The Oregon daily journal., March 30, 1916, Page 8, Image 8

THE OREGON - DAILY. . JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1916.
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truamlasloo through the malU as second
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' tfc operator what department yon wait.
J rUKBlON ADVERTISING REFKE8E.NTATI VK
benjamin, tt Keotnor Co.. Brunswick Bids.
. 2il . fcfcrtli Ae- New Kork; 1218 People'
- a KKlg.. CBlrago.
"f da- in "the United State or Mexico: Oregon.
::T ta' IMORMxo or afternoon) j There is not an honest congressman or an honest senator at Wash
;& vKLT'a0aUl"""t -"Huston who will claim that this is just.
---- uuaciinriMi rertnt nv titan nr to IDT a
Cm 7r.......$2JM One month $ .25
DAILY" (MORNING OR AFTERNOON) AND
: SUNDAY
One year....... .$TJSO One month $ .V5
- A merlca aaka nothing for beraelf bat wbst
fee baa a right to ask for humanity itself.
WOODBOW WILbON.
! Vmiiona for defense, but not
a cent tor
tribute ' C'HAitLES C PINCKNEY.
Dare be true: Nothing ran need a He;
A fault which needs It mit growa two
thereby. Georga Herbert.
INFAMY AXD HYPOCRISY
L'
IKE the good Bishop in Eliz
abeth's Rugen story. Colonel
Roosevelt hardly finds any let
up to his grieving. The Wil
son administration presents so
many things to grieve over to a
truly patriotic soul that the .Colo-
oel no sooner puts his handker-
tuiei. iuiu u i a urn iutRci unci i
wiping, his left eye than he has um
pull it out again to wipe hl3 right.
The leaders of the party in pow-
er are bad enough, goodness
knows, but Mr. Wilson Is worse,
i oh, much worse. Tho tearful
Colonel can not find words to ex
press his grief over their short
comings, but he makes a 6tagger
at it in this way, "All they offer
as is a caoice uetween uegreea ui
hypocrisy and degrees of infamy."
And hero w have been eoine
alqng as calmly as so many duck
ponds knowing not a syllable of it
all, with the administration fairly
?
wallowing in Infamy. Or In hy-! lo graxuy ciass natreo ana con
"pocrisy. Teddy does not know demns them on that ground. This
".which name to give the horror. 13 Proper. We do not want the law
Suppose we give it both names u5ed to Beatify either mob malig-
and let it go at that? Infamy and ,
hypocrisy both, that is what we!
have been wallowing in like a na-; Between tae histories or the mdict
tlon" of pigs in a big mudhole,' and ments- Tne one against Judge
all unbeknownst to ourselves. i
Mr. WilBon's worst infamv .-
-keeping us out of the European I magnate's word that it was "out
War. No crime could be quite so rageous" and kicked it out of
black as that With all this e:lorI- .
ous chante for fighting and blood-1 ine indictments against tne Col
shed slipping irrecoverably into ' orado miners., several hundred In
the past, there he has sat in tha
White House actually keeping us
ut of It. Infamy is a tame word
te describe such conduct. Then
again he has kept us out of the '
Mexican caldron. It "biles and these indictments are also "out
biles." as the good old lady re- j rageous," but no judge ha3 been
marked, "and we not in it." ! found to kick them out of court.
;. It" Is quite certain that If the !
Colonel had been our beloved pres- i
ldent in these troublous times j
neither of those shocking Infamies!
would have been committed. We
should have hsen in th think- nf
the European slaughter long be-
fore this, and In the Mexican pot I
we should have been "bilin"' with
the peons and Diaz concessionaires.
The thought of what we have lost
by having a president who keeps
his senses in times of excitement
Is simply unendurable. Suppose!
i We petition congress to ' impeach
I the monster.
It so happens that next Sunday
; will see the fishermen in the be
I Sinning of the open season. They
jwillgo forth with a supply of bait
and a rod and return with the bait
j Inside themselves and most of tha
fish still disporting themselves in
the gurgling waters.
THE MASSES.
PORTLAND business man.
writing to The Journal, re
fers to it a3 "your long
eared paper."
?- A Roseburg granger writing to
The Journal says :
i I am aware that the farmers are
ttroag supporters of your paper on
kceouut of the broad stand you have
taken on issues that are vital to thAl
welfare or the masses. ine stream or gold that goes
: v. To take a "strong stand for the!6?1 toa fIxe? chare8 ,n Mer
welfare of the masses :has both
its drawbacks and, its -rewards.
That course, In the eyes of some
business wen,, makes a newspaper
'long-eared," a term cof odium.
Itat is , one of the, -drawbacks.
i. v 7 utuci,
some business men refuse the
paper their patronage, a course
that has cost The Journal a great
deal of xibney. -;
, Among the rewards is the grate
ful appreciation xt farmers and
ether masses. v Above all, there is
the comfort that comes from a sat
isfied conscience. v
i'May H not be that the business ' the figure will run up to a million
rian t stands in his own light? and a half, but Mr. Benson's ex
Yhat better Fay for the business pectatlon'is naturally a little optl-
,an to . enlarge his profits than mistie. The country is full of un
.y. having "the masses" well paid, rest. Political opinions are in tha
well housed and well appointed? ! melting pot and strange events
.There are no better spenders may happen, hut If Mr. Benson's
v the world than those we call
:e "massesX" i Give thorn, through
, ' fair - wage and just laws, the
awer.to spend and the' butcher,
OREGON
P
iRTIALi iiefeat of thejeause of
Ferris cdtamittee does not mean that the fight la lost.
There Is the house. There Is the senate committee. There
is the senate itself. And there is always the hope that comes
from a Just cause.
Oregon has contributed $10,317,387 to general reclamation. Oregon
has received in return $2,0.75,371. That is to say. this state has given
up $8,242,016 for reclamation in other states.
It is proposed in the newly framed bill, to take 40 per cent of the
grant lands for general reclamation, which will mean that Oregon is
to contribute $17,600,000 more for reclamation, mostly in other states.
That would mean a net draft by the federal government on Oregon of
more than $20,000,000, almost entirely for reclamation outside or
There is not an hone6t congressman or honest senator- at - Washing-1
ton who will not admit that this is unjust.
There is not an honest congressman or honest senator at Washing
ton who will stand up on the floor of congress and attempt to defend
that kind of discrimination against-a loyal commonwealth..
There is no call for Oregon resources to be drafted for development
of other states. 'Why should Oregon contribute one dollar from her
resources for developing Oklahoma?
In actual fact, congress parted company with the grant lands ia
j the act of "186 9. The purpose of the grant act was further develop-
ment In Oregon, but because of railroad violations of the terms of the
grant which the federal government permitted, development was greatly
hampered and the state much injured. "
After all this, after the millions already taken out of Oregon and
spent in other states, after once parting with the grant lands by prac
tically giving them over to Oregon, for the federal congress now to
take 4 0 per cent of them to build up other stages would be adding in
sult to injnry. It would be surh an injustice as has never been visited
upon a sovereign state in this union.
The people of Oregon are asking congress for 4 0 per cent of the
lands for the state school fund, and 40 per cent for roads In th ernnr
It 4Fj l1 si . .
iauu tuuuues. congress must realize-
lis under obligations to listen to these
r lhey are not asking for a favor. Nor for
'appealing to congress only for a square deal.
baker, grocer and merchant will
enjoy a prosperity beyond the
dreams of avarice.
Give those on the land the mar
kets, laws and systems that will
enable them to accumulate, and
the citie3 will have fewer pauper
asylums, less congested jails, thin
ner ranks of down-and-outs .and a
business life of limitless activity.
a uuernsev cow owned bv a
North Carolina farmer swallowed
$300 worth of bank notes. Unless
diet ha3 some extraordinary effect
on milk, that farmer would bettor
find some other bank of deposit.
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IMPARTIALITY
T
HE esteemed Brooklyn Eagle
sees much similarity between
the indictment of Judge Gary
for the Youngstown disturb-
' ances and the indictment of the
loraQO BiriKers ionowing me
Rockefeller troubles. It decides
that both indictments were made
mty or capitalist rury.
uut mere is a notable difference
tary nas Deen dismissed. Judge
Anderson apparently took the steel
court.
number, still stand. They are
tnererore disfranchised at elec-
U0DS ana KePl out of jobs. No
hody expects them to be convicted,
for ll' ls the common opinion that
Strict impartiality is a matter of
deeds rather than words.
"ow iare3 u wun ine neignoors
uow ll)at uie 5iana opera nas come
and Ene, leaving tuneful neighbor
maidens convinced that they are
""" lur a" u''era rarerr
HOME BONDS AT HOD3
0
REGON CITY banks have
agreed to take over at par a
$275,000 issue of that city's
bonds, authorized by the peo
ple to refund a city warrant debt
of equal amount. They did It after
outside banks had refused to take
the securities at par.
The funding process will prac
tically place the city on a cash
basi3. It effects a large saving In
Interest. It strengthens the local
credit.
And the bonds are held at home.
It is tho best place in the world
for bonds. Whenever the banks
and people of a community under
write their own bonds they pay
the interest to themselves and keep
the money at home.
Several American cities now
issue bonds in small denominations
and sell them direct to home peo
ple. Cities that do so are sound in
their policy and wise in their day
and generation
. " .. ...
est And otherwise is- one of the
heaviest tax tolls that, many a
western- city "haVto pay; '
"A learned . professor' has figured
out that each haby la- worth $90
It has evidently, .been-, some time
"since he walked the floor at night
,Vl 5ni
with a colicky infant.
ALLEN LOUIS BENSON
T IS rather likely that the So
cialist nominee for president,
Allen Louis Benson, will poll
somewhat more' than a million
votes next fall. He himself thinks
. vote exceeds a million we shall be
surprised.
'. Debs had 913,155 votes In 1912.
Mr. Benson may get a few more
THE GOAT
the Oregon school fund .In the
that under the oironmatnnoon u
people.
a gratuity. They are
through the circumstances of the
times, but not many. He Is an
"orthodox socialist," one of those
who regard Carl Marx as a good
Moslem does the Koran. No meas
ure is to be thought of for, a mo
ment that has not Marx' sacred
sanction. Debs was a much
broader candidate and he attracted
thousands of labor votes that will
not go to Benson.
Benson is virulently hostile to
Wilson. He blames the president
for his preparedness plans. Just
as the Colonel blames him for
parsivity.
The fact that extremists on both
sides are howling at Mr. Wilson
rather inclines one to fancy that
he must be on that wise "middle
way" which most great statesmen
have followed, and been calumni
ated for following.
As chairman of the land board
of the state of Oregon, Governor
Withycombe was looked to by the
Ferris contmittee to give expres
sion as to what Oregon wants out
of -the grant lands. An 80 per
cent apportionment of those lands
as proposed In the Chamberlain
bill would give Oregon a little
matter of over $36,000,000 for
road3 and schools. But tho gov
ernor has nothing to say.
A DISCRLMINATIXG JUDGE.
A'
FTER the Youngstown strike
several trust magnates and
the Steel Trust itself were
inaiciea ror conspiring to
maintain high prices and keep
down the wages of labor." How
much or little truth there was in
these charges we shall now never
know, for the indictments have
been quashed. Federal Judge An
derson, who had charge of the
affair, understands perfectly how
to temper tho law to the big
magnate.
Judge Gary, of the Steel Trust.
denounced the indictments when
they first came out. He said thev
were "outrageous," and since he
was one of the Indicted persons
he was in a situation to know.
But the public has not that inti
mate knowledge of Steel Trust
affairs which Judge Gary possesses
and it would be glad of more
light. The trial of the Indicted
corporations and steel . barons
would have been illuminating, but
It would have been sacrilegious.
Who would not shudder to see
such great personages haled Into
a court room and possibly shut
up in jail afterward? The penal
ties of the law, as Judge Ander
son well knows, are mostly for
the poor.
On this page is a statement of
the amount each Oregon county
would receive every yearfor sup
port of' schools under the 80 per
cent apportionment of the Cham
berlain grant land bill. -They are
the amounts that would be saved
to Oregon taxpayers every year ia
the tax levy for support of schools.
NOT SO COSTLY NOW
T
HOfJGH It has not yet passed
the house, the senate armor
plate bill is already yielding
profit to the government.
It has brought an offer from the
Bethlehem Steel company to manu
factura armorplate at $395 a ton
instead of the $425 that company
has of late- required the govern
ment to pay.
"The proposed price is lower
thin has been paid by the' govern
ment tor more man it) years,"
says the company in a circular seat
to members of congress and to the
newspapers of the country.
Thirty dollars a ton saved before
the bill has even reached a vote In
the house is .a good start. If
things go on, the company may
even see Its way clear to sell the
United States armorplate at as low
prices 3 it sells to Russia.
Another thing. If we can, by
the armorplate bill squeeze out
some of the dazzling profits that
have been made in selling armor
plate to the American government,
the steel plate makers will be less
clamorous for war, less concerned
about a mighty navy and less anx;
ious to have for president a Caesar
who will want to fight the world.
Congressman Slnnott made a
beautiful fight in the final strug
gle over the land grant bill In the
Ferris committee. His aggressive
endeavors to build up the Oregon
school fund must be satisfying to
himself, and satisfying to the peo
ple of bis district and the state.
NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND
IOf eoune eTerytlilnj that la mde most be
made somewhere and by human hands or with
tooU made by human handi, bat there are
tUne that-thoae who dwell Is the arth'a
nw place seem Instinctively to feel eon Id
be made only In aome distant and ancient
flace and by craftsmen, anciently akUled.
'ere, then, la No. 92 of the "Nothing the
Matter with Portland" eerlea. let It be
learned that there, la nothing so minutely per
fect In either action or finish that It may
not be produced In Portland. J
F ONE were to wager a million of
I
U-ncle Sam's attractive gold dol
lars that not 100 persons In Port
land, aside from a tiny few of one
profession, knew of the place to
which this article refers, he'd win the
bet.
And yet It is one of the most use
ful Industries we have. Its products '
are the most Intricate of any. They
are mystifying to the "layman." He
looks at them, and knows not their
uses. He examines them, and re
mains In ignorance. He carefully
scrutinizes them, and Is not the
wiser.
They are purchased by governments
because indispensable to their re
quirements.. They have been made In Portland
for shipment to India.
They have been manufactured here
on orders from Spain.
Fashioned in this city, they are In
use In the Hawaiian Islands, and our
friends of the British Northwest pos
sessions employ them In Alberta, Sas
katchewan, Manitoba and British Co
lumbia. There Is no other Institution v like
this one between Denver and San
Francisco.
It Is without a competitor In the
North Pacific states, and Js the sup
ply depot for the commonwealths of
Washington, Montana, Idaho, Utah,
Nevada and Oregon, and often has
Invaded the territory of California
and Arizona.
MAKE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS.
Located at 107 East Seventieth
street North la the firm of Leu
pold & Voelpel, makers of scientific
Instruments, an Industry employing
10 of the highest skilled workmen.
They have to be highly skilled. Their
productions are made with the exact
ness of a watch.
To the uninitiated the term "scien
tific Instruments" doesn't mean much.
The untutored mind imagines it a
something of consequence only to
those with "heads filled- with
learnln'," and of small value to the
great world at large.
That's a "bountiful mistake!"
This factory production Is as Im
portant . to the great, throbbing busi
ness pulse of the world as the heart
is Important to the body whose mo
tive power It is.
The Journal representative was
convinced of this as the courteous
Frederick Leupold, manager of the
firm, kindly explained the mysteries
of the institution.
"Nine years ago," he stated, "we
opened a small repair shop on Sixth
street, on the "West side. Our busi
ness soon began to gain vigorous mo
mentum, our reputation for pains
taking construction seemed to reach
interested people, and soon we were
forced" to secure more commodious
quarters, procure new machinery and
enter the field of manufacturing.
"Our first product was a. precise
engineer's transit. To construct this
instrument our equipment must in
clude a graduating engine. This is
a refined piece of mechanism for
dividing a circle with faultless accu
racy Into 360 degrees. It was made
for us In Germany and imported Into
this country.
NO "CHEAP" THINGS MADE.
"Our firm makes no pretense of
manufacturing cheap things. We de
test the thought. This engineer's
transit was as perfect as arfy made
In the world. It could not be bet
tered, and we are making transits
and levels of the same quality still.
Wo are not vain, we are not egotis
tical, nor is there a drop of bragga
docio .blood in our veins, and in de
claring these facts we are but speak
ing the truth.
"We haVe taken cllmatlo condi
tions into consideration In the de
sign of our transits and levels, and
this makes them especially suited to
the Pacific Northwest. Many of
them have been in use for several
years, and are today, by foremost
members of the engineering profes
sion. "Again outgrowing our quarters we
removed to this building where you
find us noto, away from the con
gested district, free from the City's
dust, vibrations and magnetic dis
turbances, an essential factor in our
Work. v '
"In 1918 w began the manufac
ture of hydrometric instruments
known as Stevens' Continuous Water
Stage Recorders. These are used to
automatically record the highest and
lowest stages of water in lakes, riv
ers, mountain streams, reservolri ir-
rigating ditches, canals, sewers, mill
races and ln drainage work. 'The
United States government Is one of
our best patrons for these. They
are largely used ln Irrigating pro
jects in the United States and in the
Hawaiian Islands. The slightest fall
or rise of water is noted by these In
ventions. Once set they require no
attention whatever. The attendant
may be absent for weeJcs, but the
gauge remains 'on tbe Job' as faith
fully as If his eyes were constantly
upon It. We have shipped a number
of them to clients in Canada, especi
ally the northwestern provinces, some
to Spain and evn far away India.
Our-, last ? n tt India but re
cently dispatched
MANY STYLES OF GAUGES.
"Our output at this time largely
consists of continuous water stage
recorders, eight , day recording water trained In up-to-date methods of war
gauges, duplex water stage recorders ar- : ' -
and long distance water stage . re-.f . Jfh.,? 7h Jnt?rv?n?ontIn.M.e?
. , -,.t-i.iT- ICO are doing their best to test the
corders. The latter is an electrically- power of suggestion.
operated instrument, where the re-! in all probability, that straw vote to
cording mechanism may . be located
In the office and the sending appll-
ance miles away, if necessary, in a
stream or lake or reservoir. Any
fluctuation, however minute, ill the
, . . . . ,t f m
water In which it Is stationed, will
be transmitted by electrical Impulses
th. ntm m.h.ni.m r,A bv
it faithfully noted on a continuous
sheet of record paper. These are fre
quently Installed at very remote
places, and will operate, like & clock
for long periods without the least
attention. We make four styles of
surveying Instruments adapted to the
requirements of every class of sur
veying." MORE PORTLAND GENIUS.
It hasn't happened that men com- our troop8 phasing him to break
lng to Portland ascended so high on through the first two syllables.
Rocky mountain trains that the' Having ha'd large- experience ln much-
,,,. . , . ,, ,, tVl advertised fights. Americans are pre-
clouds cracked their skulls and the d t0 be sd;8appolnted should that
sky scraped their brains out. There North sea affair ever come off.
are as wise men in Portland as any-1 Talking of pests, isn't there some
wher nn earth Hear Mr LeuDold- wa' of exterminating creatures that
wnere on eartn. itear Mr. .ueupoia. blame tne WfRson administration for
"We are Just beginning the manu- not doing what they know was impos
facture of a new solar transit for sible to do?
land surveys, and also solar"peloru i , Admiral Fiske explains that he re
. ' , . , i. 1 signed as aide of operations because
for use on ships traversing the high he thought his country ln grave danger
seas, by means of which the mariner and Secretary Daniels would not fol
.... . , low his directions. Such an excuse
may ascertain the precise course of coming from a "fighting sea dog"
a vessel at sea, true or magnetic, sounds rather queer.
without recourse to the marine com- i
pass. The first of these new solar
transits Is completed and will be sent
to Washington in a few days for j oOKVAIiXiXB QAZETTE-TXMXiS : The
government Inspection. We have people of Oregon should be Vitally
boundless confidence ln these lnven- Interested in the passage of the Cham
tlons. and predict the world will berlaltl ln Benton county, for ln-
,, stance, it means a yearly Income for
hear from them very pronouncedly tne BCnools of ,21,000. The total
within a few years. amount expended In Benton county last
"In addition to our regular work
we make to order many scientifio In
struments of special construction,"'
Mr. Leupold concluded. "Our repair
department Is supplied with every es
sential device to take care of all
makes of broken or injured Instru
ments. In locating our plant in Port-
land we have anticipated the needs of
a large and promising country, rich their votes are the ones that will set
In natural resources, in the develop- tie this question. As a voting entity,
ment of which we wish to have a Oregon doesn't cut much Ice. There
ment or which we wish to )ve a are Jot of people thoughf ,rom
share. e like Portland. We like 6tates where the vote is larger. Many
the people of Portlaiid. We like this of them are perhaps acquainted with
great west and expect to end our
days within delightful environs."
Visitors are welcomed to the fac
tory of Leupold & Voelpel, and It Is
a most interesting place. It is con
siderable of an education to spend an
hour with these gentlemen.
School Fund Increase
Is in Grave Danger
Oregon's Irreducible school fund,
under the terms of the Chamberlain
land grant bill, would receive $17,600,
000. This sum would yield, under ex
isting law, an annual Income to the
schools of the state of Jl. 056. 000. Be
cause of the hostility of Congressmen
Lenroot of Wisconsin and Raker of
California, the bill about to be pre
sented to congress cuts the sum Ore
gon schools would receive ln half. The
following table shows what the success
of the Chamberlain apportionment
means in dollars to the common
school9-of each county In the state
every year:
County Annual Income
Baker
81,436
20,986
6b. 736
26,047
20,042
35,275
14,191
4,347
83,787
6,712
10.270
7,350
10.840
35,624
5,363
14,807
13,796
7,955
61,815
11,414
42.994
16.424
69.739
7.683
Benton
Clackamas .
Clatsop
Columbia . .
Coos
Crook
Curry
Douglas . . .
Gilliam
Grant
Harney
Hood River
Jackson
Jefferson . .
Josephine ..
Klamath . . .
Lake
Lane
Lincoln
Linn
Malheur '. . .
Marion
Morrow
Multnomah 256,902
Polk
26.786
Sherman . . .
Tillamook ..
Umatilla . . .
Union
Wallowa . . .
Wasco
Washington
Wheeler . . .
Yamhill . . .
6.415
11,450
85,978
29,101
16.259
21.068
43,615
5,456
86.337
Total $1,058,000
Letters From the People
Communication! sent to The Joarnal for
nhllcatlon in this deDartmenf should be writ
ten on only one aide of tbe paper, aboold Dot
exceed 300 worda In length and moat be ac
companied by the name and addreaa of the
aender. If tbe writer doea not denlra to hare
the name published, be should so stats.
"lUsensslon la the greatest of all reformer.
It rationalizes ererj-tblng It touches. It roba
principled of all Talse Bnuctity and throws them
back on their reasonableness. If they bare no
reasonableness. It ruthlessly crushes tbem oat
of existence and seta up Its own conclusions
ln their stead." Woodrow Wilson.
, . . " ZT . .
The Right to Buy Alcohol.
Portland, March 26. To the Editor
of The Journal. I have had occasion
to purchase some alcohol ln the local
drug store. I had to pay at the rate
of $1.60 per quar't. As I could have
it shipped in for $1 per quart I or
dered some, thinking I was acting
entirely within the law. as the Ore-
gon prohibition law plainly states
each family may ship in two quarts
of splrltous liquor every four weeks.
The district attorney's office, how
ever,, has notified the express com
panies not to deliver any alcohol
whatsoever.
Now I always supposed the district
attorney's office was intended to en
force the laws made by the people. I
am unaware of any amendment to
the state charter giving the district
attorney the power to make law. If
such Is the case. I have the wrong
impression of law. I always supposed
tx- law. win made bv th sniA
anl for the neonle and that the fund -
amental principle of law was common
sense and Justice.
T law fiiat that rt t.M h.
people where they shall buy? Is that
what our prohibition law Is for, or
is It an amendment prohibiting tho
manufacture and sale of Intoxicating
liauor within the state?
If our present law enforcing offi
cials are unable to enforce the law
without adding to it they had better
turn the Job over to some competent
party that Is able to do so without
PERTINENT COMMENT
7
SMALL CHANGE
oe taken at the courthouse will be used
as bedding for a favored candidate.
Fora-8 agencies from ths state must
try the patience of that-eminent pa-
. -
. That, epsom salts mine, claimed to
hSLVa been dIscovered ln Oregon, ought
to come in handy while the castor oil
shortage continues. -. -. - -
No, the people who are squatting ln
front of the United States land office
are not squatters as the land office
understands the term.
"What is the most expensive luxury
for a natlonV asks a clergyman. Fool
ish question, because the answer is so
easy. It's a war lord.
It begins to look as though the steel
. magnates, convinced that Uncle Bam
can't be bluffed, are preparing to come
down, like Davy Crockett's coon.
If Villa gets Into the fastnesses of
STANDING UP FOR OREGON'S SCHOOLFUND
year for school purposes was 10
About one-fifth of this amount would
be Benton county's share if the Cham
berlain bill passes. It has been sug
gested In various newspapers that we
get busy and "write our congressman."
But It occurs to us that congressmen
of other states are not so keenly alive
to what this matter means to us nor
so well Informed as our congressmen
and. our own people. And after all
the congressmen or the senators from
some eastern state. Perhaps ln this
county, certainly in this state, there
are enough people to' Influence some
votes of the representative of every
state in the union. We believe that
those are the people to whom to write.
Getting letters from another state than
their own, on a subject that is largely
local, wlK be ln the nature of a diver
sion that will attract their attention.
To vote the way the writer wants them
to will lose them no votes at home and
the chances are that If the letter Is
strong enough and there are enough
of them the congressman would vote
as the writers desire. It is worth try
ing. Take it as a personal matter. If
& letter wuld Increase your own in
come 40 per cent, would you write It?
Tou bet you would. Well, you should
be Just as Interested ln Benton county.
ZCEDrOBJD MATT, - TBJjJVsii:: The
land grant counties of Oregon should
make every effort to secure the pas
sage of the Chamberlain bill, which pro
vides for the sale of the timber lands
comprised in the O. & C. land grant,
40 per cent of the net proceeds to go
into the state school fund, 40 per cent
to the road funds of the counties ln
which the grant Is situated and 20 per
cent to the government. The bill will
open for entry the mineral and agricul
tural land, sell the timber on the land,
and open this land for agricultural
purposes after the timber is removed.
From the proceeds of the sale of the
timber the railroad is to be paid its
equity of $2.50 per acre, and the cost
of administration deducted, the bal
ance being disposed of as above stated.
This bill will leave $17,600,000 to be
apportioned to the state school fund,
and an equal amount distributed among
the counties for road building, In pro
portion to the timber acreage ln each
county. Jackson county's share would
be $3,748,755, Josephine's $1,421,136,
Curry's $66,665, Douglas' $5,234,134.
Klamath's $364,998. With $3,748,755
available for road building, Jackson
county's road problems would be
solved, without burdensome taxation.
With similar relief to the other coun
ties of western Oregon, the state would
become the banner highway section of
the world.
KZD70BD BUS : And speaking of
the state, there Is Immediate need of
Oregon uniting ln defense of the Cham
berlain bill recently mutilated ln the
house. This bill provided 40 per cent
of the proceeds from the sale of grant
lands should go to the irreducible
school fund, which would amount to
over $1,000,000 a year, but the house
sub-committee
ance to 10 per cent and devoted 40 per
cent to the general reclamation fund.
This is not a political question. It Is
solely a matter of business and Justice.
It Is obvious that Oregon is entitled to
more than 10 per cent of this fund, and
It is also obvious that general rec
lamation Is not entitled to 40 per
cent, which would mean other states
would receive the benefit of a resource
peculiarly Oregon's, and ln which Ore-
! . vrv uch ln The DeoDle
of tne state, regardless of party, should
unite in demanding that congress give
them the benefits to which they are
entitled.
OKHGrOir CITY COTJXXE&s Senator
Chamberlain has Introduced a bill for
tbe settlement of the Oregon & Call-
fornla land grant tangle tnat appears
tj be as good a wuy out as any that has
yet been suggested, or that will be sug-
rested. The state of Oregon will re
ceive a very great Increase to its school
causing unnecessary expense to the
people.
Will some one kindly explain to
me how can a law be Just and con
stitutional that compels the people
to buy goods within a given place.
when the same can be procured else
where for 50 per cent less? Wll
m ofto Wfadly set me right on this
. subject? E. E. HAUMAN,
Suspects American Villlstas.
' ReedvUle. Or.. March 15. To the
Editor of The Journal I hop the
American army gets Villa, alive. I hope
h wm Placed on trial In ' some
American court, so that we will get to
hear to what exteSt American "cash
register patriots" are Implicated In the
four years of turmoil in Mexico. The
trial should bring out the names of the
gujlty, and the same hemp that shall
- V
ANDREWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
"Speaking of the old-time hayseed.
It is quite the thing how to pity the
poor cuss from tha city," observes the
Baker Democrat.
The Pendleton East Oregonian truly
asserts that if Oregon "had that grant
land money in the school fund there
would be less complaint agaiost taxes."
The Condon Globe has Just celebrat
ed its twenty-seventh anniversary.
Editor Hartshorn announces the de
termination to make the coming year
the best the Globe has known.
The Pine Valley Herald, published
at Halfway, looks out upon the year
and proclaims:- "Bumper crops, a
bumopr mtnine rear and a bumper lot
of people to nerp gather the harvest
are a few of the good things ln sight
for us."
The automobile bug's bite Is a ser
ious matter in and about Lebanon, according-
to the Express, which says:
"Let the price of gasoline soar and the
cry of hard times continue, the de
mand for automobiles seems to in
crease in Lebanon and vicinity, and
more and better cars will be seen here
this season than ever before."
In its modernizing propaganda, the
Astoria Budget inserts this: "While
pondering over what great things are
going to occur now that Astoria has
secured the equitable rail freight rates,
don't forget that If we are to build a
modern oity hers we must have a build
ing code and fire limits. No city ever
prospered so long as it permitted
shacks t'o be erected ln its main busi
ness district."
Instead of hitching racks, the Kla
math Falls Herald advocates "a mu
nicipal hitching place." It alludes to
danger "where the teams are tied to
racks, with the wagons extending near
ly halfway across the street. The
establishment of a hitching lot, instead
of hitching posts on the streets, the
Herald argues, would also be better
for the farmers' horses, which are un
used to standing on pavement.
fund, if the bill carries; and the land
grant counties will have enough road
money to get some much needed high
ways. These two provisions have prob
ably been Inserted ln the measure to
bring it friends in great number but
the disposal of the sums realized from
the sale of the lands is good, even at
that. The ' government's 20 per cent
will help defray the cost of the fed-
eral purchase and of federal work in
clearing the matter up. In short, the
bill appears to be a good way of getting
the most out of a bad tangle, and con
gress should be given encouragement
to pass it.
FESDZ.ETOV EAST O&SCrOVZAVt
It is now estimated that Senator
Chamberlain's plan to give Oregon
schools 40 per cent, of the money from
the grant lands will net slightly over
$17,000,000 for the Irreducible school
fund. Should the Idea suggested by
the Interior department prevail ln con'
gress we will get but half that amount.
In other words the sum of $8,500,000
for our schools is at stake. It is a
splendid opportunity for the state and
a united front should be presented at
Washington.
Through action by tha East Oregon
Ian the position of Congressman Sln
nott upon the subject of the land
grant has been made clear. It was but
fair to Mr. Slnnott to do this and it Is
gratifying to know that our congress
man is bending his energies to obtain
40 per cent of the money for the ir
reducible school fund.
In the course he is taking Mr. Sln
nott Is right. It would be better to
obtain the grant money for the schools
of Oregon than to have It go for rec
lamation purposes even If used on proj
ects in Oregon. All people ar directly
Interested ln the schools and would be
financially benefited by tha building
up of the irreducible school fund. The
benefits from reclamation are not so
general ln character and sometimes
those benefits, are absorbed chiefly by
parries owning land under irrigation
projects.
Then again time has shown it Is ex
tremely difficult fo obtain reclamation
money ln this manner. There is al
ways a question as to ths feasibility
of projects. Judge Kills when ln con
gress went up against, this same sub
ject when section nine of the reclama
tion law was repealed. He found a
stone wall that was insurmountable.
There are Indications the situation in
congress has. not materially changed
since that time.
Twenty million dollars for the Ir
reducible school fund of Oregon would
Indeed be a rich heritage for the chil
dren of the state. It would mean an
annual income of "$1,000,000 for school
purposes. Umatilla county's share of
tbe money each year would be over
$36,000. Such an annuity im worth
thinking about and worth making an
effort to obtain. It Is equivalent to an
outright gift of 1700,000 to the schools
of the county.
Plain common sense calls for active,
Intelligent Interest in this subject by
the people of this county and state.
The matter is as yet unsettled. Sen
ator Chamberlain is fathering the
measure ln the senate and Congress
man Slnnott, as shown by his message
to this paper Saturday, will fight to
the finish in the house to obtain 40
per cent of the money for our school
fund. In their fight the delegation
should have enthusiastic backing from
the people. They should have mes
sages of support and encouragement
from every commercial club, every
school board nd town government in
eastern Oregon. It will help them If
they can show that their people are
with them, that they want 40 per cent
for schools and feel they are Justly
entitled to. such legislation. It will
also stimulate our representatives to
do their utmost.
Messages "from home" will be par
ticularly timely ln view of the fact
there Is room for belief that lobbying
Is being done to divert the money from
the school fund to other purposes. It
does not cost much to send a night
message to Washington and upon a
Western Union blank one name looks
as big as another. There is no or
ganization so small, no Individual so
humble but that a massage of support
will be of value. In the final test the
sentiment of the people of this state
may be the deciding factor in the
struggle. Do your part and do it now
while the lsffue is in the balance and
your influence will carry weight.
be used to break Villa's neck should
likewise be used on bis American con
federates. To my notion. Villa Is the
least of this bunch of blood-stained
criminals who have kept Mexico In a
state of Anarchy for years. If Justice
Is done in the matter, American mil
lionaires found guilty as copartners
with Villa will hang by the neck un
til dead. The blood of American sol
diers must not be shed in vain. In
punishing Villa we treat with the ef
fects of a cause. If We want to uproot
the causa we will then get at ths real
criminals, and they won't bs found
south of the Rio Grande, either. It
seems to me that Justice would cry out
so- strongly .against tniSv sniping,
traitorous, money-mad Un-American
outfit that the nation, hearing, would
demand their extermination.
- O. B. HUNK,
' I I
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t'
BV FtSX T AMPMAN
IN ALL THE
wonders bot
WORLD with all Its
both natural and man- -
made there's nothing quite so inter- .
eating to me as people. " ' "
Just plain people with all their : .
faults and failings and kindnesses ,
and virtues.
jAnd one reason perhaps- that
people ar so Interesting Is that :
they're all different each from tha
other.
H And their differences are to ba
seen in everything they do or say.
J For Instance there's the people ,.
who stop every day and sit on tha
benches by tha Unitarian church
aoross from Tha Journal.
And yesterday there came a boy
who was very different from any '
of the others.
5 And be sat on the end of tha
bench nearest the wooden step' -down
from the sidewalk to the pave
ment at the corner of Yamhill and
Broadway.
JAnd be sat as if he was Inter
ested ln nothing at all.
until somebody came along.
JAnd then he glanced sldtwiss
toward the wooden step.
JAnd nearly always whoever was
passing would stoop.
and try to pick something up-n
from the step.
JAnd then they'd brace up and
look around to see If anyone had
seen them.
and then they'd go on.
JAnd all this looked interesting. i
so I went ovei- and walked past
the step.
and saw that there was a nickel
nailed to it.
JAnd I went and sat down by the
boy.
JAnd a fat man came along with
a stiff hat.
J And he saw the nickel and
stooped down.
and dug at It with his finger
nails, and his hat fell off and rolled.
J And he got red and straight
ened up.
and walked after his hat and
picked It up with dignity.
J And he brushed itvwith his sleeve,
and looked at the nickel.
and swore softly,
and went on.
J And two girls came alorsr
dressed ln black and white stripe!.
so they looked like optical Illu
sions. J And one tried to plok up th
nickel.
and the other giggled.
J And the girl who tried kicked at
the nickel.
and hurt her toe on the curb.
and said "Somebody thinks
they're smart!"
and they went on.
JAnd a man came along a sort of
modern Mr. Worldly Wiseman.
for he saw the nickel and smiled.
and muttered "Too early for
April 1."
and tried It with his toe.
-and smiled again at his own
shrewdness and went on.
JAnd another man who wore a
checked tan-and-brown suit and a
heavy gold watch chain tried to pick
up the nickel.
and then snorted like a gasoline
engine.
J And be thought a moment and
then took out his knife.
and tried to pry up the nickel.
and broke tha blade.
J And the boy and I took hold of
hands and squeezed bard to keep
from yelling.
JAnd the man looked at the stub
blade and shut it and put the knife
In his pocket and glared at the
nickel and went on.
J And sometimes they came and
sat on the bench with us to watch
the others.
( And we were aorry for a dear
old lady who tried and said "Well
I declare!"
JAnd the boy he had "Just blew
In"' from Edmonton and didn't know
where he was going.
but he was seeing the world.
JAnd I don't know how long he
stayed there and watched the nickel
because
J LISTEN Ths esteemed city ed
itor saw me and sent Rex Stewart ,
our sad-eyed office boy across the :
street with a notesuggesting that '
I do soma useful labor.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
There is lota of things ln this world
that don't seem much use, like worms
ln logs and land speculators and
gamblers. Kissing a pretty girl is a
pastim and not duty.
Stories ofr
Slyreet&iiTowri
"Henry" Not like the Camel.
PHIL' M3BT0GHAN JR-. who hotels
at Broadway and Washington
streets, took a trip to Grants Pass last
week.
Part of his program was a ride by
auto through portions of Josephine
county. This auto ln truestlon was a
pet auto and was oalled "Henry" aftsr
bis discoverer.
"Henry" performed valiantly until
he struck the center of a create when
he stopped and refused to budga far
ther.
Mr. Metschan'a companions twins
armed, or rather legged, with hip boots
stepped forth from ths machine, raised
the hood and at a distance of six feet,
loftily and expertly, exclaimed, "I see
nothing ths matter with him!"
Having no boots Mine Host Met
schan remained seated In tha middle
of tha back seat. Not until the boot
wearers had ended did he speak, and
then from a long experience with
'buses.
"I think Henry needs a drink." he
said.-
Investigation showed that Henry did
and Ilka a smart little auto ha had
balked ln the right place.
Like 01dBiIl Bailey.
SHE wanted to attract attention. Shs
did, and in a very unusual manner.
- She sat la tha front seal of aa auto
mobile and played on a Ukelsle as ths
automobile moved alowly up and down
Washington street last night.
: Many heard tha music and ' looked
for an advertising sign on the machine
but none was there. The young man
driving the car did not appear to no
tice tha stares of tha people but tha
girl was aver conaeloua of them. Shs
only held her chin higher, more tightly
compressed her lips and twanged ths
strings of tha Ukelele.
She played those croon y Hawaiian
melodies, tha ones that are associated
with warm summer jilghts and moon
light. It was far from' being a sum
mar night last night but that did no
worry tha girl.
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