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r .. IAI IDM A! lnonociea. staff officer galloped I greles, in an article, on tne aouse J V U l INrM j PBt command shouting in a: pe- J of direct legislation and the reme- aw IKDBPNPKWT newspaper euliar voice, "Tell the general 1 1 dies cites th last state election cl Si jackson... .!... ............ Miana nave gone west." The officers' im jaiuornia wnen mere were bud- fobiteb w, ntig ,exept suai J monocle, high pitched voice and I mittea j to tne voters iorty-eigm r Sanday icf . Broa Uutaretf at tba poatuffloa at PortlaadT'Or.. for tranamlaatoa through , a naalla u aaeoed elaaa aiattar. ; TELEPHONES Main T1T8; Hood A-S061. AH departmeiita reached by thcac antmbara. Tall ' tba operator what partmaot Too want. , tUUCJON ADVJCBTISINQ REPRESENTATIVE . ' Boojamln A- Kentnor Co., Bromwlck BMj.. f 23 Fifth it., Naw York,. 4218 Paopla'a t " tim Bld(., Chicago. ; Subaerlpttoo- term by uall or to maj ad ;i -i.dreaa In (ba United etatea or Mexico: . 1 DAILY ' One year $3.(K) ot. month....... -W 1 z- SUNDAY . M 1 On ear $2.50 One mouth -23 DAILY AND SUNDAY .. One rear $730 I One month 8 65 If Brood people would bu make their goodness agreeable, and smile Instead of frowning; In their virtue, how many would they win to the good cause. Usher. cow3, 87,067,000 other cattle. 49, 856,000 sheep and 64,618,000 swine. Compared with January 1, 1914, there was an Increase of 7,922,000 animals. Horses contributed 233,- humoroua sense of the men who I system has oroven successful there ; 000 to this rain, muiea SO 000. began to apply the phrase to the! beyond' the fondest hopes of Its I milch cows, . 625,000, other cattle x,aws,uuu, sneep zai.vuu ana swine 5,685,000. In total value there was an increase of $78,024,000. it momfmf t The ioarnii Btiiit- i peculiar personality appealed to the I measures. He declares that the f () TuBiin ttt.. PofpMl Or. ! hm1.a 'i Um h.. 1 passing of everything. f-advocates and that the people have As a synonym for death the I displayed wonderful discrimination phrase is most appropriate, viewed j In the use of the instrument in the comparison of the courser The j people can always" be re- of life withthat of the sun. We j lied upon to show discrimination are always traveling toward the west to that "undiscovered coun try from whose bourne no traveler returns TO DATE THE MOSER BILL T F ss TH3 SUSTAINED VETO , ye W HEN President W-ilson -f AA penned his veto of the ira VY migration- bill, he wrote with a power that made it Impossible for the House at Wash ; Ington to pass the measure over the" presidential negative. In the f veto, he pointed out that the lit j eracy test is an abandonment of , the best traditions of the Republic n : which has always made this coun t'try. the asylum of people driven from their own lands by oppres sion. Also that the bill excludes those to whom elementary educa tion has been denied without, re gard to their -character, their pur poses or their natural capacity. The proposed new principle of the bill that this country is not .the refuge xf those who flee for .their lives from tyranny elsewhere. WO thirds of the legislative session has passed. Looking back, the body can take pride in its work. It ORTLAND was entitled to de-1 would be a pity to tarnish this livery from the annual school fair record wltji blemishes or blots, meeting as proposed in Sen- There is an abundance of honest ator Moser's bill, killed yes- men in ' the body, ana it is within terday in the state Senate. j their power toi hand down to the There were other splendid fea- people of this j state a record of a tures in the bill, notably the ex- legislative session that will take tension of the school ballot, now high place in piublic commendation. confined to taxpayers, to parents But hints ar coming out of the of children of school age. state house ofj a steam roller. A It is difficult to understand lobby of the interests is said to why such a bill was denounced as be busy in the jcorridors and In se- viclous, and why it was beaten by cnet places. There Is talk of pro- a vote so overwhelming. If there gram legislation for removal of ef- was real objection to the Moser ficient public i se.vants to make bill, it was on the ground that it places for poetical job hunters. did not eo far enough, and erant There is rumor of plans to nullify the school ballot to all legal voters, laws that the legislature dare not If a non-taxpayer is incompetent repeal by placing their adminis- to vote at school elections he is tration in the -hands of appointees incompetent to vote at a state or not loyal to the public. presldenial election. If taxpayers These report may be incorrect. only should have the right to vote But they are asserted with a suffi- at school elections, taxpayers only cient persistency to place every should have the right to vote at honest legislator on hi3 guard. The general elections. If a non-tax- practices suspected are of kind payer is capable of helping elect with those that have had vogue a president of the United States, at many a past session, which is he is certainly capable of helping ample reason to suspect that they elect a school director. may be attempted again. There is THE JOURNAL NATIONAL EDITORIAL heads the ; torchlight procession, who rides In the band wagon. Is as sure to fail as day is to -follow night. Politics Us no place fori the scrub who needs to win cam- f paign and carry elections to Jus- "' .-V--. tlfy his faith. Bat there is plenty j rareWeT "t back! hl" lnflueno h PERT! N ENT COM MENT AN D N EWS IN BRIEF SMALL CHANGE onghbred who cain play his hand like a gentleman, lose like u prince and realize that; the temporary defeat of his cause is really his "triumph's evidence." Copyright, 1915. THE YOUNG MAN IN POLITICS Senator Moser's excellent bill an eternal and Irrepressible con proposed to extend the school fran- flict between tjie public and those chise to the mothers of children who want special privileges and would, had it been applied, have j Qf school age. Who is more con- special advantagss through legis - excluded Carl Schurz, the greatest j cerned, who is more keenly inter- lation, and the place where the German who ever entered America, j ested, who is more vitally involved battle always takes place is at the and a man who left his impress for ! in the character and conduct of the legislature. j good upon the life of this nation, j schools than the mothers of the Deviation from the straightfor- Hunted at home tor nis aavancea children in our schools? What ward course that has so far marked v ideas on constitutional government, j vote would be more serious, what tiie daily proceedings can bring ' he escaped-, into Switzerland and j vote more conscientious, what vote nothing but censure and disaster. 1 . - then found asylum, and rose to i more intelligent than that of a If jokers are put through, the peo- J an exalted position of influence in ! devoted mother strusKline: for nle will later find it out. If skin- thejwelfare of her children? flint legislation be hurried through 'Whrpin Hops th navmpnt nf in fha rnalntr Aava it will nil , six hits in taxes neciiliariv nnalifv m nnt in th waah nnrt verv ; years' twenty years, a generation, . persecuted Jews of Russia and ; an lenorant nlnmmnnon tn hein man's Knnniihiiitv Btnnrt TvaiPrt but when he is defeated for office . elsewhere, and as the president j direct the schools to the exclusion if good laws be nullified by super- j tb defeat comes as a bitterness f; said, it imoosed exclusion, because i nt ar oH.ixitoH onri hio-hiv tr.toin Ut. nmMoi. r,-i. moni land shatters his faith in the wis- I the United States. 1 , ' The literacy test in the immigra- tfnn hilt Is r.hieflv directed at the By WILLIAM A1AEN WHITE Editor, and Author of "A Certain Rich Man. 'The Court of BojTiUe." Etc THIS is the time of the year when a "young man's fancy lightly turns' to politics. He is taken up into a high mountain and shown one of two things: Either that he is a logical candi date, for whom the people have been s u b c o n sciously clamor- ing since the ivruuui -'b a fcuvy town, or he is told that his name will help a cause, and if he Is a suscep tible young man, to whom the blandishments of place and power William a. wbite. are pleasant, he succumbs, to (the tempter and gets into politics, whereupon he is upon the road to failure or success. He is either "doomed for a certain time to walk the night" as an un laid ghost seeking in the highways and byways suffrages of the peo ple, begging men for their votes until the wedding guest beats his breast and wishes that the young man was forty fathoms under the sea with a rock around him; or else the young man goes blithely Into the business of miking his iprivate sentiment puflic sentiment, and his choice between the fruits of politics will mark his success or failure. There is nothing but ultimate failure for the man who goes into politics thinking that office is the chief end of politics. He may hold office one year, two years, ten Letters From the People (CommuDtcationa sent to The Journal for publication in tola department aboald be writ ten on only one aide of the paper, ahoold not exceed 8O0 worda in length and muet be ac companied by the name and addreaa of tba aender. If the writer doea not desire to Lave the name published, he aboald o etate.) "Dlacuaaion la the areateet of all reformer. It ratlonaliaea everything It touches. It roba principles of all false tauctity and throwa them back on tbeir reaaonableneaa. If they hare no reasonableneaa. It rutcteesly cruabea them out of existence and eta up lta own coaelnaiona in their- atead." Woodrow Wilson. dom of the populace. If he goes into politics for power either for 1. 1 1 Jt M 1J M I 3 3M 1 to pay taxes. the facts will ultimately come to i or tor ms ixieiius, n Whv. in school matters, does the hip-ht Tt wni.M he a nitv for thin Plays pontics as a game, sooner or . , I --o" ii v. ;n j tax receipt supersede the Declara- legislative body to mar the record I Ilcr " "uu IUO ru"" tion of Independence? of lack of opportunity to learn to j gent mother or able clergyman, kins controlled by the Interests un- - -read and write insteaa or taKingjor professor who does not happen friendly, to law enforcement, all into consideration tne cnaracter, ; the purposes . and tho natural ca pacity of the Immigrant." . What a strange requirement to - Impose on an immigrant, when at " marriage, one president of the United States was unable to read or write! There ought to be restriction of undesirable immigration, but the poor unfortunates should not be -denied admission on the ground LAWYERS AND LAWSUITS later ne win quit pontics aisap' pointed and embittered. a T HE New York State Bar As- acts. The journal congratulates the members upon their achievements during the two thirds period of But if he goes into politics as a sower goeth forth to sow, realizing sociation says the best place , fLiot, nir , . . . . . , . 1 tUCll IGfxlOial V A A AAA A V. . A I VUWJ VVAA.- I , , , . . , - a , j 4 i-v noiront lanronlta 4 n n 4- 4Vtra I " i H o id ririt r 1 a aktf)tnn n T.utu.. tinue as they have so far proceed- ... ,,,4 u . source. Responsibility for much litigation is placed upon two ed, they will be entitled to the tuau tt BU Utt U "aoocB "V- ; . . : 1 "i C CUL Uhis state, and I render a high ser LilclV lUCJ UOTC1 uau A vuauuv IU wuco rjiu m uivnoiciiji go to school. ! that a representative body of law yers has pointed out this chief cause of unnecessary litigation. It is a hopeful sign that a state bar vine in fest.nriner nnblic confidence It is significant of the times in the representative system. I THE FERRIS RESOLUTION N THE debate In the state Sen- NOT GOOD BUSINESS ate on the resolution against j associatIon propose8 a nou8e clean. tu uu, aa uMi rather than a mere rearrange- "of the Interior Department would not be out of harmony with the proposed legislative action. Onlookers who have watched his course toward the Ferris bill -undoubtedly regard the resolution ment dirt. Concerning of furniture to hide the the trickster, the T WOULD be a serious blow to the good roads movement if the Bingham pavement bill should become a law. In effect the bill requires county courts to accept the lowest bid I lawyer who brings action when for a worthless pavement in com- ttie facts do not warrant them, the petition with a good pavement bar association has a long list of of "similar type and characteris- recommendations to curb him. tics," even though the latter be as a slap ,at the policy of Secre- j These recommendations begin with higher in price., or patented or laid . tary Lane. , The Ferris bill was framed in Secretary Lane's office.- It was put forward as an administration the assessment of punitive damages with patented machinery against the plaintiff and end with This is not I good business. It the regulation of contingent fees is not the method an individual i and disciplining, up to disbarment, or a corporation would adopt. Secretary Lane Secretary Lane f ttoe- is urged that law- One does not-pay twenty-five secretary secretary iane rg be heId tQ a mucQ strIcter ac- dollars for a suit of clothes if he rZvli Mh., ' countability for their shortcomings. can get a stilt twice as good for . . .' Commenting on the proposals, twenty-six dollars. .That ine iorces Daca or tne t erris tne New York Tribune says the is good business for an individual bill are those that saved Alaska iayman naa iong said that law and is good business for the county. lawsuits were built to keep law- The county should not be com yers alive which is not entirely peiied to buy an inferior pave true, yet is true of much lawing. ment it does not want instead of It Is also true that the lawyers can one. nossibly at ever so slight an clean their own house and rid the increased cost which it does want fA.from being Guggenheimed. They " are the forces that want the na- tions' natural resources brought .- into utilization without turning them over bodily to the monopo lists as a free gift. -One reason so many are so poor and so few rich is that the people ' have permitted their natural re sources to slip away from them and into the hands, of powerful groups of men who use those resources as a means of taking tribute from all. If the legislators will thorough ,ly Inform themselves on tbe pro .. visions of the Ferris bill and then - look. out over this country and note , how tbe swollen fortunes were ac ? -quired, they will be' given cause in - opposing- the Ferris bill. ' .Or, If they will cast their glances u. me uu umia w uu arc opposing the. Ferris bill, they will get a glimt.se of the meaning of the ldulcet wotds and lovely phrases In the resolution. knows to be far end. In selecting GOING WEST profession of the suspicion and dis- and which it trust wnich exist against it. , cheaper In the The New York State Bar Asso- a pavement a court should be per- ciation realizes tnis and nas set mitted to accept such a bid that about the task. When similar or- will, in 5 its judgment, give the ganizations throughout the country Dest value for Its money. adopt the same method law and lawyers will swiftly rise in, public esteem. HOW IT GROWS T HE growth of the Oregon system of popular government is Indicated by the observa tion that nineteen states now have initiative and referendum constitutional amendments and eight states have the recall of elected officials. Furthermore these processes have been incor porated in the charters of over 35.0 cities. Edwin S. Porter, In the American Review of Reviews, says these pro cesses for final direct control of government by the voters are cer a EUPHONIOUS slang term 'A for death or a passing in any A sense, which has become pop ular in the British army dur-j tain to be adopted by all of the ing the present war is the phrase. ; states as well as by the county and "Gone West. " j Cjty governments and ultimately by An Officer's bath WJtter is UD- the national envcrnmont fne ' V ' . , tain supreme emergencies, sucn ' ut Mis rirrlerlir ronnrto V bath has gone west." Tommy At - kins is asked as to the where- aoouts or nis pal. He replies, "he ; has gone west-" f there is a learned discussion. An- tjquarians, philologists and literary men - can - trace it back to . the old : Druid mythology and more ancient ! proving lts mechanism and pro- for instance as a declaration of war, a tariff program, prohibition, suffrage or public operation of pub lic utilities like the telegraph, tele phone and railroad services. Friends of popular government are closely watching the working of the system with a view to Im religions Others - claim that it is quite 'modern and grew out-of an incl t dent at the : army, maneuvers at - Atdershot a few' years ago. A tecting it from abuse. Opponents have ceased to fight it openly but direct their efforts towards emasculation. Dr. John R. Haynes of Lbs An- MOONLIGHT SCHOOLS A' that candidate that he is working; if he is wiling to accept "xiefeat. af ter defeat . and realize that the things he stand3 for often are elected when his candidate and his flag go down; if he can read local history wisely and see that the mi nority in most cases impresses it self upon the administration of the majority even deeper than the pre-election platform and promisas of the majority itself; if a man In politics is wiling to spend his time, his money, his energy and his good name entirely for a cause without any reference to the im mediate temporary success of the candidates or parties who represent h,is cause, nothing can defeat that man and nothing can embitter him at the close of his career. Men wLo have been .successful in politics are men who are willing to wait, men who are not funda mentally Interested in winning this campaign or carrying that election. ! which And in city pontics particularly. where personalities often seem to win or lose, campaigns where mud slinging is easy because candidates j are intimately known to their neighbors, and copiously lied about, it takes a quality of courage and character to get into politics; that is of a higher order than the cour age and character of those who enter the larger arena. Yet the rewards of the city politician who goes in not for -the spoils, not to win elections, but to carry out cer tain well thought-out theories of municipal government, are surer than are the rewards of those who enter the larger field. Given a group of fifty or a hnudred men in any city, who are willing to Bmile at slander, hoot at libel, grin at all "the slings and arrows of Evils of Land Over-Valuation. Portland. Feb. 4. To the Editor of The Journal The two main caused that have retarded Oregon's develop ment have been poor roads into the rural districts, and boomed land values. In fact, the whole Pacific northwest has suffered more from inflated land values, both in city and country, than any other part of the United States known to the writer. Here in western Oregon, if. the money that has been spent by the different commercial club organizations during the last 10 years on boosting up realty values had been expended instead n building good roads into the rural districts, and in building canning factories and fruit dryers, so that the farmer could not only haul his produce into town in all kinds of weather, but could also find a ready market at the canneries for what fruit and berries he could not find a market for elsewhere, Oregon to day would be much further advanced in its internal" development There would today be an army of satisfied ranchers and farmers who would do more to bring in new settlers than all the commercial clubs put together could do. When mere orchard land, Just set ouf to trees, sells for $300 or more an acre, and when bearing orchards sell for as high as $3000" per acre, as has ; He has a treacherous . servant who serves only himself. . a . A genius Is a man who knows when to keep his face closed. The man who is unable to bear mls rortune is truly unfortunate. a ..The more dollars you get together the louder they talk for women. a Faultless people never go around pointing out the faults of others. And sometimes Dame Nature writes a letter of credit upon a man's face. The average man shows up all right on the surface, bur few can stand probing. a Never hit a- man when he's down -unless you are sure of your ability to keep him down. a a And sometimes a man is misunder stood because there is nothing in him worth investigating a It Is all right for a man to know himself, but many a man, if wise, would not boast of the acquaintance. a No matter how many cook books the bride owns, she keeps right on cook ing things the way her mother taught her. a This would be a delightful old world to sojourn in were it not for the fact that too many people are always try ing their beet to do their worst. a Some men seem to make it a point never to open their mouths unless they have something foolish to say. Thin is especially true of those who differ with us.-' j OREGON SIDELIGHTS The Dufur Dispatch says the long cold spell, which has lasted for almost two months, has lasted longer tnan any within .the memory of the oldest innaDiuuiL The Jewish ladles of Baker have an nounced their intention of aiding the St. Elizabeth hospital at Baker by fur nishing and equipping a room in the new institution. "If. you are not a member ' of ' the Klamath chamber of Commerce, says the Klamath Falls Herald, "you will be pretty soon, lor an or the memDers of the booster organization are now scouring the town for more members; ' 9 m The editor of the Grass Vallev Jour Ml has been perusing old files, and says: "In the Journal of 16 years ago we note the list of 37 names who were in business In Orass Valley at that time: there are onlv twomen in bust ness at the present time who were here 15 years ago, viz: Ir. M. B. Tay lor and the editor of the Journal a ... a The Dalles Chronicle: The agrlcul tural feature of nubile school work in The 'Dalles promises to become a great practical' success this year under the efficient and progressive direction of a man of the f. B. Warner calibre, to whom The Dalles owes thanks' for the many sDlendid advances wnicn have been made in the educational sys tem of this city. ' T.o nninita nV,rvr! "RvlVA Hon who makes his home with Mr. and Mra u'iiiH fmwh in irl Canyon. saw a groundhog February 2, and shot at him. The bullft went a little wide and the ground hog etm lives, out had to hurry back to his hibernation nest, although there was no Bhadow to scare him back. Mr. Couch, who s in the city today, predicts an early spring, and brought in his plow to b put in shape ror tne spring wora. ; TO BE EXTRAVAGANT IS MERELY HUMAN By John M. Osklson. Thrift in the home is one of our new topics. We who write about wise expenditure and Baving are likely when we take up the home problem to lecture the women. We point out tha"t in. the great majority of Ameri can ' homes women spend about nine tenths of the family income, and we say tliat they handle the money ex travagantly. We should do well, however, to stop talking about the women. Suppose we say that anybody who has money to spend Is ' Inclined to extravagance. Let been the case in eomjs instances, it is: us admit that a sound training in slm easy to see that these prices could not be normal, that a purchaser could not make interest on an investment of this kind, and that he sooner or later would become discouraged and dissat isfied, if It did not entirely bankrupt him. I mention the orchard land as a sam ple, but farm lands,' too, were boosted In price out of all proportion to the returns that could be derived from them. Added to this, the assessor comes along and assesses the property at the Inflated price which the purchaser paid for it, instead of getting at the true value by making a fair estima tion of what the land would produce under good management In an aver age season, thus making the taxes so high that the purchaser is being crip pled financially still, more, and Inexact getting still more discouraged. The assessor in each county snouia be a man who Is well posted on the true condition of land in each locality pie finance is necessary to men and women alike. Consider a business having three partners and many salesmen, where a store of cash was kept in a convenient drawer for all to draw upon to meet the firm's expenses. In this business, let it be assumed that every partner and employe is honest and working honestly for the firm, but that there is no accounting required for the sums spent. How long wduld such a busi ness survive? In certain households, a similar rule Is in force. At Intervals, the money earner-puts certain sums in a purse that is open at any time to every member of tho family; the only limi tation to spending is a general Injunc tion to be careful. It is folly to expect boys and girls brought up in this way to learn ithe value ' of money, to learn how money is earned, and to learn what a dollar wisely expended is worth. Children who have allowances,' no matter how small, -are apt to. find out just how far a dollar will go; and that Is half the battle in financing the home. j , As early as possible children should be encouraged to do some work that will bring income. The amount earned doesn't matter: what should be im pressed upon their sensitive minds is that a dollar Is something to be gained only by the exchange of a valuable consideration work or something pro duced by work. For boys and girls alike, the train ing should be the same. i for that), $300 to pay their headquar ters expenses. Again, on January 26 they have another liberal streak and give all city employes annual vaca tions of 15 working days, six holidays and 62 half days (or Saturday after noons). This is a total of 47 days to something over 1200 men. of the value of over $200,000 per year, which would hard surface ten miles of county road every year. Is this anything snort or ,tHmA whiln tiiinrirjria et trrtnA firm and who would be able to figure what j est taxpayers cannot get a Job at revenue tne iana wouia pruouw unuw 25 centB per hour. the best management, no matter These are only a few of the many whether the land was being! used for i Hko things that are done. " We may general farming or tor me raiBing oi . not be able to get a Benson or a Teon, fruit, and not have the vaise on tne but iet us rv to get two men that land for assessment purposes, on boomed" price that some "tenderfoot" has been induced to pay for It. But what does inflated or "boomed land valuesi bring, whether in the city or county, besides dissatisfaction or perhaps financial ruin to the purchaser? It brings positively and inevitably stagnation in business in all lines, and it affects all classes of society. A FEW SMILES wont give 60 per cent of the tax money away. O. A. GRAHAM. Paving Questions. Portland, Feb. 4., To the Editor of The Journal Please give space for the following inquiries, for the enlighten ment of the taxpayers: Mr. Dieck. commissioner- of pubfi In i works, recently refused -to give con- other words, a lew only, comparatively , tracts for hard surfaced pavements to speaking:, are directly benefited by land the lowest bidder, on the ground that being boosted in value above a line , he was fearful of its wearing qualities where it will give a reasonaDie return ( and it was only In the experimental under good management on the money invested inJt, while nearly all suffer In consequence tnereor. . A. P. ADAMS. N ORGANIZATION has been formed in Oklahoma to pro mote the elimination of il literacy. At the end of five years it Is expected that there will not be a person in the state who ' the outrageous" bunch in the city cannot read and write. J hall, and that crowd of thorough- A large number of persons have I breds, even though it should lose enrolled in the Oklahoma Literary J campaign after campaign, will find League, which will teach In moon- j its ideals accepted by the victors light schools, call adults and chil- J and its theories growing into city dren around them on Sunday after- I government. noons and help in other ways. i a a The term "moonlight school" is said to have originated in Ken- It was such- a movement that gave birth to the modern Sunday school which was designed to teach children to read as well as re ceive religious instruction. The idea was conceived by Robert Raikes, a printer of Gloucester, England. For nearly thirty years he promoted the undertaking and lived to witness its wide extension throughout England. AMERICAN LIVESTOCK j; ANUARY 1, last, the number of farm animals in the United States was 198,577,000. The bureau of crop estimates of the department of agriculture says there were 21,195,000 horses, 4, 479,000 mules, 21.262,000 milch No crooked majority in a city is so crooked and so arrogant that tucky and applies to night schools, i it can afford, after its victory, to ignore tne intelligent miirorny ji defeated. It may hold torchlight proces sions" over the political bodies of defeated candidates, it may roll the minority platforms in the dukt and sneer and Jeer at the higpbrow, goody-goody demands. But little by little every majority finds itself during the years of Its administra tion taking up something In a mod ified form, bnt taking up, 'never theless, the very demands and pro gram which it affected so brntally to scorn. j It is the success of a matt who i willing to accept shame as his victory, who is willing to accept contumely and ridicule as his tri umph, who really wins in politics. The man who gets the offices, who Referring to P. A. Llnnscott. Portland, Feb. 3. To the Editor of The Journal I jead Mr. Linscott's de scription of "army life" In The Jour nal dated January 25. Evidently Mr. Linscott would prefer "walking the streets cold and hungry, begging for the price of a feed or a flop" to serv ing in the army. I have" never been a soldier, but have served four years in Uncle Sam's navy, during wmcn time I was associated more or - less with the army, and I will say that I have yet to find the culinary depart ment of an army post to be a "dirty, filthy, vermin infested hole," as Mr. Linscott describes it. Cleanliness in the service is the predominating ele ment. Uncle Sam positively refuses to tolerate filth of any description. It is true that a person connected with the army or navy is obliged to eat stew, but what is more delicious than a good plate of well prepared 'stew made from the very best of ingredi ents? Food purchased by the gov ernment Is of a standard quality, and none of Uncle Sam's men go hungry. Mr. Linscott complains of being treated like a convict when he en listed In the army, stating that they took his picture and gave him a num ber. When I left the navy three years ago and took my present posi tion my employer required not only my picture but my past record and references covering - a period of 10 years; and I don't think he is such a bad fellow. The service in any of Its branches is not all sunshine and roses. stage. When Mr. Dieck made new speclfica tions, why did he embody questionable pavements, when other cities are lay ing pavements that are giving the best service without using trade marks? Why has he permitted thousands of yards of asphaltic concrete pavements to be laid at great expense to the tax payers and now repudiates the specif! cations he made himself? Why does he recommend gravel bitulithic? There is no patent on the mineral aggregate spe cified for this kind of pavement and as the specifications call for Warren's bitulithic cements in bitulithic streets, why does Mr. Dieck permit this com pany to use the asphaltic cements pre pared by the Standard Oil company, in stead of the kind called for In the spe cifications? It is a well known fact that .Standard Oil specially prepared paving cements can be procured by any contractor. Then why does Mr. Dieck put a trade mark on a common user street, unless it is to prevent competi tlon? Why are the taxpayers ied to believe that paving companies aro keep ing streets in repair for 10 years, when their contracts state that five years is the limit? GEO. W. GORDON. Recipe for the Despondent. Grants Pass, Or., Feb. 2. To the Ed itor of The Journal I have resided In many small towns on the Pacific coast, and have observed that epi demic of disease and periods of busi ness depression visit nearly every town once or twice within a score of years; that epidemics do not visit all towns during the same year: that those who have moved away through de spondency almost Invariably fall to better their condition: that sooner xr later they hear of their old town as Gen-1 Joyous with health. happiness and erally, it is about-what the man him-' prosperity. There Is seldom anything self makes It. Ninety per cent of the , to gain' by sacrificing home and prop- officers are "good fellows," and I think that is about as fair an average as a person will find in any walk of life. I am inclined to believe that Mr. Linscott is one of those unfortunate persons .who seem to have a grievance against everything of an organized nature. R. :F. WALLACE. erty. A despondent person is no more fit to decide upon making a change than is a elck doctor to prescribe for himself. A few weeks' change from one' surroundings would prove an ex cellent tonic. H. W HULBERT. In View of the City Election.. Portland, Or., Feb. 2. To the Editor of The Journal As the time for the city election draws near it would be a good plan for the taxpayers to get together and see if two good men" could be found for commissioners; not men who in all their lives never earned $6000, but men who have made a-ood for themselves men who would guard"! tne puoiic treasury j as they would guard their own. A few days ago I saw an article in The Journal where Commissioner Hoi men discovered that 63.6 per eent of the taxpayers pay on $1000 or less valuation, which gave me reason to believe that they do not get $3 to $5 Per day for eight hours' work. On January 1 I aw where the city corn mission gave a union of unemployed, who will not work' unless they get $3 per eisni nour uav (and not anxious Indorses Literacy Test Veto. Portland, Feb. 1. To the Editor of The Journal Allow me to commend your editorial relative to the educa tional test In the immigration bill. Of all tbe wild notions extant, the idea that a man is fitter or better as a citi zen on account of education is deserv ing of a place in the front ranks. I. for one, believe that if all the scala wags and criminals and people who live by grafting on the general public -were tried by an educational test they would pass far more readily than the ronest sons of toil. Let us uphold the president for his strong common sense in this matter. J. M. LQNGACRK. "Why didn't you offer that woman your seat in tho car?" "I make It a rule never to offer any but old people my seat." "Still, she wasn't very young." "And I am always careful never td insinuate by offering my seat that I consider a woman old. ?4. "But," said a member of the build Ing committee 1 to the architect, "you haven't a single spire on the church." " "No. In these days of advanced clvlliza tion. it Is better to build your churches warproof. A friend of Nat Goodwin's wa staying-with th actor at hi homo in vmuoraia, m tn hope of obtaining cuv-i irnm enronic dyspepsia. One day he was taking a walk along the beach with his host. "I have derived relief from drinking a glass of salt water from the tide." said the Invalid solemnly. "Do you think I might take a second?" Goodwin reflected deeply. '.'Well he replied, with equal seriousness. ' .don't think a second would be missed." QRECO.V COUNTRY "IX EARLY DAYS" By rrad Lookley, gpeoial Staff writat ef The Journal. - ui : i The Ragtime Muse Useful Volume. The almanac hangs on the wall. To do its full dutv It's there; It tells me thin Friday should be a xine dry day And next Friday cooler but fair: It tells me the minute the sun will begin it, And how Lucius Hanna of Vyhoopvifle, Montana, Was cured of a pain in his back! The almanac never intrudes. It waits till It's called on to-aroeaki no smarwiens proieseing, it Tens With1 out guessing. The date or the day of the week. Most maladies cheerless I face and. am tearless Since reading how all who will trv Can trick the grave digger and back io iuii vigor. Come waving one bottle on Wgh. The almanac comforts and cheers. It's knowing. obllKinar and s-lad: , It shows me by right ways that good a) aim unjtni oays XT Tint fnllftw t Vl Hrarv ami li.4 ( ' It's chock full of reason and always in It gives mv existence the ton i That comes Just by wearing a smile wnue comparing - i Those other folks' Ills with my own! Speaking of Reformer. Hood River, Or., Feb. J. To the Ed itor of The Journal In on of Oswald West's recent articles- in The Journal he says, in effect, that the Work of great reformers, or "dreamerc," is not duly appreciated, and I agree with him. Such menl as Washington. Lincoln. John Brown and a host of others. In eluding Christ himself, are persecuted while -alive and worshiped after they are dead. t But I want to say one thins? for ex- Governor West- I think he, more than any other person, or persons all - to gether, caused me to at last vot Against capital punishment, and I here by thank him and The Journal for the work done In behalf of the repeal of tne old law or taking life for life. Not tnat Z am tender hearted, or a non resistant by any means. - i V J. M. BLOSSOM. . Arm Xo Place for Them. i . Ashland, Or., Jan. 81. To the Editor of The Journal I wore a blue coat four years in the 'tOs, the last 16 months as a captain of cavalry. I know that tbe man' who is '"'no account" at home )s not worth his boards to say nothing of his pay and clothes; In the army, it takes the best manhood to make a good man behind the gun, on land ' or sea. So, the talk of putting I, W. W. or kin dred souls into-the army 1 all foolishness.- All that class of people are bun ions on the body, political or tocial.' i v ... y . , AMOS DA II UP?. A few days ago While talking to an old pioneer the question of age tcuma up. "Hardship doesn't shorten one's life." he said. "Neither does hard work. Activity and. interest In lite prolong life. Sloth and Inaction are the enemies -of long life. Worry kills also. More men rust out than wear out. - Take , the pioneers for example. I am one and I know what I am talk ing about. They lived on boiled wheat and deer meat, fought. Indians, mined, packed, worked hard and yet you will find more pioneers who are 80 to 90 years old than people of any other class. If they started a 'borrowed time' club for all who are living on borrowed time, that la who are older than the scriptural allowance of three score years and ten. most of the mem bers would be thpso who crossed the plains 60 years or more ago." A day or so lateT 1 took time to look qver tho roll of ; the pioneers who at tended the pioneer reunion held here in Portland last June. While the fol lowing Is a very incomplete list yet it shows that the pioneer was correct in his statement of the ' toughness ot the fibre of the pioneers. - Every per son whose name appears in this litt came to Oregon more than 65 years ago and every one was born 80 or more' years ago. The following aro pioneers living In Portland and their age r Mrs." C. J. Adams, 86; J. Abel, 81; Mrs. A. K. Bills. 86j W. H. Bracket, 86; Mrs. P. Q. Baker, 83; Joseph Buchtel, 83; Fred Bickel. 83; Mrs. 8. 13. Bell, 8C; Mrs. "Lucy J. Bennett, 83; Charles Bolds, 93; Mrs. W. P. Burns. 89; Mrs. M. A. Baker. 81; Joseph Barstow. 89; Mrs. E. O. Bolin. 87; S. D. Bonsor, 85; 'Mrs. Joseph Buchtel. 83; Mrs. E. Byars, 81; Mrs. William Beck, 89; James Coakley; 90; J. W. Cook, 82 j Mm A.S. Duniway. 80: W. J. Daly. 81: J. W. Dickey. 82: W. D. Ewing, 88; Mrs.' Emily C. Grif- nn. 83; John Epperly, 85; ; John Flinn, 98; William Gatton, 84; L. A. loddard, 86; Mrs. William Grooms. 871 J. W. Gordon, 83; Mrs. B. F. .Henness. 8C; Mrs. Elizabeth T. Hamlin. 86: 'And v .1. Hunt, '82; Mrs. W. P. Jones. 8S; Mrs. James D. Kellogg. 86; Mrs. M. y. Kul ley, 88; D. W. Kenyon, 85; N. Kennedy.. 82; Elizabeth Kent. 82; 11." O. Leonard, 92; Mrs.. M. C Lock wood. 85: Mrs. Lydia La Rue, 81; Fred L. Lewis, 86; L. B. Llndsey. 84: Sfmuel Loonev. 87. William Morton, 92; iCaptairi Thomas Mountain, 93; A. II. Maxwell, 86: J, W. Mack. 86; Betsy Miller, 82; J. W. McKnight. 88: S. V. NewJ.ard. 85: A. nicum, bj: uenerat w. ti. Udell. 86; Mrs. Sarah J. Owen, 88: Mrs. Mary C. Parsons.. 86; J. A. Vaulsell, 89 N Captain W. S. Powell. . 83: . 11. L. Plttock. 80; Mary ft. Parker. 86; Eben Rexford, 84; Mrs. Martha Richardson, 84; A. H. Rockwell. 84: Mrs. Elizabeth Ryan, 83; T. C. Robinson, 84; Amanda Rees, 87; C. B. Starr, 80; Maria Kwlck, ; "A. B. Stuart. 87: Mrs. Joseph Tuck. er, 84; T. W. Thompson, 84; Mrs., E. Thorp, 84; T Taylor, 81; W.'A. Town send, 82; Mrs. Anna Tucker. 84; Mrn. b. Baylor. 81 :Mrs. A. Thompson. 83; Mrs. Sarah Thompnon, .88; Thomss Tucker, 84; Peter Wilson. 83; Mrs. Lydia Wood, 81; Mrs. Julia Wilcox, 92; Polly Ann Whiter. 84: B. G. White- house. 81; William M. Westfall. 83.- Scattered all over the northwest are hundreds of -pioneers. Here are the names and ages of a few of them who came to. Oregon 65 years -or more ano and some of them who' have Ifvpd In the Willamette valley, for 70 earsor more: M. L. Abbott,' 82, Vancouver, Wash.; A.4.K.. Armstrongs ; Rose burg; John T. Apnerson. 81, Oregon City; J. A. Buck, 83, Kulama, Waxli.; Benjamin Beers, 80, Independence, fwho camel to Oregon in 1837); C. B. Bunnell, 82, Oak Grov; James Bybee. 88, Camas, Wash.; Dean BlancharJ, 83, Mptzger: Mrs. Ann BldwHI, 81, Monmouth; Charles W. Bryant, 88, Oh wego; ulames Bruce, 8. McMlnnvillc; J. A. Burke, 83, Kalama; E. W. Con yers, 80, Clatskanie; Tj. W. Crnlfc. R, Salem; J. 11. Cornwall, 83, Dalian; II. Caples.l 80, Capias, Wash.; Sol Durhln. 86, Salem; Michael Damphoffer, ion, Vancouver, Wash.; Mrs. E. D-ord. 82, Dllley: George W. DeBord, 84, Dilly; Mrs. Mar Elliott, 81, Holbrook; F. N. Faulconer, 85, Htlladaler Mr. Hannah Forgay, 85, Beaverton; Mrs. E. BrFo ter. 84, Lakevlew; W. S. Oibbs, 82. On wego; Samuel Gattan. 82, Woodland, Wash.; John P.. Gage, 81,' Sherwood; O. C Gall, 82, Ashland: Mrs. Eve line Hilttbrand, 87, Monmouth: J. A. Haines and W. W. Haines. 87 years old, twins, the former living In Mon mouth and his. brother in Eugene; T. J. Hayter. 85.' Dallas; W. C. Hembree, 86, McMlnnvillc;- MwX J. Horn, 82, Nyssa; J. . L. Johnson", 85, Woodburn; Mrs. C. E. JohnBOrtf 2, Corvallls; K. B. Johnson, 82. Gresnam: Mrs. Sarah Jackson. 89, Hlllrfboro: Peter Kitson, 85,. of Sherwood. Or., was born In Old Oregon in ,1830, his father being an. official of jthe Hudson's Bay company: Tennessee ST. Lewis, 81, Holland; John at in to. 93, Maiem; Mrs. John F, Mil ler. 86, Salem; Mrs. M. H. Moore. 85. Hlllsborb; G. II, H. Miller, 83. Oregon City; Mrs. Mary Moore, 85, Hlllsboro; Mrs. s. E. Miller. 86. Oregon Cltv:- Govemor Z. F. Moody, 83, Salem; George Mercer,. 86, Corvallls; Mrs. M. Morris, 82, Vancouver; E. C. McClan, 90, Albany; J. C. Nelson. 88. Newberjir James Petri, 85. Roseburg; A. B. RoVj erts, 83. Sumpter; H. Rice, 86, Dallas; H. C. Stanton, 89, Roseburg;- Georae W. N. Taylor. 87, Aurora; J. Y. -Todl, 8B, culver; Mr. O. W. Taylor. 81. Kelso, Wash.; Amos Underwood, . 81, Underwood. Wash.: Edward Wicks, 86, The Dalles; Mrs. Samuel. Waldron, 8,'., Oregon City; Gabez Wilkes, 83, HillH- bororMrs. W. H. Wilson. 83, Drain; V, " A. Wallace, 81, Salem; Nat Webb, 82. tit Hm r ii Th3 Guilty One? - From the Philadelphia Leda-er. 3r-rr-r-h! The train4 drew mp with mighty crash and .shock , between stations. . . "It Is r.n accident? Whars hap pened?" inquired a - worried-looking Individual of the conductor. "Someone pulled the bdl coYd!" shouted th conductor. "The txpre knocked our last car -off th' track! Take us four hours before th tracM is clear!" "Great Scott! -'Four hours! I m supposed to be married today." groaned the ;asenger. The conductor, a bigoted bachelor, raised his, eyebrows suapiclously. "Look here," he demanded, "I nup- pose you ain't the chap that pull'l the cord?" The Sunday Journal Toe Great Home Newspaper. consists of Four news sections replete with illustrated features. Illustrated magazine of quality Woman's pages of rart merit Pictorial news supplement Superb comic section. 5 Cents the Copy 4