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there underground influences at work to undermine common school
In Portland, for example, It is Impossible to house the school children.
Every proposition to provide; money for buildings is voted down. "Who
is voting against the free public schools? !';':"- ;
in this town there Is the spectacle of cheaply constructed portable
schoolhouses, more flimsy in their structure than most country school-
houses. They are built because money cannot be obtained for sufficient
permanent buildings to shelter the children.. They are built with the
knowledge that they are temporary and that after a time they will go into
the discard and become a part of the enormous public waste.
A time will come when a disgusted people win realize that the' most
precious thing in America is the free public school. Then they will ask
themselves, "Why were aft these flimsy buildings built at large cost only to
be thrown away and be charged to profit and. loss? And then they will ask
themselves, "What have the common schools and the high schools of
Portland done to encounter this opposition and neglect?" i
Out at Pendleton Wednesday several speakers before the tax investigat
ing commission attacked the public schools. One said there are too many
high schools in Umatilla county. Another declared that too much is taught
in the public schools. i
Are the people of America being "overtaught" ? Twenty-four and six-
tenths per cent of the draft men in America were illiterates.. War statistics
show that the Intellectual level of the minds of America, reduced to an
average, is that of a child of 12 to 13 years. . It means that we are con
ducting a stupendous system of self-government in America with minds
which, balancing the illiterates with the educated, are, the minds of merely
well Informed children.
Are the people "overtaught"? Are there too many free schools?
In several European countries there has been widespread confiscation
of property. Illiteracy is always and everywhere the basis of mob action.
The demand for anarchy, with its abolition of all laws, comes from illiter
ates. Nations rise and fall because peoples do not attain an intellectual
level high enough to be able to mike their governments enduring.. The
wrecks of nations and the ruins of civilizations strewn all along the path
way of history are a story xf illiterate and ignorant peoples.
As soon as Washington, Jefferson and the other Revolutionary patriots
established a free government they established also a system of free educa
tlon. Why? Because they realized that widely diffused education, brousrbt
free to the people, was the only way to enable the newly created republic
to survive.
But in Oregon, in the twentieth century, with the country suffering
from radicalism and hysteria, with the struggle for the survival of white
civilization coming on, there is an assault all along the line on free educa
tion, from the common schools up..
It will be a good thing if the people of this state will stop and take
stock of. what is going on.
most drowned those aboard. The
blowers were swamped and some of
the men . were almost asphyxiated
by engine gas. "Though not a man
had slept in .36 hours they, on ar
rival, went almost at once Into battle.
And . it was not in faith and
trust but in doubt and fear' that
the government sent ' the Monitor
into action. Official skepticism
all but complete, and the
Monitor fought tinder orders so
weighted L with caution, Ericsson's
biographer says, that the result was.
as to the Merrimac itself, sr drawn
battle, although by aggressiveness
it could' have been sunk in 20
minutes, and Confederate officers
who knew the Merrimac's weak
nesses, wondered why the Monitor
didn't do it. when they saw the work
of the marvelous 11 -inch guns in
the "cheesebox" and the nimble ma
neuvers of the "raft" about its bulky
and sluggish foe.
One Confederate critic, a witness
PRESS OF OREGON I
CONGRATULATES
; THE JOURNAL
Twentieth Anniversary Evokes Highly
Appreciated Expressions of Approval
and Good WU1 The Journal's Con
Sistentiy Followed Purpose to
Serve the People Recognised
and Lauded by Sincere and
Faithful Fellow-Workers.
A maa'a fiat oar ihooid ba to trofcl U
reproaches of hi own - bemrt; bis next, to
eetdo til eeosoxas of the world. If the 1
interferes with tb former, it ought to be
entirely eeclected: bnt otherwtae thor eeanot
be a greater satisfaction to aa honest mi
voaa to see tneee approbations which it giree
uaetf aeeotxiea by the applause of tb pobhe.
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COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
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aad knowledge ah ail be the
thy Una. Isaiah :.
THE COMING BATTLE
! rpHERE need be no Illusions about
'J- the battle that will be waged
i against the proposed Income ax for
! Oregon. In strategy and in execu-
tlon it will probably be the most
t brilliant campaign ever waged
I against a measure In this state.
II ' The farmers and various other
groups want the income tax. It is
N H one way in which the farmers, in
p. particular, can get a part of their
; ikx burden shifted from their land,
i in that respect 10 or 20 times as
f much relief can be afforded the
! farmers and all other owners of real
, estate as In any other way
tlon without advocating an income
tax he can be set down as either,: an
uninformed or an insincere advocate
of a reduction of taxes that will re
duce. In some instances, he may
be the private representative of those
who want the income tax defeated:
It is sometimes easier to beat a plan
by appearing to - favor it than to
come out and fight it in the open.
Owners of land and other real
property have been bled white by
taxes, only because they have been
made to pay their own taxes and the
taxes of others who ought to do their
own paying. Any proposition to cut
taxes by merely making small cuts
here and there in existing things is
a proposal to reduce taxes but to
still make the farmer and other
realty owners bear 85 per cent of
the burden. It is a proposal to clear
the way tor those who have not been
paying taxes to go on without paying
taxes.
If we watch the maneuvers of some
of the gentlemen in the public eye
on the tax issue we shall see what
we shall see.
to the movies and to the country in
his new position. He can keep the
movies inside the pale. He can do
much to prevent the scandals. He
can remove the unfit in pictures and
provide only the wholesome. And
he can reach millions of people
through the movies that could be
reached in no other way, and by
reaching millions daily with the
proper standard of pictures, the
movies can become one of the great
est forces in American life.
of the battle, says the Merrimac had
no chance at all if the Monitor had
made a target of its water line, had
rammed its totally unprotected pro
peller and rudder, or had planted
shots three times in the same spot
tn its armor. The Merrimac -was
altogether . unseaworthy, and was
never a menace to the sea coast of
the North. But the North did not
then know that.
But, with the Merrimac, not posi--tively
to win was utterly to lose. It
drew off in the afternoon of that
Sunday, and was never in action
again. When the Confederates
evacuated Norfolk they destroyed! the
Merrimac
As for the Monitor, sea going had
from the first been to it most peril
ous. It went down, December 31,
1862, with 16 of itstmen, off the
North Carolina coast, but not until it
had yielded its full value in fame to
its builder, succor to the Union and
doom to the wooden ship of war.
WHICH ?
TT IS not infrequently that church
A- circles are stirred by so-call
sensationalism of pastors. Not long
ago such a situation was present in
Portland. It has been otherwhere.
Now New Tork is gasping because of
the withdrawal of prominent mem
bers of his congregation on the
1 ground that the pastor is "too sen-
Salem Capital Journal : ' The Oregon
Journal has just celebrated its
twentieth anniversary. From hum
ble beginnings. The Journal has in
the brief span of its existence become a
recognized power ir the Northwest. It
owns and occupies a magnificent build
ing, its plant is the most complete and
up to date possible, its employes num
ber ' hundreds, and its subscription list
has passed the 100.000 mark. It is one
of the great Journalistic successes of the
country. The success of The Journal
in no small measure is doe to the en
terprise and vision of its founder. C 8.
Jackson, his financial ability, business
acumen and the fidelity with which the
paper has lived up to its homely motto.
Tote fair." The Journal has always
stood for the square deaL It has coura
geously fought the battle for reform
against, civic and political corruption.
and championed men and measures
which made for decency. It has served
the people of Oregon faithfully and
reaped a rich reward.
Established at a psychological time.
when the Oregon people were in revolt
against enthroned political corruption, it
led the battle for the overthrow of the
old regime and the establishment of the
"Oregon By stem" of popular government.
It filled, and still fills, the field of a
progressive newspaper devoted to liberal
and democratic policies, and no worthy
cause has since lacked a champion.
May The Journal continue to prosper
and widen ,its field of usefulness and
public service with the coming years.
SMALL CHANGE
Sprlnr is coinr to slip up" oa as un
aware some of these fine rainy mornings.
At that we've known some folks with
very sour faces who still had sweet
dispositions.
o
Portland, as usual, is denied the spec
tacle of the "first robin." because we
have them with us always. '.
.
Wonder what kind of ' a result we
could get if we'd try to put some of our
most aggravating bills through con
gress? .''
Since market roads are ta receiva, a
$900,000 fund, we'd like to suggest about
$9 for expenditure on some of our abused
streets. ,
Middle West farmers see better times,
the paDers renort. No doubt they're
standing en a knoll looking toward Ore
gon s i air neras.
Secretary Mellon predicts that the sen
ate will pass the soldiers' bonus bill.
Some other great scholar once predicted
ine millennium.
It is fortunate for our peace of mind
that We don't know where, when, bow
nor wny the big climax in life is com
ing nor what it will be.
It sometimes happens that parents
who rail at certain entertainment as not
suited for children are partaking alone
while the kiddies are safely at home.
: ; SIDELIGHTS
' Strike three ! BiUy Sunday Is out
Jim Jeffries to the bat ! Fatty Arbuckle
on deck. Bah- for evangelism. Medford
Utnon,
www
Uncle Sam is going to be disappointed
when he reads some of the income tax
reports from Umatilla county fanners
this year. Pendleton East Oregonian.
-First It's "smile week." and then It's
"something else week. and next
"canned food week!" Now let s have a
"giveusarest week." Carlton Sentinel.
Many Lebanon parents are getting so
blamed independent that they pick
right up and go to church without ask
ing their children about it- Lebanon
Express.
Strange it did not occur to President
Harding that by coming to Oregon for
his vacation he could have got farther
away from the United States senate.
Weston Leader.
President Harding is completely cut
ore from the world, says a news item.
The trouble with the rest of us poor
mortals is that we can't go fishing or
play golf while the senate la wrangling
over the four-power treaty. Eugene
uuaro.
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The public official who encourages
anything that promises to make more
taxes these days will find hlmseir ai
DODUlar as a wet dog. The average tax
payer figures that the limit haa about
been reached. union Republican,
The fair miss who missed the kiss s"0111-"
sent her by radio telephony shouldn't
complain. It was spread too thin to
have a kick anyway.
THE GREAT DUEL
O1
MOTORS AND CRIME
IT HAS been proposed in Portland
to go to greater lengths in motor-
The in-' t.-ing the police department. Un-
eome tax. drawing heavy revenues doubtedly it was a move in the right
irom a source tnat nia noi ueen pay- direction
1. .... . ....
ing taxes, win ao more to cut tne The automobile is fast becoming
burdens of those now paying taxes tne
J
l! than can btr done by nil the other
proposals combined.
It
To begin with.
Ujletely new source of revenue.
trusted aid of criminals. It
threatens to approach the revolver
as the great accessory of gunmen,
murderers and thieves. Almost all
of the recent spectacular crimes of
the country have been carried out
with the aid of automobiles. The
will be a com-
It
111 be a large and Inexhaustible
source of revenue. In excess profits
K tax and Income taxes, principally in- daylight holdups, the bold murders
""come taxes, the federal government and most of the other crimes have
collected In Oregon for 1920 around been followed by speedy escapes in
twenty-odd million dollars. That is I motor cars,
to say, from Income taxes alone the
federal government collected In Ore
' gon more than the amount of the
. entire state tax
How are the police to cope with
automobiles on foot? How are they
to capture criminals who flash down
the highways? How are they to get
This shows the poasibUities of the quickly to the scene of a crime?
plan. It shows how much of the tax in the detection and capture of
burden can be taken away from the criminals, few things are as essential
land, which Is not paying profits. aa speeds Moreover, it would seem
and be placed on Intangible wealth that fewer men would be required,
which. U paying good profits as and therefore there would be fewer
shown by the income returns. salaries to pay in a well motorized
.The feasibility of the plan cannot police department.
( be controverted. What the federal Automobiles, of course, cost money,
government haa done with the fed- The purchase price and maintenance
ral income tax in Oregon is the 0f a lot of machines would run into
proof. The millions gathered in at
the Internal revenue office in Port
land are facts which cannot be
Challenged.
. Compared with what the Income
tax will do in cutting the heart out
small fortunes. But a saving in
salaries could be made, it would
seem, and a police department of
great efficiency is, after ajl, worth
while.
The Portland department has sev-
of the cruel system of taxation as now eral automobiles, and a large quota
applied in Oregon, the proposed cuts of motorcycles. It has added" some
in existing state expenses would be recently. As funds are available, it
trivial, if.au tne proposed cuts tniwould Beem to he the course of
ealaries were made they would make ganjty' to add more
a difference or but a few cents in a
ear to tne average taxpayer. The A man once entered a Portland
same is true of most of the proposals hardware store and asked to see a
,maae ror pruning oown preeent costs. revolver. After the proprietor had
It is. of course, well enough to make Uxtolled and loaded a hefty weapon,
cuts in ail tnese expenses wherever the customer asked if it was a gun a
possible, but the big. outstanding. man might commit suicide with,
overwhelming plan for cutting down "suref said the hardware merchant,
taxes and giving relief to those now rlslnff to the spirit of the Jest. Where
. paying them, is through the income upon tne man put the gun to his
" lAX head and .blew out his brains. "I
; It is because the plan would shift dldn.t rauch mind his not paying
a big part of the present taxes to for the gaia the store proprie-
people who have been paying no tor relating the affair, "but he fell
taxes on large blocks of wealth that on the stove and broke one of its
the proposal is resisted. That is why legs."
r the income tax bill of Senator Pierce
" in the 191 session, after passing the
senate, was stealthily smothered in
the house. The Job was done by cer
J tain representatives from Portland.
2 7he same deadly medicine was given
to a former income tax bill proposed
L by Senator TMercJ.
The battle against the proposed
measure haa already begun. Dust is
being thrown In the eyes of taxpayers
3 by telling them thst full relief can
be given those whose property is
Z almot confiscated by taxes on their
visible property; that the only way
for them to get relief is by attacks
on present expenses without seeking
; new sources of revenue.
Whenever any leader In tax reform
proclaims his devotion to tax reduo-
WHAT MR. HATS CAN DO
TN TAKING over his new position
a of director-general of the movies.
Will Hays hastens to christen the
industry the national stabilizer.
The movies can be Just that. They
can be of infinite use as an educa
tional medium. They can be a tre
mendous. force for good. Ttrey can
be one of ye great creators of pub
lic opinion r X
Ana tney can be or enormous
harm. Risque plays, blood and
thunder pictures, plots featuring
faulty principles, and scenarios of a
low ' order can -easity breed crime.
Immorality and disrespect for order,
Mr. Hays can be of great service
N A Sunday morning in March
sixty years ago a great fear was
in the land, and in the cabinet room
in the White House there was panic.
Were the states of the old Union to
continue as one nation or become
two? On scarcely any other day of
the four years of the Civil war did
the North seem so near defeat.
The long-dreaded Merrimac the
day before had come out to battle.
It was playing with the navy of the
Union as cats play with mice. It had
already sunk two good ships; others
were aground. And what should
save the day? A shot through the
walls of the White House itself from
the terrible ironclad would have sur
prised no one.
There was full occasion for fear.
There was the frightful havoc this
new monster might work upon war
ships, fortresses and land batteries
on river courses and sea ways, with
the incalculable damage to property
in the rich coast cities of the North.
That were calamitous, but following
such a demonstration of Southern
power there was foreseen a practical
certainty of European recognition of
the Confederacy.
For the blockade of Southern
coasts wpuld have been broken. That
blockade was the hand that. Instantly
upon the attack on Sumter, went to
the throat of the South, and there
clung. No matter what blows reached
one body or the other, .nor what
stabs and strains were mutually en
dured, the clutch of that strangling
hand was ever tight and. grew ever
tighter. There is no deadlier thing
in war than the effective blockade
But in the very hour that the
federal government trembled its
champion appeared, a doughty little
David of a champion, the Monitor-
at which the men of the Merrimac,
Goliath-like, laughed.
To those who loved the Union this
apparition was as if heaven-sent
as if it had come from nowhere in
particular to meet a malign antag
onist that also had come none knew
whence. ' They saw in it the hand
of Providence, and such it certainly
was if timeliness be taken as con
clusive proof of the providential.
But, humanly speaking, there was,
after all, no mystery. The great
Merrimac had not come unheralded,
and the government had for months
been preparing- the little Monitor to
meet it. The Monitor itself was no
over-night Inspiration. In it con
verged the labors not only of Erics
son but of many others whose partial
or ineffectual though valuable de
vices he had the genius to -make
finally effective in combination with
his own surpassing accomplishments.
The "cheesebox on a raft" was
towed from New Tork to Fortress
Monroe in rough weather. - Officers
and men were totally untrained in
navigating or maneuvering the craft
or in working its guns. The govern
ment, through its secret agents, had
from the first watched the Merrimac
as it took form, and so fully had it
sensed the peril of the ironclad that
the Monitor had been built, and
rushed to Hampton i Roads in what
was v literally r a; race with' death.
Therefore -x: the Monitor, t Diough
staunch, was crudei l Evenly- itirode
waves that - tossed , its convoy ships
like toys, '.but , water : flooded in
through unguarded openings and al
The New York minister .has taken
occasion to briqg to the attention of
his congregation and to the public
generally, through newspaper re
ports of his Sermons, conditions ex
isting in the metropolis. He has
fought vice where vice existed. His
voice has announced its presence.
He has caused it to be advertised.
It would seem that the church is
serving the Lord when it seeks to
reclaim to Him all his children. It
is a simple matter for a pastor. to
preach weekly to his congregation.
But what of the people who are not
present? What of the people who
need Christian aid? What of those
who are not present? Is a pastor
doing his full duty, is he doing all
he can in the name of Christianity
when he confines himself alone to
those who: come to the church door?
Or is he attaining a broader field,
spreading the gpspel in greater meas
ure, by going outside as well and
seeking to attract to the Christian
faith those who have not voluntarily
sought it?
Are the girls in the slums and the
men in the tenderloin Christ's chil
dren, as well as those who on Sun
day come to church for worship?
Are the1, tob, not to be brought into
the fold? Or are they to be forever
abandoned?
There will be none to deny that it
is the duty of the church to fight sin
wherever sin may exist. Can sin be
defeated by refusal to recognize it?
Can it be swept aside by blindfolding
the Christian forces to its existence ?
Or should the church fight sin where
sin is and in an effective way?
Then, is the pastor who merely
talks to his congregation and forgets
the rest of the world and its iniqui
ties spreading the gospel of the Lord
to all his children? Or is it the pas
tor who goes beyond the reaches- of
his church, who Indicates the exist
ence of sin and works for its eradica
tion, who endeavors to reclaim the
sheep that have wandered from the '
fold, who is doing the fullest work
in the service of the Lord?
Hillsboro Argus : The Oregon Jour
nal last week celebrated its twentieth
birthday with a just pride in its achieve
ments. It entered a field against a daily
newspaper which carried a splendid news
service at all times, and yet The Journal
thrived and grew, and today stands as a
newspaper institution de luxe. And
"there's a reason." Besides carrying a
news service that filled the bill. The
Journal always has had that little thing
so desirable in a big success that little
quantity known as the "common touch."
It has had a broad sympathy with the
masses of people ; a feeling of warmth
for the "under dog." It has made some
mistakes, it is true, for all newspapers
are human to the extent that a news
paper Is a human production. But, by
and large. The Journal instinctively has
been true to conscience. And that, after
all, is what counts. A newspaper that
first consults its accounting department
before It expresses itself editorially
never gets Iartber than that same
counting-room in public estimation. Con
versely, The Journal "shoots" and then
squares Itself with the business depart
ment afterward. As an Oregon institu
tlon of merit. The Journal has earned
its decoration.
Baker Democrat: The Oregon Jour,
nal last Monday celebrated its 20 years
in existence. Entering the field of Port
land Journalism In that day, C. S Jack
son, its founder, was not the least de
terred by the strong opposition, but
with, indomitable' will power, energy and
brains so well directed his efforts as to
gradually gain public favor and sup
port, until today he sees the realization
of his dream to have one of the best
newspapers in the West. It is a great
newspaper, and the people of Oregon
can well feel proud of its existence and
its commanding influence.
MORE OR LESS PERSONAL
Random Observations About Town
Mrs. Willis Pearce of Portland will
sail for France from New Tork city for
visit to, relatives.
Miss Margery Belts will sail on the
Cedric for a visit In England. She will
leave New Tork city April L
A. W. Stone of Hood River is a guest
of the Portland.
e e
Dr. W. J. Kerr, president of Oregoiy!
Agricultural college, is registered at the
Portland.
M. L. Shepard of Salem is at the Port
land.
K. R. Bartlett of Astoria la domiciled
at the Multnomah.
R. D. Pinneo of Astoria is in Portland
on business.
Robert Carlson of Wheeler is at the
Imperial.
M. F Hamley of Medford is a guest
of the Multnomah.
a a
H. C. Topping of Madras la transact
ing business In Portland.
F. J. Flck and family of Jacksonville
are sojourning at the Imperial.
J. R. Coleman is here from Eugene.
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Lenox of Rose'
burg are visiting in Portland.
C. )J. Anderson of Astoria is stopping
at the Imperial.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Webb of the Round-
Up city are guests of the Imperial.
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H. L Wall of Wasco Is registered at
the Imperial.
Mrs. J. G.
the Oregon.
Rankin of Pendleton is at
The Oregon Country
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OREGON
Bend mill mnA Inavinr ramn rv-mll
for the past month reached a total of
160,000
E. W. Miller has reelmed his msition
as secretary of the Cottage Grove Cham
ber of Commerce and has taken ever a
note ouslrree in Grants Pass.
Between 20 arut s Mnnhm . t tit
state motor vehicle department were re-
easeQ rrom service Wednesday nignu
Struck bv a nlnnfc- l iK r V Gn. u lit-
ing mill, at Salem. H. a. Patterson was
knocked unconscious and may not recover.
Joel Halstead. who ramo n fmaUfla
county in 1SS and had lived continuous
ly at Echo since that time, ta dead at his
home ta that city, aged- Si year.
Taxpayers of fnion hlrn aritMi ilia.
trict No. t, la Columbia county, have
voted bonds to the amount of Ha.000 for
u erecuou di a new nigh school at Ver-noaia.
Setting of the new tH- i.
the Lower Columbia oil Gas company" -
. . ... Dwn completed and a M start
In drilling is made from a depth of 2111
feet.
A 14-page citv directorv fnr Pnm.
yUle and the adjacent communttv has
been published by th BrownsvUk Time.
j. copy oi it rree or charge has been put
into every home.
After a week' trial tha rv .
'eve- plan of charging for roovi shows
has been abandoned In Bend. Too many "
iuu iTisnieg uie pian as aa op
portunity to enjoy a free show.
.An Industrial survey shows that Marty
10.000 people are employed In the various
Lane county Industrie, with payroll
amounting to more than l ooo ooo. and
business turnovers of J! 1.000 000 anaa-'
ally.
H. T. Howes of Hood River Is a guest
of the Oregon.
H. T. Gabel of Corvallis is registered
at the Oregon.
Mrs. F. E. Selover of Eugene
guest of the Oregon.
Is a
4
E Edwards 'of Astoria Is a guest of
the Benson.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L Forsythe of
Marshfield are registered at the Benson.
J. B. Weller of Corvallia la stopping
at the Benson.
Elisabeth L. Hendrick of Cascade
Locks Is a guest of the Benson,
a
Mrs. A A Woolpert of Hood River Is
sojourning at the Benson.
W. P. O'Brien of Astoria Is stopping
at the Benson.
e e e
Evelyn Carlson of Bend Is registered
at the Imperial:
C. W. Friswold of La Grande la at the
Benson.
H. J. Child of Pendleton is a guest of
the Benson.
Work and tfi krr of work, and loe the
lev of man for fellow-man ar emphasised by
Mr. ""1T ia an admonitory article today, tie
illustrates by qootang aa raum aramauc
prodncsr. Observations npon to character and
ear of tn great i-meoui. wua unrroun
matter rerardiDg Lincoln a linng aesoanoani.
complete the article.
Roseburg News Review : The Portland
Journal celebrated its twentieth anni
versary today. This fine publication
has grown from a "two-by-four" 'to one
of the best metropolitan newspapers is
sued in the United -States. The great
strides made during 20 years of success
ful operation ia an achievement worthy
of more than passing interest. The
paper is a fine monument to its builder
and his loyal associates.
Aurora Observer: The Oregon Jour
nal celebrated Its twentieth anniversary
on March 10. The Journal is nearly old
enough to vote now, and has been an
Oregon booster since its birth. Only
100,000 people "take" The Journal, and
they are all healthy, robust people at
that ; the big daily and Sunday wisitor
hasn't harmed them a bit The home
office of The Journal employs 321 more
people than the Observer does.
Letters From the People
OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
OF THE JOURNAL MAN
By Fred Lockley
(Communications sent to The Journal for
publication in this department should b written
on only one, sra of the paper, should not ex
ceed 300 words in length, and must be signed
by the writer, whose mail address io full moat
accompany tha contribution. 1
TO CUT TAXES, CUT SPENDING
Make Everybody Hate Spending by
Making Everybody Palpably a
Payer, Is Advised.
Portland.' March 15. To the Editor of
The Journal There is a lively Interest
in taxation Just. now. The tax commis
sion is Journeying about the state to
sound public sentiment on the question.
It would appear that a good deal of sen
timent is expressed toward "reduction
of expenditures." It is too true that ex
nerift Ituren rtav ricMin nnrmmilv- Rut
wa an Bxeiiiiiiuiuauoa ui me wpm how are we going to get reductions? It
of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic i is true that . enormous sums have been
club with particular reference . to ! voted by the people, for various purposes.
BALANCED MN
SCENES at the Portland Auditorium
last night carry a thought. It
junior members. Here is the thought;
It is a natural and admitted law, that
man is at his best when there is
equal development of the mental,
physical and spiritual. The perform
ance at The Auditorium was an ex
ample, of the "effort. of an organiza
tion to carry on one part of this na
tural development. .
City life is artificial. It does not
lend itself to that physical exercise
necessary to scientific living. The
farmer is longest lived because his
Physical is nourished by. exercise and
fresh air.
Most city men feed well, exercise
little and have their wits under con
slant strain. It, is a nerve-racking
existence. It is the spawning ground
of ill-balanced lives, the headauar
ters of insanity, the- clearing house
for early death and the rendezvous
of nervous prostration.
Why do people vote for these eipendl
turea? One reason is. that there are too
many non-taxpayers in the state whose
vote generally is cast for expenditure of
money. The way to stop a lot of this
voting is to make everybody taxpayers.
If everybody over the age of 11 years.
and even, under, who possessed any kind
of property, paid taxes a halt would
soon take place in expenditures. A head
tax Of $3 tb $5 would not only be a
source of large income, hitting several
thousands of aliens who at present pay
nothing, but is a Just and equitable tax
Every patriotic citlxen ought to be wilt
ing to bear a portion of the tax burdens.
and It he is not willing he should be
made to do so. An income tax should
be on the statute books. Thousands of
persons have incomes of 92000 to $10,000
yearly from which no taxes are derived.
These salaried men and women, many of
whom pay no taxes at all, should con
tribute to the support of government, the
benefits of which they share. Give us a
head tax and an income tax and then
we shall have a united people en the
I subject of reduced expenditures. A thing
How rich are you? I don't mean in
stocks and bonds and mere money. . I
mean, how rich are you In friends. In
the good will of those with whom you
work, in the love of your family and of
those who know you best? How rich are
you in your work? Does it build you up
and refresh you, or does It drain your
strength and exhaust your vitality? Do
you love work, or loathe it? Is the
work you are doing building up and help
ing humanity, or is it hindering human
ity's slow and upward march? Are you
an asset, or a liability? Are you a
producer, or a parasite? Here Is an ex
tract from an address delivered by
David Belasco at a dinner given In his
honor in celebration of his fortieth year
as a producer of plays. He didn't mean
it for a sermon, but it is. He said:
In all these years It stands to reason
that 1 must have learned something,
and It takes but a moment to say it:
Love is the only thing that matters, the
one thing that counts.
Another thing I have learned In my
experience in New York, and if h
grown to be my creed : I believe that
God made us to work. I believe that He
meant that we should earn our living by
the sweat of our brows. But I believe
that He made us to love our work so
much that we might play at It ; find real
and profound pleasure in It, and so labor
on until, tired out. we might sleep like
little children at the end of each day.
People say to me. the doctors and my
friends: "You work too hard. 1 say
"No I play a little hard, perhaps my
work is my play." And it. is such good
sport that I love It more and more. The
man who does not love nis work wno
finds no pleasure in it who cannot toil
at it till he drops is a slave.
The curse or our times is tne vast
army of people who care nothing for
their work wno labor solely lor money.
No one can do this and succeed.
We must carry affection into our
work to bring inspiration, because "all
that happens, happens again." as Peter
Grimm said.
The appeal to love is not only neces
sary to the drama It is the keynote of
all arts, of all science, or an Dusineas.
It is the foundation, the mortar, the
bricks, the beams and the thing Itself.
Someone asked Queen V ictoria to write
her favorite text In the Bible -.she wrote:
'Love never falleth Ixve suffereth
long and is kind." To which I add:
"Many waters cannot quencn love.
neither can the floods drown It. If t
man would give all the substance of his
house for love it would be utterly con
demned." I have an Indexed Bible on my desk.
which I very often consult, and I find a
great space given to the word love.
There are not enough Multnomah !tl
clubs. But such of them as are toloOTte to have everybody paying taxes.
existence are doing a wholesome and I : ; ; B. F.Wilson.,
indispensable service. They are mak
ing! careers more poised.; The busi
ness men who frequent its plant and
employ Its facilities are stronger for
service) . and. safer: In their' thinking
and wider open to spirit oal Impulses.
AN OLD MAXIM REVAMPED J
. , . , Fraaa . the - Kalaaaaaoo Gaaette - -
Every day It Is estimated 250ft to Chi
cago have their hair bobbed. Never pat
off until tomorrow what you can cut off
today. - . .. ". .
Tears ago Horace Walpde, in speak
ing of his riches, said:
Old friends are the great blessings of
one's later years. Half a word conveys
one's meaning. They have memory of
the same events and, have the same mode
of thinking. I have younr; relations
that may grow tmon me. for my nature
is affectionate; but can they grow old
friends? My axe forbids that. Still less
can they grow companions. Is it friend
ship to explain half one says? One must
relate the history or one s memory and
ideas; and what is that to the young
but oia stones i
www
The next time you feel blue and won
der why fate has it In for you, and
think that Old Man Trouble has your
street and number ia his address book.
Just think back to the bed of roses that
Abraham Lincoln reposed upon. . He was
ia love with a young woman who had
plighted ber troth to him. but she died
before the marriage day arrived. He
married -a woman who felt she had mar
ried beneath; her and who felt that her
husband was of the earth earthy. He
ran for the legislature and was badly
beaten, lie Tailed In ' business and
took him 1? years to pay -up his own
and ala partner's aebta. He ran for
nwigriaw and . was defeaUed. He tried
ta. ssluj i S4fwntnent as
of the general land office, but was side
tracked. He ran for the United States i
senate and was beaten by Douglas. He
was elected to the presidency and was
lampooned as the baboon of the White
House. McClellan referred to him aa a
useless busybody. He was attacked and
humiliated. But he kept his poise and
his love of humanity. He bore in his
heart the burdens and griefs of the loss
of the flower of the manhood of America.
His character was assassinated, and
finally an assassin took his life. But
as long as the English language is
spoken he wilt be revered, loved and
looked up to. A. IL Ulm In a recent
Issue of Leslie's Weekly tells something
of the martyred president's son, Robert
T. Lincoln, who Uvea in Washington,
D. C. He says : '
Once there was a mid-wesfern vimiir-
rlding" lawyer who resolved to provide
ior nis eldest son something that cir
cumstances had denied the father. It
was a good school and collere edoea
uun. ai i uie ooy was sent to a school
In the East for preparation to enter
narvara. That was In 1S5J.
Early in the following Year the father
peatly desired to visit the boy. But he
hesitated on account of the expense of
the trip, for the father's means were not
large, men mere cam to tha muntn
lawyer an offer of a fee of $200 to make
one speecn in a lyceum course conducted
by a Brooklyn church. He readily ac
cepted, for It meant full expenses for
the visit to the son at school. On second
thought the lyceum mans r era deHded
that the country lawyer out of the West
wouldn't draw sufficiently in the blaae
city of the East to make the venture a
safe one for them. A political club in
New xork took over the contract
The speech was staged at Cooper
Union. It attracted national attention
and proved to be a great political aad
historical event It caused the country
lawyer to be asked to speak at other
places on the way to and from the
school in New Hampshire where he
visited his son. And thus crystallised a
movement which carried the country
awyer te the White House to serve as
president during the most critical era
m the country s history.
The lawyer was Abraham Lincoln. The
son. Kobert Todd Lincoln still livea
Home say he is the last survivor In the
maie line or the family from which
Abraham Lincoln sprung. He and two
daughters and three granddaughter are
me only living Tjescendants of the Great
emancipator, or all the cases of man
and great father this is probably the
moei singular.
In Washington, where he now live
Robert Todd Lincoln, now approaching
his eightieth year, is seen frequently
driving through the parks or poring
over old manuscripts and rare books in
tne Library or congress. But he is
rarely recognised. It is doubtful If more
than a hundred residents of Waahington
know him by sight Hla name rarely
appears in the newspapers, never in con
nection with any public or social activi
ties. The old Georgetown mans ion.
where he and his family maka their
home, ia one of the meet picturesque in
uie national capital : it was built in the
eighteenth century by a wealthy Scotch
shipmaster. The Lincoln live In digni- 1
rted elegance. But a society editress of,
long experience In Washington was un-
able to supply the names of the daugh- i
ters and granddaughters. Another did
not even recall that the Lincoln now
make Washington their home.
When tentative plana were being outlined-eome
time ago for the dedication
of the great Lincoln Memorial, the su
preme national tribute to Abraham Lire
coin, it waa suggested that special pro
vision De tnaoe ior ue attendance ox
Robert Todd Lincoln and his family.
Accept, my appreciauon for the
thought" be stated when the sutesUoa
was conveyed to - him, "but - under bo
drcumsrtaoces must you carry it out
We of oouise shall attend, but only on
a oar with the general public We wa
fer that no notice whatever be taken of
us.-,---
Thus it would seem that Robert Todd
Lincoln will maintain to the end the
modesty of attitude toward his father's
fame that has characterised his long
life. There Isn't t of record a single
utterance ever penned or spoken publicly
by him oa the subject of Abraham Lin
coln, ue nas never oeen "lntervtewea
on the subiect or many other subject.
For long be has been regarded as among
To rettev the house shortare at Pen
dleton, the Progressive Business Men's
association will build a $1000 house foe
rent or sale. Should the experiment
prove succeasful. the club will build roore
houeea.
H. E In'.ow. for the past two years
city school superintendent at Pendleton,
wtll serve In that office for the nest
uiree years, accord ing to a decistoa of
ue acnmi Doaxo.
The Bandon Cedar Maaufaetnriar
company, recently organised, has pur
chased the plant and equipment of the
" " v-roar uinber company of Co
quUle and will open the factory within
uw utn w oays
WAJSinxGTON
Improvements of a substantial rfcae.
acter are planned for White Salmon
streets and work will commence soon.
The Orondo ferrv at Wiunrtiu e,
being tied bd aeveral vwki .
ice, is again making regular trips aero
uw uHumnii river.
A plan is under way to organise the
Stevens County Potato Growers' aseocia
tlon to stimulate the product ton of pota
toes and seed potatoes in thai county.
Three out of four horses were klUed
on the railroad track when struck by
a southbound freight train at the first
crossing north of Woodland Thursday
rooming.
Because of the long winter and the
heavy snow the hay supply on the Col
ville reservation is exhausted and many
cattle and other stock are reported to
be starving.
According to announcement mad this
week by the executive committee the
annual state convention of the Waahing
ton State Press association will be held
at Pullman. July 14 to 1C
The general fund overdraft of 91.029.
(45 that existed in the Washington stats
treasury April 1, mi, wil have entirely
disappeared on the first of next month,
according to Stat Treasurer Babcock.
, vma ki. bcou, age zz. son ox Mr. ana
i nuusun pcou, nas oeen a p pom lea
postmaster at Tekoa, having the highest
grade in a recent civil service examination.
When the 9200.000 addition to tha war.
house and cold storage plant of Rlchty k.
Gilbert at Yakima is completed, the com
pany will have cold slorag. capacity
590
The A. Jackson estate ta Colmnbla
county haa contracted to sell Its wool
clip of 122. which will aggregate about
a.uw pounoa, to a .roruand firm tor
za cents a pound.
For the eight rears the inltlaflv and
referendum has been in effect Secretary
oi Diaie xunaie snows tnat It has cost
the state of Washington 91St.405.ta. Only
two Initiative bills have been approved
uy uie people.
While a number of loners were adttinar
around a table after dinner at a loererinr
camp 'five miles north of Enumciaw
Wednesday night two masked men en
tered, neia up the diners and escaped
with about tiOO.
Edward Owens, age C5. for many
years a prominent figure in this sec
tion of the state. waa found '
dead, in hla bed last Sunday by his
brother. George Owena Ha had suc
cumbed in his aleep to a heart attack.
After a chase of 200 miles la a small
automobile. Sheriff Rolph of Benton
county returned to Prosser Wednesday
wiui jonn Asomson. is. i. forter aad
John Burke, charged with being the men
who attempted te rob the White Bluffs
bank.
IDAHO
J. E. Ryan, for 19 years supervisor
of the Kanlksu forest haa been trans
ferred to the Cabinet forest of Montana. :
H. J. McCoy, manager of the Boaoero
Ferry Lumber company, announces that '
the sawmill will start April 1 with a
large supply of logs on hand.
A fire Wednesday at the home ef J.
E. Lanier in Moscow, started br chil
dren playing with matches, destroyed the
nouae, together with its entire conteota
A report from Wallace states that tb
Western Union Mining company has
a report from Wallace stating that ther
struck a rich body of ore in Its Ne. 9
turtneL
The aporoximiats cost te the go warn -
ment of the summer encampment of the
Idaho National Guard wUl be 915,000.
There wiU be (Sfi enlisted men and IT I
Dorses to feed and care for.
Saturday when C..F. Bottger was drtw
Ing a sled and team over the toe ta tha
St Jos river near St Martea. the te
broke, the horse waa drowned and Bott
ger narrowly escaped with his Ufa.
. Smythe Brother of Pendleton and the
Pendleton Sheep company have appoed
for a permit to run 6000 head of abeep
on the Peod Oreille forest near Napteat,
last year they ran 11.000 bead oa the
forest
Uncle Jeff Snow Says
3
In France our boys got gassed, sore
of 'cm purty bad. But la conrrese
they're e-bein' gassed agin, some of 'am
purty bad. And In the senate them '
there highbrows is a-gaasin' the whole
American Deoote. aad wo aiat got
gas masks, nutber.
Ode to Wood row Wilson
By Edna Smith Little.
AO bail t thee, and ax taxraMDt AI Wall
AH bail V the, aad a' fafwwwfl! All fcalif
anal, with far-fhsng etatoa af a day
fear aoaat ana all ssaa
rtoved, beak
t throe thy srrrlo is (he Ce
v thy dream
tailed war awfTaawa Uras far
of a war-mad wwrtd. mu1
faith
rvsd.
forever ykaad. .
Of eerfert peen and lew.
Is iiea. tarrock ansa w i
Bat, ever yaovsaag Waewaly sbseps ef agbt -A
Lsaga ef uu Be so r the ngfeU
Ceaat wairtar of a tlioaias war gbti
Great bar of tr tna1 aean nlwuu,l -.
LsewJ bm ef a gratofal wertd today!
By aom anreaa. sorsot. Bast aw, tar ay I -
lariatJbaat - We the behead.
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wru sack
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las erf asaUl ASkaU
Ibm moat tnnrnssaitin ox prominent mea,