THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. FRIDAY, . MARCH 3. .1916. T1 I r ' l " I mM A I Bavins wriuence , amia .a gnasuy I I:h1 fcaw.W. KlHotet .tesie?nca; la her iii" AS JNDSPEKDEXT KgWSPAPBR ' j OWtt CapItoLt:-:;A':-rr.V: K.V S. JACKSOM. ...... ........ ..PabUebe HlMlhd irttf dw, afternoon and. fljoruia teicept'oamlsy aftemnoa). at Toe Journal f Building, Broadway and XasjoUl sta lrfr . ttanamlaaloa ttaroucte U . otsila aa second . tlKUtPHOSES Mala 7173; HJme. A-euM. Ajl a - dcpartawBta reacted by tbeae aamban, Twl w- tba operator what eepartment yog want. -225 rifts Are. Near f oral , ISIS -Feoolas , sas bldf.. Chicago - ' - Ednas In the United State or Mexioa; - . I DAILY (MOBNINO OB AmfiNOaS)' Cm year fs.00 On swats...... 8UN0AX f On year ...I2.60 ( Ob month . 25 ... . u w . . . imrDunAWI 1KB . . envniT - - . SUNDAY Oh year.. ..17.50 I One Booth. ...I .65 f i 1Mi isT I r America asks nothittg for "her. self bat what' she has a right to ask humanity itself.' :' ' V . wooimow riLROJf: ;: -5 After what I owe to God, nothing should be more dear, on more sacred than the love and respect I owe to my coun try. De Thou, s j UNDERMINED SOME , of the - strongest support that President Wilson received in yesterday's senate debate wag Republicaa support. The only criticism that was hurled at him was Democratic .criticism. " There will be' loud acclaim in Europe, of the speech of Senator - e v ue utuxau iriicmveiiui y more encouragement for resist ance -.to President Wilson tha!i would the capture of Paris. More n Zr 'I uu'" T tue;geon's knife is often more effective SS - i tl P , S im,p0tfDthan Billy Sunday' sermons for that in the eyes of every foreign,'.11. Th odrn rule is. government his diDlomatic renri" sentations would be worth no more than. 6o' much waste paper. j v Yesterday's debate was an Amer- lean political crisis. It can have L bat one meaning to the astute r govenuaenjt in Berlin. To that (.uiciumcui u win signny vnmt American sentimeht is chaotic and i American diplomacy wuhout back- ; tag. . It can have no other effect ! than to. cause belief abroad tht and frqm that -false Impression of; the American situation, the worst ; coasequences might eventuate.. So long as he was unhampered, th firesidtfnt met anA safolv cAlroH leverr crisis thrust unon him :-v ! tthe war. An executive less calm embroiled us in the conflict. ' The - American people hare ! means a heavy loss to the site learned that, so long as he held "ala 'of Portland land. It means free rein in diplomacy, they could ! a decrease in rental receipts per go, forward with their plans and ' ?e&r ? many thousands, their daily affairs with the. full i The present site value of Pore expectation that the country would land realty is approximately $1000 remain in peace.- Today, with J,er caPita- Every man. woman American senators making speeches ; aDd child leaving Portland for an that were more to be expected ?ther residence decreases site value from, foreign senators, rfobodyt1"0.0 Per CSL- Tnaa it is that knows what eventuatlons may come. The president's struggle with foreign ronrta h. been t nro. serve, for the benefit of America ! and other . neutral nations the rtghts guaranteed, to them by a structure of law that has been a rtnousahd years In the making. Once armed conflicts were with- .; mane ' considerations. "Woe 'to . tne conquered . everywhere pre fvailed over all the- claims .of ; hu- o jnanltT. Defeat meant slaverv cr snuiiiai irriiwi n f 1 1 n tt in n ti f nmua. 'moment of madness, all this struo . tare of civilization was thrown iaway. Upon the soil now so cruel &el"ft&l : .ilran in mndiAva.1 timM- n tha cm. . j.'.'- ta' BL UiVIQ a, 1U1 AA SAClaa. LUD IVI III Tpewer of mankind is at war. There i uu c m uv irjou auii mat, 1111 -." 'fivnn1 tTism rthrumrfliira' f -tY s I To I America,5 :- the whole , worl d ; h3 looked and is looking for thejIines be a good Investment for jnnuence mac can oy moral prejj- tlge hold the belligerents to a de- ; cent '. "regard for the rights that modern civilisation: has learned to expect.. i; - - - ; - iff . - "-. - rr.ine one loreo ju aii me. woria, Jihat Is depended. upon to restrain, -.me wr-uuueiHiu ;, gunerumenw, - an A aava t h tm frnm thfmclvoa 4a America, and America, under such ' f k responsibility and in such a mo- I'menU' stands before, the -world with r a part 'of its ; congress trying to : pull downchei president who i hz . .... ... ' " . - - . .. 4 so xaiimuuy '.ana so j,successimiy met the tremendous responsibili ties 'that: ;bt6ddy.;tbVan4 a;ds- - tracted ? mankfnhayei'4;imp6se upo'nirhlm;- N?St Slfef j. The'ne ,f qreef :that4-wa i16njB holding' 'the "war-crazed powers '3 the claims of .humanity and civil P za tion Is atWked.ln-its,'ttv,n'..h'o'tIs hold. The America that ia . the . '. ' .-f.;V : . -. - - . The transition from .tad roads I ; good .roads n- not ; be - raida in.a day or a year, Wtthe county that adopts' a comprehensive - plan 0( y nermanenl improvement Tinftitt accomplished & little at a time U on the' right roaLi;.A y ' AN EMPTY JAIL, i 7 is 'quite a feather in. Baker county a . cap to ; nave its jau empty. The ,cjty jail at Baker fa also ' somewhat ' barren - of population, having but. one pris oner when the last report came In. This blessed condition is of recent origin and may hot last long. We suppose offenses against the law jare bound to happen in Baker i county, as elsewhere and something must be done . to correct the will of ' the' delinquent." But there are better ways of - doing it than to pshut him ; up in jail. t In the light of modern sclenc? the jail is an over used institu--tion. It Aoes little or nothing tt male men better'ahd a great deal Lto make them worse,. Prlaonera sh,ut up in it? cells are necessarily Idle;' "ante with idleness vice ..comes inevitably. . - The way to make good citizens of delinquents , is to pat them -at useful work, " awar d them adequate, wages,, and, 'turn the 1 wages; over, to ? their families if they '-have-aiiy.'.y-.Theusefni work" .of which' "we" speak7 may be breaking stone at the rockpile, but thai is a primitive expedient. So ciety resorts to it because too in dolent to- think up a better plan. ! Up-to-date cities' and counties fare Instituting farms for their mi- nor delinquents such as drunka, petty thieves and young roisterers. It is found that a few months' work on the land puts health into their bodies and vigor into their moral character, so that when they aie released they are ready for an honest place in life. Tiiey do not fall back into crime. Crime Is half disease and half misfortune. What is left over may be due to inborn depravity. One of the social workers' dinner was the story of an '"incorrigible" lad whose soul vas saved by removing adenoids from his throat. The sur- f ' t' , Give the criminal a chance and - " '""r the odds are heavy that he will mnt-o ennd." Oovernor West ao- pilei t-z ruie n Oregon. It is a pIty that his plan has"been dropped fcy bis successor, . The net profits of the Stude- 1915 according - to its annual statement,, were nine million dol lars, an increase of four million sh of Soutll Bend has indeed zrown 'f ' AS TO PORTLAND HE loss of an Industry like the proposed Seattle branch of the-American Can compa ny, employing 400 workers, I land values are to be maintained by providing pro"ductive employ ment so that others may come and thereby add to the general site lue' l P0!? of. tna city and the state. It is, therefore, very Important for land value Owners to help themselves. It is good business for them not to wait for others not materially con cerned to come and by their pres ence and work -maintain property values at the present, level. ; The action, of the .American Can ! company - shows that ocean trans portation is a prominent factor in keeping up site values, .r That com pany madg Its expansion at Seat tle Instead of Portland because Portland had no steamship line- to Alaska, " Steamboat lines onaur rivers j l. ; 1 1 a. ii i i ti . - a;'tothe Orient and to ports south and north would prevent other . American Can company re sults. They would multiply Port land establishments like the Amer ican .Can company by affording facility in transportation. In turn, there would be vastly increased employment for .armies of work ers. " Would not these' transportation j everybody? Would they not be an especial benefit to those who own the pr6p erty and who . desire property values vkept either at the present 1 VUAWf tanQi? nr inct Ageneral tax for establishment of such lines has been suggested. That would throw a part of the burden Vv where ; it belongs. ' ,.v There are' landlords in Portland who do. not even patronize their tenants; .j-jbut haver their needs shn plledf ront $eattle 5an Francisco, JJewv'YOrk: and:ftreigh lands.. 'X JOthersHluxijriate: in &othera California;. Florida: and elsewhere qn j twrofitss front leased, rentals on Values they bad little or cot pat lH reaung.t They; live" at the ex pense. .merchants !and .-ther orkerViJhlfJlons Jiind leases and Iroiib consumers ' for , whom 'they have no.. thought or - care." rThey wear fine -linen and" Hto ' lives of ntelessnes8'- doing nothing, yield ing nothing of their share In tho commanlt jr worfcfe - w Y;.. K These people can only be reache s br general taxation of values that can only be . increased .fcy some-i body's enterprise, ; It is ; one: way to reach the absentee landlord who is essentially a parasite who reaps hut never sows. - - , -; The Port of. Portland, has done a - great work and done, it well. That work was done on - funds gathered, from general taxes, taken from the property of residents an;t non-residents alike It is - work that can be extended In behalf of cheaper ' transportation, a ' bigger volume of traffic and fairer and broader, distribution. ' - - . It is one way to give the com munity the ' benefit of needed water : transportation lines, from the operation of which millions f dollars of value "would be' added to land values'-hereabout. It is a "way to prevent repetition of the fhcldent of the American Can com pany, r : v The old argument in favor of matrimony, that two can live more cheaply than one, is reasserted by the statisticians of the University of California. It is a timely state ment in view of the fact that this Is leap year. SMILES AXD SPASMS SPEAKING of a prospective Diaz revolution in Mexico, the Ore gonian says: There need be no surprise 'f President Wilson's policy should cause him to leave an anarchic Mex ico to his successor at the expiration of his term. That successor may be called upon to choose between grasp ing the Mexican nettle so gingerly, as did Mr. Wilson, that.lt will etins. and grasping It so firmly that its stins; will be crushed. sFlve years of trifling may convince him that the only way to deal with Mexico is to do what might as well have been done at the outset. When wasn't Mexico "anarchic?" What wasjt In Mr. Taft's term but "anarchic?" Forty-seven Americans were murdered in Mexico during that term, but the Oregonian had no hysterics about that. Over the ! 72 that have been killed in the Wilson term, the Oregonian goes out of one caniptlon fit into an other. Why? Why the difference? Why did the Oregonian smile At the .killing of Americans in Taft's time and rock Itself in grief and woe over the killing of Americans in Wilson's time? If it was our business to stop revolutions in Mexico in Wllson'3 time, why wasn't it, our business to ' stop ' revolutions In Mexico la Taft's time? When did it become the business of the - United States to put down revolutions in Mex ico? ,. ; , Was it- the business of-the;Mex-icans to prevent the Civil war In the United States? What if a Mexican army had attempted armed intervention during T;he pro Cress of tnat war? What would we have thought about it? Except under the despotism of Diaz when the lands of the Mexi cans were taken from them and given to greedy foreigners Mexico has scarcely been without a revo lution for 96 years. There were 50 or 60 revolutions in that hap less country from 1820 to the time Diaz - established his tyranny. There, was nothing but revolu tion, turmoil and anarchy in Mex ico during Abraham Lincoln's ad ministration. Lincoln's Mexican policy was the same as Wilson's Mexican ' policy. Lincoln sent rio army down to stop the revolu tions. And what is more, with his voice and vote, Abraham Lincoln as a congressman, opposed the war that the United States made on Mexico. There are husbands and hus bands. Perhaps the really model husband is one who , thinks his wife's rheumatism is as important as his own sore "toe. EXCESSIVE ATHLETICS T HE federal bureau of educa tion has published a bulletin on the ."Health of School -Children" which contains a wealth of information and warning. ItTtreats of such weighty "matters as "the relation of adenoids to the development of tfio child," . "mouth infection as a source of systematic diseases,'" . "causes 'and cost of blindness,.-and: so 'on through a wide range. of troubles. for old and young. The maxim, "train . up a child in the way he -6hould go and when he is old he will not depart from it," was supposed to -apply only to his morals, but modern ex perience shows that it applies just as much to his bodily health. Take care of his health when he is young and when he Is old be will be well and strong. The articles In this extremety useful bulletin, are reprinted' from several different medical journals. All ot.themfwere written by men eminent in, their profession, and may be taken for the last word of science upon the ailments of school children. The article on "High School Athletics" is an editorial from the Jouruar of : the . American Medical -.Association. It isv well considered statement of the pros' and cons' of the subject . .s "Systematic and . even strenuous exercise,'-says the" writer, 'may exert" a most wholesome effect on the hucan organism; but the "win at.any cost exertion taxes the- vi tal prgans to the limit of their en durance, and .often- beyond it, "Such self-sacrifice," the author ' contin- aes(r "should ' never ie ' called ' for ; to uphold the glory' of school or college: "He notes the tendency A a . a i . - m. . ' ' of high school pupils "to ape tho performances o( their older broth ers la. college. anC- deplores "the growing custom Of allowing Intense competitive sportsain ; the- high 1 school." Such sports carried to. excess! are evil enough in college.' In the high school, lf.'wa.xnayjhelicve the medical authorities, they, are ruin ous. ' The article, states that from 6 to 10 per cent of the freshmen who enter the University of Wis consin have enlargement of the heart and valvular dl3ease con tracted In their . high school . ath letics "This seems , a heavy price to pay for silver cups and applause from the bleachers: . The difference between good roads and bad roads is the differ ence between sloth and industry, between pride and carelessness. NOTHING THE MATTER WITH PORTLAND "Brlcka wlthcmt atraw" has for eenturiea been a Dhraae imi)lTlne oDDresaion and -0 tile effort. But, no tragic connotation attaches to Dncsa witnout a nun," aucb aa are made at a Portland "brick faetory." Today'a atory. No. A5 of the ' series, Is one that pleaaea in that it relates not only t a aucceaa achieved, bat alo to home talent ofth iBTentiTe sort as achieving- It. There is likewise to be heard in today's installment a smart rapping. Opportunity 1 at the door, ready to lead the way to a ground floor proposition. H' ERE is a new kind of brick, the like of which. It Is claimed, U not to be had in the world out- elde of Portland. D. F. Shope, its inventor, la a citi zen of Portland, with an office at 361 Va East Morrison street and a factory at East Eighth and Clay. "Factory" may seem a singular name for a brick works, but this is a case wherein the product is made like shoes or clothes or things. The factory may be in the base ment of a home, beneath a store, in the back yard or up In the loft, for that matter, because, the constituent parts are . sand and cement, requiring no "burning, no steaming or heating of any kind. The two ingredients are simply mixed together as Is done In constructing esidewalks, and permitted to dry the same as sidewalks do. The difference is that the bricks are shaped by machinery and colored to any tint desired. In their manufacture all cost of burning or steaming, as required by clay .or sand-lime productions, la elim inated, making the article so cheap 'hat Mr. Shope affirms' a $3000 resi dence, for example, could be veneered with his Invention at a cost of only J300. The Shope style of bricks are de lightfully beautiful, and it is claimed for them that their life 'is eternal like the Egyptian pyramids. Like " the clay of the potter,: they can be fashioned in any .shape for which , a pattern is made. They may be employed- ior any kind dfi orna mentation. In or outside the building. They make charming fireplaces or mantles, and where durability and attractiveness are desired in walls of homes or business buildings, it would seem that the Shope brick In vention has not an equal. . They are fireproof and waterproof as well. , . THE "ELITE" IN CONCRETE. "These bricks are the elite In con crete," Mr. Shope avers. "First, they may be made as attractive to the eye as the user desires to have them. Their cost Is no greater than any first-class article, and they' may be made any color which may please the taste. You see them before you In white, brown, red, blue, green, yellow and tints of all of these. They may be made the color of the rose, the poppy, the pansy or. any flower. They may be figured to please the taste, after the fashion of children's animal cookies, for example, and vthey are hard as flint and. absolutely water proof. "They make a dry, sanitary build ing, and have a crushing strength of 3000 pounds to the square Inch, so it win he understood what stress may be put upon them. "Under our process of manufacture we secure perfect crystalizatlon, hav ing a surfaceln which the voids are filled, making the brick as impervi ... well made cistern ous to water avs a wall or the surface or a perfect side walk. We use just as wet a mix In the facing of our brick as in these instances, and ' walls laid with our product will withstand the most "driv ing rains for any perlodi without ab sorbing the slightest moisture. . DIFFERENT FROM HOLLOW BLOCKS. "Our products are not to be com pared with the . semi-dry hollow block or brick, aSdLmake a waterpoof and ranliary building. They have an in dividuality and a. variation, of orna mentation which make them worthy the classification of first class build ing material. Cement has been doing the dirty work of footings and foun dations for thousands of years be cause of ignorance of its broader values and adaptability, but It to now coming into its own a-nri the day is approaching when you will discover that it has a foremost place in ths category of the. best building1! material. Every contractor, . architect or en gineer who investigates our plant and products gives our brick the highest indorsement. The i truth to; a wall laid with' .them, with the same care oecessaryin the use of any first class building brick, results in a wall of solid stone. This is exactly what it amounts to, and a most ornamental one at thai, if such, be ..the . wish Of ,.th purchaser.". The building fnow ' In ' pro- css of erection at Grand avenue and East Morrison wilt be faced with our brick, and your will- see how beautiful tt will b'e. " ' 1 ' ' ' ; - "Let me telf you, , the , day is at band When thto clasa of ' bklck will , universal ue wilt : aupplaat' every other brick manufactured. Mark .what I tell you, -it Is not tar away,- ' rrWfrtrMrrM H a fill Alf AlWIRTi VICISSITUDES ' OF A PROMOTER. Th6s who imagine a promoter not necessary in business . life has small brain or has failed te: cultivate that which he ha. The . promoter is as necessary as the huUden Without him not a rail- Toad ' would span, the continent nor )iin fliut liiwn thA amui'i brit. and his Jot often to a most unhappy nat pr? J f, m of (paper. one. i Baker county Jail to empty because m- . mn K-.tr f a lack of desirable tenants, and yet Mr. Sbope has a small brick plant Baker .brags about its algh-class citl- in operation.' He to' anxious to have j sens. a big-one. To accomplish thi. be, That city haU graft scandal affords must have money with which to pay Chicago men an opportunity to pay. re for th. construction of brik tnoldlnar nawe1 homage: ''Woman, once our machines. . He needs $25,000, per haps. He has had the money Jog ging hto way several times only to have It fall by the wayside. He sells regional rights to manufacture his patented cement brick.' He bargained away the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, at $60,000, and was paid $2000 cash and given notes for the balance i to be paid at the rate of $3000 per month. He would Just bank this money until -his capital, accumulated sufficient to enable him to establish hto plant in Portland. But before the first monthly payment was due the European war broke out, all Sas katchewan cash took to the tall tim ber, to in hiding yet, and poor Mr. Shope gets the comforting report that "We "cannot raise a dollar for you. We are at your mercy. If you will not wait, the $2000 we paid you wIUp be confiscated." He Is too much of a man to take advantage of the situ ation, but that kindness of heart does not build cement brick plants. He has had half a dozen similar experiences. "Thou art so near and yet so far" has a whole bunch of meaning for that gentleman. The old Manufacturers' Association of Portland strongly indorsed his brick; the University of Minnesota likewise. Walter H. Graves, civil and hydraulic engineer, of Portland; H. A. Plummer, Portland building inspec tor; Daniel B. Adams, civil engineer, 74 Broad street, Boston; James Lind sey, Portland; E. B. Simonton, Spo kane; O. L. Ferris, Columbia Invest- rroent company, Portland; C. S. Rog ers, Canon City, Col., civil engineer; Island Mantel and Facing Brick Co., Victoria, B. C; R. I. Battan, contrac tor, Spokane; Alfred Thompson, B. D. A. M., Ph. D., Oresham, Or., and nu merous others who have actually laid these Portland Invented brick In walls, have written strong letters of In dorsement. And who knows but Portland to to be. the birthplace, of a building ma terial destined to have world wide fame. It would be Just like this city. It has a number of such influences at work. This series of articles have named many which have been in vented here, every one of value and .having national sale. Letters From the People rOommnnlcationa sent to The Journal for publication in thta department aboold be writ ten on only one side of the paper, ihould not exceed 300 words la length and most be ac ccBupaoied by the name and address of tnj Bttder. If the writer does not desire to hare the name published, be should" so state. j t "Discussion Is the rreatest of all reformers. It rationalises ererything it touches. It robs 4rlnclpes of all false sanctity and tnrawa then beck on tneir reason ah lenesa. If theyi faaee no reasonableness. It ruthlessly crushes qiem oat of existence and seta up its owa eoBcluakins in their stead.' Woodrow Wllaon. v The Future of Home Rule. Portland, Or., Feb. 29. To the Edi tor of The Journal "Ireland," a week ly periodical published in New York city, supporting the policy of the Irish i parliamentary party and generally re garded In this country as an organ of conveyance of Irish affairs that speaks with authoritycontains In Its last is sue the following editorial which bears the earmarks of being inspired: "There seems to be something afoot in Ireland. Between now and the 17 th of March there will have to be a new understanding about Home Rula. Eith er the act will be further put off or arrangements will be made for its go ing into operation. The former may be the more "probable; the latter is not impossible. For the first time, protes tant Ireland has shown a marked dis position to meet the Nationalists half way. Trinity college has become a center of conciliation. Archbishop Bernard, Professor Trench, and finally Mr. Campbell, have held out the olive branch. Sir Edward Carson has wlth- drawn from politics for several weeks , th e , Tiv.iin.n. And at the command of his physician. And the Belfast Irish News, a staunch Na tionalist paper, in the course of an ar ticle on the nominating of Mr. Whitty, protestant, . for the vacancy in Louth, caused by the death of Mr. Augustine Roche, gites the emphasis of black type to the following significant as sertion i "We are gradually and stead ily progressing towards a national unity of thought and purpose which the most sanguine amongst us did not dare to hope for 12 months ago. Let no man dare to fling his personal am bitions across the path of all the peo ple's instinctive movement away from olden prejudices and in the direction of lasting peace.' " Thto must mean something, and there would seem to be only one thing it cafl mean. There is a sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees. The season of Irish oratory is approaching here where oratory in the past has not infrequently been merely a vocal ex hibition of what one don't know of the present and a somewhat hazy exposi tion of the past. There is a mans work here in America for Americans at this time. For 40 years and more at irus wme. r or y 7Z a Irish statesmen have shown to an ad- miring world that they are capable of managing their own affairs. They need no advice from those who have yet to,' show that they bays a very clear, conception of their own. national policy under present conditions. J. HENNESSY MURPHY. The Poor Man's Recreation. Portland, Or Feb. 29. To the Edi tor of The . Journal Whereas Mayor Albee has assailed ' Professor O'gburn of Reed college for hto activity in the fight for a more .home-like meeting ground for the frequenters of the Burn side saloon, it appears to the writer that someone should, come to Professor Ogburn's defense.. Certainly the : field in which this college professor - is engaged Is a There Is worthy study for-.the municipality. la much to1 be gathered in this PERTINENT COMMENT 8MALL CUA-NGB Postoffice receipts also show thers U nothias the matter. with Portland. V cIWt ninV .round to start thV flax growing, ugens is up and doing. . . . . Here'a hoping that i tt treaty of peace signed by the warrinr tonss nv . siinArinr ri nor l t Jkniml ' Naturally. Dr., Gory Hopw. whose friends urge him to run for governor of Weet Virginia, wants assurances that the campaign rooters will stick Dy uory- Former Senator Burton has ordered his name kept off the Nebraska presi dential primary ballot, indicating that ne isn't aaiung tne people zor the nom ination ha seeks. . , A great - deal of orODertr has been destroyed in Europe since the war be gan, but the January fire loss in the United State and Canada was $21, 423,350. Why talk so much about the waste of war? - . San Francisco to talking about or ganizing a civilian automobile corps for use in war. It's a bright idea, pro vided war comes soon enough to hand reckless drivers- what to coming to inem. POINTS IN THE 0. Washington, Feb. 29. (WASHING-1 TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL Many nice little points concerning the Oregon & . California land grant and what may be done with It were brought out In the hearings before the public land committee of the house through C. J. Smythe. who followed the land grant suit through the courts as counsel for the govern ment Here are a few excerpts from testimony showing what to in the, minds of members of the committee: Question by- Congressman Lenroot: Was the right to have this land set tled a valuable right under the grant ing acts? i Answer: The railroad refused to exercise Its right to sell to actual settlers under the terms of the grant, and it la not now in position to com plain. But I have always thought the state of . Oregon had a right to have these lands go Into settlement. Question: Has the government by the Innocent 'purchaser act or other wise confirmed past sales in such a way as to prevent recovery for the surplus from excess sales In viola tion of the- grant? Answer: It has not. Congress and the government never have acqui esced, in any acts in violation of the grant. Question by Chairman Ferris: Is there any doubt of the right to use the surplus of excess sales as a set off to the amount to . b" received by the railroad from future sales at $2.50 an acre? '"- ; Answer:- None whatever. Question by Congressman Slnnott: If w now provide that the railroad shall receive $2.50 an acre for each acre of the unsold land, will it not receive more than some of the land is worth? Answer: Unquestionably so, but It seems the only practical way to deal with the matter. Otherwise settle ment would be an Interminable task, aftermath of sweeping legislation, in its effect on the community, and it to certainly deserving of all the stimula tion that the mayor of Portland can give the movement. I have no doubt that Professor Og burn will find evil effects as well as good arising from the closing of the saloon. He will find, doubtless, that legislation never changes the basic spirit of man; that, it seldom makes a. better man of him. If the city of ficials watch these - investigators and listen to them, probably In time ws may hope that social centers will be established in our city which will give to every man, regardless of hto sta tion In life, a chance to indulge in the play spirit durln his leisure hours-. The city officials have had under serious consideration a municipal golf links a game that would not appeal to one workingman la a hundred when if they had studied the type of man that needs play most in his leis ure hours they would perforce look to ward the saloon substitute as their goal. ' . ' ; Golf is a game that costs the en thusiasts, on a conservative basis, '50 cents an hour, and by reason -of that fact it becomes a 'rich man's game. Men -everywhere are agreed tbat the business man needs vacations and play. And yet when a movement is started toward giving play to the man whose workaday life to filled with sordid drudging, there arises such conserva tives as our mayor to block the game. MARCELLA JENKINS. The Jitney's Running Honrs, Portland, March 2. To the Editor of The Journal Glancing recently through the pages of The Journal, my attention became focussed on a cer tain article mentioning the new Jitney ordinance to be drawn up by Mr. Daly, compelling the jitney drivers to oper ate from 1 to I a. m, and from 4 to 7 p. m. Tho plea was made that the hours indicated, are rush hours and all usn nours ana u Jitneys ought to run for the benefit of the public Of all the more or less ridiculous ordinances drawn up and enforced by our city .. benefactors against the Jitney drivers this is the most asinine. Any sane "person knows that Jitneys are not running for sport but for their own material interest. It would be a huge Joke to .see the Jit neys running during slack hours and layingr off in rush hours. - Such a state of affairs would deserve the ridicule of the community and. would Justify the desire of the city to control it. The fact of the matter is that in rush hours the jitneys are on the Increase and in slack hours- they are on the de crease. They operate not unlike the street car corporation, which provides extra "trippers" to meet the public de mand. But no." our city fathers and (in order not to slight it we must not omit) our beloved Portland Railway. . tow, mmnuv. like to Ltoht and Power company, like to show the master hand even when there to no need for it- They act Just as rea sonably as the chagrined employer who said to hto "hand" who had notified his master that he was leaving: "I dcrf t care whether you are going or not; all I want you' to understand to that you will have to go." ''.. RALPH V. CHERVUt ." Dubious of "Birth ControLV. Portland,.-. March 2. To the Editor of The Journal I wonder if the birth control - a respected Portland clergy man recommends is the' Same brand that - Emma " Goldman '. recommends along with her advocacy of the aban donment of the marriage covenant; or the i birth control - that Alice " Sanger to prcrtnotlsg, when, as stated,- in - a Journal dispatch a few evenings ago, Mrs, 'Sanger .Stoted' that. if birth. con " . ' " - - AND NEWS IN BRIEF OREGON SIDELIGHTS "Good crops, the best in years, the' Baker Democrat ays. are predicted by -Baker county farmers for tb coming" season. Thto to assured from the fact tnat there is a deeper moisture in the ground than there barn been in years, l "Notwithstanding the many improve ments of a bigger kind wiluch Marsh field has seen of late years, " says the Marshfiel4 Record, "the laying of the great stretches of cement aidewalks this spring to unquestionably- the beat of them all. Give a. town good side walks and hard surfaced streets and half of. the battle for city advance ment is overcome." Eugene has a council whose Mem bers surely were kids themselves once upon a time, for the Register says of them: "There has been considerable complaint lately regarding children j roller skating on the pavement. Some j people declare they make too much noise with their skates and outers say they are in the way of automobiles. Mayor Bell breuarht the Question up be fore the council tost night, but thol consensus of opinion seemed to oe 10 let the kiddies have their fun." Vernal scene described in the news columns of Tuesday's Medford Mall Tribune; "The almond groves are In full bloom and the apricot orchards are beginning to show the beauty of their bursting buds. The almonds were in bloom Sunday, about 12 days earlier than last year. The bloom of the ap ricots is also nearly two weeks earlier than last season. Many predict that the early budding season In the orchards of thto district will be safely sus tained throughout the usual bluster of March." & C. LAND INQUIRY and we thus make sure that the rail road cannot complain. Question by Congressman La Fol ic tte: If congress should make a mistake and pass an invalid law, what position would we be in? Answer: It Is reasonable to sup pose that further . reasonable time' would be allowed by the courts J correct any mistake. Question by Congressman Slnnott: Are the taxes a lien upon the land? Answer: Tes. but I express no opinion as to the power of the stats to sell the land for taxes. Question by Congressman Lenroot: Can It be said that a repeal of the grant under the provision for amend ment or repeal to a compliance with a decree for enforcement of the cove nant? Answer: Technically, no; but I think the supreme court overlooked some of the fine points of law, and means that congress may dispose of the lands on equitable principles. So I believe that a bill on the line of the Chamberlain measure would be upheld. Question by Chairman Ferris: Da you know a man named Puter? Answer: I am not personally ac quainted with him, but I have heard of him. He is, I understand, one of a class of locators and there are many of them who have located per sons on the land grant. Sometimes as many as 16 persons have been located on the same quarter section, and each location was charged for. Question: Some of these operators have been prosecuted, have they? Answer: Yes, several of them when I was last in Portland. Question: How many of them went to the pen? Answer: Six or eight while I ws there, I believe. Question: And some of them have not received attention yet? Answer: That Is true. trol were only better known, Marlon Lambert would not now be in her grave. Z wonder which is preferable, to have one's daughter in her grave because of one wrong act, or to have her living a life of sin year after year, because she fortunately possesses this Sanger knowledge of birth control, highly recommended by Mrs. Sanger far the preservation of the lives of young women I for one would pre fer to have my daughter in her grave. Now I'm not a Catholic, neither am I a fossil, but I think if the clergy man In question would preach a few sermons on purity of thought and con duct, both in and 'Out of marriage, he would be honoring hto God, and there would be no need to loin hands with those who denounce the Bible and what it should stand for. Tho only person I ever knew to be anxious to get thto Sanger-Goldman recipe, was a young man who is the father of at least one illegitimate child. He was so anxious for it that he questioned every man with whom he worked as to where it could be ob tained. Now, I'm willing to admit that It all men were like him, birth control knowledge might be a good thing. But surely we don't want them to be. and the thing to do is to demand a stand ard of conduct for both young and married people where the mind and soul shall control the bodt and place it under subjection. TSTa husband and wife shall be agreed as to the number of children desfred, and they will not have to resort to recipes to avoid that crowning happiness o normal married life- children. MRS. M, C S. Pendleton and the Rate Decision. From the Pendleton East Oregonian. Eastern Oregon is not materially in terested in the development of this port or that port, but we are Interested in any opportunity for a reduction of freight ratea Therefore this section will eagerly watch developments in the common n, fntn t " the Et Ore- : " . . - .,, gonian will venture the prophecy that in due time Portland win nave a low er rate than either the sound cities or Astoria. This prediction is based on the idea that the governing principle with ref erence to rtftes must ultimately be the cost of service. It to natural law and it is Justice. It to a principle the com merce commission has been recogniz ing mors and mora. It war on the strength of this basic principle that the commission was asked to give a common point rate to Astoria. It to but fair the same yardstick, should be used in determining the rate to Port land and if so then a reduction must bo made so as to give Portland the true fruits of its geographical position. Reasons for' Confirming Brandeis. From the Canyon City Eagle. The appointment of Mr. Brandeis to the supreme court has aroused a stub born opposition. It to, of course, dif ficult to know the facta. One thing to very apparent, and that la that the appointment of Brandeis ; Is' being fought by- organization. - It is also ap parent tbat the people genua, common Lherd, are not organized to oppose, hto appointment or any appointment, it is the Interests that can don a plug hat and appear before some investigat ing committee with: a protest against Mr. Brandeis. There have been no men with overalls and Jumpers to fight their way to the committee to oppose the appointment. Ana so, if It is In fact the ibis; Interests alone "that are in. opposition to the appointment, that is of itself a pretty good recommenda tion -for the appointment.'-' . - ' rjOMMODORB W. H. IURDTwh was with Commodore Perrycl ttlS- expedition to .T.nnnln 1KI-I but wh now does his commodortnff-I m mue farm out .at the end tne Kings Heights car line call el me. up yesterday. f And . he said he was going to sen I in some funny stuff for Contiibul tors- uay in this kollum next Mor cay. And I said "Fine!" JAnd the commodore told m he very funny -his stuff is going to tx $ And I asked him if he had pul iu iiia pumioes yet. 11 fl.na ne said "No thumV nl hurry if you get m in at the rlghl ume oi ne moon. And then the commodore told ml that he'd mail his funny stuff s a get it today. 5fAnd that ra laugh when read it. And I couldn't make him under eianu mat l wanted to find Oul something about potatoes. 51 Not that I won't laugh-rat ahl commodore s stuff. nor that I want to plant any po laioea. but there s a principle Involve tfAnd I know the commodore knowl an about potatoes. and can tell me what I want tl Know -ir bell only be serious. IT And I wanted him to tell mi I know he can whether this will b a good year for potatoes or noM Tl-rwant to find out--lf wh everybody says" Is necessarily trul because evarvbodv. aava It I TI .tsecause tnere s a man cut Oak Grove who says thto Isn't golni to be a goodear for potatoes. 5J And I asked him why. ' KTAnd he paid "Oh that's 1 whal everybody says." . "J And I said "Tes but why &i they say it?" 1 1 ;5fAnd he said he didn't know. 51 "But they all say it" ha said. "and it must bs so." 5f And he went on putting in Ml potatoes saaiy. 5f And of course there isn't way of finding out for sure. 51 But there are too many people- I believe who are willing to bellevJ "what everybody says, because everybody says it, 5f And I can remember not so ver many years ago that my grand I mother told me how tverybody said that tomatoes were poisonous. 5 But she said she never really bel lieved it. and people got to eating them. and nobody died. and another superstition wH smashed. 5f And there's the European' war. 5f Everybody said In Europe thai it bad to come, and they all prepared for it. and it came Just as everybody said it would. 51 And perhaps if everybody h'! said it wouldn't but I really don't know anything about the war. 5T And ' so I "guess I shouldn' talk about it but ft LISTEN It's so much easier td talk about something when you don'1 know what you're -talking about.. THE ETERNAL . LOVER By Edgar Rice Burroughs. A great story of love and mystery. 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