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BALANGB TUB 8TATB BUD
GET AT 01TB STROKB
To the Xdlton
In Saturday's Statesman I road
the lottor from C. Beecher Scott
of MeMInnvIUe. His ldoa of how
to balaneo the stato budget at one
stroke should not ho lightly con
sidered, hut possibly two strokes
might bo better. He expects a
shower of brick hats to come by
reason of his suggestion to atop
all appropriations for higher edu
cation. Now Just at this time we
hare come to the parting of ways,
and the trails are dim. I hear
much criticism about how the leg
islature Is tinkering with ways to
meet the budget. Bat for the loud
screachers I wish to say that the
legislature Is deserving of our
sympathy. For they cannot pos
sibly solre the problem -without
making many feel sore. The crit
ics themselves would make a
shocking failure If they had the
work In their hands to adjust.
now for a sale tax, It has two sides
falling on the poor and unfortun
ate In the same proportion for
money expended as it does on the
A Veto Demanded
fpHE special session of the legislature did more damage
, X than it did rood to the critical situation which confronts
the state of Oregon. It not only voted $10,000 to pay its
own expenses (including double mileage at 15c per mile) :
but it voted a repeal of the property tax levy and thu3 left
the treasury with wholly inadequate income. The special Terr "wealthy, it looks unjust bat
wo art up 10 a serious prooiom.
and many of oar best citizens are
suffering in ways they never
dreamed of and hare to sacrifice
many things. Some dropping their
telephone, others are letting the
auto stand In the shed tor lad? of
license money and gas. Others are
selling off things they never In
tended to sell to meet taxes and
other problems. I talked to a man
last week who I always supposed
was prospering. He told me he
had not paid any taxes for two
years and no signs of his being
able to pay for another year. To
make It brief we all have to sacri
fice, and many to the very limit.
And what is most provoking much
of it came about in a very unnec
essary manner, why this great def
icit, and will taxes on this or that
meet the problem. No, never; the
solution does not He In taxes.
We are sore and weary tinkering
with the tax problem and the
more we agitate It the worse It
grows. The only solution Is to
curb In on expenses. In the last
decade the state of Virginia elect
ed a farmer for governor. He
was elected on his own platform.
pay as we go". During that term
of office for a single term the
state spent over seventy millions
on roads. Improved over 8000
miles of road and never bonded
the state for a single dollar, nor
left any outstanding warrants
Now who paid the bills? Indirect
ly it all came from the auto own
ers In the way of license and gas
tax. Now what was the state of
Oregon doing in all that time? It
was putting over on the people
bonds and bonds by the millions
and that is what causes much of
the loud crying about taxes. Now
if the state of Oregon had taken
the same course that the state of
.Virginia did we might have been
lust where they are. The man at
the wheel means so much to the
common wealth. We need more
doing and not so much theorising
to get in office. Going In debt Is
not natural it Is a product of
man's weakness. If the world
could only shake off the shackles
oi going in aeoi we would soon
know no depression. We have too
long worsmpea at tne snrine of a
false God by sowing the seed of a
poor standard ana now we are
session found on examination that the deficit of approxi
mately $4,000,000 was genuine, that it could not possibly cut
the budget to come within the dribble of receipts from oth
er sources. But it rejected the sales tax and repealed the
state property tax of three mills.
Inasmuch as the legislature did not solve the problem
for which it was assembled it. becomes the duty of Gov. Me
ier to veto the bill repealing the property tax levy. Otherwise
trie credit or tne state will suiter a disastrous blow. War
rants will be issued of doubtful legality, would be subject'
to discount. Bond interest may be defaulted, with all the at
tendant evils of the failure of a sovereign state to maintain
its credit.
The situation is serious. Those experienced in finance
know and dread the future unless remedial action is swiftly
taken. Are the people of Oregon to be rated with the repub
lics of South America to repudiate their debts and default
on their solemn obligations?
, It becomes the duty of Gov. Meier to veto the legislative
measure repealing1 the property tax. The measure is con
sidered unconstitutional anyway by competent authorities.
Even if it be constitutional it is such a grave blow at the
credit of the state of Oregon that it should not be allowed to
become a law.
If the legislature in regular session is able to provide
adequate revenues to meet that portion of the deficit which
represents short time borrowings that must be repaid in a
few months, and the additional revenues required to meet the
budget during the biennium without any property levy, then
it might be reasonable to cancel the property levy. Otherwise
it must stand to preserve the credit of the state.
Why preserve the credit of the state? Because default
Kould be a stain on the record of Oregon that would cost
us dearly for a century and longer. It would increase the in
terest rate which the state and every subdivision of the state
would have to pay on its bond issues for decades. It would
further cause outside capital to stay out of Oregon because
of the uncertainty of ever getting return on its money. This
would make more difficult the financing of legitimate pri
vate business and utilities.
Some members who have voted to kill the sales tax and
to cancel the Droperty tax are vehement agitators for bond
issues to finance the state's going into the power business.
Where will they sell the bonds if the state lets its credit go
to smash?
' This uaoer has not specified just how the state revenues
are to be provided. We think there are sources available
ether than a sales tax which would meet the emergency.
But we shall fight to the last ditch to preserve the financial
intecritv of the state of Oregon.
The governor should veto the property tax, repeal and
demand that the legislature face and meet the .problem of $"1
a 4, . a w - r Ah J d a Aea J a ve 1
state finances, it dare not cue ana run use 11 ua oaiuruay 8ion I want to sar that t thin
in the special session. The. property levy must stand until that Mr. Scott should have aided
some other and adequate source of revenue is provided. Any ,n. tne 8tat highway
other course is costly folly. d. r, ruble. Rt. l,
.. . Salem, Oregon.
The btate of Nazilia
CIOME thousands of our readers, we are sure, follow daily
O the daring deeds of Popeye on the comic page, and his
characters of Thimble Theatre. Others will do weu to get tne
sequence of the strip .with its generous offering of comedy
as relief to the serious affairs of life.
BITS for
BREAKFAST
By R. J. HENDRICKS-
How Salem won tight
for permanent capital:
e 1b .
(Continuing from Sunday: ) W.
W. Chapman was a conspicuous
figure In pioneer Oregon. He was
active politically; was a member
of theet- and 1811 legislatures.
Cam near going to th U. 8. sen
ate. In CI 8 El, for contempt of
court, ho was sentenced by Judge
O. a Pratt to 89 days imprison
ment and to have bis name strick
en from the roll of attorneys. It
was a political issue, cnapman
B. F. Bonham was a prominent
attorney, afterward of Salem, cir
cuit judge, postmaster, TJ. S. con
sul in India. His son, "Rate"
Bonham, la TJ. S. Immigration
agent in Oregon, office at Portland,
e s
Some of the unnamed men who
assisted in promoting the cause of
Salem in the capital fight of 1814,
as related by Mr. Craig, were for
mer students and graduates of
Willamette university, who were
scattered alt over the state, many
a pouucai issue, cnapman I
assisted by his Portland ? them la Prominent stodoas Ia
New Vi
ews
"What do you think of the
hunger march' to Salem?" was
the Question asked br Statesman
A week aeo Kincr Blozo of Nazilia gave eacn oi tne cit-N reporters yesterday.
iron a nf hi state & chunk of cold the size or a door-Knoo,
whArPiinnn the neonle all stoDOed Work and moved to the . "ynl A. Warner, department
.7 VTr r " 4.v i-J n w i store salesman: "I suppose some
City. It was worry, worry, wutij uw of them were deserving and oth-
sourceiul ropeye snot craps wim iuem auu gut tui ws muu- ers weren't. I heard many com-
ev away from them, forcing them to go to woric menu in the store today, many of
Than tha amhiriAin Inorsi KttTIZn. HeeKiniT LU JTlLin IB' I " - w uw uiaivu.
M. 11CU L.A.XJ UAAAfeSA V1VMU wmm . a o
vrtr fnr himself and disfavor for the king, promised the na
tives one working day a week and six days of rest, and
received their hearty applause. Loudly ne announced:
"I will not tax you to live in Nasttla. I win pay you to live
here.
Hnrk to General Bunzo of Nazilia!
But Bunzo and Nazilia have nothing on Oregon and its
legislature. We do not need to move away from Oregon to
get the blessings of Nazilia. Did not our own legislature vote
iAOTn fravAa en1 vnta if Coif XT Cf1 anrl double mileafire?
t U.MI.HI v.mi iivA Naviiiai inner iiva rn lire- i "w" uu mwx
aauK uvc ttuwi o I been out of work for sometime
and had been associating with
radicals. Their leader was wen
dressed and spoke fluently and
Frank Jaskosld. printer: "I
dldnt see them and don't know
what they look like. I dont be
lieve they've accomplished anr-
! thing by It"
W. C. Connor, editor: "They did
not look very hungry."
Ralph Curtis. newsDaoer mant
I " i ney are just like most any
gon legislature!
weu."
Daily Thought
League of Oregon Cities
THE League of Oregon Cities has been in existence some
seven years, and has a good record of accomplishment
to date. If given proper support and proper direction this or
ganization may become a powerful agency in this state for
the improvement of municipal administration. ' The passions of those who will
On rr-f rHffimlfv with citv irmrprnment ia the rhATiff- lnot rwear sour within them and
ing personnel both of city councils and commissions and of StuVL ThViiSuS eSos
executive officials. Each new set has to bangle along till it tion of our Puritan forefathers is
learns from experience the best policy and practice in run. I directly ascribabie to the tact that
inr riixr affairs Wirh a Imoiia Tinman tn aumihU nr! rflr. wy osmrnea me natural Chan-
Still; B V ataewtaMt V k oat SVM SjUT ww Fw ly w mmmm-mm wrw
relate statistics and information from cities in this state and
in other parts of the country a source of useful material is
provided for the benefit of new boards and administrators.
The league through a manager or secretary may devel
op improved practices in 'accounting, in administrative meth
ods, in bond and budget control. The experience of one city
is made available to other cities. Experiences in engineering,
in traffic control. In street improvements, in use of particu
lar materials and designs will enable other cities to profit in
planning their own expenditures. " .
The league, we understand, is to establish an office in
Eugene in proximity to the nniversity, securing cooperation
from the school of social "sciences. This will be a fine ar
rangement, of value to the faculty and students of the col
lege and of service to the cities through the office of the
league. ' ',-. " . - .
Tn fifTwr fttnte thpR leairae bureaus have done a great
deal in developing better administratis - of ratuiicipal af-
waa
friends to scape, was rearrested.
and, on application to Judge Nel
son, discharged on a writ of er
ror, la XSSi ho was made sur
veyor general of Oregon. Ho had
beea the first surveyor general ot
Iowa, its first delegate in con
gress, and one of its first presi
dential electors.
"
With his partner, General Ste
phen Coffin, ho built the Gold
Hunter, the first ocean steamer
owned In Oregon. He first dream
ed of a railroad up the Colombia
and on to transcontinental con
nections at Salt Lake. He made
extensive surveys, attended sever
al sessions of eongres, and sent
an agent to London at his own
expense, making himself poor in
the effort to secure his alms. He
failed, because of the Central Pa
cifle interests opposing his ef
forts. Chapman died in 1884, af
ter living to see another company
constructing a railroad over the
line of his surrey. The territorial
penitentiary of Portland was built
on land belonging to General Cof
fin; he told the 1868 legislator,
without his consent, and against
his wishes.
J. 0. ("Joe") Wilson, as told
by Mr. Craig, was one of the most
popular men of Oregon In the
early days. He was born in New
Hampshire Dec. IS, 1888, aoa of
a, dissenting Scotch Presbyterian
Lmlnlster; graduated from the Cin
cinnati law school In 1858 and
came to Oregon. He began prae-
Hicing la Salem and was very suc
cessful. Sensing the sure growth
of the capital city, he became a
large holder of down town prop
erty, baying n considerable nam
ber of well placed lots from the
original holders, W. H. Willson
and Chloe A. Wilson his wife, and
xrom ner alter ene became a
widow. He built his home where
the Bligh theatre Is now, and It
became a pioneer hotel, under
several names. With J. W. Ne-
smith, he owned the building.
Front and Trade streets, where
the Fry warehouse is now and
that housed the office of The
Statesman when it first came to
Salem, and was the meeting place
of the lower house of the terri
torial legislature in the session
of '53-4.
S
He was a leading member of
the First Congregational church
and a fine singer, musician and
director. He led the pioneer band,
and the late Jos. A. Baker, who
was a member, often told feeling
ly of his splendid response to all
calls of community endeavor with
music and other help.
. .
Joe" Wilson was the first
clerk of the supreme court after
Oregon became a state, and In
1882 became circuit judge of the
district that contained all the
eastern Oregon counties, as told
by Mr. Craig, and, by virtue of
that position, was a member for
the next eight years of the su
preme court. The highest court
was then made up of the circuit
judges, la Oregon. He had also
served as prosecuting attorney.
S
At the polls In 1878, he was
elected to be the state's represen
tative In congress, but died before
the session for which he was
chosen convened.
His son Is Circuit Judge Fred
W. Wilson, of the Seventh dis
trict, residing at The Dalles, and
often assigned to the Third dis
trict In Salem to hold court, and
is well acquainted here. The wife
of "Joe" Wilson was Elisa-beth
Millar, daughter of Rev. James P.
Millar of Albany, a talented and
cultivated lady, who, after her
husband's untimely death, receiv
ed a commission as postmaster at
The Dalles, which she held tor
many years. Old timers In Salem
recall her as a leader la society
here, aad helpful la many worth
while community enterprises.
S N
S. A. Clarke, la 1888. as Mr.
Craig stated, clerk of Baker
county, which had beea organised
In 1888 and named tor CoL B. D.
Baker, who fell at BaU's Bluff,
and of which the now Ions dead
town of Auburn was then county
seat, was one of the early news
paper publishers of Oregon, at
one time editor of the Oregenlan
and of The Statesman; railroad
promoter, nationally known news
correspondent, aad writer of
books. His home was long in Sa
lem; ho was the first to develop
a prune orchard in this section,
just south of Salem. Auburn was
given a city charter by the 1888
legislature.
lite. It has been often stated by
old timers that, but for thstr
work. Salem would have lost the
capital. That is no doubt trae.
H
la the balloting for stato capi
tal in the general election of the
first Monday la June, 1814, as
the date had been fixed in the
constitution. Portland received
8884 votes, Eugene 1888, and
scattering for other towns, 88T;
total. 8089. Salem received 8108
rotes, making her majority over
all T9, and as only a majority
was availing, the margin was not
large, as Mr. Craig pointed out.
.
Article 14, section 1, of the
constitution read: "The legisla
tive assembly shall not have pow
er to establish a permanent seat
of government tor this state. Bat
at the first regular session after
the adoption of this constitution
the legislative assembly shall pro- !
vide by law for the submission to
the electors of the state, at tho
next general election thereafter,
the matter of tho selection of a
place for a permanent seat of
government, and no place shall
ever be the seat of government
under each law which shall not
receive a majority of all tho votes
cast on the matter of snch selection.-
The second section of that ar
ticle read: "No tax shaU be levied,
or money of the state expended,
or debt contracted for tho erec
tion of a state house prior to the
year 186S."
And tho third section: "The
seat of government when estab
lished as provided in section 1
shall not be removed for the term
of 80 years from the time of such
establishment; nor in any man
ner than as provided In the third
section of this article; provided
that all public Institutions of the
state hereafter provided for by
the legislative assembly shall be
located at the seat of govern
ment." S
The third section was In 1908
amended to read: "The seat of
government, when estabUshed as
provided in section 1, shall not be
removed for a term of 20 years
from the time of such establish
ment, nor in any other manner
than as provided in the first sec
tion of this article. All the publle
institutions of tfie state, not lo
cated elsewhere prior to January
1, 1907. shall be located IN THE
COUNTY where the seat of gov
ernment Is. excepting when other
wise ordered by an act of the leg
islative assembly and la ratified
by the electors of the state at the
next general election following
such act, by a majority of all the
votes cast on the question of
whether or not such act shall be
ratified." This amendment was
carried by a majority of only 1107
votes.
(Continued tomorrow.)
Editorial
Comment
From Other Papers
TUB VIRGIN BIRTH
The Capital Journal appropri
ately reprints the gospel stories of
the first Christmas. If people have
time today they might compare
the gospels. Two of them, Mark
and John, make no reference to
the birth of Jesus. The accounts
given In Matthew and Luke are
radically different. That is why
there are many professing Chris
tians who do not accept the doc
trine of the Virgin Birth. Salem
Statesman.
We doubt that that Is the rea
son. There are several others just
good or better. The principle
reason it would seem to us for
sound minded, thinking people to
doubt the virginity theory Is that
It Is contrary to physical possi
bilities. No other testimony or ev
idence should be needed.
But, In case there are those who
believe in miracles, there is still
no evidence of miraculous concep
tion worthy of credence. There
were numerous gospels in circula
tion during the second century,
some of them written as early as
some of the four. They are known
in history as the "lost gospels,"
aad are frequently cited by the
early Christian writers. There
"THE BLACK SWAN"
Bv Rafael
Sabatirii"
CHAPTER FORTY -SIX
Hsvs you . . Is he dead! the
Major asked him, stammering.
"I de not do things by halves,
Wafer" !
There was a significance tn this
that prompted an awed question
frasa Prlscffla. :
Yea meant to kill him? Ton
aafffct hint for that purpose!"1
Ha sensed tho recoil la her. "It
had become necessary. Tor some
days, indeed. But X had to wait. XI
had to wait untu too tune was ripe,
for it. It was not easy waiting; for,
ho had become a danger. Above all.
ho had become a danger to yen.
Priscma."
Was that . . . Was that why you
killed him!" she asked in a hushed,
falterinr voice.
He considered her gravely an In
stant before repryinc. "Not en
tirely. But if it did not supply aS
tho reason, it supplied all the de
sire. Because of you, and because
of what ho had dared and what he
hoped, I klQed him without com-
enaction.
She set a hand upon hia ana. At
the impulsive gesture, the Major
frowned a little and looked down
his nose. But no heed was paid to
him.
I was afraid so afraid that I
supplied tho only reason. If you
had fallen . . . She seemed to
choke. When she recovered, she
continued on another thought. "Af
terwards, I wss even more afraid.
( thought his men would hare torn
rou in pieces. I still do not under
stand. It seemed to mo you must be
In rreat danger."
X am la danger, he answered
quietly. "But X was la no danger
there. Tho danger is still to coma."
As ho spoke, Pierre, from a pace
or two la tho background, leapt
suddenly forward.
"Monsieur! "
Do Bernis turned to face the sea.
Into view round the shoulder f
the bluff, a cable's length beyond
the entrance of the cove cams three
tall red ships, saillnc almost
abreast, and taking la sail as they
majestically advanced into fuller
view. Across tho water came the
creak of blocks and tho rattle of
spars.
Monsieur do Bernis appeared to
stiffen. "It has come, this danger,1
he said, la a low voice.
On the beach below them the
buccaneers stood staring out across
the lagoon In an utter stricken sil
ence, as If suddenly paralysed.
Thus for a half-dozen heart-beats.
Then, as tho Union flag broke from
each main-truck, and the ships be
gan to swing into line to starboard,
heading straight for the entrance
of the lagoon, it was as if hades had
vomited all its devils onto the
shore. Shouting, cursing, raging all
together, the groups broke op and
the men ran this way and that,
blindly, aimlessly scattering. Thus
had de Bernis seen rata scamper
and run when into the dark hold of
a ship a light had suddenly been
lowered.
Ia that first sudden panic, only a
few of them were purposeful in
their flight, and ran deliberately
for cover behind the careened hull
of the Black Swan. For the thought
in the minds of all must have been
that these heavily armed vessels,
obviously hostile, and probably be
longing to Morgan's Jamaica
squadron, which for months had
been scouring the seas in quest of
Tom Leach, would presently be
sweeping the beach with their guns.
It was Wogan who led the way
to cover, whilst Bundry stood and,
cursed him for a loathly coward
and a fool, who by his very conduct
was betraying them all to observ
ant eyes upon the ships. For Bun-
dry kept his head, and succeeded.
when that first spasm of surprised
terror had spent itself, In recalling
the main body of the buccaneers to
their senses and to some semblance
of order. .
What's to alarm you. you
rats!" ho roared at them, straining
a voice that was anything: but pow
erful until it cracked upon his
words. "Whatl to alarm you 7
Whoever those msy be. what can
they know of us 7 What can they
loo hare except a snip careeoca,
and another rhSn peacefully at
anehort
Men paused, steadied themserres,
and cams clustering about aim to
hear aim.
Teen tout heads." ho bade
them. -Whr should these ships be
hunting us? They may bo coming
aero for fresh water, how snouta
they have known wo are aereT
Dont you sea this Is but a chance
arrival? Even If they be Morgan's
ships, how should they recognise
tho Black Swan, careened as she
Is? If they see rou scuttling to
u . m a AM O
cover like those wno-ve zouowea
that fool Wogan, they'll learn the
very thing we must conceal from
them. Calm, then. In heaven's name.
Let 'em land. If so be that wants
to. Well see where wo stand then.
and what's to bo done.
Thus ho harangued them, and
thus restored, gradually, some of
their spilled courage. Ellis and
HaSiwelL themselves encouraged
by Bundrys obvious common-sense,
went to bis assistance in this task
of restorinr order. The buccaneers
broke Into groups again, and squat
ted on tho sands or moved now, as
if unalarmed, like men whose con
sciences are at ease. Thus, untu
the leading ship, a powerful vessel
of -forty guns, bemjr within the
neck of tho lagoon, swung broad
side on, and revealed open gun-
ports with tho guns run out ready
for action.
At this tho buccaneers fell again
to muttering ominously, their
adopted calm dissolving; before that
menacing sight. Stm, Bundry held
them la
A pox oa you, you fools! What
if she shows her teeth? What
then? Not knowing who we are or
what we may intend, she puts her
self on guard. That's an.'
But, to give him the lie, a white
cauliflower of smoke broke sud
denly upon tho flank of that lead'
ing ship, followed Instantly by the
boom of a gun, and simultaneously
with this the Centaur staggered
where she rode so peacefully at
anchor, and, with a crash, there
was a flight of splinters from her
bulwarks where they had been
struck high up 'by that shot at
short range.
A cloud of gulls rose from the
bluff, and circled mewing In af
fright at this sudden shattering of
the alienee. And like those white
birds, the buccaneers too started
up again la panic from the calm
into which Bundry had laboured to
bring them.
A second shot, following hard
upon the first, to batter the bul
warks of the Centaur, riveted them
there at rase, awe-stricken and
momentarily silent, expecting
broadside to follow that should
sink the appropriated merchant-
But none came. That second shot
evoking no response from the Cen
taur, her gun-ports remaining
closed, and her decks displaying no
sign of life, the newcomer held her
fire. She had taken in sail by now,
as had the other two; and in the
queer, uncanny silence rang the
rattle of chains and the creaking
ox windlasses. They were coming
to anchor there in the roadstead,
within a hall-dozen eabes' length
ezTha shore.
That the buccaneers had to deal
with a foe, and with a foe who was
wen Informed of their identity,
they could doubt no longer la view
of that demonstration against the
Centaur. What particular action
would be taken by these ships when
they had anchored, these men could
not surmise. But that u wowa m
actim to their ondoln they were
assured, and la their Tags at find
ing themselves thus trapped, aazp.
less hero ashore. In the very situa
tion that Leach had always feared,
they cast about them for a scape
goat, as stupid men wEl ia their
soger.
Thus it hatrpened that presently
there was a surge of them up tho
beach to the spot where Monsieur
do Bernis was standing, with Kiss
prfsdna en his left, tho Major oa
her other aide, aad PUrre, with a
strained and anxious look oa has
coppery countenance, ta tho Im
mediate background.
Monsieur do Bernis, who nerer
ia all his adventurous life had beea
mors alert and watchful thaa ta
tho last few momenta, expecting
precisely this development, aad ex
ercising his wits as to how to meet
tho onslaught when tt came, drew
closer to suss XMseuIa until his
arm touched her shoulder.
"It comes now, this danger," she
heard him murmur. "Stand firm,
and do not bo afraid,"
With that ho stepped forward
boldly to meet this human wave
that was sweeping forward to en-
gulf him. Very straight he stood,
his ehia high, his plumed hat
slightly cocked, his left hand rest
ing on the hilt of his long rapier,
so that the weapon standing out
behind him made a right angle
with his body..
Wildly clamouring that fierce
wave that mob of close upon two
hundred men came to break and
recoil a little at his very feet. A sea
of angry, evil faces confronted him:
curses and foulnesses almost deaf
ened him; brawny bare arms were
outflung towards him; fists were
shaken ia his face, and one there
i at fairly dose quarters who
brandished a machete as if to cut
him down.
He stood Bke a rock before tt an,
dominating them by bis height and
his intrepidity. His voice rang like
a trumpet, dear and sharp, audible
even above their howls.
"What's here?" he demanded.
"You fools! Do you attack the only
man with tho wit to save you from
this danger?"
Their noise feu to a mutter, a
rumble as of receding waters, and
presently it was still so that they
might hear him before they made
an end of him. Bundry, he saw, was
trying to break his way through to
the front rank. And presently that "
clay-faced, resolute shipmaster
struggled op to him, and there
turned to wave the assailants back.
Bundry, after all, had a practical
mind. He was not s man to be
swept by passion into blindness.
Never in any situation did he lose
sight of the essential thing.
"Wait I Back there!" he croaked
at them. "Give us airl Let's hear
what Charley has to say." And be
turned to de Bernis. "What are
these ships? Do you know?"
"Dont you? The leader there la
the Royal Mary, Morgan's flagship.
They are all three of the Jamaica
squadron. We've Morgan oa our
hands. Sir Henry Morgan. Bat he
comes too late for what he seeks.
If s Tom Leach he's hunting."
They roared at him that they,
themselves, still remained to be
brought to account, and how did he
suppose-that they would fare at
Morgan's hands?
"I know how I shall fare," he
answered them, and he actually
laughed as he spoke, though with
more than a touch of bittarness.
"There's no doubt at all on that
score. No need to be a prophet to
foretell It So if ye want to cut my
throat, so as to thwart Morgan of
the pleasure of hanging me, by my
faith, ye're welcome. I dare say it
win be the pleasanter end."
, . (Ta B CHtitanl) .
Distributed br EJn restarts Sradicate. laa
nels of their feelings. Instead of
getting rid of their cussednecs,
they kept It stored up within
themselves. Hence their gloomy
faces, their crabbed outlook upon
lite, their kni-joy practices. X.
macLoan Johnson.
no evidence that any of tr ua
i taught either tho miraculous con
ception or the physical resurrec-
, tion.
The doctrine of miraculous con
ception was not mentioned In any
of the pagan, Jewish or Christian
histories of tho period. It was not
thought of nor taught by tho
church itself till tho second eea
turyl Paul seems to have known
nothing of it Clement says noth
ing about It They were the only
Christian writers of tho first een
tury. The first epistle of Clement
to the Corinthians; generally ao-
birth. The prevailing religious ex
citement and enthusiasm, the Ig
norance and trusting credulity
and love of the marvelous, led the
ignorant people of that time to
accept unheaitantly, whatever was
told them with the sanction of
their Bishops. What little authen
tic literature there was became
greatly augmented by transcribers
who In their enthusiasm Inserted
new passages. The history of all
religions, too, shows that those in
authority were never slow to ad
opt any method calculated to In
crease their ecclesiastic control
over tho uniformed. We admit
that about all other religions bat
oar own,--admlt it and condemn
It
If Immaculately eoneelved,
Christ could hare had no human
genealogy, except through his mo
ther. But tho compilers of Luke
and Matthew, not satisfied that
tho genealogy of Jesus should be
traced through a woman, under
torv sow that Joseph was de
ls t c4idd froui ftairi' Both give a
principles of rlgnt and justice, destined, as it should ne, to pass
That too Is all that is worth while, j away forever. Corvallls Gazette
All else Is passing away, and Is times.
Daily Health Talks
By ROYAL S. COPKLAND, M. D.
fairs. Oregon ought to encourage this bodw which now la I cant ntianM ...
vying w enlarge its usexuiness.
. Tho democrats aro rivaling tho republicans la congress tor
their lack of accord. Speaker Garner la particular seems to bo sing
ing oft key. Ho blurts out that ho will support a sales tax; and
gets a spanking from tho eoming White House spokesman' who
t F. D. It Is shocked at tho very idea. Then tho faithful
hold a conference with Roosevelt and agree on getting mora money
from Income taxca by lowering the exemptions; and Speaker Gar
ner back ia Wasaiasioa palled the rong organ stop again by saying
. a Mwt ot now t0 set the money without changing tho In
come levy. The only way to muzzle Garner Is to move him across to
the senate wing as vice president That may put tape over his mouth.
Political poison- dies hard. Sen. Dill comes forward and moves
that tho treasury buy a quarter of a billion dollars ot silver at mar
ket Prices and Issuing silver certificates against tho bullion. Nations
long ago learaed tho impossibility of maintaining currencies oa tho
hasia ot bimetallism. It Is like riding a Roman race with tho horses
headed la different directions.
tion so Important a theory.
Tho first suggestion ot it in his
tory Is la tho Epistle ot Ignatius
to tho Epheslana ia tho second
century. It should tje remembered
however that ho was Bishop of
Antioch, la Syria, a country dom
inated by tho mystical and myth
ological Ideas of tho Orient It
was an article of faith there that
Zoroaster had been immaculate
ly conceived. In Rome the same
thing had beea said about Juliua
Caesar and la Greece of Alexan
der. It was quite tho thing to de
ify great men and It wss therefore
only natural that la their effort
to impress tho superstitious, tho
founders ot Christianity should
have propounded this theory
losg !ln cl ucestry. Both, ot
course, were "inspired men" aad
couldat ho wrong, yet Matthew
has Christ descending from Sol
omon, son of David and Luke has
him descending from Nathan, bro
ther ot Solomon. There Is also a
difference of 11 years between
Luke aad Matthew as to tho date
of tho birth.
But thank heaven, it is no
longer anything to worry about
Time was when people would have
fought about It Most denomina
tions now disregard it It was
"just oao ot those things,"
product ot tho times. Zoroaster
was also said to bo divinely con
ceived. So was Pythagoras, Tam
erlane, Oeugis Kahn, Apollonlus
aad Augustus. Oao Chinese rod
was dtvlaely eoneelved and anoth
er was eoneelved by a water lily.
It seems to have been an ancient
custom.
Bat. If we discard tho theory ot
the immaculate conception, tho
miracles and the physical resur
rection as Inventions of ecclesias
tics of the second century aad as
having no historical foundation,
and much else that must stand or
fall with them, -what remains of
tho Christian religion? Every
thing that la of any value all
that Is la harmoay with tho Im
mutable laws ot tho universe all
about Jesus IIS years after, his that Is ta accord with the eternal
Or. Ceseteiid
By ROYAL S. COPELAND, It, D.
United States Senator from New York.
Former CessaUsaioaer ot Hoalth,
Krw York CHty.
WITHIN RECENT years New
Tork Ctty has slwa aa increased
number ot cases of measles ia the
area a umbered rears. These are
new -sailed
"measles years".
During the past
year there has
beea a steady la
ta the
of cases
the outlook
for 1188 la dis
couraging. Par
eats, phyatdane
health offl-everywhere
should guard
against aa In
creased preval
ence of the dis
ease this winter.
I am sorry to
eay that sneaales la stm rceurded by
many parents as of BtUe conse
quence. Few realise that tta death
rate Is very high. A study of
tlstlcs shows that meaal
more deaths la a large eity thaa does
diphtheria. Tee ettea this disease
is Bcglected. The physician may net
be caned until the child has devel
oped a complication, such as bron
chial peetrmoala.
Highly Coaiagteoe
Measles le highly eoatagioue aad
quickly spreads from oaechOd to an
other. Cnfortuaatatr. the disease,
soporutiy ta its mQ4 farm, may be
mistaken for a simple cold.
, The chat eclat laOc raaa of msasies
appears at about the Cftk day. . Chfl
drea who have beea exposed to tho
aauctee chtM. evea before tho i
of the raah. are nable to
ktract tne osesss, - "
The skat measure to he
the sceveaxlea of snuaatee le the
saoaate tsoUSoa cf eaadroa
& algae of a ohaple eeU. Let see
tne suay another 'te
measles ta a child with signs ef a
cold aad pain ta the eyes. Do not
wait tor the raah te appear. Place
the child ta bed. Keep him wen cov
ered aad gtve simple but nourish
ing foods.
If the eyes become Inflamed aad
the child complains that Ught causes
pain, particularly if fever aad rest
lessness are observed, do net delay
calling your physician. Care aad
nursing are essential to the preven
tion ef the eangerous complications
ef measles.
Ia severe cases benefit baa beea
reported from the tajectioa ef small
euaatlUee ef wbeU blood. The blood
Is takes) from ooe ef the parents and
le tajected late the buttocks ot the
This does not prevent
but tt aids ta the develop-
t ef a snodlfled end milder type
or the i
Body ReaUtaace
Cnlldrea who have recovered from
measles require careful attention.
Messina, Uko other Infectious dis
eases, lowers the resistance ef the
body. The coavalescoat chad should
be assured of sufflehmt rest, fresh
sir and sunlight preper number ef
hours ot sleep and nourishing food.
Protect him arainst cold aad damp
ness, rsrrili ssnsea la the after care
of the stck child max. lead te pneu
monia, pleurisy and other serious In
fections. Bear ta salad that the greats
danger attached to msasies ta tta aeg.
lect There Is a popular Idee that
moasloB at a a i Pessary evil ef child
hood. ! I feel confident that If this
Impression could bo corrected, fewer
children would be exposed to measles
and the disease would disappear as a
meaaco to our eaOdreav .
i Asnrwt to' Health Qoerlee
"'hfre; Rc'V. aWhat causae a
child to grit tho teeth whOo sleepingf
ta caused or' pto
self sAdressed etasaped
for fan parOcolare aad re
peat your queatJea. ,
tconrtght. m. r. r. ,
V.