THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL! ; PORT "LAND SATURDAY. DECEMBER 16.-1916. 1 4 I tJCt Ottl k f " V "'AH iKDCPENUtMT MWlPAWa S. . JACKSOM. FttbUebe fabllehed erery Say i(ttw , fexrept Sunday afternoon), at The "J finllding, Broadway and TimhiU atreeta, fort It ad. Or. Petered at tbe poetofflce at Portland, Or, for trSnemteetno. tbroagk tbe mails aa aaeoad elaao natter. - - TELWHOMS Mela T1T; Home. A-41. : AU departmenta reeebed by thaaa nroaere, ' IeU tba operator what department yog want. FOBEIQN ADVSKTIS1NO BKPBS8KNTATI V Benjamin Ran trior Co.. Branewick Bldg., 828 riftb Are.. New York. 1218 People's usa Bld.. Chicago. " Subscription tee ma by Mall or to nay addraaa la tba Cnlted states or Meilco: DAILT (MORNISd OB AriKUNOOif) . Cm year fd.OO I One montb M SUHDAI --On year $2.00 I One montb S .25 DAILY (UOHNINO OR AtTKBNOON) AND A' SUNDAY J One year... '....17.90 I Owe month...-...! -S3 e aer ' America aakc nothing for bereelf bat what i aba baa a rltfbl to aa tor aumamiy "" " WOODBOW W1UWN. Mllllone for defenne. but not a rent tor tribute. CHARLES 0. PINCKNKY. world, was built at Hamburg, whose docks accommodate any 8b.lp afloat TEACHERS' TENURES N' Teacher abouM be held tn tbe blgheet honor. They are tbe allien of legiela tora; tbey have agency In tbe pxerentlon of crime; they aid In regulating tbe at moetibere, whose receaaant action and prees ure rauae th llfeblood Jo circulate, and to return pure and bealthfnl to tbe beart of tbe uatlou. Mra. Slguurnty. LET WELL ENOUGH" ALONE B. S. JOSSELYN, former head of the Portland Railway, Light & Power company, is among those favoring a J' change in city government. 0 ATTEMPT should be made to scuttle the teachers' ten-ure-of-office law. In any proposed amend ment, the principle and the safe guards of the law should be strictly preserved. Teachers should be placed beyond removal by the mere caprice of school - officials and be safeguarded against the corrupting Influences of politics. That is due them in order that their minds may be free and composed to broaden into the highest powers of useful ness In their work. No teacher, who feels that it is necessary to Play politics in order to retain a position, can be expected to give the utmost of her possible efficien cy in the class room. For these and other weighty reasons, tbe principle and tbe safeguards of the tenure-of-office law should be con scientiously preserved. In its responsibilities, no profes sion is more Important than that of tbe elementary teacher. All the gigantic problems of the home are, at the most formative period in the child's life, transferred in part to tbe elementary school. It is un thinkable that we should not all have realization of the responsi bilities that are thus Imposed upon the elementary teacher. How to strengthen this teacher and more highly fit her for the best possible service is a sobering thought that should never be lost sight of. In any such consideration there must be acknowledgment that no cir cumstances should ever arise in which the position of a proven ele mentary teacher should become precarious. But the teachers themselves must realize that they cannot af ford and the. schools cannot afford to have a continuation or repeti tion of Buch unseemly rows as that which has been going on for months in Portland. Without pass- $ 1 2-a-month man - is what he is. God made him so and ; we should not blame him. But we can not expect typical Americans to accept such, wages. In the second place the social stigma upon tbe common soldier must be canceled. In a military sense he can not of course be his officers' equal, but In every other way he should be. He should be as good a man as his officer In the theatre, in restaurants, in tbe houses where he is acquainted. There should be no social taint resting upon him because he is a common soldier. This Implies the elimination of caste from the army. It has been largely eliminated from tbe French army. It has never been known in the Swiss army. Those who recommend the Swiss system to us should bear in mind that democ racy is Its essential feature. The men take their guns borne 'with them and they meet their officers on equal terms outside tbe ranks. O 1 - .. 1 e nrVtat nnlirUA enicrhr h taken, he brings forward the slightest upon the mer ! Kroposals made by him five years lt9 of the present dispute, it must " ago when agitation for coramis- . a aiton government was on. Refer- a . r . . . be said that no case of school con troversy should arise that cannot i M 9 in or. Intnrvlnw .riven bv him " " " B"c",w"1 2 .B - - mi J .11 I luno uu uiuer way iu tuuuuci organized school government. a at the time. Mr. Josselyn says now 1 In a letter to a Portland paper: a The Interview, among other things, I outlined a plan for the electron of a a non-salaried commission of say five . J member, who would be self-perpetu-- atlng. but subject to the recall. This - J eommlaslon to be named in the char . a tar amendment ao the voters would know who was to administer the legr- falattve affairs of the city and select J. tba) man who would be charged with S th administrative government under the title of city manager. I men r tloned for the positions of commts- sjloners such men as T. B. Wilcox, W. ; 5 B. Ayer, Tf. p. Woodward. W. M. Ldd. Adolph Wolfe. A, U Mills or .others who had demonstrated their i suocess aar Business men. The city manager to have the appointment of a all Other city employes subject to approval of the commissioners with T J poaalble exception of city treasurer - and auditor, who might be elected by I tba voters. -1 Under Mr. Josselyn's plan, tbe j T Iwa waw HnTnm4aaiATtata Va t tamed in the charter. ,The adop ' 5 tion of the charter would elect . Jthcto. No other men would have t chance to be elected. J. After election, they, not the peo- J)le, would select their successors. "They would select the city mana vger, and the city 'manager would ' 'appoint all employes except the J. N. Teal would have been, had he accepted the position, a moat effective and desirable member of the new United States shipping board. Few other men in the country could have carried into the board an equal understanding of the relations. Importance and value of a restored American merchant marine to the welfare of the country. SOME PRICES A' FUNSTOJV'S DEFENSE G who know what they are talking about. The judges and commis sioners are in intimate touch with the workings of the present -delinquent tax process. They are them selves the officials who administer the law. as it now stands. To the proposal to abolish the publication of the delinquent lists. no voice among the Judges and commissioners was raised in pro test. Tbe vote was unanimous for the change. In the proposal, there Is one un answerable fact. Here it is: In four years in Multnomah county the sunrvpald for delinquent tax advertising was sufficient to give personal notice by mail of their arrearages to delinquent taxpay ers for more than 100 years, and experienced officials say the mailed notices yield better results. Letters From the People treasurer and auditor. j, The only part the people would have in the government of Port land would be the electing of a 'city treasurer and auditor. The - j commission would do all else, even to naming their successors. All power would be exercised by the ruling dynasty. T There is value In Mr. Josselyn's suggestion. It shows the public ;the viewpoint of some of those who want a change in Portland's gov- v ernment. Others who want the present system abandoned, are not - so open and frank as to what they want. There are those urging a change who will not take the peo '' 'pie into their confidence at all. . Meanwhile, the present commls- 'felon government has made good. . Jit is lowering the cost of govern jjnent. For the first time in his ' tory, the people know everything 'that is going on at the city hall 'There has been no scandal or even 'a hint of vscandal in city affairs since commission government went ,lnto operation. i "What more can be asked for in government so far as the system ; Is concerned? : i-.Things have been done under - ;the system that should not have been done. Tbe fault is not the 'system, but the men. Even as to the men, they are of far higher standard than was the average, of ! those who ran things under the iOld aldermanlo system. The fact . ; that the system has brought bet- ter raen Into control of things is ; In itself an unanswerable vindica- - tion of the present plan. The wisest thing Portland people - can do is- to let well enough alone. They should, at least, give the sys tem a sufficient length of time in .which" to fully prove its merits. PPROPRIATE to the festivi ties clustering around elec trical week la a little knowl edge of the comparative cost of current in Portland and some other cities. Portland en Joys the privilege of buying its electricity from a big company which has establishments In other cities of the United States. There are 1563 cities and towns in the United States which own their light and power works and sell current to their citizens. Probably the cheapest electric ity in the country is provided by the city of Cleveland, which still feels the influence of Tom John son and his advanced thinking. For the same electric service which costs a Portland householder $1.60 his Cleveland brother pays but 60 cents. In Pasadena, California, the same service costs $1. In Se attle It costs $1.10. This gives us an opportunity to compare the advantages to the cit izen of public and private owner ship. ENERAL FUNSTON will need all bis valor and perhaps a little more wit than nature gave him to defend his po sitlon against the Baptist minis ters. The reader will remember that General Funston forbade a Baptist revival in his border camp on the plea that "the camp and the church are two different things." He declared that "sol dlers should not be listening to harangues and exhortations of Baptist or any other preachers. They, should be drilling, getting their arms Into shape, preparing to fight." General Funston Intimated pret ty plainly that the church was the place for religious meetings while the camp was for fighting and get ting ready to fight. As a matter of fact, tbe best armies in the world, as history tells us, have been stimulated by frequent religious revivals. We need only mention Cromwell's Iron sides to Illustrate the point. Those worthies prayed and preached at least half the time but nobody ever questioned their fighting quality. It throws a curious light on General Funston's irascible order to remember that Just berore Le onidas and his three hundred Spar tans began dying at Thermopylae they performed a series of elabor ate ' religious exercises. The Ro man legions never failed to cele brate their religious rites with exact rigor before marching against the enemy. There is no ground anywhere but in General Funston's fancy for believing that religious fervor Im pairs the bravery or discipline of troops. Everything points in the opposite direction. The best armies the world has seen, like that of Gustavus Adolphus, for example, have been composed of strictly pi ous, God-fearing men and their commanders have encouraged their fondness for "harangues and ex-ortations." Communleatlona aent to The Journal for publication In tbla department abeold be writ ten on only one aide of tba paper, should not ticeed SOO worda In length, and nroat be ac companied by the name and addreaa of tbe atnder. If tbe writer doea not deal re to have tba name published be ahonld so state. "Dlacnaalon la the rrvateat of all reformer. It ratlonaMaea ereryttlng lt touchee. It robe nrlnrlDlea of all falaa eenctltr and Ibrowa them beck on tbelr reaaonabl tieaa. If they have no rcaronableneaa. It rntbleealy ernahea them out of exlatence and teta up Ita own conciuioua in their ateadV' Woodrjw wuaon. Egg Producer Furnishes Figures Fairvlew, Or., Dec. 14- To the Edi tor of The Journal As a producer of winter eggs I am sending you the pro gram of feeding and amount of feed necessary for 100 Leghorn pullets, showing exactly what it costs to pro duce eggs exclusive of fixed charges, which would, of course, include de preciation of plant, Interest on invest ment, etc In the first place, they should be housed properly, with an abundance of clean straw litter, changed every two weeks in the winter months: 7 a. nj. Fourteen quarts sprouted oats, obtained from elx quarts dry oats; cost 10 cents. 8 a m. Clean water In elean drink ing vessel,-chill taken off. 8:30 a. m. Six quarts buttermilk at 4 cents, ii cents. 8:30 p. m. Ten quarts mixed grain Two parts wheat, one part cracked corn, 45 cents. 4:30 p. m. Wet-mash made as fol lows: Five quarts laying mash, three parts water, two pounds fresh ground bone and meat. 22 cents. Keep dry mash before them at all times In hopper. They will ea.t five pounds per day.Lt 3 cents per pound, 15 cents. Cost of straw per day, 6 cents. Oyster shell, grit, etc., 2 cents. Cost of feeding 30 old hens and cockerels, for renewing flock, per day, 30 cents. The grand total is $1.48. Don't forget kale, for green feed. t a few words of explanation wonld do I no barm. Firstly, Mr. Knlpp sees things is through a glass darkly: .secondly. Mr. Knlpp Is a catalogue houne customer, buying nearly all of his goods outside. Then why should the merchant buy his eggs or produce at a high price to sell again at a loss? Now in Justification of the prta paid by the country merchant for farm produce, counting; the cost of egg cases, fillers, freight and commission paid tbe commission houses, it costs me S cents a dozen to get my eggs to Portland, my store being 22 miles from railroad. The Portland Egg and Poul try Dealers' association grades eggs Into three classes. If by chance they fall Into the third class the merchant geta nothing for his eggs and is out the cost of freight and cases. The merchant is at the mercy of the com mission houses. The grading of eggs by the Port land Egg & Poultry Dealers' associa tion may be beneficial to the commts slon houses. It la not to the country mercnant. If, as Mr. Knlpp implies, the coup.' try storekeeper is making Buch enor- mous profits buying and shipping eggs, wny does he not ship his eggs d;rect to Portland? The freight and parcel post are as open to him as to me country merchant. AMOS O. BUKER. What the Egg Producer Faces. Silverton, Or., Dec. 13. To the Edi tor of The Journal Since reading the article by "Mrs. M. D." I am no longer surprised that the women of Portland are trying to destroy an Industry in which many people of small means have put their capital and time, and I venture to say If these women had chased an egg from the time it was laid for six or seven months until lt was a fully developed laying pullet. they would demand $1.50 a dozen at the public market, and think them selves Vctorly paid then. The simple reason farmers do not use "Judgment" and cut their flocks In half and spend their time raising grain for the bal ance Is that if they had land enough to raise grain for a good sized flock they would not be foolish enough to bother with chickens, and even if they did, the grain would be still worth its selling price to them. She says: "Let chicken raisers use bralnB and a little energy.'' If it does not take both brains and energy, why tax tbe peop-e for a poultry department at O. A. C. to teach how to get results? Eggs must not be chilled or over heated before hatching, nor chicks afterward. The chicks must be fed regularly and scientifically, neither too much nor too little. They must be kept clean and free from lice, watched so they do not crowd, given puce water In clean dishes several times daily, protected from rats, cats, hawks, gray diggers and other ene mies, and fed high priced food all tho time and the farmer foots the bills and does the work. Then. wb;en he takes his eggs to the public market, he is denounced as a robber If he asks the market price so as to get some reward for his labor above the cost of feed. City folks do not seem to realize that the farmer must feed a large flock of hens through the wiiiter in order to get enough eggs to be able to get them absolutely fresh for the trade. He must get a PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF KM A I.I, CILVNGE It's too late to do your early ahon- plng early, but it will help ome f you do It quickly. The Prize freak in election bet tin a has not yet been reported; that is, a nai rei netween two women. But give em ume. If Billy Sunday ever comas to Portland he won't need to werry about sawdust for Ma. well known trail, with, our mills going it avt tba rate they are. The- Great War, in Its beginning aat in its progress, defied calculation, conjecture and prophecy alike. Maybe the Great Peace will come the same way when it comes. Somebody might start a correspond ence school of golf; not necessarily to prepare players for the game but to fit its pupils for understanding the newspaper men'ggoK Jokes. The "next day" on which it anowa in Oregon la not likely to be the day before Christmas as lt always is in the story books. That is the sple de fect In the climate of western Oregon One of the most discouraging things, about a ruction of any sort Is that while it takes only two to make a quarrel or one. on a pinch the Lord only knows how many it will take to stop lt. Fighters in Europe for some reason have not adopted the shield, along with the other ancient battle Junk. but If war ever rolled our way we could show 'em what a bound volume of the Conarreulonal Record was good ror as a bullet-stopper. OREGON SIDELIGHTS The Medford 8un complains that Medford, surrounded by timber, la pay ing more for fire wood than prairie towns in tbe middle west, and it says tbe city council should start a munici pal woody ard and break the combina tion. . . "Tbe building used as the tabernacle during the revival meetings here a few weeks ago, saya me urauiK r-aee Courier, "has been sold to Francis steel, or winona rancn. n uw beln torn down, preparatory to mov ing to Winona ranch where it will be used as a barn. Tbe tabernacle was constructed with the aid of the man ual training class of the high school." Coos county's new stock law evokes this comment from the Coqullle Senti nel: "The law agalnat stock running at large Is to be contested, says Axel Ruth, a Tenmlle rancher. The only step yet taken, however, has been to circulate petitions against its enforce ment. The enactment of this law was quite llkelv a mistake, and we question whether any one will even attempt to eniorce it except lor spue. The steelhead situation la thus hope fully apoken of in the columns of the Pendleton East Oreeonian: "The rapid rise of the river durina the past 24 hours In a welcome occurrence to sportsmen inasmuch aa it will prob ably mean that the steelhend run will reach the uppor Umatilla. The flow of water In the river now should fill the Furnish reservoir and permit the steel heads to get up over the spillway. It will also enable them to climb the rlf ries in the lower end of the river." ' COMMENT OF THE PRESS OF OREGON With this formula vou can eXDect 3S 1-3 per cent winter egg production sooi Pric ln the winter to cover the which would mean about three dozen per day, providing you used line bred stock for heavy egg yield that had been trapnested for several generations. Common etocavwould lay about 20 per cent. Figuring eggs laid at B0 oents per dozen, your daily sales would be $1.60. The cost of producing Is $1.48. The daily profit Is 2 cents, and the grand telllgence in the city continues a bus! wuitu aiways snows a loss. ISelth er would the farmer be at a loss if he could set the price on his nroduce. But If he wishes to buy of one of the 'Intelligent business men," he has to pay a handsome profit, either for gro ceries, clothing, shoes. household goods or farm implements. MRS. J. F. COSTELLO. Seven times the assessed value of the whole property is asked for damages to a part of four lots in volved in a grade crossing in Rose City Park. The tax value of a property should be ln a reasonable proportion to the sale value. Some day it will. total for the month la 60 centa Any man or woman with brains enough to produce winter eggs la worth from $75 to $150 per month In the commercial world. I am speaking 'from actual experi ence, and taking care of 200 hens. Here Is a water glass formula for preserving eggs that a number of wom en making the big cry should put In tneir recipe dooks, providing tney Keep one Instead of living off a delicatessen store. First, be sure you have fresh. Infertile eggs from clean flocks and clean houses, as they must never be washed. Use earthen or nrooda ware vessels for containers. A. five gallon vessel will hold 1$ dozen eggs and will AS TO ENEMIES The increase ln business at the Portland postofflce for the first half of December smashed all rec ords. It was 13 per cent, and is a proof of improved business con ditions. The worst enemy of Port land's advancement are the sob singers. ARMY TROUBLES 0' Hamburg is 93 miles Inland on the river Elbe. In-the beginning, the river had, a; channel depth of only eight feet Perhaps the' early .improvement of the river was re ferred to as "porkv'! ,. Hamburg is now , the great port J of Germany and probably the most Important on the continent of Europe. The UR army people are in a peck of trouble. National Guards men whose terms are expir ing will not reenlist as a rule. The First Illinois Infantry regiment upon calling for reen liatments after its return from the border could get only 176 men. Officers were naturally a little more plentiful, numbering 60. But the record was . pitiful. The Sec ond regiment got 322 men. So the story runs and it la the same almost everywhere. Enlistments in the regular army are quite as discouraging. Men go into the service only as a last resort and after they have joined they fre quently desert. We can draw but one conclu slon from this. The army is not popular. Some statesmen fancy that they can overcome tbe obsta cle of unpopularity, by forced mili tary service, but ihey are far out ln their reckoning. Forced service would simply mean the ruin of "the politicians who stood for it No, doubt we need an army. even if we , do not need a very large one. The way to get it is obvious. xMake the service such as 'a self-respecting man can under take to live under and self-respect ing men will - e.nllst. 0" NE of the Boston papers was a little too eager with its flattery of Lloyd-George when it saw him rising to -supreme power in the British empire. It Said that he was "a man of no enemies." Nothing could have been farther from the truth. Llovd- George has enemies by the thou sand and he deserves them. Every progressive man makes hosts of enemies and deserves them, be cause he must combat what his enemies love. No man in England has bo vigorously and successfully combated what the tory reaction aries love as Lloyd-George, and they hate him accordingly. It Is a wise saying that a man's consequence in the world can usu any be measured by the number of his enemies, if he amounts to a cipher nobody will think it worth while to fight him. But If he tries to do anything real and important he must count on opposition. And it will be envenomed ln proportion to nis effective ability. Lincoln had as many enemies as Lloyd George and for much the same rea son. We need not mention a still greater character whose enemies did not rest until they had put him to death. It is no praise to say of a man that he has no ene mies. Greece has a ton of merchant marine to every five of her people. Holland to every four, Great Brit ain to every 2 and Norway to every one. In Norway, more than 40 new millionaires have been cre ated in the shipping business since the war began. How many people are there in Portland for every ton of Portland-owned shipping? BY UNANIMOUS VOTE B Y UNANIMOUS vote, the county judges and commis sioners at their Portland convention, adopted resolu tions proposing abandonment of the publication - of delinquent tax This means advertisements. Fatherland, the largest shin In the Jin the first place good pay. . The j Here is a message from the men cost while his hens are moulting and the maintenance of his young stock until they begin to lay. As aoon as the eggs come ln freely ln the spring, the price is lowered until It is at the bottom notch, and If he can't get what they are worth ln the winter he will have to quit. Mrs. M. D. save no one of anv In Farmer and Public Market. Sherwood, Or., Dec. 12. To the Edi tor of The Journal A writer who signs herself "Mrs. M. D." has some advice for farmers and chicken raisers and incidentally asks what I have to say about tbe public market all this ln attacking my suggestion of a "pro aucer-to-consumer store. A - 1 require two gallons of the solution. As advlCft to chlcken nlB(iTm t0 out'f a rule, one part water glass to 10 parts water Is about right, vessels should be completely covered at all times to rrevent evaporation. Store in a cool. dry place away from the light. The solution can be used for only one sea son. Be sure to use only infertile egga as fertile ones may germinate and de compose. MRS. ELSA THURLOW. Suspects a Plot ln tbe Boycott. Hlllsboro, Or., Dec, 12. To the Edi tor of The Journal I do not care to discuss further the merit of the egg boycott The evidence la all In. But I would ask, was It by aoeldent or de sign that this boycott should have oc curred all over the country at the same time? We know there Is unrest throughout the land a feeling that the majority are not getting Justice. When the cause Is known, things will be righted. The Adamson law was used by big business during the presi dential campaign to create friction be tween farmers and town dwellers, and many farmers were made to believe that Increased wages of railroad em ployes would have to be paid by the farmers. I believe these same scheming ex ploiters who control so many chambers of commerce and other such associa tions have put this up for the double purpose of keeping us quarreling over a bare bone while they get away with the bacon and to create further ill feel ing and prejudice between towns and country. The federated trades and the grange of Oregon and throughout the whole United States have shown a commend able disposition to work ln harmony against their common enemy of late, An unjust boycott against the farmers would create bitterness not only against the people making it but also against the very word boycott, and a sympathetic feeling for anyone else who should be boycotted would be the natural result. , The union men of Portland should try to counteract the efforts of the egg boycotters. I know they had no hand ln It, because they are not euch cowards as to dodge the lusty bull of high prices and single out a crippled calf to vent their rage upon. They should not make a boycott without giving the other side a chanqg to be heard and they are not so foolish as to declare a boycott on cold storage men and then go around and ask those boycotted to furnish evidence to Jus tify the boycott. We need no more committees or commissions. We have the report of the industrial commla slon. People had better read that anl The Journal's editorials and get wise. THOMAS H. BROWN Country Merchant Makes Defense. Perdue, Or.. Dec 12. The the Editor of The journal In a recent issue of - your valuable paper appeared letter over the signature- of R. A. Knlpp of Perdue, Or., under the head line "Light on the High Cost." in which he took a -rap at ma as our storekeeper." It had not been mr5n tentton to make reply a I did not consider lt worth while. But owing to the valiant defense put up by W. F. Rupprecht of Yoncalla.'-'I feel that tuisiness, mat is Just what a great many chicken men are doing, and the boycott is giving them additional rea son for lt. As for raising grain on chicken farms, which must be near tho Rag Tag and Bobtail Stories From Everywhere tnnow SCOUT: President Wilson Is going to do some more for the west. He has already done much. He has now on the program the much mooted waterpower development question which western men have been so much interested ln for many years. It may be expected that the president will bring order out of chaos in this matter, as he has done ln many others and that the waterpower question will be settled and settled right. X.X2BAITOW XXFBS8S! Oregon will not be outdone by Montana in the feminist movement. They may have a woman representative, but we have a town that is to be governed by women. Umatilla. Or., has been placed on the map as a result of the municipal elec- UUIl. n II a B L I till K O l(J .u? . . " J . elected mayor. Mrs. Starcher. defeated her husband by a majority of 28 votes. The council is composed of four wom en and there Is a woman recorder and treasurer. The women say they are going' to show the men what a Btrictly business and economical ad ministration really is, and if they suc ceed we predict that the other towns "will go and do llkewljse." ASTORIA, BTTDOZT: It matters little who is -.mayor of Astoria," so long as that Individual Is a representative citizen imbtred with the spirit of prog ress and the welfare of the community at heart. Of far more Importance is the position of city engineer, whose office leads ln the character of devel opment of the vital parts of the city. The taxpayers after all have to pay the bills and lt Is a mighty problem to overcome mistake ln engineering. Astoria has suffered long and pa tiently in securing efficiency In the"! engineering department. The city can not afford to trifle with that office. nrTEjanzsx kecoxd chizt- Ttr! Many persona do not appre ciate the appeal of poetry to most of us. It awakes a responsive chord in nearly every breast, and brings a gen erous glow to tbe soul, brightening the day. While few would admit it. yet poetry is perhaps as well loved by the English speaking race as music is by the Italian. The scrap book found ln nearly every home bears testimony to this, and every man you know h stored in his memory some cherished poems he loves to say over to himself ln his quiet moments. AXBAZfT BXTKOClVaTi Just as we expected, the egg raiser is squirming because his market has been busted down at Portland; but it won't last. People are going to eat eggs, the most wholesome of foods. This is Just a little spasm. Water will always seek its level. It was a fool thing to start on egga, anyway. BAKES DEMOCUATi The people of Oregon by a heavy majority at the late election, voted for tax limitation and it remains to be seen how far their wishes will be rarried out by the legis lature. Of 'niiirse a great wall will goup by the hrads of departments at Salem, commissions and institutions, but this Is natural and was to be ex pected. Extravaganoe ln departmenta of state has grown to such proportions that to be compelled to .get down to business and practical economy Is more than they have been equal to. But it must come. The people de mand lt. ASTO&XAXfi This Is the time Of year when those who have everything should turn their thoughts to those who have nothing. It Is the way of the world that these comparisoni should exist and It is the way of nu- manity to lessen the burden of the unfortunate all the year around, but r.ore particularly so at TuletlJe. SeeK yourself out some deserving family and make this ( nrlstmas a real one to them, for lt was In that spirit that unrist was born. HOOD MTU innrii Vallev Crest has departed from a time-honored prec edent In deciding- to keep Its school open during the summer months, while vacation days will come ln December, January and February. But conditions at the base of Mount Hood are differ ent from those in lower and more tern perate altitudes. Grade school chil dren cannot wallow to school through the drifts and do good school work They will be better off and their par ents less likely to be concerned If they are safe by the family hearth. The scheme is a novel one. but lt appears wise and reasonable. - e CAJTBT HHIALO: There are 10 members ln the state senate. The in coming session will be composed of just one-half lawyers and Just one inimem iarmers. Ana so long as the ratio continues the present del uge of laws will continue, for laWa make business for lawyers. m m srrasra xsaxsTzxi Nothing u more annoying than to take the wrong roaa, ana conversely nothing le more pleasing to those who are out driving man to nna signs at every corner dl rectmg them on their way. But in Lane county there are no such Dleai, urea, eeid when the traveler approaches a corner ha Is left wholly to his own devices. He can say "Eeny. meeny, mlny, mo." and abide by the result, or he can trust to a hunch which ever he prefers. But he cannot refer to a friendly road sign and go on his way rejoicing, tor there "ain't no such animal.'' ITo this eoloois all readers of Tae Joaratt are invited te contribute orlatnal matt.. J, tory. In eerae or la tt&Sloanpblcal ooeertio rl or auiaing quota rfM. rroaa any eoarec. far. at tae edltor'a aivraleal. I Tho Vacuum Cleaner Outdone. TTHE little daughter of Mr. and Mra A HaroM Hunt, of Beaumont, al ways an observing miss notwithstand. Ing her tender years, was greatly In terested the first frosty morning ta find the moisture in her breath ad hering to the window glaaa. She went about to all the windows blowing hei breath aa hard as ah could, until fl. nally, breathless, aha sought hei mother and panted: : "Oh. mamma. I have Juat blowad all ' of the duat out of me." A Benefactors' Benefactor. By B1U MrMnnn. "Feed the birds all the year round." Is the slogan Jo Hardy, the newsboy, has adopted for himself, nnd for five years he has fed Portland s sparrowi and pigeons. This morning at an ln. tersectlon of busy streets he had spread crushed peanuts about him oa the ldewalk, where a- flock of bird fed without fear, but when stranger, stepped into the charmed circle th sparrows made a short flight until in was alone again, when they settled about him. For tho horses he carries sugar la his pockets, but as a protector and bird conserver his work Is most not able. atnCA th riath rata amnnr !)at. gon'a feathered friends has been high 'I er during the paat two years thai ever before, and many cropa war polled in aome sections of the stat owing to the ravages of aphides, thi scarcity of birds to eat them belna given as a cause. The hard winters ol two seasona paat, when the birds per. urned because they were unable ta find food, ware followed by continuous rains during tne hatching aeaaon, a I wnen many birds were found dead upon their nests, having given up theii lives to protect their egga from -tha chilling ahowers. Certain cropa upon which the aphis preys, such as tin currant among the frulta, and cabbage among vegetablea, cannot be sprayed effectively owing to the curling habll of the leaves, and birds are practically the only salvation of these and of such crops as cannot be subjected to tha severe sprays necessary to kill insects; and so, while the crippled newsboy it feeding the birds because ha lovea them, he Is also proving himself a benefactor to mankind, alnce indirect. ly saving the birds means lowering th cost of living. Marksmanship Good and Bad. Taking exception to tha "Billy Bun- day" remarka of a transient preachel up the South Fork, says the Coqullle Sentinel's Myrtle Point correeponaent. the aggrieved parties attempted to egg him through the car window but missed their aim and yellowed the beautiful H. P. coach. Maybe, this proves that he told them the truth. also ln order to hold trade, and then there would be more price cutting, with the farmer always bearing the hrtint of lt. citv and are worth several himrtr...! l ne rarmers ao noi sei prices on mo dollars an acre, lt simply doesn't pay. market anywsy, but the market master iow ior me puDiic marxet. I can speak from experience, having sold my proauca mere ror nearly two years, part of the time personally and part of the time through an agent. From the seller's point of view the cost is pretty heavy; it averages me about 15 per cent, and I know that the person who sells for me and a few others barely makes a living, to aay nothing of real wages. There are too many re strictions. Further, there are many cropa that cannot be sold profitably on the market at all anything that Is loo heavy to carry away. The only farmers that can sell on the market to advantage are the ones who live close to Portland. Willamette valley farmers can't ship produce to the mar ket and have any certainty that they will get a fair return. I believe the consumers get good value at the mar ket, and the city makes a profit on It, I understand. I admit that we need middlemen, but not ao many of them One central organization would be enough. Call it a trust, if you like Just so long as we own lt, we producers and consumers. The farmer's interests do not conflict with the housewife's interests; we each depend on the other. The middlemen are organized; we are not. They take an undue profit from both sides. I propose that we organize an exchange and Dut lt under efficient, nonest man agement. It wiH-Tielp materially to solve the high cost of living and also to give the farmer a steady market. Let's get together. k. u. stun. The Farmer and the Egg Supply, Hinaboro. Or.. Dec. 13. To the Editor of The Journal In Monday's Journal there is a letter by "Mrs. M. D.," telling the farmers how to raise chickens and asking why they do not quit if there Is no profit ln them. Most farmers do not keep chickens for the profit ln them, but solely for their own use. If It were not for the people who specisfllze in egg produc tion there would be few eggs on the market now. If they were to divide their attention between farming and poultry one or the other would tie neglected, causing loss Instead of profit. But suppose the raiser of poultry does raise his feed what does he gain? There Is but a few centa dif ference per bushel between the selling and buying prices, and therefore he would prefer to sell the grain in a bunch Instead of putting tn considera ble time and work caring for a flock of chickens, also running the risk of losing out completely by the consu mers' boycotting his product when he gets a fair price. sets the prices for them every day and sees to it that they don't sell higher. If the farmers do not help the city of Portland financially, how does lt happen that the city received about $4000 from the publlo market last yearT Also, the wages of the market master and his assistant were raised several dollar per snonth. If the busi ness of producing eggs at a profit is so simple, why do the complainera not raise a few and help Jower the prlceaT OWEN R. HELM, Advice to Housewives t By E. A. Barns, Ah. how amusing, these njThy and these "Whereof a". With reasons a plenty we've drained to their dregs. Because of the fact; ye are not a pro ducer. This is Just "Why" the high prfce of eggs. Don't blame the poor farmer who grubs without grumble. But look to yourselves who live on tbe fat. Curtail your carfare, and do some more walking. Raise spuds ln your back yard; you're wasting all that. Cut out your roaming the streets Just a trifle. Be on your Job, Just the same aa tho men. Dried fruit, canned corn, and the bread vou are buvlna- If produced by yourselves, will be normal again. "Supply" and "demand" are the words i that work raaglo. The ones who do work are away f tr too iew. As ten are now eating, to two who're producing. What chance for the silk-stocking oanay to cnewT The root Is tbe place to beat out this cancer. By helping yourselves, you help tba good cause. Cut out your high rent, and all of tha trimmings. Then products will cheapen without orner laws. Falrv:ew. Or Deo. 14. Waste tn Marketing. Tram the Vfllwinkaa Wfamnaln One reason for the high cost of country produce Is lack of simplicity in the machinery for getting lt out of the hands of the producer and Into those of the consumer. Henry m. Hyde, writlnr for the Chicago Tribune, and using eggs to Illustrate thla theme observes that they are usually sold by the farmer to a collecting agent who drives about the country. He sells to a country shipper at the county seat, who sends Ms eggs to a large produce shipping company in tne to use brains, and then she says th publlo market is a Joke and that the farmers should be forced to come down on prices. If. the farmer should cut prices the merchants would have to Mra M. D. also tells tbe egg ralserj nearest city. This concern, In turn, ships its "eggs In carload lots to a broker in Chicago, who, arter paying cold storage charges on them for some months, mar -sell them ' to a 'Jobber. The Jobber distributes the ergs among the retail merchants and from them they finally go to the Individual con sumers, ln that case there are six profits to be paid after the eggs leave the farm. And, after deducting about 17 per cent for breakage and decay, that percentage must be added also to the retail price. Mr. Hyde estimates that from 10 to SO per cent of all perishable food sturfs that Is to say, nearly one third goes to decay on the farms In stead of entering tbe channels leading to the oontrumers. This la dlsoourag lng. So la the Instability of the mar ket that is, the market available to tne rarmar. Pertahable foodstuffs now constitute one-third of the total out put of American farma, but tha price at which the farmer can dispose of mem is unknown 'to him in advance, and subject to such violent fluctua tions that his best calculations to se cure fair returns sometimes gp astray. It happens not Infrequently that ths arrival at the same time of a number of carloads of the same fruit or vege table may cause a glut and a drop ln the wholesale prices of to per cent Under the existing system, or lack of system, according to Mr. Hr.de, the price paid by the consumer for market garden stuff averages three to four times what the farmer receives, the difference going for transportation and profits of middlemen. Here is a wide margin for ecenomy. Here la a waste that ought to be avoided, and that may be materially reduced as an outcome of the present uprising against high prices. Origin of "Punchinello. - From tbe Cartoons Magailn. In the! days when Harper's Weekly was at the height of its popularity and Influence, lt commanded tbe services of the foremost Illustrators ln America Including the cartoonists. Every once in a while a group of these artists would become dissatisfied with the Harper parental control -and would leave to establish an Independent Illus trated paper. Having squandered their substance In riotous printing, these ar tlsts would come to themselves and re turn to the Harper home, where was bread enough and to spare. Ko fatted calf was killed en the re turn of such prodigals, but Henry Mills Alden, the veteran editor of Harrier's Monthly Magazine, asserts that ths house of Harper never held a grudge against any contributor, whether artist or writer, who left to try other pae tures. Such was the origin and such was the end of Punchinello, a comle cartoon weekly which first appeared in New York City on April 2, 1870. In calling attention to the fact that the first number was dated the day after All Fool's day, Punchinello re marked; "This la cheering; since thus it ta manifest that Punchinello leaves all the fools and Jesters behind, and Is, therefore, first in tbe race for tha crowa of oomlo laarel and the quiver of satlrio shaft During its short Ufa less than a year It was entitled to that honor. - v - 7 ' . 1 The Spud Brigade. In company with this, the most prosperous eeaaon ever enjoyed by northern Michigan potato growers, come attendant evils. A new sort of bandit has sprung up frotp nowhere, known locally as the "potato brigand." And sometimes, says the Detroit New Tribune, when careless farmers are encountered, the picking Is pretty good, when lt 1 considered that some leads this fall have brought as much as 4100. But ICdward Keynoi of Provemont ia among the wise onea. The other night, while he waa lei surely returning from market, a stranger piled on tha rear end of hla wagon, anrf after comfortably en sconcing himself alongside the driver, suddenly shoved a gun ln Reynor"s face and demanded hla money, with hia life as the embarrassing alterna tive. And the robber got, rot a sizable roll, but one worn Canadian two-bit piece. The highwayman departed, foiled: the reason being that Reynor (aounda like Reynard), upon hearing the approach of the sii.splelous per sonage, had surreptitiously dropped Into the pile of robes at hi feet hla wallet containing 1(12.60. The really cautions growers, however, get the pay fi.. their spuds In the form of a Check. - While the Prospering Is Good. Becauae of the good times that sre prevailing ln the east at the present time, aays the Roseburg Review, Roy Catching, son-in-law of Hherlff George Qulne, haa written relatlvea here that he will not be able to return to Rose burg to pa a the holidays, a he had Intended. Mrs. Catching haa been in Roaeburg for several weeks and Is visiting at tne home of her parent Credit. A riffh nabob, ambitious to be known aa a good fellow, gave a feast whleh cost a thousand jbequlns a plate "What wicked, wanton waster the world exclaimed. Another nabob, thirsting for glory, went to war. "The brutal, bloody butcher!" tha world protested. A third nabob, deslrinr onlv to do what was right, bestowed his riches in alms. lie makes paupers r the world sniffed. The recording angel hesitated, but after some thought he dipped his pen and wrote, to the credit of each of the nabobs: "He kept his money In circulation." GrarxTpa. Rs Waa born Ion reara ace le "New Thoubt" beren to grewi Kept a plUKSlu', early, late. Kept a boplo', tntatln' fate. Learned to eat and drink and alee Planted "tatera," oata and wheat: Knew a few jokee knew them weUl Alwaya bad one fit to tell. Went to bed when daylltbt ft Ted, At tbe laggard alwaya railed; Rose at (our and "ebored" awWle, Came o break feat wltk a amlle. Took either aide of aay caae Juat to enter ta tbe race. Brooked In peaee ootalde tba doer. Hankered not for city roar. Watebed tba pig e and young eolti gnrw, Uatened te tbe rattle's low; Kept bis life filled ap each dar Tend In' of tha grain and bay. Kotbln' brilliant, not bin' new; Dotn' wall tba tblnga to oo; ftreetla' all wltb band and eroflei Chatthr, to tbe time berulle. Day and montba go awlft, 'Me troe; Changes eoma to me and ymi. Farmer days are murb the aama Migbty qotet, moatly "tame Bra tba years baea many grows There will be a modeat atone On tbe btllatde. quite near by. There will tbla old ranrber He. Xoddln' flowere will bloom alway O'er tba ernmlla' human clay: Old-time frleade will panee and pralae Some kind deed of by-gone dare. - i . K , at. Uncle Jeff Snow Says: All this holler in Portland a while back 'bout fraudulent petitions peer to have petered out to nothln. Fact Is you alius doubt the honesty of a nitlatlve petition when you don't like the law It pute up. Es fur aa there bein' a lot of people they couldn t find through the poatofflea ' 1 'low lf migbty bard to find folks there any how, and a lot of workln fellers moved out of -towr 'cordlrf-to What ths bone dry and biewery amendment' fellers both told us flurln' the cam palgn. ,:?: -; "... i.' T