THE OREGON" ' DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING. MARCH 11. 1915
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THE MKMESG OP CELILO
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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:
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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.
From -the Philadelphia, Record.
- "James, dear," said a careful mother
to . her 7-year-old Insurgent, "your
Uncle Edward will be here for dinner
today. : Bue sure to wash your face
and bands before coming to the table."!
"yes,- mother" hesitatingly "but-
cut suppose he doesn f come V
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