I - THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY , EVENING.! MARCH 25, 1915. ' ' r. , . '
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? . The day Is coming when no
One will be called a Christian
unless he liven for humanity as
Jesus lived. -A new life is stir
ring' In the hearts and . minds
of men and women today. It
its a new vision of the Christ,-
Dresser.
TWO PICTURES
THERE are two pictures which
may well fill the American
mind with sober reflections.
- They mirror American foreign
relations la , the European war of
,1812, and" American foreign rela
tions in the European war of 1914
15. In his fifth annual message
to congress, December, 1805, Presi
dent Jefferson drew the first pic
ture. Hei said: :
'Since-our last meeting' the aspect of
our foreign relations has considerably
changed. New principles
have been Interpolated into the law of
the nations, founded neither in jus
tice nor the uses or acknowledgment
of nations. According to these, a
belligerent takes to, itself a commerce
with its own enemy which it denies
to a neutral; on the ground of its
aiding that enemy In the war.
Bitter International controversies
arose out of the,, "interpolations"
that Jefferson described. They in
timately Involved the United States.
It' serves; and if ' any con
siderable, part of this territory
is kept out of use the railroad will
not and cannot prosper as it should.
No railroad, no; ' business of any
sort, can be a 00 per cent suc
cess when tributary, land is idle.
Officiate 0f the company hope
that jtheir plan win be followed by
otner - corporations owning
tracts of idle grdund.
Their action is creditable.
THE UNSIGNED LETTER
I
Thonias. school
Draper,- principal
Sneak Boyd, lord
at Wjoodlawn, an
neverj had ; credits
large
HE anonymous letter about the
Portland sdbools, which ha3
been sent broadcast through-
y, contains such
bf superintendent
this: ,
headed by" Tnspec-
ant superintendent.
out the ci
personal abuse
and principals as
An I inside ring,
tor Grout, assist
who ,jn-anted to become superintendent
when Mr.! Riglqr resigned: Pope
clerk; Dishonest
bf Shattuck school;
of Albina Home
stead! school; Dearie. Wiley,, principal
of Mentavlila', Puppet Stafford, loafer
Illiterate man, who
enough to enter
college, but through faithfulness to
Inspector Grout holds a han.d-me-out
Job of $2000 so lojng as he J on the
right! Side, plus several others of , the
old alignment. old grade school prin
cipals), who have iio scholastic stand
ing, but stick by
gives
Thjere is much
kind.) The principal of Franklin
high
ate and bull hed Mr. Ball" and
Superintendent Alderman is' called
his friends good Jobs
is referred
jto as "the illiter-
coaifse grained
nical: school man
User
Where Is the
Grout because ha
more of the same
let
routes
eit
trict and
tilla via E
mlston.
At oth
lumbia, there
arations
ing. Them
Water
means of
Iraprovem
one of the
the world.
Some
comprehe
go on the
fluences tli
fore can
Astoria
lines. It
rising in
ping world
opportunity
Cascades
Washington
Whether
not, she w
lar enterpra
do it, or
The gather!
and districts
lumbia fu
for connecting
on -the
waterway
in North AJ
Celilo ha
f torn Pendleton to Uma
fcho, Stanfield and Her
points along the Co-
will he similar ; prep-
heCelllo falls are pass-
is a changed order.
are the cheapest
transportation, and the
at .Celilo; opens up
greatest river routes in
pany or' companies will
Celilo. Boat lines will
Columbia. The old in-
at strangled' them be-
do it again;
already planning such
is Astoria's means of
importance in the; ship-
Her efforts will! make
for farmers east of. the
m Oregon, laano ana
com
snq
never
Ipse
and "not a tech-
and "an adyer-
constaut criticism
else can be ex
hiding behind an
some disgruntled
of the Portland schools leading to?
Uiidejr it, what
pectejd than that.
unsigned letter,
objecjtor will be made bold to place
superintendent, b r f n c i p a 1 s and
school officers kererally on the
ovtlaw list?
r Demoralization! and disorganiza
tion s the certain fruit. A shadow
is ofer the whole school svstem.
By ill the school atmosphere is un-
They had their sequel in the war , settled and ma4e restive. Even
of 1812
' In 1915 Jefferson could paint In
words a similar picture.
. - "New principles hava been inter
polated into the law of nations,
founded neither in justice nor the
uses or acknowledgment of . na
tions." As pointed out by the New
the jjmpils become affected by the
disorder and the efficiency of dis
cipline is 'twercc.
These disturbances reduce the
effectiveness of the &-rat sums
the taxpayers are providing for
support of the schools. The feuds
created and the factionalism en-
York World, we have been warned j gendered dull endeavor and w:eaken
away from the British islands by i enthusiasm.
Germany which, after proclaiming j
no ' true blockade, has explained !
that its submarines may accident-:
ally sink our ships or cargoes. We J
have been warned away from Ger-;
many. Holland and the Scandi
navian states oy ureai cruain anu quatqiy remunerated caning, a serv
France, which, proclaiming no true j ice that deservesi a far bstter rec-
blockade, are kind enough to say I ogni4jlon, is a contemptible and un-
that, while they intend to hold up condpnable offense.
our ships and. cargoes,- they will
The anonymous letter "s a nat
ural jproduct of tjhe general system
of agitation and fault finding. Its
vicious personal I abuse of faithful
principals and inistructors who are
giving tnelr lives to an made-
0
long
not, in the, case of non-contraband
goods, , either sink or confiscate
them. ,
These are "new principles" which ,
the belligerents have "interpolated" j
into the law of nations. Trench
fighting is a stubborn business. To
the present, it has been a draw. It
threatens to last for years, and to
impoverish all concerned. Both
sides have turned to the desperate
expedient of trying to starve the
rttl.er. In doinir so. both have
trrnnlated" new nrincinles into the :
law.
In law, a blockade" to be a block-
SERIAL BONDS
N'E of the great mistakes often
made in connection with bond
issues for Iroad improvement
is their issjuance for a very
term and expending the pro
ceeds on roads which have a com
paratively short
debt
In
that the
life so
road.
been considerable
outlives the!
Tljere has also!
laxity in the-matter of the retire
lnimen1i of the bonds through a sink-
t A -
und
These mistakes are avoided in
the - proposed bond issue by Mult
nomah county.
the first place the bonds are
ade, must be effectively maintained
Neither side pretends that its pur-. T l,'c
vivh J -t. ' serial bonds an no sinking fund
JVl UiVV. wuva.v wv.xv.v-j .
tlvely, and" yet American commerce
and all neutral commerce of the
Vorld is subject to- seizure- under
existing conditions if destined to
Interdicted ports.
The present status amounts to a
declaration that neutrals as well as
.belligerents are involved in the
war. The desperation of the bel
ligerents as thus revealed presents
A problem of extraordinary gravity
to the United States.
On the one hand, we are In dan
ger of torpedoes from submarines
in the open sea. On the other,
w-o aTe. virtually ordered off the
: is required.. Fpr the first four
i years the interest charge on the
bonds will be the only charge
Basejd on the present assessed val
uation of the county this interest
charge will be ljS.b cents on each
$100j0 of assessed property. On
the jentire bond I issue the interest
at ttie rate of ifive per cent will
4f
anpth
b pi per
papir
a NOTH
A been
r office
San
early morni
of the pape
a stream
for The
wires and
the world.
It is-
this new
to the
Invested fo
ties, larger
and more
information
The Jou
placed at th
news aged
presses, wi
chanical an
stitutin
equaled b1
tutions in
The man-
the month
was em
has passed
only its thi
Portland wants to or
be driven into a simi-
se. sue win nave io
heavily in business.
ng forces r give cities
contiguous to the Co
reason to plan roads
with steamboat lines
umbia waterway, a
is second to but one
merica.
s a ponderous meaning.
dol
that
KEEPIXG STEP
;R telegraph wire has
nstalled in The Journal
It works through to
Francisco, and frorft
ng until the last edition
r is put on the presses.
news floods from it
urnal from connecting
cables to every part of
ap.
n
er step forward for
The money paid
by its patrons is re-
them in better facili-
sourees of news supply
d better news for their
and use.
al has assembled and
e service of its readers,
cies, news syndicates.
writers, artists, me-
d business forces, con-
newspaper . resource
few newspaper insti-
e west.
el of it is that within
The Journal's progress
by the fact that it
a birthday that was
rteenth4
phasized
TWO PATRIOTIC WOMEN
JUDGE ANDERSON, who is try
ing the Terre Haute election
fraud cases at Indianapolis,
has oidered three defendants
into custody for alleged tampering
with witnet ses. He has announced
that, he will put all the defendants
in jail if ie hears of further at
tempts to influence or bribe gov
ernment w tnesses.
This triil has developed some
startling testimony. One man, who
had pleaded guilty, testified that he
made out un application for regis
tration in he name of a dog, that
the name nas placed on the regis
tration boc ks and was voted by a
negro. It tvas put in evidence that
a one-leg! ;ed man voted seven
times, using different kinds of
wooden lei;s, and crutches-to es
tablish sev?n identities. i.
All the estimony so far goes to
show that officers of the law were
engaged in a conspiracy to, prosti
tute the bi llot and make the elec-
bdorsement of corrupt
amount to $62,5!
first
four years.
tired
sea. Law is broken down and ! interest will
civilization is at the breaking point
In the picture of 1805, there
was a .final tragedy of war. To
1915r .under .circumstances even
more distressing, there Is a weighty
problem for th United States In
avoiding: war and maintaining an
honorable peace.
. The ghastly events of Europe
make the United States the trustee
of civilization and are4 an Impressive-
appeal for self control and
exalted patriotism in the American
WThlte House and among the Ameri
can people.. ...
IDLE ACRES
OFFICIALS of the Oregon
Washington Railway & Navi
gation Company have arr
ranged to make use of the
ccrnpany'-s unoccupied land. Un
employed heads of families will
be permitted to turn the idle
acres into gardens. .No charge
will be made for use of the land,
and In extreme, cases the company
will furnish free seed.
This Is a move in the right dl
- rection. The railroad company is
said to have vast tracts .of land
In. Oregon, Washington and Idaho
that are not in use. It has much
.vucant land in Portland, hundreds
of s acres scattered, tn various parts
of the city that is doing nobody;
not eve the railroad company,
any good.
Land held from use. is a handi
cap otl prosperity. This railroad
company's vacant acres are a drag
on,, the- railroad's progress. A trans
. portation e fmpany depends
for traffic trpon the country j
eacn
The cost will
crea$e until the
00, per annum the
To maintain the
present ..macadaih roads -will !cost
$70,000 per yeair. There will be
$7500 ier year.
Beginning wiiih the fifth year
one-tenth of the issue will be re-
for principal and
55.80 cents j for
The cost!
bd
S1000 of assessed property
de
year
then gradually
fourteenth
whei the last one-tenth of the is
sue jwill be retired. The cost for
interest and principal that .year
will be 39.06 ceiits for each S J0OO
of assessed property.
It is reasonable to assume that
durlhg the bond period the assessed
valuation s of the county will be
increased, causing a corresponding
decrjease of the ost of the bonds.
Tie improvement Is to be guar
anteed for 10 yearsand at the, end
of the bond period the roads should
be ih good condition, requiring! but
a small amount j for upkeep, j .
With fixed tferm bonds - retired
by a sinking fuid there would be
considerable loss, as the sinking
fund would only draw two,), per
cent interest while the bonds were
beaming five per cent.
As a mathematical -proposition
there is a great saving to the 'pub
lic by using; serial bonds. !'
THE MEANING OF CELILO
Vf f ALLA
A hi only
vv
the
to
WALLA is not
community alive
the intiihate connection be
tween; the L opening ot the
Celilo canal to transportation! and
gool roads leading, from the- river
to the farming country.
Tjie value of a good highway In
supilemeuting river transportation
is appreciated at Pendleton
throughout : Umatilla county.
get the benefit of water comnetf
tlonj in rates a Movement has been
started to construct a highway from
cold, springs the Holdnfan dis-
and
To
tion an
politics ra
sion of thei
tiher than a free expres-
people's will.
But there are two redeeming
features to the trial.. One is Judge
Anderson's determination that his
court shal not be corrupted and
that if the indicted men are guilty
they will lie punished. The other
is the test mony of two women.
These women stood at the polls
from morining until night and
made a fight, practically alone, to
votirtg. Their testimony
nthey did prevent; much
they could not stop it
ever, tney remamea at
and made a f brave
stop illegal
was that
fraud, bti
al. Mow
their poats
struggle.
In that.
leaning of
in civic affairs.
A
N
EW
comfl
mits
the
companies.
companies
the
Casualty
settiem
rtHiS
ualty
tem the
trying to
ctnt highe
In order
was niade
ture the
ualty
to wreck
was stated
van that
the
direct
fruit of
bosses and
corning
Globe says
The Globe
charges are
know, as
the
knows.
ment of
bring back
open-the
and prepaite
an efficien
niinistratio
v The
illuniinatin
the name
the princ
was
Wlthycombe
adoption
legislature
workmen'
tnit
stru
Michigan plan, for which, a bill
was introdnced, the status that
now prevails in New York would
have been installed In Oregon.
r Happily, the Oregon house fore
saw the effects of admitting t tie
casualty companies to a ; sort of
partnership with the state in . t tie
compensation field, and this state
was saved from the struggle th,at
is now going on in New York.
Our compensation law waa
saved, workmen's compensation
was salvaged and Oregon" workers
protected, although the Oregon
senate forced the house to accept
the notorious spoilsmen's law as
ransom for the Oregon compensa
tion plan.
HOUSTON TAX PLAN
SUSPENDED BY COURT
. By It. 6. .
rwIin Houston plan of 'taxation
I has Just been declared by tjhe
lower court illegal. As a
suit, we have commenced to assess
all forms of property, real and pir
sonal. at 100 centT on the dollar
as to conform to the antiquated doc
ument known as the constitution of
Texas." J. J. Pastorlza,
to a Citizen of Portland.
in a letter
Since 1912 Houston, Texas, has en
Joyed unusual prosperity and made
growth in every direction. By mapy
fhis development has been largely at
tributed to the methods in asses s
ments devised by J. J. Pastoriza, its
tax commissioner, who rn spite of tjhe
letter of the law steadily reduced the
valuations upon all kinds of persoral
property and improvements; in fa;t,
ignoring some classifications of per
sonal property altogether. He justi
fied th?s procedure by alleging that
no ' assessor ever followed tbe letter
of the law. but exempted in various
degrees and percentages t according to
his own views, Pastoriza materially
increased the valuation of land to
make - up for reductions on other
classes of, property. The result was
the reduction of "taxation on fovir
fifths of the property owners of the
city, and so satisfactory was his ad
ministration that he was recently
elected for his fourth term by a vote
of three to one. He made no active
campaign, nor did his friends for hijn,
his record being considered sufficient.
However, the' sentiment In favor of
his methods was not unanimous, and
a few large property owners went to
the 'courts to invalidate the assess
ment roll for 1915. The lower court
decided against him on the point of
law, and from this decision Pastorlza
and his friends have decided to tajke
no appeal. lie will, in accordance
with the decision of the court, make a
complete reversal of his policy ajnd
endeavor to give Houston the distinc
tion of being the first 'city in tjhe
United States to levy an assessment
strictly according to law..-
Assessor Pastoriza ignore! improve
ment values of the amount of $-10,-000,009;
but the litigants who hsj.ve
succeeded in reversing his policy re
contemplating the placing on the rdlls
of $100,000,000 of personal properity,
mostly belonging to a, few wealthy
men, which has heretofore largely,
when not entirely,' escaped taxation!.
What will be the effect -on Houston
prosperity of taxing bank deposjts.
notes, mortgages,, jewelry arid other
forms of tangible and Intangible per
sonal property?
According to H. F. Ring, one of the
leading citizens and tax reformers of
Houston, six men in Houston have
over $500,000 not now on the tax rolls,
and they will be called upon to either
put it there or perjure themselves.
J. j. Pastoriza is a business man
of wealth, and a shrewd investor in
landed properties throughout the L,one
Star state. He has no political arrjbl
tions and he is in a position to make
an assessment according to the jet
tor of the law if any local assessor
of
ral
fleers take steps at once to gather !
information as to the property whose
omission from the tajx rolls Is com
plained of by said taxpayers. : "With
this end in view, we! would ask you
to give us a list of the property which
you had on hand on January 1, 1915.
of the following classes
"1. Morfey on band! and in banks,
"2. Stock and bonds, whether the
corporations were domestic or for
eign,'
"3. Mortgages and! vendor's liens.
whether on property in Harris coun
ty or elsewhere, and whether recorded
or not.
"A. Notes, whether' secured or un
secured.
"5. Credits, including accounts re
ceivable alnd- interest ! which had, ac
crued to January 1, 1915
;6. Household furniture, .in excess
of $250 lij value,
"We are gathering' data on these
matters, but a prompt report from
you would greatly facilitate matters
and save
anxious to avoid."
Letters From the People
(Communications
publication
ten on only
eeeol aoo
ct.tnpanied
euder. If
tbe name pu
if
"Disountftoa
It rationalizes
principles of
back on tbi
no reasons bigness
out of ex
in tbeir stead
representa
contented
mistakes.
which we are
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
sent to The Journal for
this Genartment should be writ-
kne side of the Daner. shook! not
ords la length and must be ac
me ranie ana taarew oi u"
writer does not deslrs to have
bllsbed. be vhould so state.)
is the greatest of all reformers,
everything it touches. It robs
all fsls sanctity and throws them
r ressonsbleness. It tber nave
it ruthlessly crushes them
and eets un Its own conclusion
Woodrowi Wilson.
istence
they reflected the known
tbeir sex to cleanliness
5W YORK FIGHT
YORK has a workmen's
ensation law which per-
insurance either with
state fund or' with cas-
Under this sys-
leasualty companies are
maintain rates 20 per
than the state's rates,
to do this, the charge
in the New York legisla-
other day that the cas-
wefe attempting
compensation law. It
by Assemblyman Sulli-
pending bill permitting
companies to! effect
ent of claims Was the
deal between political
the companies, j Con
charge the New York
in Texas can do so. The tax laws
Texas differ very little in gene
provisions from the tax laws of Ore
jton. All property is subject to tax
ation, with pome exemptions allowed
for household furniture.
v I
Pastoriza, - when elected tax com
missioner, proposed to exempt bujld
ings completely. Leading citizens ob
jected and Pastoriza was summoned
to meet a delegation of them in ithe
mayor's office. They demanded that
he enforce the law. Pastoriza ob
jected, but finally gave In. ,
"I Will assess myself first,"- -he
said, taking a blank form. He t len
put down.a statement of all his prop
erty including a.11 his household fur
niture, money and mortgages. "Now
I will take you," he added, turning
to the wealthiest man present. "If
I have $3000 In the bank, you have
$30,000. If I have $15,000 in mort
gages, you have $150,000. .Tour. house
and furniture are worth $50,000 sa
il y." Thus he proceeded to assess
all the men present, according to law.
"But you will drive all the capital
out of Houston!" they complained.,
f
does not know that these
well grounded, but! It does
every intelligent friend Of
; a compensation act
to. allow direct? settle-
bompensation claims will
the ambulance ! chaser,
' to an planner of abuses,
the way for destroying
economical arid Just ad
of .the compensation law.
.n1v t- -M,,
l.'t in j Oregon. f ; Under
of the ; Michigan plan,
e of the New York law
by, Gdvernor
to the legislatnre for
in this state. 1 if the
here had : adopted tbe
"I know ,lt," said Pastoriza, ,
it is your proposition, not mine.
you Insist on my enforcing the law,
1-ate
aw.
recoanmended
I will enforce It to the letter.
though not one assessor in the s
of Texas does so. If I break the.i
I will break it my way, not yours!
The thoroughness with which ti'as
toriz will now carry out the eon
tutlonal provision relating to taxa
tion Is shown In a circular, addressed
to all taxpayers of Houston, dated
February 26, 1915, during; ths pend
ency of the suit which has recently
been Heclded against him and his
sessment system. In this circular,
after giving notice that a stilt Is pend
ing and that provision for an adverse
decision must be made, he advases
property owners a follows:
"It Is necery that the taxing
but
If
Mr. Maris Not a Candidate.'
The Dalies, Or., March 20. To the
Kditor of The Journal A short time
ago you published a news item stating
that I was "the leading candidate" for
the secretaryship of the Oregon state
lair. .Fiea(se permit space in your val
uable colubins to deny the allegation.
Not that I am not interested in the
state fair, for I am, and have always
been. And at times ;I have thought
l wouia like to hold that position and
the talr up in keeDincr with
the development of the state and make
of it a great educational and truly
ive Institution. But I am
and happy ! in the position
I have and, feeling that It Is one of
the most Jtseful and fruitful fields of
endeavor being cultivated bv human
ertort, I tftink I would! not be Justified
in giving it up. The idea of accept
ing the secretaryship, has been sug
gested to me by several, but I have
not seen fit to consider it. for ' the
aoove reason. .
In my present position I have the
opportunity, and am working for the
state fair, as well as the local fairs,
all the time, and think I can render
greater s rvlce where I am.
For the past month I have been
working ir the interior of eastern Ore
gon, out where I have not seen the
Portland papers more than once or
twice a -week much of the time, and
did not s e the item ! referred to and
knew nothing of it till I received a
letter yesl erday from ! a friend asking
"How about the article in The Journal
saying yoft are the leading candidate'
for the state fair secretaryship?" .
This Is all 1 know about it, except
that the report is exaggerated and thati
I am not, and have not been, consldw
ering the natter. . I will thank you for
the opportunity to make this explana
tion, for . the benefit Of all concerned.
IN. C. MARIS.
Field Wol-ker Industrial Fais. State
Department of Education. ?
Crooks often take their whiskey
straight.
r - V
Friendships "you buy lare never
worth the t price. . I
j
Too many men spend their money
before getting it. - .
However, the .way 'of the transgres
sor is very popular.
. -
"It's a poor phonograph that is
ashamed of its record.
Women are changeable excepts that
they always have the last word.
-
Life is. a grind for the man whose
grist isn't worth the grinding.
Get the best of a man ir a trade if
you want to see his sore spot.
People are anxious to fead the man
who is blind to his own Interests.
-!".-
The more women seer of men the
more they find to admire in mirrors,
.If a man is too fat either to fight
or to run iie just has to be good nu
tureo. '
'
It does look. like folly to give ud $2
to. see a show instead of waiting for
the movies to give it for a nickel.
.-'
Maybe a young man loses, sleep
nights wondering how he can win the
only girl, when all he would have to
do is to ask her.
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If your friends had as good opin
ion of you as you have ' Of yourself
they would ask your advice ofteher.
wouidn t tney
-
When planting a garden always
place the empty packages Ion a stick
at the end of the -row. This makes it
possible for- the bugs to know what
they are eating.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
"Cows at large in the streets and In.
vading the lawns in - searejh of feed
these warm spring days, farm an bid
nine canaon scene, says me recorder.
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To .have the hew Bublie librarv
building erected and ready iby Round
up time is now the aim of members
ot the Pendleton I library board, and
daily meetings are being held tor the
purpose of considering plans. I
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Dallas Observer: Clean up and
paint up. That's a civic prescription
that is worth while. We have had our
go-to-church day, our salmon day, our
apple day. and - our what-you-call-lt
aay, now let a have a clean-up oay.
For public ! spirit displayed In d-
pearins In marchiila order on a recent
city boosting occasion, the Ashland
L'ommercial club has passed formal
inin
resolutions thani
OREGON, THE
From the Medford, Mail-fTribune.
The Tory Journals of Oregon .have
been in the habit of advertising Oregon
as the freak state, because! the people
have the right to make laws, and un
make them. Direct legislation has
brought disgrace upon thf people of
this state, according to the jhired press
of monopoly. As a result pt this sys
tematic misrepresentation jat the laet
election, the people permitted the reac
tionaries to gain a strong membership
in the legislative assembly that just
adjourned. I
Comparisons are odious, but at this
time seem to be In (order. U'Ren of
Oregon City has been for years the
target of abuse and censulre, because
he fathered a scheme to make the gov
ernment responsible to the !people. Ac
cording to some, thfs is a calamity and
a cMme. It has been denounced as
suchA and taking courage! from such
denunciations we have in Ithe session
Just adjourned had good examples of
the ideals of those who Relieve the
mass of the people are too ignorant
I Ti j i .
and 6tupid to legislate for
themselves.
these reao-
Mr. Gilmore on Prohibition Law,
Portland Or., March 23. To the Edi
tor of The Journals In yesterday's
Journal Gyrus H. Walker of Albanvf
says: "I have read -frith interest the
criticisms of President Gilmore of the
Model License league upon Oregon's
prohibition law, as given in last' night's
Journal. jFrom my viewpoint he had
good grounds for much that he said,
but I question his motives.
I dO not blame Mr. Walker for ques,
tioning mi- motives, because, as a rep
resentative of, the brewers, distiller:
and wine makers, 1 Can hardly vie'
this question as disinterestedly as th
Interests of society pfechance demand,
but I do believe that;Mr. Walker wll
agree with me that if: the manufacture
and sale I of liquor !are to be for4
bidden the purchase,1 possession and!
use of liduor should be forbidden. If
the brewir, distiller,. wholesaler and
retailer are to have their fortunes disJ
troyed, and If the state is to syrrenderf
a big revjenue, then the shipment ,ot
liquor into this state for the benefi
of drinkets and blind; tigers, ought to
bo forbidden. It would be akin to a
crime to pass a law forbidding the
manufacture and sale! of cigars in Ore
gon if the law provided that. .'!
shall not be unlawful for a citizen to
order froth another state, for his own
use, -not 4xceedinK 200 cigars" each 30
days."
Such a law would not be prohibitory
but it would be cruel and confiscatory
If prohibition does not prohibit per
sonal useL what in heaven's name is
it expected to prohibit, and for whe
purpose are you closing your breweries
driving out your law abldings dealers
and dispensing with' your large and
needed revenue? Under the Oregon
prohibition law. thatiPurley A. Baker
lauds so highly, it will be lawful for
the mail prder house ; to ship Into this
state all bf the liquor the people ma
desire, and mark my word, that th
mail order man will i prove his ef f icl
ency. and he will Ship to old . an
young, sober Or Inebriate, and he wll
shin in lihuor that will make a rabbi
spit in a, bull dbg'siface. and the Rev
Piirlev AJ Baker Will not ask the lesisla
ture to ejose this channel for supplying
Oregon With liquor, because the Antlt
Saloon league objects to prohibition.
If it prohibits, but I believe Mr. Walk),
er would sign a petition asking thajt
prohibition, so long ks It prevails iJi
Oregon, fthall not only prohibit th
manufacture and sale, and intrastate
shipment of liquor, but the purchase,
possession, use and! interstate shipf
ment fori any purpose Whatever. If
Mr. Walker will prepare sucn a petij
tion It will be ' in accordance wit
honesty aind common sense, and he ha
mv authority to add my name as pre.
ident of the National Model Licens
league, apd as a representative of th
liquor trade or the Vnited states.
It seems not to occur to
tionaries that the fault Is not with the
system, but with the people. It has
not occurred to them that It is possible
to raise the standard of the popular
intelligence to meet the opOrtunltles bf
the system. Instead of that, there
were studied attempts toj pass laws
that will deprive the people of the
right to pass upon legislation, by at
taching an emergency clause to spoils
measures thatjmight. be unpopular, and
thus eliminator the consent! of the gov
erned. -
The effort to choke and strangle the
people into submission ti boss rule
has been largely successful. The peo
ple have been betrayed. Thelr rights
have been boldly stolen, jtheir privi-
HOW SAVINGS GROW
By John M. OskiSon.
After publishing his "IPoor RlcH
ard's Almanac" for 25 years and giv
ing 32 years more as thrift teacher of
his, country, Benjamin Franklin put
into his will a provision to demon
strate the power of accumulated sav
ings, r
To the cities of Boston! and Phila
delphia he left $3000 eaeh.i The money
was to be put out at , interest and
allowed to accumulate .foif 10d year.
At the end of that tinw! he figured
each city ought to have $650,000. He
directed that at the end of the 10')
years $500,000 should be iinvested by
each city "in publfc works) which ma.y
,be of most general utility to the In
habitants." The rest shoiild then be
put at interest for another 100 years,
when the accumulation should be di
vided one-quarter, to thjs city and
three-quarters to the state.
When the first hundred! years were
past. Boston found that site had $:,
923 to her credit from the Franklin
fund. Taking $500,000, Boston estab
lished a training school for mechanics.
The 'remaining I16.1.923 wab put out at
interest again. ji.
lg and praising the
Ashland.
The res.
all school
the
is
its
school children of
lutions have been! read, in
rooms of the; cityL
Dallas Itemizeri Considerable In
terest has been attracted the past few
days to a large White gopher in the
window of the Puller pharmacy. The
animal was captured on one of
llllhe tracts west of Dallas and
probably' the Only white animal of
jspeoies ever seen pn this vicinity.
Rainbow Kline correspondence Baker
llierttid: spring was formally un
bounced last week by the arrival j of
the first meadow lark, i lie snow on
the south side of the mountains! is
entirely gone: and some of the men
are beginning to llmbe'r tip for base
ball a sure sign that summer is pot
far away. ' I. . - j
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Bit of satire in! Gardiner Courier:
Since the crab law; was paused all the
crabs are leaving Coos Bayj and com
ing Into Winchester 'Bay, much to the
disgust of J. W. !Bennett and others
on the bay who are depending on the
crabs to keep the Coos Bay bar In cpn
rlition by crawling! In and out over it,
the scratching effect causing It ! to
deepen. There is n old saving which
s true in tins case, ruae wnicn is
one's loss Is another's gain1
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"I S.ARLX DATr-"""
Sy Fred tecklsy. Special Stiff Writer f
The Journal.
FREAK STATE
eges have been cojntemptuoiisly tram-
bled upoa for the time being.
What the Tories'
in the state senate
it It
1 !"
would have done had it nojt been for
the opposition in the house can only
be guessed at. That their work would
have been bolder and more def lan
is reasonable! to believe. Once
awhile their ! real sentiments would
k?rop out. We read of Senator Bihg-
ham asserting tha,t the time would
soon come in ithis 'country wheri a
property qualification for vqters would
be the rule, though today tlie world Is
farther from, such laws thah any time
In its history, Kyen in darkest Rus
sia, in India, in Mexico, the contest is
going steadily on for the extension; of
the elective franchise, based upon the
idea that governments are to be con
ducted for the benefit of. all the people
and not the. property of the few. Leg
islators with !such views entitle Ore-,
gon to the name qf the "freak state."
Other, senators are entitled to crfdit
for their efforts to live Itip to the
name given the state . by p bucca
neers. One instance is tnat or senator
Smith Of Josephinfe, who brike his elo
quent silence to dpndunce al bill Intro
duced by the lady! senator from Doug
las county, as an insult to (every man.
woman and child Un 'Josephine county.
because it took a few miles Of road in
Josephine county
Douglas county
er of the children
Then again
and attached it - to
What a noble defend
Josephine has!
of-
when Miss Hobbs
fered to resign from the state Indue
trial accident, commission we have the
fiery words of Senator TCiddle, Who
denounced it as a dastardly
put "somebody in a hole.
Noble senators!
forever with
Let us
attempt to
keep
em
I us. They add much to
are to be known as a freak1 state. It Is
proper we should' keep a few freaks
and a freak senate to exhibit them in.
FRANKLIN'S FUNDS
hoping to get on the lnsid
lso It creates a specla
class which is something
Ing man should struggle
order to give all an equal
J. M
Philadelphia's experience . with the
original fund of $5000 was about the
same as Boston's.
Now, Franklin figured that at .the
end of the second 100 years, when the
fund is to be distributed, each fund
ought to- amount to about $20,000,000.
But Boston's fund at the end of the
first 100 years exceeded Franklin's
estimate by $13,923. fe'o iiere's a prob
lem: -
vIf Boston handles the fund fls suc
cessfully in the second 100 years as
she did In the first how much In ex
cess of $20,000,000 will It be?
When .you've applied your mathe
matical jnind to the solution of this
problem, I recommend that you un
dertake' to figure out what Is possible
for you to do by setting aside a cer
tain sum every'year during your earn
ing years and letting, it remain at in
terest. . . , -
Franklin's J demonstration was irn
prvssivei 5008 will go Into $6(53.923
how many times? Nearly 133 times!
Wasn't he amply Justified when he
said: "Money is of a; prolific nature."
What sort; of a demonstration can
you make? - : - i -
B track, and
privileged
every work-
against In
ehow.-
LQNGACRE.
The
of-
T. M. . GILMORE.
Three Dollars Wage.
Portlarid, March 2$. To the Editot
e Tha Journal. With1 your corr
spoDQinis sua uiu-lb wu imut iu
per day tjrags on city) and county worjt
I. disagree. . I hold that one woTking
man Is AS good as another. Whether
he works! on vf arm or in a sawmill it
matters not so long i as he is engaged
at hones! work, and if all wages werp
raised alike -we would be Just where
we starsJed. The consummation de
voutly to be wished 'ind worked for i
to give bach what
labor ana eliminate
throng vifho live by
things wire properly
ing man would be as
for 10 cents a day as for $10. Such
high wages have a tendency to produce
a crowd OX hangers on Around, the city,
he earns by hi
the Innumerable
scheming, and if
regulated a work-
well ore working
Federal Prison Reforms.
From the Boston tllobe.
The current Issue of Good Wordf;
published monthly by the inmates of
the federal penitentiary in Atlanta,
contains this interesting lst of benef
icent prison reforms accomplished
there since its first number went to
press, exactly three years ago:
Abolition of stripes substitution of
plain, unmarked clothes.
Men addressed by name instead of
by number. , L
Two half-holidays a week for games
and pastime on the grounds.
Abolition of the silent system.
Freedom of conversing at meals and
elsewhere. f
Full orchestra with professional di
rector. '
Ttter Writing once a week.
Allowed to buy more- tobanco.
Allowed to buy and use safety ra-
A FEW SMILES
you l
e-
.-.."Dinah, did
wash the fish he.
fore you baked ' it? j Jf
"l a w,. ; pi a'a m, j n
wnat's ae use of
Wa s h I &' eir - fish
what's lived !all his
life In de waterrr
J
A
not
1 MClrt
w .III
"The bodies of Dr. and Mr. Whit
man and the others lay where they fell
when they were murdered, for three
days," said Mrs. W. F. Helm of Port
land, adopted daughter of Dr. and .Mrs.
Whitman, and one of the few remain
ing survivors of that, bloody tragedy
of nearly 70 years ago, in telling ot '
the affair.
"Joe Stanfield buried the bodies on
the edge of the hill, near the Indian
graveyard. Thseir heads were to the
south. .-Within a few days t he wolves
dug them up. Joe Stanfield said he
was going out to bury them aBaln. I
V. 4 , . . i ..... ..
nun u i luniu go aiong.' lie
said 'yes.' So I went out to see them.
The wolves had gnawed all of the flesh
off of one of Mrs. Whitman's legs up,
to the knee. The bodies had been
buried In a family group. First came
Mrs.. Whitman, then the doctor, then
my brother John, shen my brother
Frank, then Mr. Rogers, and then the
others. Mr. Stanfield said he had
burled them on the slope of the hill,
as the ground was softer, and it was
easier digging. ;
"Seven days after the massacre the
Indians told Crockett Bewley and Mr.
Sales they must take Indian wives.
Both Mr. Bewley and Mr. Sales were
lying In the same bed, very sick, Mr.
Bewley having the intermittent fevei
arid Mr. Sales the measles. Crockett
Bewley said: 'We will do anything
you ask of us. but do not make us take
Indian wives.' Crockett said:., "We
will work In the mill, or do whatever
you want Kdward. who talked Kng
llsh fairly well. 'said: 'Vou must do it.
The Indians will klll.you If you don't.
The Indians are taking the white girls,
and you must take Indian wives."
Kliza and I were listening to what Kd
ward and the other Indians who sjtood
by were saying. Kdward had taken
the end post -from one of the ripool
beds and had It in his hand. It made
a heavy club. - Crockett Bewley kept
Insisting they would not take the In-
vhm.ii kiiim jr wives, t-uwara lost nis
temper and struck Mr. Bewley over
the head. The other Indians then at
tacked Mr. Sales and killed both Crock
ett Bewley arid Mr. Hales. When Kd
ward began striking Crockett Bewles'
over the head, Kilza. Mrs. Young and
myself, who were in the room. Tan out.
The Indians ordered us to come back.
We came buck. Kdward said: "'We
are not going to kill you. 'We are only
to kill the men.' When they had
finished killing them they threw the
bodies of Mr. Bewley and Mr. Salrs
Out of dnnru . Vav Hat, tn. ...... i ) . , -
came with an ox wagon, put the bodies
In the wagon and took them over to.
the burying ground. - .
"We had a cellar full of food, and
the Indians made , the women cook it.
The Indians, however,-would not take
anything until we had first tuMed it.
The Indians took all of the siinar.
There were six Wcks of sugar, and so
the women auked me to go and see if I
could get a little from the Indians.
When I auked them they gavn me a
small Jar of it. 'The Indians would tt
down at the blif table In the maiiHlon
house with the rest of - us and eat-
that is. the head chiefs would, not ell
of the Indians. The Indians would al
ways Insist on having a blenslnc
asked, and they, would be awfully cross
If any of the small children wanted to
eat before the hLKMliir hnrl i,wc-i 0.1,,1
"As to 1iow the Indians treated the
older girls Is something J would rather
not discuss. While it is true that Mr.
Smith and Mr Voting urged the kills,
among whom were thHr own d;iuh
ters, to, consent to 1 1 1 Indians' de
mands., they undoubtedly thought it
was necessary for their own safety.
A few days after the massacre liKl
Helen Meek died, and so did my MMer
T 1 1 I 12 O iwl f M. ,t tnnrn r, f.i a as
added to those on the hillside.-
"One night after dark, we heard a
lot Of Indians coming past on horse
back. AVe -looked out. It was liht
enough to see that they were palmed
for war. They stowed at the house.
One of them called out that the whlt'i
soldiers ; were coining, . and thi-y weri
going down to the river- to kill them,
and would then come back and kill na.
You can imagine what kind of a night
we passed. When they came back they
said: 'It was not the soldiers; it I'
Uncle Pete. He has ho unlit you all,
and you are to go in three days.' ln
tie Petfe was Peter Skeen Ogden, one
of the best men in the world.
"Shortly after the massacre, thi
young Indians and the squaws came t
kill the women. Joe Stanfield ami
Beardy told them not to. Joe' Stan
field .was crazy about Mrs. llaj's, whr '
had recently become a widow. 1 1
said: Tou must not kill these women.
Mrs. Hays is my .wife The Indian
said: 'You lie. She in not your wife.
We know. She. told Mr. Stanfield,
however, that when they were rescue'l
and got down to the valley, then shi
would talk with him about -heing mar
ried; she asked him not to. bOthr her
or talk fo her about it now',. whenhi
was so full of grief and worry. When
we finally-got down fo Oregon City.
Joe Htatifiel.l came to get Mrs. .Hays
and marry her. She told hint she lial
thought it over, and decided not t'
marry him. He said: 'If I bad known
that you were gofng to refus. I wonhi
have let you all go to' hell 'when tlm
Indians wanted to kill you "
fencing In
gentleman traveling oil horseback
long ago . came upon an Irlxhman
who was
ia most
desolate
land. -
"What
fencing
for, Paf
A herd
barren
piece
and
'Of
are lyou
n that! lot
" said! he.
of cows
would starve! to
death on I that land."
And shu re. your honor, wasn't I
fencing It to keep the poor bastes1 out
of it?" ' i . I -
queer telegram
zors.
Allowed to have lights
on until 10
p. m.
Better food. '.
Motion pictures.
Sanitary barber shop.
Games with outside baseball teams.
Since 1913 there have been marked
changes .for .the better in nearly Till
the penal Institution's ' of" ithe-' country.
"The old theory ; of vindictive vengeance,-a
-a convict contributor to
Good Words remarked -tfuly. "is no
longer popular." As a theory It Is a
dead idea. - j
Size Alo iRedurcd. :
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
' "The blamed shirts . won't fit m;
they're three sixes too small!'
"But, Henry, they are regular $3
shirts X got for $11"
"I've Just had a
from nay . daughter."
9 - w data wrong
with -it r J !
"I don't knp w.
Here it is. i ll risad
It to you: rzinier,
sogoliamnovbfhkptu-
wxvr " : i ;. ... . a
"What .on earth
do you suppose it
meansr - i
"Why..-it either Imearis that the wires
are crossed or ele she's engaged to a
Itustian nobleman.'
The Ragtime Muse
: Ixts of Trouble.
I think the lawn of nature
Are cruej at their best;
Thev drive and drive
While man's alive.
And will not let him restj
They wake him when he's sleepy.
And force him out of bed.
And make him toil
To till the noil.
Because he must be fed.
lie's always getting khunry;
I say It is not right.
Were nature kind,
Kach man' you'd find
Would need no appetite.
Then," too. his nails keep growing,
- And eke his beard and hair;
They must be cut, 1
And tended, but
I hold it is not fair. . .
Thus nature keeps us busy '
Supplying her demands,-
A-man, my son.
Can have ho fun"
With nature on his hands!
A Weather Vane.
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From the Atlanta Constitution!
"What Is your occupation?" asked the
judge of a witness.
. "Same ole: thing," Jedge-prayln for
rain or shine, as they're needed an' pre
dictln' the end of the world whenever
tbe sign's p int that-away.
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