THE OREGON : DAILY JOURNAL. POETLAIID. MONDAY , FEBRUARY 21. 1910.
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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,
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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
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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.
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