TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT, AUGUST 3 1916.
What the Editors Say.
Dairymen complain about oiled
highways. They say the oiled dust
blows into the fields and effects the
eys of their cattle. Evidently here is a
new problem to be solved.—Polk
County Observer.
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California asks everybody to cat a
lemon a day, Oregon wants us to eat
an apple a day and Mexico wants us to
eat a crow a day. So what is a poor
overburdened patriot
to do.—Mt.
Scott Herald.
Here’s one of the Louisville Herald
dug up in an exchange: "The dryest
story in the world”—an Irishman and
a Scotchman wcie standing at the bar
and the Irishman had no money.—
Astorian.
Well, for the love of Mike! And
now they propose a geneial tax for
the support of Portland’s Rose Fes
tival, and a little while ago it was a
tax to establish a steamship line to
Alaska.—Hillsboro Independent.
When you read of sailors from the
submarine Deutschland cheering the
French ambassador as they passed
him on the streets of Washington,
you get a view of internationalism
that you wish certain European rulers
would take.—Telegram.
It is announced that England will
deliver about $400,000,000 ¡n gold to
this country within the next six
months. And the banks of this coun
try already hold so much of the yel
low;'metal they scarcely know what
tp do with it.—Polk County Observ-
The prohibition party has met in
convention and nominated a presi
dent, which reminds us that, what
ever individual members may have
done, holding conventions and mak
ing nominations is about all it ever
has accomplished as a party.—Hills
boro Independent.
How raw* of us with the barbaric
thought to condone capital punish
ment in these days oi enlightened
civilization was the attitude adopted
by the “humanitarian” press but re
cently. That was the press which said
we were wallowing in the filth of
obsolete barbarism. Yet listen today
as they shout "There is no punish
ment too severe for the fiend of
fiends who plotted and executed the
bomb throwing in San Francisco.”
But we are in sympathy with their
conversion.—Sheridan Sun.
There’s a joke on the Salem States
man. It recently said: “If Carranza
would only shave off those whiskers
we’ll have more faith in him. To the
average American, there’s something
in whiskers that breeds distrust. And
yet—maybe Victoriano is wise. It
might be a dead give away to cut ’em
off. Many a bristling beard covers a
retreating chin.” The Statesman being
a standpat republican organ is open
to the suspicion that it would not
wish to carry its theory as far as the
head of the republican ticket.—-Tele
phone Register.
Every town—and ours is no excep
tion—has two distinct classes of citi
zens—those who live in the memory
of their fellow mtn, and those who
are promptly forgotten. The man who
is enegetic, perservering and keeps
always in mind the welfare of the
community in which be lives, will
never need a marble slab to keep his
memory green. The fellow who kicks
and vollifies his own home town, will
die unmourned and his neighbors will
not even think of him long enough to
forget him. Say a good word for your
town—and say it again. You would be
mighty glad you live in Dallas if you
would get out and see some of the
other towns in various parts of the
country.—Itemizer.
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The Oregon Voter is launching a
proposition to increase automobile
licenses fees to $20 and up instead of
$3 and up as at pesent. 'They figure
that this would produce a fund of ap
proximately $1,000,000 per year,
which would be the basis tor a state I
road fund. 1 his million dollars would I
pay the interest on an $ 18,000,000 |
state bond issue, which would be used I
to construct hard surface roads over (
the state without increasing our taxes. !
The argument is that the autoists of !
the state get the most direct benefit
from good roads and his additional
fee would not be a burden to many of
them and would put the state in a po
sition to get some real results in the
way of a system of state highways.
The matter will probably be brought
before the coming session of the
state legislature.—Banks Herald.
Eighteen farmers in the vicinity of
Boise have been "conned” neatly in
sums ranging from $15 to $50 by a
stranger, who told them how easy it
was to buy goods cheaper from a co
operative store than from general
merchants. The beauty of the whole j
affair was that the farmers were not
called on for any money. Nothing of
the sort. All that he did was to sign
for the amount of goods he wanted
and when this was paid his stock was
paid. Killed two birds with one stone.
Besides he was to receive profit on
his stock. But things are not always
what they seem. In a few days the
signers received notice from the bank
that their notes were due, come in and
pay. Some surprise as none of the
signers knew they signed notes. But
ihty did, and in due course of time
Will be obliged to pay. The best plan
s to patronize your home merchants, ,
ays an exchange.—Forest Grove
’ews-Timcs.
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A home without windows was built
ir the blind in a certain _ English
hnmunity. Scientific heating and
Yitilation were provided. But archi-
tsts and trustees reasoned that light
not necessary in a house of sight
ly people. Then they discovered
th human beings, like plants, dwin-
dband die when deprived of the
lit* of th: sun. And they had to re-
m<Je their building and let in the
suit rays to keep the blind alive,
Sih the invention of the electric
light we have all treated sunlight with
amazing indifference. In summer, es-
PWKilly, we
spend
much time,
thought, energy and money in pro
tecting ourselves from the sun. And
in so doing we are often acting
not much more wisely than the com
mittee that built a house without light
for the blind. In summer, for instance,
we try to escape the sun, when we
actually need its services in the cause
of good health. So take your woik
■oid play out ci doors as much as pos
ible. Don’t fear sun stroke. Don’t be
afraid of sweat and tan.—Toledo
News-Bee.
Auto License Fees.
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1 he increasing of the automobile
owner s license is one of the most ef
fective ways to raise additional funds
•or bui]ding roads. Oregon’s fee for
a 30-horse power pleasure motor ve
hicle is $5. The license in this state
is $3 and up. It is not the lowest
among the states of the union, for
Texas charges but 50c, South Caro-
lnia $1. Minnesota $1.50; but Ala
bama fixes a fee of $17.50; Maine
$15; California $12; New Hampshire
$15; Florida $10; Iowa $12; Mary
land $15; Massachusetts $15; New
York $12, until the average is $7.25.
The Oregon
automobile
license
should be raised because the autoist
uses the roads more than any other
class of taxpayers; because the auto
mobile tears up the road more than
any other vehicle; because the pres
ent road problem is due to the auto
mobile travel; because the auto owner
derives more benefits and pleasures
from good roads than any other citi
zen.—News Reporter.
the game being that no restrictions i
be placed upon the character r of the I .
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attack, but the hog tied < defender
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must fight according
to schedule j < *
made for him by others.”
"He is right to a very great extent.
How many of us know that bill after .
bill has been introduced in the legis- ,
lature for the sole purpose of making
trouble for a public service corpora- ,
tion and without any thought what
ever ot doing good for the public. ’
These are introduced by the same
demagogue who raises a cry against
all corporations because he finds one
that is corrupt.
“The only thing for the corpora
tions of Oregon to do is to join with
the honest people who are not seek- I
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ing office, nor trying to run party
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organizations and make a clean 1 Cllt.
cut, 1
open handed fist fight against the
selfish politician, the blatant dema
gogue. lake the public into confi- (
deuce and defy the traducers to pro
duce proof of the
inflammatory
statements made against all public
service corporations, forcing them to
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specify just which one is meant in
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their charges.
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“We believe the people are fair and
when once the situation is cijjrectly
understood capital will be perfectly
safe in Oregon and permitted to earn I
a proper return on the investment.
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"There never will be an improve
ment until the agitator is squelched
and the corporations openly appeal
to the public for fair play which is
due
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Keep Cows Well F«d.
(By Prof. C. H. Eckles.)
During the hot weather of July and
August the milk flow of the average
herd drops down nearly half. The
How Oregon Has Been Looted.
heat .and the condition of the pas-
Oregon people are now asked to en tues common at that time of the year 1
gage in a letter-writing campaign to arft (he main causes of this drop. The
save the remnants of their land grant flies, generally blamed, are of much
less importance than other conditions.
from confiscation.
In other words, the citizens are to The real cause is the failure of the
protect themselves against further animals to eat sufficient feed. Poor
spoliation authorized by their repre pastures, heat, and flies may all con
tribute to this result. It will be ob- I
sentatives in Congress.
'The Sinnott bill asks that the forty served during the hot weather the ’
per cent proceeds of sale of the O. & cows will graze but little and come to
C. land grant be expended in Oregon the barn at night evidently hungry.
To produce three gallons of milk a
on Oregon projects.
From sale of Oregon public lands, day a cow has to gather at least 100
$10,717,000 has already gone into or 125 its of grass. If the pastures
the U. S. reclamation funds, and only are short and the weather hot, gener
ally this much grass will not be gath
$3,671,000 of it spent in Oregon.
In Oregon, 32 reclamation projects ered and soon the milk flow goes
are mapped out that would require down.
The influence of these summer con-
$54,644,000 to complete them and
not one project has been completed. ditions cannot be removed, but may
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improved.
Two Oregon Senators and one Con be
gressman back the government con see that the cow does not lack food.
servation policies, while two Con They should be in the pasture at
night and during the earliest part of
gressmen fight for state control.
It will largely be added to the two- i the day. If the pasture is short, feed
thirds of the area of the state already silage or green crops. It is well known
to all experienced with dairy cattle
in forest reserve and untaxed lands.
This has all been accomplished by that when the milk flow goes down
politicians who appeal to the preju once for lack of feed, it is impossible
dices of the voter who is ever ready to bring it back to wchre it was be
fore by better feeding later. To get a
to swat the railroads.
high production of milk during the
year the cow must be kept at a high
The Eighteen Initiative Measures. level of production all the time. For
this reason do not neglect the cows
(Lebanon Criterian.)
during the hot weather and expect
July 6 closed the period in which them to come back strong again when
measures can be placed upon the bal conditions become better in the fall.
lot by the initiative. There will be Keep them going all the time.
several of these measures again this
year and it can safely be said that
better results could be secured for the U. S. is Leading all Nations in Build
ing of Trade Vessels.
people if all the propositions were
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kept off the ballot and taken before
the legislature where they could be
For the first time in more than half
thoroughly'
analyzed
before any
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.a century the United States ship-
serious attempt is made to enact them j building yards are more active than
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into laws.
I those ot any other country, according
So little heed is given to the prep to a statement issued today by the
aration of initiative measures that Department of Commerce, and the
they are more often than not simply American output of the present year
the idea of one man, or at best a probably will exceed that of the rest
group of men interested, in enacting of the world.
into law some paticular theory that I Building in Japan is so active for
would result in their benefit financial eign contracts have been rejected in
ly, and under the guise of being leg order to provide for the domestic de
islation by the people secure some mand for vessels. Since the outbreak
thing that is of real detriment to the of the European war, Germany has
state at large, and, which, if it had not issued statistics of construction
been presented to the legislature for of merchant vessels, and it is believed
consideration could have never pass her shipyards are primarily employed
ed the first committee without the on the construction of submarines
"nigger in the wood pile” exposing and on other naval work.
himself. ________________
I Norway’s output of 85 000 tons in
! 1915 was the largest recorded and
Public Service Corporations.
' probably will be exceeded this year.
The most complete records of the
Bruce Dennis, editor of the La world's shipbuilding for a period of
Grande Observer, one of the ablest years, the department bulletin says,
newspaper men in the west, a Pro are those published by Lloyds Regis
gressive leader and always a cham ter, showing merchant vessels over
pion of the people’s reforms and 100 gross tons launched each calen
grange and labor propositions, re dar year, not including vessels built
views the situation of Public Service for rivers, barges and other unrigged
corporations and the conditions of craft.
the past.
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For this reason Lloyds' figures are
He admits that time has worked somewhat less than the government
wonderful changes, from the old returns for the United States, the
days when “the public be d—d” was Netherlands, Germany
and other
the rule with unwise managers, and countries with considerable river and
cities and state legislatures with cor- canal navigation.
porations as public enemies and says: j The world’s output of merchant
"Who is to blame for this condi- - shipped during the calendar year
tion?
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I 1913 was the largest recorded, and
"No, not the public—not the con- ■ under normal conditions probably
sumer?.
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would not have been fully maintained
Not the honest corporation, nor for two or three y(;ars following.
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honest
man
who
directs
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below
for
1914 closed 1
est corporation. •
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with
the
end
of
July,
so
far as Ger-
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■ square many an(j Austria are concerned,
Vv e are speaking
now of • the
as
manly men who are directing honest those countries have issued no ship
corporations and not the guilty slip- pjnR reports since the outbreak of the
one-over on the public kind, of which war.
there are some still in existence.
"The first five months of the war
“It is first of all, the selfich politi-' did not seriously affect the world’s
cian and selfish agitator who points launching of merchant ships, outside
to crooked work on the part of some of Belgium, France and Germany, al
particularly dishonest
corporation though deliveries late in 1914 began
and then classes all public utilities to be slow in British yards. In 1914
with the dishonest one. The public the United States launched only 200,-
finds upon investigation of the dis 762 gross tons, compared with 276,-
honest corporation that the charges 448 goss tons in 1913, but the de
of the agitator are true and without crease was not a result of the war.
further investigation places every The world’s total in 1914, even with
thing under corporate seal in the the central powers excluded 4ur five
same class. The fireworks start, the months, was only 480,000 tons less
howl grows louder and finally the than the world’s maximum in 1913,
public opinion gets in its work and and was above the recent average an
honest investment is shattered. Earn nual otftput.”
,
ings are decreased, damage suits of
every description follow. And this is
Foztle.
why the head that directs the public
utility corporation of today rests un
“What is it a sign of when one’s
easy.
"Very recently we received a letter lips itch?” asked the dear girl in the
from a friend who is a man among parlor scene as she lowered the blinds
men; who directs an honest corpora and seated her person on the end of
tion, and in that letter he said, "being a sofa built for two.
"I don’t know. I’m sure,” replied
a public utility man now-a-days is
very much like being a prize fighter the dense young man, as he folded his
placed in the ring with both hands arms and tried to look wise, "but T
and feet tied, and called upon to meet presume it indicates some sort of a
all comers with the principal rules of cutaneous trouble."
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