THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY. AUGUST 7, 1915.
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America asks nothing for her
self bat what she has a right to
ask for humanity -itself.
WOODROW WILSON.
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I do not mean to expose my
ideas to Ingenious ridicule by
maintaining that everything
happens to every man for the
best; but I will contend, that
I he who makes the best use., of
it. fulfills the part of a wise
and .good man. Cumberland.
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ASSAILING THE PRESIDENT
THE president of the German
American Alliance, which has
just concluded a national
convention in San Francisco,
says President Wilson has for
feited re-election by his notes to
Germany. He also said:
I must confess that I, as a native
Jorn American, am nauseated by the
lick-spittle policy of our country.
England decides for our secretary
of state what news he shall impart
to ua American citizens who employ
and pay him.
Allowance is to be made for the
feelings "which ties of blood and
descent arouse in Germans, Brit
ons, Italians, French, and all oth
ers touched by the antagonisms of
the war. Perhaps we should not
expect them all to hold expression
of their views within reasonable
bounds.
As to President Wilson, the con
stantly reiterated threat that he
will be defeated for re-election by
German votes is not a popular ut
terance in America. The one thing
for which he Is given the widest
and most pronounced approval is
. the manner in which he has di
rected American affairs in the heat
and complexities of the war crises.
If he should be a candidate for
re-election, and if an issue is made
of his efforts in protecting Ameri
can lives ami American rights on
:he seas, he will be elected by one
Ef the greatest pluralities in Ameri
can political history. If jassailed
on the war issues, the attacks will
rally to him prodigious nunibers of
those Americans who thihi this
nation is a free nation and should
not be made a vassal to one or the
other of the European empires.
There are a great many import
ant issues before the American
people. But "iere is no other
question so vital as that of
whether this nation is free and in
dependent and at liberty to pro
tect its citizens and its rights
against the depredations and injus
tices of. foreign nations made mad
by the exigencies of a fearful war
"which we had no part in making.
The United States is not a co
lonial possession directed by or
answerable to either of the bellig
erent powers, and there is nothing
more certain than that, in any con
test to reduce it to that status, or
to deprive America of her right to
protect American lives and rights,
the people will vote for freedom
and independence in 1916 as -they
did in 1776.
Incidentally a great many German-Americans
do not approve the
radical attitude of the presi
dent of the German-American Alli
ance, as was evidenced by the re
fusal of the convention at San
Francisco to adopt resolutions in
harmony with his utterances.
PORTLAND'S GOVERNMENT
P
TJBLIC interest in municipal
finance runs high. The people-ask,
"'Is Commission gov
ernment financially effic
ient?"' The critic who doesn't stop
to learn the facts or who has a
motive to serve, condemns commis
sion government on the mere show
. In that the first complete year
. of commission government cost
more than the last year of coun
cilmanic government. But when
effort 9 made to learn the facts
the reasons foi. increase in the cost
Of city government become appar
ent. . .
Just before the end of council
' manic government a number of
new- fire companies were added.
. Additions were made to the police
force. A f 3 minimum wage for
city labor was inaugurated. The
- state , adopted a law requiring an
eight-hour day on public work.
All these Items add to the cost of
commission .' government, yet no
one condemns adequate fire or po
lice protection.
1 Meanwhile. - Portland has been
growing. Elgbty-flve miles more
hard surface streets must be kept
clean than under councilmanic gov
ernment. The amount of street
lighting is much greater than un
der councilmanic government.
We do not attempt with these
statements to apologize for com
mission government. It nesds no
apology. That it merits a fair
amount of praise and, certainly,
study upon which to base intelli
gent criticism, cannot be denied.
In The Sunday Journal tomor
row will appear the first complete
comparison of the expense under
councilmanic and commission ad
ministration that has yet been
furnished the people of Portland.
It will be worthy the attention
of all who desire to be just in
their judgments.
DO THEY NOTICE?
W O readers notice the Improve-
I 1 ment made day by day in
1 M The Journal?
Do they notice, when they
take up the paper in the evening,
what a mass of well selected and
well edited news from every part
of the world is assembled on its
pages?
Did they notice last week that
ten minutes after Mr. Bryan had
ceased speaking to the great as
semblage on Multnomah field that
The Journal was on the street with.
a 13000 word report of his address
a feat in journalism never be
fore performed in Portland?
Though Colonel Roosevelt was
. i i m. e r - 1 4. t An
in Portland tui mmuie.
they know that, while competitors
carried only about four inches.
The Journal contained two col
umns of stories and interviews
with him, and was on the street
within 30 minutes after his de
parture? And do tney Know mat.
Mr. Roosevelt's utterances in The
Journal were the subject of com
ment in newspaperdom as far east
as the Atlantic?
It is The Journal's policy to put
what it gets in resources from its
patrons back into the paper in im
provements, and it is by that pro
cess that Journal patrons are build
ing up a great newspaper institu
tion for themselves and for their
service.
MARRIED MEN
THERE can be no controversy
as to what was the under
standing about the employ
ment of resident married men
In expending the proceeds of the
bond issue on the roads.
That such men were to have
preference in the road work was a
chief argument used to secure a
verdict for the bonds. Itwas an
argucient that turned many a
voter from "original hostility into
approval of the Issue.
The obligation set up by this
quasi promise is binding from
every moral consideration, and the
authorities have no right to dis
regard or repudiate it. Every cov
enant made with the people be
fore election as to this bond issue
should be kept after election for
the effect it will have if the public
is ever again asked for other funds
for community improvement.
Xor is there room for question
as to the advisability of giving
preference in public employmnt to
men who have a home to main
tain and a family to support.
There is stagnation in Canada, and
in the process of retrenchment the
other day, the Canadian Pacific
railroad dismissed a large number
of employes. The married em
ployes were retained, but the un
married received this note: "Your
king and country heed you; we
don't."
There is everywhere a growing
acceptance of the principle that the
multiplication and maintenance of
homes Is a wise social economy.
Its homes are the anchorage of a
natien. Its firesides are the
strength of this republic.
Preference for family men on
public work is encouragement to
men to have homes, and is a w-ise
measure for bringing the children
in those homes into a maturity
in a way to guarantee a sound
and stable citizenship.
THE NEXT STEP
A FEW years ago when Samuel
Hill came into Oregon from
Washington preaching a
highway on a five per cent
grade along the Oregon shore of
the Columbia river some people
having consideration for his feel
ings told him that he was a vis
ionary and was too far ahead of
his generation. The inconsider
ate ones told him that he was
crazy; that it could not "be done.
Like all prophets, major and
minor, he did not abandon his
propaganda but kept on talking
Columbia river highway as a
necessary step in the development
of the great Inland Empire equal
in importance with the opening of
the river to navigation. At night
he dreamed of it.
Finally he succeeded in Inducing
a few public spirited men to come
forward to the mourner's bench
and get a glimpse of his vision.
As a result the Columbia river
highway is far on the road to real
ization. A few days ago the com
pleted section through the gorge
of the river was opened to travel.
In a few day3 the lower section
between Portland and the sea
will be officially dedicated and
thrown open. To accomplish this
approximately two million dollars
have been expended but it is a
good investment. Even in ita un
finished condition it is onej.of the
greatest assets the state of Oregon
has. It Is worth all the trials and
tribulations that have attended Its
construction, wortn its burden of
taxation. '
And it will )" worth the com
ing sacrifice to complete It from
the northeastern corner of the
state to the ocean.
Following the construction of
this great trunk road the next
phase of development is the build
ing of branch lines to serve as
feeders. Every producing section is
to be linked by it with the open
river. It will require some time
to do this but in the light of what
has already been accomplished the
goal is not far away.
THE FALL OP WARSAW
T
HE capture of Warsaw and
the Vistula line is one of the
supreme achievements in mili
tary history.
It was accomplished by Germa
ny and Austria while holding the
armies of Great Britain, France
and Italy at bay on the western
and southern fronts. To thus
overwhelm the armies of Russia
in the midst of their own almost
impregnable fortifications while
holding firmly against the triple
alliance of the West and South
is manifestation by the two cen
tral nations of colossal military re
source and a tremendous driving
power.
Whether the great drive is now
to end or be further pursued is
wholly within the realm of con
jecture. The undoubted purpose
of the movement is to endeavor,
if possible, to compel Russia to
conclude a separate peace, and
by the moral effect of the strategy,
to prevent the Balkan nations from
casting their fortunes with the
allies. There will now be an in
terim of uncertainty and anxiety
among the allied nations as to
Russia's future movements, but it
will probably be followed with
an announcement from Petrograd
that the combat will be pursued
to the bitter end.
It seems to be a popular belief
that a next immediate step by
Germany will be a new and ter
rific drive on the Western front
with Calais as the objective, but
it is doubtful if such a movement
will be immediately attempted. The
Teuton allies have now a length
ened line to defend and, as seen
when the Germans approached
within a few miles of Warsaw last
October and again in December,
the Russians have hitherto dis
played wonderful recuperative pow
ers, and may at any time return
with .-a strong offensive, in case
a considerable force be detached
by the Germans for a new offense
against the Western front. There
is the further consideration that
in the late terrific onslaught the
triumphant German arms have suf
fered heavily and cannot for some
time be made ready to hurl against
the well rested troops of the al
lies in the Western trenches.
Meanwhile, the moral effect of
Warsaw will be as encouraging
throughout the central nations as
it will be depressing to the allies,
and the capture of that stronghold
is to be reckoned as one of the
premier events in a war unpar
alleled in the history of the world.
Probably the most unpopular
restaurant in the world is the ono
established by the New York de
partment of health. On the menu
card set opposite each dish served
is the number of calories or fuel
value that it contains. Ti e eater
is informed that 2700 calories is
the proper limit for a man of se
dentary, life and that every table
spoonful of macaroni baked with
cheese that he consumes contains
175 calories. Where is the pleas
ure of the table when the warm
delight of gluttony is chilled by
the cold science of dietetics.
A West Virginia jury has ac
quitted a man on a charge of car
rying a bottle of whiskey in his
pocket because the jail sentence
prescribed by law would be "cruel
and inhuman treatment." Pre
sumably the man could not have
taken the bottle to jail with him.
One difference between Russia
and the United States is that the
Russians are worrying about cars
to move ammunition at Vladivos
tok, while we are beginning to
worry about cars to move the com
ing big crop.
The Utah state college of agri
culture has conferred the degree
of "master farmer" upon five citi
zens of ,that state. Why jaot?
Farming is fully a3 important" as
a lot of ologies, knowledge of
which distinguishes men.
Eugene Foss of Massachusetts,
after two political flops, wants
the Republican nomination for gov
ernor, and the Chicago Post pre
dicts that Foss will keep on flop
ping until he becomes a fossil.
Two Kansas women are in the
field as candidatee for United
States senator3. . However, neither
can hope to equal the late Senator
Pfeffer's bid for bewLlskered fame.
The United States geological sur
vey says salt is steadily falling in
price. That helps some, but, un
fortunately, a person's capacity
for salt is limited. '
1 Of course there was no trouble
in getting Chamber of Commerce
volunteers to welcome that bevy
of beautiful New England women
to Portland-
Rear Admiral Fullam has ruled
that middies on the three battie-
ships at San Francisco are to be
given liberal shore leave, but they
must be aboard ship (before dark.
He is afraid too much sightseeing
on land will prevent seeing the
sights on shipboard.
War saw we before we saw War
saw, say the victorious Teutons.
SNEAKING AWAY THE
DEFENSES OF LABOR
W. L. Chenery In Chicago Herald.
EAR the Greeks, . even though
they bear gifts," might -well be
taken as a battle cry by .the
public-spirited women and by the
labor men who have obtained shorter
hours for women, protection for
childhood and some safeguards for
men employed in dangerous trades.
For the months ; just gone have
seen a remarkable change In the fight
against labor. New tactics have been
learned. A different, a more subtle
strategy has been Invented. A cam
paign has been waged and lost in
New York which presages the great
fight which will be staged in Illinois
as soon as the next legislature as
sembles. All the laws protecting women and
children, all the statutes secured
through agony and travail during the
generation gone are .menaced. The at
tack is so indirect; so many old
friends of social legislation have
been deceived and beguiled; the Tro
jan horse seems so placid and gen
tie a Dobbin that much may be de
stroyed before the citizens are aware
that a struggle is impending.
At the next session of the legisla
ture Illinois will be asked to combine
all the various labor and mining bu
reaus. The request ts entirely proper.
The present system is wasteful and
weak. Whenever a new. law, such
as the workmen's compensation act,
has been passed, a new political
board has been created.
None of the existing bureaus Is
properly manned. The lack of ade
quate civil service, the dearth of
men in some offices, the spoilsmen's
avarice In others have effectively
emasculated many good laws. Even
when ardent leaders of as fine char
acter as Oscar Nelson, the present
state factory inspector, are in office
not very much can be accomplished.
The state machinery is unwieldy
and it ought to be rebuilt This un
doubtedly will happen. In the re
buking lies the danger.
New York turns a searchlight on
Illinois.. The legislature at Albany
amended the labor law, the work
men's compensation statute, the in
surance act, and the public health
law. The labor department and the
workmen's compensation commission
were merged into a new industrial
commission. v
This commission consists of five
members. Not more than three may
belong to one political party. An in
dustrial council of 10 members was
also provided. Five are to represent
employes and five must reflect the
wishes of employers. These 10 men
are purely advisory. If the governor
thinks that any member of this coun
cil fails to represent faithfully the
interests of his class, that councilor
may be recalled. with a bad gov
ernor this power becomes sinister.
So far the nigger is still hidden
in the woodpile.
But we go on. a step further. All
the old laws were like the 1J com
mandments. They began "Thou shalt
not." The amendments speak in a
softer tone. They say "Thou shalt
not UNLESS THE INDUSTRIAL
COMMISSION GIVES YOU PERMIS
SION." Nothing could be defter, more dex
terous. It is like the old circus
fakir's shell game. Now you see it,
now you don't see it. And away goes
your roll.
Announcing the new order the com
mission states: "Power was also
given the commission to make a vari
ation from the requirements of any
provision of the labor law or of any
rule or regulation of the commission,
affecting the construction of build-
ings, installation of apparatus, and
the prevention of accidents, provided
the spirit of the provision or regula
tion be observed." -That
is the new strategy.
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Details are interesting at this stage.
Here are a few of -the "Thou shalt
nots" which have been domesticated
Into "Flease don't except, etc.":
The old law said that no point on
a factory floor, over two stories
high, should be more than 100 feet
from a firs escape.
The new law lengthens this dis
tance to 150 feet, provided automatic
sprinklers are installed. The people
thought factories were being made
safer from fires!
The old law required one day's rest
in seven for factory and mercantile
workers.
The new law says that the rest day
may be omitted for workers employed
in "necessarily continuous processes."
It also permits the eight hoir day in
these "processes" to be lengthened
once a week. 1
The woman's nine hour law was
treated similarly. Women may now
work in excess of nine hours on some
one day of the week.
The old law absolutely prohibited
aliens "from employment on public
works. That may have been , a bad
law but most of the nations of the
world think it wise jto provide work
for . citizens.
The new law saysl cftizens may b"S
given the first chance, but if they
are not "available" ; for employment
aliens may be hired. -. When once
aliens are - hired even "available"
citizens cannot be considered for the
work.
Clerks are forbidden to sleep In
any room or'spartment lnconnection
with a store, unless these comply
with the regulations of the local Ba,tlmore Star: -:ionih Misses Ju
board of health. j litt's Tomb.' Then there was some-
The amendments were sponsored by i thin 1,1 .that oldsob story. arter an.
John M. Andrews, president of the , Seattle Times: In a few years,
American Association of Labor Legis- j glot ifc' JX,Toi
lation. They were fought unsuccess- j republic"
fully by Samuel Gompers. Mrs. Flor- Wash " ..,vh.,, .. k.
ence Kelley, once factory inspector of
Illinois, says practically every pro
tection for women and children has
been broken down.
The situation is serious.
It is not,
however, fatal No more can citizens
rely on perpetual motion laws for
safety. The new. laws mean that
anyone who wants protection must be
politically alive. It is a fresh de
mand on the thought and the work!
of voters.
Tonce Over
BY REX LAMPMAW
THIS town is so full of a number
of things that I'm sure that we
all should be happy as- kings.
perhaps happier than several
kings are right now.
J The chief business of a king it
looks to me is to hold his job.
so he isn't much different from
the rest of us.
ITFor instance there's Dr. Forbes
Los Anee.los osreonatn. :
and while he's been" here he's
done a lot to make us happy.
and in one of his speeches he said
that in case of an anterior lesion
of the innominate.
which he explained to the report
ers afterward la the hip bone.
because they thought a lesion of
the innominate might be a new plot
to destroy the Oregon system.
J "in such a case" said the doctor
you should pull the patient's leg."
J And I might say doctor that
many people think there's nothing
new about that method.
J And Dr. Forbes added which
seemed so unnecessary that several
doctors yawned that the lesion can't
always be corrected
in one treatment,
And that reminds me I don't
know why that yesterday I met Bob
Maguire who is a lawyer.
at Broadway and Morrison.
and he seemed expectant about
something.
and fretful that it didn't happen. ! clfk: slopc of tne Cascades is a great
J And I asked him what was the J place for moss, but the pushers of
matter. j Roseburg propose to rid themselves
and he said he was waiting for j of the nauseous vegetable growth,
a fellow. ; even if they have to hang weeds
JAnd I said "Someone going trf! Tom which the moss appendages are
buv vour dinner-" i swishing in. the wind. Just at this
cuy your ainner. ; tlme thlngg Rre belng donfr ln effigy.
and he said No a Client .Ofwh i thin-- nrnhnhlv to hannen
mine."
and
I said "Well isn't
that
what I said?
a . a a -
JAnd furthermore there's the dead
eel outrage in the river.
i . ..
at least that s what Ed Moriarlty
CaliS It. .
JAnd last Sunday Ed says he was
doing the Australian crawl.
and doing it great with his face
down in the water.
and
dead eel-
.
-ame alonS
6 J'.
and tried to get down his throat.
J But Ed frustrated the eel.
J But it made him miss his stroke
and he had to swim dog-fashion.
and besides it made him that
nervous. ,
J And I know he wouldn't make a
pun for anything In ti;e world or
the beautiful Willamette.
but when he told me saying it
was an outrage he got a little excited
and said:
J "LISTEN I don't know how this
dead eel business strikes other people ,
uui ii ii csirucM, mem as ii uiu me
they'd f-f-f eel just as I do!"
Letters From the People
(Commuuicatloos gent to The Jonrnal for
publication iu this department should be writ,
ten on only one aide of the paper, should not
exi-eeii 3oO wurda- in length and must le ac
companied by tbe name and address of the
sender. If tbe writer does not desire to have
the name published, be thould no state.)
PisCTiRalon la tbe greatest of all reformers.
It rationalizes everything it touches. It robs
principles of all false sanctity and throws tbeui
back on tbeir reasonableness. If tbey huTe no
reasonableness, it ruthlessly crnxhes them out
of existence and sets up its own conclusion
in tbeir t?ad. Yt oodrow Wilson.
Builders and Meters.
Portland, Aug. 2. To the Editor of
The Journal We are glad to note by
your editorial in tonight's Journal that
you have not gone to sleep on the
meter matter. You may rest assured
the Builders' Exchange has not, in so
far as the use of meters affects the
building contractor.
We have contended all along that
section 28 of the water board's rules
is a vicious piece of class legislation,
for it provides that water may not be
furnished for construction purposes
from a metered service. We have con-
tended also-that it is not enough to !
treat all alike, but it is absolutely in- i
defensible to sell the same man water j
for one purpose at one price and meas
ured by one system and at the same
time sell the same man water at an- ;
other price and by another system of ! uut when the system's creators and
measurement, not taking into consider- J beneficiaries are caught at their game
ation the fact that this man pays in j tne program is different. Their names
advance and 10 times .more for the must be mentioned with bated breath
water he-uses for construction work j and only honorable mention mde, be
than he pays for water for his home i cause they got spoils in quantity and
on proper bill rendered quarterly after because everybody else "would do if they
service. j : , s.
Commissioner Daly is right, and now ' . .......j.
have indorsed the principle of a "just;
ed!S!
measure" as to water we shall speedily
see an end to that notorious section 28 j 4
and the contractor will buy and pay j
for the water material entering into s
his job just as he buys and pays for j
the cement or any other material en- j
tering into it. j
It takes time, but we are getting j
there slowly. O. G. HUGHSON,
Secretary Builders" Exchange.
Mr. Unscott and Multimillionaires.
Portland, Aug. 1. To the Editor of
The Journal In The Journal of July
29 Edwin A, Linscott, anent the multi
millionaire controversy, says he is not
opposed to any man or set of men who
have acquired millions from honest
labor. , He need not worry on that
score. Neither he nor anyone eiae will
ever have occasion to dread such a
condition, as no man or set of men,
by honest labor, will become million
aires. It is only a wrong system that
makes them a possibility, and he seems
to want the' system changed. He says,
however, he is not opposing Mr. Rocke
feller, as be realizes he himself would
b Just as bad if he were. In his shoes.
This silly statement is uttered ' by
about SO per cent of thoughtless peo a-
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
I
SMALL CHANGE
come of the get-rich-qnick opera tors V"
asks a contt-nip. Why, they've
all
opened munition factories.
I Omaha World Herald: When Mayor
Dahlman drives the mule at the Speed
way races this week" he should reraem
; ber his former successes behind the
Philadelphia North American: It's
rumored that Carnegie offered $1,000,
000 to Italian Socialists to alfi them in
preventing war. Probably they couldn't
I Los Angeles Express: However, it
is reasonable to suppose that when
j their own financial interests are not
1 at stake, the Rockefellers are ready to
I follow in the footsteps of the Naz
i arene up to a certain-, point.
i Chfrne-n Mralrl "RrilflKpls has ttppn
j nre(j for the destruction of a Zeppeli i
; by the allies.) according to Paris. If
this" keeps on7 the citizens of Brussels
will- be entitled to say that they've got
the flnedest city in all Europe.
St. Paul Dispatch: It is cabled
that the German commander of the
submarine which fired on he Iberia
told the crew "it jolly well served them
right" for not stopping. This must
have been an amusing English render-
W of the real language of the Ger
DALLAS ITEMIZES: Prosper! ty
has really arrived. True, it has not
struck the Pacific coast with an over
whelming wave as yet, but it's com
ing here, too, as sure as fate. Sun
day's Oregonian (and if the Oregon
ian admits it, it must be true) gave
a list of half a dozen or more east
ern manufacturing concerns that had
voluntarily increased the wages of
their employes from 5 to 12 Vi per
cent, effective August 1. In another
J column was told of big
omers - ior
i steel and lumber that were being
! placed by American railways and a
J general tendency for an Improvement
of prices in the lumber trade, lndicat-
! insr that all this prosperity is not
due entirely to the big European
war. All the country needs now is
a little more ' confidence and a far
less amount of pessimism.
SILVEB LAKE LEASEBi The
Roseburg people are getting down to
business right in fighting the knock-
o2 oiralnct rnllrnaH h 1 1 Hri in The Pa-
later on if the noxious weeds con-
j tinue to foster the eap-sucking fun
i gus growth. Roseburg is setting a
j good example for other communities
; which have the desire to grow.
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ALBANY DEMOCEAT: Dr. White of
UK, it nh,kivvthi,i.nn,Hnn -r
I Hii-4ti. haai-il X7 T Prriln i i aafliAat
' in life f any one in Albany. It hai-
pened in 1881, when Bryan was 19
i years of age. He was one of a num-
j Der or contestants In tne Illinois state
t oratorical contest tnat year, and Dr.
j White was then a student at Mon-
I mouth college enin&r with lari
crowd to Jacksonville, where the ora-
tory occurred. That year Monmouth
won, a little fellow names Erskinc
now a New Jersey preacher, being- firsr,
with Bryan second. Later Dr. White
was the winner.
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MESFOBD SUIT: The point is this:
What the commercial clubs and civic
organizations of Medford and the
Rogue River valley should concentrate
upon is not boosting talk, but con
structive improvement work; not the
man somewhere else, but the man
right here; not on foreign problems.
but local problems
I out local prooiems. wnen our own
house is in order the only publicity
that counts conservative, restrained
recital of conditions as they are
will follow as a matter of course, but
our best advertisement will not be
what we say, but what we are.
EUGENE GUARD: They, make and
part with their money more easily
in the Chicago wheat pit -than we in
Lane county do, when a fly-by-nlghl
rumor of black rust in Coyote town
ship. North Dakota, or of a .rrtall
local shower in Wyandotte county,
Kansas. will put the day's quota-
tions tip or down enough to pay some
speculator's
board bill for a life-
time.
pie. If he is not opposed to Mr. Kocke-
feller he ought to be, just as he would
be to any individual pickpoi ket. it s
silliness to withdraw opposition to him
because his millions have come to him
as sequence of a bad system. Systems
of finance do not float in the or
are they the result of eart h formations.
Thev are the oroduct of men s brains,
and Mr. Rockefeller and others know
when they Inaugurate them that to
I execute them they will rob honest, toil
ers. The records made in the past 20
years reveal that Rockefeller and-his
associates have overridden every law
0f GO(j ari(j man that would "hinder
them in making the system of benefit,
financially, to them.
If a man steals a loar to reea nis
' offspring, he is scouted everywhere.
nd from the housetops denounced.
I imhcv nc AfttAMPIMfS
INDEX OF ADVANCING
TIDE OF PROSPERITY
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The statement of the Pennsyl
vania railroad system for the
. . . t . , 1. Ha Has av-
I hibit made by this big transporta-
tion company in many months. It
i iiinnt that earnings of the
J Pennsylvania railroad have now f
t finitlv "turned th -corner." and i
y--- - - - . m
rellSClB 1 113 ili'-l CJOHI g VACliU v 1 v
prosperity which i slowly but
surely extending throughout the
country.
Gross earnings 6f the system in
June expanded more than $630,000,
or 2.03 Der cent- to $31,609,836.
the largest volume of revenues for
T any month of the current' year.
The expansion in gross was car-
ried down to net earnings, which,
at $8.456,&63, also the largest to
t tal for any month this year.
showed an increase Of $1,041,541,
or 14. 05 , per cent over thL vam
month last year.
i COMMENT OF THE OREGON PRESS .
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sep
tember 16. 17 and IS, are the dates
fixed for Henton county's third annual
county fair. Cash prizes total $3000.
Stanfield Standard: Horace Walker
says that every year the wheat crop
freezes in winter, burnt up in summer
ana harvests 40 bushels tu the acre in
the fall.
It is the belief of .the Woodburn
Independent that it would be an act of
wisdom "if some men running for bf
I'ice would keep photos of themselves
out of the newspapers." '
Business is good at the Salem post
office, the month of July showing an
increase ol about 12 V4 per cent. "One
year ago, the total receipts for the
month were $5,704.02; this year,
$t.tyti.-o.
From a standpoint of business, it
seems to the Hood River Glacier that
the Southern Pacific company should
be more than glad to haul the fish
distribution car "Rainbow" free of
charge. "Well stocked streams in
southern Oregon and the Willamette
.vailey," argues the Gli-cier, "will re
sult in an increased passenger traffie
to those points."-.
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Ashland Tidings: The Little Giant,
the 25-ton engine which "tr so many
years pulled cars between Medford
and Jacksonville, has been sent to the
northern part of the state, where it
will be used on a "jerkwuter" line.
The ensine was loaded on a flat car.
Its history is told by W. S. Barnum,
who 2o years ajro drove It from Port
land. The moat serious accident it
has ever had occurred four years ago
w hen it ran into an old logy -cow. The
cow was killed.
OEANTS PASS COUSIEBi How
the Grants Pass spirit gets, into the
game when a project for the benefit
of the people is the stake is proved
by the activity and the success that
have attorlded the municipal - bath
house to be--built in Riverside park.
A week from th time the matter
was first brought before the citizens
at the public meeting held in' the
Commercial club assembly rooms, the
contract for the new building has
been let and the builder' is under con
tract to have the structure completed
and ready to turn over to the com
mittee of citizens by next Saturday
night.
PAISLEY FBESS: It was only a
short time ago that a team of plod
ding horses, relayed every few miles,
brought us the mail from both direc
tions. Only a few years ago before
the" road built into Bend and also
before the N. C. O. was extended
on the south, it was nothing less than
week old mail yhieh reached us here.
Advancement is being constantly
made; the autos of today, which are
a great convenience, will soon be
superceded by bright rails of steel.
The time is not so far away not
nearly so far as some may think.
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CATHOLIC EEXTTXETEL! Much Is
heard of the Swiss method of mili
tary preparedness by' which that brave
little people maintt.in,s an array " of
a half million men and makes Its
big neighbors think twice before dis
regarding Swiss neutrality. Various
exhorters from Roosevelt to Champ
Clark urge the United States to adopt
the Swiss plan, which, if we were to
do, would scare Canada ad all South
America to arm to the" teeth to pre
vent aggression from u. The Swiss
catf arm because they can dream of
no foreign conquest.
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EUGENE REQISTEBl The promo
tion department of the Eugene Com
mercial club has long made it a rule
to send out nothing that is not liter
ally true.. It has frowned upon that
class of "booster" literature that re
gards the end as justifying the
means and which therefore permits
fancy a free rein when telling of the
beauties of the country. It has re
alized that inflated descriptions do
not help in Increasing population and
promoting development, but, on the
contrary, hinder these very causes.
WOODBUBJT INDEPENDENT: Mil
lions in this country want peace and
are not mollycoddles either, whlle
other millions . are eager for the j
United States to go to war. Some of
these latter are even mollycoddles and
are not aiming to be where bullets
are -flying, but they want war and
want the pther fellow to do th
fighting. k
ASTOBIAH : Now that the lTnItd
States government- has officially !e
clared that vessels drawing ZS-ffet
can cross the Columbia river bar'tn
perfect safety at mean low water, fit's
about time we relegated the "bar" to
the wastebasket of useless words.
Hereafter let us refer to the plc
where the ocean and the Columbia
meet as the "entrance."
had a chance." It is high time plun
derers were pictured as they are, and
both .they and their systems runer
seded by men and systems alike of
benefit to the human race, without any
thought of excuse or palliation.
JOSEPH BARRAT.
Dr. Turner Discusses Osteopathy.
Portland. Aug. 5. To the Editor of
The Journal There seems to be no
one to dispute some of the extrava
gant claims made by the osteopathic
gentlemen now In convention here,
and as much as I dislike rushing into
print. I think some of their claim
should not go unchallenged. One os
teopath has announced - that he has
"discovered" a cure for inflammation
of the eustachian tube by manipula
tion of the mastoid . process and let
tine the blood circulate freelv- In th
inflam-d parts. Thin gentleman made
nis "fliscovery" about 100 year too
late. The great Swede, Hendrik Ling,
used similar methods In 1813, several
years . before osteopathy was ever
heard of.lahd similar treatments have
since been developed by the, famous
manipulators, Gert, Hoeflinger, Polit
zer, Eitelberg and Reibrneyer. My
statement Van be- verified by refer
ence to Strom's translation of Ling's
"Massage and the" Swedish Move
ments," pages 43, 45 and 170.
The osteopathic treatment for get
tre is as old as the Ling system and
was used by Swe,dih manipulators
long before, osteopathy - was ,Ver
heard of. '
I am disposed ' to give osteopathy
credit for anything original it has
produced but as ai matter of fact I
have never heard the charge refuted
W any reliable authority, that Pro
fessor Rochenberg. the eminent Swed
ish manipulator -and first professor
of manipulation in Dr. Still's college,
taught Dr. Still all he knew about
the art of manipulation, and that all
there was new in osteopathy was the
name. I know , for a , fact that In
text books In my -possession-on what
Is known as . scientific Swedish ma
nipulative massage, or the movement
pure, there are many so-called osteo
pathic movements, -with -:tha cuts and
pictures to confirm ray statement,
and 'these were known $9 years be
fore Dr. Still or osteopahy were heard
of. . .
As to - needing more laws to pro
feet" th people, we have too many
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By Fred fcookiay. Special Bttft Writa af
S Jaaraal.
W:
3 LANDED at Linnton In No
vember, 1847." said James W.
Gibson of ReedvillA. Mlv
folks were all sick with mountain fe
ver or typhoid as we now call it. My
sister Polly had died while coming j
down the Columbia on our raft, and
We buried her at the Cascades. I . was
not yet 14 years, old and I had the
care of the entire family. - We had al
most no provisions and I was asiiamed
to tell anyone how poor we were My
grandmother, Nancy Owens s. Gibson,
died, and within a few "days my twu
brothers, Humphrey and Tryon, followed..:-
My sisters Lizzie, and Evelyn,
were pretty sick, and father and moth
er were so weak they did not think
they would pull through. I felt pretty
blue and I did some pretty veiioua
thinking as to how I would, take care
of my -two little sisters .when my
father and mother , died,. But they
didn't die. I guess their starvation
diet helped In their cure?
- "When father was strong enbugh to
travel he started out to see if he could
find any relatives or friends- to Advise
him where to take up a place. Mother
had heard that a cousin of hers named
Tucker Thad settled on the. Tualatin
plains. Father found him settled on a
claim where Cornelius now in. Mr.
Tucker iand father started back to
Linnton To get the family.. They ewam
the oxen across the Willamette and
went down to Portland, where our wag
on had been landed. They -hired
Indian to bring the family from Linh
ton te Portland in his canoe. W:
loaded up our wagon and drove up ;a:
narrow trail through the heavy timber,
through ruts and over stumps, on what
is now Washington street, thence by
what is now King street and over the
hills to one side of Council Crest. t
took us two and a half days to drive
to what is now Cornelius.
"I will never forget our first supper
at 'Auntie' Tucker's. She had- turnip
greens and bacon, buttermilk' and hot
biscuit, and my, how good it lasted.
"Father lpeard that Harvey Clark,.
Congregational missionary at' what is
now Forest Grove, wanted a house '
built. He went to Mr. Clark's to se
if he tfould get the Job. Mr. Clark told
him he wanted a double log house, built
for a .schoolhous.e, one room to serve
for a schoolroom and the other to he
used for boarding the children. Fa
ther's bid for bulldirig it was $28. JUi
got the Job. 1 helped him cut and
haul the logs, and I carried the mud
and sticks to build the chimney. Ta
bltha Brown was installed as teacher
and boarding mistress, and from that
little $28 log schoolhouse Pacific unl
veisity of Forest Grove developed.
"In the fall of 1848 a good many of
the settlers struck out for the newly
discovered gold fields at Sutter's Mill
in California. .Father rented a farm
three miles south of what is now
Forest Grove for two years from a",
mari who went to the gold fields. It.
had 20 acres of good clear plow' land.
We moved on it in the spring of 1849.
We borrowed seed wheat and put in
the entire 20 acres. Father cradled the
wheat and I, raked and bound it. We
cleared a threshing floor In the middle
of the field, and hauled all the bundles
of wheat there. -We tramped the wheat
out 4th our oxen. With our forks we
carried off all the. straw and made a
pile. We had a big- pile of wheat left.
We Cleaned It by hard work and ,'. Imi
tive methods. Father would shake, it
In a basket while mother and I; hold
ing opposite sides of a sheet, would
fan it vigorously to blow away the
chaff. v
"My father took up the 320 acre
piece adjoining the ' place we rented. .
He later bought 320 acres joining thi
place he took up, so be had a square
mile of land.
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"Father and a neighbor of ours went
in together and built a mill. Every
pound of flour they could turn out
found ready sale at $30 a barrel in
California. They: started grinding
flour in the spring of-1850,"wnd they -began
shipping it by pack train at
once to the Feather river and Ameri
can river diggings In California. The
miners passing our place paid us $1 a
pound for butter and $1"h doen 'for
eggs. Boon I had earned a good bit. ot
gold dust. .-I used to change my money
and dust for those big eight sided $
gold slugs. It used to make me feel
very . rich- to pull out a handful of
heavy eight sided slugs and pitch them
at a crack or a. line on the ground..
"Wrhen I was 18 years old I talked
Jargon as well as English. I was
offered $1500 a year with freu bourd
and lodging and the use of -a suddle
horse to be government interpreter,
but I thought I was too younjf. so l
turned the job down. The India-is had
asked the agent tm have me appointed.
"We lived near a camp of the Cala
pooia Indians. One of these IndlAns
was an inveterate thief. Father ailed
a meeting of the white men to decide
what to do. Father suggested f logging
him. The others all objected to thin
for fear the , Indians would rise up and
kill us. Father sent me up to the chif
to tell him about it. The chief, liked
me, and when I stated my errand he
wa very doubtful about it. I, faUi
one of his own tribe could do the
whipping, so he finally consented. H
set a line nd place and promised to
have the thief there. The white men
met and the .Indians cam as protnld, '
Father was made chairman arid tUi
chief assistant. The Indian thief wa
stripped and hung up by -his wrists.
It was agreed that he was to receive
50 lashes. The Indian Who wielded
the lash tut the flesh with every
stroke. When the Indian thief had re
ceived 25 lashes father stopped the
hipping, as the Indian's back . w?i
coveredwith Jiood and the blood was
running down hi legs. The chief had
him cut do wni washed him and helped
put his clothes on"him. and aaid; 'lit
will be good Indian now. He never
stole again, and I knew him for many
years afterward."
now; put over by the medical trut
and their osteopathic allies, and they
are -solely for the protection of trt
doctors. - who are Bt riving to get con
trol of ail the' iople and make
fhealth" a atate matter. What we
need is -fewer laws and more mdical
freedom and the right of every man
to all the doctor of his choice or
none; which - Is Ms constitutional
right, . DR. W: A. TURNER,
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Answers.
Shedds. Or., Aug. 4. To the Editor
of Ths Journal Will you please pub
lish 'inr your; paper the name of the
captain of the Titanic? Also, if the
law requires rural mail carriers to
deliver registered letters at the lious.
If house is within a half mile of road?
, A JOURNAL: READER.
E. J. Smith was the Titanic'a cap
tain. Registered mattjerrls to be de
Uvered, if patron lives within half a
mile : of the route. If patron's resi
dence "is more than half a mile from
the route. Jhe carrier may notify the
patron, by card, to meet htm at the
patron's mail box t anpecified time,
and there receive hie letter; otherwise,
the patron must call at the postoffiee-J