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l "A THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, ; 1916. ' f i AM IHDEPBXDKirr KBWBT APCS O. . JACKSOH PaMtata Jrnbllabsd every day, afternoon and noralnt eent Sunday afbsraoes), at The Jwl "talldlpg, Broadway and Tamhifl etreeta. Port land. Or. Itattred at th poatofflc at Portland. Or for traotmlasioQ through the nail as second ; ;' ciaia natter. ' - SELEPHOIOCS -Mala TITS:- Home, A-eool. All departments reached by thaaa numbers, - 111 the operator what deoartmaat yoa want. rORKIOM ADVERTISING BEPBESKNTATI VM Benjamin A Kcntao Co.. Brontwlck Bide., ra Pitta Are., Ntr York. 1218 Paopla'a Uaa bid-.. Chicago. Subscription tcrma by mall or to any addraaa U the United Be tea or Mexico: ' DAILT (MOBNIKO OB AITEHNOON) On year .15.00 On month f .50 BUNDAY On year.. $3.60 I Ona month t .23 DAILT (MOBNINO OR APTEHNOON) AND SUNDAY Ona year IT.BO Om month $ 43 Aaaerlca aaka nothlnf for baraalf bnt what aha has a right to aak f or humanltyltaelf. . WOODKOW WILSON. Mintoaa tribute. defense, hot not a rant for CUARLES C. PINCKNBT. ' It ta good to rob and pollah oar brain 1 agtunal inai et omsr. -avun'im. A GIFT TO AMERICA DtJBLIG men come, and public men go. I Borne appear, strut their brief hour upon the stage. and dron Into oblivion. One Is unfaithful, another Is found inca pable and others lack vlBlon, lack courage or lack the stuff that holds pabllo confidence. . Accident or political manipula tion often brings incompetents and unfits to the surface. But the dross U soon visible. The weeding pro cess, goes inexorably on. .Recently, we were told by a Portland newspaper that La Fol ; lette is dead and that Wisconsin la weary of La Folletteism. But the true La Follettes do not sink. ,They survive. The people want them in the places of power. The great Wisconsin progressive Is reelected for another six years by a vote of nearly two to one. His plurality is 118,162. His vote waa 253,307, and his opponent's 135, 145. -In the proportions of its figures, It is a significant vote. It is even more significant because of the character of La Follette's cam paign. He upheld President Wilson's "policy in Mexico. He stood man fully by the seaman's law which la under the fire of shipping in terests. . He advocated a plan of univer sal peace. He defended his vote on the Underwood tariff. He made the principle of the eight-hour law one of the paramount 'issues of his campaign. The people's response was an-- 'other term of six years in the sen ate. It is a great gift by Wiscon sin to the nation. It Is the consis tent adherence by Wisconsin to the unflinching progressiveism and a renewal of the faith of Wisconsin In one of the premier progressives "of America. - La Follette ought to be a warn ing and an example to every public - man and to every student of Amer- - lean politics. He found Wisconsin a reactionary state. It was a ", satrapy of the interests. It was - governed by privilege and plutoc racy. Unknown, alone and humble. La Toilette began the fight to reclaim Wisconsin to progress. - It has been half a life of strug gle. The power of the American presidency with all the patronage was often used to embarrass and " undermine him. Every selfish in terest and every exponent of spe - elal privilege combined to destroy him. But with- the vision, the courage and the faith of an honest ..man In the honest and ultimate Justice of the plain people, La Fol lette, with his banner nailed to the masthead, stood by his principles, preached progress and he now goes back to the senate with a big ger plurality than ever. v It Is a career for American young men to study and emulate. It Is augury of the ultimate tri umph of progressive government in America. - When referees in bankruptcy re" celve greater compensation than Is paid the chief Justice of the su preme court or vice president of the United States, It Is time to in quire Into the extraordinary fact of how it all comes about. PREPAREDNESS ERMAN efficiency In the war Ci continues to astonish and T terrify tn world. France TtH also - exhibits ' incredible en rgy and capability. Compared with, RusslaEnglahd and' Italy thbse two countries are unap reachable models. What hf the reason for It?; Of course our mili tary madmen will shout at once t ' tt thy kanr trained their, men on the drill ground and this "Makes their armies efficient Both France and Germany have done, a good deal of drilling but that is only part of the secret and very email part. Germany In particular is an organized nation. All her resources hare been taken Into account and directed to the great end of national happiness and strength. The Germans boldly rec ognize that happiness is one of the most fertile sources of strength. Germany and France are effi cient in war because they are or ganized nations. Their life has passed out of the barbarous cha otic era where every man seeks to live by robbing his neighbor and into the era of united effort for the common good. It is publicly charged that the cry of "pork" In rivers and harbors appropriations is for the benefit of the railroads. It is probably true. The railroads, in a short sighted policy, have always opposed water way improvement. Tbey opposed the building of the Panama canal. A cry of "pork" in river and har bor Improvements In servile news papers serves the railroad purpose admirably. YOUR GROCER THE housewife phones the gro cer to send a yeast cake. The delivery may cover a distance of a mile and return. How much profit is it likely that the grocer made out of the yeast cake? An hour later, the same house wife may take up the phone and order the same grocer to send a loaf of bread and a bottle of milk. Again the delivery wagon or mes senger must journey a mile and return at the grocer's expense. What profit Is the dealer likely to make on the bottle of milk and loaf of bread? Other orders from the same housewife to the same dealer not infrequently follow each other throughout the day, and they must be filled regardless of lack of profit and without delay, for the customer's trade must be. retained. Sometimes a delivered package is unsatisfactory. The outside ap pearance of the bottle of milk may not please the taste of -the cus tomer. The handy telephone is again requisitioned. Another time, the deliveryman makes the trip. Another bottle of milk is carried a mile and the unsatisfactory bot tle is returned another mile to the store. The telephone has made us a race of exacting people. It has made us a race of luxurious people. Our buying has come to be by ca price, by chance and by piecemeal. We go about it the costliest way. the way that gives the grocer the greatest amount of trouble and puts him to the utmost limit of expense. Not all housewives are thus unbusinesslike and exacting, but many are. The obliging, patient grocer 1 meets the demands with a smile and keeps the deliveries in frantic action in the effort to please. The rents, the heat, the light, the hired help, he has to pay for. The losses of the business, he has to pocket, lie carries a big burden in the credits he has to extend. Few do more to succor those un able to pay their monthly bills promptly than does the grocery man. Those familiar with the business know how small the profits are, how there must be many transactions to meet over- head expense, how keen the com- petition is, and how many a gro- ceryman goes to the wall In the struggle to keep his business afloat, It is not the corner grocer who is pushing up the cost of living, always used their power to the in No business is more exposed to the Jury of mankind, so they always cuts, handicaps and storms oi busl ness. The speculators and gamblers in food stuffs, the illegitimate traders who plan corners for coining big dividends out of the necessaries or life, are the conscienceless pirates against whom those seeking to solve the high cost of living should direct their Investigations. Just as the egg boycott starts to get in its deadly work the in dustrious hen begins to cackle her announcement or resumed opera- tions. It looks like nobody loved the egg merchant. STOP THE ABUSE 1 T IS inconceivable that referees in bankruptcy in some instances should regularly receive a com pensation equal to that of the chief Justice of the supreme court of the United States, or $15,000 a year. A dozem of them are receiving from $7500 up to $10,000 and $12,000 a year, the highest' of which is the compensation received by the vice president and members of the president's cabinet. Something is wrong when a ref eree In bankruptcy receives as much pay as the vice president of the United States. The abuse is one of those that is perpetuated here and there in the service of the federal government solely - because publicity is not given the facta. The abuse Is the subject of dis cussion In the report of Attorney General Gregory Just Issued. Referring- to proceedings before ref erees In bankruptcy, the report Bays: It may be noted the amount of aa etas consumed in attorneys fee and other costs of 'administration, a tend ency to en lane the fee bill kr-wws. i tices whjfh allow the referees fixed amounta either as fees or mm Indem nity fop expenses, irregular and un lawful methods of administration, "un necessary delay in closing caaes, etc In very similar language, The Journal 'pointed out several weeks ago that abuses have grown up in the administration of the law by referees in bankruptcy. The wast age in the assets of estates, the enormous fees paid out, and the inordinate emoluments that go to the referees for their services are a public scandal. Congress should find a remedy, and end the .practice. The air Is thick with glittering offers to enable you to get rich quick and easy. All you have to do is to buy shares of stock in a newly organized corporation of some kind. Did it ever occur to you that if the profits are to be so big the promoters would want to keep them all for themselves? PLUCKING THE PUBLIC T HE owner demanded 160,000 as damages to his property Incident to a grade crossing to the Lombard property in Rose City Park. The city commissioners offered (3000. The owner refused and went to court. A Jury awarded $3000. Lawyers' fees and other costs cut the amount the owner will realize. From $60,000 to $3000 is a long way. It gives a glimpse often caught in Portland of how there is an idea that It is perfectly prop er to gouge the public when it must acquire private property for public use. Inordinate prices have been paid for such properties in so many Instances that there is a general idea that the publio is an easy mark and can be plucked to a frazzle. This owner was paying taxes on the property at a valuation of only $3780. To value property at $3780 when the public is to collect taxes on it, and to value the same prop erty at $60,000 when the public is to buy it or pay damages on it, is absurd. It is farcical. It is trav esty. There la not one reascn why the assessed value of property should not bear a fairly regular proportion to the sale value. There is a pretty well established stand ard of valuations in assessments It is around 60 to 70 per cent Since it applies to the great body of the taxed, it should apply to all, and be a fairly accurate guide to the true value. It is by custom and practice, going to be such a guide some day. Then, gentlemen who value their holdings at only $3780 when the public takes taxes, will not demand $60,000 for damages a grade cross ing may cause Meanwhile, a Jury by its verdict has shown the humbug and absurd ity of the $60,000 demand. Had the 42-year-old father who caused the arrest of his 20-year- old son for assault and battery the other day begun to enforce pater- nal discipline fifteen years -ago it j8 not likely that he would now need the assistance of the police court in controlling his progeny PEACE AND LIBERTY T HE president hit the nail on the head when he said that peace could come into the world only with liberty. He made his meaning a little clearer when he added that wars common ly result "from the selfish interests of small groups." Liberty means the extirpation of these "small groups," or at least the extirpation of their power. For, as they have will. The world has to choose between liberty -with peace on the one hand and privilege with ever-recurring war on the other. Privilege in one country clashing with privilege in 'another incites the people to fight, ; and in the fighting quietly fills its i pockets. The plain people want no privilege. They only wish to live peaceably and let others live and they make no wars of their own accord. They learn to hate only from the teaching of their so-called "betters." When we learn I how to extinguish nrirllpe-ft and extend true liberty to all the world we shall have little trouble in keeping all the world at peace. We read of four young Washing ton lads, picked up by the Port land police, being confined in "filthy cells," in the county Jail. Why is it necessary for any part of the marble palace which houses the county goveernment to be dirty, dark or "filthy"? OREGON'S KNEES A' N INTERESTING sight down at the shipyards is a big pile of fir "knees." Shipbuild ers must have these huge pieces of timber and they must be rorghly of the right shape as they come from the woods. It would not do to saw them out of logs, since the product would be too weak for the hard service they have to stand. The fir knees are cut from tree butts and include a large slice of the root. In this way a natural bend is obtained. When one re members the immense acreage, of stumps that Oregon and Washing ton possess there appears to be no end to our supply of ship knees. Heretofore it haa bees a trouble- these i some thing to - get rid of stumps. Perhaps they may turn out to be valuable property. With all the world crying out for new ships almost anything that might contribute to the rising industry is likely to be worth money. Oregon has more than knees to offer to shipbuilders. It has some of the finest timber in the world for building the entire vessel. Per haps our fortune lies on the seas. Letters From the People f Owni muni ration aent to Tba Jonrnal far publication ia tula department shoald bo writ, tea on only ona aide of tba paper. tboulA not txceed, 800 word tn length, and matt be ac companied or in name ana aaaress oi ia Doer. It the writer doea not dealra to ha Use name pubiiabed be ahoald aa state. "Discussion b tta greatest of all reform era. It rationalises rary'.t.lng It tone he. It rob Kinrlple of all fW t-uettty and I brow them ck on their reaaonab Dees. If tbey bare no rtaronablenes, tt rutblessly emsbea them oat of existence and sets up Its own conclusions In tbelr stead." Woodrow Wilson. One Way to Reduce the Egg Bill. Portland. Dec. 7. To the Editor of The Journal There are always two sides to every question, and between the two wisdom, tempered by pru dence and softened by charity, often hesitates to draw the line. Sixty cents per dozen Is an exces sive price for the consumer to pay for table eggs, but J2.50 per 100 Is also an excessive price for the poultry keeper to pay for feed, much less the present price, $3 to $4 per 100. It 1s extortion on both sides, with the con sumer paying the bill in the end. why are fresh eggs so scarce ana bo high during the winter? In the first place, it Is not the natural sea son for hens to produce. In the sec ond place, too many poultry keepers either do not understand ncw to reea hens to make them lay, or will not take the trouble to give them proper care. In the third place, too many chicks are hatched In the summer, too late for the pullets to mature ready for laying during the coming fall and winter. In the fourth place, too many consumers neglect their own Interest by not storing eggs for the winter when the supply is plentiful and the price Is lo If I can pay $3.60 per hundred for peultry rations and xeed hens at cost of half a cent a day per head, and in a manner to Induce them to yield one to three cents per day In eggs, why cannot other suburban poul trymen do the same? If I can keep eggs perfectly sweet for six months j in an ordinary dry. clean basement. why cannot other consumers do the same' unhealthy eggs carelessly handled will not keep under any method of storing, but healthy, sterile eggs carefully handled, can be very easily kept for months if stored in a dry, cool place that is free from trash or anything that will cause bad odors. There are several good methods for storing eggs, if the housewife will only put on her thinking cap and go to a little trouble. Take this pre caution, however. Eggs intended for storage, to keep perfectly, must be sterile, freshly laid, carefully handled to avoid damaging the shell or shak ing up the contents, and be produced by hens never infected with diseases and not forced to consume Tilth or putrid matter with their rations. The prices being demanded for al most 'every kind of food commodity are rank extortion which should be and can be remedied. In too. many families their expensive mode of liv ing is rank extravagance, and this can and should be remedied. Making a goat out of honest mer chants or Innocent producers is not the successful way for the consumer to reduce the high cost of living. O. G. SMALL. Chides the Boycotters. Dayton. Or., Dec. 7. To the Editor of- The Journal We can't expect city women to know really what it costs to produce eggs, but for the last three months, production has cost more than double what we get even If eggs were 50 to 60 cents a dozen, and that in normal times, when grain usually costs one-third less, let alone now, when ev erything is climbing to the skies. Now would be a good time for those women to get the Chinese eggs. They should be cheap enough. The hens in China don't need to be fed high-priced feed if there are dead fish near. Not so In Oregon. We have to pay to the very limit for every bite the chickens eat. Of course the farmers, most of them, were in a hurry to sell their grain after harvest. After the grain is in the warehouses ths dealers can charge any old price, as they are doing now- Most of these women don't squeal when they pay a big pric for their bread Instead of baking their own. Pix weeks ago I was in Portland. My friend, a workingman's wife, bought bakers bread. It cost her 35 to 40 cents a day alone for bread, at 5 cents pound for flour. Now I can make of ix pounds of flour close to 1 pounds of good, fine bread, and that Is where the city woman is losing ground In buying bread. Probably most of those iOO kicking women don't use more than one dozen eggs a week anyhow. Kverybody likes something good to eat or the stores would not be full of all kinds of canned meats, fish and other expensive stuff. They are more expensive than eggs and butter any time. MARIE FULHAlt Sir. Derby to Sir. Wagnon. Union, Or.. Dec. 8. To the Editor of The Journal 1 would ask spa to reply to Mr. Wagnon's letter of December i, ' and would say that i am not aesinou or inauiging in a loug controversy. Mr. Wagnon is compii.nentary to the men who have vorn the uniform of the nation, but puts his foot in it when he cites the battle of Bull Run to support his argument. Bladensburg and Bull Run art, the most conspicuous examples, of the folly and stpldlty of placing un trained men under fire with the ex pectation that they will be effective. England has learned the same lesson on the Somme. Mr. Wagflbn's proposed foreign policy, with the exception of his free trade clause, haa been the settled policy of this nation ever since the administration or President Wash Ington. and yet we have had four wars, to fight. Time was when each tu.tlon kept only a nominal military force, sufficient for internal police and also formidable to any would-be enemy; but those conditions have dis appeared from the face of the earth nver to return until the millenlum ar rives. We are. with our rapidly grow ing wealth, the greatest prize to an Impoverished nation thai the sun shines on, and wltb out thousands or miles of frontier ana seaboard we are mere vulnerable than any other nation. Would it not. then, be ex r c Uing common sense to utilize rho "brains and manhood of. the country in the way of Insurance from attack? attack? Vhe wisdom of preparation is shown in the ase of France and Swltexrland It saved the life or one ana is pre se:vlng the neutrality of the tner. The constitution of the United States makes every ablebodled citizen a. Po tential soldier. Then w&jr not rit tbcm for the duties to meet any emer gency and thus serve notice to the wnrld that hausds off" Is the. safe : UVU T V4. 9 XW.. the sane policy? The time has gonelsitlonT Can you give us any light on by.-tf It ever existed, when the prip-lthln aubjeet? ? -:--v- aratlena tor wafoould be made after war began. War is, and war will be. way not, then, look the matter square ly In the face and place ourselves hi the best position to keep out of it If possible? By act of congress there Is pro vision for the training of nearly a quarter million of our young men to "murder." as Mr. Wagnon Is pleased to put It. Is it any worse to maJce th whole body of the people a re serve Un for their support T Do 23 Mr. Wagnon realise that we as a peo ple In the profound walks of pece are consigning to bloody graves from 080 to 10,000 victims each year, run ning a close second, in fact, to the losses during the Civil war? Death in war or under a Tail way train Is very much alike; the victims remain dead. L. P. DERBY. Says Eastern Oregon Neglected. Downey, Idaho, Dec. 3. To the Edi tor of The Journal Senator Borah In his late open letter has again come to the aid of the arid west. The status of affairs is given exactly, when he speaks of money dropped into the rivers without returns, of lack of in terest in reclaiming valuable agricul tural lands, and of farmer emigration to Canada because of support given settlers by the Canadian government. Eastern Oregon, with land that will produce seven to eight tons of alfalfa to the acre, lies, largely, a worthless desert, because our representatives have never given an effective effort to get government support for Irri gation. Millions can be obtained to drop Into the rivers. Eastern Oregon is merely a tax-paying proposition that is assiduously worked. After the state has exacted her toll. the county applies the leech, and asks as much from a "dust pile," or dry ranch. s from an irrigated farm of 4G acres. When a settler leaves to earn a living the petty, thieves carry off his belongings. In my individual case, at least $100 worth of articles have been stolen. Ivo effort Is made to protect one fro hi their pilfering west of the Snake, while In Canyon county, Idaho, they are hunted down. After the petty thieves have fin lshed, the county legally relieves you. Two women have each been required to give up an acre of ground that cost 1200, for roadway. Being teachers in a state that does not depend on tax ins: the natrons for school suDDort. they neither knew nor were advised of the conditions. The commissioners took the land by law. As a consequence of the above con ditions, homesteads are being aban doned In the most desirable sections of the northwest. Although the financial conditions of the country are at high tide and Idaho, her neighbor, is advancing by leaps and bounds, Oregon, identical In climate and fertility. Is fast becoming a deserted, arid region, partly because of the neglect of her representatives in congress and partly because of mis taken local administration. A WOULD-BE CITIZEN. The Gentle Rebuke. Vancouver, Wash., Dec. 7. To the Editor of The Journal In The Jour nal ot December S appeared an inquiry under the headline. "Who Will Supply This?" The Inquiry was over the signature of Mrs. James Timmens. While I do not know where a dance was ever started by invoking tne blessings of Deity. I do know of minister of the Gospel who did some good once at a dance. It was in the early days about 1878 or 187. A Methodist Episcopal minister came to one of the frontier towns in Minne sota. There was no church there, so he obtained the use of the school- house and posted notices for Sunday Everybody went toughs and all. When' the preacher was offering pray er they talked and laughed, but he still prayed on. After prayer, they tried to sing. It was a failure. Then, as he began to preach, the boys took out cards and .began to play games 1 on the benches. The parson finally quit and dismissed with the benedic tion. That week there was a dance in the place. The preacher got a good Chris tian woman to go to the dance with him. He bought a number and when ever his turn came he went on the floor and tried to dance. In those days dances were held all night. A 12 o'clock supper was served. After supper the parson stepped In front of the fiddlers and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters: Tou have met here this beautiful evening for one of your entertainments, and I have come with you and tried to do as you did. Just as nearly as 1 could. Now, next Sunday I shall have an entertainment at the schoolhouse again, and I ask you alt to come." The result was they ail went, and it would not have been very good for tho one that had tried to start any thing. Bo I do believe that maybe one really ought to be looking for the good there is in people. This answer is from a mend or everything that 1" good. J. W. A. Would Have Silence Kept. rortland, Dec. 7. To tho Kditor of The Journal In the December ( issue of The Journal, on the front page, elaborately written up. is an article concerning "a motherly woman of 63 years." The caune of it all was be cause this woman, under the Influ ence of liquor and for the first time in her life, spent the night in 5ail. How much better would It have been for her and all concerned to have left this out of the paper entirely, espe cially so when from time to time The Journal has been condemning the prac tice of the Salem authorities, when releasing prisoners, of publishing their names and records. More pathetic is this elderly woman s tearful pleading not to notify her husband, and in face of all this, to print' it on the first page, notifying all her friends and the public. "Teach me to reel anoiner s woe. To hide the faults I see." CONSTANT READER. fh Speakership Dictatorship. Portland, Dec. 6. To the Kditor of The Journal In The Journal of No vember 30 I noticed an Interview with L. E. Bean, a candidate for the speak ership, in which it was stated that the directing head of the Oregor.lan called Mr. Bean on the carpet and asked him why he had not consulted them, pre sumably before he announced himself as a candidate. Furthermore, H was stated that be was told that he must give no consideration to John M. Mann in the event that he was elected as speaker. I have been attempting to digest this statement, and up to the present time I am unable to fathom why the Oregonian should presume to dictate to any man as to his desire to be come a candidate for office, or as to his consideration of other members of the legislature In the event that he should be elected. Therefore. I am asking The Journal to kindly give a reason, not only to me but to hundreds of others who have been pondering over the attitude of the Oregonian. It is well known that the Oregonian Is supporting Mr. Stanfield for speaker. It is also well known that some large interests, which are fram ing up legislation that will be of ben efit to them, are also supporting Mr. Starrfteld. The question arises: Is Mr. gtanfield the tool of the Oregonian and these interests, or Is he unconsciously ..-. . V W. ...... .... V - fT- - As there are but 13 members of the PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF IsUALX. CHANGS Once more, by war of Illustrating the difference between war and peace: Let us now com para a bombproof with a sleeping porch. What's yours? Francis Parkman. the historian, once said there is snore poetry in the Bible than there is out of it. But, say. the wastebaskets are not la the Bible, are ttisy? Tkeac altoretber sruilelass veoDle who ara ndYialnsr us to eat rabbit meat at S cents a pound actually seem to think It would stay at t cents a pouna if It Is i cents a pound, which It probably Isn't. Does anyone suppose Lloyd-George looks back to his meagre boyhood and thinks: "Bless me, what a gree-t, man I have got to be!" Nay, nay. But Lloyd George looks forward and thinks: 'Bless me. wnat a great man i nave got to bet Some archaeologist has dug up In Babylon an "order for flour." written on the well known cuneiform order blank. If filled now. won't there, e a roar wnen tnat ancient oaoT"""an dame sees what the delivery boy haa brought her? When the great war broke out de- mocracv faavrd and aristocracy re joiced that it was all off with Lloyd- ueorge s great program: a war wuum check It, certainly, and might annul It utterly. But now iook waere me war has tossed the Welshman. "Lake passenger rates are going up because sailors are to get better food and more of it," says a lake port news paper of recent date. This sort of thinv a wKjt f thai man who doesn't own vessels finds so mysterious. Didn't the owners know, all the time tner were raging at the seamen's bill, that this was exactly what they would do? uverybooy else Knew 11. COMMENT OF THE COQTCXXAB BJSHT1M KZt The higher snd higher soaring prices of wheat and flour are compared with those of 1S67. which lacks one of being SO years sgo. Then we remember riding to market on a load that fetched J a busnei. it 11 nil mat jigure next year we art wondering what we shall be using for bread. Perhaps we shall have to borrow a leaf rrom the Ger mans and mix our wheat flour with potato flour. TJaTXOir S0OVT1 It Is strange that so many candidates for certain offices should assume that it is necessary for them to pledge themselves to enforce ment of the laws, in case of their election. There are a number of official positions that have for their pur pose the securing of law enforcement and were created with that object in view. Such positions as district at torney, sheriff, constable, justice of the peace, town marshal, policeman, etc., are created for the express pur rose of securing law enforcement. A man or woman who does not expect to use all bis. or her, five senses. and a lot of energy to secure enforce ment of the laws, ought not to be candidate for any of these offices. For a candidate to promise to do his duty if elected, is futile, and serves no pur- pose. However, stnee It has become somewhat of habit. It may be ex cusable for a candidate la his an nouncement to assert that he will ob serve his oath of office and continue to be a law-abiding citizen. In case of election. AUATf snKOCRATi Always the greatest element In progress Is con fidence, and, with it, there Is no ques tion about the result. Conditions were never better for stability and there can be no question of the result as long as this country keeps out of the unholy entanglements of Europe and her hands off Mexico. The report in Mexico that Colonel Roosevelt had started a revolution in this country is in keeping with the Mexican style of doing things. They epeak In revolu tions and rebellions, and are ready to believe almost any old report; but are they so very much different from the people of this country, who be lieve numerous things about Mexico that never occur? XSTACADA raws- .Space will not permit of the chronicling of a list of the many blessings that we of eastern Clackamas county have to be thank ful for at this Thanksgiving season. We all know that we have pass' through a year of many blessings. In a land of peace and plenty; In a lo cality of unexcelled climate; free from disease and war; surrounded by the best of friends and neighbors nnd with all indications pointing towards a 1917 season of prosperity. ASTOKXA2T: No better evidence of the fact that "it pais to advertise' could be had than the (-utliiisl&Hm and surprise with which the exhibition of local-grown cranberries was greete.l t the land products show in Port land, thousands of people learned for the first time that the famous holiday berry was grown in their home state most of them looked upon the cran berry as something foreign, akin to the pineapple and the roroanut. Thai the cranberry is grow n right, at home and that it can compete as to flavor and appearance with the finest in ths world, was a happy revelation to the thousands of rfhow visitors. legislature in eastern Oregon snd but 13 In Multnomah county, including tne Joint representative, making a total of 2t, as against 34 in the balance or western or southern Oregon, why should Multnomah county make a com bination with eastern Oregon, thereby allying themselves with the minority. if they expect to secure any legisla tion for their constituents? Can you give us any light on this subject? Would not the part of wisdom be for the Multnomah delegation to either remain neutral or ally Itself with the members from the southern portion of the state whose interests are more nearly akin to those of this county, rather than to make a combination with eastern Oregon, which, to the un initiated, has the appearance of being a discrimination against those counties that have always been friendly to us snd have assisted us heretofore in leg islative matters In which we were vi tally interested? h If you can shed any light upon the foregoing, I will grestly appreciate it. J. ALLEN HARRISON. "A" Chain Broken." v Neskowin. Or., Dec. 4. To the Editor of The Journal In The Journal of November 17, appeared a brief edito rial referring to the repeal of the Sunday closing law In which you say: "The repeal is probably a good thing for the public, but It cannot be regarded wholly without misgivings. The obvious consequence of the repeal will be an Impetus to open all busi ness on Sunday." Concerning this, I beg to ask If It is not possible that m the repeal of thU law the electorate of Oregon have handed the people of the state a boom erang? May it not transpire that there is no single enactment nay, nor any dexen enactments on our statute books that will contribute mora to translating liberty rnto license, de stroying legitimate restraints, making each individual a law unto himself? I would respectfully ask if the people of Oregon-' covet for themselves the doom that the Jewish nation procured for Itself by a similar process? , (Lev. 2C34-3S; 3 Cbren. :!L) ? s - c i It may be that our fathers tot Purl- OREGON' SIDELIGHTS At a recent social at Mount Pleas ant school house. In Linn county, there was a pi sale. V. i. Shores, as auc tioneer, got 120.06 out of the crowd, for 26 pies, Several housewives In Astoria are pooling their orders for household goods, the Budget says, with the pur pose of reducing the high coat of liv ing. They Intend to buy thilr Gro ceries In bulk. W1M arnose formed the Chief couree at the Thanksgiving meal for many Hood River people, ine Dig nonaeia, the Glacier says, sold in the market for $1 each and made an appotUiug yet comparatively cheap food, Editor Toung of the Coqnllle Sen tinel freely hands It to the linotype machine. The longer I live with one. he says, "the more wonderful It seems. No matter how much copy editors fur nish, it eats It right up and smacks Us Hps for more. And In the subsequent 'make up,' never a letter falla off the end of a line." Tribute to an old-time character, In Fossil Journal. "Blind Johnnie Keeney died last week at his home in Lane county, aged about 60 years. He was formerly a well known figure In the Condon and Fossil country, where he tned to play the fiddle at the old style country dances. He was of a genial, cheery disposition and was well liked by all who knewhlm." The Heppner Gazette Times wonders "How many of our own citizens realize that they are living In the richest county per capita In the northwest, if not in the entire United Statee." - "A 4.000.000 wheat crop," the Gasette Times says, "with the bumper season for sheep and wool Just preceding, has made Morrow county wealthy, pulling many farmers out of debt and putting many mors of them on Easy street." PRESS OF OREGON XOOTO aUTBS STEWS! Hood III vet needs a postoffice building too urgent ly and this need is known too gen erally to permit any opposition to the appropriation gaining ground here. Baaed on the volume of business trans acted through the local office. Hood River is entitled to such an appropria tion more than hundreds of communi ties now boasting federal structures. Introduction of the bill was prompted by such need, based on actual records of business transacted. The need of such a building is real and not Imag inary; it is a necessity, not a luxury or extravagance. ASTOSXA BTTDOETt We have built the most modern public wharf that is to be found on the Pacific coast. Now let us get a dredge of our own and undertake the Improvement of our har bor facilities. Then we will be in a position to bring such pressure to bear upon the engineers that even the opposition cannot block the deepening of the main channel. Twrrxmxan sjocoxd octet - TlOll The sun goes down, that is disappears from sight. In the lower part of Wallowa county before 4 o'clock In more than two months of the winter. When it goes behind the mountain ridge a chill sets in, anJ continues through the long twilight and grows colder as night comes on. Near to the mountains there are many homes, and two towns, where the sun sinks from sight an hour or more ear lier than at Knterprise. The towns of this county are so situated that the saving daylight plan adopted In Eu rope is higlUy desirable here the year around. Some eastern cities adopted the new schedule all by themselves last year, when it wes under general discussion owing to the course of thr countries of Kurope. But no district can use it with so little a sense of jar as Wallowa county, shut in as It in from the outer world by mountain and canyons. X.A GXASroa OBSEaT,TXl Eatly Christmas mailing is urged as well a., early Christinas shopping. Three lo tour days or a week lotigeY than thi t:me ordinarily given for a letter or package to reach Its destination ought to be allowed. Early Christmas shop ling relieves the strain upon clerks snd storekeepers, while early Christ mas mailing will relieve the conges tion in postofflces and railway mall cars. We have no doubt that to many In the United States postal service the approach of Christmas Is regarded with dread rather than gladness. JOBEPat HXXAXa) There are many men and women in northeastern Ore gon who are hewing out their dea tinies on homestead selections and dt pplte the conditions that are now ad verse to so many things we common ly call the better things of life, they vlll ultimately profit roundly for the efforts they nr now putting for ward. We know a IopsI lady who braved- the elements Saturday and walked in from her homestead i'6 miles away. Wo know another who, finding 1f Incumbent upon herself to gather her cattle for the care thy should have In view of lh recent un usual wintry spell, rode until her face was froien; yet the cattle wer.: paved from the range. TUet-f womui folks ere heroines in their way. t. cause they are doing, their ran hi th advancement of society's Interest . xni are making possible an in-ieard har vest largess. All honor to lliem. tan days, in the enactment of their "blu laws," erred In some renpects; but if so, did they not err on the safe1 aide? Did not the rigid discipline to whifh they submitted themsel-i and re quired of others, have much to do In laying the foundation for our present national grratnex? If so. is it not a fact that the same requirements, in some fair measure, are Indlapenaabie to the perpetuation of this desirable condition? As to the 6ny tn observe as a rest day, there haa always been, and is, something in the divine economy to fitly designate It. The day following the completion of the creative work was set apart for that purpose. 1'nder the last dispensation the Christian the resurrection day of its founder 's certainly a most fitting dispensation. Under the spoclous plea of "person.il liberty" the saloon men and other in terests for years have clamored for the repeal of this law; now it remains to be eeen whether or not In so doing they prove to be pubjle benefactors. O. W. PKWTHERER. Indorsing Fannie and Kate. Portland, Dec. . To the Editor of The Journal I would like to say that I think the suggestion in the letter signed "Kannie and Kate," In today's Journal, Is a good one, to turn our manufacturing situation over to a com mmee 01 .women. ji is evident we should not be any worse off, and I believe we should gain by it. A WORKING GIRL. A Notable Collegian. from tli -jok.Bnr Kpntfatiian-Bef lew. When a man surrenders a 8S000 to- sltion at the age of 36 to take a com plete course at college, this instance of Itself Is answer enough to the loose and frequent charge that Americans care only for money, The roan is Ar hold 8. Rothwell of Portland. Or- and the college which haa the good fortune to enroll htm as a student is Reed. Keep your eye on this collegian. He is likely, in case he lives, to carve his aama broad and deep lata tlM roll of nonor in tn raeuio north west. Rag Tag and Bobtail Stories From Everywne re IT this eorama ell raiders of Tba Joarnu are toTltrd to contribute original mattar- -la atey. In reran or In lluaopbleal obMTTaiioa r7,-iJ!fA .. . from any auurc. Q BtrltaUons ef tteaptMiual merit U1 se usM toe. st the editor-aii 1, rial.j v J Burgling Made liasy. flUS ahould be appreciated by all it b,,!rUr' A Portland cltlsen went te call upon a friend and his family a tew evenings ago. The house was dark. bu on the oorrh m.. " . " -a " --- r-niAi nan A 5 11 read "Sid door." At the another sign. "Under the "at. There lay the key to the houae. -ne of the children wtts expected to return before the old folks, and they had thought about the youngster ijt not about other callers. Getting Away With It. Cashing check In a strange com munity is one of those deeds of dar ing for which the nervy alone are equipped. The wakllng, fluatered by having to identify himself, becomes a suspect through his hesitancy. The man with money has to be iinpreaaed and the only time to g,t him is ft the outset; the vital minute is the rirst and If no headway Is made then, the chances dwindle astonishingly. Hence swindler sometimes do better than men who ar oa the level, ob serves the Chicage Herald. But timid men who are en the level become lions occasionally At times Identification is plastered all over an applicant who has not had to show auch resources. The bearer of an lu r orucr reourred by a cashier, thought first of bis hat and displayed hts initials. No Imnru.Un w ftduced arbunch of letters without effeot tuen riaunted a ribbon wwtoh chain, again advancing his Initials, still more bad news. He dug up an inscribed clgaret case and flashed It, Th, hea.rt behind the bare remained atony. "This calls for aemathlna - he exclaimed, and ramavMf ait .i.,h aim waist to show mono- gram tattooed on hla chest. whloU proved convincing. The End of the TralL . juunr Bwede appeared at the co' uuiy juat Jge a fl tff anas vsl irraa,a.., - - - - t saa j a IUTVI J- rody s. and asked for a license. "What kind of a licenser asked the Judge. "A hunting license?" "No," was the answer. "Ave tank Aye bane hunting long enough. Ave want marriage license." Oil, These Mothers! Fople shouldn't bo foolif.li about their children, but our Aut.t Amy lEirt careful enough with l'ornroy, says Claude Callan, the man who writes of everyday life for the Kurt Worth Htnr-Telexrani. The little ras cal U her only child, and he 1s only li years of age. One day last week she told him he could go to see his cousin, who livs nearly a quarter of a mile away. Before he started she bade him an af fectloiiale farewell and aid to him: "Now, darling, when you go to cross the ditch you must walk right In the middle of the bridge. Look buck every minute or two an-1 fiee If there is an auto coining, and if there Is, you niunt get out of the way. Now you must remember that you promised tne you wouldn't climb on the fence. Mamma knew a little boy who Walked around on top of a fence when he promlned his mamma he wouldn't, and he fell and broke his arm. And don't climb that tree in the yard. Mamma knew one little boy who fell out of a tree and broke both his lgs, and he wan in bed for nearly a year. There, now, run along, and remember what I have told you. Pomroy! Pomroy! Cdme here a min ute before you go. I want you to promise mamma that you will not get upon the shed, and don't wrextle. I knew a boy who got his collarbone broken wrestling. lon't run, and din'i Jump. I knew one boy who Jumped off a box and broke two ribs." l'orn roy hurried to his cousin's home, and about the time he reached there. t popped Into Aunt Amy's mind that she hadn't cautioned him not to go near the well. Bhe didn't xtop to di-. There her child was In a well, and she was not there to get liitn nut. When alia reached Ihe place, she didn't enter the house. Hho hurried around to the well, leaned over nnd railed 011:: "Pomroy! Pomroy." lie heard hrr calling and when he anawered, she turned suid saw that he wh aafa. II and his cousin were on .the shed scuffling and trying to push each other off. Why Fuss About Mitts? "1 want my broakftis," wailed Fred- r!14, who had waked tip cross and was growing croasar every minute. Rut you cant possibly eat your breakfast until you have had your hands washed." said mother. "'Km I tan, too." declared Freddie. I don't eat wis my hands. I est wis my teef." Rustic Strategy. An English cyclist waa pedaling through mud and falling rain when he spied a figure walking toward him through the twilight. He sprang off his machine, says London Answers, end asked the native how far tt was to the village) of Poppleton. just ten miles the other way. air," was the reply. "The other way" exclaimed the cy- cllst. "But the last algnnoat I passed said it was in this direction." Ah," said the native, with a know ing grin, "but you , we turned that tbaer post round so as to fog those 'ere Zeppylings!" Keep Nmiling. The thing that roe the firthrst toward mat in: Ufa worth while. That'a worth the annet and eoats th lost. M loet a Dleeaaat amil. 4 atolls that bubbles from the heart sad krrea its fallow men. Will drive away the clouds of rrtnf snd enax tba sun arsln. It's fntl at warsath and gladness, too. with rasnly kindness blent. It s worth a railUea dollar sad It dnsaa't cost a cent. There ia ne mots for aadneas when rnn see a pleasant aanlle. It alwsje brlnr the same go" nrJ- B,Tr out of style; It nerves ns 00 try seiln, a her failure mikes n blue, Th dimples ot aneonrscrnM-nt sr good for ma and ;n. ... It par s higher Interest, for It Is enty lent. It's worth a million dol'ar and it oo t cost a cent. A anfle eoms very 7; n wrinkle w with rneer, . A hundred time before too ran tfieesa a single tear. . It ripples up. mrjr. to the hesrt'tnags that will lug. . And always tesra a erho that Is very Tik So em"le away: folk slwsrs kaow what by a smile mil. , It'a worth a million dollars, snd H 4oen t " U -Antbor Unldaetlfiad. Uncle Jeff Snow Say si Farmers will stop to kill snale right in hajeveK. Any snakes ths netft legislature turns loose ' l7 special 'lection next summer with, the Idee that the farmers won't go to the polls will git pretty well beat up before they travel far. Lots of fellers that'a to politicians. Is poor statesmen. 1: