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THE 1 OREGON -5 DAILY JOURNAL, : PORTLAND, : TUESDAY. FEDRUARY 7. 1317. X Alt INDEPENDENT KEWSPAPXtt ' , JACKSON.., . .PoblUhar frblhbd every day, aftersoea sd Bonlat leaeei at Ba4ay atteraeo at lb I'-oUdinr, Broadway and Tamil Ul etreefa. fort la do, ur. Catered at tt postof fie at Poet! and. Or., for -.-tratuBlMtou Uuwugk fa mail, aa eeeoad - ! matter. - TELEPHONES - Mala 7173; Bona, A-60S1. AII epertaeBta reached by tbaaa aampera. '.' Teli - U operator svbat . teputantt Tw : waat. tT'KEIOJC J.DVERTMISO REPRESENTATIVE . fieajaaitn Kant nor Co.. Braaewlck Bldg. "229 ruu At, New Xork. 121 People' - Use biin.. Caleaeo. - - fcbeerlptloa terms by mail or to any address k la the (Jolted States or Mexico: DAILY (MOBNINU OB AKTERNOOJT) -Oaa year. ....... 3.00 ) One month....... .60 SUNDAY Oaa year.. A.... IJiO One month. ....... .21 DAILX (M0BNINO OR ArTEBNOON) AND SUNDAY Oaa yr........$T.SO I Oaa month I .83 United we starx" divided we fall. . Gouverneur p. Morrli. IP UNDIVIDED 0' S MARCH 4. 1861. a little more than a month before Sumter was fired upon, Abraham Lincoln, In his first Inaugural address, said: I eho.ll take care that th laws of th Union be faithfully executed In il th states I trust this will not taken as a menace but only as the Will constitutionally defend itself. In -doing this, there need be no bloodshed ; or violence, and there shall be none unless it be forced upon the national authority. We are not enemies but friends.. We must not be enemies, TOU . CAN have NO conflict WITHOUT BHilJNU IUUKit,ljYC.a THK AOGRESSORS. T" Yesterday, in an address to' con egress. President Wilson said: - Z am not proposing or contemplat ing war or any steps that need lead to it. I merely request that you will accord me bjr your own vote and def- inlte, bestowal the means and author- lty to safeguard in practic the right La reat peop,e, wh0 re at T and who are desirous of exercising none but the rights of peace to fol- Jow th pursuits of peace In quietness ana good win rights recognized time out of mind by all civilized nations of the world. f No course of my choosing or of their will lead to war. WAR CAN PflMH nVT.V BV THTB1 WTTWtTr. ACT8 AND AGORESSIONS OF I OTHERS.. It is thus that two American presidents In time of great rrffcls have spoken to the American W gress. The meaning of their iflin guage la identical. No war will be sought. America will have ho war unless some other nation is the aggressor. ' -.Following the illustrious exam ple of Lincoln, President Wilson could dd no less than he has done in his request to congress yester day. Lincoln said, "I shall take care that the laws of the Union -shall be faithfully executed," and 'l trust this will not be taken aa a menace." r ; Declaring his purpose to protect American rights and lives, Presi dent Wilson said In yesterday's ad- dress. "I wish to feel that the au- i- thorlty and the power of the con- .uuttvy anu tuo power oi tne con- gress are behind me in whatever it "we are jointly the servants, ot we are jointly the Bervants. Of m .People and must act together." gnd that "I am not proposing or contemplating war Or any Steps that need lead to it." The president's proposal is sound. Bean bill. Naturally. It was doubt- -discover it until many weeks after- are doing better work today, in propor It clothed by congress with the I ward. Even the attorney eeneral tlon to money spent, than the state col- thority he asks, he would be Amer- v- .v-e viioio nuu umwu front. To the imperial German government, he would b t"ne voloj . . - and spokesman of the congress and th. people of the United States. There can be - no guarantee of peace. But Woodrow Wilson with the congress and the people back ci mm would be the strongest pos- bi Die guarantee againBt unneces sary war. ; Germany's hope of pursuing ruiuiess suDmanne warfare with- out nnionunate consequences to ; herself is a divided America. She . wants ' no 'war with the .United States. She has all the enemies She can cope with. The moral weakening she would suffer before the neutral world by dragging t7va, miv mo vvuiuvb wuuia ere more coBtiy to her than a succea- SlOn Of heavy defeats alone the western front. f An undivided America can give Strength and power to President Wilson'a renreaenfrton. i, n. fl" .. . - -T au IX a divided "America would be an im- I.MMI.. . ,a.wa.Vt uu vwu.uiuus reuiaeiii . w it n i na i irrn n n r n n nni iaf vm that the president yesterday made his Lincoln-like plea to congrefs. 'I merely request that yon will accord me br. vonr nwn vnt anil rw-nlt. hel uwiuuo owwwai toe means ana authority to safeguard in . practice the right ot 'a'; great people who . t. - c - r - , are At Pacand who are desirous . ot exercising none but the rights of peace to follow the pursuits ot life, and it is not the American I The amazing feature of me leg-jthcmlvea for, their present oondltiou, 1 1 hi -country that are trying to kaepl Th Mle Campbell, of Waablng peace in iruietness and good will j ideal. It Is something novel to islature's action Is that the Oregon f f or thZ, Sownr their th naUon. and th rich are tearing I ton, d. C on the orpheum circuit, are .-v.. ... . . . r .s .Tel I "ature a acuon is mar. mo vreguu saocessful superiors. They have the'r 1 1 ?. ih.. M mnn ma t th Portland. - mu recogiusea time oui ot mma by a.11 civilized nations of the world" isj a sentence from Presi- dent Wilson's address, that -will im- nraaa v his ronntrrmon - and that 1 should be an appeal to the imagl- nation and to the conscience of every European ruier ana peopie. i GAME PRESERVES T HE game preserve where Ed- win uouia jr. all this '"asking why." all this not this continued opposition- by shot himself tbe other day questioning of authority, all this the Oregon legislature to the gov lies two miles from Jekyl in-nnvM.at indennn.m . rJ.MiM-tM.it-. islandGeorgla. It la a large tra-t J of land used solely for protecting Wild beasts during the closed sea son and hunting them during the open season. No vulgar persons are permitted to loiter upon the premises or disturb the game. 6nly the Gould family and their wealthy.frlerids enjoy the privilege which resulted BQ fatally to young u WiU' . The Gould game preserve is one of many such areas which our idle millionaire families have bought up in the pleasant regions of the . , rm. n , .1 south. There are many more 141 favored spots along the Atlantic I coast between Maine and Florida and many more west of- the Mis sissippi. Oregon, distant as it I from the seats of the mighty, con tain art mo nrinta-nma nroanrvpfl I k w - from which the public is sedulous- ly excluded. I The idle owners of these sacredly guarded domains have so mu:h J money that they can usually ner- i i t i I ouauo icKiaiaiuico tu uaaa aijausi i any trespass laws they desire. ji i i tie by little they have enlarged their feudal authority and fenced off the public until they have be- j come genuine territorial lords. " When William Rockefeller was amassing his enormous game pre serve in the Adirondack mountains of New "irk, he completely sur rounded a stiff-necked farmer who would not sell to him, closed all the roads and removed the post- office to the Rockefeller mansion. In the end, the wicked farmer could not Step off his own gittle piece of land without ;ommiHing trespass. Naturally Rockefeller got f , . . lne rarm at nls own Prlce' iu small farmer must always give way to the magnate These enormous game preserves include in their total a consider able fraction of the best land in tbe United States. When we add to them the cultivated domains of the Taft family in Texas with hun- dreds of other such private realms in Texas, California and elsewhere. it becomes a little disquieting to j" , " " , "& " think how rapidly feudalism Is ad- vancing upon US. .... Of course, withheld from cultivation. no iuqu is permuiea 10 grow upon a. V a . J . 111. 1 A. . I mem except tor wua animais. hu- man habitations are excluded ex- cept for the ramekeeDers and mil- Honaire owners. In all essentials. these great holdings repeat in the United States the British system of baronial land ownership. We know what, the effect of that system has been in England. It has consecrated the land to the pleasures of the rich and cut down food production until England's population must buy food abroad or starve. It is her system of land monoDolv for the sake of million-I j. , . 7,. - tll7 places England in peril of the German submarine. With the same causes in opera tion here we must look for the same effects to follow. Tf our I .; n lands fall more and more "l tlon of food wiU inev'itably dimin- I firm of fooo will inavitahW oimi trfh thA nmB,,tlm ,naa JT" ,A tne population lose its Vigor and impendence, and American fJ u IZtZ8 i land wlll 11T,orHvatArt In W.P our "Sw v" pienty ot game to nunt Th nrP,nia. i, riof-now dTt my hayelrSS nn the hill. Tt haa been on ih .Ma of v,. Mn,o n i . v.. I,,.. tuuuuveiDJ UClWea mo raiiroaa and the people It has always been lS!tX hand in the Dreoaration of the "midnight resolution" of which the supreme court decision said, "the interest and hope expressed seem a prayer against the government's contention." "The ass knoweth his owner and the ox his master's crib. CATCH EM YOUNG 0' F AN Import singularly sinis ter are the efforts now so persistently made . ln some quarters to poison the minds I ui ovuuvi tuuui cu wiui uu - Amen - can jingoism. That these ill-omened efforts Wear a thin diseuise ofU.hnaen Innet-' Hrr-le Informed . tn w I "patriotism" and are carried on in the name of Washington and other revered historic characters does nnt maV lham K-t tf I "vua waj WUIilVli 1 Shakespeare were alive today he 1 U 1 v iv. wvu tan not i nniv nnnrr rvi rr tv ta v o ahiim -i The raid of the jingoes on the public schools has a perfecUy defi- " " 9 vurpose. abu tuai purpose 13 not the national defense. Ta.r from I it Th. TTniiari sfa. v.. I"" ZT.ZZ "Ta ""fc to sucn a pass yet mat It needs to rob the schoolroom in order tn I T .7 . : " I out its armies. The nnmoaa nf the, Jingoes Is to fix in thx minds of the young a certain ideal of . ' - tnis country ana intensely un- American. They have imported it from Europe. ... The Ideal ot lite which they seek, to lmnnen nnnn the halnlAaa school children 1. that of dociIery servile, unquestioning obedience to authority. The genuine . American spirit questioner investigates, and, if -: there is need of it; resists, as teaches. The Jingoes want to stop They want mechanical-minded tools, not self-active citizens. , To transform the nation into a mass of besotted slaves they fol- low the old maxim, "Catch 'em young." "Give us the child up to the age of sevens" said certain old theologians famed for cunning, "and we don't care what von do Wm later The jingoes seek control of the children in the years while their minds are plastic. For tney know that no later teaching can then undo the work of mental ani moral enslavement. Tt mav he added that there are amateur jingoes whose purposes are not so abandoned as are those of the professionals above de scribed. -. dam n innf1ltf it.) v a v u uato vvui.aa.v ' out being yourselves the aggress- ore," said President Lincoln, speak- ing to the south in his first in- augural. "War can come only by the wilful acts and aggressions Of .u n...M. tirn.n. i uiuci d, im a -oav..u u n av,u ma auuicoo iu tuugicoo ;caiciu,;. STRANGE HISTORY W HEN the "midnight resolu tion" was slipped through the 1915 legislature, a hearine of the land CTant, case was about to take place In United States supreme court. That case was a forfeiture pro- seeding brought by the attorney general of the United States on or- ders from congress. Congress or- derert the suit hroneht In resnonso dered the suit brought in response iw a memorial iroui me vrtfiuu legislature of 1907, which said: Your memorialist most respectfully asks that the congress of the United States be and hereby is requested to enact such laws and take such steps by resolution, or otherwise, as may be necessary to compel said railroad company to comply with the condi tion of said grant, and to enact and declare some sufficient penalty for non-compliance therewith by way of forfeiture of the grant, or otherwise, in the wisdom of congress may seem best. The 1907 Oregon legislature took this action in response to the strong demands of the neonle of Strong oemanas 01 tne people or Oregon. I For Several years, tbe railroad had refusCd to sell in acre of the lands to anybody at any price. It nad violated every term of the erant act It had sold land to . v.,,,...;.-. for sneculative rjuroosea. The nro- cess was retarding settlement. It . ... . , , , was holding back State develop- menc ; a . ' The granges of the State passed , ...u. . uciixtttiiiiuB, luiiciiure ol the grant lands. Chambers Of com- mut say that they have been a good creJlter portion of the mor produc merce protested. City councils de- . .1. by .r?.l!V . .. tiv Dart a harbor for weeds and manded action against the railroad. County courts petitioned. Boards nr rrana nemannn notion At a . . .... . isieai ineeung oi representatives ox, Oregon enterprises held at Eu- gene there was vigorous protest . against the railroad's conduct with the lands. Tn ne- Am " ucmUUJ the Oregon people and the memorial the state legislature, congress v. if"u - torney general of the United States Ltv" . . . U , ! 1 forfeltore s"lt vJust ing in the supreme court, the 1915 ing in tne supreme court, the 1915 ; session passed the "midnight reso- lution." Few members knew that it had passed. The public did not d n0t.knW "T Under the lclu, iwuiuuuu, ue was ui- rected to KO to Washington and re- nnest that the lands he Vent on a-. the Oregon tax rolls. His atten- "on was first called to the resolu- on oy uus Moser on tee streets of Portland. The supreme court, in its de- cision, tells us what the "midnight resolution" was intended for. Its explanation of the resolution is that "the interest and hope ex pressed seem a prayer against the government's contention." Being a prayer against tne government s contention" It waa nhvlnnalv , . t,j, prayer in favor of the railroad s uuuieuuua. ii seems umamuDia that a state-legislature would do such a thine, but the 1915 leeisla- i cure Ola It, fllu It Dy SteaitH, aid It by joker, did it with none hut a I vw mm v what was eoine on. In 1917. another case is about to be heard in the sunreme court . . 1 III W 11 It 11 LilV in wnicn me government ana me railroad are orfnosed to each other, railroad are 1 .ITT 7. - . . . . . a iYT tne legislature nas openly i r a . . t j I BU3 KUTC1 aUUCUat VillJ V UwJO a7 fore the hearing of the" case In the high court, the Oregon legislaturo by passing the Bean DUI ey&ciarerl that mnrrM. hrl n rlrht tn n . -x ".ra. elves the excesa proceeds of the l -n i.n- v v.i. : A I oMrman in nnnn Biajn;a, uu .v.v. I e,"a yw. v,vBv. " rigatlon. Oregon roads and Oregon Ind lMtriii,u schools. ! i D - : louick? Allopathic doctor, can toan s!T leelslatnre seems to have more con- fidence in the railroad's title to the grant lands than the railroad itself 3 has: for the railroad- for - .. " - . mnr , than ) nrinr ic 1 Pas act, had s own " title that it refused ' to par .taxes on the grant lands, notwith standing the 'severe penalty 5 that What is to be the end May the supreme; court to decide In favor of the railroad? If, as represented by the leglsla- turethe people of Oregon do not want half of the 944,000.000 worth of grant lands put in large part into the Oregon irreducible school fund, why should the high court lone bother nhont rivtnv th& mil. lions, to the people ot Oregon? Letters From the People ( Communications sent to The Journal for publication la thia department should be wilt- " i vn raiy unc IN, UL IUQ DIBIT, HTON JPUl etreed aoo word, in leneth Vnd moat be h. rompaiuea oy me nasi ana eaareea oi ui aeuder. If the writer doea not dea're to bare the same published ha abonld'ao state. Normals and Certificates. SItkum, Or., Feb. 24. To the Editor of The Journal If the vote last fall on the normal school proposition, means an y thi H u fnaftpfj that Quite a larEe majority of the peopi of Oregon do not take much stock in normal schools, t ar-k a.a a- . rr v. - i vote proves sjiother thing that many neoDle do not take stock In the resolut- tno - of thn "rtiKntnrn" an nni- 'priu- I " - i tKi irr.. t tutnoflio f normal avi in th foottT th "edurit- n.Ae i ..a i rp n.oni. V- AVI COUlUtllitS- A. y'Vyie I pricked th "educators' " balloon. Those . . .... ..I who wer interested in keepuitr tw A i w iu. w I the Monmouth normal, promised that four cent. In the $1000 would be all 'b show how much their word was good for. Th writer of this voted for an east ern Oregon normal at the last two elec- ern Oregon norntal at the last two elec- tions, not becaus the normal school cuts much ice. but that there might be chance to have a normal school in Oregon 8tand nn ,ts merltSj not on the skill of the loir roller. If the laws of this state were not made to favor the Monmouth normal it would fall down The law says that a "normal school graduate" may teach in any grammar school, or in a one year, two year or three year high school in Oregon, with out examination. Further on th law says: , "Provided, that he shall receive a life state certificate authorizing him i i . v. 1 w ,11 auijr oijuvio vi kills Biair, I upon the completion of two years' work in a standard college or university; pro vided, that if at any time the course of study of the Orezon normal school meets th requirements of standard colleges, then the graduate of the " ut' normal echool ahaU recelVe , nfe .tat certificate entitling him to teach "In -"wl " "tZitllut XIL S'L S! granted without examination to appli- cants who have completed four years' work In an accredited high school, or nih.r ,i,hii.j 4ntn, ,n . , , other accredited institution; provided. applicant snau nave completed in BUf.h high school or accredited institution." ri Xoir.- or .,ni7r,lVt:Q- I ii wucbcb) wi uiiiirraiuei mjr re I celve a one year certificate to teach in . . . ... I any nign scnooi in mis state.' ir than t a nv nth,, n.r-tif lt. t.., . i. . 1 r i " T. . . ' I "".1U- uon tn county scnooi superintendent quiremenis or stanaara colleges, thenli"!, , . i.h.rii, tr.. e graduates shall receive a life state m v.v.i m muj atuuw in i this state." a graduate tram a. utannaro roii-. or unfvI ey.,fyea5 cr"flcat shall be Is- ., t..oh onl In 1,1.1, 1 l I of thl. iut. TbVlaw glw VA in the "training class." That certifi- oaf hnlH.r ma t..on In .v., I lr7 .tiu nV to 7h f our-Viar hiVh school. It la t!m tnr tVi nlt.n.nl , . i . "I r.r '"1'". . .""".""".. sn77i ZA 2 agaln9t theM treacherous certff iclte V r? noVnDade f0P mait?.0.lshupJh " " VT, " ZJ, " ' recronman a llf state certificate to teach in any chool In this sUte. i:rl7'llri SSJff" lZffl lamett university and McMinnvilie college, have made and are making rec- ords ln teaching men and women the i.. thlna-a of llf. for nrnloH th-. . . ,houid Mem honor instead of ti S V . r- .V"1-. th making of laws to handicap their graduates. Those pioneer colleges whose presl- dent9 and teachers tolled that the youth might be taught, and knew not from whence the money would come to Duy .tne rood for their families and themselves, as well a Reed institute, whose teaching fore has not experi enced. me laca or runas, must see their graduates degraded. In the eye of the iaw, mat tne school maehine "educa tor or Oregon may get entertainment and amusement, like "Helen's Babies." wanting -to see th wheeia o ono'- , ROBERT A. EASTOV From the Drugless Standpoint. , - "i""" rcuano. eo. zz. to the Editor of ra9 journal At a meeting of the V, allcAl society yesterday Dr. .' """ aavisea tn gen xierrieTin harder and kn b.rM v. nr rvtswiioi v M v a. 110 mor because th variou choois 0?..quK 7eaars were making f"ous inroaos on medical Incomes. Hrr Doctor is right, They are An i they, are going to Lie men? lT or2 rln,u an o.n-j- Txr-K. Z.Z - oU7T7.1 i.nt V . J. w -aaaai a, a rSturooahiotorehiIZi,,U nh? fre5 ctn th reauitsTb ckm ror yourself which Is the "quack. " , thl- country will be pop- Look over th daily mortality llatsl?!!.6 L th. -m d count the "died after an operation" victim. ,rThen 'look up some of th. toiurh. tn.Urhie o.i.e. atandnoint of -neiRntifimaHM..- that dally come from the ''quack" drug - - -5 -- ' ; ... 1... aoofoea' offo.. A J 7, w m. c-v aim . wen, he r,rmmi r,,n . .o..;. theories, vaccine and serum atineratl - Uon and surgical deloaion. They kill, poison and cripple, whU their uimra woiarMan8Brm,lt de It la. D. u. JTCArrERi, Ttim.thiT run ts city councils - and ; ' L . Their lesson is a .bitter one, ana b more o, for unless they begin to learn bow to Car people hydration! antf natural method and abandon their present useless and senseless methods they will soon he out of business en tirely, for what the people do not vol untarily do to them will be done to them hy law. ' .There is room for all good schools of healing and the people must retain their constitutional right to choose the healer of their choice, or none at all. as they see fit. Dr. Soramer should not call good doctors "Quacks' be cause they differ, from him and plea the people better. e people oetier. As for publicity, the column f r I esteemed mornlns comemporary 1 i , .iti.j . t .a i vr TmnA "t o 1 uanjr iw ' . .. .V . r riv forsxitten. tomorrow, wnue im apparently hopeless cases made by the I drucrleaa men are never mentioned. ANDREW T. WILLIAMS. Germany and Democracy. Portland. Feb. 16. To the Editor of The Journal It seems strange to Americans that with the growth of lib erty In France, Great Britain. Italy and Belgium, and with the development I of eovernment ownership or puonc i utilities and the agitation of the Social Democrats In Germany for real rep resentative government, there Is ao little headway made In Germany In the attainment of liberty. Poultney Blgelow and other writers I .tn narma lrtsitar 1. riMLT ifennanv not exist either as a nation or as a people. There are- Bavarians, Wurtem- buraers. Hessians, Saxons, 01 Danes and the Rhenish people, dui the 111 TROTS Ol tTTUSSia TU1S Weill all with the military caste The combined ana vanea peupiea are inl- nnt unanimous ... ffha tiate any movements for Uberty Tne -.1 v.. V As-i nrmanv I OVA IlD i DUllVHCi" rtv and have made some feeble er forts to secure It. and to ex tend their art. literature, ana "" Frussian muitarism suueo. ait forts and has built up a s?f confederation of states and people. which has been named Germany, or tne 1 i German empire. A an Instrument or f-. ..m I liberty the relchsug la an lrldeacent arera" . , . r-,o Tn Social Democrats of Germany hs.v. always been a thorn In the "id or tne Kaiser. x ney iiavo I that the reichstag be a real represents- tlve assembly with th power to init- late -and carry tnrougn measures. siu to act as a check on the upper council. Rut nothlne- comes of it. Since tne war the military power is supreme and mar tial law has superseded all civil pro cesses. If the undaunted spirit of some of th Social Democrat leaoers is in dicative of the spirit of revolt against tne monarcniai ruio vi - . . . . whole body of Soc ,1a Democrat-, the latter will certainly inoculate th men In the trenches with the spirit of revolt. AMERICA FIRST. The Vacant Lot PeriL Klamath Falls, Or., Feb. 17 To the Editor of the Journal It has gener- 1 l.? supposed that most of the AtlXi iana in Oregon lies east of the Cascades, but If we are to taK a re- Ut editorial of The Journal for evi- , ni,n4 rr it. size, con- taln, more wast land than any other f th -tatfc Four-fifths of Pari ot vuo " portlan. i8 a wilderness, given up to ... broktn bottles, a play-1 ground for dogs that disturb the quiet v, onn nnn hirhi valuable but non-producing vacant lots oui l ,,n aaa in all "6X,'?0 in.llt itn una in all A. I. I a I lilv Th farmer who would cuitivat . i. ht &cra and wear t I""' " . ... Mmaelf out trying to raise crop o i the noorest land he could find on nis whl!a ,.vlnit uncultivated th jackrabblts would be considered a anions of landlordism and our preju- ji . Kro..r aca it aonears , ii i,v unnmd RWU uus""" v J . citlleM out on the edge of the desert " I oay. lowtien mv, ' k,y killlnar one another off. would be w-ranA work- and matmlflCent CUTCS Oil. ' nrr, M,Tini latu. greatest danger arising from . tory of the vacant lot. in Port- L "A"' ,71T."" " 7' 'ana. "d rorua.no . ?f Pr'v.an !w.n-e?- " .fV' f.a"c"no "X "' ;: 'nVicV-. . .. ...me, ri rh nno. i....,-... - v Som hav been boycotting eggs, tne i just now making a vigor- 00.r"aaaUH swinst the del nquent SSf rltTJtS Si spead over five times the area it ougnt Si of Irylnr on trade Vacant lots Increase th cost of ronatructlnr and maintaining streets and sidewalks, water mains and lights, without contributing to their support. The owners may pay taxes, but tne lot, being vacant, can yield nothing; hence the money to pay taxes must come from effort elsewhere. It Is more costly to deliver produce where the haul must pass four vacant .. - r lot to rch on rsidence' Carfare SSSSTJ? wher one value. Is It surprising that taxes become delinquent when one-fifth must carry the burden of all? Is it surprising that men should turn to grart wnen useful. Industry is so handicapped? Yet ther are men who uphold the pol icy which maintain the vacant lot. who believe land speculation is sound business policy, men who would put in nrison those who speculate in food, but themselves ar well satisfied to speculate in tne wurco nwu , iiv all wealth must com. FRED W. HYNDMAN. Sees Peril in the Alien. Hubbard. Or.. Feb. 13. To the Edl- TAurnal I see ther Is a r 7" . " Kon famiii.. from muvciuv v r, --- -- . p,iffium to southern California ana to ...... t ...t . i v.ll.v T tl-ifnk- locate mem m --' - those people had better iook arouna little and help the poor 01 tnis country before going across the water to get a lot more paupers, as we hav got more paupers now man w can keen. Look at the people in New "eeP- " 1' .for r..lh.!T V foreigners in Biwmsnta.rs urvusut over here and dumped on the public trv wanvil wn. vino of . oonntrv will wa have ft 200 year from now? The way peo- I . !. .i, -n n. -ton I V..n, wTth thi dark races, and 1 m u8 I V . . -rr. ; 1 13 zuu year xrom now. in is wan 1 on- of.h.M r one-ht for. and I . - . . 7 " . . ' i .ftAttifl nor Mv. f A m w T jiiuii ar inr r what kind of law we shall make. It . the poor peopl Of I " ,."'.T. I 'r .V. .... 1 muiki t r r. oa nor a. w m noni una auiy v me svuci o 1 velop this country In' a day w havei (a thousand year yet for our children I SMALL CHANGE - In the North sea lived a whale, hut it he' still living there, he's a dandy. r The pork barrel would not be so bard to get rid of if tha queal could he eliminated first. ' With, a seed cataJora you can flx- ure the high coat Into a cocked hat with S worth of seeds. But the 6J Two more days and the exciting- an nual contest between tbe lion and the lamh a to which shall take which end of . March will be decided. Whenever the "U-boat claims' are nresented they will make the "French epoliatlon claims" and the "Alabama claims" look like the interest on SO cents. 4 e XI While the Kuropean pacifists ara all mim to run sway with the Nobel peace prise. There Is a quiet but powerful ser mon in the fact that, though our army r-nm. nut at Mexico without Villa. our ambassador goes in in spite of Villa. Defeat without victory Is what President Wilson Proposes for Ger M pjace with victory would mean to many. It means as much to America cue entente. Between small ixjtatoea and few In a hill, on one side, and big potatoes and many in the warehouse, held for high price, on the other, thi way of the spudeater is inaeea nara. Ixn- after calories and vitamins have crumbled into dust, man will con- of palatable and nutritious grub. PRESIDENT A READY-MADE DICTATOR From the Boston Globe. Febraary lO. . Four days ago we may have hoped that the Oermans would not sink merchant ships without warning They have now removed any doubts on that acore. American lives have been destroyed, and, technically, it appears aa If th "overt act" specified in the president' speech to congress had occurred, although tne presiaeni from plunging the natTmto w Jon a technicality. War ...,. t m.k. tha.n to unmake, and T - " a..... ,i 1, If it 1 wise to make haste slowly It Is wUer to make war slowly. 11 1 q wh&t ft muUltudo of consldera- wiser to make war slowly. It 1 tions the responsible head of the Amerlciin people is obliged to weigh Mon AcMng hiB aed.jon. He must j.o consider all possible means I removln the 0f b w other than our tribulations by way other than war. Such meas ures are evidently now being consid ered In Washington. Meantime it is the part of prudence all this time to prepare for the worst, and President Wilson awoke one morning this week to realize that h is not only chief executive of th United State civil government, but commander-in-chief of tbe army and navy a well. Whereupon history repeated Itself. He put on his hat and mad a walking tour of th state, war and navy oe partments; and out of the past rose the gaunt shape of uncoin, wrapped m hi old ahawl, stalking along under me tree, in in ara osuri 01 turbulent administrations, on his way to haunt the telegraph offlc of the war aepsnaiwu For whatsoever may be th moves- diplomat l economic, financial, naval, military which the United States is about to make on th international chess board, the president's will be the hand that propels the pieces. m Through two and one half , . . . .,n,.. tarlan species of town meeting. The m,ilni hl 1 1 iira.wbiLrkfl. aa none realized more acutely than the British. t ..in. opi.e. Mfnmui .w.n- " " " 1 . . . ping or norses in miasiream, ana finally a complete ministerial over- turn, were necessary before Britain brought forth Lloyd George as dicta tor. But In the president, the United States has, If the need arises, a dicta tor ready made. Incompetent general have been a HOW TO BE Crrr-x-iO 1wdaouu . ... . .in t..i.'y.no -ytt r,Tcr a c-c-r ttx.-t-vt failure to take proper care of th teeth is not a toothache, the loss of one or several teeth, or even a dental abscess. These are troubles that mav etusa mlserv er discomfort but the I ( i l . . i ... . k"""i - - ------ laws or gums is that or tne jnrection they spread through th. body. This infection may aiiect tne ne&rx or ire kidneys, or the Joint or the body Formerly it was thought the ill ef lects or tne uentat aoacess were uuc stream. Tll knSwn ."ffi bacteria migrate Into outside tissues through the blood and lymph streams. in affections of the joints the germs clog and obstruct the small blood ves tels, interfering with the nutrition r,t the Joint tissue, causing deformity and enlargement as in so-called arthritis deformans (chronically de formed Joints), a well as in acute In flammation, such as rheumatic fever. Among diseases caused by Infected Ainva ,- , tooth socket, and cured or improved fnUnTth.'toh fuTcnaT orranic heart disease and acute ani chronic kidney disease. Indeed the germs may affect almost any part of PERSONAL MENTION Visiting Shipbuilding Plants. David M. Reld, a New York ahlp broker, is at th Multnomah. He is visiting coast shipbuilding plants. Gilman at Portland. . Fred H. Gilman of Seattle, western representative of the American Lum berman, i at th Portland. John H. Lewi of Salem, tat engi- n..r i. .t the Portland 1 . , -,fcifc. ilaaVa w. a. vneigie w ' I i. ih, rirlton. - oa.a i .1 i jrrana v. jicviuh.,. i estate man. i i iuo a y L. C. Thompson or wiw. ger of the Thompson estate. 1 at the Wail tflWi Captain Milton emun 01 xtsmuw . , " TI," V ' 'Kle..t.rad at th. Cor- u. I neliu. from Biivanon. I nn T Harper 1 I J.rkaonvllle, Or- at the Cornelius. George S. Craig and Joyce ' Craig : are Enterpft visitor at the Multnoman. I vV . R. Lewis of Echo is a guest I . n- nariton. I IL J. 8chulderman of Salem, artata , -t tD- I . mpwiai. Harry G. Larson. Boise mining man. I . 7 .Z I..I. I ! BLE 11 VI fcv,.,. Nortoni. J. F. uupin, F. Gilpin. Aton conxrior, w I at th Oregon. i " 1 1. an Albany visitor I ar. u, s " - I .t the farlton Joseph Maurale of WHlamln is at the Prkh. v ' ; " - , v . ..v -1 'jona irunea is rtui i m ' : ' " " - OREGON SIDELIGHTS . Crater Lake's oldest this winter has been lour below sero, with only seven feet of . snow at park beadquat- ters at the time the present eioroi began, as against 12 feet last wlnie. John T. Bell, one of th safest and sanest and at, th same time most pro gressiva ot Oregon a newspaper eai tors. has sold hi paper, tbe Kiewborg fcn.terprle. to S. 8. now, who eomea from Colorado with 13 years' experi ence as a publisher. Mr. Bell, it is stated, will locate at Seattle, Wash. Refusing to taae Old Man Winter seriously, the Forest Grove News Times in Its last issue says: "Alter nate sunshine and snow flurries have made th past week one of rather ex citing nature. But with all the evi dences of spring fin the air, its cornlUA cannot be long delayed. This morning brought one of the heaviest snowfall of the season but we rtiH believe Spring Is close behind Old Man Winter." "There is a spfenid opportunity in Joseph" asserts the Herald, '"for in vepwnent. Thin statement applies wil'i fullest force in the matter of resi dence needs. Many obsolete nouses. replete wltn ciscomcoris. are tenamea now at figures that would pay ampi interest upon the necessary outlay to the construction of modern homea." Spring chansonnette in Vale Enter prise: From remark made in most of our exchange and from rumors of a Cleanup day a-comln' and from the appearance of new lamblets in the cor rals and puppies in the back yard and greeting from Mr. Redbreast in the branches and strain of Kaster mtwia from choir practice and by reference to the almanac we Infer that spring ha been hilled out but its arrival w.ll depend some upon whether it la hipped by parcel poat or by freight. harassing embarrassment to England. t r, Asquith, when premier, hesitated to force changes which everyone knew needed to be made, for fear of their untoward political effect. In a like predicament an American president can do as Lincoln did with th in competent generals of th 'CQs hire and fire according aa they succeed or fail. England's defense of th realm act ha resulted in th temporary repeal of the right of habeas corpus. Tbe power of the president in war time is our defense of the realm act. His power is absolute. The United States, when threatened by external aggres sion, goes automatically under one man rule. Some of us may ask if thlu Is not perilous to a demorcacy, whether It doea not make the president become a despot, a czar. He does become a czar with these important distinc tions: His is not a life Job, nor even necessarily a four year tenure of of fice. He is primarily a civil, not a military, official, and he holds his offlc by the choice and will of the civil population. Napoleon ran away with th dictatorship of France, but France, when he did o, had enjoyed barely a dozen years of republican ex istence. The king habit was still strong. After our Civil war cam a dread of "Caesarism" on the part ot a eeneral-presldent. but one of the most remarkable feats of the Civil war was that we came through that period ot absolutism In government without having a military dictatorship saddled on us. Supreme as is our president's power in war time, it would be more danger ous not to vest such authority lu him. For when centralization of power be comes a public necessity the best way to avoid its usurpation is to hand It over to the responsible officer and then hold him to account for his stewardship. The alternative 1 to have someone take th power unto himaelf. That President Wilson would wield such supreme authority ''cautiously and responsibly, every official act In his public record abundantly tectlfle. Hl moderation and reticence in the present crisis are more Impressive than all the bluster of all th scao bard rattlers. HEALTHY CocrrlfBt, 11T. by 1. Keeiey. the body; even pneumococcl, the gern a of pneumonia, are found in Infected gums and tooth sockets. These germ when breathed into the lungs may at tack th lung tissue or other tissues when on catches a cold or is in a lowered state of health. The physical condition, especially the oxygen sup ply, in the regions in which these micro-organlstns or germs ar first bred, as in th tooth socket, or nose cavities, seem to determine ln large measure their elective affinity or dis position to attack other organs of the body. Migrating freely, as they do, through the tissues, they are enabled to penetrate organ such as th stom ach, heart, kidneys, appendix or gall bladder, and they may, if one is not ln an otherwise healthy condition, start up disease in their new location, e e The first thing to do. to avoid di eased tooth conditions, is to hav th mouth surgically clean and wholesome. By this is meant that on must not only brush th teeth properly and fro- quently and eat clean wholesom food. but that any diseased condition of th 'ceth or Jaws should be early detected and removed by one' dentist or by a surgeon, if necessary. Tomorrow Avoiding Overweight. Multnomah from Harrison Hot Springs, B C- C. W. Frank of Manila, P. I, Im at the Imperial. A. L. Clark of Rainier, county Judge of Columbia county, 1 at the Cor nelius. George A. Wheeler Is registered at the Nortonia from Tampa, Fla. Dr. and Mrs. John J. Buckley of Missoula. Mont., ar guests at the Portland. W. L. Haskell and J. M. Carpen ter, Cherry Orove lumbermen, ar at th Portland. T.-P. Cfoee of Wall Walla is a guest at the Imperial. Dr. H. A. Wall of Tecoma Is at the Multnomah. Edward Murphy of Yacolt, a well known logging man, is at the Oregon. J. M. Force is registered at tbe Cornelius from Monmouth. 11. L. Balrd of Davis. Cal., is at the Portland. 11 a is connected with th agricultural college of the University of California. J. H. McCune Is a Moro arrival at th Perkins. Mrs. George W, Klger of Tillamook la a guest at th Washington. T. L. Sherod I registered at th Washington from Fallwatar. Anologlcally Speaking. From tn Taeoma Tribune. Th kaiser should b treated a burglar, aays T. R. All right. W all know wher he is. He' barricaded himself in his house, and the police seem unable to get nearer than th front walk. A I lardy Perennial. From tbe lMJaoaooU Mew. It awful hard to get away from crim In these day. Some economiats have declared that poverty cause crime, and now th New York polio commissioner, says that proprity doe th ame thing. . :. .-- Rag Tag ancj B ot tail Stories From Everywhere ITe thia eohuaa an reader of Th doaraal are lavlted te oa tribute orlaiaal matter 1 . . atory, la vera or 1 illoevphieal berati v or etrlkui quotations, froaa aa snore. Cod tritnittoua f exceptional merit wUl be said for. at the editor a epivraiaal. . A Shave for the Judge. " . THE utter helplessness of a ; maa . tilted back in a barber, chair, while a deft fingered tonaorlai artist wlald a gleaming rasor about hi face, no doubt has ecu red to most man. The sensations of a judge In a similar position when he discover that th barber Is a man h sentenced to a terra in th penitentiary were da-. .. scribed In a measure, ay a Spokane -. special In the Seattle Post-lntelllgen- , cer. by Federal Judge Van Fleet for th benefit of tbe Jury in th trading -company cases. He used It to point a -moral, but th moral doesn't matter now. "Befor X went on th bench, h said. "I had been a member of th - state prison board, and after I became : a Judge I retained toy Interest in th prison of th state, and often visited them. I was at the penitentiary on a visit and had spent th night there in the morning I asked th warden if . thero was a barber in th prison, and ho said he had a most competent on. An attendant pointed out to m th door of th barber shop and 1 entered ' and got into the chair, without par ticularly noticing the barber, except that he wa a colored man. He had lathered my faco and was stropping his razor, while I was lying back la -the chair, with my eyes closed. Nei ther of u had epoken. Then " 'I guess you don't r member m. ' judge.' ho said. "I told him I didn't bellev X did.1 " Tou sent me here,' he said, and reminded m of the case. " 'Oh, yea. I remember you now X -said. " 'I always felt like you was pretty sever on me,' he told me. "I detailed my reasons for ray ac tion a well aa I could remember them. He finished shaving m and X left th chop, "But it wasn't a pleasant sensation, hy any means, to have that convlot. who believed he had a grlevanoe against me. working over my fac and neck with a keen edged razor. Change Needed. Herbert's hoatesa liked little boy and ahe wlahed to ma Herbert com fortable. "I want you to feel perfectly at home," she said. "Bat I don't want to feel at home, h protested. "I want to hav a good time." Plonk! Into the Icy Water. Unfortunately for Leo Komanskl and Arthur Terry, constables, th cold weather, like the well know a pardon, ar- , rived too late. Th two of them, aays th Detroit News, were called on to remove a piano, on which payment were delinquent, from 26 Riverside avenue. Part of this dwelling 1 on land and part on water. Surveying the general architecture of the residence and th topography of the land, they . concluded the only way to get th piano out was through the second story window on th river side- Aided by two laborers and numerous riggings, they succeeded in lowering It to th Ice on the river. All four men got alongside. It waa then that they real ized th unfortunate Inadequacy of th recent cold spell- Th ice broke and all four men and the piano were in ; plenty cold enough water up to their arra-pts. (Referring to th men). They scrambled out. and after several hours more, rigged up a derrick and got the piano, slightly out of tune, out of the river. Jastlf table Recalcitrancy. Teaching a mule to kick is a great - deal like teaching a duck to swim. : and yet, says the Canyon City Eagle, this is what Stephen Harrer of Long Creek did and as a result is confined to his home taking care of the place where the mule landed a short right. hind foot Jab. The colt mule was a . pet. He liked to play and In this Mr. Harrer encouraged him and then In an unguarded moment the mule landed. The Linguistic L P. Justices of the peace, who gave way to municipal court Judges, were se lected by the superior and circuit courts and passed upon by th gov ernor and the state senate, says th Chicago Herald. The courts wer as- - embled ln caucus for this purpose, end while a political majority mtght play a part In selection, personal fit- , ness was generally decisive. It was during one of these caucus . that Judge Philip Stein made an appeal for a candidate of his own discovery. He spoke with a fairly strong foreign accent and dilated on the worthiness of , his protege, who knew four language and waa well equipped for getting at th fact In th dlaputes of th alien. Judge Gary wa listening in a con templative way and stroking hi aid whiskers. "Very good. Stein," he said. "Does' he apeak any English r Look Who's ITeref The husband started down town after breakfast but, suddenly rem etn baring that he had left hi gle. returned for them. I fa atepped inside the kitcha - door and seeing his wif bending over . the stove. Intent on some culinary task, topped up behind her and? playfully gave her a spat. . "Two bottle of mxk and a put of - cream. Don 1 get ao iresn, saia ue wif a A Valentine. O lady on th top of th Municipal . building. Serene and calm and decorated tur and there with gilding. If it isn't inconvenient, and ao on ha anticipated this particular paaw ,, lonat petition of mine, , I would esteem it a eonspicuoa ho a- , or if you'd torn my Valentine. It 1. not altogether your beauty, nor your air of hauteur, nor the aristo cratic and aloof Manner ln which you stand there on th roof '- That have turned my thought t you in connection with the day w celebrate -. . Although, a far a these thing are -concerned, I think you're admply great , ' - ' Rather It .! th reflection . that ht these days dominated by the oot of eggs, rent, potato, cloth, carrot, steaks, beets. You'd be an exceedingly oonornlcai weetnearx, requiring nenaer niter, clothe nor ejus, - 7 7 1. ,J inertivrs, my uon, suca a it it palpitating is a mlddl aged manner with aJternatlon of arnaataiw. ' da. " pair, Joy and PI. - - I lay at your feet or would, if the weather waaift o cold and X had an aeroplane. i " 7 -------' v ': -" '" -- .-Don Maruia, in New Tork.Sun.' . . Uncle Vert' Snow Saysji",- Gal In FhlTtadelpbey work for f t a week and Is fined 10 cent a minute for betn late of - mornings. o that - some of 'em work all the week and owe the bos tl.Sft of a Saturday nlgbU There's prop) mighty anxious to git t payroll in Portland, but there must, (be different kind of payroll. '