THE . OKEUON ' vJOUHfiAU POKl'LAND, SATURDAY. JANUAKV -20. 1917.
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full provision Ior taitingw care ot innocent niooa, ana neari "J
the situation and protecting tne viseth wicxed imaginations, . leet
interests of the state In the "fed- that be swift In running to mis
eral road appropriation. chief, a false witness that speaketh
Representative Bean is entitled lies and he that soweth discord
to credit for presenting the meas- among brethren. ,
ore. and the legislature will share. .
In that credit if it adopts it. ) With potatoes at $60 a ton, the
municipal light Current cost the
consumer - there 20' cents , the kilo
watt hour. The bare discussion of
a municipal plant brought the cor
poration rate down to 12 cents, the
kilowatt hour and as soon as the
city had made a rate of from 8 to
4 cents the ' old company came
down to 10 and 5 cents, depending.
ultimate consumer faces the al-; of course, on the quantity used.
Picketing by militant suffra- tentative of filing op his teeth and
gettes at the White House was feasting on alfalfa.
denounced in the house at Wash
ington Thursday as "an insult to
the office of president." It is not
so much that as it is a humiliation
to the sane and sound advocates of
equal suffrage.
CHANGING THE INITIATIVE
r
WHEN A MAN'S DOWN
-i. smooth sea never made a sklllfnl
mariner; neither do uninterrupted pros
perity and succors qualifv men for ue
IDlDeM and happiness. Burton.
OUT OP HElt SLEEP
T THEIR first council meet
ing, the Umatilla women
adopted a resolution of which
the following is a part:
' - Whereas, The Columbia river high
Way can be built from The Dalles
east along the Columbia river by way
of Arlington. Boardman, Irrigon and
Umatilla, thence through Hermiston,
U
T IS reported from Salem that
the, house judiciary, committee
will reject all other changes In
the Initiative and report favor
ably the Gordon bill to secure gen
uineness of signatures to petitions
NLESS the bill for eliminating by requiring comparison of names
publication of delinquent tax with the registration lists,
notices is. promptly passed, This would be an- advisable
the bending delinquent list in change. No other is needed.
Muftnomah county will have to be The initiative is rapidly adjust
printed in four newspapers, and ing itself. The enfranchisement
the cost will be approximately of women has almost doubled the
$12,000". number of signatures required to
The cost under the new bill pro- petitions, which means that the
Dosine the postal card notifications expense and work of getting meas-
wmiid h about $300. There will ures on the ballot is almost
be a similar unnecessary cost in doubled.
other counties. The natural growth of popula-
Ia it not enoueh that the delin- tion In the state has also increased
quents are in the painful position the cost and trouble of using the
of being unable to pay their taxes? Bystem. The total vote ior presi
Seattle has . steadily cut down
the charge for current from 1902
till now and the private corpora
tion has followed suit.
The municipal rate for current
in Seattle now runs between 4
and 6 cents the kilowatt hour with
a minimum monthly charge of 50
cents.
f Communis tlmte sent te The Journal ffo
poblleatKni to tbla department anoaM be writ
ten on oq y oce aid or tne paper. n u
exceed 'Mi t trorda In lenatb and maat be ae
compiinied by tbo ram and addreaa of U
aender. If the writer f.oea not aeaira o ne
the name publl-sed he oboulo ao atata.J
Tlie Father's Name.
Portland. Jan. 17. To the Editor of
Tbe Journal I am bo incensed by reaa
tag the letter of "An Interested Wife"
that I feel I must answer. It is sucn
women as she that discourage many
girls who have taken a wrong step
from ever trying; to live right again.
Why. I would like to ask. cannot law
make a child legitimate, since It is
merely a man-made law that makes
them illegitimate at the present time?
All children have a father and
mother. That is an immovable law of
nature. And all children should bear
their father's name. Is the girl, the
only sinful one of the two. that the
punishment should all be laid at her
door while the man has no responsi
bility in the matter, but can go about
care free In search of some other girl
whose downfall he can cause?
Of course, both transgress our moral
laws, but who will deny that the man
is usually the aggressor?
Certainly a man should recognise his
Resolved. By the city of Umatilla, I . ,, n. t,nfl wnilt, measures in 1912 to 11 In 1916 is ! 1 .vi ,k i. n.
That the Columbia river highway be Alriw tha tV f i JTti,,- t ihmir ihn in ihii
broad-minded age there is one woman
who csn uphold an immoral man and
condemn the girl who falls by his
promises and protestations of love!
As to "Interested Wife's" fears that
the girl will swear falsely and claim
some man who is high up or wealthy
as the father of her child, she need
have no fear, as provision is made in
the bill for false swearing and also to
prevent the morally down and out
from taking advantage. It is not this
class of which I am speaking, and this
class of women are the only ones who
would want to take advantage and
commercialise their misfortune. All
the other woman wants the woman
whom the bill was made to benefit
is Justice. WIFE AND MOTHER.
AfA thav tn.ha inmnorl iinon and dent in Oregon in 1912 was 136.-
CT. In 1916 " S Z51.650
the minimum expensT for construe- and a $12,000 cost be piled upon With the increase in the total rote
tion, and serve more people than any them when a $300 cost would bet- ; there is a corresponding Increase
other possible route back awy from . er anBwer every public end? in the number of signatures re-
tourlTt Trave from eTstern Washing- If a delinquent's home or other quired to initiative petitions and
ton and Montana points to Portland; property is in peril of being sold for a corresponding increase In the dif
and. ' taxes, jt ls the climax of man's in- flculty of getting initiative meas
-."'.' t wteL f " !L h.!2 humanity to man to heap upon the ures on the ballot.
routes to the Columbia river, and this cost a portion of a publication bill The problem Is rapidly solving
vronosed route: be it of H2.00n when a Dortion of a Itself. The drop from 44 ballot
Letters From the People
lowing purposes only:" To purchase
land for agricultural purposes, for
equipment.', fertilizers and ; livestock;
to provide buildings and Improve
ments; to liquidate Indebtedness) or
the owner. Upon sale of property un
der farm loan mortgage, the stock and
membership la the asnociatloswinay do
transferred to the purchaser of the
land. The lean shall not exceed (0
per cent of the value of tbe land
mortgaged. 25 per cent of the value
of the permanent Insured Improve
menta, and for sums of not less than
1100 or in excess of S10.009. bearing
per cent Interest, exclusive of the
amortisation payments.
The earning; power of the land ror
agriculture Is the basis for appraising
the value of lands for mortgage loan
purposes under the land banjc act.
The farm loan bonds are to be
marketable securities and without
doubt the land bank will see that
every precaution ls taken to keep the
bonds based upon the income value of
your farm, safe and desirable secur
ity for the Investor.
Do not appraise your land at market
or speculative values. Do not expect
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGE
Well, we are back In good old Ore
gon again today.
Only a belligerent can sue' for
pac. All a neutral can do ls sue for
damages.
Are tombstones any higher? One
would think they would be on ac
count of th war.
The angels that sang ,Ttue on
eartn- aion t sing anything about a
league to enforce it.
Only one good thine; can- bo said for
the great war. it undoubtedly has
avveu a 101 or divorces.
Guatemalans consume aa average el
180 pounds of beans per capita, Ail
hall the Boston of Central Americal
When a fall in e wall mjA the P. T.
D. together can't jar a movie audi
ence, you can't properly call it the si-
em iuuiii any more.
In the opinion of some critics. If
the entente allies had as good a way
OREGOX SIDELIGHTS
Rag Tag and Boptafl
Stories From Everywhere
to obtain a loan based upon an ap- xLZVJi 'thlm9 tlSr" wouldn't
praisal of what you can sell your to ulXl'll'"1 tW '
land for or upon tax valuations. Do , ... .
not vain nne lenri t h.t it will Since the Multnomah eounty eourt-
n.Tni WJL t Jl.V W.'ihivW.Ur nousa wlth u scagliola columns is In
produce when improved, or when your the ne s yOU mj;gt like to pronounce
orchard comes into bearing. Do not the columns. Well, then. say. ekal-yo-
overesumate me proaucmg vaauo oi : ia. just like trmt, witn tne acceni y
r.t.t.,1 .. h.r.tn dearrihed which la answer every purpose.
the only real Columbia river route. In brute life, when one wolf or securing names to petitions through
After all, is it the women who one dog leaps upon another and the larger number required and
have tbe real vision? Was the begins to rend him, all the other the refusal of many to sign peti-
centuries-old idea that man Is the wolves or all the oth,er dogs jump tions at all ls becoming so dlffl-
uperior thinker an Illusion? upon and begin to rend him too. cult, that men are deterred from
; ' Whatever may be the facts, man When a man Is down financially proposing trivial and unlikely
government in Umatilla never ap- and unable to pay his public ob- measures.
peared with as broad and true vis- ligations, shall the state, like the 1 No duty devolves upon the leg
Ion of a government function as is wolves and dogB, Jump on him and islature to make other changes
shown in this resolution. With make his burden heavier by run- than that proposed in the Gordon
sound fact and accurate vision of ning up an unnecessary and wholly bill. It is not called upon as a
future, present and the relation of avoidable printing expense? savior or deliverer to remodel the
things the women officials look There is not one legislator in system..
about and sense what the Columbia either house at Salem who can, ; There are other and more 1m
hlghway passing through Umatilla on his conscience, give one sound portant vineyards in which the leg
would mean to the town and to reason why the state should take islature can labor with profit to
the whole country round about. such a course, and further victim- the state and credit to itself.
-" They not only sense the mean- ize a citizen who is already a vic
ing, but in their expression of tim of financial stress and strain.
what they see, they marshal with Some of the up-state newspaper much to publish delinquent tax ' and fifteenth amendments to the fed-
Oregon's Marriage Laws.
Salem, Or., Jan. 18. To the Editor
of The Journal Since the bills per
taining to the slavery sections of our
your land, when situated near a city;
the appraisal is on income, not value
as a home. Do not expect to obtain
a loan on your farm for a sum of
mors than BO per cent of the Income
earned from your land that will be
sufficent to pay Interest on the loan,
together with amortisation payments.
If you have a liimted acreage
cleared with few Improvements on an
extensive and valuable piece of farm
land, cut your loan application to a
sum that the income will care for,
then utilize your loan when obtained,
for land clearing, improvements, etc..
and take out a new loan. You wilt
then be enabled to Improve and equip
your entire farm with money ob
tained at reasonable rates.
The crux of the whole situation.
from the applicant's standpoint, ls
the appraisal and income valuation
feature. If you can make the land pay
Interest and principal on $100 to begin
with you can no doubt eventually
avail yourself of a working capital of
110,000 for equipment, stock and im
provements, if desired.
Do not expect to obtain a loan un
less you are operating a farm, or
about to do so. Non-residents and
speculators can not participate in the
benefits of the farm loan act
The organization of a loan associa
tion ls a simple and inexpensive un
dertaking and the directions for or
ganization are easily complied with.
Every undeveloped farming district In
Oregon should, take advantage of the
benerits of the federal farm loan act
by organizing a farm loan association.
a C. LAPHAM.
Challenges P. R., L. A P. Taxes.
Portland, Or., Jan. 18. To the Editor
of The Journal I would appreciate
space in your valuable paper to In
quire on what theory the state tax
commission arrives at the taxable
value of properties of the Portland
Railway. Light & Power company.
the -yo" and the skal" rhyming witn
a
Did you know the Japanese speak of
silk cocoons as a crop, and sell them
by measure? Well, they do. and the
n..mn i-rnn wma f I&0.114 kOkU.
or 9.47 2.600 bushels. Not that this
will cut any ice with the high cost
or sun. you unaerstana.
Bend is to have a deUcatesaea es
tablishment. Redmond and Sisters are candidates
before tbe county court for the county
fair location in the new county of
Deschutes.
The Thurston Improvement elub is
takina? ateua toward nrovldlnaT Thurs
ton with electric lighting and power
service irom tne Eugene system.
Not only was the Christmas busi
ness at the Pendleton postoillce nign
er than a year ago but a gain ii
shown for the first half of January
of 820.35.
"After the. nut waaVa weather."
remarks the Hood River News of last
Wednesday, "Indian George should
reallsa the truth of the aavlnar that
a prophet is not without honor save In
us own country."
Rabies report br the BumPter Amer
ican's AlcEwen correetvondent: "Max
and Bruce Coombs and Ermine Fluty
of Derbwill have ouit school on ac
count of the mad coyote scare. Most
of the teoDle in tha vallev think very
little or the coyote scare only to be
cautious, as there may not be another
one that will te atiectea with raDies.
e
The Eugene Register's Oaktidge
rorreaDondent reoorte that John Mc-
Clane caught a large brown bear in a
last week Bruin had been feeding on b Plnrhed for drinking it. Don't let
the remains on a calf and discovering anybody see you drinking It, but It
his tracks in the snow Air. Mcviane you are caught say that it is cold tea,'
set a trap ana caugnt nim. -ine near rh, life saving chief made tbe
K.lhdabaeeieen,Tn that locality - l a hurry and was on bis way.
on previous occasions. r swiftly, because he wss
vo nrro w awav an emnty arm.
Some of us were for trying to overtake
fTe tbla eatasiB an romA a T. t i
era larited te matr Kri. rfaai n.tt.
story, la verae rr la lloaaa atcal ebaereattaa
r".V""'"S aaouunaa. rraaa ear aooree.
Oootrlbettoaa of ..it ariu k
lot. at le editor' a appraiaaLJ
A Snow Blockade Story.
IT'S a long time since railroad trains
X have been stalled by snowdrifts la
Kansas, but It has taken that long for
this yarn to come up for air.
"I don't know what we would have
done." said Felix McClure, a Chicagoan
quoted by a writer in The Herald. "If
tbe farmers hadn't reached us with
baskets of food. The passengers would
have had a rough time of it. And aa
for a cheering dr.nk there we were,
stuck in the middle of a prohibition
state. A few helf-plnia made the
rounds of an inner circle, drams being
doled out by drops.
"The real chief of the life-saving"
crew showed up- the second day with
a grip full of flasks. He was myster
ious in manner and had a rehearsed
speech for each passenger, whom he
oalled aside In each case.
" 'Here's a pint for a dollar. he said.
'If you want to buy it hide it. I ran
Ue pinched for selling it and you can
COMMENT OF THE PRESS OF OREGON
V.Als.BA a.W.a as a .
in proportion. It costs Just as 1 constitution, repealed by the fourteenth Irm'eitt m indl
vlduals, but do not think they should
clearness and emphasis the facts men are at Salem lobbying to re- notices in outside counties of Ore-1 7hJtu
that make an almost unanBwera- tain the $12,000 plan against the gon as it does in Multnomah. In prtaining to intermarriage of Chinese.
We case. They show grasp of $300 plan. Multnomah it has cost as much j negroes and whites have been disposed
what water grades mean In modern But there ls not one of in four years to publish the notices I llr.
' transportation, what routes and them who will openly advocate as the proposed postal card method denlypcut 8hort permit me to place
geography mean to a region, and in his newspaper the penalizing of provided for in the Farrell-Orton myself aright before the voters of
with- excellent phrase apply their a poor man because of his poverty bill would cost in more than 100 Multnomah county,
-knowledge in advocacy 'of their and of increasing that poor man's years. Experienced officials say iJuiiS'of 'the imperf IctioMoSr
plan before the proper authorities, financial troubles when he is down the postal card method is more marriage laws that win result in such
From what man-government in by arbitrarily and wantonly adding effective. It will be strange if a a discussion of them by our civic bodies
;omy concludes to perpetuate the
Umatilla has been, it is reasonably to the victim's debts.
fart a I n fTnar mon.irnvAmniAnt thatrA I "
.W. VMM- O V I I
would have shown no such capacity If the Oregon senate cannot af- ! delinquent tax notice extravagance.
to Vision the community, its needs, ford a third or fourth
be favored at the expense of tax pay
ers generally.
The summary of appraisal submitted
to the public service commission of
Oregon by this company as of January
1, 1913, showed a total value of over
858,000.000. and from January 1. 1813
to June 80, 1915, approximately $1,000,
000 was expended by this company for
additions, but In the appraisal of the
public service commission, made as of
June 80, 1915, the value of the com
nanv'a Krl1(ney waa f I. A nnl. tit
legislature loudly professing econ- that it will have been made possible qoo.000, and then the state tax com
third or fourth clerk to
its possibilities and its relations to help the two clerks already re-
the rest of the world. tained to attend to absent Senator
; Possibly man may be stirred Bingham's voluminous senatorial
into bigger thoughts, bigger vision business, would it not be well as a
LESS MAKES MORE
and bigger action by the realiza
Ation that woman ls at last awak
" ened from the sleep of the ages.
T
In the future to pass a law on this
subject general in its character and
fair to all races alike then I will
have Accomplished as much as I ex
pected to do or more.
Here ls the situation: Our laws per
mission "places still a lower valuation
on the company's property for the pur
poses of taxation. For 1915 they fixed
the full value at $30,000, 000r and the
ratio of taxable value at about 80 per
cent (according to the statement of
mlt Hindus. Malays, Japanese. Fill- tnis commisslon), making about $18
HE United States grain: crop Blno, and other dark .kjnned races to
for 1916 was a billion bushels intermarry with whites, yet we say to jted for that
000,000 upon which taxes were col
precaution against exhaustion from
overwork to have the state house
janitor and tbe sergeant at arms
relieve them at occasional inter-
' 'When a man ls In financial trou- vals? How would this great com-
ble and cannot pay his taxes, the monwealth feel, for example, if,
Oregon "law requires that the fact Clerk Ben Bingham and Clerk it brought them in about a billion
that he is in debt and cannot pay Walter Griffin should drop dead and a half dollars. 'In 1916 they
his taxes be published to the world, at their tasks and it should go produced a billion bushels less an
that the fee for publication shall out to an indignant world that got almost a billion dollars more
farm eight hundred million dollars
more.
In 1912 our farmers produced
.three billion bushels of corn and
A MAN FOR THE TIME
be added to his debts and that he they died from overwork?
he made to pay them even if his
property has to be sold by the sher
iff to collect the publication fee.
This process will cost $12,000 In
Multnomah county this year, though
notification of delinquents by
postal card, as provided for In the
Farrell-Orton bill, would cost only lovely
IS 00. TwentY newsDaner men were I the
E. ,
for it
I Nobody will begrudge the farm
! er his unusual grain prices. He
taaa had so many lean years that
E WISH the Rev. J
Crowther of Seattle had a country have passed under ten
thousand tongues. He talks antrT( a condition which, in the
sense, wnicn is a rare ana lndustry on which everything else
accomplishment. Among ln the natton rests, ls the ironv
many wise things he is" re- of at
at Salem last night demanding ported to nave toia tne Metnoaist Besides, the good prices that
'that the publication system be per- brethren of that lively town, per- have Deen true of grain are not true
petuated In order that they can naps the most radiantly beautiful of all tne farmer8 products. For
continue to get a publication fee Is this, that the men who are try- Bome products, he has not received
from the delinquent who ls al- Ing to stir up war between Japan en0ugh to pay the cost of mar
ready overwhelmed with financial and the United States ought fo ketlng
difficulties. wear stripes in me penitentiary.
If he had only included the men
year. For 1916 the full
value for taxation purposes was again
reduced to approximately $27,000,000
and the taxable value to about $16
000,000. which means that this com
pany will pay the city, county and
state about $,0,000 less in taxes for
1916 than for 1915. Has any individual
been treated so liberally? Have other
uur lawi permii moae lunenni wun jivM,i. .uhmir . .t.t.m.m f
loatnsome aiseases to do joinea in weu- vaiuatlon of their nronertv w. hav
IOCK ana to Dnng into tne worm crip- heard ot no instance where, such vlu..
pies, Duno. oe. ueSenera.i. eic u t,on ha- Deen reduce for taxation
i were 10 iniroauce a um or a mar- purposes. We pay taxes on approxi
nage law, sucn .s mately 70 per cent of the full value of
would stand about as much show of our pr0perty, while this corporation,
becoming a law as did my bill to pre- accor(jing to the statement of the tax
vent the continued publication of the -ormi--ion. nava t r, i. thn
less than it was the year be- a race that produced such noble char-
fore but it brought at the .fc"" "afc Tn,? JLZ!
erous: "You are inferior to a Jap
anese, who is always a menace to our
government." and to the Hindus, who !
are filthy, we say: "You are good
enough to become husbands to Amer
ican women."
rNvnv riTT vrAfiT.Kt X lot eft SALEM JOURNAL: If
n..n.n.r. .r trm. in tnpaa the I departments find they have
ninin ih.i f- fool lw. ouxht out many things they want, owing
. h -. ,i intimate to the tax limitation law. they will
that the initiative and referendum Is
to blame. This is gratuuously Pro
viding a scapegoat for the legislature
The legislature ls to blame and not
tne new-rangied initiative. in mj
past 14 years less than 60 measures
have been passed, while that number
of new laws would not make any
more than an easy morning s work
for the legislature. The legislature
onlv meets every two years and from
the War they pass laws it iooxs use
they wanted to supply the dear people
with reading matter for the long in
terval between sessions, it is notn
lnar uncommon to have from 1200 to
1&00 bills Introduced in one session
Df the legislature. The people srei
accused of passing fool laws and the
legislature of passing laws for th-s
fool people.
INDEPENDENCE MONITOR: Com
mercial clubs in Independence here
tofore have had a difficult road to
travel because the power to act has
been a prerogative of the body as a
whole and has not been concentraieo.
Under the rules of the new club, it
ls proposed to give the executive com
mittee full rein with instructions to
use their own Judgment. If a com
mittee can be named whose members
will take the bit ln their teeth ana
the bull by the boms, their erroris
will be a success and the city profit
thereby.
PENDLETON EAST OREOONlAN:
In the oast rear Umatilla county
wealth has increased to the extant of
one million dollars, according to the
assessor's figures. The facts max
another charter to our tale of pros
perity as reflected In high prices ior
wheat, wool and other products and
In rislns- bank deposits. These de
graded, pusillanimous Wilson times
have some redeeming features.
HOOD RIVER 'GLACIER: We be
lieve that the time ls not far distant
when the Hood River valley, that is
the Upper Valley district, is going
to be as popular in the winter tlms
as ln the summer months. Two or
three years aro. except for the mom
bers of the Portland Snowshoe club.
one never heard of anyone vlsit'nT
the snowflelds of Mount Hood ln the
winter season. Today visitors to
Mount Hood Lodge and to points on
the south of the mountain make week
ly pilgrimages.
him until it was pointed out that a
man who could make so much out of
the state real lea- although damn bad tea, ought
to rut I K nenafi ue Dta 101a in
iiuin or part or 11.
Super-Journalism.
There are many stories of the Jour
nalistic genius ot the blind Joseph
only be doing what the average cltl
sen has been trying for some time.
Tha man who works found out some
time ago that he and his family Pulitzer. One cropped op on a golf
would have to cut out many thin?-. I course the other day, says tbe Pltts-
they wanted and which they had been bura; Leader.
accustomed to having. They have "There was a big championship golf
three or tour irioays a week so rar tournament to ba Dlared." a e-olfer
as meat eaung is concerned, ana tneir said. "This was years ago. before Mr.
economies extend to all lines. If tre I Pulitzer went blind. Golf at that time
state has to ao tne same tnmg it win was In Us infancy In this country.
ds in me same conauion as me great "Well. Mr. PuHtser sent for his
majority or tne citizens wno com- dozen best renortera and sneclal writ-
Pose It. era. and. llnlnr them no before him. h
wru"r ptvrn vrcwa- a iMV,r said :
at the. O A C short course last week rnose wno unaerstana goir, stand
said that ln case of car shortage the on me leu; mose wno are ignorant ox
farmer should invite the local rail- it. on tne rignt.'
road aarent to dinner and a game of "The stars separated themselves ae-
bllliards occasionally. Cars, the speftk- cordlngly. All understood golf but
er said, would then be supplied three three very excellent wrltera
promptly to that particular farmer. In 'You three chaps will cover this
the case of our Hood River agent, tournament.' said Mr. Pulitser, with
the News tips off its readers that
the location of a good trout holt
would be more acceptable than either
the dinner or billiard game.
e
BEND PRESS: There are necessi
ties and luxuries in paving. Let us
have the necessities only. The Ban
croft bondlnr act. under which sewe
and street improvements are made r.
this city, when used Judiciously Dy
the citizens, is an aid to betterment.
When it passes into the hands "I
the pavlnsr companies through the
h'.s nervous smile. I want all onr
readers to enjoy our story of this
event, and since most of them are 1 ig
norant of golf, what Interests you
three will be sure to interest them,' "
A Gilt-Edge Risk.
A burly man, the picture of perfeet
health and strength, walked into, the
office of a prominent accident lssur-
ince company, says Tit Bits, and
wanted to be insured.
"Are you enlaced In a hazardous
Indifference of the people or the cun- business T' asked the secretary
nlng of the company, it becomes al "Not in the least, replied the appll-
menace.
a m
PORT ORFORD TRIBUNE The
movement started at Gold Beach to
ret the various parts of the county
working ln cooperation for the benefit
of the whole, la a start ln the right
direction. Curry county ia small ln
everything but area and natural ro- flr,
has split into factions and pulling in
different directions or not pulling at
11 .K. fan ,Yfi,t Mit trnnt reooaml.
tlo'n from state and nation. Get to ruTw3r horsesr'
cant.
"Does your business make it neces
sary for you to be without sleep at
night V
"No. sir."
"Would your business ever require
you to be where there were excited
crowds for Instance, at a riot or a
Never, air."
"Is your business etich as to render
you liable to Injury from carriages or
gether and meet the county seat spirit
half way. Now is the opportune
Oh, no. sir.-
"Does your business throw you
In
time, when a pull together will lard contact with the criminal classesr
something. "Good gracious! No, sir."
a "I think you are eligible. What I
EUGENE REGISTER: The county
clerks of the state want the registra
tion law amended again, and perhaps
it's a good idea. People have almost
come to understand the present law.
HOW TO BE HEALTHY
Copyright. lSlt,
br J. Keeley.
EXERCISES THAT STRENGTHEN
THE HEART. Apart from the bene
fits that come to the heart thro-.igh liv
ing a hygienic life, there are those that
follow from exercises which strength
en and build up this overworking or
Kan. Moreover, a hygienic life must
exist as a foundation for any physical
exercises or regimen adopted to make
the heart stronger.
Formerly in many forms of heart
disease it was a practice to confine the
Today gentle, wen-
repealed and dead sections ln our con-
a iv. -a ii. - " "'-
o i per cent ui me laiiun ui me -tltutlon about which the public have
heard so much of late. I think we
should prevent degenerates, tuber-
culars and drunkards and those bord-
natlent to bod
eraduated exercise under the guidance
per cent of the claimed value of j of a physician is recognized as benefl-
THE BEAN BILL
0
With everv kind of tempestuous
who are trying to stir up war with complication surging around the
other countries the wisdom of the whita inn what a mAtar-i it
REGON should take no risk of remark would have been a little Ia f or a lot of foolish women to
losing any pan 01 me Deuer rounaea out. Tne peniten- he stationed at the gates as though
800,000 appropriation for tiary is the ideal home for the n hnBV ,nnm .hrmiri nhn..r
roads made available by the whole kit and caboodle of those the many pressing domestic and
foreign problems to give the pick-
30
their property. This does not seem fair
or Just, and if the discrepancy can be
explained I am sure a large number
of Individual taxpayers would like to
enng on riuaewiiy v ""I" " have It explained; and if it cannot be
explained, it would seem that the leg-
tering into marriage relations and then
we should not discriminate against
the negro and Chinese in favor of the
Hindu and Japanese. Let us be fair
and consistent.
I trust someone will take a serious
view of the situation and aid ln cor-
islature might profitably devote a lit
tle consideration to the matter.
A. SHAPIRO.
Complains of Labor Conditions.
Portland. Jan. 18. To the Editor of
rectlng the evils as they now exist. 1 The Journal I have seen several
Our marriage laws should be revised. I items ln The Journal and ln the Ore-go-
regardless of the fact that some of nian alluding to the prosperity and
the neighboring states think more of the big wages paid both skilled and
a few dollars than of those things that unskilled labor, so why not a little
rial, excent when the disease is far ad
vanced. Then perfect rest and release
from action are needed. Lying in bed
mav tend to weaken the heart and cir
culatory system through disuse. On
the other hand, there are times when
the doctor will wisely recommend that
the patient take to his bed.
mm
Asssuming that you are gaining the
twofold advantage from living weu
and wisely, and have no advanced or
ganic heart trouble, you may prom
are right. A national campaign on
this Important subject should be com
menced. We need uniform marriage
and divorce laws.
D. C. LEWIS.
federal government during the gentry.
next five years under the proviso Mr. Crowther assured his hear-' eterB gunrage;
that the state match every dollar ers that Japan does not want war j '
of federal appropriation with a with the United States. Nobody
i dollar of state money. with a grain of knowledge ot cur-
. - The Bean bill Is a o guarantee rent facts believes that Japan
against loss of any part of the wants war with us. She has no ln
: state's share in the federal appro- terests opposed to ours. She has
priation. I It provides for a bond not the means to fight us if she
Issue to icover any shortage in the wanted to ever so badly. The war
LIGHT FROM SEATTLE
T
HERE is interesting fact in
the reports of the . Seattle
lighting department. The re
port says, for one .thing, that
Seattle, with its flourishing mu-
state s portion that might arise talk is "ridiculous," as Mr. Crow- nicipal plant, claims to be the best
irom failure to raise Oregon's part ther said. lighted city in America."
through taxation or otherwise. His further remark that "there The department boasts that it
.Such a provision is made almost will be a great revival of religion keeps always in the van of prog-
nnavOtdabld by the .six per cent after the European war," while ress. For Instance, in 1907 when
tax limitation amendment. -A fjtu- it Is joyful to read, still excites the manufacture of tungsten lamps
atlon could easily appear In which melancholy reflections. Why could began, Seattle had the first ship-
the "state could not fully match the not the revival have come just as ment from the factory in the east
federal appropriation, year by year, well before the war? And why and soon replaced all the wasteful
through the usual channels of col- could it not have been so deep old carbon lamps with the econom-
lectlng revenues. A failure of that and vital as to have prevented the leal new invention,
kind would be heralded throughout war? - And why are so many of The municipal light j department
the country. It would be so unu- the ministers who must conduct says it aims to Berve the consumer
sual and would so smack of moss- the revival raging and roaring In cheaply and well. It' points out
backism and Inefficiency that it the whirl of thewar? And is the that ln the matter of cooking by
would travel on the wings of pub- revival likely to be profound electricity, the householder can en-
licity with sensational effects that enough to prevent another war? joy this prime luxury in Seattle at
would give the state a black eye. Or will the revived religion form , a cost of 2 cents the kilowatt
; Bonds are odious to numerous an alliance with the jingoes? '
people.' There are occasions when We should like to hear the Rev.
there are sound objections to them. Mr: Crowther preach a sermon on
But here Is a fcase ia which there these points,, taking for . his text,
ls scarcely room for. controversy. "These six things doth the Lord
It Is an emergency case in which hate, yea, seven are an abomina-
the emergency may never arise tion unto him: a proud look, a ly-
about the starvation wages paid to
some? Also I have read ln one arti
cle, that 60 per cent of the Oregon
Electric employes received an Increase.
But what about the other 40 per cent,
j and what do they receive? Twenty
cents and 21 H cents per hour. Just
think the magnificent sum of 20
Federal Farm Loan Requirements.
Portland, Jan. 19. To the Editor of
The Journal In reply to numerous cents, and a nine-hour day the same
inquiries ior iniurmauuu regarumg work that paid 12.50 two years ago,
tne reaerai iarm loan aci, aaaressea without all this prosperity. I wonder
to roe because I have had extended -what's the trouble. Perhaps they have
experience in appraising and examln- forgotten the high cost of living, or
mg tanas in soumern wasningion ana may ue too busy counting their dol
western Oregon, permit me through iara. And another article says "Will
The Journal to present the following: w hava ahinvards. or oun kitchener
For full and explicit directions to gQ why not start a soup kitchen for
"tm c a u"uci -'" icuciai tn nenent oi some or tne oresron
farm loan act. address "W. W. Flan
nagan, Secretary of the Federal Farm
Loan Board, Washington. L. c. Ask
for "Circular No. 4." This document
is a summary of the act and is de
signed to give in a condensed form
all the information necessary
Electric employes? Don't you think
they need it, at 20 cents per hour?
Why, a company of the Oregon Elec
11108 caliber is nothing but a broken
cog in the wheels of progress. Can
the moral and physical condition of
the men be good under those condi-
can best be ascertained br the doctor
If you have any heart weakness avoid
profuse perspiration, which ls an indi
cation that you are overdoing. Other
exercises Inducing deep breathing are
useful, as they tend to keep the circu
lation in equilibrium. When there are
no hills or inclines ln the neighbor
hood, brisk walking may be adopted.
No one with heart trouble should ex
ercise in a gymnasium. Gymnastic ex
ercise is apt to be overdone or Improp
erly done. It should never be under
taken by beginners, except under ex
pert direction.
Deep breathing alone is beneficial to
the heart.
Skating ls beneficial, if one will gov
ern it properly. . Gentle swimming ls
helpful, if not overdone. But running
usually Is inadvisable, except for those
who have engaged for some time In ac
tive physical exercise. Even then tt
should be undertaken In extreme mod
eration, and the Increases should be
carefully graduated. The runnera
heart" is a well known term. The
agonised expression of a runner cross-
ably begin graduated exercises toi og tne tape after a "heart-breaking"
strengthen tne nean munuc. Ainunh
these exercises graduated hill climbing
la to be recommended. It induces deep
breathing and stimulates the circula
tion. At the same time, one ls not so
apt to overdo as In the case of run
ning. But begin with gentle inclines.
Do not push the exercise to the point
of undue fatigue.
The best test for overexertion Is the
pulse. An Irregular or overrapid pulse
after an Interval of rest following ex
ercise suggests lack of reserve force
in the heart, or overexertion. This, ln
the event that one has a weak heart.
race was depicted In sculpture by the
Greeks.
Cigarettes and alcohol are perils te
anyone with a weak heart. Their con
tinued use may affect a supposedly
strong heart.
The man or womaa with a good
healthy heart is the more apt to be
"hearty- or "good-hearted." for these
terms may have been Incorporated in
our speech because a sound organic
body has been found to manifest Itself
in a decisive, wholesome character.
Next Monday: Habits That Injure
tbe Eyes.
To avail yourself of the privileges I tions? Is there any reason men revolt
hour. Last August there were
about 50 ranges using the city's
current and "no customer who has
tried electric cooking ' has shown
any desire to go back to gas or
coal."
Before Seattle began to talk of
of the act ln obtaining a loan, one
must become a member of a national
farm loan association. This loan as
sociation Is a local corporation com
posed of ten or more shareholders
who are farmers or about to become
farmers, and who desire to obtain
loans upon farm lands through the
federal land bank of the district. No
persons other ..nan borrowers on farm
land mortgages can become members
or shareholders of the local loan asso
ciation. All officers and directors of
the association shall, during their
term of office, be bonaf ide - residents
of the district in which the local as
sociation operates, excepting the secretary-treasurer.
The association1 ob
tains its charter from the land bans
of the district and aside from the
work of the examiners and appraisers
of the . land bank, who inspect and
check up the work) of the association,
your local loan committee and direc
tors of the association pass upon and
obtain all loans for theinember ap
plicants. . j. .
Loans can be obtained 'for the fol-
when the employer hogs it all and
gives the toller nothing with which
to purchase proper food? Is there any
reason? I don't think.
One thing some of us can be thank
ful for, that God gave some of us the
appetite and capacity for food equal
to that of a humming bird, and a
tough hide to keep out the cold in
place of clothing. So bring on your
soup kitchen for the poor underpaid
employes of the Oregon Electric.
A READER.
Supreme Court Docket.
Clatskanie, Or.. Jan. 14. To the Edi
tor of Tha Journal In The Journal on
November 15 there appeared the trial
docket of the supreme court of Ore
gon, just from the printer. When does
tlfe supreme court betrtn action on
these cases? SUBSCRIBER.
The supreme court ls now working
on the docket published November 15.
If the Inquirer will writ to the clerk
of the supreme court he will be given
more detailed Information on any case
in which he may b interested.
PERSONAL MENTION
Former Senator Plies on Visit.
S. H. Piles of Seattle, former United
States senator from Washington, is a
Portland visitor. Senator Piles has
been active in Washington politics for
20 years.
Vocational Expert in Portland.
Er. J. -Adams Puffer of Hudson.
Mass.. a vocational expert of note, is
at the Imperial. He Is director of the
Beacon vocation bureau of uostonana
an authority on toy problems.
H. E. Hunt is a Moro visitor at the
Carltcn.
Charles A Murray, a Tacoma at
torney for the Northern Pacific com-!
pany, is at the Portland.
C. L. and B. R. Simmons of Daven
port, Wash., are at the Clifford.
J. C. Moreland of Salem, clerk of
the supreme court, is at the Cornelius.
Mr. and Mrs. N. Abraham son of
Hoquiam. are guests at the Washing
ton. Randall Rows of Wheeler Is at the
Multnomah.
Prof. A. O. B. Bouquet of Corval
11s, connected with the Poultry hus
bandry department or uregon Agri
cultural college, ls at the Imperial.
G. E. Merwin, a Salem casket manu
facturer, la at tbe Oregon.
O. A. Peterson ls registered at the
Perkins from Peterson's Landing.
Dr. J. B. Morris. Mr. and Mrs. A. S.
Stacy and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tbomp-
son comprise a Lewlston, Idaho, party
at tbe Portland.
R. N. Stanfleld of Stan field, speaker
of the house of representatives, is at
the Imperial.
Frederic 8. Dunn is a Kugen vis
itor at the Cornelius.
F. D. Stewart, Kelso banker, ls at
the Oregon.
Mr. "and Mrs. John Baker ef Los
Angeles are at the Washington.
Dr. and Mm H. N. Hatfield of The
Dalles are at the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Wyers ef White
Salmon are at the Perkins.
J. a. Barton is a Coqullle arrival at
the Multnomah.
W. Pollak. Albany cblttlra bark
dealer, is at the Oregon.
It. C Kerens is resistered at the
Ciirrord from Marysvllle, Wash.
C. A. Ross of Salem is at tbe Carl
ton.
George IL Burnett of Salem, member
Of tbe supreme court, is at tbe Im
perial with Mrs. Burnett.
. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Ives ef Seattle
are guests at the Multnomah.
C. B. McConnell of Burns ls at the
Imperial.
O. B. Marshall ls an Albany arrlTal
at tne rerxma
R. H. Cady, mayor of Wheeler, Is at
the Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Garland antf
Miss Marpjorle Garland of Baco, M..
are guests at the Portland.
Mr. ana Mrs. J. r. liiacxaby are
Ontario visitors at the ImperiaL
' Mrs. X G. Whitbeck. a nerchant of
Colfax, Wash, ls at the Oregon.
your business?
"I am a policeman."
The Professor's Little Joke.
The philosophical professor, says the
Pittsburg Leader, met several of his
colleagues ami said: "It Is a strange
thing, but I was shaved this morning
by a man who really la, I suppose, a
little above being a barber. I know
of my own knowledge that he Is sn
alumnus of one of the leading Ameri
can colleges; that he studied In Heidel
berg afterward, and spent several
years in other foreign educational cen
ters. I know, also, of my own knowl
edge, that he has contributed sclentlflo
articles to our best magazines, and has
numbered anion his Intimate friends
men of the highest social and sclen
tlflo standing in Europe and America.
And yet," soliloquized the professor.
"he can't shave a men decently.
By Jove!" exclaimed one of the
party In astonishment. "What Is he
a barber for, with all taese accomplishments?"
"Ob, be Isn t a barber," said the pro
fessor, yawning. "Tou see, I shaved
myself this morning."
A Prince of Dogdom.
By Ells MMnna.
Prince, tbe little black spaniel that
belongs to Peter Hlrt, is one of the
few dogs In Portland who can walk
boldly Into a restaurant and have
every waiter and patron of the place
hopping lively to serve him; because
he pays his way, and sometimes gives
a few free performances.
Peter, who owns him or whom
Prince owns, according to his reckon
in g is an expressman, with a stand
near the postofflce, where Prince does
the honors, sitting upon tbe seat of
the wagon and estimating the rela-.
tive values of men. He is a pretty
good Judge of human nature, which
Isn't such a lot different from dog
nature, when you happen to know
both kinds, ss he does; for he ls six
years old and has lived all that time
ln an express wsgon.
But It hasn't made him- sour, or
bitter, or skeptical, while it has given
him a splendid Idea or the value of
things, and be knows to a hair line
how far you can trust people, which
isn't learned by human beings until
they are so old tt doesn't make much
difference anyway.
Anybody can pet Prince and rub his
silken ears, and get a friendly wag
of what little tail be has, but if you -
lay hands on even the remotest edge
of a ragged sack In tbe wagon ho
shows his fine dlscrimlnntlon between
friendliness and familiarity by snap
ping your third finger, and not a wag
can you get out of him till you stand :
back on the walk, wnere, in nis esti
mation, you belong.
But once away from his wagon, hs
ls the most confidential of creatures
and doesn't resent anything In tbo.
line of personal indignity. Ia fact, his
manner Is decidedly Insinuating. It
spells sugar, and when you have '
learned that, and come across with a '
small cnbe or two of sweetness. Prince)
will walk on bis hind legs across the -floor
for you, roll over and do a very
creditable two-step, which, while not
very graceful, ls at least as graceful
as when dona by persons who natural
ly -walk on their hind legs.
Uncle Jeff Snow Bays: ' ,
These shlpbulldln' fellers down to
Portland" seems to want, somethin er
nutber- and can't agree no way on
what It la.- That seems to bo what's
the matter ln Europe, too. I've eoen
pigs fight over apples, with all kinds
of fruit fall In' all around 'ens.
I