THE OKEUON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, ':' FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1915.
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the man true couragt the feel
ing that he has a work to do at
all costs; the 'sense of duty.
Charles Klngsley.
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THE FERItIS HILL XO. 1
WE are told' in advance that
the coming water power
conference will protest
against the Ferris bill.
That was long ago surmised. In
deed, it Jias all along been com
mon knowledge that the confer
ence was called, not to confer, but
to protest.
. But why? The Ferris bill re
flects the effort of Secretary Lane
and President Wilson to soon re
legislation for development of the
West.
It may be that the Ferris bill
Is not perfect, and that it can bo
Improved in some details. But
thia ia true: The Ferri3 bill is
the endeavor of earnest, sincere
men who know the West and its
needs, to open western resources
to. use without dissipation.
The West wants the water pow
ers for use now. City develop
ment, new industries and exten
sions of old industries, reclamation
Of arid lands in several states,
await the transforming into cheap
electrical current for lighting, pow
er and pumping, of the thousands
of unused potential horse power in
the mountain torrents and canyons,
possessing only scenic value in their
present state.
The Ferris bill is planned to
bring about Buch use. Its very
keynote is use.
Instead of giving these water
power Bites In the public domain
Into private ownership in perpe
tuity, for use (r non-use as the pri
vate owner may elect, the Forris
bill proposes to allow the use of
these lands only to such persons
Or corporations as desire and pro-j
pose to use .them, and it proposes
that the government shall enforce
use and development by making
the grants revocable for non-use.
There can hardly be honest ob
jection to this requirement for use.
A transfer of ownership avails the
public nothing unless the power
Sites are used for development of
power. To allow these sites to go
Into unregulated private ownership
and be held by private owners for
speculative purposes held out of
use until the public necessity
makes them far more valuable
would not help the West.
.We have too much of thi3 now.
The dog-in-the-manger policy of
private owners of land and naturnl
resources who have acquired great
holdings from the government in
the past for little or nothing, and
now demand a 'big profit from
those who would develop the coun
.tr'y If-given a chance, has done and
la doing more to keep the West
from realization of its greatest
possibilities than is any policy of
the government with reference to
the remaining portion of the pub
lic domain.
" " If private owners of water pow
ers and power sites now held out
Of-use, had been as anxious in the
past for fair returns from develop
ment as they have been for large
profits from non-development, there
would not now be the imperative
need 'for use of the power sites
remaining in the public domain.
' For 20 ear3, these power sites
'In. the public domain have been
held out of use because of laws
which made inhibitive terms to
hydro-electric Investments and in
vestors., These unworkable laws
,have been the result of the dead
lock between the sentiment of a
v treat section of the country which
has refused to permit remaining
natural resources to pass into un
regulated and uncontrolled private
ownership, and a dwindling senti
ment In the West which has de
manded that these national assets
.should be turned over without re
serve t private ownership and
state' control. In this 2 0-year dead
lock, " the Ferris bill is the first
practicable solution offered which
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doe not do violence to. the senti
.ment of any Bection of the country.
. -But we are told In advance that
the water power conference will
protest against the Ferris bill. "We
are told in advance that resist
ance L? to be made f.o the fair and
earnest effort which Secretary Lane
and President Wilson are making
to open the "Vest to investments
and investors.
To what provision in the forego
ing digest of the purpose of the
Ferris bill is there objection by
the gentlemen who know in ad
vance what the water power con
lerence ia 'going to do?
To what will they object in the
provisions of the bill which The
Journal will set forth in later articles?
THE TACOMA IDEA
IX TACOMA, the city commission
ha3 dismissed the chief of po
lice and the duties of the po
sition will be assumed by the
head of the department of public
safety without extra compensation.
In governments, municipal and
otherwise, how many officials do
wo have just because we have al
ways had them?
A telephone at the national cap
ital got out of order during the
Spanish war and two telegraph op
erators wore employed for a day
or" two until it could be repaired.
Somebody forgot, and though ren
dering no rorvice. they remained
on the federal paycll until 1910
wheu a Democratic House was
fleeted and in a spasm of house
cleaning, required their dismissal.
About the same time, there were
rumors that the president's life
wan in danger from anarchists on
.u-cotint of the war, and something
like a dozen speciaj detectives were
employed to look after his safety.
Though the danger eoon passed,
they were still on the payroll until
dismissed in the 1910 house clean
ing. How many kindred, even if less
exaggerated cases of dead timber
are there in city, governments?
How many functionaries are per
mitted to remain pn the payroll
just because it is the habit for
them to be on the payroll? Is not
the Tacoma idea that there are
employes who can be 'dispensed
with and the work be as well done
without them, a good idea?
The subject is worth considera
tion. The test of public employ
ment should be service, compe
tency, and complete consecration
to duty. Wherever there are
drones or leaners, they should be
discarded.
Commission government in Port
land has done many good things.
It can render no higher service
than by absolutely making of every
person on the city payroll a com
plete example of effectiveness,
worth, and true service.
THE HIO GRAIN CROP
THE JOURNAL'S market editor
announces that the Pacific
northwest's grain crop this
year aggregates 119,200,000
bushels. This total compares with
111,400,000 bushels in' 1914, a
rain of 7. son, 000. bushels over last
year's exceptional yield.
The harvest is practically com
pleted in Oregon, Washington and
Tdaho. The grain is on its way to
market. There is no possibility
;f failure, no chance that the Pa
cific northwest's great volume oi
farm products will be cut down.
The wheat crop furnished a big
surprise. An estimate' of fi6,000,
Ooo bushels made in July was said
by some to be tc ) lare. Put the
r.ctual harvest shows a total yield
of 09.00,0(10 bttchels, 3. .TOO. 000
greater than the July estimate and
S. 300. ooo bushels greater than last
year's yield.
With a large part of the world
dependent upon the United States
for its food, fr.e Pacific northwest's
grain will tie in great demand.
Money for foodstuffs will flow into
Oregon, Washington and Idaho as
never before. This money will not
remain idle. If will be put at work
improving the farms and turning
the wheels of industry. It means
r. tremendous boost to prosperity.
There is another phase to the
i-'itnation. This year's grain crop
Illustrates the value of agriculture
as a sound foundation upon which
to build for the future. The farm
er came to the country's assistance
last year, and he has done so again.
Our greater material progress de
pends on the farm, and the Pacific
northwest's farms have made good.
Hl'YIXG SWAN ISLAND
nO THE gentlemen who use
public funds to buy property
JL in Portland for public use at
, very hih prices realize that
there is a growing disposition to
question their policy?
Do they know that many reflect
ing people are not content to have
public business so transacted, and
lhat many of them are privately
expressing their disapproval?
Here is a plan by the Port Com
mission to buy Swan Island at a
lump sum of $300,000 to be pafd
for out of taxes collected from
the public. As the owners in giv
ing a valuation at which their
property was to be assessed place
that value at only $58,000, a great
many people ask the question, why
do they ask more than five times
as much when they want to sell
the holding to the public?
When were the owners correct
about the value of Swan Island,
when they stated it to be worth
$58,000 for tax purposes or $300,
000 for sale purposes?
The Port Commission cannot, in
Justice to itself, contract to pay
out $300,000 of the people's money
for this property at a private sale.
Too many doubts are arising in
the public .mind as to 'the good
faith of such transactions, and
members of the commission may
well consider whether or not they
can afford to run the gauntlet of
the doubts and qnestionings that
Buch a purchase would obviously
arouse.
Millions of dollars in public
money have been collected and paid
out on the mere Judgment and rep
utation of men clothed with tem
porary power. Tho tax burdens of
Portland are partly due to trans
actions growing out of this free-and-easy
procecs. The people's
faith has been very, very great.
How Ions can that faith be ex
pected to endure in the face of the
ever growing demands for taxes
and taxe3 and taxes?
The very questionable and very
unstable value of Swan Island
should make every membeT of the
commission shrink from touching
It except through condemnation
proceedings where the values will
be established in open court and
by a jury of men on oath.
A MYSTERY
SELDOM is there such unanim
ity of approval as that ex
pressed in tho resolutions and
petitions by the people of
Roseburg requesting the retention
of Mr. Elder as commandant of
the Soldiers' Home.
As published in full in Tuesday's
Journal, the resolutions and ap
pended names are the testimonial
of those at the scene and fully in
formed as to affairs about the
Home. For Mr. Elder, the splen
did words of encomium by those
with whom he has been closely as
rociated, both officially and pri
vately for a number of years, are
worth more than the position from
which he has been dismissed with
out cause. It is so unusual an in
dorsement from a local community
p.nd so remarkable a testimonial
to the efficiency and satisfying
character of his administration
that it is a better reward than the
emoluments of the mere office.
Meanwhile, after repeatedly tes
tifying to the excellence and ef
fectiveness of Mr. Elder's admin
istration, and after standing a
long time with Secretary Oleott
against Elder's removal, did State
Treasurer Kay see and consider
the Roseburg resolutions and the
names thereon before he. yielded
to Governor Withycombe's insist
ence that Elder should be removed
to make room for a Withycombe
henchman?
If so, what influence was it that
induced him to spurn the Roseburg ;
petitioners and their testimonial
and to consent to the dismissal of
a man against whom there was no
charge and for whom there was so
much commendation?
A PROSPERITY FACT
G
EORGE M. REYNOLDS, presi
dent of the Continental and
Commercial National Rank of
Chicago, has received reports
on the business situation from
over 6000 correspondents. This
canvass was made among repre
sentative bankers in a large sec
tion of the country, and they say
fundamental business conditions
are sound, that trade and indus
trial activities are rapidly improv
ing. The reports of these bankers are
er-pecially significant, for a banker
does not speak without knowledge
and he has his finger on the busi
ness pulse at all times.
A review of the Reynolds can
vass states that labor is better em
ployed than at any time since
the outbreak of the European war:
the domestic credit situation is
much better; soundness and con
servatism annear to be the ruling
mnUv.q Iti Hip enndnct of hnsinps?
today; the country has recovered
from the first shock of war, and
only further improvement is in
sight.
It was even stated by many of
Mr. Reynolds' correspondents that
there is more likely to Te a short
age of workers in the United States
within a short time than a short
age of work. The immense volume
of war demands has gJ.ven fresh
impetus to the steel industry, and
this is being reflected in increased
railway traffic. Industries not
directly affected by orders for war
munitions are resuming operations
on a large scale. Another record
crop will soon be ready for sale.
Everything is conspiring to pro
mote the biggest business and in
dustrial boom the country has
known.
The only deterrent influence is
(.aid to be uncertainty as to the
war's duration. Hut that draw
back is losing its force. The coun
try is. adapting itself to new con
ditions and is utilizing the war to
make bigger the business boom
which has already started in the
United States.
People will be given an illustra
tion of the American dollar's in
creased purchasing power in Port
land next Thursday. If ability to
buy the most has made the dollar
king of all nations' money, his
throne will be in Portland on Dol
lar Day.
The presumption is that the boy
who threw a stone through a Mary
land avenue car window "just to
see the people jump" did a little
jumping' himself after being sent
home to his parents
Foreign Minister Grey announces
that England will allow drugs and
chemicals vhieh cannot be secured
elsewhere to be shipped from Ger
many to the United States. Is it
a sign that England is also ex
periencing a change of heart con
cerning America's rights to the
seas?
A present question in the great
International fight is whether Rus
sia can "come-back." A few prized
fighters have done it, but only a
few.
The Germans have captured
Pinsk on the Pripet river, but the
Russians have taken Hulewitzschie.
Tell the children about It.
HANDING THE HAT
TO DIPLOMATS
I .tike Ginirdlan in PhUadelphla Ledger.
SOME diplomats, so-called, having
become "persona non grata," take
their departure gracefully, under
the guise of a leave of absence, and
others have their walking papers
forced upon them. Cases alter the
circumstances
Dumha Is by no means the first
representative of a foreign govern
ment at Washington to be told that
his absence would be more desirable
than bis presence. There have been
about a dozen offenders of ministerial
or ambassadorial rank. The recall
of diplomats, on complaint, has like
wise applied to a few American rep
resentatives in posts abroad.
"It Is an accepted rule of diplomatic
usage," says Foster, "that every gov
ernment has the right to determine
for itself the acceptability of an en
voy accredited to it, and that If his
government does not recall him uponJ.
request, the government to which he
is unacceptable may dismiss him."
Ordinarily, a merg request Is deemed
sufficient, but sometimes the govern
ment of the offending diplomat re
fuses to act until satisfactory evi
aence has been submitted. It Is the
usual practice of the complainant to
assign reasons, which is different
from submitting evidence.
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Of particular interest at this time,
ty reason of certain attending circum
stances, is the case of SackviUe-West.
This case Involved a foreign envoy's
intervention in the domestic policies
of the United States.
Packville-West was British minister
at Washington during the presidential
campaign of 1SS8. Tbe difficulty
arose over his reply to a letter,
marked private, in which the writer,
who represented himself as a natur-"
allzed citizen of British birth, asked
the minister for advice on how to
vote. The njly was published in the
newspapers. Relations between Amer
ica and Great Britain formed the sub
ject of much of the political talk of
the dav
The minister, in his letter,
suggested that President Cleveland's
election would be likely to promote
British interests. In subsequent In
terviews he made a bad matter worse
by Indiscreet statements.
Secretary of State Bayard ' cabled
to Mr. Phelps, our minister at Lon
don, saying that Sackville-West had
shown him the letter and that in
newspaper interviews the British en-
vy had been "reported to have grave-
ly reflected upon the motives of the
president and the senate as regards
their action touching pending ques
tions relative to Canada." Mr. Bay
ard continued: "The government of
the United States cannot be Indif
ferent to any interference In domes
tic issues by foreign representatives.
Mr. Thelps will accordingly invite
Lord Salisbury's attention to the oc
currerire, and express the confident
reliance of this govenment' upon the
action "f her majesty's government
in the premises." Lord Salisbury de
clined to act until he had received
his minister's explanation. There
was considerable further correspond
ence on the subject, but In the mean
time Packville was handed his pass
ports. He returned to England and
retired to private life, the incident
Having destroyed his usefulness, in
the opinion ofis own government, as
a member of the diplomatic service.
An earlier instanee of the prompt
ness with whioh the American gov
ernment has seen fit to act where
long delay wag promised by the fail
ure of a foreign government to take
action is tho dismissal of the British
minister, Cramrton, In 1855. Cramp
ton and several consuls violated the
neutrality laws in securing enlist
ments for the Crimean war. On the
refusal of the British government to
take action until Crampton had been
Riven an opportunity to vindicate his
conduct, the minister was handed his
passports.
In both the preceding cases, it
should be observed, reasons were as
signed for the American protest.
When Blaine was secretary of state
he was informed by Chill that our
minister In Santiago was "persona
non grata." Chili asked that Mr.
Kgan be therefore recalled, and re
marked that she had the rigtft to
I make such a request. Secretary
Blaine, in a note to the Chilian min
ister, replied that "undoubtedly she
has that right, provided she assigns
a reason. You are too well skilled
in diplomatic usage to be reminded
that when the nation is pleased to
declare that a minister is "persona
non grata,' she is expected to assign
reason therefor." Chili then let
the matter drop.
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Genet was one of the first foreign
envoys to meddle in American affairs
in such a manner as to make, his re
tention in office intolerable. But the
case of the Frenchman, Moustier, was
the earliest. Moustiets disagreeable
conduct, both in public and in his
personal dealings with members of
President Washington's official fam
ily, had made him unpopular with all
classes of society. John Armstrong
wrote to General Gates, about that
time, "We have a French minister
here with us, ind if France had
wished to destroy the UttU remem
brance that Is left of her and her
exertions in our behalf, she would
have sent just such a minister.
Secretary Jay wrote to Jefferson, j
Instructing him to make known to the) ... . , . ,, ,
( Washington Post: Gravitation tow
French government the offensive ; ard a protective tariff would seem to
character of Moustier's conduct. Jef- ; Indicate that England expects every
, ,, man to pay his duty,
ferson thought the matter, too deli-j
cate for official dealing with the . Pittsburg Press: The chap some
, . ., . . T .J . would Bay queer guv who wrote "The
foreign minister, so he asked Lafay-; melancholy days have come," was evH
ette to assist him. Lafayette had a dently not fond of oysters.
talk with the foreign minister, who
I Detroit Free Press: Harry Thaw
took advantage of a loose, expression might have saved himself and his fam.
In a lelter from Moustier, osten- Hy much worry and expense by merely
- .. . . , suing for divorce In the first place,
sibly regarding it as a request for j , ,
a leave of absence. The "request") Baltimore Star: Lloyd-George might
was "granted." Moustier did not re
turn to America. That is one way
of having a minister recalled.
It was also during Washington's
presidency that Genet was recalled I
by the French government on request, i
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The Spanish minister, Yrujo, was j
summarily dismissed in 1806. Three :
eara later Jackson, the British mm-i
ister, received his passports. In 1S19
the French minister, Poussin, was
handed his hat. The Russian minis
ter, Catacazy, was similarly treated
in 1871. L. A. Thurston, minister
of the republic of Hawaii, was re
called at the request of President
Cleveland.
Letters Fro in the People
iComnjuulcatiooa seat to The Journal (or
publication lu lhl department uliouid be writ
ten on only one aide of tbe uaoer, aaould not
exceed 3uo words In leugtb und must ba ac
companied by tiie name aud addreaa of lha
aasder. It toe writer doea not deaira to buve
Uia uaoia puMuheii, be tuould o mate.)
Dtseosglon la the greatest of nil reformer.
It rationaliaea eerjiuing it ton.:he. It roba
principles of all ftlke suuctltj- and throws tnem
back on tbeir rvaaonableuetii. It they hove Do
reaaonableuesa. It ruiUlessiy crueht tbeni oul
or existence and aeta np lla own couuiualom
ui Uieir ktead." Woodrow Wliaoo.
A Plea for the Birds.
Albafj Or., Sept. 15. To the Editor
of The Journal The joint three days'
session of the Benton and Linn County
Teachers' institute that closed this af
ternoon was a grand success, and well
it might be, with nearly 400 teachers
in attendance and addresses by some
of our most noted Oregon educators, rorts or tne lana toward moaern com
from Eugene, Salem. Monmouth and I fort, security and organization. Al
the O. A. C. As a has-been Oregon rural I though once fabulously rich, the coun
school teacher by nearly 40 years, the try has not been able to bring forth a
progressive ideas advanced, especially sufficiency through all the years that
as to rural schools, for making them j the Kurds have practiced their un
more efficient and attractive, were a I tamed housekeeping here, a house
revelation to me. and I know they were keeping that has consisted'in abandon
an inspiration to all who heard them. j ing the summer tent for the winter
And then, the songs as given In the j cottage, after preliminaries of killing
Oregon Teachers' Monthly, published ; the owner and his family, and the re
at Salem by Charles H. Jones, sung in 'plenishing of goods' stores at the point
grand chorus, were a grand outDursi.
of song. While those about Oregon
may have a'ppealed to me the most,
along patriotic and sentimental lines,
two whippoorwill songs brought forth
the most of practical thought.
Some weeks ago. in an article by me,
..fe t TVi. Iniirnu ghnilt Rome
J 1 1, ij 1 1 1 1 r 1 1 11, a lit " ' ...... -
of our Orecon bifds mat were een in
pioneer days, but were' now gone, as
I believed, I named the whippoorwill,
whose plaintive notes could be heard
summer eveninss in the Willamette
valley. And this impelis me to ask
your many readers if during these lay
tei years any of them have heard tnisimost reckless nonuescription. i ne
bird in our valley or elsewhere in Ore- Kurds ride the bst horses; they are
gon or Washington. I hoped the mat- always armed; they bully the Armeni
ter of our song and other useful birds ans, the travelers and the overlord
would be mentioned during the Insti- j Turks themselves.
tute, but time forbade; so here I make j The Turks have been unable to get
a special plea to all our teachers. es-ia complete mastery' over their subject
pecially in Oregon and Washington, I Kurds, and have employed an admlnis
too, to talk to their pupils, asking them trative policy toward them of letting
not to kill the birds. True, most, if , them alone. Thus, the Kurd massacres
not all, are protected by law, but young Armenians, robs Armenians and trav
people, especially the boys, evidently : elers. and considers both of these oc
often forget. , cupations his Just right. In a useful
What's the use to teach agriculture 8tate, the Kurd lives in the hills and
and kindred subjects In our schools, : herds sheep. He is a pastoral tent
and then have an ever increasing dam- ', dweller in the 6Ummer. In the winter
age done to our garden, orchard and ( ne moves to the Mesopotamian plains
grain crops by the ever growing num- , .
bers of unwelcome worm or insect method by which railway- are
pests that prey upon them, mainly be- or lne ",el1 uu .
cause their greatest enemies, the birds. paid for carrying the mail. It is
are decreasing, instead of increasing claimed that while postorfice receipts
in numbers? j increased 100 per cent in 10 years, the
And when, even in our Oregon, there
sometimes come chilling wintry blasts. ,
and a snow covered ground, let us feed
the birds that flit around our homes.
In springtime they will reward us with
their sweefest songs of gratitude and
praise, and wage a more valiant battla
against the enemies of our grain or
other farm products.
CYRUS II. WALKER.
The Million Dollar Loan.
Portland, Sept. 16. To the Editor of
The Journal The editorial in yester
day's Journal, "Borrowing a Pillion,"
is surely a plain matter of fact expo
sition of where The Journal stands as
regards the disastrous war now raging
in Europe and explicitly proves that
The Journal is not a pro-war advocate
and stands alone in Portland for peace
and good will to all nations. Last
evening's Journal told us of the arrival
Of the entente allies' representatives
In New York and of their being met by
J. P. Morgan and his partner, Henry
P. Davidson, and that the six commis
sioners were at once taken under .Mor
gan's care, boarded his yacht and sped
up the bay to arrange, it is said, for a
loan of one billion of our good Ameri
can money, to help Britain and lier
allies to wage their world war.
to wage their world war.
is Important matter should make
Americans pause and think what
Th
true
this all means to the cause of peace.
Yes, think what this fabulous sum,
earned by the sweat and hard toil '-f
labor, would do for this country if It
were in the hands of true and tried
getting more and more disgusted with
conditions that bring home to tiiem the
true meaning of Morganism in tbe
United States? We talk and boast of
our neutrality, and at the same time
our Morgans and their ilk are doing all
in their powar to continue the destruc
tion-of life, which is filling those war-
rlntr i -n 1 1 n t r I (i o with u llftun J . . .
phans and homeless children. God
being just, woe Is Morgan & Co., when
they come before the judgment seat.
If Morgan expects a chance to pass
the Judgment he must see that the
eye of the needle is manufactured and
enlarged in his own gun foundry, or
his chances to pass through will fail
and all the shrapnels ever manufac
tured will not be able to pull down th
fortress which will bar his entrance
Ha may repent, but it is doubtful.
D. M. O'SULLIVA..
Railway Mail Carrying Charges. .
Jennings Lodge, Or., Sept. 12. To
the Editor of The Journal I have read
the article in a recent iFsue of The
Journal in relatiop to a pamphlet is
sued by the Railway Business associa
tion, asking business men to interest
themselves in securing a readjustment
Americans insieaa or ueing in ine nana 0r The journal l
of the pro-allies. This money would be papers recently a number or p '
more safe in the hands of good Ameri- Bolutions of the problem or '
cans, put on the waste lands of thjs ment. I noticed in yesterd.
country and would return a higher "; KOnian tbe statement that th . J t
rate of Interest, and the security would rrats were denying the fact or 'imm"
not be a foreign bond but a bona fide nlovm er.t. well knowing that men -
American land security. ' . not" thP case. The Otegonian purports
ts it any great wonder that the great lo fce Republican, and of course I e -
masses of the American people -are rtt.rt the calamity howl of Democratic
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
pun me "ho g or the Men or liarieUi
on those Welsh miners. It couldn't do
less good than the munitions act lias.
Seattle Times: A contemporary sug
gests that "If Shakespeare were on
earth, he would be writing for tho
iw. i- I a.' TL ....1... I.! .. . . . I V. I 1
be making screen classics.
Salt Lake Tribune: Fomebodv has
complailled i)Kause the Xlirli!. nH,,.
just killed as many as 1011 Christians
becauge they killed only 1000.
Philadelphia Ledger: Who shall sh
anything against the versatile climate
of Philadelphia, when a boy can be
arrested at this season for hitting a
woman in the eye with a snow ball?
a
Philadelphia Telegraph: Thtnsrs pub
lished as lost in a New York street car
include a hat, a collar, shirts and
socks. And now we will never ret-t
until we know whether he went home
in a barrel or a paper bag.
Chicago Journal: With rrona far ;
bejter than the average, with an ampl.j j far as Gresham, build us a new post
supply of labor for every deniat.d. witn office and get a national law oassed In
railroads and other public utilities I
clamorin
amoring ror betterments thai s:nort
ghted financiering Jias denied, why
si
should the money of the country
idle?
Hi
-THE KURD AND
From a Bulletin of the National Geo
graphic Society.
The Kurds, who, report says, are
again engaged in their favorite occu
pation of slaughtering Armenians,
men, women and children, are a sur
vival from the days when self respect
ing men lived only, or at least princi
pally, by the sword. Their wild tribes
are scattered throughout Asia Minor,
I acting to thwart the most modest el
, or a ruie, tne transaction usuuny iui
lowed by the burning of the looted
shop.
Ths Kurd is a picturesque citizen,
and, whatever his numbers may be
census matters in Turkey are indefi
nite he is much more in evidence than
. . . - - . - -
Armenians and other peoples
among whom he lives. The Kurd is
the traveler's first impression In Asia
Minor, and in most cirses he remains
. the predominant one.
i ne K.uras wear
clothes of vivid colors; tney aiso wearjiew are c nristians. tneir lime ieuaai
rags, that is, the poorer ones, of the
, totai rigid railways increased only 7.7
, - . to what . rnft the rail
roads have. I will suDmn tne iu
ing table which Is substantiated by
Henry C Adams, statistician of the
United States postal commission, gen
erally known as the Wolcott compas
sion. Some revisions have since been
made (In 1907), but they are too
slight to affect the disparity in
charges here shown: '
New York City to Buffalo, a dis-
. . i . .ii
taiice Of 44U mues. wn ivu
$31.65; one ton freight, $7.80; one t
express, $12.50; 100 pounds mail, $1.6
100 pounds freight, 39 cents, 1
of 440 miles: cine ion num.
ion
BS;
00
i n,,T,,ia xnress. cents
' York City to Chicago,
1000
'miles: One ton mail $71.39; one ton
.freight. $15; one tOTf express. $.;.
' New York City to San Francisco via
I New York Central. Lake Shore, Chics co.
i,.,,urt vi- Oulncy Cnion I acific
ton
,i aniithtrn Pacific: One
1 mail, $265.63; one ton freight. $0; one
ton express, $135; 100 pounds mai
$15.28; 100 pounds freight. $3, 10'
pounds express, $6.75.
The railroad rate for mail, hower.
I r.h Ma-her than shown in the
foregoing table. The government
' i, tIt in the weighing of the maiH
cheated in tne l ' & bltant reI1,ai
ad 1" charged l"b"anl
. . i . rst mail cars.
!Ior l"c " wT B. JENNINGS.
pjea for tho Unemployed.
Portland, Sept.
j t. TO toe r.uuu'
in tne
pected
empty dinner p-.. powers
Just so long a
H i nt'-'i'w
1 INDEX OF ADVANCING
t
TIDE OF PROSPERITY
PhiladelphiaAll good ,or3er
freight cars on tne rtuuiw-
,i,o lines both east and west
of Pittsburg, are now at work. On
January 4 of this year there were
46 065 of these good order freight
cars completely Idle. The fact
that this large number of cars ts
- 1 . M,w4b4mw Aiiiilulipa
now at worn, is ou ihm.j ct,.....- .
of the great improvement which J
have taken place in traffic. a
J The number of shop cars has
I been gradually reduced durirgthe t
last few weeks, Vid present Jndt- 7
rations are that the. system will I
have to rush repairs on these i
cars to meet the incrtasing de'f
mand for equipment for freight
moving purposes. J
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
"When it is remembered." says the
Eugene Register, "that these early fall
rains are out the prelude to Indian
summer tney may be hailed with joy. '
The Baker county fair having been
successfully negotiated, the Balyr
Herald says "Now let us return to the
subject of cluster lights until w. have
them burning."
a a
During the hot days Of June, July,
August and September, 6446 rwims
were enjoyed in the Y. M. C. A. swim
ming tank at CorvalllB. The swimmer
Included 148 ticket holders, besidea
many occasional patrons.
Pendleton East Oregonlan's chal
lenge to the weather man: "It can rain
bucketpful all week and not a Kound
L"p booster will complain. It w:il put
the roads In good shape for automo
bile travel to the biggest show on
earth.''
The civic department of the Salem
Commercial club has allowed enough
money foo the construction of an arch
of welcome, with a 60-foot sp.m. It
will be ;used for the first time during
the state fair and will be erected in
the business section of the city.
f a a
Port Orford Tribune: It is reported
here that 24 pounds of radium-beftrtng
ore was taken out of a mine on Houl
der creek, 27 miles from Port Orford,
in the past few days. The report has
caused a local sensation. It is said
that in the form in which the radium
is found, it is worth $So an ounce.
Gresham Outlook: Stand Pat Mr
Arthur, who expects to keep a seat
warm nt Washington next winter, has
i,nimltiH In drnlue Johnson creek sa
aiil of countv fairs. He's a man after
everybody's heart but Is respectfully
waned not to get after the hearts of
the Gresham girls, even if he is
an M. C. y
HIS WAY OF LIFE
and either lives In his tent or turns the
owner out of a selected house. His
tent Is of Mack, homespun goats' hair
and Us furniture is mats, qallts nnd
cooking pots. His children go naked
and his women ragged. His board Is
set with sour milk, and when by chance
he builds a winter home. It consists
of a hole In the ground with a Mat
roof df wattle and clay air tight
smoke tight, light tight. There ans
small smoke vents in the roof, but the
whole effect is that of a prairie tlnit'i
dwelling. Within, It Is as light and
airy as a low-level coal mine.
a a
To be of "Ashirat" blood, in Kurdish
estimation, is to be really worth while.
The Kurds have a conscious superior
ity which gives them a certain bearing
of nohles.se and dignity. A Kurdlbh
chief is an lmjressi ve, often an af
fable, individual. These people are
not Inclined to settle down, and they
do not seem to want others to Btttls.
In some districts, however, they have
taken lands wholesale from the Ar
menians, massacreing the owners, and
have become rich landholders. Occa
sional Kurds attempt civilization.
Officially, at least, ttie Kurds are
Mohammedans. They reject the cus
tom of veiling their women, reverence
fire, and are, on subjects of religion
altogether liberal. Many of them are
Kizllbashls. heretic Moslems, and some
organizations are tneir nationalities,
and their patriotism is ,a devotion to
the privilege of being able to live at
tho expense of others. They are medi
eval, with all the headstrong Irregu
larities of medieval times. It was not
until 1913 that thevflrst Kurdish news
paper appeared. This was published
at Constantinople. As, however, there
is no such thing as a definite written
Kurdish language, this paper Is carried
on under some difficulty. There was
something called a "Kurdish move
ment" before the war, but its labors
seemed hopeless. The latest reportH
from the haunts of the Kurds tell of
the massacre of many thousands of
Armenians.
,
control our government, the question
of unemployment will exist. They ars
always looking ahead for their divi
dends, and when they fall off the ques
tion is not how are their employes to
exist, but rather by wheat means they
can legislate to make their money more
effective. This is the cause, n my
estimation, and its removal will be the
cure. I am well satisfied that the
Democratic government is seeking to
find the solution. I have a friend, an
old pioneer, who came to Oregon and
helped develop it, not with money but
with brawn. He has been one of the
many that have given their manhood
to make It possible for the captains
of industry to amans the voalth that
keeps thern, hard times or good times.
The lands that he held for them are
today producing their wealth and pour
ing it Into the coffers of those that
were keener witted than he. All that
lie has left as his part of many ad
ventures he passed through, at the
risk of life, to give to the keener
witted the power to dictate whether
I he shall be employed or not.
I Men of his stamp have made and
iAA ...nlii,,,, it ... . - l
i , i" f-'iiic ivi u n lu in
habit the great- state of Oregon and
the greater state to come. I am sure
that could his stories be, told to the
people at large, their reality would
impress so greatly that a warmer
feeling' would exist for the unemployed
and that greater efforts would be piit
forward toward the solving of their
great question. Kor Is he not entitled
to a market for his brawn, lii.i only
stock in trade?
I am one of the unemployed nt
present, through no fault of my own,
and yet I am rot crying over th fact.
I do riot like the way things are being
conducted at present. Ytt I lo not
denounce them, for they are the best
we have, and they must serve until
we get better. I feel that it :s the
duty of every man not to shirk the
fray because he does not like It, but
rather to get in and make from out of
chaos the things he d"eM like. While
I would like to feel that the fear of
unemployment would be the least of
my troubles, I know that sucli can not
be the cas until it is made possible
by ilie people eri masse. I know that
I am going to exist, by means foul or
fair; I hope not foul, for self-preservation
is the first law of nature, and
I hope that with this far advanced
civilization the question will be quick
ly solved, thus doing away with that
dark cloud that hangs over every man
and woman that possesses but brawn
as the, only means of livelihood.
That we are human and should deem
nothing that relates to humanity as
foreign to our feelings, will at some
time be the theme of mankind. Of
those who ar in position to make bet
terment of things in general, I ask
thai they strive for relief of vn, tne
unemployed. ROBERT T. MERRILL.
Reekie Jap.
From the Clni iimatl Times-Star.
The Japanese ar;in arc showing
their Innate treacheiy. They ara strip
ping their forts of gun and shipping
them to Russia, just as if C ere were
no United States to menace and no
Richmond Pearson Hobson to confirm.
Tneonce Oven
xT Ftg.3C LAMPMAN
BACK r&OM EZPIOBOia -INTEKJOK.
"
inuuAa 1-uik county Oregon
-- September l:,. Thi i. ,i,
center of the universe according to
iniorinatio,, obtainable hers.
-and I have talked tn rtrnt ..ik.
son Jack Algood and Walter Tooie.
U Dallas used to t known aa ths
goat center of the universe.
- but In a few yearn the word
goat" became eo pomiliur -a ,lnn
term
-that the motto was ain,.ni1ntto
lead -"prune ceiitur of tin. n.iv.r"
IT Hut there are ninny whisker in
Dallas that" remind one of that old
motto.
fl However - it may Ive Just as well
to tell how we got here.
51 Of course - we cam to Dallas-'-ln
the first pla.-e - !.,.(,,,(. we started out
to explore the Interior.
f Having expl..re,l It we forsook
the Wilderness !it Falls City.
Where Dean floated a bond
with Kernel Matthew aa th
floatee.
V And that enabled ti in return ty
rail to Dallas Dean's old home
town.
where he Is regarded a a sort
of chocolate soldier.
51 And I have been embarrassed
several times- because women and
glrl ntop him on the street,
--and kiss him.
Tf And now I know why ne went t
a barber shop - when we first got In.
and had it till cut off
except a light opera muatachs.
51 As soon as he came mt of th
shop a dear old lady met him.
and kisseh him.
and he told mo the wta his aunt,
51 And then a woman--not so twt
old met 1.1m.
and she klssed him.
and he said she used to be his
Sunday school teacher when he was
a little boy. ' -
51 And it was that way 11 ovsr
town.
until it neemd to ine that Dean
must be related or must have rons
to Sunday school --or public, school
or kind er pm t t en - or Riiin.iliini,. tr a
grc.it many of the loveliest women In
1 'alias
or Polk county.
or ( h egoii -
or m.y jila e
51. nd their were several girls
who were t u. young to be In the sunt
or t iicl.er clm-sl r.cat l"n.
and Lean nald they war his
cousins.
5 And of course-- when 1 started out
I meant to till a lot of things
abou t 1 u I In s.
and what makes It urh a good
town
and nil that
but 1 gn sidct nicked on liean
nnd his wot ih i ( endurance--us a
kisser. .
51 Ami I linked Cary llavler about It
and he laug.'.td- and Bald -
51 LISTEN- Ah far tn I know and
I've been 1 1 i iulw a while Dean
hasn't got a girl coiihin In this whole
town.'1
MAP MAKING ONCE
,THE WAR IS OVER
The changes in the map of
Europe that may be expected
to follow a victory by the Teu
tonic allies or tht; (Quadruple
Kntcnte an- set forth in a most
instructive ta-h oti by I'' rank H.
Snnonds in an i! in -i rated arti
cle that will iippr.ir in J he Sun
day Journal.
Mr. Smi"!!'!"-. who writes with
authority, takes up in detail the
several territorial concessions
that the several nations will de
mand and o.prt t if the war
goes their u.i.
As may be -pectrd, the biff
change will tome m the Bal
kans, no matter who wins. Rut
look for his article ami see for
yourself the tasks the map mak
ers have in prospect.
FOR MATRON
AND MAID
Anne Kittenhoiise, in her
weekly fashion letter, shows
how the; designers have t-ri?ed
upon the manm-h styles of the
1 r c n c ii Revolution for this
year's costumes.
Margaret Mason writes that
this season's toery comes
high, meaning hih from the
ground Her letter is delight
fully flippant, as usual.
C a t h a t i nc drcen w-ood, the
needlework expert, offers an at
tractive c( nterpiece in Riche
lieu work that will appeal to the
needlewoman
Dorothy I;olan presents a
pat,'' "f practical talks on the
home n i he Sunday Journal
Magazine.
MAGAZINE
FEATURES
THE WOMDERFUI, TOMB
OK TA 1 1 KRI A Sepulchre's
Chiselled Story.
JOHN L. SULLIVAN', FARM
ER By Andrew Watres
Ford.
CONFESSION'S of AN AUTO
BANDIT I'. v Joseph Taylor.
SCIENCE AND N E R SCI
ENCE UP-'I ' ) I TE.
H O V T O II E COME A
M O-V ! E A "l R ESS By
Lout 11. -i ' Parsons.
ON THE SI 'NV SIDE OF
LIFE - Flashes of Humor.
C A K.T O O N A G R A M S
Charles A. )gcn.
THE CROW AND THE
C R A I N O F CO RN Geor-
geiie Faulkner.
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