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' THE AMERICAN JLKGIOX
w
ARLIKK gentlemen in the
Cast are preparing .to or
ganize I the American Le
gion, to foe in. readiness to
jl go to the front in case the United
States becomes involved in tbe-European
war. Colonel Roosevelt
figures in the movement., and, in a
. letter, says, "the surest way to
revert" war is to be prepared for it."
; The way Germany . avert ed war
I was' by being prepared for; It. ' The
I way Prance averted war was by
-i being ;, prepared for it. The- way
iJKneland averted war war hv hav
ing the largest iiavy the world
ever saw.
' .The way Europe -averted the
present war was by the wise spending-
of " $2,250,000,000 a "year in
I being prepared Tor war. ' In the
! problem of averting war by being )
j prepared for war, the increase in
piepurauuus m iwraiy years ruse
tt billion a year.
Meanwhile, it . is to be hoped
that, the martial spirit of the
American Legion will not. force the
hand of. the president. -br: swing us
ou of our high position as a dig-
tuned - and sincere neutral, or
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avaketj the country into a. mad
passion for blood. The most com
plicated and difficult problems con
stantly "confront- the Washington
government, and it is not a for
tunate time for Caesars who dream
of cannon, captains afld campaigns
to I be either demonstrative or
j demagogical. I .
' K goqd asset at thle moment is
f the1 wise and brave counsel recently
f given the country by ex-President
Taft. He called fort no volunteers.
I He appealed for no! armed camps,
lie suggested no hurried stampede
to ( gold braid and epaulettes. He
1 said: : ...
I " approve every act of the ad
I ministration," and counselled his
i countrymen to stand . behind Presi-
dent Wilson in his great' Christian
Tpolicy of dignified neutrality and
honorable peace. .
i ; Incidentally, .what .nation does
the ' American ' Legion expect to be
called upon to. fight?
; ' Are not the varring govern
i menta too distressingly and de-
plorably engaged at home to seeic
ea quartet wiin us or ror us to seex
quarrel with - them?
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POISOXED CHILDREN'
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HILD BETTERMENT issues a
warning against ; the careless
ja&e of f'y paper as the cause
of - numerous deaths among
-j children. 'The figures afe timely
1 at this season of the year when
the battle against flies is about to
! be resumed. '
! : v of forty-seven cases- of arsenical
poisoning of children reported
! from fifteen states during the
I rconths from July to Octobert 1914,
1 In t tLirty-four the children were
: three years old or lees. In thfrty
3 seven the children had; drunk poi
I toned water fr,om saucers contain
llng fly. paper. Eight children were
I poisoned by suciing the wicks of
tl 1 receptacles containing arsenic)
i sugar and water. .; , Two wore poi
l eoned," by Bucking sponges used to
i moisten these swi?ks. . ,
t The statement is made that'ioe
similarity ; of symptoms of arsen-
icdl poisoning to'tiose or cholera
infantum , make it .Quite certain
' that there - were a great many
1 n.pfe.. cases thanf those reported.
I Furthermore, most ch'Idren are
i too young to tell the cause o their
I illners, and unless" seen taking the
poison, arsenic may not be eus
i pected.. " .
I .'The warning should not go un
I heeded. It is a good plan to rid
the home of files, but poisonous
destroyers are dangerous j to the
babies.- There are other and better
I methods of fighting the fly.
. JITXEY COMPETITION
H'
OW a threat of jitney compe
tition Bettled a controversy
between Detroit and its
streetcar company Is told In
i the American ; Magazine. ; t. v ..
; ' Detroit's I streetcar 1 co panW
; franchises, on a number rf streets
! had expired. ' There was dead
' lock on the terms of: renewal of
these franchises, the, city! demand
'; ing eight tickets for a quarter and
payment 'of back rentals and taxes.
: The company a ultimatum was that
; unless allowed to charge fiveicents,
-cars on the streets In question
would be' stopped and the people
; would have to . walk.
James Consens, president of the
1 loard ? of " commerce" and .member
' of the street railway commission,
proposed a compromise on the basis
of seven tickets for a quarter and
the building of extensions. But
' tli streetcar company," thinking it
still had - all tfie power . of a bh
nopoly. stood pat. r It refused to
compromise on any terms. '
. It was then that : jitney competi
tion was threatened. Mr. Couzens
served notice that the automobile
company with which' ho was conr
nee ted would place 1000 cars at
. y disposal of Detroit. The street
car people bought. : tb,e matter
over, nd .because of fear of the
jitney ?they j Agreed to the com
promise. There .is no attempt here to in
timate that Detroit's demands of
Its streetcar company were, just, or
that the company itself was, en
tirely in the right. . The point is
that the jitney proved to be a
convincing argument. , -
It was - ao effective puUlic ser
vice ' commission, j '
OREGON CITV WATEIi
EDXESDAY, Oregon City; is
to vote in a; sjecial election
on an issue of bonds for
installation .of a gravity
systejr of mountain water.
There is little room for debate
over whether or not a cpmmunity
Should have good water. Nothing
pays better; dividends. Orfo ty
phoid f $ver epidemic can easily
swallow up all the money saved
from - use of questionable water
arid no city should, know that bet
ter than, Oregon pity. .
The best water is not too good
for the, children, IhV people and
the homes. It is one of the es
sentials to life, anl tfaeie is no
money , consideration that can, for
one moment, count in the balances
against life or health. i
Times have changed. r people
have come to know what water
means. Once, they knew nothing
abou how disease is carrjed in
water but they are no longer un
informed. As a result, the stranger
seeding a- home, looks- well Into
the -source and character of the
water supply before - he locates.
If the supply is questionable, well
informed people pass that city by
and locate where there is water of
known purity. They refuse to take
chances.
That was an influence that gave
yj A Ki. U b " AA A-AAAAAWAAV. O I
Rjrvallis an extraordinary growth
A system of pure mountain wator
Lfisem a gorge half way up Mary's
Peak was piped to" that city. With-J
in a few years, the town more than
doubled in population and real es
tate Lvalues almost trebled.
The ! change made many people
rich, and the combined increase in
wealth paid the cost of the water
system many times. It Is a gravity
system under municipal ownership,
and has turned out to be a re
markable financial success. At last
account, the annual income was
about $24,000 and the cost of "op
eration about $5000.
Ojjegon City can m!ake no better
investment.; If the system is built,
the . day t!ie mountain water is
turned -Into the intake, Oregon
City property will be worth enough
additional to pay far and away
more than the system cost.
Measured in the greater safety
to the health and lifej of the people,
the profits on the, investment will
be so great that they will be in
computable.: . . '
DACIA AND W1X.HELMIXA
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T
HE issues involved in the
seizure, of two jAmerican. ves
sels, the.Dacia py Franc and
the Wllhelminal by Great Brit
ain, should not be confused. They
are entirely distinct and dissimilar.
Iri the ease of the Dacia there is
no question of a. contraband cargo
actual or conditional. It is a mat
ter of the ownership! of the Vessel.
In-the case of the , Wilhelmina
the , question is notps to the ship
but as to the cargo.
The point to be determined is,
shall cargoes be allowed to enter
an ehemy'c port after a guarantee
has ; been given that no part of
them, shall be used for military
purposes? It brings into specific
application the declaration of Lord
Salisbury that- when shipments are
on their face lnnodent" shipments
the ' presumption must be they are
intended for innocent use. .
With the Dacia the Whole ques
tion Is with -the ship. . It is dis
puted, that she is immune from
Lseizure and it is the contention
that she most go into a prize-court
to determine- whether her transfer
from German to American owner
ship was a "bona fi(Je one or not.
ARMS MAKERS' PROFITS V
A
DELEGATION I of w omen.
headed by Mrs. La Follette,
wife of the Wisconsin sen
ator, called". Upon Secretary
Garrison the other day to ask his
support of a plan to nationalize
fhe manufacture of armament.
The women's" idea was that, pri
vate manufacture o,f war supplies'
should be prohibited.
Secretary Garrison told his . Vis
itors that he was opposed to their
plan. He sahi It . would work out
in practice to the benefit of mili
tary nations. The United States
migbt find. itself to great disad
vantage if suddenly-thrust into war
unless' it could rely at least in
part upon private manufacturers
for military supplies. v ; 1
-The secretary of, war , has; Indi
cated a .weakness of - the plan, but
there is , question whether the ob
jections . he raises' outweigh the
dangers of private profit from the
manufacture of arms. There is no
doubt that makers - of arms, . am
munition and armor; plate are- large
factors 'in -promoting the war-spir-it.
I Their; . products will . - not be
bought unless they are for use, and
it is to the advantage iof arms
man uf acturer to promote s war. The
W
present European conflict is blight
ing every industry except that of
gun and powder making. , :
It is urged that peace loving na
tions must be in a position to pur
chase' war supplies freely in the
markets of the world, when trou
ble threatens. ''.That appears to be
axiomatic. Yet it is alao certain
that trouble will continue i to
threaten-o long ' as Immense pri
vate fortunes. can : be J made by
plunging nations into war so that
there, will be an increased demand
for guns and bayonets. '
DISHOXKST CfJNTItACTOIlS
THERE never has been and
probabljj. will never be a war
I : that does not disclose the
dishonesty of army cpntrac
tors.- c.J f.:' y - ' - '
It now develops that the .real
reason why . Canadian troops were
delayed in England after it had
been: arranged; to transport thejn
to the battle i front was because
.whole companies had : been supplied
with boots that split and fell apart
as soon as they were exposed to
mud and water. i
Sir Wilfrid Laurier has charged
in the' Canadian House of Com
mons that the - government had
been responsible for frauds In fur
nishing shoes to the first Canadian
troops mobilized for service. ; ;
,On the other! hand - prominent
Canadians conversant with the
facts " declare .' that the. raanufac
turers took advantage of the haste
which was manifested in preparing
troops and supplied inferior goods
One consignment of $25,000
worth of shoes was turned 'back
by the military authorities who
purchased a large supply from-the
United States - to take Tits place.
The. firm to whom the faulty shoes
were returned ; had never manufac
tured men's shoes and had; to in
stall new, machinery. They were
paid $4 a pair for each consign
ment, . but in order to obtain a
profit and "pay for the new ma
chinery they used an inferior, qual
ity of leather.
r?The facts recall the extortionate
prices the "United States govern
ment was forced to pay for trans
port ships in the Americano-Span
ish War. They are. also reiriinders-
of the embalmed beef scandal in
which American soldiers were sup
plied with meat unfit for human
food. Every war has its grand
parade of the contractors. Army
contracts are in fact a great pro
moter of the. martial spirit In every
country. '
TWO DISCOVERIES
n ECRETARY LANE has an
nounced two discoveries by
VJ the bureau of mines, both of
vast Importance to the coun
try. . One is expected to, enable oil
refineries to Increase their - output
of gasoline 200 per cent. The
other makes possible the produc
tion froms crude, petroleum of
toluol and benzol; based for dyes
and high explosives, which hereto
fore have been produced almost
exclusively by Germany. ,
A short time ago announcement
wag made that the bureau of mines
had discovered a process by which
radium can be produced at a cost
substantially below -that attending
European methods. Tbe new pro
cess was patented and the patent
dedicated to the people. Nobody
will get rich because of the' discov
ery. The new process will be used
to make radium cheaper to people
who need it.
; It Is now announced that patents
will be taken out on the new processes.-
i The purpose is to prevent
the possibility of any mofiopoly In
their use. These new discoveries
will a"so be dedicated' to the
American.'; people.
The United States is being re
paid for ; whatever it has cost to
maintain the bureau of mines.. In
the case of gasoline, the Standard
Oil Company has had a big advan
tage over independent refiners. It
is confidently expected that this
advantage will be lost, that the in
dependent refiners will be placed
on fen equal footing, and that gaso
line will be cheaper. ' . j
The bureau of mines is. doing ex
cellent work, its radium, discov
ery was a great boon to .suffering
humanity. Its recently " announced
discoveries will be .a stimulus to
business and Industry. "
IX PLACE OF BREAD
CI RpULAR letter . issued by
the department of agricul
ture says .this country Is not
-likely to ;be threatened with
a shortage of bread. But the ques
tion Is asked; "if a shortage of
wheat - should develop in the next
three months, what would be the
situatlbn?" ; . ' fT
- Answering Its own question, the
department calls attention ,j to the
surplus of other food crops, a-number
of which , can be used as sub
stitutes : fori wheat. . Thisi cereal,
it is said, does not constitute more
than twelve per cent of the normal
diet. Meat and dairy products ag
gregate forty-ight per cent; ; poul
try; and eggs, twelve;? vegetables,
eleven,' and fruit, nuts, sugar afid
other items make up the remaih-Ing-seventeen
per cent; j
There,are larger supplies of corn
and other grains, meat animals,
dairy- products, potatoes and fruit
than for many years. Corn and po
tatoes are the most important of
these products. Normally .about)
three per cent of the corn Crop j is
consumed as food, whereas several
times, that amount could be used
without 4 infringing on the neces
sary supplies for. stock feeding, j
- The countryrs potato production
has averaged' S.$ bushels per cap
ita. This year the available supply
equals -4.1 bushels, : The . average
price of meat , animals was seven
per cent cheaper In January than,
a year ago and the number 1 on
the farms was greater. Apples
are ; more abundant r add cheaper,
and there are a number of other
standard articles of . food -which
the country has In abundance.j ;
. The country should. .be reassured
by the department's figures. Even
though : deprived of I the "staf f of
life" by its price, there wilt be i no
danger of Americans! going hungry;
Perhaps a change jot diet from
wheat to corn bread would be a
good thing. . K '
Attention is again called to the
deadly grade crossing by the ac
cident at East Sixtieth "street last
Saturday -nifeht in which Mrs.
Frank Kasper was killed 1 and her
husband and two children injured.
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THE JOURNAL
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
"WAR ZONES" CALLED PIRACY
Br GEORGE W. KIRCH WE Y, i
Cent rrofeinor ol I.w. Columbia t'nifJtj'.
jnent Jn proclainiing- the waters
surrounding- Great Britain, iand
Ireland "war zone.j which neutral
shipping- will enter at Ita peril, cre
ates ' an extremely dangerous situa
tion. War zones , in S this sense j ara
wholly unknown
ini internstio n & I
law ' or In th e
previous- practice
.of-nations at war.
TJne creation of
auchj an area,' In
which the ! de
structive forces
of., war are" in
discriminately I let
)ooe against: all,
Whether f rie n d a
or enemies, who
Oeo. "W. Xixohway.
inay venture
within it, cornea dangerously iear to
being, a declaration of war 'against
neutral commerce. ;It revives and
puts into effect, in its most ob-
noxious form, a doctrine of bellig
erent rights which h4s for a century
been a dead as the practice of lsau
lng letters ef marque or other forms
of legalised piracy the doctrine,
namelyf that neutrals) have no rights
which belligerents are bound to re
spect; that & neutral -nation may
properly be called upon to choose be
tween suicide .and ar. i So we are
now told that we must,, choose! be
tween the abandonment of our corii
merce with Europe wlth . the conse
quent paralysis of our industry j and
the suffering and mlaery wRieh that
will entallor war with Germany,
"Who is not for ui Im againtuJ"
Aa in the case Of the rape kit ; Bel-
glum, tbe war on neutral commerce
is justified by the plea off national
neceaaljy, but thia j plea not' only
throwa overboard the; hard won ."pub
lic; right of Europe, T guaranteed by
international law, but wholly bogs
the question ot neutral rights. The
German f argument cornea to this:
Great Britain, by her command of
the aea, ia threatening Germany with
starvation. Therefore, we must, by
any means in .our power, reauce me
English to starvation- and neutrals
must take their chances. "The fight
we enter upon February 18 must be
fought with all recklessness, says
the German Lokal Anzelger, "and the
Germans have resolved to fight with
out regard for consequences.
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It ia heroic doctrine, suited to a
race, of supermen who have put them
selves above the International : law
of the civilized world who, indeed,
create their own international law on
their own national necessities but It
leaves out of account the gains which
neutral peoples have j in the last hun
dred years made irl j power, influence
and resolution. It !is inconceivable
that any neutral power which has the
strength and courage to resist this
usurpation on neutral rights will
tamely, acquiesce in! the position to
which this doctrine assigns her.
' So fair as our own country Is j con
cerned, i he issue is clearly i joined.
Germany's declaration is: "Neutral
vessels which enter these closed wa
ters will themselves bear ." the; re
sponsibility for Any unfortunate ac
cidents that may occur Germany dis
claims all responsibility for such ac
cidents and their consequences.'
Our government has already re
plied In "terms whose significance will
not be mistaken: "If such a de
plorable situation should arise,: the
imperial German government i can
readily appreciate thW, the govern
ment of the United! States would D
constrained to hold the Imperial:; gov
ernment of Germany to a, strict ac
countability for such acts of their
naval authorities, and to tJalcep any
step it might be hecesary to; take
to safeguard American lives ! and
property and . to secure to American
citizens the full enjoyment of their
acknowledged rights on the high
seas." " ...
It Is safe to assume that this warn
ing will not be disregarded and that
the "recklessness" with which, the Ger-r
man plans are to be executed jwill stop
Short of the torpedoing of American
ships. s It might be a wis precaution,
however, for the German government 1
to' guard against the possibility of
such an "accident" by promulgating a
decree announcing that. If an Ameri
can vessel should be destroyed,, the
officer performing n th exploit ' shall
be decorated with the iron cross -for
his courage" and summarily hanged for
hia recklessness.. !.. .. - .-t yi
:'l:Y:l': ' : ;-;i-'':i;:::0 Vf- f-il''.. ,?
' It is to the credit of German oandor
that no attempt Is mad by the 'Impe
rial government to justify its pro
cedure on th grounds of international
law. It does not pretend, aa some of
It apologists are doing, that the waf J
zone Instituted by It Is in' effect a
blockade. Such a position is clearly
untenable. "For in International law a
blockade - Is a blockade not a "psy
chological coJiditlo"n," not a reigti. of
terror, but "an actual Investment of th
enemy's porta with a force maintained
continuously at a. strength sufficient
to turn ; back neutral wtninfrw; and
the right of the blockading force is to
turn back, not to destroy, the com
mere Which it alma to prevent.
. But th worst aspect, of the "blood"
and iron" policy-upon which Germany
has entered is not the disregard of
neutral rights indefensible as this Is
but tRe cynical violation of public
right in th destruction of ships,
wne t h er neu tral vr belli ger eh t, wl th
their crew and passengers; for this
not to -mince matters is neither more
nor less 'than piracy. -Nothing is bet-
,ter established in International law
than the principle that, where the ex
igencies of naval warfare ifequire tiv
destruction, instead of thej feapture, of
an enemy merchant vessel, "the captor
is bound to provide for the safety of
all person's on board." To aet in dia
regard of: this, human principle is a
plain reversion to barbarism which no
exigency can excuse and which Is
bound to react disastrously on any
nation which practices it.
: '
Is It .necessary to remind Great Brit
ain that the application of the lex
talionls can bo more, be tolerated f rorr
her than from her enemy"? One wrong
begets another, but does not excuse it:
If iti is settled law that an enenay mer
chant ship shall notbe destroyed with
out first securing the safety of the
persons on board, it ,1s equally, well
settled in thet Jaws of nations that
foodstuffs and other : innocent goods
intended for the civil population of a
belligerent-, state shall have free pass
age in, neutral Bhips. For Great Brit
ain to confiscate the cargo of the Wil
helmina, if th fact is established that
the goods are not for the use of. the
military or naval forces of Germany,
or to declare all foodstuffs . intended
for Germany contraband' of war, would
b as .high; handed. If not as savage, a
proceeding as that of Germany In wag
ing her war' on British and neutral
commerce. t is to be hoped that our
government will notify Great Britain,
as we have notified Germany, that we
shall tolerate no infringement of ; the
acknowledged rights of American ships
on the high seas, that we stand j for
and will maintain the public right
which this war has done so much to
Impair. ' Copyright. 1915. .
Letters From the People
(Comtaaaieationi hhi to Tbe Journal for
publication in till department should be writ,
ten on only one aide of tbe paper, cbould not
exceed Mm words in length and mult be ae
eoinpanled by tbe name and addreaa of tbe
fenucr. If the writer does not deaire to haT
tbe name published, he should so atate.
"Discussion Is tbe greatest of all reformers.
It rationalizes Terytbing It touebes. It robs
principles of all false tanctlty and throws tbeni
back .on: their reasonableness. It they hara
no reasonableness, it ruthlessly crashes them
oat of- existence and sets up its own conclusion
it. their stead." WooUrow WUsoa.
On the Duty, of the, American.
ICelso, , Wash., Feb. 27.-To th Edi
tor of The Journal A few .evenings
ago 1. read a letter in "Letters JTrom
the People," written evidently by '
German-American with strong anti
American spirit and as Strong pro-German
ideas. - i
In his letter he stated that the Ger
mans in America are not and will hot
be Americans as long as Mr. Wilson
and Mr. Bryan continue in their Eng
lish sympathies,- as he terms them.
Now, 1 do not wish to enter into an
argument concerning the neutrality
stand of these gentlemen", because I
feel that my inside knowledge .of the
true state of affairs i so slight that
I am in no way competent. to Judge.
and I believe that the same statement
will apply to th writer! referred, to.; I
believe that both Mr. Wilson and Mr.
Bryan are level-headed men, who know
their business better than" most peo
ple on the'outslde, and tan be trusted
to. handle the situation with a high de
gree of justice and integrity.
But alt of this in stmewttat beside
the point that I wish to.make namely,
that si man living in America, under
protect i on 'of - the American flag and
the iAkierlcan laws, a man who comes
hereVa.nd prof its : -by. our vast jiatural
reo.tircea and the liberties and free
dom; which may her be enjoyed, who
meets and mingles . with the people
here 'on a social equalityj is little bet
ter -than -S? traitor when!;:he declares
that he is not an American and for the
Americans under' any and all condi
tions Which may arise. I; do not mean
by that that aman is Jhot' io have
sympathies- with his mother country
or his "fatherland, but -that in the last
analysis he-is to be an American first,
last and all the time. jj .
I ram not speakinjg of IndVi
viduals, but of classes, j do not wish
to be taken es an Englishf sympathizer,
for I-think England ha overstepped
her rights,, buti I do want to be taken
a an Amerlica.nt now and forever.
Hurrah for Old Glory!" tone mr She
wav:
EL. I( HAYES.
Ilelund the Footlights. j
Portland, Feb. 24. To ith Editor of
The Journal:: My heart goes o.ut to the
play-actors. They give (more and ;get
less than any othsT class of people.
Their pockets are open tejp and bottom
and their hands go out j to all. God's
creatures In a desire to bless and bene
fit.! They live mo Jn their demotions that
they seldom have timej toi sit back, be
come blase-and munch the- peanuts of
success.. If there is a collection 'to-be
taken td send some unknown "lunger"'
to Arizona, they fall over themselves
to come In on -it. even If they have to
borrow t)i7nony. They are on, the
wing, hut as they fly they scatter
smiles that leave no heartaches. They
sing arid danc and play for us though
thieir. hearts may be bursting jwith
grSef..! Last night Bernhaird Garcey, the
diminutive omedhn with .the High
Jinks- compajny. a few minutes before
his turn w called, received a ; tele
gram that Wis,, mother was' dead.' im
agine how h felt, trying to make: you
happy while, his heart was. filled with
sorrow, ; Th funmaker .who made you
laugh was carried away, after the per
formance, overcome with 'ferief.-j' .
The ,'actors .act all day long. Of
cours they do- Thy are always play
ing to the gallery of their own cosmic
selves. 'They are both the actors and
the "house," and out of it they surely
get much Joyr - They are tall children
they , never: grow up. The gods must
love them, because they pi young, no
matter bow long they, live. , Yes, the
players play for us, and just a little
appreciation on our part "filla their7
cup of Joyto th brim. People ought
to ido more for them and alwavs should
remember that if they sotnetlmes give
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PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SM.VLL..CUAAGE
Beware of the timely advice pf a
disinterested man.-. i v ;
Byj you never -havnl to go halfway
In order to get in bad: V
An extremely egotistical man is. one
who has himself for a1 hobby, . ' .
- , j ' v- -ti
Feiw people are wise' enough - to
know that ignorance is bliss. li
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And the more some petople are worth
the more" worthless th?y are. it
: i. f ' . V ' v ..Li;.
Marriage 'licens clerks manage, to
sell lottery tickets unmolested. I
A black eye indicates that th owner
looked for trouble and found it. r
A woman's idea of a man with loose
habits is one, who often-gets tight, I!
In the bright lexicon of the hustle1
the W0rd "enough doesn't show up.
j f jT:
Revenge is a bomerang that often
returns to the thrower and puts him
in the hospital. . I-' : . :-; --: ii '
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Analyze the content. of your cup
of sorrow and you'll be surprised at
the happiness found thereia. - h "
A young widow knotvs that the easi
est way to . catch, a successor to ' th
late lamented is to run' away from
him. . . , j
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lt takes a smart-man to dispose of
Is property in a way that will shut
out his lawyers as well as his rela-
uveB. ;
n.very failyre is a tep toward, sue-
cess. ain.uus may explain whv.the
oftener Mmu men fall the richer.they
A Bclentln't states
thirds of ai woman's
tliat fully two
pleasure in life
ability to shed
are derived from her?
tears at wiil.L I
NEAR-PROMISES TO
By John M. Oaklson.
I have a letter inclosfng the booklet
issued by a "( new company organized
tq appeal to home builders which puts
soma questions About the company's
plan. ,':''' j ' ' .
The writer is under, a.n excusable
misapprehension concerning the com
pany's near-promises and its real pur
pose. I am sune that most readers
of the booklet would -make the same
mistake, and I believe that the com
pany counts upon the attraction ot its
near-promises to build its bu sine as.
In a well displayed s table. -the com
pany gives the impression, that aftes
you have-; paid $10 a month tpt 10
months fyau may then choose one of
two options: i'ou may . borrow. J100T),
giving a mortgage for $900 ami paying
it off at the rate of $8.60 a month. (7
going to reduce principal and $1.0 s
Interest) or you .may receive $160 in
cash. Th table shows corresponding
options , at the end of th eleventh,
twelfth," thirteenth, fourteenth etc..
month, including the twentieth, when
you may either borrow $800 on he
terms mentioned or receiv ' $ 300 for
the $200 you have paid in month by
month' . '
Now, If the company actually prom
ised such results aa this, It would In
us poor ' players; tb.es plays
were
written by poor playwrights.
God. is the great piaywrigat, ana we
are all doing our 'little parts in hia
larce-comedy called life -
Actors' .hopes .are made of the same
stuff that, dreams- are made of, and
their little life Is rounded with a sleep.
Thev have, what they carsy in .their.
hearts, and that is all any of ns have.
GUS SQHUhT.
The Ixt of the' Seaman.
Portland,' Feb. 27. To the Editor of
The. Journal Aone in a strange place.
often unable to speak and understand
the .language of your surroundings.
you wait ait the shipping master's of
fice for a Job, At lV.st you see-; it, in
treat , big letters; men wanted for a
deep water; brig. You .make a dash.
'your papers In hand, to be one of the
few selected -ones. No time is given
you, to think It over, You are rushed
to the shlppihg commissioner's office
to sign ship's articles. There you are
told: "All of you men have been sail
ing before, ; ao you know the customs
and law. The articles call for a' trip
abroad land i return. Sign your name."
Now you have .signed ship's articles.
You have signed your, freedom away.
You ar a nominal slave at the mercy
of youn master, the captain. There Is
a. law by which master and and man
slmli abide: but in' practice it works
nut differently. There is a clause in
the law which means, in plain- English
"The captain is the master; you are
the slave. lo what he tells you; other
wise you laind in Jail for refusing duty
on the hlgti seas." ' t ,
From th day th ship, weighs an-
choir, you risk your life a thousand
times. It- iis part of your calling. Yoii
don't miind i it, as long a-s everything
works iii hairmony. But when the first
collision comes, when you know you
are right and he is wrong, but too
stubborn to give in, when you know
that your life is endangered Just oe
causa he wfnts to show his supremacy
there conies' the turning point in the
course. Born as a freeman, you claim-
your right as a freeman, and you real
ize that you are a slave. A. wrong
done to youi is not forgotten in an hour
or" two. Jit stays and breeds more
trouble.: j.
There is fne ray of hope. You have
the right td atpeal to t-he, consul.
J Now you f-each port. You go and see
the consul, t In 9 cases otit of 10, you
are turned away. The capAa-in Is right;
you are wrong. There., hearing,
no judge, ncMaw; The decision of the
consul i stands. There is no appeal to
the courts.
You j now; want foeedom more than
ever (One Iway is open, You take-it.
You desertil But you are caught In
the act lor; a little after, for $50 Js
enoughi for any policeman to catch you,
and thL capitain is more than willing
to pajVit from your money. It;isi
within the law for him to do so. You
are detained in prison and delivered
back td the Ship n trons, wnen reauy
to sail and fall at your own expense.
KoTT,etlmes you are lucky. You hide
until the. ship has sailed, and. you are
free t least for the present. i
But r-e""r! KO oaCK to yuur mvincr
i-nA for voui are a deserter. You have
broken a civil contract to labor.
What a crime: nut u is none every
day, and It win be done until we grant
these sailors freedom by repealingrthe
slave-catching laws in regard to our
seamen on foreign shores, and foreign
seamen in our country' the land of the
free, the horma of the brave.
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AVliere Uttle Will Help Much.
Tygh Valley, Or Feb, 24. To the
Editor .of The Journal and .to the Re
lief .Societies- -We live on a homestead
and this is our second year- The grass
hoppers got i our crop ; Jasi year, an.i
my husband ' ha been sic all winter,
so It makes; times hard with tis.il have
some fine garden ground but noi money
OUKGO.V SIDELIGHTS
Ashland's cTiicf of pollcehas issued
Warning that the city's chicken ordi-nant-e
in, henceforfh to b'rlidly en
forced, ; j . " ...
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Baker is to hav a new fire alarm, a
2i siren to tske the place of the old
bell, which,' the liemocrat says,; has
been so badly cracked that it .ineffi
ciency has been a standing joke.
s; j .
Th IworkV of beautifying th south
slope of the Butt Park at Kugcne is
in progress; undec the direction of the
park board; Native flowers 'nd shrubs
will be utilised in adorning the park
tract.
Cottag lrove will soon hav a depot
park. The BoutWern Pacific company
has made th; necessary appropriations.
The - Commercial club will -do the
planting after th grounds hav been
put into snap by tlua company.
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Redmond Spokesman: The red" sand
J'rold strike that was mad Tuesday by
ocal parties in the vicinity of Odin
Falls, a few mile from the cltyriooks
mighty "ood arid values cart be easily
recovered, as the and is free-panning.
' .
Hood R'iver-News: Portland peopl
are preauma-bly not now so regretful
concerning the war abroad," since they
are this week enabled to en joy several
carloads of apples which would other
wise have been munched, by-Germans
and Tommies now crunching .hardtack
instead. .! -
Rosy prospect as viewed by the Con
don Tlmest "Tne.past rew oays uv
naf nlndM for th crops. .
f in mffrafn fell . all -Wednesday
night and Thursday, all of Whlcli
soaked into the ground. .In sr. very
few. days 'every kernel of wheat in, tn
rninitv will be unrouted and forCln
ita wav throush the soil.' VH farm
era who have been interviewed .""ST
that no damage rrom rrost nas. ot
curred. . Early sown grain is all up
nnd-looKing lint it in .present writ
inc." . .
LURE HOME BUILDERS
vite the attention of the federal' au
thoritles. It would belong, among th
get-rlch-quick . " scheme. llowever,
the company's fine print-explanation
of this near-promise makes the tabl
of no value as a reliance for either the
borrower who want to , acquire
home oiv the saver who expects to r
ceive a big ireturn on his money.
"You make this payment each
month." says th ' fine trl.nt In th
booklet, "until j-our cntract Is en
titled to a, loan," Nowher fs it prom
fised that you contract will le en
titled, to a loan at the end qf 19 or 2J
Iliuillin. . - -
A Again, concerning th cash value o
yoiir contract, th text explains:
"L'pon the first and each subsequent
payment up. to and Including th
twentieth, there is Issued to th con
tract hoKlert a coupon haying a face
value oft $Si each, and when the said
contract Iholder is reached In turn for
a loan"Tie may then cash his cou
pons InsteajQ of taking out; a loan.
. But note that he must Walt until he
"is reached in turn for a loanl" v
Will that be in 10 or! 20 months
Hardly. It caiv't beJone, and. a prom
is to pay $100 profit to the' saver of
110 a month for 20 months would be
ridiculous. No wonder the booktft
tliVa in nir-nrnmis! i
A FEW SMILES
Willis What are you worrying
about? Didn't the
agent 'who sold you
the. lot guarantee It
was only . a gunshot
from th station?
Gillls Yes, but I
was ' reading , this
morning " ' that the
Germans have gun
that carry twenty miles. Puc!
A- certain ex-senator from Wlscon
sin says th best speech of .introduc
tion he ever . heard
was delivered by th
mayor of a small
toWrt In Wisconsin,
where the . senator
had" been engaged to
speak.
. The mayor said:
. I"Ladles.' und shen
tlemens, I haf been
asked' to introtoose.
you to the Honorable, Senator Blank
who will make to you' t speech,-yes.
I haf now'done o; he yill now do so,
The lanky youth who. occupied
seat in a passenger coach persisted in
sticking, his head
and shoulders ut of
the window The
brakeman was pass
ing through the.
coach and he touched
the youth the
back.
"Better keep your
head inside. the win
dow," i advisel the
braketrlan. " . .
'1 kin look out the Window if. I
want to." .answered the youth.
"I know! -you rn,C warned the
brakeman. ''But: if on damage any
of the Ironwork on th brldg you'll
pay for it."
to buy seeds with, so If you good Deo-
Ile .could "Tiend .tn some,, I could make
me a little income at selling some
vegetables, as many ranchers liv here
and don't take the time to malts gar
den. w have a big. family .of little
children, .so If X had th seeds all
would be well, as a garden means a
whole lot to a family,.
Now, as to seeds in bul, f. find I
would best like 23 cents worth of
onion seed and th same In'carrota of
the oxhart variety, also peas, lettuce,
radishes, beets and beans of the Gold
en West variety. So- now if you -can
help me out on this I am -sure I would
appreciate it, and all of us would be
very grateful to you, and 1 hop you
can send the seeds soon, as I. cou td
make, garden right now if 1 had the
seeds. -. MRS. H.i G. MUX.LER.
Tygb Valley, Or.'
I tabic and Ilounties.
Lawen, Or., Feb. 22. To the Editor
of Th Journal In-reply to "A. W. J5,"
of Golden, who say that from the
tone of my letter he infers people her
would not kilt coyotes or dogs unless
there was a- bounty so w could make
big money, I wish to say that no man
ha so far let th opportunity nas to
kill one, if he had anything to do it'
with; There - are miles of . mountain
country in this part of Oregon where
no one lives, and s, bounty will- in
duce the men who make' a business of
trapping to go. after the coyotes and
wildcats.- His advice to buy poison
ror $1 and kill 100 coyotes, isLyery
good. But a mad coyote dots nof tnd
cannot eat, and poisoned bait dwes no
good. . Thousands of dead rabbits fur
nish the well ones all the food they
require and they are rarely caught
with batted traps. However, . see that
the legislature has passed th bounty
act., and there will be some relief at
last.- Bttll A. W 25. must not get the
notion that th stockmen and ettlts
of eastern'Oregon are making- this de
mand simply to get their hands in th
state treasury. STOCKMAN.
yj oggcav country
"IM EARLT DATS"
Br Frsd LoeaJsT. 'Spoeiai Stiff WriMr ef
. Ths JournaL
"It is. 44 years ago slnco I attended
the grairmiar school here in Portland,"
said Captain Edw'ard Allen Noyv.
when "I yislted him recently at liin
home r at TWenty-aewmd . anc'l Irving
trt-Ms. . "Since that, itmo I hwe e-n
a good deal of the world. For f.
years my father followed t bo sea. and
during thv half century ho was a ara
captain he entered almost every pott
in (he world. I -wenCwIth him on
many of his trips until 1 settled-(ln
Orpson. whra I ran ' (lia I.ivl-joi-
mlddlc and upper rlvei1, as well as on
th Willamette. ' -
"In J 891, 1 happened to be In Ilorig
kong. Among Ui score of vessels' iu
th harbor were alx flying-the Ameri
can flag.. I visited each of these- six
ivivvis. iiwua niiiivai; jiko atieiiuutK;
home' weok in the old town, for on eaclj
Of tlj -ix I 1 found that either the
master or some of the officers ha fled
from my native (City, rienrn'iort. on
Penobscot bay, on the coaHtrof Maine.
"On board tiie Harvard, I found Iin
eoln A, Cplcord. ,ou, can linnKlti
bow delighted 1 wrp, becnuSo Lincoln
Colcord and 1 wora' ld tliiie chuma.
As a matter of fact', both Lincoln and
I were fond of the aame girl, Ada 11.
Pendleton. However. I was the lucky
one, and she became Mrs. Noycs I.lh
coln Colcof j ami 1 were hoolmattj.
and roomlny te at r I lie 'seminary at
Biicksport, Maine. I.Ike many, of th.
old Seursport klpiirn.' Lincoln Col-.
ooro tooK iforamuru or 1 one - or ,tno
Amerlcan-IlaHailcn ..-vessels'. i'lvn
years ago I viislted him) in Heattle.
where his ship, the Virginian, wan
lending for :the?Jtawallan Islands. II
dropped ,dead of heart dlsenaa two
years ago at Jlremcrton, shortly after
his hio haxl coma into twrt
"When I I visited his ship In linnt
kong in '91, his boy, Lincoln Colonrd,
Was In knee jiunts. Ills boy. dtciiiel
to be a civil engineer instead of fol
lowing the i Hen; but - he : was laid m
With rheumatism so-much from sleep
ing outdoors that he gave, up this work
and Went i Into literature.. Mt-Cl lira's
magalznc, i the American, Saturday
Evening ' Post and most of the big
magazines i have been ; publishing his
stories. I have just gotten from th
library two of his books, "Drifting
Diamond" and "Llf and Death." Many
of the characters ; recognize,; For in
stance, in brie of. "his books he speak
of Dashey Noyes. ; This character
Dashey Norrls, . second mate on . my
fattier' 'old boat, the Garibaldi, and,
by the way.-W. H.t Hardy of this city,
one of ths last survivors of Ferry's
expedition to Japan, used to be a mat
on Doaru tne uanuniui 111-11 111 miurr
was captain. ; ;
'Prtli'nMl 'hrlnffa Atii nn '1 Vi 1 n v in f
stories that very few Ainerldans know.
in China, i He shows that the Chinese
of the higher class are people of th
utmost charm and; the highest ' honoi'.
In .my dealings with the Chlnesa in
cmna i rouna tnat tney were men -or
integrity and business responsibility,
ahd that their word was better than
many a white man's ond.
. "One hundred and fifty years apo
th mistress of the sea was the Brit-.
IstuMiip, built of oak. It Was a sturdy
and seaworthy cralt, and It whs a
sturdy race of men that tnaniled these
aWns. ' The old ltrltlah oak built shil'rt
were? succeeded by -the Aberdeen dip
per, a long, narrow bunt snip, wiik n
wo longer sails the seas, an it was
uccvded ' by the 'speedy American.,
built: boat. ; The AnJerlcuns evolved
a type Of vessel that was the glory of
our euhtry-and tne kdml.ratlon of ota-
r maritime nations. In the 4ys f
the old Flying Cloud and the Red
Jacket, the Glory of the Skies, th
Sovereign of tn Seas, the Dreartnuught
and the Young American, no ship of
any other nation could spread enough
canvas to keep up with our American
built boats, nor could the foreign sail
ors compete with our hardy downeast
sailors. .
"Some of th fastest and best boats
ou.ltl jn jsni'srica. wem muu tui um
soast of Malfl". Their ribs were of
hackmatack, their 'gunTTels were of
pltch-plne and their hull was of white
oak, and they could show clean pair
of heels to anything afloat, in thoe
day we bid fair to be mistress oe
the seas, for we had th chief material
required in the construction of there
boats and we hid the skill . to maUe
them. -But Just about then the day 'f
the steel ahip dawned, and our com.
merce and commiuui of tiie sens were .
wrested from us by England, reou
she could build metal MjoiIr cheaper
than we could.. J .
The reason they could build cheaper
boats was that we felt'lt necessary to
give excessive protection t wriat we
termed bur infant industries, our flteel .
plants, and this protection, inade the
price of steel prohibitive, fn fact, our j
Steel manufacturer sold tijeir proauci
abroad at a less price than it could
b bought in this, country. Steam ami
, ,. .1 1 M.n,ri ami eanimi and
today our raw material and our fin-
sbd product are going to tne orient
nd to foreign countries in toreign
bottoms, and other nations are. secur
ing th profit from our overseas trans-.
portation. Which belongs to the Ameri
can mariners. " - f . ...
I hoD to see the day when Ameri
can cargoes will be shipped In Ameri
can hosts, built by American capital,
and manned by American sailors."
Had Never Keen t he, Iake.
' From the Chicago Post.
Boys who live Jn Chicago but hav
never seen Lake Michigan; who have
. a .filA r.n an Tevii4ef1 train fi r
been more thsn eight blocks from the
place of their birth they sound In
credible. ' . -
Yet they are realities., ; The young
mcn..-Who are making th Chicago Hoy
BcOuts a real organization have found
them. ' .. ;..''.
AJrip to the stockyards was pro-
posed in one of tfuVhorthweat Hide di- -.
riots. The main obstacle to be sur
mounted was the obtaining of parental
consent to" ride on -that , strange new
device, tli "L.'' .In similar fashion
the scoutmasters Were astounded to
find boy -after boy who bad never sen
the lake. When they were taken
serous to th scout camp In Michigan
they i were thrilled beyond belief to be
'outlof sight of land."
These are just average Chicago boys
i-i-not delinquents ,or dependents or
mjr vi mf buioihiih; inings to wnicn
sociology reduces boys. -
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Tb Great Horn' Newspaper,
i ..1. , consists of
i'our news secliom replete with
j. illustrated features. .'
Illustrated .magazine of quality.
Woman's pages . of tar merit ,
Pictorial news suppleraent'
Superb comic section. .
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