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So far an I, In wandering;
about the world, htwve been
able to observe, ntatefmen are
accustomed merely to forbid,
to hinder, to refime, but very
rarely to Invite, to further, to
reward. Goethe.
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XHE HIGHWAY SCANDAL,
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NTIL there is a different at
mosphere from that Just
thrown around the state
highway engineer's office,
there can be no confidence by leg
islatures in voting state levies for
f building roads. Nor under the new j
- Etatus, can there be willingness by
"i citizens to pay out tax money to
b spent by the highway depart
mont.in the construction of roads.
- The main fight against State
Engineer Bowlby was by disgrun--1
tied contractors. Their private in-
terests came in conflict with the
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Kill 111 II- I II I frI. clfltl ;vi I . I W Y 1 IJ 1 r- ,
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-..mi. .n..:.i ui,n,ithat they have failed
' (Miarillanahin nf (hp trust cnrti-
Bowlby j
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the contractors and as a result of
hn nd.iD ottiH.ria thlor slain workers
iliai. II llll V; T. V 1 V MUM u , v
7 contractors turned on him and he
was dismissed from office.
I If, for such a reason. Engineer
X Bowlby is retired, what is the next
state highway engineer to lie?
'4 With Bowlby dismissed because
he is honest, what incentive will
there be for the next engineer to
be honest?
If, as an honest official, Bowlby
could not survive as state highway
engineer, are we to understand
that the only kind of engineer who
can have peace and perpetuation
In office is one who will be sub
i servient to crooked contractors?
"f' In the midst of these reflections,
ho,w can anybody avoid the sug
;.gestive query, what kind of man
Z is the next state highway engineer
I to be? '
This is especially true by reason ;
t of the changes in the state highway
; department demanded by Senator
'I Day, the legislative boss. He is a j
captain of paving. Ho is a con-
- tractor. He denounced as vicious
- a bill permitting school districts to
? do small construction undertakings!
hy days' work when bids were un- i
? satisfactory. He killed the con-
fipiracy bill overwhelmingly passed
by the House, a bill which pro-
posed to jail contractors for col-
,t' lusion in bidding.
As a party at interest. Senator
Day demands that the state high
i way engineer be made a bureau in
r the office of the state irrigation
engineer, that the hig'iway en-
gineer be appointed, not by the
f" governor, secretary of state and
state treasurer, but by the gover-
nor alone, and that the office of
i state irrigation engineer, now elect
; Ive by the people, be made appoint
1 Ive by the governor.
' As spokesman for the contrac
' ; tors who have secured the removal
of State Highway Engineer Bowlby,
:j why does Senator Day desire these
1 changes? Why does he want the
state highway engineer to be put
out of sight, be screened behind a
state irrigation engineer, be placed
In a position where he will not be
in the open as now, but in ambush
behind a department head who
knows nothing about road build
ing? Amid all these uncertainties and
bewilderments, iiow can any legis
lature have confidence in levying
l state taxes for road building?
OOD SIG.V
T
IHIRTEEN Vailways operating
:n V
in Pennsylvania and New
Jersey have decided to make
an appeal to the people for
? the repeal of full-crew laws in
'those states. The railroads, while
not saying so, undoubtedly were in-
J fluenced by the result in Missouri,
where a full-crew bill enacted by
the legislature was nullified by the
people on a referendum vote.
v The significant feature of this
evidence of a change of policy by
, the railroads is their present dis
" position to trust in the people's
fairness, rather than, as in former
days,, to place entire reliance in
manipulation of legislatures. The
thirteen eastern roads, heartened
- by the experience In Missouri, pro
. pose to tike their case to the
' source of all legitimate political
power.
It is a good sign. The time was
ehen. In many states the railroads
employed the most insidious secret
tactics In persuading legislatures
to do their bidding. The ' time
-was "When a railroad president con
' eldered his company strong enough
at state capitals to warrant him
" in declaring that "the public be
' . damned."
, But men smart enough to run
' railroads have learned much since
v those days and they are still
learning. They are adopting more
honest and honorable tactics; they
are realizing that much of the bit
ter and vengeful spirit displayed by
the people toward them was the i
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result of their own stupidity, or 1
I
The right or the wrong of the
New Jersey and Pennsylvania full-
crew laws is cast in the shadow
by the greater fact that railroads
are striking out in the open for ;
tbe purpose of enlisting the same
public sentiment they once scorned.
It is endorsement of popular gov
ernment. THE COMTEXSATION' FIGHT
T
HE resistence of the House to
the Senate changes in the
workmen's compensation law
is an honest fight against the
casualty companies.
The House tnanges in me iiw
were in harmony with popular pub
lic demand. They were in accord
ance with the widely expressed de-
1 sires of employers and workers.
I They were in harmony with an
overwhelming public sentiment.
On the commission, employers,
, employes and the public are rep
resented. The commission itseir
is a meeting place for capital and
labor. In the administration, it
is easy to favor one interest at j areaa diseases, now wise auu ba
the exnense- of the other. That gacious it is to hurriedly install
course would
Inevitably
lead to :
dissatisfaction
and disagreement.
and contribute to the ultimate un
popularity of the law.
That is exactly what the casual
ty companies want to bring about.
If they can so modify the system
as to bring it into inharmony and
conflict, if they can so change the
system as to make one group or
the other dissatisfied, they can suc-
d
at a future legislative ses-
hlUll III Ul iUhUJB
in at this
seSSlOU,
to-wit :
Their restoration
to a Place in the administration of ,
thpv win nocKer. ;
profits on the accidents to injured ,
The Senate conference committee
is. consciously or unconsciously,
playing their game. The House
and the House committee is de
fending the employers, the em
ployes and the people.
Throughout this session, the
House has commended itself to
public confidence. Its proceedings
have been open and above board.
i Its actions have been Uraightfor
j ward and with evident intent to
' faithfully serve the public welfare.
If it has made mistakes, they have
been of minor character.
In no act, hns it stood on
sounder ground than in its resist
ence to the casualty companies.
The body passed the Schuebel
amendments by a vote of 5 5 to 2.
Not one of the 5 5 has reason to
chimp- front. Not one has the
... .rm,ntl for compromise.
The odium of tne ,,resent deadlock
lg OQ thoge who havirig failed in
theJr purpose to restore the casu-
aUy people to p0wer and authority,
arp- nQW attempting to injure the
8,.stem bv unwise amendments.
A SEVENTH JUDGE
s
CORING the proposal to cre
ate a seventh circuit judge in
Multnomah county. Judge Mc
Ginn quoted scripture as fol
lows:
w,n nntii vnu also. v lawyers, for
-f lad'o men witii bunions prievous i
to be borne ana ye you.-. " j
not the burdens with one or your j
fingers. Luke, xii-4t.
Judge McGinn declares that
domination of the legislature by
lawyers is responsible for the at
tempt to create the extra position.
He says it is not merely the extra
salary of $4000 a year that the
people will be called upon to pay,
if the legislature passes the bill.
He says:
No more circuit judges are needed
here. To add additional judges or
judge, would be a great increase in
taxation in the salary of the judge,
of the bailiff, but chiefly in tho per
diem jurors which last item is the
expense far and away of our judicial
system, and this. too. when the work
does not call for more Judges, for if
the work were here and to be done, I
would frankly tell you so.
Statements of like tenor declar
ing that there is no need for a
seventh judge, are made by Judge
Gatens. Since it is testimony
from the men on the bench and
actually trying a heavy per rent
of the cases, it is past finding out
why the Senate has passed the bill
and sent it to the House for al
proval. If left to the decision of tho
people of Multnomah county, the
bill would not receive 25 per cent
of the votes. If It passes tho legis
lature, it ought to be vetoed by
the governor.
JUDGE PACKWOOD
Y
ESTERDAY morning, the gov
ernor, members of the su
preme court, state officials
and members of the legisla
ture joined in paying tribute to
William H. Packwood, pioneer
Oregonian and the only surviving
member of the Constitutional Con
vention which met at Salem ?n
August, 1857, to draft a consti
tution for the state of Oregon.
When Judge Packwood was a
J boy in Springfield, Illinois, he met
Lincoln almost daily. In 1848 he
enlisted in the United States army,
marched overland to California,
where he arrived In 184 9. In
1850 he came to; Oregon and for
65 years has been Identified with
the growth and development of
this state. In 1857 he was elected
to represent Curry county at the
constitutional convention held at
Salem.
Some years later he was one of
the founders of Auburn, Baker
county's first county seat. With
others he put in extensive ditches.
enabline the mines to bo -worked
profitably. Though well past j
eie-htv hi Interest in HI Is unln-'i
we - c - !
paired ana no is pianos wv
Eive mining operations in Eastern of
Oregon
Judge Packwood is one ,
of the type of hardy pioneers to
whom all honor is due and tha
legislature honored itself in non-
oring mm.
KOW LUCKY!
T
HE bill creating a new judge-
ehip for Lake county and ap
proved by the governor yes
terday, carries the emergency
clause. Why the emergency clause,
which prevents the people from ap
plying the referendum?
An emergency in legislation is
defined to exist only when there
is danger to the public peace, pub
lic health or public safety. Can it
be that Lake county is under men
ace of war, and that a new judge
is needed to issue edicts against
the invading foe?
Perhaps the public health is not
as good as usual and that there is
great peril from an epidemic of
dispepsia, measles and whooping
cough. As a precautionary meas
ure to resist the inroads of these
Into office an able and brave Judge
who can take the suffering people
under the shadow of his protecting
wing at $4000 per!
Alas a,nd alack, perhaps the pub
He safety of Lake county is in dire
peril, both from foes within fend
without. Who knows but a British
or German submarine may be hov
ering menacingly in the waters of
Summer or. Silver lakes, disappear
ing and reappearing upon the
surface with evident intent of
blockading -every port and cutting
off the food- supply. In: that dire
eniergenCy in which the liberties
. , i i i 4.
of extinction, let none question the
wisdom of having a new judge
handy to sit as an International
prize court and bring the guilty
perpetrators to an avenging jus
tice! .
We should all thank our lucky
stars that we live In this en
lightened day of government of,
for and by the people.
HOPE FOll POLAND
A
VIENNA .dispatch says that
Austria-Hungary is preparing
to crown a king of Poland at
Cracow, the seat of Polish
learning. Cracow is an objective
of the Itussians, but they have not
taken the city, and it may be that
the dual monarchy will be the
first to actually reestablish a Po
lish kingdom.
Since 1775, when King Stanis
laus resigned the crown of Poland
onfl wnnt t n Cfr PptorsVinrtr froa.
j t , "i j ' v. I
dom has been only a dream with
th tuv,
.. . , , . .. . . , . i
votion to the stunt of independ-
. .
ence has made them romantic fig-i
ures during 14 0 years of subjec
tion to foreign masters.
Poland fell, according to a
writer in the National Geographic
Magazine, because of the selfish
individualism of her nobles. They
constituted one-twentieth of the !
! nnnntotlnn n r, A n'nM nnnc1 (n !
granting rights to the peasants.
Unanimous consent of the nobles
was required to auopt any yuai
proposition. Usually at least one
held out, and this caused Poland
to become weak as a nation, while
her neighbors became strong.
Poland was partitioned three dif
ferent times, the final division be
ing made by the Congress oj" Vien
na in 1815, when Russia took
220,500 square miles. Prussia 26,
000 and Austria 35,000. Each of
these nations has made promises
to the Poles since the present Eu
ropean conflict began, but tbe
Poles know by experience that
promises are easy to secure in
times of extremity.
A hundred years ago the Poles
fought and died by thousands for
Napolean because ho promised
them a kingdom. He gave them
the duchy of Warsaw with a
shadow of independence, but since
then the power of Russia has been
applied with such rigor that there
is literally no Poland in the prov
inces governed by the Czar.
Poland has been called the "land
of crosses and graves." Tho , peo
ple of Russian-Poland are forbid
den the use of their own language
in public. There is no free speech,
newspapers published in the Polish
language being strictly censored
by Russian officials. Polish own
ership of land is forbidden in sev
eral provinces by ukase of the
Czar.
If by a restoration of self gov
ernment, the Poles could be re
lieved from the tyrannies under
which they have long suffered,
they, at least, would obtain a glori
ous compensation from the war.
TWO PATHS TO HEAVEN
A'
MINNEAPOLIS judge ruled
that a negro girl can be re
quired to sit apart from
whites in a Sunday school.
In deciding a suit brought by a
colored person who complained
that she was not allowed to sit
with white members of her class
the judge said:
No legislative body ever has .spe
cifically included churches or re
ligious societies In the, so-called civil
rights act. For courts to undertake
to dictate how they shall conduct
their affairs would meet with great
resentment and would b of doubtful
legality on constitutional grounds.
The- decision is doubtless quite
proper. A judge is supposed to in
terpret the laws, not make them.
But there is another phase to
the case. This display of Jim
Crowism occurred la a Minnesota
Sunday school not In Alabama or
any other Southern' state. It took
, , .
wtJ
the races is not a pressing prob-
lem. And yet the Judge said that
this church may enforce a Jim
Crow regulation in its Sunday
school. White and black must
travel separate paths to heaven,
but, undoubtedly, St. Peter will re
quire them to use the same gate.
GOVERNMENT OWNED
MERCHANT SHIPS!
From La Follette'a Magazine.
THE bill for g-o vera men t-owned
ships to aid In carrying our
products to foreigTi markets has
been buried under a mass of bitter
partisan discussion. This has been
cleverly managed by Republican sen
ators who are hostile to public own
ership of ajiy public utilities. One
after another they have pounced upon
the president and the policies of his
administration with a fury calcu
lated to fire party feeling and carry
some Republican senators of progres
sive tendencies Into opposition to the
bill as an administration measure.
Hence, day after day the bill Is Ig
nored, while the tariff and currency,
the war tax and business depression,
idle mills and Idle men, the presi
dent's Indianapolis speech, his "hos
tility to business manifested. In legis
lation," his "surrender to monopoly
in naming captains of finance and
industry to administer the laws en
acted to regelate monopoly" these
have furnished the principal subjects
for discussion and for slashing criti
cism in the long hours of this fili
bustering debate. A few statesmen
of the archaic type have spoken
against the bill. No one listened,
and no one will ever read their
speeches. For the most part they
were the product of another age. It
was almost pathetic to witness their
efforts, as they stolidly tolled through
masses of wornout arguments and
obsolete "facts" against government
ownership and operation of public
utilities. But at least these "elder
statesmen" had the merit of frank
ness and sincerity In opposing the
bill.
But mark the course of their more
astute colleagues. I speak now of
those distinguished opponents of the
bill who, with superior skill and cun
ning, spent little time, arguing against
government ownership, but with a
great show of mingled wisdom and
mystery, in throaty and awe-inppir-Ing
whispers, admonish us to beware
of war! war' war!' It was just be
fore the beginning of the debate on
this bill that these same senators
were arraigning the president for
ills Mexican policy of "watchful wait
ing." It was stigmatized as puerile
and cowardly. It seems but yester-
ikir that thnv were denouncing the
president because he would not make
IIC L
war on Mexico, to protect, the dear
nroDortv ricrhts of bisr American busl-
1 luv y fe
iioss And today tuese smo sena-
- '
I tors proress to uriieve, aim wuuiu
! have the- country believe, that back
under cover, behind this bill, tha
president has some dark and sinis
tor nlan to force a war witll the
all!es
If war is lurking anywnere in m.s
nrfirpwUnC. it m1!St be behind the
bill. It Is not written in its terms.
Tt rnrmot be found within Its four
corners.
Ah, but say these suspicious gen
tlemen, this bill, by Us terms, gives
the government the right to buy
vessels as well as to build vessels in
which to carry our products to tho
waltine foreign markets. Now many
merchant vessels owned by German
companies have taken refuge in our
harbors. As Great Britain commands
the sea they cannot escape capture
were they to venture forth while the
war Is on. Naturally the German
owners desire to seil such vessels.
For 125 years the United States has
maintained the doctrine that a neu
tral nation has the right to buy mer
chant vessels as it has the right
to buy merchandise of the citizens of
any country In time of War as In
times of peace; that this is a sover
eign right which inheres in every
government, and, as asserted by Caleb
dishing, attorney general in 1S54, In
this we have the support of the an
thoritatlve writers on the public law
of Europe. The decisions of our su
preme court, the opinions of Ameri
can Jurists, and the policy of our de
partment of state have uniformly
sustained this contention. It la an
Inevitable commercial right and the
administration that surrendered It
would be rightly denounced as cow
ardly and un-American.
Great Britain has always main
tained the same view of this sov
ereign right that our government has
adhered to. But it is now to her in
terest to take the other side, and she
promptly does so. She now asserts
that she w-ill contest otr right to
purchase any interned German met
chantmen. Such a contest, if one
were to arise, would go first to an
English prize court. If her court
were to reverse Its former decisions
and sustain her foreign office In Its
new contention, the matter would then
become a subject for diplomatic cor
respondence. If not adjusted by de
partmental agencies of the two gov
ernments, we would then demand that
it be submitted to arbitration, as we
have the right to do under our &rbl
tration treaty with Great Britain. It
will be seen, therefore, that there Is
a .healthful and orderly way In which
any controversy tnat mignt occur
would be settled.
It should be stated that Senator
Root of New York advanced the con
tention early in this debate that ou
rights as a neutral to purchase the
interned vessels of a belligerent were
surrendered by article 58 pf the
Declaration of London. This declara
tlon la a draft of rules and regula
tions for the government of an in
ternational prize court. It was
framed by a convention of delegations
representing the participating gov
ernments which assembled in Lon
don In 1908. The claim made by Sen
ator Boot was shown to be without j
any foundation whatever by Senator '
Walsh, whose able argument exposed
the entire subject, first, because the
convention "was never ratified by i
Great Britain, and as the ratification
of those powers which endorsed the
work of their delegates have never
been exchanged, it has not become
obligatory as a treaty,' second, the
epresentatives of Great Britain who
participated in the London confer-
nce, in their report to Lord Grey
hemselves construed article 56 as
'in accord with the rules hitherto en
forced by British prize courts." They
urther stated epecif ieally, regarding
the transfer of the vessels of bellig
erents to a neutral that "transfers ef
fected after the outbreak of bostili-
ies are good if made bona fide."
Furthermore. Great Britain has Issued
three proclamations since' the begin
ning of the European war giving no
tice that she would not be bound by
he terms of the London declaration
as to many of its important provis
ions. , In this proclamation she has
been followed by the allies. As stated
by Senator Walsh, it Is accordingly
idle to assert that this Declaration
of London, so contemptuously treated
by the allies, can be appealed to by
them in Justification of any course
they may take in the present war.
or even that it can justly have any
persuasive force in the ultimate de
termination of our right to purchase
the interned ships.
No claim for the London pclara-
tlon has been advanced since Senator
Walsh made his argument.
Our right as a neutral government
stands, therefore, as established and
maintained in many notable contests.
Naturally, President Wilson's admin
istration cannot assume the respon
sibility of surrendering a right which
has been eustalned by the opinions
of our ablest Jurists, an unbroken
line of decisions by our courts, and
the uniform policy of the depart
ment -of state declared by such emi
nent authorities as Secretaries Macy,
Cass, Fish and Evarts.
Wilson will not plunge this coun
try into war. At the head of the
nation that stands for peace, he has
guarded our neutrality with noble
care. lie has been first to antici
pate possible trouble and is quick
to speak the word of admonition to
avert it. With almost the first flash
of the great conflict came his solemn
appeal to the people to refrain from
any word which might Inflame par
tisan feelings.
This hue and cry about the pur
chase of German ships plunging: us
Into war with Great Britain lacks
sincerity. President Wilson will not,
for the aving of a few thousand
dollars In the purchase of a ship.
hazard the awful cost of war. He
will permit nothing to bo done that
will in any way disturb conditions of
neutrality, and it is unnecessary by
congressional action to sacrifice our
long established rights of a neutral
to buy merchantmen or merchandise
of a belligerent. It is an insult to
propose that President Wilson Fhould
give bond to keep national peace.
These clever opponents of govern
ment-owned vessels to carry Ameri
can products to foreign markets have
at heart no fear that the adminis
tration will Involve us In war with
any foreign power. They know bet
ter than that. But that the govern
... . . . . v. , i
ment will mane war u.iun mo dum
ping trust that Is their real fear!
Letters From the People
oulullllllcailliH Btriifc lu aut ".. -
publication In this ilepiirtment should he writ-
. . . . ... T"K - Tiiirn. 1 fnf
ten on nniy onf ffiue ui me imi. ruu.u
FAircu y v wi u ,ttibu ........
cutiipanied bv the name and , address of the
M-udor. ir the writer ones imi ucsne
the published, he Bbould no state.)
pIscusRlon !s the greatest of sii rf.frmTS.
It rationalizes everything It touches. It roha
principles of hU falso sanctity and throws them
bnck on their reasohableneas. If thr have
no reasonablcnesB. it ruthlessly crushes them
out of existence and sets up Its own conclusion
ii- their atcad." Woodrow W'ibjoo-
Honored by Hatred.
WnnIanil Woh Vtl Ifi Tfl DlA
Editor of The Journal Among the nu
TricrmiCT ihln?i Abraham Eincoln would
do were lie living today is one which
has be.cn overlooked. ADraliam Lincoln
-,iiifi m-iUa nnpmips. There never
lived a man who, trying: to do some
thing for his reiiowmen, tanea to mane
bitter enemies. There never was a
man with an original Idea in his head
and a backbone sufficient for all needs,
UUI lias iiauiiifj "i. -' ' - - - -' - ' '
snarling, snapping enemies, who follow
him relentlessly to tne lomD, and wno
a rtarwsinia snpk alone in the rear end
of the procession of those who come to
place the Ilowers upon tne grave
Oswald West, recent governor of
Oregon, was human; he had his faults,
and made his mistakes. Yet 1n all
his work we fail to find one selfish mo
tive. He tried to bring light where
there was darkness. He tried to find
out what the people really wanted,
and succeeded to a large extent. He
cut out lots of the folderol of law's
procedure and made a short cut to
enforce the law. By quickly applied
force re tore evil from Its throne in
Coppi-i !'- id, when those chosen officers
of Bak'-r county couldn't do anything.
His ' .emits sought to bring all man
ner .jL" ridicule and abuse upon him for
removing from communities these im
moral cancers. Lincoln struck wrong
wherever he found it. So did ex -Governor
West. For doing so West per
haps was the most abused public offi
cial Oregon ever had.
Let me ask why it is that w must
wait till death comes before we bring
on the flowers? I have known Chris
tian men to abuse West for his action
at Copperfield. I have often been led
to question Christianity of that brand.
There is no doubt In my mind that
Jesus Christ would have made
quicker work of the Copperfield dis
grace than West did. West's prison
reform policy led him into trouble, and
yet can we question for one ,rnlnute
that it was nothing but the work of a
tender heart that led him to try to
make hings a little better for those
who fall by the wayside? We are bet
ter for It that we have bad Oswald
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Tomorrow is the happiest day In the
life of the average nai.
There fs no idle curiosity. It works
overtime.
Man has all the vices of the other
animals and a few of his own.
A pessimist is a person who is sea
sick during the entire voyage of life.
Some men are so reckless with their
coin that they even use it for paying
debts.
Occasionally the early bird makes a
mistake in selecting a worm and
gets stung.
Call them white lies If yon want
to. bur sooner or later they will come
home to roost.
Occasionally a workman is willing
to admit that his boss knows almost
as much as lie does.
Money talks, but it doesn't pave
half as much as the wife of a man
who declines to give up.
Some men reach the top through
their own shrewdness and some
through the stupidity of others.
A study of human nature in a street
car shows that the fresh air fiend is
balanced by the anti-draft crank.
Keep an eye on the man who says
money will do anything. The chanced
are that he will do anything lor money.
A child is perfectly willing to do
something to help its mother, but it
doesn't vant to start in until tomor
row. As a rule a girl e:its moro chocolates
during the first year before she is
married than she does during the bal
ance of her life.
SAVINGS FROM ARMY OFFICER'S PAY
By John M. Oskison. '
You recall the old song about Cap
tain Jinks of the horse marines, who
ted his horse good corn and beans, wliti
always lived beyond his. means, for
that's the style of the army!
Let us forget that picture for a mo
ment, and take note of what Econ
omist" wrote recently in one of the
service papers. In this communica
tion, you might be surprised to learn,
it was intimated that a good many
officers of the army are not living
beyond their pay in fact, some of
them have demonstrated their ability
to make a very decent saving from
their income.
"Economist" showed the possibili
ties ahead of the officer who is able
to save and invest regularly in securi
ties bearing an interest rate of 4 4
per cent, as much as one tenth of his
pay. If he follows this pl:n for the
estimated 30 vears of active service
the result will be. a fund of $16.1X8 to
supplement his retired officer's pay.
His 30 years of earning will be nor
mally divided in this way:
Five years as second lieutenant
ati $1F5. Jv 3 a month.
Five years as a first lieutenant at
JOO a month.
Ten years as a captain at $260 a
month.
West for governor of Oregon, and the
time will yet come when we all will
more greatly appreciate this dynamic
character. O. E. Kit A NIC
If the Hop; Must Go!
Cove. Or., Feb. 15. To the Kditor of
The Journal Some remarks of yours
in a recent issue of The Journal con
cerning the use of bacon and other
hog products, touched a responses
chord in my bosom and suggested some
thoughts as to what my feelings might
be if" the ideas of certain food cranks
should prevail to such an extent that
the hog might be banished from our
dietary. I feel certain, too, that mv
sentiments and yours will be seconded
by a heartv amen from almost every
reader of The Journal, If you find
space in it to print my lines:
'Twnuld take too lone to toil you
Of all the "ood things lost;
But listen while I 'mention
A few I'd miss the most.
Sweetbreads so satisfying,
Roast pork with apple sauce,
Delicious breakfast bacon
I deeply feel your loss.
O, ham and eggs. I miss you
When sounds the dinner bell.
Touf looks and taste, most sweety
Still in my memory dwell.
Roast pig. no more the savor
Mv appetite shall wfin.
SparVribs with baked potatoes.
You also are taboo.
Fig's liver fried with onions.
How tempting did you smell;
And tenderloin and backbone.
To you a long rare wen.
Good-bve to Tisp. brown doughnuts;
tlood-bve to pork and beans.
And sous"e and pickled pigsfeet.
And good old jowls arid greens.
Tork chops and hot fried sausage,
I bid vou all fHrewell.
Tbe grief with which I leave you
No' words of mine can tell.
I once could feast with pleasure
On juicy, rich pork pie,
Or satisfy my hunger
With hog and hominy.
But now these joys are banished;
I ne'er may taste them more;
But long as life endureth
Their loss I shall deplore
C. M. Ramsdell, M. D.
Itural Credit Resolutions.
Echo, Or.. Feb. 12. To the Kditor
of The .'Journal Resolutions on the
subject of rural credits were pasped
by our grange at a recent meeting.
Wo solicit criticisms and suggestions
on the rural credit issue. We. will be
glad to discuss in detail tno prim no-.-,
outlined in our resolutions, on rciuest
Our rural credits committee reported
the following address to the members
of the Oregon legislature, which was
adopted:. ' ...
"Since It is the farmers who will
pay the principal and interest of any
rural credit loan, we demand as our
right a rural credit system which will
get the money from lender to bor
rower With no profit takers between.
Therefore, be It
"Resolved, by Ptanfield lodge, No.
502 Tatrons of Husbandry, that the
Oregon legislature do memorialize
congress to" not enact any of the pend
ing rural credit bills.
-Second, that congress appoint a
commission of five farmers to meet
in Washington. U. and frame a
rural credit bill to be presented to
congress at Us regular session.
The tenor of the resolutions ad
dressed to the representatives of Ore
gon in congress is shown In the open
ing paragraph, as follows:
"An elaborate bill Is now before con
gress, in committee, as senate bill No.
55421' It proposes a system of bonds
and" banks. It is drawn by and In the
Interest of those who profit out of the
products of the actual farmer. Steps
should be taken to defeat the enact
ment of this bill into law."
j-he resolution of the National
eranse with certain modifications, was
indorsed. THOMAS M. HURLBURT.
OREGOX SIDELIGHTS
The Corvallis Gazette-Timea Is ad
vocating . the organizing of a local
association to finance homebuildera.
The free moving picture show, every
Saturday from 12 o'clock to 4 p. n.,
is to Itf. tried out by the merchants of
Estacada. to attract and entertain cus
tomers from the surrounding country.
Thirty enterprising citizens of
Junction City attended a recent meet
ing called to reorganize the Commer
cial club, which has been dormant two
years. Committees are now at work.
"This might have been called a long
winter under other conditions," says
the Burns News. "but as there is
plentv of feed, no one minds it and all
rejoice because of the abundance of
moisture."
Tn a determination to establish n
adequate water system the Florence
Commercial- club lias authorized a
committee. to raise funds bv subscrip
tion to pav the expetise of bringing an
expert to examine all possible sources
ot supply. ' .
Pennsvh anians at Springfield have
organized a society for promoting fel
lowship among those hailing from the
Keystone state. Kev. C. F. Eisen
menger is president, Mrs. L.uey Crau
mer secretary and Bruce lunsbury
treasurer.
Good roads item in Medford Sun:
""While the recent rains did some dam
age to the roads in the Slskiyous not
a trace of mud is left in valley roads.
In many places the highways are no
ticeably dusty. This is considered uiv
usual for this time of the year."
Salem Statesinan: There is a propo
sition before the Salem city council
lor the creation of a purchasing; de
partment, with the recorder as the
purchasing agent. Would probably
prove a good thing, and in the interest
of economy. W'e may work Into tho
commission form yet. gradually.
Five years as a major at $333. ?3 a
month.
Five years ns a lieutenant colonel
at $375 h monlli.
If tho officer is able to save -0 per
cent of his pay over this 30 year pe
riod, 'Kconoinisf figures that he
would have a fortune of $28,361 ; If ha
could s;if 0( per cent, the sum would
be $44,675, and if he could lay aside
for regular Investment as much an
40 per cent of his pay, he Would
amass In 30 years $55,722.
I am taking "Economist's" figures,
which are based upon the theory that
the .officer will be regular In his sav
ings, and that he will make monthly
payments on the sound securities he
purchases.
It is not straupe that investment
bankers look hopefully toward the
army posts for purchasers of their
sale and sound riiortgages and bonds.
But It seems that army officers do
not always put their savings in the
safe and sound securities; they are
iitiionn the choicest prey of the pro
moters of wildcat stocks. They share
a common weakness for wanting io
make their money breed fast.
I think the government ough to
publish "Economist's" figures In a
booklet for 'general distribution In tha
army and navy.
A FEW SMILES
. "Take this peat, madam."
The subway car was crowded and a
young may with a
Ktriklngly ixviutiful
face and Kylphlike
figure had just en
tered as these words
were uttered. The
speaker, a fine man
ly little fellow pf 1.1,
had risen at nnrifl and
stood vnilllnrr 1h frntit of her. m-umnt
... l - 1
to obey the gelierous Impulse that had
inspired him. -
So unusual a sight In a New Tork
subway car could not but awaken
turpi iso. The pa :'sengers craned their
necks. Some tittered audibly, and a
horrified look came ov-cr the face of
the fair passengi r s he indignantly
turned her luck to the precocious
youth, who straightway resumed his
old position.
He had been" silting on his father's
knee.
A car containing a number of field
hands was being drawn by a mule.
The driver, a Ourky
of about 20,, was en
deavoring to induce
the mule to Increase
V. 1 .. . - . . .....1
j .... .... ......
dealt him such a
kick that he wdH
stretched" on the ground In a twinkling
He lay rubbing his woolly pate where
the mule had kicked him."
"Is he hurt?" asked the stranjjor
anxiously from an old negro who had
Jumped from the conveyance and was
standing over tho prostrate driver.
"'No, boss." was the reassuring re
ply; "dat mule will probably walk kind
o' tender for a day or two, but he
ain't hurt." National Food Magazine.
Mrs. f'lnrke came running hnrrj
to .her husbiuid one. rhoriiing.
cdly
Oh, Ii k.' she
cried, as she gasped
for breath. "I
dropped my diamond
ring off my finger
and I cant find it
anywhere."
"It's all right.
Bess,'' replied Mr.
Clarke. "I came across It In my t
sers pocket."
rou-
The Ragtime Muse
Lazyland.
Liquid silver 'neath the moon
(ileams the lily Jeweled lake
And the scented zephyrs croon
Love, songs till the mockbirds wake
Wake and. beauty drunk, join in
With a pausion throbbing ong.
Till all common sense seems sin
And to think of labor's wrong.
Drifting down the moonlight trail
Hoav the sweet magnolias shine!
"Love like ours can never fH;
Do not doubt it, heart of miner"
Let the boat glide on and on.
Through the bayou lo the sea,'
Swift and nwlfter till, the dawn -
Duty? Oh,- let such things be!
Lazyland of dear romance!
Weaving dreams to look like truth,
Braving fate and circumstance.
Have you found eternal youtnl
Fame and riches you Ignore!
Baubles others find most bright
Tou despise and drearn the morel
After all, you may be right.
No Reason at All.
From the Kansas City Journal.
"Bud," said the editor of a (south
western journal.
"Yessir."
"Go out among the wigwams and see
If you can't pick up a few society
items. There's n reason why, we
should neglect our Indian subscribers."
THE SUNDAY
JOURNAL
Soma Striking Features for
Next Sunday
HOW WE DIG OUR
OWN CRAVES
Under this suggestive title.
Dr. Woods Hutchinson, former
Portland physician, who now is.
ont of the best known writers
on medical subjects, discusses
the aft of living in a manner
that will appeal to all. Dr.
Hutchinson is a forceful writer
and drives home with a "punch"
the many facts he sets forth. (
PANAMA PACIFIC
EXPOSITION
Saturday this great world'
fair is opened in San Francisco
for its season of 2ESJ days.
Everything is in readiness for
the throngs of visitors who are
expected. An illustrated page
will set forth some of the won
ders that they will see at this
commemorative exposition.
GREAT BRITAIN'S
ARMY LEADERS
. Lord Kitchener is rite execu
tive genius who directs the af
fairs of the British military.
His orders affecting the army
on the continent are carried out
by Field Marshal Sir John
' French. Kitchener and French
are notably alike in many re
spects. In an illuminating arti
cle. Herbert Coney relates the
careers of these two military
leaders.
WASHINGTON RELICS
CHERISHED
POSSESSIONS
The Masonic lodge at Alex
andria, Va., of .which George
Washington was a member.
possesses the largest collection
of relics of the great American
general and statesman outside
of that at Mount Vernon. What
it .contains and the -significance
of" the several articles will be
told in an illustrated article,
that is very timely on the eve of
Washington's birthday.
FASHIONS AND
NEEDLEWQRK
All women readers will be in
terested in what Anne Ritten
house has to say in her weekly
fashion letter, which i3 brim
full of suggestions relative to
the newest trend in feminine ap
parel. Sarah Hale Hunter will
offer a new needlework design
that is bound to find favor.
IN THE MAGAZINE
THE PORTLAND
ROSE
The Rose Festival association
is working on a plan of city
beautification that will bring
Portland additional fame as .a
beauty spot. What it is proposed
to do will be explained in a
page article illustrated in color.
ARE HUNGER
STRIKES FATAL? -
Recent experiments by Uni
versity of Chicago scientists
relative to fasting, produce some
interesting conclusions which
are at variance, with the claims
of the English militants who
have deliberately refrained from
taking food.
CLEMENCIA'S
CRISIS
The first installment of this
thrilling romance of the west by
Edith Ogden Harrison, wife. of
Mayor Carter H. Harrison of
Chicago, will be begun next
Sunday and will bid for popular
ity from all lovers of good fic
tion. PICTURES FROM
THE WAR ZONE
Two pages of striking photo
graphs, from the European war
zone show graphically the fate
that has befallen warriors and
civilians alike.
VARIED FEATURES
OF WIDE APPEAL
Charles A. Ogden, "the Car
toonagram Man." will present,
another series of his novel pic
tures for the little folks.
Georgene Faulkner. "The
Story Lady," will tell a story
about George Washington that
will interest the boys and girls.
A page of miscellaneous in
formation, entitled "Science and
Near Science Up to Date." will
contain much of interest.
A column or two of selected
short stories will appeal to all
who enjoy bits of humor as will
a group of cartoons relating to
current events.
Fred C. Kelly will present
some more interesting anec- i
dotes concerning 'statesmen real
and near" who frequent the halls
of congress.
The Sunday Journal
complete in four news sections.
Magazine and illustrated supple
ment and comic
Five cents the copy
everywhere
What Home Men fcee.
From Collier' Weekly.
A perfect picture of the standpat
mind is that givenjby a letter aiJ to
be on file among the records of the
patent office at Washington. The
writer, a sober, capable. Industrious
man, of good ability but narrow vision,
is resigning because (as he points out
at length) the inventions have practi
cally all been made, and he 1m getting
out now when he can step into a-good
position elsewhere, ho as not to be
stranded when tbe patent office 1 dln
continued, a must be done in a ye.-ir
or two. This tetter was written in 181.
What la your notion of the future of
your line?
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