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THE OREGON" ' DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING. MARCH 11. 1915 i: HE JOURNAL 1 AJJ INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER "4; 8. JACKSON. I?u Wisher TublUbc-d every evening (eicept Sunday and s. every Sunday moruinK i-t Tbe Journal itulld ' lug, Broadway and YamhiU ats.. I'orUand, Or. Entered at tbe poatofflce at Portland, Or., (or transmission through tie malls aa second -class matter. IKI-El'MONES Main 7173; Home A-6UM. All T- cepavtmeDta reached by these numbers. Tell '"the operator what lepartment you want, fORKIOK ADVEUTISING KEPHESENTATI VB Benjamin -4 Kentnor Co., Brunswick Bids-, Klftn ave.. New York, 1218 People ;as Bklg., Chicago. THE MKMESG OP CELILO N as to our cornea froni failure to build roada j probably the only reason It exists uarmonious with civilization. Shall we refuse to vote- bonds for surfacing the Columbia High way and completing trunk lines in Multnomah' county? Subscription term by mall or to any ad diess In tbe United Mates or Mexico: ... ' DAILY One year. ...... $3.00 I One month.. i V- SUNDAY ' fOne year ..$2.50 f One month.. J - DAILY AND SUNDAY ZOvm i year....... $7.50 I One month.. today is conservatism form of government. The. senate has been reformed to the extent of making its member ship directly L responsible to the people. : That change was made in order to make : It, more responsive OBODY knows In how many ' , UD11C opinion by action .car- Stealthv wava thA manv r ( "eu ut uirougu, we majornj pi taxed to enrich the few. rita membership. Here is the case of th I To complete the reform, the Morris and Essex canal. The Le. 1 body must not suffer itself to be 1 high Valley Railroad Company ,rued by a minority, as was done pays $367,000 a year to prevent tnrouShl filibuster and riot at the independent mine owners from se-i1" session, it must nave ma $ -se curing and usine the Morris and ' 3ority rule or it cannot be repre- n, Essex canal as a , water route by .. sentative. it must unshackle It- .... . .- - All advantages are attended i with disadvantages. A univer j sal compensation prevails in j all conditions of being rand exlstence.-Hurne. f " ' which to shin coal to tidewater. 1 8elf from government by a set of ....$ .65 j The money Is taxes and interest rule? ,n use in no other parlia- -the company pays annually on the ' mentaryi body in the civilized 25 abandoned canal, which does not world and which would be char- return a i dollar of revenue. Th actenzea as Billy , anywhere else sum thus paid out has, of course, ! than lajthe Senate of the United W A ROBBERY t HY didn't the Washingcon legislature pass a measure providing that a citizen could sign initiative peti- itions only when looking Into the , -muzzle 6f a cocked revolver? Or Sonly after giving a bond to keep " .thja peace for 99 years? Or only faZler taking the bath of allegiance ;to the Sultan of Sulu? What th j legislature did was to pass a measure requiring the citi- z$v to go to certain designated to be collected back from some source by the company, and obvi ously incomes from the public. The canal was a competing wa ter route. ; Tbe company leased it in 1871. The use of the canal was at once abandoned, and the coal transported by the company's, rai'road. In the period from 1871 to the present, the railroad has paid out nearly $14,000,000 to keep the water route , in disuse. The year the railroad took it over, the canal carried 707,572 tons of freight and the income was $3 91,549. : The entire property soon became a wreck, and it .has been years since a boat passed through it. Yet, to prevent the States. A REJECTED MILUON M' places of registration to sign initia- ! property from reverting to the ftiive and referendum petitions, it state and a consequent re-lease to ,Isj . scuttl . of direct legislation. It independent mina-owners, the Le .'will throw the system into disuse, j high Company has continued to Tit Is the next step to a repeal. pay its great toll of $367,000 a 5 Governor Lister did all in his year interest and taxes. 2 power to beat the measure. fie I This $367,000 a year is the 5 . . '. i. . . n.lAA T .1.1 . I. applied me veto, ana usea an msjP'e " w'su i'-j.io sunc cum petition, and it knows exactly what it is doing, , and exactly how it is getting the money back. How could there be a more con vincing proof of anything, than is this proof of what a waterway reasoning powers with the legisla ture. Hut the Republican majority ! seemed drunk with its power and Jljned up almost solidly. Last night lit passed the bill over the veto -and the measure will go into effect j would be worth to the New Jersey i unless vetoed by the people under i public if kept open and unmo 'tbe referendum. j nopolized? The people or Washington are How could there be a more pow f Without, an important newspaper to erf ul argument for anything, than 1 challenge this scuttle of direct leg- ! is this argument for the public to ifslation. That is why the legisla ture was so I old, and why the peo ple of that state are about to be .robbed of an important right. WHAT IS TO COME E iDWARD D. TOLAND has re turned to Philadelphia after six months' ambulance ser vice in France. He says there Jhave not been enough wounded "'soldiers in the last three months always keep its waterways open, uncontrolled and utilized. With the LehigL paying $367, 000 a year to keep the Morris and Essex canal closed, how much ii? the Celilo canal, opened, ultimate ly to be worth to the shippers of the Pacific Northwest? THE REAL REGULATOR 'came home because there was "no , F' ULTNOMAH county recently offered to tax herself a mil lion a, year to help build roads in other parts of Ore gon. That is what was proposed in a road, bill pushed by Mult nomah county citizens at the late legislative session. . But i legislators from other counties ! refused the offer. They declined! to ! accept Multnomah county's I million a year for road building on the terms offered. Then, j why not spend the money on Multnomah roads? There is a proposal! to bond the 'county for $1,250,000 for building trunk lines of the ;best type within ' county limits. Is not this the plan, since outside j counties , decline Mult nomah's j money, on which Mult nomah county should make the ex penditure which we all know ought to be made on roads? $ Multnomah Is better, able than any other county to build paved trunk roads. 'Her wealth fits her for this kind of enterprise. It is a way by which Multnomah can demonstrate the value and the economy; of perfect highways. It is an avenue through -which to show leadership. We were going to contribute a million a year to roads in other countiesj Instead, we are pro posing to expend a total of a mil lion ana a quarter on our own roads and for our own particular benefit. I under; the circumstances, can there be any doubt about voting the bonds? be necessary to cross the great American desert in an armored automobile to ward off the' pois oned arrow of he Indian or the winged bullet of an unseen foe; .With an ' overflowing .solicitude, the Oregonian fondly avers that the Pendleton Tribune is , "wholly devoted to the public interest." So it is. So Is tha Oregonian. Some years ago, for Instance, the Pendle ton Tribune charged the public $1175 for printing a delinquent tax list of about the same -length of other lists that before and after, another Pendleton paper printed for about $325. It was a high example of being "wholly devoted to the public interest," as was the case of the Oregonian about the same time when charged MultnomaL county - more than $50,000 for a similar service a charge that was a ctate-wide seandal at the time. Some kinds of being "wholly devoted to the public interest" come high. THE JOURNAL NATIONAL EDITORIAL KEEPING DRY ROT OUT THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INCREASING EXPORTS E XPORTS of crude foodstuffs and food animals increased from $9,085,370 in January, 1914, to $49,798,769, In Janu- ORTY - ONE western railways are demanding advances in freight rates, saying they must have the increase to arv. 1 91 S nnd fnnrfstnffa nortiv wuib. iur uiuk iu uu. air. 1 oiauu ( i' 4UC4u , wholly manufactured jumped from says; iuvei.iiif ms. siera roaas se- $29,179,696 to $41,143,468. i For the last tnree months we have j ureu au auvance, put tne inter had almost.no wounded to care for: j state Commerce Commission re The armies are so well entrenched ; fusej tn sanction a rai5A in Proat that even if a. shell falls almost di- ! usa to sanction a raise m Great rectly on top of a, trench' no one is I Lakes rates. Transportation by Injured. The shell merely blows j water, said the commission, was away the three-foot layer of dirt adequately compensated by exist which covers the logs on top of the trench. ing rates. ovor i;tia vm v When the transcontinental lines - j ninv inn 111c Man ufactures, the products of Ameri can factories, increased from $52,- 415,369 jto $64,038,743. The. latter item goes directly to the question of general prosperity. While this country is selling its wheat and flour to hungry Eu rope, it is also selling an increased amount of manufactured nrodncts.'' tLe earth and connected the vari-! fates f.r. 1.ng than fr short hauls meaning) that American factories Rehind French have dug small villages in asked permission to make lower j'ous huts and caves with brick paths. They even have gone so far in some places as to erect Italian -pergolas and plant vlnes and fIower3. But Kitchener says the war will Btart in May". Mr. Toland said many officers of the French and English armies, with whom he they said it was necessary to meet competition by. the Panama canal. Permission was given, the commis sion saying: It is evident from the whole rec ord that, whatever may have been the ' rlpirrp nf rnmnetitlnn In tba nouf i n t tween the rail carriers and the water j ,Fjf'l;HuI?gi"7 carriers, we are witnessing the be- : France Binning of a new era in transporta- Germany iion Between me Atlantic ana I'acmc must be! kept busy to supply the foreign demand. ..Comparative figures on exports to the principal countries are in teresting: -r- .i. Jan.. 1914. $ 2,814.040 4.402.8G7 11.518.390 S4.aS7,8i 7,3!I4,440 talked, said it was suicidal for ! coasts. To secure any considerable : -f'""a"aR" ;: o rS'! either army to advance. The men would "be mowed down by com panies and regiments. . What, will May bring? If the war s-'arts" then and if Mr. Toland nas , any conception of what will happen, there will he plenty of work for the ambulances. Slaugh ter' will starl in May. ' The loss in hyman life, great as it has been, has been insignificant in compari son with what is to come. eo.m;8o 2.9.!2,8n 2.105.0SM 8.492,547 Jan., 1915, 1.0O8.4S9 84.337.416 6.347.O10 21,545. 3R5 14.570.S.-8 6j4.08 99,757. .113 J. 707.22. 1.S01.O02 3.207.229 AN INCIDENT T HE Columbia Highway is the greatest highway ever built in any country for a million dollars. It has a yalpe of which Its cost Cives no adequate idea. Though not yet even completed, it is na tionally known. No similar Btretch in the world surpasses It Jn the extent, and variety of nat--ural wonders of mountain, river, waterfall and the other things that make up scenic sublimity. Curiously enough, an episode in connection with it is the advance of land values along its way. An eighty-acre trajct, of comparatively small Value before the road was built, has been sold for $25,000. It was. land which the owner had held for many years, and on which he had i expended little or nothing that contributed to its increase in value. - The . highway: brought the change. Those who supplied the money for the expenditure on the road created the handsome com petence and threw it into the lap of the owner. Was he entitled to It "all? The incident is interesting food for reflection. It is of kind with many others to have origin out of the construction of the Columbia Highway. It is of kind with others less marked, perhaps, that eventu ate from the construction : of every first class road. , There is no . greater wealth maker than a hard, smooth road. There' Is no greater waste of eco nomic energy ' than that which percentage or iris coast to coast Tutted Kingdom iruiiicv rates on many commodities Argentina must" be established by the rail lines ?r"z11 materially lower than those now i Japan lsting. if the railroads are able to i The total increase in exports for make such rates from the Atlantic j Januaryi compared with that Sr,..?.." year ago, was $63,812, this traffic with profit to themselves, i 710 and imports decreased $32 they should be permitted to do so. I 370,606.1 Figures in detail for Water competition Is the best i February are not available, but cftuiaiui kii uragui rates. ine mey wtii augment ratner man ai fact has been officially recognized I minish th by the Interstate Commerce Com mission, and transcontinental roads have admitted it. The rate hear ing now on at Chicago Is Illustra tion of the fact that absence of water competition means higher rates. The entire record should stimulate waterway, development. It Is a convincing appeal to every body to urge waterways. The railroads will meet such competi tion if they have to. That is proven. minish the favorable showing. The fact is that the country is en joying a foreign trade which is stimulating American industries to a remarkable extent. THE! TOIID EASTERNER I T is said that many eastern tour ists contemplating a transconti nental tour this summer are fearful that it will be attended by. many dangers. Their fear grows out of their knowledge of What a moral for the city which ' tne west gathered from tales of has the vast advantage of nestling outlaws land bandits, wild Indians at -the point where the waters of and wi1(3er cowboys, road agents the Willamette and Columbia meet, wno Iur in tne shadow of sage waters that are one of the ereat I rusn trees ana Daa men who lie waterway systems of the world! UNSHACKLE THE SENATE A in wait at crossroads to make the tenderfoot dance to the accompani ment of 'discharging pistols. The editor of a nrominpnt mnfnr. COMMITTEE is going to re- ing publication in order to get the vise the rules of the United j real "dope," has written to the States senate during vaca- adiutant! creneral of Wvnmin? and tion. The purpose Is to pro-J asked him if it is safe to attempt vide" rules which will expedite busi ness and prevent purposeful d lays. It should have been done long fered. The the trip, j He also made the sugges tion that the leading highways in the "bad" states be protected by a natrol of mflit.ia to nrpnl thnn. 8Sj' Jt ,WBS do?e in the house, !, sands of; prospective tourists from and public business has not suf-, hemminff th 'nwv nf MnHifc majority, which is . outlaws, t ! : He must have been surprised when hej received in reply a four page letter filled with . quotations from Tennyson and Browning rel ative to the arcadian character of the west and the comment that the farther one proceeded from the effete east and the larger cities thereof the safer he is. Perhaps some day the easterner will realize that he need not carry a 44 , revolver when he enters Wyoming or a sa wed-off shotgun when he crosses the line into Utah. He may learn, also, that it will not By WILtlAM DUDLEY FOUI.KE. Former U. S. Civil Service Commlasloner. ANT are asking: "How shall we keep the starch in and keep the dry rot out of civil service? How shall we get rid of the "Tias beens" who are protected by tha civil service regulations and kept In posi tions of responsibility for years after they are. "worn out? The problem Is not so hard as It seems. It has al ready been meas ureably solved In Illinois and can be completely solved by reme dies that are not tt?m difficult of appll cation. wm. D. Fool&e. In the first place the amoimt- of this dry rot Is enormously exaggerated. In an In vestigation made a few years ago, the writer found that on an average the entire amount of superannuation was between one and two per cent and It cannot be very much greater than that even today. In the second place the "has beens" are not protected by the regulations at all. The head of any federal de partment is free to discharge any subordinates who are no longer per forming their full duty. He can as sign' this as the reason and his de cision Is final. But a man is nat urally reluctant to remove subor dinates, especially If their shortcom ings are due to age or misfortune rather than their own fault. Moreover, a good many incompe tents are kept In by political pres sure. This Is particularly true of those who were appointed by political influence before the civil service rules were extended to their positions and were afterwards- brought In when the classified system was applied to the places they held. These men will be labor congressmen and others In authority with their importunities. which are too, often effective. For this evil, too. It Is. the spoils system and not the civil service law that is responsible. It is much easier to eliminate dead timber in private business than In the public service, since the motive of private gain demands efficiency which can only be secured in this manner, while in the public service political, or, perhaps humanitarian. motives ace very strong. Kven where regular efficiency records are kept by the superior officer as a guide for piomotions or removals he often finds it so disagreeable and unprofitable to discriminate between his subordi nates that ''These records frequently show little or nothins of the relative luerita of the employes, and often be come perfunctory. Such records, how ever, can be made effective if they are made subect to review by. an In dependent supervisory board such as. the Civil Service commision, after that commission has established standards of efficiency for the dif ferent bureaus and r divisions so as to show how much work and of what character can be properly required from each subordinate. Moreover, it is only by such a method that uni form standards of. . marking can be established between, the .different bureaus and the ratings equalized. expectea to legislate and is charged with the duty of carrying out its promises to the country, has in the House been eiven th opportunity of fulfilling Its obli- j suuu&. ine nouse rules make it possible to cut Off dilatory debate and to force a vote. There has been great impatience with the senate on the part of the people. It has been called the millionaires' . club almost every thing except a deliberative and representative legislative body, ita abolition has been demanded, and The .Civil Serviee commissions of Illinois and of the city of Chicago have set the example of providing scientific methods whereby the barna cles in the classified service can be automatically eliminated. , . . Since the; law authorized ' the Chi cago commission to investigate the conduct and actions of appointees in the classified service and to make promotion rules based upon ascer tained merit, the commission in that city, discarding the old idea that the civil service law dealt with appoint ments only and not with the subse quent conduct of the men appointed, adopted a series of rules for! estimat ing the efficiency both of the indi viduals in the service and of the vari ous departments as organizations. The result of this system w4s that a great saving was made. For Instance, 20 per cent more hauling was done by the teamsters, resulting . in an economy to the city of $77,000 a year, the first year, a saving which was afterwards increased. The higher places, both in the fed eral government and in . our, states and cities, ought to be open to pro motion from the lower grades rather than filled by political influence from outside. Many of the best men In the civil -service leave it to get better; places open to them In private busi- ness, but this will occlir much less "frequently if they can reach the high est -places In the public service by remaining. Where men become superannuated or disabled ; they should- be provided for by a retirement allowance. Pro vision for such an allowance 'can be made by deducting -from each month's salary a sum which, put at Interest, will produce a sufficient annuity therefor, as computed by life and an nuity -tables. The government can well take charge of this fund, but the establishment of a permanent and general system of pensions at the sole expense of the government is accom panied by dangers too great to receive the unqualified approval of the coun- ktry at the present time. Copyrlgljt, 1918. PERTI N EIMT COMMENT AND N EWS IN BR1 EF Letters From the People SMALL CHANGE (CommuDl-catlona sent to The Journal for publication in thin department snoald be writ ten ira only one side of tbe paper, should not es.ceed 3H words in length and must be ac companied by the name and addresa of the sender. If the writer does not desire to have the name published, he thould so state.) "Discussion is the greatest of all reformers. It rationalizes everything it touches. It robs principles of aU false sanctity and throws tbe in back on their reasonableness. If they have no reasonableness, it ruthlessly crushes them out of existence and sets up its own conclusions in their stead." Woodrow Wilson. News Agencies and the "War. Portland, March 8. To the Editos of The Journal The German govern ment provided for almost every con tingency but one. They neglected to provide for the Associated Press. The British government saw then first, a consequence of which was that the Judgment of very many of the Ameri can people was warped by biased an j false news dispatches from foreign correspondents under British influ ences. This not only deprived the American people of an honest account of what actually happened, but they have added and are adding Insult to injury by a quality of "gush" that is an insult to intelligence. For instance, in my travels covering the greater part of the territory west of the Mississippi river I failed to meet a single man of intelligence who after a moment's thought believed that story of 700,000 Russian soldiers transported to France via Archangel, when it first appeared. Tet they used a lot of perfectly good electricity tc tell us the other day that Kitchener started the story and that he had ac tually fooled the general military staff of the German empire. "It is to laugh." I suppose that when the truth about the "fall" of the forts around the Dardanelles comes out Kitchener will tell us that the "fall" was a hoax to cause a drop in the price of wheat. When it comes to the breed who expatriate citizens of the United ritates because they venture to ex press disapproval of their vaporings, I the person responsible for the editorial I columns of the Oregonian is a shining example. tor instance. Saturday morning, alter aismembering the Ger man Empire, he charges Italy, Greece and the Balkans with the highly "laudable" purpose of getting In a rew iicks It is easy to fall in love with the figure of an; heiress. j , ' . x j - I ; - AU things Come to the other-fellow if you sit down and wait" j f - -:-..:. : f ; ) Every man is capable of doing his best and. he should always do ft. . There are times when a lie would look better in print than the facts. You may Just as well tell yourvwlfe the truth; she'll find It out. anyway. ' t Women are supposed to be vain, but no man Is as . handsome as he thinks he is. j . . . i No man is really Interested In an other man's troubles unless he's a lawyer. ! ' Pity is akin to love, but a girt Is never willing to accept it as a sub stitute. , - If a woman has a really srood hus band the neighbors nearly always say he is henpecked. v i . ' i When a wife gives her husband a piece of her mind she loses that much and he gains nothing. " f S The true poet -is able to distinguish between the fire of genius in his bosom and the gnawing of hunger in his stomach. - ; " t It is surprising how many really good people there are in this wicked old world of ours if we can only take their word for it. If everybody agreed with you on everything it would be evidence of a very wise old world, but you would not have the satisfaction of feeling your superiority. Everybody would be smart. ; i OREGON SIDELIGHTS Baker's postmaster makes the pleas ing report that February's stamp kales marked an increase, of almost. 15 per cent over sales of February,, 1914. i l- The Farmers' and Fruitgrowers' league, of Medford has undertaken a campaign against predatory; animals, and the "swat them early wsr cry has been raised. i I I - -. x . . .L;--j.-. - - - " Astoria Budget: Sand Is today be ing pumped into the first reclamation fill at the intersection of i Bond and Twelfth streets. The dredge is mak ing fast progress. The sanded area will soon include Commercial street. Medford Sun: In a legal document of 216 words filed recently with the county court there 'were 36 "salds." This is where, said public gets said idea said legal profession Is above said reproach. i i r' The reorganized Bandon Commercial club proposes to conduct extensive personal correspondence with -those writing for information about Bandon. Committees have, been appointed to take up the matter of advertising Ban don at the San Francisco exposition. " "The man with the hoe." -says the Eugene Beglster, "is. a familiar sight in Eugene's back yards at the present time. The warm weather of the past week or so has dried the; ground in some localities sufficiently to permit of gardening." Baker Democrat, on moving Into new and larger quarters, in the new Eagles building: "Yesterday and today are moving days at the office of the Morning Democrat. In leaving the Schlund building on Center street, the Democrat is quitting a ! structure which has housed it for the past! 14 years, inj ownership of the paper has OREGON COUN fRY i "IU tAStl DATS" . By Ir4 Locklay. 6peciaJ BtxTf 'WrtUr of ! Tbe Journal. In a recent address to the students of Willamette university. Chief Justice Thomas A. McBride In speaking of the early days of the uni verity, said: "In a retrospect of tho work of al most forgotten state builders I find that I do not have to travel off of these grounds to find a man to whom history-has done scant Justice.' I refr to Dr.! W. 11. Wilson, who came here in 1887 in connection with the mission, and upon a part of whose original dona tion claim the buildings of Willamette university now stand. The state house grounds, the park west of them, and the postoffice and court house blocks, together. with the spacious grounds oc cupied by Willamette university, uliow his public spirit. To mission purposes, including the university, he donated 60 acres.! The citlzenu of Walem little realize the debt of gratitude they, owe to the magnificent piomcr. That Salem remains the state capital in dun to his; wise foresight in dedicating the necessary grounda first. Our beautiful parks 'and grounds, the reservation of this institution, and the broad streets which excite the admiration of all viH itors to the capital, show his abllty to properly focus the future. In the day of log cabins and flimsy buildings he dreamed of beautiful homes and mag nificent structures of brick and stona. In the day of a little school building f that would; scarcely be a credit to a1 country school district of today his prophetic mind visualized the buildings that now occupy these grounds. In the day of the Indian trail passing among the scattered cottages of a little mis sion town he foresaw in the future A JOURNAL ANNIVERSARY Newspapers, like men, hurry on ward under time's resistless urge.: The Journal is 13 years old today,. Congratulations are merited to this extent : Thirteen years J have wit nessed steady progress. The Journal's steps have been all forward, none backward. The measure of Its strength and suc cess has been its support, and it has expected, and received support in pro portion to its publication in the inter ests of its readers and for publlo service. . I - - The first issue contained these promises: f "All affairs of human interest will engage its attention in a I truthful, terse and lucid manner." "It will have no affiliations with trickery, political or otherwise." "It will be the strongest and hearti est advocate of Portland's and Ore gon's resources the city snd state have ever had." .! On July 23, 1902, the present pub lisher, C. S. Jackson, assumed control and in a salutatory to the Oregon pub lic he expressed the hope that The Journal might, become "stronger in equipment, stronger in purpose; strong er in news resources, and stronger in good deeds." I Let the record speak to tell how well these promises have been kep and the hope realized. I . ' The Journal came to a city of 100, 000 people; Portland now has a popu lation of 250.000. and an assessment on a dying gladiator in ' that has grown from $43,360,000 to order to get a share of the loot. This pack has had Itaiy and at least one or the Balkan states at Germany' throat every Monday morning since the war began, and one has only to read between the lines to know that the wish is father to the thpught. I have before me a most interesting report of 16 investigators appointed to solve the food problem of Germany which mfght onvince the author of that article that it is slightly prema ture, to say the least. in the next column he tells us what a great man was Carl Schurz. I won der if there is really any question in this man s mind that Carl Schurz, if he were alive, would be standing Ih the ranka of the 25,000,000 citizens wJio unite not to embarrass the ad ministration but to support it in re sisting an influence as brazen as it If un-American. We need the help of newspapers guided by clear brained and clear lghted men who will sift the dis patches and give us not hoaxes but the straight. Unvarnished truth, whether it appears to us good or bad news, and whose editorials are "on the square." These would clear ud a lot of misunderstanding, among them tne one or the British minister and others who think that the sentiment of America is pro-allies. BILL DEAL. $308,975,000. It found widespread political cor ruption in the city and state which it assailed with all its might. " The old boss and corporation governed! conven tion system has been destroyed; the Oregon system of direct primaries, initiative and referendum, statement No. 1 and actual people's government has come to stay. ' i Almost nothing has been done for the extension of transportation or-the de velopment of the state. A transporta tion monopoly was attacked; additional railroads were invited to Oregon; trade extension, channel Improvement and community awakening were fos tered. Today Portland is a railroad center, a recognized seaport, and be fore her lie the added responsibilities of reaching more efficiently Alaska, the Atlantic -coast, oriental and Euro pean markets in the development of a commerce warranted by her Immense tributary area and facilitated by im provements that have cost many mil-" lions of dollars. And in addition to being construct ively persistent for improved water ways, extended railways, channel im provements, public docks. Jetties and bar dredging, The Journal pioneered in the cause of good roads. We have under way in Oregon now more con struction, of better built highways ( not changed for double that period of I tne capital of a great state, -.and e years. i - i iaia out nis townslte for thefuture. 'A little later other pioneers were platting a town on the banks "of the Willamette river, thereafter r to "be known as the city of Portland and the than along any other line of nublio great city of tlie northwest. With un- work. . j I accountable parsimony thev laid it out The Journal was first to lift nn . with the narrow streets thahnow con- voice against the extortionate prices stitute its greatest crawbacki and with asked whenever the publio desired to I almost an entire absence of pubila purcnase private property ! for public squares? when we compare Dr. Wil benefit. It opposed tax frauds, fought on' iwise foresight and appreciation! for a fair census, demanded efficient the future with the lack of those administration of public affairs, broke I Qualities in the estimable pioneers who up a paving combine. It has stood al- piannea tne city of Portland, you may ways for reclamation of i arid and perhaps conclude that here is another logged off lands, for improvement " in I state builder whose memory uliould not agricultural metnods, ror development I oe iit to ounvion. fiompwhero om of the state's wonderful! store ' of I these grounds or on some of the nublio hydro-electrlo energy. j squares which he dedicated a monu- It has worked for the building of I ment should be erected to his memory. more schools, for progressive educa-I L,et me recall to the memory of the tional methods: it has demanded hla-h. 1 students of this university the' name' er standards amonar and better- Aa.la.rle I of that noble Christian woman.- Mrs. for teachers. n j Chios A. Wilson, formerly Miss Chloa It has never " faltered in lnalatonro I A. Clark, who braved the perils of a upon official and civic organization in I Journey from New York to Nlsquaily to behalf of publio health. The oure I become a teacher to tho Indians, and milk crusade inaugurated by The Journal has led to such a" revolution in methods' of production and handling of milk that Portland is now known as the "Purs Milk City.' The recreational side of publio life has been constantly prominent in The Journal's - columns. This paper's ef forts in behalf of the still j unbuilt but authorized public auditorium and for more parks better equipped are well known. "Blessed are the charitable, it is written, and The Journal has given it who married Dr. Wlwon in 1810, and In that year came to Salem, the first teacher in the Orejron institute, whir h later developed into our present Wil lamette university. I have sketched in crude Hulits and shadows some of the salient features ! in the lives of the persona 1 have ; mentioned. It is not a history, but a luggestion of the history that oui:ht to be written. No complete history of Oregon has yet been written, and I confess that I had a motive in pre paring this Imperfect sketch. It Is this: t I firmly believe that tho found- best service in helping to care for the ers of the Methodist mission lit this needy and the afflicted and in en deavor to demonstrate to the people of Portland that charity may be adminls. tered efficiently without loss of sym pathy and human kindliness. The Journal believes that a city "Is known by the people who live in it. and that the people are known by their country were the prluiarjt factors in turning the tide of immigration to- Oregon, and thereby creating in the east the sentiment and Interest that saved old Oregon to the Uiiion. I want this university, the fruit of the early endeavors of the prand old-: mission aries. 'and their lay, associates to have j -i civic nrida and rltrhtenuanaaa Tf ) tne creuil tnat rightly belongs to tirem endeavored to exalt the virtue of civic as the Pioneers of Oregon greatness; pride, to put Oregon and Portland to and lwhT?n history shall finally make the front in achievement, to make both 1 "r ro11 OI -nose wno touea. sa ri stat and cit better niacaa in whihJ f 'ced,; and braved hardship, danger, ami to realize the finest Ideals of citizen- even death, that Christianity and free ship. "I' --:'- The first Journal consisted of four pages. It was published in offices in the Goodnough building at Fifth and Yamhill streets. As the paper crew, more working space was leased. Dur ing 1911 and 1912 The Journal build- government might be established under the American flag upon this western coastj I want no decervlng name ornit- ' ted. I have barely sueerested thn inn- terial, .1 The material for such a history exists and we alder pioneers who have seen these fertile valleys transformed, ' ing at Broadway and Yamhill streets I from punting grpurids into grain fields. was under construction. The Journal moved into its present quarters and began publication with one of the best equipped newspaper plants on the Pa cific coast, August 19, 1912. -The Journal hopes to go on, stronger in its .usefulness, persistent in Its Ideals, steadfast for the f right, pro-1 gressive with tne limes, optimistic in its outlopk, empowered by the wisdom born of experience, endeavoring each day to publish in the terms of "what ever is best for the people and what ever is nearest just and tight to all concerned. our method of navigation changed from canoes to .steamboats, our land travel from i the Incllnn trail to the graded and finished highway, and the steam railroad and elertrlc cars-?who have eea towns and Cities spring up where in "earlier years were only log cabins and Indian wigwams wijl Join .w'th tne present and younger generation in the task of embalming in the now Jin perishable form of written ' biography the good deeds and valuable services of these -and many other almost for gotten state builders." A FEW SMILES BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS Benevolent Individual Yes, sir; I noia tnat when a man makes a little extra money his first duty is to make his wife a present of a. handsome dress. Stranger You are a social philosopher, I presume? "No, I'm a dry. goods merchant" faff By John M. Oskison. Newark, N. J., Is about the size (con sidering population only) of Washing ton, New Orleans, Milwaukee or Cin cinnati. According to the last census Newark's population was 347,469. In the city were 38,693 dwellings and 77, 039 families nine persons to a dwell ing and 4.5 persons to a family.' The other day I read in one of New ark's newspapers two columns of news A countryman in Savannah observed ' concerning a month's activities of 29 gang of convicts aboring on . the treets, . each wear- ng a ball and chain. He asked one- why the ball was chained to his leg. To keep people from stealing it," said the man. "Heap about." .; . mm of thieves "Even . animals show their feeling," remarked the comedian to a friend. iftwiWVt " 1 "nly yesterday an gratitude. I was wandering along a stream in the coun try when I met . a cow in great dis tress. Her calf was drowning. I plunged in tne water ana rescued the calf, and the grateful cow licked my hand." "That wasn't gratitude," replied the friend. "The cow thought she had twins." Being a Neutral. From the New York World. No neutral ever yet met the expecta tions of both parties to a quarrel or a war. To satisfy one is almost certain proof that the other will be dissatis fied. To disappoint both is a perfect triumph of neutrality. The press of Germany is very bitter in its denunciation of the United States for its alleged partiality to Great Brit ain and France. On the other hand, Americans Just from London and Parts report great irritation . in those cities because of the belief that the United States is favoring Germany. While this is an excellent record so far as neutrality goes, there is one as pect of the case which all the belliger- J DUlluirieT axil loan aoowvittwuuo. i. i all to the effect that the associations had enjoyed a prosperous month, and that they were sound and flourishing. Fifteen of the 29 were opening new series of stock for sale; one was paying I out $30,000 to close a series that had matured, and another reported that the profits earned for members amount to 8 per cent on the Investment of mem bers. I , Newark is one of the strongholds of the building and loan idea. Remem ber that nine persons to the dwelling is the rule In Newark; consider . that In Cincinnati 7.3 persons live ; in a dwelling, and that for Milwaukee tr. figure is 6.2, fof Washington 5.7, and i or xxew crieans o; now you can seel why, Newark Is a good place to boom the building and loan plan. only in the much larger cities of Boston and New York and In the con-I gested factory cities of : Worcester. Fall River and Jersey City does there j appear to be greater need for encour- j aging home building. Compare New- i The Ragtime Muse 1 i : , - j Foiled Again. Each ! time my wlfn eiiv td buy A pair of shoes, I vow that I Will ko Hlonp and -m that she Has her feet fitted properly. - : Today, indeed, I left mv work That I might foil the souJIs -!erk; My pleadtnR had no w.-iKlit at nil She bought another pair too small! I llittpned to him In amaze; ark's nine persons to a dwelling with life showed her shoes that 'were "the Such toes! Such lowering the average of 4.3 in Indianapolis, the city with the best showing of those having a population of 100,000 or more. If the crowded cities are the nor mal fields for growth of -the building and loan associations, such cities as Indianapolis, Dayton, Columbus, Los Angeles, Grand Rapids, Denver. TO- - t,i - . j -a i, i ni . I ,cuy, unaimiu, jMeiupiun, ijirminjoam I ir Kftlrt and hn,lrA,l lit- uujut i uiier jsiMu vyiwriunuies ror I tnat Would make her feet both broad and craze, pointed i heels! At-them Imagination reel"! He told, me for 1 would protest J hat for hr-r instpn thr.v u.-r. Kir Tie answered: "Oh, gr-at heavens, no!" When 1 said, "Get a broader toe?" the savings and loan associations. In all of them the average of population per dwelling is below 6. i As our cities grow in population the tendency is toward - crowding people closer-together, it becomes more and more difficult -.for families to acouira homes. Where the building and loan I is aiaing it is neiping to perpetuate That tne American tneory that! the home- owning family is the desirable, one flat. That such a dainty woman ought To have the best that could be bought. high he,eia "common toes were "quite Irn- I have a hunrh, some day - I'll He called those sanse The narrow Tn wt fi P rnse. it's the uxe? How's hrad ncfa! ents should notice. We have . fed the Belgian for months. This Belgian army! is fighting with the British and the French; but the Belgian nation is mostly in the possession of Germany. In this unexampled charity we help the allies by f succoring millions of their own people who are practically prisoners of war, and we help Ger many, who is responsible for them, by taking a very costly Job off its hands. Expressions of gratitude thus Yar, however, have been wholly confined to Belgium. , Being a .neutral especially a decent, kindly and helpful neutral seem" to be poorly rewarded nowa days. ; ; - ; ': j Stealing a Comma, ? From the Ohio State Journal. The lower branch of the New Jersey legislature passed the woman suffrage bill, and after It left the house and was on its way to the senate a comma was lost out of it, which so destroyed the sense that the bill will nave to go back to the house and be voted all over again. There ought to be a quicker way than that. The speaker ought to take the bill,, hold it up be fore the house and say; "When this bill passed the " house there was a comma between, the iwords "provided' and 'further.'- It Jias disappeared. Shall I put It backr All In favor of that say aye," etc. It will then be easy to trace the scoundrels that stole that; comma,! for tney i will, vote no. One j- of the ; re courses of those Who are opposed to -great reforms is to mutilate the bill or stuff tbe ballot box. That thing has been done in this state time, and time' again, it is a "mean trick mean enough to regard it as a felony. Sure of It. . Frfrm Browning's Magazine. Omj day, in the lively old time of cowboy laetlvitles,. a timid tenderfoot at Blttdr Creek asked trembllnafy If that bacf man. Bill BuslitT.- was hang ing around thre yet. 'No, replied the native who was asked. ."But he was last week." "Are you surer' said the tenderfoot. "Positive. I had hold of the rope." Wanted a Premium. 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