THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL! ; PORT "LAND SATURDAY. DECEMBER 16.-1916.
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TEACHERS' TENURES
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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
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FUNSTOJV'S DEFENSE
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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
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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.
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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.
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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. ,:?: -; "...
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