Tin: orjicon daily -journal, Portland, moiiday, july ic, 1:15.
THE JOURNAL
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at tue poatofflca t Pastlsad, Or., fur
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: Virtu and decency are mo
nearly related that it Is dif
ficult, to separate them from
each, other -but in our . imagin
ation. Clcerp. - :
PAST PUfDIXO OVT
hT is ' past finding out why the
railroad was permitted so long
and to recklessly to violate th
t terms oi u xana grauu
i Was there no newspaper in Ore-.
son,' 20 or 20 years agd, to call
iiublic attention to the violations
find to challenge the right of the
railroad to make 'them?- 'What --a
S ot of crimes : against the people
jjhave been corr routed i in Oregon
because ' no Important newspaper
look1 the side of the public against
the grabbers and despoilers!
I By the terms of the grant the
r ailrdad was required ' to - sell the
ands at not to exceed 2.50 per
ftcre. It was with the understand
ing .that it would sell at that, price,
that the corporation was given the
privilege of, soiling the lands.
t Bbt the road spurned the,, provision..-
It "paid no Jheed to- the
terms of the grant.' For nearly
B20.000 acres sold, it received an
average of $6.06 per acre. That
&as 820,000 violations of the terms
of the contract with the federal
government. '
Though, required to sell, at not
to exceed $2.50, the road sold
872,399 acres at an average of
14.17 r per cr - It . sold 91,434
acres at an average of $4.30 per
acre. 6 Ifc.eold ,6 0,3 6,; acres i at an
average of $6.80 per acre. It sold
372,399 acres - at an average of
$7.84. These acts j: constitute - a
deliberate disregard - of ' the " con
tract and an'impudent spurning of
the purpose of CongresB in seeking
to get public lands into the hands
of actual, settlers at low figures.
There was" even a- more glaring
disregard of the contract in ' the
Quantity of land sold each.' buyer.
The grant required that the sales
be in lots, not to exceed 160 acres.
Of the 820.000 acres disposed' of,
the 'lands sold in lots not tp
feed 160 acres only 'totaled 295.-
727 'acres. .: " ' : Tr
The road - sold 91,434 acres In
lots that averaged 599 acres. .It
sold 6 fr,3 66 acres in lots ' averag
ing 1077.-acres. It sold '372,399
acres in, lots averaging 9309 acres,
pr in lots inore than 68 times as
threat as permitted" by the grant
act.t
; Worse still, after selling 820,
1)00 ' acres out of the 3,392,000
acres in the grant, the corporation,
Ipurning the desire of Congress
Jo get lands' Into the hands of
Actual settlers for development of
the state withdrew the remainder
pf the lands from. the market, and
Refused to sell an acre to anybody
at any price. : ' . ; ' 1
: This is the work and this the
Corporation that" were legislatively
approved by the midnight resolu
tion, of which" the : United States
supreme court in, its decision In
the laad grant" suit said, "the in
terest and' hope expressed - seem
like a ? prayer against the.- govern
i lent's contention." -
DRV IIUSSIA
ITiHE taking, over of the "sale
T
,and supply of liquors in-dl3-tricts
-where . war materials
4 , s are manuracturea was a war
treasure ordered by '.Great Britain
(he past week. . Reminding mati
1, in d that the move is made in or
Ter to' get greater efficiency in the
jroductlon of war supplies, the act
jecalls 'that far. more drastic, move
c f the' kind made by- Russia at the
t eginnlng of the war,; , i
f. The suppression by the Russian
f overnment of the . . drinking., ..of
TOdka is costing that Country $2 6,
00,000 a month in loss of excise
revenues. The loss. In taxes Is es
timated at $250,000,000 - for the
present year.- - r- .
y To offset' this, according to the
report of the American consul gen
eral at5 Moscow, the savings ot
the people, mostly of the peasant
.class- who were largely addicted
to vodka, have increased in the
savings banks 300 to 500 per cent.
The total deposits are $3,600,000,-
000. v . -
- ' The. increase , in savings so far,
has been at the rate of $176,000,-
000 a; year. ..The Russian govern
ment is authorized by law to invest
the savings, funds in government
bonds, and the deposits thereby
practically become s government
revenue. Subtracted from the de
crease in excise revenues, the
Eavihgs deposits thus invested show
a net loss of revenue to the government-
by reason of banishment
of vodka of- only $84,000,000 a
year. ' - . '. -
The czar contends that this loss
cf revenue is more than, offset by
creased efficiency,.; through so
' riety, - which means better work
1 i the farms and in the factories
!tb coi luent higher wages and
.higher prices for industrial prod
. ucts. -
f The amount of alcohol sold in
' European r Russia has 'decreased
from 24.000.000 eallorm tn SOO.000
gallons a month, and in. Siberia
the sale has declined from 1,900,
000 gallons to 7000 gallons I
month. What is now sold is used
exclusively in medicine or indus
try-- . . '!-"..-- Z .
FROM ; Tni5 HIGHWAY
bsO get even a faint conception
l of the great country tributary
I to Portland there is no better
means than to forsake the
steamboat and the railroad train
and take to the highway.
; From rommandlag heights along
the Columbia river alone one, looks
down upon ' the forests, - orchards,
meadows and wheat fields on both
shores ' of the great stream. . But
the orchards and - grain fields em
brace only a small portion of ,the
picture. : Surrounding them are
thousands of acres : that have not
known the plow.
The . thought comes that , within
the reeion. drained br this masmifi
cent water course all those things
can be produced! which are neces
sary to the comfort and , sustenance
of mankind. Iff the district 'were
walled against -the outside world
it would be self supporting ;
- As . we look there comes tne
vision of an . immense population
in- the years- to come that will
utilize this vast' expanse as Ihe val
leys and hills of the old world
are utilised. Every tillable spot
will 1. be improved. ; Vineyards and
frail trees will line the river banks
and the corn and wheat will grow
yellow throughout the hinterland.
The v foaming t apids will generate
heat and power and on the shores
will be docks and factories. Mag
nif icent mansions -" rivaling the
castles on the Rhine wiU crown
the heights 'and vessels will . ply
to and fro on the bosom of the
river. Along the river's bank
will run railway, lines and high
ways which will berfed- by hard
surfaced roads' extending back: Into
the interior. -
New' cities Will springy up at im
portant Junctions of rivet, hlghr
hway and v canal, -
- It is the " vision ! of. a ; prosperous;
people, a' vision that - is not. im
possible of realisation. -
NEVER SUCH CHANCE
NOBODY knows all the kinds
. of trade and intercourse to
be opened ; to . the "United
.States as a result Of the war.
Tia-m i a nc.tv nrarAnicftd -bv
Russians to establish closer rela
tions with the United States. Its
alms are cultural &s welt aa in
dustrial. The headquarters of the
society is at Moscow, where classes
wfll be established in the Engusn
language,- Representatives ct
American scientlnc boaies ana
American college lecturers will be
ihvited to assist the society In its
work. Excursions to New . YOrlc
will be organized, and a branch
organization will be Termed In that
city. . - i , . . - . - -
in Siberia, the 'same kind of a
movement for closer industrial re
lations with ' the United Btates
has, been inaugurated, , The Siberi
an Association for ShlDDlng. Traae
and ; Industry, which Operates 1 Steam
ers on Siberian ; rivers, is tatting
Btena to exnort products to - tne
United States, including hides,; furs,
hemp and , hair. Heretofore the
rnipf .pustomerl of Siberia. - aside
from Russia, has been England. .
i Russia recently arranged to pur
chase $1,000,000 ; worth of binder
twine in America, to , be shipped
this month via! Archangel. It 13
impossible for the twine to arrive
in lm exceDt i for -, late northern
harvesting.' Scarcity of twine and
lack of farnt hands incident to the
war,' will cause a loss or a part 01
the - wheat crop now nearing the
harvest period in Russia. - -
America never' had so good a
chance as now to extend her trade,
her products and her Influence joyer
the world." V , "" ' - ' t
REDEEMING THE 'NEW HAVEN
inHB wisdom of the" policy of
I managing railroads ' to" serve
' -I the public good 'J Is exempli
; fled in the case of -the New
Haven. Not long ago this toad
was held ' up ' aa ; an object ' lesson,
of all that was .- evil in corpora
tions. I - r' " - ' '
When President Elliott assumed
the . management he adopted a new,
policy whose watchwords were effi
ciency, safety, economy,: -courtesy
and publicity. As a ' result the
road is laying new , rails, buying
steel cars and "bringing the whole
system .up to a new standard, of
reasonable speed and regularity of
service.' '. ".
, It Is being redeemed and is re
gaining the confidence of both' the
traveling and - Investing public by
showing & spirit of ' cooperation.
In other words, - says ; ' an ex
change, ; President Elliott has con
ceived, the idea that the most im
portant function of. a railroad is
to v furnish safe, comfortable ; and
convenient transportation, and thus
finds himself . in full, . agreement
with his, patrons- ' 1
It . is a . simple solution ' of the
raflrbad" problem, and the wonder
is r that : it v, never occurred td the
former management.' . :
A.MAN IS A MAY
, a NOTABLE example of hhmane
" A - P r i s o n . management : was
A-V shown at Walla .Walla last
Monday. ' The baseball team
of the- state penitentiary was al
lowed to go outside the walls and
play a game with a local team. The1
qonvicts were accompanied by the
prison band and a few guards. The
result Justified. the faith of the:
warden in his charges and their
conduct vindicated his Judgment.
The, reason of this Is that the
convicts were treated as men and
not as Inmates of a cell. When a
piece of machinery breaks down
the' rest' of the machine is not de
stroyed but all is carefullf re
paired. But in the case of men
the old practice is to , consign!
everything to- the scrap heap. Bet-
Ur. care is sometimes i taken of
cogs and pieces of iron than of
flesh and blood. - .- ' ' .
According to the old theory of
prison government a convict doffed
his manhood with his clothes and
put the stripes upon his eoul.
The new philosophy is that the
better part of the derelict still
lives and is capable of redemption.
; It is (he modern experience of
prison directors that trust is more
reformatory than 'espionage and
that it is better to put a man upon
his honor -'than upon bread and
water. "
OUlt GUARDIAN ANGElt
IN, the 'course of an article up-
braiding the Telegram, the p Ore
"gonian, : speaking of itself.'says:
' We - acknowledar a the possession
of some opinio rns on honor and good
faith that may be old fashioned, and
we cannot' escape the conviction that
tha' wili of tha maiority when legally
expressed ousht, not to be undermined
or Ignored,
How one is compelled to admire
such saving grace! Contemplat
ing the possession of these old
fashioned oplnioni "on good faith
and " ' honor!. " which makes the
Oreeonian the bulwark, of the will
of the people , and prevents that
"will from being undermined,"
one can almost hear the rustle of
angel wings. . - - '
And so Jong as i this far-famed
champion of the people's will holds
out the light to burn, 'the vilest
sinner may return' even, the Tele
gram, which the Oregonian nas
cast out among the sons of Belial.
The r only " hitch - In the sweet
assurances of how true is tnis
guardian angel to the popular will
is the indestructible record of the
past. Scarcely more than yester
day, this devout keeper 01 tne
DeoDle; will bullied and bludg
eoned and pursued? Statement One
legislators in an effort to nave
tham repudiate their pledges and
vote against Mr. Chamberlain, then
named senator by the people s
will." That was its 'old fash
ioned" opinions on honor and good
faith," That was the old fash
ioned views of the Oregonian on
honor and . go6d faith as expressed
not by profession but by perform
ance. 1 '
And since . the - Oregonian claims
itr'has hit the -trail of - righteous
ness and is preventing the; "will of
the majority' from being-"undermined'!
It Is unavoidable to recall
that after the people of Oregon by
a .vote' of ; 69,668 against one
fourth of that number -'approved
Statement One. the guardian angel
of thelr.rwill" declared: .
ReoubHcans of Oreeon intend to
repudiate Statement One, They in
tend to suggest in aeaembly or con
vention candidates for the primary,
and WlLT-r PUT TBE KN1FB INTO
BACH AND ALWHO DBCLAKK
POB STATEMENT ; ONE.
SAVED A miXXON
S v SAVixvivi to consumers ot aa.,
7V 000,000 has been effected by
t the San - Francisco, bureau of
. Weights and Measures since
its establishment January I, 1914,
according to - the San Francisco
Chronicle. ! " - - . :
The saving on four commodities
is", computed as follower, Milk,
$154,896; coal, v $ 1 fi 8 ,0 0 0 : butter,
$250,150; .bread $144,540; total,.
$718,587.
The weighing and measuring ap
paratus used in San Francisco was
grossly inaccurate when the bureau
was established. - The sealer: has
confiscated 14,021 Incorrect; scales
and measures, and 'condemned over
10.000 :more. ' Ninety per cent : of
the cans and milk bottles in use 18
months ago have 'been destroyed.!
Coal dealers who, for years, con
ducted a short "weight business, re
garded the order to give standard
weight as an Imposition. ? - '
The sale of potatoes, onions and
other produce by retail, it is said.
still abounds with, deception, as
buyers still follow the custom rof
asking for 10 or; 25 cents- worth
and' let the dealers estimate the
amount. Vegetable and fruit -ped
dlers going from house to house
give varying quantities to buyers.!
It Is surprising, that San Fran
cisco waited so long, to Inaugurate
the reform. - Portland7 long ago es
tablished supervision, and is gradu-l6ee
any making it. more rigid. I: s It is a
field in which a strict endeavor to
protect the unwary is good, public
policy. , 1 -. ' t " i : -: 1
The u tendency to . shorten the
period of school work ' is appreci
ated by the majority of those who
go to school, but the 6ame can not
be r, said of the; tendency ; to in
tensify the shortened period. ';
The ant and picnic - seasons are
both at their height. -
Why doesn't someone , establish
a sanatorium where people Just
back from their . vacations can
rest up? - - :
A philosopher is a man who can
find some good In everything, but
philosophers are scarce in the hay
fever season. .
NATURAL HISTORY OF
WENDELL PHILLIPS
- - rrom th Boatoa Olob, July 8.)
TODAY tbera is a monument in
, Boston' to - Wendell Phillip. ; It
Is, the sutua to the great radical
to be - unveiled ' today in the Public
Garden. Tet he died in 1S84. Why
the long delay? , ?
t - Wendell Phillips, to lapBe into the
slang of, the '40s, was aV'come-outer.
" 7, I
V ': itt,"",c-V ' .
touoaeu Anaover ana- iuxeier acaa
emies. Ha came out of Harvard col
lege, out of a legal practice,, out of a
statesman's career, out of a church
which excused slave-holding, - and out
Oftha state Itself because he could
not conscientiously take an oath to
support the -constitution while It. too.
made slavery, legal.
' Until this y6u&g- man' was ii his
life flowed in 'the orderly channels
Of hla social et Beacon street born.
Harvard educated, admitted to the
bar this was' the routine of young
Boatonlana an rout for careers as
Judges and statesmen, f Toung Phil
lips might hav . had bis, pick f
these prlsea'- But aomethlne hap
pened. He saw a lftrbt and heard' a
votes from .the Burning Bush saying-.
"Sat '.my people free.' f .
: To be . explicit,' what ' he saw . from
the windows of : his office in court
Street that October day ot 1836 , was
the' mob of "gentlemen .of etAnding
a,nd property" dragging Lloyd," Garri
son at a rope's. end. !Why not call
out . the .guard,', he asked - Colonel
Parks. The colonel bad him obaarve
that the guard was out already,. The
regiment was the mob. .
That ; eadd it' Phillips' held, at
that time,', no brief for abolition; but
he did hold one for frea speech, with
out ; which, he knew," no republic can
endure, .
'Things were getting worse. States
men ': were shuffling and . evadlng;
theologlans Were thumbing bibles for
texts to Justify slave holding; all but
a few of the colleges -were silent;
ministers : protested that ' the church
"was for religious purposes : only";
church . buildings could not be ob-j
tained for anti-slavery meetings, , nor
even. Faneull hall "Itself The secular
and ' religious .press ' denounced aboli
tion. . An Illinois mob, after breaking-
four 'presses, finally shot to death
the Abolltioniat lveJoy. -
.-Then Faneuil :.hall . was . - thrown
open for-a. protest meeting. PhilUps
took the plunge, ails clients forsook
him; his "career" went up l'n smoke;
his friends mourned him as. a ' "de
luded fanatlo"! . and bis relative, m
mother iacluded,' were intensely dis
gusted. He had -mlned his chanee8.,
But the trouble had : only Just be-
fan. Thirty ' stormy years of , It.
Pfantlpe Supported himself by -lectur-WgT".
tHn ,-Antisiaverjr.;frea; any
other-eubject, $100." The little band
was hated, feared, slandered, perse
cuted.'. Mr. . Harriet Beecher Stowe
tells how ' some of the . frailer ones
sank and ;di6d under, the strain; and
how those who . .buried them; envied
them the Peace of i their last : sleep.
But there was nothing to do but ' go
on, and en they want,": through cat
alls and brickbats. ; ,
It got worse instead of better.
Phillips- made- speech "after speech
with a barrier of -young men across
the middle ; of - the - hall to keep back
the 'moo. Time and again he won the
very mob to his side by sheer fire,
audacity, wit and eloquence. . 3 Then
he would have to go home locked "in
a Square of i 2S husky young fellows,
who guarded him day and night. Tha
little old house down on ssex street,
"plain outside and in," was an armed
arsenal, a fort.
And who. else' was being; howled
down 14 those days T Thomas Went
worth Hlgginaon, James Freeman
Clarke and . Balph Waldo Emerson, ',
Three months' of i this, Phillips' liv
ing on his nerve, in constant danger
of . death; then, April U, 181, . the
firing ' on Fort ; Sumpter. Instantly
the; tune changed. ' 'Mobs vanished;
the shouting and the tumult died; and
as If Into calm and sunshine the Abo
litionists .walked into the . grim years
of the Civil War, glad,1 confident and
unafraid sure of their harvest. - -
On January 1, 1863, dt came the
Emancipation - Proclamation. " Garrison
hung-his sword' ever "the -mantiepiece:
Mrs. Stowe dried ber pen; Abolition
ist, generally,, retired . from the fray.
Then a curious thing, happened.
i81 ? p h MIlp s dd not "settle
down." -Ift kept going. ; Some said
ft was force of habit; other said It
wa force ' .Of Character.'
sOnce" mora this persona, son grata
could have had his pick of the prises.
He even cdnfeSsed ' to a desire to be
United Spates senator. But he -had
been in the business lohg enough to
the futility of personal ambition
and to know that th tasks whlch the
world .rewards with - the 'tallest: hon
or are not . the .. task most worth
doing. So. for the second time, he
rejected the kingly" crown of a, world
ly career and resumed the -"old. bur-
denaT " -. Now, . these, included both
woman suffrage and the labor movef
ment. -He went marching on until
1884 and died In harness. "'
- " ' 1 ... ' ' '
When all is aald, it His the last part
of hla life' that: i. the most remark
able. Most men's mlhda freeSe- at 40.
Most righters tire at 50. The rst are
glad to--, call it off rat 0.-. But at .70
phlllipa was still going . strong. , and
Just as ' unacceptable to the foes of
human liberty as he had been at 2 5.
When lie died a distinguished public
man is said to have saidr "t . shall
not attend' Wendell PhilUps funeral,
but I approve, of It." . The answer is
that it was not Wendell Phillips
funeral:; such a remark is "the speak
er's own funeral. . . ' -
At his death it wa said: "Fifty
years hence it will not be asked.
What did Boston think of Wendell
PhllllpsT but" 'What did Wendell
Phillip .think of Boston V, .
- ' ;C;i';.-;.; i j " ;
Today there is a monument in Bos
ton to Wendell Phillips.- It is' not a
statu in the Public Garden. It is a
meqiflry and a hope la the heart of
living . women and men. - '
ponce over!
LAST Friday the esteemed city edi
torwho thought X wanted some
thing to do told m to go up to the
city hall and sea what was doing
and writ up the council meeting. . ..
.S7-and I straightway went.- J " '; 1
And , Commissioner Daly waurj
cnewmg a- toothpick,
and : Commissioner Baker
scowling.
and Commissioner deck wis
looking at the celling. . '
and Mayor A'ibee smiled at me..!
and I noticed that Commissioner
Bigelow Im almost ' a ' bald as City
Attorney La Boehe who can't hide it
by combing- over the top. . -
' 1f And : pretty soon Marshall : Xana
got up and cleared his throat and
told the council something should be
done with upper Washington street.
- and he said if it "wasn't done
the people would rise up and cry out
agaynst them. - . - j
and they said they'd do it. . .
9 But before that they talked about
it.'---" - . . - . J - .
and Mr. Dieck said It couldn't be
done.
and Mr. Baker wanted to know
why it couldn't. '
' and. Mr. Dieck told him. v . T,
and Mr, Baker said It could and
that his Idea of commission govern
ment was to meet emergencies. .- .;j.,
'.. and one existed and It should be
met. '7 '
and Mayor Albee said that wasn't
a new idea exactly, . ;
- and Commissioners Baker, 'and
Dieck disagreed some more, .
aad, then agreed on one point, t
and the mayor .mentioned It. ;
: and Mr. Dieck said yes-on that
point alone." ) -
and Ut a cigarette.
and Mr. Baker said "Thahk you.
f And Mr. Baser- talked at Mr.
Dieck soma thin ar Ilk he used to talk
-at Ralph Clyde in the oli council
before commission -' government
with its flood of clvio . purity came
in. , ; - ,
or at James Maguire when Ralph
wasn't there. - -
and he seems to Want someone
to take their place in hi heart.
and '-4 - experimenting with Mr,
Dieck to see .if he'll .do. . - ' .
(And, of ceurtf) Mc Bker is pew
in this council and hasn't gut going-
yet. : - -. - v i
'but X .used 'to attend the old coun
cilwhen Mr. Baker wa a member
before commissioner government with
its . economy and - efficiency and all
that came along.
flAnd by-and-by wfien he gets - ac-
ollmated I want the esteemed city ed
itorto send me to a council meeting
-once in awhile because ;
t LISTEN' rm getting tired of reg
ular Vaudeville. - -
Letters From the People
(Oonimnaleatione saftt to The Journal for
publication In till department should be writ
ten on onlV one side if the Daner. abauld mni
iceea auu waras in eogta una must t se-
sender; .if tue writer does not denire to have
ue nun puonsnea, d inocis so state.) -,
"T)lunJltMi fa tlka v-mitMr all
It rationalise everything It touches. It rob
principles at all false sanctity and throws then
back ea their raaaooNDleneas, It they have no
reasonableness. It ruthlessly crashes them ut
of existence and sets op Its own coudualoas
la theiz stead..' WoodTow Wilson.
From Plsgah Home Colony.; ' :
Fisgah Heights, Bcappoose, Or.,
July 8. To the Editor of The Journal
It might be of interest to your read
ers to near a report, from Plsgah
Height . 1 1 have been ' here for ten
days. . I came in to one mile of our
place on the wagon and then walked
over the trail behind Superintendent
Ed who had one ' horse bitched to a
Btone boat, on Which .as loaded hay,
barley, suitcases, etc.' the trail being
Wide enough for the boat. -- The other
faithful old "horse followed. We ar
rived at Pathbreakers Hall just at sup
per, time. This building was built in
pouring rain, In February, out of e-reen
lumber and now -Is eo-shrunken you
tan aeo daylight everywhere. . But
this crowd Is' altogether too busy to
ee cracks. - , ,
Such a tide of satisfaction flowed
through me when I stood and returned
thanks at that evening' meal, that we
have been1 privileged. In ever so limited
a measure , to have : our -dream come
true, to s have this little haven, '"city
of refuge," where the tempest toaaeJi
ones can Come and find a place of
safety from temptation and a shelter
In time of storm. How they all ap
preciate it. . They don't need any fore
man. Today- Brother Charlie ' and
Brother. H. . are making shakes. Broth-,
er W. II. is curbing a cesspool. Brother
J. Is setUngr out eabbafea. Brother ,JH.
1 working in the poultry yard. B. Is
in the kitchen. . M, is washing, Sister
8 Is lronlnsr and B ia wrltine-. A!)
are buay at odd Job today, j It' too
wet' to clears ground. . Still they are
clearing' for turnip over 1 acre all
wgeiuer, anu iivs atcres or potatoes.
Superintendent Ed is buildinor a tent
house for office and shop, and Thomas
with him.. The old crowd have eouo
out to get work and these are mostly
new. men. The original Pa.thbreakr
are all gone but one, - Our Superintend
ent." They wiu return in the fall to
complete the work and ; occupy their
little land plots. . - - t ...
We are in much need of clothina- nd
shoe for . men and women. - Phone
Tabor 293. MOTilfSR LiAWRIiMCK.
Advises Peaceful ,". Arbitration, j
Detroit, Mich- July . To the Kdi-
tor of The Journal Ten month have
been consumed by the powers-at war
in proving the assertions of economists
that by virtue of the vast ' resources
of both sides it can result in victory
for neither.. : ureat military triumphs
appear to be Impossible, and, economic
ruin certain In a y continuance .of the
struggled -Prom the nature of the case
concerted peace -demands ean originate
alone ia a neutral country such as our
own. , ... i, g" ;;.;.. . i;-;.?.; -j.,
We are' aehast at tha costlv dtmnn.
strati on given u by the advocates of
an internationalism based on -the false
principle of the superiority ; of : Vast
armaments f or the preservation! of
peace.' It is estimated 10,000,000 of
the armies have been kilted or wound
ed;. 35,000,009 non-combatants ar de
pendent; upon American charity. An
amount equal 'In value to that of the
agricultural lands of America to the
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
V S3IAJLL CHANGE
Pittsburg Press? Evelyn may ' not
testify but you can bet she'll talk.
, - -
Seattle Times: "Safety first is
showing results in a steady decrease
ot Industrial accidents.
iV r--, tx:.- ,' . ;?' .v'.:,-;-i'.;: P 'J'cH Ay-.-"';'5 0
Wail' Street Journal: Fighting In
the air. doesn't necessarily raise the
plan of modern warfare.
, ve .
Chicago News: If, as the statisti
cians figure out, the war is coating
(2,uoO,OOU an hour, somebody is get
ting terribly bunked.
Boston Globe; ' Fifteen swimming
pools-in Pittsburg were opened Mon
day. Do they skim the clnaers off the
water every little whilst , .
Atlanta Journal: Congress will have
the satisfaction on convening again of
realising - that the president acted
wisely during its absence. . -
Lo Angele Times: There are a lot
of better ways of -spending one's
money than to buy ammunition for a
gun that shoot jthirty-on milea
Pittsburg Dispatch: Intervention
will unite Mexican. It ia said. . Well,
elnce nothing - else seems likely to,
that may be urged a a reason for
trying it. -
p ,'.;irf-! Avfti?;:i;H;l "i'i&;A
'Cincinnati Times Star : Phoenix,
Arizona, report a temperature of 120
degrees. That's why they call it Phoe
nix. It rises annually, a winter resort,
out of it white summer heat. --
is -,:- -- --..- . ;jt:';': .
Baltimore Star: 'That; 83-year-old
alien who ha applied for naturalisa
tion paper In Washington evidently
expects the war to last some time
and believe in safety first. .
Philadelphia Inquirer: A foot pro
pelled typewriter ha been invented.
Well, we suppose some stenographers
will be able to spell as well with thoir
feet as they do with their hands. -
Chicago Herald: 'The Germans, al
ways enterprising, are perfecting a
flaming missile with which-to burn
the feathers off the Italian headgear
as it protrudes from the trenches."
LIFE'S EVER NEW FRONTIERS
From the Chicago Herald.
Major General W.- C. Gorgas, re
deemer of Panama from the pestilence
and one of the msn who made-possible
the building of the great canal, de
clared his belief in an interview in
Tuesday Herald that the proof given
on the Isthmus that- white men can
live and work efficiently In the tropics
ha ' -thrown open an area as large As
the ' western ; hemisphere for , settle
ment. ' - '
- Taus the creation of new, frontiers
-where the energy and 'ability and pio
neering spirit can find occupation and
reward goes constantly on. At times
we reach a point when it seems as if
the world had all grown staid and set
tled: a if the last frontier bad been
attained and subdued. - And Just at that
moment science and imagination speak
some great creative word and, lot new
vistas open new; frontiers calling for
new pioneers emerge and the ; world
is again seen, as it is a field promis
ing endless occupation and constant
progress tor mankind. -.
,;"' I . . w:.;bt;?;'j:'-.-;;?';'v
" These frontier which ar disclosed
to the eager, eyes of men as the old
frontiers disappear are not necessarily
new territorial - areas open to Occupa
tion. They may be - old 7 territorial
areas," almost ; exhausted under Old
methods, but now shown, to be capable
of new and tremendous : development
by the application of. new idea and
methods. Once it-' was thought " that
the mining area of the west were on
tha- brink of exhaustion.'- vTnen meta
In re leal science spoke a hew creative
word and abandoned mines again be
came the aource of. wealth, i Once
assets of the Russian empire has been
expended from treasuries depleted be
fore the war began In the preparation
of it. Daily $50,000,000 is devoted; to
its-carrying on.- ;-; s-.:;;a-;- "'
- War credit is already undermined.
Two htindred thousand millions Of for
eign ' securities are declared : to be of
questionable value. NaUons ar on
the verge of bankruptcy, from which
repudiation of national , debt" I the
escape, probably. Let American seller
beware, tn the face of thi.
There i the destruction of property
With irreplaceable treasures of art and
architecture; the loss to the trade and
commerce of the world; theaeffect upon
M-Mlit: the retarding of the develop
ment of ' backward - races, and those
deleterious Influence in racial aexeno
ration, due to the destroying of the
strongest in battle, and to the effect
upon religion and morals, which are in
calculable m-extent. ;- - - . -
Is it not time that men and nation
awoke from their comfortable oppor
tunism? Can American voice no con
certed protest against the continuance
of. the war? Our control of supplies
gives us a voice none may not heed,
n,,- ahan ' in establishing a' peace
league of nation requires that - we
save prospective members of the league
frnm -suicide financial, moral - and
spiritual. ' Our. common interest urge
us to action, - in aemanaing inrougn
press, pulpit, civic reform and all
other agencies an exchange of peace
terms' on the part of the belligerents,
baeio to an - early termination of the
war, on tha grounds of an honorable
peace. . -
CARfsON FTJUJiiNiii fAJKBWrtO, :
. . Michigan Representative,
- National Peace Federation.
"Oregon Fish Lawi Criticized.
w.rrn. Or.. July 7. To the "Editor
of The . Journal Knowing that Th
Journal - takes great Interest ,. in th
fish supply of Portland, I would like
to call attention - to what I. with
others, consider" a most unjust law
In regard to the - sale of certain kind s
of fish. It 1. contrary to law to aefl
croppies, catfish or bass, 'about the
only edible Xish that are with us the
whole year. - these fish - having been
declared -"gam fieh." None of these
fish are protected that is. there is
no closed season for them, and any
one who chooses may take 40 pounds
a day every day tn tne year ir ne is
so disposed. - Now fromi .an angler"
point - of view, or at least' from a
sportsman' point vi view, t. wouia
like to know what sport there is in
catflshing? 'Were they not a good
table fish they would not have been
classed' as game flh.- .-The natural
inference-. i that if a rish Is good
eating; It is placed on the game list,
to be caught , by a few people who
have time and -money to spend in fish
ing. -Many people are exceedingly
fond of catfish, but how many people
can afford th -tim and money (also
a license) to go flshingT The sloughs
and rivers are full ot catfish, crop
pies and bass; yet the people of Port-
land are dented the privilege of eat
ing them unless they . go and," catch
them, i If - a ; person may , take 40
pounds a day every day in the year,
of any of these fish, why in the name
of - common v sense : may they not . be
sold? - - - i -
Section 32 of the ffatne and fish
law make it an offense to waste
any edible-portion of any game fish.
Hundreds of pounds are - wasted an
nually for the simple reason that the
arsler will take horn the best, and
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Baed on "receipts for" the year end
ing Marcn 81, the salary of postmas
ter John O. Foster, of Baker, has been
increased from f 4700 to $2800 per an
num. . , i
- ' ' !
The Baker Democrat testifies that
every hubi table acre of land in Baker
county will soon be under cultivation,
"so rapidly are people making entry
Of. lands in everynook and corner."
The Falem Journal declares it is
about time for the Commercial club
to get Into touch -with Judge Dimick
again and see about the extension of
hia electrlo railway from Mount An
gel, through Howell prairie, to Balem
next fall."
- Tribute to the Sheridan Civic Im
provement club; la. the Bun: "By tne
results accomplished the club has just
ified its existence and proved its
merit, and it should be the ambition
of every-woman of Sheridan,' with no
exception,' to count herself as an active
member of this organisation."
"There is an increased demand," says
the Canyon City Eagle,: "for. home
stead entrta this spring and land busi
ness is very active. .A the vacant
iandinally narrow down to limited
acres there will be a wild scramble
for what is left. It is even now. ap
parent that every foot of vacant lanas
in Orant county will be entered." -?
' Tillamook Herald: The tourists and
campers are beginning- to come our
way. During the cast week or more
outside auto and camping 1 wagons
have been coming In over the moun
tains by the score. Our good - roads
are one of the features tuat attract
the tourists and no tleubt aid to a con
siderable extent in bringing many dol
lars to tnis county.. - -
......
--' Ashland Tidings? The installation
of drinking fountains in Ashland was
one of the wisest moves that has ever
been accomplished; Perhaps many did
not realise how indispensable the bub
bling fountains were until the Carter
fountain in the Plaza, was turned off
for repair last wek. . In - half an
hour actual time - over fifty people
topped to drink and went on wearing
a disappointed look.
certain areas of farming land- ware
supposed to have outlived their use
fulness. Then science spoke the need
ed word and it was seen that chemis
try and intensive cultivation combined
had opened up In those very areas a
new field for labor and reward. - --
Now. the latest of the agencies ere
atlng He wf rontlera ' ia seen to be
sanitation eciance applied to the
hitherto insoluble health problem of
tropical lands. Sparsely settled, cap
able of Immense development lands of
riotous life and more luxuriant death,
these tropical areas are still almost
Virgin'1; territory but virgin territory
long guarded by the twin dragons of
fever and climatic enervation. , How
quickly this agency will work cannot
be foretold. - It Is sufficient for . the
presentto- know1 that before the eye
and enterprise of the race particularly
on the . western -continent, - there ha
opened up another frontier one that
may be possessed whenever the pio
neering spirit : demands it whenever
the feet of the young men are set in
the paths that lead afar. ;
What is true of the' physical world
Is today equally true of the moral and
spiritual world. In the field of serv
ice to humanity, in the regions where
the immortal spirit Of man seeks and
find . its highest : satisfaction.; there
are ever opening, iip new areas of
thought, and ..usefulneas. Here : a J in
the physical J world h It Is becoming
plainer than ever that life becomes
larger Instead , of " becoming; more
crowded and ; 5 contracted that the
imit of human, endeavor 'will only be
reached when the human mind has
given forth its last great creative idea.
biggest fish and either leave the bal
ance on. the bank or kick them back,
into the stream. Again, section 63
says: "Whenever the " owner of any
lake pond desires to , get rid, of
carp, catfish, chub, suckers and such
like worthless fish" he may poison,
dynamite or use any other means he
chooses to get rid of them.. Is that
waste or nott . , .
- So, when' a catfish Is la the river
.it Is a game fish, and when it is in
a lake it is worthless. That ; la
wonderful pleceof reasoning.' So long
as . a person angles and does catch
these ' fish, i they should : certainly be
allowed to be sold. Then the public
generally would . be benefited. Tliey
should ' also be protected - during
spawning- xime.., . i .
Meanwhile, the fish supply comes
from Seattle, with tons at our door,
and the Oregon streams that are full
of them can be used for motorboats,
swimming, bathing and an occasional
suicide. . . , JERRY T.
. ' The Navy . League Acain.
Weber, Wash., July . To the "Edi
tor of The Journal Dr. J. B. Bullitt,
field secretary of the Navy League
of the United States, ask for - evi
dence. V I a am ., offering- -no evidence
and ask none, but leave the people
to draw their own conclusion. How
ever, if : Dr. : Bullitt wishes, to extend
the controversy, I might give him a
few : points on the reported actions
and operation of his own and like
Concerns in : the . past.
Now as. to the reception -griven In
1918- at"; Washington by- the Navy
league- and the. parties attending
by special invitation which Dr. Bul
litt cites as a sure guarantee of the
good faith, honest Intentions and pat
riotism - ef the league, permit - me to
say this. Is all pure buncombe. This
Is the regular course taken -by all
such concern on the Incoming-of a
new administration, patriotism nowaday-
with such concern consists
chiefly In. the best and quickest may
of getting th business, and . thereby
the dollars, v -
, But Dr. Bullitt does" no ' .t.t.
f whether, Secretary paniels. W. J.
wryan or Jongrssman Alexander,- of
Missouri, and, others, made speeches
favoring all the plans of the league.
However, we have seen-no account
in' the papers slrwe . 1913. of either
Bryan ' or Alexander ., making any
speeches anywhere In' favor of the
Navy- league's - plans, and from - Bry
an' position on world's affairs. I do
Hot . think he favors ..the plans of
th . Navy league at all nor do I
believe anybody else thinks so. As
to Congressman Alexander, I under
stand he is the 'author - of the - ship
purchase bill, before the taat eon
gress, that was filibustered out of
passage by the very samn people that
are now behind the Navy ; league,
namely th shipping trust and the
shipbuilders' - trust, -, :::
So, how about the ... company "'the
Navy league keeps; and 'how does it
compare with : the crowd ; t the
Washington reception in 1813? From
the newspaper account of Alexan
der' speech befor the Portland
Chamber of Commerce and Jackson
Club, I could .hardly infer that- he
wa very strongly , In favor of the
Navy , league's plan now. fc Then I it
not a fact that In 1018 the rulers
of Europe,- now- enpaged lnthe worst
war the world ever knew f, were
viritingand writing each ether af
fectionate letters? . "
Will Dr. Bullitt pTee answer this;
question: If the government were
t -at saatv iaTr
l" rrsd rUobisy. Special SsaXf Writer
"I am a Buckeye." said Stephen I.
Conner, a day or so ago. "I was borr.
in Ohio on the eighth of April, 183J.
In 1836 my people moved from Ohio
to Pike county, Illinois. That was a
Wild country In those days. It hal
Just been secured from the Indiana nnrt
there Were lots of deer, wild turkeys,
quail, i and jcottontail rabbits. The
problem of gVttlng a living waa less
of a problem then than now. Possi
bly we wanted less in those flays than
we do today. The men folks would
go out and cut down a bee tree an t
fill all the copper kettle in the house
With wild honey. The atreams were
full-of catfish, bass and buffalo fish.
The woods were ; full of - wild fox
grapes, -which made delicious Jelly.
Then ;w children could pick galloni
or Wild blackberries and other berries,
beside nuts, pawpaws and persimmon
in the frosty days of tall. -
"I Jeft that country when I was IS
year old. We went to Andrew coun
ty. Missouri, where we wintered ami
prepared our outfit to cross the plains.
We stayed at the rendezvous until 116
wagons had assembled. After the first
day's trip the 116 wagons split up into
nve division They elected five cap
tainsCaptain White, Captain Shuck.
Captain Wills, Captain VVhitcomb and
my father. Captain. John Bonser. There
wero; 28 wagons In my father's com
pany. L. B. Hastings, Gideon Tibbits.
Dave Shelton, Tom Hockett, Henderson
duelling and others were in our part v.
Luelling brought a nursery along, lie
had four large boxes that fited Into his
wagon bed. Theae were filled With
earth.and slips were planted in them
He watered , them every night. I
watched some strawberries be had
blossom and watched them till the
strawberries were ripe.--fle planted hU
nursery;, at Mllwaukie and he marto
big money selling his trees and his
fruit. He shipped his apples to the
California gold mines. The miners
were glad to pay 26 cents eaih for
apples, -.. - , ;
, 0'.'w ettied on Sauvies island in
1849. As soon' as the donation lan-i
act was passed father took tip 641
acres of land on Sauvies Island.
"In the spring of 1840 I borrowed
8100-from Juniper Dillon, agreeing to
pay him. 100 per cent interest evcrv
three months, as long a I-.kept It. I
took passage on the Undine for Sun
Prancisco, We were held for 17 days
in Baker's bay by a rough bar. 'When
we-got over the bar at last U oniv
took us three days and eight hourn
to run down to San Francisco. I paid
Dillon hla 3100 with 100 per cent In
terest;, before the three months was
Up. -;;,. -i,--,: - , t '
"Ait San Francisco we' chartered
boat to take us 'up the Kacramenta
river. The crew were all drunk.: On
fell overboard and with a swift tnif
and a strong vrtnd we were soon hard
and fast ashore. We eventually ant
the crew sober and the boat under way
and reached our desired haven.
, 'I mined on the middle fork of the
American river until the , spring of
1850, when I returned . to Oregon.
Father never had any patience with
raining. He -thought cattle , and grn
wa the Oply legitimate Way of rhakln-r
a living, . .
J'On Junef 11 I married a widow frorn
Missouri. Her name was Mehalu
Thomas Tariof We had eight chil
dren. In 1868 we moved to Vancouver
0& my-stepdaughter could go to sehool.
Iz-bought the steamer Kagle for 82300
and . buHt a scow to carry hsv
and wood. For two years I was tlie
owner and. master Of the Eagle.
"In about I860 or 1861 I was up In
the Salmon river country mining.
There were four of us who went an
partners. ' We agreed to share and
share alike, but 1 Was the only one
who ever did any work and it took all
I could earn to keep the four of ux
In grub. Presently I got tired of th
partnership and quit. I don't know
nuoincr li winer inree starved to
death or went to work, but I cma
home, I had a silver half dollar when
I reached home, and considerable dis
taste for partnerships.
"I took up photography, but rnv
ves wouldn't mtanA It mn 1 r.n k,.i.
on the river aa the pilot of the steam
er Ohio. Later I was with th Cirri
Norton and the Lena, which were
trading boats. They sold fruit an l
vegetable to the salmon canneries. In
1887 I moved to St. Helens. For th
past 18 years I have lived her t,
Portland."
Breakdown of the Visa Plan.
From the New York Evenfner root.
-The death of the aged Porflrlo Dia
ha, of course, no direct bearing- on
th posture of affairs in Mexico, yet
lovers of coincidence will endeavor to
make one out. It may be said, at
any rate, that the passing of tha Tn-
mou "strong , man" of Mexico comes
to reinforce the belief that Mexican
salvation Is not to be worked out
on any Carlylean theory. The strong
man wa In power for a generation.
but left only chaos behind him. Hom
contend that this wa only becau
he overstayed his time. Had h qui
etly retired before his vJat seizure
of the presidency, It has been araruM,
a successor could have been found
to -arry on hi work in hla own
spirit. But there 1 no proof of this.
All the evidence is that it was the
Dias plan that had overstayed ft
time. And those who now see rio
solution' of Mexico's troubles except
in the appearance of a powerful and
unscrupulous . ruler, should be asked
to fix their minds upon exactly what
happened In .;, 3610. Absolute rvt!
broke.: down absolutely. Arbltrnry
s-Avaptiimenf lonsA1 tnti ananithv
body that w know of ha a guar
anteed scheme of salving Mexico.
Seemingly, the work must ba done, if
done at ell from the inaida, by groups
and parties rather than by a- sinci,
dominant indlviduaL At all event-,
the Dias plan died along with D!s..
building It own war and -merr.hf-.nt
ships and manufacturing all its owi
guns and ammunition, does" he thl:.
there would be any Navy leatru?
C. J. M'LAIN.
Mere " Man.
From the Houston Pot.
Man is not only.of few days 'sni
full of prunes, but he is an innit--nificant
mutt at hla wedding, hi,
wife', parents are the heroes when
the first , baby comes, and after that
his wife take over hla pay envelop
every: week. . .
INDEX OF ADVANCING
TIDE OF PROSPERITY
: : Granite City, 111. Corn Fro i
ucts plant reopened, with 00 e-i-ployes
this week,; Commonwe;n i
Steel opened three furnace Fri
day, adding 500 to its 2500 er:
ployea. Barber . A aphalt. for r-
first time; will not shut down r
th summer.