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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY, . DECEMBER 4, 1915.
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America asks Bothing for her
self bat what -he has a right to
ask for humanity itself.
WOODIiOW WILSON.
To murder character ia as
truly a crime as to murder the "'
body; the tongue of the slan
derer la brother to the dagr
of the a-iiafin. Tryon F.d
wards. THE GOVERNOR'S D EXT AL
ENTIRE blame for the agitation
against tic state's attempt o
promote the flax Industry was
placed today by Govfrnor Withy-
corr.be upon Secretary of State
Olcott. who, he said, precipitated the
trouble- by frivir.jr out a statement
based upon Inaccurate data. Ortg"n-
lan.
In the same article in the Ore-
gonian. Governor Withycorube Is
ouOted fis Eavine:
I The flax discussion in the Ore-
; con Jourr.al is purely for political
r purposes In a -n-rt attempt to 1U-
.i creail tr.e administration.
"'! With one breach, the governor
I eays secretary uicott a letter to
', the board finding fault with tHe
manner in which the flax experi
ment is hpinsr rnnauclpa caused tn?
agitation.
' IT UU llIC UlCdUl lit.'
.. the flex agitation is "purely for
political fniri'osca and a:i attempt
I to discredit the administration."
f aarh other If fefrr(.rarv Olefin's
i letter to the board of which the
4 secretary is himself a member.
.-; started the "arrttation" how could
. 'Uiwca IU UI.1L1CU1L 11. t: d'lllJIli-
- istratlon," How could Secretary
Olcott desire to discredit an ad
'j .ministration of which he is hini-
; seir a part ana wun wtnen no is
- in run narninnv do itica ivv
comuciing, aua since one or me
i. oiner, n not coin are iaise, in-d
A governor should at once utter one
' Of his justly cerebrated and strict-
i "ly original scatter-gun denial
f -with which the state constantly
4 roTerberates.
I As to the governor's statement
' that Secrctan- Olcott started the
f ."agitation" with his letter to tho
V W . 1. . 1 . . . . i.uni i
.- until Friday. November 26. The
TJAWs article rlsrri hin e tha lnvllv
f and inefficiency in the flax ex
5 periment appeared In The Journal
1 ' Friday, November 19, a full weel:
Derore secretary uicoit 3 letter was
uiaue puuuc. since tiua euows me
i: governor to be wholly wrong In
n to n o r cr -v n woinor vnrtrArnpii i 1 1 .
; .' cott he should, and doubtless wiU
forthwith, as Oregon's great
f . denier, declare that he didn't
i- Iencv in getting some knowledge
of the flax situation. The Journal
I: 'will submit for his enlightenment
-what Treasurer Kay has all alon?
the flai experiment was being con-
f Secretary Olcott, among other
v thlngB. s&ia:
r ine memoers ot me ooara were
; divided In their views. Mr. Ka
. acknowledged that there was con
siderable merit in mv contention and
. iUfc 1 lie It'll 1I1UUU U3 1 U1U HLKfUl
f -: tb business capacity of Mr. Cady.
r bnt thought best that a change be
Ksaccotint of 'there being no known
available man, and that It would bo
' poor policy to make a change at this
"particular time, and further that It
Y wvuiu ie umair iu uiAAt; a i nance
ff.' over th protest of tha governor who
' baa made a study of the flax busl
. - B8 and had given special attention
That ia to say, Treasurer Kay
!' looked upon Cady's conduct of the
flax experiment abont as Secretary
V'Olcott did, but out of respect for
i . juia a"c' 3 cuusentea to
; allow things to run along un--;
v changed.
i That la to say, two of the threa
; members or the board were con
rlnced that the flax experiment
"was. not" nroDerlv conducted. v.t
:; lao governor issues an executive
. . manifesto declaring that the "agl
' tatlon is for political purposes."
-'','When Is a atvernor?
MAKE READY
THE propaganda, to improve
our national parks and forests
for recreation purposes refer
ence is mad to what tho Do
minion of Canada has accomplished
Jar this direction- Her mountains,
glaciers, forests, rivers and lakes
have been converted into rich as
sets which pay big dividends upon
the capital invested.
Canada realized a few years ago
the great wealth she possessed in
her natural scenery and took steps
to capitalize it by making it ac
cessibe to the public. Roads were
built, hotels were constructed and
other things were done to provide
pleasure and recreation not only
for home folks but for the world
As a result the Canadian Rockies
are almost as celebrated as tbe
Alps of Europe. At the foot of
glacier, on lake shore and on
river brinJj there are thousands of
tourists every summer from Eu
rope and the United States. Ac
companying them is a shower of
gold.
What has been done by our
neighbors on the north can be
duplicated and improved on by ua.
In our forests, mountains, lake3
and rivers we have a resource
whose commercial value cannot be
computed. In order to realize
upon It It must be made accessible.
To "See America First" America
must be prepared to be seen. '
PROHIBITION IX WASHINGTON
aajT-TTT Wachintnn ciinro m o frmr !
ihas by ballot of the justices,
determined that the prohibi
tion law of that state is not
constitutional. This action was
taken several day3 ago, but no de
cision has been handed down.
The publication of the story by
The Journal was followed by at
tempts to get denials, but no
denial has been made by anv
Washington supreme justice that
the ballot was taken and the con
clusion reached. Nor will there be.
The denials consist solely ot
statements that no decision "has
been written," which is a pure
evasion of the uncontroverted fact
that behind The Journal story was
the action of the court Itself lu
reaching a conclusion. If no con
clusion had been reached, it would
have been Just as easy for a Jus
tice to say that no conclusion has
been reached as to say that no
decision "has been written."
An adver-p decision In the state
of Washington can have no effect
on prohibition in Oregon. There
is not the s! ightesfdonbt that the
law here is constitution-proof and
blind-pis tijrht. It is held by com
petent authority that in Oregon,
should tho courts hold the prohibi
tion amendment invalid, prohlbl
tion could he enforced, through the
Anderson law. Should, on the oth-
er hnnd. the An lerron law be held j
ir.vil'l, prohibition, it is claimed, j
wo-ild iti!l be effective through
the cor: riti!tional amendment.
From a dry standpoint, it mat
ters nothing in Oregon as to a
Washington supreme court decision,
so far a- the Orccron rerrulntions are
concerned. Should Washington b
left wt, and remain wet. there
would be embarrassment ia Port
land in the ease with which booze
would bo spirited over the state
line by thirsty Orefronjans.
Rut it is practically certain that
if the Wfishinc;ton supreme court
stands by its oritjnia finding and
sets aside the law when it finally
announces its decision. Governor
Lister will most certainly feci
bound to call a special session of
the .legislature, and the legislature
will be almost certain to pass a
law to escape the objections of the
court if there is a way for such
legislation.
THE FLAX EXPERIMENT
WHEN Governor Withycombe
persuades himself that the
flax agitation is "an at
tempt to discredit him" he
takes himself too seriously.
The possibility of a flax industry
in Oregon is bigger than an
governor. That Oregon can pro
duce as good flax fibre as can be
grown anywhere in the world is
certain.
The agitation is to save a slip
shod experiment with flax from
being accepted as. a real experi
ment. It would be a crime
frtainst Oregon for the future flax
industry of the state to be con
tingent on the showing by an ex
periment that cannot be conclusive,
because not intelligently conducted!
The agitation has already led to
changes in methods that will aid
in saving some of the flax 6traw
that would otherwise have been
badly damaged if not wholly lost.
CARE FOR THE WORKERS
THE industrial relations com
mission which made so much
of a stir by its diversified
and lively reports has in a
way perpetuated itself by -passing
on into a voluntary industrial re
lations committee. The difference
is that between an authoritative
commission and a more or less
persuasivo committee composed,
not of officials, but of mere citi
zens. But 6ome members of the
commission have been inherited
by the committee, notably Mr.
Walsh, who is naturally the chair
man. As spokesman of the committee'
Mr. Walsh haa imtiolKIn r. !
... w i.iiuh iiiLtf rest
ing to say about preparedness, if
does not pertain to the size of our
coming army and navy. These
points are left to men who ars
supposed to understand them. But
rearding the manufacture of muni
tions the committee fpeaka out
boldly. It is in faor of the
government's, manufacturing its
own warlike supplies. The reason
la obvious. By this simple means
all military clamor from Interested
quarteita wfli h suppressed.- The
committee also wants the militia
system organized on a thoroughly
democratic basis, which seems rea
sonable in a democratic country.
Finally Mr. Walsh, speaking for
his committee, takes the stand
that "a healthy, well-organized,
well-paid industrial force should
be insisted upon as a paramount
factor in any plan of national pre
paredness." In other words he
contends that the men" who are to
fight our battles deserve to be
taken care of in time of peace as
well as In war. He might have
gone a step farther and suggested
that they will fight all the better
for being well fed and warmly clad
before hostilities begin.
AX EMERGENCY MEASURE
E
VERY dock and warehouse on
the Atlantic coast is congest-
ed with freight awaiting
shipment by sea. Railroad
yards are crowded with loadc 1
cars that cannot be "unloaded be
cause there are no ships to carry
the traffic abroad.
One of the big handicaps on
American industry today is the
lack of an adequate American
merchant marine. Farmers suf
fer from it in the sum of million
upon millions of dollars in tho
extortionate ocean rates they muRt
pay for transportation of their
wheat abroad.
The announcement from Wash
ington is that the Ship Purchase
bill will be re-introduced and be
pushed as an emergency measure.
It was defeated at the last ses
sion only by a filibuster. A ma
jority of the members of Congress
would have translated the
kjll
into law had not the filibuster pro- j
ceedlngs In the Senate enabled the
minority to prevent action.
The hill proposes that the gov
ernment back a corporation under
government control for -operation as ino rlIP in ""Y
of vessels, in practically the same' That '3 what happened recently in
wav that the government line o?;the 3uvenrie court in this city a
ships has been operated In con-j boy accused of repeated .wrongdoing
nection with the Panama railroad was sentenced" to an X-ray examina
for years. The latter line waa I tlon- hich disclosed a skull so un
provldod for bv a Republican Con-i5" thlck at ons rK'lnt a3 to Pro"
gress. and the precedent and ex- j duce Pressure on the brain. This was
perience should guarantee Republi- caused b' a slight fracture suffered
can support of the present Ship i e!f:ht yra aa- when' " chlld
prM., hill TW wno tho camrhhe ''-,n8 "criminal" fell from a
kind of support for a measure
passed bv Congress for using ves
sels of the navy in the carrying
trade.
The ship bill can wen be put
on the calendar as an emergency
measure. With sailine vessels ask
ing 10r shillint-'s and steamer0
actually chartered at 120 shilling-
for carrying w"eat from the Pa-'
cific coast to Europe, with farm
era heincr eouced by the interna
ti nal ship trust out of their right-
ful profits on thoir year's wheat
output, with -Atlantic coast ware
houses and docks jammed with
products awaiting shipment by sea
why is there not an emergency
and why is not the ship bill at.
emergency measure?
GRAMMAR
A
WRITER in the Port Orford
Tribune in the course of a
discussion of the bothersome
word "none" speaks with ap- :
proval of an instance where The
Journal uses it in the plural num
ber. "None of the parties have
been put upon trial" is the ex
pression to which be refers. The
notion that the w-ord "none" must
be invariably singular is modern
and unsupported by the best his
torical usage. Our older and bet
ter writers have always felt free
to mako It plural to suit their
meaning. Language was invented
to express thought, not to hamper
It with useless and faddish rules
which please nobody but pedants.
In its modest beginnings gram
mar was the humble servant of
language. It sought out the
es of eminent writers and I
I
usas
codified them. but It never
dreamed of restricting literature
by laying down new laws. Litera
ture was born and flourished for
a long time before anybody thought
of composing a grammar, and the
earliest grammarians were satisfied
with stating what authors haJ
done, not what they ought to do.
But by the lapse of time the usage
of the older authors acquired a
certain sanctity. It became in a
manner Impious to deviate from
their ways, and the grammarians
who had codified those ways
graduated into lawmakers for all
future literature.
The same process has been at
work in other i fields. In law,
theology and business whatever U
old is supposed for that reason to
be superior to tho modern. Ir.
was all right and proper, we aro
assured, for our ancestors to reg
ulate the world they lived In ac
cording to their likes and dislikes
but It would be something terrible
for us to do the same.
It is well both In language and
life to respect the wisdom of
former ages, but it is not well to
feel that it relieves us of all neces
sity to use our own brains and
initiative. Each age has its
peculiar problems which no pre
ceding age can solve for 1L
USING THE POSTOFFICES
LITTLE by little for many years
the government at Washing
ton has been making a map
of the country It is on a
large scale so that it has to he
constructed In sections, which have
beea prepared with hat dignified
deliberateness which characterizes
'some governmental activities. Un
til very lately the government has
had trouble In disposing Of ' ttwj
sections as the - were finished.
They were offered at a moderate
price but since they were not ad
vertised very well and were on
sale only at Washington not many
were bought.
Not long ago some genius in
the employ of the government was
struck with the wonderfully happy
thought of putting these sectional
maps on sale at the postoffices.
Why not? vThere were the build
ings, there were the men and
women who inhabit them and
work in them. These depictions
of our glorious land on a mam
moth scale can now be obtained
by Hiram and Lucy at the cross
roads when they go for the mail.
They need not send to Washington
for them.
We commend this step because
it looks toward efficiency in th
poal service. The establishment
of savings banks was of the same
character. So was the parcel post.
Little by little we are learning to
utilize the heavy investment we
have made In the postal depart
ment. COURTROOM
OR CLINIC?
Frvm the ItiiUdelphla North Atrerli-an.
HEN a surgeon of high stand
w
ing rives it as his opinion,
based on experience, that a
large percentage of persons who get
into the hands of the law are sub
jects for the operating room rather
than Judge or Jury, new emphasis Is
placed cn a phase of criminology
which has been attracting much at
tention of late.
And when a court of Justice, in-
stead of sentencing an offender to
J3-11- orders him turned over to
urgeon, we face a situation which
even ten years ago might have been
regarded as ludicrous; which ten or
twenty ears hence may be accepted
chair. So the court sanctioned an op
eration, by which the brain was giver,
the room required for normal func
tioning ar.d circulation.
"It will be several months before
we can tell whether this will cure
the boy of h'.s delinquencies," said
Dr. II. L. Northrup, of the surgical
staff of th Hahnemann hospital, who
I did the operation. "The chances ar
in his favor, however, for in seven
i
out of ten Bimilar cases which have
' come to me the criminal tendencies
have been eliminated by such treat
ment." Continuing, he said:
"I am of the opinion that case
of criminality and delinquency, dn
to malformations of the skull and
the resulting pressure on the brain,
are far more cor-mon than we have
helieved. For six years I have been
studying the problem and the results
I have ootalned convince me that w
should give more boys and men who
get Into the clutches of the law a
chance for treatment
Many of them
are sick, not criminal. They need th
surgeon, not the Jail.
"I began doing these operations be
cause the subject interested me. anu
I have fcund greater success than I
expected. Where the results have not
been favorable I recall that I found
during the operation an abnorma.
brain condition, as well as a malfor
mation of tbe skull.
"In addition to the thickening "'f
the sku'.l wall, criminal tendencies,
I found, were caused by adhesion
of brain coverings, cysts or smaU
sacs in the membranes of the brfiiii
and roughness of the Inside walls of
the skuil. All or any one of these
conditions may cause an abnormal
mental Sd nervous condition, whicn
.. 1 . I . . . .
the surgeon can work out with the
aid of the neurologist, and. in my
opinion, correct criminal tendencies
In a large percentage of the persons
who get into the hands of the law.
We will come to this opinion more
and more, I think."
a
. In keeping with this opinion is
that expressed by the famous physi
cian and author, Sir A Conan Doylo.
after a visit to Sing Sing during his
stay In this country some months
ago.
"I took great interest in the type
of men, and I observed that about
one-third of them were defectives
whose cases call for treatment In
asylums or other medical institu
tions," Ue said. And at the recent
national convention of alienists ani
neurologists in Chicago repeatedly It
was stated that a large percentage
of the men now In prisons are there
because of pl'sical defects.
"Modern science Is discovering and
'classifying these defectives," say
the Sing Sing Star of Hope In an
odltorial on this subject. "When mod
ern society. Instead of casting them
into the rubbish heap, provides th
treatment which will cure the defect
that more often than, not je due to
physical causes and deficient or
wrong training, -we may perhaps bo
Justified in calling ourselves a civil
ized people."
In other words, when we come to
a place where tbe prosecutor In a
case involving crime shall ask a
postponement in order that the of
fender may 'be examined for an op
eration, we shall have reached a stat
approaching- justice!
Thus we see a new Ingredient- be
ing introduced into that combination
of evidence and argument which in
fluences the sweep of tha written
statute. , Figuratively speaking, the
Jail on one slda of the courthouse la
to b matched by a . hospital on tv.e
other aide. And, whereas. It la a
known fact that the Jail turns out
i may a person hardened and made
t worse by bis stay therein, an ex
perience such as Dr. Korthrup's por
tends a time when the hospital may
turn out a large majority of law
abiding citizens In place of its in
j take of "criminals."
I The possibility of such a revoln-
tion cannot but make one pause f
think of certain grewsome events in
, the past.
Was it an inherent and lneradicab't
criminal nature that prompted the
wholesale killings credited to Holmes,
or would trephining have changed
this human monster Into a useful, i
j law-abiding man?
Should a surgeon or a high sheriff j
i have had charge of the perpetrator i
I of the famed Whltechapel murders?
j Just when should that crown-saw
called the trephine take the place o, j
the rope or the electrical switch?
Fortunately, science is advancing'
at such a pace that momentous deci-
slons of this sort need not be maiii
in the dark. The penetrating ray dis
covered by Roentgen reveals with
strange clearness the hidden struc-
! ture of the skull. Today phrenology
has taken on a new meaning and
, . , .
' mtiriteu 'P'OscedS liua ueen muue ui
determining the effect of pressure
, and lesions on the mental functions
j of the brain. So it is well within
the realm of sane conjecture to an-
ticlpate a time when an X-ray outfit
mav hn the firt "ulinf-s" tn a
criminal case.
LombroBo' fathered the theory tha t
rTev t eHminai rla..Ba rti.flr.i t
species of human-kind whose In-!
herited tendencies and natural bent
make them inevitably and incurably
criminal. According to this theory,
j certain persons are criminals. Just as
i certain ones are brunettes or have
blue eyes.
' More modern scientists have com
bated this theory. They have con
tended and frequently proved that
environment and drink play a major
part in the creation of so-called crim
inals. Indeed, it is a matter of rec
ord that a majority of tUe men now
. i
in prison in this country regard
alcohol as either the chler or con
tributing cause in their present plight.
Now come experts who say that nj
email part of the crop of crime is
the result of physical defects, and
substantiate their claims by produc
ing startling examples of "criminals-"
completely cured of all wrong ten
dencies by operations. We even have
authenticated cases of criminal ten
dencies checked by proper attention
to neglected teeth. In many peniten
tiaries tcday the prison dentist Is
regarded as one of the most Import
ant members of the staff.
Undoubtedly, we are advancing to
ward an ultimate goal of knowledge
which shall make Justice more Jus'i
In the meantime, we have food for
thought. For instance, we may seri
ously consider the wisdom of provid
ing a surgeon, an wen as a public
prosecutor, for every court whero
criminals are brought to the bar.
Letters From the People
(CommunlcJitktu lent to Tbe Joornl fr
publication la tnia department auoald be writ
ten oq only one aide of tbe paper, should o-it
e&ceed 300 words In length and muil be r.
compaoied by tbe uame and al2w-a of tlie
ender. If the writer doea not deiilre t.i hmwm
Uie uame publlabed, be (bouid to state.) the '60's, TO s, and so s and a u s, naa
... lt . , ! spurned the schoolmaster and all his
"DlseuaMon la the srenteat of all reformers. ' hj rl,H(n rto H far conn-
It ratloualtrea ererythiug It toucbea. It roha works and had ridden into a tar conn
prh.clples of all f!ae auctlty and throws tbem try, comin? meekly ha k to tbe l er
back oq their reaaonablebeaa. If tbey be do lan eprlng. The prodigal came iack
resaoDaoienaaa, u ruimrmsi cruanea loem out
ot existence and set up lta own couclajilona
la Uieir stead." Wowiruw Wllaon.
Pisgah Mother's Thanks.
Dents. Dec 2. To the Editor of The
Journal We In Plsgah Home are deep
ly grateful for the fine manner In
which Judge Stevenson came out in
favor of our humble movement in the
cause of humanity. His friendliness
has long been proved, and we value it
most highly, because he is In a posi-
tion to know what he is talking about,
being brought in contact with so many
of our men. His reference to our re
ligion is quite awakening; at least, we
did not know what the general opinion
was about us. Occasionally there is a
vague impression in our minds that we
might not be looked upon as fully or-
thodox, but in the rush and whirl of
our busy lives we ajgive but little
tnougnt to it. v e are not any airrer
ent from all good Christian people. We
have been Investigated by the Portland
Ministerial association and have the
hearty indorsement of such leading and
representative men as Mayor Albee,
.Commissioner Brewster, JudKO Steven
son, A. L. Mills, Judge Wolverton.
Judge Gatens, the chamber of com
merce, ex-Governor Oswald West,
United States Senator George E Chan-
berlain and the Columbia River Log-
gers' association. And we wish to
thank Judge Stevenson for his stand
In regard to Plsgah Home.
HATTIE B. LAWRENCE,
Plsgah Mother.
The State's Prohibition Law.
Portland, Dec. 1. To the Editor of
The Journal The day is drawing neat
when Oregon will boast of being dry.
But hoxr dry? Since every family that
wants liquor can Import a certain
amount each month, will conditions be
improved so far aa families are con-
cerned? It seems to me tbe very thing
that should be kept from children will
be placed within their reach. It will,
no doubt, put the nefarious stuff in
families where it never was before,
1 and where it will create the bad habits
that the prohibition act means to pre
vent. In this case there will be greater
danger of Us being the father of mal
j lgnant conditions In the family, where
I tranquillity should be the last word.
If the alcoholio liquors &xe so de
structive of health and morals that
, tbey will not be allowed to be made or
1 sold within the state, why was not the
traffic prohibited? Was it not a pro
hibition bill? Will the injuryef the
-liquor be modified by their bringing it
into the state from elsewhere, and put
directly Into the household? Will the Sunday closing law, w'uh is causing
new process of law have a tendency to so much comment through the Oregon
prevent crime and to forestall lllegali- press. I cannot conceive how this
ties? If alcoholics aansist In the pro- antiquated law ever happened to be
cess of crime and Immoralities under , placed upon our statute books. Cer
th present system, they will under tainly It was not by believers in a
any other method that might be tol- pure Jeffersonian government. The
erated. and more particularly under -constitution of the United States guar
the new prohibition law. i antees equal rights to all and special
The "Mulligan -tew that haa even. I privileges to none,
tuated from tha Oregon dry act la not . It,ems this law was enacted soon
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PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
Rice and old "hoes ought to be at
a premium in Washington these days.
If Judge Stevenson will stick to his
jail sentence rule for gun toters fort
land will be much safer.
Henry Ford says he may return
irom t-urope a wiser man. tsut now
doi8 expect to gain wisdom among
Senator Borah says he doesn't want
his name on Minnesota's presidential
primary bailot. Perhaps he recollects
; what ambition did to Caesar.
Commissioner Daly wants a
thorouKhKoing diagnosis of the heal', l
department. Something like thai
seems necessary before the council
Legina giving its medicine.
District Attorney Evans rules that
a man may lt-ally fill his cellar with
booze, even to the txtent of crowding
out the apples and potatoes. But what
is leal i.s not always wise.
It is quite possible that Chief Clark
has cause for complaint when one
womnn i'i ii 1 i I on.ihfr i.T( thon Hrtrla
) patrolmen and detectives until sho
'. makes up hen- mind to see the chiof
lersonally about it.
Only 27 of Baker's O00 qualified,
electors voted at a special school ele--
tirn ot wMh n tav rf ft 4 r OilO xrtt a
Authorized. It looks as though con-
i ripiion must come if the country
j to be saved by Its citizens.
"LARNIN" BY
From the Literary Digest.
Whisi:v is not the only moonlight
product in the south. Down in Okla-
homa the moonlight school is flour-
isidne and spreading far and wide
I thro :ch tlie back olstricts, and in
j these schools reading, 'rltlng, and
1 'rithmetlc are seeping tliei, way into
1 minds that are alert enough to grasp
and appreciate them, but whose own
ers lacked opportunity .'or schooling
in their youth and have heretofore
gone through life in a st -te of Ig
norance In which the ability to sign
one's name was regarded as a remark
able achievement. As one scholar in
the moonliprht school expressed it
and he is 64 years of age and con
stable of the township: "I could write
my name, tut mighty few could read
It." His proud boast now la that he
i-iin write any word he can spell, and
the number of Bhese is crowing rap
idly. He E.lsoa,ers: "TMer.o fractions
are fine! I never was able to figure
t load of co:n before and know that
I was retting vhat was coming to me.
i i ou bet you 4. can now
; " , .
I A Kentucky woman Is given the
credit of the Invention of nionn
Irht achool. and in the particular
Fiiiool which Cair Kenaniore describes
In the Sunday rnai;az!t:e of the St.
Louis Post-Disratch, the pillar and
prop of the Institution is J. M. Seltzv
teacher of the day school, who volun
teered to teah the moonlight school
for nothing, just to help the venture
along. The school's ".line comes from
the fact that the si holars. who come
from far and near, can only find time
at right to attend, and. owing to the
perilous nature of the hlil roads in
these sections, can mike thelir way to
the seat of learning only on moonlight
, nights.
I
The first session of the Oklahoma
' nchool is described:
"The pupils came, and coal-oil lamps
illumined a strange scene. Some came
afoot, some on horseback, and some in
wagons, bringing the wife and babies.
There were three pallets on the teach
er's rostrum that night, and there
slept babies, white and red. To the
schoolhouse that night came men wjp
in the good eld bad days led varie
gated lives men who had moved to
the "nation" when it was the frontier,
lively lads, now brown of skin and
gray of hair, who ran away from home,
to be rowlioys and range-riders, white
men. Indians and mixtures. In this
country there is no line of roc al dis
tinction between white and Indians.
"They came to g"et the schooling
' which adventitious youth had denied
them Here were the boys, who. In
ly the light of the moon! They sat in
. the - seats where their children and
even grandchildren sat by day Pome
of them were put in the chart class,
others could start in the primer, and
what the state at large wanted, and
does not fulfill the desires of those
who voted for the bill. The object of
the law has been defeated Its effect
will be reactionary, and the law that
was, meant for cleansing will only
smear mud on the whitened parmen'.s.
From a financial standpoint, there
wi41 be thousands of dollars go out of
th state for the very thing the slate
does not want. The money that should
bo kept in Oregon will be making one
continuous exodus to other countries
for an article that the prohibition ant
meant to outlaw. Has there been some
swapping in the middle of Uio stream
It Is a scrambled lr.w that will have to
oe unscrambled, to right the wrongs
of our social system.
CHARLES BABNETT.
Defends Dr. Marcellas.
Portland. Dec. 2. To the Kditor of
The Journal Trusting in the rule in
variably followed by your paper in giv
ing a square deal to everybody. I
1H IIL-a tn vnre inv diSaDDrOVal
of the apparent pelty politics shown
. rn,mhprH of the ci, v council.
I have had several years' experience
In sanitary work previous to the pres
ent regime, and can certify to the effi
cient work performed by the sanitary
employes and their chief. Dr. Marcel
lus. "
The present city health officer s rec
0rd with the United States medical de-
partment has been reflected in the low
death rate of Portland at the present
time- It is certainly not good business
to reduce an officer's salary, as in this
case, when an efficient health officer
Is so essential for the welfare of the
whole community.
In regard to the dismissal of Mr.
Beeman, an employe of the health de
partment under Dr. Marcellus. why put
the blame on Dr. Marcellus? The city
council saw fit to cut the budget of
the health department Then why not
place the blame of Mr. Beeman's dis
missal on the council Instead of on
Mayor Albee and Dr. Marcellus? I
certainly appreciate the work of the
health department under Dr. Marcel
lus. J. P. HYDE.
The Sunday Closing Law.
Brownaville. Or., Dec. 1. To the
Editor of The Journal I would like
to retriater a few objections to the
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
"V hen it cornea to presidential fav
orites, the country to fm south of
us," says the liend Bulletin, "is tolid
for Uncle Bob birahorn."
A manual training building. ;o by
40 feet, built entirely by manual train
ing students of the city's seventh and
eighth grades, is r.sing back of tha
Central school, at Klamath Kails, un
der the direction or Lut.'.er A. King,
instructor of manual training lu the
grades.
The Baker Democrat reports that
while there are no inflated alues and
no boom on in farm lands m Kaker
county, property is changing owner
ship at frequent intervals, at prices
that give a high est. mate of values.
In many instances home people are the
purchasers.
Grants Fass' public library is mak
ing new records I.at Friday t!.e
patrons of the r'.iding room numbered
the largest -wr recorded, and Sat
urday tlie on 'cu.aUoii leached its
highest point with ltj. s-ui. day showed
an attendance of 46 at tlie reading
tables, also a record
"Fourteen years ago last niRrit," says
the Albany L'i mocrat, of Monday, "Itcv.
W P A'hito t.i .:wli..l hio first kiermnn
in Albany a pastor of the I'. I'
church, ar.d at the services last night i
Ject in remembrance of the occasion.
During thv 14 years in the regular
service of the ci.urch he has preached
approxin ately 1400 sermons besides
many extra sermons hero and e.se
w here."
MOONLIGHT
some, who read to'.erahly, plunged Into
the mysteries of arithmetic. Since
hool began in July SH!unJ hive
been held on "5 per cert of all the
available nights."
Of the progress that haa been made
pome testimony has already been
quoted. Here is more. offie,i by Bur
rell Teaf;ue, 60 years of age, and a
well to do farmer: ,
"I never could read or write, and I
always thought I woald line to. so
when these boys got to talk.! g about
the moonlight school. I thouf;;:'. I
might go a little. Of course. 1 a:n not
worth very much, but I would not take
500 for what I have learned a'redy.
My children sometfmes used to try
to teach men, but I never got along
But here In the echoolhouse. with
charts and thinv and the blackboard.
I learn Just as easy! I've had to miss
rtme, too. on account of my eyes and
hav-Lallnr. but you Jut watcii me
this winter."
a
The moonli?ht 6chool text books are
specially written for Just the sort of
ftholari the Institution reaches. They
are the work of Mrs. Co. a Wi.mj.j
Stewart, the originator of the whole
pcheme. Us promoter 1n the 14 other
fctates where it haa' been adopted, and
the present president of the Kentucky
illiteracy con, mission. They are de
scribed as follows:
"The Country Lif Reader, a first
book, has on the cover a picture of a
log schoolhouse, with lights showing
through the windows and a big yellow
moon rising over the hills. The con
tents show this hook to be a primer,
ut aimed at growr.-ups instead of
children. There is one lesson to a
pace. At the top, a spelling- lesson of
eight or 10 words, then a pertinent
picture, then a reading lesson, and, at
the bottom, a writing lesson in one
lir.e.
Tho topics tn the first book are: Can
you read? Can you write? Reading
at home; The good road; The bad
road; improving breeds of cattle: The
(,iio: Keeping waqons and machinery
under shelter. Banks and drawing
checks; Sprav.ng fruit trees; Paying
taxes; A letter; I'aint your house;
CJirls' tomato ciubs; Boys' corn clubs;
Testing seed corn; Value of newspap
ers; Preventing soil erosion; Rotation
in crops; Plowing deep; Cotton and the
boll-we.-vi! ; Taking baths, how it !a
done; Swat the fly; Sleeping with the
window open ; Voting regularly and po
litical hor.'sty; Another letter, a little
rrore advanced; On letting your wife
wear herself out drawing water from
tlie well (don't do It. pipe water Into
the house); How to cook corn; How
to make yeast-cakes and light bread
(this is the only questionable chapter
in the book, being a hidden attack on
the hot biscuit and corn pone of the
souih); A corn dinner. New ways of
cooking potatoes; Others ways of
roo::in meat than frying it; Wild
flowers; Weeds; Forest protection
Forest fires; and the book ends with
Bible parables."
tfter our stale was admitted to the
t nion, and haa never been enforced,
is it possible that the lawmakers of
this stale were influenced by some
unscrupulous politician or business
men ir perhaps a certain religious
sct may have been the original cause
of enacting tlie law. It matters not
from what source it came, it certainly
is an unjust law and I firmly believe
is unconstitutional, inasmuch as it
takes away a citizen's religious rights.
Under the Sunday closing law we are
denied the rights that the constitution
of the United States guarantees us.
A prominent Oregon Judge has re
cently ma.de a ruling that the law was
constitutional, but said in his ruling
that he doubted the wisdom of making
such laws. I do not wish to criticize
the Judge on his ruling, but I cannot
understand how he can declare it con
stitutional. There are thousands of
people in our country who do not re
gard Sunday as the Sabbath day, and
have good grounds f jr believing other
wise. There ' aro sects such as Jews,
AdventiEts and Seventh day Baptists
who observe the seventh day, or .Sat
urday, as their Sabbath. There are
perhaps over 1.000.000 people in our
country who k-er this day. Are they
to have their rights taken from them
by this Sunday closing law? How can
our state make Jaws compelling people
to rest or worship on any certain day?
There seems to be a. demand at pres
ent fur more stringent laws, both state
and rational, in behalf of our popular
rest day. Will these laws conflict
with our religious rights? I say they
will.
I understand initiative petitions will
bo circulated and an attempt made to
annul this law at our next state elec
tion and I for one hope it will be dona
FRED E. HARRISON.
Fares From Beaverttm.
Beaverton, Or., Dec. 2. To the Edi
tor of The Journal I wish you would
publish an Inquiry for me ia your col
umns. '
The following is an existing fact
that I probably do not understand:
When we buy a ticket from here to
Portland we pay tO cents one way, or
50 cents round trip. If I buy a ticket
from here to Garden Home It costs 10
cent,a; and from there to Portland. IS
cents, making a total of 26 cents from
Beaverton to Portland.
I may not understand the meaning
of the word "discriminating;" because
this looks very much llici discriminat
ing against Beaverton to me.
We are paying a railroad commis
sion for looking after such things, and
I would like to have tbem explain or
define the word "discrimination so
that If I am wrong I might ba righted,
J. E. .. SWENSON.
VhcQ Oveii
A Water Tank Confidence.
,, I'-en Umpttun
ya 1T1 ,he '"undry Jeered at ma
When 1 quit my job lu the smoky
heat.
And Bet my fHce to the open road
Where the winds of the world blew
sweet.
And there was Bill with his foreman's
Pull.
And there was Mamie with whimper
and sob.
But I took my time with a careless
hand
For what's the worth of a Job?
What is the worth of a pal or a Job,
Or a girl in a bean bazaar.
When the winds blow m from the wide
outside
Where the paths of freedom are?
Must a man be tied to a su,;le stride
As they harness a p ston's thrust?
To Bfll or ilatiic it is all the s.t:ne.
But as for me Id bust:
Six days per week in the dirty shops.
With Sundays out at the Zoo,
And I might have beeji drawing a fore
. man's pay.
But the wlnus of the world blew
throuE h.
Mamie, she said that I didn t care
And Bill he s'ed me a foo'.
But I took to th,- paths of the big out
side Like a kid Just loose from school.
There ain't a road that I haven't beat.
Or a place that I haven't saw.
From 'Frisco clean to little New York,
From Nome to the Panama.
I ain't no shirk, for I often work.
But the winds of the world blow low.
And I leave the job to another slob
When I know it's time to go.
What Is a fellow to do, I say.
When the winds of the world sweep
down ?
.Must he punch the clock and drink his
bock
Forever In one old town"
Now there was Mamie, she didn't know.
And there whs Bill, and he wouldn't.
And there was my Job with a raise in
sieht ;
I tried it, Bo bit I couldn't!
Some day or other I'm going back
I wonder if Bili's a supe?
If Mamie married that fresh young
shack''
But i:ot that I care a whoop;
I-or a job's a Job. and a dame's a
dame.
But the real Is both in one.
When the i:ds of the world are ail
unfurled
And a fellow ain't half done.
1910 Mother Choose.
i-MriB: a Bor.n of Mxrence.
Pocket full of rye
What's the i:s of money
When Oregon Is drv?
.
Hey, diddle, diddle, the Cat and tha
Kiddie
Will b,.- u :r hangout so0n.
With the buffets closed to Eachus'
smiles
Here's how with a macaroon.
a
Little Miss Muffet at on a tuffet
Drinking Pontet Can't
Long came an ai.U. snnc a dry chanty
And frightened Mies Mulfet away.
a
Old Mother Hubbsrd went to the cup
board To are t her Poor doc a fizz
Tho luphoard was hare not a wee
drop was the re
Her don will drink water I wlz.
Old Klnr Cole waa a merrv foul.
A merrv Old 0u! was he.
He called f.u his pipe.
H- called for his bow!.
And for his fiddlrrs tt-r'e.
1911 ENVOY.
Tie. called for his pipe
Ar.1 for his fiddlers three.
But it's nix on the bowl, tee-hee.
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POEMS "THAT MAY PEKISH
XX.
"Oh! Suffragist."
0. wrmn of 'ir rit1n.
Ttiuae ff old who've .:;ed ay.
Wt'h- rri-'e from oar rmM'-n.
For thrlr kv of b- Uie. "Home:"
01 women ot onr nation.
W!im. 'HiV la beh i -rn'he(1.
'For poMrl'.l j.-t!n. m.fl rw nwenMral fame.
Tt.at Is '! klntf to ! jfjt hoiLi-. 'HoIDe,
0! women of mir nation.
Tin!" of v.ii who rare for nmiaM,
A. v ntrlve and strive for fnme.
And. not for love of Louie, "llftme!"
01 Tomen of our nation,
"Tila a wsywurd yon are taking;
In your i-olltlrl strife for E!n
And f -running out the love of home. "UomeT
O! wnen of our nation,
W hoae homa Is being forgotten,
tVhoee children r t-lnr prelected.
With your loss for love of home, "Homal
0' women of our ntlon,
Why forget and iielrt Tonr duties,
Of bn and retrhot your own?
O 'tia lore of home, "Home:" la plesdlne.
- Walter E. Sparta.
"xnT
Jus Laid T7p. '
I am no fVrwn nd out. I am Joat laid up.
Tbere'a plenty yet to fill my nip.
And twrbape In the filling 1 will find
itoukdt inai 11 Riji i"imr ........
To realiae their wort's not through;
There's plenty things tbe can do.
I-onk s round you. on vry aide
TLi-re cr tnaT'trstWms you can rtd
To health, to wealth and com fort. too.
Vn fan ereu help aome other through.
Who is ut of a joli. who's In poor luck;
lie's not down sud out.
Be a Jut laid op.
Mayb you met with raw
The proverbial elephant stepped an yrrar puree,
Usybe you re under tbe doctor: care,
Millions of othera here been there.
When It look aa though you're plumb oat
of rack.
You're not down and out
You're Just laid up.
I tell yon, boys.
Ife Juat this way,
Krpuj more'n one SutuM
Yon can draw pay;
So. don't alt down with languM alt.
Hold lu yoor mind blank d::-alr.
Sbaka yonraelf. aa Jeff would Mutt.
ftay, "I am not down and out.
I'm Juat laid up!"
E. B. Cherrmaa.
Uncle Jeff Snow Say:
"Many a runt pig Is the victim of
unregulated competition. When I was
a kid back In Missouri people had plen
ty to eat If they worked a piece of
lind, and there was a piece of land for
enybVdy willing to work."
INDEX OF ADVANCING
TIDE OF PROSPERITY
New Tork A Wall street house
estimates that December and
January dividend and Interest
disbursements will reach the enor
mous total of $160,000,000, and
on top of that the profits to be
divided, including , wholesale and
retail firms, are roughly put at
1300,000.000, making a total in all
of more than 1650,000,000. Much
of this will go out In the Christ
mas and New Tear's mail. Two
million shareholders and partners
will get slices of this great melon.
At the same fctime the American
farmer will realize profit of
something like I36.000.ono ia
those two months, so that all dis
bursements should run around
11,186,000.000, or nearly $60 per
family for the entire United
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