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Intalli(n?e Increaaes mere physical abil
ity on half. Tbe we or tbe bead abridge
. tbe labor at tbe bend.
Henry Ward Beecher.
PICKLSG THE BONES
n OMORROW two Portland
. C I newspapers will print pases
" I and pages about bankrupt
' conditions in Portland. There
will be" columns on columns of
narrative about persons who have
rot been able to get the money to
pay their taxes.
? Another taxpaying time is nearly
here and the delinquents, whom
5 the newspapers will proclaim to
' the world as on the verge of bank-
- ru ptcy, will have another year's
- taxes to meet. As help for meet
c lng these new tax payments, the
-'law of the land requires them not
i only to pay the old taxes and the
:new, but, In addition, to pay heavy
newspaper charges for advertising
' to the world that they have not
paid last, year's taxes. It is a case
)ot picking the bones of the delin
" MiiAnfa IS a nanrana noia n a 11
ALLIES TOGETHER
T
ins states, y Iowa, South Dakota.
Nebraska.5 are organizing non-par-
HE'Oregon legislature has an. ally. In-it opposition through the Jrv
Bean Dill to the government of the -United States la the UsmJI'-
government and put out I the old
bosses. The founders of the league
Mr. Townley and his colleagues,
plan to open a . campaign on the
Pacific coast"'; ... '-. '.' ' ": :
There Is some speculation In the
east over the question whether the
fanners' league will' blossom out
into a new political party. . We do
not believe it will. It could not
easily become an old-fashioned
party since It motives are wholly
fight- with the railroad over the Oregon grant lands.
That ally is the Union Trust company, a big banking corporation
of Wall street, New York.? It has filed a brief with the federal su
preme court in the suit of the railroad r to overthrow the Chamberlain-Ferris
act. The trust company's contention is the same as the
Oregon legislature's contention in the whereases of the Bean MIL In
its brief, the trust company holds as follows:
That congress In passing the act of June tth last (the Ohamberlaln
Ferris bill) exceeded Its constitutional authority. , --
This is exactly what the whereases in the Bean bill say. Here are
two of them: T.y, .yy' w. y ::y '- . 4J.s: .y yy y y y
Whereas. the snnrem court of the- United States holda' -that the com-
plete and absolute title to the lands granted by tbe acts aforesaid passed to I economic and industrial. It may,'
the Oregon 4e California railroad company and further holding that thtra I vn-.n.. thu M nolftleal rtm.T-
the grant could be predicated; . I Ues out or business in some siaien
Whereas, notwithstanding the decision of the. sunreme court of the I by doing the work which they SO
United States, the congress has passed an act declaring the title .to the I conspicuously fail to do. That
unsold portion of said granted lands to be revested in the United States, et&, eta I wouj ; De no great misfortune.
wun tne wan street trust company, the Bean bill, passed by tneiBut j eTer the - Farmers' Non
Oregon legislature, holds that congress in passing , the Chamberlain-1 Partisan league should lapse into
Ferris act "exceeded its constitutional authority." The contentions of I fmtifr nartla&n methods and
the Wall street brief are the contentions 'of the Oregon legislature in I alms it would simply become one
tne Bean diu. xne language is not tne same, but the meaning is laen-1 more incumbrance to progress.
ucai. i ne uean diu is tne uregon legislature's brief to back np tne
Wall street trust company's brief in the lawsuit The Oregon legisla
ture is as completely on the side of the railroad in its fight against
the government as the Wall street trust company is on the side of the
railroad in that fight. ' . - .
The Wall street corporation is against tbe act of congress whlchlUed soa 25 T in lenitS VTivmtbiZ
Letters From the People
ICoumealcatkma aeat to The Journal foe
pttbUcauoB In tbla eepartmeni aaouia ww
no pa rued BT tbe name ana aaarew m m
ruder. It the writer doee not dee"re to bare
In criticizing my statement that Wash
ington favored universal military service,-uses
a Quotation from Washington
in my address which related to the
gave the excess proceeds of the grant lands, half to the federal gov
ernment and half to Oregon Irrigation, Oregon roads and Oregon I tbe a&n pobuhed he tbouid so ut.j
scnoois, ana tne uregon legislature falls Into line with the trust com-1 Washington's Birthday Address.
pany in neiping the railroad beat Oregon irrigation, Oregon roads and Portland, Feb. 23. To the Kditor of
Oregon schools out of half thejgrant land proceeds. It is an edifying The Journal I have read with inter
position for the legislature orTstate to take. 'iViT edUorrtj nn0f washg
We have other tesUmony showing how completely the Oregon leg- n.sc BirfhdayPadd?ess to The Jeff erson
islature's claim in the Bean bill that concrress had no nower to revest hie-h school, i am auravs glad to be
titl in the grant lands in the United States 13 also the claim of the corrected if I fall into any error of
a j . . ...... . . . . I auotation. or otherwise, and wnai x
rtturuau. a ieiier ironi ts. a. aicAuister, iana commissioner 01 me -v" to wlth reference to your edl
railroad company, protested against the attempts of Louis L. Sharp, torlai is in entire good nature.
tne government agent in Oregon, to carry out the terms of the Cham- unfortunately, your editorial writer,
berlaln-Ferris act. In that letter he said:
Said company claims that no power rests In the congress of the United
Btates to ceciare or maintain a revestment of the title to the railroad com.
i. iv. . . tti. j a.-..' I sublect of military prepareaness, in
granted as aforesaid, such payments will be voluntary payments by the 8twld thVtlPT -J.tmitr tha?
United State, of . taxes upon, another's property and will not be recoverable J?f"2i. VS. . "7 . ?n, iu
oy we unuea utates rrom tne owner of such property. I itarservlce On the subject-of uni
The Oregon & California and Southern Pacific railroad companies, versai'miiitarv service. I quoted Wash
and the Union Trust company of New York, in a signed protest sent lngton from his sixth annual addjpecs,
to all governmental agencies concerned in the administration or en- ln 1794:
forcement of the Chamberlain-Ferris act, stating their position in ref- t JIJSZX? valu.lof
erence to the government's position, said: tiSitSS
Each of the undersigned claims and asserts that that certain act of con- most and th least wealthy of our clt-
gress (the Chamberlain-Ferris act) is a violation of the property rights of lsens standing ln the same ranks as
uicswii v. oiuunutt miiroaa company ana or me ngnts or each of the I private soldiers.
maw mo tuiiico ui mo unntu states naa no power or au-I r minj that Mrtfla dc
thorlty to pass said act. or anv r.n.rt ther.r,f nr n -mk To my mind, that Is a specmo nee-
i ? surerhourth. "Jsi
" riroaa company, the title to th I further auoted him as saying:
w vwet . j ut gjcuiu vviuinuiy. or aljj v iwirL inerwor. rr r anv mAnav I . . .
arising out of Its grant lands, and that said act as a whole lsand that A,TCE7fEE-'IS .m I
ny . . nd void.
I uniform and Weil-digested plan Is re-
Thus, they are all allies together the Wall street trust comnanv. ouisite."
the Oregon legislature, the Southern Pacific and its office bta In all frankness. Is that not also a
yers in the suit to beat Oregon out pi a half share In the grant ftarervTce1? 'Vr f unlVr"1 mU
iauua. i ney wm Biana snouiaer to snoulder in the federal sunrema Unirersai mllitarr aervlee. as has
auents. The newspapers are 11- court eight days hence when the hearinsr of th tv .elbeen many times observed by the dis
pensed by law to pounco upon them Washington. The Wall street trust company will have its brief the tlnutahed ""' Benator ' th uUed
'because they are in financial straits railroad will have its brief, and theBean bill will be the Oregon leg- SS'w'ou anoVof thraaUc
auu tu uittg num . luem uivubj wu.o d un. fc win ihj remargaoie spectacle to be beheld by mlttee on military aiiaira, is in mu
wun wmcn mey couia, in parr, mo bcuuui cuuuren 01 uregon, wno are cnief beneficiaries of the Cham- xw 1 " v
make payments on the old taxes or berlain-Ferris act, which turns over a heavy nart of tha rrant i.r,ri .,.T.I '?laL??Z "J1?VL "J-
rr.1 . i . . i u.. . J....1.,. . , . - . " - UUSWU
i tog lew, lorougu ineir lesaeaea viuweua iu mo trreuuctuie Ecnooi tuna ol this State
. . ... ... i
power to pay some or tnem win
lngton was "a great pacificist presi
dent," because - he would not let the
sporadle aggressions of tbe revolu
tionary elements in Fra&.-e ia her
darkest years drag this country into
war. with the French .'people. He knew
the heart of the French people too well
to know that these - sporadic aggres
sions represented true Vrench thought,
and he had come too close to the soul
of the' French people, through Lafay
ette and other Frenchmen with whom
he bad come In close contact, to per
mit the two sister nations, bound to
gether by the supreme tie that bound
us to France at that time, to be drawn
into conflict over aggressions which
were not from the French people, but
only from a few Frenchmen.
In conclusion, I beg to recommend
to your editor the reading of the ad
dresses and messages off Washington,
as found ln the official publication of
the ' Messages of the Presidents' pub
lished under authority of congress.
and If he has not access to tbe same, X
would be glad to loan him my copy,
and it he reada it with an open mind,
be cannot fail to come to the conclu
sion that I have not only quoted Wash
ington correctly, but that I have drawn
true and lust deductions xrom ms
messages and beliefs.
ROBERT TREAT PIATT.
Some Biff Topics Reviewed.
Cherrrvtlle. Or. Feb. 24. To the
Editor of The Journal I notice that
in one of the speeches made by a
member of the late legislature In
talking about the road bonds to be
voted on ln June, ne saia we were
away behind our neighbors, km.iv
fornia and Washington, in tne mat
ter of road bonding and road build'
lng. This la true, and the people
of the state ought to put forth great
efforts to get our portion of the
United States or government money
under the Sheckleford bill, which
agrees to put up dollar for dollar
with the state. People here are
quite generally In favor of taking
I be unable to pay at all, and the and Patrick Henry into the same
I county will have to meet the news- likeness
J paper charges which are often Mr. Piatt's nostrum is compara-
larger than the amount of the tlvely harmless for adults because
they know a little history for an
t . I M it t.i.i. I nniMnto Tf H naa nnt o lrn a ma
defends this system of picking the deal. But it is regrettable to see
bones of those who have finan- It dosed out to children who have
clally fallen. It Is a majestic news- no equipment to defend them
paper activity that managed selves
through skulduggery in the late
legislature to license the press to Mose Christensen is to be con
prey upon the necessities and dis- gratulated on the delightful pro-
tress of persons whose property has gram presented in yesterday's sym
not yielded them sufficient reve- phony concert. An afternoon with
nues to meet a ballooning cost of the charmingly tuneful melodies
living and the mounting demands sent every one home in felicitous
of government.
- For -4his license to the news
papers to gnaw at the vitals of
the delinquent, Portland must pay
the penalty of being advertised
abroad ln pages and pages and
column on column of narrative
about unprofitable property hold
ings ln the city. It is a depressing
mood. It was a kind of program
to highly popularize the concerts,
A FORETASTE
M
R. BRYAN, prints an editorial
in the February Commoner
which he heads "A Fore
taste." It comments on a
rtAAPrt whlrri T? onroconto iirt M I IT r
story to be heralded abroad about ot Minnesota made in the house on
roruaua real estate. a uuu- February 5. Mr mUeTa remarka
cult matter for Portland realty I a, v
UetllClB IU UU UUD1UVDB 1U uUUiycil'
tion with this dismal narrative of
j oaa returns on roruaua property.
The . legislators who licensed
newspaper harpies to pick the
standing array. Neither Washington,
ln his speeches, nor I. ln my address,
bad ln mind when speaking of a stand
PERT! N ENT CO MM ENT AND N EWS 1 N BRIEF
-4-
O V SMALL CHANGE -What
la' wanted la a country built
with Its sea coast on the Inside.
Lloyd Oeorr. It is said, works 1
hours n. day. Considering hie job, that
seems aoout as utile as ne idun put
in. - . :
The, TCaklmoa have two "more ribs
than any other members of the human
race," according to a "science note."
Judging from the way ' the paper
trust naa offered to come down. It
would be no trick at au ror uncie bud
to go and get himself a Pavy Crockett
reputation. 9
' "A rood many men talk bass at
home and are tenors down town." says
Jay EL House, the Kansas tunny man.
But witntui more men its just to
other way across
Hnlnnel Rooaeveit arralCTLS the ores
ident because he "came not up to the
help of the Lord." But if Mr. Wilson
had come, the colonel would have tried
to chase him away. What need has
tbe Lord of anybody but him?
This aearch tor new and cheap food
materials may well remind us that In
some countries the poor people make
use of tbe nettle for food. And ln this
country we have the Canada thistle.
What's the matter with It?
One of that class of stories that are
told merely that they may be, believed,
la told of eter the Great. In a tow
ering rage, be was about to slay a
friend of his, for no real cause at all.
The friend calmly said: "You may
kill me if you will, but history will
tell it of you," and Peter dropped his
dagger. This story, if Europe's war
lords ever heard it. doesn't seem to
have Impressed them very much.
OREGON SIDELIGHTS y
'2' y -' . aaasBewBaBasBBj y ':iy-; '
Chief Ambrose of the Klamath. Fails
fire department has statted a, lire
prevention cleanup campaign. .
Thirteen land owners of Enterpr.au
have organised a farm loan association,
applying for loans aggregating faO.OOU.
. The Wlllamina Ath'etlc club has been
organised, "with a good membership
and plenty of enthusiasm," the Times
aya. . .
Success of the one silo at Btanfleid,
the Standard says, has convinced many,
ana there will be much building of
silos la that viclnitythis year.
Pendleton's latest symptom of up-to-dateness
is an auto-ambulance con
trived by a clever Pendletonlan out of
parts and materials assembled right
there at home. s
It has one friend. The Wlllamlne
Times says of it: "The late Ore can
legislature aid more good tnan tne
average session of the state's law
makers, and a few months will prove
this assertion." a
The beaw snowfall betna- such an
unusual event In Oregon." eaye the
Eugene Guard's Springfield corre
spondent, 'all the children who could
make a sled have one. and coasting
on Emerald Heights is a popular d -version
just now'
J. H. Westcott, a merchant ofGas
ton, tells the Forest Grove News Time
ebout a carload of Burbank potatoes
be has shipped to San Francisco. It
contained 600 sacks, weighing approxi
mately 6S.000 pounds, with a value o
$2500 as H stood on the track. He de
f t-h that htn It reaches tha Golden
Gate it will be worth 13500 and should
It reach New York in good order il
will be worth over 1-4600. Which is
going some, even for spuds.
JKag ; 1 and Jpobtail
... Stone. From EnrywU .
A PACinC COAST RATE CONFLICT
Washington. Feb. 26. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
cuaocw o come to the defense of the present sys-
must have good roaas to attract tem of making rates to the Pacific
tiers ana tourists. It annaalnr anv unset on account
Oreron is not only behind her I of sneclal conditions which it is al-
nelarhbora ln the matter of roads but I lesred should govern while water com
ha the distinction of beinar about ietltlon is temporarily interrupted.
the only western state that voted Their argument, riled at lengrtn wun
the standpat ticket at the last elec- the Interstate Commerce commission on
tlon. and anober thing we are be- he reopened fourth section appuc-
hfnA in ia in tha, mattar nf aolvlnar I tlona. finds an opposite In the conten
tha difficult nroblam of clearina tloni Of the Amencan-nawaiiaa
our land, which is an extremely dlf- I Steamship company and the Lucketo
ftnit mattar in tha atate of Wash- bach Steamship company. The steam
lngton they have an expert in the ship lines, not direct parties to the
person of ' Professor Zlntero, a for- proceeding, have come Into the case
mer student of Professor Cow per of
this place at the Montana state agri
cultural college. Professor Zlntero
has a retort in which he reduces
green fir, second growth, stumps and
top Into the by-products of creosote.
with a a-eneral attack on all applica
tions for relief under the long and
short haul provision.
"The contention of the coast is
wholly selfish." says the steamship
brief. "It desire and insists upon
turpentine, sulphuric acid and char- permanently less than reaonable rates
coal, and in most cases sets more because it naa once enjoyea tnem.
than enousrh to nay the cost of clear- "They claim that less than reason
lng the land. Now here is the great- able rail rates should be more stable
est Idea that has been simile: on the than the water rates upon wnicn
which Mr. Bryan had made in New
York counseling deliberation in
our troubles with Germany.
The Minnesota congressman dls-
bones of delinquents also licensed approved of Mr. Bryan's attitude.
Ithem to pick the bones of Portland Inasmuch as there was a war cloud
J. property and to pick the pockets on on ine nonzon, ne saia ne wisnea
Portland realty operators. to rals hIa voice against such con-
i : . I duct" as counseling deliberation
I I Two members of the Multnomah and calm. "This is a time," he
7- . . . . . ; . . . . . I V ... , A M.V AM .1. .1.
V senatorial aeiegauon wno aia tneir uicu, nucu euvum u
work well in the legislature are neither creeds nor politics."
i Senators Farrell and Gill. Both The rest of Mr. Miller's remarks
' made excellent records by viewing were even more interesting as ex-
each measure on its merits and not amples of what a war, cloud can- do
accepting or rejecting it at the be- to a man's mind. He said
hest of some legislative boss. Sen- Wa can not cry out wain8t free
ator Farrell is a holdover. Senator deliberation and free discussion when
Gill was elected to fill a vacancy, thv re in their place. But I for one
sand his term expires before an- "c,Vr " 1 t, Hg,n, a ""V
He ought to be re- they are destined to end ln the
shadow land of treason.
The best patriot in Mr. Miller's
estimation is the man who seals
up his brain, shuts his eyes, opens
his mouth and yells as loudly as
won Wide acceptance ln Our day. In rm atandln armlea aa we know
It is the theory from which Euro- them in European military life. Wash-
pean militarism has naturally tnson Sllld. ooted by me from his
' lela-hth annual address In 1796:
&1 vs n U. I ,,T . ,w- nK.ranA
C A ' .. . . . . I V1 Av . ...
ouiue express it a little differ- pacific maxims might exempt a na-
ently. They say that every citizen Uon ' rom tne necessity of practicing
should regard himself, in relation "leA iif ! "?VS:2U?"
to the state, aa a cell in the living mltting, by proper establishments, the
Doay. Tne cell has no will of its knowledge of that art."
own, no consciousness,' no IndeM How W9 to 5a7 itfX1
pendent acUvlty. It lives only to u-wm9 '01 have some TformVf stand"
serve "the great entity" Of which lng army to learn and to transmit T ,
it partakes. This theory carried Again, your editorial criticises my
out loirirallv n,lnw. , deduction tttat wasntngton was in
out logically, endows the political favor of .-a navy adequate to our
State with a soul, makes It Buperlor enormous aeacoast. perhaps the larg-
to the moral Jaw and sets it up est navy in the world." In Washing-
as an object of worship in place of g "d- aaaresa. in
the Almighty. -r ,,rur.' reanect to a neutral flax-
The American view of the rela-1 reaulres a naval force organized and
tion between the state and the clti- rea(Jy to vlndicte 11 fron insult or
sen IS a good deal unlike the the- of the naw. therefore, de
cry which our friend sketches. It pends upon the coast to be protected,
Is expressed In those words Of the and commerce in operation. As we
preamble to the constitution, which have this enormous seacoast, and as
. wunuuuu, nuita WA Kra endeavoring to build up a great
'a "o ut. me state s great commerce, because of which we have
purposes is "to promote the general I created a national shipping board and
welfare" of thA nonnio I appropriated $50,000,000 to that end.
In this view the state is an insti- nin, vr. to arrv the stars and
tution designed to benefit self- Stripes to the seven seas, the deduction
active citizens. It does not admit that w8 must have a "nayy adequate
f Tia k. . . ,. M to our enormous seacoast, perhaps the
uviwuiguior ,, ovv in the world." ia surely
the state. We are disposed to be- a logical deduction from the worda'of
lieve that most Americans still put Washington.
their faith in the constitutional the- Our president, you will remember.
ory and not in the teneta of mill- flc. was inclined to disparage the need
tarism. - . i of an enlarged navy, has now taken
that position himself quite as advanced
The great crowd that assembled ?, m rt. under hie leader.
to hear Dr. Jordan at the 'White ship it has become a national policy
Temple Sunday evening is example nd co111"6" has appropriated many
01 the public Interest in peace. . rar.aii
Many were unable to eain entrancai tha Janaiaare of Waahlnarton advised
to an auditorium that was jammed I U8 to create.
Sels3 remain 2? l' Tingo" or" tari. and I do
dreds remained standing through- not believe that an impartial exam
out the lecture.- Dr. Jordan la run. (nation of the entire address to the
people of the coast country since its
settlement.
Another thing we axe behind our
neighbors in, and that Is we are etill
under the dominion of the Southern
Paclfio Railroad company, as was
proved ln the case of the "midnight
resolution" ln a previous legislature
and Bean's bill to put the grant lands
on the tax list, "thus giving additional
validity to tbe railroad's contentions
that they are still the owners of
this land which they forfeited long
ago and the highest courts in the
land have so decided. We need " a
111 ram Johnson ln this state with as
stout a heart and as indomitable
courage as the newly-elected United
States senator from California. There
will certainly be "blood on the face
of the moon" when he gets ln ac
tion on the floor of the United States
senate. We are someway half-way
inclined to believe we have the 'begin
ning of Hiram Johnson ln this county
ln the person of Walter Dlramlck of
Oregon City. He certainly strikes
hard and keeps everlastingly after
them. His career and activities are
being scrutinized by the people in
hopes he will be a champion for the
people of the state ln their tre-
I other session.
I elected.
! TRANSFORMING WASHINGTON
1
R. ROBERT TREAT PLAITS
handling of his quotations v.
T?r, r' Mr. Bryan's comment on this
uiai we Rreai paciusi presi- -anM nnnMnM i- vlaf an tr.
ma.4.. n,. 1. I --
"ftt w 7J,1BUU' TTlT ? ed- "It ia a foretaste," he says
his day remindsone of the saintly ..of what we ex t
Origen'a method of interpreting lf Jlngoi8ta and milltartsts get
; ismous cuurcu tamer, nas , uiree
i meanings, the literal, - the moral
1 ,i
: i and the mystic' It is not the lit-
! .. i era! or obvious meanlne of Wash-
1 I lngton'a words that Mr. Piatt usea
, l in his demonstrauons ana certain
i ;iy not the moral. So It must be
the mystic; ; :
STATE AND CITIZEN
0
NE of the many friends who
writer interesting letters to
The Journal makes a remark
which Is worth a few lines of
comment. Speaking in favor of
His plan seems to be that of I universal .military training this
1 Hugo SU Victor, namely, first find gentleman says, among 'other
oat what you want to believe and I things, that "we need come method
then prove it. With a fertile lm- j of , enabling every citizen to be
agination, and not too much liter-1 conscious that himself and every
ary conscience, one can prove al-J other citizen are Integral parts of
,most anything.- He can not only
make Washington a . Jingo but he
can transform Franklin, . Jefferson
one great nUty." This is a the
ory of the relation -between the
citizen and . the state : which : has
they are founded. To contend that
the less than reasonable rates shall
be stable, permanent and fixed. Is to
contend that the superstructure shall
be more enduring than the foundations."
A strong negative td this question
is given by the steamship interests:
"Should the fourth section be so
interpreted that even when there Is
no actual water competition, the
more distant point may enjoy lower
rates than the nearer point .because
there is a probability of water com
petition at the more distant point at
some time In the future"
The transcontinental roads present
this statement
"Under the plan proposed by the
carriers the commission would con
trol the situation and protect the In
terior against the. creation of ad'
varices at the coast points not war
ranted by their, differences ln loca
tion and competitive Influences, by
controlling the volume of the rate
from or to the points which the car
riers may be permitted to make, after
which rates at the coast and the
Interior would be disassociated ex
cept to .the extent that combinations
The publlo utilities commission of
Idaho asserts that the time has come
to "repudiate discriminations," and
says:
We believe the present system of
rate making for transcontinental traf
fic is unfair and unjust to the peo
ple of the lntertnountaln territory,
and hereby protest against the con
tinuatlon of such system.
a.
An exact rule for making transcon
tinental rates is laid down by the
transportation bureau of the Denver
Civic and Commercial association.
which has filed a brief with the In
terstate Commerce commission. Here
It let
"If the commission is to continue
to allow the all-rail carriers to try
to meet water competition at Pacific
coast points. It should allow this to
be done regardless of the rates to
intermediate points. The rates to the
intermediate points should be reason
able ln and of themselves. The only
exception to this would be where the
rail rate to the coast, plus the full
rail rate back, would cut the reason
able rate found at that point.'
The brief of the Denver Interests
contends that the rate structure should
be built up at a gradual advance from
I To taU roluma all readers of Tee Journal -era
Invited to coatrlbeta erlglaal mattar la
tory. Ia verse oc la ihllaaofelcal ebaarvatleM
atrikUs iootatkua. Croaa an source. Oo
trlbotioaa v- exceptional merit wlU be pale "
toe, at the editor a apwaleal.j - . - - t y
Call a Taxi.
He had struggled hard for half an ,
hour under, over, between, and then
within. The machine would not go. '
It was bitter cold. Tbe winter twilight
had already well advanced, and a mar- '
ciless wind, says the New fork Eve
ning Post, swept the dust from the
street directly Into his eyes, wherever .
he might turn. He stopped his work
and sat down upon the step. Suddenly
something vlvlfed him. He ran to
the store on the comer and Into the:
telephone booth, -Yes." came the ie
sponse, -this Is the Purple Taxi com
pany, and you want a car at nee et
Jdarcy and 10th T All right, air; you
shall have It within 10 minutea"
it came. Tne cnaurreur swung rrom
his seat and opened the door; then he V
looked for his fare, which was not In
evidence; out that was nothing un
usual. He sauntered over to the poor '
wretch who was trying to start bis
flivver in the cold over on the oppo
site corner. Can't make her go? Oh.
I see: wait a minute." Oolna- back to :
bis taxi, he soon returned with some 1
liquid in a bottle, which was admin
istered to the refractory motor car.
Then, with a spin of tha starter, away
It hummed. .
"Thanks ever so much." said the .
wretch. "Don't mention it." returned
the chauffeur. "Looking for a farer
"Yes." -They are probably in the
store." Whereupon the chauffeur,
turned towards the store and the
wretch turned the corner. "Must have
been a mistake by the telephone girl."
said the chauffeur, puffing on the
stray cigar which he had picked from
the counter.
Result of Test in Honesty.
For magazine purposes, Cleveland
Moffett. a magazine writer, wanted to
know if New Yorker were as honest
as he had believed them, so. says Cap
per's Weekly, he mailed 100 ft bIMs'
to a carefully selected list of 10 men
and (0 women, ostensibly wrongly ad-,
dressed. Bach envelope carried an ad
dress, which would enable the recipient
to return the money. One widely known -millionaire
was among the men who
swiped the dollar. Women were shown
to be more honest than the men, for
SS of them returned the money, but
only 11 men did so. Only one saloon
keeper came acroas, and of all the
groups of five Into which the lists'
were divided only "successful business
women" made a perfect score for honesty.
In the Long Life That's Coming.
Gall Hamilton dropped dead one day
in 119S. At least her friends thought
so. And she thought so, too. But
they were all mistaken. Bbe tells
tne Aussoun river westward on me how she found Iferseir In what apv
basis of a reasonable return for the j peered to her to be a vestibule be
service rendered until the water rate j tween two worlds, in one of which
plus the rsHl rate back prevents the ! were the so-called dead and ia the
reasonable rate rule being applied, other of which were the living. She
The brief from Denver containing i talked, says a writer In the Mlnnea
thls argument is one of several filed polls Journal, with parties of both
mendous struggles against monopoly I on the ports might reduce reasonable
and greed ln the state of Oregon.
J. PARNELL AVE RILL.
rates at the Interior.
"Taking tbe whole range of sea
competition and of sea rates, the
highest and the lowest, it Is our
contention that the rates now in ef
fect are generally warranted by the
Glad When It Was Over.
Madras, Or., Feb. 22. To the Editor
of The Journal I nrenuma th,ra ara
many like myself who were glad when potentiality or competition on jacino
the gavels fell the last time on thecow "U'R
desks of the Dresidlnar officers In tha 1 1
rSrjra? how to be healthy
eets are not advanced by the session
on the reopening or rourth section
applications covering a large number
of commodities. The Colorado Fuel
& Iron company, the big Rockefeller
concern, expresses a different view.
It is well satisfied with present ad
justments, but says that if it is again
forced out of Pacific coast markets
by the return of water competition, it
may be compelled to ask a change.
The Wholesale Grocers' exchange of
Chicago says that "reverting to a
system that would permit carriers to
assess rates based on a combination
of rail rate to the coast plus the
rate from the coast back to inter
mediate points would eliminate all
the benefits your previous decision
gave to the people of a great sec
tion, and would almoet crush the en
tire lntermountain territory."
The Fresno, Cal., Traffic associa
tion declares its geographical position
is different from that of many others
on intermediate lines, and contends
Fresno should be' granted full termi
nal rates, so It may reach distributive
territory on the seine baais with Ban
Francisco.
OopTriCkt. 1WT,
aeeu
by i.
of the last legislature. If we can't se- I SOME RULES FOR GOOD HEALTH
lect men who will not barter the peo- Here are some of the rules one
adopt a commission form of govern- Good health: Divide your time ratlon
menC It is too expensive to hire men ally between sleep, work and recrea
te serve us as legislators and then tlon. b methodical In your haMts. and
have to Invoke the referendum to lc cannot gain adequate sleep or
undo their work, recreation at one time, try to do so
The $6,000,000 bond matter, as Sen- t th earliest opportunity. Do not
ator Dimlck said, will go down, when mortgage your future health for tem
submitted to a vote of the people, by porary pleasures. Have plenty of
a big majority. All this Columbia fresh, moving air and sunlight. Do
highway business ln the state Is just not live in over-heated rooms. Do not
like a poor man's buying an automo- expose yourself to chill draughts. Train
bile. It is very nice to joyride In, but your skin to be resistant to changes
it is almost too expensive a luxury to in temperature. Wear light, porous
indulge in. The amount of benefit de- clothes. Do not overdress in summer;
rived from tourists and Joyriders will do not wear too many clothes Indoors;
nowhere near reimburse our treasury. I aeek out of door recreations and occu-
and the ambition to keep up with I cations.
Washington, California or New Tork
will bring disaster. Good roads are a
prime factor, 'tis true, ln the success
ful development of the state, but they
should be located and built as channels
uuuiu iuca.iea aura uuui mj cnanneis I ,i,, ,,, room &ch dav it will
of trad, from outlying rural di.trict. I IVllVJJJZ? ZZttJ1 1
dering mankind invaluable service
by his agitation against the war
folly.
T
AN AliARMlNO FREAK
HE LABOR PRESS clips from
the Literary Digest a lively
account of the farmers up
rising in North Dakota. The
conservative east, where no freak
ishness of this sort thrives, can
not get over its astonishment at
the North Dakota phenomenon. It
is talked about, anathematized, and
shuddered over. - The question in
moat of those staid, conservative,
unfreakish minds, is "Good gra
cious me, what if our own farmers
should cath that dread disease
from thoset wild Dakotans?"
There isp't mnch danger. The
eastern farmer is so used to doing
as he is told by the political bosses
that his brain has Become pretty
well atrophied. He has little. Incli
nation to use it and "probably
could not do much If he should try.
It is : among the earnest, thinking
farmers of the west that we mast
look for new Ideas and the courage
to apply them,
The North Dakota "disease- i is
running rapidly' through neighbor
Jefferson high school, which I sub
mitted with pleasure to The Journal,
would disclose it to be susceptible of
such deductions.
X do believe, first, with George
Washington and Wood row Wilson, ln
a "navy adequate to our enormous sea
coast. perhaps the largest navy ln the
world."
I do believe., second, with George
Washington. Senator Chamberlain and
the general staff of the united States
army. In "universal military service,"
but note the qualification in my ad
dress "for protection at home, never
for aggression abroad."
I do believe, third, in an "adequate
standing army," and, as far as I know,
there are few people except extreme
pacificists who do not believe la the
same thing. If X. understand the best
thought of the country on this sub
ject an adequate standing army
means merely a nucleus of a military
establishment, . which shall be comple
mented by the resources of tbe nation
at large through "universal military
serviceby providing this necessary
officers who can,, ln time of trouble,
speedily lick the partially trained re
sults of ' "universal military service'
Into an aggressive military power,
without going through the enormous
waste of life and : property that has
been the result of a condition of things
such as England has gone through In
the last two and one naif years.
1 do believe, fourth, in "abstention
from the great war In Europe, as an
ally on either side." Certainly this la
not either jingoism or militarism. It Is
Washington's - Farewell Address la a
sentence. ...
X cannot agree with you that Wash
to the business 'centers, thus enabling
tbe products of the farms to find the
market at a mutfh reduced cost, while
at the same time drawing from the
congested centers of population future
homebullders and produoera Good
roads so built will, Increase the state's
wealth materially, make more prosper
ous .homes and bring Independence and
happiness to thousands who are now
Breathe deeply; exercise regularly;
remember tbe muscles need a certain
amount of exercise and even lf you
indulge in IS minutes of calisthenics
Avoid overeating, and
eating of highly seasoned meats and
vegetables: do not eat too mucn meat
and eat plenty of fruit in summer.
Chew your food thoroughly; eat plenty
of coarse grains and vegetables to
avoid constipation, Avoid drugs and
avoid stimulants. Stand and walk
correctly with chest out, head erect,
stomach in, feet apart and parallel.
When sitting do .not slouch; bold you
chest out, your -shoulders at an even
elevation. Pull your stomach In; do
not restrict the circulation of blood ln
the bowel by a faulty posture.
a m
Avoid infections of the mouth, nose,
teeth, gums, throat or ear; consul
your physician or dentist so that nasal
Obstructions or diseased tissues may
be removed or treated, that decayed
teeth or infected tooth sockets may be
looked sf ter.
Do not worry; remember tbe best
way to avoid worry is not to try to
turn your mind from the subject of
perplexity but to concentrate your at
tention on something eise. Be serene,
Work, play, rest and sleep In modera
tion. ' Avoid morbid pleasures. Bathe
frequently, eat moderately; observe
regularity in eleep and exercise and
cultivate the happy habit.
Tomorrow Effects of Diseased
Teeth.
PERSONAL MENTION
Here for Dairy Show.
t -c nnwinn e KaJt laka City, in
existing only by Jobbing- around on the I ehMf ot weetern dairy Investigations
streets of our cities,
I . have never allowed my taxes to
become delinquent and have never had
to pay more to the publishers than to
the tax-gatherer, but X do consider the
publication of delinquents asa most
deplorable graft and abuse of power
?or the "department of agriculture, is
at the Portland. He is here for .the
Western Dairy Products snow.
Frank Terrace Arrives,
vnnk Terrace of Orills, Wash-,
well known King county good roads
which should have been relocated, and I km(ar. la at the Oreson. Mr. Terrace
undoubtedly would have been so treat- I has been associated wun earn vet tu.11
ed. but for the Interest of the up- I in many of his campaigns.
taxiey preaa. 1 ,1,. rwi TTsvlf1.r
T Ilka "Inderjandent-" In a late Uni, I IB AiiTca
of The Journal, shau be more careful I To investigate the Kataiia. Atasaa.
mv vnta althnnrh T nava Afmrm- I nil district. rUCe VeniUS Oi im
narded all party lines for many years. Grande, former publisher of ths La
but X sure will remember those men I Grande Observer, and A. c tiewa
of the late lawmaking body who hare I Oklahoma ou expert.
.-.i 1- .1 , . a I uuiihwaatim Alaska. They have ao-
posed upon them. I want to commend ,uired con. iderle holding.
those who have stood by ths people's to 1 '
D. A. Carlton of South Bend, Wash
t. at the Carlton.
O. -Rosenthal ana xamuy ot viynpta
are at the Peruana.
E. C. While is a caxer visitor at tne
Interests, and I hope to have many com
panions ln the effort for a better gov
ernment. . A. Jr. WWVHK.
Taxpayers Slighted.
T'ortlend. FYbw 21. To the Editor of I xcaahinaton.
The Journal Sines the Telegram nasi Dr. A. G. McDonald of Rainier Is a
bam so kind as to send all the teach-1 naat at tbe Multnomah.
era of Multnomah county a nice little I rewey Venn is registered' at ; the
invitation In the form of a letter, to I oarklns from Clatskanle.
subscribe for the Telegram for Its ef-1 v. L. Meyers. La Grands banker. Is
forts ln helping- to Teas tne tenure of I at the Oregon.
office v law, .- X would suggest . that li I Judge A. S. Bennett, attorney of Tbe
likewise send the delinquent taxpayer 1 Dalles, la at ths imperial. -
an invitation to SFUbscrlb for the Tela-1 Claude Ginina-water of Brooklyn. N.
gram for Its "gallant fight" ta retain-1 T., Orpheum headUner, la at ths Port
lnar the tax Printing- graft, iland. -.
' - - MRS. L. GREGOR. - I ; Marlon Jack of Pendleton, member
of the state fish and gams commission.
Is at tbe Imperial.
B. A. Armstrong of The Dalles Is at
the Carlton.
George J, Dickson Is a PrlnevIIle ar
rival at the Portland.
M. A. Nlckerson, Bridal Veil lumber
man, la at the Nortonia.
F. E. Roth is registered at ths Ore
gon rrom Amity.
Henry McVey of Victor. Mont Is at
toe canton.
P. S. Lucas of Corvallls Is at ths
Portland.
Arthur R. Peek of Coos Bay is at ths
Muitnoman.
W. A. Gellatly of Corrallts. sheriff
or Benton county. Is at the Perkins.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Hailing of Washou
gal are at tbe Cornelius.
W. P. Christensen of Stevenson.
wasn. is at tne cornenua
J. W. Chandler, La Grands stock
man. Is at the Imperial.
George E. Cochran is registered at
the Washington from Woodland.
W. R. Burn ham is a Monroe visitor
at the Nortonia.
Mr. and Mr a. Burton Fletcher of
Buffalo, X. xy are guests at ths Port
land.
A. Howe Is a Honolulu visitor at
the Multnomah, . '
J. Mr BdmuBsoa of Eugene Is at ths
Perkins.
Marshall P. Serafford. Walla Walla
hotelman. Is at tbe Nortonia.
Dr. Jack Olson is a Tillamook vis-
Isto at the Imperial.
Joseph Manning 1 an arrival from
Wil lamina at ths Washington-
X J, Schei Is registered, at ths Ore
gon from Salem. - "
F. A. Seufert Jr. of The Dalles Is, at
ths Imperial. . . . . ,
parts and, finally, she recovered
enough of her everyday senses to
return to consciousness, and enough
of a measure of health to write her
experiences and collect and set down
whatever else she knew, or had heard
from friends, on the matter, and
then, ln a year or so, she died the
death and is seen no more here for
ever. ,
Please don't ask me where you Can
get the book "X-Rays" penetrating '
that other world. I do not know.
Miss Dodge got out what she calleJ .
an edition de pauvrete, the , opposite
of the edition de luxe, and said she
did not want the book forced on a
careless public, but she knew that
those who wanted it would find it
somehow. I finally secured one, but
I don't lend it. It is the only one I
umvv. jicii tuv IO.IIIIIJ m.1 1 fill toyyv
stairs ana tne nouse is sun, ana one
is rather low in his mind, it makes
excellent and heart-cheering reading.
I never could understand a lack of
interest in this matter. We are going
v v w sage, saws w e w vu j 7s se. nfiu
then, if we guess right, we are going
to live somewhere else 80 odd million
years. And yet there are Job lots of
persons who have no Interest 10 ths
matter whatever! I have a x slight
curlosltv rererdlna? thaaa "nlhar man.
slona." If any one claims to know, I
hopefully and say little. But I have
achieved considerable confidence In
them and regard the future rather
hopefully. Tbla idea of carrying a
person off and burying him six feet
below the light where he can never
see Fourth street again makes no hit
wun me. some day I am going ts
write a Joyous little booklet called
Fourth Htreat in ITaavan " HTnnM
you give so cents for It? No.
A Strange Collision.
One would imagine it to be safe in
preparing a list of improbabilities, to
inciuae sucn a ming as a collision be
tween an aeroplane and a steam-roller,
rays Popular Mechanics. - A rear-end
crash of two so utterly different ma
chines seems extremely incongruous.
And yet this is precisely What occurred
not long ago at an aviation field near
Buffalo. The steam-roller was being
used on the turf when an airman at
tempted to make a landing. In doing
tnis lie either miscalculated ths rela
tive positions of his craft and the
heavy roller, or became "object struck."
tor tbe nose of tbe plans was plunged
witn consiuerame xorce aieinst ths
rear of the other machine. Fortunate
ly, no one was oaoiy injured, but tne
propeller 01 the air craft was broken.
tne lanaing gear wrencnea ana us ra
diator smashed.
Why They Like to Dance.
It's funny, remarks the Atchison
Globe, but tbe women are erasler about
dancing tnan tne men. in neany every
home in Atenison there is a civu war
raging. Ths wife is wild to accept an
invitation to a danclnr party and ths
husband says ns won t go. But ne
goes Just ths same. Bachelors grumble
about going, too. nut tney got wny
00 women cars so mucn lor aancmxT
Ons Atchison woman says "It's be-
ceues we look so wen in our party
clothes." Another woman (married)
save, "it s ts.saiy c nance we get to
Early Waking.
X love to wake at daybreak, when
More -slothful oeonle snora
And think about the plans for work
1'vs meae tne oay neiore.
I love to corns to llf s when all
The world is wrapped la sleep.
Just when Aurora's roey- revs
up toward tne senna creep.
In short, I love to wake at dawn :
And dose a while and then
Turn softly over on lay side, - '
And go to sleep again.
Somerrllls Journal. .
Unfile Jeff Snow Says:
It does look like this slaughter ef
calves ougbter stop. It seems queer
that with all the cattle growln skeerce
ns farmers go on killin' calves 'stld of
raisin 'em. Land is gltttn so high
priced that's farmer can't afford to
raise calves, and some of 'em seems
like they can't afford to raise children
no mors.
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