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CHARLES H. FISHEB,
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' November 27. 1P1.1.
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SANITATION PAYS
capable of standing a higher pressure. The substituting
of something else for rubber in gas tubing is no new dis
covery. That's been going on right here in this country
for some years, and there's been no shortage of rubber.
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That idea of Henry Ford's to take a shipload of school
ma'ams to Europe in the interest of peace is so absurd
that it is likely to be even a poor advertising stunt tor tne
Ford automobiles. There is a limit to the gullibility of
the American people although it is seldom pressed as in
this case.
The story is that a society in a Rocky mountain state
organized years ago to prosecute horse thieves has dis
banded and turned over the funds in its treasury to the
society for the prevention of automobile theft. That
shows one of the big changes worked in the passing of
time.
The recent visit of John D. Rockefeller. Jr., to the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company's mines revealed the
fnnt tVmf Tint .1 lit.rlo nf the discontent that led to the
deplorable strike in that region was attributable to me
insanitary dwellings and modes of food supply existing
llprl vpiipllinn at Wheatland. California, last
year was discovered after thorough investigation by the! t now
California state commission iu lmuugiauuu am
to be partly if not primarily due to the miserable dwel
lings and the insanitary environment of the hop pickers.
The commission was led to investigate other labor camps
in that state, with most beneficent results. It established
a model camp, and from the practical data obtained is
sued a pamphlet containing rules for camp sanitation,
photographs and drawings for sanitary bunk houses, that
served the commission to make propaganda through
practical workers under the commission's engineers.
The efforts of the United Fruit Company offer an
other example of efficiency arising from sanitation in an
industry. Having an aggregate of G5,000 employees in
Cuba, Central and South America, the death rate was
reduced from 12 a thousand in 1912 to 7 a thousand in
1913, in that division of its territory in which were ap
plied large expenditures of money, skill and labor for
sanitation under periodic medical visitation.
The splendid work of the Pennsylvania railroad after
the floods of 191:1 offers another lesson on sanitation as
being an important economic factor. The United States
Steel industry is applying this principle with enormous
advantage.
Civilization is certainly tough on the untutored In
dian. Several of them have been hurt near Pendleton
recently when their autos were smashed up.
They are talking of starting a "holy war" in Algiers,
If they do it will differ from the one now in progress in
Europe.
A Galley o Fun I
Strange how popular Greece is with all the belligerents
OUTCLASSED.
"My name was Captain Kidd as I
sailed, as I sailed; and my name was
Captain Kidd as I sailed. 0, my name
was Captain Kidd, and most wickedly
I did, and God's laws I did forbid as
I sailed." But I never owned a fl re
trap factory or tenement block, or an
unsafe storage dam on a bill -above
an unprotected town.
And I never cornered any necessity
of life, or took advantage of a benevo
lent protective system to ralae the
price of the poor man's food.
Neither did I ever compel my work
men to labor for twelve hourB at a
stretch at dangerous and exhausting
toll, or employ children to do heavy
and hazardous tasks.
So I have been thinking it over, and
while I still Insist I was a pretty suc
cessful pirate and, for general all
around wickedness, could not be sur
passed In my own day, 1 am ready to
admit that, when It C011103 to a matter
ot callousness of human suffering nnd
contempt for human life, I was nui
ftalf so bad ns I fondly imagined, in
fact, I have about decided that in the
way of cold-blooded, cynical, IwlllTcr
?nt brutality I would be regarded at
'.he present time as an almost com
Icte failure.
THE SEARCH FOR POWER
When the cave man tugged and strained with all the
might of his brawny sinews to roll a big rock before the
opening of his primative home, finally having to give up,
conquered, he then began to use his brain. With its aid
he found that a stout stick with one end inserted under
the rock gave him a leverage that increased his power.
The lever was a mighty handy thing, once it was dis
covered. It enabled man to do many things before im
possible
BOOK BORROWERS
Some folks are rather funny; if they should borrow
money, they're sure to pay it back; they're straight.
they're never willing to owe a man a shilling, a shotgun
or a tack. In all life's common phases thev are as nromnt
as blazes, a debt gets on their nerves;
they are so blamed punctilious it fairly
makes one bilious to contemplate their
curves. But when they borrow novels, and
take them to their hovels, to keep nine days
or ten, you may be sure the chances are
that those fine romances will ne'er come
back again. I am a chronic martyr: mv
set of old Nick Carter was borrowed long
ago; and Laura Libbey's volumes, that
stood in stately columns, my shelves no
more shall know. Where are the cherished
treasures that gave me unmixed pleasures in olden: cold
en days? Oh, where is "Bolts and Fetters," and where
"The Life and Letters of Rutherford B. Hayes''? To
honest friends I let them at their request I sent them
and. maybe they'll come back some day when pigs are
soaring, and pterodactyls, roaring, are roosting on my
shack.
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OPEN FORUM
operation in Kansnsf In that state
the act covers only accidents sustained
in employment for railroads, factories,
mines, quarries, electric liglit plants, or
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nut nnr knowledge of its Possibilities is toy no means,
mm Dieted The lever which is of most consequence to the! electrical works, building or .engineer-
cumpivLcu. xnciv-vvi . ,,- 1 '11 1.1. - f injf, laundry, natural gns plants and nil
man Of today IS trained ability. IOU Can tiy ail KinCtS 01' Workmen's Compensation. employment involving tho use of dan-
Other levers, but for cetting results they all are like tack- ,ir!:r"rtiV"pit'lV;l,,"r.,.lali, li (,,mriiy ! 6xi'u,sivo i"i'ia.i.mbie ma-
other levers, but for getting results they
pullers where you need a crowbar.
In the final analysis employers would much rather be
increasing salaries than reducing them or hiring cheaper
help. .... SJ x, t
They all nirmly believe, as some one nas saiu, mat,
"Anybody can cut prices, but it takes brains to make a
better article." j
A sarcastic business man expressed the idea concisely
and showed that he himself felt the need pretty keenly,
when he nailed up this sign in his office:
"Dont think you might be discovered.
"Don't improve you might get a raise in pay."
It has been suggested that a concrete bridge between
Marion and Polk counties would be preferable to one of
steel because of the additional work it would provide.
The steel structure would be fabricated in the East or in
Portland and would require comparatively little home
labor while a concrete bridge would employ a large force
of men for months, labor being the principal item in con
struction of this character. The lasting properties of the
cement structure, together with the opportunity to em
ploy home labor, should go far to off-set the fact that
the first cost would be higher.
organizations mustering their forces to
care for the needy in the towns and
cities in Oregon, it is imperative to
devise some means whereby this situa
tion can, in part, be remedied.
Who is to blame f Perhaps no one in
particular. The stato still is Inrgely un
developed. An nrmv of workmen could
be kept busy for years putting
natural resources into condition for the
production of wealth. Hut there seems
to be a deadlock between capital and
labor.
Tim workmen's compensation net,
now in force in this state, is largely
responsible for much of the unemploy
ment of labor.
I know this to be the cause of the
teiiiil
The law applies only to employers
who employ 15 or more laborers.
It will be nuted that ordinary farm
ing operations are not subject to the
compensation act in that state as in
Oregon. As a result Kansas is one of
the most prosperous states ugricultur-
slack demand for farm labor. This law
is too drastic and works an iiiiu.v to
itsclt hy seeking to impose
""r ally, while here in Oregon wo aro little
more tlinn remaining stationary if we
are not actually losing out along some
lines of farming. Both are rated as ag
ricultural states and both have large
resources in this line. Kansas farmers,
however, can utili.o lnbor without haz
arding their financial interests, while
Oregon farmers are discouraged by the
harsh restrictions imposed on them in
The story is that the war has caused a shortage of
rubber in Germany where various substitutes are being
used, a case in point being the use of solidified glue for
gas tubing which so made is more impervious to gases
and more resistant ,to heat, not subject to decay and
LADD & BUSH, Bankers
Established 1SGS
CAPITAL
$300,000.00
Transact a General Hanking: Business
Safety Dcpesit Boxes
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
lalior
bilitics on employers which they he
tate to assume.
Large industries as mills, railways
and construction finns include In their
expense account nreitniii nmoiint re
sulting from injuries to workmen. This
is ad lcd to the cost of tho material or
service to consumers.
Farmers cannot safeguard themselves
iu this manner. (Should a farmer be
cone liable for at Injury to one of his
workmen l.e is not in a position to at.
this to the price of kis corn or whor
The market would not nbsoib his crops
at tlie nihil need price. The law, as it
now operates, removes from hir.i every
legal defense except that of inlentional
injury on the part of the laborer. This
intent is, of course, practically impos
sible to prove.
About every frrmcr iu this statu
could use labor profitably during every
month in the year.
should thev inv
the employment of such labor under
llie pxistinir unlit mini pr.n nnnsnlimi
1 in-1 art. This law is working a hardship
on labor itself as it is it largo factor
iu the unemployment situation through
out this state. Tho only remedy is its
modification in harmony with tho Kan
sas act.
FARMER.
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safety for the sake of clearing n little j B00
more' land, building a new house or More detailed reports of the tragedy
barn, or extending their acreage- Iu received today from Captain J. W.
grain. The large majority of farmers ! Troup, superintendent of C. 1 B. line,
plan to do what they can with ma-1 "lates tho Princess Maqulnna, whjch
chinery ad the help 'of their family '""'U- a vain attempt at rescue declares
allowing the remainder of their acreaga crew of the windjammer launched
to be grazed over by livestock or go! lifeboats which were quickly capsized
Three American Deserters
and Several Germans
Went Down With Ship
Victoria, H. O., Nov. 27. Three de
serters from the Vnited States army
and several deserting Oormnm from an
interned gunboat at Honolulu are snjd
to have been members of tho crew of
twenty five of the Chilean ship Caret
mopu which wns pounded to pieces
Rut they rav whvlw'"' n" '"""'a 011 "1C w0"t C0a8t
il their financial ! uf Vancouver Island, Thuraday after-
1 uncultivated.
I The well known truism, "You fan
: lead a horse to the water hut yon can't
i make him drink," is applicable hero.
: Our lawmakers, backed by organued
I labor, can impose 'certain legal condi
I tions under which farm labor shall be
j empoyed, but they cannot obigato
farmers to hire laborers under those
! restrictions.
j How much more workable la tho
I workmen's compensation law now in
and swnniped and their occupants
drowned.
The Muquinnn slood by until the
storm threatened to carry her onto tho
rocks also. Captain Edward Gillmnii
ordered oil pumped into the water,
hoping thus to enable Homo of the life
boats to reach hli ship.
He fore the Manuinna was driven to
safety a huge breaker carried the
t'arelmopn completely over a reef and
pounded her to piece on the rocks.
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A TERRIBLE THREAT.
The Frog I guess you won't bother
me any more, old Vampire!
The mosquito (foiled by the smoke)
I'll make you croak on the othei
Bide of your face before long. The
very first time I catch you with your
pipe out I'm going to inocula" vou
with an anil-tobacco genu!
THE OLDEN MOON.
l'he olden moon sails 'round tho niglil,
And lovers walk beneath Us wilcc
And see It move, all golden bright,
Across the seas, behind the iules
Ah from some lost and lonely dune,
Since now for me no maiden smiles,
I looknnd see the olden moon
Sail o'er the seas, behind the isles.
Why do I love you, orb dlvlneT
It Is not that you light the mirk
Nor even that for love you shine.
But that you never Jump or Jerk.
Hero on this neurasthenic bank
And Bhoal of Time, from fret nnd
stew,
And slam and bang nnd sla- and yank
And hurl and whirl I turn to you.
For you you never dodged around,
Or start my nerves with twist or
quirk,
Dut sail a-saillnjT, sailing on
Without a Jiggle, Jump or Jerl
Tr.
MIGHT HAVE PREVENTED
SECESSION.
"Yes," replied tho philosophic
monkey, after the Darwinian theory
had been considered in nil its bear
lugs; "If our ancestors had only beeu
gifted with more diplomatic foresight,
and bad bad tho power to enfuive
their policies, tho monkey tribe would
today be the leading race iu the
world."
"Ahl" inquired another monkey;
"what policy do you think our ances
tor should have adopted?"
"The policy of 'once a monkey, nl
v ays a monkey.' "
8TILL IN ADVANCE.
Hoarder You made me pay In 111!
yance at first because I was a sn,m
lr. That wns all right. But I am not
stranger now.
Landlady No; I know you now,
.' A8 TO THE BABY.
Friend Kicks about taking
rlne, eh?
Tapa Oh, yea! kicks like a
curlst! ;
mcdl-
faith
Humperdinck (at Money Window)
I vant to send a money order.
Clerk Domestic or foreign? f
Humperdinck Hah?
Clerk Hobokn or Hamburg!
A woman's modesty is ber crown ot
1 horns. It short skirts are actually be
coming to hot "?'.
f TfTTTTT TW f TTT1
Dr. W. A. COX
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PAINLESS DENTIST
303 State Street
SALEM, ORE. i
(Study briefly the face of the fel
low who Is carrying a fish pole, and
you can tell whether he is coming
or going,)
The same applies to the nian with tooth trfcubles;
with the exception that a man even if he buys the
teeth, cannot smile unless they fit him.
My office is fully equipped with the latest appli
ances for the practice of painless dentistry. All work
guaranteed for ten years.
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MARGARET STATJFFER DEAD
Jliss Margaret Ntnuffer, aged TiH
years, died jSundny, November 21, at
her homo nenr Hubbard. Tho funeral
ceremony took place Tuesday at the
Presbyterian church at this place, Mr.
J. P, Cule conducting t lie services. In
terment was made in the Aurora ceme
tery. Miss fstnuffer is survived by five
sister, Miss Mary .Stuul'fer, Mrs.
Currio Worner, Mrs. Louisa Vogt, Mrs.
Hannah Htuitiback, and Mrs. Christina
Wolfer of Hubbard, nnd ono brother,
John tStauffer also of Hubbard.
hhe came to Oregon with her parents
in lS(i8, from Willupa Bay, where she
was bom; and lived at Hubbard on the
Stnuffer homestead until her death
Sunday. Hhe has been ill of dropsy
for several years, but for several
months has not been able to lie down,
but forced to keep her chair.
Miss Staiiffer was greatly beloved by
her family and a wide circle of friends.
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