma . live as- - must be ; clear Fourteen times longer than down here! But hold! A thought now gives me pause. i - , , According to these very laws -(Mr years would "better not be told) My sweetheart would be 2 years old! I'd have to wait till she grew' ud -' 'Twould fill with bitterness my cap, - . T think oar tim it's scarcely worth To move we'll stick to Mother Earth!