THE "OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. : FRIDAY,' FEBRUARY 2. 1917.
s
; " w ' , . - pasting spasm.' Let ns trust tnat with many tinaa ot ideas on roads, Bulletin No. S4. The stores in
flrftfiil' VIQ!ll!tlt!K it Is. . , ' - , - s , the legislators can hardly tail to vestigated . were in 10 sUtes. in
-rV53awedriV j th ntervM lt iS making a realize that a plan mnst h chosen i eluding stores as -Itr apart :
AN !RPXPC!rrKXT HIWSPAPEB
. JACKSOX.w
3
.IabllBet
i attr - mnnff thai ; vAfflniiv of the I for which there Js the most general
'underworld," ' as their .,. dismal aemana. , ioi me oemwa u
abode is politely called. ;; These. someDoay in nign oince man, ui,
women called in a body on one ot the insistence of a small group in
the leading' San Francisco minis- Portland, not the claims of some
ters. the Rev. Mr. Smith, and organization wwi
,vulllsb4 rer dr. sftaraooa and ssorala
rpt Sunday aftwnoouj at 'I ha Joorasl
. Building.- Brosdwa;' ao4 . TambUl elrosU.
V frartisad. Or. . va. 'fW..K-;..yv.-;
(.-.ores at ue posrarnoa.ee rorT asa. ur., -vi i , ....v:.; . 1 , - . An
- I raasmlssion unma u ; BUM . li iwu i hreil to know What he meant 10 ' Mu,u, yu.
:,.ti. -, ...... . SowlV them atter their dwelling regard should be paidto all these
-.lijcphokes w Maia TiTS; Bom. A-oust. I ,,.,. had hen dosed and in addition to the requests 01
. tu.nwuH,HWii w.uaw nwn . ."- . I Ar0.r.(T.Hnna an, all
d operator etwuimw ji Mr. Smith's answer U ' interest-1 """"" - " ...
t - !. ... I others - who - make - ud - the citizen
-ling. Mr. Smith told the women of
" Xall
sraat, I
-: - Itnt.m1
, , m .rut. ew mv xotk. m fwa1! I them, that he could not' answer
usa mas, vuicago.
"2." 1 the underworld, two hundred of of Oregon. ,
.'" B? Q-'PW&K.JzT.." I n.... . a . I tn rtn other w
.it-crtptIoa terms by matt or to any address
la -tii United States or Usxleos . -
r OAJLt (M0BNIN3 OK ArTEHSIOOS)
' ,!) Jar ,19.00 Od Bat.......S AC
'.- ' -SUNDAY ',.vv v"
i r' u.bo ioo oot .
In no other way can forces be
them. "Tour question has been nrougnt to a wwuns
asked ever since the world began." that will, put the road system of
he said, "and is still unanswered." the sute on an etiecuYe u
We beg Mr. Smith's pardon. ;but torwarormoy Das.
; the question is not still unanswered.
fat. ......
SUN DA V
.$7.30 i Ok montk I .K
Z&iVanlyi'wht was answered rery satisfactorily The workmen's compensaUon
two thousand years ago by tho system of uregon uas i just oecoma
Mfttr wham Mr Rmlth worahlDS. morougniy orgamzeu. mo
Por I am come, said he, "to call brief time it has been in use it
Tint fha rl yVif jnn a Tnf ulnnpra to I lias, stood every test. No serious
renentunce And'he said aealn. In fault has appeared. Why, then,
Luke's gospel. "I am not sent but begin making Changes? Why not
unto the lost sheep." In other ! let it aioner
Smith's true
j.t bT teen war'a llfhtnlof flaatalng,
Saaartba clijmor with bayonet clublnc.
Staa tbrcmgh red blood tt warhona daab'
' - Inf. ;"'-..!''
And Kworf, mld the reellna; trlfe, t
'P .XV yield a atep tot deatb or 11e.
. ;. Scott.
THE OLD FIGHT
T&r?
BORN IN. SCANDAL
HE rery manner In which the
present delinquent advertlsin
law .was brought forth in the
legislature is proof of its
unworthiness.
It was one of those closing-
T
words the Her. Mr,
mission, as a minister of Jesus, is
not to the silken darlings of his
. . . . . . . . . i
HR ftht a'..iiH1 thA wrk. cnurcn dui to inese iosi
1. men's Compensation law is whom an account will be required
again on at Salem. of him on the Judgment Day.
There is a big stake to be Mr. Smith's Master tells us what
'Ton by the casualty companies, a true pastor would do for the
in iiz. in casually comouuea 6w. - 1 1. i
jot over $475,000 of th $683,141 parable of the shepherd. "Doth.he "1.
.'lasualty - premiums sent out of not leave the ninety and nine and It Sdit rSSuSSS"
Oregon whila the maimed workers KetlV toto the mountains and thresh" The faVt day of the
and their widows and orphans got seeketh. that which hath gone eU"r. were SI
less than $200,000. Of $1,198,133 intSC Tnd Trush ot
casualty premiums sent out of tell the women he does not know legislation was chosen
Oregon in 1911 and 1912. the what to do, for them" until he has JXL?
amount received by injured work- gone "into tne mountains anu PoTmer gDeaker
. v. v I emie-h thm and reloiced over ormer speaser
. urn auu liihi r niiiunn u.u ii urunm.ua i -
as
Oregon and Kansas. The questions
put to, the managers and officials
were searching. . We should not be
surprised to learn that a careful
study of the answers would bring
to -?i light f why many s cooperative
stores fail. It might also show
why others succeed, for some , do
succeed. In this list 20 stores
report a "bright" business outlook,
33 obtain credit easily and 60 dis
count their bills regularly.
We agree with the 'authors of the
bulletin that bad management Is a
weighty factor in the failure of
many cooperative stores. Happily
it Is a factor which can be canceled.
knows that. ther la little or ,asn-l
cultural land Ja iC
I am located on ICO acres ex sen-:
cultural land tn Marion county tnai
has not a toot t timber on it. ud
I have at present 15 acres la cultiva
tion, and It I had title, In three year
could have, 60 tn cultivation. - in mrc
sections there are nine such quarters
of land. . X don't think I nif well
posted as Mr. Pesry claims be in
T
Is estimated at less than $350,000.
; It was .a, colossal profit for the
lawyers and. casualty companies,
it : explains why there has been a
tight on the compensation law ever
ilnce Its enactment was proposed,
. why .there has been a fight on lt
t every legislative session since,
tnd why there is a " harder fight
ihan ever now.
- Thus, in the 86 months since
'he I compensation law became
operative, the benefits set aside
'or or paid to injured workers or
'heir widows and orphans has been
Jl.714,593., All but about eight
?er cent of the money paid out for
benefits has-gone directly to the
- workers and their families. None
' bas been diverted to lawyers. Nono
has been' diverted to casualty
companies.
them when they were found.
Former Speaker Rusk told in
yesterday's Journal the story of
how the- Job was accomplished.
No taxpayer waits for a delin-1 The bill toQ restore puDiismng oi
auent tax advertisement in ,the delinquent
nftwflnaDer to find out what his
lists was Introduced
January 20th and referred to the
taxes are. Or to find out U tney commutes on asseaaiueui. uuu i
are delinquent. To find out the ation. February 2, the committee
amount, he writes the sheriff arid reported It to the house with the
in return receives a statement recommendation that it do not
throneh the mail with full infor- pass. By sharp parliamentary prac-
matinn Hn alwavu knows the day tice, the measure was quickly re-
hls taxes become delinquent be- ferred to the judiciary committee.
mum it la humed into his soul by which was mencuy to tne scneme
the fact that others can raise the That is the process by which
mnnv to nav. and h can't. many an unwortny diu nas oeen
w - ar, I - -r k. eA II
worKea tnrougn. iiegisiauve poli
ticians know the game
. The ' friendly committee played
OME legislators at Salem op- its part well. It reported favorably
pose extension of the school pn the bill, recommending its pass
suffrage to all registered age. But the house rejected the
voters. They still cling to the measure by a vote of 23 for and
plan of making a tax receipt a 29 against That was the honest
MEN OR MULES?
WAR PANIC
HE world flutters nervously
over the last announcement of
war frightfulness. We counsel
calm in the whirl. The kaiser
Is playing desperately for poslton
in the peace congress.
Great Britain seems, with reason,
to take the threats seriously and is
making provision against them
President Wilson has the matter
under careful consideration. The
country is confident that he will do
nothing rash. It is also confident
that he Will act vigorously when
action is really required.
The people of the United States
do not want war with Germany
But they will fight if they must.
We cannot look on patiently while
American citizens are slaughtered
on the high seas. It the renewed
submarine warfare means that.
Germany is running heavy risks.
PERTINENT COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGS
President Wilson's contemplated 23-
cent diet might make him teet Uke a
nickel more than that.'
The .Allie demand for indemnity for
Roumania was doubtless inserted mere-
. . - . ; ... m . 1 .1
tthecWd "adin u!?2-
many more such quarter sections found j - Still, if everybody In the world had
where there are now only brash nd
loss i and timber. 1
A rain. If this arant is more vain-
able for Its timber than Its farms, wny
werei the people not allowed to use
thla timber to clear this lana ana
So far as known, no anti-administration
critic has had ths rraceleaeaeas to
charge President Wllion. with trying
merely to win the Nobel peace prize.
But give them time 'give them time.
Connecticut's legislature has before
lt a bill providing for the lloenslng of
build nomas anA become tax payer a T newspaDermen. Won't the Hartford
We axe willing; why not matte m new ctuo piease see wnax can wt i
raUroad company so? Mr. Peery should i m tne direction ucensing leg
come to Silverton, Or, and see me and j . .
mv erm. I jan flcmocTicY triumnn over im
Let the people rule in this matter,' periadiamr U an editorial caption in a
Let u. hav.P bome. where there is now -st tfFgPSFW &
desolation. Let us have farms where becn a Questton ot ..can but is now
mere are now only brusn ana iosa. and ever shall be, until at last er
we will have a more prosperous state fected, purely a question of "will.
. . . , w w
and better schools, homes and roads.
WALTER V. saiTO
When you were a little bov and nrom
lsed your little playmate to give him
the choicest toy In your collection, you
as in the case of real estate T There's
a lot of stuff that could go to make up
a document or tnat sort.
Letters From the People
. , ,. The casualty interests feast their credential - to xotfng in school judgment of the house, expressed
- eyes on the huge sum thus passing elections. at a moment when there .was time
from employers, the state and em- A friend of The Journal tells of for deliberate consideration of the
" ployeB Into the nanus of the work- an oldtime Pennsylvanian who bill oi Its merits.
men and- their dependents, and owne(i ft mule. It was In the days But-the politicians were busy.
. reflect: that no share of the great when property was the qualification They secured reconsideration and
, sum 1$; deflected Into the yawning for suffrage in that state, just as recommitment of the bill to
pockets of the casualty companies, it ia still the qualification for voting the, friendly committee,, .Former
That 4s why there are assaults on in school elections in Oregon. Speaker Rusk; who was presiding
: the' , compensation act at Salem The owner of the mule regularly officer of that house," tells the
jaow, , and why these assaults are caat a bau0t at elections until the rest of the story thus.
. stealthily disguised. t&tal moment when his property Now note ths work of the fine
1 It Is proposed to make sligfit took Bick and died. Then he could Italian hand of the newspaper lobby.
chants her anil there which M Jt keePs tfa bill in the hands of this
cnanges nere ana mere wmca vote no more. eommittee until the final srrand rush
' cunning men know will break Under this old Pennsylvania law, the end of the session. With but a
dow,n the nicely adjusted law. One long since repealed, was lt the man few hours left, the bin comes forth
plan is to combine the industrial who TOted7 pr was it the mule? VfuTT
accident commission wit the iahor xnd, in Oregon or elsewhere, are J m. lortt- of one vote is rushed over
the people Who submit to such a to the senate on the very last day. is
law men or mules? read fIrst and seond u.m' referred
LO a cuxniiiiLLeo, is wueuucu, icpuhcu
back to the senate, put on final pass-
commlssoner and other commls-
lona. Another is to withdraw
state aid. Both these and other
proposed changes are desired as a
means of breaking down the sys-
The only defenders of delinquent age u passed, returned to the house
advertising: are the comparatively for concurrence in senate amend
ments, the house concurs, lt Is signed
by the speaker and signed by the
tern and in the expectation that few newspapers that are bene
.the entire compensation business nciarles. Every other Interest that .JVrf oie Tenate-all in iho
wflt fall again Into the hands of has spoken Is against the "system." rush of the last day of the session.
the casualty companies and the ia the legislature representing the
. . lawyers. people
t Some legislators are Innocently graft?
1 supporting the scuttle program.
J Here is a fact for them to re
r v member;
- During the year 1916, the total
! premiums paid casualty companies
V In the United States for workmen's
' compensation insurance was $66,
A LEGISLATIVE PROBLEM
A
It was under the operation of a
or a special newspaper law so passed that the Marshfield
Record Was paid an advertising
charge of $1 a lot on 300 lots on
which the taxes were but 5 cents
PROBLEM for the legislature V .. ,
is to dn what it can to re-1 " "" .
store public confidence in the law so passea tnat. m tne co
tUUUtJ DVaUUCM S,uo , SU T Vi baOUlc)
charge was S2 a lot on property
state highway commission.
95,785. The total losses paid by " TrZJZ i. riit. that at the delinquent sale brought
v AM.mnt, w on 7Kf tck foundation of all progress in state ;
the companies were X30,759,7.85. , ., . . . but 15 cents a lot.
That is to say, for the country
as a whole the amount that went
to workers, the workers' lawyers
and - the workers' widows and or
phans was only 46.1 per cent "of
the sum contributed by employers
fn, VA.Irtnon'i rnmnancatlnn
K,In Oregbn, practically-all the r0m f0' 8Pte
xnoney contributed for compensa
tion Insurance under the com
pensation act, went direct to work
ers and their families.
- ;The fight. On the compensation
act is a fight on the workers and
their families. The people of Ore
gon decided between the casualty
of many kinds of people. Progress
in highway construction depends
upon, how well these conflicting
ideas and wishes of. the whole
mass can be brought into agree
ment. On this point there is no
In order to go forward, there
must be leadership. That leader
ship is obviously the highway com
mission. We can get nowhere
unless there is general confidence
in the leadership.
That faith . was destroyed by
The grange, the Farmers' union,
the Federation of Labor, the county
judges, the county commissioners,
the county clerks are all on rec
ord against delinquent tax, adver
tising. Nobody is for it but those
who are beneficiaries.
SOME GOOD WORK
T
HE Oregon state agricultural
college at Corvallis. under the
auspices of the United States
department of agriculture, has
unfortunate happenings during the published two interesting Bulletins
ILMf.. ih. Vnrb.r, BTW, past two years. There is no use One of them. No. 381, Is a care-
" i. ..aA.aai iL. ..asH TTT 11 I J..11. X M .
their dependents In a referendum wum uuibw. uaauw muj preparea BjrBiem oi accounts
ot the compensation law In 1913. what they were- We a11 know that and ouslness practice for co
in that poll the workers carried PlltIcal intrigue undermined the operative stores. The other is
''..OT.Mtn.t t tw.t.A r commission and destroyed ita In- "Survey Of Typical Cooperative
the counties by a jote of four to , , ' '- 4 Stores in the United States." Both!
one - 1 Tbe point now is how to recon- bulletins were prepared by "Dean!
The best thing the legislature struct What plan will restore Bexell of the school of commerce
can do Is to leave the compensa- tne faltn that- has been lost? Tni3 in collaboration with Hector, fac
tion law alonei except in such ,s th Wggest problem before the pherson and W. A.: Kerr,
minor changes as are proposed by legislature. - Dean Bexell's qualifications are
the friends of 'the system. n 18 a Problem that the legls- familiar to everybody in Oregon.
., , i .... . lature should approach open- We may say the same of Dr. Mac-
, The American people now know mlndedly and with the slncerest pherson. Mr. Kerr is a federal
why Woodrow Wilson urgedvpeace concern. This is a time when every investigator of market business
upon the belligerents. He foresaw stale 18 omg v forward- in road practice. So the little books come
that which has come to passthe building. There has ' been an from good; hands.
new submarine warfare, and tried awaaening au over- mis nauon. i . They uve up to their promise,
to bring about world peace to save I Tnero is now a realization that we J A simple and accurate system of
nave Deen wasting our eiion ana i accounts tor cooperative stores has
dissipating our substance by living been needed for a long time. These
i amid bad roads. If our state f I stores do business differently from
Oregon fails to keep step with the I ordinary firms. Sometimes they
SAN iTKANwistJU is enjoying advance, it wui be more aetrl- sell below the usual prices. Some
one of those periodical "clean- mental ttf us than it was when all times they distribute profits at the
ups" which are so fashionable other states, like Oregon, were at end ot the year or quarter. In
In our American cities. We a standstill in road progress. It Is either case "they require special
are lite gay rakes who reform for this reason that the legislators methods of bookkeeping. This need
regularly on New Year's day and at Salem should be profoundly con- has been adequately met by Dean
backslide the- next , week. If not 1 cerned In the discharge of their J Bexell's manual, which tnay be
sooner. But San Francisco's virtue I responsibility as to Oregon roads, I obtained for ,the -asking." a-vi:
may . show Itself permanent 1 It j ' Bearing In mind that the state Is 1 The Survey of Cooperative Stores
may be something better .. than "m I made up of many kinds of people appeala to a wider public, it is
peace for? America
THERE IS AN ANSWER
iCmmiiWlinii nt la Tha Joarnal for !
ni'l llratinn in tbla 4eprtim-Bt aboald be writ
ten on only eoe tide of tha rapar. aboald not
Md 800 worda in lensti and moit be c
etmpaaled lr tbe name and addresa of
acDder. it the writer doea not desire to baTe
tbe name published be should ao state. J
The Delinquent Tax List.
Hood River. Or.. Jan. 30. To the Kd
ltor of The Journal I wish to com
mend you for the stand you are tak
ing against a continuance of the pres
ent practice of publishing delinquent
tax lists. Were this question put up
to the people, I feel sure there would
be an overwhelming- vote in favor of
mailing notices of delinquent taxes
to the parties - Interested, rather
than publishing them to the world
as at present. i ieei
that our legislators will take a
common sense view of this matter and,
as long as the taxpayer has to foot the
bill, give him his money's worth and
see that hereafter he is properly no
tified as to the amount of his tax,
either due or delinquent.
S. O. O. X. BORROW.
Chides Public as Indifferent.
Seaside. Or.. Jan. SI. To the Editor
of The Journal Tour Interesting edl
torlals and news articles showing the
saving that may accrue to the various
counties of the state by abolishing ths
svKtam of printing delinquent tax
notices each year ts' to be commended.
It is surprising to ' note the lack of
favorable comment on this move. The
lack of interest on the part of the
great mass of taxpayers is deplorable,
when a point Is sprung that will di
rectly benefit them.
If you want to start something, Just
spring a few adverse paragraphs on
the' Nebular Hypothesis, on Consuo.-1
stantlatlon or on the Divinity of the
Trinity, and I opine you will receive
a deluge of learned articles that will
swamp your facilities to place them
in print. The question Is simply this:
Do the people understand? Their sil
ence on your splendid move In their
behalf says plainly they do not.
All of which brings up the question.
Are we educated on the matters and
questions which are of vital, everyday
Interest to us, or does our education
consist wholly in knowing all about
those theoretical problems of which
we have no real knowledge?
PEYTON RANDOLPH.
The Anti-Alien Bill.
Portland. Jan. 81. To the Editor of
The Journal I have read in The Jour
nal the letter of John Dubuls, who
says he does not approve the Orton
anti-alien bill now before the state
senate.
If a bill comes up for the good of
the American born manthere is sure
plenty ot moneyed interests to right
it. There is a shadow of a chance for
an American born to make a little
more than a mere living this coming
year if this law should go Into effect,
but they see that the profits will not
be quite so large on public works. If
I am -not mistaken, there Is a city ord
inance that all parties working on city
work are to get $3 per day. But do
they, on the city work that is let by
contract? Not on your life. The con
tractor figures that $3 and a nice
profit, then hires the alien laborer for
$1.75 to 12 a day. Then they say the
labor Is cheap and .the people's taxes
are less. An American can not get a
job a great many times even at 20
cents per hour for 10 nouxs. That Is
the contractor for you, and those aro
the ones that are fighting this bill. By
the way. where did the city find thai
1000 cords of wood that strayed away
last winter? Another Joke, what?
. A SUBSCRIBER.
Red Lights.
Portland, Jan. 27. To the Editor of
The Journal What about Portland'.
ordinance in regard to red lights in
hallways or near doors4ading to fire
escapes or exits? .Can a red light
mean both safety and danger? Almost
everywhere.- when a red light Is used,
it means danger on woodpile in the
street, on torn-up pavements, on rear
end of automobiles and wagons, nan-
road men use a red flag as a danger
slarnal: also red lights. ,
Portland's fire department require
red lights to be used as a means ot
leading people to safety. Recently
three men were round aeaa oy Deing
suffocated in a Portland rooming
house. They had turned from a floor
leadinar to safety to a door leaatng
to a closet, and deatn. a rejQ iignt
in & hallway doesn't give much light
nrf in cut of fire, when quick action
Is needed a person should not ha re
quired to consider if a certain red
Hrht means safety or danger. I wonld
lika to have others express their opin
ion in regard to Ted' lights.
A. ANDERSON.
Good LanTinthe Grant.
Vancouver. Wash.. Jan. 23 To the
Editor" of - The Journal In reply to
M. JaV Peery, who decries the value f
Ore (ton & California grant , lanas.
would say that he appears to - know
rbut little of the land comprised' In this
arrant, although he says he has Been
over all or , most . of this grant and
UpDr&ias rugiwiu. thought your renage was perfectly
' Castle Rock. Or.. Jan. 26. To the good because you said to yourself.
wMfn nf Th. jni.miil This Is for the "AiayDe so. wow, men; were tney
i lj t v that oer! Jusrt couple of Uttle boys who made
public: Tb English cry out that Ger- th08a two fla bunches 0f promises to
many took BelgiumThat is England s Poland?
fault. Belgium would not have gone ,. A member- of ths Michigan, legisla
te war but England said "We will ture advocates a law providing that no
v , . rM V.ii n whera breach of promts aoilon can be tnltl
help you." Now we all can see where ated ulUeB9"tn paLrtltm to ths broken
England is at present, and wnere contract have appeared before the
Bele-ium Is And what Is England county clerk and had their engagement
T , ' . " , ck ia trvlnr to i recorded. But why not go further and
doing in Greece? She is trying to estabUsh a comply, abstract system,
starve mem oui suu uiu
rebellion in Greece, and Greece is a
neutral country. And what did Eng
land do to the Boers in South Africa?
She starved them, and then destroyed
their country, Justv for a few dia
monds: then when the war was ovr
he went to China and got 10,000 , Washington, Feb. 2. (WASHING
Chinese to work in the mines of 1 TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL)
Africa, where England ha lots of 'Foreseeing a hard road ahead of the
poor people, but Bhe let them starve Republican patty unless it turns Its
at home. It seems like the world has back on the reactionary leaders. Con
forgotten lt. If it only would think gressman A P. Gardner of Massachu
tnr a. minnt it would see into lt. But setts, as apostle of B. progressive move-
England takes money for human life. . men, finds the going very slow every
MARTIN MASCHKE. j time he. tries to make the G. O. P. ele-
- . phant trot up. Gardner, however, is
. Denounces Universal Training. , not easjr to SUppros, His iaea that
Portland, Jan. 27. To the Editor of th9 Republican party needs some "ad-
The Journal I have been reading the vanced planks which will appeal to the
"Letters From the People" in The ordinary voter" f Jids enough support
Journal and cannot resist butting In to make him troublesome. Buthe old
on this universal -SS .t
scriptlon. I am not In sympathy wltn party by mapplng. out a pro.
any suoh movement. I think the best rres8iva program for IU members in
way to settle that matter would be to consress.
VaW. n AAnl A I aft aft
submit it to a vote oi an mo Tn(,iffrnt tn th,Sr onlnlon. he In
: OREGON .SUDELIGUTa
Morrow count v farmers "according
to the Ueppner Gasette Times, will
soon. launch ths elevator lda xor the
bulk handling of grain.
- ureal csniam ia Buying prunes U"?J
and with hsr fighters on the tront full
ox uregon prunes in are ougut w
some new war history before long,
says the Eugene Register. I
The aroused inureat regarding good
roads throughout Baker county, the
Herald asserts, shows that public sen
timent regarding public affairs is
keener than H has bean for years.
Valuable advlce.'lnloseburg Review:
"Prices were never better for all kinds
of products, in two score ot years,
than at present. Double your output
in all lines this year and reap the
benefit. There are thousands of acres
of land lying practically idle in Doug
las county. Put it in use, growing
some sort of a crop. Now is the time
while the prices are high and tbe de
mand good."
Spring signs noted by the Pine Val
ley Herald v 'Some of our local weath
er prophets can see signs of. spring
already. They say that the California
folks are beginning to return, which
Of itself is a forerunner of spring. Ao
automobile or two baa been heard to
honk lately.i The days are getting
longer. It iaT predicted that Just as
ith anow now on the ground is au
gone we shall have spring."
Tbe Canyon City Eagle computes
Grant county's wild game resource as
follows: "Grant county has a record
of 75 deer killed lawfully during 19H.
Estimating the average weight to be
100 pounds for each animal, this would
total 7600 pounds. Further estimate
the value at 15 cents per poundf this
would total S1025. Fine brought in
more than $400. making a grand total
of 31425. The game birds and ftsn
Sauiht and killed during the year
would bring the total much, higher.
possibly to much over ww.
&(!T,
ag and Bobtail
Stories From Everywhere
ITo tbl ohtms all raadrre of the Joarual
ST lavlted tm nntrltint wl.-rat -..tf.. .1.
t"7. la verse or la pblloaopliioel brvttloa
AN EFFORT TO SPEED UP AN OLD PARTY
as Australia did. Then if the ma- upon robing their fur cross-
Jorlty say by their vote MsJce reaay wjM whn ho mtla9 a talk at the recent
to kilL" all good and well, nut I am RepubjU:aa congressional conference,
oppesed to leaving ths responsinuity Thj confrwc. fcad ben called on a
of such a vital proposition to sucn men peUtlon circulated, looking to ac-
aa Senator Chamberlain or Hf m" tlon to be recommended to the party in
number of men who are ready to place &ew congrreitm) unemployment in-
on this country the garment or1'1" 8Urance, old age insurance, minimum
tarism that the old world is ready to wtLg and eig.i,t.hour for WOmen
discard. , and children, compulsory arbitration of
All that ever atarted this campaign Mllroad and Btreat railway disputes,
of preparedness is the enormous compulaor7 mUitary training, the
amount of ill gotten gold that nas bud?et gygtem, and elimination- of
come into this country and in "turn ,n riVer niX pahlio
for which tne vvau .1". building bills, was the ambitious pro-
pirates have furnished the nations oi ram h placed befor9 his colleagues,
the old world ths poison to JFtrn No unusual perception Is required to
naie xnomsejToo wnu, m ,
thl bartering have secured a mort-!
disclose that this program is largely
an adaptat'on of the Progressire party
platform of 1912. with the Roosevelt
idea of compulsory training added for
good measure. It reflects the thought
that after the failure, of 1316 the
Roosevelt people are planning to feed
the elephant on a new diet, for. said
Gardner, the people will not restore
ths Republicans to power "if we turn
our backs on liberal legislation."
Further, says the Massacnuseiis
member, the party must abandon the
"nollev of strict and undeviatlng con
servatism which has been-so marked of
late years, except during Rooseveii s
second term." This contession ot ma
alms and purposes of the Republican
organization, as lt was directed in the
late campaign, was also far too trans
a statement for the old guard.
Gardner's outbreak, followln-g the
rumpus raised by George W. Perkins
over the selection of John T. Adams as
vies chairman of the national commit
tee. serves to further Illustrate the dis
organization of the Republicans. They
aro uncertain which way to turn, and
torn by the conflict of factions.
As usual, the old guard leaders hold
most of the cards, and. have a fairly
definite program. Their plan of cam
paign is sintple. It is merely to "mark
time," trusting that mistakes will be
made by the other fellow of which ad
vantage can be taken, and relying on
constant criticism to bring them back
to power.
striking ituntarlMiiStfiui. ...... i
wpatkins of exceptional marfr will be fraU '
! at lbs sdl tor's appralaaLJ
After the War .Any War.--.'
IN THE twinkling of aa eye, what now
seems hopelessly devastated country
in the war sons will return to wheat
Holds, village streets and vlneyardv
says -."Glrard" in the Philadelphia
Ledger. -r-
It must have seemed on the morning
Of June !,. 1815, that the field of W-- '
terloo would have to be forever de
serted. Net so! in a few weeas
farmers were at work preparing for -new
crops on the very ground over
which Ney led Napoleon's Old Guard
to its last fatal charges.
Men who lived at Gettysburg in ISO
tell me that a month after the battle
farmers were plowing up' fields In
which scores of dead had been buried.
Tbe following year's harvest yellowed
over the graves of hundreds of UaiA
and Confederals slain. v
Before the year was out . seed was
sown upon some of the redoubts which,
had protected Washington's veterans
at valley Forge.
Industry has no reverence
The Belated Retort.
Nearly everyone has been humllt- i
ated by his slowness of wit. A month, :
or a week, or a day after a heated con
versation with th boss, the grocery
boy or the city editor, the thing that
should have bean said has odm to
mind with startling vividness.
One cold March day I was making a
house to house canvass with a Uttle
I blue box on which was printed in large
black type a certain cryptlo word. Tbe : .
box contained a lot ot HtUe-doughnut
shaped pieces of metal, the. pur
pose of which was to mend pot a, ket
tles, pans, hot water bottles and such
articles. An outfit sold for thsi in
significant sum of 25 cents.'
After meeting wltn no less than 20
failures and a couple of purchasers, X!
rapped at the door of a small house
out in the suburbs. Bome time passed .
before a pale, sour looking man, wear
ing an old hat badly out of repair,
put his head out of the door and In
quired what I wanted. j
"Good morning, sir," I said, drawing
forth my little blu box. "X have here
a sure remedy for leaky pans, pots,
kettles, hot water bottles and all such ,
household utenil. The price
"We don't need it." he said, rery
shortly.
Perhaps It was the weather, or the
many previous failures that made me
lose my temper, but somewnat out -tc
patience, I said:
"What do you boll water in?"
"In our hat!" was ths brisk reply
as he slammed th door.
I went toward the gate with a hit
ter feeling in roy'heart for all man-;
kind. Then, suddenly, I darted back -up
the steps to the door.
But lt was too late. Why in then
hadn't I told him to mend his hat?
r, a.
HOW TO BE HEALTHY
cro r. nn all tha war ridden nations.
I want to ask those upholders of
rnnaoriTitlon and universal training
why the average laboring man should j STOMACH ACHE. Stomach ache 1
want to fight for his country. He a symptom. The trouble may be nlv
bas no country Nine out of 10 have In the region of the stomach. It may
no hnme. They haven't a decent Hv- be caused by simple indigestion and
lng only a poor, miserable existence. the accumulation of gas. Plain hun
Wtt the laborers take notice how big ger can givs a sensation of approach
business obeys the laws, and how they ing stomach ache. If persistent and
act lnthe Oregon land grant matter severe, lt may be gall stone colic, ulcer
and concerning every other law that ot the stomach or even cancer, but
t.- nut in the statute books thst there are many cases of cancer in
1 , a .). .v., i. riirtv avatem of wnicn mere is no pain, x-ain in in?
, interfered with their dirty system or lnte8tnM may mak, us thlnk
a. we h&v a stomach ache.
cattle huddled together rtarving ana t0WarQ avolaln, a common case of
freezing to oeain. ana w..vw.s a... M h .ch,
and among the cattle I could see big, jei,nt recurrent stomach ache
gaunt wolves, and nen one or ine , doej nQt yleJd to slmpU reme4ie9
cattle got so weak it could no i00" 8uch as the correction of diet should
stand, and fell or lay down, the wolves funy investigated by stomach
would pounce on lt and eat it UP-. ,pecialista. In many cases a test meal.
Those scenes were brought back to my bismuth meai and x-ray examination
memory the other day while I was of motion 0 tj,e stomach, that may
down on Second street around the em- be witnessed on a fluorescent screen
ployment olfices and army recrumnn and interpreted by an expert, are lm-
statlons, wltn ineir aiooi piseuu portant aids to diagnosis,
around the .crowd of ;wvho ! The eating of too much starchy food
Weri? mating J livinr I made up that ls oftn Imperfectly digested, the
mindse'whi tld St no
longer to go without too6 Mte wolves 'rSi
goz ann mey jumcu i.uo mu, w
Corrricht. mc.
Bf ' J. Keelsy.
drinking of a large amount of ice
water may check digestion. Cool water
is preferable. One or two. glasses ot
water, however, uld rather than re
tard the secretion of gastric Juice. The
idea that water "dilutes" the gastric
Juice Is erroneous.
There is a common prejudice against
hot bread that ls mostly unfourwiei,
except that one ls apt to eat too much
of it. Hot 'fresh bread Is as harmless
as cold dry bread. Unrip fruit is al
ways bad. Green apples have an espe
cially bad reputation, but ripe apples,'
if not thoroughly chewed, ara apt o
be undigested. Bananas should . he
eaten overripe; unripe bananas are apt
to prove very Irritating.
When ths stomach ache Indicates
that we have eaten not wisely but too
well, vomiting may be induced by
copious drinking of warm water. If
one has the apparatus or can easily
reach a doctor, the quickest way ls
to have the stomach contents taken
out. - , v. '
Do not make free us of opiates and
narcotics .In severe stomach pains.
They may reflect trouble elsewhere '
In gall, bladder or appendix. Pain is
a warning sign and narcotics cover lt
up. " Consult your doctor.
Tomorrow" Avoiding Grip.
Uncle Jeff Snow Says:
I keep a hopin' that these folks la
Europe will quit flghtln'. I'd pither
sell my pertaters for four hits a sack
and eggs fer 25 cents a dozen than
prosper at the expense of them . poor
devils over there, shootln" the day lights
out of one another about nothln'
any of 'em can tell about. : i
for their country.
P. T. B.
The P. R., L, P- Tax Shrinkage
Portland, Jan. 26. To tne tsaiioroi
Ths Journal Referring to ' a timely
and well written note of alarm to the
voting public in your issue of January
20, signed A. snapiro, in regaru io
PERSONAL MENTION
Condon Party Here.
A Condon party at the Cornelius in
cludes H. A. Hartshorn, editor and
a shrinkage of $70,000 on the Portland publisher of the Condon Globe: O. B.
Railway, Light & rower w.s taxes. Robertson. a banker; and A. B. Rob
under that of 1915. I fully expected t Condon representative of Bal
to see many letters written to the Guthrie & Co.
"Letters From the People" cojumn the lour. uu" . .
next day. as It is a subject of vital Lumber Importer at Portland.
importance to every property owner j g Emerson of Vancouver. B. C,
SVttU of the Emerson Hardwood
VL . ww
commerce were that they were to fos
ter and encourage everything for the
good of the people within their gates
rich and poor alike and I was sur
prised to notice not a jetter rrom inese
sources, especially.
Our city does not neeo an ao ciud
company of Vancouver and Portland, ls
at the Portland.
Hanley Returns Prom East.
William Hanley of Burns ls in Port
land after a six weeks' visit In the
t. H Kcent considerable time in
verji badly, as there are hundreds ot Washington. Chicago and Denver, at
newspaper's going back east to rela- tending stock shows in the last named
tlves and friends with pencil marked cities. He will go to his eastern Ore
items of interest to point out Just gon ranch in a few days.
what eort of struggle ls in progress
here, awl it is done without a penny's
Dr. Wise Returns Home.
cost to the city and without the blare I Rabbi Jonah B. Wise of Temple Beth
of trumpets or the breeze of a palm Israel has returned from the biennial
leaf fan. A vortH, j convention oi me union oi
crtU,.n Tfl Hebrew congregations neia in .-
Opposes Sterilization Idea. m0T9 iast month. He was gone a
Rend. Or.. Jan. 31. To the Editor , viaitina- Cincinnati, where
of The Journal I certainly agree with h8 a(jdreased the students of the He
ll. D. Wagnon -in regard to sterilize- brew union college, and Cleveland,
tlon; and would propose tnat in case wnera he spoke in several synagogues.
tha sterilization bill becomes a law, i .
that! the first operations be preformed j X. Y. Newspaperman a uuesu
on tbe members or tne Oregon legisia- ( John j. palmer, a representative oi
ture as a trial. Perhaps they would Marine News, a New York shipping
have more time then to devote to the monthly, ia a guest at the Multnomah,
purpose for which they were elected.
thatVot making Just and sans laws. Mr. and Mrs. If. T. "v7arn e r and H.
id 1 rood common sense, instead J. Wright are among the Forest Grove
of such inhuman foolishness.
I " JAY SALTZMAN.
arrivals at the Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Sears of Salem
are guests at the Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. IL G. Miller of The
Dalles are at the Portland.
R. Bloodgrad is registerea at tne
Want to Know the N"mes.
Gold Hill. Or- Jan. 80. To the Edi
tor Af Tha Journal You are making a
good fight Against the delinquent tax ; Perkins from Lebanon
publication grart. wnen me voie is
taken, kindly publish - the names for
and ! against the measure so.rwe may
know who to keep home next time.
.4 v" WILLIAM M. CARLE.
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Kuek are Salem
i .No Religious Test.
Portland. Or., Jan. 1. T the Editor
of The Journal Is there any reason
whyi a .Jew or a Catholic cannot bo
president of the United States? Kindly-answer
in The Journal. ;8. B.
(The -constitution . of - the United
States not only does not Impose any
religious test for this or any other
office but expressly provides ths t no
such, test shall ever be imposed.
TlWbWlv -mt " "
Mr. and Mrs. W. T., Plnkerton of
Fairbanks. Alaska, ar at the Malt
nomah. : ' - - -' " ' '
W. PoUak, Albany ehittrm bark
broker, is at the Oregon.
Dr. A. W. Stevenson of .Taoolt is at
the Imperial.-
R. - H. Rawson is registered at tho
X orton la from St. Helens. " . 2 !-
' W. S. Kerr of Corvallis, president of
Oregon Agricultural college, is at the
Imperial. -. ' -
- O. C eether, Glendal tlmberman, is
at the Oregon. -
. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Potter of Aber
deen, Wash., are guests at the Mult
nomah. G. F. Oliver and T. A. Fmit are Cor
vallis visitors at the Perkins.
H. C. Hanson of Belllngham ls at
the Cariton.
W. D. Tyler, a San Francisco paper
man, is at tne Multnomah.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Moore are Salem
visitors at the Oregon.
Dr. C. L. Foley, a Moro physician, ls
at the Imperial.
R. L. Harris ls registered at the
Cornelius from Corvallis. si
C. H. Lyons of Chico. CaL. is at the
Carlton.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. White of Cath
lamet are at the NortonJa.
The Misses T. H. Hebert and E.
Eason of Spokane are guests at the
Portland.
H. It. De Armond of Bend is at the
Imperial.
A. A. Richardson ls a Taeoma ar
rival at the Carlton.
T. W. Lusk of Silverton ls at the
Perkins.
E. H. Day. Minneapolis lumberman.
is at the Portland.
II. D. Peek is a 8eattle visitor at
the Nortonla.
P. J. Brix of Astoria and. A. H.
Brlx of Tacoma are at the Imperial.
Rev. E. "B. Lockhart Of Stayton is a
guest at the Perkins.
Captain F. E. Andrews and 6. W.
McCann are Oakland, Cal., -arrivals at
the Cornelius.
R. A. Olmsted of Dundee ls at the
Portland.
' The Tyrants.
FTotn tta Pasdletes Esst OregoaUs.
"To the victors belong the spoils'
seems to be the slogan of the new
administration at Umatilla. In raak
lng up the council committees Mrs.
Mayor Starcher and her councilmen
assigned all appointments to the wo
men. The two mals holdover council
men were given no more committees
"than a rabbit," so to speak. They
were left out in the bleak and chilly
air to ponder over their worthltssness
and ths-'' majesty' of the new regime
at Umatilla, They did not even get
on the cemetery committee where Joe
Cannon would have placed them, nor
did they have tbe honor of being steam
rollered. They were iced and if their
treatment is a sample of the tyranny
that may com e from petticoat govern-)
ment . the i' proper - course f orCyrll
Brownaii win ds to get a nort and
give a new demonstration of Paul R
vere's ride. V- - .
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