THE OREGON- DAILY JOURNAlV PORTLAND, MONDAY. MAY 17, 1915.
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ASTORIA'S ENTERPRISE
TEPS.for the development of
a . boat and barge line on the
Columbia river have already
been taken by the Port - of
J, Astoria. The project also provides
; for the erection, of elevators to
v nanaie gram urbulk. ?
The-' engineer of ' the port has
been instructed to gather data re-
quired to determine the character
' and scope ef-sqeh an elevator, and
i to consult with producers in the
l Inland Empire as to the probable
amount of tonnage available. The
' building - of the elevator is in re
sponse to the demand of the farm
? ers east of the Cascades, who are'
resolved to rid themselves of the
unnecessary expense of sacks in the
j shipment of their grain. A direc
tor of the Tarmers' ;Union was in
. conference with those, behind the
I Astoria elevators and boat line, and
; Be expressed confidence that the
grain rate oh the Columbia could
be hajved by barge transportation.
and that other great savings would
" be secured by shipment of the
grain in bulk.
This is evolution. An auto truck
with trailers carrying wheat in bulk
! over hard surface roads ' to ware
houses on the banks of the Coluna-
bia, with a- transfer by modern
methods of the grain still in bulk
to boats "and barges, is a coming
, process in getting Inland Empire
1 wheat to tidewater. The possi
bilities for economy and profit to
the producer are enormous In com
parison with the ancient methods
. now 4a use. -
It is a splendid fact when , we
, behold the farmers themselves out
.lining the process, and another
splendid fact when we also witness
the foresight of Astoria in joining
with them to bring the plan to -a
truillOD,
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It is a part of the changed order
tbat Is to result fromj Celilo. -'C,
-j JAPAX AND CHINA.
T
HE terms of the Chinese-Jap
anese agreement have been
made public. They show that
Japan has -: strengthened ljer
f r
IPpeUion, not so much against China
as against other powers that may
attempt to exploit China. Japan's
:,attitude is:
To' the extent that foreign influence
in to play in ' the development of
China there shall be full opportunity
'for Japan to make use rf the natural
advantages which she enjoys by geo-
jrrapmcai location, mstory and racial
nff illations. If Peking in tha future
;.makes concessions to; other powers,
Japan wUl want her share. This was
-the burden' of the fifth sroup of de
wands, now abandoned.! Having thus
served, notice of her 'future policy,
.Japan has been content with a solu
tion of those proolems affecting her
existing spheres of Influence.
f There have been many, protests
against the Japanese demands. But
against them is the fact that the
.territory of the mikado comprises
but 160,000 square miles, or 65 per
cent ; more than the 1 area of the
jvtate of Oregon, and within these
narrow limit there is a population
of more than 50,000,000 people. ,
- There mast be somewhere for
the Japanese to. go. The portion
of Manchuria over which Japan is
given an. extension of suzerainty
has never been developed by 'the
Chinese, and so far: as Chinese en
deavor is concerned, was largely' a
wild, untenanted waste. v .
Japan can reasonably claim that
it is within the ethics of a Christian-
civilization to . admit that a
race of 50,000,000' people cannot
tnultiply to 100,000,000 and re
main confined within, a "region
half as large again as Oregon. J l-
; v THE It AW OP THE SEA '
THE discussion of the Lusitania'
disaster In the British house
of commons shows that the
law of the seas draws : very
fine lines. .There was criticism of
" the admiralty, for not having fur
nished a convoy of warships. . Mr.
' Churchill replied that there were
not enough war craft to convoy all
vthe merchant vessels arriving daily.
" ' This Statement is explained by
the fact thatif the Lusitania had
, been convoyed, even by a couple of
'torpedo boa tei the submarine was
authorized "'under 1118 law of the
t sea to treat her exactly as though
she were a warship. . This, has al
ways' been the case,, and it is sug
gested that the? British admiralty
thought it wiser not to convoy the
" Lusitania for j this j specif ic reason.
There is another finely, drawn
rule. .Had the submarine -given
v thirty , minutes' . .warning to crew
and passengers of the big Cunarder,
the exploit- of sinking h.er would
have been, -legal uafer established
international law,-, and- probably
would have gone down in history
as one of the most brilliant in the
annals 'of naval warfare. , ;
One of the most 'famous British
authorities recently said? "Inter-
national law has broken down. Itman wao mr magnuy ine suDma
will come up again, but now It is in i Importance, but it undoubt-
ruins. I have written to our Eng-fedly reflects German opinion eon
Ush cabinet, -dissenting from their ! cerate the war value of thir ma
policy in many cases." s rine monster. It! has already played
President Wilson is doing his ut- conspicuous part in the present
most to secure observance of the ! conflict and the scope of Its de
law of the sea aa to Americans and - tractive activities is as , yet un-
American commerce. At present
our greatest contention is with
Germany, but. we have had similar,
though teas aggravated, contentions
wiih the allies. 'No president ever
had ; a mtre difficult task rthe
preservation of ourj rights as a
neutral without ? resort to blood
sbed ! ;r--: j-'V'" ;
THE VALt'E OF A CHILD
HOWmuch is a baby girl worth T
; This question Is suggested
' ? ! lJ 5!?:
OW much is a baby girl worth?
-This question is suggested
by the refusal of a Pennsyl
vania mother of the offer of
a rich manufacturer to pay $100,
000 if she ; would consent to his
, . m - n . s
. , x. . j a at
v v r , V, m Ki hail taban a Wovtv
The mother said she : would . not
sell her child for twenty times the
sum.
t .
In cold figures dealing with earn.
Ing capacity and cost of- mainte
nance, actuaries, 'can figure the
money value of a human life, but
they can not approximate the value
of the music of a child's voice, the
Warmth of a child's kiss or the
sunshine of a child's smile. -
What are dollars iAd creature
comforts in comparison with these?
The accumulation of Wealth is
not all there is in life. Gold can
not buy the prattle of a babe or the
trustful embrace of one's own off
spring, i i
FREl? WATERWAYS
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TEAMSH IP lines on the Great
Lakes must be divorced from
railroad control. This ruling
by the Interstate Commerce
s
commission, announced Saturday,
is one of the most important ever
made by that body.? j
As in the case of railroad-owned
boats on the Columbia, the commis
sion holds that a waterway so jjo
cated as to furnish opportunity for
competition with the railroads, can
not ' be used by , the land carriers.
It, was declared that the .purpose
of the Panama canal act, ' regulat
ing railroad-owned steamship lines,
is not only to preserve the people's
interest in the canal, but also to
restore all tne nation's water; routes
to freedom from domination; by-the
land carriers.
Territory, tributary to the; Great
Lakes has not had full advantage
of those waterways because the
railroads secured control (of the
steamship lines and . terminals.
Water rates have been made to
conform, as closely as possible, to
land rates. Independent boat lines
were -kept out by rate wars, by
control of the terminals and by rail
and lake rates' to the seaboard that
made J operation of IndependentUjg candidly by this group of poli-1
boat lines unprofitable.
The commission's ruling means a
radical change. It frees the water-
ways. , ynder It the railroads can
no longer , tell shippers they must
pay ra,tes based, not on the cost
of , water haul, button the higher
cost of haul by the land carriers.
There is a significant paragraph
in the report of the commission's
ruling:-;.., ; ' .
Answering the 'contention that joint
ownership by railroads of steamship
and railway lines and operating of
them" together, would result in econ
omy for both railroads and the ticket
buying public, ' the commission as
serted that the traveling rated to . the
public had steadily increased, and not
decreased, as promised.
Railroads do not and never have
operated boat lines for the pur
pose of reducing rates. Wherever
they have employed boats in
competition with cars the purpose
has:been to k.eep out, real competi-1
tion.
WAITING ON SEATTLE
THE .Astoria Budget says:
vThat Astoria "has a veritable
yv gold ; mine almost inside her
aV. 4 doom of which our people are
not taking advantage ia shown
by : the enormous catches of halibut
made ra: few days ago by the Putet
sound steamers Chicago and Zapora
on the Astoria fishing banks only a
short distance outside tbe Heads. With
these prolific bank so close at hand
and , with our enormous, cold storage
plants at which the catch mav be
stered there is certainly no port on
the north Pacific coast that offers
better or even so good opportunities
for establishing a deep sea fishing en
terprise as does Astoria. While we
are, apparently asleep, Puget sound is
m proving the opportunity and is car
rying to her wharves the many thou
sands oi ooiiars or sea rood products
which ought by rights to be finding?
th.eir way to the markets of the world I
via, Astoria.
Both Astoria and Portland are !
waiting Jor Seattle boats to catch
the fish, take tbem to Seattle, pick
out the; best for shipment east, and
then send the culls by rail for con-1 b11- . ' ; ; -sumption
In the two Oregon towns.! . v
It is the Portland habit to await
Seattle's pleasure, and Astoria, too
seems falling In line.
.THE SUBMARINE IN WAR
M
ILFOKD LAKE, inventor of
the . even keel type of sub
marine, says etbis under
water craft may. yet win th
way for Germany? Commenting on
the Lusitania' s fate, he says:.
Each submarine attack, while hor
rible, proves the contention that . the
suDmariiM wiil prove the greatest
peace agent that science has produced
and submarines may yet win the
war for 'Germany. If the war con
tinues two wears, and Germany holds
ita land, frontiers, its submarines will
be able to dictate the terms Of peace.
It has thai capacity to build suffi
cient submarine to make effective
'Admiral Tirpits threat to esublish
j ubmariBe blocaade of ail ngiin
" s
auis statement comes irom
i nown.
Mr. Lake - has touched upon' an
Important phase of the 'war. If
Germany thinks as he does, it will
be difficult for the kaiser's gqvern
ment to agree j to muzzle its sub
marines so far: as merchant ships
are concerned. : : .
; Germany is practically .shut off
from trade with other nations by
the allies, superior naval strength.
Germany, in turn, is using the sub-
marlne In an effort to Isolate the
British isles. ; i r ; ;
U is because of Germany's neces-
cities on the sea that the subma
rine has raised the most" serious
intornaf tnnal inoaHnn trifei riiT t i-v
u w a. aaa wawaa uvm v v , v u - j
I has had in many years
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NOT Aj PARTISAN AFFAIR
I
F i any' candidate for city com
missioner courts' or encourages
an Indorsement by any political
central : committee, 1 it will be a
sign that he is unfit for the posi
tion he seeks. - j
. It will; i be more. It ywlU be
prima; facie ? evidence; that Ue is
unworthy of election, j
The Portland city charter ex
pressly provides that there shall be
no designation ; of party names on
the ballot. J The purpose and spirit
of that provision is to keep poli
tics out of the city hall and to pre
vent politicians from having a hand
in the conduct of the business af
fairs of this city. . i
If as a candidate, a man is will
ing to evade the manifest spirit of
the city charter, it is proof that,
if elected, he will continue to evade
and : nullify, charter provisions.
There could . be no more unfailing
sign that a candidate ought not to
be elected than his acceptance, . or
solicitation or encouragement of
favors from a party machine for
his candidacy. -J : i' " j
The pseudo political machine
that meets tonight in an endeavor
to reintroduce politics tnto the
business affairs of Portland, is dis
credited. Members of j It went to
the county, clerk after the late
election and demanded the right to
name five . of his deputies. They
went to the county treasurer and
made a similar demand, and doubt
less made similar requests of other
officials. These things we -know
from the statements of .the officials
themselves. i '
It was a plan to Tammahylae the
county government, just : as the
present -foolish project is a plan
to Tammanylze' the business affalra
of the city of Portland, s--
The worBt calamity; that; could
befall any candidate for commis
sioner would be an indorsement of
ticians who; are trying -to "again mix
the business affairs- of Portland
with - politics, It would advertise
him to the whole voting population
of the city as willing to- run a
little Tammany a3 an annex to the
city government-and as being per
fectly willing to violate the 'spirit
of the city charter fn doing so.
The, present boast of Portland is
that it has a city government that
Is clean, wholesome and unscandal
Ized, a government on which polit-.
leal rlngstes and tricksters and
fixers have no claim and In which
they have no voice.
Visitors in Portland have diffi
culty'in securing information about
Oregon scenery. But clear across
the continent,, in New York, the
Globe ; Is enterprising enough to
say, editorially: "There is, for in
stance, Crater laTte, in Oregon, a
region of strange and mysterious
phenomena, which has been almost
inaccessible for travelers, although
now! moderately near a branch line
of riailway. A motorist visiting it
last
summer describes the pathway
thence to the Columbia river . at
The Dalles as a ride of one 'hundred
miles through a majestic forest on.
a carpet of pine needles." ;
Chicago man, arrested in
Evahston the other day, vwaa fined
$5 and costs. ; The charge filed
against him . was "speeding and
kissing this woman - three, times' a
block for four straight blocks." She
was his wife, but- some of these
speeders are hitting up a pretty
hot pace. - k
n.r. vu ti,'a-
1 . ' , p ewe
Baid to have launched a. movement
for the , emancipation ' of. baseball
literature from slang. . They might
Must aa well try to get rid of the
Pitcher who "puts 'em over, for
that la slang's usefulness to base-
JLne romance or .wort is the
tltle of a monster pageant recently
staged in Philadelphia, in which
si? hundred young men and women
took Part. It Is a hard matter to
any romance in work.
Marjorfe Ulllas, a seiiior; fet Ber
nard college,; won first prize at a
recent field day , by throwing a
baseball 116 feet.: That's some
throw for a girl, but whom did tbe
ball hit? . . i
One of the great problems of the
day is the "Wayward Child.? How
about the wayward parehts? us
There is this to be said about
the Russians: They seem to be
arable to take more and harder lick -
j lngg than -any other people on the
(face of the earth. . -
. . , .... . :
Mount LAssen's eruptions, like
Europe 'a, are 'getting . to be a con-)
tlnuous performance. j
SHALL AMERICA
BE EMBROILED?
from the -Seattle Sub.
B do not say. that Germany or
any of the . ether nations en
gaged in this life and dea'h
conflict, is seeking: to force the
United States to-take a hand in the
war; we are hopeful that there is no
such desire on her part or on the
part or any of the other belligerents.
; But whether they desire to involve
us or not, the question we wish at
this time to consider is that: Should
the United Sate allow herself to
withdraw the "flower of her youag
manhood from their various vocations
and' avocations only to throw them
into the merciless vortex pt contend
ing forces on foreign battlefields ?
Shall -we leave our peaceful- shora
and ' cross ' the ocean to take part In
a war n the Issues ef which ' we
have absolutely nothing to gain and
everything to lose? : : t: 1 A
In spite of the ' ruthless disregard
of our rights, as a neutral nation
as - shown in the destruction of both
American lives and OJtmerlcan prop
erty; In spite of the - fact that our
first Impulse is to seekv revenge for
useless sacrifice of innocent human
lives; in spite of our firm belief that
no nation engaged in the war has
a right to interfere with, and to de
stroy our merchantmen, or to inter
rupt us in the carrying on of our
accustomed commercial relations with
out according us the rights provided
by treaty relations and the law of
nations we 'answer most emphatic
ally not
. '-: V ' : '
If the action ; of Qertnany should
become unbearably offenslve'we would
be fully Justified in severing diplo
matic and commercial relations. This
could be done in such a ' way as to
Indicate in the most positive terms
that whil we did not care to associate
with them we have , neither time nor
Inclination to either quarrel "or- fight.
We realize that this could : easily
be seized upon by another, nation as
a casus belli but, under the existing
circumstances, we do not believe that
Germany or any of the; other contend
ing countries, would undertake to wage
a war against us on our own shores;
they are kept entirely too busy at
home to consider any such action.
We . hopa we are not facing, any
such emergenc; though the situation
is an exceedingly grave one. For-
tunately, we have a man at .he head j28084 .138 gaUons per day. which gave
ot our national affairs who is calm i her citizens 269 gallons per capita per
and Judicially minded, a - man who (day, as against the average of 60 to 76
will not .allow himself to be stam- fUon ?er day o .a" Amr-
... . . - -, - , , v . ican . Cities, "while her present pumping
peded In the heat of passion into do- capaCity per day is 14,600,000 gallons,
ing., any thing 'impulsively. In 'the) Now, wbaj . dos. Spokane-do? What
course of a remarkable'; address deliv-1 does she say ? Does, she say when the
ered in Philadelphia Monday night te 'UPJI7 over-abundant, encourage the
an audience, composed of newly nat
uralised ."citixens. President Wilson
said: : "
"There Is such a thing as . s being
too proud to fight. There is such a
thing as being so right that it is not
necessary to convince others bytfree.
that it is right. The example :of
America must be a special example.
The example of America must be the
i f v-..
example not merely of peace because
it wui not usiii, uui oi pence, Be
cause peace is the healing and ele-
vating influence of, the i world, and
strife Is not." .
While these worda were not spoken
In passing -on the present : crisis, they
Indicate tbe mind of the man and his
attitude In any erlsis which . might
arise-- under - his . administration: . and
who can gainsay the lofty position
which he here takes!? Whatever one's
political affiliations may be, he can
not do other than Indorse such patri
otic utterances: they show not only a
patriotic feeling toward his own coun
try and thorough grasp of the sig
nificance of her present problems, but
a. sense of responsibility for, the wel
fare of humanity as a whole which
ia all too rare In tajn filling 'high
political positions. With such a. pilot
at the helm of the ship of state, we
need' fear no evil;, the thought Of
war will -be the' last which he will
entertain. . -' ;
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"The example of America must be
a special example, It takes a much
braver -man to sit in his place and
smile -while his neighbor is seeking to
provoke him to strife than to rise up
and smite him in resentment of bis
abuse. The most complete ' subju-
tfmAM I
I.,, . . ; w i ,V . '
-aviA.o uui. , viic icsuu ui eiitiiumg
calmly and contending firmly for
the eternal principles of Justice and
righteousness: and this is.no less true
of nations than of individuals. : Let
us sat the examnle of natient. OArcf.ot.
ence ui wen uon, Duuamy racrories
to supply the- products. , formerly
turned out by those which are now
being eaten up with rust,, sowing
fields to supply the grain (Which for
merly ; grew on fields now lyinf 5 la
waste or torn asunder byjthe burrow
ing of alien armies, doing, all in. ur
power, both to ameliorate the horrors
of the world war and to;, bring the
contending countries- to an amicable
adjustment of their real or imagined
grievances against one another:
. Then when peace does come. - our
commercial supremacy having been
established by the very exigencies of
the hour, and our unquestioned good
will toward all men haying been rec
ognised by all. w will b in position
to render ; a ; tremendous service,"; not
merely In bringing about an 'equitable
adjustment: of tbe contentions which
may arise as a result of the read
justment, bat to throw all el our in-
; iTiuence In the direction of establishing
; a world peace which, shall never again
i b violated. "The example of'Amer-
ic. nusf be a special example'. ! t"
J
1 We gazed ! pityingly on th listless
drug store clerk leaning against the
soda counter,
"Haven't you any
ambition?" we quer
ied kindly and all
that f
"No." he replied,
with' brightening
intelligence; i-tufc I
have - something
Just as good." '
I A mother; told her small son she
would punish him if he ever asked for
anything to - eat
while at a neigh
bor's house.
The next time be
went , over vto call
on the neighbor h
sat still ' for a few
minutes, then he
said:
"Now. I must eo.
Do you know why I must go? Well.
I'm hungry, : that's why."- Woman's
Home Companion. ' y
While on parade a colonel noticed a
careless man to nave very muddy
neeis, vnne the re
mainder, of his at
tire was in keeping
with military pro
priety. "Corporal Moriar
Ity," fcald the chief,
"you have very
muddy heels."
"Yes, colonel, a
good soldier never looks behind him."
Letters From the People
(Communications sent to The Journal tor
publication In tola department abouid be writ
ten on only oaa side of the paper, should out
exceed SOo words la length nod moat b ac
companied by tlx same and address of the
endar. If the writer does not desire to have
ib nama pubUaaed, be abfuld so state.)
"Discussion la tbe grer test of aU reformer.
It rationalises everything it coaches. It robs
principles ot ill falsa aanctity and throws them
bark on their reasonableness'. If they nave do
reasons bleaess). it ruthlely crashes tbem out
of existence and sets up its on conclusions
in their stead." Wood row Wilson.
Th. U'.tM W..ts
m.im3 wu.v. .. . . .
Portland, May 16. To the Editor of
The journal x note in an eoutoriai in
a morning paper'' that the mayor is
made to . express as bis opinion that
the Riinnlv of Water 1st over-abundant
and that the use of water by the con-
. ' ' .
uu,'
cient, should be encouraged. In this
connection it is pertinent' to note how
others than ourselves- view this matter
lof wastage or over use when there is
an abundant supply for the present.
Spokane's water la supplied by three
wells, each 25 feet in diameter and 4f)
feet deep. On August 26, 1913. 66,000,
000 gallons of water was pumped from
these : wells in one day, and so tre
mendous is the flow that , the visible
supply In - the wells was lowered only
30 inches. A draft of 89,000,000 gal
lons daily would hardly be noticed, and
the water ia of the purest and best in
hands of every -consumer a neat copy
of; the City- of Spokane Water Code,
with- a little hole punched. In the cor
ner, and on the first cover says, "Read
this book and hang it N up for future
reference.";. She says, "You are a part
ner in this big business. Help your
officials to make it a successful busi
ness."! "Evils due to waste constitute
the ' hardest problems." "Unless con
sumers cooperate the problem is hope
less.' j "Every citizen who allows water
Os be. wasted . places i an unnecessary
lu ue wsa .piau i an uunecefisarjr
Durden' upon eTery other consumer, and
delays the day when the price of water
may pe reduced.
And on the first Inside page, In large
black! letters are . the words. -Get a
Meter!." Then ' follows an historicar
statement.- an article on "Leading
Factsj" an "article by the- superintend
ent of parks on "Use bfc Water on
Lawns, showing the evils of over wa
tering, and little, pertinent notes along
through, such as "Twenty-five" to 60
per cent of .ail water supplied on an
nnmetered : plant - is absolutely
wasted;" ""Every 1000 gals, of water,
whether used or wasted, costs the city
a certain amount for delivery."
The code provides, in rule 8, that the
contractor mayv use . adjacent water,
whether metered or. not, on a permit,
and settle; with fhe neighbor, and pro
vides a contractor's flat rate of $1 for
each basement, $1 for each store room,
and 10 cents for each other room; or a
wtafa" a - ivnte v ' Vet
Compare with Portland treatment of .
contrsLctors Section fi of h nHix.no. '
nru.rvM th. rteM f th- tr Hi-
vision to install meters if it 13 deemed
necessary, and section provides for I
their installation on the request of. the 1
owner. In any case tha oost of the j
borne by the consumer,
And then getting, right down to a
pin point that Is so In contrast with
the sentiment of the editorial in ques
tion and the liberal, "squander it be
cause we have more than we really
need" policy of - Portland, that It is
ridiculous. It goes on : to say that a
leak 1-S2 of an inch In diameter un
der a pressure of 30 pounds will waste
60.000 gallons in a year, and a leak
I-".' 208,000 gallons. Doesn't that
SOU rid silly?
And on the ' back cover am 14
"Don'ts" that are right to the point.
ana in large type, a. meter saves time
and money.. Ask. your neighbor."
There is only one way to properly
use any of the good things of life, and
I1 that - Is. carefully and without .waste,
roe th good of one's own soul and the
welfare of his neighbor, r
, . O G. HUGHSON.
, . j ;.;':; A Sec'y Builders'; Exchange. '
i - The O. & O. Lands Bunco. . ;
: From tbe Benton : County Courier.
-If there was - ever a cold .blooded
bunlcA era rn n r nn thl. An.,ntrtf 4 1
j was the action of the railroads in rthe
j Oregon & California land grant case,
'Ani Vt today' there are newspapers
-JPSLZ UL1 - "f1
might lose the tax, money on this land
If the supreme court should give it
back to the government. Dollars are
more than, principles to many men and
newspapers. They would rather see
the country lose $50,000,000 than the
counties a- few hundreds in taxes.
What 'They'd Think:
From, the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Aij authority on -the -subject says
men should stop eating for a while
and think. Some ' men, under the cir
cumstances, ; would merely stop, long
enough to wonder whence the next
meal was to coma. - '
A FEW SMILES'
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
I Underdogs do themost whining.
! A girl isn't necessarily in love n hen
ie is jeaious.
i Every sign painter has an ambition
10 paint a portrait. j
- j Some wives rush In where their hus-
oanas rear to tread.
People who have most cause to feel
oiue seiaom nave the blues.
-: - v . . .. i 1 ,'-.: j
, No doubt you are talked about as
mucn -as you talk about others.
. One cook in the suburbs is worth a
aozen in an intelligence office, -V
Iet the contrary man do as be
pleases. Me won t listen to you, any
way. . ! - 1
-I
borne people admit that they know
it all without saying a word. . They
look it. i . .
A neglected grave furnishes a
talk for the neighbors as a
much
dirty
kitchen. . . i
There are times when most -men
would like to turn on the briny, flow-
out tney are asnamea to ao it.
. .
Our idea of a hustler Is a man who
can - work as fast all day as he can
dress in a , cold room in toe morning.
Mother gets to take the baby with
her everywhere she goes, while poor
father must go to work and be away
from the youngster. ,
.
We sometimes bear of " a woman
who Is said to be worth her weight
in gold, but we never heard . of one
who was worth her weight , in dollar
bills. " I .
When a youth reaches; the ripe old
age of IS, and falls up to his ears in
love, he thinks that the legislature
( should pass a law making a fellow a
man six years earlier than -at present.
COMMENT ON
X.OS AZTOSUSS TZKZSt No jingo talk
is needed just now. Tbe situation calls
for- sober consideration and cautious
expression.;. The prayer that God will
help v tbe president to bear the
heavy burden of his land in this hour
of crisis should be lifted from every
pulpit and echoed In every Christian
bome of America, The Times does not
wlc war ougiB wn. wunuo
!.., 4, wnrmaaom th. rnllvl-tlnn that
. every man and woman of us should
lay aside all prejudices and every feel
ing of that sort at this time and up
hold the president. v
I- WA"f- WAXIA ?JJ?'?F' 'Jf:
ident Wilson has gone into the matter
i carefully, thoroughly, patiently, clear,
sightedly. He cannot be accused by
i anyone of being radical, of wanting
war, of being partisan in this great
catastrophe that has befallen Europe
he is considering carefully the steps he
is taking, and there has been a de
cided tendency throughout the United
States to uphold his hands in whatever
he does. There has been no president
since Abraham Lincoln who has had so
nearly the undivided confidence of all
the people.
v
BEX.XiraSAJK A "MT TgTC AJT I We 4e)
not believe a condition will develop
that, will justify a serious breach with
either of the contending powers. . Until
this crisis shall come it is the duty
of every American to counsel peace and
uphold the president in his patriotic
endeavor to refrain from word or act
that will sever the ties of friendship
happily yet existing between the "belli
gerent governments and our own. The
average American has a singleness of
mind on one thing that this is not our
war and that tbe United States can
gain ndthing by participating therein.
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TACX1CA TBXBTJXTE: The note of
President Wilson to Germany, protest
ing against that government's mode of
warfare on the sea will meet with the
approval of every right-minded Amer
ican. It is the utterance of a great
minded, clear-thinking chief executive.
Firm and courteous in its text, it leaves
no misgivings as to the attitude of the
American people. Although American
ships have been sunk and American
lives lost, there is no "hint of anger
and.no trace of "Jingoism." The note
appeals to the noblest side of the Ger
man character,
. ... . ' : . -;.
; SEATTLE POST INTEX-IJCQ-ElfCEJai
Firmly but calmly the government at
Washington, j protests against Ger
many's' mode of warfare. It is a tem
perate , but meaningful note, clearly
phrased and so expressive of the Amer
ican sense of right that it must surely
give pause to the war-mad Imperial
government : With pride in its German-American
citixenship, this repub
lic has. been, is today and would con
tinue to be Germany's friend, as It is
the friend of the nations with which
Germany is at war. But, in the light
of what has happened. Germany must
disavow those high-handed acts in the
war zone. I "
I ; . v-. w:--.--
I CEHTBAX. POIHT! ,KBAIil' The
sinking of the Lusitania is one of the
saddest incicTents of the war. But what
JO tne crownea neas careiur mo
rifice of innocent lives?
Their selfish
ambitions must be satisfied, no mat-
ie7LV im.r hVT-.
toT XJ drawn Into the
aw'ul crnage! . . -.
-Tl7t,. -.t..rt ..m.,.
IVIU J ar5 T5i ysvvi- easrvB. wwaaBavaa
ate. The European nations are crazed
by the horrors and dangers in which
they are involved. -We can afford to
make allowances for them. It would
be wrong not to do so. The best thing
the American people can do Is to sup
port the administration in its desire for
peace. A sober . man does not' show
valor or .dignity by fighting with a
man who is drunk. : Why cannot the
same rule apply to nations?
TWO WAYS OF BUYING CITY BONDS
By John M. Oskison.
There are two sides to, the bond-buying
question as it concerns the inves
tor in v municipal securities and the
borrowing municipality. wi '
Certain experiments of tho financial
authorities of such cities as Philadel
phia, Baltimore and St. Paul seem to
point to the possibility of selling city
bonds directly to tbo people. r It strikes
one as a normal and desirable method.
According to, the advocates of direct
sale, the city, which is ? constantly
borrowing money, ought to keep open
shop. The money of its thrifty cit
izens ought at any time to be taken
and city bonds given in return at a
price predetermined by the city and
based upon the ruling rates for money
invested in this sort of security.
But "there's the other side. It . was
ably presented recently by; an official
of the Investment Bankers' association
who is a member of a. big and reput
able firm dealing in municipal' securi
ties, "-t:'-' ;
For' the buyer to deal directly with
the city, he says, would mean paying
more for good -city bonds than he now
pays, and "a bargain Is a good "bar
gain only when It is fair to both par
ties.' He goes on:
"The closeness with - which Invest
ment merchants bid for municipal is-
-
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Western ; capital, the Baker Demo
crat reports, is seeking mining oppor
tunities in Baker bounty. I Inquiries
from the east also are being made.
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The Times asserts that when the
people of Brownsville clean house out
doors as carefully as they do indoors
there will be fewer riles and less dis
ease. ',- I " ' ' "
Samuel Bowe of Baker county. 80
years old. and hale and hearty, has
gone to visit California relatives. He
has for 28 years been an employe of
the Virtue mine, as assistant super
intendent, a" foreman and, j - latterly,
watch man j
; ! :. '. -
After the departure of the bankers,
who held a convention at Newberg last
Wednesday, , the Graphic said: "The
bankers came and are gone. They were
given, a free feed and so far as ap
pears 'tire circulating medium was ngt
increased by their coming."
t
KoresjG rove News Times: Will the
time ever come when the people) will
cease . making "mud pie" i roads and
turn their- attention to the building
of highways that will last?; The "best
Is the! cheapest" applies to roads the
same as to anything else, i
The iWarrenton Commercial club has
started a movement to build a high
way from Warrenton to the ocean
about two and one-half miles. This,
the Seaside Signal says, i will give
automoblllsta an opportunity vto make
the trip from Astoria through to Gear
hart on the beach and return on . the
state highway. - .
Eugene Register: A" giant poplar
tree three and one-half feet In dlam
ter on th Huddleston nlace between
Jefferson and Madison streets toppled
over in the strong wind of Sunday
rriKht. This great. trea had weatnerea
many la gale through the years and it
la nrobablo that its Kreat spreading
foliage had absorbed too muirh mois
ture to withstand the strong wind
which ijaecompanied the downpour.
LUSITANIA CRISIS
SEATTLE TX9CES. "Apologise.--make
guarantees against future repeti
tion," ( or take the consequences, was
a splendid declaration for tbe president
of the United States to make, and 90
per cent of the American people will
stand ; behind him in his efforts to
carry put these real American declara
tions of tnee patriotism, i
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OAKZtAirS TBXBTnrEl The spirit
of Germany is not that of atrocity. No
people are more humane, kinder, more
merciful, it is not the spirit of Ger
many which is marked by this terrible
act. Not the spirit which characterises
tbe mind and the heart of a generous
and a noble people. It must have come
from some distempered, some morally
unbalanced mind, unhappily holding
authority in this particular sphere of
operations.'- t
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BiXEM STATE SJstAJfr : ' We . may
break off our diplomatic relations with
Germany, and still no war be declared
on either side. That IS the most likely
thing to happen, in case Germany re
fuses to accede to the demands of our
note. - Germany surely will not want to
add the United States to the list of ber
"world of enemies", by declaring war
upon us. She has more enanles than
she needs now. And we are not going
to lightly declare war against Ger
many. - e e .
. FOSTXAlrrO ADTOGATZt The sink
ing of the steams-hip Lusitania last
week by a German submarine in which
more than a thousand persons lost
their Uvea baa aroused the ire of this
country as nothing else has since the
blowing up of the Maine. But the
talk of going to war' with Germany is
foolish talk. .
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SAX.EM JOTTKirAX.1 Tbe people of
America will very largely follow the
lead of the president because he la
thinking and acting calmly and setting
an excellent example for all who have
the best Interests of the nation; at
heart. In no unrighteous war will
this nation ever be engaged; at least
so long as we are sensible enough as a
people to curb the advocates of mili
tarism, and keep our army and navy
within the proper bounds of strength
and effectiveness. ,,
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rsxTDXJSTOir east oasaosrAVi
Why, why, are our tory newspapers
so willing to see this country plunged
into war? It is a question of intense
interest and tbe subject may be deeper
than appears upon the surface. "The
suspicion Is held by many people' that
one reason the masters of Europe did
not avert the present war lies in the
fact that they, feared the advancing
democracy of the people which! in
Europe ' they call socialism. ; It ia
thought certain classes of Europe wel
comed the war because they knew war
would check this , problem by-placing
millions of brave.-aggressive men . be
neath the sod. Is this why our 'tory
papers are so ready to see this nation
burst into flame?
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XXTQEITE BliaiSTKBl But nothing
Is to be gained by hasty and ill-considered
clamor for war. War is a fear
ful contingency. It means untold suf
fering and terror and loss of life. It
should only be resorted to after every
other resource has .failed. There are
other ways in which the United States
can make Germany feel the weight of
displeasure even more efectively than I
by war, and these should ail- be em-f
ployed before resorting to force.
8POXAJTE SPOKEsTMAH &ETX2TWS
But it is not a time for worda It is
a time for deeds; Tbe duty of the hour
is to trust our government, to recur to
Its warning last; February to the Ger
man government and to rest assured
that the Amerlan people through their
national government will not be want
ing to . themselves, but will vindicate
tbe rights of neutrals and the Just
claims of equity and the laws of the
commonwealth of nations. . ,
sues, often many bids. within one-half
of one per cent, shows what accurate!
judges of values tbe experts of these
houses are. ; . ;
"If a municipality rejects the best
bid made by investment bankers and
proceeds to sell its bonds at a higher
price to. its own citizens, the purchas
ers, from whatever motive, ara. mak
ing a bad, bargain for themselves.
They are payins more for the bonds
than they are worth, more than others
of the same class are selling for." s-
It is safe to say that few cities of
size will make much headway at sell
ing their bonds directly to the public
unless tho price they - fix Is fair to
buyers. The great bulk of such bonds
go to savings banks,' the big insurance
companies, and to investors of experi
ence. (These are familiar with ruling
prices, and they will usually deter
mine the price, ---v (;- ,
Investors in city bonds; will always
do well to find out what sort are in
demand by savings banks and what
price these banks are paying. , '
-1 Trie Perfect Example.
From the New Torkj Time. , ,
-FattfeTi what's superfluity?" - -'
"The words, 'Please deposit prompt.
;y on the back of a check." '
IM UUT SATS"
fly Ttm4 Xeklay. Spaeial It&Sl Writer oj
Tba JaraaL
"My bunkio. Elijah It. Birch, had
iserved with, me through the Rogue
ana was with me In the Kti-p-toe
fight and retreat." maid Michael
Klnny of Walla Walla. "He was
Virginicn, and a genial, likeable fel
low. Ha had been wounded at the bat
tle of Hungry Hill in eouthern Ore-
wi,""a l,ao l7lllef r,x n,m up'
T - 'ere fighting our way
r--t e s-
vne nui wnere colonel Stertne
was going to make a stand Birch said:
Mike. I'm hit. I said: -What, again?
where did they get you this time?
He rode ahead to where burgeon Ran
dolph wa and had a flint arrowhead
cut out of his side. Kortunatey - it
Imd struck a rib and had stuck in the
bone, so when it was pulled out .he
waa ready to come back to th. firing
litre. .
'"While I, with a .squad of ilx men.
was out on the Kklrm.'sri line tho nisht
of the battle, Timothy, the Nei Peroe
chief, had come back and said he had
found a way out through the Indian.
The whole force silently withdrew.
They sent a man to recall up. When
we got back to the hill Dr. Randolph
and Lieutenant Gregg were tyit'K ser
geant William C. Williams on a horne.
His thigh bone was shattered. He
said: 'Doctor. It will be only pro
longing the acony to try to ride with
my broken thigh. I can never make it.
For God'-s sake, kill me or give me
something to put me out of my pain.'
Dr. Randolph said: 'I can't do it.
You must try to stick it out. Kven
if I knew you were going to die. I
couldn't kill you.'
"As w were starting, a man roe
back and said that Croxet of H troop,
who had been shot through the uplno
and had been lashed to a pack hors-.,
had worked loose and had fallen by
the eldo of his horse, and wanted the
. surgeon i to help lash him on mo he
would be as easy as possible. I left
I my mount and took a pack horne to
'ride. , .
we rode, away as silent as ghoatt.
The wounded men were cautioned vol
to groan or mak any noiae to let th
Indiana know we were slipping away
from them. Sergeant WlUia-ns and
Victor DeMoy were ' badly wounded
and the motion of the horses was un
bearable agony to tbem. They1 begged
to be unlashed from , the horses anl
left by the aide of the trail. So they
were left on the ground to die in
peace.
"We lept the hilltop, guided by Chief
Timothy of the Nea Percea, about 10
o'clock Monday night. We roie hard
all night and all next day. W stru k
the Snake river at dusk Tuesday night
We had ridden 80 miles in about
hours, and the horses an well as our
selves were all in. Chief Timothy
called his young Nea Perce Indians
acros- the river. They broup.ht u
boiled salmon and we mrdo some cof
fee, and then dropped in our tracks
and went to sleep. The Nea Pcn-e
Indians guardad us all night.
"Next day the young men and young
squaws took us across the river In
their" canoes and swam our horsa
across for us. If it had not been for
Chief Timothy and Levi and their Nea
Perces. nota one of us would have
escaped. We had not beep gone from
the battlefield more than a few hours
until the Indians charejftd the hill.
They found our parks and outfit and
extra horues, and by the time they had
made a division Of our plunder to the
three different tribe, we were too far
away for them to catch us.
"Wednesday morning the Se.z Perca
prepared ' breakfast for us. The N
Perce Indian courier sent to Walla
Walla when we were hemmed in had
made tho distance of 125 miles to Fort
Walla W-lla in wonderful time, anl
Captain Dent, i with a detachment of
troops, try forced marches met us near .
Alpowa, He had plenty of provisions
and forage, and wefilled up on the
good old reliable arrrry rations,
"Chief Lawyer, with some other Nes
Perce chiefs, came to our camp with a
large number, of. his warriors in their
war paint, and offered to return with
our -command and give battle to the .
Spokanes and Coeur d'Alcnes. The N
Perces could muster a large number
of warrlorn, and Chief Lawyer felt ,
sure that our combined forces rould
whip the hostile Indir.ns. Colonel
Step too, much to the disappointment
of the Nes Perce Warriors, decided to
go on .to Walla Walla, where, our
wounded jeould be cared for,
"Next year. 1853. Colonel Hteptoe
was given a furlough and went for a
visit to- hl home in Virtdnla. The
Civil war broke his heart entirely. He
waa a Virginian and loved his state,
but h loved his country more; so he
took the side of the government and
remained with the Union. He died
April 16, 1865, at Lynrhburg, Va.
"Our captain, O. H. P. Taylor, who
was killed and burled on Steptoe butte,
had seen service In Oregon. He served
for a time at Fort I.ane in nouthern
Oregon, and later at Fort Yamhill. It
a sad time when we got back to
Walla Walla, for Mrs. Taylor and her
two children were there, and w were
not able to give her the poor 'sal isf ac
tion of even bringing her hunband "
body back to her. Captain Taylor had
been married bnly five years when he
was killed, lie married a girl fron
Kentucky, a vary charming young
woman." . '
Lord's Prayer on a Plnbai.
From the Chicago Tribune.
The Lord's prayer recently was ent
to tho Tribune occupying cramped
(quarters. The I prayer was engraved on
' the head of a common pin the kind
women use instead of buttonsand al
though the script ia invisible to the
naked eye, a magnifying glass brings
out every letter. The work was done
by a Jeweler, who asked that his name
be withheld. He said that the pinbrad
was .0073 of an Inch fn diameter. He
will try, he added, to pbt the prayer on
a ptnhead .0065 of an Inch In diameter.
INDEX OF ADVANCING
TIDE OF PROSPERITY
. . i
From the Iron Trade Review. t
The rapid Improvement in the 4
blast furnace induKtry of the
country is revealed with remark-
able clarity by the figuren, Juut
compiled, showing the production
of coke and anthracite pig iron T
fh April. The output In April
was 2,1 14.&1S tons, compared with i
2,046.280 tons in March, a gain
Of 68.238 tons.
Tao extent of the recovery Is
shown when a oomparinon is 7
drawn with Drember. 19M. the I
low point in lsxt year's cbing I
pig iron production. The gain in I
'tonnage is 620,000 tons, or 41 per
cent. Of thiB, th steel works
furnaces gained 38 per cent, the f
merchant furnaces 3 per cent. T
The number of stacks active I
shows a similar gain when com-
pared with November, 1911, at
which time only ISO stacks were
active. On April 30. 197 stacks J
were in blast, showing a gain In
five months of 47 stacks, or 21
per cent. I
The production last month was J
the largest of any month since
April, 1914 The output d urine;
April was at the yearly rate of
35,725,000 tons, which compares
With an actual production In 1914 T
of 33,000,000 tons. .