The Monmouth herald., January 31, 1913, Image 2

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FRIDAY, JAN. 31. 1913.
CHANGES TllbJ CI 'SI OM.
That there will be no inaug
ural ball will probably pique a
portion of Washington soeiety
ami spoil the anticipations of
those who wouhl have piolitinl
by the sale of material and con
struction of fancy ball gowns.
President-elect Wilson departs
from the usual custom and af
fords us a different view-point
from which to perceive the fit
ness of things associated with
the highest functions of a people
or country.
The manner of government
of a nation either makes for the
weal or woe of ii citizens as a
whole, and why the chief execu
tive should ursher in his reign
at the helm of state with some
thing altogether frivolous and
foreign to the purpose of the
higher ideals of government is
something we have neer been
able to discern the litmus of. If,
after an executive has tilled his
term of service and has made a
success of his undertaking, he
feels like jubilating over lib
achievement, according to the
fitness of things, he might be
justified, and we could then see
the propriety of his action, but
where the celebration conies first
appropriateness cannot be ap
plied. Life is real and governments
are instituted for the purpose of
adding to the happiness and
bettering the condition of man
kind and to do this takes earnest,
sober and consistent endeavor.
The People's Side.
When they passed the Thomp
son swamp laud grab bill over
the governor's veto the members
of the state senate thought they
were putting the executive into
a hole but they blundered ami
went into the mire themselves
as time will show.
When the bill was passed over
the veto legislators made the
flimsy excuse that the land in
question is not valuable and is
unfit for settlement anyway.
It is the same old talk. It is
exactly what the Alaska coal
grabbers said when they were
trying to steal a coal field worth
many millions. It is what they
used to say about the Everglades
in Florida. It is the same thing
the steel trust said about the
Tennessee Coal & Iron compa
ny before it had gobbled it in.
Now it is known that property
is worth a billion dollars.
The Lake county swamps are
valueless now because a big hind
company is trying to gobble
them up. Therefore the com
pany indulges in bearish talk
and the legislature has assisted
in the game even though the
governor pointed out the danger.
Just wait until that company
gets this land safely in its paws.
Then there will be no talk about
worthless land. We will then
have a development and exploi-
tation campaign and the news
papers of the state will be urged
j to boost and help populate those
beautiful reclaimed lands.
j Smooth salesmen will go about
selling that land for .t'J.-'O an
acre and upwards. It will be
set forth that the reclaimed
swamp land is the richest laud
in the west and that a man with
a wife and It children can live
in luxury off the earnings of
five acres, raising anything un
der the sun from peanuts to
canary birds.
After all that has been said
about speculators and promoters
in this state how could the legis
lature take the stand it did. It
was an outrage against the peo
ple ami the state. It is not sut'.i
cient to say the swamp land is
worthless or that the state board
can handle the problem. There
is doubt as to what the board
can do and no one knows who
will be on that board when the
present members retire. Teh
matter should have been handled
by the legislature so there could
have been no doubt or danger.
By its action the legislature
has shown incompetency and
laid the foundation for a future
scandal. It is aiding and abet-
King the very policy that was as
sailed with bitterness and tears
at the recent irrigation congress.
It is aiding a reclamation policy
that looks not to serving the
settler but to stinging him. It
is strange conduct from a legis
lature that wants to vindicate
representative government and
shorten the initiative ballot.
East Oregonian.
The suffragettes of England
have been rioting and are in the
toils of the law again. Of
course we do not fully compre
hend conditions as they exi.-t in
England, but from the tactics
the suffragettes of that nation
are employing to accomplish
their purpose, we are inclined to
think that th,jy need governing
instead of governmental powers.
The Turko-Halkan trouble is
not yet ended, tut the begining
of the end is set off some fifteen
days longer, so that the middle
of February will be here before
any particular move will take
place indicative of what is com-
Increased Interest in Children's
Industrial Contest Work.
Among the many educational
matters discussed by the county
superintendents during their re
cent session at Salem in the ca
pacity of State Board of Exam
iners, none was entered into with
more interest than the school
children's industrial contestwork.
With one or two exceptions each
superintendent had introduced
the work in his county, and was
gratified with the results. In al
most every county where school
fairs were held last year for the
first time, the exhibits were be
yond the expectation of those in
charge. The discussion was not
as to whether the movement is a
good one, and one to be continued.
All were agreed and enthusiastic
on that point. It was simply a
matter of discussing method
how to conduct the work to get
the best results. There was an
unanimous sentiment in favoring
a later date for the State Fair
this year in order to make it
possible to hold the local contests
first, and then send the best of
the exhibits to Salem. Some ex
pressed their intention of sending
their whole juvenile county ex-'
dibit to the State Fair, and unless
there is a mighty side-tracking
of enthusiasm, the Fair Hoard
will need to build a roof over one
corner of the State Fair grounds
to take care of, the children's do-1
partnient. !
Many of the superintendents
in their industrial work this year ;
are going to specialize on poultry, ;
believing that it is a good thing
for every child to have the care
of some sort of animal life and
that nothing is more profitable
nor practical to begin with than
poultry. It is claimed by some ;
of the superintendents that jt is
easily possible to meet the entire j
cost of our public school system
by the increase in the production
children of the State. j
N. C. Makis. i
Get Honolulu and Alaska on
Wireless.
The fourth annual engineering
show at the Oregon Agricultural
College brought out nearly 1,000
spectators to see the demonstra
tions and exhibits of work done
by the boys in the electrical,
civil, and mining engineering de
partments and t he forestry school.
The largest crowd was attract
ed by the big wireless telegraph
receiving station and the two
smaller sending stations in other
buildings. Communication was
established with every station on
the coast from Alaska to San
Diego, and with Honolulu and
many ships at sea.
From every station in Alaska
came reports of heavy snow j
storms in progress, and all of the'
vessels reported that they were 1
laboring under heavy south-east'
gales. Honolulu also reported
storms.
A part of the electrical decora-;
tion was done by Yashitaro Fu-j
jihira, of Wakoyama, Japan. Be-i
sides the Oregon students in i
charge of the exhibits there were ;
also among the young demon-;
strators students from Kentucky, i
Oklahoma, Idaho, Illinois, Cali
fornia, Indiana, British Columbia
and the District of Columbia.
Iron welding by electricity un
der water; cooking on asbestos
with ice; an automatic writing
machine; methods of irrigation
engineering, lire fighting and
forest surveying; highway engi
neering; making spun glass; and
building furniture, miniature
barns, houses and aeroplanes, all
occupied the attention of the
students and visitors. The funds
received go toward the support
of the Student Engineer, a
monthly magazine.
George H. Williams' Statue to
Cost $25,000.
Salem, Ore., Jan. 27. -The
commission appointed by Gover
nor West to inquire into the cost
of erecting a statue of George H.
Williams in the capitol at Wash
ington has made its report. It
recommends an appropriation of
$25,000 for a statue of heroic size,
or $8,000 for a bust. The com
mission was composed of Colonel
C. E. S. Wood, Dr. T. L. Eliot
and George II. Haines.
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