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stl'NIIAY, .lANI'.\tIY II1 l-51.
Saint Augustinel Well hast thou
said.
That of our v ces we can frame
A ladder, if we will but tread
Beneath our feet each deed of
shame.
-Longfellow.
REACHING THE PEOPLE.
y . I.. .T I'i . 11
li..lrling is gieI a brief twltline of
the platl s of the xtellsioi l ,ilrk, ur
ranged iby they state uliversity. Dr. r
Rleynolds of thile university if cult ist
the director iof the extenl in l io t
granin e; i tas.n.'it.led withi hi hi in th' f
work tare otheril faculty ilemlihr5
whose Ilnsells 51sand for su(lllltllillg in
the nation-\%idi field Iof cdi tilion; it
wouhti i difficult to find, il tLhe proIs
ttoetus (of an: ty educatinclit ilnstituitiol Ic
in tihe tii ltry, ti listI of Ilnames hich]l
represents a higher :tanding than that
w,. h ic(h is p urtl ar n te , n b ,y th e ,,on ta ~tl
university's extetnsion faculty. It is
just titither bit of eidlence of the i
high type ot f ilth d-uatoriis that mtakh 0
upll the worlking fore at the uiiiiivcr- a
sity. ir
Hut the iniplilrtt:lnt pililt Iln thie ,l - b
nollncunemnit of tihe li'vetrslty's esten
iioll work is that it mllark:; l inthler
step in the broadening til l the' i infllu
(nnce of thel inlstitution; it inl icates t11h p
chatngeid attitude ,f tlhe- slate oard '
of education towaro til' policy of the 1 Q
school. This extlnsiont "o0]9 nliltns. 0
hest of all, thnt the uniler';ity :Ind On
its tl\adntagies are toi h taken i tihe t
peoplet it: opportt'i l i i ti ire t l t ft (
carried to thise who % c Ptn..t rout h
here. It is Ii step totwcrtl re;lizing,
for the state, litt-r nretaii ulll i it thit
irivestnlent which ti he ui titi rstii r,,p-,i
}t ore, then, is the' 11 'iont' \,11, l ot 1or i
the appreciation which th1t 1" 1., ', f:
lthe sllat- lmust fe l iln the I, -rus-l ,, l(
the e(xten ill-\\ tori h ll tin i \h lI is
nt ll' ieinng s ient nit friiill ttP lll '
versit il. T i lii lities of thi e ,i it Il -
lion, thil , wisdom and Xpl i. ' ";'
act ulty and thlt O.' .'im'itiltiti's \h1 ,
thsi e re, t resent all arel t i. :;ll It
right iii the Ilh tint s of . iI:tit i I, t , ili'
people who are l',rveatedt by .i|,ni
sitalIIesi from hK ill pnsi- lI t I
teuida ta 'e ait the i niVtersit It
great thing fir \lontiti :i, this i u rr iri;
t h e u n i v e rst - i t \ i n t o t h e l t- l ()1'o t h s a .
state.
It is uni air to I il.Liti the spelut -
thrift Womalin fir :.;t tf Ithe ingle li
lessehltess which is ,'l id hl ,i,.. The
spendthrift nion enil loom iill for
ilellll of the cnsureit
Vl atch f r iil j I ,, iF il the 11til
Il'c allmlli, g I lov n T ll i+. W e. dotn't il{o1(%
heri it is, i)nt , :ti tt sur i it trill
r'e' ti- itself.
|Perhaps thi's l .l :lil f', t lt. v hall isn1
polic itell W h ho . \, 't l I .ei n flired i ,t.
thire is the stweit, unituluv of iit'
n ",1 year. DL on't l t that e' ll'turch-a.t
ltenllance rtesolttiwl ,:ut,' yeit.
Soon, nov, w'i shall sec ii]iat Ni-i
Yc'r s resolutiiJions Colligltiss tlitid ii t ilt
h pr,, Cressives' res,)lti ,,ns in
tuir a l.'1t I t sjltill t llr dgitllh tw o
Nenator 'umills. -
To New If' t, I, Nett York arol New
E1gllanl:11d, %te I,.\t, hove added a New
c' "!nly .aohn ,ind ha.s qjl:lif'ied
for i tetjSit job i tihe diphlantlat
corp:.
Ihilllntei stiglau l;hu Ithle modern I\o1an
1. extravagant. tt so is the lmodern
guan.h
CLUBS AND SCHOOLHOUSES
By A. L STONE.
We have never heard a reasonable argument against the
use of schoolhouses for meeting-places of community clubs.
Perhaps it is because we are so deeply impressed with the
desirability of a wider use of our school property, that we
do not regard any argument against it as reasonable, but it
is certain that no amount of argument has convinced us
that it is not the very best thing that can happen for a
neighborhood, to have its schoolhouse in use day and night
and, if possible, twelve months in a year.
The social-center idea is framed about the schoolhouse.
It is not an idea which is altogether new. It is a develop
ment of the old New England singing-school and spelling
bee system; these functions used to assemble neighbor
hoods at the schoolhouses at least occasionally. The new
plan is to gather them regularly and according to a definite
schedule. It is the best possible means for neighbors to
get acquainted. Neighborhoods whose individuals are ac
quainted are reasonably certain to prosper. There exists
there a better understanding of mutual interests; commun
ity affairs are a matter of lively concern.
Recent statistics show conclusively that the social-center
is an institution which has come to stay. The Russell Sage
foundation has been inquiring into this matter and its ex
perts find that, where the movement has already been
started, the rate of growth is much higher than the rate at
which it spreads in localities where it is new. This may
be accepted as showing that the actual results of the social;
center are more effective in securing public support than
are the words even of its most enthusiastic champions.
There is a wide scope to the movement for a broader use
of the school plant. Reports from seventy-one pities
show that there are more than three thousand workers,
some paid and some volunteer, engaged in advancing this
work. Including the rural districts, the report shows that
there were 981 schoolhouses in which public entertain
ments and lectures were given; there were 496 in which
were held open meetings where adults might discuss local
problems; there were 474 in which classes were maintained
for athletics or folk dancing; there were 190 school build
ings used for social dancing. These figures do not cover
the use of the schoolhouse for political meetings and elec
tion purposes.
The point is just this-Every community has a large sum
invested in school buildings. These buildings are idle
during all evenings and during the three months of sum
mer. The communities are receiving only a fraction of the
return upon their investment which they might obtain if
the schoolhouses were thrown open evenings for the use of
the neighborhood and during the summer for directed play.
From the schoolhouse should radiate the vitalizing in
fluences of the community. It is a natural condition. If
the neighborhood assembles here for the discussion of its
local problems and for the formation of plans which make for
local betterment, then the schoolhouse comes nearer to
fulfilling its complete purpose. Then is the community
realizing more nearly what it should upon its investment.
In Missoula, the Whittier school is becoming important
as a social center. The north-side people are making use
of it for their community meetings and from these meetings
are coming benefits already. The reports of these meet
ings indicate that the discussions are earnest, friendly and
beneficial. The neighborhood is obtaining recognition
which it had not obtained before.
We are not informed as to the plans of the north-side
people as to their future meetings. We know that there
will be more meetings and we hope there will be many
more. We hope to hear that these people have called in
others; that they have invited experts to address them; that
they have sought counsel from those who are well in
formed upon subjects which are discussed; that auxiliaries
have been formed to the present neighborhood or
ganization.
We would like to see every schoolhouse in western Mon
tana used as the Whittier school is being used. We would
like to see the mothers and sisters meeting, as well as the
fathers and brothers. We know great benefits would fol
low. And always, we would like to see the supervised
playground made a part of the neighborhood plan for local
betterment.
Chronicles of the City
When The Rain Came.
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u hI it tI, ' thal it 1 1ni : litll i.e,
tfl l·: t1 t :iu, w ri tt tiltrI l,1 1v lell\c
tl i thin,,, t ;eli :lt" \Irtitt"if i i th "
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S t il t ui1l ,it I)tit 11
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v,,;t :01, 1 n + _t 1i11 1; .llrl'( 1 s, \htL
lit ,r i ,II i, , ! ,I \e'li :rl lli \'i lill, ut
i it Ii i ,it " t 'h l 111' Ii , lhl
i lr i i tt il l nhi ll h i, i i it.'
tr, l 1,1, 1. I ll' b ~tr W s ,i hlll -th '
,. n . i l s fii "li , I i i a l ti" id 110 w o h
not ittl
A n1 h ll i 1 , ,,,titl ,: .i) 1,h Il 111, evttn
that h," IhnLlh iI]n IIita ll , t l ,
ohbllt II i tl u ý t utii t l ' f ii.
1i , Ilh, 1t t ,It l i t llI, e1t l: i t s'i'
t i it t ti h ,I '" :l , , . 'I u' I t t it i 11t
thili s g ,i ' >
]hil : li 1,'I - ,rd -h h e'd it, v' ll hie
(:r". it 1. -ln d ! ''t,., t'ilt" That W as
hlll lhl t I,$ 'rh\ , l i ,I
it thitee ta .t hill nulihr' }ihd it11 l-.t
i.su imitr T le :etillt] It, 1 L,.I iiin. ov r
the I ,Vl li Who \Vw Irc o[ thc" ilst.
And It I ;ill.. l i " l i 51s Ilts tbllrt oohs \o."
c(o,:ntedt wit hh thei t.
n l , tran d ;t ,1 ,h . , h ris \\,'r€ had
withi lith sn. I, 'r th'. IhiUhd 1 aft'r
tCl, fleshslntsl l ~1 1:it fil oi f Biutth'.
All, verily, th..y % e t,r, ilt'linetdl to
N11Nw these certain mlen with th(. gat)
d-sires wtre pleat for 13illsweeny.
1'ih" ill to their galie and Ire
I"1 ler) (110.
A\inl lil t '- tititll not do those thilngs
nlllil1 lh e .'w oull t i. it,, 'bIctnse Iill
lWl I1 lp.lpd thoem olf.
.\ln 1H1y were sure,
'rhe 1iu they unto Jimtnrotls. even
iy!' ll ;LmeII who got gi y, and whenI
til tll' . el n unto himn, they lift.d upl
Iheir \-i~ies in grteat lamentatitin, so
hal lI!i so.dtil of their h low l W as hlieard
iII all ithe city.
lAndl t Whe i they hi ta l io e linto .1 11 -
ti-t\.l iltiunto him aind
iluled til. Aind they said uinto hiim,
telquh hl, i> .imir.lh, 's, thi. iiman Hill
l. s i tle is il iit. For hie spoilioth our
lill nights i utl hIe darktl eneth the
iti-: t11 I it \\'av s i that it is filled
with 1'reatlI liarkittll.ss ;itInd we tcannl)t go.
whert. r e i\t lltII go, nor tint we doit
the things that we wt'\ ld dt.
Anil , lnrdte's tirllened unto theom
and hieard ., tl hi. iten the things that
tith said unto hi l.
ti.,w\ \\tihenl t halilt spoken, ,Jim
Irltes w si fihi l tl with greuitt llirrw fir
eli. Anlll h sake unto them andi liltl
i ,. d, (1i ily wav and flret not your
S\iuc e t is l.r, il rily, I t ill get till
-'otlt go and he slinillt th'lr fun.
Anti lthey slliet their waly rejoicing,
1ten the 1 li\- n 1 u Who would get
.\nd Jiirodes lro,,eeded to get 11i11
Now when linlrotd s Wa. toll11 uinto
ire c'uti il ' uih.ll er :and 'Tottrli ite and
!ill were' with h'ni, ven 111 H i lll w was
captain l f the bist, he sl ake In :1
loud t wid e :11i1 sa.h, Iethohl, it hath
been male kL 'w nl unt !i that Hill
tw\eny is it nutl. VY rily, it hath i1h teen
I said hiat hie is no good. Foi he foi
loweth the gay young men where they
would go and he spoilelh their fun.
And he soaketh them for many shekels
of gold if they submit not unto hil
commands. And if they itg- not up,
then doth he cast them isto the dun
geon.
Ant Jimrodes spake yet again and
said, Verily, Billsweeny 'ls not so much.
For he hath a great fortune and it Is
placed in a dump that is tough. In
St. Regis is this dump and it smelleth
to heaven.
Now, listen. Take it from me that I
am strong for purity. Do you get
that?
And Tomprice and Bill cot It, even
as Jimrodes had said.
And the people heard It even the
people of the city, and they marveled.
Now it came to, pass in that' day,
which was the second year of the reign
of Jimlrodes. that I)Dadbrooks guarded
the shops wherein are sold the flesh
of sheep and of hultocks. The places
wherein are sold silks and fine linens
did he watch over.
And. behold. thieves came in the
night and robbed the shops wherein
was sold the flesh of sheep and of
hullhcks and the frankfurter. And they
broke in and took of the store of the
iutcher.
And it was on Iadbrooks' beat. And
Dad should have caught themn in the
act. even the thtleves which did break
through and steal.
iBut he could not. For, behold, his
sthoeis sqleall.e and; he was at the cor
ner \ here silks are sold and fine linen.
And when till heard this, who was
captain of the ihst lit was wroth. And
he strippeld lhldlroeoks of his uniform
and took froim hitn his Javelin and his
shield. Nor would he number him
with tlhe host.
And Pill sought to fire Dadbrooks.
Buto Dadhlrooks would not fire.
For. Iehold it had rained imutch in
the city and everything was wet.
And the city was fireproof and the
hlost thereof.
And wvhen the ctllnli l wa!s gathered
together, evetn .1litlr des and Tomnprice
and Bill. wvho was c:ltltain of the host,
there camtie unto them hit llsweeny and
sait unto themi. VWht maillnnner of thing
is this that Jiltrodtis would do unto
me? cltt next to yotIrselves and take
a tunble.
And ivwhen the coulncil hadl heard
those things, evell thil things which
ijllsweeny said, ,Jimrodes was silent.
But Tomnlprice stiake tIandt said, There
is nothing doing, for we know not if
these things lie so which have been
said nor is it our business to find out.
And, verily, it was as Tminprice had.
said.
And there was nothing doing.
Then came unto the council Dad
brooks and spake in a loud voice and
said, Listen, lfor I want to say that I
was on the jllo allnd there :ire furs at
Schlossberg's for ninety shekels.
And his shottes squeaked, sio they
were heard in all the great chamber
of tile cituncil.
Now when the council had heard
these things, Jimrtdes spake again and
said, Verily, if IDadbrooks knoweth
that furs are ninety shekels at Schloss
Ierg's, then must we say that he hath
been on tile job at the place where
thieves broke in and stole, even though
it he fifty cubits and a spanl removed
frltoml Schhlossbergs eoirner.
And Tonlprice called unto the coun
sellor, even unto the man who read
the laws for the concil, and asked
himt of these things. And when they
had commnllned. Tomnprice said yet
again, Itehold, there is nothing doing.
And there w\as not.
For it \lwas so wet in the city that no
hody ctould tIe fired.
And l)tidlirooks greased his shoes, so
they vwould not squeak and give alarm
to the thieves that did break through
Htut it was stime wet in the city and
a. lalln needed to htave his shoes
greased.
For thie rain and the fog were such
that lthe city was firelproof.
A USEFUL SALOON
In the January American Magazine
Peter ('lark MacFarlane tells true
s:ories of several drunkards who have
.isu're,,eded in ridding themselves of the
ii.ll·.n' habit. In the course of his ar
ticle he tells about the Self-Master
('iolony at Elizabeth, N. J., where a
great work(, is being done-particularly
fir imen and women addicted to drink.
The following extract from the article
explainls the advantage to the colony
if a saloon across the street:
"Across the road from the colony is
Riley's-a typical counltry saloon. To
the inmates of the colony. Riley's is a
sort of testing machine. If a man can
sit on the c(olony well curb and look
at Iiley's indifferently--as if it were
an undt.rtaker's shop, for instance-
het is getting along. If, on the con
trary, ait thei' squteak all pouf of these
swinging doors he wets hi lips and
sh.tades his eyes in an endeavor to
catch ta glimpse of the forms at the
bar--why, his reform is in no very`
prosperous state.
"All of which is in accord with the
Self-Master idea. Indeed, while poor
weak men are continually taking
things from the colony., rugs, tables,
blankets, anything at all portable and
negotiable, and exchanging them for
drinks at Riley's. I do not know that
Mlr. Floyd would like Riley to move
•a way. The men have to learn to face
the' temptation of the roadside saloon
when they go out. It is perhaps well
for them to practice on Riley's, which
thus, all unwittingly, becomes a part
I of the Icolony teaching apparatus."
DISPATCHING TRAINS
(Engineering News)
Wireless telegraphy for control of
trains llloving en route has been ex
perimented with by the Delaware,
itLctkaiwanna & Westerir railroad for
several months. Finally the Lacka
wanna I.imited, a train running be
tween tioboken, N. J., and Iuffalo, N.
Y.. was equipped. Comnmunications
were exchanged between the moving
train and fixed stations at lingham
ton, N. Y., and Scranton, Penn. Later
Ion, lmore practic:l use was made, of
the trial service by arranging for a
relief conductor and extra coaches.
The tritals are to be continued every
other day for the present.
An operator's room hats been built In
tlhe second car from the front of this
train. The aerial wires arn stretched
flat between the ends of each of the
first four cars and about two feet
above the roof.
Asioria's DeepaWater Camp i
Misoula's Part In It.
Missoula and western Montana have
personal interest In the plan to make
a great ocean port at Astoria. Al
ready the plan is in a fair way to be
realized. It had its beginning in the
early nineties among people who un
derstood the natural advantages at
Astoria, and it was given force and
com nfanding importance through; the
support accorded it by a Missoula
man.
The Astoria people prepared a state
ment of their case. They presented
their facts and figures to A. B, Ham
mond of Missoula, whose alert busi
ness mind grasped at once their sig
nificance and perceived the possibili
ties which they contained. Mr. Ham
mond enlisted in the Astoria cam
paign. The historic coast town could
have obtained no more efficient ally.
The energy and accumen yf Mr. Ham
mond brought the old town out of
the haze of its historic memories in
which it had dwelt so long and placed
it among the living, throbbing com
munities of the northwest.
The enlistment of Mr. Hammond in
the cause of Astoria removed him
from Missoula. which had been the
scene of his business triumphs of a
quarter century, but the plan to whose
support he contributed so much pos
sesses local importance, in that the
opening of such. a port as it is hoped
to make Astoria will be of direct bene
fit to all the northwest.
The building of the Astoria and Co
lumbia River railroad to a connection
with trans-continental railroads, a
hundred miles along up the river was
to Mr. Hammond a small conception
and before the first spike Was driven
he had under way the building up of
the local resources of that road when
completed, that it might make its de
but into the railway world with its
own share of business to give and
take.
Wherefore Mr. Hammond organized
and financed the Columbia River
Salmon Packer's association, purchas
ing about 75 per cent of the salmon
packing capability .of the entire Co
lumbia river industry, and extending
this enterprise into Alaska. This be
came the largest salmon packing in
dustry in the world; associated with
Mr. Hammond were several of the Co
lumbia river captains of that industry,
who have up to this day, conducted
their affairs on an extensive scale.
But his vision was the true vision,
the great future railroad business was
within the bounds of the. greatest re
maining stand of timber of the United
States, in Clatsop, Tillamook and the
Columbia river counties, Oregon.
Its 75,000,000,000 board measure feet
of the finest quality of yellow fir,
spruce and hemlock, two-fifths to go
on long distance hauls by rail and his
road to control the routing.
This means that 30.000.000.000 feet
of lumber is due to be hauled out from
this Clatsop, Tillamook and Columbia
county district within the next 50
years and distributed in and east of
the Rocky mountain district. Just a
matter of one million two hundred
thousand carloads of 25,000 feet each,
or 80 cars for each working day in
50 years. This may not he handled
entirely by one railroad, but the road
Mr. Hammond was then building came
to this stand of timber on a water
level grade, along the line that would
be at the front door or back door to
every large mill yard, for surely all
these large mills will be on the lower
Columbia river, near mouth of Ne
halem river and Tillamook bay, and
he proposed to extend that line on
holding the same favorable grade, by
way of Nehalem to the Tillamook hay.
While two-fifths of this 75,000,000,
000 feet of timber is due to be hauled
away by rail within the next 50 years,
there would remain to be hauled out
by ocean freight 120 carloads by
steamer every day for 300 working
days in the year for 50 years. Thcse
steamers do not only go, but they
come loaded at least partly, with coro
modities to be distributed, chiefly by
rail' within the Columbia river basin
and beyond.
Mr. Hammond had the vision ot
this immense business and began to
teale hold to ..ccure for himself and
asst oiates a v,'ey large sharc. tie or
ga..zed the flammond i:rarbr m,:;
iany, ,ltl :,' Astoria tl,e s..cnd l ii -
eat sawmnill on the Pac~ li. coast, it id
p'trchasetd c svenient stands tf trec;e
imbher, suflit lent to kece his mills
cutting 600,000 feet of lumber each
day for 50 years, and he went right
at it.
The Astoria and Columbia River
railroad finished, and a paying basis
established, it was better for the de
velopment of Astoria and his own ex
tensive Interests at and about Astoria
to have it a part of a great trans
continental system. Therefore he
brought about this alignment by
transferring it to the Hills, to be com
merged into the S. P. & S. and there
by at one stroke Astoria was made a
acitflic-ocean terminus of both the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific,
the greatest railroad combination of
the continent. The developments pro
jected by Mr. Hammond at the mouth
of the Columbia river, which have al
ready reached great proportions have
but only entered the initial stage. With
this master in the lead, with his asso
ciates chosen for another 15 years,
this development will be a manufac
turing and shipping center of but few
equals and no superior on this Pacific
coast. With the successful promotion
of the building of the Astoria and Co
lumbia River railroad the work of the
committee of directors was finished
and it adjourned forever.
Again in March, 1913, there was a
call for activity along the following
lines:
1. Equitable freight rates.
2. A 40-foot channel to the sea.
3. Municipal docks with a port
bond issue to cover cost of construc
tion.
4. Additional railhoad facilities,
with extension down the coast.
A mass meeting representing all
business and interests convened in the
Weinhart-Astoria hotel and ordered
the committee of direction to be or
ganized. After thorough considera
tion, within a few days the committee
of direction of the port of Astoria un
furled its flag with a platform cover
ing the four abOve-mentioned propo
A. B. HAMMOND.
sitions, and with a t determination to
Sbring them to a sueessfiul conclusion.
The work was to he a work first of
education, then of influence. Ilence it
must necessarily he a large cominimittee.
It nIow has, about two thousand mIm
bers and hIas made its influence felt
throughout the entire United States.
There has beeal a wonderful stride
of progress toward the sulcelssful conl
clusion of all four p roplositionls, which
this committee has assisted in the prmo
motion.
1. The chamber of cmmlllerce wih
a special a:ttorney in clharge, assisted
by traffic and engineering experts, has
piled up an array of information iand
have started :a suit in the court of the1
interstate colilmmelrce collllnission for a
rate in comintn with I'uget Sound
points.
2. The developlment of thle 40-foot
channel to the sea is well under way.
The pIroblem wa; solveld when the
"('hillolok," in charge of a caplable andl
energetic crew was sent back to the
L1ar with instructions to get results,
and she did. In 6(0 days, after remov
ing 600,000 culic yards of sand, a re
survey gave an .additional four feet of
water, which dlepth has remlaineld iuntil
the ipresent. This sullcc s encourageid
the board of IUnited States engineers
in Washingtoin to approve of, and rec
ommend the use tlhere of dredgers of
great plower and the "(Chinook" will
return to work in the spring w\ilh
more than doible dll redlging callcity.
The south jettly is finished and1 the
plant retmoved ovecr to Ithe north jetty,
constructiol of vwhich is being puilhedl
with such deteriminatiion that i1n
creased scouring of the bar will have
been brouight ahumit before thIe clo.:C
of anoither yea~'.
Mothers and Daughters
(IFrom the Houston Post.)
That father and son movement is all
right, but isn't there a pressing de
niand for closer relations than seem!
to exist at present between miiotihers
and young daughters, especially in the
larger cities?
What will be the ultimate conse
quence if present customs are to be
come rooted in outr civilization,
Men of the world are astoiundled at
the scores and hundreds of young girls
just in their teens whol appear oi thei
streets unchaperoned; who meet young
nien down town and gee to the picture
shows; who attend Iublije idences inl
company of which their ohllllers are
ignoran t.
Of all the distressing svoiiptohis of
the tillle, it seems to us the wo'rst is
the weakening of the ties of intimate
companionship that formi'erly iexisited
between iiothers and datghtlters.
HIow many mothers 1illow who the
associates and companions of their
daughters are? When thel slip of a girl
leaves home to go down to remain all
afternoon, does the mother I\know whereI
she is and who is with her?
Does she Iknow the kind if boy that
may he waiting for her daughter at
the postoffice or at the corner drug
store? And is she willing for her
daughter to attend a public dance with
a young man anid to visit a restauraint
or picture show with him?
There are school girls of HIouston
who may be seen utterly ulna'ecoilpall
nied by older persons roiun1i the down
town sections eellv as late as midnight.
Is that giving ia girl a fair chance
in life? Is" it throwing about her that
aegis of a mother's affection and care
which means so much to tie develop
ment of her character and the nurture
of womanly ideals?
There is nothing so certain to under
mine a little girl's character as the
cruel influences of the streets. There
I is nothing so certain to protect her
and bring to fruition the nobler virtues
of womanhood thain hlolie and mother.
The mother ho spellnds her after
noons at bridge and other social func
tions and leaves her tender young
flower to ilhabit the streets at will,
to form such associations as she may
pick up down town, to attend places
where the influences are not ot the
best, or to take a joy ride in an auto
mobile, must be strangely' oblivious
I of the corroding influence of the
streets upon the iinds and characters
I of budding womanhood.
Every mother ought to renmemnber at
the outset that her daughter is hunlan,
that she is susceptible to temptation,
that evil associations are almost inev
Itable if the choice of friends and
companions be left to her inexperience.
The dredgers- will remove about 2,
000,000 cubic yards of send this conm
i r:e:ason. and as itmuc more will
seour away, therefore when the pilot
drtps his lead at average high tide,
he will find 42 feet of water and any
ship that sails or steamb the Pacific
ocean can enter here without fear of
hindrance of tide or storm.
3. And great ships may then sail
right up to modern port-owned docks,
assured of quick dispatch, for these
dlocks will be equipped with every
modern electric-propelled contrivance
for the quick handling of freight, bun
kering of coal or shooting wheat from
great elevators. All done at bedrock
cost.
4. As for additional railroad facili
ties- before the close of 1915, when
Astoria is building $400,000, 120-mile
statulard counlty road, when the first
section of the $800,000 sanitary and
reclalllation e'onmlission nearing com
pletion, when a finished first unit of
a thousand-barrel flour mill and ele
vator is grinding our flour every day,
and when the outlines of elevators,
coal docks, loolll against the western
sky then there will also be under fair
headway tile construction to a ter
mlinus onl the harbor, another trans
coltinental railroad, which will also
give direct extension to Tillamook.
What ti ore? Then Mr. Hammond
will stuart the first line of coastwise
:,hills through the Panama canal with
Astolria its terminiius.
Whalt more is there for the commit
tee of diroetion of the port of As
tiria to do? Just to tell of all this
gmod news tol its members and friends
aind disbtand forever.
ALIFRED KINNEY.
Astoria, Jan. 1, 1914.
IA mother's tireless vigilance is the
price of her daughter's salvation In
times like these. The mother ought to
go with her daughter if picture shows,
dance halls or other places of amuse
mernt are to be visited, else some older
person in whom the mother has im
plicit confidence ought to be present.
('onmeniding as we do the father and
son movement, we believe the vital
importance of a mother and daughter
movemlent can not be questioned. The
very conditions about us make that
obvious.
SHISTORY FAILS
(Power.)
Hlistory as it is written and as it is
taught is one great panorama of wars
and dynasties. It bristles with the
names of doughty warriors and rulers.
describes at length their struggles and
achievements, and dismisses the in
ventors and promnoters of the great
agencies which have made modern
ciivilzation possible, with scanty, if any
mention.
The invention of printing has had
more influence upon the development
of the race than any act of any ruler
that the world has ever known; and
more than half of those who read this
will not know the inventor's nanie.
The men who invented and developed
the steam engine did more to lighten
human toil and to make posaille to
each of the dwellers upon earth a
larger mead of comfort and enjoyment
than all the generals who ever pitted
men against their fellows. Hunt for
their names in the indeaes of your
histories.
Art and literature have been broad
highways to fame. The high-school
scholar can tell you who wrote what,
and when he wrote it, but ask him
who 'built the first railroad in Amer
ica, and when and where it- was. The
magnificent Albert Memorial is cov
ered with the names of authors and
painters and sculptors, but 'Michael
Angelo is there because he was an
artist, not because he was an architect.
and Leonardo Da Vinci because he
was a painter, and not because he
was an engineer.
STARTING SOMETHING. 1
(From Judge.)
"Say, d'yer see me two fists and me
strong right arm? Well. I'd jist as
leave start something as not!"
"All right. What will you charge an
hour for cranking automobiles?"