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, r t i.f r. THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1915. 1 :: 1 ,' .1 THE JOURNAL ;e . AW INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER ' O. . JACKSON Publisher . Published aver? treolnf (except Sunday) and .j''Tifir Sunday morning- t Tba Journal Build t ' - tag. Broadway and ' nab 111 sis.. Portland. Or. Eatered at tbe poitoffl-a it PortUnd. Or, for ' -j,. transmission throucb tb malls as second elaaa matter, TELEPHONE Main 7178; Horn. A-4KA1. Ail . departments reached by thaw number. Tall B Pwator whst department you want. ... ; fOUEIOSr ADVEETISINO REPRESENTATIVE , T Ban! nila Ke,tnrr ., Hrunswlra BId.. 225 Fifth Are.. New York; 121t Feopla'a f. " uaa BKH:. ( Iilrmo, i . Subscription term iy mall or to any ad trass la tba United Htatea or Mexico: , DAILY M jrsar 3.ri0 ' Ona month $ JSO SUNDAY Ose year $2.60 , Om month $ -23 DAILY AND SUNDAY Ona rear. ...... t7.M) I One month I .05 America asks nothing for her ..,. self but what she has n right to ,ask for humanity itself. " '.VOODROW WILSON. Our only safe rule is: "Whatever our hand flndeth to do, to do it with all our might." Let it 1; u subject of dally prayer, as well as an object of dally endeavor, to do our right work at the right time. Maeleod. POWERFUL MATHEMATICS THESE are .flays of wild tales and fearful visions. Denion government Is eat ing the. heart out of Tort land. '-The plutocrats -.re not highly pleased with the OreRonian's strong support of the initiative and referendum, direct election of senator and, the recall and popu lar rule," the Oregonlan says, and It has a fit of the blues. It has ceased to he neutral. It Is trying to kill off Commissioner Daly and some other commission ers on the ground that dead men are always neutral. Just now it Is tryinj to torpedo commission government, and It is using mathematics. At the pres ent rate, it will soon he able to announce "how old is Ann." Recently, it stated that a year of commission government had cost $90C,000 more than a year of al dermanic government. As it sol emnly spVead these tidings, its columns were as doleful as sepul chres, and morgues aud cjemeterfeB and weeping willow trees.. More recently, It solemnly stated that a year of commission govern ment had cost $441,000 more than a year of aldermanic government. Its wrist watch apparently gave it the wrong data in its original mathematics. Its next dip into figures will at least be amusing If not illuminating. In mathe matics, it is a Georgia mob one day and a convention of man mil liners the next. Once, it ponderously asseverated that there was an awful shortage In funds for current expenses and that city employes would have to go without salary most of the time from December to March next. Whether the shortage was due to the drop in sterling exchange or to the Russian retreat from War saw was not revealed, but the .shudder Is over how as the Ore- gonlan itself informs us that the Portland government is to declare no moratorium and that employes will get their salaries as usual. Oregonlan mathematics is a fear ful arrd wonderful process. By figures, it can prove that all other mathematicians are liars and that Colonel Rooesvelt killed Cock Robin -on the banks of the River of Doubt. TOO MICH GOLD THERE is reason for believing that American financiers are ,not anxious that the foreign exchange situation be relieved by further large importations of gold. There is already so much Cold in the country that many bankers predict a wild carnival of speculation. Speaking at Birmingham the other day, Mr. Harding of the fed eral reserve board said the United States today has one quarter of all the gold money in the world. This country is acquiring control of so much money that the prob lem is what to do with it. The United States mint's reviser report of gold production In 1914 shows that this country's output was $94,500,000, larger by $6,200,- 000 than the year before. At the monthly average thus indicated, $63,00.0,000 gold has been added from this source since January 1 to the country's stock, f The government's money circu lation statement showed that on August 1 the amount of gold in the United States was greater by ,$190,000,000 than on January 1, and greater by $119,000,000 than on AusuBt 1, 1914, when the war croke out. And gold is still pour injr In f rom Europe. Nobody ven tures to predict how much, more : Trill come before the' year is over. . ,The .situation' . la . unprecedented. A. year, ago the United States was heavily' fir deb - to Europe fbn ; cur rent J account.' -iln th ; first four i -.- .-rfs-s- .vt--. - . - months of war we exported $104, 000,000 gold to meet our foreign obligations. But-since January 1 the outside world has sent u $145,000,000, an amount more than double the largest previous Import for any corresponding peri od, and matched only twice In any full calendar year of the. country's history. These figures probably explain why leading financiers favor a large American loan, backed by sound securities, to Great Britain. They are not anxious that Europe send , us more gold. We already have more than enough for the country's needs. THE CALL OF THE RIVER M ON DAY. Walter Nelson, a Jefferson high school boy, lost his life while trying to rescue a companion from drowning in the Willamette at Portland. Tuesday, Lewis Stabel gave up his life In a futile attempt to save a 16-year-old girl from drowning In the Willamette at Newberg. These four sacrifices to the call of the water are an ugly record for only two days. There are four vacant chairs, four absent from the family circle and four stricken homes. In the picture, there Is the he roism of Nelson and Stobel, which color the otherwise sombre hues with the bright light of chivalry ajid courage. When to the terror stricken appeals of those in trou ble, tho two "plunged forward to give succor and safety, their names were graven deep on a great honor roll of the heroes of peace. The water is beautiful. The great stream smiles and beckons as it lies in the bosom of Port land, languidly tracing its course to the sea. The river mirrors the blue of the sky and the green of the trees, and catches the rays of the low sun and reflects them in golden bars on its bosom, and the invita tion to the bathers is strong. But the waters that seem so gentle are cruel. The beautiful river Is treacherous in its depths. And the bathers go down into the tempting waters and the news papers, day by day, tell the mourn ful story of how isorne of them never come back. It is life, and life in its beauty and sweetness goes on amid shad ows and lights, amid smiles and sorrow, amid radiance and death. A WOMAN'S SUGGESTION MAY IRWIN, the actress, wants a department of laughter established by the govern ment. In a letter to Presi dent Wilson she Bays she thinks it the duty of every woman, child or man to encourage him with di rect approval of his course. This is Miss Irwin's conception of her proposed department: The function of it should be to laugh out of court (hose fools and self-seekers, those pests and Jingoes who arc trying to annoy you in your work. The rulers of old had their Sir Motleys and Jesters for Just such a purpo.se. All the published pictures of you are serious masterful, but too serious. I think that If this de partment were properly managed you might he persuaded to wear that which you so Justly deserve the smile of popular approval. Of course Miss Irwin does not expect her suggestion to be taken seriously, but, with a woman's intuition, she has perhaps indi cated the better way to handle the president's critics. With the coun try facing the most serious crisis in recent years, the president has been pursued by pests and jingoes Eeeking only their own or party advantage. He has triumphed over them, but at what cost to himself nobody knows. There should be some means for easing the burdens of the nation's responsible head under such cir cumstances. It Is little use to argue with the carping critics. Perhaps Miss Irwin's plan of laugh ing themf out of countenance would prove effective. WHAT RARBUR SAYS THE Oregonlan declares that Auditor Barbur says one thing. The Journal quotes Auditor Barbur as saying the opposite. What The Journal quotes Audi tor Barbur as saying. Auditor Bar bur said. Thereupon, it is of. some conse quence to know whether or not Auditor Barbur said what the Ore gonian attributes to him. Sine the contradictory state ments attributed to him cannot be reconciled, does not Auditor Barbur see that his standing is being undermined? As a public official, Is It not the true course for a city auditor to state things as they are, no mat ter whom it displeases or whose purpose is not served? It is not possible for even a su perman to straddle the widely di vergent statements that are being made in Portland respecting the cost of commission government. ANOTHER CHANCE THREE young men. one of them an office boy 17 years old, were arrested last week cnargea wua a piot to steal hundreds of profit sharing checks from an eastern motor company. They were clerks In the account ing department. The president was Informed of the arrests and the plot to steal, but he did not favor prosecuting the youths. In order that they may not have a "black mark" on j ins return to the discredited coun their lives they will be given an-'cilmanic system. When self-ap-other chance. But the price the pointed "doctors" disagree so em young men must pay for escaping phatically the people ought to and prosecution is work nard work j will decide it wise to disregard all and plenty of It In the machine ; their advice. shops. This is a part of the presi-j dent's reformatory policy. Will it produce the desired re-, suit? These young men were un-, doubtedly misplaced in the ac-, counting department. The sight of money in large quantities was too much for their unformed char acters. They attempted to steal. were caught at it and expected to ; pay the legal penalty. But they are to have another, chance. J This incident illustrates the en- i tire problem of crime prevention. There are those who say a thief ! should be branded and punished ; according to law. There are others who say that even a thief may halve latent possibilities which if developed will make him a useful, pany is among tnose wno oeueve ; in giving the wrongdoer another chance. A SPLENDID EFFICIENCY D . . . , , OES Portland have any real , ,. , . . . i thought about what the fire- men are doing in fire pre-j vention? Does Portland realize the splen did efficiency with which the de partment is dealing with a most difficult problem? The facts are quickly told In figures. For the 90 days ending August 31st, there was but one false alarm against 70 for the same period the year before. The alarms for the month of i August were 89 against 277 for August, 1914, a decrease of more than two thirds. The number of alarms for July was 52, with no false alarm, against 315 in Seattle, of which , 14 were false alarms. j The 52 alarms in Portland dur-j That the Russians utilized their ing July were fewer than one ' forts only to delay the enemy's ad fourth as many as the 223 alarms , vance and to protect their own re in July, 1914. i tirement, instead of waiting for them This splendid effectiveness in , to be "reduced" or to see if they fire prevention is the direct re- ; were "reducible," may be explained in suit of the campaign led by Fire ' one of two ways. Either.it was Marshal Stevens and devotedly j never the part of Russian strategy to pushed by all members of the de-! present an unyleldir.g front, or the partment for checking the fire possibility of holding a line, of forts waste. It is a revelation in ef- j against the Germans' monster siege ficiency, and by the results ac-guns was despaired of, after Antwerp, complished is omen of further re- j Military and ordnance experts are suits to be accomplished. It is disappointed. The eastern campaign one of the radical changes for the ; has yielded no new evidence, and they better brought about by commls-j will have to go on debating the ques sion government. - ' tion whether, on land, mechanisms of j offense have not overwhelmed the Thursday, The Journal carried j science of defensive engineering, the story of a reorganization of All existing land fortifications were the Oswego cement company and : designed and built to withstand the its purpose to begin operations j direct and high angle fire of the with a large force of employes, ' largest rifle and siege guns to be ac and yesterday, it announced the i counted for at the time of their origin, purchase of property by the Ore-, and not for any much larger, owing gon Packing company and the pur- j partly to the geometrically progres pese of the corporation to pack sire cos,t of increasing the degree of fruits and vegetables with 4 00 em- resistence beyond a certain point, ployes seven months and 100 dur-1 And none has ever been built to Ing five months in the year. There ! withstand the indirect fire of such could be no better prosperity facts ; siege guns as the Germans have pro than these visible evidences of the duced guns that rain down upon a activity of investing capital. j fort, almost vertically, high explo- ! sive shells weighing 750 to 1700 The legs of the men -at a Los i pounds each. Angeles beach are so ugly and , misshapen that it has been neces- j The japanese were the first to dem sary to pass an ordinance regulat- j onstrate the effectiveness of huge ing bathing suits so as to conceal ! siege gung dropping shells from a them. As there can be no dlscrim- gT.eat altitude upon fortifications, ination in the law, theoretically, , They w.ere the first to use 11 inch at least, the ordinance has been j slege gung mian(i at all. Previously extended to female bathers. Thus j u had been thought impossible to does equality before the law some- j make a weapon of that size mobile. times lead to deprivation. The Japanese dismantled their coast Missouri's Red Book, published by that state's bureau of labor statistics, says people bora and reared In Missouri are taller and stronger and live longer than the people of any other state. Oregon is "from Missouri" on such a prop osition. When the federal income tax law was" proposed there were vig orous protests from New York. Now the Wall Street Journal sug gests such a tax in place of taxes on property. Evidently New York's financiers were not hit as hard as ) they thought they would be. The Georgia grand jury which probed the Leo M. Frank lynch ing has reported that it was un able to find evidence enough to indict anyone for the crime. Well, something was gained when it was admitted that the lynching was a crime. When the Porf'and Gas & Coke tompany can pay a seven per cent dividend on $5,300,000 common and preferred stock and have a surplus of nearly $69,000, it ls , possioie, no auuoi. iu 4U evident that business is proceeding strong n she11 coud Penetrate as usual in Portland kitchens. i il- whether fired direct,y at high - : angles or to fall i:pon it vertically Should President Yuan proclaim from tne clouds- u would himself emperor of China it will merely t0 calculate the force of ex be evidence that he has paid too Plosives and the resistance of steel much attention to the European and concrete, and make the steel and hrand of civilization. Kvph inf concrete thick enough. But it may of Americans are Europe's example. hHnrlod hv The Chicago' Herald is uncer-1 tain whether a report from Berlin that the police, are curtailing the sale of distilled liquors means an- other punh for John Barleycorn or 6imply an effort to conserve the grain supply. fa If you cannot controvert the factS just Ignore them. That is the policy of the Oregonlan in its attack on tue city commission form of government. Some opponents of commission government are urging the city manager plan; others are demand - When it comes to selecting the defectives for sterilization in the race Improvement plan of Mrs. Harriman and otner millionaires, who is going to do the judging? The statement Is made that there are three bushels of native peaches for every family in the United States. Have you secured your share? A New York man has changed his name from Angel to Smith, He was probably lonesome. WAR DEMONSTRATES OBSOLETE DEFENSES i - x gEEMS very uncertain whether now there exists in the world such a thing aB a modern fortress. Only the gun is modern. Nothing in the form of permanent lrjand forti- flnntlAn. tin.. . . V. n.Uh i ii n 1 1 u 1 1 o lias jet u 1. . . in 'ic l o i in stand it, nor is anything known that M v .u nuuiu iieuue tiic a uuucn iuqb is, xaiiii in forts. The feeling that all forts are reducible is alone a very great f loss on the side of defense. Three weeks after the evacuation of Warsaw every fortress on the fa mous first and second lines of Rus sian defense had been abandoned. Some were new and formidable, rated among the strongest in Europe. Their relative powers of resistance were not tested. At only one, Novo Georgievsk, did the defenders 6tand siege at all. and that was not by choice. They had no alternative. All were given up before the invaders could invest or reduce them. Some were dlsman- tied; two sjae. were blown up from ln- defenses, transported the big guns by i sea to Dalny, and built a railway ' thence to the base of the hills sur rounding Port Arthur. There the ; guns were mounted on concrete, and ! when they began to drop their shells I Into the fortifications the fall of Port ; Arthur was inevitable. It may be argued that the gun- makers, especially the German gun 1 makers, were more alert than the I builders of fortifications. They went promptly to work on larger gun de signs and produced at last a mobile 16 inch siege weapon, which, when it tama into action, found the re sistance of forts to be only as it was before the Japanese performed their miracle. However, that would be hardly fair to the science of de fense. It takes very much longer to build a fort than to make a gun. Forts cannot' be scrapped out of hand. A fortress twenty years old would deserve to be called new, and would be generally miscalled "mod ern," whereas a gun to be modern should have been made this year or last- It will continue to be physically have ceasea to oe worm wmie. A fort would still be vulnerable from below ground. Its foundation could not be laid so d-eep that an enemy ! might not drive a tunnel under It, and tnen u would be necessary only j to put enough high explosive there ' and blow the fort away- So, perhaps, in the tuture, militay strategy will adjust Itself to the idea that fortifications cannot be ' permanent, wherefore they had bet- i tcr be even more impermanent, serv ing only as temporary bulwarks against an oncoming enemy. The most rigid, the most irreducible thing so far discovered in this war is a trench filled with soldiers, supported by artillery and machine guns. This 1 protection is what has saved tha great fortres at Verdun In France, a . a The case- between coast defenses and warships is very different. There the offensive has not overtaken the defensive. This has been proved In the Dardanelles. The modernest war ships, carrying the largest guns afloat, failed to reduce land defenses some of which could hardly be called up to date, much less modern. The fire from warships must be direct. TOnce Over BY FtCX LAMPMAN AT THE suggestion of the esteemed city editor who wants me to know everything that's going on In this great city I have been attending the Multnomah County Teachers' In stitute the past three days. m And there were a lot of young girls and a few young men prompt ly in their places--at nine o'clock, JAnd they all sat still and lis tened earnestly while they were told that the Ufa of a echollma'am must be one of ceaseless preparation. of spiritual consecration almost. ajAnd the speakers professors from the university and the agri cultural college and the Portland schools. aad all Intensely In earnest. ajAnd one of the professors told the girls and young men how they must get hold of the hearts of the country children. and to do it they must be In terested themselves in the pigs and chickens and the cow with the crumpled horn and the little new colt with wobbly legs. And he didn't say so directly but he made It plain that If the teachers didn't get hold of the coun try children's hearts they would not be true to their high calling. aj And if they could get hold of the children's hearts they could accom plish a certain miracle. that of getting the children to see the beauty and the romance and the dignity of country life. and the great importance of the farmer in the world's work. aj And as he talked the earnest young man on the platform it seemed to me that he was piling the whole task of keeping boys and girls on the farm. .' the whole burden of making country life worth living on the shoulders of the boys and girls he was talking to. aj And I looked at their faces. and they seemed to realize it. aj And I don't know that I've made It clear as the speaker did. but it seemed that way to me. JAnd then I thought of a little school house that . I know that hangs on a mountain side in Oregon. and how the road to it from the place where the teacher boards for a good share of her salary isn't a road at all. but two ruts of sticky black mud running through the gloom of heavy timber. and the mud is red where the road plunges down the mountain to the school house. which is set half way up to be convenient. both to the children who live at the foot of the mountain and those who live up .over its crest. arAnd I asked some of the girls how much they get for devoting their lives to being schoolma'ams and J LISTEN I found out that some of them get as much at $65 a month and some even more than that. Letters From the People (Comnpunlcationa sent to The Journal for publication li tbls department ibould be writ ten on uuly one Me of tbe paper, sbonld not exceed iSUO words ln length nd mast be ac companied by tbe name and addreaa of the sender. It tbe writer does not desire to bava tbe name publlsbed, be tbould so state.) DisruBslon is the greatest of all reformer. It rationalises eierytblng It touches. It robs principles of all false sanctity end throws tbem back on their reasonableness. If tbey hare no reasonableness. It rnthleaslj crushes tbem out ot existence and sets up Its own conclusion! ln tbeir ttjad." Woodrow Wilson. The Public Auditorium. Portland, Sept. 1. To the Edftor of The Journal You have tnade itfany a fight for the betterment of Portland. Will you not take up the matter of this misspending of the public money (nearly three quarters of a million dollars) in the proposed 5000-seating new auditorium? Most any notable of the nation (In any line) can draw a l'J.OOO crowd in Portland. Gipsy Smith, Bryan. Teddy and others have done so. Now, what are we going to do with our crowds if our new auditorium Is to seat at the most but 5000 people? Had we not better have none at all, until we can secure a decent one? Surely, we have waited so long; why accept a theatre instead of an audi torium at this late date? ' Recently the Jomelli concert on the east side proved by its attendance of 30,000 people that the people will travel to an event. The event need not be brought to their door. This fact disproves the Idea that an auditorium cannot, with good results, be located a reasonable distance froro the business center. In fact, with the growing use of autos, which require room for parking, an auditorium lo cated in the business center would be a nutsnnce. Surely, with street cars on Second, Thind and Fourth streets, the Mark?: block site does not appear desirable for an auditorium. Then why use It? Why not sell this block and use the money to secure land more favorably situated for an auditorium use else where? A plain, Inexpensive, roomy build ing with good acoustics is Portland's need, and the money we have ougut to supply the same. Why not see that we secure it? WALTER SEABEKG. A Pioneer's View. Amity. Or.. Aug. 30. To the Editor of The Journal In a speech delivered at Plattsburg by ex-Piesident Roose velt, he said: "For 13 months Amerrca has played an ignoble part." severely criticising President Wilson's peace measures, virtually Accusing him of disloyalty to the best interests of hl country. AS if there could be a question as to our condition of peace and prosperity, compared to the fearful state of wreck and ruin such as the world never saw before, a description of which the Eng lish language has no words to express, may the good Father above protect our land and bless our good President Wilson. As to our duty to The Hague conventions, surely our president Is keeping in its entirety. The Hague was a peace proposition, andI pray he may be upheld by him who said, blessed Is the peacemaker. Mr. Roosevelt says "Elocutionary ef fort and high sounding words are not a fit substitute for acts." I agree with him there, and advise that he take his own medicine, pack his grip PERTINENT COMMENT SMALL CHANGE Baltimore Star: And now a 60,00ft.-ooo-bushel peach crop, not counting the girl babies. Chicago News: President Wiljujn has done much In demonstrating thnt neutrality, as well as belligerency, is a force. Detroit News: Kentucky has ent two night riders to the penitentiary and has many more facing taial. A night rider can t stand the glare of the legal spotlight. Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Fortuti ately, most of us are not so concerned with the exchange rate on the pound sterling as we are with the rate on the pounds bought at the corner grocery. Omaha World-Herald: Berkeley's Idea of having college cops, supplant ing the policeman's stick with brains, n:ay bo a good one. but dos I?erKele,y think they will arrest fellow frat mem bers? a a , Louisville Courier-Journal: A hy phenated Floridian protests against the British getting all of the ammuni tion that Is shipped from America Oh cheer up. The British Intend it ulti mately for Germany. Cincinnati Times-Star: We are re ceiving pamphlets from the press agents ot possible presidential can didates. Vt'e thank these aspirins statesmen for this early and delicate attention. The documents have proved to us that our "waste basket aim is as unerring as ever. Atlanta Journal: President Wilson can have almost any job he wants when ever he becomes an ex-president. He would make a good diplomat; a good tariff and finance expert; a good col lege president; a good ortianizer of peace conf erenves, and possibly, with practice, a good golf player. AMERICA'S PROBLEM OF FINANCING From the Detroit News. Already forecasters are looking for ward to the close of the war in spite of the fact that it may te a year or more ahead. It becomes evident that since this country Is absorbing capi tal from Europe, which always means gold exchange, while Europe Is ex hausting her available men and money, it will devolve upon this country to finance the recovery following the war, and perhaps the closing actions of the war itself. Great Britain has thus far financed her own and her allies' war endeav ors by loan of her enormous credit, but the inevitable result must be some degree of financial or credit ex haustion. As far as the nations at war are able to supply their own wants their own currency, howevor depreciated, will serve their purposes, but their outside purchases must be made upon a gold basis. When their gold supply is drawn down to the limit their foreign pur chases must be made on a credit basts. Depreciated currency may be accepted on the speculative expectation of a double profit due to the immediate realization upon goods sold and upon a steady and probably rapid recovery from depreciation. Following our Civil war we embark ed upon many great enterprises re gardless of our state of Impoverish ment. Although our dollar was for a sack and ammunition bag, take his trusty rifle, companion and friend ln his "jungle. " hurry through the dark continent, and do not forget a gener ous supply of that clement that has figured so largely in hie life record. For that self-inflation and ambition have characterized his lif.-work all the world accepts. Now le,t him act He is a mighty hunter, fearless and ! bold. This Is his chance to snow io ! all the world that he can hunt men j as well as the lion and tiger of the i desert. Let him choose the side. 1 where sympathy and interest lead, i and offer his valuable service, gained by long experience during his eveiit fuj life from "cowboy" to the highest position his country could bestow. 1 am an old pioneer, my people were brave and courageous. Where interest led thev were not afraid to go. At duty's call they never faltered. True to country, they were always ready to stand by her, counting life as naught in her defense. But we believe in minions for defense, but not one cent . . . 'rn m.r Hip for invasion or interference oxer uie seas. Amenta ior n"ti o.., Americans lor America, is an sufficient policy. Let us stand by it. and save our young men from the slaughter. We need them for a nobler purpose than ns fertilizer for Uie wornout soil of Europe. C. M. K. "Politically liaised Trout." Beaver, Or.. Aug. CO. To the Editor of The Journal Have read with much intorest vour article in The Journal of August ,0. on the subject of 'PUnUn, Trout by the State. The fish hatch- ei y mess in oreton m a ciiiiuioii oi- teI?ir the orese .t operations under r nd Th Trtsult in fish and the cost is rtdTcuIous The W s! Fisheries c, . :j,.neB. n .,,e-, . W ,-.nr.w.t.. f f'TiJI T IIM'I L MIT CUU,ttlliia, Tvustas j t,i work nmrtieallv If thn,r''e J,1' up-io-aate plumbing law. and poor grade of Oregon politics w- ; eliminated and BOme of these young men put ln charge at Bonneville, good results would follow. Instead of trying to raise trout art!- ficlally, if the state fish department would Instruct the deputy wardens to tctmi t . a Btreftmn and l'heiate the . - . .. fish caught in pools by the receamg waters, millions of natural born fish would be saved to the state and at the nominal cost or tne waruen b nine and a pick and shovel. To illustrate on the Nestacca river. Three weeks ago ln a few pools Just below weaver creen cueio -e.e , approval of the majority of the re very low estimate 50,'JOU young trout 1 sponsible plumbers of the - ity a )n mat nau Deen snuc out o, ioc .i.r(. On Saturday last I passed these holts and the poor things were all dead. From my observation on the Nestaca river the past four yeats I am sure a million young trout are lost yearly. I have notified Mr. Finlay and the INDEX OF ADVANCING TIDE OF PROSPERITY The Butte, Anaconda &. Pacific railroad is Inquiring for 100 50 ton ore cars. Wells, Fargo & Co. has ordered 35 refrigerator cars. The Cuba company Is In the market for from GOO to 600 sugar, box and flat tars. The Chicago & North Western has ordered 60 caboose cars. The Chicago, St. Paul, Minne apolis & Omaha has ordered 100 refrigerator cars. The Atlantic Coast Line has ordered 750 ventilated box cars. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe is reported to be inquiring for 500 stock cars, and has ordered 50 ore and concentrate cars. The Gulf, Florida & Alabama has ordered 6000 tons of 80-pound rails. The Chesapeake & Ohio has or dered '000 tons of rails and 600 tons of structural steel. AND NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS Mr. Burbank, look: "Seven ears of corn on one cob is one of the freaks in Robert Bettner's garden. The sam ple Is being saved tor exhibit at tba county fair. Baker Demociat. "Snioke? Yen, forest fires, plenty of them, and fire wardens ad libitum; and th.' moon blushed rouge reil last night as she m anned the s. n " Rosfhuig Review. What were il.ose wardens doing? Astoria Budget: The farmer again 1 shows himself to be the backbone of Roberts, la a leMdint of Portlands our country. Business has feared to in ,ir ... , , ' broaden the channels of commerce. . ln ,,Al"n "f l"" early experiences but agriculture has Increased its area 111 Oregon,- Mr. Drury tujs: and harvests the greatest crop of cere- . "My father's name win, s,5ulr' al America has everhad. Thompson Drury. My mother mlidea "Alex Kennedy was handed a box of , "'I'"." u "8 ,lebec' Mart- : Christmas clears at the dance at the!', lu'r r'Koii in the binlns ,,r '52. Bank hall .Saturday night. He guessed , Both father iin.l mother iii,-d on th uie laenuiy or Mr. ana .Mrs. Lewlni' wl.it wcrtt in rnfltuma and tha nf 1 the latter" says the B.mdon Record. Alex deserved just what ht got. McMinnville Telephone Heclxttr- The w.ir lias temporarily if not per-! iniineiitly checked the menace, to Anier.- La ot an overgrown rorfign Immis i a- i tion. B. tore the war about a million emigrants came to this country from Kurope annually. hlnce the war the net gain m population to this country is but one-twentieth what it was be fore. Kastern Oregon ' cnlyuniists" arc restless. The Mifton KhkIo explains: "The I'nlon has its -to years uno col umn: the Kagle has its Stroller and tho Western Leader had its 'Thistledown' colyum. which Kernel Wood promptly discontinued when Kernel Boyd of Athena shelled his r.-a i. rs with a 'Mulligan Stew.' It is now up to 1 '. "liatrip' Sanderson of tho Krr-ewatcr Times, to Rive his sheet a bath " time a poor, despised tiling our credit was maintained and we rapidly ab sorbed billions of foreign capital for the building of railways, the develop ment of mines and the institution of new Industries. A large amount of this capita- is still in this country. During the war the realization from American securities will lie t'ie mul'i dependence of many European people for means of livelihood. Following the war It is likely tint a laree part of those securities he unloaded by the holders who will have urgent need for the money wiiu which to re-establish their business and finance the restoration of ruined buildings and public and private wot Us "We move i to I'lympla early in 1S61. which will fall into decay during t::- I was just a bi.j, but Mr. Elder p-war- j (.oniied me official Interpreter and I in addition the nations at war will ; h. I, ti,s position till after Piesldcnt attempt to finance their rtMumtku, , , i, ,, nv nonti issues on terms that will tempt buyers, so that for a time renl money will probably command sucn a premium that some shortage may l.n nnuoa . I I.I. ..!.!.. .... ...oC., wo no.e ... me ocean. ic ia, jiuei, necessary to our own welfare as well as to that of the Euro pean nations that we prepare ourselve3 iiir this gigantic task of financing. It Is perfectly obvious that the sooner wo can assist the Europeans t their feet tho sooner general prosperity will be restored :.nd th 1 nrern fi t 1 on q 1 te..ai.. r i which works for th nations. . - r ., 'V:. . .. . l'l "HL KJL illl lilt) local deputy of this condition. Noth ing has been dune, ln fact Mr. Kinluy never acknowledged in.y letter. of Conine in this simple inexpressive method of haing llsh there are no Politics. Mr. Woods knew what he was talking about when he said "Politics Kill Fish." I have been here since May. during: that time I can only find the lo al deputy warden has been on tl is river once and then at ninht. No i attention was given to screens to Ir- rigntlon ditches until June. I saw ditches open in June full of vnimu- fih 11, ey were lost to the state T nnnrti..i this matter and it was then the deputy wus '"Puted. After the young man s came here. The farmers had been'leH,n Woperirit endent McKlntiey nr made wise and their screens were In ' ,lpr,'d that a postmortem examination place. I recall on one occusion four ! l,e made. The sum. on was a recent years ago the warden with two assist- ' graduate from an iii rn medical col ants and myself saved fully 80,000 ' lf'Ke mid performed the opeiatlou in a young tiout from one ditch. Above ' )"' '. Beaver every night the past month,' "A" Impusi 1 1 ve oung Si wash slipped there has been 2o lines on the river i Into th oj eiating room and witnessed and fish buns catching great numbers ' the filling up of the cadaver. In less of fish with bait. If the Mult nomali ; than Iialf an liour the bWx'khou waj Anglers' club would take an intelligent ! tiurruurnJ' -1 hy mon than luo indignant ' 1,1 l,iJ "liiHr'R una noi give M much Umj to fam,.. , we .would have results in this tt i,-.t would b surprising. G. E. HENDERSON. Plumbers' Oitlimuice Explained. Portland, Or, Sept. 3. To the Edi lor of The Journal In regard to the plumbers' ordinance which has been laid over two weeks by the commls - -ioem, i uesire in correct certain mis conceptions In connection therewith. It iu no, ........ . . .. . ..... th. - a hlVd ship on anyone qualified to b an em . O In V i n ir -i il t 1 ..I ..... i .... 1 I - - . VOll Ol I Ml. I.MUIIIOei. UUL ' ordinance, is intended to fix re- bil i t y and to protect the owner, : " ' a part of a general plan to ! give, the city of Portland a comorehen- . . ls being worked out by Commissioner j '-"celt along three lines on divisions i covet ing the whole ground, i I- irst A plumbing c ode defining what Is required by the city, Second An examination to ascertain ability to execute the provision of the code, and . j nird A bond and license ordinance to fix the responsibility, protect the city and the owner and to provide for me cost or inspection, and if possible, make the department self-sustaining. The amount of the bond wan aet in the ordinance at $5000 as meeting the evidenced by their signed endorsement of the same whicli Is in the hands of I""'" ""'., the commissioners and win- h tate- happen uKal... l o concluded V -t ler ment applies also to the 16000 license ln th c'owd t0 "P niriii fee. But these amounts are not arbl - trary and after careful consideration j may he altered so as to be satisfactory ' to theplumber and to the city as well, and doubtless will be. There wculd seem to be no Just grounds for serious objection to such ! a scheme: ' Not from the owner, for he will have protection, he now lias not. j Not from the legitimate plumber, 1 for tt will giv each one an even break. ; Not from the city, fot it will be able to lay hands on every plumber doing business and see lo it that the work lk done right and the health of the city and the right of the citizens are safe-guarded. It Is a piece of con structive legislation that will be a credit to the commiHslOntra and of , lasting benefit to Portland and will have, without doubt, the endorsement of the B inders' Exchange whenever preset Hen. O. G. HI GHho.N. Sec'y. Builders'. Exchange. There ln So Such Law. McKec. Or., Aii$. 31. To the Editor of The Journal Would you please in form me through the columns of your paper whether there Is an 8-hour law in effc t ut the present time govern ing the hours for women and children ln the hop yards. If so what Is the penalty for violations of ths same. SUBSCRIBER. J "i -atT uarr St Tra LecUty, tpteM Utf'Writa al Jourai. SOME time when you happen to be In Berkel.-x . fai , urop Into tha. ' chamber .i commerce and tell the secretary. Wells Drury. you are from Oregon. No further password 1, nec essary, for Wells Kruiy ha.a a warm spot in his heart for old-time Oregon lans or pioneers of Washington. A sinter of Mr. Kiury, Mm. Celinda. Drurv iuue oi cnoleia 1 ririi.U In th ,i Biam nam car.-.! t,,, (,s until u e ur rlved bately at u.Koh Cltv. Hero our cattle and w...,, , , t. and ,ho money diwdi-.i :,iv.,.i,-jl us ,-iiiidrn i was only a i old when we leached I ".is a.loi.ied l,v Al. Oregon City f red Kldgley Kid. r ami l.,tn,, yUler his wlf.- Ti I ' ' ' Uo" Boss om Ken tucky. ''We. lived In Yamhill county be twecii Lafayette and Mc.MmnvWle. Among the neighbors I remember letu w-ere the liembrees, Dr. McBride s fam- . ily and the families of Dlllard Hnlman, Sanrord Wats Chlekamin Hinitu. Ohm Scott Watt, Bollver Avey, Tom oolei . As a boy I remember learn ing rhino..;; jargon from Chief Wl-an-a-shot and other Indians who frequent ly visited us I learned Jargon aji ear ly ns 1 did Kntslisb. In fact. 1 thought In Jaii;in, so you can see it was a part Of tllell. "My fohtt-r father, Mr Elder. wa born and brought up on the farm Join ing the olio upon which Abraham Lin coln whs bom. W'hun Lincoln was" elei tel president. Mr. Elder wrote him a note from our home at Monmouth( whlch read; " l'cai Abo: When, you and I were boys lOKcthei, my grandmother used to fclvc both of uh bread uhd butter with suyar on It. If you can Klve mo some thing to provide the bread and butter, 1 will try to rustle tho sugar." By return mall came a letter from Lin coln enclosing a commission to Mr. El der as Indian iiKent under lhe Medi cine Crick treaty to the Indians on l'UKet .sound, headquarters hiinir at olvmpla. l'i-: blent Johnson, shortly after an s 1 1 1 i i i 1 1 ; office, appointed a new Indian at -i:l. There were four applicants for the position of Interpreter. To ttettlo Ht. o, uf whlci i. illcr of which applicant, was ihom I, tie. for thepl.o e, a competitive ex. i n. i a l ion was heiH 1 won out with out oil 1 1 : 1 1 1 y and thoiinh 1 was less than I . years old, I received the ap point m. 'i i oi" otl'i ial Interpioler lor the I id a n ..I f j. e. i -After that I inasierel Uie native dialec ts of the 1 'u a 1 1 i p, S-p ii wx-nn, Tu-lay-llp and Cbe-hay-lis tribes. Ac quiring these additional lluuoes niacin me much more valuable to the I'epart rneiit. Ceiienil T. I. M Kinney, su perintendent of Indian ntlairs, and Hazard Stevens, son of former Gov ernor Isaac Stevens, both declared that I earned my salary ' for a deende by placating a mob of Indians at Olym pla in 1m;l "Ty-ee Tom. n young sub-chief, diad suddenly ami suspicion fell on Jim, a rival for the f.ic .rs of a pretty maid en w ho w as lii.uwu as Mary-Wlth-Tw o H.ads. The sub-chief claimed that i Mary, was an elitee (slave!, but this in'intnc. incir rnn npirci wan io jyncn the prisoner, but they also took occu- Mir.., to ict houtmtv nu,.i.. th. Boston ty-ee iihlefi who had sanc tioned the cutting open of the dead man's body "I was sent for by Superintendent McKlnney. He had setvel through the war and was a brace man. He wan i "ot In the least scared, but was great- ly annoyed that objec tion should be made to so proper a method of Inves tigation. Standing on the stairs. 1 be gan to explain that Ty-ce McKlnney was doing what he considered to be entirely riRhl for tbe protection of alp I mamlii-rB r. f t h e t r i I le twl ufjfr con - -.. n ... , I Hiderable talk and some a , gun,. ,, t wl, h the leaders they agreed, sullenly and reluctantly. .!.. .do-as na-wit-ka. (maybe so ye.-i the superintendent night be blam.-lc.-,s, but they were not willing to forgive the surgeon to-man-a-w'nsi, who desecrated the body by filling It with Ktraw and other waste . material. Ji.st let them liava the doctor for awh.le and they would be satisfied. "Then General MrKlnney made a snee. h. n i ' h 1 inierprei eJ. lie was : , .1,1 ,i,. ii. ..i.i :,,"J "' " , ' hlh l''"'""'' wf,s exhausted and that '-e was there to do what he thought wan right. lie was wining to nave things explained to them and he exi pe'ted them to be satisfied when they b arned the truth and knew that his intentions wi re upnght and honotab . He expressed res, ret on account of " thoughtless ac tton of the nurgron nod .... . ... ... i it , ? "" - " " " 'V' .... " 'ik-ta mlKa man-ook -: hh wake klatawaw?" asked m impertinent voting brave, with r.-; .':r;t on his face. (Meaning. w I, I you do if we do not go"! "No answer,' .-aid " e wrathful su perintendent, is ! left the doorway and disappeared in the blockhousa. But he gave me b ,r to ivise the Indians to depart p.-a.eably aiel quickly "Then I ti; i b- a short speech on my own a-'" "t. tciilrir,' the Indians that r.o pi.i was intended, that every thing done wus for the good of the) tribe, and warning them that if they old not K-t away soon they might be pl.ce in tiie calaboose. My advise was that If they sought further redress they could make re'iuest through their chief men. In less than flvs minutes there was not an Indian in sight. Hub- seoucritly the relatives bf the carved , na) Wf,re Illfj!llf)eil by havihf the body j r,openr-d and properly cleansed No , pci,n TVMS disclosed hy the tent of the hemlst, the living Aval wae released. ritath being ascribed to 'me-sab hee to tufi n-a-wus' evll medicine or witch craft), by some unknown person cast upon the dead man. The missing or gans were restored to their original place, the body was neatly sewed up. and restored to tbe tlllicuins of Ty-es-Tom, and 10 blankets were beatowe4 on the parents of the departed sub- . chief." V '.'