THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING. JANUARY . -18, 1915
(THE JOURNAL
t AM IX DEPBNDKXT NEWSPAPER
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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. .
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" "Worry kills mora people than work,
because mora go up against It.
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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.
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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. -.
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A woman simply has to love some
thing, even if it is nothing but a
man. " ,
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The young man wno marries a cook
ing school graduate hopes she will
pan out wen.
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There's nothing beats the old-fast-ioned
tintype Jf you want- a truthful
picture of yourself.
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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.
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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.
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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 . '
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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.?-
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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 . . ,
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- '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 -
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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.
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