- THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, .FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 191C
JOURNAL
-AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
is shown by a report Just received I that come from afar. .. On that
from- the rwoodatock school, where I theory they think an eastern, made
oat of ; u ; enrollmeat of 463 in stove better than an Oregon made
cl s. jackkon '.. pubiiab i September only eleven, had dropped stove. It lg a fatuous folly tnat
out at the beginning of the second l sends millions of money out of
l'ublinlied every day, af ternoon and morula
if .f 1 u'aJ''. JILPJ:, JOVr I semester In February - Six of them I pregon every year. It cheats Ore
PWhiti inovedraway from: Portland. eon workers out of 1 employment.
Xutrrd t tb. TXMlottlcM at Iort!JvU. Or toe I v JX. IS- easier , tO CTlUClZ tHail tO I ana ' Mies BQge -snms, out. ui
iraiuiiMioi iatousb - u Mm .-, u wwm reonstruct,s Aivft .- . i cnanneis ox Oregon: iraoe;
"" ' . - , - ... . - I It Is one of the great influences
paSedbyHbe for the that, cfcnds in the way of Oregon
, ux operator wpt department jw wim. - . puouc auaitorium, ana now we are development. - '
jokeig.n advertising BBpaBsENXATi ve told. that Broad way from- Union .,. 1 ' ' '"
-& A'wiSp5;2;S avenue toWbridgo is to be paved. , Lincoln advocated a government
ja Bid. caicaio r . The bridge .was opened to the pub- of the people, by the people and
subscription terms by Mil r to any ad- i lie April : 22. '1913. nearly three I for . the people. In naming Bran
' fAl,22l1$J&i years ; ago. U There must be blood dels for associate justice. President
Oaa year,.......IJ.OO ( On moat...... -00 on me moon.
, SUNDAY '
Om rear... I3.S0 On carats...... .X3
- DAILY. (M0BM.NO OR APTEBKOON) AND
...... - OUdVAl - - ' . -. '
Om ysr........$T.BO f On month......? .M
A PATAL XETTER "
Wflson Ms trying to. bring the su
preme court; back to ' the people.
v
G
qvbrnor; with ycombb
i has not yet recalled the let-
ter In which he requests At-
torney General Brown to ap
pear 'as an attorney for the power
corporations ' in ' the - Utah ; ease. .-
His friends should urge the gov
ernor to do bo. He has never beeni
CIIA3IIJEF.S OP POLITICS
HE Seattle " Chamber ; of Com-
merce declared by resolution
t that "thft rerrls bill la . prof
hibitive of development ana
the3 Oregonlan hastens to applaud
tho action. 71 ? r H
1 It is such' action that Is embar-
of f ered better advice than' he re-1 rassing the real work of Chambers
celves In The Journal's appeal to cf Commerce. - Tbey all. seem to be
him to withdraw that, letter, J the same. They are more political
For nroof. let th trovernrir rend than commercial. The constructive
Senator . Smoofa admissions maJejwork the could da and do .do in a
in a inAch on th floor of the Puduc way la opscurea py tne poiu-
senate. Smoot in the debate madeIcal manipulations In behalf of pri
the direct and emohatie confession vate ends. The endeavors of the men
America, asks nothing for be I that the developed water powers 1 who afe ' unselfishly and 4 dlslnter-
self but what she has m right w I o tne country are In the. hands of I etedly working for the public wel-
ask 4ap bnmanlty Itself. - monopoly.' He said: " . 1 rare aro oeciouaea oy, tne, immDie-
WOODROVV WILSON. r An notf thinfc 'it who ta riggers who use the boar ana its
studied the, subject to the extent that I prestige ior private enas.
i.ilI5.?-rf!JV.rerr In all such bodies thero la prob-
a moBODoir or series of monoBoiiea a 'large majority of sincere
In bydro-rtectrle power, in its- gen-1 men who are earnestly - trying - to
ration and In-Its sale. It is here, it make the organizations Chambers
ftHi!! ST wirnw of Commerce and not Chambers of
it. win always wtta nsf because It , . ,
la one of thoae elements which neces- Big Business. They give their time
arily form the nucleus of a monop-1 and talents in disinterested en-
oly. Ton can no more avoid a m ,.. n inni mitordi in
nopoly in the generation and dlatrl- a 1 .17; "r
button o WMA nithin vm. terests and forward the social wel
avoid the operation of the law of being of their respective commun:
gravity. ,. j ? I ties. They are entitled to the
Governor , Withycombe can cer-1 praise and the gratitude of all.
tamiy comprehend Senator Smoot a I It Is granted; that there are
lan em a ere. , With, f&taJistia .dosrmal ilmaa nppselnna whon tha in.
- . I . ia . A .7 1 tism, Smoot preaches, the doctrine fluence of Chambers of Commerce
I nnioiaing aciaus 01 we ai- that the water powers must be mo- should be thrown for or against
aDoiicai pioi 10 poison me nODOlized will alwavs . be mb. llHTa m msh tpa . Wlien that
13(0 gue8t8 St Archbishop I nonollrA( -ni ht thm nonnlA I nnvea la raVon annitld olviin h
Mundeein's banquet inr Chicago, might as well give them over to after proper deliberation, and a!-
T7rin rrnii ratlaft nn what mniM.. . . I . I : . . . ' ...
.. AT, 7," -tin power corporations. -v r I ways, at least on large puoiic
have been the blood curdling mo- rTne rjtah case Is Smoofs Idea, quesUons, with the conseut'of the
u i wunimawio, .wucu nnwranii WitWmVa w.ntalfnll mamhsrahtn -Rnt thla doel
recall the extraordinary number of fn. ,Ham. ..ii t , ti - main hnRinRfl
Hot reported in. the country, do appear to1 the ca8e and urge the of the .organization should be al
you rnot realize the fearfully de- doctrine that the monopoly ways to direct Congress in the
moralizing and brutalizing ; effect Cf powers "is . here, .lthas been; course desired by special Interests,
of the world-wide butchery on the ns for some time, and It wilf The, laiter course destroys the
i i . ,- -a .J A- a I a-a-ava. w avMwwu'ua v ak a ar, COO, , . A. J-gi r 4k V MWa vaam .
, r. ; f v u fJiVf " thing could a governor, do thkn Commerce, was mentioned on the
'V.1' 7USU ; u . v I in8lst upon taking these water pow- floor of the House at Washington
voi 5uUUSu w v er8 affay from the people and sub- recently as speaking only for pred
av nvvi aU wa-
race i f. whlcl tfiro-i country was , In thia. ; We know that in. - our owa
once' so justly proud. - I line there Is -produced the very best
The agitation to repeal, the sea- that the-, finest-qualities of , steel and
men'fc bill -la a body blow at pre-t Iron - can make. - We know our fln-
paredness. - It ' strips our- navy" of'lshlng department - cannot be' sur-
Its best - weapons, the men behind passed, and that our workmen ar- as
the g ins, and leaves us at the mer- skilled ' as thero are in ' tha - country,
cr of men -without country or- flag. ! And then, ; too, tf "by any chance any
A . vote against it is a dagger in i parts , In - oar stoves or , ransea - (It
tho nation's heart. ' - - ' " ; J way from long use, duplicates can
; . ! ' 1 .-- ,. .-.be bad hers at .trifling cost and the
i The Seamen's bill Is an effort price of a new stove or rang- aavod.
to man 'American ships with sail-" Isn't It worth something to have this
ors who - are loyal to their conn-'J opportunity? If our own coast peo-
try and : devoted to Its nag.-: It is pie would sit down and ' thoughtfully
a ; preparedness . measure. - I figure out the advantage to them
! selves of buying home-made product.
I and put the result into execution, this
would - speedily become - one : of the
great manufacturing cities of the
I country. - We can make lust as good
C.A. anpreme test baa been met In Portland. J thlsss her as can be mad on eartnf
and (h manaer of meetlna it la well told in Tc w
so. oi or xne journal's aerie descrinUTe er; JLUsur loess woum nt-.v ett.i
Portlaod'a mannfaetarinir saecessca. That all n' "aii ,V In nretrnn " to tnak
tylea of atoTea. ,nd all of A-l quality, are i lIon dollars in Uregoo to maw
uregonians . prosperous. -mesa : mw-
NOTHING THE MATTER;
.WITH PORTLAND
produce in tola western city is a fact fit
to astonish. Of eourae there - la "nothJne In
tore making that depends upon the number
of desreea of longitude lyiiifr between tb
factory and Greenwich, bat there are people
l think that STerjrthlaaj drpenda npoo It.
Let all auch not paly be ondeeeiTed bat let
tLem alro rejoice in the poeseaalon of aoch a
manufactory as that her to b described.
f
' The chief evUof war is
more, evil.' War is the concen
tration of ail human crimes.
Here is its distinguishing, ac
cursed brand. Under its stand-;
ard gather violence, mallg-nity,
rare,, fraud, perfidy, rapacity,
and lust. If It only slew man,
It would do little. It turna
" man Into a. beast of nrev.
Channlng. . 'T
S3 1
' IS THERE" NOT ENOUGH?
W
I TviftKtlvoTv : tri tt4 9 . inAtrt avai
world already without .permitting Smoot.8 monstrous scheme of mo-
toe one nation mai is nuw me nonnlv
u'um orace oi civiuzaucn io o
q.aggea xnio ine oiooay vorxez oil A su Louis woman hag adver
numan siaugaier; Msed for a deeir&ble hushanrl who
The Seattle- Chamber declares
by resolution that the "Ferris bill
Is prohibitive of development.'
That is not true- Congress knows
it is r not true. So ' knowing, Con-
his
While Mr s Root was dellverlne dtesnlt n,i Uq,or OT ?baCf "J? Ureas " :wlll realize from, the" dec-
..vl , derT.i I who doesn't swear. That Is pftt-lar-tW that the Seattle Chamber
York state convention. Boss Barnes Dut perhap8 lt will make good..
the keynoter.
POKTLANIJ SCHOOLS
OFPICIAI4 CITY HALL .NEWS
laration that the Seattle Chamber
is Ballingerlzed, and with the body
so tagged, its future resolutions
Till have little influence.
There is a great, broad, construe
R
ECOGNITION of the splendid
progress made by Portland'-
Business.
The electrification of the West
pHE JOURNAL prints, today 11 TC v.iTCi .
I the first contribution of city 1XiCl"' lu " ,
' hall news, officially edited disinterested men in those organi
r. .iT,m., h zatlons are trying to do It. They
schools; has been given both I Btnn ThA nHdi f ought not to t be handicapped in
bXMhe VUllu ?f8 u"an Umns a day of officially prepared eif -:tlne eavora . by -the; thlm--of
Education and the National Edu- nws is open to - the commlsslon.1 Merlggera and "kept men" of Big
ai me iaei meeung or me isa- Tho Journal- becaiiM of Mnvnr AI
iionai .aucauon 'Association a re- Wg'charee before tha MlniRtArtut
port of the p.an of ungraded roomlABBncio tlon that Portland nvcn. I Side railroad- to Corvallls is to bo-
iu use m ruruaim was reaa ami pers wee not accurate in their re- &n at once. i ne proaperuy naai
Indorsed by the association This I nnrt of r-itv bail rirr.foi.Hino-n wave Is reaching Oregon. Rail-
plan had since been -recommended J The - JoiimaTu offer hoiin Vnni roads do not make improvements
, to schools throughout America aa-or the use of the commissioners in dul1 times.
- . r nanannS f the at their pleasure. By the use the
umicuii proDiem or caring ior mavor mav mnVn nf th nrlvllo
children who are either sub-normal the nubile 'will have oDoortnnltv to
! tniMHLiiAmiil I . ... . -
.--'-- - imnrn aa rn wnnrnnr er not iia
Tne Portland plan conslirU In I charge against the newsnanera - is
naving one room in a senpol given I true of The Journal.
over,, under the. direction of a
particularly expert teacher. to I The auditorium la rmlldfn
STABBING THE COUNTRY
"EARNED SUCCESS
children whose progress In their I Broadway I street is to be. payed.
studies is cither accelerated or re land now we are told that the Oa
tarded. The number of pupils In I wego cement plant Is to begin op-
sucn. a room is limited to fifteen I eratlons in April. The spell -Is
and each child, under special di-1 broken.
; rection, can' go as fast or as slow
Id till mar iallttf .im tin
ncation haa siven . recotmltlon to
schools v, in - several .departments.
6Udes showing what cu be done in
numiDgmuquB Jtu ciuw, lull were
UKen as v. mooois from . Portland
HE La Fellette seamen's bill is
a long step toward naval pre
paredness It Is difficult to
understand how anybody who
wishes to see the country properly
defended can oppose it. r We need
American Eeamen to man' the 6hips
of war just as we. need American
soldiers . to sorve - In' the J army.
Ships without adequate : equipment
of loyal and intelligent men are oH
no use for defense or. attack. Ships
manned by those whose loyalty be-
HERE Is , refreshment In read-1 longs first to another flag or no
lag the story of the rise of flag; are but a flimsy dependence
t the Portland Stove Works. I In time of peril.
fr owned : by John Montag; It I The Chamber of commerce
appears' on this. page. ' I should bear these considerations m
The enterprise was launched. 36 J mind, when it votes: upon the sea-
years ago. ; It was very small be-1 men'a bill. ? Jo be aure the refer-
glnning.- The entire . force com-1 endum will not decide the fate of
cardens, are sent out by the gov
'eminentto nfl nartar r 'tba,' rnr,i.
trv. Portland irhnni- rrB. .v- prised the , two proprietors and one this greal measure of naUonal de-
; ftr.i . ihlred man. r : Ifense but it; may have some ln-
' At tne National Edneatlon Assn. I .v "ij. i .i-.-. t
elation exWbit at th the estaWlshment above i petty considerations of d
Ciflc ExposlUon. the ; Portland v ,?? u 1B m,OTea Ior 'arB w" T""1,
scnooi exhibit was singled out aa
one of , the best Xrom , any city In
the country, and the school child
ren of. Oakland and San Francisco
The United States Bureau of Im-
; ward with the developing cora-1 before they .; cast their rvotes.' -Men
munity,; and; today; it i haa a pay-1 who .prefer the" welfare of their
roll of more than $50,000 a year. I country to the Interests cf greedy
Its success was accomplished by I monopolists , should beware of vot
no over-capitalization of resources. I ing without full information.
It Issued no inflated securities. It I ; By the '. conditions which existed
irSio;
.ii"t, i .71 . I domain, resorted to none of the I bill, was passed , American sailors
pi.t, aft vV . " " I nanal schemes of promotion, soma were driven from tho seas. ? There
tlon or wMctt get "s devotees into Jan. was so much petty tyranny to be
won or foreign Dora citizens.,.. 1 bo. c-nwn i.. t ---j v
Both xne university of Oregon eirit: -ThA nariT. -.nhl.u.v .A irinirxrir tbo
and the Oregon .Agricultural Col- their activity in the : old fashioned sacrifice of self respect, bo : eom-
. Z . Vv 7 voprt.a way of giving a dollar's worth of plete that no American would sub-
students that come to them are value for every dollar received. By mltto it unless driven by; want or
products of the Portland public frugality, endeavor and persever- degraled by vicer ;
Portland Is beating the world's I structure that' is a" monnment. tn Ka tb rwrniiinr trronnd Ttor the
record- in th.e -high' percentage of true business principles . and true navy. . -
pup!lsvgoing into high school out business' endeavor. . They have But rwe drove Americana off our
of the grades. The average the proven that the good old rules of merchant ships and put the lowest
country; over as given in tb.e last an honest .business are sound rules type of unnaturalized ' aliens In
government census was 25 per cent, and that success can be worked out their places. Hence the navy had
ia Portland; according to actual through ; their application, - no resources to draw upon except
figures, the percentage of- children ; It Is a delightful atory of busf- chance enlistments of unskilled
who graduated from the grammar ness adventure. It; is; regrettable men; ; The able seaman with af-
grades last June and entered high that such . a business should bavo fection for America had Just, about
tc! ool in the fall was 68. ' a handicaD;: That handlcan ta tn nniahi nh. th. t viidta wii
That the grade schools hold 4he I the proneness of people to thinvlwaa naRad. One of if irnmdiatn
pupUs well throughout the grades J better proTucU are. the products! effects will be to restore thia noble
T -WOULD be one of th best things
that could happen to all parties If
there would be a procession of all
Portland . stove buyers I through the
foundry, finishing rooms' . and nickla
plating" department of the. Portland j
Stove .works. 626 Hood street, .
Such j an "excursion"? would . open
ths eyes of the people, as well aa
percolate J through . their 5 brains ,the
fact- that Portland -possesses a rwl
stove factory, and , not a diminutive
one. at that. V-;. ':
..Thirty-six years ago,' or thereabout,
this enterprise was established oy
Montag & Cleave.. Mr. Cleave died a
few years ago," and the; industry is
now ths . property - of John Montag.
present ' United States marshal for
Oregon. - Kalptt Montag-, . nephew of
the owner, is its manager, and ha is
"a live wire" every minute. . So Is
his brother,, John Jr., his very .active
assistant."''-' -''."-
HAS HAD HEAtTHT GROWTH
. When "born" the Portland Stove
work employed a "force" of thre
men on beside tire own era." Ai
the proprietors worked for nothing
and oarded themselves its " payroll
was 13 -a day.
Korty-f lv men. apart from the
office force, are employed there now,
and the payroll is 11000 a week.
It has an output of I140-.000 a
year. x' . 'S -.. .
Its ; buildings cover half a . block
of ground, and because Its
cannot get . additional lots adjoining
his present location he has bought
an .acre in the north parts, of the
city, in the locality known as Guild's
Lake, and .will, thia year erect' new
structures for th accommodation cf
the Industry.
Forty . patterns of rang-ea and
heating stoves are made, and the
concern la just, now beginning the
building- of a combination gaa . coal
lions "" ar now . sent east to : mak
prosperous a . region having no v com
mon in teres t-with us.
- "Tbls is not good ; business." i
i Tns 'Portland .'.Stovs : works Is not
ohly a credit to Mr. Montag end his
helpers, but to Portland also, It is
ob of our .substantial Industries.
' Mr, , Montag says" that tha ' com
pany's business for 191,5 was many
f thousand dollars greater than in 1914,
and that 1916 opens up better than
any of, th last several years. . H ex
pects this - will be a record ; breaker
In the stov works business. . He
ports - from the concern's traveling
men indlcat this.
Letters From the People
-(Commonlcations teat -to The Journal for
publication in thia department abould be writ.
ten on only one aids of tb paper. hould n-t
e&ceed 800 words la lengtb and mnat be ac
con-penled 'by the name and addre of tnt
seeder. If the writer doea not desire to bto
the nanus published, he abould so state. 1
' 'Dlaeosalon Is th area test of all. reformer.
It rationalize erery thins it toucbe. .It rob
prlncipes of all falao sanctity and throws them
back on their reasonableness. If they have no
reasonableness. It ruthlessly crushes them oot
of ezistenc and seta up its own conclusions
ib their atesd." Woodpow Wilaon. f.
"Radicals" and the Supreme Court.
-Portland, Feb. 11. To the Editor of
The Journal The Oregonlan ha an
editorial bewailing th appointment of
Louts D. Brandeis, wherein It by In
nuendo' attacks The Journal's favor
able 'comment on the appointment, aa
favoring a radical and Socialist, and
unctuously inquires what possibl need
the supreme court would have for the
leaven- of a radical" like Mr. Bran
deis. ' . - ." 'v
This is to b expected from the or
ran of special prlvil eg, which can seo
! no wrong to th many cases wnerein
" i . . . r .
inis. court nu assuuieu ictismuiv
power in reading into the laws passed
by congress words ' not found tnerein.
changing the meaning, as in the fa
mous "undue" inserted in th. Standard
Oil case.
The far-sighted Jefferson sold:
"you seem t? consider the Judges as
the ultimate arottera or air constitu
tional questions; a very dangerous doc
trine, and one which would, place us
under the - despotism, of Oligarcny,
They have, with others th same pas-
ior" power,: ana tne
PERTINENT COMMENT yND NEWS IN BRIEF
, SMALL CHANGIt
" Sign of spring; Roseburg is getting
nsujr ior im sirawuerry canuviu. i
-Kitchener la not-going to Egypt after
all. Egypt already haa a sptuax. , v.
Britain Is to borrow morelmoney.
John Bull's attitude. Ilk that of other
belUgerenta, Is rather touching.
,-' "--if-------- t. - -
Missouri Is much Interested In - a
win colored coat being shown at- Bt.
louja. Yes, It la for "full" dress oo
caalona. Chicken-pi suppers,'" rapped at the
laymen's convention, should not b
scoffed at.- The critic should confln
their remarks - to .chicken-pi Qbxfs
tian. . ; ,
Mr. Taft says baseball has aided
largely in civilising th Filipinos. If
so. it must bo a -different brand of
baseball from that paayed in. the- United
biaiea.
a? '
Commissioner Wells', warning against
aan ll-A inan aa M rmm, nsv am t a- K Anlis
V'SS.a(r S412. VCa JH V WW I
that Insurance wortK iiavfng cancot bi
secured forjittla or nothing.
- Judge Oatens In" denying a divorce
laid down tb rule that a woman horn
wrecker need not look to th law for
assistance when her horn is wrecked.
Retributive Justice, so to speak, v
Now that the assessors have talked
lt all over at Salem, let them, get busy
and establish a closer relation between
what the speculator asks for his hold
ings and what h la required , to -pay
taxes on..
OREGON SIDULIG UTS
The Statesman reports that "som of
in vacant houses in walem ar tuiin
.
.. Kew peool.' say th - East Or
gonlan, "keep coming to Pendleton; let
som on get busy and build som mora
nouses. v ' -
' Medford' nolle authorities hav de
terminer henceforth to : enforce the
enactments against . automobiliata
passing street care that ar discbarg
ing or taaing onjpassengers.
"In ; soit of the snow' sava tha
Roseburg Review, "th grass kept on
trrowina and th feed on the ranges
is reported to b as good in this vl
clnitv as. If thr had been -na snow
at aw." , . , -i .
1 The Woman's Work dub. an auxll
lary of Crowfoot grange,: Is praised
ruioriauy oy in Moanon xprsa as
fx Uv organisation that Is sure to
bring .fine returns in that neighbor
hood. "When a group of women meet
every, two weeks to consiaer wsvs to
be or service to tnelr community.'
say tn juxpress, -much good will re
sult.- . .
- a - i-
Jaxrrc Bernard of Lakevlew' haa In
vented . a mechanically propUd sled,
described In th Examiner as follows:
"He bad arranged a sort -of toboggan
and mounted -his motorcycl on It.
Th front wheel of the machine was
off the around while th rear wheel
extended through the hoi In the to
toggan and rested on th ground.' Jim
was able to make . rather good time
nn it -
WISE; LEGISLATION
Aion for TJartv.
and wood rang, which is declared tl ;rn;Vf a good Judge
superior to tu y luing now tia un;t0 extend , hi? jurisaicuou. ana ineir
market. It Is said 'to contain many i power is th more dangerous as they
improvement, over other ranges, and r XZiZZSyi
Is expected, to, open the eyes of' th d.-.m.it Indisoensabl -to th contlnu-
people to th fact that Portland ance of this government -that they
nrodufcea th best all around com-' should be subjected to some practical
bination range manufactured In the
United States. .
' ABREAST OF ' THE TIMES
"W believe w have found some
thing considerably better thani the
and Imnartiat control."
The famous Dred Scott decision of
1857 decreed that1 Scott, being a slave,
was not entitled' to bring an -action In
a United States court-and that con
gress could not depriv a Slav owner
of his property. It required the Civil
ordinary,' John . Montag Jr.; "told Thfr' war to Teversa this decision, but as th
Journal. WW all understand that
this Is. an ags of improvement in
many - things, . and especially - in
stoves. -" The shapes and styles are
preme court because It was the ally of
slavery, th money power and th Om-
gonlan stand by .It today because It is
the ally of special privilege and cap-
constantly changing, always with one D- rin4. Cleveland , second addlnlsl
ena m yiew a oetier article ror ino
same or less price. To keep, abreast
of the times this must of necessity ba.
To court failure . would b to Ignore
this necessity, so , we are as alert
as any similar concern In thls; coun
try in th matter of producing some
thing as mudb better than any of-our
previous makes of stoves as It is
tratioh Judge Shiraa. nullified the in
come tax law, saving uncounted mil
lions to the propertied class of Amer
ica, thus laying additional and griev
ous 'burdens upon some 75,000,000 Cf
plain people. The Income tax law had
been passed by both houses and signed
by th . president, but - Judg Bhiras-
malA 'XTyv mrt that m-wsAA ft ' -'
"In 1915 th court decreed In- th
Adair case that a law passed prohiD
possible to do. Our. new rang ought ' 1
at least, to create something of a t was unconstitutional. .Kansas has. this
Sensation. .W know it to be th j law, but a switchman was discharged
acme of perfection.' W f eel sure U 1 L.iTf'f - T k IrT "
... , . . . - . J Switchmen's union,-and the-Kansas
will mak a ptm .. for Portland as state supreme court' upheld th law as
well a" for ourselves. Any kind of . constitutional, but the United States
fuel may be burned in It, and not one coo.rt cJar'a !aw void and a de-
.. , . . - jnial of . th right of prlvat property.
Its equal will b sold for less. 1 Many more casaa ouM K ita Zl
The Powers Furniture company Is those Interested ar referred to Qua,
our exclusive agent In-this city, Wj
do not ourselves sell at retail. W
ship,.; however, -to ; all "parts f of . the
coast Oregon, ; Washington, . Idaho,
California. Utah and - Alaska.--' Com
From the Medford Mall Tribune.
A statewide conference on irrigation;
drainage and rural credits authorized
by th last session 'of the Oregon ir
rigation congress will be held at Port-,
land next month. Tb object of the
conferenc is to draft a constitutional
amendment - providing state guaranty
of principal and interest of Irrigation
and district drainage bonds, and for
legislation to secure a state system of
rural credits. -r, ' '
Th conference will b composed or
representative of th stat grange,
farmers" organisations, , Federation - of
Labor, th various railroads and pub
He servfc corporatioua, commercial
clubs, development leagues, Ipress asso
ciations, irrigation and drainage asso
ciations, the governor, legislators, stat
bankers, and delegates appointea oy
tha eovernor. its aim' being to mak it
representatlv of th varid interests
of th- atat,', " "- - 7;.-
Oregon must get behind the develop
ment of her resources, if they are to be
developed in tha present generation,
and legislation necessary, to us the
credit of th state In such develop
ment roust b passed upon by th peo
ple to b enacted and the coming elec
tion Offers the opportunity.
Th subject Is on of vital concern
to all portions of the state, especially
... . . . . i
IBB . unueveiupea ' central - aiiu ibu
arid regions, but it Is no less Import
ant to the development of th- Rogue
river valley, as It offers th solution
of our irrigation problems. .
There Is do reason why stat credit
should not b loaned to th various
districts, thereby enabling th. f inane
Ing of development projects. Backed
by the credit of th stat, lt become
an easy matter to finance needed pro
jects from which capital runs away.
A few years ago such a suggestion
as state guarantee would, have been
labelled. "unsound" by bankers and de
cried as socialistic but what is gov
eminent for if not for the benefit of
th governed? The atandpatter may
still believe that government la - for
the exploitation of the mass for th
benefit of the few, but th progress
of the people is.leaving him far behind.
; If rational - and fair legislation Is
offered by the conferenc th , people
will, lose no time In Its adoption, for
all realise that Oregon must "fly with
her own wings" ft th stat is to de
velop as she should.
only In th Ut .society of our large
cities, but also in the small places and
at social functions of lea prominence
than the on mentioned. This fault Is
found among men as well as women,
and sometimes occurs even in -church.
It is not to b wondered at that we
Arm called an ill-mannered nation by
other, naaonalities. Would that.w
all could b taught th lesson that
th act of this violinist teaches.
A READER, -.
Birth Control. .
.Portland, Or Feb. 7. To. the Editor
of The Journal Sine laws arsup
posedly enacted for th generaT good
of th people, why mak it an of fans
to " clrculat information wowcuy m
married public can limit th number
of their offspring, as their means and
wishes dictate? And sine we hav th
unooived nroblem of ever Increasing
unemployment, it is evident we can
not find sufficient work for those b-
Ings" who are already on Bwwtr
Then-whv encotrrage to oiimi-w
of -Increase and multiply," more par
i.iriv ainc th burden falls on the
poorer classes, as th wealthy and a
few not in this class ar able to buy
or accidentally acquire, v respectively.
the information aeweo oy
w Is it Just to give a large number of
parents no alternative but to , mak
their youngsters commence to earn a
livelihood when, tney , ar -.
and when we know full
well they should be enjoying tnelr-J
young lives in some oeaiiny
tava TLf vri TTlof x o...
- t a v j v. Dupreuic
court. ' WJU18 HONSTEIN.
.Mr.tUnd's Rebnke. " '
- Portland. Feb. .16. To the Editor of
Th Journal. All hail , to' Waldemar
petent Judges tell us that th Pow-.- Lino. Doubtlss h Is descended from
era - peopl hav " a. " display In : th
store's stov department ' superior to
anything In San Francisco. W" be
lieve this for the reason that our es
tablishment Is provided with the very
on Of the old, vikings, for 'Waldemar
Is a. very brave man.
- Mr. Llnd is an expert' violinist,' and
coosentea- to- piay at a tea given by
th -Visiting Ifurse association at the
parlors of: the Portland hotel. While
. .. . .1. . ... I respviiuiBg . to : an - en cor tne Oln or
latest and best appliances possible- to convarsatlon between the gue.ts
procure in tne matter oi xinisnmgs. t orowned out the : note of hi violin
Ourtplating 'department is. "one of land Mr. Llnd. bravely and very prop-
th best equipped' In" th world, :1m
probabl as this may appear. It is
not th largest,but its --ppliancei
ilM-tl ; wftht hilt An. :nil In
view, that of . perfection,' a,nd, thls has
been attained. I S...L. .' '.' . -
MATERIAL COMES : HIGH m -
"Yes, there has .been ,-a big It
rly," stopped in the middle of the DlecaJ
ana lert tne .room. - .".;-: '.-..,
: The writer Is not ' a mulstcian or a
public speaker, -so no personal pique
enters into the case '.but he is moved
-to write and commend Mr. Lind'g ac
tion uecause in is tning is so-very com-
man : here in Portland. -' I it peculiar
to Portland ? Perhaps not. for recently
at .a meeting . or a certain "state" o-
in. tnt cost ox material - nr v''J ; ; nuns nu.a uuserveu.
whlch.stove. ar made.: W buy most : "
of ur pig v iron cok In Scotland, tabtes could not' even moderate their
bringing .It -her as - ship's" ballast, laughter and talk long enough to per
therefor at low rates of freight mlh th restof the company to. hear
beginning. of the war pig' lnTV
Iron cost us, $18 a ton: it bow cost looked" for here. In this beautiful aet-
26. Coke cost uat10 a tpn. , It is ting , of mountain, river and forests? -
now 114. Nickel also is ud. and" ur-utiui i. uuwaiuj.
isinglass, too, though, of course. th'
Is not of great lmportanc.. And still
w . hav not Increased tho price of
stoves or. ranges. Our profits are
kntertaiuers and Manners. .
Merlin. Or, Feb. 16. To the Editor
of The Journal I have Just 'read of a
violinist who became so annoyed- and
small., but - w hav thought" that th . dlaerusted at th chatter a goung, on
war would not be of great duration
and we would stand the losa."5
"Tea, w have to meet eastern com
petition." All western manufacturers
hav this to do. but th most painful
part - of it all . is that tour - own . peopl
for som reason - Imagine eastern ar
superior to western products. " . Of
cours ther is not an atom of . fact
party of ladies at an afternoon, tea tirat
he stopped playing and tucked his vio
lin under his arm and walked out. -' .
' The first s thing to ba noted about
this occurrence is the III manners of
a company who VwIlT insist n talking
while they are being, entertained either
by mude or otherwise, and second the
grit of this man who reproved his au-i
Tho Flag and National Hymn..
t n... irbi 11. To the Editor of
The Journal Our country, the United
.ik 1 naaeeful- and believes
in humanity, respect and honor, should
be mort honored oy in pupi
United Stat. Do w now up w
i nr th riaa as much as Germany
and some of tho other countries? Do
w .ll tak our sat o wua w
th flag ro r ? w do not. -
n,., national hymn, which I plyd
ith tr tims and in many ether ways.
a,.. Anr't rvanect as w should.' Our
patriotic cltlsens. when they. heartb
first note oi mi or di"sii
ner,Vrise to their feet-a w all
.hmiM do. but In a few jninute It is
played' in with, rag tlm. Tb uopat.
riotic citizen who are not standing
t.ii us to sit down. Should, ws hav
Ma?
nr. .11 ,hU ta honor resoCt
Vnd love our flag.; and th national
hymn, as much as tney ao in uermany.
Th ouestion Is, why don't w? Th
reason is that we . are not trained - to
it a much as we should be.
Let us all begin to train our yonug
folks as soon as they start to school.
If w are going to Increase our army
and navy, let us increase our patriotic
fervor also. HARKi oixxyri jk.
; The Case of Convict Clark; '
'- Stevenson. Wash, Fehe 12. To tb
Editor of Th Journal Will you pleas
let the working people know if Clark,
who escaped from tb ' Salem peniten
tiary, was captured m .Albany, or mas
kmm a-aacutcd b Policeman Long. If
h his been captured, why did Withy
comb offer a reward January. SO, rnita
withdraw the reward January 21, mak
ing it good only to Marches? Please
give th correct new aboutisucb. .hap
penings, as working peopl many ;of
as hungry ' cold and suffering wish
to know th fat of weak popl ;who
fall to resist temptation wnen nungry.
. ' A CITIZEN.
lThr ba been no news of Clark
since th hour of hi escap from tb
penitentiary.- Ills disappearance was
complete. -" . - '
Advocates ' 64 O-Acre Homestead.
Woodburn. Or ' Feb, g To Jth
Editor ' "of The Journal Representa
tives of - tha National ' Wool : Growers'
nrlatlon recent lv appeared before
the senate public lands committee to
present th passage -r or r . to ser
iously cripple, th C40-acr homestoad
bill. '.---
I anv on of many that have a so
called "enlarged hometead" within
th graxing area of tb. west From
actual experience I know, tha attitude
of sheepmen, - toward- ? homesteaders.
Nvr hav they don a. thing to en
courage - the struggling' - bomesteaders,
or the settling trp of the public domain.
As" parasites they have been using
I government lands for years. Outside
dienca in such an effectual wa v.
Mannar of this kind ax found not I of th forst rerv,,thy pay noth
ing for th use of such lands..'. Their
sheep graze right - up to th hom
ateader' door, leaving no feed for th
settler's few bead of horses and cat
tie. . "! -;-ffw---1-.'-p ;. r
This 640-acr homestead bill, as
passed by the bouse of representatives,
would mak possible the development
of a large area ' of land that under
present laws must remain open graz
ing land for big stockmen, 'V All - west
era states would- b much benefited by
a liberal 640-acr homestead -law, to
apply to that great area, known as
"grazing lands." - -1
Our agricultural resources In the
west- ar far from being fully- devel
oped. - Our .cities ar crowded .with
population. - Lt us encourage popl
to settl on "these vacant lands, by
working fov liberal' homescaad laws; .
Commercial i bodies of all western
states should-work for the passage of
tn 6 "0-acre homestead- bill. Such
law would-result tn tb establishment
of thousands of thrifty homes.-' -THEODORE
FORCIERJ
- - - ' ' 'J ... . -4 V 1 ,
eTho Tumalo loJect"-i4
Portland. Feb, S. To tb Editor f
Tha Journal Kmdly tell m whether
th Tumalo irrigation, dam or reser
voir was finished, and whether It filled
and held water? Ther was som ques
tion whether the bottom would ' sold
water, - on account - of sand, gravel or
lav, formation. Pleas tell roe also
Just where and what this Tumalo prop
osltion is?' CONSTANT" READER.
ITh Tumalo Irrigation project-- in
Crook County, Orv west of - thS Tes-
cnutes river, and the nearest railroad
station is Deschutes., The project was ft
nanced by a stat appropriation of $450,
ooo, and it has been completed. ' When
water was turned into th storag
reservoir, howcrsr, it was found that
ther wr places in th floor of th res
ervoir, through which th water seDd.
The crack ar being filled UP and th
project manager reports that th
reservoir will be In condition to hold
water In th near future. Som of th
land in th project la now being Irri
gated. For detailed and exact Infor
mation touching on present conditions.
writ Fred N. Wallace, project man
ager, 'jumaio, crook county, Or.j
Why Not Manufactories? -
Portland, Feb. 16. To th Editor nt
The- Journal I" see through your
columns a Mrs. A. O, Lewis speaks
"or home Industry. Sha certainly
speaks th truth. I can not see why
they don't .build factories here some
thing for peopl to do. I am from
Michigan, . I cam from - Detroit,1 a
wonderful factory city. ; What would
It do without manufacturing? What
can Portland do without manufactur
ing? I came here, to a healthful
city, expecting to find a position, but
find It Impossible, I say. start mm-i
ufacturlng; get employment for every,
one. . MRS. L. GREEN.
. In Reply to "31. ,W."
Portland. Feb. 16. To th Editor of
Th Journal On perusal of a com
munication in your iesu of February
14 arrent oirtn control and iaigned "M.
W. I . would aaggest that in th crit
icism of th antagonist of birth- con
trol the "sho Is on ; th other- foot."
"Qui caper potest capiat. - .
-- ' - : - NON KICKER.'
Responsibility ' for Halllnger.
Rep'rintlng.an editorial from Tb Or.
gon Journal concerning Mr. Ballinger
recent address bef or th Portland
Progressive Business Men's clan, th
Jefferson, Iowa, Be ssiy:
While, doubtless, the Taft admin-
Istratlon had. much to bear in this
man . Bauinger, atlll it -wants to b
carefully remembered that Roosevelt,
not Taft. found Mr. Balllnger. Roose
velt picked ' Balllnger up som. thre
years after he started on his seven
yearslor' administration, and placed
him ln a prominent position In the in
terior department. Taffs great blun
der was keeping Roosevelt appointees
in orrice as be did Balllnger, whom he
merely transferred from one plac to
another In du cours of official busi
ness. lf Roosevelt had not stuek Bal
llnger Into th office in the first place,
lt Is probabl Taft never, would hav
heard of him, much less -nav been
severely v censured and blamed for
Balllnger unpatriotic moves. Taft
was , poor Judg of men, but Roose
velt wa worse, and Taft and evry-
booy. eise, can cnarg th , Bellinger
misfit-up to Teddy, who is entitled to
th chief blame.
Spring at Macksburg.
from Mscksburg Oorresixmdenc to the Au
. v ' - Observer. . ; . .
-Th trees and the early flowers
Putting forth their buds and the i
denlng fever haa taken possesion
us all. Lveryon. 1 anxious to be
work with plow and harrow, spade ;
bo. - '
- Indeed for all the commlatra'
th Man with the Hoe gets in thin
gion th distinguished author of t
tumntis Una. ml.k, . ,
- ' k mm well (lAV t
Til Ulent wrapped In a napkln-
oeiter nave given it some more
thetlc object. Millet's picture
Gleaners' which is said to have
spired tb aforesaid veraea ao
from awakening our pity makes
envy people whose soil Is dry enot
to work. W delight in th ho ano
every osher farm Implement assoi
ated. as lt la, with the music of
Wild Sonor-blrd mil tha r,1nlanr
newly plowed soli. - ;
' Our nltV la frt t hna. ouhn
prived of th Joy of out-of-door 1
ox - - in . wnoiesom hunger, and f
sound alann It hrinffa alnmr whM. :
not see th upsprlnging of new- v
tation or receive tb recompense f
their labor from . Mother Nature, 1
self; who know "not what it is to I
out in tne corn, wnere drowsy pori
neiA. wli.r. Ill thnn.ht. Aim mA
ar born out in th fields with Gt
THS W0VSES Of THI BTAE8.
By Jack Borroucha, in Saa rrandaco Bull
(Director Campbell of Uek Obaerratory, j
noaneaa the dlMcovary of a couple mora m '
m. iinas oatwern a Koisr system ana a I
verse, r svuiethlog of th sort.)
I wonder who tn thunder Biad th long
- Diouea fkintinMP -
Wblrh reanltad in nnr M,lnlrn arm mrmrm 1
That the systsm which w Uv la, anil,i
. mult Bi,W lu, I
Wis mora than fnat fravnutfitsrv- kit V
Wbara'd we get tlia silly noiloa that a dm
ibid or an ocean 1
- Is biacer than a mole hltl rtr nnildUV I
This telescopic .tople shows our visa la ml-
scopic) . . (
Oe. It's all a hopeless, mjsUfylog mud
To think that Mara and Veoua and the a
- eias oetwaea as i
' Ar Just a llttlehumb nail sketch la
That a comet' bur a comma, and th moo
tha storia send s mamma - .
nerlod rhst hardlv hsa a Distal
I've a haunting, vsgu suspicion that th
aorldasd edition
With successions of unnumbered sphera
rlfe: .-' - I
That we're Jnst an incidental la the vol
monumaiitsl
That un thumbed tons, th wondrous Bok
. Ufe. . - I
OnrVratl and tiny bodies: th UtU gol
soaoiea -
Wa kneel before la V or ta tie's ium i
fame's;
Tb silly trlUulatlon of babies, eats and :
. tlona,
Th kaiser. mi and 1. and Tlr-nry James
A speek Inflnltesltna, a eirrnlstlng decimal
Are ineso a truiumtu portion ot tne w ti
Tat, here's the' wonder of it around and
. swt a -Bhlnea
tb greatness of each aloglt bui
-,. soul. ,.- - . ,. - .
But, Jnst Bappos, 0ntl T. Z.
Tnst it Kan n watarbury, conn
Sir: See by the papers that Inli.
Rants of Waterproof. Miss.,' fled)
fear, of a flood. What's In a na
anyway? T. I. U.
: lv ; .-. m.-t- ' - '.-,'. ..'.. -I
Alt THE BBAUTITtrt STHTIWrT
01 THE W0BLD WEI0H tJ THAN f
BIBOLX LOVLY ACTION. JLOWi.1.
Nevertheless.
Albert Toaier contributes
to Creditors" clipped - front
county paper.
"Not
Bent
It Is signed by Jwerk U. Iwerki
"W1L why not, if you'll let him?
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