THE OREGOll DAJLY ; 'JOUKNAI PORTLAND, FRIDAYS MAY 5, 1916.
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HE JOURNAL
. . PoblMicv I
urtied wr dir. efterngpii and monrtn
ipt tinrfar afternoon), at Tbe Journal
i lid Int. liroadway and xaanlll UH PorU
nod, or. . ,
itI at tk aoatofflca at Portland. Or., for
irananiaaina Uiroagb tM malla aa aaeood
laaa anatlar.
LKPHMNKS -Main T173; Horn. A -8061. All
-yirtmrat rearbad by thaae nombarn. TcU
ti otwratar what dprtnint yon want.
KKIUN AOVEUTIHINO KKfREHNTATI VU
' laailn Ksalaot Co., Bmnwlck BWl,
..ft 1ftb At.. Vtw york. UK People's
i . ldg., Chicago.
Hiibacrtpttaa term by mall or to any ad
1 wa la the t'nltad State or Milo:
PAILT (M0HNIN0 OB AJTERNOON)
i7ta........3.00 One Booth......! .60
f .. . . SCNOAT.
, ia yeaf... 92-60 I One month.. ,..'$ .29
AH.X M0amO OR AFTERNOON) AND
1 HONDA V
r. y ar. .... ... .I7.fl0 I Ono month 1
Anorlra aaka nothing for beraelf bat what
ha baa a right to aak for homnoltj Itaeir.
1 WOODHOW WILSON.
Million for detenu, bat not a eent tor
.Mhata. - OHAKLt.H C. PINOKNRY.
Clrenmatanrca I
I maka circumstance I
A LINE TO YAKIMA
i
WELL defined demand for
clOser railroad connections
'with the Yakima territory
has appeared in Portland as
i resu.lt of the excursion of local
business men to that region last
veek..
( The . visit brought home to the
Portlanders the fact that of all the
business originating in that sec
tion, running into the millions of
dollars, Portland gets practically
none. ' - Lack of railroad connec
tions Is the declared cause. On ac
count of the round about routing
to this :ity, the distance to Port
land Is 300 tulles, against 200 to
Puget Sound. Yet, by the build-lag-of
about 50 miles of road, the
Portland distance could be re
duced to 150 miles,
f Tha connecting link in the North
Bank system would, if built, open
up a- very productive country. The ,
people ia every locality visited by :
tilt . excursionists were clamorous j
for direct rail connections with
Portland. They want both to sell
and buy of Portland, without hav.
lng to ship via Puget Sound with
the consequent loss of time and
freight charges.
' The railroad system is bo dis- '
posed that the Yakima country is i
practically driven to Puget Sound.
Their trade is well corralled by the
geography of the railroad lines.'
l-The problem is for Portland to
indues the Great Northern andjeisco and rescued a Bhipmate who
Northern Pacific to' build the ; had fallen that distance into the
needed stretch of line. It is as-1
eumed that the roads will hesitate
to make the outlay on merely sen-j
umemai reasons.
.5 It will be' necessary to convince i
the roads that it is to their interest !
to do it.
' It should require but little argu
,'ment to do this. Real railroad
'men know that their standing with
;a community defends largely upon
tne service rendered. No railroad
can well afford to debar such a
City as Portland from such a terri
tory -as the Yakima region. No
railroad can afford to force a 3 00
mile haul on Portland in order to
reach Yakima when a short stretch ,
of road can reduce that haul to!
less than 150 miles. Refusal to
make the connection can have no
other effect than to arouse resent
ment, when once the issue has
come under agitation.
The. North Bank and Harriman
companies built parallel lines up
the Deschutes at very great out
lay. .After such an expenditure, it
Is not unreasonable for Portland
and North Yakima to ask for direct
connections.
, ' Calling upon the New "York sen
ators to support the Chamberlain
plan for giving 40 per cent of the
Oregon grant lands to Oregon
Schools, the New Ydtk state society
of - Portland has thrown its influ- What better advertisement of Ore
ence against the plan of giving 40 gon than a twenty-five-million-dol-
percent of the grant land money
to reclamation in other states. If
m iv . i
j tha ; results of similar action by
J other state societies is an indica
; tlon, the Oregon schools will prob-
ably - secure two more friends in
the senate in consequence of the
; NeTRr.York society's action.
IV; MINISTERS' PAY
THE General Conference of the
Methodist church at Roches-
ter Is making a praiseworthy
.- effort to increase the salaries
of its ministers. Either the min
ister Is a useful. character In the
modern world or he is not. If he
; Is of no use he should be urged
to seek some other occupation. If
; he Is truly useful he should receive
j pay enough to support him de
t cently.
j The Methodist church has paid
iout more than $53,000,000 in sal
'' aries to Its ministers . in the last
three years, which Is almost J18,
000.000 a year. But this does not
mean that preaching has been an
opulent vocation. Far from it.
Eighteen-millions dollars yearly is
a large sum but there are many
hands to receive it and .when It Is
divided iavrnong ; them the dole to
each Js "Jilttfully small.
. There is clamor for better pas-
Uoral leadership,, especially In rural
ch grebes. The conference says . "we
cannot expct t tbe ' pastors . with
their miserably small salaries to
provide the leadership required."
The country minister is asked to
provide expert advice for rural or
ganization. He is criticised if he
does not furnish his neighborhood
a lofty, example la culture, manners
and refinement. He is despised if
he does not think, act and dress
like a man of means. .Andhe is
paid a salary that a longshoreman
would scorn. Consistency is a
jewel which church members should
learn to prize more highly.
Fifty thousand dollars is really
not enough to compensate for the
great and irreparable damage the
Anti-Saloon League has done "Pat."
As salve with which to heal the
gaping wounds opened in Pat's in
nocent soul, the league ought to
be made to pay him about a bil
lion dollars. An example ought to
be made of those who ruthlessly
rob our Pat of his halo.
ROBERT LA FOLLETTE
S'
URPRISE has been expressed
that Senator La Follette"B
name will not appear on the
ballot in the Oregon primaries
as candidate for president. Ore
gon is a progressive state and in
many respects has led the way for
others to follow. Senator La Fol
lette for years has been one of the
great leaders of real progressive
thought in the United States, and
history will regard him as one of
the great constructive statesmen of
the age.
Logically.be is the first choice
of many thousands of the Repub
licans of the state for president. In
1912 he received Jn the primaries
nearly 23,000 votes against about
28.000 for Roosevelt and about
18,000 for Taft. The four years
of his public service since by a
man who is always steadfastly true
to the people can only have added
to popular .belief In his fidelity.
Of course he has opponents. So
has every public man who stands
for anything. But, In the case of
La Follette they are enemies more
of what he stands for than of the
man personally.
Unhappily, it sometimes appears
as though the friends of the prin
ciples and policies of which he is
the exponent are asleep. They are,
at least, not always alert. If they
had been, the name of Senator La
Follette would have been on the
Republican ballot with a very great
probability that he would have
been the popular choice.
No Republican in public life more
nearly reflects the aspirations and
purposes of the Republican masses.
those masses who, by the million,
believe in equal opportunity,
free ballot, honest government, well
emiowed schools and America first
'
Among the heroes of war there
is none more brave than the sailor
who, as a hero of peace, Jumped
100 feet into the sea at San Fran
tempestuous surf. His name was
Clancy, and he Is a "broth of a
bye" with a title clear 4o a hero
medal
A WARNING
D
EATH from burns is the fate
that has come to Mrs. Jane
McKinley, who passed away In
St. Vincent's hospital last
night.
She was using half a teacupful
cf gasoline in cleaning gloves
Though it is an extremely danger
oub process, thousands of house
wives have the habit. What hap
pened in this case, is liable to oc
cur in any""instance in which gaso
line is used for any purpose.
From the beginning of the fire
prevention campaign, Portland fire
men have given constant warnings
of this and other perils. They have
carried the news into every house
hold and sounded the alarm
through the public press.
Thex mournful accident of yes
terday Is one more impressive proof
that gasoline is a treacherous and
dangerous thing.
We have spent much money ln
advertising Oregon abroad. We
recently Eent the color pictures of
the Columbia highway through the
east as an ' advertising venture.
lar school fund built up from six
millions by grant land money?
A ECONOMIC PROBLEM
VJ
HE authorities." savs a
news report, "are agreed
that Mexico's problem is
more economic than mili
tary." We areglad to learn that
the authorities are so sensible.
Mexico is overrun by bandits be
cause the people are starving. They
are starving because for several
years they have not been permitted
to grow food enough to eat.
Diaz Is praised by many because
he kept the peace in Mexico, but
his acts were the true cause of the
troubles that have followed upon
his downfall. He deprived the peo
pie of their land, granted the
natural resources of the country to
foreigners and his so-called edu
cational reforms were mere Illu
sions. In substance they amounted
to nothing. If Diaz had been a
real statesman Instead or a sham
he would have labored to prepare
his countrymen for liberty. What
ne actually did was to fasten
slavery upon them.
The factional strife that followed
upon his downfall was the most
natural thing in the world. Its
consequences are also natural.
We find the same state of af-
fairs In Franc after ter Hundred I
Tears war with England and, in I
Germany after the dreadful Thirty
Years war. "Hunger and unem-j needed revision of Oregon erlml
ployment," says the dispatch, nal code? Able speakers will
'cause the lawlessness that pre-
vails." Hanger and Idleness al-
ways cause lawlessness. In this
respect Mexico is like ievery other
country. Starving people are
ways riotous. t I
It It is true that ! the United
States government has promised j
economic aid to Mexico) the news Is j
welcome. Mexico can be redeemed
from her miseries, but not by I
soldiers. Not by more bloodshed
and more plunder. But by giving
the hungry population work where-
by they may feed themselves. Al
million dollars invested in a revi-
val of Mexican industries will do I
more for permanent peace than
half a billion spent upon military
expeditions.
In a well in which revenue of
ficers had emptied contraband
whiskey, three Georgians were
drowned. "Oh. death: where is
thy Stine?" was the remark Of One 1
i I
vi mo iMiucia.
THE JEFFERSON STATUE '
7
A
STATUE of Thomas Jeffer
son is an appropriate decora
tion for the Jefferson High
SCHOOL DUIUUUHS ttl. IUO
a All- U kllV VtA flf M I
oi me stairway uj wuivu mo m-
dents enter the building, it will re-
mind them as they come ana go i
of the. virtues and achievements of
a great man. mere is no
stimulus to noo.e i ym aan w .
. , . ,- .
cousiaui mcuiui, .
vvucu c
great men's deeds we inspire them
to do great deeds themselves.
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime.
And departing leave behind us
Footprints on the Bands or time.
Thomas Jefferson stood for one
Of two contrasted American doc-
trines. Hamilton stood for the
other. It is obsolete to say that
Jefferson stood for a weak central
p-nvprnmpnt and Hamilton for a
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Strong one. That is a superficial
RtntAirifint nf thp.ir difference. Jef-
ferson believed that the govern- these gardens more Than 6000 tour
ment existed for the citizen. Ham- ists journeyed. One photograph shows
ilton believed that the citizen ex-
isted for the government. Jeffer-
son's theory has had but feeble
and evanescent appucauoi m
a ;r. offoirc Hamilton's has
prevailed almost" unbrokenly from
the beginning
It has led to fetish worship of
the written constitution. ' It has
subordinated all pTOgresS to the
ranrire of verbal iuEsIery Through
Caprice OI veiUdl juesieu. imua6u
..r ... i ,
its influence human rights have
been made less important than
6trict adherence
Terence to an ancient text
which means one thing to one
set
Of judges and something else to
andther set. Hamilton's theory
makes the government a play upon
words and the people the puppets
of dead formulas.
Jefferson taught that it was the
business of the government to serve
the people. His most famous say-
ing was that "the best government
is- the one that governs least,
but he never said that the .best
government is the one that serves
the least. Centuries ahead of his
contemporaries, he perceived that
"governing, in trie oia time sense
of exploiting, military display and
a? s V. a: J na. a1 4rv A a r nnna y I
iiguiiiiB, was uiCU I
and that in tne long run govern
ment wouia mean noimng m i
ana notmng less tuau me uuueu
effort of the 'people to promote
their common welfare. Hamilton
is a dying symbol, Jefferson one of
perennial vitality.
"In Defense of Redheads" was
the subject of a recent lecture. But
It must have been wasted effort
A t rhnH xr wlin line ovor hnrl tronhlft
- umB
Wlin a ICUUrauou wumau ivuuim
that she needs no defense.
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RUNNING AMUCK
NEWS dispatch from Wash-
A
ington yesterday said; I
Congressman Hawley of Ore-
gon, author or a bill that was
turned down, has shotted his'
runs for an assault upon the Cham-
upon tne nam- i
berlain-Ferris bill. He will expound
"... I
the theory that congress lacks power
to do more than order the sale of the
lands by the railroad company. The
attorney general of thie United States
and many lawyers on the public lands
committee do not agree with him.
Why does Congressman Hawley
run amuck? Why does he disre-
gard. the letters, petitions, tele-
grams and appeals that have poured
in from the people off Oregon?
Sinnott is working hard for the
bill. Hawley's whale attitude is
destructive. He 1st playing into
the hands of the eastern reclama-
tionists who want fthe grant land
money spent outside of Oregon,
and playing into the hands of the
railroad by making the railroad's
contention his contention.
He is wholly out of harmony
vr-i r H tha nrfohAn st ,Ui n 1 -.a I
iOUCO l iuo poupie ui
Oregon and by that token is fur
nishing an example of one of the
weaknesses of representative gov
ernment. It will not be long until the
fight will open in the senate com-
mlttPA nvor oraTit linil lao-lalatltn
Then the Oregon schools will need
all the friends they can get.
AT REED COLLEGE
I
NTELLIGENT people will take
lively interest In the Oregon
State Cqpf erence iof Social Agen-
cies. It meets, at Reed College
from May 12 to May 14, and thejnsed In market gardening or consumed
topics to be discussed are Of fun-1 In the home or hotel, and, like their
dament&l Importance. The quesl
tlon how society should deal with
its "unfit" will be investigated
from many Sides; 1
Should we follow the example
of enlightened Europe . and estab-
lish health insurance?. Should we '
proceed promptly with the aamy
handle these subjects. Every mo-
ment of the conference will be in
teresting and instructive.
Particularly important will be
al-lthe two exhibits. The one of child:!
welfare, the other a Reed College
exhibit of municipal and social wel
fare. Reed College has been re-
markably active in the study of
social questions. Both professors
and students have participated. The
exhibit will , give an Idea or what
they have accomplished. The con
Terence is public.
Its deliberations and discussions
should challenge wide public in-
terest.
NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND
Back to thlncs Edenle the reader of The
Journal are lnrlted. for a day. Ona of the
KHHlra or the garden allarea the mam
formed, multicolored and altogether beaateona
dahlia la the tnni In Nn 12. of tha "Nothln
the Matter With Portland" artlclaa. Port-
land a dahlia apeclaliati rank high aa to both
excellence of colturea and Tolume of trana
I actloue.
ND the largest dahlia, farm west
of the Mississippi is one of Port-
land's glories!
There are five acres of these
beauties!
Tlloro r tha ,r
Thp .B fiQm. nf thA BVT1An.
L?, buIba ,n the -
. n . n .,., . .
t k , ,
aiiM m.chj D A. will llUO
reat orlglna, colJection the Gm broth
ers oWners of the farm have oHgi.
nated some 30 varieties of their own.
And their bulbs are in demand in
every state in the Union. There Is
not one from which their mailing list
will npt show a considerable number
of customers.
It would be a pleasure to name and
describe each variety of these popular
flowering plants, but let the reader
Imagine a solid five acres of them
some of the blossoms eight and 10
inches in diameter! Tt will h a
I
sight that will live in the memory for
a lone-, lonir tlm T.t t!jroii is at present iuu a weeK, but
a crowd of hundreds present at one
time.
THE birth OF the industry.
"' uiu uui, uromers,
were4Vborn n he land now occupied
by their seed and dahlia farm,
the
',7 '? :. . V i: , ,
ucoi j-cain ui uicir rouin
fa
.
'"" gardening, and they were sue-
cessful in this vocation. In their
g of He- tn conceived
"L . Z V i 1, I
U1LC" uccu uisappgmiea m
ose bought from dealers In the east,
" wou'd l .1'
were not the ones received, and this
occasioned grievous delays in remedy
ing the mistake. So, six years ago
thv nhanrinna market erarrl atiI n tr n.
f . . hftV. . PVntpA , th.lr
thno and enenries t0 the propa&ation
of the most extensive farnily of
dahlIa8 tQ be found anywnere west of
the Mississippi river, and they firmly
believe there Is no greater variety
anywhere in America. Dahlias have
been grown by the brothers for more
than bU
years, but for this time
they have been specializing on this
flower, and are now confident that
their assortment and
perfection of
hlnnm unrivalled In thin rnnntrv.
Thm Is probably no color not repre-
sented in their hues. This season
they will have the greatest variety
yet produced, and when, next fall.
they &re ln he,ght of 'thelr 8plen;
irill be one which
aor. uie aiiraciiuii win ue one which i
will draw still greater thousands to i
the farm, located three blocks east
of the Mount Hood depot.
The Gill brothers say that the past
season was the first their farm
showed a dollar of net profit, fts
entire income naa Deen put d&ck into
improvements arid experiments in the
betterment of their dahlias and other
flowers and improvements in their
seeds. One of their own creations of
.1916 is named Ephraim Gill, in honor
0f thelr father. It is claimed by the
brothers to be the best novelty they
.... . .
have yet mtroaucea. its Dioom last
year was nine Inches ln diameter, and
lt won tnt aweepstakes among all
..,,. xTot,r.1 nn,,
daMis hown at the National Dahlia
show, which Vas held in Portland. Its
bulbs sell at $3 each. Others, how-
ever, sell at from 15 cents to $1.50
apiece.
VEGETABLE seeds grown.
ratftIftBniA fiW, that thA rm
is now propagating a great variety
of perennial flowers beautiful crea
tions which require little care and no
annual planting. They have a great
number of these, as well as roses
of all kinds, pansles and fruit and nut
trees.
The dahlia and other flowers cover
a space or approximately it acres,
and the brothers have 66 other acres
a ,,
T.Hoei. MmTiru artichokes.
aspara
gus, beans (an varieties), beets or
every description, cabbage, carrbts,
cauliflower, chicory, clery, sweet
corn, field corn and popcorn, cucum
bers, kale, leek, kohlrabi, horseradish.
garlic, egg plant, all varieties of let-
tuce, musk melons and watermelons,
onion8' f",n,ps' fa"!e.y' pe"r
v-.-.
squash, tomatoes, turnips, rutabagas.
caraway, dill, early variety df sugar
a!cn. suitable to this climate; tobacco.
likewise; and, m fact, everything of
J an edible character. The gentlemen
I cover the whole range of such aa is
dahlia bulbs, have the Union for their
J market.
I "The day win come." R W. Gill
said to The Journal representative.
J"whea western Oregon, will be the
seed growing center of this eontt
nent.. it has been demonstrated that
tw climate is ideal for the produc-
tlon of tha beat seeds known. It is
better than' the east, for the reason L
we --do not have the scorching sun to
contend with, and excels the south
because we are not afflicted with the
I same temperature and added drouths.
have here seeds grown in several
of the eastern states. We sent for
these that we might compare them
with our own. Look at them. While
ours are plump and round, they are
shrivelled and seemingly dried up.
There is no comparison between them.
Ours were grown where the days sel
dom are excessively warm and the
nights always cool; these, beneath the
burning skies of the southern and
eastern states. Ours are completely
developed, while those from the east
appear as if cut off before maturity.
And those grown la Oregon will en
dure greater hardships, for the very
reason of their complete development
and perfect health. It is with seeds
as with human beings. The person
born and reared amid healthy envi
ronment will be more robust than
that one born and reared in the ma
larial atmosphere of some parts of
the south or the fever-breeding cli
mate of other regions. And as a
matter of fact, once the seeds farm
is established and its reputation for
honesty and fair' dealings earned, it
will be found more profitable to grow
seeds than to raise grain or vegeta- j
ble crops for the markets. It is our
hope that this fact may be realized
by many others than ourselves, to
the end that western Oregon may
profit by its ability to produce the
best seeds in the world and at no
greater cost than in less favored re
gions. As for ourselves, we abso
lutely guarantee every eeed we Bell.
RAPIDLT EXPANDING.
"It has cost us a great deal of la
bor and considerable money to get to
the place we now find ourselves In,
but we are certain the toil and money
expended will now be well rewarded.
Our business has doubled each year.
Last season our gross receipts were
In round numbers $15,000 and we ex-
Hunt f f Bt 1 ,AF AAA ' '
1 una. uur
I this number of employes is not car
ried through the year. There are
times when the 15 now at work are
reduced tp two or three. We work
ourselves, however, aa diligently as
any men on the farm."
There is an acre and a quarter in
cabbage, 15 acres in peas. 25 acres
jp corn and 15 acres in beans, all
erowin Ior seea Ptoses, and this j
a tn on v concern In th ctata n. i
J - Voduclng a full Tine of
gagea in proaucing a run line or
vegetable seeds. Its dahlia industry
.... .-fj
' bulbs and last season it shifted SO"-I
-i:"'DS'. . ""f!"
ouye tnrougnout tne
unites States and Canada. Orders wero
also recelved from Europe, but 0"
aCCUnt f condltions were
filled. So great has been the demand
this year that nearly all available
bulbs have been shipped. Those on
hand at present are held for planting.
ANOTHER FINE DAHLIA GARDEN.
E. H. White and B. R. Amend,
president and secretaryreasurer of
the Willamette Dahlia & Floral com
pany, 1194 Willamette boulevard, two
blocks west of the St. Johns car line
at Jessup street, are likewise special
ists ln dahlias. They have an lm-
mense assortment hundreds of varie
ties collected from all parts of the
world, and, ln conjunction with other
growers on a smaller scale, are mak
ing Portland famous for the develop
ment of this favorite flower. The
(Energies of these gentlemen are de
voted almost entirely to dahlia pro-
auction, and it is declared that no-
where else in the world has greater
Perfectlon been attained in this par-
ticular line. This corporation has
bulbs, and its 1916 catalogue fully
describes the different varieties
It
we worth sending for and better,
1 . v, -Ti i - ,
-
cf the multitudinous varieties of the
dahlia family. This company, too, is
paying special attention to the devel-
opment orVperennials, with a success
that is marvelous. Last year they
were so swamped with orders as to
consume their stock of bulbs before
i r .or.n hnt thi.
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ii klioai -anlli FMnho V1 xt Y ci A I Ant until
i '"e v
the demand has ceased.
In summing up lt may be appropri
ately remarked that the Willamette
Dahlia and Floral company is in no
wise a small institution because it
has not as much space in this de
partment today as its merits might
seem to warrant. It is a robust,
lively, big concern. It is doing a
mighty healthy business, and is spar- ari(J had a iaw passed saying the far
ing no expense in the attainment of I ther destruction of the greenbacks
its declared object, "the development UA 1 f "'
and production of the best in dahlias,
guaranteed always to be true to
name." Their catalogue shows many
other flowers which they are propa
gating, but dahlias are their spe
cialty. Letters From the People
Communication sent to Tb Journal for
publication Id tills department abould be writ
tea on only one side of tb paper, ahooli not
exceed 300 words in lengtb and ant be e
eompanied by tbe name and address of tba
mh, lt tha writer Aaem not dealra to hava
I tiia name published, be abotfla a state
"Diacuaslon is tba greatest of aU reformers.
It rationalises errtblng It tooebea. It robe
principle of all falae sanctity and throwa tbem
back on tbeir reaaonablenras. If tbey bate no
rcaaonablaceaa, it rntbleaaly ernabea tbem out
of exiatenca and ret up its own conclusion
ln their ataad." Woodrow Wllnon.
Uncle Sam's Paper Money.
Imbler, Or., April 30. To the Ed
itor of The Journal In an editorial
In The Journal of April 21, und-r the
caption "Paper Money," you ray the
fractional paper currency issued dur
ing the war was and 10 cent' notes.
They were issued In denominations up
to 60 cents. You say they were fiat
money. So is all money. Gold Is
not money any more than iron, until
made so by the fiat of the law.
; You say ft was not convenient car
rency. It was the most convenient
PERTINENT COMMENT.AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
Boosting for the Beavers these days
is more a duty than a privilege.
Portland's ice war is the sort of
conflict the harassed consumer wel
comes. a a
Of course the preparedness advocate
has arranged to see Hood Kiver valley
m appie mossom time,
Perhaps that border conference will
give Villa's name one more chance in
the headlines betore having it carved
in marble.
Although doctors declare New
York's water supply is polluted, mor
tality is decreasing, and they don't
understand it.
That 10 per cent wage increase to
employes of the Hawley paper mill
at Oregon City will assist many wives
in solving the sugar problem.
Britain's parliament holds secret
sessions, and some mere man suggests
that as the reason why parliament is
so slow in welcoming women members.
President Wilson polled 591 straw
votes to Roosveit's 660 at Harvard
university, a fairly good showing for
a Princeton man at the Colonel's alma
mater.
When Czar Nicholas and King
George can exchange felicitations, it
would appear that the pessimist over
here must have something the matter
with his liver.
A St. Paul pastor advises girls to
select husbands-as they do umbrellas.
Possibly the girls have been doing it,
thus accounting lor so many uis
carded husbands.
JOURNAL
5-TilIamook Bay
Let the exhilaration of mountain
scenery be varied with a seacoast
Journay. Let's go down to Tillamook
bay. " It makes a very good week-end
trip by train (Southern Pacific-P. B,
& N.), and is considered fairly good
for automobiles by he middle of sum
mer. You get no sensation of "going down
to Tillamook" when you first start.
Your train climbs a gentle up grade
until you leave Forest Grove, when the
scene abruptly changes, the grade be
comes steeper, the surroundings moun
tainous. You are climbing over tha
Coast range of mountains.
a
It is a good hard pull to Summit
Then you begin going down much more
rapidly than you climbed. You will
look from the window down into the
narrow canyon and see other tracks
there. "Another railroad," you think.
But presently you look up from the
tracks you saw a few minutes previ
ously and realize that your train has
looped the loop and in spiTe of the
doublings and twlstings is still keep
ing its westward direction.
The route leads by the Salmonberry
MR. KNOX ON SLIPPERY GROUND
From the New York World.
If former Secretary of State Knox
nation he hould say so boldly and not
b indirection, as in his attack upon
Resident Wilsons Mexican policy.
v, thnt th nr.wnl ad
ministration inherited the Mexican
aituation from President Taft and
j himself he is counting strongly vpon
j public forgetf ulness. It Is no exag-
representing" Ve'
in Theti lti
jienry ujiin
ssrs. Taft and
exico as am
bassador, had not actively participated
in the conspiracy for the overthrow of
President Madero, whfch ended In the
murder of that magistrate, there would
have been no such Mexican "situation"'
as now confronts us.
To make out his case In favor of
the rd handed dictator Huerta, Mr.
Knox complacently assumes the legit
imacy of everything that happened in
the ghastly days of February, 1913,
when he and Mr., Taft were still in
office. It is true that Madero and
Vice President Suarez "resigned," but
f they did so with pistols at their heads
It is true that Foreign Minister Las
curian succeeded Madero automati
cally. In accordance with the constitu
currency we ever had. You could put
it Into a letter.
You say they lacked much !n the
way of cleanliness. Is the national
bank paper currency clean money?
You say these dirty shinplascers did
r.ot circulate very long. They circu
lated until the Republican pariy
called them in and burned them on-J
put the ashes into bonds and bought
, silver bullion to issue fractional cur
I rency to take their place. Ve are
i v,;v, tnw. o fr,- th
i national bank currency. Nobody called
them dirty shinplasters dunn
war but copperneaus.
i-ou say government credit kept
lt in circulation. Very true, and the
I credit of this great nation would keep
j billions in circulation. Why shouldn't
I the government, use its credit? The
big banks lend their credit, n e nave
learned that it, is the quantitative
theory of money we are Interested ln,
not the Intrinsic value of the ma
terial that carries the fiat of the law.
I-"was our government legal tender
paper money that put down the re
bellion and gave, the people of the
north the best times this country ever
saw.
Then, after the trouble was over,
the Republican party commenced call
ing ln this paper money, the best this
country ever had, and burned It. The
people were not ln favor of thi d'rty
work. Then it was that the Green
back party sprang into existence. The
money power got scared, thought the
j 'hJLkeTS weri comlne into D0Wer,
got them yet and we have paid no
Interest on bonds to take their place.
The Republican party under the Mc
Kinley administration established the
gold standard, and the hardest times
this country ever saw followed. Farm
ers worked for years for 0 cents a
day and we never had tramps until
the gold standard was established.
Now contrast the reign of the legal
tender greenback and that of the gold
standard
A. F. WTLSON.
Clarke County Republicans.
"Vancouver, Wash., May 1. To the
Editor of The Journal In reading the
published report of the Republican con
vention held here April 29 and of the
harmony which prevailed in their coun
cil, the reader might be misled, without
further light thrown upon it from
other sources.
It was a meeting of standp'at Repub
licans of the Taft school, who met on
purpose to pat one another on the back
and have harmony, and to have that
harmony become current news. They
did exactly what-every one of them
wanted to do. .60 far as Clarke county
is concerned they fairly represented
the party condition.
The brilliant get-together "coup" con
sisted in placing Donald MacMaster's
name as an alternate delegate to the
Yakima convention. He was the Only
one spoken of at all who has not al
ways been ln harmony with the Taft
element of the party, which, ts the
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The Toldo Leader will henceforth
b published by F. N. Hayden alone.
Robert K. Collins having retired from
the partnership.
The postorfiie of Medford will next
Sunday be moved into Its new quar
ters in the federal building Just com
pleted there. ,
A big, fine 32-i-nch bell, the gift of
Mrs. J. A. Brown to the Baptist
church at Silver Ijake, has been placed
in position in tha church steeple.
Eugene's old cltv hall and bell tower,
old landmarks, will soon dixappear.
the mayor having arranged wit'
wreckers to demolish the structures
and clear and level the ground on '
which they stand.
m w
Fruit experts of the Rogue river
valley, the Medford Sun snys, are wag
ering among themselves that the fruit
crop ior tne year win total an tne wav
from 1500 to 2000 cars, the largest In
the history of the fruit Industry in
that section.
a
An effective though guileful device
for getting out a rousing Commercial
club attendance was practiced recently
at Paisley. A sign conspicuously din
played and stating that the proposi
tion of bonding the town for ro,ono
was to be decided at tha meeting had
the desired effect. Discussions of tim
question were numerous and many
heated arguments occurred during thj
day. The result was Just what was de
sired. Everyone was on hand prompt
ly, and the Press says ail appreciated
the Joke, which will probably have a
lasting effect.
JOURNEYS
and Neah-kah-nie
and Nehalem rivers, whence marvelous
stories of fishermen's luck are brought.
Gradually the larger stream broadens.
There are still the riffles suggestive
of the mountain torrent, but there are
also long, placid stretches with row
boats moored to the banks.
Then comes the estuary called Ne
halem bay. Across the water is Ne-ah-kah-nle
mountain, one of the most
picturesque spots on the Oregon coast.
There are a number of attractive
bathing beaches Brighton, Manhat
tan, Ocean Lake, Garibaldi after
which come Bay City and Tillamook.
The word "Tillamook" is Indian for
"many waters." Five rivers flow into
the bay the Tillamook, Kllcbes.
Miami, Wilson and Trask. All are
noted trout fishing streams, while
Tillamook bay is itself a favorite spot
for salmon trolling.
The automobile route leads in a
southwesterly direction from Portland
by way of Rex, Tigard, Newberg, Day
ton, McMlnnville, Wlllamina, then
west to Dolph and northwest to Tilla
mook and other bay pointB, .the dist
ance about 112 miles.
tion, but he held the place only 15 I
minutes, Just long enough to commls- I
slon a minister of the interior, the
tyrant standing at his elbow, who
then by the letter of law became act
ing president, with Mr. Knox's am
bassador pleading urgently by tele
graph "for his instant recognition. It.
is also true that to bring about this
result and establish Huerta in his
usurped office, thousands of people.
Including many Americans, were killed
or wounded in the streets of the cap
ital, an orgy which terminated at
length in the secret assassination of
Madero and Suarez, with not a word of
protest or even inquiry from Wash
ington. Henry Lane Wilson kept Secretary
Ktiox fully informed of the progress of
this tragedy ln despatches which re
veal almost Incredible sympathy with
every stage of the proceedings. In
Mexico the representative of the
Uited ' States was noisy in his par
tisanship. In Washington there was
the silence of complete indifference or
of light hearted acquiescence. There
may be men ln the United States who
have the right to criticise the presi
dent's Mexican policy, hut Philander
C. Knox is not one of them.
Mark llanna element brought up to
date,
It Is cold potatoes offered to an un
desirable citizen from the rich man's
table. If Mac warms them over and
eats them, then we all eat them and
get together, harmony prevails, and
we have got together.
The real facts are different. The
conservative Republicans are not with I
the G. O. F. and never will be. The
conservative Republican will vote for j
Wilson, and Wilson can carry this state
against any man whom the G. O. P. can j
put up. The Republicans who left the
party four years ago find the same 1
thing that drove them out of the ;
party, prevailing yet. "Why shouM
we go back? Wrhat have we to go back
to?" they ask.
In 191! the popular vote ln Wash
ington was as follows: Roosevelt, 13').
000; Wilson, 82,000; Taft, 44,000. It is
not reasonable to expect that 135,000
voters who were steam rollered out of
the party can be soft soaped back Into
It, or that cold potatoes, or an alter
nate delegateshlp to a standpat con
vention will satisfy the ambition of a j
patriot.
To make the compliment what 11 !
really is, an Insult, the convention I
should have required MacMaster to 1
speak and roll over before they gave !
him the cold grub. j
It Is likely that conservative Repub
licans who stood aloof from the ready
made convention will vote for Wilson 1
to succeed himself.
THOMAS IIARLAN'.
Views of an Adopted Son.
Portland, May 1. To the Editor of
The Journal I am an adopted son, by
which I mean that the American na
tion gave me the right to be a natural
ised citizen of these grand United
States, 50 years ago, and 1 cannot help ,
expressing my opinion, as a neutral, i
when I read John Redmood's letter in '
Saturday's Journal. John Redmond Is J
the "grand' man" of the home rule j
cause and his expressions are the lan
guage of a man true to the principles
of cltlzenshlD. He Is faithful to the
("mother country and true to his own !
people,
We have an inalienable right to give
of our means to alleviate the suffer
ings of the homeless and wounded and 1
dying, and to pray for the angel of
peace to change the hearts of the war- i
ring nations. But further, we must
keep our,hands off, as neutrals."
We must give our all, if need be, and
even against our own home land. If
this nation is threatened, for that we
have sworn to do when asking this
government to take us to be the sons
f America. That is citlzertshlp. That
U neutrality. That la loyalty.
V A. OSBORNE YATES.
' Uprooting the Foundations.
From the Boston Transcript.
Now the school board of Louisiana
is expurgating Mother Goose, which
has been found to contain vile slanders
against the farmers. When a reform
once gets well under way It Is hard
ly likely to end with the Bible and
Shakespeare. . ;
TKQnce Ger
., .'rm Af.ler '""rtins the koHum
last Tuesday nlarrtt 1 wan deeplv
impressed with Hkenet between
you and the Immortal Klin, who,
you will romemlif r. "tlld nothing '
with immense jiH-res
L. U (1. 2d.
THE ABOVK Notk whirh ram
yesterday 1 rutiicr cryplia-t6
nie at least In its moaning.
JFor Instance rtorn tt mean that
I do nothing successful 1 v
That Is that I'm sm-i rsaful in
nothing I do?
51 Or does It mean that I do noth-
- lng
and do H very well?
"jAnd I'm going to give mysplf the.,
benefit of the doubt.
which is so much easier than de
ciding against yourself.
J And you feel so much better
whe you have assured youraelfthat
you're all right.
even if you have to smother a
few doubts.
"J But to do nothing and do It SUO
cessfully may moan to try to do a
great dei-i.
JAnd that ccerns to lie the principal 4
aim of the civilized wurld. f
"JAnd in the end they do nothing.!
no matter how many battleships
they build.
or how many men they kill.
ir how many children starve.
J But there's another way to do
nothing. '
and do It successfully.
JAnd that is 10 do nothing but
live.
and be content.
fl However only xuvages do that.
-such poor benighted heathen as
Kim.
who don't know how nciesisnry it
Is to have' more than you need
"JAnd simple-minded Kim didn't'
know that to be very successful
you must get a great deal more
than you need.
even if to make this possible
It Is neoesnary for a great many to
have less than they heed.
JAnd It isn't posHtble that Kim
and other heathen and suvugeN are
right.
and that the world id wrong.
"J For the world Vun't be crazy.
because to be crazy you must be
in tLre minority.
JAnd the great majority Of the
people in the world seem to want
things -they don't need.
things like power.
and culture.
and places in the sun.
(as though the sun doesn't shine
where they are standing.)
"JAnd so f.ir as I'm concerned I
don't know what to do -about It.
fT And so like '. W. Rarzee and 3.
Hennes.sy Murphy I write a piece for
the paper.
"JAnd I have a feeling just as I did
last Friday that I'm getting pretty
cJose to the ad for The Sunday Jour
nal. J But I hope there's a little spac
left.
-because I want to thank lj. L
G.
me
2d whoever she 1 for writing
the note because
"JLISTKN L. L. O I had nothing
to say today absolutely nothing and
you gave a chance to any It.
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TUB HIGHER ABDICATION.
By O. Henry. Curley Is a
philosophical chap and is in
the habit of taking things as
they turn up. Things do
turn up, as you will see by
reading this story, which is
one of the nest of the many
offered by this great writer,
WM ATDEYE MEAN
WATERLOO? By Lucius J.
Withers. A baseball story
that gets away from the
stereotyped ninth inning
crisis, and gives the reader
an entirely new angle of a
baeeball player's life.
THE FOOU By William Se
vens McNutt. The new gtil
at the cigar comer make
a hit with the returned
Alaskan miner, who offer
her his heart on th strensth
of his money. He is prompt
ly turned down, hut later
there la another side to the
tale.
SWEETHEART PRIMEVAL.
By Edgar Rie Burroughs.
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