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THE OREGON. DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, -MAY 24. 1916.v
THE JOURNAL
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SBS baa Vlgbt to aak (or humanity Itself.
I W00DE0W WILSON.
Millions for defense, bat not a wit for
tribute. CHARLES C. PINCKNET.
If tba naatar take no account of bla
servants, they will maka amall account
it )f him, and eare not what they spend,
Wbo are nartr brought to an audit.
. , KnllfT.
THE BEER AMENDMENT.
tlE ! proposed change In the
prohibition amendment will,
Of course, meet with bitter o:
Dosltion. It will be charged
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t inkV it Is proposed too soon after
th dry; law went into effect.
', f '. There will, on the other hand, be
f ihoee w;ho will insist that if beer
Is to bel Bold in Oregon-to Jregon
buyers, it might as welt be brewed
! by Oregon manufacturers. As the
I treasure is apparently to go on the
ballot, we shall see later which Bid a
. J!n tho majority. The majority
for the idry amendment in the 1914
i election was 36,480.
ipfbe proposed change would au
J thorize Oregon breweries to mauu
J facture beer with no greater than
four per rjent of alcohol content for
I shipment into other states In any
J quantity. It would authorize them
! to, sell direct to customers in Ore-
tgon the amount of beer permitted
J under the state prohibition law,
that la to say, 24 quarts in 28 days.
... ; ai to saies maae in uregon, mere
Would hot be the publicity attend
: tag aales that there is at present,
unless by later act the legislature
should so ordain. The legislature
would jhave the right, lawyers say,
to prescribe any restrictions desired
v on the 'now plan of sale, or even to
abolish. It altogether by legislative
r-act.
Under the change, an Oregon
brewery could establish a supply
depot for sale of its beer at any
point or at numerous points in the
state. The sales would be in origi
nal packages, and could not be
made by agents, but only by em
ployes acting directly for the brew
ery. To a slight extent, the proposed
change would undoubtedly be a
partial relaxation of the stringency
of the prohibition regulations as to
beer, and as a restilt.it may be ex
pected 'that we shall soon be in the
midst of another vigorous contro
versy. '
The circuit court of appeals at
-San Francisco has asked the eu-
preme court at Washington, D. C,
2 .to instruct it whether Federal
; Judge I Wolverton of Portland has
been able to correctly understand
1 th meaning of the Oregon-Callfor-nla
land grant decision. The clerk
ZrOt. the supreme court Bays that
tribunal will not be able to answer
liv time to give congress any light
on tbo question. Is it possible that,
-tbw decisions now having grown
cold, the high court, like a stenog
jrapher, can not make out its notes?
A BAD IXT
T
HE New York Evening Post
flatulently, takes it for grant
ed that the Shields bill must
be a good measure because
,",tb national conservation congress
haa approved it. As a mat-
ter of fact the national con
aervatlon congress was captured
"-and engineered by the water power
Ttnonopollsts. It indorsed both the
8hlelds bill and the Myers bill
, T aimed against the people's rights
, and, as the New Republic well says,
lt "failed to Indorse any measure
'-looking to public control." The
'conservation congress, thus posi
I 'tlvelyj hostile to the welfare of the
country, can not have much influ
ence upon the minds of honest men.
The Shielda. bill gtvs to the
monopolists all they have ever
"tasked and a rood deal more than
tbey themselves hoped to get. It
binds, the hands of the government
lfor fifty years and then gives it the
: empty right to take back its own
f waterfpowers at a valuation fixed
' by this monopolists. This iniquitous
bill makes it just about Impossible
for any city to take over water
XPower rights for the public good.
It effect is to ensJaVe the people
to the big interests forever. .
The Myers., bill is still more Jn
: famous. It hands over to the mo-
7;nopolists every waterpower on theJ
public domain. The Grand canyon
-" of the Colorado is included In tne
I grab. Every shredt of valuable
; : powerf property the : public has left
is seized and donated' to the barons
by this till.- r No .matter how tn- l-enfc In Marlon county Mrs. Mll
Jurlous to the public any proposed dred Brooks, the , present county
grab may be the Myers bill obliges recorder, has been renominated by
the government officials to consent ! tiro Republicans; in Benton county
to it." I Miss Ella Johnson has received the
These two bills are monuments ' Democratic nomination for record
of treachery to the - public. - Theyer. while In Yamhill county Miss
rob the - people to '.enrich' inonopo-i Alice Adams haa been named by
lists. - But they-hae' boft been in- renomination as the choice of the
domed by the national conservation Republicans for county treasurer,
congress. V The : committee which , Hood River county and other
recommended the Indorsement was counties of the state have had
controlled by representatives of the
Utah Power company, the Georgia Ice in public positions. Miss Ma
Power company, the General Elec- rlon Towne represented Jackson
trie company, the Alabama Power county la the 1915 legislature with
company and the Aluminum Com-. credit to herself and to the county;
pany of America. From such a ! as did Senator Katherine Clark
source what could be expected but from Douglas county. It used to
plunder of the public?
I
The Oregonian says it is com- as his deputy and then start out to
pletely dissatisfied with the elec- play politics during the remainder
tlon returns as printed in The of the term, but no more. Now he
Journal. It is a most discouraging has (to stay on the job for fear that
task to try to conduct The Journal if he does not the capable deputy
to please that paper. However, will go out and take the office
there is the comforting thought away from him.
that It is not so much the way The J . .
Journal printed the election returns j Today there is to be held a meet
as the way the voters made the Ing at Goldendale, Wash., at which
election returns that accounts for ; there will be men from the whole
the Oregonian'3 fury. j Yakima country, all clamoring for
I direct railroad connections with
TEMPTING DEATH ! Portland. A delegation of Port-
' ! lanrl KiTiafnaaa m C r tir.ll moor with
T
HOSE
wED clean windows
hanging on narrow
while
ledges at dizzy heights are
entitled to a cnance ror tneir i
lives. .
Five of them have perished as a
result of falls in Portland within a
comparatively short period.
There are safety appliances by
application of which owners of
High buildings can minimize this
mortality. Though these appli
ances are on most of them, strange
ly enough there are a few high
etructures that are without means
of eafety for the men who con-
stantly expose themselves to dan- j been paying tribute not only to the
ger at great heights. ! Calcutta jute growers but- to the
If, for lack of these appliances, speculative interests for their bags,
a window cleaner should be dashd This season there has been con
to death in a fa.' fall to the stony siderable agitation among grain
pavement, it would seem as if the growers who wanted to utilize the
owner of the building could never bulk system of handling grain, such
divorce himself from a feeling that a.s is in vogue in most of the lead
he was responsible for'tlie horror, ing grain producing centers of the
, ; world. They wanted to use the
One of the misfortunes of the bulk system not only because it
primary election is the defeat of T. would save them the annual worry
K. Campbell for railroad commis- and excessive cost of the sacks
sioner. Xo man in public life has used under the present system, but
been more devoted to his duties or the cost of sacking in the fields,
more conscientious in their per- Besides, many a boy ha3 left the
l'ormance. His experience and fine old farm because he has been corn
knowledge of the technical require- pelled to lift these heavy sacks from
ment of a commissionership can morning to night under the hot
not be well spared , from the com-jrayB of the sun.
ml88ion- i Most of the cereals of the world
AMENDING THE LAW
T
HERE are too many laws," ,
-aid Justice Thomas A. j
nnf rlav tvhpn r-nn-
fronted with the construe-'
tion
of a newly enacted statute, i
"II the legislature and the people."
he continued, "were to repeal the
constitution and all the atatutes.
enact the Golden Rule and the Ten
Commandments and tell the su
preme court to administer them
the s.ato would have all the law
it needs."
Justice McBrlde was doubtless
in a philosophical mood when he
made his statement, but there is
much of reason and common sense
in the thought that comes from it.
During the late campaign one of
the candidates for the legislature
confided that he had a plan for re- !
vamping our state government of
boards and commissions and weld- ;
ing the now heterogenous jumble
into one harmonious whole. The 1
plan may have been good, but it,
was builded on theory, for it is
very probable that the candidate ,
had been inside few, if any, of the pie and courageous. It runs in this
offices of the boards or commis wise: "The chief function of a
Blons. j government is to protect its clt-
The supreme court has been con- izens. Candidates for office should
struing the corporation laws of the make their position clear in all
state for 60 years and the books matters concerning American rights,
are full of Judicial rules that bind Congressmen who delay prepared
and circumscribe and make definite ness measures 6hould be held re
the meaning of those statutes. Yet sponsible for it." . j
there is a move on foot to splice j We see nothing in any of these
them up with extracts here and planks which good citizens should
there from-other statutes and other , reject. The first plank is partic
jurisdictions. ularly acceptable to our way of
The Oregon code is a legal crazy 1 thinking. "The chief function of a
quilt, patched by each succeeding government Is to protect its clt
legislature with new statutes izens." This is admirable. To
.framed by Individuals who have In- protect them when they are sail
dividual ends to accomplish and lng on the high seas and traveling
without regard for or thought of in foreign lands? Yes, indeed. And
""i '" iuiwc. mu
hit . or miss system is one reason ;
why the dockets of the circuit
courts are congested and the su-,
preme court is a year behind in its
decisions. If the laws are wrong,
If they are weak, or indefinite, or ;
ambiguous, they should be cor- j
rected, or strengthened or made
certain, but the legislature owes a
duty to the people to tread with
caution in the field of amendment, j
The ever active East Side Busi-1 it is to be hoped that the Rist
ness Men's club has elaborate plans man-Jennings murder may not turn
for establishing and encouraging out to be another Hill murder or
new industries. If all Portlanders Holzman murder or another green
were as active in the public inter- j trunk mystery,
est as are the members of that !
club, this would be a greater Port
land. I
WOD3N IX OFFICE
a
OMEN are coming more and
W
more into prominence as j the best cf reasons" and afterward
office holders in Oregon, prosecuted for irregularites in con
In Umatilla county Miss ' dnctine- m hnnir
Grace Gilliam of Pilot Rock, has
L defeated. g. w. Bradley in the con-i
test for the Republican nomination
aa, county treasurer. Mr. Bradley
has held the office for a number of
yea.rs, but he went down to over
whelming defeat before the cam
paign of the Pilot Rock miss. In
Polk county Miss Almeda Fuller
has been nominated for the posi
tion or county school superintend
women who havo given good serv-
be that a county official could edge
t into office, hire a capable woman
1UUU mj 14 " A AA .Oo A-1J AA "111 AAA w V. V "-
tnem and a case wiil be made up
to Dresent to railroad officials. It
Ja an agitation that railroad people
r-n f, Rfforfi fn ignore.
WHEAT IN BULK
C
LOSE to $8,000,000 will be ab
solutely wasted by Pacific
northwest grain growers this
season if they are compelled
to again resort to the use of Cal
cutta bags for the shipment of
their cereals.
For many years tfie grain grow
ers of the Pacific oast 6tates have
are shipped without the use of
sacks and the system of bulk han
dling has never been replaced by
the bag system after being once
tried out. Not only would farmers
Gave money by adopting: the: bulk
bytlm nanaiias grain nut ex-
1Qai wouia also
,pro,flt oth n the "me consumed
lnAa 1 V?f 6lS EQd the CSt
uf, handling at the pcts. All of
iaia cohi is Dorne ny me h'acmc
coast farmer because other sections
use the cheaper method of han
dling and competition determines
the price that farmers receive for
their grain.
Many and divers are the-explana-tions
of how it all happened. Gen
erally speaking, however, the de
pendable conclusion is that the de-
feated candidate3 did not t votet
enough
TRLE AMKIUCAMSM
A
NEW society is forruinz in
our larger cities to stand for
the principleb of "true Amer
icanism." Its platform is sim-
io protect mem wnen they are
working in mines and sawmills?
Certainly, though this may not be
the plan in mind. To Drotect the
babies from poverty and disease
and their mothers from killing toil?
Most assuredly.
ve think also that candidatps
should declare themselves as to
American rights, especially the
right to receive a living wdge for
an honest day's work.
IAM.IMER REDUX
0
NE of ti e political oddities of
the day is tho resurrection of
William Lorimer. Ho was
exnelled from thn sonatn tn-r
j charge he ecraped conviction ajid
hia ard pnt nrlmirfra trava him o
i great reception when the officers
of the law finally released him.
it is now annnnt. th
will ran for the senate again and,
in spite of his record, he is likely
enough to be elected.
One of Lorimer 's most trusted
henchmen is Mayor Thompson of
I Chicago. This politician went into
office ;with -a majority; of 150,009 n of AUskm. auaa Bell to .the- logging
votes and tbe confidence of hia industries of ths northwest which use
whole community.; HeJs now dls-;oil for fuel We supply' United States
liked by most people. His grand : and Canadian railroads with water
play for popularity was the Sunday i tanks, shipping- carloads of them
closing Of the Chicago saloons. This knocked down to points east of the
was done to befool the "pious ele- Mississippi. We ship, knocked down,
ment" and it worked for a little to eastern cities tanks used In their
while. But not for long. Thomp- sprinkling systems. We also manu
son kept the saloons closed for a fature and - erect In place wood and
Sunday or two and then gave out steex towers for Irrigation systems,
word secretly that they might open long- known as "National Quality,'' and
again. His popularity with the this brand Is now demanded by many
"pious element" did not survive users. Lumber mills, acquainted with
the trick. Thompson made the mis- the fact that we buy only the best
take of his life when he took It for grades of their product, will have no
granted that the ministers and their other kind. They have become the
congregations were dunces. ! standard of the country where they
Thompson is playing to reinstate are best known. Wo are equipped to
Lorimer and get what ho can from furnish direct from our factory whole
that statesman's return to the sen- cyanide plants and all kinds of mining
ate. To accomplish this noble pur- tanks. The largest mining companies
pose he stops at nothing. The of the country recognfte our products
reader will remember hew he drove as the standard. There is pot a doubt
Dr. Theodore B. Sachs out of the of this, and It may be, In part, oo
Chicago tuberculosis hospital. Sachs casioned by the fact that we have
founded the hospital and by his la- been so long at it and our output so
bors made It a monument of use- large.
fulness. Thompson crowded him j "We have In our service hydraulic
out by thrusting in his own crea-: engineers and gladly furnish, free of
tures. Dr. Sachs was bo wounded charge and without obligation on the
by his expulsion that he committed part of the applicant, estimates for
suicide. For this and like reasons anything In our line, and we design
Chicago has revolted against Irrigation, water and sprinkling sys
Thompson and all his works. He tema. mining plants, etc, absolutely
is especially disliked by the teach- free of charge. We have all these
ers whose federation he has tried facilities, and cheerfully extend the
to break up In the interest of tax i service to anyone contemplating en-
dodging corporations. He a n d (
Lorimer should have full opportun
ity to admire each other in private
life.
NOTHING THE MATTER
WITH PORTLAND
An establlibtnent that makea large ua of
name wooda and whose output bia uncvirotm-a-j
applicability to the rcglona moat nearly djn
cnt, bestows a double act of blessing be
sldea thoae which it htow upon itaelf and
upon the workera on Ha payroll. No. 141 of
The Journal's 'Nothing th Matter With
Portland" aeries la an artlcla that miy well I
attract -particular attention. J
T
HE National Tank & Pine' com
pany is wholly a Portland enter
prise. It formerly was the Pacife Tank &
Pipe company, with allied affiliations,
but was divorced from these and its
name changed.
It owns 12 acres of Portland prop
erty, the west side fronting on the
railroad and the east on the navigable
water of the Columbia.
It lias the largest woodem pipe and
woodt-n tank fartory in the World.
Its products are shipped to alljparts three men most prominently before the
of the United States. Central Agier- people of these United States for the
ica, South America Mexico Canada, ! Position of president. To my mind.
Alaska Hawaiian and Phiiippine isl-
ands. W ithin two years this corpora, the three can best subserve the wel
tlon has shipped $200,000 worth of fare of our ration as a whole as a
piping and tanks to New York i model . for the other nations of the
Tt r,,itr,nt v,o rt 1 .v I world, upholding all principles of right
Its output has done more for the and against those of wrong. an uplift
uevelopment of the arid regions of factor of the world, appealing to all
the west than any other single fac- the best impulses of humanity for hu-
tor. ' inanity's sake. Wo should vote for a
Tho ,..: ... M i man who would do unto other nations
The fine irrigation systems of the as we would have lnem do unto us
government in parts of Oregon. Wash- ; w.n0 is looking toward the future as
Ington, Arizona, California. New Mex- I rrruch or more than to the present, and
ico, Colorado, Utah, Montana and Ne
braska would, not have been con-
structed, or at least would have been
greatly curtailed, had It not been pos-
siblo to secure this inexpensive Port
land product. '
As this pipe can be shipped, knocked
down and assembled wherever needed,
an important saving in freight charges
is effected and great convenience ac
crued by its use.
LONGER LIVED THAN BLACK IRON.
Inexperienced or uninformed per
sons may dispute the claim of the
makers"of this wooden pipe that, when
properly made, as it is at this fac- 1 liberally by the old standpat faction of
torv by the company's modern ma-!tne Republican party. The fact that
ohinery, and laid under pood engineer- : !,he. old ring stand his sponsors is suf
, ' . , 6 ficient to discredit him for the prey
ing practice, its life will compare fa- ideticy in the eyes of many, who firmly
vorably with cast iron and outlast - believe that if the bosses and their
black steel pipe, as the water pre- . 'newspaper organs want him in Uie of-
serves the wood. And tho invest-; fice' 11 ia, because they know him to
. . mveai. ( be of a pastjc nature and easily han-
lng In the material would likely see , toward any ends that they may
to it that It would be properly placed !
in position. This would be only busi
ness. Twelve-Inch black steel pipe costs,
at this time, $2.60 a foot. Twelve-Inch
wooden Pip sells at 40 cents a font
Wooden pipe, therefore, is about on- 1 mnl'y' Besides Mr. Hughes toe, long
, . J has been confined to the narrow limits
tixth as expensive as black steel pipe, i of the bench, and his attitude toward
Big corporations, as the Northwest- i mankind confined ( simply to that pre
ern Electric company, the Colorado ' scribed by law, with the milk of
Fuel & Iron cpmpany (itself a manu- i un klndns eliminated is out
, . ..look upon world questions, and that of
facturer of steel), the city of Butte. ; the nation, would have to be ripened
Mont.; Denver, Colo., and many of by sad experience, and I am certain
the railroads are now using wooden tnat hl conscience would not always
pip. on account of Its .nexpen.iveneS, , 'ulMlnk ""President W.l
and lasting qualities. And when ex- ; son we oav) had raised up for us by
posed to the elements in frigid regions the Almighty Hand a man who will
it is preferred, for tho reason that faithfully look out for our nation's
the water In-the pipes will not freeze a"d ts, People's Interests, no matter
. , . , , iirj.o What the occasion that may arise,
and burst them. A coating of lee will During his term of office he has fol
form inside, and there the freering lowed out a program of construction of
stops. For this reason this kind of material and lasting benefit to the na-
plpe is chosen In Irrigation projects, "on an? her Pep1"' and v,the law'
, v J has had enacted have shown us by
as it requires no winter attention. In dally usage that they are of unexam
case of earthquake, also. It is less ' riled value. He has been charged with
liable to injury. i
CULVERTS AND FLUMES. i
This company makes a special ere- '
osoted culvert and flume. Some of
these have been in use for 20 years
and are yet intact. These are like-
wlse knocked down, are erected in i tst motives conceivable to mankind,
place, and cost about one-tenth of the his every act has been that of a man
price of other culverts. of wisdom tending toward the safety
i, ,,,,, . of America and her citizens first, and
It manufactures steam pipe casing fe object haJ been for thft bMer.
which is shipped to all parts of the m(.nt of mankind as a whole.
country, also big cargoes going to To me, Woodrow Wilson is the only
frigid Alaska. This is made of cedar candidate in whom to put our trust. He
lumber. Other pipes, however are 8lOW" US Wh4t hCan a"f U1
vo do and lf ever a man thoroughly de
made of Oregon fir. and. as lnstruc- serVed a second term, he is the man.
tlve of the quantity used, it may be At this stage, with the wide world yet
interesting to know that last month's
receipts of material used totaled 94
cars. A "baby" enterprise would not
consume so much.
TANKS FOR MANX PURPOSES.
"We supply all tanks used by the
Alaska and Columbia river salmon
packing Industry," said II. P. Sackett,
manager at the factory at Kenton.
"We manufacture all, we believe, of
the tanks used by the pickling fac
tories of the northwest. We supply
the meat packers with their wooden
tan is, cooking vats and salting- vats
for steam or cold water. We make a
patent wooden oil tank which we ship
Jin large number, to th. salmon Pack-
gaging in any of these enterprises."
So here we have an institution
whose commercial arteries reach out
from Portland to all points of the
compass and to institutions requiring
Its servico In all parts of the world.
It is a live representative of a mighty
live metropolis. There is nothing
wrong with It, as there is "nothing
tlie matter with Portland."
Letters From the People
(Communication! aont to The Journal for
publication In this department should be writ
ten on only one aide of the paper, ahuuld not
exceed 30O words Id length, and moat b ac
companied by the name and addresa of thj
render. If the writer doea not desire to nara
the nr. me published be should so state.
'Discussion is the ereatest of all reformers.
It rationalizes everything It touches. It robs
principles of all false sanctity and throws tbem
bick on their reasonableness. If they bava no
reasonableness. It ruthlessly crushes them out
of existence and sets up its own conclusion in
tLeir stead." Woodrow Wilson.
The Tliree Contrasted.
Dallas, Or., May 23. To the Editor
of The Journal I sometimes wonder
if the voters of Oregon ever , stop, in
the mad whirl of lauding their party
candidates, to analyse and contrast the
niiMlificatintis nnd achievements of the
whose aim Is a perpetual and real
brotherhood of man.
Ex-President Roosevelt looms In the
public eye, chiefly because of his won
derful gift of making a big noise. He
is good at calling names, bat do we
elect presidents to call those who do
not agree with his views by the pet
terms for which he has become noted?
Truly, he would uphold our national
honor, if a continual chip on the
shoulder attitude means such, but thf
aftermath of that upholding would be
fearful to contemplate by those who
have had a great sufficiency of, this
wholesale slaughter of mankind. No;
under existing circumstances, "Roose
velt would not be my choice.
Charles E. Hughes is being; boosted
desire. Personally. I believe Mr.
Hughes to be a good man, ad good men
go in this life, and a man who would
endeavor to do right, were he not
bound by the invisible yet iron Mark
Hanna bands that will be forged upon
mm out so
but so were Harrison and Mc-
being dilatory. The successful, brainy
man is always dilatory until certain
of when and how to strike to be sure
of his ends, while the man who goes
off half-corked is never certain of any
thing except that he Is resenting some
thing. President Wilson's entire of
ficial life haa been irnirlerl h v the hieh-
wrapped in hate, turmoil, and battle, it
would seem a most foolish procedure
to turn our government over, and
maybe in a few months bring about
what we have been trying to avoid
for the last two years. With a Roose
veltto war on Germany, or the trusts
and Hughes to go after poor old Mex
ico. it seems that Wilson and continued
peace and prosperity would be much
preferable. CONTRASTER.
Millionaires anl Common Men.
Portland, May 20. TcaVthe Editor of
The Journal Inspired millionaires was
the theme of a recent sermon by pr.
Boyd. It was eloquent and emotional.
It was delivered with consummate ar
tistic skill to flatter the millionaire
1 parishioners and satisfy the victims of
J orlyf thVcdngrigationr He de-
PERTINENT COMMENT
SUALL CHANGE
Is it to be a two-ring circus in Chi
cago, or two one-ring rival circuses?
Keep the dates fixed in your mind
June 7, 8, 9 Portland's Rose Festival.
Suggested solution for the trust
problem: "Corporation" plus "o" equals
"cooperation.'''
Tonight's banquet for the Clean-Up
committee will be a clean-up affair if
the banqueters run true to form.
Justice Hughes may not be a "dark
horse," but where he stands on vital
issues is being kept very much in the
dark.
America has not officially adopted
the additional hour of daylight plan,
but the sun seems to be taking care of
the matter.
Those defeated candidates should be
given a place of honor in the prepared
ness parade as a terrible example of
unpreparedness.
Unless the Jennlnga-Rlstman mur
der is solved pretty soon, some news
paper should assign a cub reporter to
get the facts In the case.
In spite of persistent reports that it
Is imminent, tnere seems to be a strong
possibility that the North Sea battle
will be postponed until the next war.
That man who acquired distinction
by crossing the continent walking
backward went about his task a good
deal Uko a lot of other people who try
to stt ahead.
There Is a rumor that fashion Is
about to decree socks to be worn with
short skirts, and mere man is wonder
ing whether it will be the style to
have both ends meet.
JOURNAL
23---A Week at the Columbia River's Mouth
A week might well be spent at the
mouth of the CoIumbiariver and near
by points.
Romantic history and present Indus
trial ImpoAance, with a setting of
great scenic worth, add to the attract
iveness of the region.
The roast resorts are more easily
accessible than any others reached
from Portland. Gearhart and Seaside
both have good beaches ana facilities
for bathing. Cannon Beach Is but ten
miles south by stage or automobile.
Astoria, the metropolis of the Co
lumbia estuary, is the oldest, yet one
of the livest communities in the state.
It is built upon the promotory that
projects between the basin and Gray's
bay. It has many charming homes;
Telegraph hill and other viewpoints
give a wide outlook. Recently Astoria
built public docks which are an ob
ject lesson In efficiency and service.
Across the bay at Flavel are the ter
minals of the Hill steamship line ply
ing between the Columbia river and
Saa Francisco.
A large part of the distance between
Astoria and Seaside: is by hard sur
face roadway and the drive is charm
ing, especially when the Scotch broom
is blooming.
At the mouth of the river is Fort
Stevens, and opposite It, on the Wash
ington side. Fort Columbia, the two
commanding the harbor entrance.
At Fort Stevens Is found the land
extremity of the south jetty, upon
which the government sent many
millions of dollars in the successful
effort to narrow the outflow of the
river at Its mouth so that the chan
nel might be deepened. The north
Jetty Is under construction from North
Head on the Washington shore and the
scribed the millionaire as a genius.
specially endowed by God. He be
lieved In the Presbyterian theory of
the elect. God chooses the elect and
endows them with special faculties
for His work. There are only about
onj In every 4000 or 6000 that God en
dows with ability to become million
aires. He warned them that they must
cor secrate the wealth God has given
them to the service of God or the peo
ple will rise In their wrath and strip
all their wealth from them. Jesus
Christ was the ideal millionaire and
the greatest genius of all the million
aires. Dr. Boyd predicted the mil
lennium would arrive when the great
millionaires were inspired with Christ's
spirit to consecrate their wealth to
God's service; and the happiness of
the people would be complete when
the millionaires quit the greedy policy
of usins their genius only for profit
and making money, and t'ive generous
ly from their superabundance enougii
to keep the people from all poverty
and want; and eloquently pictured the.
millennium that would be realized
through the charitable acts of the
millionaires.
It Is astounding that the ablest ora
tors are willing to earn their salaries
as religious teachers by serving the
powers who employ them, and preach
superstition. Instead of the truth that
every cltlsen of Intelligence knows
from the common knowledge science
has given to the world.
Sustenance Is abundant as air; but
the power exercised by the Inspired
millionaires, who dictate thi laws and
customs of every political government.
has given the title and possession of
all the bounty of nature to a favored
few. and the great mass of mankind
are doomed to poverty and the race to
degeneration.
If all men, were given free access to
the superabundant bounty of nature,
the perfectly normal development of
every man would as inevitably take
place as it does during the period of
gestation. Every normal man would
labor regularly, selecting a vocation
best fitted for his own mental and
physical development, with the inevit
able result that the moat beneficial
activity would become an Instinctive
and irresistible habit, as it is found in
the lower animal species. Performance
and service would inspire every
thought and action, Instead of greed
and selfishness, under the profit sys
tem. E. L. McCLURE.
Willamette Boulevard.
Portland. May 19. To the Editor
of The Journal In a Portland
newspaper a writer sustains my con
tention in his opening sentence,
"Dreams of a picturesque continuance
of Willamette boulevard." etc. I havt
contended at all times that the only
intention of the promoters was for an
extension of Willamette boulevard for
a scenic highway, and It has been pro
moted under the heading of "Exten
sion of Greeley street," only to bUnd
the people as to the ultimate use for
which it was intended, and I think If
we could only get at the Inside facts
It would show that the originators
had no intention of using this exten
sion for any other purpose than as
a driveway for autos.
There has been nothing since my
residence in the city that has so
stirred up so large a section as this
has done, and the more the situation
has been investigated the more oppo
sition has developed. Many of the
original signers of the petition have
signed the protest. I understand that
many have gone to the city hall to
take their names off the original pe
tition for Improvement, saying that
the facts were misrepresented, la or
der to get them to ign, but were re
fused permission to do so. This, how
ever, is only hearsay on my part, as
I . did not see the original petition.
But the fact that there were only
about 660 signers . On the , petition.
AND NEWS IN BRIEF
OREGON SIDELIGHTS
The date for the annual rose festi
val at Cirants Pass has been changed
from June 2 to June IS, thus bringing
It a week after the closing of the
Chautauqua, it is also believed that
the roses will be then at their best.
In view of Grants Pass' success in
securing a beet sugar factory, the
Sutherlin Sun asserts that "by show
ing a disposition to cooperate, there
is no reason why Sutherlin valley
should not secure a sugar factory next
year."
"Take a man with'llo.OJO," says the
Woodburn Independent. "if he can
get 8 ner cent Interest he prt-ters to
loan it out to buying a farm. He
claims that he would not make 8 r
cent interest on his Investment. -Yet
there are men around Woodburn who
are making more than thai; but th--y
know how to farm."
Summing up Us review of the year's
record of the Wheeler county h.'i
school, the Fossil Journal says: "Ail
of these things cost money, but viewed
in the light of results it is doubtful
if any expenditure pays as good k
turns, both, in immediate results an i
later dividends, as does a first clafs
system of education, and this county
is surely fortunate In having such u
school."
Celebrating Pendleton's latest vic
tory, the Kast Oregonian says:"Differ
as they will on local questions. Pen
dleton and Umatilla county peoplo
stand together when they face the out
side world, and this was shown in
the election of a Pendleton girl a
tjueen of the Portland Rose Festival
It is an honor worth having and the
city has been true to its reputation
as a community that does things"
JOURNEYS
building of this great work to con
trol the current and tidal flow of the
continent's second largest river is of
the greatest interest.
North of the mouth of the Colum
bia are a number of ocean resorts on
Long Beach.
There arc two indust ries at Astoria
that invite study. The alinon indus
try may be followed from the catch
ing of the fish in the estuary or out
side the bar, through the cannery,
jvhere the fish. In a series of dextroun
operations, are cleaned. cooked and
cut into sections, then by machino
packed in rans to he sent Into all
markets. The royal eh.nnoU is the best
of all food fishes.
The other industry, carried on ex
tensively in Astoria, 1m the manufac
ture of lumber. Knormous Ioks may
be seen as they a:e handled by ma
chinery of seemingly human intelli
gence and passed through the various
processes necessary in reducing the
giants of the forests to prosaic boards
to be used in structural enterprises
wherever on the earth's surface high
class lumber is needed.
Captain Robert (Iray discovered and
sailed in at the mouth of the Colum
bia river In 179.:. Lewis and Clark
came to this region itf' 1805. It was
the terminus of the Astor expedition
In 1811. The whole community teems
with the reminiscences of these events
which have had such important rela
tion to the subsequent development of
the Oregon country.
Astoria, the mouth of the river and
coast resortr. are reached by S., P. 4c
S. trains and O.-W. R. & N. boats.
Individual places will undoubtedly
be told more about in subsequent arti
cles. while the protest carries over 3300,
Including not only the small property
owners but corporations like the Port
land Gas company and the Portland
Flour Mill company, and when It Is
considered that the district Is about
four miles long and the owners are
scattered from Alaska to Florida and
with only a limited time in' which to
secure protests the number of sign
ers certainly shows hard work on the
part of circulators and great Interest
on the part of the people, as over HO
per cent signed who were approached
and probably many more will come in
on later malls.
But the time has expired, and It Is
now up to the council. Some of these
8300 signers are possibly duplicates,
and the various sizes of lota, when re
duced to standard size, may still cut
down the number. And there are pos
sibly various ways in which the "pow
ers that be" can further reduce the
amount if they so wish. But the peo
ple of that district are up in arms
over the matter arid will have a large
representation at the meeting on which
this is to be considered. And In case
there should be such a thing as the
council's overriding the protest, the
matter will probably be taken into tho
courts In eomeehape or other.
I would like to see the papers take
up the decision of the city attorney
on the sales under the bonding act. It
seems that under the new law prop
erty must be bonded Inside of 20
days, and if not. or if any default is
made In payment of interest or prin
cipal, the property is to be sold, and
the city attorney says the buyer can
take possession at once and by eject
ment proceedings turn thn owner out
of the house. If this is so, the papers
should raise such a protest that tho
council would be compelled to change
Its rulings, also its refusal to accept
the interest on bonded Improvements.
The city has no use whatever for the
principal until the bonds are due, and
in these times, when people have a
hard time to meet their grocery bills,
for th city to Insist on payment of
the principal, only to store it In the
banks, does not seem riRht. I would
like to see the papers take this up and
If possible conslraln the council to
make a change. C. H. BEARD.
The Property Qualification.
Portland. May 13. To the Kdltor
of The Journal I wish to call tho
attention of your readers to an in
justice in the laws governing school
elections. The law permits none but
tax payers to vote at school election,
but does not require property qualifi
cations at general elections. The only
argument advanced In defense of this
law is that the school directors are
trusted witsuch a large amount of
public property. This reason is Inade
quate, because officials elected at the
general election are intrusted with
vastly more property than Is managed
by school boards. If one is qualified
to vote for state and national officers,
is he not qualified to vota for officers
of school boards? A neighbor of mine
who has taught school for seven years
and wears the "little bronze button"
of the G. A. R. and has owned con
siderable property during -his life, is
now disqualified from voting at school
elections, because he has no property
In his own name at the present time.
Should not this law be changed?
A. T. BLAC1ILT.
a
Mr. McCormick Benders Acknowl-
edginentM.
, Gresbam, Or., May 22. To the Ed
itor of The Journal 1 wish to thank
The Journal for Its fairness towards
me and my cause In the recent primary
campaign. I hope The Journal will
In the future as In the past, glvtnuch
attention to our school affairs
I also wish to express my thanks
to your many readers who honored me
by voting for me on May 19.
-. v ELMER 8. AI'CORMTCK.
VESTERDAT AFTERNOON dowft
on Washington street lust below
Third there was a man and a woman 'f
who seemed to be stranger-In -Portland.
because Ihey had grips and suit'
cases. .
and didn't seem to be sure wTiere
they were going.
JAnd a man came around the cor;
ner who by his assured step and'
genel bcarltag seemed to belong
here, ;f
JAnd the stranger saw him and
his face lighted up. y
aThat lsjthe stranger's. fe
af And he drSpped his suitcases.
and shoutqd "Hello Jim!"
and grabbed the Portland man
almost throwing his arms about him.
J And the Portland man seemed
pleased too.
H And he said "Hello Frank! how
i.ic you aijyway?"
JAnd thn stranger said he hadn't
sen j. in for 15 years.
- slur,; the day of his mother's
funeral.
J.r,.l Jim Maid yes he remembered.
ajAr.i ii ,. sirantcr Introduced his
Wife t.i .11 m ,i.,..
TJ loii know--dear -this fs Jim
tha' you've h'Tird m speak of SO
often.
J"Ye were bns together."
- J And Jim sh'M.k hands with M;
Frank and said he was clad to meet
her.
JAnd anyone could see that Frank
was bursting with things that he
wanted to talk about with Jim.
J Ho wanted to have a good old
"remember when" party.
J Perhaps he wanted to ask Jim
if lie remembered the time when they
went to steal water-melons.
and Frank got caught in the
barbeaVwire fence.
--and Old Man Johnson rams run
ning across the field and found him
mere. j
and used his Mn'ksnak on him.
before he could get loosa.
JAnd then when they got their
plunder down in the woods by tht
"crick"
they found they had stolen cit
rons. JAnd there were a lot of things,
like that that you could see Frank
wantid to talk about with Jim.
U But Jim fidgeted as Frank talked.
JAnd Frank was so happy at find
inrr his friend that he hever noticed
that Jim seemed nervous.
J And Jim looked at his watch .t)d;
locked up the street and down the
street nnd across tho street.
and made short answers.
but Frank kept on talking for
getful of everything.
except that he had found his
friend. j
JAnd finally Jim looked at his
watch again.
and said he was very busy.
and he'd have to be getting up to
the office.
JAnd he told them where It was.
and asked how long they'd bo In1
town.
and said he hoped If they had
time they'd drop in and see him be
fore they left.
J And he diin't ask where they
were going nor If they had any chil
dren nor the namo of the girl he
married. 'si
not anything like that.
JAnd ho shook hands with ttaera.
and .urried up the street.
JAnd Frank stood looking after him
a few moments.
as though there was something
he wouldn't understand.
JAnd he picked tip the suitcases
and then
ft LISTEN-w-He turned to his wife
and said they might as well take tht
4 o'clock Instead of staying over's
day.
Putting the Pill on the Old City Zdnks
There's nothing more pleasant thar
putting the pill, than putting the pill
on the old city links. It. sends through
your heart most enjoyable thrills TC
know that you're putting the pill otj
the nnnK.
You're filling the soul of the coun
cil with glee; you're bidding the mayec
to weep nevermore. You're hangln
new wreathes on your family tree
when you're swatting the ball on tht
old city links.
That man is a hindrance and huri
to his town, a brake on the wheels I
his own neighborhood, who vlewsti;
this golf with a withering frown, ani
faileth to put while the putting if?
good.
You're making 1h wheels of Ih
world go around, you're aiding some
one to sell some more ground; anc
you'll smile to think of the bill of th
store, when you've tmsted the bal
from its do-funny core.
Gough Bail.
In the House of System.
The Tl.ltrvr was ttelna; uliown nhfwit by th'
head of the up tn-dnta tiiar)aa hnuae, aeeordj
leg to till New York KTrnlnir Mail. I
"Who la Hint dnpprr ;nilh at tba flaal
wlien aeaa r ue a&Keo. ' i
"Ttiat Is the auperlntendnt ef tba faril In
flex a.vatam. He keeps an Index showing wbf(
"Wbo 1, tli- yrnina; man with tti gray gssT
tera an! the efficient mm?" 1
He ker an lnde bolnt the length, ct
time It taken to lmiefthe Indexes." , f
Wbo la tha girl with the aoldaa balrr
"She rfeelaea under what (nrip an ln4 4
the lodax of the filing cabluat shall fcf
Disced-
"And who Is tha grsr haired man at ttf
dlscrdered desk In tha purser V"
"Oh. that's Old J'ir- Ha doesn't fit li
Terr well with the raf of the efftea. but J
iiate to kee him arouu'l. Flo's tbe only an
pkiye who can find Important papen When !
want thm In a hurry." g
Triead Solan's Generosity.
T lrlMim'n were aluenaaiug the death nt I
frknd. according to a sturj- Teller In KrarjJ
said Malsrbl: "Hbnra, Dlan waa a goe-.l
fell"-." f,
"11k waa that.:" aaaentad Mlkn. "A go 'i!
felk . iKilan." 1
"And a eueerfol man was Polsn, COOflsl
rj'l Jlalaehl. -:
"A cheerful mnj waa f'!sn, tlia cheerfules
t rt knaw," echoed Mike. -
"tvan whs a glnei-oua hub, too,' Sal (
Malaehl. ,- J
'(rinerons, did ya ev? Well, r itoo't knr d
an n-.nrh about that. Did Iolan aar Btijr ye i
ait? 1'iing , .
"Well, near!.'' snhl Malarbl. aeratebJn
hl head In thought. "B'ffl day be come ini fl
Caney a barroom, where tne and ma friaiHi
was drink In' . and he .aid lo na: Wall,
what ara a goUi? to Iit tala or uuowV'' ,
Too Oood. '
It thi well knmrn in stacfferlng high a 1
eiatT, relates iweryixwy a, mai tne Dwastir
lMir Bo-HMnary had sever .been klaaod bafar
and aa, after a long, languoroua embrace, tl(
atmeuc young nuke oc noanniore riesaa .
bolu. :. t'at.-d aesrcblDgljr lalo bia toweW
eyea and questioned:
"And do Hie Door lndulire In thla waT"
"Quite rreuueull, Uttia pet." auewered t
hlch personage.
"Well. well, well! And do they ernarieavi
the pain sentaiions as we Oo, oeaxr
"Abwolatoly."
"Pear, dear! Why, It's much tee gM4 ft
tba woramg eiaaaea!
Brief Ballad of a Kold-Orae OsaiUssT.
A. L. BAB BUR.
I wasn't born- an auditor.
But an auditor i am:
And I'U alwaya be an sodttaa
If it tringa me. aome tne