THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING. JANUARY . -18, 1915 (THE JOURNAL t AM IX DEPBNDKXT NEWSPAPER .'. S. JACKSON. ........,.........PbUiliar 4'nhltnti1 ry crvmmr es-at Snndsrl aiid 2 mry Sunday awmtus- t Tba J oar oat Bull- t r Broadway and V.alilll ala.-foftland. Or, LteM at tba poaoifflce at rerUaed, Or- t trsasnlaaloa tbruitfh ssaUe a COB j-slsae attr. ' ' '..r.EPnONEa Uta 7173; HM A-flOJl. AH departoaeata mrM by tbaae numbers. Tell luHKlliN AUVKUTIHINO REP1.KSEWTATI V 3 Ronjamla Kcatnor Ov Branawtek Bloij., 1 ruts .ee..-'"New Xors, IJiS People's I Cm BW., cblosto. . ..- . ,-. - ;;, J Saaaerlirtisq Urui OaU or ta anj a Crasa to tba puMaa 'ata or atcstce: ' "' ,'; tft i ai faa yit.......J.0O f Otw moata. ....... -M jne jear......$2 t Ooa month. ...... 9 .23 DAILY AND EONDAT pne yea .17.50 I On month ......9 -83 " Wherever you find patience, fidelity, honor, kindness truth, there you find respectability, however obscure 'and lonely men, may be. H. W. Beecber. OREGON AND SPOILS HOW far are spoilsmen going - to be able to hop ad the legis lature and bed7ll the gov- . ernOr'Into changes of offi cial and employes In' the state gov brnroent? ..'-. . v ' They are said to be openly boast ing that they ,wm "set", an ne ! Vest appointees. - y Why "get" the West appointees? ire they Inefficient, or incompe tent? . West was not "a partisan governor, - He never made a really - partisan 'appointment' In his -life. Most-of. the people be appointed to J office ; were "Republicans. A Re publican', t ecretary of state; a Re-. publican "private secretary, a Re ' publican commissioner of corpora tions,, a Republican" state superin tendent of public Instruction, a' Re publican justice of the supreme court, many Republican circut judges and district, attorneys are a Tew on the list of his appoinfc- jnents. i No , slate ever had so conspicu ous an example of non-partisanship In high office. Probably no state ' ever had , a Democratic governor who named as many Republicans ,-for high position or a Republican governor who called as many Dem ocrats to. important place. In faqt, the main 'quarrel that his own party has ' with former Governor West is that some Democrats barge him with having appointed too many Republicans. Yet; it- was ' a splendid example to tho state that the chief end of government la not party but ser vice.. It was a -conspicuous mani festation of the groat truth that the desideratum in public admin istration is not r polls, and down among the multitudes who are the mudsills of this great common . wealth of Oregon there is a keen appreciation and a vivid .recogni tion of the virtue of the West plan i: It. will not be good judgment for ihose- in authority now to yield td the hounding by the politician and, regardless of efficiency and experience, turn the state . offices over ti spoilsmen. No good Im presstou will be left upon the peo ple by such .a course, especially when the ' program of the spoils hunters ;would be brought into the sharpest contrast with the high ex ample; set by the late admin istra . tion. . .' f The Journal cares nothing at all about what brand of man or kind of man la in public office if he bo efficient and bis ideal of govern ment be fit. Its only interest in mentioning the matter is to be of - such assistance as it can in aiding , those! charged wjth the responsibil ity apt carry on government in its -purest and most effective1 form. " Sometime the appointment, of ah official means, not only a change of incumbents, but a change of policy in the application of law, and this is a fact to be seriously . Considered ' in the present grand march of toe .suotu hunter.' T! THE THICK OF WHEAT 1 I " '' , WW J UK AT 1 selling in Chicago jV V - nearly sixteen years. There "... is little doubt that specula tion ha much, to do with the sen national rise. The big buyer are figuring out a situation which, they believe will develop. : " Prices are not determined entirely by presr em supply, ana aemana. There have been other phenome nal rise. On May 10, 1898, wheat reached $1.86 on the Chicago mar ket. But that was a "corner" price. : Two or three weeks before wheat sold" for $ LIT;' a- few weeks Iater.lt was down to 75 cent. On September 30 188. wheat touched $2 a bushel, but that also was a "corner',', price. While September wheat was selling around the . Z Dnark October delivery scarcely rose above one dollar. ; la While the high price of 1898 and 1888 broke as soon a the corner day was passed, the situ ation in 1898 resembled today's In one Important particular. The Eu popean w"heat harvest of "1897 had run 350,000,000 bushels short of 1,he year before,, and the'1914 Eu ropean, harvest .- was Jeo.OOO.OOO bushels less than In 1913.. In 1897 and 1914 the-"American ; harvests er abundant. j There are a number, of 'things which have contributed to present prices. - The belligerent, nations are demanding American grain. Swed en, ; Norway, Denmark and 'Italy nave, been making large purchases, the first three nation in antic! pa fJon of having .their commerce cut Off by mines in -the North sea, and Italy in supposed preparation - for war. '""'' Qner disturbing, element -la uncer taintyas to whether the allies will be able to release Russia's block aded wheat If the ' warships ; of England ' and France can force a passage through the Dardanelles and bold command of that water way, Russia's surplus grain will be marketable. " The speculators are going on the assumption' that Europe's wheat acreage next year will be greatly decreased. BURGLARS AT SEVENTEEN A TERRIBLE , " example ha been brought home to Port land boys. - it is an- impres sive warning to Portland par ents. ' While trying to climb into the window of an Irvington confec tionery Saturday night for the, pur pose of burglary, a boy, of' 17 was mortally wounded Worn . a shot within, and died in the hospital a few hours later. He was a son In a highly respectable St Johns family. ? ;; ' ".- In high school, be was, by the statement of the principal; "studious and well behaved." He never gave, the school authorities much trouble, and an appeal to his bet ter judgment was all that was necessary, to bring him into full discipline; . The mystery of why euch a boy met his death in such a way may never be clearly disclosed. That there was an older person or per sons with probable leadership in the planning of the burglary is likely.' That there was a terrible end to the midnight enterprise and that the tragic consequences should sink deeply into the mini of every boy are the supreme facts in the dreadful occurrence. Tomorrow in Los Ange.es, a boy of seventeen will stand up in a court room and receive a sentence of death as a result of an attempt at burglary which ended. " in the killing of the owner of the bur glarized home. Though the " son of highly respectable parents, and though at the tender age when a lad should be with books, and pas times, he will go to the gallows un less the governor of the state com mutes hla sentence to life imprison ment, f At Chicago, several months ago, a boy of eighteen' was hanged. He was one of several ywho committed a "bloody murder In which th-y held up an old truck gardener and beat him to death. The supreme issue in these-boy crimes, is what does this violence in mere children . mean and what is society doing to seek the causes of thl wave of boy criminality that 1 sweeping over the country? Are father and mothers thinking about it at all, or are they, as usual, resting secure and unconcerned, in the treacherous belief that their boys can never go wrong? - THE OKEGOiV THE battleship Oregon is on her' way to Panama to lead the naval paegant through the canai in a re n 1 u, waen . tne big ditch will be formally opened. She will pass informally, through the canal to meet the Atlantic fleet now gathering in Cuban' waters. She will join the' greatest- armada of fighting craft ever brought to gether in western waters. Sixteen years ago the Oregon started for Cuban waters, but on an entirely different mission. Then she went to fight, arid in order to be in the fight she made her record run around Cape Horn. Now she goes as a fighting craft, but on a mission of peace. She is to If ad thai line of ships through rift line o the canal, and is to carry the presi dent and his cabinet. When the Oregon started for the Atlantic in 1898 there were grave fears as to her ability to make: the voyage in time, if at all,, because of hostile ships. But she accom plished the task. Today there is question whether the Ciilebra cut will be In condition to permit the passage of large ships on the date fixed. It is feared that land slides will block the - canal and prevent execution of the program. . - But President Wilson can-rest assured that if it is possible for any ship to traverse the canal March Id the Oregon will get him through .safely and on time. The Oregon did not fail under almost Impossible conditions sixteen years ago; she will not tail now. MEXICAN OUTRAGES SPEAKING in. Chicago the other day, ' Bishop - McConnell of Denver added valuable testi mony concerning . reported Mexican outrages. He has" charge of Mexican mission work for the Methodist Episcopal church and he aid that, report of outran inm. mltted in which, Americans suffered in Mexico are' much- overdrawn. Here is what he said: Of a list of Americans reported to the United States seriate to have been killed by Mexicans I know five whose names were on the list Those five met tneir aeatn; alter ignoring a fair warning- irom military authorities xne ctner iiiiv-eeven mnu mn strange to me. Knowing, only the ve case mentioned, 1 am led to doubt the fairness of the report of fatalities. ' - Even, when Huerta was' trying his best to stir up feeling against Americans and this rovernment was spending big sums of money bringing citizens of the United states out 01 Mexico, Bishop McCon nell failed" to hear of cn AmArirnn who was killed by the Mexicans be cause he was an American. In snlte of the fact, that nntlvn dlst preachers bad been killed or driven out of the country, th3 bishop Jiad many yood v words, to say about the; Mexican and asked the patience of America. Undoubtedly there have been Outrage IB Mexico. . XV WWIIU u ""'us ocuuua umucift iu ill CA- a miracle' v if I a people could- go I tension of our trade on this hemis through experiences sucb. as ; have phere. the Mexicans, without repeated in- i stances of brutality. That miracle has not fepened below the .Rio; Grande; It Is no't happening In Eu-' rope, and It did not happen in the. United States, during he Civil war. Bishop 'McConneH's purpose was UlahAn' r. C A 1 I 'as tlimABA W U a I n-Oi to excuse the Inexcusable. lie thinks the f exlcans are s entitled to the benefit' of unbiased Judg ment 'on theiri real character and the actual facts. . '. - ' V- WOMEJr;AS JURORS :?.-.-f-sr -a". 'I ' . . 'j "fHERE la no " reason why wo , I ' inen should not be eligible to I jury duty. They, have prpven ! them selves worthy ot. the ballot The arguments formerly sellout against their use of 4 the franchise have been exploded by experience.' In the same way, ;the usual arguments against juror women would vanish into thin air with the test applied. The Journal is not familiar with Mr. Huston's bill on the subject The principle of that" measure has undoubted merit. It ought not to be cast aside without 'consideration. There ara cases in which women ought to be on the jury, notably in the trial pt men for crimes against , children and young girls, so many 'of which appear in the courts in Portland. In fact, the sex crimes never will be properly tried with a consideration to fit the bffense untif. women are on juries. There may be minor objections to the bill as it stands. There can be no supreme objection to the principle of the bill, for men are not in position to make a 'claim that they have made a howling success of the jury system with men only as Jurors. : j SOTED CHAHACTER CtOXE f ONE of the few women who served as a soldier in the. Civil war died the other day at the Soldier's home at Ox ford, New York. She was Mrs. Robert S. Brown ell and was familiarly addressed as "Katy" Brownell. For years she marched j In Memorial Day parades and was, It is said, the only woman ever admitted to the Grand Army, of the Republic. ,v She was born seventy-one years ago ; at ' Gaffrarta": on";t (he African coast, the daughter of a soldier in the British army. V 1 When the Civil war broke out, she was living in Rhode Island, where she became the wife of Robert Brownell three ' days be fore, the first v call for volunteers came. Together withS het hus band she enlisted in the First Rhode Island Battery Of Volun teer and;for the ; next -thp ears took -part". In' the campaigns; whicH followed. - At the first battle ofBull Kun she was wounded, She dressed the wound herself and mounting a orse rode over thirty miles ' to a town near Washington. She was mustered out of service in 1864.. For several j years Mrs. Brownell and her husband" were caretakers Of the old Jumel mansion on Wash ington. Height In thV city of New York. ... Kv'.'-Mr- IN THE DAY'S NEWS A OHIVAT.TmtTS . Ronl winded I its way j into .the great nn. r known land when Louis Dar- a aaa " .. i . . , - lien. - h Bii-year-uia jjus An geles boy, Twas crushed to ; death while attempting to rescue his baby sister from a4 approaching street car. ' . I '- Contrast hi Belf sacrifice with the action of a Siuslaw homestead er who deserted his' wife and babe because he was unable to make a living for them. , SEEING THE LIGHT NE effect of the European war is to start eome of . President Wilson's,' critics'' thinking. No Ion ger are they demand ing that United States troops be sent into Mexico to "pacify" that country, by conquering it for the benefit of foreign Investors. , "... , The big war fn Europe has brought liome to Americans the fact that our greater prosperity de pends largely; upon, welding " the nations of north and south conti nents into a pan-American union. The Los Angeles Times, heretofore a noraiatAnt. sind 'ndrnleinrii; HI i r l-t::,t.Atlt of the president .. for not sending t troops into Mexico to conquer and to rule, says the pacification of Mexico, Is not the duty . of the United States j alone. . The " Times now; maintains that Mexico is a problem in which the whole ot the two -Americas is in terested. . ."As the world powers combined to put down the Boxer revolution In t Peking, - so ' every country in America must combine to -stamp out anarchy in. Mexico." The San Francisco Chronicle, also a critic of the president; says: ' It Is posible ihat5, a condition : may arise in Mexico j which, while not war ranting Interference - by any - one ' na tion, may fully Justify that of Pan America, but under Latin-American Initiative. ! , ' , While. not 'ladmlttiig it in so many words, these papers now con cede that President Wilson has been right all along. : They have learned a lesson from the European war. " , They realize that the United States must - look southward for much ' of its profitable trade, and tb$ fact stands -out boldly 'that if this country had followed any other course. as toMexico it-wouldxnow be regarded by; all Latin-America . a. menacing: conqueror, a con-,1 ceptlon creaOve of distnist and ; AN APPEAL FOR A SANE TAX LAW sto hton in CbiCago Heral(1 TH E confusion worse conf ounaea of our tax laws illustrates anew a;the inestimable value of 'popular government. What of ail our institui tions gives greater scope to the human will? Where else can be found such tragedy, such melodrama and such comedy? And its greatest charm is that it is our government ours, to aud or to condemn, to set up or to tear down, to make Just or tyrannicaL We can enact a set of Jaws ; and then turn about and make another set that con tradicts and nullifies the first And the men we select to administer the laws-Tick from among them such as they think should be enforced. . Having in mind the universality, as well as the inevitability, of death and taxes itjs not to be wondered at that the more vexatious of 'the dreaded twain should have arisen in the state's attorney's office. Nor should it be sur prising that an able and energetic of ficial should h've added to the gayety of politics by undertaking to, enforce the personal property tax law. That a grand jury at the, instigation of a state's attorney should have sought to pillory a 'conspicuous rich man for defying a law that both the grand jury and the attorney had broken illustrates the "infinite possibilities of popular government 1 . - But now ' that we- have had our laugh the "question arises: Is govern ment really a joke? Are all laws nul lified by other laws? Must statutes evr remain ridiculous and unenforce able? Is there no science of govern ment? Can there ibe no honest taxa tion? Is there order in ail things else, material and immaterial, "physical and spiritual, and no law'gbverning social relations? Reason answers NO. And order and harmony, will come when we have discovered and applied the The people throughout this country are discussing the question of taxa tion. -It is the chief topic in Washing ton, in every state capital, in every city council .and in every county, township and village. Everywhere the question H raised: How shall we ob- Ltain-Tevenue, and everywhere the ad mission is made that the system in vogue Is unsatisfactory. There are principles of taxation that are universally recognized.' One of -these Is that a tax is a burden, and tends to driva-away the thing it is, laid upon. When congress wished to Stop .stafejpanks frpm Issuing money itaVolded; questions of constitutional Uy by laying a tax of 10 per cent iipon tneirSclrculaflon, "and that tax was as effective as the most drastic prohibi ten. This principle is recoenized in those communities that seek to attract i riew industries bv exemntinir .them 1 frpm taxation for a term of years. It is understood by those who place heavy taxes on saloons to keep down the number and exempt hospitals, , scnooc5 ana-cnurcnes in oraer that there may be more of them. Though conscious of this funda mental principle, however, this all pervading force,, we are slow to give 11 genera application. wniie we OO ' it general application. While we do 1 discriminate among a . few things in j icvyuig iaa.es,- we great tnis 01 values i faUs under a common rule.. This pol - l icy Of a common treatment of ail values, however, is not as popular -as I it once was. The impracticability of 1 enforcing the personal property tax nmnn s leading-many-ta think it should be abolished. But such a proposition will not be generally accepted by the people unless they, arcgiven an intel ligent reason. The small dwner is not likely at first to look kindly upon a proposition to tax homes, while ex empting the personal property of the rich. He wilt accept it, however, when he understands the. true basis of tax atipn.. : ; . ; .; - .... : v , :' There are two values, and only two, that can be taxed: The value men make when acting together, and the value men make when acting indi vidually. The first attaches to those elements of nature that political econ omists call land; the second attaches to. the products of human labor: Both of. these yalqes exist regardless of the form of taxation, but their distribu tion and enjoyment will- depend very ...u ,l. x i,. . """JP"? wc-wrm. w we W ior. a tax Jaid upon one of these values has the opposite effect from what.it does when laid upon the other. Without a recognition of this fact a just and workable system is impossible. - A tax laid ; upon any' product of labor -a table, for Instance will be added to its price, and , will be paid by.the consumer;, : But a tax laid upon My wife waa one of them. She land values, does not enter into -the lcJaJmd " ,,.srM:e lpr-a J'.V1 j v i tu'rk In the kitchen when she did not price, and cannot be passed onto.thei have ;t ; she "would say, -if you consumer. The reason for this seem-' wanted a' cook' you-should have mar iog paradox will be apparent upon a fried ene." Very good, but a man does moment's reflection. Labor products are produced as needed, that is In re sponse to demand. If the consumer refuses to pay the tax levied the! table the cab net maker can rpfn tti maxe any more tables until he does pay it Land, however is a fixed quantity, the area of the earth being the same whether taxed or untaxed. -Hence the land owner lacks', the ; redress of the cabinet maker. He cannot shut off the supply. The land is already , in exist ence and in quantity greater than so ciety can use. ' A tax on vacant land cannot be shifted to the tenant be cause there is n tenant; a 4ax- on 'im- proved land cannot be shifted to the tenant" because of the competition of owner of tne vacant land. It Is useless, therefore; to try to tax personal property, ; The experience of mankind has shown - that, it is only that part of personal' property that is used in trade that can be -reached by the government, and the tax on that is shifted to the consomer. It is equally unwise; to tar Improvements upon land, for the labor that goes into the building of a house is of the same nature as the labor that enters into the making of a table. Taxes on the products of labor. whether in the form of personal prop- 'erty or in improvements upon land, raise the price, curtail consumption and decrease the demand for labor. Taxes on land values H tend to lower the price of land, enlarge its use and increase the demand for labor. ; The present needs of ; society are cheaper goods, .higher wages and greater demand for labor. Where does wisdom direct the tax to be laid?r Certain men in Chicago are" using their personal property in employing labor and producing wealth. Certain other, men in . Chicago' are holding, a vast amount of land that is neither employing labor nor producing wealth. Yet, although the activity of the men employing labor and producing goods adds to the value of the land, our tax laws seek to Lay the burden of government upon them, while making it 'light upon the owners of vacant land. -' ' What an opportunity for Julius Ro senwald, State's Attorney Hoyne and others-who see, the absurdity of our present tax system to lead in a move-r ment for the abolition of the personal property tax! ' ! Letters From the People (CemmnnlcatloR sent te Tba Journal for pubUeatlon In tbla department abeuld be writ ten on only one ida ot tae paper, should aot ecceed 800 words n length and must be ac companied by tba name end address of tbe sender. If Us writer does not deMre to have tba name published, la should so state.) "Diaenssion is the greatest of all reformers. It rationeUsea eTrrythinjf it toalirs. it robe principles of all falte jr,ctity and throw them back oa their reasonableness. If they bar ne reasonablsnesa, n mttleasly crusbe theia oat of eslstsnoe and seta op ita odd conclusions in their stead." Woodrow Wilsoi. Denounces Certain Salaries. Lebanon, Or., Jan. 15. To the Ed itor f The Journal I read in The Journal about some member of tne legislature who had the bravery to condemn the high salaries being paid to the various state and county offi cials. "We who -.are members of the grange in Unn county- appreciate his efforts. We know that he Is not a lawyer, for if he wasr we would know his proposed .'efforts would: be for parade dimply, and. not for the pur pose of affording any real relief to the taxpayers. Take, for instance, the supreme judges. Each receives nearly 13 pf day fpr each of the 810 work lng days (Sundays and , holidays ex cluded). In addition, each judge Is donated a coxy, well furnished office, with heat, light, janitor and other con veniences, 'all furnished at the ex penae of the state'We grangers thin 1Q per day,, with , all the . extras, 4s ample pay-1 for. the Judges of the supreme court. '- - , ; . - The salary of circuit judges, form erly fixed at 52000 per year, by ma- ' nipulation of a band of scbeminsr noli- ticians and officials & few years ago, was by thojeglslature raised to 000i That is nearly $13 for each working day In the year. Much greater extravagance was en acted by a succeeding legislature, tomeys ar other persons . in counties where deputy- i district attorneys- had been receiving; $50 per month, as it was In IJnn. In the creation of county attorneys and their salaries it was so fixed that some of the coun- t ties are actually paying the county , attorneys about the same salary that - district attornev for several comm ties formerly received, in Lton cou- -"'' vumj hi "jr - ,1 "2 V. This, too, regardless of the fact that ti circuit court of x,inn county holds but thre ter"" P1" year mostly under J y" 5erra- ln county at torney of Unn county, who does not I devote ose fourth of his time to state j (satisfaction in his belief of such con and county business, devotes the other 1 ,Hn or olace after death. I cannot three fourths to his private practice, ; and receives $7 yer day for the aays ha. does nothing. - , J I understand states in the east pay their county attorneys of the popula-jof heU was boni lJie RlUtering eyes lion of Linn county not over $50 per.cf snakes tha,t run in frightful coils month, and the off ica at that figure isjj matching for thele pry. . X. bHve It eagerly sought, because It is kmwnlwag born In the-yelping and howling as the best business asset a law firm' erowlina . and snarling ef 'Wild can have to swell their private prac tice. ' ' " Linn county is but an examplef the way' taxpayers are treated. Now let- the legislature - show nerve and cut the supreme judges to $10 per day, the circuit judge to $7 and the county attorney td-$60 per month. J. A. SMITH. More on Women Who Work. -Portland, Jan, 16, -To the Editor of The Journal In regard to an article appearing in The Journal of January 15. , entitled ."Women who' Work, I would like to say that I know lots of i women who, work for no. other reason than pin .'money, who have a dislike for household work, and who do not lova their husbands enough to stay " home, and prepare a welcome ior aim at ntgnt, which he, is entitled to.. These would rather work eight hours a day and hire a giil than stay at .home.' Still, somebody is always trying to tell us the cause Ot the increase : in divorces, I know, of several women who have children, whj I do not . have toy work but who do. not expect to get a cook nowadays. J She also claimed that there wa more glory to be gained In a business career than by keeping bouse tor a man. Wa bad two children, but It made no dif- "enca w r. - 'w f' wa gooa enough for them. Well, what can a man do -under these "conditions - He has no home and Is disgusted with the result of his efforts. Therefore It Is tbe divorce court, to free him from something - that does not make him happy. No, I do not think it ia right for women toi work away from-. home u n less it is absolutely necessary, and 'f all the married women will stay at bom , and do what was meant for them to do It will . not be necessary for. any married woman to work; for it will give the men a chance to. pro vide f or the . home. , I think "it right PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF I r&F J3 .Its as easy to begin loafing a$ it Is hard to atop. . ..a -a : I . ... . " "Worry kills mora people than work, because mora go up against It. - ' f . . . a ..... - . .... A really skillful woman can laugh at a pointless joke Just as easy. No man Is a nonentity unless he is the husband of a too prominent woman. . . " v ... . ' A. woman likes to Jolly her husband by telling him he Is working -too hard. - . a a . Some people are born polite and some acquire the habit of telling white lies. -. . , , a ' ; . A woman simply has to love some thing, even if it is nothing but a man. " , ... - The young man wno marries a cook ing school graduate hopes she will pan out wen. a a There's nothing beats the old-fast-ioned tintype Jf you want- a truthful picture of yourself. . a . a However,-' the average man doesn't realise how lucky he la when a woman refuses to marry him. : '. ' Jrbe woman who wants to vote snouid be able to sharpen a pencil with wuicn 10 mare ner oauoi. a Yet the garrulous fan never knows enough about any question to put up an interesting argument A public speaker never reaches the pinnacle of fame until some country newspaper dubs him .the "prince of orators." .. a ' a "-. Many a man tries It three or four times before he is fully convinced that matrimony is what Sherman said war was. a a So there Is a fool born every minute? This woUld be a tiresome world If there was none but philosophers in it- CHICAGO'S SCHOOL SAVINGS BANKS , By John. M. Oskison. It is a pleasure to compare two such reports as have been sent to me by Joseph R. Noel of Chicago. He is the energetic banker who undertook to stimulate the establishment of school savings banks after "the board of edu cation authorized them, March, ?S, last year. Mr. Noel's first report was madeL.13424 June 16. his Second at the end of Oc tober. The first dealt with the work done in the short time remaining of the school term of H1J-14. .It showed banks established in 21 schools, ac counts numbering 2823 opened," and 5S closed; deposits of $2637, and withdrwals-of $664. Out of the total deposited $444 had been transferred to regular savings banks (this trans fer occurred when a depositor got as much as $5 in the chool bank). Mr. Noel explained that most of the withdrawals 'were, made by graduat ing pupils In the last few, day of school. . So much for tha work done between April t, when the first school bank opened, and June 26. Now. for tbe record to the end of October: and proper should the school board refuse to hire a teacher who la mar ried and living with her husband. I, too, would prefer the days when women were regarded as queens; when a man could choose his queen, bring her to his castle and have a chance to make a homo 'for her; ' when - she could get more enjoyment out of her1 home than by ''gadding around all the Ume.' aa it s, now. X have . heard women rail about theip-to-dale Anser lean women. "I think they had better cut out a few of their up-to-date ideas, or they will be wanting the leg. islature to pass laws taxing bachelors and making It otherwise disagreeable for them, in an . effort to make them marry daughters who are best fit ted to lead the grand march or pound a typewriter, but surely n6t to keep a home. Mothers" Instead' of training the girls to catch beaux Bhould train them to hold : them after they have thm. . - ' '' - - I may be crank, but I have had five years' experience with one. of our up-to-date American beauties, I m free- now, and there will be no more for me, I think I prefer tho old cduntry girl, who is not blessed With the up-to-date polish. After all, they make the best and most lovable wives and mothers. AN EX-HUSBAND, . al Hoes Not Accept Inferno. Portland". Jan.-14. To the Kdltor of The Journal A local minister last Sunday unhesitatingly assured his congregation of eternal hell and dam- but compaie this minister's views upon thJJ 8Ubject with those, of a late and eminent writer who has said i . ..T ,ntiv hflleve that the doctflh k... . T holicv it was Dorn in tne grin of hyenas hd lit the malicious clatter of depraved apes. I despise it. I defy it, and I bate it, and when the great ahip freighted .with the world goes down in the night of death. Chaos and disaster, I Will not be guilty of tho ineffable meanness of pushing from my breast my wife and children and paddling off in some orthodox canoe. T Anxrn With thOs t 10V and with those who love me- I Will go down with the ship and with -my race. I will go where there ia sympathy. X will, go where there I lova . Nothing canmake me' believe that there is any being that Is going to burn and torment and damn his childien forever." I question the mental symmetry of any man who preacnes etemai neii ana believes it. ' a, MAJWiit, ir. -n.M Ttlarlalma Anthnrshln. mr, . ... v.. . . . - ..... v . Portland, Jan. 15. To the Editor ef The ' journal I notice tn yestefday paper that tne writer is given creau for having written the Michigan com pensation law. - This is an absolute mistake, the truth of the matter being that I wrote the German law, which Is the father of all compensation leg Islation, ana au omtr uiums mu brands' are mere imitations. ; ' Anything: which you can do to cor rect the false impression given me public will be greatly appreciated. - - PAUL C. BATES. - The Care of Shad Trees. - Portland Jan. 16 T the Editor of The Journal I would Hke to say o r wnrrlo in' rcaTard to the city beautiful plans. 'Most people Will cafe their lawn, fruit trees, shrubs and gardens, ? but boW about their 5 shade trees? In this cuy iney seem 10 gci no consideration at all; and if any, the majority are disfigured, v I nave neen in manv large cities butI must say Portland has the poorest lot- of shade trees of any of them, and the poor est kept. Is It any wonder the silver thaws ' do so - much damage? . Have Portland gardeners left - shade r i tree pruning ot of their education alto gether? Itwonld seem mo, if yon took a . tour, oyer the town ands noticed- the Hubbard and Gervais people are dis cussing the matter of night telephone service. 5 1 . ' . . a a . ! The. Baker Herald reports that ac cumulating snow In the hills assures the possibility of plenty of water for irrigation next anminer. ; ' T a . ! : ' " ""i"-- The Ileppner Herald wQl Issue weekly until about March . 1, after which, a per its own announcement, "the semi-weekly service will be con tinued again stronger than ever.?- a a " , ' It seems doubtful if, after all. Dal las Is to- have a municipally supported band, the mayor having vetoed the or dinance on tbe ground that budget pro visions were not made tor the expense and It Is now too late to reopen tbe case. . " Forest Grove News Times: There la a sentiment of prosperity in the air And that Forest Grove will share in the general prosperity Is indicated by the building prospect for the coming season. It. is the best in the history of the city. . The Molalla Band association at its annual meeting received the pleasing report that from the $4200 investment in its new and commodious audit orium It had already received $$03 ren tal income. And the auditorium was opened July 4 at that . . , a a . . - 'To hear a frog croaking in Janu ary." . aava the Silverton ' AnneaL "might sound like a fairy tale to our eastern friends, but that Is what we near a tne other mornintr rney mignt croak in the east at this time of tbe year, but it would be final." . Mt. Angel sportsmen 'have organ ized a rod and gun club of 65 members. Officer are: President. Dr. J. EJ. Webb; vice president. Tom Kelllng; secretary, C. W. Kent; treasurer, Dr. E. W. Bamum; sporting editor, Bert C. Jones, editor of - the Mt. An sal Times. The 21 banks Increased to 41; the total of accounts rose to 6399, with 912 of these closed; total deposits In creased to $5841. to which ejiould be added interest of $3.79 paid by banks to which certain deposits had been transferred; withdrawals increased to $916; transfers to Interest paying savings banks rose to $1001, leaving in the 48 school banks a credit of This record of increase was made af ten tbe opening; of the fall term of school. Studying the ' record, I find that no school bank was establlshel between May 12 and September 24.' At the end of October seven more schools had applied for banks. The school bank takes deposits of 6 cents or multiples; It is conducted by six pupils ef the seventh and eighth grades; the bank hour is usually from 8:30 to 9:30 Tuesday morning. , , . Mr. Noel's address is Milwaukee and North avenues, Chicago. If in your town you want to emalate his splendid record I'm sura he will re spond te questions about how It was done but send along a stamped en velope. 1 1 "' A FEW SMILES The two vacationers has fished an hour without a nibble to reward them for their patience. . . "At a ' time like this." said the first man. "old Isaak Wal ton won Ul have In dulged in ; philos ophy. Have you any thing philosophical on your mind that you might work off just now to relieve the monotony?. mining put mis,:' replied tba oth er man. . I suppose It is by refusing to bite and' compelling fishermen to philosophize that fish get the reputa tion or oeing Drain rood." Lord Lovat. tbe bead of the famous xovat scouts, tells a eood story in regard to a very much rtiffled private who was under ar rest for some ' of fense. ' Lord Lovat inquired ' of tbe sergeant as to what his of fensa was. "He's a very trou blesome fellow, sir the sergeant re plied. "Got too much Hp, goes out without leave, . comes back when . he likes, and gets drunk when he likes Just as if he was an officer.' Briggs "We are coming around to see you this evening." " Griggs "That's O right, but do me a IT favor, old man. Don't Jj let your wife wear her new suit: 1 don't want my wife to see it just now. Briggs "Why, man. that's Just why we are coming." nThe pagtime Musa - Have a Care. "I do not care a button," Is a thoughtless thing to nay,. For buttons now, X will avow. Are precious in their way. No, don't abuse the button - Or treat it with contempt,' For things Ilk that, I tell you -flat. From malice aren't exempt. Yftu lone a collar button, say "Darh!" ot. something worse: The blamed thing, hides ., In it abides . ' "The imp of the perversa' Suppose that every button (And in them demons lurk). Should fly away Some night. Next day No ne opuld go to work I . Bo honor well the button; - - We owe it gratitude, Without It we Should savage be - And altogether nude! trees that are disfigured add those that are not prunded at alL - Why don't the people get out with their saws and cut off all branches later ferine; with traffic; -cut out air the dead wood and thin the branches in side, and still not disfigure the trees If they would only start at once they would see how much it Improves their own property and make sr long stride toward -our one aim, the City Beau tifttL . W. 1L. SCOTT. Platform Repudiations. . Portland,' Jan. 16. To tbe Edltar of The Journal Kindly give a list of the planks of their platform, on which they -t were elected, that were repudi ated by I Roosevelt , and Taft during their '.terms of -office as president of the United States. A READER. I So much depends upon the point of view that each' Inquirer must be left to his own opinion on. the points raised by the question., in the nature of things, no final and Indisputable' an swer can be -madej - 1 I UUT SATS By tttd Leakier. Speoial Buff Writs ef The JevraeJ. v "After our fight on the big bendf of the Rogue river in which we killed la Indians we started back for the coast." said William II, Packwood In deserlU Ing his experiences at Port Orford In 1853 when he was a member of Com pany C, First United States dragoons. f "On the trail over the rocky ridge to ; ; Johnson Creek one of ur horses fell W and was hurt. When we got down to the creek the company halted, rested an hour or to and. had something to eat. The lieutenant Jold me to pick ? out a roan to stay' with me over night ahd bring the horse along next day. I selected a man named Joe Blandford, a Virginian. We picked a place to '--y camp for the night' near a large cedar -tree, so we could watch the trail nf b secure from attack, except from the front, and where ' we could -also ; watch our horses : Some of the men came to us and said: "Don't stay; the 'I Indiana will follow our trait and. find ing you two alone, they will lay. in ambush for you tomorrow morning and kill you. , I told them we would have " to obey orders and stay, i i "We made everything snug for the night. The command had gone about. , two miles up the mountain trail when1" a man was sent back with orders for us to come on to camp that night. Jo and I pulled out and soon overhauled the command. I presume the lieutenant heard comments made by the men, pro- , testing against our being left ln'such, a dangerous place for the sake of a horse, and concluded the men were right, and so countermanded his order. "Joe Blandford was a good soldier. He served five years with us in the United States mounted rifles and First United States dragoons.. He also served" In the Civil war. He fwaa with the Union army marching In Virginia one evening, and as they marched along he pointed out a farm house on a hilt and -said: 'After w camp tonight I am : -going t visit that old fawn house. I hope to find my old father and mother H there, i have not seen them since X enlisted in 1$48.' A few minutes later they were attacked by the Confederate cavalry. In the skirmish which ensued only a few men were killed, Jos Bland ford was one of them. After the skir mish was over and camp mads a ser geant and some men went up: to the farm house Joe had pointed out as-his home and reported what Joe had said. The old couple came down to the camp. They recognized Joe as their long lost bov. lift had coma hnma at la at- Tliitt buried him at his old home. 1 "After Joe and I had rejoined the company we continued on back track until we reached what was afterwards known as Woodward's prairie and there we made our headquarters. Soon after this Lieutenant Stanton sent Lleuten-. ant Stoneman with seven men to ex plore for a route Ho the Oregon road to' California. Lieutenant Stonemaa start ed with seven -days' rations. 1 1 was quartermaster. sergeant and was! told to let them have their pick of the mules. They took nine mules the best we had. They had fine weather to start; In and struck the Oregon trail to California, the third day out on Graves creek. "On their return a dense fog rolled up from the sea. The country la brushy with heavy timber and ateep i moun tains. Lieutenant Stoneman; had a, small compass and tried to follow a course by the compans, ' They beeemai turned! around and were soon completely lost. The. fog continued. .They were: In tha : country - where -the west- fork of Cow creek heads.- The easiest 'Way i would . have been to wait for the fog to lift, to see the landmarks. They had only aeven days' rations to start wrth, and while in a good game country at. that time of year, game could hear you long before you could see the game,! They - killed an elk one evening near .where they-were going to camp. 'That' night thy had a good feast of elk.; Next morning before pulling Out, Martin Manly, a Kentuckian, and siugdd char- . acter, a Yankee, named Ryan; Jiang up a -quarter of the elk in, a treei-f Manly said they might -need it before they got out and he wanted it ont of the reanh of the wolves and California Hons. To humor Manly, Ryan helped hlmi swing the quarter tip and secure It In a tree. They left a log burning when they left camp. Lieutenant Stoneman took bis course- by the compass and . .they -marched all day. Toward night they sat down to rest on' the aide of the -mountain. The lieutenant said: 'Men, -it looks as though we will have a dry camp tonight.' Manly stuttered when talking, lie spoke up and all: 'Lieu tenant, there is w-w-wa-trr and m-m- me-at down there, pointing down hill... The-lieutenant told Manly and another man to go and see If' ther waa water. ,: Manly started out and when about 300 ! yards away, ha sung nut for. them to I come on. They went down the moun- tain a short dlstanfce and came to their T Oamp of last night. The firs was still burning and the elk's hind quarter -hung up in the tree. ' Lieutenant Stona man took a good look around ahd then' saldt z'Well I'll Be d-d Jf this Isn't ouf last night's camp.'" f, "In one place where they rested for noon one of the men pried out of the bedrock a piece of rock with something ? yellow In it. On examination it proved to be quartz, with about 60 rents worth of gold In it. They called Lieu tenant Stoneman's attention to it. - He - aid It waa a good quartz ledge and advised them to mark the location so when their term of service waa out they could come back, work it, and make a fortune. i - - - "They kept wandering around and got Into a canyon so rough they had to abandon their mules and saddles. mm years later 1 heard that some of the saddles had been found but the mutes were never heard of again; -. "Soma days later they were en a v high peak overlooking the bend . of Rogue river when the fog cleared.- The ' lieutenant and men were sitting down resting. The lieutenant aaidi Men, lf any of you will volunteer : to m try and find h Stanton's cam; ; and . tell hint we' sre starved, naked and -worn out and . need , help, X will give him part of my" cartridges.' Martin "Manly volunteered to go and, taking the extra cartridges, set out.at once to get help." - - -j . But ; Would It? -From the Boston Transcript; "Oh. dear," groaned ties young wife. ,"I-don't know what to use to raise,' my bread: I've tried everything." - , "A derrick -and. a. couple of Jack screws ought to do it," thought her j husband, but. he didn't say it aloud. m - - .- , . : The Sunday Journal The : Great Home Newspaper. . , 1 ' ' cotiklsu of " s.-i Your news sections replete with illustrated, features. " Illustrated magazine of quality. Woman's pages of rare merit; Pictorial news supplement Superb, comic section.. " ?:?. 5 Cents the Copy