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THE OREGON : DAILY JOURNAL. POETLAIID. MONDAY , FEBRUARY 21. 1910. a THE JOURNAL AX INDEPENDENT VEWIFAPEB J. M. JACKSON ... Punllabef -VbUhrd erery 47, afternoon end , morning . (eicept Sanda? afternoon), at Tb Journal Hulldinsv Broadway u4 XtmUll sts-, i'ort- entered a th postoffice at lnrtlan.l, 0r lor transmission tbsengb . tha . jBaiU aa Moa4 can nunt, - aJtUCfHONES Mai WSj Horse, A-eWHU All - departsoenta reacbed by Ibaaa nawbara. TfU tbe operator what departnjent 70s want... rUKKlGN ADVKUT1S1NQ BEPBEHKNTAT1 V fcenlamln Kentoor Co.. Bruoawlck Bid.. . 24, Fifth Are., New Xork,U14 yeatOe'i " UH oral, bDicaio fcubart ottos: ttm by wall e to say tjrese ia ine unites aiaiaa or anwi -DAILT rUORNINO OB AFTERNOON! Ob rr, ...... ,t3.00 f Ob posts.,.,.. Mf Ob rear....... .$2C0 I On month.... ..$ .28 DAILX (MOBNINO OR AfTEBMOOK) AND Cn mr... IT.SO I Oa month...... f .S America asks nothing for be? self bat what she has a right to ask ijr anmanity itself. woodrow wnvsojr. Tb people will com to their own at ..st God Is not mocked forever, John Hay, i THE RATE DECISION 1 HE action of the Interstate Commerce commission in the "Astoria rate decision' is un expectedly unusual - The f uU text of the decision as published in yesterday's Journal shows that the commission has given official sanction to the very rate structure and system Portland has onnosed for years. -It actually goes the i length, of a practical approval of the rates based on a mountain haul as applying to points located on water grade lines. Astoria complained of dlscrimin atlon against herself as to Puget sound cities. Astoria made no complaint against Portland, and therefore Portland did not inter vene. Yet, without giving Portland an opportunity to be heard the commission has not only passed on Portland's rights, but haa done it la such a way as to handicap if rates based on the water level haul from points in. the interior to Port land or Astoria. So long- as the present order Stands, no . rates based on tha lower cost of hauirdown the Co lumbia can be secured on the rail roads. In other words, in remov ing the discrimination against As toria, the commission has created fnflnltolv VAna 14cvrlmnaHs anil B'j far aa it could, has placed Port land In a position where it receives no benefit whatever from its loca tion. Under the extraordinary find ings, Portland In fact, Is placed In a worse position than the small est station on . the rail lines, be cause the small places have, at least,' the benefit oj distance. - The commission says: We also conclude and find from the record that there ia such a re lationship between Seattle. Taoomf. Astoria and Portland as to require them - to be considered as forming- more or less of a natural rate route with respect to much of the traffic in question. The meaning of this is plain. If. all these ports are on the earns rate route, then they , are, by the finding .of the commission, to-have the same ratea. Therefore, if Portland or other Columbia rlvor points . like Vancouver insist on rates based on the water grade as acalnst the mountain, haul, these; if granted, will, avail us nothing; for, , under this decision, Tacoma and Seattle must have the same rate or it will be discrimination. In other words, the mountain haul will control. How will the people of the Columbia river basin get any benefit from a' decision of this character? It Is almost in the terma of the -contention ef the railroads. Indeed, if the railroads had thought a decision of this kind possible, they would have sought it years ago. The extraordinary finding in it self furnishes a reason for aggres cive action not only in Portland but In . the entire Columbia ' river basin.- It la a finding that must be opposed unless the people of the region are willing to forever aban don all the benefit of natural ad vantages.1 -r . " A newly. . designated actor In road building is "speed' weight." The rate of speed at which com modities of . given weights can be carried-over a road has a definite relation - to . the value of a road to a community. . " , TEACHER AND TEXTBOOK i HE tendency with some of our 1- less v progressiva school au thorities Is to put the text book In tha - teacher's place. Their dispositionals to divide 'the textbook- into ..portions, ' sa much for each year, each f month, each day, each, lesson, regardless of the teacher's gifts and the pupil's cs i acity. , This .cast iron system .has aveloped , a , sort of .textbook" Idol- : try. . The? teacher must teaoh thing not contained within." the v.cred tome. If he ventures tb.jc cutaldV Its . consecrated . lids he ia liable to, Jose hit position... He en- dangora . the . smooth progress - of the educational Juggernaut.. The ugly Idol may crush the children' under Its wheels but nothing must block U.CQure.- '. The recent .forced resignation of teacher 'nder charges of "going outside ' the v prescribed textbooks illustrates this ' discouraging state of affairs. The gentleman was a teacher of English. In his class work he used current material from periodicals. Mnch of it mar have -been far superior to any or - dinary textbook. It W Ivell known that textbooks ere In no sense literatnre. They r usually written by hacks for petty remuneration, and often by grossly Ignorant hacks. It is a gross blunder to thrust such books Into the teacher's place or to for bid the use of material from other sources. The discarded '. tsaehor whom we. have : mentioned con- tended that neither formal gram-. mar . nor. rhetoric waa a proper; study lot schools of lower grade. In this he was right. These formal studies go properly-with the hlghar mathematics, the calculus and theory oft functions. They merely becloud the minds vf young pupils -who can only assimilate con-1 crete knowledge. The great the- i ortea of language, eloquence and mathematics aye for the most ad-lof vaoced. college classes. The ai- surdity of trying to toach them o young pqplls in the lower grades would be laughable if it were not so tragically wasteful. One of the ,fads" taught In the Portland schools is sewing real sawing. This year the children have made, for themselves or their sisters.. 30,000 garments. Tney make them under competent teach-1 era. All their lives they will take more pleasure in sewing Decause , tney learnea to ao it in tne proper way. Sewing is an art. MR. STORY C ORPORATION LAWYER STORY of Boston is oppos ing Mr. Brandels. Naturally. Mr. Story is full of the idea of social caste, Boston, more than any other spot on the continent, is a first-family town. It draws' lines Of distinction between what It thinks superior beings and what it thinks inferior beings. Boston dragged William Lloyd I Garrison through Its streets be-1 cause he protested against slavery, and that, after Boston herself in-; augurated and profited heavily ! from the slave trade. Boston set , her mark of approval on an al-: leged dividing line between high brows and low .persons In her wan-! wants to till the land he must usu ton treatment of the fugitive slave, j ally become a tenant. He can not Burns,, " I Mr. Brandels was a social and ; business lion in Boston so long as he wa a highly successful corpora- tion. attorney. .But when be began to have thoughts of human rights and to show doubts as to the ius- i tlce of the first-family Idea,' his pop ularity began to wane. No sooner did he make bis first fight against entrenched privilege on the plea that tho people were not fairly ! treated, than the smiles and fawn- ings . in the Baok Bay palaces and mansions were withdrawn. It waa the height of impudence for a stripling lawyer to thus question the privileges and supe-.do rxoriiy OI me Boston aristocracy. it, was treason iQ me nrst iammes ?Ua"n the 8UPefior f; i,ub uua.jr over ue ww nera. ,UUU6 cluuW lor-jby ward with his work, and for 30 1 5f U? theisht; Mr. Story, author of a life of Ebenezer Hoar of Boston's ex- Sffti:11 the time on the other side of the con- tTOJ?I: t He ,0w8 Wllh cntmM anil itarltinn' 1ai mi i V TXr.lr'Z ,rzZA;-:; ttXttr.r - vvaw evMj; w-. ,MUvuuutjGi it OBld.l:hjsvet-read VA' few men aro created 'ual, fcnd ail the rest are low persons.-? "V . That'i. why-:Mrw Story opposes Mr.i 'BrarfdelS. Mr. Brandels is to be loved for. -the enemies he has made anji for- tho manner of their making. ' Tlei'r opposition is his best credential for- confirmation and a monument to his under standing Of American institutions. When some of our - statesmen characterize the Wilson ' adminis tration as a failure they mean to say that they know some one who could do the Job better but that modesty forbids them to say who it is. PNEUMONIA P NEUMONIA is one of the dis eases which It Is well to think about a little. It kills more people than any other except tuberculosis and heart trouble, and f tfce number of its victims increases year by year in ; proportion to th9 population; In some cities pneu monia accounts for more deaths than tuberculosis. We learn from a, bulletin of the United . States health service ; that it i3 particu larly a ' "cold v weather disease.' The lnfoction Is made more dead ly by "wintry blasts, not because the germs are any moro virulent In winter but because people weak en themselves by indoor life, had air and exposure to. extremes. ' no time of Ufa An exempt from uioiavYSBo vi iueuuiuaut. . it iaya low the vigorous man: in the pride' and to men who have no land but of his years, the octogenarian and 'want to buy. In this respect the the baby In- the cradle. But it la the extremes of life which are most exposed jato -Its dangers.-; Children nd , old people .' dlo most rapidly , from pneumonia. ; I'' ? V As we have Intimated pneumonia Is jl germ disease - aid the germs which may cause it are always ! present in -the mouth and throat people as well as the weakest scarry these germs nbont with them. But ordinarily j they lie dormant.' It is only when the body . has been enfeebled by come other disease that the terrible -work of the pneumonia germs be- gins. -When aome other malady, .Uke the "grippe. baa exhausted f vitality then these secret foes bs icome active In their, lairs. They rapidly multiply, penetrate the lungs' and fill the system with their poison. - Influenza, or the grippe, is the most effective ally of pneumonia, It makes its. way secretly -w thin the fortress of the body and opens the gates to the more deadly en- emy. Clearly therefore, we should all be careful not to spread the Influenza infection. This; may he done by spitting in public places, , by sneezing and coughing la crowds and by using publie towels. Another enemy which opens tha way to pneumonia is worry, 'which 'exhausts one more than work. The best rule to follow for keeping this rapacious destroyer at bay is to avoid all unnecessary exposure, keep the mind at ease, eat plenty nutritious food and keep the feet dry and warm. r Few people seem to understand how necessary this latter precau tion is. , Damp feet endured for an hour or two may bring on that sort of debility which is the pre- hide to Dneumonia and death. It i a good rule to have two or three pairs of shoes in service and change promptly when the least dampness is suspected. If life is as valuable as most of us think it is we should be wllllnr to take some little trouble to preserve it. President Harris of Northwestern university declares that the hyphen ated American is far less danger ous than the local American whoa" sympathies extend no farther than the limits of bis dally walks. RURAL CREDITS A GRICULTURE in the United States has two pressing needs. Tho first is cheap and accessible capital. .The other is markets. For neither of these needs haa any adequate pro- vision been made either by the national government or by the states. Some; states have at least made a beginning 'but none have ene far. we complain a great deal of the growing disease of farm tenancy. But if a poor man raise the capital to buy a farm Denmark makes ample provision for 8Uc!l cases. The government of that progressive country will leDd an honest poor man nine dollars for every one dollar he can raise mmseir if no wishes to In vest It in a farm. This loan Is made directly from the government to the borrower It does not go through any com- plicated set of banks with their delay and expense. It is as If our postal , banks were authorised to lend their deposits on farm mort gages. uan anyDoay mention a valid reason why they should not so? Prance has the best rural credit 8ygtem in the world. It works first through the famous Credit Fonder which, as we aro reminded The Farmers' Open Forum," , wa8 established in 1852. The ! CredIt Ftder offers farmers short i tame loans at 4.3 per cent. The long loans are stiU cheaper and -W-rmi for 75 years, payable in equal. annual installments. The loans are secured by mortgagen on . . J -o-o" v wwcn the Credit Foncier issues 3 per cent m T fr sale to thi public. Th i dentures eedily sought as permanent investments. To supplement: the work of the Credit Foncier, France established in 1899 the Credit Agricole, after whieh the scheme of rural credits now before Congress Is modeled The bads of tho Credit Agricole ia the rural cooperative credit so ciety, to which each member -must contribute at least 20 francs, or four dollars. This provides the basic capital of the Credit Agrl cole. The local credit societies are federated into local banks sim ilar to our federal reserve banks, and these again are federated Into central or regional banks. The capital of these banks is enlarged by loans from thje Bank of France without interest. .The Bank of France loans in this, way five francs for every franc contributed by the local farmers' credit socie ties. The regional banks lend to the local banks and the local hanks to the farmers. Thus by two stem the money from the national treas- ury filters down to the land. The entire system Is known as the uredit Agricole and forms a de partment of the state, The Credit Agricole makes short loans on personal security 'at fivi per cent and less. The long loans may be tor 15 years and draw 2 per cent interest. The Credit Agri cole does not sell debentures. Whatever profit there Is In the loans goes to the government of France, . as It should. It makes no loans on large estates. Its money gees to small farmers who already own land and want to improve it. Credit ' Agricole pursues the same policy aa : the Danish government. Both France and Denmark hare Initiated f hack'to the land movei ment,! but neither country, relies solely upon exhortation and ora- tory to keep it up. - They advance to the rural home maker Bid and comfort In tho form of good, hard cash. The Civil Service Commission, of New York does not believe as Julius Caesar, that obese men make the best officials. It prefers th leas and hungry looking Cas- alqs. Excessive obesity Is defined in Its rules and regulations aa f ol lows; "A condition where the least possible circumference Of the ath domen Is greater than the greatest possible horizontal circumference of the chest." No "full of the door men": aa the Irish say, need apply, NOTHING THE. MATTER WITH PORTLAND ..J'"l..?oy- torr tbat relates te that time, wbteb will eoow to a U whan (U atrl. iaa. is tta-tuod ar eiaawhera, baU be ere Df Saoe with, bat into which the results of triTlns may be protracted in bleaaiiiea to de. peooenU r other loved ones who yet remain in i be aaldst of the tblnrs of time. Her ia arratad in No. 84 of tbo eerie tbe rlae and i .wi; r mvyyvr, w v attainment! i of a Ufa i inauraaee lnatttutloe that distributes SV large Sum Of money .UtU1rUw,tV.rb"rtri among prtntingfflces for necessary JZZZSi11"' Th WU of of me coud Bart U eatabUaabig tbat happy autna.J salaries and eost of println In H15 - ET us step a"wayfrom the manu-iw 7.000. so we vie with some of I featuring industries for a few moments and direct our attention to one of the most signal successes, in a business way, of which the city Of Portland and state of Oregon ever has had record. It is a high class business, too, peculiarly conducted. Its "peculiarity" consists In its utter refusal to do business outside the state of Oregon. If one's home should be sn inch be- yond the confines of reliable old Webfoot, the door of this institution Is dosed to him. He couldn't set a 'nook in If he would come to it with a oar of gold- And It flourishes, notwithstanding. In a book Just published it is shown that of 208 similar enterprises, al 71 aZTs ,r . , " . " their door, to all Amerjca, the one In Portland which confines Itself to its own state, is the most prosperous. FOUXDKp IN 1906. The Oregon Life Insurance company came Into existence in 1908. It wai established by Ij. Samuel, its present manager, now so ably assisted by hta son Clarence.. Feeling that Journal readers would be Interested in a lit tle story of its birth and, subsequent career, the publisher, of this paper di rected an interview with Mr. Samuel. In it the gentleman became somewhat reminiscent, dwelling on his own ex periences in the past 48 years, which he relatvS as follows: "On the fifth day of next Septem ber it will bo 46 years since I landed in Oregon, took off my coat, bung it i on a peg, and made up my mind that j 'There was nothing the matter with ' Portland. It was but a village then, : but the natural, unmatchable. artistic , surroundings charmed my young mind i and caused me to select this as the best place -1 ever had seen in which to make a home, and never for a moment nave i changed my mind or believed that in all. the broad world Publication in tbi department -..110010: m wm . . , ... , ten on only one aide f -the paper, lboold a.n there is a better spot than this. : aoo word in lanctn and moat be ac- 21 BLOCKS BURNED. , "When early one summer morning 32 of our business blocks went up in smoke, and the then struggling vll- lage saw many deserters. I stood among the fir trees which garlanded tne ernoryo city s DiacKenefl aesoia- tion, . still possessed of the inspiring belief that even yet There is noth ing tho matter with Portland. It would require a little mor . patldnc. and a littl harder work to accom- plish things, but to be a worthy cltl- eu I must remain and do my part ; ..a ..k..iuu. .v. -"""' 1 bullding the commonwealth. I am : glad I did my share in these two tasks. ' "In the early days of Oregon I wm, , so to speak, the state's "board of lm- migration.' I establlaned and pub-! llshed the West Shore magasine, the first of the state's publications to 11- lustrate. picture and publish to the world the beauties and advantages ! v t , , i of the state. I even now take Pleas- ur in perusing its files and remind ing myself of my early optimism and strong and repeated declarations that ! . , .t ... 1 There Is nothing " the matter with Portland.' Tbe village of that hour Is th city of this, and I still am of the same opinion. PLANTED It OSES BT THE CURB. "The making of this tho Rose City originated, I believe, when I planted a number of them by the curb at my home. I was advised that vandals would destroy them. Rut they bloomed and flourished and my example was largely copied. This was the begin ning of tbe present profusion of rose blooms, and the seedling from which our delightful Rose Festivals have been grown. I am a firm believer in the Idea! that every successful Oregon enter prise is instrumental in helping all Other Oregon enterprises, the same as successful Oregonlans reflect ' cred it on the state. COMPLIMENTS THE JOURNAL. "And right her I want te say, without disparagement of any Port land newspaper, because each is m. credit to our city, that on of th most marvelous creations we hav la i-wuana is Th Journal, built riant her from the ground up. It cer-1 11 la tlm that we accept God's good uini. . . : ". "d love to us in giving us a prise and push In every department. is an Institution- reflecting credit upon our municipality. - 1 consider that my very best,, and that which will b the most enduring work of my life, is th founding of th Oregon Life Insurance' company. in this, a, , its .ubsecuent success. ; I am glad to share credit with my f son Clarence, aa without his help as well as advice I am confident th undertaking would not hav achieved " the almost Tawaa& t&ri foK wsjcb U la noted both far and near,- Rr our team work Portland aas the di- tlnotion of poasesstng the most sue- . cessf oJ, well veva aii, life in aurano company ia. the United States. It confines it buslass entirely te bealtby. , epldoraiclesa Oregon. Its maaasemsnt coea a step farthor. be living There is nothing- the matter with Oreson.' or Oregon people, and 1 sticking to them like the bark to i a tree. And the company's progress j s matchless. The Alfred M. But I company. hich autborlty en life in j trance, has recently published a book (in which is given the history of 20 life insurance companies established In the United States since HOf, and according to Its statements, no othor i bas approaohed - the suecess of the Oregon lAt e. STT IlAg BEEN MABVELOTJB. "On December tl, last, the Oregon ilvifo had $,09S,8 lnsuranee In fores, , and its ratio of increase is at least 11.900,000 year. Its premium Ic- , . . . com is inoreaslng at the rate ef $30,000 a year There are SI office ; a"ul", 'er' r srs omce attaches and their families dependent . - . . manuiactunng piarns ia helping to' demonstrate the fact that There is nothing1 the matter with Portland. Commissions to salesmen throughout the state also help to bear a part of the people's burdens. And every dollar of our assets is invested in Oregon securities exclusively. We believe in keeping oor money at home, and practice what we preach. EDUCATION NEEDED. "Let me repeat that the success of Oregon Life baa been marvelous. It has been extremely satisfactory, yet It could be better If each cltlsen did but realize the benefits accruing in keeping every dollar at home it is possible to detain here. The head vf every family at least should be Im movably loyal to Oregon institutions. They should have each man's prefer- er.ee, and all should avoid sending I ' nWftv tnr tt n,tlL,nilb ,t money away for that obtainable U home. T-uly 'there is nothing tho matter with Portland, but some of Our good friends ought to nave a few trifles added to their edueation in the one direction of having it ground ed into their hearts that th way to build up -Portland and enhaac their own Interests thereby, is for us buy from one another alL things we can, so that th dollar, w pay" out today may return to us tomorrow. "I thank you. for this opportunity ! of talking to th people of Oregon Life, and of proclaiming once again my conviction that There ia nothing the matter with Portland.' And Mr. Samuel waved hia caller away that he might explain to an other the excellencies of "Oregon Life: The gentleman desired tbpro-i tect his family from possible future distress by a policy in this Oregon Institution. Letters From the People Commnnlratkma wnt to The Jeirtwl tor con-paaled br the .same and addraae e tn eetder. If the writer doea not daalre to " the name published, he ahcrald ao atatf.j "DtacoMlon la the area teat ef an reformer ratinnallaaa aTfrrlhlDtr it touches. It robl touches. It robs I . . ... .1 M . W I ,1 their rfuihitnw. it ther have no ZmT it,""lM is their atead." wooorow winon. Silence in Assemblies. Portland, Feb. 18. To th Editor of TA..Maa 1 A n ATTaV A trt tarl 1 V vim admTnlUn. -lit thTwTmaS learn in silence." came to th writer 'while sitting In the gallery of the Ylt ,TeT,p1?- 1? i? JS?iT days, for it Is difficult to follow a sneaker while an intermittent conver- sation is being carried on near you. It cam to mind again during Dr. Young's instructive lecture on Alaska, woman were fined $1 for each un- necessary remark during that lecture aid th n tumea to tne mission xunas mucn gouu . cuuia us bccuiu- pllshed,' We talk In season and out of season, and th women are not the only guilty ones. We attend church. "?,uma"y ? worship Ood and talk until service begins and oftlmes dur- lng service. . Sometimes a pastor will converse with a visitor during the choir numbers, and then rise to 'T .1,. service rendered, or come late to the akS. . AV Ta. .4. fl a young people's meeting and enter, into conversation while the young presi dent frantically tries to hold th-a audience.- No one means to be unkind, but we certainly are Inconsiderate of the rights of others, and It Is good to see, as we recently hav done, a man brave enough to openly rebuke a thoughtless audience. MAHT.O. HEDLET. The President's Guide. Portland, Feb. 15. To th Editor of Th Journa'- After reading the Ore- gonlan of February If Z feel con strained to remind the Oregonlan's editor that respect, like charity, be gins at home, and judging from - the most disgusting cartoons made of our president at its hands, as well as some of It editorials, ft 1 very plain that not even a grain of self-respect is evident. These things above all things have led foreigners to hold us as a nation. of very small things, and how could they have respect when w are void of .lt ourselves, especial ly some papers which, to all appear ance are our 'spokesmen? President Wilson is a man of God. a sincere Christian. who Is not i ashamed to kneel - before bis Creator ;a, "t, t. w ,? nL" "J?1- tlan blush for sham to do anything else but bold up hi hands to pray. man Ilk our president to lead us. v bo, instead . of bristling up like a bulldog and showing hia teeth. Is using charity to all - Now if Ood " will be for us who can be against us.' -A CHRISTIAN. Patriotism and Tlome. - ' j Scappoose, Or..Feb.-ll. To th Kai- tor of The -JournalWhat- la patriot- TXZSg "5 what it is supposed-to be. But, what ar you going to do: with your patriot Ism when. you haven't,., home. to. de fend and can't "get enough for your ; family to at and wear, and Just 1 PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF ttlAXL CUAGE Alaska's proposed aeroplane mall service, suggests that every dog has bis Was the merchantman carrying T. . . on vacation trip sa armed ves sel on that account? -"". -It would be better sUll if Portland proposed shipbuildlpR plant was get ting ready to build ships tor Portland. Hood. River has only ST.OoO boxes of apples ia storage. . It might be a good Uuag to buy your spring supply early. The Virginia legislature In defeating a dress reform bill wisely decided not to bold a woman accountable for what she does not wear. - To livo la to think." says a Penn sylvania university professor, thus ex plaining why there are so many dead ones cluttering up the landscape- Chief Orey Eagle of the UmatUla reservation, hnntinar for hia vf In Chicago cabarets, alee advertised Ore gon, nut not in justjtne right way, : Portland having annexeoV the Paelfio at f- i Yl ati-tr ata a aK aa inriAiianln tha leavers might begin their spring train ing with a close study of how it was dona. wWSF V Hvva VMWtiyiWMSiuiy. VMV lNw Tork ataa-ad a. oharltv ball which cost 175,000, and tbe proceeds amounted to 110,000. At any rate, a lot of charity was shown in calling it a charity ball. Tha author of "Ttavriua Green and His Flying Machine" has just died. But he lived long enough to learn of thou- anoai ok mriua vareen uutuf av more than tne original even attempted. Senator Stone denlores atteVnnts to make political caoital out of the pres ent trying international complications. "Deplore"r is an entirely Inadequate word for the oroinary American no hampered by "senatorial courtesy." PLENTY. OF POWER From th Spokane Spokesman-Review (Republican). . Undoubtedly the Popl of th Pa cific coast and mountain states would Ilk to see all their Idle water powers 'developed, provided they can find a market, and to hav them developed Just a rapidly as the needs call for hydro-electric power. Better still, de velopment should keep reasonably In advance of consumption, so that there may be always some reserve of unmar keted power. Opponents ef national conservation the Interest that want the United States government to turn over its power sites on the publie domain to private ownership and tbat ar fight ing th principle of 50-year leases as embodied In th administration's Fer ris bill hav systematically and adroitly misled many minds into a be lief that if these power sites ar not turned over to private ownership for private exploitation twe evils will fol low: First, that ther will be no water power development or insufficient de velopment. In these western states, and that the people and tha Industrie ef thes states will suffer a loss or some of their rights aa compared with the older states where th water powers hav been allowed to slip away from publto ownership- As th resolutions adopted last September phrased it. "this - policy (tho policy Inaugurated by r the Roosevelt administration and now rperpetuated ' by the Wilson administration) does an Injustice to the new states by placing trem on an unequal footing with: the original states, and by discouraging and pre venting the settlement of such new states and the development of their resources." . Second, that if title te water powers Is retained', by the government, the western states will lose taxes that otherwise would be paid by private owners. . w- Both these contentions were crush lngly refuted at the Portland confer ence by Senator Chamberlain of Ore gon. Senator Walsh of Montana, and O. C Merrill, chief engineer of the forest service. Mr. Merrill showed that ther has been more water power development in tbe west in the past 2$ years that there has been in th east in th past 100 years. "Not only that," a Senator Cham berlain told the Portland conference, "he further shows that even under the law" as it stands now, which vests in tne secretary of th Interior almost autocratic power with reference to re vocation of permits for power develop ment, ther have been many permits issued and great development bad. Of the 1.S00.00O horsepower development in th western states. 10 per cent Is In plants constructed In whole or In part on the national forests and operated under revocable permits from th de partment of agriculture. In addition to this ther b been a large develop ment under revocaoi pwmiis on me merely exist? Then you must fight for the 180 men who control the na tion's wealth, for they let you live to .v.. ur patriotism in this land of liberty, and you should be thankful for an existence. I am a Republican, and all my ancestors have been," but I voted for PT-.irint Wilson and am not sorry. and will repeat the dose if given a chance. He has certainly kept our financial patriots from forcing the homeless patriot to the front to get hi body punctured In order to help protect their $80,000,000,000 and show his natriotism for th country that will lt him exist , rvt vou supdos President Wilson would hav to make a tour of th country to arous patriotism IX th majority of th popl had -home and were living comfortably? Do you think the president can arouse patriot ism in a heart that has to struggle for- a - mer existence In a country that abounds In wealth, and. he can't touch an of It. and at the earns tim h is tiring to raak six or seven little patriots a subsistence? Let everyon -wors. iw m i- had when they fought th Indian on this western coast. Every man fought for a bom and tne love or nis coun try. . , A READER. 'V.-:T Cses of Hops. Sherwood. Or..' Feb IS. To th Editor of Th Journal Pleas state th different ue for hops. C.-i Chiefly in beer and yeast. There ar many recognised uses In medicine for various elements derived from hops. There is also a limited use as food, th young tender tops ; being eaten In om countries. Th' flbr of the stalk has been used in Sweden for making a strong, durabl white cloth. An astringent product obtain able from leave. ' stenv and root . la avallabl for tanning purposes.) . Notice to Xessee.. Portland,' Or-- Feb. IS. To - tbe Editor of The . Journal 1 1 hav ' 2A acre leased to a man for 10 months and X wish to get him off th 'land when bis leas expires. How many ORKGON SIUKUGUTS Th people of Donald have voted a bond Issue to provide a building for a high school. An addition to the present building is proposed. - Klamath Falls takes pride In fire drill efficiency In the publio schools. The Central achool ulldlng was tuearea in seoonas last Tuesday. e -r- : tTbCoo Bay Harbor boasts that rnree umes in five years North Bend a MDOOla hava van liaitlnpa.tnn U rfb baling and in aU other liala are well . e -" . News Reporter's survey of the build in situation at Yamhill1 oanttal "With new tile brick KoMjiraie. a new $10,000 Woodmen of tfilSiorld temple and a new fSOOO ChrUtUnSei enoe church, building activities -are looking up her la McMlonviUa." rv : ...... ' -. - " Among the tasks that confront Oie Beaverton .Chamber of Commtrea la its proposed clean-up campaign, ao wnuni 10 vie xtmea, is mat 01: "dis posing 01 toe 01a real reaees and brush alona tha roada in na.rta of th -lt and - otherwise Improving th appear- f v, vt. a?Mwia e e Th Medford Sun reports that th annual spring migration of .wanderers from southern to northern points is now In full swing. A. squad estimated at 21 passed through Medford last Tuesday en route to Portland.- Train crews, th sun further savs, are ex nerlancins- considerable difficulty han dltng tramp who Insist on riding wlth- oua paying. m ' Th Lebanon Express lauds th eft derided and much maliamed nrune in these words: . "A 80 -acre tract of -land near Co riser, a station not far rrora Al bany, is being planted to prune. This fruit, which tor a time 'seemed to be under a cloud, is now coming Into Its own again. Taken year in and year out. this fruit is a most satisfactory one to grow and brings good returns. UNDER FERRIS BILL publio domain outsld of th national forests." Senator Chamberlain again and again challenged th opponent of con- nervation to deny th truth of Mr, Merrill's data, but they sat silent throughout. . "If this statement Is not true, he declared on th floor of th conven tion, "why can not it be refuted by those who ar Insisting - that th de velopment ef eleotrical energy is stayed by the policies of th govern ment? The fact la, development has been n advance of th markets. -and th difficulty has been not in secur ing capital for development. ' but in finding consumers for that already de veloped." "If he has told what Is untrue," said Senator Chamberlain at another point In his speech, 'T do hope that somebody will correct him during these discussions." And nobody at tempted to correct blm. With equal conclusiveness . the friends of conservation refuted ' the assertion that if th government keeps title to Its water power sites the west ern states .will lose from Inability to tax th leasing companies. Montana leads th Union In per cap ita development of water power, brought about largely by th activities of tho Montana Power company. ; John D. Ryan, president of that company and a director of the Milwaukee rail road, was a witness before th senate public land committee . holding hear' ings on th Ferris , bllL Addressing- th aPertland gathering Senator Walsh of -Montana quoted from th official report of Mr. Ryan' testimony: . Senator Norria One of th objee tlons made by th governor of Colo rado. and the objection made by a great many other people to the leasing system generally, is that this property Is held out of taxation for state pur- coses. . Mr. Ryan As a matter of fact, I think that Is largely in th Imagina tion of th governor of Colorado, If you will penult m to say so. . I think our companies would hav to pay taxes. Just aa much, whether they built their power plants on publio lands or not. - Senator Norris Their Improvements would b taxed T Mr. Ryan Their Improvements will be taxed and they will - pay about as much. . Not only the Improvements, but the leasehold right of ocou nation would be taxabl by the state, "it has been re peatedly so decided by the -supreme court of th United States," Senator Walsh told th Portland conference, "If there Is any. on, who .care to question that statement I have an ex tract from tbe opinion which, X shall be glad to read to you." . - . That offer was made la th presence of a number of the ablest corporation attorneys In the west attorney who attended th conference to oppose eon serration and none called for read ing of the supreme court decision. - . days notice will X hav to give him before his leas expires? MRS. C A. D. I Apparently th leas itself pro vides specifically when it -shall end. If so. no notice Is necessary. How. ver, th Inquirer would be absolutely sax py giving so day notice.) 640-Acre Homestead Rights. Mitchell, Or., .Feb. 14 To the Editor. of Th Journal I would Ilk to know If a man Is entitled to any mor land under th new 40 acre act after filing on 160 acres In- IMS and having road final proof in 1S9?? ' Th 640-acf homestead bill -has only passed th house. . Under Its terms as originally drawn - anyone had a right under it. even' though he had previously taken a ' homestead, provided that tb -amount 'of land ac quired rom the government Is ail did not exceed 640 aeres.) . - . Repeating; lflstake,Vv . ! From La Follett' Magaslna ' i About 40. years ago, th state of Txa gav S.SOO.OOO acre t of land to an Engllah corporation la exchange for a , stat capltol . building. Th building ha ' been deteriorating in vain ver since.' The land, however, ha been Increasing in vsJue. ' Orig inally it was estimated at CO cents' an acre. -Last year less than one third of It waa. sold for $4.?S 6,0 00. The other two-thirds ia still held by th corpora tion. Jt was a clear ease of selling th birthright of th people for e. mess of pottage, and a -very poor quality of pottag at that. v; But now th new come that this same state of Texas, la utter disre- Lgard of this experlenc. is about to 11 -a. million -and a half acres ef school lands. : One 'again nrtvat In dividuals are te be given th chance to grow rich by appropriating value cre ated by the people of Texas.. One again opportunities tor, labor, that might be reserved for th people, are to pass under control of speculators. And once again a possfbl source of re lief for th unemployed 1 to be closed. .TTgaice; I 3-y REX T-NA.v1 OUT IN THE COUNTRY th ptach . buds ar beginning to show pink and tb aweetbriar'a fragrant leaves ar unfolding and a few early bees are droning around kind of . tunlnir up before the blossoms come. ' J Of court X haven't beea out In tb country to se for myself. . but X got a letter this morning from up th valley. J And it said that th bans are out following along In the freah-turnad furrows- picking up angleworm. - J And ther ar some young lambs down in the pasture skipping about on their wobbly little legs. -ff And the waters hav gone back Into their channel. and things are dry enough t burn.:-' - - ; - fj And th smoke goes up very blu from burning brush piles. aa If to match th blu f th sky. :. - - . - ; . - J And its smell 1 sharp and sweet. res though a Jar had been opened In which dreams bad. been dlsjUd, ffAna at evening when 'the-'smoks settles down It. lies along th mead ows Ilk a veil of nchantraent. fJAnd many- and many, a poet with spring. In his bloodhas sung his swete8t songs. ,; -" ff It affect vrybody - I SUess. -. ...,' . .-. " '.; " ff For instance there's Kernel Clark Woodeditor of th esteemed Weston Leader, only In hi case the usual, spring time symptoms or one of tham seems to be complicated with leap yearttia ! : - fj This of course is a very - rar ease and will probably be fatal. fIX - Wouldn't SST this excant that there's no mistaking such sign as these: ... ' k Bwi Blllle Burke gets ' 14000 a week reminds us to re mind her that this Is leap year and w ar still a bachelor. T And tho Unas ar from th Was- toa Leader. . : ' fjrra going, to overlook the refer ence to money because X know it was Just put In to make it appear that the paragraph is a Jest, and country editors don't car for money. fTAnd I don't know exactly where Bull Burk la Just now. JA while ago she was down la Los Angeles getting filmed. but she's back cast now makinz a lot of money. . fJAnd although the Weston Leader has a large and extremely active- circulation I feel it my duty to pass Kernel Wood's offer along. J I think Blllie-should know of her Oregon-opportunity. ' J And I'm willing to make ar rangement for the happy event. ff W could hav It If Bill! !s willing and Kernel Wood doesn't back out as en of th features uf th Pendleton Round-Up. fl Kernel Boyd could come ovr f rorn Athena with a bouquet of sagebrush. fJAnd I'd get VT. A. Vsn 8coV th moving pictur man to go up from Portland. : and w'd get pictures of It. and thjr crowd would yell.. . and the cowboys .would shoot. un In the air. - -.. h .- , - . and 'I'd writ a : story fall ' of words, ' : . ' . . and vrythlng. -ffAnd we'd have a perfectly lovely time exoept - f? LISTEN I just asked Stew Blvtha, and he tells me there's no chance oecause Btiiie -is married already to Florens Zlegfeld. " . to tkx DArrosrx. , . B Vlrsloia Drake. X have eftea tbousfat and woodarvd 1 Wby tHe first aprins flowan we see Oocne all gaily decked In yellow, . And tte aaswer came o tua. ., Tbey are esnaeeratad snDbrama. Canlt and saved br wiotar'e ears, Tbaa thrown back la a-oida radiance, -Just to make a world swr fair. " Tabloid TaadovOJ. ' . (By our own Montagu Glass). Scene, th street. Abe, shabbily dressed, meet Mawruss, th pink of perfection. . Ab Oh. Mawruss how fin you look and how costly! Tou ar very prosperous? ' - Mawruss 8ure, I am prosperous. A. For why ar you prosperous? -M. Brains, Brain is what make one prosperous. A Brains! - How did you set . it brain? Tou and m 19 the same as boys together In the old -country and your father and my father have no brain each like th ther. . - - M -Fish,, : . ., . ' , A, What d'y mean, fish? o- " M. Eat fish fish is brain food. . Av So fish make brains. Wnat kind of fish you eat? - - - M. Goldfish. ,'-.- A Goldfish? - " '. M. Sur. I hav goldfish- in wr pocket. See' this l a-goldfish. v. Ana can I foav it that old- fish? ML -Sur I for S3 you can have It that fish. A. Five dollar! ' Ton say surely It glv me brains? Mv url fish 1 brain food. .AHer ) t& flv: glv m tb fish, Goldfish? t)hat fish" taste to m like herring, yet! . M. I tell you so. Already you got brain! Philadelphia Ledger.. ? Virgil Is Literary r Virgil Vuram waa disouseing ' th Rusarian novel with a near highbrow, th latter doing most of the talking. I see you know your Tolstoi, re marked Virgil, -but tell me about thl fellow, Ivan Iioe. - ; Scot Osrmu Sfflolaaey. Cbrryvilla Carrespoodese Oreros City Ceerier. Tbe wiitr recmtlr visited at tbe hoane ef Mr. And Mrs. T. Q. A alt. near rirwood. Tbe kiBd-aartd Genoaa people bsve eoada a very eoasrartaMe H1d out of tb wonds. and ha, aoc ealr a floe raaadnea with ell tba nwlm eopTaalanaaa, bet very sotaataaUal barns f tbe stock. . Tatra. Aalt Is a woman ot mora tan eaoal sasstal ability and has read sod eonderad eat sac power rnl boofca as the Iroa Bael. by Jack London, sad tb Call ef tbe Car penter, br Banrek White. . Baiiava - na. ' anv ooa woe ran read tbaa powvrfal prwioctiona of giast iotelieets with tbeir alrdca kammar bkxri ei esieon acaomuc ran a moo a un ium tum ble iiombara end bveoeriaias In onr mtvivr ebarebea. sut snrel be capable of profrmtxl renacttoo. . nesiMa Detos tioorLtral. Vira. A ait la alse practical, aixf das dune bar Cutr as a wife and nyxbw, bavins raised e family ct dgb children, new ro te manbeod and womasbaod. and aU ef .than, naeful men) bam a society, rroaa a taw Swadlab beans.' wbtcb gat ripe Is six weeks any eaeaoe and are r aoarfcsbly praafle en ef e vary aa parlor qual ity, she baa eare folly toi-raaaad her atnek twtll sbe has ea band- ever 20 poeada. with wblrb sb bopee ht tiam to plant large eras, as ban a ere sot perishable like frait. and. saver become a drag es tbe market lika apada. - t'nde Jeft EnotrSays: ' My friend Woodrow Wilsbn; knows the difference between being fixed up with . -burnlar alarm - and being a burglar- X never knowed a real good liar tbat didn't talk boo much. . .. . r - .