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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1915.
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A SUGGESTION
A'
DVEimSEMENTS in eastern
, magazines glewincly describe
the lovely time Panama Ex
position visitors may have at
Seattle, Journeying about oh the
. paved roads, viewing Rainier Na
f ticjial Park and seeing the sights
, of the. vicinity.
They are an alluring appeal.
. They must impress the Easterner
who is about leaving home for the
7 exposition, They must have an ef
fect In causing him to place Seattle
on his itinerary.
The Portland Commercial club
T- has done much and is doing much
to direct the attention of expoei
tn visitors to Portland. It Is
busily working various fields. But
so far as known, the Seattle plan
; has not been applied and the won-
der is, if It is not a case of ah
.excellent "bet" overlooked, as they
say: in street parlance. ' if
It seems certain that we are
going -to hard surface our roads
by Vbting-the Issue of road bonds.
: What alluring magazine advertise-
ments could be written with the
Columbia Highway and the un-
- matched nature pictures along it
as the setting.
What city in ihe world can r
v f er an Illustrated advertisement,
founded on fact, to so delight the
-.eye and tempt the .traveler!
What Other city can present at
tractions Just -outside her gates
- to enamor the tourist fthd lead
. hitn into an Itinerary with Port
land oh his schedule for a week
or. several weeks stay?
'it is not too late to undertake
the plan. The real pilgrimage to
tho exposition has no yet begun.
' The gates to . Europe are. Closed
by war. The globe trotters must
- come to.th Pacific Coaxt this year
1 to 'feed, thair wanderlust and dis-
"'arBe their usufruct- v
And while they are In the West,
'they should be made to seo all the
'West, and to see the best of the
West, which is Portland and Ore
gon. SEVEN COMMANDMENTS
SEVEN commandments have
been Issued by the Brooklyn
tenement house committee for
the protection and guidance
of people living in crowded centers.4-
T&ou shalt honor thy neighborhood
and keep It clean. ' ?
Remember thy cleaning day and
keep it Wholly. ,
Thou shalt take care of thy. rubbish
heap, else thy neighbor will bear
' witness against thee.
Thou shalt keep in Order thy alley,
thy back yard, thy hall and thy stair-
' Thou shalt bot let th wicked fly
; breed.
Thou shalt not kill thy neighbor by
ignoring fire menaces or by poison
ing the air .with rubbish and garb
l; age. "
' Thou shalt not keep thy windows
closed day and night.
Brooklyn has a tenement house
-problem, the Solution of which de
pends upon observation of these
seven commandments. Portland has
no such problem, but Portland,
naturally the finest residence city
In the United States, expects many
visitors this summer. They will
Judge the city largely by what
comes under their casual observa
tion. Slovenly dooryards will off
set clean streets. Ohe rubbish heap
will 'discount Portland's finest sky
scraper, .
There will not be many such
miiadvertisements of Portland. But
there should be none. Keep the
seven commandment and Port
land's visitors will spread the word
broadcast.
WATER COMPETITION
- a CHICAGO dispatch says that
A railroads running between
h the middle west and the Pa
cifio coast see the necessity
of Meeting water competition by
'".way of .the Panama canal. The
; railroads will appear before the
Interstate - commerce commission
April 12, taking permission to re
duce freight rates to the level of
water charges from the Atlantic
' seaboard through the canal.
This announcement was-made by
i.u nu vuomup.a, , pieBiusni
in charge Of traffic for the Santa
Fe. - The proposed reductions
would" affect the entire trade be
tween middle western and coast
Btatee, in(L would re-establish a
competitive es&rket which has been
disarranged since the opening of
. the canal.
Some time aco -the transconti
nental railroads secured permission
to reduce rates son that canal com-
i petition ", could be ; met. It : was
' shown tha waler competition had
attf&eted freight as far west from
the Atlantic coast as Duluth. The
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I interstate commerce commission's
nental railroads be permitted to
cnarge more for short haul$ to
middle western points than for the
longer coast to coast hauls. The
l-Mingr wa-T demonstration of the
watr competition as an efficient
regulator of freight rates.
But Mr.; Chambers announce
ment is evidence that the canal has
ha . its effect upon the middle west
Heretofore that section of the
United States was able to compete
witn the Atlantic seaboard for
eodst business because the freight
rates were close to a parity. But
now the eastern states enjoy lower
rates on many commodities t illed
to the Pacific coast than do the
middle western states. That is the
Cc-iditlon which has upset the com
peutive market The middle west
is anxious to do business with Ore
gon, Washington and California,
and freight rates are at the foun
dation of business. ,
Water competition has accom
plished wonders in the short time
the canal has been open to traffic.
It has reduced ; transcontinental
rates and has besieged the short
haul rate.
WHY NOT . BEGIN?
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N Portland, we have been as
sured from time to time that
work on various public activl
ties'and privpte projects was to
be pushed In order to relieve the
unemployment situation.
Many public and private under
takings are pending. It launched
at. once they would go far to re
lieve unemployment conditions. All
tj rough the winter, it was de
clared that activity on these under
takings would begin at the earliest
possible -noment In order to pro
vie i work for Jobless men.
But msuy of the- big projects
are still pending. On one job, fifty
men appeared regularly every
morning last week only to find
that work was not yet ready to
begin.
There has been a whole month
of beautiful weather. Active op
erations on almost any project
could have been successf uly prose
cuted during March, so far as cli
n.atlc conditions were concerned.
Meanwhile, the limit to which the
unemployed heads of families in
Portland can hold out has been
reached. It is time, at least, for
the public work to begin.
, The situation ought to be its
own appeal. A general sentiment
ought to make itself felt, to the
end that useless delays be avoided
and work, wherever possible, be
pushed to the utmost.
The situation as it stands is a
powerful argument for voting
the bonds for Improvement of
Multnomah county highways.
Multnomah county needs the roads,
and .-. the unemployed need the
work.
THt FARMER'S PORTION
W
HAT interes has the far
mer in the encouragement
of tourist travel. How
is it going to benefit him?
Let us Bee. When the traveler
comes to town he stops at the
hotel. He pays the cabman for his
ride to the depot. He tips the
boy that shows him "to his room.
He goes tothe barber shop and
gets a yshave and a shoeshine.
The7 tourist is human and he
m'lBtWt. I He goes to the dining
roomiind this is where he meets
tL farmer ; who has raised the food
the"tourist consumes.
The' farmer has also produced
th v Which nourishes the cabman,
the room bOy, the' chambermaid,
the barber, the shoeblack, the
waiter and the hotel keeper.
The more tourists thee are the
greater the demand for the far
mer's products, and the more pros
perity there is in the farm home.
There is not a vegetable gar
dener or a dairyman, or a wood
cutter, or a fruit grower in Mult
nomah County who is not directly
interested -in securing a favorable
vote on the road bond issue.
OUR TRADE BALANCE
0
FFICIAL figures show that
February's ravorable trade
balance was $173,604,366.
The excess of exports for De
cember, January and February was
$450,087,375. That is at the rate
of $1,800,000,000 a year.
Shortly after commerce with
Europe had ben Te-estabHched, f ol
lowing the first shock of war, it
was predicted that our favorable
trade balance would exceed $1,
000,000,000 in a year. Then the
figure was placed at 11,500,000,
000. Now it is at the rate of
$1,800,000,000, and the indications
are that it; will exceed $2,000,000,
000, for the monthly favorable
balance is increasing by leaps and
hounds. The January balance, in
creased nearly $15,000,000 over
that for December, and February
gained almost $30,000,000 over
January, ;j :
February's excess of exports was
nearly seven times the favorable
balance for the same month last
i7ar, ana mors than double the
next largest February export bal
ance recorded ift 1808. What is
more, at a time when Europe is
placing a high value on gold, that
metal is coming to this country in
unprecedented amounts. Europe
must have-our goods, and to get
them is sending gold., v
What . do the, figures mean?
iaey mean that the flood of money
which Europe is pouring into the
United States must.be put at work
turning the Wheels of industry. Al
ready the i country is feeling the
effect of an insistent demand for
American products. The flood tide
of American prosperity within a
period of six months was predicted
by ; Secretary Lane at San Diego
H stated nothing but the obvious.
The United States will be the
world's workshop as well as its
granary.
AN UNUSUAL VOMAN
1 WOMAN of national dlstinc-
A tlon is to speak in Port-
t land.
Mary Antln is the author
of one of the notable books of the
day. Her "Promised Land" 1 is a
remarkable Interpretation of the
values and privileges of American
life. It vivifies the transplanting
of Immigrant life to American soil,
and with its ' powerful expression
and beautiful diction is a notable
document.
Another of her books Is "They
Who Knock at Our Gates." In its
pages, there is an illummatiag dis
cussion of American relations to
the ex-patriated and other imml
grants of the old world. The book
breathes a deej humanism, and
a sympathetic sense of human
Justice .not 'often revealed.
Those who have read her writ
ings realize that Mary Antln . is u.
woman with a message. Her
career In its rise from humble
origin to a censpicuous position
in the literary world 'of a hemi
sphere, makes her one . of the ex
traordinary women QX3rer age.
HUMAN EFFICIENCY
FREDERICK W. TAYLOR,
L apostle of human efficiency
I and shop management, is dead
in Philadelphia. Following
close upon a successful fight made
In the senate against his system of
premiums and bonuses In govern
ment arsenals and workshops, Mr.
Taylor's death again calls attention
to the man's big idea and the rea
son why it has been opposed.
He proposed and urged scientific
trenagement of all industries. His
idea was that by making the in
dividual more efficient his earning
power would be increased, the out
put of capital and labor would be
largely augmented, and both cap
ital and labor would be benefited
He demonstrated that even in or
dinary occupations much time and
labor is lost which can be saved
by proper . direction and conserva
tion of the workers. But it w&s
in shop management that Mr. Tay
lor specialized, applying his ideas
especially to high speed tools.
Strangely enough, his system was
opposed by the workers themselves.
Their attitude was much the same
as it was when labor-Bavlng ma
chinery came into prominence, and
the argument was the same. If
four men do, the work of five,
then there will be one man out of
a job. But that.was not the result
of labor saving machinery. The
machines increased each man's
productiveness, but they also In
creased the amount of work to
be done. The claim is that men
have not been thrown out of em
ployment by labor-saving devices.
Scientific management will pro
gress in Spite of opposition. There
is too much work in the world to
be done to permit toleration of- in
efficient methods. Americans don't
like to take orders, but thy--fiave
the example of the Germans, the
most efficient peorjle of the world
madia so by the fact .that they
willingly ' work under direction.
WAR AND GARDENING
THE London Daily Mail is of
fering prizes totalling $5000
for the best collections of veg
etables ftt a show tb be held
in Septem r. The Mail says:
The purpose of this effort is to
bring before .all sections of the com
munity the patriotic duty of growing
as much food -as possible within the
next six months. Food is dear now;
in all probability It- will be dearer
before the summer is. "over. Every
body who. plants vegetable seeds now.
or within the next six weeks, will be
Contributing something toward the
national food supply and toward re
ducing tfte cost of food.
War is the i immediate cause for
this effort to encourage garden
ing. David Lloyd-George has long
urged the necessity of getting more
of England's acres under ; tillage,
putting the land to use for all the
people's benefit. But "it required
the exigencies-of war to bring the
fad1, home to all Britons that an
Idle acre is a handicap on the
nation. V
Perhaps the conflict in which
England Is engaged will teach the
Britons that a nation's prosperity
is in direct relation to the use it
makes of its land. If gardening
is good for the people now, why
is it not good for them at all
times? If larger use Of the land
will reduce food prices in war time,
It will do the same thing in times
of, peace. ,
England's problem is but an ex
aggeration of the same problem In
the United States.
turn siEANryq of, ceulo
SPEAKING of the Opening tt
the Celilo canal; theLewis
toh Tribune s&ys: , - :
. If the river towns arts 'suffi
ciently lively and enterprising, they
caa turn their new facility. td numer
ous uses in forging ahead, and tha
celebration new in process Indicates
that they are going to press , their
advantage to substantial purpose from
the time it becomes an actuality. '
Kennewick and Pasco - are pro
viding ; for publicly 6whd ter
minals. Walla Walla is preparing
tb' build a paved road; to connect
with boat lines on the river, and
points ' in Umatilla are agitating
a similar program. LSWistOb, f rota
the first, has been Wide awake to
the things an open Columbia would
dt for her and for tributary agri
cultural and manufacturing indus
tries. The geography of these river
cities is their best resource. Ac
cess to the liver is their greatest
power for growth in population,
wealth and prestige. A navigable
and navigated Columbia t i their
certain means ot securing lessened
transportation 'rates.' It is the most
effective railroad commission In
the world. It is a sure means for
getting further congressional , aid
for canaling the upper . river for
navigation, for Irrigation and for
the development of electrical power
and light.
Nowhere in the world has na
ture done more for "it region than
for the Columbia basin in its great
gift of the . Columbia river to the
cities and country, along its banks.
That river is A great thoroughfare
of empire. Celilo is a milestone
in northwest history.
THE JOURNAL
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
HOME IiULE FOB CITIES
By ALBEaT" BCSHNKLL HART.
Professor of Goterument, Harvard Cfilterslty.
MOST of the states In the Union
are not only divided by lines of
race, rellgloh and occupation, but
are separated Into two widely differ
ent populations.' Half the people of
Colorado, for instance, live In the one
city of Deaver; and the rural mem-
ty--bers of the legis
lature occasionally
line, up against
the Itenver mem
bers. In North
Dakota about five
sixths of tha pop
ulation do not live
in cities, and that
rural element can
entirely control
the few cities. In
New York state.
Prof, Hart. the boot Is on the
other foot, for out of nine and a half
million inhabitants " over five millions
live In New York city and two mil
lions more in other cities.
The result is that though all the
people in the? states are supposed
to govern the whole state, each ele
ment is constantly making laws for
the other. Bo far as this process
means, that regular codes should be
drawn up for cOUhty and vlUr-ge and
town government on one side, and for
the oitlea on the other, the Wtlom
Of legislators from ' both elements
may well provide for the whole state.
In practice, the rural communities
receigkbout the Hind of government
that t,hey-dBire; their political pick
in era are small, their salaries are
moderate, and the city members com
monly let the rural -members draft
bills for theif own government. Hence
no state has a strictly uniform sys
tem -. of 'rural gsvernment; counties
in North Dakota, and villages in
New York, differ much among them
selves; and local option laws allow
oi.e group of counties to so Wet and
another to go dry, according to their
preference.
The cities fare otherwise. Rural
members take a lively Interest, not
only in the general laws relating to
cities, but also in Special charters.
There is a deep-seated belief in the
United States that the intelligent
farmer 19 the wisest voter atid the
safest legislator in any state matter;
and as the cities furnish the greater
part of the state taxes the rural
members often bleed their richer
neighbors for public improvements.
Hence we have the amazing spectacle
of a proud city like New York,
whose charter is dependent on a
group of rural members who look
upon the city with a kind of hostil
ity. "When the abutters on Amster
dam avenue wanted to get fid of the
dangerous four parallel trolley tracks
on their street, they had to Send
three carloads of remoflstratora to
Albany to argue the matter before
a legislative committee, which in
cluded members Who bad never heard
of Amsterdam avenue. Of course,
all the members of the legislature
are 'entitled to take part In discus
sions of matters of general state
concern, but it is preposterous that
rural members should , add to this
general service an active part in the
internal government of the cities.
For this confused State of things
the cities themselves are partly to
blame, because thy have the habit of
running to the legislature tot new
laws on every occasion. Instead of
demanding a greater right to govern
themselves In local matters. A happy
solution, which has. been Wofked eut
in several states, is , to give to the
cities what Is called "home. ruls.
Sometimes this means no more than
a liberal charter, under Which the
urbariites' maker 'thelf own decisions
on questions of taxation, debt, , public
improvement and education. By a
wider . form of "home rule" the leg
islature draws up thfee Or four types
of city government and allows any:
city to choose any one -ot those
charters. ' ,
A still broader, extension Is the
'home rule" method Of California,
where every eity has a right to
raw ud a new eharlet within certain
limits laid down by the legislature,
If - the .voters accept , that charter it
becomes the law of the city. By. this
method Cleveland has received Its
unique; system of cabinet government.
The great advantage of all thes
methods Is that they, free both "the
city arid rural members of the legis
lature from spending tneir time on
e minute details of city government
arid the , maneuvers of city politicians.
The cities are now great and compu
ted organizations which can only be
carried on" by-experts. New York city
has an Income about one-fifth as
1 great as that of the federal govern
; meat, and a bonded debt almost as
j great a that f ' the United States.
; The- member from" Alfred or Canajo-
harie has a right to take part in
laying down' the general principles on
I which : the metropolitan City should
; be administered; but he is do mora
qualified to decide on the functions
of a New York coroner than ha Is on
the : best system of icing fruit cars.
The motto of the American people
ought to be, "Let every man do his
own Job!" coWrls". WIS.''
Letters From the People'
(CoBimanlcatlona sent to Tb Journal tot
pabUfstioa in thla- fiepartoent aboold b writ
ten en only one aide of th apr, aboula oot
txcead 800 trord ia length and muat be ao
ouDvaDled br the came aod addreaa of the
tender. If the writer does Dot desire to Sere
the name puUUihed. be should' M sUte.) ;
"DHMtiaaioa ii the greatest of alt reformer.
It rat:naliaee eTerythlnf lt-toochea. It robe
principle of aU false sanctity aod throws them
back on their reasctiablenetw. If tber have
no reaaoaableaeca, it ' rathlessiy erusha them
out of existence, and sets up Its own conclosioua
in their atead." Woodrow WUsoa.
"Special Road Tax, Not Bonds."
Oregon City, Or., March 25v To the
Editor of The iournal In The Journal
of Monday I read an article from "A
Taxpayer," under the heading. ."Spe
cial Road Tax,- Not Bonds." And t
Will say that I agree with him exactly.
Although I am living in Clftckamat
county, the principle, is the same all
over. We ran up. against the same
thing here last year, and we bad to
fight hard to beat , it. If seems there
Is a certain class of men in every
county that are trying to get tho state
and counties bonded. This Is uhques
tionably against the interest of th
taxpayers, especially where the
amount needed each year can bo
raised by such a small special levy
as -Is the case in your county at this
time. The special levy virtually
makes the 'taxpayers the bondholders
"A penny saved is a penny earned,'
you know. Dess than a mill levy
will give you 'all the money you need,
and If you don't want to use all the
tjioney , in one year, you can make a
levy each year suf ficieat to give you
as much money aa' vou need, and it
the taxpayers have the benefit of thfe
interest, in place of throwing it Into
me nanus 01 tne rich money lenders,
I write to try to put down the prin
ciple or issuing bonds forj1 small
amounts that th taxpayers can easily
uieniBeives.
GEORGE IHCINBOTHAM.
On Payinir . as Orite Com.
Hood Siver, Or., March 27. To the
.aiior or ine journal "Pay aa you
go, or don t go " seems fo me snnfi i
vice for municipalities as well as indi
viduals. I have just been reading this
rrom collier s:' "For eener&tlona Rn
rope has been providing us with the
Capua! wnenever we wanted to build
new railroads, or Bet up new plants, or
open new mines. After thin war k,i
rope won't have any mohey .to lend.
Indeed, for the first time lh history.
the situation will tin
shall have to save not onljy for our
" ueieiuiimeui, oui 10 ijiia to Eu
rope as welL"
Now, on the editorial page "of the
uiciMpiiiB commercial Appeal, of
March 23. I read, under the caption
Charge It": "The mt.r l.ri- c t.
of financial responsibility on the part
vt. giuuy. 01 memoers or tne legisla
ture is amazing. Appropriations are
muutt i i ii i ana iers without a thought
of where the money is coming from.
The legislature Is following the same
lines that have put the state a million
uunars in aeDi tor current expenses
The legislator. Ilka
tvess or farming, will go in debt, en-
uimj uuuviuiii 01 pay day
So, after all, we sinners have plenty
of company, but should the fool pessi
mist pay the debts of the fool op
timist? I think each should pay his
own ueun. j. ax. UIjOSSOM.
Would Have Christiana Protected.
Portland, March 2T. -To the) Editor
01 x ae journal 10 read of the awful
massacres of the Christians by the
Turks anil ICurdn la Annn rv.
. .mvmu V JA1 dlYW
one cry out against missionary Work
uuut? uy an vmisiian nations. There
is onlv one thins- tn ha cai.i th.t i. i.
a living disgrace and a blot on any na
tion iioi io arxora tne greatest protec
tion to those that by missionary work
have been induced to h
tians. Is it Christianity to convert
mem ivr mo purpose or DutcheryT
Rather let them live Out their allotted
Rrttvn nf ltfn iindrt. thi,l nnm .
- " ttUU
ideas, than that they Should meet with
uin a mic. r ur years it nas been
a series of butcheries in the Mobam-
meaan countries, ana Christianity ; has
let it pass with a few remarks
through papers about what has been
trtrm st t1 mriA m i aamM A .. . .
out and more means to get some more
reaay ior tne enamoies.
It is said Turkey is to be wiped out
Then whv not dn it t inA ..
- ...3, anu RATO
thousands and thousands of the con-
verieo 10 leueem ins nauon that much
quicker? ,
It iS Our flrltV sua thm crno.l n
' ui mi
nations to apply forceful measures to
protect tnoee tnat our religious ideas
have cohVerted over there. We don't
neea our men or war lying around do-
. ' . . p - - .a nyj itwr or in
vaslon. Just now, especially. Some Of
them should be wjiere they could be
employed doing same good in the way
n.A.A.SMM . t 1 . . .
ui. piunst;uuu w iiiusfl lieipieSS people
in the orient. OSBOBJSE YATES.
Home Ijabor.
From tho Eugene Register
Several cities Jn Oregon are taking
active steps to Induce contractors" to
employ resident laborers whenever pos
sible. The. movement is an excellent
ona and ought to be widely copied. No
city can make a mistake by engaging
in sucn an enterprise.
Transient labor is an evil that In
many cases Is a necessary one.' Many
large construction projects make labor
demands that cahhot be supplied by the
adjacent communities, so worklngmca
must be brought from elsewhere. But
that transient, employment is an W
nomio evil everyone will admit, . it ne
cessitates a roving population, and
among those whom It enrolls In its
raiiksjt discourages thrift" and econo
my and fosters the custom of living
from band to mouth.
- The ideal community. Is the one In
which the most laboring men are per
maneritly provided for, for this means
community of homes and taxpayer.
Seeing. to It that. borne) labor is em
ployed. ' wherever possible Is just aa
legitimate an enterprise as ' locating
industries that will provide more em
ploymeht, fcvery "buy-at-homev argu
ment applies 'just as strongly to labor
as to anything elea.
Page Captain Kidd4 Boy.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
"I feel like a Chinese Junk," re
marked the guest at a southern, winter
resorts
Politely and all that we bit.
"I am boarded by pirates, he an
swered to our query.
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL. CHANGE
Tho path to success is paved with
good intentions' that were carried out.
V.
No man ever loved a certain woman.
They are all more or less uncertain.
;
But a married man's dollsrSi.won t
last long unless his wife has sense.
Our idea of a martyr Is a man who
poses as a good example in a small
town;..
:
Sweet ar 1 the uses of audacity
when a bra v young man and a kiss
able girl meet. w
A wise man may not know much,
but he Is wise enough to keep others
from knowing it
.
A man smokes or drinks because he
wants it. but' if be lovea it's because
some woman prefers It.
Even people who wish to be on a
cash basis want to place themselves
there. They don't want the grocery
man to do it : - ' .
It may be better to lead the proces
sion than to follow it unless the lead
er happens to be riding in a black
wagon with glass windows.
Th average telephone may be used
13 per cent, of the time, but of course
families who have no grown daughter
In the home fall far below the average.
.
A boy need not hope to be " able . to
manage a business when he grows up
If he can't do such a simple thing as
to manage his parents when he tat
am all.- . '
No matter how ugly a baby Is, you
needn't be afraid to tell the mother
that It is the prettiest one you ever
saw. She 'Will not think you are Jok
ing. -
COMMENT OF NORTHWEST PRESS
Salem Statesman: The Statesman
wishes .good luck to the Portland good
roads advocates who are trying to acr
ry a Multnomah county bond issue in
tended to hard surface a large portion
of the main roads leading into the m
tropolis, with the ultimate intention of
extending7 the syBtem to all of them.
If the Portland good roads boosters
succeed, the movement will, no doubt,
spread.
Baker Democrat: The opening Of
the Celilo canal, on the Columbia riv
er, which is to occur early in May, la
an event of supreme importance to the
Inland empire and northern Idaho,
western Washington and eastern Ore
gon people are going to -appropriately
celebrate it. Extensive plans for cele
brating are now fully under way, and
hundreds, perhaps thousands, of peo
ple will attend the ceremonies at Uma
tilla and The Dalles. A delegation of
Baker county people will attend with
out doubt.
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Vancouver CWash.) Sun: The Wash
ington legislature this, season was a
fight from start to finish, Not a fight
for the people's rights, needs and In
terests, but a fight between the legis
lative body and the governor. The re
cent state supreme court decision on
the emergency clause might Indicate
the governor, in tee scrap, came out
ahead. The state supreme court has
stopped the legislative juggle With the
emergency clause. No one objects t6
the clause In just and needed eases, but
when it IS attached so ae to prevent
the people getting a whack at the bills
or attached for the purpose of putting
the governor in a hole, then lt'e a bad
thing and bad politics. The people
have a pretty good idea of What they
want.
.
Tacoma Tribune: While angry bel
ligerents, irritated by our middle-of-the-road
neutrality, are snarling at
Americans tor not taking sides, and
BEATING BACK TO
By JohnM. Osklson,
A recent compilation showed . in
March a disbursement of Interest and
dividend paymepts to our country's
investors amounting to $116,60,d00.
In March last year the sum distribut
ed was $144,000,000.
Dividends on stock held by Inves
tors this March will ; amount to $54,
360,000; for March, 1&14. the dividend
payments totaled $64,556,000 a loss
of $10,196,006 flue to the reduction or
passing of dividends on the stock ot
many corporations this year.
Bond owners, however, fared better
this year than last interest payments
this Marcn approximate $64,100,000,
against $67,500,000 m March, 114.
The increase Is due to new bond and
note issues.
Dividend losses, comparing March,
1916, with March, 1914, were appor
tioned about this way: On ratiroads,
about $6,620,000; on Industrial stocks,
about $3,306,000, and on street railway
stock only about $257,000.
' The big cuts then, were on divi
dends on railroad stock. The "roads
have been very hard hit. But I be
lleVe they have passed the crisis, and
lie'g Too lltisy.
T i ii I fa fttrrrof t Vi a HnnA hnW T
Ftom the early spring, when theum-
Goes rotind the world,- as he yells:
xr lay - .
tTfttll the fall, when the games are done
won, ,.
1 an'tduite figger It out how I m
, . ,1 : , . T K a .r a f im
Well, then I go to the football game
it makes me yell till my voiee goes
lame!,
Trj see them fellers crae rompin in
Gets me to feelin' 'most young ag'ln;
Art' each of 'em's out for a foemaft'a
"blood.
Ah to rub his nose in the Squshy mud!
If death should call me during all4uat
t fuss '
I'd say: "Go on! Your ridiculous!
Aft always then there's a heavyweight
A"gettin up on his feet to state
That he can lick everyone in signi.
Aft' that he's spoilin to have a fight.
An' then another One says: "Tut, tut!"
in tells the first he's a sorry mutt
stirs he can land on the first one's beau
Oh the best day .that be ever seen.
Ah you can bet I am ribbed up then!.
Ah' 1 study both o' them fightin' men;
i .know' their weight, and their reach
, and height, -Tne
things they eat and the way they
fieht: .
Ah" I read their squabbles an daily
.; : 'dope,"
Ah flgger which Is tha cominMiope.
I Jiist can't die till thex've met and fit.
An' Ull I know which of them is it.
When earth's last team has the pen
nant won, '
Ah' wilt play no more, an' the set tin"
. sun ' . '
Shds o'er the gridiron Its banners red
Where the last football squad Hen dead
Ah' the iat two fighters, big men o1
might, -Have
both been killed lir a finish fight.
Air; there ain t no sports in the world
o men, -
I candle. 1 reckon; but hoLAUl then.
The Ragtime Muse r
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Central Point's council has decided
to meter the city's water consumption,
and will start with an order for 100
meters. - : ' . : -
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Salem Statesman: The new band of
the Salem street car employes is fine.
The boys look the part, and they play
the part well. too.
"Make your reservation for the Ce
lilo trip," exhorts the Pendleton East
Oregonlan, "it will be a novel trio and
the celebration will be historic"
Canby citisens have organised a li
brary association and have taken steps
toward the formation and equipment
of skpublio library. Quarters, rent free,
have been provided.
Many owners of dogs at Eugene have
decided to campaign between now and
the city election in April, against the
existing ordinance that forbids owners
to permit their dogs to run at large.
The Independent expresses the hope
that the public market day at HUls
boro, March 20 may prove to be but
the forerunner of many subsequent
similar events and that they will be
come a regular feature.
Dallas Observer: There la In the
Dallas city park a poplar the circum
ference of which is twenty-nine feet.
Thie measurement I accurate. There
are a considerable number of poplars
in the. municipal playground, but this
particular populus alba Is of glgantla
proportions, a beauty, and good to look
upon. .
In view of the high' school building
discussion at BeavertOn .. the Times
says: "It has been figured that a
modern high school- building ia the
proper structure to build at this time.
Aithmia-h th nresent school building
is almost new, it ia barely large
rmntrh to accommodate pteeent ae
mands, ' and the - school continues to
grow." ' - '
venting their annoyance by calling us
"dollar-chasers," and calling the money
we Ret for War supplies- sold to them
at their own , urgent requests "blood
money," lt'e comforting to read the
words Of Lord Bryce, who know us,
Explaining our honest neutrality to
English critics, he adaas
"No people . excel, if indeed they
quite equal, the people of America in
compassionate sensitiveness toward
suffering and In the open-handed gen
erosity with which they hasten to t&
lleve 'It. Their love of liberty is
equaled only by their sense of human
brotherhood.""
And Belgium, starved hy Its foes and
ignored by the allies, is corroboration
enough for Lord Bryce'a kind words,
e e
Pendleton East Oregonlan: "Every
time the warden of a state prison gives
the eighal for an execution all the
citizens are murderers." This declara
tion was made a few days ago to a
New York audience by Thomas Mott
OsBbrne, warden of Sing Sing. The
statement IS from a man who knows
considerable about the criminal class
and the proper methods of dealing
with them. It is an encouraging opin
ion and confirms the judgment of the
people of ' Oregon, who abolished the
death penaltyat the . November elec
tion. .Evidently, there are other ways
of punishing lawbreakers aside from
killing them - and running frequent
risks of killings the wrong man.
Albany Democrat; The Albany
jitneys and "taxi are meeting a long
felt want, taking the : place of a
streetcar system, covering the entire
city in a very prompt and capable
manner. Large numbers are using
them,' keeping the j headquarter
phones ringing with orders, attended
to at once. With fares at such a
reasonable price there is no occasion
for people to walk, to distant parts
o the city.. Take a jitney or taxi
and ge( there.'
NORMAL BUSINESS
that they will do better. Here Is
some evidence:
Railroads art perhaps th largest
customers of the steel plants; and a
single recent week brought forth news
that:
The mills in the Chicago district of
the United ,States Steel corporation
were operating at 70 per cent of ca
pacity an increase of 16 per cent in
10 days.
The American Steel . & Wire Co.,
at two Illinois plants, had taken on
between 800 . and 400 new men and s
night shift was being organised.
Two steel companies at Youngs
town, Ohio, were hack to normal in
output, and-a third was soon to re
open; 600 more men had been taken
on at Lorain. . .S
Another blast furnace was opened
and 2000 former workers were taken
back at th Gary works of the Illinois
Steel company.
In the Pennsylvania -coking region,
some 620 additional ovens were light
ed within a few days; and so on, and
so on. . ...
These are sighs that man some
thing, for the steel industry In our
country ; Is about ; the best business
barometer we have.
A FEW SMILES
"Then yru didn't
er.Joy seeing con
gress in session?"
No, I did not."
admitted the effl
cUacjr -expert.
"They made so
many unnecessary
motions." Judge.
"Did you enjoy
the dance In the riew
town ballr asked
Kate.
! "Oh. fairly.", an
swred Tom.
! "Some of thftgtrls
told me they didn't
enjoy the dance ono
bit." -
"Well." said Tom,
M couldn't d a n o e
with them alU" 4
Fair Tragedienne And so you liked
my performance?.
Gallant Admirer Oh, It was the
very acme of tragic
art! But I am al
most sorry 1 went.
I caught such a
fearful cold. :
Actress- Cold!
Why, the theatre1
wae warm'.
Admirer Tes. 7(
but the floor was lv
so damp, "
Aetres-ihdee4l What cotlld have
caused that?
Admirer The tears.
Pile gave hint & free ticket for the
Season.
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What's That Yon fcay?
' ran the Stanford ChaparraL
- Mildred I "think I'll have my beauty
nap now. ' .
Mehetabel Well, take a long, long
sleefe.
gye gfigco.v COUNTS Y
IM EAKIT CATS"
By trad toakley, Spaolal 8w.'f WHtcr of
Tha JowmaK
Robert Hand, who settled at Hood
River when It was a straggling vil
lage, ia speaking of his trip across the .
plains in 1859, said: "If a biid beginning
makes a good ending we certainly
could qualify for a prosperous ending
Of our trip. We had only been out a
few days when we began to meet up
with 'Old Man Trouble.'
"On Cottonwood creek we Werf1
caught by a severe storm that blew
our tents away and tipped fume of
our wagons upside down. Aftrr tli
Storm hud le-U up, four men came to
our camp. They had been camped on
the shore of a little lake to the wont
ward and their oxen and wagon Imd
been blown off the bankijnto tlia lake.
Their oxen were drowned and their
wagon was blown out into deep water.
They were on their way back to Coun
cil niurfs.
- "Within a few dnys'of our down-
pour the sun had dried the roads and
tho oxen kicked up such a dust you w
could hardly see them. No need to
tell me that men are made out ot the
dust of the earth. I swallowed enough
dust by the time we got to Fort Lara
mie to make several good sized men.
"I remember while we were camped
near Fort Laramie the old fashioned
overland Concord stajrecoach drove up.
It had eight mules and thpy Bure could
travel. The stage pulled up for a
moment and We lea-rned that Horace
Greeley was aboard' and wan bille.l to
make a speech that nlsht at t.araml
Sure I went to hear him. lie made
a good talk. too. Next morning tha
stage with ureeley aboard came gallop
ing down from Fort Laramie. Th
driver didn't hit thjford riKht. and
over went the taK,e Greeley wad
ed ashore throutrh th .shallow wfilr.
lie took It pretty phlfosor-hlrally and
said, 'Well, the water Is Juit as' we t
here as It Is back cast.' one of our
boys said. VVe don't use It ran niuoli
out here for watering slot k as the"y do
in the east., Greeley smiled nnd sald.
'You must be a Democrat. Our man
said,- 'That's right. I'm frnm' Mis
souri.' Greeley shook hands with all of
us. When he shook hands 'with me I
told him he was taking the advise he
had been giving so long, going west.
"Our company broke up three Hay'
journey beyond Independence Rork. I
went on with Mr. Knapp. We ran
short ef grub, and from near Fort
Bridger until w got to Halt Lak we
lived on flour gravy and hot niin;h el
"XCept an occasional Jack rabbit. Jn
IScho canyon we found the trcm'hen
fthd earth works built by the MormonV
to resist the federal troops.
"We stayed five days at 8alt Lak.
While I was there I called at Rrlghain
Young's home to see him. He Invite 1
me Into his library. He advised me to
settle there, lie told me of the won
derful future of the country, and of
the Mormon church. He wauled me to
stay, and advised me to take a wife or
twa and settle down. H certainly
made & very strong and plausible ar
gument, but I. told hifn I was hen'IM
for California, and .was going t-Wr
through.
"At Ogdert We met a woman named
Mrs. Martin, who, when she found we
were-going to California, hep-ned us to
take herself and two dauRhters with
us. Bhe and her husband and two
girls were from Maine. Her hushaivl
had been converted to the Mormoi
fattri, and they hud .come to Halt Lak
City, They had not been there lonur
When her husband died, she said
Brlgham Young wanted her to marry
a man who already had four wives,
and her l6-year-old-dauhter was to
be married to a man with three wlven.
while a husband had alno been selected
fori her youngest daughter, who was
,onry 14 years old. She begged us to
take them along. Mr. Knnpp opposed
It, 4Jt might mean the death of all
of us 'from the Ianlte. Mrs, Knnpp
said she would rather die fighting than
to leave Ihe woman to such a fate, so
we decided to let them come with in.
"One of our wagons Was a llsrht
spring wagon with a calico nuilt for a
cover. We had thern rid& In this liKht
wagon. We had traveled about five
miles beyond Hear River, when Mr.
Knapp, lookfng back, saw five
men on horseback riding hard
to overtake us. We had the wo
rn ah and her two daughters lie down
and We covered them up with ted
clothes and threw things over them.
We got out our guns and got ready for
a fight. The horsemen rods -up,' looked
in ail our wagons, and finally askPd
If we bad seen anything of three wo
men. Mh Knapp said 'No.' After a
Short consultation they rodo on.
"Mrs. Martin was ti-rriried. as lie
recognised the voice of the spokesman
as the man who wanted to marry her
lflyear-old daughter. We had only
gone a few miles when we met a He-
taehm fit of United States troops. We
told the captain we. were afraid the
Mormons would come back and di.i-
cover Mrs. Martin and her'glrls with
us, and possibly murder us all.( ,-!(.
detailed five soldiers to escort' us.
While we were In-amp on the headwa-'
ters of the Humboldt river, we were
Joined by the five Mormon who were
In sr.nri'h of the runaway women. Mr.
Khftpp told the soldiers who they wei.
anil the jtoldlerN sent them about their
business ' In a hurry. Refore we
crossed the Carson river the soldier;
went back to rejoin their command.
"WhU we were cftmped at the foot
of the mountain Retting everything
ready for the hard trip over the divide
to Hangtown, a -man rode, up aru asked
us If he could ai'oomipany tis, s he
was without fo6d-or money, lie Stayed
yvlth US that night, and next morninn
rode on. That bight when we were all
asleep, he came -hark and we were
awakened by the command to hold up
our hands and keep them up-. He had
one or two ether men with him. They
took 1760 from Mr. Knapp. and about,
$80 from our tent. I had $200 'lh gold
coin In my boot, which I was using nn
a ptllow. Ho that was taVed. Tltry
took all our -provisions, so we Wrtit
without breakfat next morning. We
caught up with some other emigrants,
who gave us enough food to last Until
we got to Iiangtown."
- IIart of Oak.
From Punch.
Fublic house diplomatist (to second
ditto, with whom he has been discuss
ing the ulimate tefms or peace at Rir
lin) I .shouldn't bo too 'ard on '(n.
I'd leave 'era a bit of the Rhine to
sing abaht!
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