journal i tMutar ewt? atarea mnI . . . . .. . n. . I.. 1 H......T builtiine. fefvadwar eiuliaSlU MM rVr. i.taufwl i lb Mm(MK B4. I'urliaaJ. UU iriiicilaa - Utruaa the auaii a hcm run aater; - "' - "-: -- ; M ' " ' t pariamite -cacae4 Jr In uamben. ii. ireuf wbt tiepHrtwM ye i - .aurt- . f IWi ' a fi niHm!n aMtaer Ce.. ltrsaewtck Bid. .j fta '..- N xeB 121 feuta Bubacrtptlaa miai by eali ar la aajr a Crew la Uur Esita State ar Uesleet uailx atouxxaa as ,ntiiNwoN fee yar...MM.4a.M ) Ob tnaefa -0 . ' , " - SUSDAX' - ? - - " On rear.. .......$2.30 I Oo ttb......$ -25 talLX MOKXIiO Oft A fTBKSGQSU AXJ ...U.IT.M Mtit Mift.,..1 Aznrts ?k nXMag for hu self "Ijat what she has , rtght to kk for humanity Itself. ' " 1 J WOODROVV IVILSOJT.. 3- Truth , crushed - to earth ' shall rise again: 4 TV eternal years of God af . hers; - - But error, -wounded. ' writhe in pain . . And dies amonf his 'worship-' . pars, William Culiea Bryant- 4 THE BIAYOR AX& 1 THE 11 - AYOR ALBEE . told a gath- , ering of - Portland minister last Monday that the public "la not familiar with what is going on, at the city, ball because of errors fix the press." . He said .he "la gains to tell It everywhere" 'that the council should be judged on "Information, gained first hand. He added: W need the help ' of air right thinking men. and' cannot get U with th newspapers divided oa ; th tssusa, " - . . The' Journal - will help Mayor Albea "tell It ' eTerywhere," and will give Maror Alhee a chance ttt see that "information la gained first hand." After the news of his attack on the truthfulness of the newspapers was .received, The Journal offered Mayor Alhee two columns of space, day by day, . la which i to f, publish free of charge. Information as to : what Is going on at the city hall as -seen by the mayor. No. condition .whaU -ever was Imposed except that the matter for publication should be received by. 11 o'clock of the day ft waa expected, to appear. The offer is still pen. lt will continue, to bold good, and ia available not only - to the mayor, but -. to each of , the four coounls Eionew. - They all ' have clerical help. The mayor's secretary Is a former trained newspaper reporter. It Mayer -Albee has oonfldence la his -statement that The Journal has colored - or 'garbled V news of wbat Is goiag on at tne dry hall, be will immediately avail himself vi , tu uuiuu uner lu . place .his views before Its 250,000 read era every ' day. - 4 - It will be a simpler way for him to "tell it, everywhere' to an by the slow and tedious process of public speeches. - - - - To get some Idea of the rate at whlcb. the world do move." Im agine what a sensation , this ex tract from the recent - annual re port of a 1 large corporation would have " created twenty , years ago. x"Aa the company s earning large profita the management thought that it : waa ; no more than, just that tno employea. should ' ahare in the prosperity -of the company." A score ot years ago taia was so cialistic. " ' THE MIDDLE CLASSES. A FRIEND ot The Journal wrote i - letter the other day ., tak ' 15 exception to Commls. sioner Baker's use of the phrase "middle classes.; ; Mr, Eiier wants to give these worths rersons s a" chance to play golf, on links maintained by jthe city, bur friend doesnot object to golf but tr.e expression r- "middle classes' e tin her to wrath. "Since when,". ti exclaims. . tn these Unit r. tatea of America, 'have we had t.- esa classes T , lltr question ia easily antwered. v.'a have always had them. When t L a American, coloniea ' were origi i illy . settled class distinctions were ' ell marked. , New. England had -1 aristocracy of wealth, religion -id learning. ; The right . of suf :risa waa limited to . the ""upper Tasses.' - The vulgar -gained the ote slowly and with difficulty. ' !:e - south had an arlstorrap-r HI cacre clearly marked than the r Drth.-, ; The distinction - between . a try and ; poor . whites began - ith- the earliest : settlement In "rirstiia and J theTCaxolinajt . and , as definite today as it ever was. : . opie .who live .to' the ' south ould .-1)e' the 'last to denw that t sy have "Classen and1 always ivo had them. - - "" , 1 When he speaks of ' "classes,", r.. Baker recogntzes a patent fact ! our social , life. . Some " Ameri 3 comfort, tcrsslve9 by ro- WHERE'S OVERN'OR WITIITCOMBB has I - requests Attorney General Brown to appear for the power corpora 4J tlons la the Utah case and throw this state's Influence against tna , , welfare of tha public la the water power controversy. ' I Meanwhile, Mr. Griffith, the able president and dlrecttns bead, ef tha Portland Railway, Light & Power company. Is delivering rubllc ad dresses In which he attacks the Ferris water power bill, which- hill It is hoped to defeat in the supreme the Utah case. '.The governor's letter and Mr. Griffith's speechee are excellent, team work. -fc , , . , Mr Griffith says the Ferris bDl fa not suited to the needs of men engaged in the water power "business." - The United, States secretary of agriculture explains why it Is - net suited : to the plan of what'. Mr. Griffith calls "business." : In an official report to congress the secre tary says; , -- . , s" . - The total Investment ia - commercial , eatral ; atattons la tfca tratte4 States la 19X2, as represented by tha reported coat of comlrocttta for tha year, waa over two blltion dollars, equivalent 1o IJI.M per eaptta or AN AVERAGE Of 31 PEH IIOBSE POWER OP PRIMARY POWER JNSTA1 tiATIO. Jn marked contrast with theee flgrorea are thoae for man let pal stations, -whlcb report an asregrate east erf aaventy-aeTen mllUooa and a COST, PER HORSEJ POWER INSTALLED OF OR LESS THAJt gOX& HAXP THE COST OP, COMMERCIAL . STATIOXS. , f . 7 The privately owned and constructed power Installation Icost (301 per horse power. .The publicly cwned cost $13S per 4iorse power. . The figures profoundly concern the public , This difference ln so-called "cost of construction" tremendously affecta the -people,' for it la "cost of construction' that , the , publie a basis - for tuaklng rates whjch consumers of light, heat, t power - and street car service must pay. . 1 V- . . - . . r " . This contrast In' the. privately conducted vower stations and' pub licly conducted power - stations should Interest - Governor Withyeombe. Careful study of the wide difference In the two figures. should infla ence him to recall his letter. If the people must pay on a $a01 coat, of construction' under. tLe. power corporationa plan of conducting what Mr. Griffith I calls "business,", instead of on only 1 1 under actual cost of construction," Governor Withyeombe owes It to his nigh office and to the people to so conserve the will have to pay profits on only the It will be asked why the "cost porations is so much higher than under publie contror Insullatlon; The secretary of agriculture, a -high official. of the United States govern ment, explains. In his official report to congress, he says- . - . . It ia very doubtful . if amounts cost - of i construction. - eoulrment and at vail in the sense ef cash expeadlturea, r their aquivaleet. Furtharmors IT -APPEARS TO BE THB GENERAL. PRACTICE OP PUBLIC TJTILITjr CORPORATIONS TO DENOMINATE AS COST OF CONSTRUCTION THE AMOUNT WHICH WILL HAKE ASSETS EQUAL TO LIABILITIES ON THEIR BALANCE SHEETS. SINCE STOCKS AND BONDS ARE CARRIED ON SUCH BALANCE SHEETS AT: PAR,' the so-called cost of construction' is scarcely more than, net capitalization Ia a majority of eases, it WOULD BE MORE rfNEARLT CORRECT TO CALL THIS ITEM "ASSUMED PRES ENT VALUE OF PROPERTIES" than to call it "investment In" or "cost or such properties. : i . v That la to say, th S 01 "cost of cash Invested. -The secretary of value of the property and an inflated value combined to make the so called Investment appear to equal - the securities issued and sold to Investors. .The power corporations may have actually put only, the S138 per horse power that publicly Installed stations-cost, into the dus- nesa," in real casn, but enough Imaginary valuation la added to lift the co-called "cost of construction1', consumers 'must pay Interest and dividenda. 1 Is it a governor's duty to aid this, kind of "fcisiness," ofis it his duty ttf help protect. the' people against a system of rates based bait on actual cash ' invested and half valuation made out of thin air? " - In requesting Attorney General porationists in the Utah case, Governor Withyeombe directed him to read the resolutions, of the Portland water power "conference," - so-called. He also directed Mr. Brown to read Pat MeArtaux speeches. ' - i ihe Journal suggests that : the United States secretary of agriculture Installation, and to make It convenient for .him to do so, interesting portions or tne report win he printed fusing ,to see what lies before their eyes. 5 But the refusal n to see a . thing does . not annihilate it, unhappily, Besides the classe-i 0 colonial days we now have at the apex of the social pyramid an aristocracy - of multi-millionaires who live, think and act differently from thv rest of ux Below these exalted beings are the A "middle classes," , who ", comprise ; ordinary merchants,. lawyers, doctors, and so on. At the bottom, upbearing the entire social structure, are the lower classes,; so called, though we are promised that in the next Vorld they 'will be the highest of all. It ' Is undoubtedly a deplorable thing that we - have these classes. but facts are facts, and we' must not blame Mr. Baker for acknowl edging them. San, Diego is now going to have a letter writing week. Knowing thet Southern California spirit, It can be - safely , Inferred that there will be no pen pictures of washed out roads, - collapsed bridges and broken- dams. - A BIG SPELL AN EXCHANGE from the south' bursts with pride over its account of a mammoth spelling match held in -New Orleans the. other day. - More than. 25.000 .children participated in the affair and . more than a quarter of a million "staggers" were mad at the list of orthographical hor rvrs which confronted the little creatures. The monstrous perform ance was under the supervision ot 4-"Professor' Hill,", who. it seems pretty clear, might ; have been , In . better ' business. It is depressing" to think of the ; time and energy the children of New Orleans have wa&ttd id their vain attempts to learn ' our " unlearnable spelling. - ; - It ; Is . still more depressing to think how ; little ; good J it . would have done them if they had ac complished the : Impossible :- and actually learned to spell ' every word, in the "dictionary. , Thes feat would not have made v them bet ter thinkers, .better writers of Eng lish, or better citiaens "Indeed, it has, been observed that , person who are exceptionally adept in English spelling, are, like' chess prodigies, commonly deficient in some other direction. How true or -false thia may be we v do . not profess to know. , As a matter of fact, few of the men , who are leaders in business. or literature pride themselves upon their spell ing, for tha tost of reasons,' - Had they spent their .youthful yea learning to. spell perfectly they would not have had time r to learn anything else, or ; not much else. - The f burden , of r English spelling, keeps our school children two years behind those of the same age; in France and Germany And the pity ; of It Is that this burden - is unnecessary.' - If we should all agree to drop OREGON? not recalled his letter la which; fc court of the United States 'through service corporations put forward as water power sitae that the' people $138 Instead of the $3Q1' t r of construction' under private, cor reported by commercial stations a real stata" reDreseal actual cast. - r : . ; . of construction" is not the amount agriculture says it ia the tanglhle up to 1301. and on the 13 02 J the Brown to appear for-the power eor governor read the renort of the on water powers and water sower in next Sunday's Journal. silent letters and "always use, the satoe sign ' for tho same sound, spelling would not need any study. wea a cnua . learned to pro nounce., a ; wora ne would .neces sarily learn to spell : XL because the sound: would' be the spelling. What . perse of - aease ean - deny that this would be a desirable change? .". , ; -p. . ' " ' v. " f f 'Pi What ' is the supreme v court Of the . United States If a progressive whose - acts have, won ' hint the title ot Hhe people' lawyer." cannot be admiUed to member ship in - that body? ; - vnnssr tou asx v D' ID YOU ever ston to con sider what you., ask j when you appeal to a .newspaper to support your sroanecttvo can didate for office? Manr such, requests are coming to Tha Journal now. In mavtj. such request, .have yoa x fully ascertained that your, candidate is fit?, - Do .you personally know that ho is unscarred? ; If yon do not. Is it ? fair : for yon to advise the paper to take up his cause? The Journal does not 'wish to undertake to advance a bad cause or r try to elect an unfit candidate. It Is The Journal's duty ,to n perfectly -Jalr and aquare with the public. Its friends should be equally fair and square with The Journal. ,-?,.. i . .Before asking " support for', a candidate ' they ; should be able to fully -answer these questions:' Is he capable?. Is he honest? J la his record , untainted? " Would he, if elected, render efficient service? In reply ,to the charges against Mr. Braadels is the testimony pZ J. N, Tea) -of Portland and Lieu tenant - Governor Eabelman of Cal ifornia both of whom . appeared with Brandels in .the rate case. Bdthr declare that Mx Brandels'' attitude ' in the case; vy was above suspicion, and that theVThorne ac cusations are without foundation. In the same I way all tha trumped up : attacks on Brandels will fall. CHURCH TKOGIUiSS. -' S.vv;'- fiapaa-a.''.- ,--. '.. - T HE . churches ot the United States feet encouraged over the jreeord of their-' last year's growth, v-, The flgurea touch ing upon the subject . come ' from' tha federal council of churches, an- interdenominational body, and we may take them for truth.; It Is "not many years' since wewers told that several of the denomina tions" were losing, ground or not gaining any. Even the Methodists, one of our taost aggressive, denom inations, had a period of seeming stagnation so far m increase . ot numbers .was concerned. But now the Methodists with the other denominations : Lave en tered . upon a time of ; vigorous expansion. The Baptists secured last year more than- Xi,Q 90 new members. aa- iscreaEa cf cae per cent ad a fraction. Tha Cath olic gain fall barely short of . two per cent. Immigration helps to explain l their rapid increase. The Methodists; northern. fcr an. eh, gained lust about one and a. halt per cent.--. And so down "the line.; Tho figures should inspirit all our denominations, and make them ambitious to show a- better record . next year. There is ; no euck ' spr to gpodf work: ' tsL :-: th future a good work in the past.; , .The federal council aswarea - u4 that about 400a.ftOa Americans are now '. sheltered Iff the- varioufij denominations; This hr less than) half the . population. tke r-utajbdera numbering 1. some? . 60'.000,000. : 1 is dear,: therefore, .that when - all the heathen of forelgjt . lands havq been, redeemed the - misaionary so detlea iiMd not ra nnt of huslnessJ cietlea need not go out of business.! There will be plenty of work fori them . at .home, f We knbw of na4 ttve.born .American citizens, fath lers ' of families)' and "good- men of Trasfnessv wnoi haver never- been inside a "church.. .V'' ' '' 'v NOTHING THE MATTER : , WITH PORTLAND pTera) m th etorrjrf a ew Trle; maaafse tstwr wao ajuud bis OreKeay iiaUeuaife aa go4 titat ba atwM a, fMory la Foctlmmti ti serf that patroaagav lt mas ctoaha mm uita fab -woman. Ula bimlivi ia sraariiis. a that t will book nasit nn room. J sera hi alaa- tka aeory ot m coneTm that mlm aadriSee agar saya, "Business is always awod wlta a"! EXNOr stxtetly av waataaala eater- w - aaart : front daatara are awae thaa tha. fifth, stae C 148 7 Fifth street has 20 '- men and Women tailora and . tailareaaea - busy bmlldlnar ' laBeaf .eroaka aad salts ma it ta expected '-the,, fourth floor will.be uttltaed within a ahert time. -Thia ,ia,; the only . clot&Iag factory of Its kind In Oregon. - Ita praprle- tr ovu two etlxrt. but-en. Is ta New Tork ami the other in San Fran 'claco. i - v , "Better opanlngr t Portlaad says Mr. Cnha, :,"our Saa Franeiaca aetab- Ilahment sacurad axar than half of It bnstnea froeat Oregon. Our.salea- men made this state as regularly and aa- .falthfally a points, la CaKfovalo. aad rfindlnsr lluaiaaBa ( ao ; t&o&, bar w raaolvad to- cone ta-. that baateesa.. e canciTided It woI4 b a eansiMs proposition, therefor ' this ' concern was'" established. Wo .reasoned that tt : Portland and adjacent territory woalo) ao reneronaly aaaport. a. foreign factory.', tt'. woald better .support, job at the conaurrier'a doors place' af- farcttaar aurehanta v aa . opportunity . to call ita person and maka , such aelec- Uoa of women'a garrnents as might pteasa.; thert. . ' -- ' ' ' 7LATK BTJSINBSS PROPOSITION. XfOnr ostabliahmentVhera iaiiaat5 a. plain, business proposition.. If It pays to cottstruct woman's apparel in New Toxk, If, profitabl to mak taetr gar- et 1 California, U' will pas aa well to do the same In Portland. We know' this to 'be a substantial city . lth scores 1 of i wealthy and -aemi- watlthr wemea aa wH atr tbeaa a naor "modest nMasav wtthin tta Ir daries. Th aam condition ia found In ' tha ' surrounding country. Thoaa women' desire to, have, and will ob tain from - somewhere, such , clothlna; as we make,- Thay win want , gar ments that fit. - Thay will inalst upon that.- an when, thara- la, a factory b their", netghborttood which will ; sat isfy their damaads it has hean . oar experience i that they, win buy ' its producta 'For example' if ona faa- etoa a suit or cloalc not obtainabft from her local -merchant, ho will have ur stylo book and caa order for hea Tha. -marohaBt batnar "hla customer neighbor, and fwe-belng neighbor ta htm, as it j were w have mutual "Itt terasts in ona i anotherji f The Tmeis chant will 'dealr to please" ;hla cuV tomer, and wo ; tha : merchant, to - tha and that'; our ' trade relations . may harmoniously - contoma.;?r-,:;,:s SOUS ATiVANTACnQS . RBL4TBTX - Hawtaa? ' athae factories, tha ra. source t alt ara aV t dUpoaal ca tV. feat that la the matter of fm.yai wa ar aoprama. ; Our pur chaataa;' power i , an. Important ; fa. tor. vW are constantly bx touch' wita the stylo centers ref th eOuntry,5 and tha important markets kxm acquaintad with ' ual This la . a matter - wf tm portanc ta this business, for It would b fatal t our . success' to attempt, to palm aft apop the' ladies of tha com mualty - aaatyllsh garments" tn , mad. r material not exactly as represented. ; "Tha truth of th whole matter is this: Our Portland factory has every advantage, enjoyed by: our New -Tork aad4 San Francisco houses., .'If win b conducted o) ..exactty the same line that bav mad them the, pro nounced successes they are. v Every promise will- b . carried .out ; to the letter. '- Thera-: will - b :: a decepti r fmathod employed. Victor H. -Wol ff, our aaloa manager. Is a man of repu- tatlon." Xle -will -bo on deck .. here at all times, "andalways in touch with ar othar-' lBatltttUoa. v caoperatmg wtth him arma f loes experiene In this busloeaa. - He has th . eonfl dene of ' th .acefes of . Portland and Oregon' merchants who know him, and by his- energy and .with, hi fore vf Work people ha wlllba enabled ; ta meet all demands upon him. . ,. ' ., The ' factory ; la ooadocted along anion liaea a' ight , hour, day .and anion , pay.' ,l -r Tbe John dark Saddlery Company. "Our business ; U good right now. Our men and machines' ar kept busy aa nailers. We haven't kick .com ing. ;Wa wouldn't kick if we .. had W haven't much time for 'the waller and -less for the' fellow never- aatl- fled with his lot. s: Aa for the John Clark Saddlery company, It ia a place of good feeling 'and our spirits are always . buoyant. W just go ahead putting up tha best grades of heavy draught and work harness , we know i I how ta produce, our trad n dull, ; and ' w aavar haar coif from anyonek" , ;- ; Tha foregoing sappy ramar' from. W; T. Clark, vice presid, auparintaadaat ' oX. the manuf; depart aa en ft. f tha. John; dlery cosapany, 104-lOt TraatiMraet. th city. ' . . , .V ifj1-" TW U oa 9t the ptoaasr ftlta tlanatef Oraan. JtJS. Clark at his ;Vww'. fore !t -.waa" bora, aad I'm... 4 and tt aavvr has c&aaa-sd haa ttrom that 'uuvldsea day aatjl than atr. Claxt aanlan atia ia actlr In terested ta tha ,eatal iliahjaef;. bt ladal lltlon hanntlv lr In ancl etwa.t thai fee cava, reat thaaa yarav jrmtt tlar jhla eoa and ; BL;.MaA tha buatneaat atanager;tt bear tfufbur- daosi I Cartas ly carried by -iif . felt. f cARBIAGSt " harness OTAVSNess I i ... ".- -i . : 4 NIL. ; Supartataadent : Clark, waa i i. KUle remiaiacant ' fa-- hi, ptaaaaat ichaat with j Th Jovroaf ' rpeB.ra, a . -Ia.'th aarly day." a aa"i "v did a taeraUr hastaaaa ia thv nan- Mifaetvur at tight drfvtag aarni te for carriswav and - bmw waea - bf f that business has been next t annihilated by. tha automobile. It has bee r nine tenth kllle Today ? there f i f DtU deiaar ta. that line, hanc w ar pria- crpallr eBaplored ta - maJtlna Jf heavy draus-ht an Ugktor syaae lfars haxnaas, , Buslaasa in. thia, Ja ta goad. - TV employ atx traTelll jj maa an'; thay keep a ' busy S ei Iva 1 fhctetT, and : arffleai--; Be naicj t. ear work. Ilk .. that f j.th - ready iNmade dathler. U doo by . machiaery ; that oar ; fore of workmen ta ftatpara trrary araall for th volum. of our output. . . ; tt show aa "rncreks f" varr year, however, and wllL contrau t grow, aa that w eaa aa - demand. fo a larger crew in '- ta. appreavcblag; fu ture. '---..- ' .,- v' : : t BETTER ? GBAtE OF SADDLES i- - : fiOLTt. ?XAaad upaa otr saddl 'depart ment has 1 undergone : conalderahlo chaag ta. th ..last fwar . years.-, t can remambar wbea vt built large num bers f th eheapar make, but these have small sal inow. John A Clara saddles - have ' wide : reputation In th ".waaV "eaajv thousk. gw ;frsrly dldf f produce Inexpensive - onesfT my lataar .was earafui of ta workman ship nponf thaa. :;.Ka . never 1 et sloppy Job leave th hop.( ,WT did not turn out such, for th rsalon that rt waa kaowa workmen would b ra- bkad far. tt; thareXor aaUsfaeUoaj aiwars waa ajhraa tor th money r eetvedV Qr high rrada saddla ar aow moat to . damaad. Thas hav ready aal evarywher west I f - th Ml saovrt. Ona - wemld tmagta th market would : aappltad Z aftar while, but.-like needle and ptna. ,th coAtraptioa aem to. dlspar, a kaowlny where thy "sj-' ? MACHINES KEPT TU7tt!Xl3i Thera la a regular aaat af atachta- erjpAa th Jb Clark - plae: . iladi- vtdualry thay. ar "stretched f lens? beachas, aach -with: aa Operator .wh keeps; It: f humming aB, ? ta-": JUm. Bunch r r: taaa -r air v npoy4t to sewtRg leather, and thay go through thai hid aa If It silk.; ; It flean t auem to bather; them a. biC ' ona tat -maa; akttledL ta th ekuina would evtteaart ta,deacrta.:txaBB. tioaa ; of " tha- BtUal army "JoZ tatrt cata devices- Suffice - it t sy; that each playa tta approprtat parfa th euatruetlon ; f thooseads f fa hcjnasa rhipaed f iron thl ertl . aasi any to purchaser in Oregon,' ingtoa Idaha. C Moatana. a) Ca0tfela.ls good t t$ - ... a . . taia diatrtctT'that th house ia a renreseatativa K located, in V' Haas, and ba makea regular pll thraagkdat thai reW At" aal th 4nrgtt Mr, Maaa navaV ; a shot tn attendlnr th ori la of hist - salaam!, most tn th Nathlasr vi -get ( empanya f sai ro aad ahippiaa' departm. -It VD It Nowr wtth v this (gaUemaiUud this is likely ar of the tv Jtnt resaona wh-r Mr. Clark can ao- ler 'rnM .kIh csllars that ;MBustnas always im good wlj; nal Tbe factory,' aalearoom ; and I . tfle oocudv tour floor SOxllW .; fX ta slather iquai U a space at Ij jW feet. : And.' t U erowaaa to tn euv There re no waste corners ajuf ar ww v - . . Letters From the PeoR. I- CaianVtlo aeta- Tea f peMteauoa ta ia aepfMuwam w baTe ealy ea aWe ot ta aanr. f i ailfi araraar lav lasstk asd (WMaldt bJ taa aawa aad sdOraasiC tb mZietTlt tie wrHae mt tef fea Ua aaa aaOtWwU a eanaM a mw V; MPiBsfaa arts cteetest af r4 aeea t tatteaaiaw taiac priadp aU Ja aaaetltw aa Uwm aaa jnrt km tair aaaaaataMcaeaa. 1 taatr IV. eC nMMt aa eta aa if '"a i SUvartoa, Or, Feb. 4. To thai ItoW of Th Journal way aaouia ns :m- aonabta peraoa ' a oppu ountrv beina- prepared for warfTfars wlU not ceaa naUl th eaua o'wr la raoved. -Ta great truggti! Eu- rop ia nothing out a, commercia. .war, a atrnggl'for anpremacr tn corof Jeree. Tba winner la liable to pounce A I oa. I believ th administration - lsjflght on tt preparednes plaa. I don) Wiah t rebuke Mr.. Bryan, for h ialao rtghu but" his policies ar no r Ucai at thia time. Mr. Bryan 1 4 xor ruaner of a higher aad nobler cl , iUx Uon W have got to take thlsfforld as it ta today. nora tt win b)vl th next : geaaratloa. as. Waaa Mr, & ran poUelea ar in tomiwe wlU beSfljjw the reign of . aocial. brothf-AYd. What wlU b good for on will br"rod for all, and what win injur ar; wiil Injur alL Thaeapltaltat das-p th breeder of war, wlU pasa. VfJeed capital, " but ; w . don't need ' th"ji.D tUUst. . EDWIN A LINSCO Preparedneaa, and Peace Infli Oregon City, Or., Feb. 4. To tlfi Htor of The Journal In The Joicai January i x reaa a letter neaaa TKInM Tha. Mair Wta-ft JTBr." n signature of A. r. Mackley. Tht 3lrst mistake Mr, Mackley makes, 1 I up holding Mr. Millican's remark. jVfTh Journal of previous date, namely, A r a relate Efcama fit afirins ClaiVi ,Sa4- area kanau tar rtH- aot : PERTINENT: COMMENT C1L1LL CHAKGJS Keep. your. ra peeled for th man with to hoe, Haa about due, 'Beglaniag of work o th auditorium next Menay will a worth caiebrat ins; if it only besiaa. t i . . ."'"- ' - Book pnbllahara aay th time ia coming- -when' tha best aaller will be an up-to-dat geography. . ,- - . ... . , . '. ,- u ;- " X prayer rug; sold for $1254 lnNew Tork Ci ty tha tfaer day. bat It waa aot bought tor Tefyday aaet , . - - - . . . - - , y It aeems to look a though dtspeas ers of drinks with -ktcsa" in them ar taking long chance with, th law. . -'-v. -.-.-- t ... ... ' - It Is reported that a euffrag party haa been organized ia Mexico. Wonder whether Villa's wives will try to run Medfard, -whlcb lost th bat augar factory to Grant a Pass; baa a poultry bow and, Intend to do soma crowing anyway. ..."' - TavM Tmu. tha "wolf at Will street.? beaiad - th br at Atiaaut paaitentlary. may prow ta b dome. Ucatoa .woxr or. ta QtnX wora. plain .dogii-..; ' rr; ;.Ti-."i'Vut"-- la hakalr ef that California, woman arrta for attempt! aaxgial oo- erauen on ner Osaugater wi pan old cJuiaora. it ought to b pat tn th record that all women think anything can. b don wita seiaaor. . . - - --.v- ----..'.-. It- W annaed that T. R. wfll cept ta Bovaiaaoloa. tf ltome from th. BepnbUeaa states. . A Vermoat sod TJtaa ar ta only at a tea that went f or Taft tn til 2. th coloael has pat a heavy- responsibility apon w rather taionapkruo coamwelth. : . "Washington. rr FehV" llt WASHING- TON BUREAU OF TBS JOURNAL.) Proposed gialtloa for a roadway through th national . forest around Mount Hood not only haa taken lat start, but i considerably mixed. Paa sag of - a general bill along th' Ba of that of Taylor of Colorado provide on question of doubt. Th plan to creat a rtVyM park to Include Mount Hood furnish another.- - As a result of development. Representative Mc Arthur haa Introduced bill which, call for th appropriation, of tffi.eao outright from th national treasury, abandoning th' prior plan ot advanc ing th coat from th federal ahar ot forest reserve funds and relmburalngr tha government lata - oa from - tha state's ahar f reT . Serious Objections Wer raised to this slaa by counties located ta other portion of th atata says Mr. Mo Arthur, -and It waaajao rgued there that sine ther ia a clan en foot to crat a national par lncludingr th area traversed .ay, this road, all claim t foreat rsrva moay would b tharebr forfeited. - control - betas r mvd froa th forest bureau f th departmaat f agstealtara t th -partmant T th intrtor. Tkla would aaak tt .nee ry. ta say vat. ta prevlda far a, direct awrojrtattQar -v -.--... , - '.--If t a Taylor bill apOJWprtattoa it. aao.to year for tea years far for rd bwildtnar under general suPrrtaloa of tha department of agrioultura. Hada rich aaa "has - scthlng t fight far. whll a mendicant has nothlag. Nw th 'TKJUorahl - and dlgnlfl4 r41 mn form a very amaU minority of th voting peopU of tb CDltHl tt and every mala cjtisee. ad a great many female, both rtoh aad poor, hav th sam right a at th polls, and th poor ar largely ha- th- majority. What Uod of aa anrwMat la tt that ays a poor ' ma ahould drag aloag. Sstlassly from, year ta yr and lt other popl d hi thinking for him aad object to helping -ta defend th free nation ia living ta and allow ar eouatry to be dominated by other nations, . aa - China ia, when w are perfectly, able to defend ourselves and our homes? And if th nation is called on to do .this : uapleaaant duty.- why ahould bl hdid ssaa hv any pcafareoo vr Jtart Mr brother aad 1 rvd th years ia th Civil war. Wha wa asked our rather If we. could go, h said a eon idaid it aU' duty to glv his consent. H said other parent oa wer Just aa dear to them a w war t turn. . I as straagiy opposed t war. lata in favor of Senator Shafroth's bill for lstraatiaal diaarmaiaaaU But tf we at too chick hearted to pre nar our- slra to dtnd our own right w ca : hav - very tittl Intluaae wtta tha creat European, nation ta gat ting- them ta. ioln ua la tntrnatloaal dlsarsaamant. -' f"- .-,.-; w GEORGE mCTXBOTHAtt. ' , . T 'Tnej Code ot ;.tha DaeL. Portland.' Feb. Tj To. th Editor of Th Journal Ao tt ta doa tn heaven. so on earth." waa Zr. Boyd s text for a prep a redness - sermon Sunday v- ning.. H rcommendd fighting for freedom and honor, and etted Marstoa Moor. TTento and his own tight when boy, which h related . dramatically, picturing hi battered and bloody face and th eastigatioa. h received from a strwaser toy, but b wa proud that h wa not coward suad ad courag to fight who honor was at stake. All political govramnt. h said, assart their- absolut ovrigaty and tnd. pcndnc : and must -- fight whenever ts t tae, - or m their self. respect, - without y. which : ther I no freedom ar excua for livtag. - That was .th ood or th duel, hut man of coram . sens today be lieve In the duel- to ttl personal disputes. . Ther is still less Justlfi eattoa for war ta aettle International diaputea No on la right to fight for mer -aemsa interest. xn common good ia th only good. But all ergaa ixatloaa. th state, th church, and all otaara, aref founded ea th fal ethic that "aalflahr later est is th first Uw of natnr. Th exact opposit is tro th eommo good Is t e4y good. t appiWAtion or ar. uoycr od ot hoaor -would then b applied lna.aa tional disputes without war aa suc cessfully as individual dispute with out th duel. . i, - w.-Ti v N war waa vr fought xcBt fr selfish Interest. - The .common good never has been tha auprama object of any - politico government. Money powr and salfish interest, with their ethics or s-raed. ar always ready to fight whenever they sea anything they want and caa take it awsy. from Saint on who I weaker, by th exercise of tn power or might. E..I. MtU'RE -v . A ; Hint Utii Iteaeners. -y ' Portland, Feb. a To th Editor of Th Journal In Th Journal of. Feb ruary- z 'a a aaix - eeiumn anout v Carnegt- hero receiving J1009 aad "a medal tor th attempted rescue of a fellow workman froirj " well. ' Th reclpleat - of th ' medal had barelv woo-rerod . from . a . severe operation. but demanded to be lowered Into the well. II was afterward reacued. but th first man was dead. . For the hero to lower himself into tha well was not the thing. All ob servant . persons have noticed that heated ' column of air over fire tends to hug to th center, and 1: dos th am in a shaft . A well or - shaft may be ventilated 13 this Way: -. Make a -bright fir of paper PLAIf OR? NA110NAIJ FQRESWROADS j AND NEWS IN BRIEF Ah. Issue of intereet at Grant Pas Is th Qaeatioa whether th pubiia hatha shall remain, aa at preaeat, wader municipal control, or b placed under th ma nagement of leaaaaa. - "With 17 feet of snow at Cornucopia and th peopl of the camp, nappy and perfectly, at eaa It ia iMwn that It la not all of lif esJoy a . Florid dime.' aay a th Baker lamocrat. k . ' ' - Th Democrat , aaaerta that Baker county paopl ara. in good spirits over the pxoepecta of a good business year, aad aa why -th-ey ahoaldo't be, at thr 1 sothtaar to mak them t el o th contrary. , - . -; , -' o -, - 6upriatadet F. B. Bayea of tha arater departmnt of Pendleton baa been at th pains to figure out that th weight of snow that lay within tha city limits of Pendleton after tha recent atone waa &5T.444 toaa. -. .- ' - - . . - - a , . . Tti Register Invite th attention of scientists to- a peculiar phenomenon that was observed t Eugene nearly ali day Monday. A brilliant and da alia - tight aaamad t pervade ' th waole laajdaeap. aad aroused rauca wdr.. ... .... ..- x . - t . . . : - -- y How' it feels .to h snowed, in,' ac cording to the Sumpter American: Three days without mail and more nree aays wttnout man ana more com is ulng-ji t-wonder what SuMr o in th wide, wide world, iraap th warring naUona hay to ts Par agreed, upoa a .peeve. a - - Subscription with which to eraot a modern atab house at Winchester ar being- received' by th member of th Roaebwrg Can elab, and already th fuavd ha raarted nearly tlOft. Ta Rviw say ah boy are hopeful that work o tha clafe houa caa begin early in tha epnng. ... . - ' f aver. ' it ts planned t gather in th individual bill and mak it aa omni bus affair to covr all such projects. If th Taylor bill doa not mak pro gress, individual bilia will be pressed on the plan of advancing payment tram forest receipt. ; , . .. - This program applies ts all except th McArthur bUl, whieh ts now di vested of th forest revenue feature, aad stands aa a outright appropria tion. It could b. Included with the other in ais omnibus bill, however, if tha Mount Hood park bill falls. But ff th national parte bill becomes a law, th MeArthar bill would necessarily have to b pressed In its preseat form. Wlta so- may bills Interdependent or so related t7aQh other that ctloa on war will kill fx ffots that may hav ba mad In aom other direc tion, the situation regarding all the am bcom saattar of doubt. Th MeArihur bill directs th se retary of agriculture tft build a. wagoa road of standard width fiam Gavarn- ment Camp, by th most feasible rout and with proper regard ta grades aad topograpay. Ia y general portaeastcrty aircUos to' a poist on .th aortharn boundary af th Oregoa national for. st la Hood River county. . Lateral ar called for, oa running Wt zlv nvu to Elk Meadows, n- thr east ata mil from th base of Lookout aaountain to Brooks Meadows. thr sewta for ftv mil to a point a th publl road from Dufur. and 'kindling tn an ordinary metal bucket with a few holes punched .n the bottom to 'afford draus-ht then lower - thia "bucket of fir into ; th well r hft- Cold fresh air, being heavier than ' th . heated caster col umn, follow down along, th outside wall as th fir is lowered. - In actual practlc. I : hav vatlltd a, SO foot abaft q.utcklr a a bucket - of fir could a - lowered, and this after a, sum oar or siaaca naa oeni xirw. xn bottom of a wall may b mad per fectly aaf -. fr " asyoaa, - AN AWtONA MINER For. FTepJwub;Qwocca TTllson. Tanooaver. " Wash- Fb. 4To th Editr of Th Journal I had hoped that thraaah- th many letter appear- tag-t Th Jowraal regarding defen preparaUoa soan light might develop on th subject. ' Instead, w hav from day to day on What Christ said' con cerning war. It la tits to consider th problem erfoualy. - Our president say: &oma popi ear that v though, th roof and ahlngie ar in flames " th kousa will aot cteh fir, but. friends, you should know th con stant menace oonironting ua as x ao. Th t resident ta telling: all that -11- plomaey- will permit htm to telt Now It ta for us t rues th part which remain aniok. Lt us consider his utterance srtouly,' and W W 1 platitudes' from tha aacred books. J. HAROLD. . Is for Wilson's Plan. Laurel. Or Feb. a, To th Editor of Th Journal I would lik to ask Mrs. 3 whoa letter was published on-j Fearuary a, what would Become of ear eouatry ur vry . man woui joui league and rfo to defend our pe ful nation T Our presideat,. who . haa teered th ship t of stat through troubled waUr so carefully and wh ha settled foreign dispute wltaost losing the respect f any nation, ia worthy of great credit, and hia pre paredneaa program; is worthy Of vry American citisan's support. President Wilson's medlunt pr naredneaa ntocram ia O. K. and, we ahould cheerfully stand our share of th expense. ; , I L UUUT. . TTtxW ltos. Z". : From th gutharlia Sun.' Several Republican papera through out th tat contained much bombast a week ago regardmg President Wil son's "watchful waiting policy, their utterance having been brought forth through th massacre of a number of American ellisons who persisted, re gardless of warnings, on going Into th mining district ot Mexico. After th Oregon! had exhausted Its resource on th "watchful waiting- Issue, -other papers ot th m too" class. Ilk th Roseburg News, took up th wall and hammered away until they " wore it threadbare. - Had the papers withheld their criticism of President Wilson' Mexican pdlicy. until such tlm aa they learned what greedy American In ter eats war responsible for sanding these an- fortunat ma to their mini eg proper ties in country overrun with bandits. they would doubtless have- had leas ta aay ahut "watchful waiting." Presi dent Wilson's method of dealing with th affairs of Merle baa won th approval of a large majority , of th American peopl. and as th true facts of th internal - affairs ef Mexico are becoming btter known, hia policy of dealing .with th country is receiving th highest commendation from leading statesmen of all parti ea. Taae editor wh hav so much to say regarding tha " president's ""watchful v waiting policy, ar very brav with pen and Ink. , but .war thay, asked to Jain - a regiment going to - battle ta - Mexico! would b th first t Plead disability or swear that -they wer two score years beyond th ax limit. - They ar of th class who would send tha hus bands.' fathers and sons of American homes to their death in guerilla warfare la Mexico whll they remained safely In their own doorrard far from ; tha scenes . of conflict , T " uvc. HPHIS IS A -TRUE STOP.T. IT In the first .place Ralph V."'. on told it to me. nd besides I believ It. But anyway a whll affo r.alir.1 was Interned with tha gria . ?H waa afraid he waa roiag to hav pneumonia. - o he paid a doctor to erjutrt several mllUon dead genua into fcir-. and then went home and had tts grip.- . -and nearly had pneumonia. "fJAnd h think h would hav hal it If h had had a few mor rerma. JAnd he got tired reading "Roblu aoa Cruso and Bray"a "Elegy." and tried to call up Oswald West to talk about , th weather. J They've seen, a good deal of weather together. ejAnd when he took down th re ceiverand listened two girl were talking. l J And one wanted to go skating at th Hippodrome. . , and o did the other. hut sh didn't want to leave tr taother, -. : i YJShe said mother wasn't very well. and sh guessed she'd take her ta a movie. ; . . ("Of course" sh said T4 moch rather kat but I must stay with mamma. . fj And ; th other girl aald "Oh bn.ng mamma along, "I don't like to her rheutnatltm haa baen worse lately and I don't like to have her sit in th cold. .J" bundle her up." ' "W-o-14 " began th girl wiss wanted to take good car of mother. f "Listen little girt" said Ralph Watson. - - J "Oh" ahe said -there's th Un.- a man ; "J Thl is your conscian lln- said Ralph. th ' "This la: the still small voice deep la your heart. - f "And it has something to say to you about going skating: I fj -Don't you do it." f "Oh never mind that buttinski" th other : girl cut In. "Glv mamma ea" dim nd torn on-to th,XIippodTTpe."- T-Do a your csclenc ttH you little gur aid Ralph. T id- th UtU gtH nut wh wh ar you?" jI hav told you who I am said Ralph. -: '. V j "I am your consclene. - "and f am depending on you t do what you know is right." ! "Yes but why should you who vr you axe ahy T" ' f Bcu I am your conscience your better alf. f-Ton tak mother to the how." 'VejTh other girl had Quit gtsgling. 1 And Ralph waited. , f Aad 1 a few momerrta the llttls girl said "Hello V t -Tea said Ralph Tm atlll on th Una- ' 5 "Well tha- id tha littl glri "If you" are way f "LISTEN Mr. Conscience I'm" not going akaiieg or any place ex cept to tbe movies with mother. m GedTr Grace. FICTION MAGAZINE A new fvture of The Sunday Journal, that will appear next Sunday. A 12-pafe tabloid taction of short stories ry the best authors that r is bound to find favor among all lovers of fiction. - The front page each Sunday will contain a striking photo-, fraph of Oregon scenery fcy Fred H. Kiscr. The Fiction Magazine for next Sunday includes Horsetail FaBs, Silyer Lined Photograph by Riser. The Girl Spy By Andree Hope first installment of serial story). At Ten Thousand Fret Ey Alexander S. Briscoe. Aboard the Amos R By For rest Halsey. Y In th Abyss By II. a Wells (the conclsding installment cf aa engaging story, the first part of which will be found in Section , Four of The Sunday Journal). When tbe Judge Stoops Ey Edison Skehan. On the Sunay Side of Life Flashes of fun. . The leading features formerly Included In The Sunday Journal Magazine which will, be sup planted by the Fiction Magazine, will be published in Section Four of The Sunday JournaL They .", V"'- . Beauty Chat with Lliiian Rus sell.. . The Housekeeper's Council - Table, : conducted ' by Dorothy Poian. ' . " " Cartooaagrams by Charles A. . Ogden. . .'. ' Children's Story by Ceoritjene Faulkner, "The Story Lady." i Science and Near Science Up-to-Date. This new arrangement a ill "provide the readers of The Sun day Journal with practically the same amount of feature articles as heretofore, with the Fiction -Magazine In addition, and -without any material iacrease in the number of pages. - - - The Sunday Journal Arranged compact form for l the convenience cf the reader. Five cents the copy everywhere. NECr SUNDAY - "Th Dlxjett Ivs Cent' Worth la Typ 1. x 1