THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. MONDAY. MAY 8. 1916.
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? A mar Ira ask nothing for lieraelf but what
he baa r la lit lo ask for humanity Itself.
.. i . WOOUROW WILSON.
Millions for def-nae. but not cent
tribute. riiAItl.KM r. PINCKNKV.
Ttaaa struggling tides of Ufa that seem
Jlav wayward, almle course to tend.
Are eddies of in mighty Mreatu
tTbtt full to Iim appointed end.
. Bryant
ASKING FOR JUSTICE
c
ONGRESS, in effect, gave the
grant lands to Oregon in 1869.
It parted with the title. It:
put the lands in the hands of I
the railroad as a trustee to be j
sold to settlers. Kor selling the i
' lands for settlement, the railroad I
-'-Was to receive $2.50 per acre. (
V !v- On 'this point, there can be no i
. Controversy. It is all admitted. !
, The Balient fact is that, by the act, I
f the federal government gave upi
its. claim to the lands. The su
preme court has, in fact, decided
'that the title is in the railroad.
Jn equity, in justice, in morals,
tin reason, congress cannot now
Justifiably claim a right to take
flit: ? Jl M -V
-inese lanas away iroia uregon.
Congress ought to keep the cove
(nant of 1869, which, in effect, was
i that the lands should be devoted
to 'the developments, and progress
; of Oregon.
A -But, by the laxity bf the en
forcement of the terms of the
grant act, the lands were not sold
a! provided. They were held at
tprltses that prevented . settlement.
They were finally taken off the
;: market, and nobody could buy an
acretanywhere at any price.
)i ?Tnat was a blow to all Oregon.
, It kept people out of the state. It
v held large areas of land in idle
ness. It lessened the number of
, producer It held back the in
f crease of wealth and consequently
( lessened the amount of 'property
t and the number of those that cou-
tribnta taxes to the support of gov
flernment, causing damage to every
taxpayer in the state.
l", All the conditions, in any rea
sonable analysis, have made the
grant lands, outside the railroad's
I share, Oregon's grant lands. Jus
' tlce, morals and roason call for
"' them to be given to Oregon.
;' - Under the circumstances, after
' Oregon has given nearly $11,000,
l 000 for reclamation, mostly in oth
; r states. It would be the climax
;.o.f Injustice to devote 40 per cent
Of the grant land proceeds for
; more reclamation in other states.
.', In asking that 40 per cent of
tb grant land mo,.ey go to the
i Oregon schools, this state is not
' taking for a favor. It is asking
' for Justice.
0 The Mayville Ledger says "the
- Rev. Simpson returned from his
pastoral charge at Vanceburg, Ken
' tacky, with a lemon, the home
grown product of Mrs. Polllft,
which weighed a full pound." But
' the Louisville Times remarks that
r. plenty of families have h o m e-
1 grown lemons that weigh more
-than a hundred pounds, but that
I they are not making much noise
about them.
UNWARRANTED CLAIMS
T
i HE big fruit packers ought to
stop circulating reports that
rulings by the Industrial
Welfare commission are driv-
lng packing activities out of Ore-
" con into other states.
' The ten-hour law controlling the
packers was passed ten years ago.
-It was effective seven years before
the Industrial Welfare commission
;came Into existence. If there is
'fault to be found, it should be
found with the existing statute and
not with the commission.
The fact Is tha,t the same con
troversy over cannery honrs and
regulations that prevails in Ore
gon is present in many states. It
jrages in New York, where canners
-are, asking tor a 12-hour day in
stead of the existing 10-hour day.
'In Illinois there is a strict 10
hoar day and 60-hour week. In
-.Wisconsin there is a 66-hour week.
"In California there is a 10-hour
; day ; with a proposal to permit 12
; hour "-with increased rate of pay
for overtime- ' ,
.The Tegulat(6n or women's hours
of labor is not confined to Oregon.
It is current throughout the coun-,try,Cp,ndj-will
more and more at
tract " attention and be more and
'mor'ot 'Sfn appeal to the . sober
approval of public sentiment
-if an industry, must depend upon
12 ""or more hours of work for
women who In many, many cases
are mothers of children and the
head of the home, it is an industry
bought at too great a price.
Meanwhile, the announcement of
the Libby, McNeil & Libby pack-
ing firm that it is not closing up
its p'ants in Oregon, and tho
knowledge that the firm is actu
ally trying to buy more plants, Is
a complete answer to calamity re
ports of so-called harm to the can
ning business by the Industrial
Welfare commission.
If our "Pat" brings another
damage suit or two, his candidacy
may begin to look like a very fat
woman on the
short skirt.
street in a very
MINERAL OREGON
0
REGON'S metal production
for 1915 was three times
that of 1911. The estimate
a is tnat tnis year s total win
double that of 1915. That would
mean that this year's production
will be six times as great as that
of five years ago.
H. M. Parks of the Oregon agri
cultural college and director of
the state bureau of mines, gives
the figures. They are:
1911 ...$ B7?.39S1314 ...$1,876,153
1912 ... Rr0.89 ! 191', ... 2.013,065
1913 ... 1, 74. 402 1916 ... 4,000,000
One Oregon gold mine has been
operated continuously for 18 years
at a profit to the owners. Several
other gold mines equally valuable i
have been operated steadily for
shorter periods. One copper mine
in Oregon is now producing at the
I rate of over a million dollars a
year.
The remarkable increase in Ore
gon's metal production through the
six years period is a direct re
sult of eystematic promotion of
the state's resources in geological
deposits. Tt has been done through
the legislation creating the state
bureau of mines and the work car
ried on through that organization.
The increases already made in
production show that Oregon can,
by proper attention to the subject,
pass into a position of importance
in its output of geological prod
ucts. With assurances that there is a
new substitute for gasoline to be
had for 1 cents a gallon, a
further thing automobile owners
would like to know is, has any-
ybody in view a similar1 reduction
of cost in a substitute for an auto-
mobile.
EXCEPTIONAIi PUPILS
w
E remember once hearing a
teacher discuss a boy .who
had given her months of
nnrv!ince "Ma -never flta
. j . i
in with the rest," she complained.
. . .
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enough for him.. He always wants
special attention. His needs are
always exceptional." And the poor,
worried teacher actually thought
the boy was to blame for the
trouble he made her.
He was not to blame. Nature
had fashioned him differently from
tue ouier pupns aim ne was oniy j
living as the Creator intended he
should. The public schools have j
mane nitie provision ior sucn
cases. They are clipped and pared
and squeezed into the common
mold if they can be. If they
cannot, they are ultimately elimi
nated from the schools and sent
to the streets for their education.
Cleveland pursues a different
and, we are disposed to believe,
a wiser plan. We read in 1,he re-
port of its recent school survey
that "it has been a pioneer in pro
viding advantages for children who
did not fit into the regular
grades." Some of these little chaps
are quicker than their fellows,
some are slower. Some are sim
ply "different." But all of them
are made of the stuff that grows
Into good citizens if they have the
right chance. Cleveland is giving
them the chance. It costs a little
money, but not much more than
the ordinary plan of sending them
to Jail.
David Mitchell is the author of
that part of the Cleveland survey
report from which we are quoting.
He seems to be a man of many
ideas. He recommends, for in
stance, that blind children and
other defectives should not be
herded together in some huge in
stitution for their education, but
that they should be kept in the !
public schools. Of course there i
must be special classes for them,
hnt that in a small matter Th!
advantage of his plan is that these
little ones would erow ud with the
boys and girls among whom they
must live and work in later life.
It avoids seclusion and the feeling
of abnormality and shyness that
seclusion almost inevitably gener
ates. To judge by the tales of return-
ing fishermen the trout population
; of Oregon must have been reduced
by several
week end.
millions during the
SIX PER CENT AMENDMENT
T
HE proposed amendment to
limit the increase of taxes to
six per cent a year has been
completed and will be submit
ted to the voters in November by
the State Taxpayers' league.
It will probably pass with an
overwhelming vote. People are tired
of heavy Increases in taxes, and
will swarm to the amendment in
the hope of finding relief. It Is,
Indeed, advisable to do so.
The draft of the amendment ap
pears on this page. Under it, po
taxing power can increase the
amount ot taxes mors than six per
'cent In. any year over the amount
for the year preceding,
A vote of toe people, however,
may authorize a greater increase,
Bonds voted! by the people and
interest on bonds are not computed
In determining the six per cent im-
crease
Any indebtedness incurred In ex
cess of the six per cent increase is
void.
It was necessary for the commit
tee not to limit the amount which
can be raised by taxation for pay
ment of bonded indebtedness-. It
was desired to leave with the peo
ple the right to issue bonds and to
provide by taxation interest and
Binking fund for retirement of such
bonds.
Not to have done so would de
crease the value and salability of
the proposed bonds. Thus, the
people could not be mandamused
to tax themselves to pay interest
and provide a sinking fund for
Tt ..i thft oa.i- fniinw
that complications might arise over
the amortization of the bonds, a
fact that would be perfectly appar
ent to bond buyers.
Adoption of the amendment
would mean that thereafter the
people would have to be consulted
in any unusual increase of taxes,
which is as it should" be. It is
merely a further step toward a
pure democracy.
A customer in a quick-lunch
bouse in New Orleans became roar-
ingly indignant because he found
a wire nail In a sturred crab. He
was unreasonable. In his 10-cent
crab order did he hope to find a
whole keg of spikes?
WANTS A DEEPER CHANNEL
T
HE state of Illinois Is asking
the federal government to be
allowed to spend $5,000,000 j
of Illinois money in deepen
ing the boat channel between Chi
cago and Alton, and up to date.
the war department has refused i
permission. !
The $5,000,000 derived from a j
bond issue, would make a channel !
from Chicago to Alton equal to
that from Alton to Cairo. The
state proposes to spend the amount
for the benefit of Illinois and the
nation, but is denied the privilege.
The program is halted by the
ruling of the late Chief of Engin
eers Kingman, not on engineering,
but on legal grounds in which he
stood alone in opposition to the
legal adviser of his own depart
ment. Illinois state authorities and the
press of Chicago are appealing to
Secretary of War Baker for a
versal of the ruling that will per-1
mit the state's money to be spent.
n fact- that nrfifwnts a Vfirv unusual
.. .
situation.
. , t tv
Illinois has deep water to the
Atlantic seaboard and as a result
of that experience, wants a deep
channel down the Mississippi to the
Gulf. Though served by railroads
radiating in every direction and
offering extraordinary service, the
great commercial center of the
state knows the value of water ; it would reqire 20 men to keep pace
haul and wants more of it at anylwith It. . h,lmra,r,u., llk. itH
cost Several years ago the state
voted a bond ,ssue of $20,000,000
for a deeper channel to the Gulf.
All great cities know the value
of water-borne commerce, ocean
and inland, and leave no stone un
turned to get it.
In a suit for divorce, a rich San
Francisco mining man alleges that
his wife took $400,000 in cash and:
securities from his office safe and !
van nwav with annthpr man nftori
leaving a note that there was noth-
ing in the husband that "brought
response to her larger yearnings."
The response was in the safe.
AN ERROR CORRECTED
w
E cannot believe that Col
onel Roosevelt called Mr.
Justice Hughes "a Baptist
hypocrite." The New York
World must have slipped into an
error when it said he had done so.
That is not the Colonel's Btyle. No
doubt "hypocrite" would, as it
were, adumbrate the Colonel's feel
ings toward the Judge, but it
would not adequately express them.
"Base poltroon," or "cowardly mol
lycoddle" would come nearer the
mark.
Judge Hughes has never said
how he feels about preparedness.
He may want the country to have
the biggest army in the world and
be may not. His opinions are
shrouded in mystery. Thoy are
veiled behind the cfoud barriers
j of the supreme court. But this we
' do know. If the Judge were as
warlike as t&e Colonel he could
not have hidden his emotions.
They would have burst forth with
volcanic vehemence in spite of him
and we should know all about
them. If the Colonel were a su
preme court Justice does anybody
imagine that such a trifling fact
would have hindered him from say-
ing all he thought and a good deal
more? '
Judge Hughes has not spoken
out oh the subject of preparedness.
That is the damnatory fact. For
all that anybody knows he may be
a vile pacificist. His mind may be
in the soft, putty-like condition
of Henry Ford's. The suspicion
of this awful mental condition
makes him & just object of the
Colonel's wrath and we doubt not
that the Incandescent Roosveltian
soul boils and bubbles with right
eous scorn for him. But the
Colonel and. the Judge are rivals
for the nomination and there is
such a ' thing as chivalry. The
Colonel can not decently call his
most dangerous opponent by the
name that would best fit this case.
So he -does- not call him anything.
He merely scowls at him in deadly
silence. "Certainly he woold not
condescend to give the Judge any
such milk and water nickname as
"hypocrite." It would be like
shooting lions with a popgun.
If the Champoeg meeting haJpyoung men friends who were start-
teen held today the vote in favor
of an American governmerft would
have been unanimous.
NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND
.Today a rtorr of a man who. starting; with
nothing but skill and determination, turn
founded In Pirtlahd an establishment whose
output is one of the aristocrats of metal man
ufactures, and which la profiting hlui th while
It flourishes. A story of ability perfected, op
portunity embraced and success achleTed
throurh hard and constant work, of course. 1
THERE are spring makers and
spring- makers, but the largest
auto spring- factory on the North
Pacific coast the one with the most
complete equipment the one which
does the most business the?Nne with
the greatest stock of home made
strings, suitable for nearly all makes
of automobiles and trucks, and which
will speedily turn out to order any
spring: wanted for any automobile
made Is a Portland institution and
located at Fiftenth and Burnside
streets.
It has been obliged to move four
times since Its establishment nine
years ag-o, because each time Its busi
ness had increased until it was forced
to get into larger quarters.
- Up to 1915 this increase had been
100 per cent each year. Last year
It was 30 per cent, but In comes 1916
with every prospect that he growth
of the industry will amount to 150
per cent before the year closes.
PLENTY OF ItOOM NOW.
The building it occupies now is lOOx
100 feet In -size, and It has three floors,
one a basement with concrete upon
which the machinery stands
And
such massive things as these ma
chines are! One will bite a piece of
steel, such as used for the heaviest
springs, in two as if -it wer a stick
of candy. Another takes the place
of 10 or a dozen blacksmiths as it
8haPps tne nd! of th "teel trs of
mcn tne springs are maae. former
ly it was necessary to heat the steel
white, and a couple of men would go
at it hammer and tongs until it was
beveled down to a point. Now a man
grabs a piece cut to the proper length,
in the first machine, Jabs the end into
the iron Jaws of that mechanical
monster, it closes its mouth and the
tting Is done!
That's all there is to it!
No sledge hammers are necessary.
No man-muscle Is employed. No
brooklets of sweat pourss down the
' workman.a brow ana strip6 his cheeks
re-;througn th There lsn.t y
10 be streaked. The machine
! the work without th6 aid of anyb0dy
.,.., ..... .....
iurtner man to ieea u. ana win Devei
the ends of the steel as fast as the
pieces can be handled by the opera
tor. And that punching machine doesn't
even grunt when it stabs a hole
through a bar of steel half an inch
in thickness! It will perform this
service once a second if Its manager
Is fast enough, and if done by hand
mates in the work of fashioning the
springs.
LITTLE HAND WORK NOW.
And there are a couple of big fur
naces, heated by rasified crude o4L
When the spring is completed it is
thrown into one of these ovens and
in almost no time Is red hot. It Is
then taken out and tempered and
after painting is ready for use. Lit
tle hand work Is done upon any of
thent. The inventions of human gen
ius have taken the place of muscle
and wiped the sweat from the toller's
face.
In the room where the finished
product is stored are more .than 2000
automobile and truck springs ready
for InBtant service. They are seen
labeled Apperson, American, Buick,
Cadillac, Cartercar, Chalmers, Chevro
let, Dodge. E. M. F., Flanders, Ford,
Hudson, Hupmobile, Marion, Max
well, Michigan, Oakland, Overland,
Paige-Detroit, Packard. R. C. II., Reo,
Studebaker, Warren-Detroit, and truck
springs for the Packard, Reo and
Federal. And, as stated, the factory
makes to order springs for any auto
mobile manufactured.
REQUIRES MUCH STOCK.
Of late the factory has been con
suming on an average 33 tons of steel
a month, and there is kept in the
neighborhood of 100 tons in stock at
all times. Fortunately for him, Mr.
Laher contracted 250 tons prior to
the great advance in prices, a fact
that enables him to yet sell products
of his factory at rrices below the
market. On account of his labor
saving machinery he has but eight
men employed at this time, but these
do the work Which, minus the ma
chines, would require 75 to 80 hands
Their pay averages from $4 to $S per
day, most of them doing piece work.
"Our territory," Mr. Laher says, "Is
Oregon, Washington. Montana. Idaho
Utah and Northern California, We
ship to all points In these states, and
occasionally reach out a little beyond
them. We are constantly adding to
our plant and are therefore prepared
to take care of all business that comes
to us."
HOW IT HAPPENED
Asked how he happened to estab
lish his large plant In this city, Mr.
Laher related an interesting story.
"I was born in the east," he said,
"in a city in which my elder brother
waa the manager of a large spring
factory. I was a mere youth, and in
spare hours when not at school I
passed my time In the works. At
first I contented myself with watch
ing the men fashion the springs. I
watched the making of every part of
them. After a while I was permitted
to help, but,, did not Confine myself
to any one particular branch. I would
be working- with a man at one Job for
a few weeks, and with another en '
another part the next month or so.
In time I became very proficient and
waa given the place of Instructor of
hew employes. Finally I had mas
tered spring making completely, and
one evening met a number of my
insr that night for the Pacific coaat
I was bantered to go with them, but
frankly admitted that I had but $16
to my name, and this would not carry
me very far toward the setting sun.
CAME ON BORROWED MONEY.
3ne of them said, 'Come along
me.' I did so and In about 10
minutes he had borrowed and handed
ma $100. With this I came west with
the others and landed In Astoria. I
secured a Job there, later to go to j Iiwv&1JK,pallUM fUlly w,th Zeppe
Salem and then to California. Fur- MeanwhUei we 'an hold the reckless
ther along I drifted back to Portland I automobile driver to strict account
ed o small nine In which ability for his acta on the highway of
an elderly gentleman was at work j
making an auto spring, I entered and
got Into conversation with him.
rriKi-
germinated Into a partnership, and we
worked together several months. The
time came, however, when he desired
to retire, and I bought his interest
in the shop. I was then alone and
untrammeled, but mighty poor. I
didn't, however, owe anything to any
body, and, to make a long story short,
I have made this business a success
by the hardest kind of work. We are
out of the woods now, however. This
concern is on Its feet and paying
handsomely, but its profits ire most
ly going into improved machlrery,
and this will not be stopped until the
Lahey Auto Spring company is the
biggest enterprise of its kind west
of the Mississippi river."
Mr. Lahey is the kind of man who
will make his factory just what he
wants it to be.
Letters From the People
Connr-tmlcatloni tent to The Journal for
publication In this department should b writ
ten ou only one aide of tne paer, should nut
exceed 300 words in leng-th. and must be ac
companied by the name and address of tho
seuder. If tne writer does not desire to bare
the name published be should so state.
"Pinctisslon la the greatest of all reformero.
It rationalizes eTerytuing It touches. It robs
principle of all falfe sanctity an l throws them
back on their reasonableness. It they hare no
reasonableness. It ruthlessly crushes them out
oi existence and sets up Its own conclusions in
their atead." Woodrow Wilson.
Pat .and Ferd.
Portland, Or., May 6. To the Editor
of The Journal "Alas, poor Ferd. I
knew him well." Thus ruminates
"Melancholy
Pat and his melancholy
crew anent the spectacular and futile
harlkari which the Congressman Mc
Arthur camp has performed in a vain
attempt to beguile the voters into be-
lieving- that the Honorable Pat'a alter
ego, Ferdinand Keed, has been elimi
nated as a factor In this campaign.
With great circumstantiality Man
ager McCutchan has been explaining
just how Ferd's ostracism was accom
plished; Democratic Warhorse Wheel
wright declares publicly with great
particularity that the ubiquitous Ferd
is among the dear departed; Detective
McArthur himself vouchsafes the de
lectable information that Ferd has been
dethroned, but, like Banquo's ghost,
Ferdinand will not down. Like the
affinity between the historical Siamese
twins. Reed refuses to be severed from
Pat, however painless the operation
may be.
Finding the criticism and censure so
scathing regarding his affiliation with
Reed, Congressman McArthur cast
about for some easy method to relieve
himself of his Warwick. Enter a happy
thought. "I'll arrange for a real, live
campaign committee," chortled the
Honorable Pat, "and you, my dear
Ferdinand, shall pick said committee."
At least something of like Import and
effect occurred.
So McCutchan was duly Installed as
Royal Distributor of the Seeds, with
the decapitated Ferd as amicus cur:ae.
And, ostrich-like, the Honorable Pat
thought nobody knew but the owl and
the moon.
Here are the fscts, ss have sub
sequently developed:
Mr. McCutchan is pa.t president of
the Laurelhurst club, of which or
ganization "Boss" x-erd in now chief
executive, and Reed and McCutchan are
bosom friends.
Reed recently declared, while In his
usual loquacious mood, that he had
selected McCutchan and the committee
for McArthur.
Solicitors for political advertising
are directed to Reed's office.
Reed is distributing flower aeeda in
stead of election cards, in a vain at
tempt to secure votes for Pat white
carnations for purity, and forget-me-nots.
That the uninformed may be en
lightened, this communication Is writ
ten for, publication with letters from
the people.
All the Wheelwright-McCutchan-Mc-Cusker-McArthur
brand of repudiation
of Reed will not fool tho voters.
Paraphrasing that old couplet
You may repudiate and oatraclae Ferd If you
will.
Bat tie "cent of his record remains with you
still.
MONROE GOLDSTEIN.
Allegations Against Mr. Evans.
Portland, May 6. To the Editor of
The Journal Why did District Attor
ney Evans "suggest" that Attorney A.
E. Clark be employed by the county to
foreclose a simple mortgage and there
by oblige the taxpayers to pay a large
sum of money, the court having found
the special attorney s services to ba
yvuii.ii iuvi .mo yicocuuiijuii ui "-"
facts In the case will be interesting.
On August 31. 1912. the county,
through Its special attorney, A. K.
Clark, began foreclosure proceedings
against B. M. Lombard and wife to
foreclose on what is commonly known
as the "county poor farm property.''
The mortgage had been given by the
Lombards to secure the payment of
three notes involving a total of about
$130,000. The public records show the
complaint filed by Mr. Clark to be a
plain, simple, ordinary foreclosure
suit. The parties to the suit entered
Into a stipulation extending the time
of payment of one of the notes six
months and the time of payment of
the other two notes for two years, the
Lombards agreeing to pay the county
$250 as attorney's fees. On November
27. 1912, Judge Morrow signed an
order dismissing the suit "without
prejudice to the rights of the plain
tiff under said note and mortgage."
Special Attorney Clark received the
$250 paid by Mr. Lombard. Had tho
district attorney's office done thi
vtork, the county would have received
that sum, provided the county was en
titled to a reasonable fee in case the
foreclosure suit was brought.
On Septemler 16, 1913, Mr. Evens
having taken office in January, 1913,
Multnomah county, through A. E.
Clark, as its attorney, filed the fore
closure suit anew, the Lombards again
being in default. This suit 'was sub
stantially the same as the original
suit. Oa October 22, 1913. Mr. Clark
filed aa amended complaint In Which
PERTINENT COMMENT
SJIAXIi CHANGE
It is evident the British don't like
Pat-rlotlsm in place of patriotism. -
Despite raports from Paris. It Is
probable the Germans are neither done
nor undone at Verdun.
Concerning the latest note, Ameri
cans can't forget that the bottom of
the sea is paved witn good intentions.
T. R. is a candidate and Ford isn't,
ao how is it Jhat Henry has secured
more delegates than the colonel has?
Furthermore, should the Beavers
win all their games, tney rnljrht be de
clared a monopoly in restraint of com
petition. Anyway, if the worst should come,
Americans need not exDect to learn
commerce here at home.
Chicago keeps on complaining about
cent milk, seemingly oblivious to the
iitci inai me mux or numan Kinuness
can ba had without buying it.
A hie ohftir mflklnc r.iTirprn In Wis.
consin has failed. Such things must
be expected when people are so busy
they don't have time to sit down.
It is figured out on the other side
that the war is costing 4,000,000 an
hour. No wonder some of our friends
over there are hard to get along with.
JOURNAL
8 Crater Lake, by the
CKATER LAKE NO. 1.
A new wayto t'rater Kake is offered.
It is an 800 mile loop, going in by
way of Bend and central Oregon and
returning by way of Medford.
The time required, including: a day
at the lake, is but four days, and the
cost is well within 150.
One may leave Portland in the even
ing by rail and be in Bend the net
morning, whence by automobile, the
remainder of the trip can be inade in
a day. In other words, you may leave
Portland after dinner one day and be
at Crater lake in time for dinner the
next evening.
From Crater lake to Medford regu
lar automobile service is maintained,
and from Medford train connection for
Portland via the Southern Pacific is
provided for return to Portland.
The plan of this new trip was
worked out by the Dorsey B. Smith
Travel bureau of Portland, and the ar
tangernents for service were made by
Mr. Smith, who expects it to become
one of the famous tourist routes of
the nation.
The attractions are too many to
enumerate. Opportunity Is given to
see and study both eastern and west
em Oregon, to pass through the Cas-
J cade range almost at sea level by way
' nr r n a orirca nr t ha i 'a nmhia T r n a.
cend upon the nearly mile-high pla-
i he made the City of Portland a party
defendant. The city's interests were
looked after by City Attorney La Roche
He saw no reason for the employment
of outside legal assistance.
On March 30, 1914, Judge Bradshaw,
who was then holding couort in Mult
nomah county, granted the county sub
stantially the relief it asked for in
Its complaint, lnpluding $4500 attor
ney's fees. A decree soon thereafter
was entered, the property advertised
and sold to the county for $139,525.89
and on May 23, 1914, the court signed
an order confirming the sale. Thus,
! durln5 period of abcut eight
months, from September IB, 1913, to
May 23, 1914, and upon the sugges
tion of the district attorney, the coun
ty obligated the taxpayers for extra
legal work, which the court found to
be worth $4500, and this is more than
the district attorney's salary for one
I year. In his findings Judge Bradshaw
said: "That A. E. Clark was duly,
regularly and legally employed by
plaintiff as its attorney to bring and
prosecute this suit by and with the
consent and upon the suggestion of the
said district attorney."
In the case of W. L. Morgan vs.
Emily M. Thayer, bearing Circuit
Court No. E 3944, filed April 13. 1915.
the same being an action for the re
covery of $977.91 under a lease, Wal
ter H. Evans and Arthur A, Murphy,
one of his deputies, appeared for Emily
M. Thaver on May 4. 1915, and fild
an answer July S, 1915. showing that
Walter H. Evans and Arthur A. Mur
phy are the attorneys for Emily M.
i Thaver and have their office at
bUl
! Court House.
An examination of the Circuit court
records will disclose that on June IS,
1915, a certain action of a promissory
note' for the recovery of $1169.39 and
$250 attorney's fees was filed by W.
L. Morgan as party plaintiff against
Emily M. Thayer, defendant. This
case bears Circuit Court No. B 4469.
It is a significant fact to be observed
in connection with this case that on
March 27, 1916, a time when tho dis
trict attorney's office, if we are to
believe their statements, was so busy
enforcing the prohibition law that the
office force did not have time for
anything else, we ii.d Walter H. Ev
ans, district attorney, and A. A. Mur
phy, one of his deputies, with offices
at 601 Court House, appearing for
defendant- and filing her certain
answer.
On the 6th day of January, 1915.
Elizabeth Maguire filed suit in the cir
cuit court of Multnomah county
against Benjamin F. Honeyman, to re
cover $1R00 damages on account of
personal injuries received by her In a
fall owing to a derective sidewalk
upon defendant's premises. Deputy
District Attorney Arthur A. Murphy
appears as attorney of record in the
suit for Mr. Honeyman. The action Is
still pending. Its number Is E 2861.
These are specmc itiBinutfi n.nu
ty.na. wno care to take the trouble
i can find out not only tnat Jir. r-vsm
I . Murnhv are engaged as part
ners In the general practice of law,
but that other deputies find time to
earn compp nidation from Individuals.
MILTON REED KLEPPER.
1 Only" Jitneys.
Portland. April 29. To the Editor of
The Journal. Someone somewhere aaid
that the mood of a person for any
given day Is largely determined by the
dav's happenings. Yesterday wati my
blue day." To begin
witn, in tne
morning I saw a goodly bunch of Jit
ney men arrayeu oeiuio ni i.un.
charged with violating the citv ordi
nance. Some of them were arrested
for etopping on the far side of th.
street past the "property line." In
order to take and deposit passengers,
some of them, to accommodate their
passengers, stopped in the middle of
the block. But all of them, when doing-
so. as shown by the evidence,
sloughed to the curb 00 as not to
obstruct the traffic from behind.
Judge Langguth, who Ib. aa I believe,
a. fair minded Judge, let them go with
a. few admonitions. But what he did
not say, and what the traffic tollce
man did not say, was that the Portland
Railway, Light & Power Co. was and
Is at the bottom of this continual per
secution. ' It is that corporation that
is pulling wires with our city fathers.
who issue, drastic ordinances against
the jitneys. It is that big eastern
money concern which instructs Mayor
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
Employment of 800 men on railroad
construction work in Eugene la cer
tainly remindful of old times," says
the Register, v
as
A petition is being circulated it
Medford asking the t ity council to
take some action regarding the abat
ing of roosters who crow at unearthly
hours.
Canbv's city council has let a' con
tract for the building of a ferry boat
on the Willamette, with the object of
gaining a, lot of trado that has hither
to been forced to find other outlets.
The Roseburg Review undertakes to
adjudicate the alleged rivatrv between
Pcrtland and Barlow tot lo vvhii h pro
duced the first 1H1U roue, hv claiming
that Roweburg had not univ a rose but
roses in bloom on New v'eitr'a lay.
Baker's postofflce bulldlnii Is to be
cleaned und renovated insld and out.
and Postmaster Foster says woe l.
unto the hoodlum who in caught In
the act of defacing the walls, mm sonm
have done In the past, alter tlieso im
provements are made, or belore for
that matter.
Still rejoicing In the new Ftato of
transportation affairs on th,' .oust,
the 'oiuille Sentinel says: -We ate a.
good deal -keyed up' in this n' k oi tlie
woods since we are able t i
sorts of merchandise In Mnall quanti
ties the day 'after we order it trout
Portland, by using the telegraph."
JOURNEYS
Transmontane Route
teau, to Kkirt the uerried mountain
range with its uplifted succession of
snow peaks, to traverse tho romantic
Klamath country, and then to aur
mount the very backbone of tho for
midable range and to stund at the
mountain top eminence where, d sep
within its 2000 foot wails, is unbe
lievably blue Crater lake.
Crater lake has never been described.
Its witchery is to be felt but not to
be put into words. The Indians feared
to look upon it. Their legend waa
that death would follow. The Kettins
has a grandeur beyond parallel. On:e
a great mountain rote high above
others of the range. Some flaming,
prehistoric convulsion shattered the
summit and the peak dropped down
into the Interior of the mountain.
When the volcanic tires had ceased ti
rage, the Intensely blue, quiet lake took
the platce of the boiling lava, and the
world was presented with another
wonder.
The new route io 'rater lake is but
one of a number, eai h of which niu.t
be described in its turn. The entire
journey may be made by automlblle.
or from the west side only. There are
many points of gTeat interest aside
from the lake itself. The journey may
be made in comfort and accommoda
tions are reported to be excellent. It
is a trip, not alone for tourists, but
for Portland people as well.
Albee, who In his turn, instructs the
chief of police, and so down the line,
to the humble patrolman, to make life
unbearable for the Jitneys. Thw Port
land Railway, Light & Tower Co. wa
In everybody's mind, but on nobody's
lips. And the people, why, they, of
course, stand for it. Why shouldn't
they? Is there not an emergency
clause attached to the ordinance, which
takes this matter entirely out of the
hands of the voters?
How asinine the ordinance Is one
may conclude from the fact thnt when
Jitneys leave their garages in the
morning in going to their respective
runs downtown, It is unlawful for them
to take -any passengers. I know a
driver, for instance, who lives In South
Portland, but who operates on Wash
ington and Twenty-third streets,
barred by this ordinance from carrying
the eagerly waiting people to their des
tination downtown. Of course, for the
Btreet cars leaving their barns in going
to their destination. It la lawful to
carry passengers. But they nre street
cars, not jitneys, don't you see?
RALPH V. CHKHVIN.
"Why Hold a rrimary?"
Portland, May &f To the Editor o?
The Journal Th communication
headed, "Why Hold a Primary?'' which
appeared tn The Journal recently, hits
the nail squarely on the hrjid. The
real IPsue in this campaign Is the Ore
goninn. It 1ia assumed the role of
dictator and undertakes to ,iay who
Khali and who nhall not b nominated
for county offices. A few years ago
the Oregonlan tried to pull the "assem
bly" stunt on the people, but they
promptly repudiated It. Nw it is the
"inner circle," a substitute for the "as
sembly." that has been organized by
the Oregonian to work for its pet can
didates' and perform various other po
litical duties for the dictator in the
tail tower. Does the oregonian nave
the effrontery to suppose that the peo
ple are going to stand for the raw
deal It is again trying to pull off?
Let me Fay to the taxpayers and
voters of Multnomah county: It Is
your duty to go to the polls May lit
and repudiate the Oregonian's tandi
daten. Remember, a vote for an Ore
gonian candidate means a vote ior the
interests of the Oregonian and against
the interests of the public. Lot the
people rule! A REPUBLICAN.
The Six Per Cent Amendment.
Article 11 of the constitution of the
state of Oregon shall be and hereby
Is amended by adding thereto the fol
lowing section, which shall be desig
nated section 11 of article 11:
Section 11. Unless specifically au
thorized by a majority of the leeal
voters voting upon the question.
neither the state nor any county, mu
nicipality, district or body to whin
the power to levy a tax shall have
been delegated, hall In any year so
exercise that power ns to raise
greater amount of revenue for pur
poses other than the payment of
bonded indebtedness or Interest there
on than the total amount levied by tt
In the year immediately preceding for
purposes other than the payment of
bonded indebtedness or Interest there
on plus 6 per centum thereof, provided,
whenever any new county, municipal
ity or other taxing district shall be
created and shall include In whole or
in part property theretofore Included
in another county, like municipality or
other taxing district, no greater
amount of taxes shall be levied in the
first year by such new county, mu
nicipality or other taxing district on
any such property than the amount
levied thereon in the preceding year
by the county, municipality or district
in which it was then included, plus
per cent thereof; provided, further,
that the amount of any Increase in
levy specifically authorized by the le
gal voters of the state, or of a county,
municipality or other district, shall
be excluded in determining the amount
of taxes which may be levied In any
subsequent year.
Any indebtedness Incurred by tnr
county In excess of the limitation pre
scribed by section 10 of article 11 of
this constitution and any warrants for
or other evidences of any such in
debtedness and any part of any levy
of taxes made by the state or any
county, municipality or other taxing
district, or body which shall exceed
the limitations fixed hereby shall be
void.-1 " ...
TKQnce Qser
suffix i .AMpnAN
Another Moving IdyU
Kriitn Judge.
The spring wHm in his blood. '
It Ntlrred old instincts, and filled
him with a great unrest. '
The spring wan in her blood. I
It filled her with a great unrest,
and stirred old ItiHiiiut. )
The spring was in the nir !
Marvelously, they kn.-w u,ry were
agreed. j.
His eyes alione.
Her eyes shone.
The spring sun whone
They ut together, on a clmn.-e park
bench.
He rested, wriggling uneasily. 1
She wrinkled uneasily, reatlng.
J'ledern k. he breathed, - e can't
ne any worse olf than we are.-'
.No, Marjorle." he agreed, "we can't
be any worse off than we are.'
The words were Inanity Itself, but
fraught with more than ordinary
meaning.
"And I'm n: so tired!" declared
.M.i r )n 1 io.
"1 ' so a m
turned.
I tired," Frederick ! re-
ih.' sitnlicht, warm and larv and
woii.KrtuI tt,,. nu. 'tent bench, de-
l'l d' I Ik- nutter for Ihem.
' L-t s - ik'r.ui m,u lot ie.
"Tt.,e - r-'rcderii-k broke tn.
"Thin - unt on Marjorle.
"Pikvlew -" Krr-derick supplied..
' U'HiKHlow." flni,!ir, Mariorle.
And that w.as nil there was to it.
"- n ise ovpi, tlfl j.a 1 1 policeman
imid s.'e thnt they had been married
um iniji n :i.h ji yr.ir
-''hsrles o. tlones.
The Silont Army.
Br DiiTlri T. w. Mf-Cnl.
In the waters of the North R
Neath, the surface, fathomn Wr.
Lies
au niiny ever watcnina- and
awake;
The warships of nn enemv
From off the coast to keen
When the safety of her country le!
at. eiaKe.
In command there is no captain,
Mio observes no rank or mien:
She 1m governed by no cypher, word
nor nlgns;
And Mill her rower's rertaln
III her range come tinn hut tnklm
tor her legions aie the myralds
or mines:
Life's Infinite Variety.
Oll fellow Who went nn tti rlr mi,lA
"cin.ajr i-ertatulr ili.lnn pTnrrtliltiir In
""f I" hvithki-. It nil ehlllr wtann tin,
l-uit left. nnl n Imlf limir Uir l, ma .Ittl.,,. I
Irmr hni. .I,i,,,.- r f -nfr-. wi,h ml
l"wer ne.-K. wearing n nMriuti
ff i-.o .nil Bllernniely MUdc frura an Ice cretm
ne. niiK BD..111 prepur.-flnens. thin fellow I
w. me nooie pruimm-4rvlil Courier.
The need of nntill rt nm t. I
patent. On Monday eyeiilng the pence of rolndl
tin ret ,r body of member! of the flr
liepnrlment - rudely .hocked hf an Inmate
of the city Jail, who had Just been rcmored
from train No. 10, after having Suited tltlier
mil oi MiirniinK noi wmely, but too well.
ne raven in a lenton accent. Iinnrnrlaed
aonir err-e to nnrrlm. ana i-u(.,i ...-...-v.1-1
Indiscriminately In the langtiiice of varlmial
tonrne. Ashland CornKiiHtjce Medford I
luun-1 rioune.
Rohert Mrlionald hud an encltlntr adrenturl
TvcmIkj- evening with a cow. A he waa r-
u.inuin tuHiie trotn town atxtut 0 :10 he met the I
row uenr hla home on Mill street . He turn I
on ror rue row. firing her plenty of room. I
our me urignr headlight enraged her Hnd ahel
churned. I-wltlng l.er homa In th fnmt wheeM
an overthrew the machine and Mr. McDonald.
wno uneceetlffl In cettlnir awar. anatained
dlfl.cateU elliow. Springfield Item In Bugenel
UUUI 11.
Monitor. April 30 I.at TrMnr when Karl I
Ena and Myron Ballweber were trying t
nn iuc a con tney were aeen going through!
Monitor tit about the rate of one mile a ilay.l
It took them two hottra to collie to Monitor I
and one hour to go through town, about i(l
yaraa. Hymn waa pulling and Karl waa ptiah-l
lng. They said the colt waa not mean butl
Juat d! not want to go. Tliry did not braukl
anything hut one Hue. the bridle, one cart I
ehaft and th whip. Of courae they did not!
break the coll. but theyire going to try agalul
aooti. w oounurn lnuiMsriutut.
After combing through th aahea of hla
home which burned lt week 0. It. Hodgdoii
Monday recovered 'he money lielonglng to the
Sni diiy acbool of which be la treaaurer. Ther"
waa h little over $.". He re being thraa allTer
dollar anil the remainder In mII cotna, and
while all of It ahowa the effect of the In-
tenae hrnt It will readily paa. Mr. nodgdnnl
wlrhea to eipreaa Ida thanka to the firemen I
an other for the aaalatance they renoervd. I
llillfboro Independent.
The lot at the corner of Hrt and Pakarl
atreeta la being arranged for a potato pat eh I
for Tom TerrlU'a restaurant on I.yon street, andl
the aoll lo-ika good for the crop, while rtiltl-
veiing the ground a iMiiile of beer waa runl
a rra-a. with the beer all there. It lan't every!
ciiv thai ralaea potatoea right nest door to anl
oiera houae. Albany ncmocrnt.
What a glorloua thing 11 would be If the re
vival of mining In Humpier dlatrlrt would growl
to aueh a alnge that Suuiplrr people wonlill
find themaelve too bn"y to talk about thelrl
nrlghbora? That would rirely be sum boom.
Blua Mountain American.
Thj Put It Over.
FN. CliARK, who will talk about
a the selling- plans of the L&dd
Estate company, If any one Insists
upon his d"InK so, was naked at the
realty board meeting last week how
It came about that he was a a Iron g
Republican, and his brother, R. A.
Clarlt, was a dyed-in-the-wool Demo
crat. "Well, that Isn't the worst of It,"
said Mr. Clarke in reponse. "My -wife
cornea from Virginia and there le no
cure for her type of Democracy, you
know.
"But she and I rt along first rate.
In spite of that, and I never trouble
myself about tny brother's political
opinions, because I don't believe them
anyway, iiut how It all came about
is this.
"The first position T eyer held when
a boy was a clerk In a clothing- atore
In a little town in Mlwxourl. It waa
owned by two men whose names would
be recognized aa leaders in the Cloth
ing; business under any sort of a
guess.
"One was Democrat and the other
was a Republican. And in MlSftour!
one has to be one thing or the other
and not talk too loud or brag; too
much about It when he Is not a Demo
crat. When a Democrat cattie into the
store one brother would hide and when
a Republican customer was in eight
the other brother would come boldly
to the front.
"That combination worked so well
down there, that 1 waa rather pleased
to find my younger brother develop
ing along opposing political lines, fai
we hav enough property to go around,
anyway." i
as '
Mr. Marcus Is Knlijrhlened.
TJARRV MARCTS, local newspaper
11 advertising man, wears glaasea
and incidentally owns some property
on which he recently had to pay street
assessments, but the glasses he wore
were apparently of little use when he
received a receipted bill from Qty
Treasurer Adams.
The word paid and the date we
punched through the bill with A per
foratlng machine and when the papei
was held up to the light the receipt
could be plainly seen. This receiptee
bill was sent to Marcus.
Marcus Kent it back to City Treas
urer Adams with a note to please sei
that it was receipted. Adams in tun
sent it to Marcus telling him to hold i'
up to the light and that he would '
that it was receipted. Marcus no
I wonders if Adams meant to "aid aim.'!