THE OREGON DAILY JOU3RNAL: PORTLAND. MONDAY, " JANUARY 24, 1916.
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WOODROW WILSON.
Large enterprises make the
few rich, but the majority
proaper only through the care
fulness and detail of thrift.
Ha la already poverty-stricken
whom habits ara not thrifty.
T. T. Hunger.
A SUGGESTION.
THE late supremo court decis
ion places definite restric
tions around the state high
way commission and as def
initely fixes the duties and powers
of the state engineer as state hlga
, way engineer.
In consequence, certain broad
realizations should impress them
.elyes upon Governor Wlthycombe.
In a sincere desire to strengthen
him In his work. The Journal ven-
tares to suggest to the governor the
course of action that the court rul
ings undoubtedly seem to open up
before him.
- A change of the former attitude
of the rovernor in highway mal-
ters is the first and manifest
necessity. The law does not maku
the governor an autocrat in high
way affairs. This is the finding
Of the court. There are statutes
and regulations to be observed.
V Hitherto, the governor h&s had
a different idea. He overestimated
: .. bis authority in the premises, and it
led him into a course of disaster.
It almost paralyzed all highway
affairs. It led to muddles and
ill-advised action, it largely de-
atroyed public confidence in th-j
' highway department.
" ' Fruit of the Idea was the removal
- Of Bowlby because he would not
allow the contractors more public
, funds than their contracts called
' for. The dismissal of a public
Official because he would not open
the public treasury to indiscrimi
nate raids by contractors was an
almost Irretrievable blunder; ye:,
under the leadership of Senator
Day that is exactly what happene t.
' Nothing has done more, to drag the
highway department down into dW-
".' repute.
i But this is past history, and it
la the future with which we are
concerned. A proper cooperation
- hy the governor now with the
state engineer and a complete
' elimination of politics and place
hunters from consideration in high
way policies and administration
" would bring order out of chaos.
By auch a course, the highway
department can be restored to Its
former position of dignity. Influ
ence and usefulness.
- - Forty-two per cent of the water
power of the country is In Oregon,
Washington and California, says
Secretary Houston. No wonder the
water power trust came to the
coast to make sentiment against
the Ferris bill.
. AGGRESSIVE FEUDALISM.
SEVERAL new states are con
templated by various adven
turoos minds, to be formed,
of course by the scission of
' older states. The federal con-
atitutlon provides that no state
: may be divided without its
ftwn consent. This has always
stood in the way of such projects
but It is not an insurmountable
obstacle. The state's consent to its
own division would naturally be
. given by the legislature and it is
well understood that legislatures
do not obdurately withstand, cer
" Uln sorts of Influence, particularly
the aort which the mining com
panies of northern Michigan could
bring to bear, for they are very
wealthy.
- f The most notable of the current
projects Is to erect northern Michi
gan Into a separate state. , This
region, as the reader will remem
ber," U a peninsula having but
; small geographical connection wltn
I the : rest of the state.. Besides
. that, it la a mining district while
lower Michigan Is mostly devoted
to farming and manufactures. There
are consequently no natural dim
calties to be overcome in making
the 1 proposed division, and ; one
readily concedes that it may te
accomplished some time or qther.
- The purpose of the mining cor-
poratloha - which ' are . englneerlnn
the scission are perfectly obTiaos.
They are the dominant powers In
that part of the country and the
wish for no Interference with their
role from other quarters. If the
proposed new state should be set
apart they would be Its owners
and rulers. Each corporation
would reign In its own feudal ter
ritory, making the laws, choosing
the officials, and controlling courts,
churches and schools. Even the
postofflces would be situated on
corporation domains and forbidden
to disloyal serfs.
We know exactly how such ar
rangements work out because we
have had examples of them in Col
orado and West Virginia. In a
general way it may be said that
we have quite enough feudalism
In the United States already with
out erecting any new states to give
it wider swing.
Human nature is the same in
China as elsewhere. President
Yuan Shi Kal aspires to become
an emperor and his two sons are
engaged In a fratricidal struggle
for the honor of crown prince.
A PURE XX)I DECISION.
THE public's growing interest in
hygienic foods and the effects
of diet upon health and -longevity
render every Judicial de
cision touching upon these matters
of vital Importante. It is therefore
worth while, probably, to make
some mention of a Tennessee case
which has Just been brought to
a happy conclusion In the Eupremo
court of that tobacco growing
state. The plaintiff bought of the
defendant a plug of "chawing" to
bacco which he supposed was clean
and wholesome. This is a vio
lently improbable supposition In
any case but in the plaintiff's it
was doubly deceitful.
For at the first delicious bite
he made In the plug his teeth
grated on some weird substance,
he knew not what, but undeterred
he began to "chaw" and continued
that delightful occupation until his
"face swelled up, he became dizzy,"
and a physician had to be sum
moned to alleviate his misery.
It turned out that the plug en
shrined a huge black beetle look
ing for all the world like a lus
cious morsel of tobacco but with
far less agreeable effects upon the
human system. The plaintiff sued
for damages uDder the Tennessee
pure food law but he did not get
any.
The s ipreme court held that to
bacco was not a food. At any
rate, chewing tobacco was not.
The dietary value of cigarettes and
smoking tobacco in general is no1,
fixed by this decision. In Ten
nessee, therefore, manufacturers of
plug tobacco are at liberty to mix
all the black beetles they can
catch with the delectable commod
ity which they offer to the trade.
Purchasers of "plugs" from that
state might be well advised to ex
amine into their treasures a little
before biting. They might dis
cover a nail or even a stove lid,
articles which are harder than
black beetles on the teeth.
"Alas for the rarity of Christian
charity" if the pitiful appeal in
behalf of the starving and shelter
less Jews In the war zone is not
to meet 'with a generous response.
CHAIN LETTERS.
APIULADELPHIAN wrote to
the Public Ledger of thr.t
city the other day to com
plain that he had received
a "chain letter." The writer
of It asked him to copy an
enclosed prayer and send it on to
nine other persons. It was inti
mated that if he complied Boms
great piece of good fortune would
happen to him within ten days.
This was of course, an appeal t
pure superstition. Perhaps Phila
delphia is the last city in the coun
try where such impostures can be
worked, but they were once as
common as flies.
The chain letter utilizes the
law of geometrical progression.
The people reached by such a
letter Increase like the cost of
shoeing a horse at one cent for
the first nail, two for the second,
four for the third and so on. In
the end the shoes are more - ex
pensive than the European war.
When the ratio of Increase Is not
merely two but nine, as in the case
of the Philadelphia chain lette',
Imagination Is staggered by the re
sults. A favorite use of the chain let
ter is to solicit contributons to
some charity, genuine or humbug.
The recipient of the letter is asked
to contribute ten cents himself and
forward the request to nine others.
If the project works, the "charity
thus secures a perennial flow of
wealth which Is likely to increase
vrith time. People will fall into
traps of this sort without the
slightest Inquiry Into the merits of
the affair.
There Is an English Btory of
two impecunious but astute maiden
ladies who started a chain letter
soliciting contributions for "
ladies' home." The money flowed
in so liberally that they were able
not only to live upon it but to
lay up a generous bank balance.
Even after the British postal au
thorities had done their best to
stop the imposture money poured
in for several years. it seems
sometimes as if the kindest Dart
of the public were most easily im
posed upon.
With 500.010 employes In 1300
New York mills receiving 27 per
cent more ' In wages than a year
ago, and with 17 per cent more
workers employed, prosperity Is
abroad In the Empire state. Half
a million people at an advance of
27 per cent is a tremendous in
crease in the weekly wage disbursed.
GROUNDLESS FEAR,
THE "Advocate of Peace" is a
magazine published at the fed
eral capital whose purpose Is
fairly obvious from its name.
In the January number It col
lects some of the more extrava
cant utterances of ,our militar
ist prophets 'for the edification
of mankind. Among these per
haps the most surprising Is taken
from one of the Rev. Charles
A. Eaton's sermons. This gentle
man breaks the bread of life for
a big and fashionable New York
congregation. Naturally, under
such conditions, he can hardly be
expected to preach tho pacific pre
cepts of his Master.
Rev. Eaton says that "this war
is the greatest blessing that has
fallen upon mankind since the tT&r
man reformation." With such a
love of gore it seems a pity that
the laws of the land do not permit
this reverend gentleman to offer
up human sacrifices. It is a fair
Inference that he would relish do
lns bo.
Charles Edward Russell, one of
our most radical writers, has
plunged more deeply into militar
ism than Roosevelt himself. Mr.
Russell "wants a fort every ten
miles along the Canadian border'
with a tremendous warfleet on the
Great Lakes. Owe habit of living
at peace with our neighbor on the
north fairly disgusts him. Inci
dentally It may be noticed that Mr.
Kussell is too old to go to the
front if war should break out.
The excited imaginations of
these men teem with invasion,
bombardment and slaughter. Mr.
Brooks Adams, the representative
of an old and patriotic Massachu
setts family, wishes us to "adopt
the German military system" from
top to bottom. If we do not, he
sees no hope for the country. A
writer in one of the Washington
papers knows exactly how the com
bined forces of Europe are golnti
to divide us up. England is to
get the north and south Atlantic
states. France will recover her
old possessions in the Mississippi
Valley. Germany gets New Yorli,
Pennsylvania and in a general
way the states of the Ohio Valley,
a truly inviting portion. What
tricks' will not imagination play
when men are half mad wtn
groundless fear?
A New York Jeweler has paid
$140,000 for a painting, 10 by 12
inches square. That is more ex
pensive than owning an automobile.
VICE AND POVERTY.
AM O R N I N G contemporary
opines that vice is the cause
of poverty. It cannot abide
for a moment the contrary
theory that poverty causes vice.
It Is tho determined and soul-dli-ti
rbing rad'.cr.ls who hold that po
erty causes vice. That Is one of
tieir seditious reasons fcr want
iug to do away with poverty. Tho
theory that vlco causes poverty is
peclocs to tho . eactionary henrt
We wo: e about to say "the reac
tionary mlrd." but upon second
thought we deJded not to. Until
the qucbtlcn Is settled whether
there Is Ruch a thing as a reaction
ary mlntl or not It is best perhaps
not to mention the disputed entity
rashly.
We must thank our contempor
ary for a beautiful opportunity
to put In practice the rules of
logic, which are always fascinat
ing and sometimes profitable. For
example, if vice causes all poverty
there can be no virtuous poor.
If they had been virtuous ther
vould have had no vice to make
them poor. So all that admiration
v.'hlch ministers and others be
stow upon the devout poor is so
much sheer waste. Their davout
ness i3 a deceitful lure cince, be
ing poor, they are of necessity
vicious. If they are not vicious
what becomes of our contempor
ary's loic?
On the other hand. If poverty
caused all vice there could be no
vicious rich. But such strance
creatures are known to be fairly
abundant In certain haunts. So
this formula Beems to have its
limitations also, as most formulas
do. The taste for all-inclusive
formulas does not necessarily In
dicate a weak mind but it usually
points to a disinclination for rig
orous thought. With a goodly
store of these cant phrases at hand
a person can make quite a sho.v
of ln'elllgenco without taking the
trouble to learn anything or even
to put two and two together.
For you a rose in Portland
wui.'
NAMES
ONE of the charms of Maine
and the neighboring states
to travelers is the names of
the rivers, mountains and
lakes. Apart from the "Presiden
tial Range," the mountains com
monly bear Indian names such as
Adirondack, Wachusett and Mo
nadnock. The rivers, too. have
taken from the aborigines names
like Androscoggin and Merrimac,
to say nothing of the Imperial Con
necticut. The lakes of Maine have
become a standing source of
amused Interest to travelers for
thelr queer Indian names, such as
Chesuncook and Moosetockmagun-
tick. New Hampshire boasts of
its Lake Memphramagog. not far
from which was the Canadian
birthplace of our own Jason Lee.
WhltUer lived for many years oh
the charming shores of Lake Wln
nepeaaukee. The fidelity with which New
England has preserved these his
toric mementoes of the primitive
inhabitants contrasts unpleasantly
with the common practice in Ore
gon and Washington. Our noblet;
mountains bear such names aa
Hood. St. Helens, Adams, Rainier,
which have no connection with the
soil, filled as they may often be
with historic interest.
It would not be a bad Idea to
make a thoroughgoing revision of
the geographical names In this part
of the world with the nurnose to
restore as many of aboriginal fla
vor as circumstances permit. The
name Mount Hood seems particu
larly to invite revision. Compared
with the names of the Swiss peaks,
Wetterhorn, Finsteraarhorn, Jung
frau. It Is singularly unattractive
both in sound and origin. If we
must attach to our mountains tho
names of Individuals, would It not
be Juat that the man who discov
ered the Columbia should be so
honored? And yet we have no
Mount Gray.
NOTHING THE MATTER
' WITH PORTLAND
Two coorvroa, whlrb moat Portland po
pl hat, un naltbrr bid nor hair, afford
tircUent mattrr for laatiHuant No. 27 of
tbU aerlea. Tba trad of the farmer ta a
(food one at all time, aod rapeetally good
just now, wbll tba maker of bruibes will
mora and more onme Into bla own aa rising
cultur. enoancea fastldioumeca aa to peraon,
'apparel and all aurroundtngs from which dust
and all impurllj must Da rot ted. BTeryooay
enjoys a aurces story. In addition, here la a
roll, mn fairly charged with taluabla Informa
tion concerning two btulneaaea or whlcb terj
little la popularly known. 1
IT was 27 yeara ago that Weber
Bros, built their tannery at 1713
Macadam atreet, and It was known
by their names until recently, when
Frank I. sold his Interests to his
brother, Joseph, who is now sole
proprietor. With his sons, Henry
J. and Andrew C, this g-entleman now
conducts the largest tannery on the
north Pacific roast, Its business run
ning, in normal times, from 1140,000
to 1150,000 a year. At present, Mr.
Weber says. It Is not so much.
"The business of tannine; hides for
the market," Mr. Weber reports, "has
been fairly profitable until the last
year or so. and I can aea It coming
back to its own again. Prices of
raw hldca, since the beginning- of the
European war, have advanced from
eight to 10 cents a pound to 1810c
at this time, and the selling- advance
has not Quite kept up with this
rise. Thla has cut into the profit
of tanning, and when done on a larpo
scale amounts to considerable money
In the course of a year's transac
tions." Asked aa to the territory from
which the tannery secured its supplies,
Mr. Weber aald Its shipments earn
principally from Oregon, Washington
and Idaho. Occasionally hides are
purchased outside of these thre
states, but these deals are Insignifi
cant. "Our market for tanned leather,"
Andrew C Weber, bookkeeper, ex
plained, "Is Oregon, Washington.
Idaho, ColoraJo, Iowa and an occa
sional shipment to Canada. The mar
ket has had a strong tendency of
late, harness leather selling at from
40 to 48 cents a pound, and skirting
at SO cents. These are better prices
thaui obtained before the present war,
but the day has been when we bought
hidea at 4H6 centa a pound, thoug.'i
10 cents la considered a fair flgur.
At no prior time alnce this tanner?
has been in existence havd we paid
as high prices as those of the pres
ent. How long the market will re
main at Its present stage we do not
know,' bnt It is not expected to de
cline until a considerable time after
the cloae of the conflict In the old
world. About the only hides they
are tanning over there at present are
those of the human family, and these
are not suitable for harness or shoe,
and they would make rather delicate
war saddles.
"Yes, the tanning Industry la all
right, one year with another, but Its
profits are aubject to fluctuationa.
Our taa bark coats more cow than
formerly, too. Hemlock bark costs 0
per cord and oak tlSjjer cord. Where
as we formerly bought these barks at
i for hemlock and $20 for oak. We
use but little hemlock, however, s t
Its price cuts but little figure. Our
oak bark cornea from California, and
the freight has considerable to da
with its value laid down here."
OCCUPIES FIVE ACRES.
The concern, since Frank L Weber
sold his interests. Is known as tho
Weber Tanning company. It occupies
a building 300 feet by ISO feet, three
stories, on a five-acre tract on the
river bank In the south part of the
city, all owned by Joseph Weber. It
Is one of Portland's enterprises whicn
never closes Unknown to the masses,
it pursues the even tenor of its wa,
unassumingly performing a real serv
ice to the community. When run
ning at Its capacity. It gives employ
ment to 25 men, who are paid 25
centa to 30 cents an hour for a Itf
hour day. Its force is below normal
Just now, but with the advent of
spring will be Increased, possibly to
the full complement.
Aside from tanning leather for har
ness and footwear purposes, belting,
etc., considerable custom work la
done. Sheep pelts, deer and fur ani
mal skins ar tanned for rugs anl
other purpostea, an accommodation
heartily appreciated by many person?
throughout the year.
The Bnsineas of the Brnahmaher.
One would not -expect this half
world war to bave much Influence
on the price" of the krlatlew of a pii.1
but it does. It has Increased their
value 20 to 25 per cent, and even mors
on some grades, aod curtailed impor
tations from monthly to two shipments
a yean These are not the bristles of
the American bog. however. These have
not been disturbed, nor do they inter
est the waning natlons--or anybody,
particularly. (
The American Bruah & Broom com
pany, Wi:iiam R. James president anl
manager, is located at Union avenuo
and East Washington street. It makS
ISO varieties of brushes, from that
for the naila to nine-foot atreet
bruahes, and therefore consumes larze.
quantities of swine .bristles.
COME FROM THE BatKANS.
"About the last thing orfe would ex
pect to be Influenced la vjMie by thj
European war," Mr. Jan m aald to
The Journal, "Is the matet It entering
into the brush-making in' Vstry. and
for the reason that it is n i generally
known we are forced to ltn; rt ail boa
briatlea uaed In thla vas-Js'.ieaa. X,-r
Is the cause for this xportatlon
known to many."
Aaked why domestlo brl itles could
not be uaed, Mr. James' replied:
"Americans are so fond of money
they cannot wait until their ewlae
are old enough to have grown bristle
of a commercial value. In this coun
try hogs are butchered before their
third year, as a rule. Moat pigs are
killed at IS montha to two years,
and at that time their bristles are too
short and too tender to be of value.
In Bulgaria, Russia, Poland, Hungary
ajd China swine -are not butchered
until from eight to 10 years old. Aa
a consequence their bristles will aver
age from three to thrsaj and a half
Inches in length on the stomach an J
six to seven Inches on the spine. Two
to three Inches from tlie foody they
are very stiff, and this rigidity l
necessary In the manufeyMura of the
best grades of brushes,, ad especially
In those employed in m3iy strenuous
occupations. We get our best bristles
from the Balkan countries. Bucharest,
Bulgaria, exports the greWest amount
of hog bristles of anyjluuTitry in the
world. The United
a tea
exports
none. ,
BREED RAZOR-
"The razor-back swim
tries named grow the '
bristles In the world.
old fellows will have rt
Its length, almost 111
Is of special value In b
requires stiff-bristled" I
brings the best prices.
CKS.
' the coun
t valuable
ie of these
lr for haif
Vlre. This
:h work as
yshes, and ;
A'e buy for
this factory bristles costing,
at pres- j
ent market
quotations, up to S3 a.
pound. We get other
grades at S3,
i pound, an.1
are fortunate ,
S3. SO, $4.60 and $6
were it not that we
In having connection with the largest I
Importing house in the United States
we would be paying still higher fig
ures. At present many factories find
It difficult to procure stock at any
price. Our arrangement, however, was
made with New Yorkmporters prior
to the breaking out of the European
trouble. This has be
epff gods
ebled us
godsend to
this factory. It has
to run
on full time when oth
Use we might
have been closed or ol
buy horse hair at h
cents to 32 Vi cents a
Speaking of the c
ihort time. We
e at from 10
ound."
itlook for the
brush-making buatnes
Mr. James aald:
in Portland,
i
CAPITAL, MOSTLY GRIT.
"Between you and ,tne, I had Just i
$:00 when I opened" this factory In
1910, and have an ln'erment at the!
present time of S10,00. This Isn't a
great sum, but you can imagine tho I
difficulties I had to eu l mount on so
limited a capital and the big eastern
factories to contend with. I know
brush nfaklng thoroughly. Thla knowl
edge has been my salvation, I worked
alone at first. When I could af for 1
It I hired a helper. As my sales
grew I added another, enjf so on until
now there are 11 of us, and I am
paying J400 a month to our worker.
I need about S6000 more money to
make this enterprise the big thing it
ought to be. I am not So anxious to
secure this, however, as tfcte willing
to hook up with every Tom, Dick and
Ilarry, but If I can run across a
good, square fellow wltrithls amount
to Invest In this going Institution, be
cf n have a half interest In the busi
ness. CUTS EASTERN fiLES.
"Already we have ellrt. iated from
60 to 75 per cent of east 'n sales In
Portland, and greatly re jced them
in this state. Washington Idaho an l
northern California. In 1915 our
sales were 20 per cent gre er than in
1914, and orders now boo, ed indicate
a still more important 1 crease for
191. Our local trad Is owing im
mensely. We make practically all
brushes used by the railroads entering
Portland, the Terminal company alone
buying 120 a month of the grade that
retails at SJ each. Our 'Solid Dutch'
calcimine brush is in general use in
Portland by those engaaed in that
vork, and painters have discovered
we can and do serve them with more
durable brushes than cam be obtained
elsewhere in Oregon. Wej. have a
large trade n this line. ff have In
vented, and we are now aglnnlng to
manufacture, a nail brus Jfor drug
store trade, which is bou, 1 to Jhavs
a large sale. It Is not of fee 'cheap'
variety, but has points o , value mo
new as to attract, we art confident,
immediate attention.
IMPORTS FROM JCH NA.
"I avm sorry we have to import so
much of our stock. All oar bristles,
and some of our bora -hair, are
bought abroad. Even the palm used
In our warehouse and ataU broetui
must come from China, . Tht palm
leaf of China extends from three to
fiv feet from the trunk o the tr,
and the libs It contains a exceed
ingly tough. There is wondV rlul wear
to them, and their equal annot be
had anywher else. Those tf Calif or
nla woold be useless In thfs work.
I surely agre with thav n-any larg i
Vi
PERTINENT COMMENT
SMALL CHANGE
It did not need a Ford peace expedi
tion to drtvaj Old Man Winter out Of
our trenchea.
a
Too many who exceed the speed lim
it never do anything after they Arrive
at their deatlnatlon.
It is beginning to look as though
there will be too many kinga in the
deck after the war la over.
In the Taft phlloaophy.' frankness Is
prominent. He says he la not only
keeplnar out of the presidential race,
but la being kept out.
What la the poor Indian to do? They
have taken away his lands and now
they are trying to prevent him from
fishing where the salmon gather.
When writing letters to your friends
in the eeet about the attraction of
Oregon, do not forget to write to 'our
congressman often and tell him wLere
to head in.
"It's me,'' Is an idiom, and therefore
allowable, a Harvard profesaor sirs.
Why not call all similar expreaalona
Idioms, and -do away with grammar
altogether?
If the United 8taten has Incurred the
contempt of the world, as Colonel
Roosevelt says, why should the king
of Greece appeal to us in protest
against th conduct of the alliea.
The southern California tourist is
also writing letters home about rain
and flooda. If they .had to pass a Los
Angeles censor, it is a safe bet that
many of Lhem would never reach their
destination.
COMMENT OF THE
UZSrOKU BTJSTt This entire con
ception of the commercial club function
has been revolutionised the past few
years. Commercial clubs are no longer
regarded in enlightened communities
at mere reservoirs for hot air and dis
pensers of booster literature. That sort
of thing has been done until it is dead.
The modern commercial club should be
an organisation devoted to solving the
Important problems concerning the ma
terial betterment of the community.
Why can't a flour mill succeed in the
valley? Why can't a local creamery
meet foreign competition? Why Isn't
there a box factory and a lumber mill?
Why is one of the most richly mineral
ised belts in the country left practical
ly untouched? Here are a few ques
tions which our Commercial club
should be studying, not today or to
morrow, but month. in and month out
until they are solved. The best of mo
tives justify neither an organisation
nor an Individual. There must be re
sults before the public, in general can
respond with enthusiasm.
BESTTOH ooxnrTT ootmzxxi It is
often said the coast country is the last
to reach prosperity and the last to let
go. For months we have heard of the
revival of business all over, the east
end middle weft, but it appeared to
have stopped at the Cascades. Now
from every part of the coaat from Se
attle to San Diego there are reporta of
renewed activity that mean more than
Just newspaper stories. Lumber, our
tiusiness thermometer, is going up and
a.l lines of business are following. It
looks as If the "break" bad come.
BTTsUrS STWII It is with great
satisfaction that the central Oregon
people observe tho general awakening
of the Portland business men and capi
talists to the magnitude of business,
etc., for the metropolis, should quick
aid be given In the way of transporta
tion. Every ctaio talks of It; every
commercial organisation urges not
only assistance to obtain transporta
tion, but also .in obtaining irrigation,
which is practical and npaslble through
the fertile valleys of central Oregon,
a
COnTDOJT OLOlCl The Congrega
tional church has started an advertis
ing campaign and the first of a series
of ada appears in the Globe this week.
Some people will undoubtedly be
shocked at the idea of a church adver
tising; in fact some have already ex
pressed themselves to that effect, but
there is no reason why a church should
not advertise its eervlces as well as
any other place of entertainment and
instruction. Many of the singers
whom the people of Condon pay from
25 to 60 centa to hear at entertain
ments are In the Congregational choir.
The church haa much reason to advr
tls the services.
WOOD ama OKACZXB: Never
have Hood River people derived so
much pleasure from a snowfall as dur
ing the past week. The long stretches
of steep street "form ideal ways for
coasting. The hearts of boys and girls
have been filled wlUi supreme Joy,
and old men and women have dropped
the cloak of age as they sped in the
open air, their beings thrilled by tin
spirit of adventure.
rtanufacturers you have interviewed
in proclaiming Portland a natural
manufacturing location. If our peo
ple as a whol once would awaken
to the fact that every dollar they
apend for something made at home la
a dollar sent out on an errand to
ultimately return to them,' 10 years
would add S10.000.000 to Portland In
dustries. Buying an eastern-mad
article Is sending that dollar on a
long Journey. It will take It a life
time to gat back to the Paclfl;
coaaL."
All wood parte of Mr. James'
brushes come from our home forests.
Letters From the People
Plutocrat and Conscripts.
McMlnnvllla, Or.. Jan. II. To the
vtar of Th Journal May I ask of
th supporters of military preparedness
upon what moral principle and human
rlgfit they Justify their contentions?
Our own federal government only re
cently disclosed facta whlcb showed that
rooT than 60 per cent of this country
is o wived by 2 per cent of th people,
and from 90 to 96 per cent waa owned
by from 8 to 10 per cent of th people.
Then, Tt Justice, how can w demand
a general taxation and the common
sacrifice of lives of our young nun
- hoi. for the benefit of a few?
Surely, no on would asum that an
invasion of any country wouia mean
anything but a financial war. Europe
cares nothing about our religious, so
cial or political sentiments, and hu
would not giv a penny to nave u
chang thm in any rpct. Rallgiou
and social wars hav been dead for
t'.an t be sure, if an invasion meant
that wives and daughters should be
carried away into alavery ana our
young men held In bondage, I. too,
.i,if lihnMia thaut men and women
alike should die in the trenches to
gether. But' amen is rar rrom the
Issu that many radicals wish to -enforce
upon th minds of ignorant
poopl.
1 If England, for example, led aa ln-
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Forty additional street lights wit:
f oon be placed on dark atresia- In Ash
and. a
With the lumber companies increas
ing their payroll a in logging camps
and mills and the brightest outlook in
mining in 10 years, the Baker Demo
crat declares that things look good
for community prosperity in Baker
county,
a
"An indication that business is on
the up grade," says the Newberg En
terprise, "I found In the fact that the
Spauldlng Logging company now has
orders for more than 1,250.000 feet of
lumber. The company baa completed
two bulldlnga for the making of ailoa
one 48x160 and the other lSx6. A
new dry kiln has also been built-"
Announcing a new enterpiiae for Jo
seph, the Herald fcaya. ''Among the
Industries outlined for Joseph by our
Commercial club la a woolen mill, and
plenty of outside capital is being In
terested in this very worthy project.
Joseph is the trading point of one of
the largest wool centers in th UnlteJ
Btatea, and therefore is an Ideal loca
tion, with the fineat water power in
the entire countrj."
Ethnographic note in Aurora Observ
er: "It la aald that all western rail
roads have given sub rosa instruction
to train crews to allow all easibousd
hobos to ride freight trains without
molestation. If true, that Is douotlesa
the cauae of the scarcity of the genus
hobo this winter in the Willamette val
ley. Lese Is heard this season of Idle
men than in year before In this sec
tion. The Alaska robin and the chick
adee are the foodleas hordes this win
ter."
PRESS OF OREGON
JO ITS SAX) A few hundred
tourists over the Columbia highway
thla year means many thousands next
year, and ever Increasing numbers
ever after. One trip to Crater lake
means the taking of dorens of others
Just from the glowing accounts those
ho make the trip will give of it.
This means that in a few years there
will bo a steady stream of visitors
from the east, who' heretofore have
gone to Europe for their summer out
ing never realizing that here at home
We have scenery that makes Italy seem
tame and commonplace In compari
son. Your letter or mine may arcom
pllab nothing, but out of the millions
sent some will bring forth fruit abun
dantly. a a
mraiurx xxaxsTxmt n is seldom
that the people of Oregon have re
sponded more fully to any call than
to the appeal for help for the birda
during the present period of cold and
snowy weather. The response has not
been individual but general. People
everywhere in town, in the country,
in every part of the state have done
their share in feeding the birds. The
appeal to aave the birds is not based
upon mere sentiment; although senti
ment properly plays an important pari,
for a country without birds would be
cheerless Indeed. Preservation of bird
life Is an important economic neces
sity a fact that Is becoming more
widely known than in the past, thanks
to the publicity that haa been given
to the facts that scientists have dis
covered. a
aUXTZBTOsT amili With all of
Oregon s snow and spurts of cold
weather, we must still feel that we are
not so unfortunate after all when the
reports of devastating floods in Califor
nia are read about. ."Dry creeks now
raging torrents three miles wide, or
ange belt dotted with floating houses,
hundreds of derricks in oil fields blown
down, Los Angeles isolated, wires
down, and railroad traffic at a stand
still," are some of the reports that
should stimulate Oregon! tie.
BTTBJra - TTJCES XZBAXSi The
Times-Herald's attention has beu
called to the number of rabbit scalps
brought In for the year ending January
1. which totaled SC2.S05, at a cost of
S43.154.25. This amount Is approxi
mately S15.000 more than the tax ley
for that purpose brought In. One of
the commissioners asked how many
miles of rabbit wire this amount would
buy. This is an enormous sum of
money and we still have the rabblta
Under expert supervision Crook county
is destroying many thousands of these
pests at a nominal cost and Is get
ting better results than Harney county
under the bounty method.
XOOS B2TXB nwi: This Is one
of the seasons when Hood River peo
ple can congratulate themselves upon
having real weather instead of mere
climate. During the pa4 week this
section has enjoyed some winter, but
without the extremes to be found in
other parts of the country. It has been
cold enough to make excellent sleigh
ing and coasting, but not so severe as
to cause serious discomfort. There is
a sest In the winter sports which makes
it a real loss when they atasacrlflced.
vasion and we did nothing to repel
her, it would merely settle the fact
that she could control the output of
oil and petroleum. Instead of the Stand
ard Oil company. 8he would derive
the benefit of the output of steel, In
stead of the steel trust. 8he would
realixe the harvest Qf wealth from our
mineral output, instead of the Guggen
helms. She would control our money.
Instead of Morgan. And so on with I
the few remaining resources of our !
country. Thus the people as a whole
would have nothing to lose. Their
position would be Identically the name,
namely, to compete with the working
masse for leave fs aor.
The unjust extreme to which, In my
opinion. Senator Chamberlain tuar gone
merely shows what class he represents.
Can Imagination conceive a worse
spectacle than that of a pauper class
driven to defend with their lives th
wealth of which they have virtually
been despoiled? Iet us hop that
Senator Chamberlain will live to See
the reform which will bring about a
more equal division of th country's
resources -among the people as a whole,
so that tfhey will feel at heart that
they really have something to fight
for. Conscription will then not be
necessary. A READER.
J. H. Booth's Itosdffiiatloo Itegrctted
From the Roseburg Review.
Almost universal regret was ex
pressed here last evening when the
report reached this city that J. H.
Booth, for the past six years president
of th Oregon state fair board, had
resigned th of fie.
As stated in Mr. Booth's resignation
to the governor, he considered It best
to leave th state fair board in order
that harmony might prevail. Thl Is
taken to indicate that Mr. Booth felt
that the removal of W. Al Jones, sec
retary of th board, was a political
move on th part of th governor, and
was not brought about with a view of
Increasing the efficiency of th body
responsible for handling th state fair.
Since Mr. Booth assumed th offlc
of president of the state fair board
six years ago. he has mad a record
never before equaled in Oregon. When
Mr. Booth took th presidency of the
Jnce Oven
WUI Write i pri.on.
Oaklaad. Cel.. J.
aa time ta writ
r. r rn
jnla time,-1 aald u
thla time - ..tn i ' praao
lain.
'lt barg-
" corneas.-, t .
Peraonallry. ., i !
sad a half year. In Hn wtuuLl; '
r. wno ronfear,l
doal
TTTirEN I read the little dispatch
IntaST? abov-"' 'J''- Journal
lat Saturday-I stopped and thought-
fJAnd I may say befoie i .-0 (n.
rf.Uporte.rrTlh1 lh" " ""
J But anyway I stopped
J And I can't be quite s ii-
but there was somethii t. , v on
and it felt like I was thn.K:i k.
J And I wondered If Kr-,i i;'jrx
wasn't right about himself
and about everybody.
J And I don't mean that In ea h
us there dwell twu beli.ga one -o . :
ar.o one bad.
and that we're n..t responsible
when the bad gets uppermost
J There may b Instances of Jekyi.
and Hyde personailties
but I think they re rare.
and I never saw one
J But I do think that in ea. ! of us
sometimes hidden deep there is a bet
ter person than ever finds expression
JAnd that we re so busy
doing the things we think we have
to Jo
being the kind of person we think
we have to be
that wa never gft time
to do the th:ng we'd like to .1"
or be the person might be.
fAnd I reniemher an old rhyme -
which might do or ati epiiuph for
most any of us;
lis walked beneath the inoi.n.
He slept beneath the kui,
He lived a life of going-to-.l...
And died with no thing dwie.
J And perhaps Fred Giant the "poet
burglar" win never write the great
play h Intend to write.
J But maybe if any one of coi.l.i
gel away for two years and a half
from the medley called life we night
do the thing the good fine thing
whatever it Is that we've been want
lng to do for so long.
, Or perhaps we wouldn't do It at all
and we might find it wasn't worth
doing.
and do something else.
J Or we might discover in two
'ars and a half that a great many
things that now seem important du
not matter at all.
Of course two years anl a half
might not be time enough for ua to
make that discovery.
TTAnd It may not be time enough for
Fled Glans to write h'is play but
f, LISTEN It wouldn't be enough
I'm quite sure for some playwright
to get for plays they've already writ
ten. Proverbs of Hank.
By Brn Lamptr.an.
There lived an old man who waa
good. He worked In the field and th
wood. He rose with the cook, n'vir
minding the clock. He tolled aa i
grave digger ahould. Hla neighbors
accounted him kind. He scattered of.
words to th wind. He moiled with i
pick to give fruit to tha sick He p.
sloned the nsg that went bln.j
Through fever and frot he kept sweet
Though he blistered the fo of 1,1
feet, he tramped seven n.lle to kiv
thanks for a smile, and handled a com
pllment neat. The neighbors we
strong for his stuff They fashion-.'
a halo of guff. Full oft folks woui.;
ay. they blessed the fli.e day Go :
fashioned him out of the rough.
The road is encompassed with woe
Temptations will trouhlo us so. T!.m
holy and strong break forth Into sons,
and yearn for the valley below. No
matter how stralghtly we walk the line
that Is narrowed In chalk, a slip or r
slide will humble the pride, and give
every gosslper talk. Ho it grlevet'i
me some to relate: Our hero, whthi
fixing th gate, one morning In Mjv
turned young with the hay, and dod
dered plumb into his fate. He left tho
eld hinges awry. He bought him -t
suit like the sky. Hi dressed him In
Joy like, a fool college boy. li
odeled a bit on the aly.
Go seek for his fame. If ou wii'.
Go ask of the field and th hill. .h
ranaient as youth la all that Is sooth.
The deeds we remember ara III. His
neighbors In concert agreed that
lunacy claimed the old seed. They
named him at once both a dolt and a
dunce. They read him clear out of
the creed. Come hither, my son. and
give ear. Waik upright and scathleas
cf fear. Ton iny lend, give or bor
row, but ne er to your sorrow hold
friends and their estimate dear. As
light as the leaf lhat is whirled fall"
the pralwe "f a gratified world. H
beat earns hi. a real who sets his own
test nor rates how his whisker sri
curled.
hoard he found a deficit of several
thoio-.mds of dollars, as well as a de
mand for improvements at th state
fair grounds. Exerting his best efforts
on behalf of th state, he wiped out
tne debt and mad improvements to
the fair grounds aggregating thousands
of dollars. He also made a great suc
cess of th fairs through his splendid
management, and built up at galem the
best stste fslr In the United State,
west of th Mississippi river.
Mr. Booth says W. Al Jones, the
secretary of th board, who waa yes
terday removed, wa in a measure re
sponsible for th great success of the
last fair held in thla state. He was
an untiring worker, according to Mr.
Booth, and was familiar with the man v
details connected with th fair. In his
removal from office, Mr. Booth says
the state has lost a faithful servant
and a person In whom the members of
the fair board reposed great trust.
Mr. Booth returned here this morn
lng from Salem, where he attended yes
terday's meeting of the fair board.
In view of th existing conditions. It
seem that politics and not efficiency
Is the ruling factor with Governor
to th stats fair, as well as other mat
ters. Mr. Booth's numerous friend
her are congratulating him upon Ms
firm stand against such taction
Another significant local factor Is
th report Uat a select few In Rosa
burg emd to know yesterday morn
ing, befor tfce fair board met, that
Mr. Booth's resignation or removal
was Impending, and appeared to also
know who waa "slated" aa his aucoas
or. Later developments seem to fully
erify the basis for such reports. It
is regrettable that a condition haa de
veloped where no state Institution: can
escape th political domination of what
haa been referred to as th JyVlthy
combo machine. It la also understood
that A- C. Marstere, the now appoint
on th fair board. Is th chief local rep
resentative of that so-called machine
It Is well known that where jliUca
rules, public service suffers.
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